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DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for management of the Department 
of the Interior, $107,264,000; of which not to exceed $15,000 may 
be for official reception and representation expenses; and of which 
up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation pay-
ments and unemployment compensation payments associated with 
the orderly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines: Provided, 
That, for fiscal year 2009 up to $400,000 of the payments authorized 
by the Act of October 20, 1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901– 
6907) may be retained for administrative expenses of the Payments 
in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided further, That no payment 
shall be made pursuant to that Act to otherwise eligible units 
of local government if the computed amount of the payment is 
less than $100. 
MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES 
(RESCISSION) 
The unobligated balances under this heading as of the date 
of enactment of this provision are permanently rescinded. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $78,665,000, of which: 
(1) $69,815,000 shall remain available until expended for technical 
assistance, including maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, 
insular management controls, coral reef initiative activities, and 
brown tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary 
in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized 
by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of American 
Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construction and 
support of governmental functions; 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 (Public 
Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $8,850,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2010 for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of the 
territorial and local governments herein provided for, including 
such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established 
or used by such governments, may be audited by the Government 
Accountability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 
35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern 
Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided 
according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special Represent-
atives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the 
Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided for technical assistance, 
sufficient funds shall be made available for a grant to the Pacific 
Basin Development Council: Provided further, That of the amounts
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provided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be made 
available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, 
That the funds for the program of operations and maintenance 
improvement are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations 
and maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with terri-
torial participation and cost sharing to be determined by the Sec-
retary 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 appro-
priations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching funds for 
the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to sec-
tion 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $5,318,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2), 221(b), 
and 233 of the Compact of Free Association 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. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$62,050,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$45,953,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
grants, $181,648,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $56,445,000 from this or any other Act, shall be 
available for historical accounting: Provided, That funds for trust 
management improvements and litigation support may, as needed, 
be transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Secretary, 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made 
available through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 
2009, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 
(25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by 
the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the statute of limitations shall not
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commence to run on any claim, including any claim in litigation 
pending on the date of the enactment of this Act, concerning losses 
to or mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe or 
individual Indian has been furnished with an accounting of such 
funds from which the beneficiary can determine whether there 
has been a loss: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide 
a quarterly statement of performance for any Indian trust account 
that has not had activity for at least 18 months and has a balance 
of $15.00 or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 
an annual account statement and maintain a record of any such 
accounts and shall permit the balance in each such account to 
be withdrawn upon the express written request of the account 
holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is available 
for the Secretary to make payments to correct administrative errors 
of either disbursements from or deposits to Individual Indian Money 
or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, 
That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited to 
and remain available in this account for this purpose: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $6,000,000 may be transferred from 
unobligated balances (Treasury Accounts 14X6039, 14X6803 and 
14X8030) for the purpose of one-time accounting reconciliations 
of the balances, as sanctioned by the Chief Financial Officers Act 
of 1990, American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act 
of 1994 and the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA). 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression oper-
ations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, haz-
ardous fuels reduction, and rural fire assistance by the Department 
of the Interior, $859,453,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $6,137,000 shall be for the renovation or 
construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also 
available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 
from which funds were previously transferred for such purposes: 
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 notwith-
standing 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office 
of the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursu-
ant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, 
may be credited to the appropriation from which funds were 
expended to provide that protection, and are available without 
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using the amounts 
designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agree-
ments, for hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training 
and monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 
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 between 
the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, 
as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further,