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change of purchasers for whatever reason shall not be considered
a significant new circumstance, and the Forest Service may offer
or award such timber sale or offering to a different purchaser
or offeree, notwithstanding any other provision of law. A determina-
tion by the Forest Service pursuant to this paragraph shall not
be subject to judicial review.
None of the funds appropriated under this Act for the Forest
Service shall be made available for the purpose of applying paint
to rocks, or rock colorization: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Forest Service shall not require of
any individual or entity, as part of any permitting process under
its authority, or as a requirement of compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), the
painting or colorization of rocks.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy research
and development activities, under the authority of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95–91), including the
acquisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests
in any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition
or expansion, and for promoting health and safety in mines and
the mineral industry through research (30 U.S.C. 3, 861(b), and
951(a)), for conducting inquiries, technological investigations and
research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal
of mineral substances without objectionable social and environ-
mental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), and for the development
of methods for the disposal, control, prevention, and reclamation
of waste products in the mining, minerals, metal, and mineral
reclamation industries (30 U.S.C. 3 and 21a), $417,169,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of the
sum herein made available shall be used for the field testing of
nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and gas.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Monies received as investment income on the principal amount
in the Great Plains Project Trust at the Norwest Bank of North
Dakota, in such sums as are earned as of October 1, 1995, shall
be deposited in this account and immediately transferred to the
General Fund of the Treasury. Monies received as revenue sharing
from the operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant shall
be immediately transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petroleum and
oil shale reserve activities, $148,786,000, to remain available until
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
the 
requirements 
of 
U.S.C.
7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply to fiscal year 1996: Provided further,
That section 501 of Public Law 101–45 is hereby repealed.
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ENERGY CONSERVATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation
activities, $553,293,000, to remain available until expended, includ-
ing, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the excess amount
for fiscal year 1996 determined under the provisions of section
3003(d) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4502), and of which
$16,000,000 shall be derived from available unobligated balances
in the Biomass Energy Development account: Provided, That
$140,696,000 shall be for use in energy conservation programs
as defined in section 3008(3) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C.
4507) and shall not be available until excess amounts are deter-
mined under the provisions of section 3003(d) of Public Law 99–
509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99–509 such sums shall be allocated
to the eligible programs as follows: $114,196,000 for the weatheriza-
tion assistance program and $26,500,000 for the State energy con-
servation program.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the
Economic Regulatory Administration and the Office of Hearings
and Appeals, $6,297,000, to remain available until expended.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility
development and operations and program management activities
pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $287,000,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $187,000,000 shall be derived by transfer
of unobligated balances from the ‘‘SPR petroleum account’’ and
$100,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the ‘‘SPR Decommis-
sioning Fund’’: Provided, That notwithstanding section 161 of the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act, the Secretary shall draw down
and sell up to seven million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petro-
leum Reserve: Provided further, That the proceeds from the sale
shall be deposited into a special account in the Treasury, to be
established and known as the ‘‘SPR Decommissioning Fund’’, and
shall be available for the purpose of removal of oil from and
decommissioning of the Weeks Island site and for other purposes
related to the operations of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT
Notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 6240(d) the United States share
of crude oil in Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills)
may be sold or otherwise disposed of to other than the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve: Provided, That outlays in fiscal year 1996
resulting from the use of funds in this account shall not exceed
$5,000,000.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the
Energy Information Administration, $72,266,000, to remain avail-
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able until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 4(d)
of the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 353(d)) or any
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading here-
after may be used to enter into a contract for end use consumption
surveys for a term not to exceed eight years: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter the
Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey shall be conducted on
a triennial basis.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal year shall
be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance,
and operation of aircraft; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms;
and reimbursement to the General Services Administration for secu-
rity guard services.
From appropriations under this Act, transfers of sums may
be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance
of work for which the appropriation is made.
None of the funds made available to the Department of Energy
under this Act shall be used to implement or finance authorized
price support or loan guarantee programs unless specific provision
is made for such programs in an appropriations Act.
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equip-
ment, and other contributions from public and private sources and
to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal,
State, private, or foreign: Provided, That revenues and other moneys
received by or for the account of the Department of Energy or
otherwise generated by sale of products in connection with projects
of the Department appropriated under this Act may be retained
by the Secretary of Energy, to be available until expended, and
used only for plant construction, operation, costs, and payments
to cost-sharing entities as provided in appropriate cost-sharing con-
tracts or agreements: Provided further, That the remainder of reve-
nues after the making of such payments shall be covered into
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That any
contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by the Sec-
retary pursuant to this authority shall not be executed prior to
the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any day in which
either House of Congress is not in session because of adjournment
of more than three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President
of the Senate of a full comprehensive report on such project, includ-
ing the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of the
proposed project.
No funds provided in this Act may be expended by the Depart-
ment of Energy to prepare, issue, or process procurement documents
for programs or projects for which appropriations have not been
made.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954
(68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the Indian Health
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Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health
Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service,
$1,747,842,000, together with payments received during the fiscal
year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 300aaa–2 for services furnished by
the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made available
to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, grant agree-
ments, or any other agreements or compacts authorized by the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975
(88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated
at the time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall
remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal
year limitation: Provided further, That $12,000,000 shall remain
available until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emer-
gency Fund: Provided further, That $350,564,000 for contract medi-
cal care shall remain available for obligation until September 30,
1997: Provided further, That of the funds provided, not less than
$11,306,000 shall be used to carry out the loan repayment program
under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act,
as amended: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act
may be used for one-year contracts and grants which are to be
performed in two fiscal years, so long as the total obligation is
recorded in the year for which the funds are appropriated: Provided
further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of Health
and Human Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act shall be available for two fiscal
years after the fiscal year in which they were collected, for the
purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and
requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act
(exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new facilities):
Provided further, That of the funds provided, $7,500,000 shall
remain available until expended, for the Indian Self-Determination
Fund, which shall be available for the transitional costs of initial
or expanded tribal contracts, grants or cooperative agreements with
the Indian Health Service under the provisions of the Indian Self-
Determination Act: Provided further, That funding contained herein,
and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship programs
under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613)
shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1997:
Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal
organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement
Act, as amended, shall be reported and accounted for and available
to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended.
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equip-
ment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters
for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings;
acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings,
and purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and commu-
nity sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7
of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-
Determination Act and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act,
and for expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5,
1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to environmental health and facili-