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Calendar No. 496
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4193
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 27, 1998
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1999, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral
potential of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487
(16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $596,425,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $2,062,000 shall be available for
assessment of the mineral potential of public lands in
Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of Public Law 96–487
(16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which $3,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the special receipt account established by the
Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)); and of which $1,500,000 shall be
available in fiscal year 1999 subject to a match by at least
an equal amount by the National Fish and Wildlife Foun-
dation, to such Foundation for cost-shared projects sup-
porting conservation of Bureau lands; in addition,
$32,650,000 for Mining Law Administration program op-
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erations, including the cost of administering the mining
claim fee program, to remain available until expended, to
be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and cred-
ited to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees
so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not
more than $596,425,000, and $2,000,000, to remain
available until expended, from communication site rental
fees established by the Bureau for the cost of administer-
ing communication site activities: Provided, That appro-
priations herein made shall not be available for the de-
struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros
in the care of the Bureau or its contractors.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup-
pression operations, emergency rehabilitation; and hazard-
ous fuels reduction by the Department of the Interior,
$286,895,000, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $6,950,000 shall be for the renovation
or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds
are also available for repayment of advances to other ap-
propriation accounts from which funds were previously
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That un-
obligated balances of amounts previously appropriated to
the ‘‘Fire Protection’’ and ‘‘Emergency Department of the
Interior Firefighting Fund’’ may be transferred and
merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That
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persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be fur-
nished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds
available from this appropriation: Provided further, That
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a Bu-
reau or office of the Department of the Interior for fire
protection rendered 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 pro-
vide that protection, and are available without fiscal year
limitation.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for
the remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
sums recovered from or paid by a party in advance of or
as reimbursement for remedial action or response activi-
ties conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107
or 113(f) of such Act, shall be credited to this account
to be available until expended without further appropria-
tion: Provided further, That such sums recovered from or
paid by any party are not limited to monetary payments
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and may include stocks, bonds or other personal or real
property, which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise
disposed of by the Secretary and which shall be credited
to this account.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $6,975,000, to re-
main available until expended.
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 20, 1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907),
$120,000,000 (increased by $20,000,000), of which not
to exceed $400,000 shall be available for administrative
expenses: Provided, That no payment shall be made to oth-
erwise eligible units of local government if the computed
amount of the payment is less than $100.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205,
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or
interests therein, $10,000,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For expenses necessary for management, protection,
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
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ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein including existing connecting roads on or
adjacent to such grant lands, $98,407,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant
lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and
California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the
General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-
ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of
August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law
102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem
Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose
of planning, preparing, and monitoring salvage timber
sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery activities
such as release from competing vegetation and density
control treatments. The Federal share of receipts (defined
as the portion of salvage timber receipts not paid to the
counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 1181f–
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1 et seq., and Public Law 103–66) derived from treat-
ments funded by this account shall be deposited into the
Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund.
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701),
notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under
sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C.
315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range improve-
ments from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from
Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of
the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for
administrative expenses.
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES
For administrative expenses and other costs related
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources,
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations,
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts
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as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amend-
ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43
U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be
received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of
forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate
for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43
U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to im-
prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis-
tered through the Bureau of Land Management which
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer,
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such ac-
tion are used on the exact lands damaged which led to
the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that
are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the
exact land for which funds were collected may be used to
repair other damaged public lands.
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
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veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain
available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to
which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with
jointly produced publications for which the cooperators
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services,
and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of
meeting accepted quality standards.
Section 28f(a) of title 30, U.S.C., is amended by
striking beginning with the words ‘‘The holder’’ through
‘‘$100 per claim.’’ and inserting ‘‘The holder of each
unpatented mining claim, mill or tunnel site, located pur-
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suant to the mining laws of the United States before Octo-
ber 1, 1998 shall pay the Secretary of the Interior, on
or before September 1, 1999 a claim maintenance fee of
$100 per claim site.’’.
Section 28g to title 30, U.S.C., is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1999’’.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, for scientific and economic studies, con-
servation, management, investigations, protection, and
utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales,
seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge,
general administration, and for the performance of other
authorized functions related to such resources by direct
expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements
and reimbursable agreements with public and private enti-
ties, $607,106,000, to remain available until September
30, 2000, except as otherwise provided herein, of which
$11,648,000 shall remain available until expended for op-
eration and maintenance of fishery mitigation facilities
constructed by the Corps of Engineers under the Lower
Snake River Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water
Resources Development Act of 1976, to compensate for
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loss of fishery resources from water development projects
on the Lower Snake River, and of which not less than
$2,000,000 shall be provided to local governments in
southern California for planning associated with the Natu-
ral Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program
and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That
not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects which
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as
authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended:
Provided further, That not to exceed $6,256,000 shall be
used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e)
of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended,
for species that are indigenous to the United States (ex-
cept for processing petitions, developing and issuing pro-
posed and final regulations, and taking any other steps
to implement actions described in subsections (c)(2)(A),
(c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)): Provided further, That of
the amount available for law enforcement, up to $400,000
to remain available until expended, may at the discretion
of the Secretary, be used for payment for information, re-
wards, or evidence concerning violations of laws adminis-
tered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency ex-
penses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved by
the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his certifi-
cate: Provided further, That hereafter, all fees collected for
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Federal migratory bird permits shall be available to the
Secretary, without further appropriation, to be used for
the expenses of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in ad-
ministering such Federal migratory bird permits, and
shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That hereafter, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 and notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary shall charge rea-
sonable fees for the full costs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service in operating and maintaining the M/V Tiglax and
other vessels, to be credited to this account and to be
available until expended: Provided further, That of the
amount provided for environmental contaminants, up to
$1,000,000 may remain available until expended for con-
taminant sample analyses.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction and acquisition of buildings and
other facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and
wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and inter-
ests therein, $66,100,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest
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therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
$30,000,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund and to remain available until expended.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION
FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–
1543), as amended, $15,000,000, for grants to States, to
be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Con-
servation Fund, and to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $10,779,000.
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public
Law 101–233, as amended, $12,700,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For necessary expenses of the Wildlife Conservation
and Appreciation Fund, $800,000, to remain available
until expended.
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–
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4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538), the Asian Ele-
phant Conservation Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–96),
and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994
(16 U.S.C. 5301–5306), $2,400,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That unexpended balances of
amounts previously appropriated to the African Elephant
Conservation Fund, Rewards and Operations account, and
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund may be trans-
ferred to and merged with this appropriation: Provided
further, That in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, donations
to provide assistance under section 5304 of the Rhinoceros
and Tiger Conservation Act, subchapter I of the African
Elephant Conservation Act, and section 6 of the Asian
Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 shall be deposited to
this Fund: Provided further, That in fiscal year 1999 and
thereafter, all penalties received by the United States
under 16 U.S.C. 4224 which are not used to pay rewards
under 16 U.S.C. 4225 shall be deposited to this Fund,
to be available to provide assistance under 16 U.S.C.
4211: Provided further, That in fiscal year 1999 and
thereafter, not more than 3 percent of amounts appro-
priated to this Fund may be used by the Secretary of the
Interior to administer the Fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
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chase of not to exceed 104 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 89 are for replacement only (including 38 for police-
type use); repair of damage to public roads within and
adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the
Service; options for the purchase of land at not to exceed
$1 for each option; facilities incident to such public rec-
reational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with
their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improve-
ment of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the
jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States
has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection
with management and investigation of fish and wildlife re-
sources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501,
the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and part-
nership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing
services from cooperators in connection with jointly pro-
duced publications for which the cooperators share at least
one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services and
the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meet-
ing accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the
Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for
existing aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior
may not spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act
for the purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used
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in the establishment of any new unit of the National Wild-
life Refuge System unless the purchase is approved in ad-
vance by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions in compliance with the reprogramming procedures
contained in the report accompanying this bill: Provided
further, That hereafter the Secretary may sell land and
interests in land, other than surface water rights, acquired
in conformance with subsections 206(a) and 207(c) of
Public Law 101–618, the receipts of which shall be depos-
ited to the Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and
Wildlife Fund and used exclusively for the purposes of
such subsections, without regard to the limitation on the
distribution of benefits in subsection 206(f)(2) of such
law: Provided further, That section 104(c)(50)(B) of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361–1407)
is amended by inserting ‘‘until expended’’ after ‘‘Sec-
retary’’ in the second sentence.
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
Unit SC–03—
(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall, before
the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date
of the enactment of this Act, make such corrections
to the map described in paragraph (2) as are nec-
essary to ensure that depictions of areas on that
map are consistent with the depictions of areas ap-
pearing on the map entitled ‘‘Amendments to the
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Coastal Barrier Resources System’’, dated May 15,
1997, and on file with the Committee on Resources
of the House of Representatives.
(2) The map described in this paragraph is the
map that—
(A) is included in a set of maps entitled
‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’, dated Oc-
tober 24, 1990; and
(B) relates to unit SC–03 of the Coastal
Barrier Resources System.
Unit FL–35P—
(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall, before
the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date
of the enactment of this Act, make such corrections
to the map described in paragraph (2) as are nec-
essary to ensure that depictions of areas on that
map are consistent with the depictions of areas ap-
pearing on the map entitled ‘‘Amendments to the
Coastal Barrier Resources System’’, dated October
22, 1997, and on file with the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives.
(2) The map described in this paragraph is the
map that—
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(A) is included in a set of maps entitled
‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’, dated Oc-
tober 24, 1990; and
(B) relates to unit FL–35P of the Coastal
Barrier Resources System.
Unit FL–35—
The Secretary of the Interior shall, before the
end of the 30-day period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act, revise the the map depict-
ing unit FL–35 of the Coastal Barrier Resources
System to exclude Pumpkin Key from the System.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service (including special road
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional Park Service, including not less than $1,000,000
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion 
Corps 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
1706,
$1,333,328,000, of which not to exceed $12,500,000 may
be used for salaries and expenses of the Denver Service
Center, and of which not less than $600,000 is for salaries
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and expenses associated with new hires of mineral examin-
ers at the Mojave National Preserve, and of which
$12,800,000 for research, planning and interagency co-
ordination in support of land acquisition for Everglades
restoration shall remain available until expended, and of
which not to exceed $10,000,000, to remain available until
expended, is to be derived from the special fee account
established pursuant to title V, section 5201 of Public
Law 100–203.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, statutory or contractual
aid for other activities, and grant administration, not oth-
erwise 
provided 
for, 
$41,939,000 
(increased 
by
$2,000,000), of which $4,500,000 is for grants to Herit-
age areas in accordance with section 606 of title VI, divi-
sion I and titles I–VI and VIII–IX, division II of Public
Law 104–333.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470),
and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), $40,812,000, to be
derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, to remain
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available until September 30, 2000, of which $7,700,000
pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 104–333 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the National Park
Service may hereafter recover all costs of providing nec-
essary services associated with historic preservation tax
certification, and such funds shall remain available until
expended.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities, including the modifications au-
thorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $149,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Den-
ver Service Center may not levy any assessments against
specific construction projects.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1999
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable
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to the National Park Service, $69,000,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain
available until expended, of which $500,000 is to admin-
ister the State assistance program: Provided, That any
funds made available for the purpose of acquisition of the
Elwha and Glines dams shall be used solely for acquisi-
tion, and shall not be expended until the full purchase
amount has been appropriated by the Congress: Provided
further, That from the funds made available for land ac-
quisition at Everglades National Park and Big Cypress
National Preserve, the Secretary may provide for Federal
assistance to the State of Florida for the acquisition of
lands or waters, or interests therein, within the Everglades
watershed (consisting of lands and waters within the
boundaries of the South Florida Water Management Dis-
trict, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys) under terms and
conditions deemed necessary by the Secretary, to improve
and restore the hydrological function of the Everglades
watershed: Provided further, That funds provided under
this heading to the State of Florida shall be subject to
an agreement that such lands will be managed in perpetu-
ity for the restoration of the Everglades.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 375 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 291 shall be for replacement only,
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including not to exceed 305 for police-type use, 12 buses,
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Serv-
ice may be used to implement an agreement for the rede-
velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island until such
agreement has been submitted to the Congress and shall
not be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar
days (not including any day in which either House of Con-
gress is not in session because of adjournment of more
than three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report
on the development of the southern end of Ellis Island,
including the facts and circumstances relied upon in sup-
port of the proposed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the
National Park Service for activities taken in direct re-
sponse to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to operat-
ing units based on the safety record of each unit the costs
of programs designed to improve workplace and employee
safety, and to encourage employees receiving workers’
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compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5,
United States Code, to return to appropriate positions for
which they are medically able.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, and the
mineral and water resources of the United States, its terri-
tories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by
43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision
to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission licensees; administer the minerals exploration pro-
gram (30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data
relative to the foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries
into the economic conditions affecting mining and mate-
rials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603;
50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by
law and to publish and disseminate data, $774,838,000
of which $68,096,000 shall be available only for coopera-
tion with States or municipalities for water resources in-
vestigations; and of which $16,400,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for conducting inquiries into the eco-
nomic conditions affecting mining and materials process-
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ing industries; and of which $150,871,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2000 for the biological research
activity and the operation of the Cooperative Research
Units: Provided, That none of these funds provided for
the biological research activity shall be used to conduct
new surveys on private property, unless specifically au-
thorized in writing by the property owner: Provided fur-
ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to
pay more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping
or water resources data collection and investigations car-
ried on in cooperation with States and municipalities.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for the purchase of not
to exceed 53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are
for replacement only; reimbursement to the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; contract-
ing for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the
making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when
it is administratively determined that such procedures are
in the public interest; construction and maintenance of
necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition
of lands for gauging stations and observation wells; ex-
penses of the United States National Committee on Geol-
ogy; and payment of compensation and expenses of per-
sons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to represent
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the United States in the negotiation and administration
of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities funded by
appropriations herein made may be accomplished through
the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as
defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Provided further, That
the United States Geological Survey may contract directly
with individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit
organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the tem-
porary or intermittent services of science students or re-
cent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the
purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, re-
lating to compensation for work injuries, and chapter 171
of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims,
but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for
any other purposes.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, $116,402,000, of which
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$72,729,000 shall be available for royalty management ac-
tivities; and an amount not to exceed $100,000,000, to
be credited to this appropriation and to remain available
until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from
increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate
increases to fee collections for Outer Continental Shelf ad-
ministrative activities performed by the Minerals Manage-
ment Service over and above the rates in effect on Septem-
ber 30, 1993, and from additional fees for Outer Con-
tinental Shelf administrative activities established after
September 30, 1993: Provided, That $3,000,000 for com-
puter acquisitions shall remain available until September
30, 2000: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this Act shall be available for the payment of inter-
est in accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available
for reasonable expenses related to promoting volunteer
beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000
under this heading shall be available for refunds of over-
payments in connection with certain Indian leases in which
the Director of the Minerals Management Service con-
curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed
to Indian allottees or Tribes, or to correct prior unrecover-
able erroneous payments.
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OIL SPILL RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$6,118,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND
ENFORCEMENT
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the pur-
chase of not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for
replacement only, $93,074,000, and notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount shall be credited to
this account, to remain available until expended, from per-
formance bond forfeitures in fiscal year 1999 and there-
after: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, pursu-
ant to regulations, may use directly or through grants to
States, moneys collected in fiscal year 1999 for civil pen-
alties assessed under section 518 of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268),
to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining prac-
tices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That appropriations for the Of-