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for obligation until September 30, 1997: Provided further,
That amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations
under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement
Act, as amended, shall be reported and accounted for and
available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations
until expended.
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement,
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities,
including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans,
specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase
and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail-
ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita-
tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of
the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian
Self-Determination Act and the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out
the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-
Determination Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement
Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to environmental health and facilities support
activities of the Indian Health Service, $236,975,000
$151,227,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction
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or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an In-
dian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites
to construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facili-
ties.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv-
ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva-
lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re-
prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular
buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments
for telephone service in private residences in the field,
when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec-
retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefor as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); and for expenses of
attendance at meetings which are concerned with the func-
tions or activities for which the appropriation is made or
which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or
management of those functions or activities: Provided,
That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may
be extended health care at all tribally administered or In-
dian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the
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proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–53) shall be
credited to the account of the facility providing the service
and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other law or regu-
lation, funds transferred from the Department of Housing
and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service
shall be administered under Public Law 86–121 (the In-
dian Sanitation Facilities Act) and Public Law 93–638,
as amended: Provided further, That funds appropriated to
the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used
for administrative and program direction purposes, shall
not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal
travel and transportation: Provided further, That the In-
dian Health Service shall neither bill nor charge those In-
dians who may have the economic means to pay unless
and until such time as Congress has agreed upon a specific
policy to do so and has directed the Indian Health Service
to implement such a policy: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds previously
or herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization
through a contract, grant or agreement authorized by
Title I of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450),
may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-governance
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funding agreement under Title III of the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 and
thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal orga-
nization without fiscal year limitation: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available to the Indian
Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the
final rule published in the Federal Register on September
16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, relating to eligibility for the health care services of
the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service
has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased
costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such re-
quest has been included in an appropriations Act and en-
acted into law: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able in this Act are to be apportioned to the Indian Health
Service as appropriated in this Act, and accounted for in
the appropriation structure set forth in this Act: Provided
further, That the appropriation structure for the Indian
Health Service may not be altered without advance ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
INDIAN EDUCATION
For necessary expenses to carry out, to the extent
not otherwise provided, title IX, part A, subpart 1 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended, and section 215 of the Department of Education
Organization Act, $52,500,000 $54,660,000.
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–
531, $21,345,000 $20,345,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That funds provided in this or any
other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate eligible
individuals and groups including evictees from District 6,
Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in significantly
substandard housing, and all others certified as eligible
and not included in the preceding categories: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds contained in this or any other
Act may be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian
Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family
who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled
on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new
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or replacement home is provided for such household: Pro-
vided further, That no relocatee will be provided with more
than one new or replacement home: Provided further, That
the Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees
who have selected and received an approved homesite on
the Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence
off the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursu-
ant to 25 U.S.C. 640d–10.
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
ized by title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 U.S.C. 4401
et seq.), $5,500,000.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields
of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation,
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease
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(for terms not to exceed thirty years), and protection of
buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed
$100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up
to 5 replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, re-
pair, 
and 
cleaning 
of 
uniforms 
for 
employees;
$309,471,000
$307,988,000, of which not to exceed
$32,000,000 $30,472,000 for the instrumentation pro-
gram, collections acquisition, Museum Support Center
equipment and move, exhibition reinstallation, the Na-
tional Museum of the American Indian, the repatriation
of skeletal remains program, research equipment, informa-
tion management, and Latino programming shall remain
available until expended and, including such funds as may
be necessary to support American overseas research cen-
ters and a total of $125,000 for the Council of American
Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein are available for advance payments to inde-
pendent contractors performing research services or par-
ticipating in official Smithsonian presentations.
CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS, NATIONAL
ZOOLOGICAL PARK
For necessary expenses of planning, construction, re-
modeling, and equipping of buildings and facilities at the
National Zoological Park, by contract or otherwise,
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$3,000,000 $3,250,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair and restoration of
buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section
2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), including
not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, $24,954,000 $33,954,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for
environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior
repair or restoration of buildings of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution may be negotiated with selected contractors and
awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well
as price.
CONSTRUCTION
For 
necessary 
expenses 
for 
construction,
$12,950,000 $27,700,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.–Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, a single procurement for the construction of
the National Museum of the American Indian Cultural Re-
sources Center may be issued which includes the full scope
of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation and
the contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of
funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232.18.
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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51),
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad-
vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for
membership in library, museum, and art associations or
societies whose publications or services are available to
members only, or to members at a price lower than to the
general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms
for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other
employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902);
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter-
ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches,
and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and
repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by
contracts made, without advertising, with individuals,
firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop-
er, $51,315,000 $51,844,000, of which not to exceed
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$3,026,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain
available until expended.
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or
otherwise, as authorized $5,500,000 $7,385,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That contracts award-
ed for environmental systems, protection systems, and ex-
terior repair or renovation of buildings of the National
Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected contractors
and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as
well as price.
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
ARTS
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts, $9,800,000 $10,323,000: Provided,
That 40 U.S.C. 193n is hereby amended by striking the
word ‘‘and’’ after the word ‘‘Institution’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof a comma, and by inserting ‘‘and the Trustees
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,’’
after the word ‘‘Art,’’.
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CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses of capital repair and rehabili-
tation of the existing features of the building and site of
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
$8,983,000, to remain available until expended.
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
SCHOLARS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat.
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,140,100 $6,537,000.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965, as
amended, $82,259,000,–subject to passage by the House
of Representatives of a bill authorizing such appropria-
tion, shall be available to the National Endowment for the
Arts for the support of projects and productions in the
arts through assistance to groups and individuals pursu-
ant to section 5(c) of the Act, and for administering the
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functions of the Act, to remain available until September
30, 1997.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $17,235,000,–subject to passage by
the House of Representatives of a bill authorizing such
appropriation, to remain available until September 30,
1997, to the National Endowment for the Arts, of which
$7,500,000 shall be available for purposes of section
5(p)(1): Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal
to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of
money, and other property accepted by the Chairman or
by grantees of the Endowment under the provisions of sec-
tion 10(a)(2), subsections 11(a)(2)(A) and 11(a)(3)(A)
during the current and preceding fiscal years for which
equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $82,469,000 $96,494,000 shall be available
to the National Endowment for the Humanities for sup-
port of activities in the humanities, pursuant to section
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7(c) of the Act, and for administering the functions of the
Act, to remain available until September 30, 1997.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $17,025,000 $18,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1997, of which $9,180,000
$10,000,000 shall be available to the National Endowment
for the Humanities for the purposes of section 7(h): Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be available for obliga-
tion only in such amounts as may be equal to the total
amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, and
other property accepted by the Chairman or by grantees
of the Endowment under the provisions of subsections
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre-
ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre-
viously been appropriated.
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM SERVICES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out title II of the Arts, Humanities, and
Cultural Affairs Act of 1976, as amended, $21,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 1997.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
None of the funds appropriated to the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used
to process any grant or contract documents which do not
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include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses.
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing
a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $834,000.
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law
99–190 (99 Stat. 1261; 20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended,
$6,000,000.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation, $3,063,000 $2,500,000.
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na-
tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i),
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$5,090,000: Provided, That all appointed members will be
compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate for Executive
Schedule Level IV.
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FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Franklin Delano Roo-
sevelt Memorial Commission, established by the Act of Au-
gust 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 694), as amended by Public Law
92–332 (86 Stat. 401), $48,000 $147,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1997.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the orderly closure of the
Pennsylvania
Avenue
Development
Corporation,
$2,000,000.
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
Funds made available under this heading in prior
years shall be available for operating and administrative
expenses of the Corporation.
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as
authorized by Public Law 96–388, as amended,
$28,707,000 $26,609,000; of which $1,575,000 for the
Museum’s 
repair 
and 
rehabilitation 
program 
and
$1,264,000 for the Museum’s exhibition program shall re-
main available until expended.
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TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation under this
Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior or
the Secretary of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and nat-
ural gas by noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned
lands within the boundaries of the Shawnee National For-
est, Illinois: Provided, That nothing herein is intended to
inhibit or otherwise affect the sale, lease, or right to access
to minerals owned by private individuals.
SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to
promote public support or opposition to any legislative
proposal on which congressional action is not complete.
SEC. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
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SEC. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal
servants to any officer or employee of such department
or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 306. No assessments may be levied against any
program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by
this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis
therefor are presented to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and are approved by such Committees.
SEC. 307. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
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pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classi-
fied as giant sequoia (sequoiadendron giganteum) which
are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land
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Management lands in a manner different than such sales
were conducted in fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 309. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park
Service to enter into or implement a concession contract
which permits or requires the removal of the underground
lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
SEC. 310. Where the actual costs of construction
projects under self-determination contracts, compacts, or
grants, pursuant to Public Laws 93–638, 100–413 103–
413, or 100–297, are less than the estimated costs thereof,
use of the resulting excess funds shall be determined by
the appropriate Secretary after consultation with the
tribes.
SEC. 311. Notwithstanding Public Law 103–413,
quarterly payments of funds to tribes and tribal organiza-
tions under annual funding agreements pursuant to sec-
tion 108 of Public Law 93–638, as amended, may be made
on the first business day following the first day of a fiscal
quarter.
SEC. 312. None of funds in this Act may be used
for the Americorps program.
SEC. 312. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps
program.
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SEC. 313. (a) On or before April 1, 1996, the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation shall—
(1) transfer and assign in accordance with this
section all of its rights, title, and interest in and to
all of the leases, covenants, agreements, and ease-
ments it has executed or will execute by March 31,
1996, in carrying out its powers and duties under
the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation
Act (40 U.S.C. 871–885) and the Federal Triangle
Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101–1109) to the
General Services Administration, National Capital
Planning Commission, or the National Park Service;
and
(2) except as provided by subsection (d), trans-
fer all rights, title, and interest in and to all prop-
erty, both real and personal, held in the name of the
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation to
the General Services Administration.
(b) The responsibilities of the Pennsylvania Avenue
Development Corporation transferred to the General Serv-
ices Administration under subsection (a) include, but are
not limited to, the following:
(1) Collection of revenue owed the Federal Gov-
ernment as a result of real estate sales or lease
agreements entered into by the Pennsylvania Avenue
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Development Corporation and private parties, in-
cluding, at a minimum, with respect to the following
projects:
(A) The Willard Hotel property on Square
225.
(B) The Gallery Row project on Square
457.
(C) The Lansburgh’s project on Square
431.
(D) The Market Square North project on
Square 407.
(2) Collection of sale or lease revenue owed the
Federal Government (if any) in the event two unde-
veloped sites owned by the Pennsylvania Avenue De-
velopment Corporation on Squares 457 and 406 are
sold or leased prior to April 1, 1996.
(3) Application of collected revenue to repay
United States Treasury debt incurred by the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation in the
course of acquiring real estate.
(4) Performing financial audits for projects in
which the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Cor-
poration has actual or potential revenue expectation,
as identified in paragraphs (1) and (2), in accord-
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ance with procedures describe in applicable sale or
lease agreements.
(5) Disposition of real estate properties which
are or become available for sale and lease or other
uses.
(6) Payment of benefits in accordance with the
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970 to which persons
in the project area squares are entitled as a result
of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corpora-
tion’s acquisition of real estate.
(7) Carrying out the responsibilities of the
Pennsylvania
Avenue
Development
Corporation
under the Federal Triangle Development Act (40
U.S.C. 1101–1109), including responsibilities for
managing assets and liabilities of the Corporation
under such Act.
(c) In carrying out the responsibilities of the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation transferred
under this section, the Administrator of the General Serv-
ices Administration shall have the following powers:
(1) To acquire lands, improvements, and prop-
erties by purchase, lease or exchange, and to sell,
lease, or otherwise dispose of real or personal prop-
erty as necessary to complete the development plan
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developed under section 5 of the Pennsylvania Ave-
nue Development Corporation Act of 1972 (40
U.S.C. 874) if a notice of intention to carry out such
acquisition or disposal is first transmitted to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and at least 60 days
elapse after the date of such transmission.
(2) To modify from time to time the plan re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) if such modification is
first transmitted to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Environment and Public Works and
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and
at least 60 days elapse after the date of such trans-
mission.
(3) To maintain any existing Pennsylvania Ave-
nue Development Corporation insurance programs.
(4) To enter into and perform such leases, con-
tracts, or other transactions with any agency or in-
strumentality of the United States, the several
States, or the District of Columbia or with any per-
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son, firm, association, or corporation as may be nec-
essary to carry out the responsibilities of the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation under the
Federal
Triangle
Development
Act
(40
U.S.C.
1101–1109).
(5) To request the Council of the District of
Columbia to close any alleys necessary for the com-
pletion of development in Square 457.
(6) To use all of the funds transferred from the
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation or
income earned on Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation property to complete any pending devel-
opment projects.
(d)(1)(A) On or before April 1, 1996, the Pennsylva-
nia Avenue Development Corporation shall transfer all its
right, title, and interest in and to the property described
in subparagraph (B) to the National Park Service, De-
partment of the Interior.
(B) The property referred to in subparagraph (A) is
the property located within the Pennsylvania Avenue Na-
tional Historic Site depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Penn-
sylvania Avenue National Historic Park’’, dated June 1,
1995, and numbered 840–82441, which shall be on file
and available for public inspection in the offices of the Na-
tional Park Service, Department of the Interior. The
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Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site includes the
parks, plazas, sidewalks, special lighting, trees, sculpture,
and memorials.
(2) Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania Avenue and all other
roadways from curb to curb shall remain with the District
of Columbia but vendors shall not be permitted to occupy
street space except during temporary special events.
(3) The National Park Service shall be responsible
for management, administration, maintenance, law en-
forcement, visitor services, resource protection, interpreta-
tion, and historic preservation at the Pennsylvania Avenue
National Historic Site.
(4) The National Park Service may enter into con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions with
any agency or instrumentality of the United States, the
several States, or the District of Columbia or with any
person, firm, association, or corporation as may be deemed
necessary or appropriate for the conduct of special events,
festivals, concerts, or other art and cultural programs at
the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site or may
establish a nonprofit foundation to solicit funds for such
activities.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
responsibility for ensuring that development or redevelop-
ment in the Pennsylvania Avenue area is carried out in
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accordance with the Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation Plan—1974, as amended, is transferred to
the National Capital Planning Commission or its succes-
sor commencing April 1, 1996.
(f) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
(1) REGULATIONS.—Any regulations prescribed
by the Corporation in connection with the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of
1972 (40 U.S.C. 871–885) and the Federal Triangle
Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101–1109) shall con-
tinue in effect until suspended by regulations pre-
scribed by the Administrator of the General Services
Administration.
(2) EXISTING RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND OBLIGA-
TIONS NOT AFFECTED.—Subsection (a) shall not be
construed as affecting the validity of any right, duty,
or obligation of the United States or any other per-
son arising under or pursuant to any contract, loan,
or other instrument or agreement which was in ef-
fect on the day before the date of the transfers
under subsection (a).
(3) CONTINUATION
OF
SUITS.—No action or
other proceeding commenced by or against the Cor-
poration in connection with administration of the
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act
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of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 871–885) and the Federal Tri-
angle Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101–1109) shall
abate by reason of enactment and implementation of
this Act, except that the General Services Adminis-
tration shall be substituted for the Corporation as a
party to any such action or proceeding.
(g) Section 3(b) of the Pennsylvania Avenue Develop-
ment Corporation Act of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 872(b)) is
amended as follows:
‘‘(b) The Corporation shall be dissolved on April 1,
1996. Upon dissolution, assets, obligations, and indebted-
ness of the Corporation shall be transferred in accordance
with the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1996.’’.
SEC. 314. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
no part of any appropriation contained in this Act or any
other Act shall be obligated or expended for the operation
or implementation of the Interior Columbia River Basin
Ecoregion Assessment Project (hereinafter ‘‘Project’’).
(b) From the funds appropriated to the Forest Serv-
ice and the Bureau of Land Management, $600,000 is
made available to publish by January 1, 1996, for peer
review and public comment, the scientific information col-
lected, and analysis undertaken, by the Project prior to
the date of enactment of this Act concerning forest health
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conditions and forest management needs related to those
conditions.
(c)(1) From the funds appropriated to the Forest
Service, the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall—
(A) review the land and resource management
plan (hereinafter ‘‘plan’’) for each national forest
within the area encompassed by the Project and any
policy which is applicable to such plan (whether or
not such policy is final or draft, or has been added
to such plan by amendment), which is or is intended
to be of limited duration, and which the Project was
tasked to address; and
(B) determine whether such policy modified to
meet the specific conditions of such national forest,
or another policy which serves the purpose of such
policy, should be adopted for such national forest.
(2) If the Secretary makes a decision that such a
modified or alternative policy should be adopted for such
national forest, the Secretary shall prepare and adopt for
the plan for such national forest an amendment which
contains such policy, which is directed solely to and affects
only such plan, and which addresses the specific conditions
of the national forest and the relationship of such policy
to such conditions.
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(3) To the maximum extent practicable, any amend-
ment prepared pursuant to paragraph (2) shall establish
procedures to develop site-specific standards in lieu of im-
posing general standards applicable to multiple sites. Any
amendment which would result in any change in land allo-
cations within the plan or reduce the likelihood of achieve-
ment of the goals and objectives of the plan (prior to any
previous amendment incorporating in the plan any policy
referred to in paragraph (1)(A)) shall be deemed a signifi-
cant plan amendment pursuant to section 6(f)(4) of the
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(4)).
(4) Any amendment prepared pursuant to paragraph
(2) which adopts a modified or alternative policy to sub-
stitute for a policy referred to in paragraph (1)(A) which
has undergone consultation pursuant to section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 shall not again be subject
to the consultation provisions of such section 7. No further
consultation shall be undertaken on any policy referred to
in paragraph (1)(A).
(5) Any amendment prepared pursuant to paragraph
(2) shall be adopted on or before March 31, 1996: Pro-
vided, That any amendment deemed a significant amend-
ment pursuant to paragraph (3) shall be adopted on or
before June 30, 1996.
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(6) No policy referred to in paragraph (1)(A) shall
be effective on or after April 1, 1996.
SEC. 314. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no
part of any appropriation contained in this Act or any
other Act shall be obligated or expended for the operation
or implementation of the Interior Columbia Basin Eco-
system Management Project (hereinafter ‘‘Project’’).
(b) From the funds appropriated to the Forest Service
and Bureau of Land Management, a sum of $1,600,000 is
made available for the appropriate line officers assigned to
the Walla Walla office and the Boise office of the Project
to publish by April 30, 1996, an eastside final environ-
mental impact statement, without a record of decision, for
the Federal lands subject to the Project in Oregon and
Washington and an Upper Columbia Basin final environ-
mental impact statement, without a record of decision, for
the Federal lands subject to the Project in Idaho and Mon-
tana and other affected States, respectively. Among other
matters, the final environmental impact statements shall
contain the scientific information collected and analysis
undertaken by the Project on landscape dynamics and forest
health conditions and the implications of such dynamics
and conditions for forest management, including the man-
agement of forest vegetation structure, composition, and
density.
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(c)(1) From the funds appropriated to the Forest Serv-
ice and the Bureau of Land Management, the Secretary of
Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior as the case may
be, shall—
(A) review the resource management plan (here-
inafter ‘‘plan’’) for each national forest and unit of
lands administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment (hereinafter ‘‘forest’’) within the area encom-
passed by the Project, the analysis in the relevant
draft environmental impact statement prepared pur-
suant to subsection (b) which is applicable to such
plan, and any policy which is applicable to such plan
(whether or not such policy is final or draft, or has
been added to such plan by amendment), which is or
is intended to be of limited duration, and which the
Project addresses; and
(B) based on such review, determine whether
such policy modified to meet the specific conditions of
such forest, or an alternative policy which serves the
purpose of such policy, should be adopted for such for-
est.
(2) If the Secretary concerned makes a decision that
such a modified or alternative policy should be adopted for
such forest, the Secretary concerned shall prepare and adopt
for the resource management plan for such forest an amend-
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ment which contains such policy, which is directed solely
to and affects only such plan, and which addresses the spe-
cific conditions of the forest and the relationship of such
policy to such conditions. The Secretary shall consult with
the Governor of the State, and the Commissioner of the
county or counties, in which the forest is situated prior to
such decision and, if the decision is to prepare an amend-
ment, during the preparation thereof.
(3) To the maximum extent practicable, any amend-
ment prepared pursuant to paragraph (2) shall establish
procedures to develop site-specific standards in lieu of im-
posing general standards applicable to multiple sites. Any
amendment which would result in any change in land allo-
cations within the land management plan or reduce the
likelihood of achievement of the goals and objectives of the
plan (prior to any previous amendment incorporating in
the plan any policy referred to in paragraph (1)(A)) shall
be deemed a significant plan amendment, or equivalent,
pursuant to section 6(f)(4) of the Forest and Rangeland Re-
newable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C.
1604(f)(4)) or section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712).
(4)(A) Any amendment prepared pursuant to para-
graph (2) which adopts a policy that is a modification of
or alternative to a policy referred to in paragraph (1)(A)
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gated subject to the provisions of this section, whichever oc-
curs first.
(d) The documents prepared under the authority of
this section shall not be applied or used to regulate non-
Federal lands in the affected States.
SEC. 315. (a) The Secretary of the Interior (acting
through the Bureau of Land Management, the National
Park Service and the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service) and the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through
the Forest Service) shall each implement a fee program
to demonstrate the feasibility of user-generated cost recov-
ery for the operation and maintenance of recreation sites
and habitat enhancement projects on Federal lands.
(b) In carrying out the pilot program established pur-
suant to this section, the appropriate Secretary shall select
from areas under the jurisdiction of each of the four agen-
cies referred to in subsection (a) no fewer than 10, but
as many as 30, sites or projects for fee demonstration.
For each such demonstration, the Secretary, notwith-
standing any other provision of law—
(1) shall charge and collect fees for admission
to the area or for the use of outdoor recreation sites,
facilities, visitor centers, equipment, and services by
individuals and groups, or any combination thereof;
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(2) shall establish fees under this section based
upon a variety of cost recovery and fair market valu-
ation methods to provide a broad basis for feasibility
testing;
(3) may contract with any public or private en-
tity to provide visitor services, including reservations
and information, and may accept services of volun-
teers to collect fees charged pursuant to paragraph
(1); and
(4) may encourage private investment and part-
nerships to enhance the delivery of quality customer
services and resource enhancement, and provide ap-
propriate recognition to such partners or investors.
(c)(1) Amounts collected at each fee demonstration
site in excess of 104 percent of that site’s total collections
during the previous fiscal year shall be distributed as fol-
lows:
(i) Eighty percent of the amounts collected at
the demonstration site shall be deposited in a special
account in the Treasury established for the adminis-
trative unit in which the project is located and shall
remain available for expenditure in accordance with
paragraph (3) for further activities of the site or
project.
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(ii) Twenty percent of the amounts collected at
the demonstration site shall be deposited in a special
account in the Treasury for each agency and shall
remain available for expenditure in accordance with
paragraph (3) for use on an agencywide basis.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, ‘‘total collec-
tions’’ for each site shall be defined as gross collections
before any reduction for amounts attributable to collection
costs.
(3) Expenditures from the special funds shall be ac-
counted for separately.
(4) In order to increase the quality of the visitor expe-
rience at public recreational areas and enhance the protec-
tion of resources, amounts available for expenditure under
paragraph (1) may only be used for the site or project
concerned, for backlogged repair and maintenance projects
(including projects relating to health and safety) and for
interpretation, signage, habitat or facility enhancement,
resource preservation, annual operation, maintenance, and
law enforcement relating to public use. The agencywide
accounts may be used for the same purposes set forth in
the preceding sentence, but for sites or projects selected
at the discretion of the respective agency head.
(d)(1) Amounts collected under this section shall not
be taken into account for the purposes of the Act of May
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23, 1908 and the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500),
the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501), the Act of
July 22, 1937 (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Act of August 8, 1937
and the Act of May 24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181f et seq.),
the Act of June 14, 1926 (43 U.S.C. 869–4), chapter 69
of title 31, United States Code, section 401 of the Act
of June 15, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 715s), the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l), and any
other provision of law relating to revenue allocation.
(2) Fees charged pursuant to this section shall be in
lieu of fees charged under any other provision of law.
(e) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of Agriculture shall carry out this section without promul-
gating regulations.
(f) The authority to collect fees under this section
shall commence on October 1, 1995, and end on Septem-
ber 30, 1996. Funds in accounts established shall remain
available through September 30, 1997.
SEC. 315. (a) The Secretary of the Interior (acting
through the Bureau of Land Management, the National
Park Service and the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice) and the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the
Forest Service) shall each implement a fee program to dem-
onstrate the feasibility of user-generated cost recovery for
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the operation and maintenance of recreation areas or sites
and habitat enhancement projects on Federal lands.
(b) In carrying out the pilot program established pur-
suant to this section, the appropriate Secretary shall select
from areas under the jurisdiction of each of the four agen-
cies referred to in subsection (a) no fewer than 10, but as
many as 50, areas, sites or projects for fee demonstration.
For each such demonstration, the Secretary, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law—
(1) shall charge and collect fees for admission to
the area or for the use of outdoor recreation sites, fa-
cilities, visitor centers, equipment, and services by in-
dividuals and groups, or any combination thereof;
(2) shall establish fees under this section based
upon a variety of cost recovery and fair market valu-
ation methods to provide a broad basis for feasibility
testing;
(3) may contract, including provisions for rea-
sonable commissions, with any public or private en-
tity to provide visitor services, including reservations
and information, and may accept services of volun-
teers to collect fees charged pursuant to paragraph
(1);
(4) may encourage private investment and part-
nerships to enhance the delivery of quality customer
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services and resource enhancement, and provide ap-
propriate recognition to such partners or investors;
and
(5) may assess a fine of not more than $100 for
any violation of the authority to collect fees for ad-
mission to the area or for the use of outdoor recre-
ation sites, facilities, visitor centers, equipment, and
services.
(c)(1) Amounts collected at each fee demonstration site
shall be distributed as follows:
(A) Of the amount in excess of 104 percent of the
amount collected in fiscal year 1995, and thereafter
annually adjusted upward by 4 percent, 80 percent to
a special account in the Treasury for use by the agen-
cy which administers the site, to remain available for
expenditures in accordance with paragraph (3)(A).
(B) Of the amount in excess of 104 percent of the
amount collected in fiscal year 1995, and thereafter
annually adjusted upward by 4 percent, 20 percent to
a special account in the Treasury for use by the agen-
cy which administers the site, to remain available for
expenditure in accordance with paragraph (3)(B).
(C) For agencies other than the Fish and Wild-
life Service, up to 15 percent of current year collec-
tions at each site, but not greater than fee collection
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costs for that fiscal year, to remain available for ex-
penditure in accordance with paragraph (3)(C).
(D) For agencies other than the Fish and Wild-
life Service, the balance to the special account estab-
lished pursuant to subparagraph (A) of section 4(i)(1)
of the Land and Water Conservation Act as amended.
(E) For the Fish and Wildlife Service, the bal-
ance shall be distributed in accordance with the Fish
and Wildlife Service Administrative Provisions of this
Act.
(2) For purposes of the subsection, ‘‘total collections’’
for each site shall be defined as gross collections before any
reduction for amounts attributable to collection costs.
(3)(A) Expenditures from site specific special funds
shall be for further activities of each site, and shall be ac-
counted for separately. Expenditures for each site shall be
in proportion to total collections from the demonstration
sites administered by an agency.
(B) Expenditures from agency specific special funds
shall be for use on an agency-wide basis and shall be ac-
counted for separately.
(C) Expenditures from the fee collection support fund
shall be used to cover fee collection costs in accordance with
section 4(i)(1)(B) of the Land and Water Conservation Act
as amended.
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(4) In order to increase the quality of the visitor expe-
rience at public recreational areas and enhance the protec-
tion of resources, amounts available for expenditure under
paragraph (1) may only be used for the site or project con-
cerned, for backlogged repair and maintenance projects (in-
cluding projects relating to health and safety) and for inter-
pretation, signage, habitat or facility enhancement, resource
preservation, annual operation (including fee collection),
maintenance, and law enforcement relating to public use.
The agencywide accounts may be used for the same purposes
set forth in the preceding sentence, but for sites or projects
selected at the discretion of the respective agency head.
(d)(1) Amounts collected under this section shall not
be taken into account for the purposes of the Act of May
23, 1908 and the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500),
the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501), the Act of July
22, 1937 (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Act of August 8, 1937 and
the Act of May 24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181f et seq.), the Act
of June 14, 1926 (43 U.S.C. 869–4), chapter 69 of title 31,
United States Code, section 401 of the Act of June 15, 1935
(16 U.S.C. 715s), the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l), and any other provision of
law relating to revenue allocation.
(2) Fees charged pursuant to this section shall be in
lieu of fees charged under any other provision of law.
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(e) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture shall carry out this section without promulgat-
ing regulations.
(f) The authority to collect fees under this section shall
commence on October 1, 1995, and end on September 30,
1998. Funds in accounts established shall remain available
through September 30, 2001.
SEC. 316. The Forest Service and Bureau of Land
Management may offer for sale salvageable timber in the
Pacific Northwest in fiscal year 1996: Provided, That for
public lands known to contain the Northern spotted owl,
such salvage sales may be offered as long as the offering
of such sale will not render the area unsuitable as habitat
for the Northern spotted owl: Provided further, That tim-
ber salvage activity in spotted owl habitat is to be done
in full compliance with all existing environmental and for-
est management laws.
SEC. 317. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity
when it is made known to the Federal entity or official
to which the funds are made available that the program,
project, or activity is not in compliance with any applicable
Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of
private property rights, or unfunded mandates.
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SEC. 318. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be made available for the Mississippi River Corridor Herit-
age Commission.
SEC. 319. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—
None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
by the Department of Energy in implementing the Codes
and Standards Program to plan, propose, issue, or pre-
scribe any new or amended standard.
(b) CORRESPONDING REDUCTION IN FUNDS.—The
aggregate amount otherwise provided in this Act for ‘‘DE-
PARTMENT OF ENERGY—Energy Conservation’’ is
hereby reduced by $12,799,000.
SEC. 320. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Department of Energy in imple-
menting the Codes and Standards Program to plan, pro-
pose, issue, or prescribe any new or amended standard—
(1) when it is made known to the Federal offi-
cial having authority to obligate or expend such
funds that the Attorney General, in accordance with
section 325(o)(2)(B) of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(2)(B)), determined
that the standard is likely to cause significant anti-
competitive effects;
(2) that the Secretary of Energy, in accordance
with such section 325(o)(2)(B), has determined that
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the benefits of the standard do not exceed its bur-
dens; or
(3) that is for fluorescent lamps ballasts.
SEC. 320. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Department of Energy in imple-
menting the Codes and Standards Program to plan, pro-
pose, issue, or prescribe any new or amended standard for
fluorescent lamps ballasts.
SEC. 321. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used (1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey
City, New Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent pe-
destrian use of such bridge, when it is made known to
the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that such pedestrian use is consistent with gen-
erally accepted safety standards.
SEC. 322. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to this Act in fiscal year 1996 shall
be obligated or expended to accept or process applications
for a patent for any mining or mill site claim located under
the general mining laws or to issue a patent for any such
claim.
SEC. 323. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the pur-
poses of acquiring lands in the counties of Lawrence, Mon-
roe, or Washington, Ohio, for the Wayne National Forest.
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SEC. 324. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act or any other Act shall be expended or obligated
to fund the activities of the Office of Forestry and Economic
Development after December 31, 1995.
SEC. 325. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act or any other Act shall be expended or obligated
to: (a) redefine the definition of an area in which a marbled
murrelet is ‘‘known to be nesting’’; or (b) to modify the pro-
tocol for surveying for marbled murrelets in effect on July
21, 1995.
SEC. 326. (a) LAND EXCHANGE.—The Secretary of the
Interior (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is au-
thorized to convey to the Boise Cascade Corporation (here-
inafter referred to as the ‘‘Corporation’’), a corporation
formed under the statutes of the State of Delaware, with
its principal place of business at Boise, Idaho, title to ap-
proximately seven acres of land, more or less, located in
sections 14 and 23, township 36 north, range 37 east, Wil-
lamette Meridian, Stevens County, Washington, further
identified in the records of the Bureau of Reclamation, De-
partment of the Interior, as Tract No. GC–19860, and to
accept from the Corporation in exchange therefor, title to
approximately one hundred and thirty-six acres of land lo-
cated in section 19, township 37 north, range 38 east and
section 33, township 38 north, range 37 east, Willamette
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Meridian, Stevens County, Washington, and further identi-
fied in the records of the Bureau of Reclamation, Depart-
ment of the Interior, as Tract No. GC–19858 and Tract
No. GC–19859, respectively.
(b) APPRAISAL.—The properties so exchanged either
shall be approximately equal in fair market value or if they
are not approximately equal, shall be equalized by the pay-
ment of cash to the Corporation or to the Secretary as re-
quired or in the event the value of the Corporation’s lands
is greater, the acreage may be reduced so that the fair mar-
ket value is approximately equal: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall order appraisals made of the fair market value
of each tract of land included in the exchange without con-
sideration for improvements thereon: Provided further, That
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
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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-
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
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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
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.
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(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
(ii) are in addition to timber sales for
which funds are otherwise available in this Act
or other appropriations acts.
(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
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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).
(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-
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ble environmental and natural resource laws and regula-
tions.
(f) The Secretary concerned shall report annually to
the Committees on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate and
the House of Representatives on expenditures made from the
Fund for timber sales and recreation projects, revenues re-
ceived 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 provided for each Forest
Service region and Bureau of Land Management State of-
fice.
(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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
none of the funds provided in this or any other act shall
be available for travel and training expenses for the Bureau
of Indian Affairs or the Office of Indian Education for edu-
cation conferences or training activities.
SEC. 329. 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.
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(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.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In-
terior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 18, 1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
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