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any cash payment received by the Secretary shall be covered
in the Reclamation Fund and credited to the Columbia
Basin project.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Costs of conducting the
necessary land surveys, preparing the legal descriptions of
the lands to be conveyed, performing the appraisals, and
administrative costs incurred in completing the exchange
shall be borne by the Corporation.
(d) LIABILITY
FOR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.—(1)
The Secretary shall not acquire any lands under this Act
if the Secretary determines that such lands, or any portion
thereof, have become contaminated with hazardous sub-
stances (as defined in the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.
9601)).
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
United States shall have no responsibility or liability with
respect to any hazardous wastes or other substances placed
on any of the lands covered by this Act after their transfer
to the ownership of any party, but nothing in this Act shall
be construed as either diminishing or increasing any re-
sponsibility or liability of the United States based on the
condition of such lands on the date of their transfer to the
ownership of another party. The Corporation shall indem-
nify the United States for liabilities arising under the Com-
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prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601), and the Resource Conserva-
tion Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
SEC. 327. TIMBER SALES PIPELINE RESTORATION
FUNDS.—(a) The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall each establish a Timber Sales
Pipeline Restoration Fund (hereinafter ‘‘Agriculture Fund’’
and ‘‘Interior Fund’’ or ‘‘Funds’’). Any revenues received
from sales released under section 2001(k) of the fiscal year
1995 Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Assistance
and Rescissions Act, minus the funds necessary to make
payments to States or local governments under other law
concerning the distribution of revenues derived from the af-
fected lands, which are in excess of $37,500,000 (hereinafter
‘‘excess revenues’’) shall be deposited into the Funds. The
distribution of excess revenues between the Agriculture
Fund and Interior Fund shall be calculated by multiplying
the total of excess revenues times a fraction with a denomi-
nator of the total revenues received from all sales released
under such section 2001(k) and numerators of the total reve-
nues received from such sales on lands within the National
Forest System and the total revenues received from such
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sales on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, respectively: Provided, That revenues or portions
thereof from sales released under such section 2001(k),
minus the amounts necessary for State and local govern-
ment payments and other necessary deposits, may be depos-
ited into the Funds immediately upon receipt thereof and
subsequently redistributed between the Funds or paid into
the United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts as
may be required when the calculation of excess revenues is
made.
(b)(1) From the funds deposited into the Agriculture
Fund and into the Interior Fund pursuant to subsection
(a)—
(A) seventy-five percent shall be available, with-
out fiscal year limitation or further appropriation,
for preparation of timber sales, other than salvage
sales as defined in section 2001(a)(3) of the fiscal
year 1995 Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster
Assistance and Rescissions Act, which—
(i) are situated on lands within the Na-
tional Forest System and lands administered by
the Bureau of Land Management, respectively;
and
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(ii) are in addition to timber sales for
which funds are otherwise available in this Act
or other appropriations Acts; and
(B) twenty-five percent shall be available, with-
out fiscal year limitation or further appropriation, to
expend on the backlog of recreation projects on lands
within the National Forest System and lands admin-
istered by the Bureau of Land Management, respec-
tively.
(2) Expenditures under this subsection for preparation
of timber sales may include expenditures for Forest Service
activities within the forest land management budget line
item and associated timber roads, and Bureau of Land
Management activities within the Oregon and California
grant lands account and the forestry management area ac-
count, as determined by the Secretary concerned.
(c) Revenues received from any timber sale prepared
under subsection (b) or under this subsection, minus the
amounts necessary for State and local government pay-
ments and other necessary deposits, shall be deposited into
the Fund from which funds were expended on such sale.
Such deposited revenues shall be available for preparation
of additional timber sales and completion of additional
recreation projects in accordance with the requirements set
forth in subsection (b).
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(d) The Secretary concerned shall terminate all pay-
ments into the Agriculture Fund or the Interior Fund, and
pay any unobligated funds in the affected Fund into the
United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, whenever
the Secretary concerned makes a finding, published in the
Federal Register, that sales sufficient to achieve the total
allowable sales quantity of the National Forest System for
the Forest Service or the allowable sales level for the Oregon
and California grant lands for the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, respectively, have been prepared.
(e) Any timber sales prepared and recreation projects
completed under this section shall comply with all applica-
ble environmental and natural resource laws and regula-
tions.
(f) The Secretary concerned shall report annually to
the Committees on Appropriations of the United States
Senate and the House of Representatives on expenditures
made from the Fund for timber sales and recreation
projects, revenues received into the Fund from timber sales,
and timber sale preparation and recreation project work
undertaken during the previous year and projected for the
next year under the Fund. Such information shall be pro-
vided for each Forest Service region and Bureau of Land
Management State office.
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(g) The authority of this section shall terminate upon
the termination of both Funds in accordance with the provi-
sions of subsection (d).
SEC. 328. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts:
(a) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to
an individual if such grant is awarded to such indi-
vidual for a literature fellowship, National Heritage
Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
(b) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to
ensure that no funding provided through a grant, ex-
cept a grant made to a State or regional group, may
be used to make a grant to any other organization or
individual to conduct activity independent of the di-
rect grant recipient. Nothing in this subsection shall
prohibit payments made in exchange for goods and
services.
(c) No grant shall be used for seasonal support
to a group, unless the application is specific to the
contents of the season, including identified programs
and/or projects.
SEC. 329. DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADMIN-
ISTRATION’S RANGELAND REFORM PROGRAM.—None of the
funds made available under this or any other Act may be
used to implement or enforce the final rule published by
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party, whenever the court determines such award is appro-
priate.’’.
SEC. 331. (a) PURPOSES OF NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
FOR THE ARTS.—Section 2 of the National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended (20
U.S.C. 951), sets out findings and purposes for which the
National Endowment for the Arts was established, among
which are—
(1) ‘‘The arts and humanities belong to all the
people of the United States’’;
(2) ‘‘The arts and humanities reflect the high
place accorded by the American people .
.
. to the
fostering of mutual respect for the diverse beliefs and
values of all persons and groups’’;
(3) ‘‘Public funding of the arts and humanities
is subject to the conditions that traditionally govern
the use of public money [and] such funding should
contribute to public support and confidence in the use
of taxpayer funds’’; and
(4) ‘‘Public funds provided by the Federal Gov-
ernment must ultimately serve public purposes the
Congress defines’’.
(b) ADDITIONAL CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—Con-
gress further finds and declares that the use of scarce funds,
which have been taken from all taxpayers of the United
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States, to promote, disseminate, sponsor, or produce any
material or performance that—
(1) denigrates the religious objects or religious
beliefs of the adherents of a particular religion, or
(2) depicts or describes, in a patently offensive
way, sexual or excretory activities or organs,
is contrary to the express purposes of the National Founda-
tion on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amend-
ed.
(c) PROHIBITION ON FUNDING THAT IS NOT CONSIST-
ENT WITH THE PURPOSES OF THE ACT.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, none of the scarce funds which
have been taken from all taxpayers of the United States and
made available under this Act to the National Endowment
for the Arts may be used to promote, disseminate, sponsor,
or produce any material or performance that—
(1) denigrates the religious objects or religious
beliefs of the adherents of a particular religion, or
(2) depicts or describes, in a patently offensive
way, sexual or excretory activities or organs,
and this prohibition shall be strictly applied without regard
to the content or viewpoint of the material or performance.
(d) SECTION NOT TO AFFECT OTHER WORKS.—Noth-
ing in this section shall be construed to affect in any way
the freedom of any artist or performer to create any mate-
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rial or performance using funds which have not been made
available under this Act to the National Endowment for
the Arts.
SEC. 332. For purposes related to the closure of the
Bureau of Mines, funds made available to the United States
Geological Survey, the United States Bureau of Mines, and
the Bureau of Land Management shall be available for
transfer, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,
among the following accounts: United States Geological
Survey, Surveys, investigations, and research; Bureau of
Mines, Mines and minerals; and Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, Management of lands and resources. The Secretary
of Energy shall reimburse the Secretary of the Interior, in
an amount to be determined by the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget, for the expenses of the trans-
ferred functions between October 1, 1995 and the effective
date of the transfers of function. Such transfers shall be sub-
ject to the reprogramming guidelines of the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 333. No funds appropriated under this or any
other Act shall be used to review or modify sourcing areas
previously approved under section 490(c)(3) of the Forest
Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990
(Public Law 101–382) or to enforce or implement Federal
regulations 36 CFR part 223 promulgated on September
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8, 1995. The regulations and interim rules in effect prior
to September 8, 1995 (36 CFR 223.48, 36 CFR 223.87, 36
CFR 223 Subpart D, 36 CFR 223 Subpart F, and 36 CFR
261.6) shall remain in effect. The Secretary of Agriculture
or the Secretary of the Interior shall not adopt any policies
concerning Public Law 101–382 or existing regulations that
would restrain domestic transportation or processing of
timber from private lands or impose additional account-
ability requirements on any timber. The Secretary of Com-
merce shall extend until September 30, 1996, the order is-
sued under section 491(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 101–382 and
shall issue an order under section 491(b)(2)(B) of such law
that will be effective October 1, 1996.
SEC. 334. The National Park Service, in accordance
with the Memorandum of Agreement between the United
States National Park Service and the City of Vancouver
dated November 4, 1994, shall permit general aviation on
its portion of Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington
until the year 2022, during which time a plan and method
for transitioning from general aviation aircraft to historic
aircraft shall be completed; such transition to be accom-
plished by that date. This action shall not be construed to
limit the authority of the Federal Aviation Administration
over air traffic control or aviation activities at Pearson
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Field or limit operations and airspace of Portland Inter-
national Airport.
SEC. 335. The United States Forest Service approval
of Alternative site 2 (ALT 2), issued on December 6, 1993,
is hereby authorized and approved and shall be deemed to
be consistent with, and permissible under, the terms of Pub-
lic Law 100–696 (the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of
1988).
SEC. 336. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no funds made available to the Department of the Interior
or the Department of Agriculture by this or any other act,
through May 15, 1997, may be used to prepare, issue, or
implement regulations, rules, or policies pursuant to Title
VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Act to assert jurisdiction, management, or control over nav-
igable waters transferred to the State of Alaska pursuant
to the Submerged Lands Act of 1953 or the Alaska State-
hood Act of 1959.
SEC. 337. Upon enactment of this Act, the following
provisions of Public Law 104–92, Public Law 104–91, and
Public Law 104–99 that would continue to have effect after
March 15, 1996, are superseded:
Section 101 of Public Law 104–92, as amended:
(1) the paragraph dealing with general welfare assist-
ance payments and foster care payments funded
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under the account heading ‘‘Operations of Indian
Programs’’; and (2) the paragraph dealing with the
visitor services in the National Park System, the Na-
tional Wildlife Refuges, the National Forests, the
Smithsonian Institution facilities, the National Gal-
lery of Art, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per-
forming Arts, and the United States Holocaust Memo-
rial.
Section 101(a) of Public Law 104–91: (1) the
paragraph dealing with visitor services on the public
lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management;
and (2) the paragraph dealing with Self-Determina-
tion and Self-Governance projects and activities
under the account heading ‘‘Operations of Indian
Programs’’ and the account heading ‘‘Indian Health
Service’’.
Section 123 of Public Law 104–99.
Section 124 of Public Law 104–99.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Inte-
rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
(d) Such amounts as may be necessary for programs,
projects or activities provided for in the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 at a rate of op-
erations and to the extent and in the manner provided as
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follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law
as the regular appropriations Act:
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related
agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996 and
for other purposes.
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
For expenses necessary to carry into effect the Job
Training Partnership Act, as amended, including the pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction,
alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and
the purchase of real property for training centers as author-
ized by the Job Training Partnership Act; title II of the
Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Women in Apprenticeship and
Nontraditional Occupations Act; National Skill Standards
Act of 1994; and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act;
$3,108,978,000 
plus 
reimbursements, 
of 
which
$2,891,759,000 is available for obligation for the period
July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997; of which $121,467,000
is available for the period July 1, 1996 through June 30,
1999 for necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation,
and acquisition of Job Corps centers; and of which
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$95,000,000 shall be available from July 1, 1996 through
September 30, 1997, for carrying out activities of the
School-to-Work 
Opportunities 
Act: 
Provided, 
That
$52,502,000 shall be for carrying out section 401 of the Job
Training Partnership Act, $69,285,000 shall be for carry-
ing out section 402 of such Act, $7,300,000 shall be for car-
rying out section 441 of such Act, $8,000,000 shall be for
all activities conducted by and through the National Occu-
pational Information Coordinating Committee under such
Act, $745,700,000 shall be for carrying out title II, part
A of such Act, and $126,672,000 shall be for carrying out
title II, part C of such Act and $5,000,000 shall be available
for obligation for the period July 1, 1995 through June 30,
1996 for employment-related activities of the 1996
Paralympic Games: Provided further, That no funds from
any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal serv-
ices at or for Job Corps centers: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of
Labor may waive any of the requirements contained in sec-
tions 4, 104, 105, 107, 108, 121, 164, 204, 253, 254, 264,
301, 311, 313, 314, and 315 of the Job Training Partner-
ship Act in order to assist States in improving State
workforce development systems, pursuant to a request sub-
mitted by a State that has prior to the date of enactment
of this Act executed a Memorandum of Understanding with
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the United States requiring such State to meet agreed upon
outcomes: Provided further, That funds used from this Act
to carry out title III of the Job Training Partnership Act
shall not be subject to the limitation contained in subsection
(b) of section 315 of such Act; that the waiver allowing a
reduction in the cost limitation relating to retraining serv-
ices described in subsection (a)(2) of such section 315 may
be granted with respect to funds from this Act if a substate
grantee demonstrates to the Governor that such waiver is
appropriate due to the availability of low-cost retraining
services, is necessary to facilitate the provision of needs-re-
lated payments to accompany long-term training, or is nec-
essary to facilitate the provision of appropriate basic read-
justment services and that funds used from this Act to carry
out the Secretary’s discretionary grants under part B of
such title III may be used to provide needs-related pay-
ments to participants who, in lieu of meeting the require-
ments relating to enrollment in training under section
314(e) of such Act, are enrolled in training by the end of
the sixth week after funds have been awarded: Provided fur-
ther, That service delivery areas may transfer funding pro-
vided herein under authority of title II–C of the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act to the program authorized by title II–
B of that Act, if such transfer is approved by the Governor:
Provided further, That service delivery areas and substate
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areas may transfer funding provided herein under author-
ity of title II–A and title III of the Job Training Partner-
ship Act between the programs authorized by those titles
of the Act, if such transfer is approved by the Governor:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any proceeds from the sale of Job Corps Center
facilities shall be retained by the Secretary of Labor to
carry out the Job Corps program.
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS
To carry out the activities for national grants or con-
tracts with public agencies and public or private nonprofit
organizations under paragraph (1)(A) of section 506(a) of
title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended,
or to carry out older worker activities as subsequently au-
thorized, $273,000,000.
To carry out the activities for grants to States under
paragraph (3) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older Amer-
icans Act of 1965, as amended, or to carry out older worker
activities as subsequently authorized, $77,000,000.
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES
For payments during the current fiscal year of trade
adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I,
and for training, for allowances for job search and reloca-
tion, and for related State administrative expenses under
part II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2, title II of the
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Trade Act of 1974, as amended, $346,100,000, together with
such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the sub-
sequent appropriation for payments for any period subse-
quent to September 15 of the current year.
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE OPERATIONS
For activities authorized by the Act of June 6, 1933,
as 
amended 
(29 
U.S.C. 
49–49l–1; 
U.S.C.
3202(a)(1)(E)); title III of the Social Security Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 502–504); necessary administrative ex-
penses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and sections
225, 231–235, 243–244, and 250(d)(1), 250(d)(3), title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended; as authorized by sec-
tion 7c of the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, necessary
administrative expenses under sections 101(a)(15)(H),
212(a)(5)(A), (m) (2) and (3), (n)(1), and 218(g) (1), (2),
and (3), and 258(c) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); necessary adminis-
trative expenses to carry out section 221(a) of the Immigra-
tion Act of 1990, $117,328,000, together with not to exceed
$3,104,194,000 (including not to exceed $1,653,000 which
may be used for amortization payments to States which had
independent retirement plans in their State employment
service agencies prior to 1980, and including not to exceed
$2,000,000 which may be obligated in contracts with non-
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State entities for activities such as occupational and test
research activities which benefit the Federal-State Employ-
ment Service System), which may be expended from the
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund, and of which the sums available
in the allocation for activities authorized by title III of the
Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502–504), and
the sums available in the allocation for necessary adminis-
trative expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, shall
be available for obligation by the States through December
31, 1996, except that funds used for automation acquisi-
tions shall be available for obligation by States through
September 30, 1998; and of which $115,452,000, together
with not to exceed $738,283,000 of the amount which may
be expended from said trust fund shall be available for obli-
gation for the period July 1, 1996, through June 30, 1997,
to fund activities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amend-
ed, including the cost of penalty mail made available to
States in lieu of allotments for such purpose, and of which
$216,333,000 shall be available only to the extent necessary
for additional State allocations to administer unemploy-
ment compensation laws to finance increases in the number
of unemployment insurance claims filed and claims paid
or changes in a State law: Provided, That to the extent that
the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fis-