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the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
$21,045,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by Public Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, $72,533,000 (reduced by
$15,000,000), of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for
official reception and representation expenses, and of
which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers com-
pensation payments and unemployment compensation pay-
ments 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,
$47,473,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $36,239,000, of which $3,812,000 shall be for
procurement by contract of independent auditing services
to audit the consolidated Department of the Interior an-
nual financial statement and the annual financial state-
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ment of the Department of the Interior bureaus and of-
fices funded in this Act.
NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gam-
ing Commission, pursuant to Public Law 100–497,
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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, $141,277,000, 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 2003, 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-
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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 provide a quarterly statement of performance for any
Indian 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 permit the balance in each such account to be with-
drawn upon the express written request of the account
holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is
available for the Secretary to make payments to correct
administrative errors of either disbursements from or de-
posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after
September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous
payments that are recovered shall be credited to this ac-
count.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION
For consolidation of fractional interests in Indian
lands and expenses associated with redetermining and re-
distributing escheated interests in allotted lands, and for
necessary expenses to carry out the Indian Land Consoli-
dation Act of 1983, as amended, by direct expenditure or
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cooperative agreement, $7,980,000, to remain available
until expended and which may be transferred to the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs and Departmental Management.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND
RESTORATION
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment and
restoration activities by the Department of the Interior
necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, 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 (Public Law 101–380)
(33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and Public Law 101–337, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $5,538,000, to remain
available until expended.
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: Pro-
vided further, That no programs funded with appropriated
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funds in the ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Office of the
Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may be aug-
mented through the Working Capital Fund or the Consoli-
dated 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 unavoid-
able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
able under this authority until funds specifically made
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That
all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby des-
ignated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be re-
plenished by a supplemental 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 pro-