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including associated activities, performed pursuant to the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,149,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment and restora-
tion 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.), the 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 Public Law 101–337, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
19jj et seq.), $6,263,000, to remain available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the acquisition of a departmental financial and business 
management system, information technology improvements of gen-
eral benefit to the Department, strengthening the Department’s 
acquisition workforce capacity and capabilities, and consolidation 
of facilities and operations throughout the Department, $62,019,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such funds 
shall be available for training, recruitment, retention, and hiring 
members of the acquisition workforce as defined by the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy Act as amended (41 U.S.C. 401 
et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
in this Act or any other Act may be used to establish reserves 
in the Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued annual 
leave and depreciation of equipment without prior approval of the 
House of Representatives and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may assess reasonable 
charges to State, local and tribal government employees for training 
services provided by the National Indian Program Training Center, 
other than training related to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and related 
facilities, equipment or professional services of the National Indian 
Program Training Center to State, local and tribal government 
employees or persons or organizations engaged in cultural, edu-
cational, or recreational activities (as defined in section 3306(a) 
of title 40, United States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar 
space, facilities, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the 
National Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 
all funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall 
be credited to this account, shall be available until expended, and 
shall be used by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the 
National Indian Program Training Center. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 
resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 aircraft, 10 of which 
shall be for replacement and which may be obtained by donation, 
purchase or through available excess surplus property: Provided, 
That existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds
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derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for 
the replacement aircraft. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
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 emergency reconstruction, 
replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facili-
ties or equipment damaged 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 avail-
able to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have 
been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant 
to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation 
which must be requested as promptly as possible. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure 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 Depart-
ment of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned- 
over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related 
to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage assess-
ment activities related to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous 
substances into the environment; for the prevention, 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 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 
7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of 
Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds 
available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforce-
ment, 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 preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal 
agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment 
in connection with their use for wildland fire operations, 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 operations’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression 
Reserve Fund’’ shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided further, 
That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replenishment
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funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts 
from which emergency funds were transferred. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of the 
Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, when authorized 
by the Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase 
and replacement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped 
law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; pay-
ment 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 
membership in societies or associations which issue publications 
to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 
who are not members. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the headings 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of the Special Trustee for 
American Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations Acts made under the same headings shall be available 
for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management and reform 
activities. Total funding for historical accounting activities shall 
not exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such 
purpose. 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal 
Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate 
tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, 
unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inac-
curate distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction 
in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in 
fiscal year 2012. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlap-
ping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 
10 percent limitation does not apply. 
PAYMENT OF FEES 
SEC. 106. The Secretary of the Interior may use discretionary 
funds to pay private attorney fees and costs for employees and 
former employees of the Department of the Interior reasonably 
incurred in connection with Cobell v. Salazar to the extent that 
such fees and costs are not paid by the Department of Justice 
or by private insurance. In no case shall the Secretary make pay-
ments under this section that would result in payment of hourly 
fees in excess of the highest hourly rate approved by the District 
Court for the District of Columbia for counsel in Cobell v. Salazar.
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EVERGLADES ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION 
SEC. 107. This and any subsequent fiscal year, the National 
Park Service is authorized to implement modifications to the 
Tamiami Trail as described in, and in accordance with, the preferred 
alternative identified in the final environmental impact statement 
noticed in the Federal Register on December 14, 2010, (75 Fed. 
Reg. 77896), relating to restoration efforts of the Everglades eco-
system. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, 
or interests therein including the use of all or part of any pier, 
dock, or landing within the State of New York and the State 
of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating and maintaining facili-
ties in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors 
to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program 
and administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), 
or by exchange; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 
enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other agree-
ments for the use of such facilities on such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 109. (a) In fiscal year 2012, the Secretary shall collect 
a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited in the 
‘‘Ocean Energy Management’’ account, from the designated operator 
for facilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above 
the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start 
of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2012 shall be: 
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with processing 
equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any com-
bination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with 
any combination of active or inactive wells. 
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections 
completed in fiscal year 2012. Fees for fiscal year 2012 shall be: 
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths 
of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths 
of less than 500 feet. 
(d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under sub-
section (b) within 60 days, with payment required within 30 days 
of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under sub-
section (c) within 30 days of the end of the month in which the 
inspection occurred, with payment required within 30 days of 
billing. 
OIL AND GAS LEASING INTERNET PROGRAM 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral 
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)), the Secretary of the Interior