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authority until the Secretary determines that funds appropriated 
for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression 
Reserve Fund’’ shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided further, 
That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation, 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. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of the 
Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, when authorized 
by the Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase 
and replacement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped 
law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; pay-
ment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when 
authorized 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. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the headings 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, and 
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians and any unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the 
same headings shall be available for expenditure or transfer for 
Indian trust management and reform activities. Total funding for 
historical accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
designated in this Act for such purpose. 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal 
Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate 
tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, 
unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inac-
curate distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction 
in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in 
fiscal year 2016. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlap-
ping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 
10 percent limitation does not apply. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, 
or interests therein including the use of all or part of any pier, 
dock, or landing within the State of New York and the State 
of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating and maintaining facili-
ties in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors 
to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program
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and administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), 
or by exchange; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 
enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other agree-
ments for the use of such facilities on such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2016, the Secretary shall collect 
a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited in the 
‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement’’ account, from 
the designated operator for facilities subject to inspection under 
43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above 
the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start 
of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2016 shall be: 
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with processing 
equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any com-
bination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with 
any combination of active or inactive wells. 
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections 
completed in fiscal year 2016. Fees for fiscal year 2016 shall be: 
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths 
of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths 
of less than 500 feet. 
(d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under sub-
section (b) within 60 days, with payment required within 30 days 
of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under sub-
section (c) within 30 days of the end of the month in which the 
inspection occurred, with payment required within 30 days of 
billing. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement 
a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 
Regulation and Enforcement, may transfer funds among and 
between the successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorga-
nization only in conformance with the reprogramming guidelines 
described in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND BURRO HOLDING 
FACILITIES 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear cooperative 
agreements with nonprofit organizations and other appropriate enti-
ties, and may enter into multiyear contracts in accordance with 
the provisions of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except 
that the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), 
for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming 
horses and burros by such organizations or entities on private
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land. Such cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 
10 years, subject to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary. 
MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 110. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, 
in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endan-
gered species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking 
of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from 
federally operated or federally financed hatcheries including but 
not limited to fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified 
by commercial and recreational fishers. 
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 
SEC. 111. Paragraph (1) of section 122(a) of division E of Public 
Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1013) is amended by striking ‘‘through 
2016,’’ in the first sentence and inserting ‘‘through 2018,’’. 
WILD LANDS FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this Act or 
any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce 
Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the Secretary of the Interior 
on December 22, 2010: Provided, That nothing in this section shall 
restrict the Secretary’s authorities under sections 201 and 202 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1711 and 1712). 
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION OPERATED SCHOOLS 
SEC. 113. Section 115(d) of division E of Public Law 112– 
74 (25 U.S.C. 2000 note) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2027’’. 
VOLUNTEERS IN PARKS 
SEC. 114. Section 102301(d) of title 54, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘$3,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,000,000’’. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2016, in carrying out work involving cooperation with 
State, local, and tribal governments or any political subdivision 
thereof, Indian Affairs may record obligations against accounts 
receivable from any such entities, except that total obligations at 
the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
available at the end of the fiscal year. 
HERITAGE AREAS 
SEC. 116. (a) Section 157(h)(1) of title I of Public Law 106– 
291 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by striking ‘‘$11,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$13,000,000’’. 
(b) Division II of Public Law 104–333 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) 
is amended—
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(1) in sections 409(a), 508(a), and 812(a) by striking 
‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$17,000,000’’; and 
(2) in sections 208, 310, and 607 by striking ‘‘2015’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
SAGE-GROUSE 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to write 
or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 
(1) 
a 
proposed 
rule 
for 
greater 
sage-grouse 
(Centrocercus urophasianus); 
(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct 
population segment of greater sage-grouse. 
ONSHORE PAY AUTHORITY EXTENSION 
SEC. 118. For fiscal year 2016, funds made available in this 
title for the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to establish 
higher minimum rates of basic pay for employees of the Department 
of the Interior carrying out the inspection and regulation of onshore 
oil and gas operations on public lands in the Petroleum Engineer 
(GS–0881) and Petroleum Engineering Technician (GS–0802) job 
series at grades 5 through 14 at rates no greater than 25 percent 
above the minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and 
such higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) through 
(h) of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code. 
REPUBLIC OF PALAU 
SEC. 119. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), the United 
States Government, through the Secretary of the Interior shall 
provide to the Government of Palau for fiscal year 2016 grants 
in amounts equal to the annual amounts specified in subsections 
(a), (c), and (d) of section 211 of the Compact of Free Association 
between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of Palau (48 U.S.C. 1931 note) (referred to in 
this section as the ‘‘Compact’’). 
(b) PROGRAMMATIC ASSISTANCE.—Subject to subsection (c), the 
United States shall provide programmatic assistance to the Republic 
of Palau for fiscal year 2016 in amounts equal to the amounts 
provided in subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 221 of the Compact. 
(c) LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The grants and programmatic assistance 
provided under subsections (a) and (b) shall be provided to 
the same extent and in the same manner as the grants and 
assistance were provided in fiscal year 2009. 
(2) TRUST FUND.—If the Government of Palau withdraws 
more than $5,000,000 from the trust fund established under 
section 211(f) of the Compact, amounts to be provided under 
subsections (a) and (b) shall be withheld from the Government 
of Palau.