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be for official reception and representation expenses; and of which 
up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation pay-
ments and unemployment compensation payments associated with 
the orderly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and 
of which $12,136,000 for consolidated appraisal services is to be 
derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That, for fiscal year 
2010 up to $400,000 of the payments authorized by the Act of 
October 20, 1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907) may be 
retained for administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of 
Taxes Program: Provided further, That no payment shall be made 
pursuant to that Act to otherwise eligible units of local government 
if the computed amount of the payment is less than $100: Provided 
further, That for fiscal years 2008 through 2012 the Secretary 
may reduce the payment authorized by 31 U.S.C. 6901–6907, as 
amended, for an individual county by the amount necessary to 
correct prior year overpayments to that county: Provided further, 
That for fiscal years 2008 through 2012 the amount needed to 
correct a prior year underpayment to an individual county shall 
be paid from any reductions for overpayments to other counties 
and the amount necessary to cover any remaining underpayment 
is hereby appropriated and shall be paid to individual counties 
using current fiscal year funds. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $85,195,000, of which: 
(1) $75,915,000 shall remain available until expended for technical 
assistance, including maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, 
insular management controls, coral reef initiative activities, and 
brown tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary 
in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized 
by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of American 
Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construction and 
support of governmental functions; 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 (Public 
Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,280,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2011 for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of the 
territorial and local governments herein provided for, including 
such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established 
or used by such governments, may be audited by the Government 
Accountability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 
35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern 
Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided 
according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special Represent-
atives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the 
Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided for technical assistance, 
sufficient funds shall be made available for a grant to the Pacific 
Basin Development Council: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be made
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available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, 
That the funds for the program of operations and maintenance 
improvement are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations 
and maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with terri-
torial participation and cost sharing to be determined by the Sec-
retary based on the grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance 
of its capital assets: Provided further, That any appropriation for 
disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or previous appro-
priations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching funds for 
the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to sec-
tion 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $5,318,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2), 221(b), 
and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for the Republic of 
Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association 
for the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and 
the Federated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 
99–658 and Public Law 108–188. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may 
transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under 
section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Public Law 104–134, 
that are allocated for Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for 
the subsidy cost of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed 
three percent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the 
cost of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and repair 
projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan 
guarantees may be made without regard to the population of the 
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the types 
of eligible entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 
section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act: Provided further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available 
to make or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$65,076,000.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$48,590,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
grants, $185,984,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $56,536,000 from this or any other Act, shall be 
available for historical accounting: Provided, That funds for trust 
management improvements 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 Office of the Secretary, 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made 
available through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 
2010, 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 enactment of this Act, concerning losses 
to or mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe or 
individual Indian has been furnished 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 performance for any Indian trust account 
that has not had activity for at least 18 months and has a balance 
of $15.00 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 September 30, 2002: Provided further, 
That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited to 
and remain available in this account for this purpose. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression oper-
ations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, haz-
ardous fuels reduction, and rural fire assistance by the Department 
of the Interior, $794,897,000, to remain available until expended,
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of which not to exceed $6,137,000 shall be for the renovation or 
construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also 
available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 
from which funds were previously transferred for such purposes: 
Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 
may be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds 
available from this appropriation: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office 
of the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursu-
ant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, 
may be credited to the appropriation from which funds were 
expended to provide that protection, and are available without 
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using the amounts 
designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agree-
ments, for hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training 
and monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 
activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for 
activities that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 
That the 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 notwithstanding requirements of the Competition in Con-
tracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels reduc-
tion activities, may obtain maximum practicable competition among: 
(1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Con-
servation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), 
or related partnerships with State, local, or non-profit youth groups; 
(3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire 
or train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent 
or more, of the project workforce to complete such contracts: Pro-
vided further, That in implementing this section, the Secretary 
shall develop written guidance to field units to ensure accountability 
and consistent application of the authorities provided herein: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this head may be 
used to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying 
out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required 
by section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire manage-
ment activities: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 
may use wildland fire appropriations to enter into non-competitive 
sole source leases of real property with local governments, at or 
below fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements 
for fire facilities on such leased properties, including but not limited 
to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack 
and fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for any 
such lease or for construction activity associated with the lease: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary 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 jointly funded wildland fire 
management programs and projects: Provided further, That funds 
provided for wildfire suppression shall be available for support 
of Federal emergency response actions: Provided further, That no 
less than $125,000,000 in prior-year wildfire suppression balances