mineral lessees and other royalty payors on amounts re-
ceived in settlement or other resolution of disputes under,
and for partial or complete termination of, sales agree-
ments for minerals from Federal and Indian leases.
OIL SPILL RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of
title I, section 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title
VII, and title VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990, $6,440,000, which shall be derived from the Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended.
BUREAU OF MINES
MINES AND MINERALS
For expenses necessary for the orderly closure of the
Bureau of Mines, $87,000,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings,
equipment, other contributions, and fees from public and
private sources, and to prosecute projects using such con-
tributions and fees in cooperation with other Federal,
State or private agencies: Provided, That the Bureau of
Mines is authorized, during the current fiscal year, to sell
directly or through any Government agency, including cor-
porations, any metal or mineral products that may be
manufactured in pilot plants operated by the Bureau of
Mines, and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary is authorized to convey, without reimbursement,
title and all interest of the United States in property and
facilities of the United States Bureau of Mines in Juneau,
Alaska to the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska; in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to The University of Alabama; in
Rolla, Missouri, to the University of Missouri-Rolla; and
in other localities to such university or government entities
as the Secretary deems appropriate.
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 pur-
chase of not to exceed 15 passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement only; $92,751,000, and notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount shall be credited to
this account, to remain available until expended, from per-
formance bond forfeitures in fiscal year 1996: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may utilize
directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in
fiscal year 1996 pursuant to the assessment of civil pen-
alties 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 Au-
gust 3, 1977, to remain available until expended: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclama-
tion and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
sponsored training.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, including
the purchase of not more than 22 passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only, $176,327,000, to be derived from
receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and
to remain available until expended, of which $5,000,000
shall be used for supplemental grants to States for the
reclamation of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drain-
age from coal mines through the Appalachian Clean
Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum
program States will be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal year
1996: Provided further, That of the funds herein provided
up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency pro-
gram authorized by section 410 of Public Law 95–87, as
amended, of which no more than 25 per centum shall be
used for emergency reclamation projects in any one State
and funds for Federally-administered emergency reclama-
tion projects under this proviso shall not exceed
$11,000,000: Provided further, That donations credited to
the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, pursuant to sec-
tion 401(b)(3) of Public Law 95–87, are hereby appro-
priated and shall be available until expended to support
projects under the Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative,
directly, through agreements with other Federal agencies,
as otherwise authorized, or through grants to States or
local governments, or tax-exempt private entities: Provided
further, That prior year unobligated funds appropriated
for the emergency reclamation program shall not be sub-
ject to the 25 per centum limitation per State and may
be used without fiscal year limitation for emergency
projects: Provided further, That pursuant to Public Law
97–365, the Department of the Interior is authorized to
utilize up to 20 per centum from the recovery of the delin-
quent debt owed to the United States Government to pay
for contracts to collect these debts.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For operation of Indian programs by direct expendi-
ture, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and
grants including expenses necessary to provide education
and welfare services for Indians, either directly or in co-
operation with States and other organizations, including
payment of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses
of Indians in boarding homes, or institutions, or schools;
grants and other assistance to needy Indians; maintenance
of law and order; management, development, improve-
ment, and protection of resources and appurtenant facili-
ties under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
including payment of irrigation assessments and charges;
acquisition of water rights; advances for Indian industrial
and business enterprises; operation of Indian arts and
crafts shops and museums; development of Indian arts
and crafts, as authorized by law; for the general adminis-
tration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including such
expenses in field offices; maintaining of Indian reservation
roads as defined in section 101 of title 23, United States
Code; and construction, repair, and improvement of Indian
housing, $1,508,777,000 (plus $851,000), of which not to
exceed $106,126,000 shall be for payments to tribes and
tribal organizations for contract support costs associated
with ongoing contracts or grants or compacts entered into
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs prior to fiscal year
1996, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act
of 1975, as amended, and $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 Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the Indian
Self-Determination Act; and of which not to exceed
$330,711,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-fund-
ed schools and other education programs shall become
available for obligation on July 1, 1996, and shall remain
available for obligation until September 30, 1997; and of
which not to exceed $67,138,000 for higher education
scholarships, adult vocational training, and assistance to
public schools under the Johnson O’Malley Act shall re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 1997;
and of which not to exceed $74,814,000 shall remain
available until expended for trust funds management,
housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees,
litigation support, self-governance grants, the Indian Self-
Determination Fund, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement
Program: Provided, That tribes and tribal contractors may
use their tribal priority allocations for unmet indirect costs
of ongoing contracts, grants or compact agreements: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available to tribes and
tribal organizations through contracts or grants obligated
during fiscal year 1996, as authorized by the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450
in meeting other priorities of the tribes: Provided further,
That any net increase in costs to the Federal Government
which result solely from tribally increased payment levels
for general assistance shall be met exclusively from funds
available to the tribe from within its tribal priority alloca-
tion: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated
to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30,
1996, may be transferred during fiscal year 1997 to an
Indian forest land assistance account established for the
benefit of such tribe within the tribe’s trust fund account:
Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not
so transferred shall expire on September 30, 1997: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no funds available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
other than the amounts provided herein for assistance to
public schools under the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat.
596), as amended (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.), shall be avail-
able to support the operation of any elementary or second-
ary school in the State of Alaska in fiscal year 1996: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available in this or any
other Act for expenditure through September 30, 1997 for
schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be
available only to the schools which are in the Bureau of
Indian Affairs school system as of September 1, 1995:
Provided further, That no funds available to the Bureau
of Indian Affairs shall be used to support expanded grades
for any school beyond the grade structure in place at each
school in the Bureau of Indian Affairs school system as
of October 1, 1995: Provided further, That notwithstand-
ing the provisions of 25 U.S.C. 2011(h)(1)(B) and (c),
upon the recommendation of a local school board for a
Bureau of Indian Affairs operated school, the Secretary
shall establish rates of basic compensation or annual sal-
ary rates for the positions of teachers and counselors (in-
cluding dormitory and homeliving counselors) at the school
at a level not less than that for comparable positions in
public school districts in the same geographic area.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, major repair, and improvement of
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and
other facilities, including architectural and engineering
services by contract; acquisition of lands and interests in
lands; and preparation of lands for farming, $98,033,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
amounts as may be available for the construction of the
Navajo Indian Irrigation Project and for other water re-
source development activities related to the Southern Ari-
zona Water Rights Settlement Act may be transferred to
the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, That not to
exceed 6 per centum of contract authority available to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust
Fund may be used to cover the road program management
costs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs: Provided further,
That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made available on a
non-reimbursable basis: Provided further, That for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 1996, in implementing new
construction 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 Ad-
ministrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles
for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as
the regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such
grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR;
the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and deter-
mine a schedule of payments 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 con-
struction projects conform to applicable building stand-
ards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and
safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with
respect to organizational and financial management capa-
bilities: 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 con-
cerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision
in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e).
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and in-
dividuals and for necessary administrative expenses,
$75,145,000, to remain available until expended; of which
$73,100,000 shall be available for implementation of en-
acted Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant
to Public Laws 87–483, 97–293, 101–618, 102–374, 102–
441, 102–575, and 103–116, and for implementation of
other enacted water rights settlements, including not to
exceed $8,000,000, which shall be for the Federal share
of the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Claims
Settlement, as authorized by section 5(a) of Public Law
103–116; and of which $1,045,000 shall be available pur-
suant to Public Laws 98–500, 99–264, and 100–580; and
of which $1,000,000 shall be available (1) to liquidate obli-
gations owed tribal and individual Indian payees of any
checks canceled pursuant to section 1003 of the Competi-
tive Equality Banking Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–86
(101 Stat. 659)), 31 U.S.C. 3334(b), (2) to restore to In-
dividual Indian Monies trust funds, Indian Irrigation Sys-
tems, and Indian Power Systems accounts amounts in-
vested in credit unions or defaulted savings and loan asso-
ciations and which were not Federally insured, and (3)
to reimburse Indian trust fund account holders for losses
to their respective accounts where the claim for said
loss(es) has been reduced to a judgment or settlement
agreement approved by the Department of Justice.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall
be available for expenses of exhibits, and purchase of not
to exceed 275 passenger carrying motor vehicles, of which
not to exceed 215 shall be for replacement only.
TERRITORIAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$52,405,000, to remain available until expended for brown
tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary
in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au-
thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern-
ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev-
enues, for construction and support of governmental func-
tions; 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 (Pub-
lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272): Provided, That all finan-