H. R. 2520—16
INDIAN DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of expert
assistance loans authorized by the Act of November 4, 1963, as
amended, and the cost of direct loans authorized by the Indian
Financing Act of 1974, as amended, $2,484,000: Provided, That
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $10,890,000.
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $8,784,000, as authorized
by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended: 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,
as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize total loan principal any part of which is to be guaranteed
not to exceed $69,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the guaranteed loan program, $906,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the
revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee and insurance
fund, the Technical Assistance of Indian Enterprises account, the
Indian Direct Loan Program account, and the Indian Guaranteed
Loan Program account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits,
and purchase of not to exceed 260 passenger carrying motor
vehicles, of which not to exceed 212 shall be for replacement only.
TERRITORIAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
ADMINISTRATION OF TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for the administration of territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$81,907,000, of which (1) $77,369,000 shall be available until
expended for technical assistance, including maintenance assist-
ance, disaster assistance, drug interdiction and abuse prevention,
insular management controls, and brown tree snake control and
research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensa-
tion 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 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 (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2)
$4,538,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Office
of Territorial and International 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 utilized by such governments, shall be audited by
the General Accounting Office, in accordance with chapter 35 of
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern Mari-
ana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided according
to those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representatives
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on Future United States Financial Assistance for the Northern
Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 99–396, or any subsequent
legislation related to Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands Covenant grant funding, except that should the Secretary
of the Interior believe that the performance standards of such
agreement are not being met, operations funds may be withheld,
but only by Act of Congress as required by Public Law 99–396:
Provided further, That $1,025,000 of the amounts provided for tech-
nical assistance shall be 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 of capital infra-
structure in American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of
Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated
States of Micronesia through assessments of long-range operations
and maintenance needs, improved capability of local operations
and maintenance institutions and agencies (including management
and vocational education training), and project-specific maintenance
(with territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined
by the Secretary based on the individual territory’s commitment
to timely maintenance of its capital assets): Provided further, That
any appropriation for disaster assistance under this head 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).
TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
For expenses necessary for the Department of the Interior
in administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands pursu-
ant to the Trusteeship Agreement approved by joint resolution
of July 18, 1947 (61 Stat. 397), and the Act of June 30, 1954
(68 Stat. 330), as amended (90 Stat. 299; 91 Stat. 1159; 92 Stat.
495), and grants to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,
in addition to local revenues, for support of governmental functions;
$23,838,000, to remain available until expended, including
$18,464,000 for operations of the Government of Palau: Provided,
That all financial transactions of the Trust Territory, including
such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established
or utilized by such Trust Territory, shall be audited by the General
Accounting Office in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United
States Code: Provided further, That all Government operations
funds appropriated and obligated for the Republic of Palau under
this account for fiscal year 1994 shall be credited as an offset
against fiscal year 1994 payments made pursuant to the legislation
approving the Palau Compact of Free Association (Public Law 99–
658), if such Compact is implemented before October 1, 1994: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $300,000 of the grants to the
Republic of Palau, for support of governmental functions, shall
be dedicated to the College of Micronesia in accordance with the
agreement between the Micronesian entities.
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION
For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands
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as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 of the
Compacts of Free Association, $22,102,000, to remain available
until expended, as authorized by Public Law 99–239: Provided,
That the effective date of the Palau Compact for purposes of eco-
nomic assistance pursuant to the Palau Compact of Free Associa-
tion, Public Law 99–658, shall be the effective date of the Palau
Compact as determined pursuant to section 101 of Public Law
101–219.
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the
Interior, $64,111,000 of which not to exceed $7,500 may be for
official reception and representation expenses.
ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the President’s Forest
Plan for ‘‘Jobs in the Woods’’ ecosystem restoration in Northern
California, Washington, and Oregon, $7,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1995: Provided, That with the approval of
the Secretary, such amounts as may be identified in implementation
plans may be transferred to the Bureau of Land Management,
the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$33,359,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General,
$24,283,000.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Construction Manage-
ment, $2,394,000.
NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gaming Commis-
sion, pursuant to Public Law 100–497, $1,000,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available
resources within the Working Capital Fund, 18 aircraft, 10 of which
shall be for replacement and which may be obtained by donation,
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purchase or through available excess surplus property: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, existing aircraft
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft: Pro-
vided further, That no programs funded with appropriated funds
in the ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’, ‘‘Office of the Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office
of Inspector General’’ may be augmented through the Working
Capital Fund or the Consolidated Working Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available
for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with
the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction,
replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facili-
ties or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or
other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made
available under this authority until funds specifically made avail-
able to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have
been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant
to this section are hereby designated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency
requirements’’ pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and must be
replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be
requested as promptly as possible.
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or
transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition
to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several
agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest
or range fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of
the Department of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation
of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions
related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms,
or other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent
to actual oilspills; response and natural resource damage assess-
ment activities related to actual oilspills; for the prevention,
suppression, and control of actual or potential grasshopper and
Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary, pursuant to the authority in section 1773(b) of Public
Law 99–198 (99 Stat. 1658); 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 Reclama-
tion and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit
assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy State
is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining
Act: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for fire
suppression purposes shall be available for the payment of obliga-
tions incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft,
or other equipment in connection with their use for fire suppression
purposes, such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations cur-
rently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further,
That for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activi-
ties, no funds shall be made available under this authority until
funds appropriated to the ‘‘Emergency Department of the Interior
Firefighting Fund’’ shall have been exhausted: Provided further,
That all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby designated
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by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 and must be replenished by a supplemental appropria-
tion which must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided
further, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse,
on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were
transferred.
SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be available
for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities,
wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or
economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services
rendered to any other activity in the same manner as authorized
by sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Provided,
That reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equipment,
and for services rendered may be credited to the appropriation
current at the time such reimbursements are received.
SEC. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the
Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount
not to exceed $500,000; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft;
hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment
for telephone service in private residences in the field, when author-
ized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment
of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership
in societies or associations which issue publications to members
only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who
are not members.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the
Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for uniforms
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902
and D.C. Code 4–204).
SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be available
for obligation in connection with contracts issued by the General
Services Administration for services or rentals for periods not in
excess of twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal
year.
SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be expended
by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore leasing
and related activities placed under restriction in the President’s
moratorium statement of June 26, 1990, in the areas of Northern,
Central, and Southern California; the North Atlantic; Washington
and Oregon; and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees
north latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.
SEC. 108. No funds provided in this title may be expended
by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of leasing, or
the approval or permitting of any drilling or other exploration
activity, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin planning area.
SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be expended
by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of preleasing
and leasing activities in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico for Outer
Continental Shelf Lease Sale 137 or for Sale 151 in the April
1992 proposal for the Outer Continental Shelf Natural Gas and
Oil Resource Management Comprehensive Program, 1992–1997.
SEC. 110. No funds provided in this title may be expended
by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of preleasing
and leasing activities in the Atlantic for Outer Continental Shelf
Lease Sale 164 in the April 1992 proposal for the Outer Continental
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Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management Comprehensive
Program, 1992–1997.
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act may be used to publish
a National final rule defining the term ‘‘valid existing rights’’ for
purposes of section 522(e) of the Surface Mining Control and Rec-
lamation Act of 1977 or to publish a final rule disapproving any
existing State definition of valid existing rights.
SEC. 112. In implementing section 1307 of Public Law 96–
487 (94 Stat. 2479), the Secretary shall deem the holder of entry
permit LP–GLBA005–93 to be a person who, on or before January
1, 1979, was engaged in adequately providing visitor services of
the type authorized in said permit within Glacier Bay National
Park.
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST RESEARCH
For necessary expenses of forest research as authorized by
law, $193,083,000, to remain available until September 30, 1995.
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
For necessary expenses of cooperating with, and providing tech-
nical and financial assistance to States, Territories, possessions,
and others; and for forest pest management activities, $168,107,000,
to remain available until expended, as authorized by law: Provided,
That of the funds previously appropriated under this head as a
grant to the National Tree Trust Foundation, $2,500,000 shall
be provided as a grant to the Texas Reforestation Foundation.
EMERGENCY PEST SUPPRESSION FUND
For necessary expenses for emergency suppression of pests,
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
these funds, or any portion thereof, shall be available in fiscal
year 1994 only to the extent that the President notifies the Congress
of his designation of any or all of these amounts as emergency
requirements under section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That
Congress hereby designates these amounts as emergency require-
ments pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY
For necessary expenses of international forestry as authorized
by Public Laws 101–513 and 101–624, $6,996,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1995.
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utiliza-
tion of the National Forest System, and for administrative expenses
associated with the management of funds provided under the heads
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‘‘Forest Research’’, ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest
System’’, ‘‘Construction’’, ‘‘Forest Service Fire Protection’’, ‘‘Emer-
gency Forest Service Firefighting Fund’’, and ‘‘Land Acquisition’’,
$1,304,891,000, including not less than $55,552,000 for law enforce-
ment, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1995,
and including 65 per centum of all monies received during the
prior fiscal year as fees collected under the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accordance with section
4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated
and unexpended balances in the National Forest System account
at the end of fiscal year 1993, shall be merged with and made
a part of the fiscal year 1994 National Forest System appropriation,
and shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1995:
Provided further, That timber volume authorized or scheduled for
sale during fiscal year 1993, but which remains unsold at the
end of fiscal year 1993, shall be offered for sale during fiscal
year 1994 in addition to the fiscal year 1994 timber sale volume
to the extent possible: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000
of the funds provided herein for road maintenance shall be available
for the planned obliteration of roads which are no longer needed.
FOREST SERVICE FIRE PROTECTION
For necessary expenses for firefighting on or adjacent to
National Forest System lands or other lands under fire protection
agreement, and for forest fire management and presuppression
on National Forest System lands, $190,108,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That unexpended balances of amounts
previously appropriated for this purpose under the heading ‘‘Forest
Service Firefighting’’, Forest Service, may be transferred to and
merged with this appropriation and accounted for as one appropria-
tion for the same time period as originally enacted.
EMERGENCY FOREST SERVICE FIREFIGHTING FUND
For 
necessary 
expenses 
for 
emergency 
rehabilitation,
presuppression due to emergencies or economic efficiency, and wild-
fire suppression activities of the Forest Service, $190,222,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That such funds are
available for repayment of advances from other appropriation
accounts previously transferred for such purposes.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise
provided for, for construction, $249,002,000, including road oblitera-
tion and watershed restoration, to remain available until expended,
of which $20,000,000 is for watershed restoration; $99,347,000 is
for construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities;
and $129,655,000 is for construction and repair of forest roads
and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–
538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That funds becoming
available in fiscal year 1994 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16
U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury
of the United States: Provided further, That not to exceed
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be obligated
for the construction of forest roads by timber purchasers.
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LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C.
460l–4–11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition
of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory
authority applicable to the Forest Service, $64,250,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended and $300,000 which shall be derived from funds
appropriated under this head in Public Law 101–512 for acquisition
of land and interests therein at and near the Old Chief Joseph
Gravesite and which shall be available for all activities under
this heading.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS
SPECIAL ACTS
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe
National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia,
and Cleveland National Forests, California, as authorized by law,
$1,212,000, to be derived from forest receipts.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES
For acquisition of lands, to be derived from funds deposited
by State, county, or municipal governments, public school districts,
or other public school authorities pursuant to the Act of December
4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until
expended.
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and
improvement, 50 per centum of all moneys received during the
prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands
in National Forests in the sixteen Western States, pursuant to
section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94–579, as amended, to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed 6 per centum
shall be available for administrative expenses associated with on-
the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements.
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND
RESEARCH
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $96,000, to
remain available until expended, to be derived from the fund estab-
lished pursuant to the above Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year
shall be available for: (a) purchase of not to exceed 182 passenger
motor vehicles of which 20 will be used primarily for law enforce-
ment purposes and of which 164 shall be for replacement only,
of which acquisition of 122 passenger motor vehicles shall be from
excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; operation and maintenance
of aircraft, the purchase of not to exceed two for replacement
only, and acquisition of 28 aircraft from excess sources; notwith-
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standing other provisions of law, existing aircraft being replaced
may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset
the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (b) services pursu-
ant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act
of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $100,000 for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (c) purchase, erection, and alteration of build-
ings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (d) acquisition
of land, waters, and interests therein, pursuant to the Act of August
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); (e) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers
in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, 558a
note); and (f) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31
U.S.C. 3718(c).
None of the funds made available under this Act shall be
obligated or expended to change the boundaries of any region,
to abolish any region, to move or close any regional office for
research, State and private forestry, or National Forest System
administration of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture,
without the consent of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
in the United States Senate and the Committee on Agriculture
in the United States House of Representatives.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service
may be advanced to the Forest Service Firefighting appropriation
and may be used for forest firefighting and the emergency
rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction: Provided,
That no funds shall be made available under this authority until
funds appropriated to the ‘‘Emergency Forest Service Firefighting
Fund’’ shall have been exhausted.
The appropriation structure for the Forest Service may not
be altered without advanced approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available
for assistance to or through the Agency for International Develop-
ment and the Office of International Cooperation and Development
in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical informa-
tion, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available
to support forestry and related natural resource activities outside
the United States and its territories and possessions, including
technical assistance, education and training, and cooperation with
United States and international organizations.
All funds received for timber salvage sales may be credited
to the Forest Service Permanent Appropriations to be expended
for timber salvage sales from any national forest, and for timber
sales preparation to replace sales lost to fire or other causes, and
sales preparation to replace sales inventory on the shelf for any
national forest to a level sufficient to maintain new sales availability
equal to a rolling five-year average of the total sales offerings,
and for design, engineering, and supervision of construction of roads
lost to fire or other causes associated with the timber sales programs
described above, and for watershed assessment activities: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, monies received
from the timber salvage sales program shall be considered as money
received for purposes of computing and distributing 25 per centum
payments to local governments under 16 U.S.C. 500, as amended.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service under
this Act shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section
702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7
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