816 
be contributing to water quality problems in streams and 
water bodies which support threatened, endangered, or sen-
sitive species or community water sources: Provided further, 
That funds becoming available in fiscal year 2017 under 
the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be trans-
ferred to the General Fund of the Treasury and shall not 
be available for transfer or obligation for any other purpose 
unless the funds are appropriated: Provided further, That 
of the funds provided for decommissioning of roads, up to 
$14,743,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest 
System’’ to support the Integrated Resource Restoration 
pilot program. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, including ad-
ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, 
or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 
applicable to the Forest Service, $54,415,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
main 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
817 
Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, Cali-
fornia, as authorized by law, $950,000, to be derived from 
forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from 
funds deposited by State, county, or municipal govern-
ments, public school districts, or other public school authori-
ties, and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited 
by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and Ex-
change Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 (16 
U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 30, 
2020, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; Pub-
lic Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78–310). 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protec-
tion, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received 
during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic 
livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 Western 
States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94– 
579, to remain available through September 30, 2020, of 
which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for adminis-
trative expenses associated with on-the-ground range reha-
bilitation, protection, and improvements.
818 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2020, 
to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 
above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage 
Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII 
of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
(Public Law 96–487), $2,500,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2020. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands 
under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuels manage-
ment on or adjacent to such lands, emergency rehabilitation 
of burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 
and for State and volunteer fire assistance, $2,833,415,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That such funds including unobligated balances under this 
heading, are available for repayment of advances from other
819 
appropriations accounts previously transferred for such 
purposes: Provided further, That such funds shall be avail-
able to reimburse State and other cooperating entities for 
services provided in response to wildfire and other emer-
gencies or disasters to the extent such reimbursements by 
the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid 
by the responsible emergency management agency: Provided 
further, That funds provided shall be available for emer-
gency rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous fuels man-
agement activities, support to Federal emergency response, 
and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided, $390,000,000 
is for hazardous fuels management activities, $19,795,000 
is for research activities and to make competitive research 
grants pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Research Act, (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), 
$78,000,000 is for State fire assistance, and $15,000,000 
is for volunteer fire assistance under section 10 of the Coop-
erative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2106): 
Provided further, That amounts in this paragraph may be 
transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’, and ‘‘Forest 
and Rangeland Research’’ accounts to fund forest and 
rangeland research, vegetation and watershed management, 
heritage site rehabilitation, and wildlife and fish habitat 
management and restoration: Provided further, That the
820 
costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between 
the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may 
be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: 
Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 of the funds pro-
vided herein may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture 
to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative agree-
ments or to issue grants for hazardous fuels management 
activities and for training or monitoring associated with 
such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal land 
or on non-Federal land if the Secretary determines such ac-
tivities benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 
That funds made available to implement the Community 
Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall 
be available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance 
with authorities made available to the Forest Service under 
the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appro-
priated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate 
amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments 
when such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland 
fire management programs and projects: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels management, 
not to exceed $15,000,000 may be used to make grants, 
using any authorities available to the Forest Service under
821 
the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the 
purpose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass 
from National Forest System lands: Provided further, That 
funds designated for wildfire suppression, including funds 
transferred from the ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression Re-
serve Fund’’, shall be assessed for cost pools on the same 
basis as such assessments are calculated against other agen-
cy programs: Provided further, That of the funds for haz-
ardous fuels management, up to $24,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ to support the Inte-
grated Resource Restoration pilot program. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression oper-
ations of the Department of Agriculture and as a reserve 
fund for suppression and Federal emergency response ac-
tivities, $342,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such amounts are only available for transfer 
to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ account following a 
declaration by the Secretary in accordance with section 502 
of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a): Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
822 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from 
excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, op-
eration, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft to main-
tain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service wildland 
fire programs and other Forest Service programs; notwith-
standing other provisions of law, existing aircraft being re-
placed may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement air-
craft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to 
exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) 
purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other 
public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of 
land, waters, and interests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the Na-
tional Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a 
note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accord-
ance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency reha-
823 
bilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under 
its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning 
conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire sup-
pression funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression Re-
serve Fund’’ will be obligated within 30 days: Provided, 
That all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be 
replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must 
be requested as promptly as possible. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of discre-
tionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by this 
Act to or within the Wildland Fire Management Account, 
or reprogram funds within the Wildland Fire Management 
Account, to be used for the purposes of hazardous fuels man-
agement and emergency rehabilitation of burned-over Na-
tional Forest System lands and water, such transferred 
funds shall remain available through September 30, 2020: 
Provided, That none of the funds transferred pursuant to 
this section shall be available for obligation without written 
notification to and the prior approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided 
further, That this section does not apply to funds appro-
priated to the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund
824 
or funds derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development in connection with forest and range-
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 
and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with United States, private, and international organiza-
tions. The Forest Service, acting for the International Pro-
gram, may sign direct funding agreements with foreign gov-
ernments and institutions as well as other domestic agencies 
(including the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, the Department of State, and the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation), United States private sector firms, 
institutions and organizations to provide technical assist-
ance and training programs overseas on forestry and range-
land management. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer to the Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 
preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 
from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-
825 
ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such 
lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service 
in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year 
shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 
702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 106–224 
(7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public Law 107– 
171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
$14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Depart-
ment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as 
Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall pro-
hibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 
by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the 
Department of Agriculture’s National Information Tech-
826 
nology Center and the Department of Agriculture’s Inter-
national Technology Service. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 
the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried out 
by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried out 
under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, 
Public Law 103–82, as amended by Public Lands Corps 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, Public Law 109– 
154. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is 
available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official recep-
tion and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 
101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up 
to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the Na-
tional Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership 
projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without 
regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for projects 
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 
to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal 
funds made available to the Foundation, no more than 
$300,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: 
Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the 
end of the period of Federal financial assistance, private
827 
contributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds 
made available by the Forest Service: Provided further, 
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Fed-
eral or a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same 
rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal match-
ing funds. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, up 
to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service 
may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foun-
dation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 
projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on 
or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to 
Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds shall 
be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the Founda-
tion or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Foun-
dation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non- 
Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the 
recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section
828 
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be 
used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 
502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3056(c)(2)). 
Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
$65,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of performing 
fire, administrative and other facilities maintenance and 
decommissioning. Such assessments shall occur using a 
square foot rate charged on the same basis the agency uses 
to assess programs for payment of rent, utilities, and other 
support services. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap-
propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 
to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of 
the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for 
travel and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC as-
sistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at 
meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land pur-
chase negotiations and similar nonlitigation-related mat-
ters. Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service 
and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display 
the sums previously transferred and the requested funding 
transfers.
829 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for pur-
poses of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
through the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the 
Forest Service shall report no later than 30 business days 
following the close of each fiscal quarter all current and 
prior year unobligated balances, by fiscal year, budget line 
item and account, to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations. 
The following unobligated balances identified by the 
following accounts are hereby rescinded: Forest and Range-
land 
Research, 
$815,000; 
National 
Forest 
System, 
$2,000,000; and State and Private Forestry, $3,500,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 
5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service,
830 
$3,694,462,000, together with payments received during the 
fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b, for serv-
ices furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That 
funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations 
through contracts, grant agreements, or any other agree-
ments or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant 
or contract award and thereafter shall remain available to 
the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limita-
tion: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be available 
for grants or contracts with public or private institutions 
to provide alcohol or drug treatment services to Indians, 
including alcohol detoxification services: Provided further, 
That $928,830,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, including 
$53,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency 
Fund, shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided, up to $36,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for implementation of the 
loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided, $11,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended to supplement funds available for oper-
ational costs at tribal clinics operated under an Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act compact
831 
or contract where health care is delivered in space acquired 
through a full service lease, which is not eligible for mainte-
nance and improvement and equipment funds from the In-
dian Health Service, and $29,000,000 shall be for costs re-
lated to or resulting from accreditation emergencies, of 
which up to $4,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts 
otherwise available for Purchased and Referred Care: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts collected by the Federal 
Government as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a 
and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for breach of 
contracts shall be deposited to the Fund authorized by sec-
tion 108A of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and shall remain 
available until expended and, notwithstanding section 
108A(c) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall be 
available to make new awards under the loan repayment 
and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 108 of 
the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided further, 
That the amounts made available within this account for 
the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Program, for 
the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, for the Zero 
Suicide Initiative, for aftercare pilots at Youth Regional 
Treatment Centers, to improve collections from public and 
private insurance at Indian Health Service and tribally op-
erated facilities, and for accreditation emergencies shall be
832 
allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian 
Health Service and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be 
used for annual contracts and grants that fall within 2 fis-
cal years, provided the total obligation is recorded in the 
year the funds are appropriated: Provided further, That the 
amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act shall remain available until ex-
pended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 
applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and 
XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those related to 
the planning, design, or construction of new facilities: Pro-
vided further, That funding contained herein for scholar-
ship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and trib-
al organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 
available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations 
until expended: Provided further, That the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, 
tribes and tribal organizations operating health facilities 
pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individually identifi-
able health information relating to disabled children as may
833 
be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions 
under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1400, et seq.): Provided further, That the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Fund may be used, as needed, 
to carry out activities typically funded under the Indian 
Health Facilities account. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2017, such sums 
as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for transfer to another budget 
account. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, in-
cluding quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, speci-
fications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and 
erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; 
and for provision of domestic and community sanitation 
facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act 
of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement
834 
Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and 
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to environmental health and facilities support activi-
ties of the Indian Health Service, $545,424,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the plan-
ning, design, construction, renovation or expansion of 
health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes 
may be used to purchase land on which such facilities will 
be located: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 
may be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase 
TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for 
distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal facili-
ties: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
to the Indian Health Service may be used for sanitation 
facilities construction for new homes funded with grants by 
the housing programs of the United States Department of 
Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $2,700,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian 
Health Services’’ account may be used by the Indian Health 
Service to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service 
and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing inter-
agency agreement between the Indian Health Service and 
the General Services Administration: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $500,000 may be placed in a Demolition
835 
Fund, to remain available until expended, and be used by 
the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal 
buildings. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 
Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level po-
sitions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase 
of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular 
buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments for 
telephone service in private residences in the field, when au-
thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; uni-
forms or allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; and for expenses of attendance at meetings that 
relate to the functions or activities of the Indian Health 
Service: Provided, That in accordance with the provisions 
of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian 
patients may be extended health care at all tribally admin-
istered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to 
charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under 
the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651– 
2653) shall be credited to the account of the facility pro-
viding the service and shall be available without fiscal year
836 
limitation: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other law or regulation, funds transferred from the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian 
Health Service shall be administered under Public Law 86– 
121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 
93–638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the 
Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad-
ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 
subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 
and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 
Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the De-
partment of Health and Human Services unless identified 
in the budget justification and provided in this Act, or ap-
proved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions through the reprogramming process: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal or-
ganization through a contract, grant, or agreement author-
ized by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), may 
be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination con-
tract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under 
title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available 
to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limi-
837 
tation: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used 
to implement the final rule published in the Federal Reg-
ister on September 16, 1987, by the Department of Health 
and Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the 
health care services of the Indian Health Service until the 
Indian Health Service has submitted a budget request re-
flecting the increased costs associated with the proposed 
final rule, and such request has been included in an appro-
priations Act and enacted into law: Provided further, That 
with respect to functions transferred by the Indian Health 
Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health 
Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those 
entities on a reimbursable basis, including payments in ad-
vance with subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements 
received therefrom, along with the funds received from those 
entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, 
may be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation 
account from which the funds were originally derived, with 
such amounts to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That reimbursements for training, technical assist-
ance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service will 
contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and 
overhead associated with the provision of goods, services, or 
technical assistance: Provided further, That the appropria-
838 
tion structure for the Indian Health Service may not be 
altered without advance notification to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 
set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the Superfund 
Amendments 
and 
Reauthorization 
Act 
of 
1986, 
$77,349,000. 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out ac-
tivities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 of 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $74,691,000, of which up to 
$1,000 per eligible employee of the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry shall remain available until 
expended for Individual Learning Accounts: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of per-
839 
forming a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of 
CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other 
appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, in-
cluding, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 
healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 
any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or 
activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound 
by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess 
of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of 
CERCLA during fiscal year 2017, and existing profiles 
may be updated as necessary. 
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned 
to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of En-
vironmental Quality pursuant to the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Im-
provement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 
1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, $3,000,000: Provided, That notwith-
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1986, $70,016,000: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for 
the endowment program as authorized under section 207 
of such Act. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $121,275,000: Pro-
vided, That from the total amount available, the University 
may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program 
as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 
CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
of 2006 and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 
(‘‘AEFLA’’), $1,720,686,000, of which $929,686,000 shall 
become available on July 1, 2017, and shall remain avail-
able 
through 
September 
30, 
2018, 
and 
of 
which 
$791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2017, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2018: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available for AEFLA, 
$13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities under 
section 242.