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until expended without further appropriation: Provided
further, That such sums recovered from or paid by any
party are not limited to monetary payments and may in-
clude stocks, bonds or other personal or real property, which
may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise disposed of by the
Secretary and which shall be credited to this account.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $15,360,000, to re-
main available until expended.
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October
20, 
1976, 
as 
amended 
(31 
U.S.C. 
6901–6907),
$148,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses: Provided, That no
payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local
government if the computed amount of the payment is less
than $100.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206,
and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administra-
tive expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests
therein, $10,600,000, to be derived from the Land and
Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For expenses necessary for management, protection,
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adja-
cent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests
therein including existing connecting roads on or adjacent
to such grant lands; $104,267,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all
receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Or-
egon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made
a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant
fund and shall be transferred to the General Fund in the
Treasury in accordance with the second paragraph of sub-
section (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat.
876).
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law
102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem
Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose of
planning, preparing, and monitoring salvage timber sales
and forest ecosystem health and recovery activities such as
release from competing vegetation and density control treat-
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ments. The Federal share of receipts (defined as the portion
of salvage timber receipts not paid to the counties under
43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 1181–1 et seq., and Public
Law 103–66) derived from treatments funded by this ac-
count shall be deposited into the Forest Ecosystem Health
and Recovery Fund.
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands
and interests therein, and improvement of Federal range-
lands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), notwith-
standing any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all
moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections
3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.)
and the amount designated for range improvements from
grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-
Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior
pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed
$600,000 shall be available 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
monitoring construction, operation, and termination of fa-
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cilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for re-
habilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be
collected under Public Law 94–579, as amended, and Public
Law 93–153, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of sec-
tion 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, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or set-
tlement, 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 under the authority of this Act by
the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public
lands administered through the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment which have been damaged by the action of a resource
developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized per-
son, without regard 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 the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such
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amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain avail-
able until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement
of temporary structures, 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 evi-
dence concerning violations of laws administered by the Bu-
reau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement
activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to
be accounted for solely on his certificate, not to exceed
$10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501,
the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and part-
nership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing
services from cooperators in connection with jointly pro-
duced publications for which the cooperators share the cost
of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted
quality standards.
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UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, for scientific and economic studies, con-
servation, management, investigations, protection, and uti-
lization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales,
seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-horned
cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, general
administration, and for the performance of other authorized
functions related to such resources by direct expenditure,
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable
agreements with public and private entities, $758,442,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2002, except as oth-
erwise provided herein, of which not less than $2,000,000
shall be provided to local governments in southern Cali-
fornia for planning associated with the Natural Commu-
nities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program and shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That not less
than $1,000,000 for high priority projects which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized
by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $6,355,000 shall be used for imple-
menting subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the
Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species that are
indigenous to the United States (except for processing peti-
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tions, 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)): Provided further, That of the amount avail-
able for law enforcement, up to $400,000 to remain avail-
able until expended, may at the discretion of the Secretary,
be used for payment for information, rewards, or evidence
concerning violations of laws administered by the Service,
and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement
activity, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to
be accounted for solely on his certificate: Provided further,
That of the amount provided for environmental contami-
nants, up to $1,000,000 may remain available until ex-
pended for contaminant sample analyses.
For an additional amount for salmon restoration and
conservation efforts in the State of Maine, $5,000,000, to
remain available until expended, which amount shall be
made available to the National Fish and Wildlife Founda-
tion to carry out a competitively awarded grant program
for State, local, or other organizations in Maine to fund
on-the-ground projects to further Atlantic salmon conserva-
tion or restoration efforts in coordination with the State
of Maine and the Maine Atlantic Salmon Conservation
Plan, including projects to (1) assist in land acquisition
and conservation easements to benefit Atlantic salmon; (2)
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develop irrigation and water use management measures to
minimize any adverse effects on salmon habitat; and (3)
develop and phase in enhanced aquaculture cages to mini-
mize escape of Atlantic salmon: Provided, That, of the
amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $2,000,000
shall be made available to the Atlantic Salmon Commission
for salmon restoration and conservation activities, includ-
ing installing and upgrading weirs and fish collection fa-
cilities, conducting risk assessments, fish marking, and
salmon genetics studies and testing, and developing and
phasing in enhanced aquaculture cages to minimize escape
of Atlantic salmon, and $500,000 shall be made available
to the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study
of Atlantic salmon: Provided further, That the amounts ap-
propriated under this paragraph shall not be subject to sec-
tion 10(b)(1) of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3709(b)(1)): Provided fur-
ther, That the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation shall
give special consideration to proposals that include match-
ing contributions (whether in currency, services, or prop-
erty) made by private persons or organizations or by State
or local government agencies, if such matching contribu-
tions are available: Provided further, That amounts made
available under this paragraph shall be provided to the Na-
tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation not later than 15 days
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after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further,
That the entire amount made available under this para-
graph is designated by Congress as an emergency require-
ment under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
901(b)(2)(A)).
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and utili-
zation of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition
of lands and interests therein; $54,803,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $46,100,000,
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund,
to remain available until expended, of which $1,000,000
shall be used for acquisition of land around the Bon Secour
National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama, and of which not more
than $6,500,000 shall be used for acquisition management.
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COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–1543),
as amended, $26,925,000, to be derived from the Coopera-
tive Endangered Species Conservation Fund, to remain
available until expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October
17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $10,000,000.
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public
Law 101–233, as amended, $16,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For necessary expenses of the Wildlife Conservation
and Appreciation Fund, $797,000, to remain available
until expended.
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–4213,
4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538), the Asian Elephant
Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261–4266), and the
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C.
5301–5306), $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds made available under this Act
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and Public Law 105–277 for rhinoceros, tiger, and Asian
elephant conservation programs are exempt from any sanc-
tions imposed against any country under section 102 of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2799aa–1).
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed 79 passenger motor vehicles, of which
72 are for replacement only (including 41 for police-type
use); repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent
to reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; op-
tions for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each
option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses
on conservation areas as are consistent 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 resources: Provided,
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may,
under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrange-
ments authorized by law, procure printing services from co-
operators in connection with jointly produced publications
for which the cooperators share at least one-half the cost
of printing either in cash or services and the Service deter-
mines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality
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standards: Provided further, That the Service may accept
donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of the Interior may not spend any of
the funds appropriated in this Act for the purchase of lands
or interests in lands to be used in the establishment of any
new unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System unless the
purchase is approved in advance by the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the re-
programming procedures contained in Senate Report 105–
56.
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 (including special road mainte-
nance service to trucking permittees on a reimbursable
basis), and for the general administration of the National
Park Service, including not less than $2,000,000 for high
priority projects within the scope of the approved budget
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps
as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706, $1,443,995,000, of which
$200,000 shall be available for the conduct of a wilderness
suitability study at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore,
Wisconsin, and of which $9,227,000 for research, planning
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and interagency coordination in support of land acquisi-
tion for Everglades restoration shall remain available until
expended, and of which not to exceed $7,000,000, to remain
available until expended, is to be derived from the special
fee account established pursuant to title V, section 5201 of
Public Law 100–203.
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, statutory or contractual aid for
other activities, and grant administration, not otherwise
provided for, $63,249,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be for
the Lewes Maritime Historic Park, of which not less than
$730,000 shall be available for use by the Roosevelt Campo-
bello International Park Commission, of which not less than
$500,000 shall be used to develop a preservation plan for
the Cane River National Heritage Area, Louisiana, of
which $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out exhibitions
at and acquire interior furnishings for the Rosa Parks Li-
brary and Museum, Alabama, of which $2,000,000 shall be
available to carry out the Urban Park and Recreation Re-
covery Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), of which
$2,250,000 shall be used to construct and maintain the
Four Corners Interpretive Center authorized by Public Law
106–143, and of which $250,000 shall be available to the
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National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
for the development of a model for heritage education
through distance learning.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), and
the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–333), $44,347,000, to be derived
from the Historic Preservation Fund, to remain available
until September 30, 2002, of which $7,177,000 pursuant to
section 507 of Public Law 104–333 shall remain available
until expended.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement
of physical facilities, including the modifications authorized
by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection
and Expansion Act of 1989, $204,450,000, of which not
more than $511,000 shall be used for the preconstruction,
engineering, and design of a heritage center for the Grand
Portage National Monument in Minnesota, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That $1,000,000 for the
Great Falls Historic District, $650,000 for Lake Champlain
National Historic Landmarks, and $365,000 for the U.S.
Grant Boyhood Home National Historic Landmark shall
be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund pursuant
to 16 U.S.C. 470a: Provided further, That not less than
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$2,350,000 shall be used for construction at Ponca State
Park, Nebraska, including $1,500,000 to be used for the de-
sign and construction of educational and informational dis-
plays for the Missouri Recreation Rivers Research and
Education Center, Nebraska.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2001
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 the
National Park Service, $87,140,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended, of which $40,000,000 is for the State assist-
ance program including $1,000,000 to administer the State
assistance program, and of which $12,000,000 may be for
State grants for land acquisition in the State of Florida:
Provided, That the Secretary may provide Federal assist-
ance to the State of Florida for the acquisition of lands
or waters, or interests therein, within the Everglades water-
shed (consisting of lands and waters within the boundaries
of the South Florida Water Management District, Florida
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Bay and the Florida Keys, including the areas known as
the Frog Pond, the Rocky Glades and the Eight and One-
Half Square Mile Area) under terms and conditions deemed
necessary by the Secretary to improve and restore the
hydrological function of the Everglades watershed: Provided
further, That funds provided under this heading for assist-
ance to the State of Florida to acquire lands within the
Everglades watershed are contingent upon new matching
non-Federal funds by the State and shall be subject to an
agreement that the lands to be acquired will be managed
in perpetuity for the restoration of the Everglades: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided for the State As-
sistance program may be used to establish a contingency
fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 340 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 273 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 319 for police-type use, 12 buses,
and 9 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated to the National Park Service may be used to process
any grant or contract documents which do not include the
text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated to the National Park Service may be
used to implement an agreement for the redevelopment of
the southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has
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been submitted to the Congress and shall not be imple-
mented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not
including any day in which either House of Congress is
not in session because of adjournment of more than three
calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President
of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report on the de-
velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island, including the
facts and circumstances relied upon in support of the pro-
posed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the Na-
tional Park Service for activities taken in direct response
to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to operating
units based on the safety record of each unit the costs of
programs designed to improve workplace and employee safe-
ty, and to encourage employees receiving workers’ com-
pensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5, United
States Code, to return to appropriate positions for which
they are medically able.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research cov-
ering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the min-
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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); and publish and disseminate data relative to
the foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries into the
economic conditions affecting mining and materials proc-
essing 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; $846,596,000, of which
$62,879,000 shall be available only for cooperation with
States or municipalities for water resources investigations;
and of which $16,400,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for conducting inquiries into the economic condi-
tions affecting mining and materials processing industries;
and of which $1,525,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for ongoing development of a mineral and geologic
data base; and of which $32,322,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2002 for the operation and maintenance of
facilities and deferred maintenance; and of which
$147,773,000 shall be available until September 30, 2002
for the biological research activity and the operation of the
Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That none of these
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funds provided for the biological 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 map-
ping or water resources data collection and investigations
carried on in cooperation with States and municipalities.
For an additional amount for ‘‘SURVEYS, INVESTIGA-
TIONS, AND RESEARCH’’, $1,800,000, to remain available
until expended, to repair or replace stream monitoring
equipment and associated facilities damaged by natural
disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for the purchase of not to
exceed 53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are for re-
placement only; reimbursement to the General Services Ad-
ministration for security guard services; contracting for the
furnishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-
physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra-
tively determined that such procedures are in the public in-
terest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings
and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging
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stations and observation wells; expenses of the United States
National Committee on Geology; and payment of compensa-
tion and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly
appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation
and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That
activities funded by appropriations herein made may be ac-
complished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
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; and
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only; $134,010,000, of which $86,257,000,
shall be available for royalty management activities; and
an amount not to exceed $107,410,000, to be credited to this
appropriation and to remain available until expended,
from additions to receipts resulting from increases to rates
in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collec-
tions for Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities
performed by the Minerals Management Service over and
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above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and from
additional fees for Outer Continental Shelf administrative
activities established after September 30, 1993: Provided,
That to the extent $107,410,000 in additions to receipts are
not realized from the sources of receipts stated above, the
amount needed to reach $107,410,000 shall be credited to
this appropriation from receipts resulting from rental rates
for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August
5, 1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer ac-
quisitions shall remain available until September 30, 2002:
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act
shall be available for the payment of interest in accordance
with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): 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 connection with
certain Indian leases in which the Director of the Minerals
Management Service concurred with the claimed refund
due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or
to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments.
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,
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$6,118,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liabil-
ity 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, as amended, including the purchase of
not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for replacement
only; $100,801,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the In-
terior, pursuant to regulations, may use directly or through
grants to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 2001 for
civil penalties assessed under section 518 of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C.
1268), to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining
practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until
expended: Provided further, That appropriations for the Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may
provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State and
tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation and Enforcement sponsored training.
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, as amended, including the purchase of not more
than 10 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only,
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$201,438,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned
Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended; of which up to $10,000,000, to be derived from the
Federal Expenses Share of the Fund, shall be for supple-
mental grants to States for the reclamation of abandoned
sites with acid mine rock drainage from coal mines, and
for associated activities, through the Appalachian Clean
Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum pro-
gram States will be $1,600,000 per State in fiscal year
2001: Provided further, That of the funds herein provided
up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency program
authorized by section 410 of Public Law 95–87, as amend-
ed, of which no more than 25 percent shall be used for emer-
gency reclamation projects in any one State and funds for
federally administered emergency reclamation projects
under this proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided
further, That prior year unobligated funds appropriated for
the emergency reclamation program shall not be subject to
the 25 percent limitation per State and may be used with-
out fiscal year limitation for emergency projects: Provided
further, That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Depart-
ment 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
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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 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 the State of Maryland may set aside the great-
er of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants
made available to the State under title IV of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended
(30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited
in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund
established under a State law, pursuant to which law the
amount (together with all interest earned on the amount)
is expended by the State to undertake acid mine drainage
abatement and treatment projects, except that before any
amounts greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants are
deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement and treat-
ment fund, the State of Maryland must first complete all
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act priority one
projects: Provided further, That from the funds provided
herein, in addition to the amount granted to the State of
Kentucky under Sections 402(g)(1) and 402(g)(5) of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, an addi-
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tional $1,000,000 shall be made available to the State of
Kentucky to demonstrate reforestation techniques on aban-
doned coal mine sites.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian pro-
grams, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
450 et seq.), as amended, 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.), as amended,
$1,704,620,000, to remain available until September 30,
2002 except as otherwise provided herein, of which not to
exceed $93,225,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, including
but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of
1975, as amended, not to exceed $125,485,000 shall be
available for payments to tribes and tribal organizations
for contract support costs associated with ongoing contracts,
grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements entered
into with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2001,
as authorized by such Act, except that tribes and tribal or-
ganizations may use their tribal priority allocations for
unmet indirect costs of ongoing contracts, grants, or com-
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pacts, or annual funding agreements and for unmet welfare
assistance costs; and up to $5,000,000 shall be for the In-
dian Self-Determination Fund which shall be available for
the transitional cost of initial or expanded tribal contracts,
grants, compacts or cooperative agreements with the Bureau
under such Act; and of which not to exceed $412,556,000
for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and
other education programs shall become available on July
1, 2001, and shall remain available until September 30,
2002; and of which not to exceed $54,694,000 shall remain
available until expended for housing improvement, road
maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, self-govern-
ance grants, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land
records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Pro-
gram; and of which not to exceed $108,000 shall be for pay-
ment to the United Sioux Tribes of South Dakota Develop-
ment Corporation for the purpose of providing employment
assistance to Indian clients of the Corporation, including
employment counseling, follow-up services, housing services,
community services, day care services, and subsistence to
help Indian clients become fully employed members of soci-
ety: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008,
not to exceed $43,160,000 within and only from such
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amounts made available for school operations shall be avail-
able to tribes and tribal organizations for administrative
cost grants associated with the operation of Bureau-funded
schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated
to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30,
2002, may be transferred during fiscal year 2003 to an In-
dian forest land assistance account established for the ben-
efit of such tribe within the tribe’s trust fund account: Pro-
vided further, That any such unobligated balances not so
transferred shall expire on September 30, 2003.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance 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 con-
struction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant
to Public Law 87–483, $341,004,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be
available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga-
tion Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 percent of con-
tract 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: Pro-
vided further, That any funds provided for the Safety of
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Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made
available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further,
That for fiscal year 2001, in implementing new construc-
tion or facilities improvement and repair project grants in
excess of $100,000 that are provided to tribally controlled
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 Pro-
grams contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory re-
quirements: 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 pay-
ments for the work to be performed: Provided further, That
in considering applications, 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 fi-
nancial 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,
$35,276,000, to remain available until expended; of which
$25,225,000 shall be available for implementation of en-
acted Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant
to Public Laws 101–618 and 102–575, and for implementa-
tion of other enacted water rights settlements; of which
$8,000,000 shall be available for Tribal compact adminis-
tration, economic development and future water supplies fa-
cilities under Public Law 106–163; and of which
$1,877,000 shall be available pursuant to Public Laws 99–
264, 100–383, 100–580 and 103–402.
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,500,000, as au-
thorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended:
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $59,682,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan programs, $488,000.
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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.
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee
and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Pro-
gram account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits,
and purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger motor vehicles,
of which not to exceed 187 shall be for replacement only.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office
operations, pooled overhead general administration (except
facilities operations and maintenance), or provided to im-
plement the recommendations of the National Academy of
Public Administration’s August 1999 report shall be avail-
able for tribal 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 for
distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish
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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, 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 September
1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall be used to
support expanded grades for any school or dormitory be-
yond the grade structure in place or approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau 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 before September 1, 1999, may
continue to operate during that period, but only if the char-
ter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds
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to reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and personal
property (including buses and vans), the funds of the char-
ter 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 charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bu-
reau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school
and performing functions related to the charter school’s op-
eration 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 (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal
Tort Claims Act’’). Not later than June 15, 2001, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall evaluate the effectiveness of Bu-
reau-funded schools sharing facilities with charter schools
in the manner described in the preceding sentence and pre-
pare and submit a report on the finding of that evaluation
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of
the House.
DEPARTMENT OFFICES
INSULAR AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$68,471,000, of which: (1) $64,076,000 shall be available
until expended for technical assistance, including mainte-
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nance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management
controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree
snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in Amer-
ican 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 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 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) $4,395,000 shall be available for salaries and
expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all
financial transactions of the territorial and local govern-
ments herein provided for, including such transactions of
all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such
governments, may be audited by the General Accounting Of-
fice, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title
31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern
Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided
according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special
Representatives on Future United States Financial Assist-
ance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public
Law 104–134: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
vided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be
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made available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation:
Provided further, That the funds for the program of oper-
ations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to
institutionalize routine operations and maintenance im-
provement of capital infrastructure in American Samoa,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic
of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micro-
nesia through assessments of long-range operations mainte-
nance needs, improved capability of local operations and
maintenance institutions and agencies (including manage-
ment and vocational education training), and project-spe-
cific maintenance (with territorial participation and cost
sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the indi-
vidual territory’s commitment to timely maintenance of its
capital assets): Provided further, That any appropriation
for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or
previous appropriations 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 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,
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and 233 of the Compact 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, $20,545,000,
to remain available until expended, as authorized by Public
Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, $64,019,000, of which not to exceed
$8,500 may be for official reception and representation ex-
penses and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for
workers compensation payments and unemployment com-
pensation payments associated with the orderly closure of
the United States Bureau of Mines.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$40,196,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $27,846,000.
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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, $82,628,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements may be transferred, as needed, to the Bureau
of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account
and to the Departmental Management ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able to Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts
or grants obligated during fiscal year 2001, as authorized
by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the
contractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the statute of limita-
tions shall not commence to run on any claim, including
any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement
of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian
has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from
which the beneficiary can determine whether there has been
a loss: 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
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trust account that has not had activity for at least 18
months and has a balance of $1.00 or less: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall issue an annual account statement
and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall per-
mit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon
the express written request of the account holder.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION
For implementation of a program for consolidation of
fractional interests in Indian lands and expenses associated
with redetermining and redistributing escheated interests in
allotted lands by direct expenditure or cooperative agree-
ment, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended and
which may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and Departmental Management of which not to exceed
$500,000 shall be available for administrative expenses:
Provided, That the Secretary may enter into a cooperative
agreement, which shall not be subject to Public Law 93–
638, as amended, with a tribe having jurisdiction over the
reservation to implement the program to acquire fractional
interests on behalf of such tribe: Provided further, That the
Secretary may develop a reservation-wide system for estab-
lishing the fair market value of various types of lands and
improvements to govern the amounts offered for acquisition
of fractional interests: Provided further, That acquisitions
shall be limited to one or more reservations as determined
by the Secretary: Provided further, That funds shall be
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available for acquisition of fractional interests in trust or
restricted lands with the consent of its owners and at fair
market value, and the Secretary shall hold in trust for such
tribe all interests acquired pursuant to this program: Pro-
vided further, That all proceeds from any lease, resource
sale contract, right-of-way or other transaction derived from
the fractional interest shall be credited to this appropria-
tion, and remain available until expended, until the pur-
chase price paid by the Secretary under this appropriation
has been recovered from such proceeds: Provided further,
That once the purchase price has been recovered, all subse-
quent proceeds shall be managed by the Secretary for the
benefit of the applicable tribe or paid directly to the tribe.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND
RESTORATION
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment activi-
ties by the Department of the Interior necessary to carry
out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and the Act of July 27,
1990, as amended (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $5,403,000, to
remain available until expended.
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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 the ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Office of the Solic-
itor’’, 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)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit 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 wildland fires on or threatening lands under
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its ju-
risdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or ac-
tual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other un-
avoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to
actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage
assessment activities related to actual oil spills; for the pre-
vention, suppression, and control of actual or potential
grasshopper 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
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funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit
assumption 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 pre-
ceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal
agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equip-
ment in connection with their use for wildland fire oper-
ations, such reimbursement 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 oper-
ations’’ shall be exhausted within thirty days: Provided fur-
ther, That all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby
designated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be
replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must
be requested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That
such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a
pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were
transferred.
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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. Annual appropriations made in this title
shall be available for obligation in connection with con-
tracts issued for services or rentals for periods not in excess
of 12 months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
SEC. 107. 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. 108. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and re-
lated activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin
planning area.
SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct offshore
oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activi-
ties in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any
lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the final
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Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Pro-
gram, 1997–2002.
SEC. 110. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and
natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the
Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
SEC. 111. Advance payments made under this title to
Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally Con-
trolled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) may
be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or con-
sortium before such funds are expended for the purposes of
the grant, compact, or annual funding agreement so long
as such funds are—
(1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organiza-
tion, or consortium only in obligations of the United
States, or in obligations or securities that are guaran-
teed or insured by the United States, or mutual (or
other) funds registered with the Securities and Ex-
change Commission and which only invest in obliga-
tions of the United States or securities that are guar-
anteed or insured by the United States; or
(2) deposited only into accounts that are insured
by an agency or instrumentality of the United States,
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or are fully collateralized to ensure protection of the
funds, even in the event of a bank failure.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the National Park Service shall not develop or imple-
ment a reduced entrance fee program to accommodate non-
local travel through a unit. The Secretary may provide for
and regulate local non-recreational passage through units
of the National Park System, allowing each unit to develop
guidelines and permits for such activity appropriate to that
unit.
SEC. 113. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going
basis from a credit card services provider under the Depart-
ment of the Interior’s charge card programs may be depos-
ited to and retained without fiscal year limitation in the
Departmental Working Capital Fund established under 43
U.S.C. 1467 and used to fund management initiatives of
general benefit to the Department of the Interior’s bureaus
and offices as determined by the Secretary or his designee.
SEC. 114. Appropriations made in this title under the
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special
Trustee for American Indians and any available unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under
the same headings, shall be available for expenditure or
transfer for Indian trust management activities pursuant
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to the Trust Management Improvement Project High Level
Implementation Plan.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate and
enter into agreements and leases, without regard to section
321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C.
303b), with any person, firm, association, organization,
corporation, or governmental entity for all or part of the
property within Fort Baker administered by the Secretary
as part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The pro-
ceeds of the agreements or leases shall be retained by the
Secretary and such proceeds shall be available, without fu-
ture appropriation, for the preservation, restoration, oper-
ation, maintenance and interpretation and related expenses
incurred with respect to Fort Baker properties.
SEC. 116. A grazing permit or lease that expires (or
is transferred) during fiscal year 2001 shall be renewed
under section 402 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1752) or if appli-
cable, section 510 of the California Desert Protection Act
(16 U.S.C. 410aaa–50). The terms and conditions con-
tained in the expiring permit or lease shall continue in ef-
fect under the new permit or lease until such time as the
Secretary of the Interior completes processing of such per-
mit or lease in compliance with all applicable laws and
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regulations, at which time such permit or lease may be can-
celed, suspended or modified, in whole or in part, to meet
the requirements of such applicable laws and regulations.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter the Sec-
retary’s statutory authority.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for the purpose of reducing the backlog of Indian probate
cases in the Department of the Interior, the hearing require-
ments of chapter 10 of title 25, United States Code, are
deemed satisfied by a proceeding conducted by an Indian
probate judge, appointed by the Secretary without regard
to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing
the appointments in the competitive service, for such period
of time as the Secretary determines necessary: Provided,
That the basic pay of an Indian probate judge so appointed
may be fixed by the Secretary without regard to the provi-
sions of chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
title 5, United States Code, governing the classification and
pay of General Schedule employees, except that no such In-
dian probate judge may be paid at a level which exceeds
the maximum rate payable for the highest grade of the Gen-
eral Schedule, including locality pay.
SEC. 118. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, with respect to amounts made available for tribal pri-
ority allocations in Alaska, such amounts shall only be pro-
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vided to tribes the membership of which on June 1, 2000
is composed of at least 25 individuals who are Natives (as
such term is defined in section 3(b) of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act).
(b) Amounts that would have been made available for
tribal priority allocations in Alaska but for the limitation
contained in subsection (a) shall be provided to the respec-
tive Alaska Native regional nonprofit corporation (as listed
in section 103(a)(2) of Public Law 104–193, 110 Stat.
2159) for the respective region in which a tribe subject to
subsection (a) is located, notwithstanding any resolution
authorized under federal law to the contrary.
SEC. 119. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to establish a new National Wildlife Refuge in the Kankakee
River basin unless a plan for such a refuge is consistent
with a partnership agreement between the Fish and Wildlife
Service and the Army Corps of Engineers entered into on
April 16, 1999 and is submitted to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations thirty (30) days prior to the
establishment of the refuge.
SEC. 120. (a) In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Huron Cemetery’’ means the lands
that form the cemetery that is popularly known as the
Huron Cemetery, located in Kansas City, Kansas, as
described in subsection (b)(3); and
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(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of
the Interior.
(b)(1) The Secretary shall take such action as may be
necessary to ensure that the lands comprising the Huron
Cemetery (as described in paragraph (3)) are used only in
accordance with this subsection.
(2) The lands of the Huron Cemetery shall be used
only—
(A) for religious and cultural uses that are com-
patible with the use of the lands as a cemetery; and
(B) as a burial ground.
(3) The description of the lands of the Huron Cemetery
is as follows:
The tract of land in the NW quarter of sec. 10, T. 11
S., R. 25 E., of the sixth principal meridian, in Wyandotte
County, Kansas (as surveyed and marked on the ground
on August 15, 1888, by William Millor, Civil Engineer and
Surveyor), described as follows:
‘‘Commencing on the Northwest corner of the
Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said
Section 10;
‘‘Thence South 28 poles to the ‘true point of be-
ginning’;
‘‘Thence South 71 degrees East 10 poles and 18
links;
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‘‘Thence South 18 degrees and 30 minutes West
28 poles;
‘‘Thence West 11 and one-half poles;
‘‘Thence North 19 degrees 15 minutes East 31
poles and 15 feet to the ‘true point of beginning’, con-
taining 2 acres or more.’’.
SEC. 121. None of the Funds provided in this Act shall
be available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Depart-
ment of the Interior to transfer land into trust status for
the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Clark County, Wash-
ington, unless and until the tribe and the county reach a
legally enforceable agreement that addresses the financial
impact of new development on the county, school district,
fire district, and other local governments and the impact
on zoning and development.
SEC. 122. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used by the Department of the Interior to implement the
provisions of Principle 3(C)ii and Appendix section
3(B)(4) in Secretarial Order 3206, entitled ‘‘American In-
dian Tribal Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities,
and the Endangered Species Act’’.
SEC. 123. No funds appropriated for the Department
of the Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used
to study or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or
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to reduce the water level of the lake below the range of water
levels required for the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
SEC. 124. Funds appropriated for the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs for postsecondary schools for fiscal year 2001
shall be allocated among the schools proportionate to the
unmet need of the schools as determined by the Postsec-
ondary Funding Formula adopted by the Office of Indian
Education Programs.
SEC. 125. On the date of enactment, the National Ma-
rine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall continue consultation with the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers to develop a comprehensive plan to eliminate
Caspian Tern nesting at Rice Island in the Columbia River
Estuary. The agencies shall develop a report on the signifi-
cance of tern predation in limiting salmon recovery and
their roles and recommendations for the Rice Island colony
relocation by March 31, 2001. This report shall address all
available options for successfully completing the Rice Island
colony relocation.
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the au-
thority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amended by
Public Law 104–208, the Secretary may accept and retain
land and other forms of reimbursement: Provided, That the
Secretary may retain and use any such reimbursement
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until expended and without further appropriation: (1) for
the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge System within
the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all activities authorized
by Public Law 100–696; 16 U.S.C. 460zz.
SEC. 127. Section 112 of Public Law 103–138 (107
Stat. 1399) is amended by striking ‘‘permit LP–GLBA005–
93’’ and inserting ‘‘permit LP–GLBA005–93 and in con-
nection with a corporate reorganization plan, the entity
that, after the corporate reorganization, holds entry permit
CP–GLBA004–00 each’’.
SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Interior shall designate Anchorage,
Alaska, as a port of entry for the purpose of section 9(f)(1)
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1538(f)(1)).
SEC. 129. (a) The first section of Public Law 92–501
(86 Stat. 904) is amended by inserting after the first sen-
tence ‘‘The park shall also include the land as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘subdivision of a portion of U.S.
Survey 407, Tract B, dated May 12, 2000’ ’’.
(b) Section 3 of Public Law 92–501 is amended to read
as follows: ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as are necessary to carry out the terms of this Act.’’.
SEC. 130. (a) All proceeds of Oil and Gas Lease sale
991, held by the Bureau of Land Management on May 5,
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1999, or subsequent lease sales in the National Petroleum
Reserve—Alaska within the area subject to withdrawal for
Kuukpik Corporation’s selection under section 22(j)(2) of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Public Law 92–
203 (85 Stat. 688), shall be held in an escrow account ad-
ministered under the terms of section 1411 of the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public Law 96–
487 (94 Stat. 2371), without regard to whether a with-
drawal for selection has been made, and paid to Arctic
Slope Regional Corporation and the State of Alaska in the
amount of their entitlement under law when determined,
together with interest at the rate provided in the aforemen-
tioned section 1411, from the date of receipt of the proceeds
by the United States to the date of payment. There is au-
thorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to
carry out the purposes of this section.
(b) This section shall be effective as of May 5, 1999.
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to Harvey R.
Redmond of Girdwood, Alaska, at no cost, all right, title,
and interest of the United States in and to United States
Survey No. 12192, Alaska, consisting of 49.96 acres located
in the vicinity of T. 9N., R., 3E., Seward Meridian, Alaska.
SEC. 132. CLARIFICATION OF TERMS OF CONVEYANCE
TO NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. Section 132 of the Department