HR 1977 RFS
of the United States: Provided further, That not to exceed
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be
obligated for the construction of forest roads by timber
purchasers.
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 administra-
tive expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or in-
terest therein, in accordance with statutory authority ap-
plicable to the Forest Service, $14,600,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain
available until expended.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL
ACTS
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests,
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, to
be derived from forest receipts.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES
For acquisition of lands, to be derived from funds de-
posited by State, county, or municipal governments, public
school districts, or other public school authorities pursuant
HR 1977 RFS
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, pro-
tection, 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 six-
teen 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 improve-
ments.
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND
RANGELAND RESEARCH
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b),
$92,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived
from the fund established 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 183 passenger motor vehicles of which 32 will be
used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which
151 shall be for replacement; acquisition of 22 passenger
motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehi-
HR 1977 RFS
cles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase
of not to exceed two for replacement only, and acquisition
of 20 aircraft from excess sources; notwithstanding 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) serv-
ices pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of
the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to ex-
ceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (c)
purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings 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 pur-
suant 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, De-
partment of Agriculture, without the consent of the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in the
HR 1977 RFS
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 Fire and Emergency Sup-
pression appropriation and may be used for forest fire-
fighting and the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over
lands under its jurisdiction: Provided, That no funds shall
be made available under this authority until funds appro-
priated to the ‘‘Emergency Forest Service Firefighting
Fund’’ shall have been exhausted.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice in connection with forest and rangeland research, tech-
nical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and
shall be available to support forestry and related natural
resource 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.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agri-
culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C.
147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance
HR 1977 RFS
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in House Report 103–551.
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of
the Forest Service.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap-
propriations or funds available to the Forest Service may
be used to disseminate program information to private and
public individuals and organizations through the use of
nonmonetary items of nominal value and to provide
nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur nec-
essary expenses for the nonmonetary recognition of private
individuals and organizations that make contributions to
Forest Service programs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money
collected, in advance or otherwise, by the Forest Service
under authority of section 101 of Public Law 93–153 (30
U.S.C. 185(1)) as reimbursement of administrative and
other costs incurred in processing pipeline right-of-way or
permit applications and for costs incurred in monitoring
the construction, operation, maintenance, and termination
of any pipeline and related facilities, may be used to reim-
HR 1977 RFS
burse the applicable appropriation to which such costs
were originally charged.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970,
as amended by Public Law 93–408.
None of the funds available in this Act shall be used
for timber sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood
stands in excess of 25 percent of the fiscal year 1989 har-
vested volume in the Wayne National Forest, Ohio: Pro-
vided, That this limitation shall not apply to hardwood
stands damaged by natural disaster: Provided further,
That landscape architects shall be used to maintain a vis-
ually pleasing forest.
Any money collected from the States for fire suppres-
sion assistance rendered by the Forest Service on non-
Federal lands not in the vicinity of National Forest Sys-
tem lands shall be used to reimburse the applicable appro-
priation and shall remain available until expended as the
Secretary may direct in conducting activities authorized
by 16 U.S.C. 2101 (note), 2101–2110, 1606, and 2111.
HR 1977 RFS
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official
reception and representation expenses.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the For-
est Service is authorized to employ or otherwise contract
with persons at regular rates of pay, as determined by the
Service, to perform work occasioned by emergencies such
as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or any other unavoid-
able cause without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays,
and the regular workweek.
To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance
with the Final Amendment to the Shawnee National For-
est Plan, none of the funds available in this Act shall be
used for preparation of timber sales using clearcutting or
other forms of even aged management in hardwood stands
in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities for sustainable rural devel-
opment purposes.
Not withstanding any other provision of law, eighty
percent of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service
in the National Forest System and Construction accounts
and planned to be allocated to activities under the ‘‘Jobs
in the Woods’’ program for projects on National Forest
HR 1977 RFS
land in the State of Washington may be granted directly
to the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
for accomplishment of planned projects. Twenty percent
of said funds shall be retained by the Forest Service for
planning and administering projects. Project selection and
prioritization shall be accomplished by the Forest Service
with such consultation with the State of Washington as
the Forest Service deems appropriate.
None of the funds available in this Act shall be used
for any activity that directly or indirectly causes harm to
songbirds within the boundaries of the Shawnee National
Forest.
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, includ-
ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan-
sion, $379,524,000, 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.
HR 1977 RFS
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Monies received as investment income on the prin-
cipal 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 petro-
leum and oil shale reserve activities, $151,028,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the require-
ments of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply to fiscal
year 1996.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy con-
servation activities, $556,371,000, to remain available
until expended, including, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, the excess amount for fiscal year 1996 deter-
mined 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
HR 1977 RFS
Biomass Energy Development account: Provided, That
$148,946,000 shall be for use in energy conservation pro-
grams as defined in section 3008(3) of Public Law 99–
509 (15 U.S.C. 4507) and shall not be available until ex-
cess amounts are determined under the provisions of sec-
tion 3003(d) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4502):
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2)
of Public Law 99–509 such sums shall be allocated to the
eligible programs as follows: $110,946,000 for the weath-
erization assistance program and $26,500,000 for the
State energy conservation 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 Re-
serve 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 un-
obligated balances from the ‘‘SPR petroleum account’’ and
HR 1977 RFS
$100,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the ‘‘SPR
Decommissioning 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 Petroleum Reserve: Pro-
vided further, That the proceeds from the sale shall be de-
posited into a special account in the Treasury, to be estab-
lished 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 Strate-
gic 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: Pro-
vided, 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, $79,766,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That not-
withstanding Section 4(d) of the Service Contract Act of
1965 (41 U.S.C. 353(d)) or any other provision of law,
HR 1977 RFS
funds appropriated under this heading hereafter may be
used to enter into a contract for end use consumption sur-
veys 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, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the
General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices.
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 pro-
grams unless specific provision is made for such programs
in an appropriations Act.
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-
ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and
private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation
HR 1977 RFS
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 contracts or agreements: Pro-
vided further, That the remainder of revenues after the
making of such payments shall be covered into the Treas-
ury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That any
contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by
the Secretary pursuant to this authority shall not be exe-
cuted prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not in-
cluding any day in which either House of Congress is not
in session because of adjournment of more than three cal-
endar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent of the Senate of a full comprehensive report on such
project, including the facts and circumstances relied upon
in support of the proposed project.
No funds provided in this Act may be expended by
the Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process
HR 1977 RFS
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 Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to the Indian Health Service, $1,725,792,000 to-
gether with payments received during the fiscal year pur-
suant to 42 U.S.C. 300aaa–2 for services furnished by the
Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made avail-
able to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts,
grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation 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 avail-
able to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year
limitation: Provided further, That $12,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic
Health 
Emergency 
Fund: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$351,258,000 for contract medical care shall remain avail-
HR 1977 RFS
able for obligation until September 30, 1997: Provided fur-
ther, 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 Im-
provement 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 In-
dian 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, de-
sign, or construction of new facilities): Provided further,
That of the funds provided, $7,500,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended, for the Indian Self-Determination
Fund, which shall be available for the transitional costs
of initial or expanded tribal contracts, grants or coopera-
tive 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
HR 1977 RFS
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 re-
ported and accounted for and available to the receiving
tribes and tribal organizations until expended.
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement,
and equipment 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 trail-
ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita-
tion 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 Im-
provement 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 facilities support
activities of the Indian Health Service, $236,975,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated
HR 1977 RFS
for the planning, design, construction or renovation of
health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes
may be used to purchase land for sites to construct, im-
prove, or enlarge health or related facilities.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv-
ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva-
lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re-
prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular
buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments
for telephone service in private residences in the field,
when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec-
retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefor as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); and for expenses of
attendance at meetings which are concerned with the func-
tions or activities for which the appropriation is made or
which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or
management of those functions or activities: Provided,
That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may
be extended health care at all tribally administered or In-
dian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the
HR 1977 RFS
proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–53) shall be
credited to the account of the facility providing the service
and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other law or regu-
lation, funds transferred from the Department of Housing
and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service
shall be administered under Public Law 86–121 (the In-
dian Sanitation Facilities Act) and Public Law 93–638,
as amended: Provided further, That funds appropriated to
the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used
for administrative and program direction purposes, shall
not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal
travel and transportation: Provided further, That the In-
dian Health Service shall neither bill nor charge those In-
dians who may have the economic means to pay unless
and until such time as Congress has agreed upon a specific
policy to do so and has directed the Indian Health Service
to implement such a policy: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds previously
or herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization
through a contract, grant or agreement authorized by
Title I of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450),
may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-governance
HR 1977 RFS
funding agreement under Title III of the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 and
thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal orga-
nization without fiscal year limitation: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available to the Indian
Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the
final rule published in the Federal Register on September
16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, relating to eligibility for the health care services of
the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service
has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased
costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such re-
quest has been included in an appropriations Act and en-
acted into law: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able in this Act are to be apportioned to the Indian Health
Service as appropriated in this Act, and accounted for in
the appropriation structure set forth in this Act: Provided
further, That the appropriation structure for the Indian
Health Service may not be altered without advance ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions.
HR 1977 RFS
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
INDIAN EDUCATION
For necessary expenses to carry out, to the extent
not otherwise provided, title IX, part A, subpart 1 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended, and section 215 of the Department of Education
Organization Act, $52,500,000.
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–
531, $21,345,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appro-
priations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals
and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-parti-
tioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard
housing, and all others certified as eligible and not in-
cluded in the preceding categories: Provided further, That
none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may
be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Reloca-
tion to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as
of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the
lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or re-
HR 1977 RFS
placement home is provided for such household: Provided
further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than
one new or replacement home: Provided further, That the
Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who
have selected and received an approved homesite on the
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off
the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 640d–10.
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
ized by title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 U.S.C. 4401
et seq.), $5,500,000.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields
of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation,
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease
HR 1977 RFS
(for terms not to exceed thirty years), and protection of
buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed
$100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up
to 5 replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, re-
pair, 
and 
cleaning 
of 
uniforms 
for 
employees;
$309,471,000, of which not to exceed $32,000,000 for the
instrumentation program, collections acquisition, Museum
Support 
Center 
equipment 
and 
move, 
exhibition
reinstallation, the National Museum of the American In-
dian, the repatriation of skeletal remains program, re-
search equipment, information management, and Latino
programming shall remain available until expended and,
including such funds as may be necessary to support
American overseas research centers and a total of
$125,000 for the Council of American Overseas Research
Centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein are
available for advance payments to independent contractors
performing research services or participating in official
Smithsonian presentations.
CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS, NATIONAL
ZOOLOGICAL PARK
For necessary expenses of planning, construction, re-
modeling, and equipping of buildings and facilities at the
National Zoological Park, by contract or otherwise,
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended.
HR 1977 RFS
REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair and restoration of
buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section
2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), including
not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, $24,954,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That contracts awarded for environ-
mental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or
restoration of buildings of the Smithsonian Institution
may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded
on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.
CONSTRUCTION
For 
necessary 
expenses 
for 
construction,
$12,950,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
a single procurement for the construction of the National
Museum of the American Indian Cultural Resources Cen-
ter may be issued which includes the full scope of the
project: Provided further, That the solicitation and the
contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’
found at 48 CFR 52.232.18.
HR 1977 RFS
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51),
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad-
vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for
membership in library, museum, and art associations or
societies whose publications or services are available to
members only, or to members at a price lower than to the
general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms
for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other
employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902);
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter-
ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches,
and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and
repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by
contracts made, without advertising, with individuals,
firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop-
er, $51,315,000, of which not to exceed $3,026,000 for
HR 1977 RFS
the special exhibition program shall remain available until
expended.
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or
otherwise, as authorized $5,500,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for envi-
ronmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair
or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art
may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded
on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
ARTS
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts, $9,800,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses of capital repair and rehabili-
tation of the existing features of the building and site of
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
$8,983,000, to remain available until expended.
HR 1977 RFS
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
SCHOLARS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat.
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,140,100.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965, as
amended, $82,259,000, subject to passage by the House
of Representatives of a bill authorizing such appropria-
tion, shall be available to the National Endowment for the
Arts for the support of projects and productions in the
arts through assistance to groups and individuals pursu-
ant to section 5(c) of the Act, and for administering the
functions of the Act, to remain available until September
30, 1997.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $17,235,000, subject to passage by
the House of Representatives of a bill authorizing such
HR 1977 RFS
appropriation, to remain available until September 30,
1997, to the National Endowment for the Arts, of which
$7,500,000 shall be available for purposes of section
5(p)(1): Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal
to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of
money, and other property accepted by the Chairman or
by grantees of the Endowment under the provisions of sec-
tion 10(a)(2), subsections 11(a)(2)(A) and 11(a)(3)(A)
during the current and preceding fiscal years for which
equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $82,469,000 shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humanities for support of ac-
tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the
Act, and for administering the functions of the Act, to
remain available until September 30, 1997.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $17,025,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1997, of which $9,180,000 shall be
available to the National Endowment for the Humanities
HR 1977 RFS
for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That this ap-
propriation shall be available for obligation only in such
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts,
bequests, and devises of money, and other property accept-
ed by the Chairman or by grantees of the Endowment
under the provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and
11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years
for which equal amounts have not previously been appro-
priated.
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM SERVICES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out title II of the Arts, Humanities, and
Cultural Affairs Act of 1976, as amended, $21,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 1997.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
None of the funds appropriated to the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used
to process any grant or contract documents which do not
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses.
HR 1977 RFS
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing
a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $834,000.
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law
99–190 (99 Stat. 1261; 20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended,
$6,000,000.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation, $3,063,000.
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na-
tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i),
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$5,090,000: Provided, That all appointed members will be
compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate for Executive
Schedule Level IV.
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Franklin Delano Roo-
sevelt Memorial Commission, established by the Act of Au-
gust 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 694), as amended by Public Law
HR 1977 RFS
92–332 (86 Stat. 401), $48,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1997.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the orderly closure of the
Pennsylvania 
Avenue 
Development 
Corporation,
$2,000,000.
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as
authorized by Public Law 96–388, as amended,
$28,707,000; of which $1,575,000 for the Museum’s re-
pair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the
Museum’s exhibition program shall remain available until
expended.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation under this
Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior or
HR 1977 RFS
the Secretary of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and nat-
ural gas by noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned
lands within the boundaries of the Shawnee National For-
est, Illinois: Provided, That nothing herein is intended to
inhibit or otherwise affect the sale, lease, or right to access
to minerals owned by private individuals.
SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to
promote public support or opposition to any legislative
proposal on which congressional action is not complete.
SEC. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal
servants to any officer or employee of such department
or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 306. No assessments may be levied against any
program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by
this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis
therefor are presented to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and are approved by such Committees.
HR 1977 RFS
SEC. 307. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
HR 1977 RFS
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classi-
fied as giant sequoia (sequoiadendron giganteum) which
are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land
Management lands in a manner different than such sales
were conducted in fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 309. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park
Service to enter into or implement a concession contract
which permits or requires the removal of the underground
lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
SEC. 310. Where the actual costs of construction
projects under self-determination contracts, compacts, or
grants, pursuant to Public Laws 93–638, 100–413, or
100–297, are less than the estimated costs thereof, use
HR 1977 RFS
of the resulting excess funds shall be determined by the
appropriate Secretary after consultation with the tribes.
SEC. 311. Notwithstanding Public Law 103–413,
quarterly payments of funds to tribes and tribal organiza-
tions under annual funding agreements pursuant to sec-
tion 108 of Public Law 93–638, as amended, may be made
on the first business day following the first day of a fiscal
quarter.
SEC. 312. None of funds in this Act may be used
for the Americorps program.
SEC. 313. (a) On or before April 1, 1996, the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation shall—
(1) transfer and assign in accordance with this
section all of its rights, title, and interest in and to
all of the leases, covenants, agreements, and ease-
ments it has executed or will execute by March 31,
1996, in carrying out its powers and duties under
the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation
Act (40 U.S.C. 871–885) and the Federal Triangle
Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101–1109) to the
General Services Administration, National Capital
Planning Commission, or the National Park Service;
and
(2) except as provided by subsection (d), trans-
fer all rights, title, and interest in and to all prop-
HR 1977 RFS
erty, both real and personal, held in the name of the
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation to
the General Services Administration.
(b) The responsibilities of the Pennsylvania Avenue
Development Corporation transferred to the General Serv-
ices Administration under subsection (a) include, but are
not limited to, the following:
(1) Collection of revenue owed the Federal Gov-
ernment as a result of real estate sales or lease
agreements entered into by the Pennsylvania Avenue
Development Corporation and private parties, in-
cluding, at a minimum, with respect to the following
projects:
(A) The Willard Hotel property on Square
225.
(B) The Gallery Row project on Square
457.
(C) The Lansburgh’s project on Square
431.
(D) The Market Square North project on
Square 407.
(2) Collection of sale or lease revenue owed the
Federal Government (if any) in the event two unde-
veloped sites owned by the Pennsylvania Avenue De-
HR 1977 RFS
velopment Corporation on Squares 457 and 406 are
sold or leased prior to April 1, 1996.
(3) Application of collected revenue to repay
United States Treasury debt incurred by the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation in the
course of acquiring real estate.
(4) Performing financial audits for projects in
which the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Cor-
poration has actual or potential revenue expectation,
as identified in paragraphs (1) and (2), in accord-
ance with procedures describe in applicable sale or
lease agreements.
(5) Disposition of real estate properties which
are or become available for sale and lease or other
uses.
(6) Payment of benefits in accordance with the
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970 to which persons
in the project area squares are entitled as a result
of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corpora-
tion’s acquisition of real estate.
(7) Carrying out the responsibilities of the
Pennsylvania 
Avenue 
Development 
Corporation
under the Federal Triangle Development Act (40
U.S.C. 1101–1109), including responsibilities for
HR 1977 RFS
managing assets and liabilities of the Corporation
under such Act.
(c) In carrying out the responsibilities of the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation transferred
under this section, the Administrator of the General Serv-
ices Administration shall have the following powers:
(1) To acquire lands, improvements, and prop-
erties by purchase, lease or exchange, and to sell,
lease, or otherwise dispose of real or personal prop-
erty as necessary to complete the development plan
developed under section 5 of the Pennsylvania Ave-
nue Development Corporation Act of 1972 (40
U.S.C. 874) if a notice of intention to carry out such
acquisition or disposal is first transmitted to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and at least 60 days
elapse after the date of such transmission.
(2) To modify from time to time the plan re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) if such modification is
first transmitted to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the
HR 1977 RFS
Committee on Environment and Public Works and
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and
at least 60 days elapse after the date of such trans-
mission.
(3) To maintain any existing Pennsylvania Ave-
nue Development Corporation insurance programs.
(4) To enter into and perform such leases, con-
tracts, or other transactions with any agency or in-
strumentality of the United States, the several
States, or the District of Columbia or with any per-
son, firm, association, or corporation as may be nec-
essary to carry out the responsibilities of the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation under the
Federal Triangle Development Act (40 U.S.C.
1101–1109).
(5) To request the Council of the District of
Columbia to close any alleys necessary for the com-
pletion of development in Square 457.
(6) To use all of the funds transferred from the
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation or
income earned on Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation property to complete any pending devel-
opment projects.
(d)(1)(A) On or before April 1, 1996, the Pennsylva-
nia Avenue Development Corporation shall transfer all its
HR 1977 RFS
right, title, and interest in and to the property described
in subparagraph (B) to the National Park Service, De-
partment of the Interior.
(B) The property referred to in subparagraph (A) is
the property located within the Pennsylvania Avenue Na-
tional Historic Site depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Penn-
sylvania Avenue National Historic Park’’, dated June 1,
1995, and numbered 840–82441, which shall be on file
and available for public inspection in the offices of the Na-
tional Park Service, Department of the Interior. The
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site includes the
parks, plazas, sidewalks, special lighting, trees, sculpture,
and memorials.
(2) Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania Avenue and all other
roadways from curb to curb shall remain with the District
of Columbia but vendors shall not be permitted to occupy
street space except during temporary special events.
(3) The National Park Service shall be responsible
for management, administration, maintenance, law en-
forcement, visitor services, resource protection, interpreta-
tion, and historic preservation at the Pennsylvania Avenue
National Historic Site.
(4) The National Park Service may enter into con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions with
any agency or instrumentality of the United States, the
HR 1977 RFS
several States, or the District of Columbia or with any
person, firm, association, or corporation as may be deemed
necessary or appropriate for the conduct of special events,
festivals, concerts, or other art and cultural programs at
the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site or may
establish a nonprofit foundation to solicit funds for such
activities.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
responsibility for ensuring that development or redevelop-
ment in the Pennsylvania Avenue area is carried out in
accordance with the Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation Plan—1974, as amended, is transferred to
the National Capital Planning Commission or its succes-
sor commencing April 1, 1996.
(f) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
(1) REGULATIONS.—Any regulations prescribed
by the Corporation in connection with the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of
1972 (40 U.S.C. 871–885) and the Federal Triangle
Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101–1109) shall con-
tinue in effect until suspended by regulations pre-
scribed by the Administrator of the General Services
Administration.
(2) EXISTING RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND OBLIGA-
TIONS NOT AFFECTED.—Subsection (a) shall not be
HR 1977 RFS
construed as affecting the validity of any right, duty,
or obligation of the United States or any other per-
son arising under or pursuant to any contract, loan,
or other instrument or agreement which was in ef-
fect on the day before the date of the transfers
under subsection (a).
(3) CONTINUATION
OF
SUITS.—No action or
other proceeding commenced by or against the Cor-
poration in connection with administration of the
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act
of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 871–885) and the Federal Tri-
angle Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101–1109) shall
abate by reason of enactment and implementation of
this Act, except that the General Services Adminis-
tration shall be substituted for the Corporation as a
party to any such action or proceeding.
(g) Section 3(b) of the Pennsylvania Avenue Develop-
ment Corporation Act of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 872(b)) is
amended as follows:
‘‘(b) The Corporation shall be dissolved on April 1,
1996. Upon dissolution, assets, obligations, and indebted-
ness of the Corporation shall be transferred in accordance
with the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1996.’’.