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(D) the location of the reserve; and 
(E) the estimate of the total inventory of the re-
serve. 
SEC. 309. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to draw down and sell petroleum products from 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (1) to any entity that is 
under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese 
Communist Party; or (2) except on condition that such petro-
leum products will not be exported to the People’s Republic 
of China. 
SEC. 310. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Energy to award any 
grant, 
contract, 
cooperative 
agreement, 
or 
loan 
of 
$10,000,000 or greater to an entity of concern as defined in 
section 10114 of division B of Public Law 117–167. 
(b) The Secretary shall implement the requirements 
under subsection (a) using a risk-based approach and analyt-
ical tools to aggregate, link, analyze, and maintain informa-
tion reported by an entity seeking or receiving such funds 
made available by this Act. 
(c) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
with the obligations of the United States under applicable 
international agreements. 
(d) The Secretary shall have the authority to require the 
submission to the agency, by an entity seeking or receiving
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such funds made available by this Act, documentation nec-
essary to implement the requirements under subsection (a). 
(e) Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’), shall not 
apply to the implementation of the requirements under this 
section. 
(f) The Secretary and other Federal agencies shall co-
ordinate to share relevant information necessary to imple-
ment the requirements under subsection (a). 
SEC. 311. (a) Of the unobligated amounts available 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro-
grams—Nuclear Energy’’ in division J of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) for fiscal 
years 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 the following shall be 
available, in addition to amounts otherwise made available for 
these purposes: 
(1)(A) $500,000,000 for not more than two com-
petitive awards for commercial utility deployment 
projects for a grid scale Generation 3+ small modular 
reactor design pursuant to section 959A of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005, of which $200,000,000 shall be 
available in fiscal year 2024 and $300,000,000 shall be 
available in fiscal year 2025; and
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(B) up to $300,000,000 for the not more than two 
awards made under subparagraph (A) shall be available 
in fiscal year 2026. 
(2) $100,000,000 for one or more competitive 
awards to support design, licensing, supplier develop-
ment, and site preparation of a grid-scale Generation 3+ 
reactor design under the Advanced Small Modular Reac-
tor RD&D program. 
(3)(A) $50,000,000 for university and college-based 
nuclear reactor safety training as authorized by law, in-
cluding section 31 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
section 4 of the Nuclear Safety, Research, Demonstra-
tion, and Development Act of 1980, and section 10745 
of the Research and Development, Competition, and In-
novation Act (division B of Public Law 117–167); and 
(B) up to $50,000,000 for the training under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be available in fiscal year 2025. 
(b) Provided further, That amounts repurposed pursuant 
to this section that were previously designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the Budget are designated as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 
2024 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 312. (a) Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
previously appropriated under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’ in division J 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58) that were made available for fiscal years 2022, 
2023, and 2024, up to $2,720,000,000 shall be available, in 
addition to amounts otherwise available, for necessary ex-
penses to carry out the Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023 
(section 3131 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31)): Provided, That if 
insufficient unobligated balances are available from such fis-
cal year 2022, 2023, and 2024 amounts to fund a total 
amount for such purpose of up to $2,720,000,000, then up 
to $800,000,000 from amounts previously appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs— 
Nuclear Energy’’ in division J of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) that are made 
available for fiscal year 2025 may be made available, in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available, for such purpose to meet 
such 
total 
amount: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
amounts 
repurposed pursuant to this section may be transferred to 
‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—American En-
ergy Independence Fund’’ in either fiscal year 2024 or fiscal 
year 2025: Provided further, That the Secretary of Energy 
may use the amounts repurposed, transferred, or otherwise
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made available pursuant to this section to enter into and per-
form such contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or other 
similar transactions with public agencies and private organi-
zations and persons, as authorized by section 646(a) of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7256(a)), for such periods of time and subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate, without 
regard to section 161(u) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
(42 U.S.C. 2201(u)): Provided further, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, receipts from the sale or transfer of LEU 
and HALEU or from any other transaction in connection 
with the amounts repurposed, transferred, or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this section shall hereafter be credited 
to the ‘‘American Energy Independence Fund’’ as discre-
tionary offsetting collections and shall be available, for the 
same purposes as funds repurposed or transferred pursuant 
to this section, to the extent and in the amounts provided in 
advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That re-
ceipts may hereafter be collected from transactions entered 
into pursuant to section 2001(a)(2)(F)(iii) of the Energy Act 
of 2020 (42 U.S.C. 16281(a)(2)(F)(iii)) and, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, receipts from any transaction entered into 
pursuant to section 2001(a)(2)(F)(ii) and (iii) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 16281(a)(2)(F)(ii) and (iii)) shall hereafter be 
credited to the ‘‘American Energy Independence Fund’’ as
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discretionary offsetting collections and shall be available, for 
the same purposes as funds repurposed or transferred pursu-
ant to this section, to the extent and in the amounts provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Energy may use funds repurposed, transferred, 
or otherwise made available pursuant to this section for a 
commitment only if the full extent of the anticipated costs 
stemming from that commitment is recorded as an obligation 
at the time that the commitment is made and only to the ex-
tent that up-front obligation is recorded in full at that time: 
Provided further, That amounts repurposed or transferred 
pursuant to this section that were previously designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the Budget are designated as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. 
Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing 
fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(b) Amounts may not be repurposed or transferred pur-
suant to this section until a law is enacted or administrative 
action is taken to prohibit or limit importation of LEU and 
HALEU from the Russian Federation or by a Russian entity 
into the United States.
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(c) The Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023 (section 3131 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2024 (Public Law 118–31)) is amended— 
(1) in subsections (f)(1)(B)(i) and (h)(4)(B)(i) to 
read as follows— 
‘‘(i) may not make commitments under 
this subsection (including cooperative agree-
ments (used in accordance with section 6305 of 
title 31, United States Code), purchase agree-
ments, guarantees, leases, service contracts, or 
any other type of commitment) for the pur-
chase or other acquisition of HALEU or LEU 
unless funds are specifically provided for those 
purposes in advance in appropriations Acts en-
acted after the date of enactment of this Act; 
and’’. 
(2) in subjection (j) to read as follows— 
‘‘(j) REASONABLE COMPENSATION.—In carrying out ac-
tivities under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that any 
LEU and HALEU made available by the Secretary under 1 
or more of the Programs is subject to reasonable compensa-
tion, taking into account the fair market value of the LEU 
or HALEU and the purposes of this section.’’. 
SEC. 313. (a) Subject to subsection (b), none of the 
funds made available to the Department of Energy in this or
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any other Act, including prior Acts and Acts other than ap-
propriations Acts, may be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of any contractor detailed to a Congressional Com-
mittee or Member Office or to the Executive Branch for 
longer than a 24-month period, to perform a scope of work, 
or participate in any matter, with the intent to influence deci-
sions or determinations regarding a Department of Energy 
National Laboratory, or participate in any matter that may 
have a direct and predictable effect on the contractor’s em-
ployer or personal financial interest: Provided, That with re-
spect to contractors detailed to a Congressional Committee or 
Member Office or to the Executive Branch as of the date of 
enactment of this Act, the initial 24-month period described 
in this subsection shall be deemed to have begun on the later 
of the date on which such contractor was detailed or the date 
that is 12 months before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘con-
tractor’’ is defined to mean any contracted employee of a De-
partment of Energy National Laboratory, as defined by sec-
tion 2 (3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
15801). 
SEC. 314. (a) The fifty-first proviso under the heading 
‘‘Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’’ in title III of di-
vision J of Public Law 117–58 is amended by striking ‘‘three 
percent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘five percent’’.
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(b) The eighth proviso under the heading ‘‘Cybersecu-
rity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response’’ in title III 
of division J of Public Law 117–58 is amended by striking 
‘‘three percent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘five per-
cent’’. 
(c) The tenth proviso under the heading ‘‘Electricity’’ in 
title III of division J of Public Law 117–58 is amended by 
striking ‘‘three percent’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘five percent’’. 
(d) The twenty-second proviso under the heading ‘‘Fossil 
Energy and Carbon Management’’ in title III of division J 
of Public Law 117–58 is amended by striking ‘‘three per-
cent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘five percent’’. 
(e) The twenty-sixth proviso under the heading ‘‘Office 
of Clean Energy Demonstrations’’ in title III of division J of 
Public Law 117–58 is amended by striking ‘‘three percent’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘five percent’’. 
(f) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
Budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget 
enforcement in the House of Representatives.
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TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-
thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
1965, as amended, and for expenses necessary for the Fed-
eral Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appalachian Re-
gional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the 
administrative expenses of the Commission, including services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facili-
ties Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 100– 
456, section 1441, $42,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed $1,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses. 
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Authority 
and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta Re-
gional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding sections
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382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, $31,100,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission in-
cluding the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant 
and capital equipment as necessary and other expenses, 
$17,000,000, to remain available until expended, notwith-
standing the limitations contained in section 306(g) of the 
Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, That notwith-
standing the limitations contained in section 307(c) of the 
Denali Commission Act of 1998, as amended, funds shall be 
available for construction projects for which the Denali Com-
mission is the sole or primary funding source in an amount 
not to exceed 90 percent of total project cost for distressed 
communities, as defined by such section and by section 701 
of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 
1501A–280), and for Indian Tribes, as defined by section 
5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, and in an amount 
not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed communities: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law regarding payment of a non-Federal share in connection 
with a grant-in-aid program, amounts under this heading 
shall be available for the payment of such a non-Federal 
share for any project for which the Denali Commission is not
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the sole or primary funding source, provided that such 
project is consistent with the purposes of the Commission. 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $41,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, not-
withstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United States 
Code. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $20,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
SOUTHWEST BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southwest Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
GREAT LAKES AUTHORITY 
For expenses necessary for the Great Lakes Authority in 
carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, 
United States Code, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission in carrying 
out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 
and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $928,317,580, including 
official representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated herein, not more than $10,350,720 may be 
made available for salaries, travel, and other support costs 
for the Office of the Commission, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025: Provided further, That revenues from li-
censing fees, inspection services, and other services and col-
lections estimated at $794,341,580 in fiscal year 2024 shall 
be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in 
this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of reve-
nues received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$133,976,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $15,769,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That revenues from licensing
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fees, inspection services, and other services and collections es-
timated at $12,655,000 in fiscal year 2024 shall be retained 
and be available until September 30, 2025, for necessary sal-
aries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That 
the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 
of revenues received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $3,114,000: Provided further, That of the amounts 
appropriated under this heading, $1,520,000 shall be for In-
spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Technical 
Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–203, section 
5051, $4,064,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste 
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 
comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its 
Internal Commission Procedures when responding to Con-
gressional requests for information, consistent with Depart-
ment of Justice guidance for all Federal agencies.
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SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this title 
for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be repro-
grammed for any program, project, or activity, and the Com-
mission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to the use 
of any proposed reprogramming that would cause any pro-
gram funding level to increase or decrease by more than 
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the time 
period covered by this Act. 
(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive 
the notification requirement in subsection (a) if compliance 
with such requirement would pose a substantial risk to 
human health, the environment, welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 
any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 
not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 
a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 
Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 
risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver and 
shall provide a detailed report to the Committees of such 
waiver and changes to funding levels to programs, projects, 
or activities. 
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (d), 
the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear Regu-
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latory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be ex-
pended as directed in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act). 
(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission shall be available for obligation or expend-
iture through a reprogramming of funds that increases funds 
or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which 
funds are denied or restricted by this Act. 
(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress, which includes the following for each program, project, 
or activity, including any prior year appropriations— 
(1) total budget authority; 
(2) total unobligated balances; and 
(3) total unliquidated obligations.
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation mat-
ters pending before Congress, other than to communicate to 
Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in title 
III of this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority provided 
in this Act or any other appropriations Act for any fiscal 
year, transfer authority referenced in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act), or any authority whereby a de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may provide goods or services to another depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality. 
(b) None of the funds made available for any depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Gov-
ernment may be transferred to accounts funded in title III 
of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 
authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 
Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the
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explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any author-
ity whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government may provide goods or services to 
another department, agency, or instrumentality. 
(c) The head of any relevant department or agency fund-
ed in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a semiannual report detailing the transfer authorities, 
except for any authority whereby a department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government may provide 
goods or services to another department, agency, or instru-
mentality, used in the previous 6 months and in the year-to- 
date. This report shall include the amounts transferred and 
the purposes for which they were transferred, and shall not 
replace or modify existing notification requirements for each 
authority. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and ex-
changing of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforce-
ment agency or any other entity carrying out criminal inves-
tigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
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SEC. 504. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to admit any non- 
US citizen from Russia or China to any nuclear weapons pro-
duction facility, as such term is defined in section 4002 of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act, other than areas accessible 
to the general public, unless 30 days prior to facility admit-
tance, the Department of Energy provides notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations and Armed Services of both 
Houses of Congress. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2024’’.
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DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE-
RIOR, 
ENVIRONMENT, 
AND 
RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, ac-
quisition of easements and other interests in lands, and per-
formance of other functions, including maintenance of facili-
ties, as authorized by law, in the management of lands and 
their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
Management, including the general administration of the Bu-
reau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands pur-
suant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 
3150(a)), $1,294,916,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025; of which $55,000,000 for annual mainte-
nance and deferred maintenance programs and $141,972,000 
for the wild horse and burro program, as authorized by Pub-
lic Law 92–195 (16 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That amounts in the fee ac-
count of the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund 
may be used for any bureau-related expenses associated with 
the processing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill
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and related use of authorizations: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, up to 
$1,000,000 may be made available for the purposes described 
in section 122(e)(1)(A) of division G of Public Law 115–31 
(43 U.S.C. 1748c(e)(1)(A)): Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$15,000 may be for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $150,000 is for projects specified for 
Land Management Priorities in the table titled ‘‘Interior and 
Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding 
Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for 
this division in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administra-
tion program operations, including the cost of administering 
the mining claim fee program, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau 
and credited to this appropriation from mining claim mainte-
nance fees and location fees that are hereby authorized for 
fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a final appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $1,294,916,000, and $2,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, from communication site
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rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost of admin-
istering communication site activities. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 
development of resources and for construction, operation, and 
maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other im-
provements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad 
grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and Cali-
fornia land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights- 
of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein, including 
existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands; 
$115,521,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That 25 percent of the aggregate of all receipts during the 
current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and California 
Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against the Or-
egon and California land-grant fund and shall be transferred 
to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the 
second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands 
and interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands 
pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding any 
other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all moneys received
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during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 of the 
Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315m) and the amount 
designated for range improvements from grazing fees and 
mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands trans-
ferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant to law, but 
not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related to 
processing application documents and other authorizations 
for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs 
of providing copies of official public land documents, for mon-
itoring construction, operation, and termination of facilities 
in conjunction with use authorizations, and for rehabilitation 
of damaged property, such amounts as may be collected 
under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and 
under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185), 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwith-
standing any provision to the contrary of section 305(a) of 
Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that 
have been or will be received pursuant to that section, wheth-
er as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not 
appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended
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under the authority of this Act by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands ad-
ministered through the Bureau of Land Management which 
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, 
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without re-
gard to whether all moneys collected from each such action 
are used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: 
Provided further, That any such moneys that are in excess of 
amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for which 
funds were collected may be used to repair other damaged 
public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under 
existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as 
may be contributed under section 307 of Public Law 94–579 
(43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as may be advanced for 
administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making 
conveyances of omitted lands under section 211(b) of that 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the op-
erations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, con-
tracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and reimbursable 
agreements with public and private entities, including with 
States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for
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purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary struc-
tures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings 
and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has 
title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the 
Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations 
of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activities authorized or ap-
proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the 
Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding Public Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the 
Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership 
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 
from cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica-
tions for which the cooperators share the cost of printing ei-
ther in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines the 
cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a 
written commitment by a State government to provide an 
identified amount of money in support of the project may be 
carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and
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economic studies, general administration, and for the per-
formance of other authorized functions related to such re-
sources, $1,520,273,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025, of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That not to 
exceed $22,000,000 shall be used for implementing sub-
sections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing 
petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regula-
tions, and taking any other steps to implement actions de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii) 
of such section): Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated under this heading, $44,920,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026, shall be for projects specified for 
Stewardship Priorities in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Envi-
ronment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided further, That amounts in the preceding proviso may 
be transferred to the appropriate program, project, or activity 
under this heading and shall continue to only be available for 
the purposes and in such amounts as such funds were origi-
nally appropriated.
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CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal 
of buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, 
management, investigation, protection, and utilization of fish 
and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and inter-
ests therein; $19,280,000, to remain available until expended. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the En-
dangered 
Species 
Act 
of 
1973 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1535), 
$23,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be de-
rived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation 
Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 
17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 
et seq.), $49,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Mi-
gratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian 
Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), 
the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the Marine Turtle Con-
servation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $20,500,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 
Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American 
Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordina-
tion Act, for the development and implementation of pro-
grams for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including 
species that are not hunted or fished, $72,384,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the amount pro-
vided herein, $6,100,000 is for a competitive grant program 
for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provisions of 
this appropriation: Provided further, That $7,284,000 is for 
a competitive grant program to implement approved plans for 
States, territories, and other jurisdictions and at the discre-
tion of affected States, the regional Associations of fish and
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wildlife agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of 
this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
after deducting $13,384,000 and administrative expenses, ap-
portion the amount provided herein in the following manner: 
(1) to the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 
1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the 
United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not more 
than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the Interior shall apportion the remaining 
amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of which is 
based on the ratio to which the land area of such State bears 
to the total land area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds 
of which is based on the ratio to which the population of such 
State bears to the total population of all such States: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts apportioned under this para-
graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be 
apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount 
available for apportionment under this paragraph for any fis-
cal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided 
further, That the Federal share of planning grants shall not 
exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the 
Federal share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 
percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided further,
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That the non-Federal share of such projects may not be de-
rived from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That 
any amount apportioned in 2024 to any State, territory, or 
other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 
30, 2025, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appro-
priated in 2026, in the manner provided herein. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry 
out the operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable 
agreements with public and private entities. Appropriations 
and funds available to the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service shall be available for repair of damage to public roads 
within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations 
of the Service; options for the purchase of land at not to ex-
ceed one dollar for each option; facilities incident to such 
public recreational uses on conservation areas as are con-
sistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance and 
improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under 
the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States 
has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection 
with management, and investigation of fish and wildlife re-
sources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the 
Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership 
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services
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from cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica-
tions for which the cooperators share at least one-half the 
cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service de-
termines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted qual-
ity standards: Provided further, That the Service may accept 
donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees 
collected for non-toxic shot review and approval shall be de-
posited under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service—Resource Management’’ and shall be available to the 
Secretary, without further appropriation, to be used for ex-
penses of processing of such non-toxic shot type or coating 
applications and revising regulations as necessary, and shall 
remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, 
and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the 
National Park Service and for the general administration of 
the National Park Service, $2,888,424,000, of which 
$11,661,000 for planning and interagency coordination in 
support of Everglades restoration and $110,980,000 for 
maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for constructed 
assets and $188,184,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for 
constructed assets and cultural resources and $10,000,000
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for uses authorized by section 101122 of title 54, United 
States Code shall remain available until September 30, 2025, 
and not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and 
representative expenses: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading in this Act are available for the purposes 
of section 5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 9 of the 400 Years of African-Amer-
ican History Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 101; 
Public Law 115–102), $3,300,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading shall be made available for the purposes 
specified by that Act: Provided further, That sections 7(b) 
and 8 of that Act shall be amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 
2024’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2025’’. 
In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 of 
Public Law 116–9, an amount equal to the amount deposited 
in this fiscal year into the National Park Medical Services 
Fund established pursuant to such section of such Act, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from such 
Fund. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage part-
nership programs, environmental compliance and review, 
international park affairs, and grant administration, not oth-
erwise provided for, $91,233,000, to remain available until
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September 30, 2025, of which $1,640,000 shall be for 
projects specified for Statutory and Contractual Aid in the 
table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of Com-
munity Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed 
Spending Items’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act). 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code), $188,666,000, to be derived from 
the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, of which $25,500,000 shall be for Save 
America’s Treasures grants for preservation of nationally sig-
nificant sites, structures and artifacts as authorized by sec-
tion 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, That an individual Save 
America’s Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal 
funds: Provided further, That individual projects shall only be 
eligible for one grant: Provided further, That all projects to 
be funded shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior 
in consultation with the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
for the Historic Preservation Fund, $1,250,000 is for com-
petitive grants for the survey and nomination of properties to
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the National Register of Historic Places and as National His-
toric Landmarks associated with communities currently 
under-represented, 
as 
determined 
by 
the 
Secretary; 
$24,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the sites 
and stories of the African American Civil Rights movement; 
$5,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve sites related 
to the struggle of all people to achieve equal rights in Amer-
ica; $11,000,000 is for grants to Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities; $12,500,000 is for competitive grants for 
the restoration of historic properties of national, State, and 
local significance listed on or eligible for inclusion on the Na-
tional Register of Historic Places, to be made without impos-
ing the usage or direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) 
(54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Historic Preservation 
Act; $7,000,000 is for a competitive grant program to honor 
the semiquincentennial anniversary of the United States by 
restoring and preserving sites and structures listed on the 
National Register of Historic Places that commemorate the 
founding of the nation; and $19,766,000 is for projects speci-
fied for the Historic Preservation Fund in the table titled 
‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community 
Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending 
Items’’ included for this division in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided further, That such competi-
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tive grants shall be made without imposing the matching re-
quirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United States 
Code to States and Indian tribes as defined in chapter 3003 
of such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local govern-
ments, including Certified Local Governments, and non-profit 
organizations. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement 
of physical facilities, and related equipment, and compliance 
and planning for programs and areas administered by the 
National Park Service, $172,255,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 
2024 with a future phase indicated in the National Park 
Service 5–Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single pro-
curement may be issued which includes the full scope of the 
project: Provided further, That the solicitation and contract 
shall contain the clause availability of funds found at 48 CFR 
52.232–18: Provided further, That National Park Service Do-
nations, Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation 
Fees may be made available for the cost of adjustments and 
changes within the original scope of effort for projects funded 
by the National Park Service Construction appropriation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall con-
sult with the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance
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with current reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any 
charges authorized by this section. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to 
challenge cost share agreements, $12,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for Centennial Challenge projects 
and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 percent of the 
total cost of each project or program shall be derived from 
non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, assets, or 
a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable letter of 
credit. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 
101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise fees 
credited to a sub-account shall be available for expenditure by 
the Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at any 
unit within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce 
liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender inter-
est. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to the ex-
tent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee re-
ceipts over the term of the contract at that unit exceed the 
amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. Fran-
chise fees at the benefitting unit shall be credited to the sub-
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account of the originating unit over a period not to exceed 
the term of a single contract at the benefitting unit, in the 
amount of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) 
of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–432), the National Park Service may retain up to 
3 percent of the amounts which are authorized to be dis-
bursed under such section, such retained amounts to remain 
available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to the 
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
203. Transfers may include a reasonable amount for FHWA 
administrative support costs. 
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made avail-
able for fiscal year 2021 or prior fiscal years under the head-
ing ‘‘National Park Service—Construction’’, $18,500,000 is 
permanently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be 
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘National Park Service—Construc-
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tion’’ in division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2023 (Public Law 117–328), $9,000,000 is permanently re-
scinded from amounts made available for equipment replace-
ment under such heading, as specified in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 of the matter preceding divi-
sion A of such Act. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research cov-
ering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the min-
eral and water resources of the United States, its territories 
and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 
31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and 
water resources; give engineering supervision to power per-
mittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licens-
ees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 U.S.C. 
641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions affecting 
mining and materials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 
21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(a)(1)) and related purposes as 
authorized by law; and to publish and disseminate data rel-
ative to the foregoing activities; $1,455,434,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025; of which $95,334,000 
shall remain available until expended for satellite operations;
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and of which $74,840,000 shall be available until expended 
for deferred maintenance and capital improvement projects 
that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That none of the 
funds provided for the ecosystem research activity shall be 
used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless spe-
cifically authorized in writing by the property owner: Pro-
vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used 
to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping 
or water resources data collection and investigations carried 
on in cooperation with States and municipalities: Provided 
further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
$5,237,000 shall be for projects specified for Special Initia-
tives in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorpora-
tion of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally 
Directed Spending Items’’ included for this division in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, 
That amounts in the preceding proviso may be transferred to 
the appropriate program, project, or activity under this head-
ing and shall continue to only be available for the purposes 
and in such amounts as such funds were originally appro-
priated: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 
reception and representation expenses.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities of 
the United States Geological Survey such sums as are nec-
essary shall be available for contracting for the furnishing of 
topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or other 
specialized surveys when it is administratively determined 
that such procedures are in the public interest; construction 
and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant fa-
cilities; acquisition of lands for gauging stations, observation 
wells, and seismic equipment; expenses of the United States 
National Committee for Geological Sciences; and payment of 
compensation and expenses of persons employed by the Sur-
vey duly appointed to represent the United States in the ne-
gotiation and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, 
That activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 
accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or cooper-
ative agreements (including noncompetitive cooperative agree-
ments with tribes) as defined in section 6302 of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the United States 
Geological Survey may enter into contracts or cooperative 
agreements directly with individuals or indirectly with institu-
tions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 
6101, for the temporary or intermittent services of students 
or recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for 
the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States
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Code, relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, 
and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to 
tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employ-
ees for any other purposes. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for granting and administering 
leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements for use for 
oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related pur-
poses on the Outer Continental Shelf and approving oper-
ations related thereto, as authorized by law; for environ-
mental studies, as authorized by law; for implementing other 
laws and to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial 
delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree-
ments, $211,162,000, of which $155,162,000 is to remain 
available 
until 
September 
30, 
2025, 
and 
of 
which 
$56,000,000 is to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That this total appropriation shall be reduced by amounts 
collected by the Secretary of the Interior and credited to this 
appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from in-
creases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and 
from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bu-
reau of Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, 
analysis, and miscellaneous administrative activities: Provided
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further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as 
such collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at 
not more than $155,162,000: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses re-
lated to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activi-
ties: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses. 
BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations 
related to leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements 
for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine- 
related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf, as author-
ized by law; for enforcing and implementing laws and regula-
tions as authorized by law and to the extent provided by 
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching 
grants or cooperative agreements, $167,330,000, of which 
$136,450,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses, is to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, and of which $30,880,000 is to re-
main available until expended, including $2,880,000 for off-
shore decommissioning activities: Provided, That this total 
appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Secretary of the Interior and credited to this appropriation
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from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease 
rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recov-
ery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of Safety 
and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, 
analysis, and miscellaneous administrative activities: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as 
such collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at 
not more than $139,330,000. 
For an additional amount, $38,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by 
the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, which shall 
be derived from non-refundable inspection fees collected in 
fiscal year 2024, as provided in this Act: Provided, That for 
fiscal year 2024, not less than 50 percent of the inspection 
fees expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement will be used to fund personnel and mission-re-
lated costs to expand capacity and expedite the orderly devel-
opment, subject to environmental safeguards, of the Outer 
Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the review of 
applications for permits to drill.
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OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016; 
title IV, sections 4202 and 4303; title VII; and title VIII, 
section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $15,099,000, 
which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
Fund, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
Law 95–87, $116,186,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, of which $62,400,000 shall be available for 
State and tribal regulatory grants, and of which not to exceed 
$5,000 may be for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided, That appropriations for the Office of Sur-
face Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for 
the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal per-
sonnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement sponsored training. 
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce 
permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 of Pub-
lic Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That fees assessed and col-
lected by the Office pursuant to such section 507 shall be
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credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be re-
duced as collections are received during the fiscal year, so as 
to result in a fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $116,186,000. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
Law 95–87, $32,546,000, to be derived from receipts of the 
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That pursuant to Public Law 97– 
365, the Department of the Interior is authorized to use up 
to 20 percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed 
to the United States Government to pay for contracts to col-
lect these debts: Provided further, That funds made available 
under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may be used for any re-
quired non-Federal share of the cost of projects funded by 
the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental 
restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine 
drainage from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 
projects must be consistent with the purposes and priorities 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided 
further, That amounts provided under this heading may be 
used for the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal
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personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 
and Enforcement sponsored training: Provided further, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be available for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
In addition, $130,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for payments to States and federally recognized In-
dian tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 
other related activities in accordance with the terms and con-
ditions described in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided, That such additional amount shall be 
used for economic and community development in conjunction 
with the priorities described in section 403(a) of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 
1233(a)): Provided further, That of such additional amount, 
$86,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 
three Appalachian States with the greatest amount of un-
funded needs to meet the priorities described in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of such section, $33,000,000 shall be distributed 
in equal amounts to the three Appalachian States with the 
subsequent greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet such 
priorities, and $11,000,000 shall be for grants to federally 
recognized Indian tribes, without regard to their status as 
certified or uncertified under the Surface Mining Control and
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Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclama-
tion of abandoned mine lands and other related activities in 
accordance with the terms and conditions described in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act) and shall be used 
for economic and community development in conjunction with 
the priorities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act of 1977: Provided further, That such 
payments shall be made to States and federally recognized 
Indian tribes not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act: Provided further, That if payments have 
not been made by the date specified in the preceding proviso, 
the amount appropriated for salaries and expenses under the 
heading ‘‘Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforce-
ment’’ shall be reduced by $100,000 per day until such pay-
ments have been made. 
INDIAN AFFAIRS 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian pro-
grams, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of No-
vember 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13) and the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.), $1,898,550,000, to remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2025, except as otherwise provided herein; of 
which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and 
representation expenses; of which not to exceed $78,494,000 
shall be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, That in 
cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary of the In-
terior may exceed such cap for welfare payments from the 
amounts provided herein, to provide for disaster relief to In-
dian communities affected by the disaster: Provided further, 
That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organiza-
tions of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their trib-
al priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $69,995,000 shall remain 
available until expended for housing improvement, road main-
tenance, land acquisition, attorney fees, litigation support, 
land records improvement, hearings and appeals, and the 
Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, That of 
the amount appropriated under this heading, $841,000 shall 
be for projects specified for Special Initiatives (CDS) in the 
table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of Com-
munity Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed 
Spending Items’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That any 
forestry funds allocated to a federally recognized tribe which 
remain unobligated as of September 30, 2025, may be trans-
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ferred during fiscal year 2026 to an Indian forest land assist-
ance account established for the benefit of the holder of the 
funds within the holder’s trust fund account: Provided fur-
ther, That any such unobligated balances not so transferred 
shall expire on September 30, 2026: Provided further, That 
in order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the 
Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or other identi-
fying articles of clothing for personnel: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $7,096,000 of funds made available under this 
heading may, as needed, be transferred to ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary—Departmental Operations’’ for trust, probate, and 
administrative functions: Provided further, That the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs may accept transfers of funds from United 
States Customs and Border Protection to supplement any 
other funding available for reconstruction or repair of roads 
owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as identified on the 
National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 
202(b)(1). 
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION 
For the acquisition of fractional interests to further land 
consolidation as authorized under the Indian Land Consolida-
tion Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106–462), and 
the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 (Public 
Law 108–374), $4,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That any provision of the Indian Land
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Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106– 
462) that requires or otherwise relates to application of a lien 
shall not apply to the acquisitions funded herein. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for con-
tract support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act agreements with the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education for fiscal 
year 2024, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2025: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
amounts made available under this heading shall be available 
for transfer to another budget account. 
PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) 
for fiscal year 2024, such sums as may be necessary, which 
shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2025: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no amounts made available under this heading shall be avail-
able for transfer to another budget account.
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CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance 
of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other 
facilities, including architectural and engineering services by 
contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and 
preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of the 
Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87– 
483; $133,780,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amounts as may be available for the con-
struction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be 
transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, 
That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program 
pursuant to the Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), 
shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided 
further, That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the 
Bureau of Trust Funds Administration appropriation for the 
appropriate share of construction costs for space expansion 
needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementa-
tion: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived from the In-
dian Irrigation Fund established by section 3211 of the 
WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1749): Provided 
further, That amounts provided under this heading are made 
available for the modernization of Federal field communica-
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tion capabilities, in addition to amounts otherwise made 
available for such purpose. 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses for 
implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements 
pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, and 101–618, and for im-
plementation of other land and water rights settlements, 
$976,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$13,329,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
of which $2,125,000 is for administrative expenses, as au-
thorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: 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: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guar-
anteed or insured, not to exceed $185,707,188. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian edu-
cation programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder 
Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25
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U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools 
Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $1,131,617,000 to re-
main available until September 30, 2025, except as otherwise 
provided herein: Provided, That federally recognized Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations of federally recognized Indian 
tribes may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet wel-
fare assistance costs: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$833,592,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded 
schools and other education programs shall become available 
on July 1, 2024, and shall remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self– 
Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) and sec-
tion 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 
2008), not to exceed $95,822,000 within and only from such 
amounts made available for school operations shall be avail-
able for administrative cost grants associated with grants ap-
proved prior to July 1, 2024: Provided further, That in order 
to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau 
may use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying arti-
cles of clothing for personnel. 
EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance 
of buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary for the
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operation of Indian education programs, including architec-
tural and engineering services by contract; acquisition of 
lands, and interests in lands; $234,725,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That in order to ensure timely 
completion of construction projects, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior may assume control of a project and all funds related to 
the project, if, not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, any Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 
2501, et seq.) grantee receiving funds appropriated in this 
Act or in any prior Act, has not completed the planning and 
design phase of the project and commenced construction. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 
Education may carry out the operation of Indian programs 
by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, either directly or in cooperation with 
States and other organizations. 
Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in support 
of the management, operation, and maintenance of the Power 
Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of 
Indian Education for central office oversight and Executive 
Direction and Administrative Services (except Executive Di-
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rection and Administrative Services funding for Tribal Pri-
ority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities operations 
and maintenance) shall be available for contracts, grants, 
compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education under the 
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal 
Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–413). 
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made avail-
able by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bu-
reau of Indian Education, this action shall not diminish the 
Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that tribe, or the 
government-to-government relationship between the United 
States and that tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future 
appropriations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the 
amounts provided herein for assistance to public schools 
under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to support the 
operation of any elementary or secondary school in the State 
of Alaska. 
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education 
shall be used to support expanded grades for any school or 
dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved by 
the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau of 
Indian Education school system as of October 1, 1995, except
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that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this prohibition 
to support expansion of up to one additional grade when the 
Secretary determines such waiver is needed to support accom-
plishment of the mission of the Bureau of Indian Education, 
or more than one grade to expand the elementary grade 
structure for Bureau-funded schools with a K–2 grade struc-
ture on October 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in 
this or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall 
be available, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding for-
mula, only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of 
September 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that 
was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available 
under this Act may not be used to establish a charter school 
at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined in section 
1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 
2021)), except that a charter school that is in existence on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and that has operated 
at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, may 
continue to operate during that period, but only if the charter 
school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reim-
burse the Bureau for the use of the real and personal prop-
erty (including buses and vans), the funds of the charter 
school are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, and 
the Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter school 
programs of the State in which the school is located if the
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charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-fund-
ed schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per-
forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 
and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 
Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106–113, 
if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indirect and 
administrative costs pursuant to a distribution formula based 
on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the Secretary shall 
continue to distribute indirect and administrative cost funds 
to such grantee using the section 5(f) distribution formula. 
Funds available under this Act may not be used to es-
tablish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school sys-
tem as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may 
waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe to provide 
language and cultural immersion educational programs for 
non-public schools located within the jurisdictional area of the 
tribal government which exclusively serve tribal members, do 
not include grades beyond those currently served at the exist-
ing Bureau-funded school, provide an educational environ-
ment with educator presence and academic facilities com-
parable to the Bureau-funded school, comply with all applica-
ble Tribal, Federal, or State health and safety standards, and
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the Americans with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the 
benefits of establishing operations at a satellite location in 
lieu of incurring extraordinary costs, such as for transpor-
tation or other impacts to students such as those caused by 
busing students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 
available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 
maintenance, rehabilitation, construction, or other facilities- 
related costs for such assets that are not owned by the Bu-
reau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite school’’ 
means a school location physically separated from the existing 
Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that forms part of 
the existing school in all other respects. 
Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations 
within Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of In-
dian Education Programs may be used to execute requested 
adjustments in tribal priority allocations initiated by an In-
dian tribe. 
BUREAU OF TRUST FUNDS ADMINISTRATION 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by di-
rect expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, com-
pacts, and grants, $100,009,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $17,152,000 from this or any 
other Act, may be available for settlement support: Provided,
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That funds for trust management improvements and litiga-
tion support may, as needed, be transferred to or merged 
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Pro-
grams’’ and Bureau of Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of In-
dian Education Programs’’ accounts; the Office of the Solic-
itor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the 
Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available through contracts or grants 
obligated during fiscal year 2024, as authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
shall remain available until expended by the contractor or 
grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to pro-
vide a quarterly statement of performance for any Indian 
trust account that has not had activity for at least 15 months 
and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall issue an annual account statement and main-
tain a record of any such accounts and shall permit the bal-
ance in each such account to be withdrawn upon the express 
written request of the account holder: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $100,000 is available for the Secretary to make 
payments to correct administrative errors of either disburse-
ments from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal 
accounts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, That 
erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited to
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and remain available in this account for this purpose: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall not be required to rec-
oncile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than 
$500 unless the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration re-
ceives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts 
claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 102 
of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act 
of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any other provision of law, 
the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts of individuals 
whose whereabouts are unknown for a continuous period of 
at least 5 years and shall not be required to generate periodic 
statements of performance for the individual accounts: Pro-
vided further, That with respect to the preceding proviso, the 
Secretary shall continue to maintain sufficient records to de-
termine the balance of the individual accounts, including any 
accrued interest and income, and such funds shall remain 
available to the individual account holders. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative agree-
ments, as authorized by law, $147,418,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025; of which not to exceed
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$15,000 may be for official reception and representation ex-
penses; of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for work-
ers compensation payments and unemployment compensation 
payments associated with the orderly closure of the United 
States Bureau of Mines; and of which $14,295,000 for In-
dian land, mineral, and resource valuation activities shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That funds for In-
dian land, mineral, and resource valuation activities may, as 
needed, be transferred to and merged with the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of 
Indian Education ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ 
accounts and the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 
‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: Provided further, That 
funds made available through contracts or grants obligated 
during fiscal year 2024, as authorized by the Indian Self-De-
termination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall re-
main available until expended by the contractor or grantee: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading in 
this Act may be transferred to and merged with ‘‘United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 
only to implement the functional transfer of the Office of 
Subsistence Management to the Office of the Secretary and 
maintain uninterrupted execution of ongoing subsistence 
management activities.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2024, up to $400,000 of the payments 
authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 
may be retained for administrative expenses of the Payments 
in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the amounts pro-
vided under this Act specifically for the Payments in Lieu of 
Taxes program are the only amounts available for payments 
authorized under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code: 
Provided further, That in the event the sums appropriated for 
any fiscal year for payments pursuant to this chapter are in-
sufficient to make the full payments authorized by that chap-
ter to all units of local government, then the payment to each 
local government shall be made proportionally: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment 
to individual units of local government to correct for prior 
overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That no 
payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise 
eligible units of local government if the computed amount of 
the payment is less than $100. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and 
other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Public Law 
108–188, $120,107,000, of which: (1) $109,890,000 shall re-
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main available until expended for territorial assistance, in-
cluding general technical assistance, maintenance assistance, 
disaster assistance, coral reef initiative and natural resources 
activities, and brown tree snake control and research; grants 
to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and ex-
penses, 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 
functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands, as 
authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as au-
thorized by law; and grants to the Government of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, as authorized by law (Public Law 94– 
241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $10,217,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2025, for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial trans-
actions of the territorial and local governments herein pro-
vided for, including such transactions of all agencies or in-
strumentalities established or used by such governments, may 
be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at its 
discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United 
States Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Is-
lands Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to 
those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representatives 
on Future United States Financial Assistance for the North-
ern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Pro-
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vided further, That the funds for the program of operations 
and maintenance improvement are appropriated to institu-
tionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement of 
capital infrastructure with territorial participation and cost 
sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the 
grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance of its capital as-
sets: Provided further, That any appropriation for disaster as-
sistance under this heading in this Act or previous appropria-
tions 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). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $3,463,000, to re-
main available until expended, as provided for in sections 
221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for 
the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts 
of Free Association for the Government of the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, 
as authorized by Public Law 99–658 and Public Law 108– 
188. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary 
may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds pro-
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vided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Pub-
lic Law 104–134, that are allocated for Guam, to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or guaran-
teed loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount 
of the subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administration, 
for the purposes authorized by the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act for construction and repair projects 
in Guam, and such funds shall remain available until ex-
pended: 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: Provided further, That 
such loans or loan guarantees may be made without regard 
to the population of the area, credit elsewhere requirements, 
and restrictions on the types of eligible entities under the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided 
further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available 
to make or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$97,950,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $67,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire sup-
pression operations, fire science and research, emergency re-
habilitation, fuels management activities, and rural fire as-
sistance by the Department of the Interior, $1,113,471,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$10,000,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of 
fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available for 
repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts from 
which funds were previously transferred for such purposes: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided $214,450,000 is 
for fuels management activities: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided $10,000,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: 
Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 
1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost 
from funds available from this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received 
by a bureau or office of the Department of the Interior for
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fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., 
protection of United States property, may be credited to the 
appropriation from which funds were expended to provide 
that protection, and are available without fiscal year limita-
tion: Provided further, That using the amounts designated 
under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may 
enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative 
agreements, for fuels management activities, and for training 
and monitoring associated with such fuels management activi-
ties on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for ac-
tivities that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided fur-
ther, That the costs of implementing any cooperative agree-
ment between the Federal Government and any non-Federal 
entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 
parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements 
of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for pur-
poses of fuels management activities, may obtain maximum 
practicable competition among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or 
cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, 
Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related part-
nerships with State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) 
small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire 
or train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent 
or more, of the project workforce to complete such contracts: 
Provided further, That in implementing this section, the Sec-
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retary shall develop written guidance to field units to ensure 
accountability and consistent application of the authorities 
provided herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading may be used to reimburse the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 
Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their respon-
sibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required 
by section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire 
management activities: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations to enter 
into leases of real property with local governments, at or 
below fair market value, to construct capitalized improve-
ments for fire facilities on such leased properties, including 
but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and 
other initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make 
advance payments for any such lease or for construction ac-
tivity associated with the lease: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland 
fire management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed 
$50,000,000 between the Departments when such transfers 
would facilitate and expedite wildland fire management pro-
grams and projects: Provided further, That funds provided for 
wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Federal
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emergency response actions: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be available for assistance 
to or through the Department of State in connection with 
forest and rangeland research, technical information, and as-
sistance in foreign countries, and, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State, shall be available to support forestry, 
wildland fire management, and related natural resource ac-
tivities outside the United States and its territories and pos-
sessions, including technical assistance, education and train-
ing, and cooperation with United States and international or-
ganizations: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading in this Act and unobligated balances made 
available under this heading in prior Acts, other than 
amounts designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, shall be available, in addition to any other 
funds made available for such purpose, to continue uninter-
rupted the Federal wildland firefighter base salary increases 
provided under section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117– 
58: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading, $383,657,000 shall be available for wildfire suppres-
sion operations, and is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
In addition to the amounts provided under the heading 
‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs— 
Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppression oper-
ations, $350,000,000, to remain available until transferred, is 
additional new budget authority as specified for purposes of 
section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That such amounts 
may be transferred to and merged with amounts made avail-
able under the headings ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest 
Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of 
the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire 
Management’’ for wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal 
year in which such amounts are transferred: Provided further, 
That amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire 
Management’’ accounts in the Department of Agriculture or 
the Department of the Interior only upon the notification of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all 
wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated under that 
heading in this and prior appropriations Acts to the agency 
to which the funds will be transferred will be obligated within 
30 days: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-
vided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided by law: Provided further, That, in deter-
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mining whether all wildfire suppression operations funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ 
in this and prior appropriations Acts to either the Depart-
ment of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior will be 
obligated within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, 
any funds transferred or permitted to be transferred pursu-
ant to any other transfer authority provided by law shall be 
excluded. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte-
rior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the re-
sponse action, including associated activities, performed pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
$9,661,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte-
rior to inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond to 
hazardous substance releases, remediate lands pursuant to 
section 40704 of Public Law 117–58 (30 U.S.C. 1245), and 
carry out the purposes of section 349 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907), as amended, $4,800,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such amount 
shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for such
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purposes: Provided further, That amounts appropriated under 
this heading are available for program management and over-
sight of these activities: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may transfer the funds provided under this heading in this 
Act to any other account in the Department to carry out such 
purposes, and may expend such funds directly, or through 
grants: Provided further, That these amounts are not avail-
able to fulfill Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) obliga-
tions agreed to in settlement or imposed by a court, whether 
for payment of funds or for work to be performed. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-
toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the 
Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), 
and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,715,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental fi-
nancial and business management system, data management, 
information technology improvements of general benefit to 
the Department, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facili-
ties 
and 
operations 
throughout 
the 
Department, 
$107,710,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this Act or any other 
Act may be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital 
Fund account other than for accrued annual leave and depre-
ciation of equipment without prior approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior may assess reasonable charges to State, local, and tribal 
government employees for training services provided by the 
National Indian Program Training Center, other than train-
ing related to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and related 
facilities, equipment, or professional services of the National 
Indian Program Training Center to State, local and tribal 
government employees or persons or organizations engaged in 
cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined in 
section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) at the pre-
vailing rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or services 
in the vicinity of the National Indian Program Training Cen-
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ter: Provided further, That all funds received pursuant to the 
two preceding provisos shall be credited to this account, shall 
be available until expended, and shall be used by the Sec-
retary for necessary expenses of the National Indian Program 
Training Center: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
enter into grants and cooperative agreements to support the 
Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s collection and disburse-
ment of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, 
as authorized by law. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 
resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which 
may be obtained by donation, purchase, or through available 
excess surplus property: Provided, That existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade- 
in value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement 
aircraft. 
OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE 
For necessary expenses for management of the collection 
and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral rev-
enue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agreements, as 
authorized by law, $167,937,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025; of which $69,751,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the purpose of mineral revenue 
management activities: Provided, That notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, $15,000 shall be available for refunds 
of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in 
which the Secretary of the Interior concurred with the 
claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees 
or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous pay-
ments. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
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 of the Interior, for 
the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of air-
craft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged 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 available to 
the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have 
been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursu-
ant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental ap-
propriation, which must be requested as promptly as possible. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Interior may authorize 
the expenditure or transfer of any no year appropriation in 
this title, in addition to the amounts included in the budget
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programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or 
emergency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Inte-
rior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to poten-
tial or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other 
unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage as-
sessment activities related to actual oil spills or releases of 
hazardous substances into the environment; for the preven-
tion, suppression, and control of actual or potential grass-
hopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the ju-
risdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in sec-
tion 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for 
emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of Public 
Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds avail-
able to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and En-
forcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit assump-
tion 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 wildland fire operations shall be available for the payment 
of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and 
for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction 
of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with
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their use for wildland fire operations, with such reimburse-
ment to be credited to appropriations currently available at 
the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for 
wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made available 
under this authority until the Secretary determines that 
funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire suppression’’ shall be 
exhausted within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds 
used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a sup-
plemental appropriation, which must be requested as prompt-
ly as possible: Provided further, That such replenishment 
funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, ac-
counts 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 au-
thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, when 
authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, in total amount 
not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor 
vehicles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehi-
cles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for tele-
phone 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 li-
brary membership in societies or associations which issue
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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 Bureau of Trust Funds Administration and 
any unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts 
made under the same headings shall be available for expendi-
ture or transfer for Indian trust management and reform ac-
tivities. Total funding for settlement support activities shall 
not exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for 
such purpose. The Secretary shall notify the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations within 60 days of the ex-
penditure or transfer of any funds under this section, includ-
ing the amount expended or transferred and how the funds 
will be used. 
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 inaccurate distribution methodologies. No 
tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation 
funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 2024. Under cir-
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cumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or 
inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent limita-
tion 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 facilities in the support of transportation 
and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Lib-
erty Islands, and of other program and administrative activi-
ties, by donation or with appropriated funds, including fran-
chise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by ex-
change; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 
enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts, or other 
agreements 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 2024, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which 
shall be deposited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement’’ account, from the designated operator for fa-
cilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c).
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(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 2024 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 combination 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 inspec-
tions completed in fiscal year 2024. Fees for fiscal year 2024 
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) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted via 
non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts D, E, 
F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections completed in 
fiscal year 2024. Fees for fiscal year 2024 shall be— 
(1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units oper-
ating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more; 
(2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units oper-
ating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; and
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(3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units oper-
ating in water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under 
subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required within 30 
days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators 
under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end of the month 
in which the inspection occurred, with payment required with-
in 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated oper-
ators under subsection (d) with payment required by the end 
of the following quarter. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND BURRO 
HOLDING FACILITIES 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear 
cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations and 
other appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear con-
tracts in accordance with the provisions of section 3903 of 
title 41, United States Code (except that the 5-year term re-
striction 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 land. Such 
cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 10 
years, subject to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary.
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MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 109. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened 
and endangered 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 visi-
ble mark that can be readily identified by commercial and 
recreational fishers. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2024, in carrying out work involving co-
operation with State, local, and tribal governments or any po-
litical subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may record obliga-
tions against accounts receivable from any such entities, ex-
cept that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall 
not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end of 
the fiscal year. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants to, 
or enter into cooperative agreements with, private nonprofit
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organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor under 
title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to utilize the tal-
ents of older Americans in programs authorized by other pro-
visions of law administered by the Secretary and consistent 
with such provisions of law. 
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement 
would not— 
(1) result in the displacement of individuals cur-
rently employed by the Department, including partial 
displacement through reduction of non-overtime hours, 
wages, or employment benefits; 
(2) result in the use of an individual under the De-
partment of the Interior Experienced Services Program 
for a job or function in a case in which a Federal em-
ployee is in a layoff status from the same or substan-
tially equivalent job within the Department; or 
(3) affect existing contracts for services. 
OBLIGATION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 112. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the De-
partment of the Interior shall be available for obligation and 
expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
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SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to im-
plement an orderly transition to separate accounts of the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education, 
may transfer funds among and between the successor offices 
and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in conform-
ance with the reprogramming guidelines described in this Act. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 
SEC. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ for ‘‘fiscal 
year 2019’’. 
DISCLOSURE OF DEPARTURE OR ALTERNATE PROCEDURE 
APPROVAL 
SEC. 115. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case in 
which the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management prescribes or 
approves any departure or use of alternate procedure or 
equipment, in regards to a plan or permit, under 30 CFR 
585.103; 30 CFR 550.141; 30 CFR 550.142; 30 CFR 
250.141; or 30 CFR 250.142, the head of such bureau shall 
post a description of such departure or alternate procedure 
or equipment use approval on such bureau’s publicly available 
website not more than 15 business days after such issuance. 
(b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential 
business information.
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LONG BRIDGE PROJECT 
SEC. 116. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE.—On 
request by the State of Virginia or the District of Columbia 
for the purpose of the construction of rail and other infra-
structure relating to the Long Bridge Project, the Secretary 
of the Interior may convey to the State or the District of Co-
lumbia, as applicable, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to any portion of the approximately 4.4 
acres of National Park Service land depicted as ‘‘Permanent 
Impact to NPS Land’’ on the Map dated May 15, 2020, that 
is identified by the State or the District of Columbia. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Such conveyance of the 
National Park Service land under subsection (a) shall be sub-
ject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary may re-
quire. If such conveyed land is no longer being used for the 
purposes specified in this section, the lands or interests there-
in shall revert to the National Park Service after they have 
been restored or remediated to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary. 
(c) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary and the State or the 
District of Columbia, as applicable, by mutual agreement, 
may— 
(1) make minor boundary adjustments to the Na-
tional Park Service land to be conveyed to the State or 
the District of Columbia under subsection (a); and
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(2) correct any minor errors in the Map referred to 
in subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) LONG
BRIDGE
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Long 
Bridge Project’’ means the rail project, as identified by 
the Federal Railroad Administration, from Rosslyn (RO) 
Interlocking in Arlington, Virginia, to L’Enfant (LE) 
Interlocking in Washington, DC, which includes a bicycle 
and pedestrian bridge. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of 
the National Park Service. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State of 
Virginia. 
INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
Federal regulation, federally recognized Indian tribes or au-
thorized tribal organizations that receive Tribally-Controlled 
School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100–297 may obtain 
interagency motor vehicles and related services for perform-
ance of any activities carried out under such grants to the 
same extent as if they were contracting under the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
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DECOMMISSIONING ACCOUNT 
SEC. 123. The matter under the amended heading ‘‘Roy-
alty and Offshore Minerals Management’’ for the Minerals 
Management Service in Public Law 101–512 (104 Stat. 
1926, as amended) (43 U.S.C. 1338a) is further amended by 
striking the fifth and sixth provisos in their entirety and in-
serting the following: ‘‘Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, any moneys 
hereafter received as a result of the forfeiture of a bond or 
other security by an Outer Continental Shelf permittee, les-
see, or right-of-way holder that does not fulfill the require-
ments of its permit, lease, or right-of-way or does not comply 
with the regulations of the Secretary, or as a bankruptcy dis-
tribution or settlement associated with such failure or non-
compliance, shall be credited to a separate account estab-
lished in the Treasury for decommissioning activities and 
shall be available to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage-
ment without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation 
to cover the cost to the United States of any improvement, 
protection, rehabilitation, or decommissioning work rendered 
necessary by the action or inaction that led to the forfeiture 
or bankruptcy distribution or settlement, to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That amounts deposited 
into the decommissioning account may be allocated to the 
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement for such
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costs: Provided further, That any moneys received for such 
costs currently held in the Ocean Energy Management ac-
count shall be transferred to the decommissioning account: 
Provided further, That any portion of the moneys so credited 
shall be returned to the bankruptcy estate, permittee, lessee, 
or right-of-way holder to the extent that the money is in ex-
cess of the amount expended in performing the work neces-
sitated by the action or inaction which led to their receipt or, 
if the bond or security was forfeited for failure to pay the 
civil penalty, in excess of the civil penalty imposed.’’. 
NONRECURRING EXPENSES FUND 
SEC. 124. There is hereby established in the Treasury 
of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Department 
of the Interior Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ (the Fund): 
Provided, That unobligated balances of expired discretionary 
funds appropriated for this or any succeeding fiscal year from 
the General Fund of the Treasury to the Department of the 
Interior by this or any other Act may be transferred (not 
later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal 
year for which such funds are available for the purposes for 
which appropriated) into the Fund: Provided further, That 
amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until ex-
pended, and in addition to such other funds as may be avail-
able for such purposes, for information and business tech-
nology system modernization and facilities infrastructure im-
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provements and associated administrative expenses, including 
nonrecurring maintenance, necessary for the operation of the 
Department or its bureaus, subject to approval by the Office 
of Management and Budget: Provided further, That amounts 
in the Fund may not be obligated without written notification 
to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in con-
formance with the reprogramming guidelines described in this 
Act. 
EBEY’S LANDING NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE 
SEC. 125. Section 508(f) of Public Law 95–625 (92 
stat. 3509) is amended by striking ‘‘not to exceed 
$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$18,000,000’’. 
INTERIOR AUTHORITY FOR OPERATING EFFICIENCIES 
SEC. 126. (a) In fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the Sec-
retary of the Interior may authorize and execute agreements 
to achieve operating efficiencies among and between two or 
more component bureaus and offices through the following 
activities: 
(1) co-locating in offices and facilities leased or 
owned by any such component and sharing related utili-
ties and equipment; 
(2) detailing or assigning staff on a non-reimburs-
able basis for up to 5 business days; and
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(3) sharing staff and equipment necessary to meet 
mission requirements. 
(b) The authority provided by subsection (a) is to sup-
port areas of mission alignment between and among compo-
nent bureaus and offices or where geographic proximity al-
lows for efficiencies. 
(c) Bureaus and offices entering into agreements author-
ized under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3) shall bear costs for 
such agreements in a manner that reflects their approximate 
benefit and share of total costs, which may or may not in-
clude indirect costs. 
(d) In furtherance of the requirement in subsection (c), 
the Secretary of the Interior may make transfers of funds in 
advance or on a reimbursable basis.
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TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and de-
velopment activities, which shall include research and develop-
ment activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; necessary 
expenses for personnel and related costs and travel expenses; 
procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; and other operating 
expenses 
in 
support 
of 
research 
and 
development, 
$758,103,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: 
Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, 
$19,530,000 shall be for Research: National Priorities as 
specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), 
of which $2,030,000 shall be for projects specified for Science 
and Technology in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this division 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, including 
necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, for personnel
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and related costs and travel expenses; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or asso-
ciations which issue publications to members only or at a 
price to members lower than to subscribers who are not mem-
bers; administrative costs of the brownfields program under 
the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revital-
ization Act of 2002; implementation of a coal combustion re-
sidual permit program under section 2301 of the Water and 
Waste Act of 2016; and not to exceed $40,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses, $3,178,028,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, 
That of the funds included under this heading— 
(1) $30,700,000 shall be for Environmental Protec-
tion: National Priorities as specified in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act); 
(2) $681,726,000 shall be for Geographic Programs 
as specified in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act); and 
(3) $20,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for grants, including grants that may 
be awarded on a non-competitive basis, interagency 
agreements, and associated program support costs to es-
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tablish and implement a program to assist Alaska Native 
Regional Corporations, Alaskan Native Village Corpora-
tions, federally-recognized tribes in Alaska, Alaska Na-
tive Non-Profit Organizations and Alaska Native Non-
profit Associations, and intertribal consortia comprised 
of Alaskan tribal entities to address contamination on 
lands conveyed under or pursuant to the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that 
were or are contaminated at the time of conveyance and 
are on an inventory of such lands developed and main-
tained by the Environmental Protection Agency: Pro-
vided, That grants awarded using funds made available 
in this paragraph may be used by a recipient to supple-
ment other funds provided by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency through individual media or multi-media 
grants or cooperative agreements: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available in this paragraph, in ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 
the Environmental Protection Agency may reserve up to 
$2,000,000 for salaries, expenses, and administration of 
the program and for grants related to such program that 
address contamination on lands conveyed under or pur-
suant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that were or are contaminated at
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the time of conveyance and are on the EPA inventory 
of such lands. 
In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for necessary expenses of activities described in section 
26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 
2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees collected pursuant to that 
section of that Act and deposited in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee 
Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal year 2024 
shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses 
in this appropriation and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
in this paragraph from the general fund for fiscal year 2024 
shall be reduced by the amount of discretionary offsetting re-
ceipts received during fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the general fund es-
timated at not more than $0: Provided further, That to the 
extent that amounts realized from such receipts exceed 
$9,000,000, those amounts in excess of $9,000,000 shall be 
deposited in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary 
offsetting receipts in fiscal year 2024, shall be retained and 
used for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
of the funds included in the first paragraph under this head-
ing, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program 
project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the
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amount of any fees appropriated, not less than the amount 
of appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 
2014. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $43,250,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral shall be subject to the terms, conditions, and require-
ments specified under this heading in Senate Report 118–83. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alter-
ation, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for 
use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, $40,676,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), 
and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, maintenance, and op-
eration of aircraft, $537,700,000, to remain available until 
expended, consisting of such sums as are available in the 
Trust Fund on September 30, 2023, and not otherwise ap-
propriated from the Trust Fund, as authorized by section
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517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization 
Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $537,700,000 as a payment 
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super-
fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: 
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be 
allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 
111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, $11,328,000 shall be paid to 
the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, and $30,343,000 shall be 
paid to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to re-
main available until September 30, 2025. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle 
I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $89,214,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $64,723,000 shall be for 
carrying out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activi-
ties authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act; and $24,491,000 shall be for carrying out the 
other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in 
section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: Provided, That 
the Administrator is authorized to use appropriations made 
available under this heading to implement section 9013 of the
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Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial assistance to 
federally recognized Indian tribes for the development and 
implementation of programs to manage underground storage 
tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental 
Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and operation of 
aircraft, $20,711,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liabil-
ity trust fund, to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For environmental programs and infrastructure assist-
ance, including capitalization grants for State revolving funds 
and performance partnership grants, $4,418,938,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which— 
(1) $1,638,861,000 shall be for making capitaliza-
tion grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds 
under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act; and of which $1,126,101,000 shall be for making 
capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Re-
volving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act: Provided, That $787,652,267 of the funds 
made available for capitalization grants for the Clean 
Water State Revolving Funds and $631,659,905 of the
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funds made available for capitalization grants for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds shall be for the 
construction of drinking water, wastewater, and storm 
water infrastructure and for water quality protection in 
accordance with the terms and conditions specified for 
such grants in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act) for projects specified for ‘‘STAG—Drink-
ing Water State Revolving Fund’’ and ‘‘STAG—Clean 
Water State Revolving Fund’’ in the table titled ‘‘Inte-
rior and Environment Incorporation of Community 
Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spend-
ing Items’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), and, for pur-
poses of these grants, each grantee shall contribute not 
less than 20 percent of the cost of the project unless the 
grantee is approved for a waiver by the Agency: Provided 
further, That $13,300,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading for capitalization grants for the 
Clean Water State Revolving Funds and for capitaliza-
tion grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
Funds, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes, may be used by the Administrator for 
salaries, expenses, and administration for Community
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Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spend-
ing Items: Provided further, That the amounts in the 
preceding proviso under this heading shall not be avail-
able for obligation until the report, as specified under 
this heading in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act) is received by the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2024, to the 
extent there are sufficient eligible project applications 
and projects are consistent with State Intended Use 
Plans, not less than 10 percent of the funds made avail-
able under this title to each State for Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by 
the State for projects to address green infrastructure, 
water or energy efficiency improvements, or other envi-
ronmentally innovative activities: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2024, funds made available under this 
title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolving 
Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion of each 
State, be used for projects to address green infrastruc-
ture, water or energy efficiency improvements, or other 
environmentally innovative activities: Provided further, 
That the Administrator is authorized to use up to 
$1,500,000 of funds made available for the Clean Water
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State Revolving Funds under this heading under title VI 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1381) to conduct the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the limita-
tion on the amounts in a State water pollution control 
revolving fund that may be used by a State to admin-
ister the fund shall not apply to amounts included as 
principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2024 
and prior years where such amounts represent costs of 
administering the fund to the extent that such amounts 
are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, ac-
counted for separately from other assets in the fund, and 
used for eligible purposes of the fund, including adminis-
tration: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2024, not-
withstanding the provisions of subsections (g)(1), (h), 
and (l) of section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, grants made under title II of such Act for 
American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin Islands, 
and the District of Columbia may also be made for the 
purpose of providing assistance: (1) solely for facility 
plans, design activities, or plans, specifications, and esti-
mates for any proposed project for the construction of 
treatment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or
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year 2024, notwithstanding the limitations on amounts 
specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs under 
the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved by the 
Administrator for grants made under section 1452(j) of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided further, That 10 
percent of the funds made available under this title to 
each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants and 14 percent of the funds made 
available under this title to each State for Drinking 
Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall 
be used by the State to provide additional subsidy to eli-
gible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, 
negative interest loans, or grants (or any combination of 
these), and shall be so used by the State only where such 
funds are provided as initial financing for an eligible re-
cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt obli-
gations of eligible recipients only where such debt was 
incurred on or after the date of enactment of this Act, 
or where such debt was incurred prior to the date of en-
actment of this Act if the State, with concurrence from 
the Administrator, determines that such funds could be 
used to help address a threat to public health from 
heightened exposure to lead in drinking water or if a
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Federal or State emergency declaration has been issued 
due to a threat to public health from heightened expo-
sure to lead in a municipal drinking water supply before 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
in a State in which such an emergency declaration has 
been issued, the State may use more than 14 percent of 
the funds made available under this title to the State for 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
grants to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 1452(o) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(o)), 
the Administrator shall reserve up to $12,000,000 of the 
amounts made available for fiscal year 2024 for making 
capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Re-
volving Funds to pay the costs of monitoring for unregu-
lated contaminants under section 1445(a)(2)(C) of such 
Act: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance Grants’’ 
account appropriated prior to fiscal year 2012 for ‘‘spe-
cial project grants’’ or ‘‘special needs infrastructure 
grants,’’ or for the administration, management, and 
oversight of such grants, $1,500,000 are permanently re-
scinded: Provided further, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con-
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current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided 
further, That the funds made available under this head-
ing for Community Project Funding/Congressionally Di-
rected Spending grants in this or prior appropriations 
Acts are not subject to compliance with Federal procure-
ment requirements for competition and methods of pro-
curement applicable to Federal financial assistance, if a 
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending recipient has procured services or products 
through contracts entered into prior to the date of enact-
ment of this legislation that complied with state and/or 
local laws governing competition; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineer-
ing, planning, design, construction and related activities 
in connection with the construction of high priority 
water and wastewater facilities in the area of the United 
States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the appro-
priate border commission: Provided, That no funds pro-
vided by this appropriations Act to address the water, 
wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs of the 
colonias in the United States along the United States- 
Mexico border shall be made available to a county or 
municipal government unless that government has estab-
lished an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning
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rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 
or construction of any additional colonia areas, or the 
development within an existing colonia the construction 
of any new home, business, or other structure which 
lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastruc-
ture; 
(3) $39,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of 
Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater infra-
structure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Pro-
vided, That of these funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall 
provide a match of 25 percent; (B) no more than 5 per-
cent of the funds may be used for administrative and 
overhead expenses; and (C) the State of Alaska shall 
make awards consistent with the Statewide priority list 
established in conjunction with the Agency and the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste 
disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State of 
Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less than 
25 percent of the funds provided for projects in regional 
hub communities; 
(4) $98,000,000 shall be to carry out section 
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
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Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), in-
cluding grants, interagency agreements, and associated 
program support costs: Provided, That at least 10 per-
cent shall be allocated for assistance in persistent pov-
erty counties: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means 
any county that has had 20 percent or more of its popu-
lation living in poverty over the past 30 years, as meas-
ured by the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Esti-
mates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent 
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any terri-
tory or possession of the United States; 
(5) $90,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, 
subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $67,800,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants 
in accordance with the terms and conditions in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act); 
(7) $28,500,000 shall be for grants under sub-
sections (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a): Provided, 
That for fiscal year 2024, funds provided under sub-
sections (a) through (j) of such section of such Act may 
be used—
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(A) by a State to provide assistance to benefit 
one or more owners of drinking water wells that are 
not public water systems or connected to a public 
water system for necessary and appropriate activi-
ties related to a contaminant pursuant to subsection 
(j) of such section of such Act; and 
(B) to support a community described in sub-
section (c)(2) of such section of such Act; 
(8) $28,000,000 shall be for grants under section 
1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–24(d)); 
(9) $22,000,000 shall be for grants under section 
1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–19b); 
(10) $6,500,000 shall be for grants under section 
1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–19a(l)); 
(11) $25,500,000 shall be for grants under section 
104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)); 
(12) $41,000,000 shall be for grants under section 
221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1301);
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(13) $5,400,000 shall be for grants under section 
4304(b) of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115–270); 
(14) $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 
302(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 
4282(a)), of which not more than 2 percent shall be for 
administrative costs to carry out such section: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 302(a) of such Act, the 
Administrator may also provide grants pursuant to such 
authority to intertribal consortia consistent with the re-
quirements in 40 CFR 35.504(a), to former Indian res-
ervations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary 
of the Interior), and Alaska Native Villages as defined 
in Public Law 92–203; 
(15) $7,000,000 shall be for grants under section 
103(b)(3) of the Clean Air Act for wildfire smoke pre-
paredness grants in accordance with the terms and con-
ditions in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That not more than 3 percent shall be 
for administrative costs to carry out such section; 
(16) $38,693,000 shall be for State and Tribal As-
sistance Grants to be allocated in the amounts specified 
for those projects and for the purposes delineated in the 
table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of
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Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Di-
rected Spending Items’’ included for this division in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) for 
remediation, construction, and related environmental 
management activities in accordance with the terms and 
conditions specified for such grants in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act); 
(17) $2,250,000 shall be for grants under section 
1459F of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j– 
19g); 
(18) $4,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 
2001 of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–270, 42 U.S.C. 300j–3c note): Pro-
vided, That the Administrator may award grants to and 
enter into contracts with tribes, intertribal consortia, 
public or private agencies, institutions, organizations, 
and individuals, without regard to section 3324(a) and 
(b) of title 31 and section 6101 of title 41, United 
States Code, and enter into interagency agreements as 
appropriate; 
(19) $2,000,000 shall be for grants under section 
50217(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1302f(b); Public Law 117–58);
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(20) $3,500,000 shall be for grants under section 
124 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1276); and 
(21) $1,106,333,000 shall be for grants, including 
associated program support costs, to States, federally 
recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, 
and air pollution control agencies for multi-media or sin-
gle media pollution prevention, control and abatement, 
and related activities, including activities pursuant to the 
provisions set forth under this heading in Public Law 
104–134, and for making grants under section 103 of 
the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring and 
data collection activities subject to terms and conditions 
specified by the Administrator, and under section 2301 
of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 to assist States in 
developing and implementing programs for control of 
coal combustion residuals, of which: $46,250,000 shall 
be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; $9,500,000 
shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Net-
work grants, including associated program support costs; 
$1,475,000 shall be for grants to States under section 
2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall 
be in addition to funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Pro-
gram’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste
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Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act; $18,512,000 of the funds available 
for grants under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act shall be for State participation in 
national- and State-level statistical surveys of water re-
sources and enhancements to State monitoring pro-
grams. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaran-
teed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Fi-
nance and Innovation Act of 2014, $64,634,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli-
gations for the principal amount of direct loans, including 
capitalized interest, and total loan principal, including cap-
italized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 
to exceed $12,500,000,000: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be 
used solely for the cost of direct loans and for the cost of 
guaranteed loans for projects described in section 5026(9) of 
the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of
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2014 to State infrastructure financing authorities, as author-
ized by section 5033(e) of such Act: Provided further, That 
the use of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this 
heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee loans 
for any project shall be in accordance with the criteria pub-
lished in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 (85 FR 
39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the heading 
‘‘Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Ac-
count’’ in division D of the Further Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided further, That 
none of the direct loans or loan guarantee authority made 
available under this heading shall be available for any project 
unless the Administrator and the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget have certified in advance in writing 
that the direct loan or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the 
project comply with the criteria referenced in the previous 
proviso: Provided further, That, for the purposes of carrying 
out the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office may request, and the Ad-
ministrator shall promptly provide, documentation and infor-
mation relating to a project identified in a Letter of Interest 
submitted to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice of 
Funding Availability for applications for credit assistance 
under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
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Program, including with respect to a project that was initi-
ated or completed before the date of enactment of this Act. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to 
sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance 
and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this ac-
count, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 
5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 
Act of 2014, $7,640,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s func-
tion to implement directly Federal environmental programs 
required or authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable 
tribal program, may award cooperative agreements to feder-
ally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal consortia, if au-
thorized by their member tribes, to assist the Administrator 
in implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian 
tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such co-
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operative agreements may be awarded from funds designated 
for State financial assistance agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registra-
tion service fees in accordance with section 33 of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w– 
8), to remain available until expended. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecti-
cide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 
136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency may assess fees under section 33 of FIFRA 
(7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2024. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord-
ance with section 3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until 
expended. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$368,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro-
grams and Management’’ to the head of any Federal depart-
ment or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to carry 
out activities that would support the Great Lakes Restoration 
Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement pro-
grams, projects, or activities; to enter into an interagency
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agreement with the head of such Federal department or 
agency to carry out these activities; and to make grants to 
governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, institutions, 
and individuals for planning, research, monitoring, outreach, 
and implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes Res-
toration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agree-
ment. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs 
and Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous 
Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage 
Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for the 
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation 
of facilities, provided that the cost does not exceed $300,000 
per project. 
For fiscal year 2024, and notwithstanding section 518(f) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 of the Act 
to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) 
and 518(e) of that Act. 
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and 
Management’’ for fiscal year 2024 to provide grants to imple-
ment the Southeast New England Watershed Restoration 
Program.
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Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 
320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not 
less than $2,500,000 of the funds made available under this 
title for the National Estuary Program shall be for making 
competitive awards described in section 320(g)(4). 
For fiscal year 2024, the Office of Chemical Safety and 
Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water may, using 
funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Environmental Pro-
grams and Management’’ and ‘‘Science and Technology’’, 
contract directly with individuals or indirectly with institu-
tions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 
5, for the temporary or intermittent personal services of stu-
dents or recent graduates, who shall be considered employees 
for the purposes of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United 
States Code, relating to compensation for travel and work in-
juries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relat-
ing to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal 
employees for any other purpose: Provided, That amounts 
used for this purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and 
Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water collectively may 
not exceed $2,000,000. 
The Environmental Protection agency shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate with copies of any available Department of 
Treasury quarterly certification of trust fund receipts col-
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lected from section 13601 of Public Law 117–169 and sec-
tion 80201 of Public Law 117–58, an annual operating plan 
for such receipts showing amounts allocated by program area 
and program project, and quarterly reports for such receipts 
of obligated balances by program area and program project.
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Natural Resources and Environment, $1,000,000: 
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to any agen-
cy in the Natural Resources and Environment mission area 
for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one ad-
ministrative support staff for the office. 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, $1,150,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2027: Provided, That a portion of the 
funds made available under this heading shall be for the base 
salary and expenses of employees in the Chief’s Office, the 
Work Environment and Performance Office, the Business 
Operations Deputy Area, and the Chief Financial Officer’s 
Office to carry out administrative and general management 
support functions: Provided further, That funds provided 
under this heading shall be available for the costs of facility 
maintenance, repairs, and leases for buildings and sites where
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these administrative, general management and other Forest 
Service support functions take place; the costs of all utility 
and telecommunication expenses of the Forest Service, as well 
as business services; and, for information technology, includ-
ing cybersecurity requirements: Provided further, That funds 
provided under this heading may be used for necessary ex-
penses to carry out administrative and general management 
support functions of the Forest Service not otherwise pro-
vided for and necessary for its operation. 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research 
as authorized by law, $300,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the funds 
provided, $31,500,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis 
program: Provided further, That all authorities for the use of 
funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements, available to execute the Forest and Rangeland 
Research appropriation, are also available in the utilization of 
these funds for Fire Science Research. 
STATE, PRIVATE, AND TRIBAL FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, territories, 
possessions, tribes, and others, and for forest health manage-
ment, including for invasive plants, and conducting an inter-
national program and trade compliance activities as author-
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ized, $303,306,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2027, as authorized by law, of which $19,806,000 shall 
be for projects specified for Forest Resource Information and 
Analysis in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incor-
poration of Community Project Funding Items/Congression-
ally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this division in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat-
ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, for management, protection, improvement, 
and utilization of the National Forest System, and for haz-
ardous fuels management on or adjacent to such lands, 
$1,863,557,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2027: Provided, That of the funds provided, $31,000,000 
shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Res-
toration Fund for ecological restoration treatments as author-
ized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided further, That for the 
funds 
provided 
in 
the 
preceding 
proviso, 
section 
4003(d)(3)(A) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 
of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(d)(3)(A)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘20’’ for ‘‘10’’ and section 4003(d)(3)(B) of the 
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 
7303(d)(3)(B)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘4’’ for ‘‘2’’: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided, $39,000,000
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shall be for forest products: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided, $175,450,000 shall be for hazardous fuels 
management activities, of which not to exceed $30,000,000 
may be used to make grants, using any authorities available 
to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State, Private, and Tribal 
Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of creating incen-
tives for increased use of biomass from National Forest Sys-
tem lands: Provided further, That $20,000,000 may be used 
by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into procurement 
contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue grants for 
hazardous fuels management activities, and for training or 
monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels management 
activities on Federal land, or on non-Federal land if the Sec-
retary determines such activities benefit resources on Federal 
land: Provided further, That funds made available to imple-
ment the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 
106–393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal 
lands in accordance with authorities made available to the 
Forest Service under the ‘‘State, Private, and Tribal For-
estry’’ appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 
U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a 
fee for grazing on a National Grassland, may provide a credit 
of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing Asso-
ciation or direct permittee for a conservation practice ap-
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proved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year in which 
the cost of the conservation practice is incurred, and that the 
amount credited shall remain available to the Grazing Asso-
ciation or the direct permittee, as appropriate, in the fiscal 
year in which the credit is made and each fiscal year there-
after for use on the project for conservation practices ap-
proved by the Secretary: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated to this account shall be available for the base salary 
and expenses of employees that carry out the functions fund-
ed by the ‘‘Capital Improvement and Maintenance’’ account, 
the ‘‘Range Betterment Fund’’ account, and the ‘‘Manage-
ment of National Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses’’ ac-
count. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, $156,130,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2027, for construction, capital improvement, 
maintenance, and acquisition of buildings and other facilities 
and infrastructure; for construction, reconstruction, and de-
commissioning of roads that are no longer needed, including 
unauthorized roads that are not part of the transportation 
system; and for maintenance 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 $6,000,000 shall be for
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activities authorized by 16 U.S.C. 538(a): Provided further, 
That $5,130,000 shall be for projects specified for Construc-
tion Projects in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this division 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided further, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 
2024 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall 
be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury and shall 
not be available for transfer or obligation for any other pur-
pose unless the funds are appropriated. 
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, Cali-
fornia; and the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National 
Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by law, $664,000, to be de-
rived from forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from 
funds deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, 
public school districts, or other public school authorities, and
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for authorized expenditures from funds deposited by non-Fed-
eral parties pursuant to Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pur-
suant to the Act of December 4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to 
remain available through September 30, 2027, (16 U.S.C. 
516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; Public Law 76–589, 
Public Law 76–591; and Public Law 78–310). 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protec-
tion, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received 
during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic live-
stock on lands in National Forests in the 16 Western States, 
pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94–579, to re-
main available through September 30, 2027, of which not to 
exceed 6 percent shall be available for administrative ex-
penses 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), $45,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2027, to be de-
rived from the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage 
Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII
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of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $1,099,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2027. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression ac-
tivities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 
other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer-
gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 
lands and water, $2,312,654,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such funds, including unobligated 
balances under this heading, are available for repayment of 
advances from other appropriations accounts previously 
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That any un-
obligated funds appropriated in a previous fiscal year for haz-
ardous fuels management may be transferred to the ‘‘Na-
tional Forest System’’ account: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be available to reimburse State and other cooper-
ating entities for services provided in response to wildfire and 
other emergencies or disasters to the extent such reimburse-
ments by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are fully 
repaid by the responsible emergency management agency: 
Provided further, That funds provided shall be available for 
support to Federal emergency response: Provided further,
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That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement 
between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity 
may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this head-
ing in this Act and unobligated balances made available 
under this heading in prior Acts, other than amounts des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, shall be available, in addition to any other funds made 
available for such purpose, to continue uninterrupted the 
Federal wildland firefighter base salary increases provided 
under section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117–58: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided under this heading, 
$1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire suppression op-
erations, and is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
In addition to the amounts provided under the heading 
‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire 
Management’’ 
for 
wildfire 
suppression 
operations, 
$2,300,000,000, to remain available until transferred, is ad-
ditional new budget authority as specified for purposes of sec-
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tion 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That such amounts 
may be transferred to and merged with amounts made avail-
able under the headings ‘‘Department of the Interior—De-
partment-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’ and 
‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire 
Management’’ for wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal 
year in which such amounts are transferred: Provided further, 
That amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire 
Management’’ accounts in the Department of the Interior or 
the Department of Agriculture only upon the notification of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all 
wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated under that 
heading in this and prior appropriations Acts to the agency 
to which the funds will be transferred will be obligated within 
30 days: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-
vided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided by law: Provided further, That, in deter-
mining whether all wildfire suppression operations funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ 
in this and prior appropriations Acts to either the Depart-
ment of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior will be 
obligated within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, 
any funds transferred or permitted to be transferred pursu-
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ant to any other transfer authority provided by law shall be 
excluded. 
COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to section 
8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–334), shall be deposited in the special ac-
count established by section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, shall be 
available to cover the costs described in subsection (c)(3) of 
such section of such Act, and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such amounts shall be transferred to 
the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fis-
cal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from 
excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, op-
eration, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft to maintain 
the operable fleet for use in Forest Service wildland fire pro-
grams and other Forest Service programs; 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; (2) services 
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for
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employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and 
alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 
U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests 
therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant 
to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col-
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act 
may be transferred between accounts affected by the Forest 
Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 of division 
D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 
(Public Law 116–94): Provided, That any transfer of funds 
pursuant to this paragraph shall not increase or decrease the 
funds appropriated to any account in this fiscal year by more 
than ten percent: Provided further, That such transfer au-
thority is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
by law. 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management 
appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation 
of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under its jurisdic-
tion, and fire preparedness due to severe burning conditions 
upon the Secretary of Agriculture’s notification of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire sup-
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pression funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ will be obligated within 30 days: Provided, 
That all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be re-
plenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be re-
quested as promptly as possible. 
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to the 
Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or transfer 
to the Department of the Interior for wildland fire manage-
ment, hazardous fuels management, and State fire assistance 
when such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland 
fire management programs and projects. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of discre-
tionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by this Act 
to or within the National Forest System Account, or repro-
gram funds to be used for the purposes of hazardous fuels 
management and urgent rehabilitation of burned-over Na-
tional Forest System lands and water: Provided, That such 
transferred funds shall remain available through September 
30, 2027: Provided further, That none of the funds trans-
ferred pursuant to this paragraph shall be available for obli-
gation without written notification to and the prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress.
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Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able for assistance to or through the Agency for International 
Development in connection with forest and rangeland re-
search, technical information, and assistance in foreign coun-
tries, 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 
government, private sector, and international organizations: 
Provided, That the Forest Service, acting for the Inter-
national Program, may sign direct funding agreements with 
foreign governments and institutions as well as other domes-
tic agencies (including the U.S. Agency for International De-
velopment, the Department of State, and the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation), United States private sector firms, 
institutions and organizations to provide technical assistance 
and training programs on forestry and rangeland manage-
ment: Provided further, That to maximize effectiveness of do-
mestic and international research and cooperation, the Inter-
national Program may utilize all authorities related to for-
estry, research, and cooperative assistance regardless of pro-
gram designations. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to enter into a cooperative agreement with the section 
509(a)(3) Supporting Organization, ‘‘Forest Service Inter-
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national Foundation’’ to assist the Foundation in meeting ad-
ministrative, project, and other expenses, and may provide for 
the Foundation’s use of Forest Service personnel and facili-
ties. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the In-
terior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, prepara-
tion, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros from Na-
tional Forest System lands, and for the performance of ca-
dastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service 
in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year 
shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 
702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 
(7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 106–224 (7 
U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public Law 107–171 (7 
U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
$14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall be 
transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Department 
Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook 
charges: Provided, That nothing in this paragraph shall pro-
hibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested
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by the Forest Service in order to obtain information tech-
nology services, including telecommunications and system 
modifications or enhancements, from the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within the 
scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried out by 
the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried out under 
the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 
U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is 
available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official recep-
tion and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 
101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the National 
Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership projects in 
support of the Forest Service mission, without regard to 
when the Foundation incurs expenses, for projects on or ben-
efitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest 
Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds made 
available to the Foundation, no more than $300,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses: Provided further, That 
the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Fed-
eral financial assistance, private contributions to match funds
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made available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for- 
one basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may trans-
fer Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 
a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the 
non-Federal matching funds. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, up 
to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service 
may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Founda-
tion in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, 
without regard to when expenses are incurred, on or benefit-
ting National Forest System lands or related to Forest Serv-
ice programs: Provided, That such funds shall be matched on 
at least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its sub-re-
cipients: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 
Federal funds to a Federal or non-Federal recipient for a 
project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the 
non-Federal matching funds. 
Any amounts made available to the Forest Service in 
this fiscal year, including available collections, may be used 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of 
the Forest Service, to enter into Federal financial assistance 
grants and cooperative agreements to support forest or grass-
land collaboratives in the accomplishment of activities benefit-
ting both the public and the National Forest System, Federal 
lands and adjacent non-Federal lands. Eligible activities are
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those that will improve or enhance Federal investments, re-
sources, or lands, including for collaborative and collabora-
tion-based activities, including but not limited to facilitation, 
planning, and implementing projects, technical assistance, ad-
ministrative functions, operational support, participant costs, 
and other capacity support needs, as identified by the Forest 
Service. Eligible recipients are Indian tribal entities (defined 
at 25 U.S.C. 5304(e)), state government, local governments, 
private and nonprofit entities, for-profit organizations, and 
educational institutions. The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
through the Chief of the Forest Service, may enter into such 
cooperative agreements notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31 
when the Secretary determines that the public interest will be 
benefited and that there exists a mutual interest other than 
monetary considerations. Transactions subject to Title 2 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations shall be publicly advertised 
and require competition when required by such Title 2. For 
those transactions not subject to Title 2 of the Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, the agency may require public advertising 
and competition when deemed appropriate. The term ‘‘forest 
and grassland collaboratives’’ means groups of individuals or 
entities with diverse interests participating in a cooperative 
process to share knowledge, ideas, and resources about the 
protection, restoration, or enhancement of natural and other 
resources on Federal and adjacent non-Federal lands, the im-
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provement or maintenance of public access to Federal lands, 
or the reduction of risk to such lands caused by natural dis-
asters. 
The 19th unnumbered paragraph under the heading 
‘‘Administrative Provisions, Forest Service’’ in title III of 
Public Law 109–54, as amended, shall be further amended 
by striking ‘‘For each fiscal year through 2009’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘For this fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter’’ and 
adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Congress 
hereby ratifies and approves payments by the Forest Service 
made in accordance with this paragraph to agency employees 
stationed in Puerto Rico after August 2, 2005.’’. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able for interactions with and providing technical assistance 
to rural communities and natural resource-based businesses 
for sustainable rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able for payments to counties within the Columbia River 
Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and 
(2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be 
used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 
502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3056(c)(2)).
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The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur-
pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 
maintenance and decommissioning. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any ap-
propriations or funds available to the Forest Service, not to 
exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of the 
General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for trav-
el and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC assist-
ance or participation requested by the Forest Service at 
meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land pur-
chase negotiations, and similar matters unrelated to civil liti-
gation: Provided, That future budget justifications for both 
the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture should 
clearly display the sums previously transferred and the sums 
requested for transfer. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest Service 
shall be considered to be a Federal employee for purposes of 
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
The Forest Service may employ or contract with an indi-
vidual who is enrolled in a training program at a long-
standing Civilian Conservation Center (as defined in section 
147(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29
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U.S.C. 3197(d))) at regular rates of pay for necessary hours 
of work on National Forest System lands. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to pay, from a single account, the base salary and ex-
penses of employees who carry out functions funded by other 
accounts for Enterprise Program, Geospatial Technology and 
Applications Center, remnant Natural Resource Manager, 
Job Corps, and National Technology and Development Pro-
gram. 
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 and 
Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service 
Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, $56,061,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025, except as oth-
erwise provided herein, which shall be in addition to funds 
previously appropriated under this heading that became avail-
able on October 1, 2023; in addition, $264,702,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025, for the Electronic 
Health Record System and the Indian Healthcare Improve-
ment Fund, of which $74,138,000 is for the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Fund and may be used, as needed, to
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carry out activities typically funded under the Indian Health 
Facilities account; and, in addition, $4,684,029,000, which 
shall become available on October 1, 2024, and remain avail-
able through September 30, 2026, except as otherwise pro-
vided herein; together with payments received during the fis-
cal year pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), for services 
furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds 
made available to tribes and tribal organizations through con-
tracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or com-
pacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1975 (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 from the amounts that become available on Oc-
tober 1, 2024, $2,500,000 shall be available for grants or 
contracts with public or private institutions to provide alcohol 
or drug treatment services to Indians, including alcohol de-
toxification services: Provided further, That from the amounts 
that become available on October 1, 2024, $996,755,000 
shall remain available until expended for Purchased/Referred 
Care: Provided further, That of the total amount specified in 
the 
preceding 
proviso 
for 
Purchased/Referred 
Care, 
$54,000,000 shall be for the Indian Catastrophic Health
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Emergency Fund: Provided further, That from the amounts 
that become available on October 1, 2024, up to $51,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for implementation of 
the loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, That from 
the amounts that become available on October 1, 2024, 
$58,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
costs related to or resulting from accreditation emergencies, 
including supplementing activities funded under the heading 
‘‘Indian Health Facilities’’, of which up to $4,000,000 may 
be used to supplement amounts otherwise available for Pur-
chased/Referred Care: Provided further, That the amounts 
collected by the Federal Government as authorized by sec-
tions 104 and 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal 
year for breach of contracts shall be deposited in the Fund 
authorized by section 108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a– 
1) and shall remain available until expended and, notwith-
standing section 108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), 
funds shall be available to make new awards under the loan 
repayment and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 
108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided fur-
ther, That the amounts made available within this account for 
the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Program, for 
Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Services, for the
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Domestic Violence Prevention Program, for the Zero Suicide 
Initiative, for the housing subsidy authority for civilian em-
ployees, for Aftercare Pilot Programs at Youth Regional 
Treatment Centers, for transformation and modernization 
costs of the Indian Health Service Electronic Health Record 
system, for national quality and oversight activities, to im-
prove collections from public and private insurance at Indian 
Health Service and tribally operated facilities, for an initia-
tive to treat or reduce the transmission of HIV and HCV, for 
a maternal health initiative, for the Telebehaviorial Health 
Center of Excellence, for Alzheimer’s activities, for Village 
Built Clinics, for a produce prescription pilot, and for accred-
itation emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the 
Director of the Indian Health Service and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That funds provided in 
this Act may be used for annual contracts and grants that 
fall within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation is re-
corded in the year the funds are appropriated: Provided fur-
ther, 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 (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall 
remain available until expended for the purpose of achieving 
compliance with the applicable conditions and requirements of 
titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, except for 
those related to the planning, design, or construction of new
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facilities: Provided further, That funding contained herein for 
scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That amounts received by tribes 
and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for 
and available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations 
until expended: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, and from 
tribes and tribal organizations operating health facilities pur-
suant to Public Law 93–638, such individually identifiable 
health information relating to disabled children as may be 
necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions under 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1400 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided that become available on October 1, 2024, may be used 
for implementation of the Electronic Health Record System 
or the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act, or any 
other Act, to the Indian Health Service for the Electronic 
Health Record system shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure for the selection or implementation of a new Infor-
mation Technology infrastructure system, unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
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the Senate are consulted 90 days in advance of such obliga-
tion. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for con-
tract support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act agreements with the Indian 
Health Service for fiscal year 2024, such sums as may be 
necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no amounts made available under this heading 
shall be available for transfer to another budget account: Pro-
vided further, That amounts obligated but not expended by a 
tribe or tribal organization for contract support costs for such 
agreements for the current fiscal year shall be applied to con-
tract support costs due for such agreements for subsequent 
fiscal years. 
PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) 
for fiscal year 2024, such sums as may be necessary, which 
shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2025: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no amounts made available under this heading shall be avail-
able for transfer to another budget account.
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INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, demolition, im-
provement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary fa-
cilities, 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 community sanitation fa-
cilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act of 
August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 
and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts 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, $5,364,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be in addition to funds previously ap-
propriated under this heading that became available on Octo-
ber 1, 2023; in addition, $306,329,000, to remain available 
until expended, for Sanitation Facilities Construction and 
Health Care Facilities Construction; and, in addition, 
$506,854,000, which shall become available on October 1, 
2024, and remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated for the planning, design, construction, renovation, or 
expansion of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe 
or tribes may be used to purchase land on which such facili-
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ties will be located: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$500,000 may be used for fiscal year 2025 by the Indian 
Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the 
Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian Health 
Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided that become available on October 1, 2024, 
may be used for Health Care Facilities Construction or for 
Sanitation Facilities Construction: Provided further, That of 
the amount appropriated under this heading for fiscal year 
2024 for Sanitation Facilities Construction, $17,023,000 
shall be for projects specified for Sanitation Facilities Con-
struction (CDS) in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environ-
ment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated to the 
Indian Health Service may be used for sanitation facilities 
construction for new homes funded with grants by the hous-
ing programs of the United States Department of Housing 
and Urban Development. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health 
Service shall be available for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva-