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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal 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, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 
to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 
wildland fire programs 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 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 pur-
suant 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 
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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 in-
crease or decrease the funds appropriated to any account 
in this fiscal year by more than ten percent: Provided fur-
ther, That such transfer authority 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 Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions upon the Secretary of Agriculture’s no-
tification of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations that all fire suppression 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 replenished by a sup-
plemental appropriation which must be requested 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 management, hazardous fuels management, and State 
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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 dis-
cretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by 
this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, 
or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of haz-
ardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of 
burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 
such transferred funds shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That none of the funds trans-
ferred pursuant to this section shall be available for obli-
gation without written notification to and the prior ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development in connection with forest and range-
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 
and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with United States, private, and international organiza-
tions. The Forest Service, acting for the International 
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Program, may sign direct funding agreements with foreign 
governments and institutions as well as other domestic 
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 overseas on forestry and 
rangeland management. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 
preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 
from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-
ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 
such lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice 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 
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$14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De-
partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 
as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 
prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re-
quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain informa-
tion technology 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 
reception 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 partner-
ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 
without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 
for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
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Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available 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 sec-
tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
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 
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, 
not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Of-
fice of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-
culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-
sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 
reviews, land purchase negotiations, and similar matters 
unrelated to civil litigation. Future budget justifications 
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for both the Forest Service and the Department of Agri-
culture should clearly display the sums previously trans-
ferred 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. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available to pay, from a single account, the base salary 
and expenses of employees who carry out functions funded 
by other accounts for Enterprise Program, Geospatial 
Technology and Applications Center, remnant Natural Re-
source Manager, and National Technology and Develop-
ment Program. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv-
ice, $5,799,102,000, to remain available until September 
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30, 2023, except as otherwise provided herein, together 
with payments received during the fiscal 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 
Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall 
be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or con-
tract award and thereafter shall remain available to the 
tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: 
Provided further, That $2,500,000 shall be available for 
grants or contracts with public or private institutions to 
provide alcohol or drug treatment services to Indians, in-
cluding alcohol detoxification services: Provided further, 
That $1,191,824,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, in-
cluding $54,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health 
Emergency Fund, shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 
$54,800,000 shall remain available until expended for im-
plementation of the loan repayment program under section 
108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, $58,000,000 shall be 
for costs related to or resulting from accreditation emer-
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gencies, 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 Purchased/Referred Care: Provided further, 
That the amounts collected by the Federal Government 
as authorized by sections 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 con-
tracts 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, notwithstanding section 
108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall 
be available to make new awards under the loan repay-
ment and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 
108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided 
further, That the amounts made available within this ac-
count for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention 
Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery 
Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, 
for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy au-
thority for civilian employees, for Aftercare Pilot Pro-
grams at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, for trans-
formation and modernization costs of the Indian Health 
Service Electronic Health Record system, for national 
quality and oversight activities, to improve collections from 
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public and private insurance at Indian Health Service and 
tribally operated facilities, for an initiative to treat or re-
duce the transmission of HIV and HCV, for a maternal 
health initiative, for the Telebehaviorial Health Center of 
Excellence, for Alzheimer’s grants, for Village Built Clin-
ics, for a produce prescription pilot, and for accreditation 
emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the Di-
rector 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 recorded in the year the funds are appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services under the authority of title 
IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1613) shall remain available until expended for the pur-
pose of achieving compliance with the applicable condi-
tions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the So-
cial Security Act, except for those related to the planning, 
design, or construction of new facilities: Provided further, 
That funding contained herein for scholarship programs 
under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 
U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal 
organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Im-
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