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(2) to implement the final rule entitled ‘‘Alaska; 
Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves’’ and 
dated (80 Fed. Reg. 64325 (October 23, 2015)). 
SEC. 489. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of the Interior to 
require changes to an existing placer mining plan of oper-
ations with regard to reclamation activities, including re-
vegetation, or to modify the bond requirements for the 
mining operation. 
SEC. 490. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of the Interior, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, or any other Federal 
agency to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for 
any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, ex-
cept in accordance with Presidential Memorandum—Fed-
eral Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 
SEC. 491. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for the ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR—NA-
TIONAL PARK SERVICE—NATIONAL
RECREATION
AND 
PRESERVATION’’ may be used in contravention of section 
320101 of title 54, United States Code. 
SEC. 492. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used may be used to eliminate the Urban 
Wildlife Refuge Partnership. 
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LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 493. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to limit outreach programs administered 
by the Smithsonian Institution. 
SEC. 494. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to treat the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus 
baileyi) as an endangered species or threatened species 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.) or to implement a recovery plan for such 
species that applies in any area outside the historic range 
of such species. 
SEC. 495. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Clean Energy Incentive 
Program Design Details’’ published by the Environmental 
Protection Agency in the Federal Register on June 30, 
2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 42939 et seq.), or any rule of the 
same substance. 
SEC. 496. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay legal fees pursuant to a settlement 
in any case, in which the Federal Government is a party, 
that arises under— 
(1) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.); 
(2) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); or 
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(3) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
SEC. 497. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement the Final Comprehensive 
Conservation Plan for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 
Alaska for which notice of availability was published in 
the Federal Register on April 13, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 
19678). 
SEC. 498. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to remove Arctic Sales 255, 258, and 
262 from the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and 
Gas Leasing Proposed Program for which notice of avail-
ability was published on March 18, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 
14881). 
SEC. 499. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to declare a national monument under 
section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, in the ex-
clusive economic zone of the United States established by 
Proclamation Numbered 5030, dated March 10, 1983. 
COMPLIANCE WITH GREAT LAKES COMPACT 
SEC. 500. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by a State in contravention of the inter-
state compact regarding water resources in the Great 
Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin consented to and ap-
proved by Congress in Public Law 110–342. 
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SEC. 501. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Special Regulations, 
Areas of the National Park Service, Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area, Dog Management’’ published by the Na-
tional Park Service in the Federal Register on February 
24, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 9139 et seq.; Regulation Identifier 
No. 1024–AE16). 
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available by the 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
modification to boating restrictions contained in the news 
release issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service entitled ‘‘Minor Modification to Boating Restric-
tions at Havasu Wildlife Refuge’’ and dated May 20, 
2015. 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 321(a) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7621(a)). 
SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 
or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 
by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 
of its principals— 
(1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 
has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren-
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dered against it for: commission of fraud or a crimi-
nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 
to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or 
local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 
State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 
offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, for-
gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
making false statements, tax evasion, violating Fed-
eral criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; 
(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 
criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer-
ated above in paragraph (1); or 
(3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 
has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 
an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil-
ity remains unsatisfied. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In-
terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2017’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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