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shall remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement 
of performance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 
statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall 
permit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon 
the express written request of the account holder: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make 
payments to correct administrative errors of either disbursements 
from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts 
after September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous pay-
ments that are recovered shall be credited to and remain available 
in this account for this purpose: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall not be required to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts 
with a balance of less than $500 unless the Office of the Special 
Trustee receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts 
claimant. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression 
operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, haz-
ardous fuels management activities, and rural fire assistance by 
the Department of the Interior, $816,745,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $6,427,000 shall be for 
the renovation or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such 
funds are also available for repayment of advances to other appro-
priation accounts from which funds were previously transferred 
for such purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
$170,000,000 is for hazardous fuels management activities: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided $18,970,000 is for burned area 
rehabilitation: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 
43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging without 
cost from funds available from this appropriation: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau 
or office of the Department of the Interior for fire protection ren-
dered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United 
States property, may be credited to the appropriation from which 
funds were expended to provide that protection, and are available 
without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using the 
amounts designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Interior may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or 
cooperative agreements, for hazardous fuels management and resil-
ient landscapes activities, and for training and monitoring associ-
ated with such hazardous fuels management and resilient land-
scapes activities on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land 
for activities that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided fur-
ther, That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement 
between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may 
be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding requirements of the Competition in
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Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels 
management and resilient landscapes activities, may obtain max-
imum practicable competition among: (1) local private, nonprofit, 
or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public 
Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships with 
State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; 
or (4) other entities that will hire or train locally a significant 
percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project workforce 
to complete such contracts: Provided further, That in implementing 
this section, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to field 
units to ensure accountability and consistent application of the 
authorities provided herein: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used to reimburse the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries 
Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to 
consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in 
connection with wildland fire management activities: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 
appropriations to enter into leases of real property with local govern-
ments, at or below fair market value, to construct capitalized 
improvements for fire facilities on such leased properties, including 
but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other 
initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make advance pay-
ments for any such lease or for construction activity associated 
with the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of 
funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate 
amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when 
such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire manage-
ment programs and projects: Provided further, That funds provided 
for wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Federal 
emergency response actions: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for assistance to 
or through the Department of State in connection with forest and 
rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign 
countries, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 
shall be available to support forestry, wildland fire management, 
and related natural resource activities outside the United States 
and its territories and possessions, including technical assistance, 
education and training, and cooperation with United States and 
international organizations. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression operations 
of the Department of the Interior and as a reserve fund for suppres-
sion and Federal emergency response activities, $177,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such amounts 
are only available for transfer to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ 
account following a declaration by the Secretary in accordance 
with section 502 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a).
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CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and 
any of its component offices and bureaus for the response action, 
including associated activities, performed pursuant to the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,010,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration 
activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department 
of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and Public Law 101–337 (16 U.S.C. 19jj 
et seq.), $7,767,000, to remain available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental financial 
and business management system, information technology improve-
ments of general benefit to the Department, and the consolidation 
of facilities and operations throughout the Department, $67,100,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this Act or any other Act may be used 
to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund account other 
than for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment with-
out prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may assess reasonable charges to State, local and 
tribal government employees for training services provided by the 
National Indian Program Training Center, other than training 
related to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, equip-
ment or professional services of the National Indian Program 
Training Center to State, local and tribal government employees 
or persons or organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or 
recreational activities (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, 
United States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facili-
ties, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the National Indian 
Program Training Center: Provided further, That all funds received 
pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall be credited to this 
account, shall be available until expended, and shall be used by 
the Secretary for necessary expenses of the National Indian Pro-
gram Training Center: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
enter into grants and cooperative agreements to support the Office 
of Natural Resource Revenue’s collection and disbursement of royal-
ties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by 
law.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 
resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may 
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available excess sur-
plus property: Provided, That existing aircraft being replaced may 
be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset 
the purchase price for the replacement aircraft. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available 
for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with 
the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, 
replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facili-
ties or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 
other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made 
available under this authority until funds specifically made avail-
able to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have 
been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant 
to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, 
which must be requested as promptly as possible. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 
transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition 
to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several 
agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of wildland 
fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned- 
over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related 
to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage assess-
ment activities related to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous 
substances into the environment; for the prevention, suppression, 
and control of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 
outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant 
to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 
7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of 
Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds 
available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforce-
ment, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of 
regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying 
out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, 
That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations 
shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during 
the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal 
agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment 
in connection with their use for wildland fire operations, such 
reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently available 
at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland 
fire operations, no funds shall be made available under this