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erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 
amount of the payment is less than $100. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior 
and other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Pub-
lic 
Law 
108–188, 
$119,477,000, 
of 
which: 
(1) 
$109,640,000 shall remain available until expended for 
territorial assistance, including general technical assist-
ance, maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral 
reef initiative and natural resources activities, and brown 
tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary 
in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au-
thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern-
ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev-
enues, for construction and support of governmental func-
tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands, as 
authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, 
as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, as authorized by law (Pub-
lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,837,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2023, for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That 
all financial transactions of the territorial and local gov-
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ernments herein provided for, including such transactions 
of all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by 
such governments, may be audited by the Government Ac-
countability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with 
chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 
funding shall be provided according to those terms of the 
Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future 
United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mar-
iana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Provided 
further, That the funds for the program of operations and 
maintenance improvement are appropriated to institu-
tionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement 
of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and 
cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on 
the grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance of its 
capital assets: Provided further, That any appropriation 
for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts may be used as non–Federal 
matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation 
grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
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COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $8,463,000, to 
remain available until expended, as provided for in sec-
tions 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa-
tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of 
the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 
States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99– 
658 and Public Law 108–188: Provided, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 is for deposit 
into the Compact Trust Fund of the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands as compensation authorized by Public Law 
108–188 for adverse financial and economic impacts. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec-
retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 
funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 
188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 
Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 
of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per-
cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 
of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 
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construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran-
tees may be made without regard to the population of the 
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 
the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 
or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$95,498,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $66,382,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023. 
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DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 
suppression operations, fire science and research, emer-
gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and 
rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 
$1,110,061,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000), to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $18,427,000 shall be for the renovation or 
construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds 
are also available for repayment of advances to other ap-
propriation accounts from which funds were previously 
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided $303,964,000 is for fuels management 
activities: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
$40,470,000 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 re-
ceived by a bureau or office of the Department of the Inte-
rior 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 
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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 con-
tracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for fuels man-
agement activities, and for training and monitoring associ-
ated with such fuels management activities on Federal 
land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities that 
benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, That 
the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement be-
tween the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity 
may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected par-
ties: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements 
of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for 
purposes of fuels management 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 percent-
age, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project work-
force to complete such contracts: Provided further, That 
in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop 
written guidance to field units to ensure accountability 
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and consistent application of the authorities provided here-
in: Provided further, That funds appropriated 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 further, That the Sec-
retary 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 capital-
ized improvements for fire facilities on such leased prop-
erties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, re-
tardant stations, and other initial attack and fire support 
facilities, and to make advance payments 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 management programs and projects: 
Provided further, That funds provided for wildfire suppres-
sion shall be available for support of Federal emergency 
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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 for-
estry, wildland fire management, and related natural re-
source activities outside the United States and its terri-
tories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu-
cation and training, and cooperation with United States 
and international organizations: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading $383,657,000 shall 
be available for wildfire suppression operations, and is pro-
vided to meet the terms of section 1(h) of H. Res. 467 
of the 117th Congress as engrossed in the House of Rep-
resentatives on June 14, 2021. 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
In addition to the amounts provided under the head-
ing ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Pro-
grams—Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppres-
sion operations, $330,000,000, to remain available until 
transferred, is additional new budget authority for pur-
poses of section 1(h) of H. Res. 467 of the 117th Congress 
as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 14, 
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2021: Provided, That such amounts may be transferred 
to and merged with amounts made available under the 
headings ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service— 
Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of the In-
terior—Department-Wide 
Programs—Wildland 
Fire 
Management’’ for wildfire suppression operations in the 
fiscal year in which such amounts are transferred: Pro-
vided further, That amounts may be transferred to the 
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ accounts in the Department 
of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior only upon 
the notification of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations that all wildfire suppression operations 
funds appropriated under that heading in this and prior 
appropriations Acts to the agency to which the funds will 
be transferred will be obligated within 30 days: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided by law: Provided further, That, in determining 
whether all wildfire suppression operations funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ 
in this and prior appropriations Acts to either the Depart-
ment of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior will 
be obligated within 30 days pursuant to the previous pro-
viso, any funds transferred or permitted to be transferred 
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pursuant to any other transfer authority provided by law 
shall be excluded. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
the response action, including associated activities, per-
formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), $10,036,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus to 
inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond to haz-
ardous substance releases, and remediate abandoned hard 
rock mines, orphaned oil and gas wells, and orphaned in-
frastructure, including, but not limited to, facilities, pipe-
lines, structures or equipment used in energy production 
operations, $120,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such amount shall be in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That amounts appropriated under this head-
ing are available for grants and cooperative agreements 
to States to inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, and 
remediate abandoned hard rock mines, orphaned oil and 
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gas wells, and associated infrastructure on State and pri-
vate lands: Provided further, That amounts appropriated 
under this heading are available for grants or cooperative 
agreements to tribes to inventory, assess, decommission, 
reclaim, and remediate abandoned hard rock mines, or-
phaned oil and gas wells, and their associated infrastruc-
ture on tribal lands, including grants management capac-
ity within tribes: Provided further, That amounts appro-
priated under this heading are available for program man-
agement and oversight of these activities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may transfer the funds provided under 
this heading in this Act to any other account in the De-
partment to carry out such purposes, and may expend 
such funds directly, or through grants or cooperative 
agreements: Provided further, That the Secretary may im-
plement the grant and cooperative agreement programs 
authorized herein on a formula or competitive basis: Pro-
vided further, That these amounts are not available to ful-
fill Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) obliga-
tions agreed to in settlement or imposed by a court, wheth-
er for payment of funds or for work to be performed. 
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NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-
toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 
the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 
provisions of the Comprehensive 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 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,933,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 
financial and business management system, information 
technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart-
ment, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and 
operations throughout the Department, $91,436,000 (re-
duced by $2,000,000), 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 an-
nual leave and depreciation of equipment without prior ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
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the Secretary of the Interior may assess reasonable 
charges to State, local, and tribal government employees 
for training services provided by the National Indian Pro-
gram Training Center, other than training related to Pub-
lic Law 93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, 
equipment, or professional services of the National Indian 
Program Training Center to State, local and tribal govern-
ment 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, facilities, 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 Program Training Center: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may enter into grants and cooper-
ative agreements to support the Office of Natural Re-
source Revenue’s collection and disbursement of royalties, 
fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized 
by law. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 
which may be obtained by donation, purchase, or through 
available excess surplus 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. 
OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE 
For necessary expenses for management of the collec-
tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 
revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree-
ments, as authorized by law, $153,474,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023; of which $51,985,000 
shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall 
be available for refunds of overpayments in connection 
with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary of the 
Interior concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay 
amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct 
prior unrecoverable erroneous payments. 
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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 of the Inte-
rior, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or re-
pair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities 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 specifi-
cally made available to the Department of the Interior for 
emergencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, 
That all funds used pursuant to this section must be re-
plenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be 
requested as promptly as possible. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT– 
WIDE 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Interior may author-
ize the expenditure or transfer of any no year appropria-
tion in this title, in addition to the amounts included in 
the budget programs of the several agencies, for the sup-
pression 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 
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burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency ac-
tions related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, 
volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contin-
gency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response 
and natural resource damage assessment activities related 
to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous substances into 
the environment; for the prevention, suppression, and con-
trol 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 Enforcement, such 
funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regu-
latory authority in the event a primacy State is not car-
rying 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 de-
struction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in con-
nection with their use for wildland fire operations, with 
such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations cur-
rently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided 
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further, That for wildland fire operations, no funds shall 
be made available under this authority until the Secretary 
determines that funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire sup-
pression’’ shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided fur-
ther, That all funds used pursuant to this section must 
be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which 
must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided fur-
ther, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reim-
burse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency 
funds were transferred. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, 
in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and re-
placement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped 
law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; pur-
chase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private 
residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when 
authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in so-
cieties or associations which issue publications to members 
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only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 
who are not members. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations Acts made under the same headings shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust man-
agement and reform activities. Total funding for historical 
accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
designated in this Act for such purpose. The Secretary 
shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations within 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of 
any funds under this section, including the amount ex-
pended or transferred and how the funds will be used. 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN 
AFFAIRS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-
tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 
tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 
transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 
dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
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distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc-
tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 
percent in fiscal year 2022. Under circumstances of dual 
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-
tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 
apply. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 
lands, waters, or interests therein, including the use of all 
or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 
New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 
of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 
transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 
Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 
administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con-
sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author-
ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces-
sion contracts, or other agreements for the use of such 
facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
may determine reasonable. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, 
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which shall be deposited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Envi-
ronmental Enforcement’’ account, from the designated op-
erator for facilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 
1348(c). 
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that 
are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are 
in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 
2022 shall be— 
(1) $11,725 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $18,984 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $35,176 for facilities with more than 10 
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
wells. 
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all in-
spections completed in fiscal year 2022. Fees for fiscal 
year 2022 shall be— 
(1) $34,059 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $18,649 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted 
via non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts 
D, E, F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections com-
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pleted in fiscal year 2022. Fees for fiscal year 2022 shall 
be— 
(1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units op-
erating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more; 
(2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units op-
erating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; 
and 
(3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units op-
erating in water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 
under subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required 
within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill des-
ignated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of 
the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, 
with payment required within 30 days of billing. The Sec-
retary shall bill designated operators under subsection (d) 
with payment required by the end of the following quarter. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND 
BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza-
tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 
multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 
section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 
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the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not 
apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess 
wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations 
or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements 
and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal 
at the discretion of the Secretary. 
MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 109. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 
a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 
for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 
federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 
fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 
identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2022, in carrying out work involv-
ing cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments 
or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 
record obligations against accounts receivable from any 
such entities, except that total obligations at the end of 
the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
available at the end of the fiscal year. 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agree-
ments, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 
grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, pri-
vate nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary 
of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs au-
thorized by other provisions of law administered by the 
Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agree-
ment would not— 
(1) result in the displacement of individuals 
currently employed by the Department, including 
partial displacement through reduction of non-over-
time hours, wages, or employment benefits; 
(2) result in the use of an individual under the 
Department of the Interior Experienced Services 
Program for a job or function in a case in which a 
Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same 
or substantially equivalent job within the Depart-
ment; or 
(3) affect existing contracts for services. 
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OBLIGATION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 112. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the 
Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation 
and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 
Education, may transfer funds among and between the 
successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganiza-
tion only in conformance with the reprogramming guide-
lines described in this Act. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 
SEC. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2022’’ 
for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
DISCLOSURE OF DEPARTURE OR ALTERNATE PROCEDURE 
APPROVAL 
SEC. 115. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case 
in which the Bureau of Safety and Environmental En-
forcement or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
prescribes or approves any departure or use of alternate 
procedure or equipment, in regards to a plan or permit, 
under 30 CFR 585.103; 30 CFR 550.141; 30 CFR 
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550.142; 30 CFR 250.141; or 30 CFR 250.142, the head 
of such bureau shall post a description of such departure 
or alternate procedure or equipment use approval on such 
bureau’s publicly available website not more than 15 busi-
ness days after such issuance. 
(b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential 
business information. 
LONG BRIDGE PROJECT 
SEC. 116. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE.— 
On request by the State of Virginia or the District of Co-
lumbia for the purpose of the construction of rail and 
other infrastructure relating to the Long Bridge Project, 
the Secretary of the Interior may convey to the State or 
the District of Columbia, as applicable, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to any portion of the 
approximately 4.4 acres of National Park Service land de-
picted as ‘‘Permanent Impact to NPS Land’’ on the Map 
dated May 15, 2020, that is identified by the State or 
the District of Columbia. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Such conveyance of 
the National Park Service land under subsection (a) shall 
be subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary 
may require. If such conveyed land is no longer being used 
for the purposes specified in this section, the lands or in-
terests therein shall revert to the National Park Service 
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after they have been restored or remediated to the satis-
faction of the Secretary. 
(c) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary and the State or 
the District of Columbia, as applicable, by mutual agree-
ment, may— 
(1) make minor boundary adjustments to the 
National Park Service land to be conveyed to the 
State or the District of Columbia under subsection 
(a); and 
(2) correct any minor errors in the Map re-
ferred to in subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) LONG BRIDGE PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Long 
Bridge Project’’ means the rail project, as identified 
by the Federal Railroad Administration, from 
Rosslyn (RO) Interlocking in Arlington, Virginia, to 
L’Enfant (LE) Interlocking in Washington, DC, 
which includes a bicycle and pedestrian bridge. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Virginia. 
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INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or Federal regulation, federally recognized Indian tribes 
or authorized tribal organizations that receive Tribally- 
Controlled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100– 
297 may obtain interagency motor vehicles and related 
services for performance of any activities carried out 
under such grants to the same extent as if they were con-
tracting under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act. 
ALYCE SPOTTED BEAR AND WALTER SOBOLEFF 
COMMISSION ON NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN 
SEC. 118. Section 3(f) of Public Law 114–244 is 
amended by striking ‘‘3 years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years’’. 
INDIAN RESERVATION GAMING REGULATIONS 
SEC. 119. The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama 
and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act 
(Public Law 100–89; 101 Stat. 666) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 301. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preclude 
or limit the applicability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).’’. 
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DELAWARE WATER GAP AUTHORITY 
SEC. 120. Section 4(b) of The Delaware Water Gap 
National Recreation Area Improvement Act, as amended 
by section 1 of Public Law 115–101, is further amended 
by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 
NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS AND CORRIDORS 
SEC. 121. (a) Section 126 of Public Law 98–398, as 
amended (98 Stat. 1456; 120 Stat. 1853), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 15 years after the 
date of enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2023’’. 
(b) Section 10 of Public Law 99–647, as amended 
(100 Stat. 3630; 104 Stat. 1018; 120 Stat. 1858; 128 
Stat. 3804), is further amended by striking ‘‘2021’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(c) Section 12 of Public Law 100–692, as amended 
(102 Stat. 4558; 112 Stat. 3258; 123 Stat. 1292; 127 
Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 128 Stat. 3801), is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(d) Section 106(b) of Public Law 103–449, as 
amended (108 Stat. 4755; 113 Stat. 1726; 123 Stat. 
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1291; 128 Stat. 3802), is further amended by striking 
‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(e) Division II of Public Law 104–333 (54 U.S.C. 
320101 note), as amended, is further amended by striking 
‘‘2021’’ each place it appears in the following sections and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’: 
(1) in subsection 107 (110 Stat. 4244; 127 
Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 128 Stat. 3801); 
(2) in subsection 408 (110 Stat. 4256; 127 
Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 128 Stat. 3801); 
(3) in subsection 507 (110 Stat. 4260; 127 
Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 128 Stat. 3801); 
(4) in subsection 707 (110 Stat. 4267; 127 
Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 128 Stat. 3801); 
(5) in subsection 809 (110 Stat. 4275; 122 
Stat. 826; 127 Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 128 Stat. 
3801); 
(6) in subsection 910 (110 Stat. 4281; 127 
Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 128 Stat. 3801); 
(7) in subsection 310 (110 Stat. 4252; 127 
Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 129 Stat. 2551; 132 Stat. 
661; 133 Stat. 778); 
(8) in subsection 607 (110 Stat. 4264; 127 
Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 129 Stat. 2551; 132 Stat. 
661; 133 Stat. 778–779); and 
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(9) in subsection 208 (110 Stat. 4248; 127 
Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 129 Stat. 2551; 132 Stat. 
661; 133 Stat. 778). 
(f) Section 109 of Public Law 105–355, as amended 
(112 Stat. 3252; 128 Stat. 3802), is further amended by 
striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(g) Public Law 106–278 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note), 
as amended, is further amended: 
(1) in section 108 (114 Stat. 818; 127 Stat. 
420; 128 Stat. 314; 128 Stat. 3802) by striking 
‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 
(2) in section 209 (114 Stat. 824; 128 Stat. 
3802) by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(h) Section 157(i) of Public Law 106–291, as amend-
ed (114 Stat. 967; 128 Stat. 3082), is further amended 
by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(i) Section 7 of Public Law 106–319, as amended 
(114 Stat. 1284; 128 Stat. 3082), is further amended by 
striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(j) Section 811 of Title VIII of appendix D of Public 
Law 106–554, as amended (114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–295; 
128 Stat. 3802), is further amended by striking ‘‘2021’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(k) Section 140(j) Public Law 108–108, as amended 
(117 Stat. 1274; 131 Stat. 461; 132 Stat. 661; 133 Stat. 
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778), is further amended by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting 
‘‘2023’’. 
(l) Title II of Public Law 109–338 (54 U.S.C. 
320101 note; 120 Stat. 1787–1845), as amended, is fur-
ther amended: 
(1) in each of sections 208, 221, 240, 260, 269, 
289, 291J, 295L and 297H by striking ‘‘the date 
that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’; and 
(2) in section 280B by striking ‘‘the day occur-
ring 15 years after the date of the enactment of this 
subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’. 
(m) Section 810(a)(1) of title VIII of division B of 
appendix D of Public Law 106–554, as amended (114 
Stat. 2763; 123 Stat. 1295; 131 Stat. 461; 133 Stat. 
2714), is further amended by striking ‘‘$14,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$16,000,000’’. 
(n) Section 125(a) of Public Law 98–398, as amend-
ed by section 402 of Public Law 109–338 (120 Stat. 
1853), is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$12,000,000’’. 
(o) Section 210(a) of title II of Public Law 106–278 
(114 Stat. 824) is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$12,000,000’’. 
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STUDY FOR SELMA TO MONTGOMERY NATIONAL HISTORIC 
TRAIL 
SEC. 122. (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior 
(Secretary) shall conduct a study to evaluate— 
(1) resources associated with the 1965 Voting Rights 
March from Selma to Montgomery not currently part of 
the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail (Trail) 
(16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(20)) that would be appropriate for ad-
dition to the Trail; and 
(2) the potential designation of the Trail as a unit 
of the National Park System instead of, or in addition to, 
remaining a designated part of the National Trails Sys-
tem. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report that describes the results 
of the study and the conclusions and recommendations of 
the study. 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 123. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior or 
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to conduct or 
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authorize oil and gas preleasing, leasing, or related activi-
ties, including but not limited to the issuance of permits 
for geological and geophysical exploration, in any planning 
area where the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil 
and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 
2016) did not schedule leases. 
(b) The restrictions under subsection (a) apply to the 
formal steps identified by the Department of the Interior 
and the enabling steps prior to leasing, including the 
issuance of permits for geological and geophysical explo-
ration. 
INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT 
SEC. 124. (a) MODIFICATION.—(1) IN GENERAL.— 
The first sentence of section 19 of the Act of June 18, 
1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization 
Act’’) (25 U.S.C. 5129), is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting ‘‘Effective 
beginning on June 18, 1934, the term’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘any recognized Indian tribe now 
under Federal jurisdiction’’ and inserting ‘‘any federally 
recognized Indian tribe’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The amendments made by 
paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in the Act 
of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Reor-
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seq.) contained in any other Federal law shall be consid-
ered to be a reference to that Act as amended by sub-
section (a). 
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE 
SEC. 125. The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the National Park Service, shall 
prepare an environmental impact statement under the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.), prior to approving an operations permit, as de-
scribed in 36 Code of Federal Regulations, subpart B 
§§9.80 through 9.90, for the purpose of conducting or pro-
posing to conduct non-federal oil or gas operations within 
the Big Cypress National Preserve. 
OFFSHORE DECOMMISSIONING 
SEC. 126. (a) Effective upon the date of enactment 
of this Act, the fifth and sixth provisos under the amended 
heading ‘‘Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management’’ 
for the Minerals Management Service in Public Law 101– 
512 shall have no force or effect. 
(b) Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 
and in each fiscal year hereafter: 
(1) That notwithstanding section 3302 of title 
31, any moneys hereafter received as a result of the 
forfeiture of a bond or other security by an Outer 
Continental Shelf permittee, lessee, or right-of-way 
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holder that does not fulfill the requirements of its 
permit, lease, or right-of-way or does not comply 
with the regulations of the Secretary, or as a bank-
ruptcy distribution or settlement associated with 
such failure or noncompliance, shall be credited to a 
separate account established in the Treasury for de-
commissioning activities and shall be available to the 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management without fur-
ther appropriation or fiscal year limitation to cover 
the cost to the United States of any improvement, 
protection, rehabilitation, or decommissioning work 
rendered necessary by the action or inaction that led 
to the forfeiture or bankruptcy distribution or settle-
ment, to remain available until expended. 
(2) That amounts deposited into the decommis-
sioning account may be allocated to the Bureau of 
Safety and Environmental Enforcement for such 
costs. 
(3) That any moneys received for such costs 
currently held in the Ocean Energy Management ac-
count shall be transferred to the decommissioning 
account. 
(4) That any portion of the moneys so credited 
shall be returned to the bankruptcy estate, per-
mittee, lessee, or right-of-way holder to the extent 
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that the money is in excess of the amount expended 
in performing the work necessitated by the action or 
inaction which led to their receipt or, if the bond or 
security was forfeited for failure to pay the civil pen-
alty, in excess of the civil penalty imposed. 
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 
SEC. 127. Paragraph (1) of section 122(a) of division 
E of Public Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1013) is amended 
by striking ‘‘through 2022,’’ in the first sentence and in-
serting ‘‘through 2027.’’. 
TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
and other operating expenses in support of research and 
development, $807,262,000 (increased by $2,000,000) 
(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to re-
main available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That 
of the funds included under this heading, $8,500,000 shall 
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be for Research: National Priorities as specified in the re-
port accompanying this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies or associations which issue publications 
to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 
the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil-
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im-
plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro-
gram under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 
2016; and not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $3,364,206,000 (reduced by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2023: Provided, That of the 
funds included under this heading, $23,700,000 shall be 
for Environmental Protection: National Priorities as speci-
fied in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 
That of the funds included under this heading, 
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$642,747,000 (increased by $5,000,000) shall be for Geo-
graphic Programs specified in the report accompanying 
this Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduc-
tion program project shall be allocated funds for this fiscal 
year not less than the amount of appropriations for that 
program project for fiscal year 2014. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $54,347,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$62,752,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 
(c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $1,536,308,000, 
to remain available until expended, consisting of such 
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sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 
30, 2021, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Super-
fund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 
(SARA) and up to $1,536,308,000 as a payment from 
general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund 
for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: 
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 
may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance 
with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That 
of 
the 
funds 
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading, 
$11,800,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’ appropriation to remain available until September 
30, 2023, and $32,985,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science 
and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2023. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $92,376,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $67,007,000 
shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for car-
rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 
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Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 
use appropriations made available under this heading to 
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
to provide financial assistance to federally recognized In-
dian tribes for the development and implementation of 
programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft, $22,409,000, to be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$5,324,303,000 (increased by $1,000,000), to remain 
available until expended, of which— 
(1) $1,870,680,000 shall be for making capital-
ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act; and of which $1,357,934,000 (reduced 
by $8,804,000) (increased by $8,804,000) shall be 
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for making capitalization grants for the Drinking 
Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That 
$222,431,651 of the funds made available for cap-
italization grants for the Clean Water State Revolv-
ing Funds and $206,146,044 of the funds made 
available for capitalization grants for the Drinking 
Water State Revolving Funds shall be for Commu-
nity Project Funding grants for the construction of 
drinking water, wastewater, and storm water infra-
structure and for water quality protection in accord-
ance with the terms and conditions specified for 
such grants in the report accompanying this Act, 
and, for purposes of these grants, each grantee shall 
contribute not less than 20 percent of the cost of the 
project unless the grantee is approved for a waiver 
by the Agency: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2022, to the extent there are sufficient eligible 
project applications and projects are consistent with 
State Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capital-
ization grants shall be used by the State for projects 
to address green infrastructure, water or energy effi-
ciency improvements, or other environmentally inno-
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vative activities: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2022, funds made available under this title to 
each State for Drinking Water State Revolving 
Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion of 
each State, be used for projects to address green in-
frastructure, water or energy efficiency improve-
ments, or other environmentally innovative activities: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water 
pollution control revolving fund that may be used by 
a State to administer the fund shall not apply to 
amounts included as principal in loans made by such 
fund in fiscal year 2022 and prior years where such 
amounts represent costs of administering the fund 
to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed 
reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for sepa-
rately from other assets in the fund, and used for 
eligible purposes of the fund, including administra-
tion: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2022, 
notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (g)(1), 
(h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, grants made under title II of 
such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Marianas, the United States 
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Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may 
also be made for the purpose of providing assistance: 
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
project for the construction of treatment works; and 
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
privately owned treatment works serving one or 
more principal residences or small commercial estab-
lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2022, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub-
sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and sec-
tion 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: 
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
project for the construction of treatment works; and 
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
privately owned treatment works serving one or 
more principal residences or small commercial estab-
lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2022, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued 
pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 
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funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 
for grants for training, technical assistance, and 
educational programs relating to the operation and 
management of the treatment works specified in sec-
tion 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2022, funds reserved under section 
518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 
to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such 
Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Na-
tive Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2022, notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
$30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 
1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a 
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
$20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolv-
ing Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 
Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and 
section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2022, notwithstanding the amounts 
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specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggre-
gate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 
sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 
be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 
under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin 
Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2022, 
notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 
in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 
under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 
by the Administrator for grants made under section 
1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 
further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants shall be used by the State to pro-
vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 
form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 
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loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 
shall be so used by the State only where such funds 
are provided as initial financing for an eligible re-
cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 
obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 
was incurred on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 
concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 
such funds could be used to help address a threat 
to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 
drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 
declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 
health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic-
ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 
in which such an emergency declaration has been 
issued, the State may use more than 14 percent of 
the funds made available under this title to the 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli-
gible recipients; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi-
neering, planning, design, construction and related 
activities in connection with the construction of high 
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priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 
of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta-
tion with the appropriate border commission: Pro-
vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 
Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit-
ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 
United States along the United States-Mexico bor-
der shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established 
an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 
which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 
or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
the development within an existing colonia the con-
struction of any new home, business, or other struc-
ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec-
essary infrastructure; 
(3) $36,186,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-
lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 
of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 
no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 
the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 
with the Statewide priority list established in con-
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junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 
and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas-
ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 
than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 
in regional hub communities; 
(4) $130,982,000 shall be to carry out section 
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-
ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for 
assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this section, the term 
‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 
has had 20 percent or more of its population living 
in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 
the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 
the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent 
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any 
territory or possession of the United States; 
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(5) $150,000,000 shall be for grants under title 
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $70,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
shall be for targeted airshed grants in accordance 
with the terms and conditions in the report accom-
panying this Act; 
(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water 
quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the 
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 
Act (Public Law 114–322); 
(8) $40,000,000 shall be for grants under sub-
sections (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a); 
(9) $36,500,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–24(d)); 
(10) $81,515,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–19b); 
(11) $9,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 
(12) $20,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)); 
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(13) $60,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1301); 
(14) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 4304(b) of the America’s Water Infrastructure 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270); 
(15) $55,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec-
tion 302(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 
4282(a)), of which not more than 2 percent shall be 
for administrative costs to carry out such section: 
Provided, That grants made pursuant to such au-
thority may also be used for the construction, main-
tenance, and operation of postconsumer materials 
management or recycling facilities: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 302(a) of such Act, 
the Administrator may also provide grants pursuant 
to such authority to intertribal consortia consistent 
with the requirements in 40 C.F.R. 35.504(a), to 
former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Interior), and Alaska 
Native Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203; 
(16) $1,262,506,000 shall be for grants, includ-
ing associated program support costs, to States, fed-
erally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 
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multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
control and abatement, and related activities, includ-
ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 
under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 
making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 
Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col-
lection activities subject to terms and conditions 
specified by the Administrator, and under section 
2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 to assist 
States in developing and implementing programs for 
control of coal combustion residuals, of which: 
$49,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 
CERCLA; $9,525,000 shall be for Environmental 
Information Exchange Network grants, including as-
sociated program support costs; $1,505,000 shall be 
for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 
to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 
to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $18,000,000 of the funds 
available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par-
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comes of residents and workers in environmental 
justice communities; and Environmental Justice 
Training Program grants for grants to nonprofits 
for multi-media or single media activities to increase 
the capacity of residents of underserved communities 
to identify and address disproportionately adverse 
human health or environmental effects of pollution. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $72,108,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 
principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $12,500,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $5,000,000 shall be used solely for the cost of 
direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans for 
projects described in section 5026(9) of the Water Infra-
structure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to State 
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infrastructure financing authorities, as authorized by sec-
tion 5033(e) of such Act: Provided further, That the use 
of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this 
heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee 
loans for any project shall be in accordance with the cri-
teria published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 
(85 FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the 
heading ‘‘Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 
Program Account’’ in division D of the Further Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 
Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan 
guarantee authority made available under this heading 
shall be available for any project unless the Administrator 
and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
have certified in advance in writing that the direct loan 
or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply 
with the criteria referenced in the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That, for the purposes of carrying out the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office may request, and the Admin-
istrator shall promptly provide, documentation and infor-
mation relating to a project identified in a Letter of Inter-
est submitted to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice 
of Funding Availability for applications for credit assist-
ance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innova-
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tion Act Program, including with respect to a project that 
was initiated or completed before the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 
in this account, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
novation Act of 2014, $8,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2022, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
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except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8), to remain available until expended. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 
33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2022. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord-
ance with section 3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2022, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord-
ance with section 26(b) of the Toxic Substances Control 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)) for fiscal year 2022, to remain 
available until expended. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$375,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 
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Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ-
mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 
Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 
such head, to carry out activities that would support the 
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 
Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 
to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 
such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac-
tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non-
profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan-
ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 
in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro-
grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz-
ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail-
able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 
and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 
not exceed $150,000 per project. 
For fiscal year 2022, and notwithstanding section 
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 
the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 
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