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tions in public school districts in the same geographic area,
to become effective on July 1, 1997: Provided further, That
of the funds available only through September 30, 1995, not
to exceed $8,000,000 in unobligated and unexpended bal-
ances in the Operation of Indian Programs account shall
be merged with and made a part of the fiscal year 1996
Operation of Indian Programs appropriation, and shall re-
main available for obligation for employee severance, relo-
cation, and related expenses, until September 30, 1996.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, major repair, and improvement 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, $100,833,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian
Irrigation Project and for other water resource development
activities related to the Southern Arizona Water Rights Set-
tlement Act may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per centum of
contract authority available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs
from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover
the road program management costs of the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs: Provided further, That any funds provided for
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall
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be made available on a non-reimbursable basis: Provided
further, That for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,
in implementing new construction or facilities improve-
ment and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that
are provided to tribally controlled grant schools under Pub-
lic 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 fur-
ther, 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 applica-
tions, the Secretary shall consider whether the Indian tribe
or tribal organization would be deficient in assuring 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(a),
with respect to organizational and financial management
capabilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary declines
an application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements
contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided further, That any
disputes between the Secretary and any grantee concerning
a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision in 25
U.S.C. 2508(e).
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INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and indi-
viduals 
and 
for 
necessary 
administrative 
expenses,
$80,645,000, to remain available until expended; of which
$78,600,000 shall be available for implementation of en-
acted Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant
to Public Laws 87–483, 97–293, 101–618, 102–374, 102–
441, 102–575, and 103–116, and for implementation of
other enacted water rights settlements, including not to ex-
ceed $8,000,000, which shall be for the Federal share of the
Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Claims Settle-
ment, as authorized by section 5(a) of Public Law 103–
116; and of which $1,045,000 shall be available pursuant
to Public Laws 98–500, 99–264, and 100–580; and of which
$1,000,000 shall be available (1) to liquidate obligations
owed tribal and individual Indian payees of any checks
canceled pursuant to section 1003 of the Competitive Equal-
ity Banking Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–86 (101 Stat.
659)), 31 U.S.C. 3334(b), (2) to restore to Individual In-
dian Monies trust funds, Indian Irrigation Systems, and
Indian Power Systems accounts amounts invested in credit
unions or defaulted savings and loan associations and
which were not Federally insured, and (3) to reimburse In-
dian trust fund account holders for losses to their respective
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accounts where the claim for said loss(es) has been reduced
to a judgment or settlement agreement approved by the De-
partment of Justice.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OF INDIAN ENTERPRISES
For payment of management and technical assistance
requests associated with loans and grants approved under
the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended, $500,000.
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans $4,500,000, as author-
ized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal,
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$35,914,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the guaranteed loan program, $500,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall
be available for expenses of exhibits, and purchase of not
to exceed 275 passenger carrying motor vehicles, of which
not to exceed 215 shall be for replacement only.
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TERRITORIAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$65,188,000, of which (1) $61,661,000 shall be available
until expended for technical assistance, including mainte-
nance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management
controls, and brown tree snake control and research; grants
to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and
expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants
to the Government of American Samoa, in addition to cur-
rent local revenues, for construction and support of govern-
mental functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin
Islands as authorized by law; grants to the Government of
Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the Government
of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law
(Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $3,527,000
shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Office of
Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions
of the territorial and local governments herein provided for,
including such transactions of all agencies or instrumental-
ities established or utilized by such governments, may be
audited by the General Accounting Office, at its discretion,
in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States
Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands
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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 Northern
Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 99–396, or any
subsequent legislation related to Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided for technical
assistance, sufficient funding shall be made available for a
grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That
the funds for the program of operations and maintenance
improvement are appropriated to institutionalize routine
operations and maintenance of capital infrastructure in
American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of
Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia through assessments of long-
range operations and maintenance needs, improved capa-
bility of local operations and maintenance institutions and
agencies (including management and vocational education
training), and project-specific maintenance (with terri-
torial participation and cost sharing to be determined by
the Secretary based on the individual territory’s commit-
ment to timely maintenance of its capital assets): Provided
further, That any appropriation for disaster assistance
under this head in this Act or previous appropriations Acts
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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 Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION
For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the
Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232,
and 233 of the Compacts of Free Association, and for eco-
nomic assistance and necessary expenses for the Republic
of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232,
and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, $24,938,000,
to remain available until expended, as authorized by Public
Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 112 of Public Law 101–219 (103 Stat.
1873), the Secretary of the Interior may agree to technical
changes in the specifications for the project described in the
subsidiary agreement negotiated under section 212(a) of the
Compact of Free Association, Public Law 99–658, or its
annex, if the changes do not result in increased costs to the
United States.
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, $57,340,000, of which not to exceed
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$7,500 may be for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$34,516,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $23,939,000.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Construction
Management, $500,000.
NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gaming
Commission, pursuant to Public Law 100–497, $1,000,000:
Provided, That on March 1, 1996, the Chairman shall sub-
mit to the Secretary a report detailing those Indian tribes
or tribal organizations with gaming operations that are in
full compliance, partial compliance, or non-compliance
with the provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
(25 U.S.C. 2701, et seq.): Provided further, That the infor-
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mation contained in the report shall be updated on a con-
tinuing basis.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts,
and grants, $16,338,000, of which $15,891,000 shall remain
available until expended for trust funds management: Pro-
vided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal orga-
nizations through contracts or grants obligated during fis-
cal year 1996, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.),
shall remain available until expended by the contractor or
grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the statute of limitations shall not com-
mence to run on any claim, including any claim in litiga-
tion pending on the date of this Act, concerning losses to
or mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe
or individual Indian has been furnished with the account-
ing of such funds from which the beneficiary can determine
whether there has been a loss: Provided further, That obli-
gated and unobligated balances provided for trust funds
management within ‘‘Operation of Indian programs’’, Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs are hereby transferred to and merged
with this appropriation.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
cess surplus property: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision 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: Provided
further, That no programs funded with appropriated funds
in ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Office of the Solicitor’’,
and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may be augmented
through the Working Capital Fund or the Consolidated
Working Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
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, for the emer-
gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft,
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
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been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pur-
suant to this section are hereby designated by Congress to
be 
‘‘emergency 
requirements’’ 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi-
cit Control Act of 1985 and must be replenished by a sup-
plemental appropriation which must be requested as
promptly as possible.
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title,
in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs
of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency
prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening lands
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior;
for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under
its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential
or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other un-
avoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to
actual oilspills; response and natural resource damage as-
sessment activities related to actual oilspills; for the preven-
tion, suppression, and control of actual or potential grass-
hopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in
section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198 (99 Stat. 1658); for
emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of Public
Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds
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available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit as-
sumption 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 fire suppression purposes shall be available
for the payment of obligations incurred during the preced-
ing fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal
agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equip-
ment in connection with their use for fire suppression pur-
poses, such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations
currently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided
further, That for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire sup-
pression activities, no funds shall be made available under
this authority until funds appropriated to the ‘‘Emergency
Department of the Interior Firefighting Fund’’ shall have
been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pur-
suant to this section are hereby designated by Congress to
be 
‘‘emergency 
requirements’’ 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi-
cit Control Act of 1985 and must be replenished by a sup-
plemental appropriation which must be requested as
promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replenish-
ment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis,
accounts from which emergency funds were transferred.
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SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and
similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will
contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropria-
tions shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other
activity in the same manner as authorized by sections 1535
and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Provided, That
reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equip-
ment, and for services rendered may be credited to the ap-
propriation current at the time such reimbursements are
received.
SEC. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of
the Interior in this title shall be available for services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the Sec-
retary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, main-
tenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service
in private residences in the field, when authorized under
regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of
dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library member-
ship in societies or associations which issue publications to
members only or at a price to members lower than to sub-
scribers who are not members.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department
of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available
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for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 4–204).
SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for obligation in connection with contracts issued
for services or rentals for periods not in excess of twelve
months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
SEC. 107. Appropriations made in this title from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund for acquisition of
lands and waters, or interests therein, shall be available for
transfer, with the approval of the Secretary, between the
following accounts: Bureau of Land Management, Land ac-
quisition, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Land
acquisition, and National Park Service, Land acquisition
and State assistance. Use of such funds are subject to the
reprogramming guidelines of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
SEC. 108. Prior to the transfer of Presidio properties
to the Presidio Trust, when authorized, the Secretary may
not obligate in any calendar month more than 1⁄12 of the
fiscal year 1996 appropriation for operation of the Pre-
sidio: Provided, That this section shall expire on December
31, 1995.
SEC. 109. Section 6003 of Public Law 101–380 is here-
by repealed.
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SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be obligated or expended
by the Secretary of the Interior for developing, promulgat-
ing, and thereafter implementing a rule concerning rights-
of-way under section 2477 of the Revised Statutes.
SEC. 111. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore leasing and related activities placed under re-
striction in the President’s moratorium statement of June
26, 1990, in the areas of Northern, Central, and Southern
California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon;
and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north
latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.
SEC. 112. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of leasing, or the approval or permitting of any drilling
or other exploration activity, on lands within the North
Aleutian Basin planning area.
SEC. 113. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of preleasing and leasing activities in the Eastern Gulf of
Mexico for Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 151 in the
Outer Continental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource
Management Comprehensive Program, 1992–1997.
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SEC. 114. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of preleasing and leasing activities in the Atlantic for Outer
Continental Shelf Lease Sale 164 in the Outer Continental
Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management Com-
prehensive Program, 1992–1997.
SEC. 115. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any subsequent Act providing for appropriations in fis-
cal years 1996 and 1997, not more than 50 percent of any
self-governance funds that would otherwise be allocated to
each Indian tribe in the State of Washington shall actually
be paid to or on account of such Indian tribe from and
after the time at which such tribe shall—
(1) take unilateral action that adversely impacts
the existing rights to and/or customary uses of,
nontribal member owners of fee simple land within
the exterior boundary of the tribe’s reservation to
water, electricity, or any other similar utility or ne-
cessity for the nontribal members’ residential use of
such land; or
(2) restrict or threaten to restrict said owners
use of or access to publicly maintained rights-of-way
necessary or desirable in carrying the utilities or ne-
cessities described above.
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(b) Such penalty shall not attach to the initiation of
any legal actions with respect to such rights or the enforce-
ment of any final judgments, appeals from which have been
exhausted, with respect thereto.
SEC. 116. Within 30 days after the enactment of this
Act, the Department of the Interior shall issue a specific
schedule for the completion of the Lake Cushman Land Ex-
change Act (Public Law 102–436) and shall complete the
exchange not later than September 30, 1996.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding Public Law 90–544, as
amended, the National Park Service is authorized to expend
appropriated funds for maintenance and repair of the Com-
pany Creek Road in the Lake Chelan National Recreation
Area: Provided, That appropriated funds shall not be ex-
pended for the purpose of improving the property of private
individuals unless specifically authorized by law.
SEC. 118. Section 4(b) of Public Law 94–241 (90 Stat.
263) as added by section 10 of Public Law 99–396 is
amended by deleting ‘‘until Congress otherwise provides by
law.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof: ‘‘except that, for fiscal
years 1996 through 2002, payments to the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to the multi-year
funding agreements contemplated under the Covenant shall
be $11,000,000 annually, subject to an equal local match
and all other requirements set forth in the Agreement of
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the Special Representatives on Future Federal Financial
Assistance of the Northern Mariana Islands, executed on
December 17, 1992 between the special representative of the
President of the United States and special representatives
of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands with any
additional amounts otherwise made available under this
section in any fiscal year and not required to meet the
schedule of payments in this subsection to be provided as
set forth in subsection (c) until Congress otherwise provides
by law.
‘‘(c) The additional amounts referred to in subsection
(b) shall be made available to the Secretary for obligation
as follows:
‘‘(1) for fiscal years 1996 through 2001,
$4,580,000 
annually 
for 
capital 
infrastructure
projects as Impact Aid for Guam under section
104(c)(6) of Public Law 99–239;
‘‘(2) for fiscal year 1996, $7,700,000 shall be
provided for capital infrastructure projects in Amer-
ican Samoa; $4,420,000 for resettlement of Rongelap
Atoll; and
‘‘(3) for fiscal years 1997 and thereafter, all such
amounts shall be available solely for capital infra-
structure projects in Guam, the Virgin Islands, Amer-
ican Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
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iana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Federated
States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall
Islands: Provided, That, in fiscal year 1997,
$3,000,000 of such amounts shall be made available
to the College of the Northern Marianas and begin-
ning in fiscal year 1997, and in each year thereafter,
not to exceed $3,000,000 may be allocated, as pro-
vided in appropriations Acts, to the Secretary of the
Interior for use by Federal agencies or the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to address
immigration, labor, and law enforcement issues in the
Northern Mariana Islands. The specific projects to be
funded in American Samoa shall be set forth in a
five-year plan for infrastructure assistance developed
by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with
the American Samoa Government and updated annu-
ally and submitted to the Congress concurrent with
the budget justifications for the Department of the In-
terior. In developing budget recommendations for cap-
ital infrastructure funding, the Secretary shall indi-
cate the highest priority projects, consider the extent
to which particular projects are part of an overall
master plan, whether such project has been reviewed
by the Corps of Engineers and any recommendations
made as a result of such review, the extent to which
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a set-aside for maintenance would enhance the life of
the project, the degree to which a local cost-share re-
quirement would be consistent with local economic
and fiscal capabilities, and may propose an incre-
mental set-aside, not to exceed $2,000,000 per year, to
remain available without fiscal year limitation, as an
emergency fund in the event of natural or other disas-
ters to supplement other assistance in the repair, re-
placement, or hardening of essential facilities: Pro-
vided further, That the cumulative amount set aside
for such emergency fund may not exceed $10,000,000
at any time.
‘‘(d) Within the amounts allocated for infrastructure
pursuant to this section, and subject to the specific alloca-
tions made in subsection (c), additional contributions may
be made, as set forth in appropriations Acts, to assist in
the resettlement of Rongelap Atoll: Provided, That the total
of all contributions from any Federal source after enact-
ment of this Act may not exceed $32,000,000 and shall be
contingent upon an agreement, satisfactory to the Presi-
dent, that such contributions are a full and final settlement
of all obligations of the United States to assist in the reset-
tlement of Rongelop Atoll and that such funds will be ex-
pended solely on resettlement activities and will be properly
audited and accounted for. In order to provide such con-
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tributions in a timely manner, each Federal agency provid-
ing assistance or services, or conducting activities, in the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, is authorized to make
funds available through the Secretary of the Interior, to as-
sist in the resettlement of Rongelap. Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to limit the provision of ex gratia
assistance pursuant to section 105(c)(2) of the Compact of
Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–239, 99 Stat.
1770, 1792) including for individuals choosing not to reset-
tle at Rongelap, except that no such assistance for such in-
dividuals may be provided until the Secretary notifies the
Congress that the full amount of all funds necessary for re-
settlement at Rongelap has been provided.’’.
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST RESEARCH
For necessary expenses of forest research as authorized
by law, $177,757,000, to remain available until September
30, 1997.
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
For necessary expenses of cooperating with, and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, Terri-
tories, possessions, and others and for forest pest manage-
ment activities, cooperative forestry and education and
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land conservation activities, $136,695,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, as authorized by law: Provided, That
of funds available under this heading for Pacific Northwest
Assistance in this or prior appropriations Acts, $200,000
shall be provided to the World Forestry Center for purposes
of continuing scientific research and other authorized efforts
regarding the land exchange efforts in the Umpqua River
Basin Region.
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, for management, protection, improve-
ment, and utilization of the National Forest System, for
ecosystem planning, inventory, and monitoring, and for ad-
ministrative expenses associated with the management of
funds provided under the heads ‘‘Forest Research’’, ‘‘State
and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’, ‘‘Con-
struction’’, ‘‘Fire Protection and Emergency Suppression’’,
and ‘‘Land Acquisition’’, $1,255,004,999, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 1997, and including
65 per centum of all monies received during the prior fiscal
year as fees collected under the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accordance with
section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)), of which not
more than $81,249,999 shall be available for travel ex-
penses: Provided, That unobligated and unexpended bal-
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ances in the National Forest System account at the end of
fiscal year 1995, shall be merged with and made a part
of the fiscal year 1996 National Forest System appropria-
tion, and shall remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 1997: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000
of the funds provided herein for road maintenance shall be
available for the planned obliteration of roads which are
no longer needed.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency
fire suppression on or adjacent to National Forest System
lands or other lands under fire protection agreement, and
for emergency rehabilitation of burned over National Forest
System lands, $385,485,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That unexpended balances of amounts
previously appropriated under any other headings for For-
est Service fire activities may be transferred to and merged
with this appropriation: Provided further, That such funds
are available for repayment of advances from other appro-
priations accounts previously transferred for such purposes.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, $163,384,000, to remain available until
expended, for construction and acquisition of buildings and
other facilities, and for construction and repair of forest
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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 funds becoming available in fiscal year 1996 under
the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be trans-
ferred to the General Fund of the Treasury of the United
States: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000,
to remain available until expended, may be obligated for
the construction of forest roads by timber purchasers: Pro-
vided further, That $2,500,000 of the funds appropriated
herein shall be available for a grant to the ‘‘Non-Profit Citi-
zens for the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center’’ for the con-
struction of the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center: Provided
further, That the Forest Service is authorized to grant the
unobligated balance of funds appropriated in fiscal year
1995 for the construction of the Columbia Gorge Discovery
Center and related trail construction funds to the ‘‘Non-
Profit Citizens for the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center’’
to be used for the same purpose: Provided further, That the
Forest Service is authorized to convey the land needed for
the construction of the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center
without cost to the ‘‘Non-Profit Citizens for the Columbia
Gorge Discovery Center’’: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds originally ap-
propriated under this head in Public Law 101–512 for the
Forest Service share of a new research facility at the Uni-
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versity of Missouri, Columbia, shall be available for a grant
to the University of Missouri, as the Federal share in the
construction of the new facility: Provided further, That
agreed upon lease of space in the new facility shall be pro-
vided to the Forest Service without charge for the life of
the building.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administrative
expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable
to the Forest Service, $41,200,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL
ACTS
For acquisition of lands within the exterior 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, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, to be derived from
forest receipts.
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ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES
For acquisition of lands, to be derived from funds de-
posited by State, county, or municipal governments, public
school districts, or other public school authorities pursuant
to the Act of December 4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C.
484a), to remain available until expended.
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protec-
tion, and improvement, 50 per centum of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the sixteen
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law
94–579, as amended, to remain available until expended,
of which not to exceed 6 per centum shall be available for
administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements.
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND
RANGELAND RESEARCH
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b),
$92,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current
fiscal year shall be available for: (a) purchase of not to ex-
ceed 183 passenger motor vehicles of which 32 will be used
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primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which 151
shall be for replacement; acquisition of 22 passenger motor
vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; oper-
ation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to
exceed two for replacement only, and acquisition of 20 air-
craft from excess sources; notwithstanding other provisions
of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with
proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the pur-
chase price for the replacement aircraft; (b) services pursu-
ant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $100,000
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (c) purchase, erection,
and alteration of buildings and other public improvements
(7 U.S.C. 2250); (d) acquisition of land, waters, and inter-
ests therein, pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
428a); (e) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the
National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, 558a
note); and (f) for debt collection contracts in accordance
with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
None of the funds made available under this Act shall
be obligated or expended to change the boundaries of any
region, to abolish any region, to move or close any regional
office for research, State and private forestry, or National
Forest System administration of the Forest Service, Depart-
ment of Agriculture, or to implement any reorganization,
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‘‘reinvention’’ or other type of organizational restructuring
of the Forest Service, other than the relocation of the Re-
gional Office for Region 5 of the Forest Service from San
Francisco to excess military property at Mare Island,
Vallejo, California, without the consent of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources in the United States Sen-
ate and the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee
on Resources in the United States House of Representatives.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be advanced to the Fire and Emergency Sup-
pression appropriation and may be used for forest firefight-
ing and the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands
under its jurisdiction: Provided, That no funds shall be
made available under this authority until funds appro-
priated to the ‘‘Emergency Forest Service Firefighting
Fund’’ shall have been exhausted.
Any funds available to the Forest Service may be used
for retrofitting Mare Island facilities to accommodate the
relocation: Provided, That funds for the move must come
from funds otherwise available to Region 5: Provided fur-
ther, That any funds to be provided for such purposes shall
only be available upon approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
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Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Foreign Agricultural Service
in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical
information, and assistance in foreign countries, 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 and inter-
national organizations.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service
under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the provi-
sions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 147b unless
the proposed transfer is approved in advance by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance
with the reprogramming procedures contained in House Re-
port 103–551.
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department
of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of the For-
est Service.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap-
propriations or funds available to the Forest Service may
be used to disseminate program information to private and
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public individuals and organizations through the use of
nonmonetary items of nominal value and to provide
nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur nec-
essary expenses for the nonmonetary recognition of private
individuals and organizations that make contributions to
Forest Service programs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money
collected, in advance or otherwise, by the Forest Service
under authority of section 101 of Public Law 93–153 (30
U.S.C. 185(1)) as reimbursement of administrative and
other costs incurred in processing pipeline right-of-way or
permit applications and for costs incurred in monitoring
the construction, operation, maintenance, and termination
of any pipeline and related facilities, may be used to reim-
burse the applicable appropriation to which such costs were
originally charged.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available
to conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000 for high
priority projects within the scope of the approved budget
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps
as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended
by Public Law 93–408.
None of the funds available in this Act shall be used
for timber sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood
stands in excess of 25 percent of the fiscal year 1989 har-
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vested volume in the Wayne National Forest, Ohio: Pro-
vided, That this limitation shall not apply to hardwood
stands damaged by natural disaster: Provided further, That
landscape architects shall be used to maintain a visually
pleasing forest.
Any money collected from the States for fire suppres-
sion assistance rendered by the Forest Service on non-Fed-
eral lands not in the vicinity of National Forest System
lands shall be used to reimburse the applicable appropria-
tion and shall remain available until expended as the Sec-
retary may direct in conducting activities authorized by
16 U.S.C. 2101 (note), 2101–2110, 1606, and 2111.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is
available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official recep-
tion and representation expenses.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Forest
Service is authorized to employ or otherwise contract with
persons at regular rates of pay, as determined by the Serv-
ice, to perform work occasioned by emergencies such as fires,
storms, floods, earthquakes or any other unavoidable cause
without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays, and the regu-
lar workweek.
To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance with
the Final Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest Plan,
none of the funds available in this Act shall be used for
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preparation of timber sales using clearcutting or other
forms of even aged management in hardwood stands in the
Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities for sustainable rural develop-
ment purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, eighty
percent of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in
the National Forest System and Construction accounts and
planned to be allocated to activities under the ‘‘Jobs in the
Woods’’ program for projects on National Forest land in
the State of Washington may be granted directly to the
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for ac-
complishment of planned projects. Twenty percent of said
funds shall be retained by the Forest Service for planning
and 
administering 
projects. 
Project 
selection 
and
prioritization shall be accomplished by the Forest Service
with such consultation with the State of Washington as the
Forest Service deems appropriate.
For one year after enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall continue the current Tongass Land Management Plan
(TLMP) and may accommodate commercial tourism (if an
agreement is signed between the Forest Service and the
Alaska Visitors’ Association) except that during this period,
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the Secretary shall maintain at least the number of acres
of suitable available and suitable scheduled timber lands,
and Allowable Sale Quantity as identified in the Preferred
Alternative (Alternative P) in the Tongass Land and Re-
sources Management Plan and Final Environmental Im-
pact Statement (dated October 1992) as selected in the
Record of Decision Review Draft #3–2/93. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be interpreted to mandate clear-cutting or
require the sale of timber and nothing in this paragraph,
including the ASQ identified in Alternative P, shall be con-
strued to limit the Secretary’s consideration of new infor-
mation or to prejudice future revision, amendment or modi-
fication of TLMP based upon sound, verifiable scientific
data.
If the Forest Service determines in a Supplemental
Evaluation to an Environmental Impact Statement that no
additional analysis under the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act or section 810 of the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act is necessary for any timber sale or offer-
ing which has been prepared for acceptance by, or award
to, a purchaser after December 31, 1988, that has been sub-
sequently determined by the Forest Service to be available
for sale or offering to one or more other purchaser, the
change of purchasers for whatever reason shall not be con-
sidered a significant new circumstance, and the Forest
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Service may offer or award such timber sale or offering to
a different purchaser or offeree, notwithstanding any other
provision of law. A determination by the Forest Service
pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to judicial
review.
None of the funds appropriated under this Act for the
Forest Service shall be made available for the purpose of
applying paint to rocks, or rock colorization: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Forest
Service shall not require of any individual or entity, as
part of any permitting process under its authority, or as
a requirement of compliance with the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), the
painting or colorization of rocks.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy
research and development activities, under the authority of
the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law
95–91), including the acquisition of interest, including de-
feasible and equitable interests in any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion,
and for promoting health and safety in mines and the min-
eral industry through research (30 U.S.C. 3, 861(b), and
951(a)), for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
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tions and research concerning the extraction, processing,
use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection-
able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and
1603), and for the development of methods for the disposal,
control, prevention, and reclamation of waste products in
the mining, minerals, metal, and mineral reclamation in-
dustries (30 U.S.C. 3 and 21a), $417,092,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That no part of the sum
herein made available shall be used for the field testing of
nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and gas.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Monies received as investment income on the principal
amount in the Great Plains Project Trust at the Norwest
Bank of North Dakota, in such sums as are earned as of
October 1, 1995, shall be deposited in this account and im-
mediately transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury.
Monies received as revenue sharing from the operation of
the Great Plains Gasification Plant shall be immediately
transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petro-
leum and oil shale reserve activities, $148,786,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the require-
ments of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply to fiscal