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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year
shall be available for: (a) purchase of not to exceed 156 passenger
motor vehicles of which 15 will be used primarily for law enforce-
ment purposes and of which 148 shall be for replacement only;
acquisition of 79 passenger motor vehicles from excess sources,
and hire of such vehicles; operation and maintenance of aircraft,
the purchase of not to exceed two for replacement only, and acquisi-
tion of 14 aircraft from excess sources; notwithstanding other provi-
sions 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; (b) services pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109; (c) purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings
and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (d) acquisition
of land, waters, and interests therein, pursuant to the Act of August
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); (e) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers
in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, 558a
note); and (f) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31
U.S.C. 3718(c).
None of the funds made available under this Act shall be
obligated or expended to change the boundaries of any region,
to abolish any region, to move or close any regional office for
research, State and private forestry, or National Forest System
administration of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture,
without the consent of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
in the United States Senate and the Committee on Agriculture
in the United States House of Representatives.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service
may be advanced to the Forest Service Firefighting appropriation
and may be used for forest firefighting and the emergency
rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction: Provided,
That no funds shall be made available under this authority until
funds appropriated to the ‘‘Emergency Forest Service Firefighting
Fund’’ shall have been exhausted.
The appropriation structure for the Forest Service may not
be altered without advance approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available
for assistance to or through the Agency for International Develop-
ment and the Office of International Cooperation and Development
in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical informa-
tion, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available
to support forestry and related natural resource activities outside
the United States and its territories and possessions, including
technical assistance, education and training, and cooperation with
United States and international organizations.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service under
this Act 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) or 7 U.S.C. 147b unless the proposed transfer is
approved in advance by the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations in compliance with the reprogramming procedures
contained in the report accompanying this Act.
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No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be transferred
to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture
without the approval of the Chief of the Forest Service.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations
or funds available to the Forest Service may be used to disseminate
program information to private and public individuals and organiza-
tions through the use of nonmonetary items of nominal value and
to provide nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur
necessary expenses for the nonmonetary recognition of private
individuals and organizations that make contributions to Forest
Service programs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money collected,
in advance or otherwise, by the Forest Service under authority
of section 101 of Public Law 93–153 (30 U.S.C. 185(1)) as reimburse-
ment of administrative and other costs incurred in processing pipe-
line right-of-way or permit applications and for costs incurred in
monitoring the construction, operation, maintenance, and termi-
nation of any pipeline and related facilities, may be used to
reimburse the applicable appropriation to which such costs were
originally charged.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to
conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000 for high priority
projects within the scope of the approved budget which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by
the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93–408.
None of the funds available in this Act shall be used for
timber sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood stands in
excess of 25 percent of the fiscal year 1989 harvested volume
in the Wayne National Forest, Ohio: Provided, That this limitation
shall not apply to hardwood stands damaged by natural disaster:
Provided further, That landscape architects shall be used to main-
tain a visually pleasing forest.
Any money collected from the States for fire suppression assist-
ance rendered by the Forest Service on non-Federal lands not
in the vicinity of National Forest System lands shall be used to
reimburse the applicable appropriation and shall remain available
until expended as the Secretary may direct in conducting activities
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2101 (note), 2101–2110, 1606, and 2111.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is available
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and represen-
tation expenses.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Forest Service
is authorized to employ or otherwise contract with persons at regu-
lar rates of pay, as determined by the Service, to perform work
occasioned by emergencies such as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes
or any other unavoidable cause without regard to Sundays, Federal
holidays, and the regular workweek.
To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance with the
Final Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest Plan, none of
the funds available in this Act shall be used for preparation of
timber sales using clearcutting or other forms of even aged manage-
ment in hardwood stands in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
None of the funds made available in this Act shall be used
for timber sale planning or scoping using clearcutting in the
Ouachita and Ozark-St. Francis National Forests in Arkansas,
except for sales that are necessary as a result of natural disaster
or a threat to forest health, or for maintaining or enhancing wildlife
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habitat, or habitat for endangered and threatened species, or for
research purposes.
Pursuant to section 405(b), and section 410(b) of Public Law
101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to
$1,000,000 for matching funds shall be available for the National
Forest Foundation.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available
for interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural
communities for sustainable rural development purposes.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
The first paragraph under this head in Public Law 101–512,
as amended, is further amended by striking the phrase
‘‘$100,000,000 on October 1, 1994, and $50,000,000 on October
1, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘$18,000,000 on October 1, 1994,
$100,000,000 on October 1, 1995, and $32,000,000 on October 1,
1996’’; and by striking the phrase ‘‘$275,000,000 on October 1,
1994, and $100,000,000 on October 1, 1995’’ and inserting
‘‘$19,121,000 on October 1, 1994, $100,000,000 on October 1, 1995,
and $255,879,000 on October 1, 1996’’: Provided, That not to exceed
$18,000,000 available in fiscal year 1995 may be used for adminis-
trative oversight of the Clean Coal Technology program.
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy research
and development activities, under the authority of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95–91), including the
acquisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests
in any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition
or expansion, $442,614,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $17,000,000 shall be derived by transfer of unobligated
balances from the ‘‘SPR petroleum account’’: Provided, That no
part of the sum herein made available shall be used for the field
testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and gas.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Monies received as investment income on the principal amount
in the Great Plains Project Trust at the Norwest Bank of North
Dakota, in such sums as are earned as of October 1, 1994, shall
be deposited in this account and immediately transferred to the
General Fund of the Treasury. Monies received as revenue sharing
from the operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant shall
be immediately transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petroleum and
oil shale reserve activities, $187,406,000, to remain available until
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
the 
requirements 
of 
U.S.C.
7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply in fiscal year 1995.
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ENERGY CONSERVATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation
activities, $793,194,000, to remain available until expended, includ-
ing, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the excess amount
for fiscal year 1995 determined under the provisions of section
3003(d) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Provided, That
$278,399,000 shall be for use in energy conservation programs
as defined in section 3008(3) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C.
4507) and shall not be available until excess amounts are deter-
mined under the provisions of section 3003(d) of Public Law 99–
509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99–509 such sums shall be allocated
to the eligible programs as follows: $226,800,000 for the weatheriza-
tion assistance program, $22,539,000 for the State energy conserva-
tion program, and $29,060,000 for the institutional conservation
program.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the
Economic Regulatory Administration and the Office of Hearings
and Appeals, $12,437,000, to remain available until expended.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
For necessary expenses in carrying out emergency preparedness
activities, $8,249,000, to remain available until expended.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility
development and operations and program management activities
pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $244,011,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $90,764,000 shall be derived by transfer
of unobligated balances from the ‘‘SPR petroleum account’’: Pro-
vided, That appropriations herein made shall not be available for
leasing of facilities for the storage of crude oil for the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve unless the quantity of oil stored in or deliverable
to Government-owned storage facilities by virtue of contractual
obligations is equal to 700,000,000 barrels.
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT
Notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 6240(d) the United States share
of crude oil in Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills)
may be sold or otherwise disposed of to other than the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve: Provided, That outlays in fiscal year 1995
resulting from the use of funds in this account shall not exceed
$9,000,000.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the
Energy Information Administration, $84,728,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 4(d)
of the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 353(d)) or any
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading may