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unobligated balances in the ‘‘Central Hazardous Materials Fund’’:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this or previous appro-
priations Acts may be used to establish any additional reserves
in the Working Capital Fund account other than the two authorized
reserves without prior approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That amounts otherwise
appropriated by this Act for motor vehicle lease, purchase or service
costs at the Department of the Interior are reduced by $3,000,000
and, not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate a listing of the amounts by
account of the reductions made pursuant to this proviso.
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20,
1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907), $230,000,000, of which
not to exceed $400,000 shall be available for administrative
expenses: Provided, That no payment shall be made to otherwise
eligible units of local government if the computed amount of the
payment is less than $100.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$52,384,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
$37,800,000.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and
grants, $196,267,000, to remain available until expended, of which
not to exceed $58,000,000 shall be available for historical
accounting: Provided, That funds for trust management improve-
ments and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to
or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian
Programs’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and
Expenses’’ account; and the Departmental Management, ‘‘Salaries
and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made available
to Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts or grants
obligated during fiscal year 2005, 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, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
statute of limitations shall not commence to run on any claim,
including any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement of trust
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funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian has been fur-
nished 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 perform-
ance 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 withdrawn 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
deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after Sep-
tember 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous payments that
are recovered shall be credited to and remain available in this
account for this purpose.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION
For consolidation of fractional interests in Indian lands and
expenses 
associated 
with 
redetermining 
and 
redistributing
escheated interests in allotted lands, and for necessary expenses
to carry out the Indian Land Consolidation Act of 1983, as amended,
by direct expenditure or cooperative agreement, $35,000,000, to
remain available until expended, and which may be transferred
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Departmental Management
accounts: Provided, That funds provided under this heading may
be expended pursuant to the authorities contained in the provisos
under the heading ‘‘Office of Special Trustee for American Indians,
Indian Land Consolidation’’ of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–291).
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.), 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.), $5,818,000, to remain available until
expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
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
derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for
the replacement aircraft: Provided further, That no programs funded
with appropriated funds in the ‘‘Departmental Management’’,
‘‘Office of the Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may
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be augmented through the Working Capital Fund: Provided further,
That the annual budget justification for Departmental Management
shall describe estimated Working Capital Fund charges to bureaus
and offices, including the methodology on which charges are based:
Provided further, That departures from the Working Capital Fund
estimates contained in the Departmental Management budget jus-
tification shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations
for approval: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide
a semi-annual report to the Committees on Appropriations on
reimbursable support agreements between the Office of the Sec-
retary and the National Business Center and the bureaus and
offices of the Department, including the amounts billed pursuant
to such agreements.
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 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 are hereby designated as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as
made applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 649
(108th Congress) and applicable to the Senate by section 14007
of Public Law 108–287, and must be replenished by a supplemental
appropriation which must be requested as promptly as possible.
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; 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 1773(b) of Public
Law 99–198 (99 Stat. 1658); 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 Reclama-
tion and Enforcement, 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