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tional Park), and such payments shall be considered con-
struction, improvements, repair or replacement of physical 
facilities for purposes of this account: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single 
procurement for phase 1 of the National Mall improve-
ment project number 151515, may be issued that includes 
the full scope of this phase of the project, so long as the 
solicitation and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘avail-
ability of appropriated funds’’ found in CFR section 
52.232.18 of title 48: Provided further, That the National 
Park Service may acquire through donation, land near 
Great Smoky Mountains National Park and adjacent to 
the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Museum, in Town-
send, Tennessee for the purpose of constructing a curato-
rial storage facility for the park. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2011 
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, 
and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, 
in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to 
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the National Park Service, $143,423,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
main available until expended, of which $50,000,000 is for 
the State assistance program and of which $6,000,000 
shall be for the American Battlefield Protection Program 
grants as authorized by section 7301 of the Omnibus Pub-
lic Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11): 
Provided, That notwithstanding sections 6(b)(3) and 6(c) 
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, 
as amended, payments to any State through a competitive 
demonstration grants program shall not be counted to-
wards an individual State’s total allocation subject to the 
10 per centum annual limitation and shall not cover more 
than 70 per centum of the total cost of the demonstration 
grant project. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) 
of Public Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub- 
account shall be available for expenditure by the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit 
within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce 
liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender in-
terest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to 
the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise 
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fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit ex-
ceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce 
liability. Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be 
credited to the sub-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 au-
thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 
amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to 
the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart-
ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 
U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 
for FHWA administrative support costs. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 
and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 
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its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
ploration 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(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law; 
and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore-
going activities; $1,154,179,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2012, of which $65,598,000 shall be avail-
able only for cooperation with States or municipalities for 
water resources investigations; of which $53,500,000 shall 
remain available until expended for satellite operations; of 
which $4,807,000 shall be available until expended for de-
ferred maintenance and capital improvement projects that 
exceed $100,000 in cost; and of which $2,000,000 shall 
be available to fund the operating expenses for the Civil 
Applications Committee: Provided, That none of the funds 
provided for the biological research activity shall be used 
to conduct new surveys on private property, unless specifi-
cally 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 
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mapping or water resources data collection and investiga-
tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipali-
ties. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 
necessary shall be available for reimbursement to the Gen-
eral Services Administration for security guard services; 
contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and 
for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys 
when it is administratively determined that such proce-
dures are in the public interest; construction and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; 
acquisition of lands for gauging stations and observation 
wells; expenses of the United States National Committee 
on Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses 
of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to 
represent the United States in the negotiation and admin-
istration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities 
funded by appropriations herein made may be accom-
plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Pro-
vided further, That the United States Geological Survey 
may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements di-
rectly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or 
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nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, 
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 
Code, relating to compensation for travel and work inju-
ries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, re-
lating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Fed-
eral employees for any other purposes. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, 
REGULATION, AND ENFORCEMENT 
(FORMERLY THE MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE) 
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and 
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; for 
energy-related or other authorized marine-related pur-
poses on the Outer Continental Shelf; and for matching 
grants or cooperative agreements, $221,113,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2012, of which 
$113,174,000 shall be available for royalty management 
activities; and an amount not to exceed $154,890,000, to 
be credited to this appropriation and to remain available 
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until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from 
increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from 
cost recovery fees: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, in fiscal year 2011, such amounts as are 
assessed under 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be collected and cred-
ited to this account and shall be available until expended 
for necessary expenses: Provided further, That to the ex-
tent $154,890,000 in addition to receipts are not realized 
from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount 
needed to reach $154,890,000 shall be credited to this ap-
propriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for 
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 
1993: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2011 and each 
fiscal year thereafter, the term ‘‘qualified Outer Conti-
nental Shelf revenues’’, as defined in section 102(9)(A) 
of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, division C of 
Public Law 109–432, shall include only the portion of 
rental revenues that would have been collected at the rent-
al rates in effect before August 5, 1993: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable 
expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine 
cleanup activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $15,000 under this heading 
shall be available for refunds of overpayments in connec-
tion with certain Indian leases in which the Director of 
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the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, 
and Enforcement concurred with the claimed refund due, 
to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to 
correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments. 
For an additional amount, $60,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be derived from non-
refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2011, as 
provided in this Act: Provided, That to the extent that 
such amounts are not realized from such fees, the amount 
needed to reach $60,000,000 shall be credited to this ap-
propriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for 
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 
1993: Provided further, That to implement a reorganiza-
tion of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regula-
tion, and Enforcement the Secretary may establish ac-
counts, transfer funds among and between the offices and 
bureaus affected by the reorganization, and take any other 
administrative actions necessary in conformance with the 
Appropriations Committees’ reprogramming guidance (as 
described in House Report 111–316, the explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 111–88). 
OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 
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VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$11,768,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That to implement a reorganization of the Bu-
reau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and En-
forcement the Secretary may establish accounts, transfer 
funds among and between the offices and bureaus affected 
by the reorganization, and take any other administrative 
actions necessary in conformance with the Appropriations 
Committees’ reprogramming guidance (as described in 
House Report 111–316, the explanatory statement accom-
panying Public Law 111–88). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35(b) of 
the Mineral Leasing Act, as amended (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), 
the Secretary shall deduct 2 percent from the amount pay-
able to each State in fiscal year 2011 and deposit the 
amount deducted to miscellaneous receipts of the Treas-
ury. 
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, as amended, $127,185,000, to 
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remain available until September 30, 2012: Provided, 
That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and 
per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
sponsored training. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
Public Law 95–87, as amended, $34,909,000, to be de-
rived 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 collect these 
debts: Provided further, That funds made available under 
title IV of Public Law 95–87 may be used for any required 
non-Federal share of the cost of projects funded by the 
Federal Government for the purpose of environmental res-
toration 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 
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heading may be used for the travel and per diem expenses 
of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
With funds available for the Technical Innovation 
and Professional Services program in this Act, the Sec-
retary may transfer title for computer hardware, software 
and other technical equipment to State and tribal regu-
latory and reclamation programs. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN 
EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
as amended, $2,404,029,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2012 except as otherwise provided herein; 
of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception 
and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 
$74,911,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: 
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Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, 
the Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts pro-
vided herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian com-
munities affected by the disaster; and of which, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, including but not lim-
ited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
amended, not to exceed $187,526,000 shall be available 
for payments for contract support costs associated with 
ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 
agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to or dur-
ing fiscal year 2011, as authorized by such Act, except 
that tribes, and tribal organizations, may use their tribal 
priority allocations for unmet contract support costs of on-
going contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding 
agreements and for unmet welfare assistance costs; of 
which not to exceed $590,111,000 for school operations 
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education pro-
grams shall become available on July 1, 2011, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2012; Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any prohibitions in this Act, 
the Bureau shall fund the school operations costs of Jones 
Academy for the 2011–2012 school year in Hartshorne, 
Oklahoma for grades 1–6 as if Jones Academy were in 
the Bureau school system as of October 1, 1995 and in 
determining the academic ISEP formula pursuant to 25 
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CFR Part 39 for the 2011–2012 school year, Jones Acad-
emy shall be funded for academic ISEP based on its aver-
age student enrollment for the 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 
and 2010–2011 school years, and thereafter based on its 
three-year average enrollment determined pursuant to 25 
CFR Part 39; and of which not to exceed $59,630,000 
shall remain available until expended for housing improve-
ment, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, 
the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land records im-
provement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self- 
Determination Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 
2008, not to exceed $46,373,000 within and only from 
such amounts made available for school operations shall 
be available for administrative cost grants associated with 
ongoing grants entered into with the Bureau prior to or 
during fiscal year 2010 for the operation of Bureau-fund-
ed schools, and up to $500,000 within and only from such 
amounts made available for administrative cost grants 
shall be available for the transitional costs of initial ad-
ministrative cost grants to grantees that assume operation 
on or after July 1, 2010, of Bureau-funded schools: Pro-
vided further, That any forestry funds allocated to a tribe 
which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2012, may 
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be transferred during fiscal year 2013 to an Indian forest 
land assistance account established for the benefit of the 
holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund account: 
Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not 
so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2013: Pro-
vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu-
reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur-
chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 
personnel. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
ing 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 pur-
suant to Public Law 87–483, $125,723,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 
be used to cover the road program management costs of 
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the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 
shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2011, in implementing 
new construction or facilities improvement and repair 
project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to 
grant schools under Public Law 100–297, as amended, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and 
Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance 
Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory 
requirements: Provided further, That such grants shall not 
be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the Secretary and 
the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule of 
payments for the work to be performed: Provided further, 
That in considering grant applications, the Secretary shall 
consider whether such grantee would be deficient in assur-
ing that the construction projects conform to applicable 
building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State 
health and safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 
2005(b), with respect to organizational and financial man-
agement capabilities: Provided further, That if the Sec-
retary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall fol-
low the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f): Pro-
vided further, That any disputes between the Secretary 
and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to 
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the disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e): Provided fur-
ther, That in order to ensure timely completion of con-
struction projects, the Secretary may assume control of 
a project and all funds related to the project, if, within 
18 months of the date of enactment of this Act, any grant-
ee 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: Provided further, 
That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the Of-
fice of the Special Trustee for American Indians appro-
priation for the appropriate share of construction costs for 
space expansion needed in agency offices to meet trust re-
form implementation. 
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 settle-
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 
618, 108–447, 109–479, 110–297, and 111–11, and for 
implementation of other land and water rights settle-
ments, $46,480,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$8,158,000, of which $1,572,000 is for administrative ex-
penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 
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1974, as amended: 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: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed 
or insured, not to exceed $83,740,196. 
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION 
For consolidation of fractional interests in Indian 
lands and expenses associated with redetermining and re-
distributing escheated interests in allotted lands, and for 
necessary expenses to carry out the Indian Land Consoli-
dation Act of 1983, as amended, by direct expenditure or 
cooperative agreement, $1,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, compacts and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions. 
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may contract for services in support of the man-
agement, operation, and maintenance of the Power Divi-
sion of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
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Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the Revolving Fund for Loans Liquidating Account, 
Indian Loan Guaranty and Insurance Fund Liquidating 
Account, Indian Guaranteed Loan Financing Account, In-
dian Direct Loan Financing Account, and the Indian 
Guaranteed Loan Program account) shall be available for 
expenses of exhibits. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 
Services (except executive direction and administrative 
services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional 
offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 
available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 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 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this 
action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 
responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern-
ment relationship between the United States and that 
tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appropria-
tions. 
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau, 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. 
Appropriations made available in this or any other 
Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available 
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
tember 1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall 
be used to support expanded grades for any school or dor-
mitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved 
by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bu-
reau school system as of October 1, 1995. 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 1146 of the Education Amendments 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)), 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 be-
fore September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during 
that period, but only if the charter school pays to the Bu-
reau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau 
for the use of the real and personal property (including 
buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept 
separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau 
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•AMDT. NO. 4805 
does not assume any obligation for charter school pro-
grams of the State in which the school is located if the 
charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau- 
funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school and 
performing functions related to the charter schools oper-
ation and employees of a charter school shall not be treat-
ed 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 indi-
rect 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 admin-
istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 
distribution formula. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, $121,987,000; of which not to 
exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available for workers compensation payments and unem-
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