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ests therein; Ω12æ$26,355,000 $38,775,000, to remain
available until expended.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment ac-
tivities by the Department of the Interior necessary to
carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.), Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.),
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), and
the Act of July 27, 1990 (Public Law 101–337);
Ω13æ$6,019,000 $4,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That sums provided by any party in fis-
cal year 1996 and thereafter are not limited to monetary
payments and may include stocks, bonds or other personal
or real property, which may be retained, liquidated or oth-
erwise disposed of by the Secretary and such sums or
properties shall be utilized for the restoration of injured
resources, and to conduct new damage assessment activi-
ties.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administra-
tive expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or in-
terest therein, in accordance with statutory authority ap-
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plicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
Ω14æ$14,100,000 $32,031,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION
FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–
1543), as amended by Public Law 100–478, $8,085,000
for grants to States, to be derived from the Cooperative
Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and to remain
available until expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $10,779,000.
REWARDS AND OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
4201–4203, 4211–4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and
1538), $600,000, to remain available until expended.
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public
Law 101–233, Ω15æ$4,500,000 $6,750,000, to remain
available until expended.
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LAHONTAN VALLEY AND PYRAMID LAKE FISH AND
WILDLIFE FUND
For carrying out section 206(f) of Public Law 101–
618, such sums as have previously been credited or may
be credited hereafter to the Lahontan Valley and Pyramid
Lake Fish and Wildlife Fund, to be available until ex-
pended without further appropriation.
RHINOCEROS AND TIGER CONSERVATION FUND
For deposit to the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conserva-
tion Fund, $200,000, to remain available until expended,
to be available to carry out the provisions of the Rhinoc-
eros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (P.L. 103–391).
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For deposit to the Wildlife Conservation and Appre-
ciation Fund, Ω16æ$998,000 $800,000, to remain available
until expendedΩ17æ,–to be available for carrying out the
Partnerships for Wildlife Act only to the extent such funds
are matched as provided in section 7105 of said Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed Ω18æ54 passenger 113 motor
vehiclesΩ19æ,–none of which are for police-type use; not
to exceed $400,000 for payment, at the discretion of the
Secretary, for information, rewards, or evidence concern-
ing violations of laws administered by the United States
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Fish and Wildlife Service, and miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized or ap-
proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on
his certificate; repair of damage to public roads within and
adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service; options for the
purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facili-
ties incident to such public recreational uses on conserva-
tion areas as are consistent with their primary purpose;
and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, build-
ings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Unit-
ed States Fish and Wildlife Service and to which the Unit-
ed States has title, and which are utilized pursuant to law
in connection with management and investigation of fish
and wildlife resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44
U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under cooperative cost shar-
ing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with
jointly-produced publications for which the cooperators
share at least one-half the cost of printing either in cash
or services and the Service determines the cooperator is
capable of meeting accepted quality standardsΩ20æ: Pro-
vided further, That the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for ex-
isting aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior may
not spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act for
the purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used in
the establishment of any new unit of the National Wildlife
Refuge System unless the purchase is approved in advance
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in House Report 103–551Ω21æ:–Provided further,
That none of the funds made available in this Act may
be used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to impede
or delay the issuance of a wetlands permit by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers to the City of Lake Jackson,
Texas, for the development of a public golf course west
of Buffalo Camp Bayou between the Brazos River and
Highway 332Ω22æ: Provided further, That notwithstanding
the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C.
3911), amounts collected from the sale of admissions per-
mits and from fees collected at units of the Fish and Wildlife
Service for fiscal year 1996 shall be available for use by
the Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant to paragraph (c)(4)
of section 315 of this ActΩ23æ: Provided further, That with
respect to lands leased for farming pursuant to Public Law
88–567, none of the funds in this Act may be used to de-
velop, implement, or enforce regulations or policies (includ-
ing pesticide use proposals) related to the use of chemicals
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and pest management that are more restrictive than the re-
quirements of applicable State and Federal laws related to
the use of chemicals and pest management practices on non-
Federal lands.
Ω24æNATURAL RESOURCES SCIENCE AGENCY
RESEARCH, INVENTORIES, AND SURVEYS
For authorized expenses necessary for scientific re-
search relating to species biology, population dynamics,
and ecosystems; inventory and monitoring activities; tech-
nology development and transfer; the operation of Coopera-
tive Research Units; for the purchase of not to exceed 61
passenger motor vehicles, of which 55 are for replacement
only; and for the general administration of the National
Resources 
Science 
Agency, 
$145,965,000, 
of 
which
$145,915,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1997, and of which $50,000 shall remain available until
expended for construction: Provided, That none of the funds
under this head shall be used to conduct new surveys, in-
cluding new aerial surveys, on private property unless spe-
cifically authorized in writing by the property owner: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided herein for
resource research may be used to administer a volunteer
program when it is made known to the Federal official hav-
ing authority to obligate or expend such funds that the vol-
unteers are not properly trained or that information gath-
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ered by the volunteers is not carefully verified: Provided fur-
ther, That no later than April 1, 1996, the Assistant Sec-
retary for Water and Science shall issue agency guidelines
for resource research that ensure that scientific and tech-
nical peer review is used as fully as possible in selection
of projects for funding and ensure the validity and reliabil-
ity of research and data collection on Federal lands: Pro-
vided further, That no funds available for resource research
may be used for any activity that was not authorized prior
to the establishment of the National Biological Survey: Pro-
vided further, That once every five years the National Acad-
emy of Sciences shall review and report on the resource re-
search activities of the agency: Provided further, That if
specific authorizing legislation is enacted during or before
the start of fiscal year 1996, the agency should comply with
the provisions of that legislation.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service (including special road
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional Park Service, including not to exceed $1,593,000
for the Volunteers-in-Parks program, and not less than
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$1,000,000 for high priority projects within the scope of
the approved budget which shall be carried out by the
Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by the Act of Au-
gust 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93–408,
Ω25æ$1,088,249,000 $1,092,265,000, without regard to
the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended (16 U.S.C. 451),
of which not to exceed $72,000,000, to remain available
until expended is to be derived from the special fee account
established pursuant to title V, section 5201, of Public
Law 100–203Ω26æ,–and of which not more than $1 shall
be available for activies of the National Park Service at
the Mojave National Preserve.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, environ-
mental compliance and review, international park affairs,
statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant
administration, 
not 
otherwise 
provided 
for,
Ω27æ$35,725,000
$38,094,000: 
Provided, 
That
Ω28æ$248,000 $236,000 of the funds provided herein are
for the William O. Douglas Outdoor Education Center,
subject to authorization.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions
of the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 915),
as 
amended 
(16 
U.S.C. 
470), 
Ω29æ$37,934,000
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$38,312,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation
Fund, established by section 108 of that Act, as amended,
to remain available for obligation until September 30,
1997.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment 
of 
physical 
facilities, 
Ω30æ$114,868,000
$116,480,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed Ω31æ$6,000,000 $4,500,000
shall be paid to the Army Corps of Engineers for modifica-
tions authorized by section 104 of the Everglades National
Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989Ω32æ: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided under this head, derived
from the Historic Preservation Fund, established by the
Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 915), as amend-
ed (16 U.S.C. 470), may be available until expended to
render sites safe for visitors and for building stabilization.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1996
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administra-
tive expenses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or
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interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority
applicable to the National Park Service, Ω33æ$14,300,000
$45,187,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund, to remain available until expendedΩ34æ,–
of which $4,800,000 is provided for Federal assistance to
the State of Florida pursuant to Public Law 103–219, and
of which $1,500,000 is to administer the State assistance
programΩ35æ: Provided, That funds appropriated herein
for the purpose of acquisition of the Elwha and Glines dams
shall be used solely for acquisition, and shall not be ex-
pended until the full purchase amount has been appro-
priated by the Congress.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 518 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 323 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 411 for police-type use, 12 buses,
and 5 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Serv-
ice may be used to implement an agreement for the rede-
velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island Ω36æuntil
such agreement has been submitted to the Congress and shall
not be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar
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days (not including any day in which either House of Con-
gress is not in session because of adjournment of more than
three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt by
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report on
the development of the southern end of Ellis Island, includ-
ing the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of
the proposed project.
Ω37æNone of the funds in this Act may be spent by
the National Park Service for a United Nations
Biodiversity Initiative in the United States.
Ω38æNotwithstanding other provision of law, the Na-
tional Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Pro-
gram may enter into cooperative agreements, grants, con-
tracts, or other generally accepted means of financial assist-
ance with Federal, State, local, and tribal governments;
other public entities; educational institutions; and private,
non-profit organizations for the purpose of identifying,
evaluating, and protecting historic battlefields and associ-
ated sites.
Ω39æThe National Park Service shall, within existing
funds, conduct a Feasibility Study for a northern access
route into Denali National Park and preserve in Alaska,
to be completed within one year of the enactment of this
Act and submitted to the Senate Committee on Energy and
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Natural Resources and the House Committee on Resources.
The Feasibility Study shall ensure that resource impacts
from any plan to create such access route are evaluated with
accurate information and according to a process that takes
into consideration park values, visitor needs, a full range
of alternatives, the viewpoints of all interested parties, in-
cluding the tourism industry and the State of Alaska, and
potential needs for compliance with the National Environ-
mental Policy Act. The Study shall also address the time
required for development of alternatives and identify all as-
sociated costs.
This Feasibility Study shall be conducted solely by Na-
tional Park Service planning personnel permanently as-
signed to National Park Service offices located in the State
of Alaska in consultation with the State of Alaska Depart-
ment of Transportation.
Ω40æConsistent with existing law and policy, the Na-
tional Park Service shall, within the funds provided by this
Act, at the request of the University of Alaska Fairbanks,
enter into negotiations regarding a memorandum of under-
standing for the continued use of the Stampede Creek Mine
property consistent with the length and terms of prior
memoranda of understanding between the National Park
Service and the University of Alaska Fairbanks: Provided,
That within the funds provided, the National Park Service
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shall undertake an assessment of damage and provide the
appropriate committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, no later than May 1, 1996, cost estimates for
the reconstruction of those facilities and equipment which
were damaged or destroyed as a result of the incident that
occurred on April 30, 1987 at Stampede Creek within the
boundaries of Denali National Park and Preserve: Provided
further, That the National Park Service shall work with the
University of Alaska Fairbanks to winterize equipment and
materials, located on the Stampede Creek mine property in
Denali National Park, exposed to the environment as a re-
sult of the April 30, 1987 incident.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, and the
mineral and water resources of the United States, its Ter-
ritories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by
law (43 U.S.C. 31, 1332 and 1340); classify lands as to
their mineral and water resources; give engineering super-
vision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration
program (30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate
data 
relative 
to 
the 
foregoing 
activities;
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Ω41æ$686,944,000 $577,503,000, of which $62,130,000
shall be available for cooperation with States or munici-
palities for water resources investigationsΩ42æ,–and of
which $112,888,000 for resource research and the oper-
ations of Cooperative Research Units shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 1997: Provided, That no part of
this appropriation shall be used to pay more than one-
half the cost of any topographic mapping or water re-
sources investigations carried on in cooperation with any
State or municipalityΩ43æ:–Provided further, That funds
available herein for resource research may be used for the
purchase of not to exceed 61 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 55 are for replacement only: Provided further, That
none of the funds available under this head for resource
research shall be used to conduct new surveys on private
property except when it is made known to the Federal offi-
cial having authority to obligate or expend such funds that
the survey or research has been requested and authorized
in writing by the property owner or the owner’s authorized
representative: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided herein for resource research may be used to ad-
minister a volunteer program when it is made known to
the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that the volunteers are not properly trained
or that information gathered by the volunteers is not care-
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fully verified: Provided further, That no later than April
1, 1996, the Director of the United States Geological Sur-
vey shall issue agency guidelines for resource research that
ensure that scientific and technical peer review is utilized
as fully as possible in selection of projects for funding and
ensure the validity and reliability of research and data col-
lection on Federal lands: Provided further, That no funds
available for resource research may be used for any activ-
ity that was not authorized prior to the establishment of
the National Biological Survey: Provided further, That
once every five years the National Academy of Sciences
shall review and report on the resource research activities
of the Survey: Provided further, That if specific authoriz-
ing legislation is enacted during or before the start of fis-
cal year 1996, the resource research component of the
Survey should comply with the provisions of that legisla-
tion: Provided further, That unobligated and unexpended
balances in the National Biological Survey, Research, in-
ventories and surveys account at the end of fiscal year
1995, shall be merged with and made a part of the United
States Geological Survey, Surveys, investigations, and re-
search account and shall remain available for obligation
until September 30, 1996.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for purchase of not to ex-
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ceed 22 passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only;
reimbursement to the General Services Administration for
security guard services; contracting for the furnishing of
topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or
other specialized surveys when it is administratively deter-
mined that such procedures are in the public interest; con-
struction and maintenance of necessary buildings and ap-
purtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging sta-
tions and observation wells; expenses of the United States
National Committee on Geology; and payment of com-
pensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Unit-
ed States Geological Survey appointed, as authorized by
law, to represent the United States in the negotiation and
administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That ac-
tivities funded by appropriations herein made may be ac-
complished through the use of contracts, grants, or coop-
erative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302, et seq.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
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the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehi-
cles 
for 
replacement 
only; 
Ω44æ$186,556,000
$182,169,000, of which not less than $70,105,000 shall be
available for royalty management activities; and an
amount not to exceed Ω45æ $12,400,000 $15,400,000 for
the Technical Information Management System Ω46æof
and Related Activities of the Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Activity, to be credited to this appropriation
and to remain available until expended, from additions to
receipts resulting from increases to rates in effect on Au-
gust 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collections for
OCS administrative activities performed by the Minerals
Management Service over and above the rates in effect on
September 30, 1993, and from additional fees for OCS
administrative activities established after September 30,
1993: Provided, That beginning in fiscal year 1996 and
thereafter, fees for royalty rate relief applications shall be
established (and revised as needed) in Notices to Lessees,
and shall be credited to this account in the program areas
performing the function, and remain available until ex-
pended for the costs of administering the royalty rate re-
lief authorized by 43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(3): Provided further,
That $1,500,000 for computer acquisitions shall remain
available until September 30, 1997: Provided further, That
funds appropriated under this Act shall be available for
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the payment of interest in accordance with 30 U.S.C.
1721 (b) and (d): Provided further, That not to exceed
$3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses related
to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activi-
ties: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $15,000 under this head shall be avail-
able for refunds of overpayments in connection with cer-
tain Indian leases in which the Director of the Minerals
Management Service concurred with the claimed refund
due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or Tribes,
or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Pro-
vided further, That beginning in fiscal year 1996 and
thereafter, the Secretary shall take appropriate action to
collect unpaid and underpaid royalties and late payment
interest owed by Federal and Indian mineral lessees and
other royalty payors on amounts received in settlement or
other resolution of disputes under, and for partial or com-
plete termination of, sales agreements for minerals from
Federal and Indian leases.
OIL SPILL RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of
title I, section 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title
VII, and title VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990, $6,440,000, which shall be derived from the Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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BUREAU OF MINES
MINES AND MINERALS
Ω47æFor expenses necessary for the orderly closure
of the Bureau of Mines, $87,000,000 For expenses nec-
essary for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
tions, and research concerning the extraction, processing,
use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection-
able social and environmental costs; to foster and encourage
private enterprise in the development of mineral resources
and the prevention of waste in the mining, minerals, metal,
and mineral reclamation industries; to inquire into the eco-
nomic conditions affecting those industries; to promote
health and safety in mines and the mineral industry
through research; and for other related purposes as author-
ized by law, $128,007,000, of which $111,192,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the
reduction below the fiscal year 1996 budget request shall
be applied to the health and safety budget activity.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings,
equipment, other contributions, and fees from public and
private sources, and to prosecute projects using such con-
tributions and fees in cooperation with other Federal,
State or private agencies: Provided, That the Bureau of
Mines is authorized, during the current fiscal year, to sell
directly or through any Government agency, including cor-
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porations, any metal or mineral products that may be
manufactured in pilot plants operated by the Bureau of
Mines, and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary is authorized to convey, without reimbursement,
title and all interest of the United States in property and
facilities of the United States Bureau of Mines in Juneau,
Alaska to the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska; in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to The University of Alabama; in
Rolla, Missouri, to the University of Missouri-Rolla; and
in other localities to such university or government entities
as the Secretary deems appropriate.
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND
ENFORCEMENT
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the pur-
chase of not to exceed 15 passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement only; Ω48æ$92,751,000 $95,470,000, and not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount shall
be credited to this account, to remain available until ex-
pended, from performance bond forfeitures in fiscal year
1996: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
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of law, the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regula-
tions, may utilize directly or through grants to States,
moneys collected in fiscal year 1996 pursuant to the as-
sessment of civil penalties under section 518 of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30
U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal
mining practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available
until expended: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, appropriations for the Office
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may pro-
vide for the travel and per diem expenses of State and
tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation and Enforcement sponsored training.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, including
the purchase of not more than 22 passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only, Ω49æ$176,327,000 $170,441,000, to
be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclama-
tion Fund and to remain available until expendedΩ50æ,–
of which $5,000,000 shall be used for supplemental grants
to States for the reclamation of abandoned sites with acid
mine rock drainage from coal mines through the Appa-
lachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants
to minimum program States will be $1,500,000 per State
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in fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That of the funds
herein provided up to $18,000,000 may be used for the
emergency program authorized by section 410 of Public
Law 95–87, as amended, of which no more than 25 per
centum shall be used for emergency reclamation projects
in any one State and funds for Federally-administered
emergency reclamation projects under this proviso shall
not exceed $11,000,000Ω51æ:–Provided further, That do-
nations credited to the Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Fund, pursuant to section 401(b)(3) of Public Law 95–
87, are hereby appropriated and shall be available until
expended to support projects under the Appalachian Clean
Streams Initiative, directly, through agreements with
other
Federal
agencies,
as
otherwise
authorized,
or
through grants to States or local governments, or tax-ex-
empt private entities: Provided further, That prior year un-
obligated funds appropriated for the emergency reclama-
tion program shall not be subject to the 25 per centum
limitation per State and may be used without fiscal year
limitation for emergency projects: Provided further, That
pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the
Interior is authorized to utilize up to 20 per centum from
the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United
States Government to pay for contracts to collect these
debtsΩ52æ: Provided further, That funds made available to
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States under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may be used,
at their discretion, for any required non-Federal share of
the cost of projects funded by the Federal Government for
the purpose of environmental restoration related to treat-
ment or abatement of acid mine drainage from abandoned
mines: Provided further, That such projects must be consist-
ent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For operation of Indian programs by direct expendi-
ture, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and
grants including expenses necessary to provide education
and welfare services for Indians, either directly or in co-
operation with States and other organizations, including
payment of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses
of Indians in boarding homes, or institutions, or schools;
grants and other assistance to needy Indians; maintenance
of law and order; management, development, improve-
ment, and protection of resources and appurtenant facili-
ties under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
including payment of irrigation assessments and charges;
acquisition of water rights; advances for Indian industrial
and business enterprises; operation of Indian arts and
crafts shops and museums; development of Indian arts
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and crafts, as authorized by law; for the general adminis-
tration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including such
expenses in field offices; maintaining of Indian reservation
roads as defined in section 101 of title 23, United States
Code; and construction, repair, and improvement of Indian
housing, 
Ω53æ$1,508,777,000
(plus
$851,000)
$1,261,234,000, of which Ω54æ$962,000 shall be used for
the continued operation of the Indian Arts and Crafts
Board and an amount not to exceed Ω55æ$106,126,000
$104,626,000 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal or-
ganizations for contract support costs associated with on-
going contracts or grants or compacts entered into with
the Bureau of Indian Affairs prior to fiscal year 1996,
as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of
1975, as amended, and Ω56æ$5,000,000 up to $5,000,000
shall be for the Indian Self-Determination Fund, which
shall be available for the transitional cost of initial or ex-
panded tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act; and of
which not to exceed Ω57æ$330,711,000 $330,991,000 for
school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and
other education programs shall become available for obli-
gation on July 1, 1996, and shall remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 1997; and of which not to ex-
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ceed Ω58æ$67,138,000 $69,477,000 for higher education
scholarships, adult vocational training, and assistance to
public schools under the Ω59æJohnson O’Malley Act Act
of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596), as amended (25 U.S.C.
452 et seq.), shall remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 1997; and of which not to exceed
Ω60æ$74,814,000 $62,328,000 shall remain available until
expended for Ω61ætrust funds management, housing im-
provement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation
support, self-governance grants, the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Fund, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Pro-
gram: Provided, That tribes and tribal contractors may
use their tribal priority allocations for unmet indirect costs
of ongoing contracts, grants or compact agreements: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available to tribes and
tribal organizations through contracts or grants obligated
during fiscal year 1996, as authorized by the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450
et seq.), or grants authorized by the Indian Education
Amendments of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2001 and 2008A) shall
remain available until expended by the contractor or
granteeΩ62æ:–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 liti-
gation pending on the date of this Act, concerning losses
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to or mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected
tribe or individual Indian has been furnished with the ac-
counting of such funds from which the beneficiary can de-
termine whether there has been a loss: Provided further,
That to provide funding uniformity within a Self-Govern-
ance Compact, any funds provided in this Act with avail-
ability for more than one year may be reprogrammed to
one year availability but shall remain available within the
Compact until expended: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, Indian tribal govern-
ments may, by appropriate changes in eligibility criteria
or by other means, change eligibility for general assistance
or change the amount of general assistance payments for
individuals within the service area of such tribe who are
otherwise deemed eligible for general assistance payments
so long as such changes are applied in a consistent manner
to individuals similarly situated: Provided further, That
any savings realized by such changes shall be available for
use in meeting other priorities of the tribes: Provided fur-
ther, That any net increase in costs to the Federal Govern-
ment which result solely from tribally increased payment
levels for general assistance shall be met exclusively from
funds available to the tribe from within its tribal priority
allocation: Provided further, That any forestry funds allo-
cated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September
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30, 1996, may be transferred during fiscal year 1997 to
an Indian forest land assistance account established for
the benefit of such tribe within the tribe’s trust fund ac-
count: Provided further, That any such unobligated bal-
ances not so transferred shall expire on September 30,
1997: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no funds available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs, other than the amounts provided herein for
assistance to public schools under the Act of April 16,
1934 (48 Stat. 596), as amended (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.),
shall be available to support the operation of any elemen-
tary or secondary school in the State of Alaska in fiscal
year 1996: Provided further, That funds made available
in this or any other Act for expenditure through Septem-
ber 30, 1997 for schools funded by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs shall be available only to the schools which are in
the Bureau of Indian Affairs school system as of Septem-
ber 1, 1995: Provided further, That no funds available to
the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be used to support ex-
panded grades for any school beyond the grade structure
in place at each school in the Bureau of Indian Affairs
school system as of October 1, 1995: Provided further,
That notwithstanding the provisions of 25 U.S.C.
2011(h)(1)(B) and (c), upon the recommendation of a
local school board for a Bureau of Indian Affairs operated
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school, the Secretary shall establish rates of basic com-
pensation or annual salary rates for the positions of teach-
ers and counselors (including dormitory and homeliving
counselors) at the school at a level not less than that for
comparable positions in public school districts in the same
geographic areaΩ63æ: Provided further, That of the funds
available only through September 30, 1995, not to exceed
$8,000,000 in unobligated and unexpended balances in the
Operation of Indian Programs account shall be merged with
and made a part of the fiscal year 1996 Operation of In-
dian Programs appropriation, and shall remain available
for obligation for employee severance, relocation, and relat-
ed expenses, until March 31, 1996.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, major repair, and improvement of
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and
other facilities, including architectural and engineering
services by contract; acquisition of lands and interests in
lands; 
and 
preparation 
of 
lands 
for 
farming,
Ω64æ$98,033,000 $107,333,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be avail-
able for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation
Project and for other water resource development activi-
ties related to the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settle-
ment Act may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per centum
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of contract authority available to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be
used to cover the road program management costs of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs: Provided further, That any
funds provided for the Safety of Dams program pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made available on a non-reim-
bursable basis: Provided further, That for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1996, in implementing new con-
struction or facilities improvement and repair project
grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to tribally
controlled grant schools under Public Law 100–297, as
amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the Ad-
ministrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles
for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as
the regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such
grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR;
the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and deter-
mine a schedule of payments for the work to be performed:
Provided further, That in considering applications, the
Secretary shall consider whether the Indian tribe or tribal
organization would be deficient in assuring that the con-
struction projects conform to applicable building stand-
ards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and
safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with
respect to organizational and financial management capa-
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bilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary declines an
application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements
contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided further, That
any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee con-
cerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision
in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e).
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and in-
dividuals and for necessary administrative expenses,
Ω65æ$75,145,000, $82,745,000, to remain available until
expended; of which Ω66æ$73,100,000 $78,600,000 shall be
available for implementation of enacted Indian land and
water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 87–483,
97–293, 101–618, 102–374, 102–441, 102–575, and
103–116, and for implementation of other enacted water
rights settlements, including not to exceed $8,000,000,
which shall be for the Federal share of the Catawba Indian
Tribe of South Carolina Claims Settlement, as authorized
by section 5(a) of Public Law 103–116; and of which
$1,045,000 shall be available pursuant to Public Laws
98–500, 
99–264, 
and 
100–580; 
and 
of 
which
Ω67æ$1,000,000 $3,100,000 shall be available (1) to liq-
uidate obligations owed tribal and individual Indian payees
of any checks canceled pursuant to section 1003 of the
Competitive Equality Banking Act of 1987 (Public Law
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100–86 (101 Stat. 659)), 31 U.S.C. 3334(b), (2) to re-
store to Individual Indian Monies trust funds, Indian Irri-
gation Systems, and Indian Power Systems accounts
amounts invested in credit unions or defaulted savings and
loan associations and which were not Federally insured,
and (3) to reimburse Indian trust fund account holders
for losses to their respective accounts where the claim for
said loss(es) has been reduced to a judgment or settlement
agreement approved by the Department of Justice.
Ω68æTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OF INDIAN ENTERPRISES
For payment of management and technical assistance
requests associated with loans and grants approved under
the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended, $900,000.
Ω69æINDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans $7,000,000, as author-
ized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal,
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$50,680,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the guaranteed loan program, $700,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall
be available for expenses of exhibits, and purchase of not
to exceed 275 passenger carrying motor vehicles, of which
not to exceed 215 shall be for replacement only.
TERRITORIAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
Ω70æ$52,405,000, to remain available until expended for
brown tree snake control and research $68,188,000, of
which (1) $64,661,000 shall be available until expended for
technical assistance, including maintenance assistance, dis-
aster assistance, insular management controls, and brown
tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in
American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au-
thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern-
ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev-
enues, for construction and support of governmental func-
tions; 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 (Pub-
lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272)Ω71æ; and (2) $3,527,000
shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Office of
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Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions
of the territorial and local governments herein provided
for, including such transactions of all agencies or instru-
mentalities established or utilized by such governments,
may be audited by the General Accounting Office, at its
discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, Unit-
ed States Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana
Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided accord-
ing to those terms of the Agreement of the Special Rep-
resentatives on Future United States Financial Assistance
for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law
99–396, or any subsequent legislation related to Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant
fundingΩ72æ: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
vided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be
made available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation:
Provided further, That the funds for the program of oper-
ations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to
institutionalize routine operations and maintenance of cap-
ital infrastructure in American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin
Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia through as-
sessments of long-range operations and maintenance needs,
improved capability of local operations and maintenance
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institutions and agencies (including management and voca-
tional education training), and project-specific mainte-
nance (with territorial participation and cost sharing to
be determined by the Secretary based on the individual ter-
ritory’s commitment to timely maintenance of its capital
assets): Provided further, That any appropriation for disas-
ter assistance under this head in this Act or previous appro-
priations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching funds
for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursu-
ant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION
For economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of
the Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compacts of Free Association,
and for economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
$24,938,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by Public Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–
658Ω73æ,–and $4,580,000 for impact aid for Guam under
section 104(e)(6) of Public Law 99–239: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 112 of Public Law 101–219 (103
Stat. 1873), the Secretary of the Interior may agree to
technical changes in the specifications for the project de-
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scribed in the subsidiary agreement negotiated under sec-
tion 212(a) of the Compact of Free Association, Public
Law 99–658, or its annex, if the changes do not result
in increased costs to the United States.
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
Ω74æOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses Ω75æof the Office of the Sec-
retary for management of the Department of the Interior,
Ω76æ$53,919,000 $57,796,000, of which not to exceed
$7,500 may be for official reception and representation
expensesΩ77æ: Provided, That none of the funds provided
herein for official reception and representation expenses
shall be available until the Charter for the Advisory Com-
mission referred to in title 30 of Public Law 102–575 has
been filed and the Members of such Commission appointed.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$34,608,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $23,939,000.
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Ω78æCONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Construction
Management, $500,000.
NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gam-
ing Commission, pursuant to Public Law 100–497,
$1,000,000Ω79æ: Provided, That on October 1, 1995, the
Chairman shall submit to the Secretary a report detailing
those Indian tribes or tribal organizations with gaming op-
erations that are in full compliance, partial compliance,
or non-compliance with the provisions of the Indian Gam-
ing Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701, et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That the information contained in the report shall be
updated on a continuing basis.
Ω80æOFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN
INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts,
and grants, $16,338,000, of which $15,891,000 shall remain
available until expended for trust funds management: Pro-
vided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal orga-
nizations through contracts or grants obligated during fis-
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cal year 1996, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 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 com-
mence to run on any claim, including any claim in litiga-
tion pending on the date of this Act, concerning losses to
or mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe
or individual Indian has been furnished with the account-
ing of such funds from which the beneficiary can determine
whether there has been a loss: Provided further, That obli-
gated and unobligated balances provided for trust funds
management within ‘‘Operation of Indian programs,’’ Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs are hereby transferred to and merged
with this appropriation.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
cess surplus property: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, existing aircraft being replaced may
be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to
offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft: Pro-
vided further, That no programs funded with appropriated
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funds in Ω81æthe ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’ ‘‘Departmental
Management’’, ‘‘Office of the Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’ may be augmented through the Working
Capital Fund or the Consolidated Working Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau
or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer-
gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft,
buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid-
able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
able under this authority until funds specifically made
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That
all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby des-
ignated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and Ω82æmust,
must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation
which must be requested as promptly as possible.
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title,
in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
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grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Inte-
rior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
quent to actual oilspills; response and natural resource
damage assessment activities related to actual oilspills; for
the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or po-
tential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on
lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to
the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198
(99 Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation projects under
section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from
any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Min-
ing Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be
necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in
the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regu-
latory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided,
That appropriations made in this title for fire suppression
purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations
incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reim-
bursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of ve-
hicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with
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their use for fire suppression purposes, such reimburse-
ment to be credited to appropriations currently available
at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for
emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activi-
ties, no funds shall be made available under this authority
until funds appropriated to the ‘‘Emergency Department
of the Interior Firefighting Fund’’ shall have been ex-
hausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant
to this section are hereby designated by Congress to be
‘‘emergency 
requirements’’ 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 and must be replenished by
a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as
promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replen-
ishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata
basis, accounts from which emergency funds were trans-
ferred.
SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and
similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will
contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropria-
tions shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any
other activity in the same manner as authorized by sec-
tions 1535 and 1536 of title 31, U.S.C.: Provided, That
reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equip-
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ment, and for services rendered may be credited to the
appropriation current at the time such reimbursements
are received.
SEC. 104. Appropriations made to the Department
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the
Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire,
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for tele-
phone service in private residences in the field, when au-
thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and
the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary,
for library membership in societies or associations which
issue publications to members only or at a price to mem-
bers lower than to subscribers who are not members.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be
available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 4–204).
SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for obligation in connection with contracts issued
for services or rentals for periods not in excess of twelve
months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
Ω83æSEC. 107. Appropriations made in this title from
the Land and Water Conservation Fund for acquisition
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of lands and waters, or interests therein, shall be available
for transfer, with the approval of the Secretary, between
the following accounts: Bureau of Land Management,
Land acquisition, United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
Land acquisition, and National Park Service, Land acqui-
sition and State assistance. Use of such funds are subject
to the reprogramming guidelines of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
Ω84æSEC. 108. Amounts appropriated in this Act for
the Presidio which are not obligated as of the date on
which the Presidio Trust is established by an Act of Con-
gress shall be transferred to and available only for the
Presidio Trust.
Ω85æSEC. 109. Section 6003 of Public Law 101–380
is hereby repealed.
SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended by the Secretary of the Interior for developing,
promulgating, and thereafter implementing a rule con-
cerning rights-of-way under section 2477 of the Revised
Statutes.
SEC. 111. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore leasing and related activities placed under re-
striction in the President’s moratorium statement of June
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26, 1990, in the areas of Northern, Central, and Southern
California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon;
and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north
latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.
SEC. 112. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of leasing, or the approval or permitting of any drilling
or other exploration activity, on lands within the North
Aleutian Basin planning area.
SEC. 113. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of preleasing and leasing activities in the Eastern Gulf of
Mexico for Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 151 in the
Outer Continental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource
Management Comprehensive Program, 1992–1997.
SEC. 114. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of preleasing and leasing activities in the Atlantic for
Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 164 in the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management
Comprehensive Program, 1992–1997.
Ω86æSEC. 115. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this
Act or any subsequent Act providing for appropriations in
fiscal years 1996 and 1997, not more than 50 percent of
any self-governance funds that would otherwise be allocated
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to each Indian tribe in the State of Washington shall actu-
ally be paid to or on account of such Indian tribe from
and after the time at which such tribe shall—
(1) take unilateral action that adversely impacts
the existing rights to and/or customary uses of,
nontribal member owners of fee simple land within
the exterior boundary of the tribe’s reservation to
water, electricity, or any other similar utility or ne-
cessity for the nontribal members’ residential use of
such land; or
(2) restrict or threaten to restrict said owners
use of or access to publicly maintained rights of way
necessary or desirable in carrying the utilities or ne-
cessities described above, or
(3) fail to reach a mutual agreement that ad-
dresses the concerns of affected parties within 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) Such penalty shall not attach to the initiation of
any legal actions with respect to such rights or the enforce-
ment of any final judgments, appeals from which have been
exhausted, with respect thereto.
Ω87æSEC. 116. Within 30 days after the enactment of
this Act, the Department of the Interior shall issue a specific
schedule for the completion of the Lake Cushman Land Ex-
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change Act (Public Law 102–436) and shall complete the
exchange not later than September 30, 1996.
Ω88æSEC. 117. Notwithstanding Public Law 90–544,
as amended, the National Park Service is authorized to ex-
pend appropriated funds for maintenance and repair of the
Company Creek Road in the Lake Chelan National Recre-
ation Area: Provided, That appropriated funds shall not
be expended for the purpose of improving the property of
private individuals unless specifically authorized by law.
Ω89æSEC. 118. INSULAR DEVELOPMENT.—
Section 1. Territorial and Freely Associated State
Infrastructure Assistance
Section 4(b) of Public Law 94–241 (90 Stat. 263) as
added by section 10 of Public Law 99–396 (99 Stat. 837,
841) is amended by deleting ‘‘until Congress otherwise pro-
vides by law.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof: ‘‘except that,
for fiscal years 1996 and thereafter, payments to the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to
the multi-year funding agreements contemplated under the
Covenant shall be limited to the amounts set forth in the
Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future Federal
Financial Assistance of the Northern Mariana Islands, exe-
cuted on December 17, 1992 between the special representa-
tive of the President of the United States and special rep-
resentatives of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Is-
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lands and shall be subject to all the requirements of such
Agreement with any additional amounts otherwise made
available under this section in any fiscal year and not re-
quired to meet the schedule of payments set forth in the
Agreement to be provided as set forth in subsection (c) until
Congress otherwise provides by law.
‘‘(c) The additional amounts referred to in subsection
(b) shall be made available to the Secretary for obligation
as follows:
‘‘(1) for fiscal year 1996, all such amounts shall
be provided for capital infrastructure projects in
American Samoa; and
‘‘(2) for fiscal years 1997 and thereafter, all such
amounts shall be available solely for capital infra-
structure projects in Guam, the Virgin Islands, Amer-
ican Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Federated
States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall
Islands: Provided, That, in fiscal year 1997,
$3,000,000 of such amounts shall be made available
to the College of the Northern Marianas and begin-
ning in fiscal year 1997, and in each year thereafter,
not to exceed $3,000,000 may be allocated, as pro-
vided in Appropriation Acts, to the Secretary of the
Interior for use by Federal agencies or the Common-
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wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to address
immigration, labor, and law enforcement issues in the
Northern Mariana Islands, including, but not limited
to detention and corrections needs. The specific
projects to be funded shall be set forth in a five-year
plan for infrastructure assistance developed by the
Secretary of the Interior in consultation with each of
the island governments and updated annually and
submitted to the Congress concurrent with the budget
justifications for the Department of the Interior. In
developing and updating the five year plan for cap-
ital infrastructure needs, the Secretary shall indicate
the highest priority projects, consider the extent to
which particular projects are part of an overall mas-
ter plan, whether such project has been reviewed by
the Corps of Engineers and any recommendations
made as a result of such review, the extent to which
a set-aside for maintenance would enhance the life of
the project, the degree to which a local cost-share re-
quirement would be consistent with local economic
and fiscal capabilities, and may propose an incre-
mental set-aside, not to exceed $2,000,000 per year, to
remain available without fiscal year limitation, as an
emergency fund in the event of natural or other disas-
ters to supplement other assistance in the repair, re-
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placement, or hardening of essential facilities: Pro-
vided further, That the cumulative amount set aside
for such emergency fund may not exceed $10,000,000
at any time.
‘‘(d) Within the amounts allocated for infrastructure
pursuant to this section, and subject to the specific alloca-
tions made in subsection (c), additional contributions may
be made, as set forth in Appropriation Acts, to assist in
the resettlement of Rongelap Atoll: Provided, That the total
of all contributions from any Federal source after January
1, 1996 may not exceed $32,000,000 and shall be contingent
upon an agreement, satisfactory to the President, that such
contributions are a full and final settlement of all obliga-
tions of the United States to assist in the resettlement of
Rongelap Atoll and that such funds will be expended solely
on resettlement activities and will be property audited and
accounted for. In order to provide such contributions in a
timely manner, each Federal agency providing assistance
or services, or conducting activities, in the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, is authorized to make funds available,
through the Secretary of the Interior, to assist in the reset-
tlement of Rongelap. Nothing in this subsection shall be con-
strued to limit the provision of ex gratia assistance pursu-
ant to section 105(c)(2) of the Compact of Free Association
Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–239, 99 Stat. 1770, 1792) in-
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cluding for individuals choosing not to resettle at Rongelap,
except that no such assistance for such individuals may be
provided until the Secretary notifies the Congress that the
full amount of all funds necessary for resettlement at
Rongelap has been provided.’’.
Sec. 2. Federal Minimum Wage
Effective thirty days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the minimum wage provisions, including, but not lim-
ited to, the coverage and exemptions provisions, of section
6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of June 25, 1938 (52
Stat. 1062), as amended, shall apply to the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands, except—
(a) on the effective date, the minimum wage rate
applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands shall be $2.75 per hour;
(b) effective January 1, 1996, the minimum
wage rate applicable to the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands shall be $3.05 per hour;
(c) effective January 1, 1997 and every January
1 thereafter, the minimum wage rate shall be raised
by thirty cents per hour or the amount necessary to
raise the minimum wage rate to the wage rate set
forth in section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards
Act, whichever is less; and
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(d) once the minimum wage rate is equal to the
wage rate set forth in section 6(a)(1) of the Fair
Labor Standards Act, the minimum wage rate appli-
cable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands shall thereafter be the wage rate set forth in
section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Sec. 3. Report
The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the
Attorney General and Secretaries of Treasury, Labor, and
State, shall report to the Congress by the March 15 follow-
ing each fiscal year for which funds are allocated pursuant
to section 4(c) of Public Law 94–241 for use by Federal
agencies or the Commonwealth to address immigration,
labor or law enforcement activities. The report shall include
but not be limited to—
(1) pertinent immigration information provided
by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, in-
cluding the number of non-United States citizen con-
tract workers in the CNMI, based on data the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service may require of
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
on a semiannual basis, or more often if deemed nec-
essary by the Immigration and Naturalization Serv-
ice.
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(2) the treatment and conditions of non-United
States citizen contract workers, including foreign gov-
ernment interference with workers’ ability to assert
their rights under United States law.
(3) the effect of laws of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands on Federal interests.
(4) the adequacy of detention facilities in the
Northern Mariana Islands.
(5) the accuracy and reliability of the computer-
ized alien identification and tracking system and its
compatibility with the system of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service, and
(6) the reasons why Federal agencies are unable
or unwilling to fully and effectively enforce Federal
laws applicable within the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands unless such activities are
funded by the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 4. Immigration Cooperation
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
and the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall co-
operate in the identification and, if necessary, exclusion or
deportation from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mari-
ana Islands of persons who represent security or law en-
forcement risks to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mari-
ana Islands or the United States.
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Sec. 5. Clarification of Local Employment in the
Marianas
(a) Section 8103(i) of title 46 of the United States
Code is amended by renumbering paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4) and by adding a new paragraph (3) as follows:
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub-
section, any alien allowed to be employed under the immi-
gration laws of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI) may serve as an unlicensed seaman on a
fishing, fish processing, or fish tender vessel that is operated
exclusively from a port within the CNMI and within the
navigable waters and exclusive economic zone of the United
States surrounding the CNMI. Pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 8704,
such persons are deemed to be employed in the United
States and are considered to have the permission of the At-
torney General of the United States to accept such employ-
ment: Provided, That paragraph (2) of this subsection shall
not apply to persons allowed to be employed under this
paragraph.’’.
(b) Section 8103(i)(1) of title 46 of the United States
Code is amended by deleting ‘‘paragraph (3) of this sub-
section’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘paragraph (4) of this
subsection’’.
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Sec. 6. Clarification of Ownership of Submerged Lands in
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Public Law 93–435 (88 Stat 1210), as amended, is
further amended by—
(a) striking ‘‘Guam, the Virgin Islands’’ in sec-
tion 1 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Guam, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Vir-
gin Islands’’ each place the words appear;
(b) striking ‘‘Guam, American Samoa’’ in sec-
tion 2 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Guam, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Amer-
ican Samoa’’; and
(c) striking ‘‘Guam, the Virgin Islands’’ in sec-
tion 2 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Guam, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Vir-
gin Islands.’’.
With respect to the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, references to ‘‘the date of enactment of this
Act’’ or ‘‘date of enactment of this subsection’’ contained
in Public Law 93–435, as amended, shall mean the date
of enactment of this section.
Sec. 7. Annual State of the Islands Report
The Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Con-
gress, annually, a ‘‘State of the Islands’’ report on Amer-
ican Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Re-
public of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and
the Federated States of Micronesia that includes basic eco-
nomic development information, data on direct and indi-
rect Federal assistance, local revenues and expenditures,
employment and unemployment, the adequacy of essential
infrastructure and maintenance thereof, and an assessment
of local financial management and administrative capabili-
ties, and Federal efforts to improve those capabilities.
Sec. 8. Technical correction
Section 501 of Public Law 95–134 (91 Stat. 1159,
1164), as amended, is further amended by deleting ‘‘the
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia,’’.
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST RESEARCH
For necessary expenses of forest research as author-
ized by law, Ω90æ$182,000,000 $177,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1997.
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
For necessary expenses of cooperating with, and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, Terri-
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tories, possessions, and others and for forest pest manage-
ment activities, cooperative forestry and education and
land conservation activitiesΩ91æ,–$129,551,000, to re-
main available until expended, as authorized by law
$136,794,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by law, of which not less than $16,100,000 shall
be made available for cooperative lands fire management
and not less than $7,500,000 shall be made available for
the stewardship incentive program.
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System,
for ecosystem planning, inventory, and monitoring, and for
administrative expenses associated with the management
of funds provided under the heads ‘‘Forest Research’’,
‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’,
‘‘Construction’’, ‘‘Fire Protection and Emergency Sup-
pression’’, and ‘‘Land Acquisition’’, Ω92æ$1,266,688,000
$1,247,543,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1997, and including 65 per centum of all
monies received during the prior fiscal year as fees col-
lected under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
of 1965, as amended, in accordance with section 4 of the
Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated
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and unexpended balances in the National Forest System
account at the end of fiscal year 1995, shall be merged
with and made a part of the fiscal year 1996 National
Forest System appropriation, and shall remain available
for obligation until September 30, 1997: Provided further,
That up to $5,000,000 of the funds provided herein for
road maintenance shall be available for the planned oblit-
eration of roads which are no longer needed.
Ω93æFIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SUPPRESSION
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency
fire suppression on or adjacent to National Forest System
lands or other lands under fire protection agreement, and
for emergency rehabilitation of burned over National For-
est System lands, Ω94æ$385,485,000 $381,485,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That unexpended
balances of amounts previously appropriated under any
other headings for Forest Service fire activities may be
transferred to and merged with this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That such funds are available for repayment
of advances from other appropriations accounts previously
transferred for such purposes.
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CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, Ω95æ$120,000,000 $186,888,000,
to remain available until expended, for construction and
acquisition of buildings and other facilities, and for con-
struction and repair of forest roads and trails by the For-
est Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23
U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That funds becoming avail-
able in fiscal year 1996 under the Act of March 4, 1913
(16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund
of the Treasury of the United States: Provided further,
That not to exceed $50,000,000, to remain available until
expended, may be obligated for the construction of forest
roads by timber purchasersΩ96æ: Provided further, That
$2,500,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for a grant to the ‘‘Non-Profit Citizens for the Colum-
bia Gorge Discovery Center’’ for the construction of the Co-
lumbia Gorge Discovery Center: Provided further, That the
Forest Service is authorized to grant the unobligated bal-
ance of funds appropriated in fiscal year 1995 for the con-
struction of the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center to the
‘‘Non-Profit Citizens for the Columbia Gorge Discovery
Center’’ to be used for the same purpose: Provided further,
That the Forest Service is authorized to convey the land
needed for the construction of the Columbia Gorge Discovery
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Center without cost to the ‘‘Non-Profit Citizens for the Co-
lumbia Gorge Discovery Center’’Ω97æ: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
originally appropriated under this head in Public Law
101–512 for the Forest Service share of a new research facil-
ity at the University of Missouri, Columbia, shall be avail-
able for a grant to the University of Missouri, as the Fed-
eral share in the construction of the new facility: Provided
further, That agreed upon lease of space in the new facility
shall be provided to the Forest Service without charge for
the life of the building.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administra-
tive expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or in-
terest therein, in accordance with statutory authority ap-
plicable 
to 
the 
Forest 
Service, 
Ω98æ$14,600,000
$41,167,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund, to remain available until expendedΩ99æ,
of which $275,000 may be made available from the cash
equalization account for the acquisition of Mt. Jumbo in
the Lolo National Forest, MontanaΩ100æ: Provided, That
of the amounts made available for acquisition management,
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$1,000,000 may be made available for the purchase of sub-
surface rights in the Kane Experiment Forest.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL
ACTS
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests,
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, to
be derived from forest receipts.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES
For acquisition of lands, to be derived from funds de-
posited by State, county, or municipal governments, public
school districts, or other public school authorities pursuant
to the Act of December 4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C.
484a), to remain available until expended.
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 per centum of all moneys
received during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing
domestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the six-
teen Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of
Public Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until
expended, of which not to exceed 6 per centum shall be
available for administrative expenses associated with on-
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the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and improve-
ments.
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND
RANGELAND RESEARCH
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b),
$92,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current
fiscal year shall be available for: (a) purchase of not to
exceed 183 passenger motor vehicles of which 32 will be
used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which
151 shall be for replacement; acquisition of 22 passenger
motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehi-
cles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase
of not to exceed two for replacement only, and acquisition
of 20 aircraft from excess sources; notwithstanding other
provisions of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be
sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset
the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (b) serv-
ices pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of
the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to ex-
ceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (c)
purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other
public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (d) acquisition of
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land, waters, and interests therein, pursuant to the Act
of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); (e) for expenses pur-
suant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of
1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, 558a note); and (f) for debt
collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
None of the funds made available under this Act shall
be obligated or expended to change the boundaries of any
region, to abolish any region, to move or close any regional
office for research, State and private forestry, or National
Forest System administration of the Forest Service, De-
partment of Agriculture, Ω101æor to implement any reor-
ganization, ‘‘reinvention’’ or other type of organizational
restructuring of the Forest Service, without the consent of
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Ω102æand the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
in the United States Senate and the Committee on Agri-
culture Ω103æand the Committee on Resources in the Unit-
ed States House of Representatives.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be advanced to the Fire and Emergency Sup-
pression appropriation and may be used for forest fire-
fighting and the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over
lands under its jurisdiction: Provided, That no funds shall
be made available under this authority until funds appro-
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priated to the ‘‘Emergency Forest Service Firefighting
Fund’’ shall have been exhausted.
Ω104æThe appropriation structure for the Forest Serv-
ice may not be altered without advance approval of the
House and Senate Committee on Appropriations.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice in connection with forest and rangeland research, tech-
nical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and
shall be available to support forestry and related natural
resource activities outside the United States and its terri-
tories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu-
cation and training, and cooperation with United States
and international organizations.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agri-
culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C.
147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in House Report 103–551.
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Depart-
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ment of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of
the Forest Service.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap-
propriations or funds available to the Forest Service may
be used to disseminate program information to private and
public individuals and organizations through the use of
nonmonetary items of nominal value and to provide
nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur nec-
essary expenses for the nonmonetary recognition of private
individuals and organizations that make contributions to
Forest Service programs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money
collected, in advance or otherwise, by the Forest Service
under authority of section 101 of Public Law 93–153 (30
U.S.C. 185(1)) as reimbursement of administrative and
other costs incurred in processing pipeline right-of-way or
permit applications and for costs incurred in monitoring
the construction, operation, maintenance, and termination
of any pipeline and related facilities, may be used to reim-
burse the applicable appropriation to which such costs
were originally charged.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
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tion Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970,
as amended by Public Law 93–408.
None of the funds available in this Act shall be used
for timber sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood
stands in excess of 25 percent of the fiscal year 1989 har-
vested volume in the Wayne National Forest, Ohio: Pro-
vided, That this limitation shall not apply to hardwood
stands damaged by natural disaster: Provided further,
That landscape architects shall be used to maintain a vis-
ually pleasing forest.
Any money collected from the States for fire suppres-
sion assistance rendered by the Forest Service on non-
Federal lands not in the vicinity of National Forest Sys-
tem lands shall be used to reimburse the applicable appro-
priation and shall remain available until expended as the
Secretary may direct in conducting activities authorized
by 16 U.S.C. 2101 (note), 2101–2110, 1606, and 2111.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official
reception and representation expenses.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the For-
est Service is authorized to employ or otherwise contract
with persons at regular rates of pay, as determined by the
Service, to perform work occasioned by emergencies such
as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or any other unavoid-
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able cause without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays,
and the regular workweek.
To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance
with the Final Amendment to the Shawnee National For-
est Plan, none of the funds available in this Act shall be
used for preparation of timber sales using clearcutting or
other forms of even aged management in hardwood stands
in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities for sustainable rural devel-
opment purposes.
Ω105æNotwithstanding any other provision of law,
eighty percent of the funds appropriated to the Forest
Service in the National Forest System and Construction
accounts and planned to be allocated to activities under
the ‘‘Jobs in the Woods’’ program for projects on National
Forest land in the State of Washington may be granted
directly to the Washington State Department of Fish and
Wildlife for accomplishment of planned projects. Twenty
percent of said funds shall be retained by the Forest Serv-
ice for planning and administering projects. Project selec-
tion and prioritization shall be accomplished by the Forest
Service with such consultation with the State of Washing-
ton as the Forest Service deems appropriate.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy
research and development activities, under the authority
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public
Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ-
ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan-
sion, Ω110æ$379,524,000 $376,181,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That no part of the sum
herein made available shall be used for the field testing
of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and gasΩ111æ:
Provided further, That any new project start funded under
this heading shall be substantially cost-shared with a pri-
vate entity to the extent determined appropriate by the Sec-
retary of Energy.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Monies received as investment income on the prin-
cipal amount in the Great Plains Project Trust at the
Norwest Bank of North Dakota, in such sums as are
earned as of October 1, 1995, shall be deposited in this
account and immediately transferred to the General Fund
of the Treasury. Monies received as revenue sharing from
the operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant shall
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be immediately transferred to the General Fund of the
Treasury.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petro-
leum and oil shale reserve activities, Ω112æ$151,028,000
$136,028,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the requirements of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B)
shall not apply to fiscal year 1996Ω113æ: Provided further,
That section 501 of Public Law 101–45 is hereby repealed.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy con-
servation activities, Ω114æ$556,371,000 $576,976,000, to
remain available until expended, including, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the excess amount for fiscal
year 1996 determined under the provisions of section
3003(d) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4502), and of
which $16,000,000 shall be derived from available unobli-
gated balances in the Biomass Energy Development ac-
count: Provided, That Ω115æ$148,946,000 $168,946,000
shall be for use in energy conservation programs as de-
fined in section 3008(3) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C.
4507) and shall not be available until excess amounts are
determined under the provisions of section 3003(d) of
Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law
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99–509 such sums shall be allocated to the eligible pro-
grams as follows: Ω116æ$110,946,000 $137,446,000 for
the 
weatherization 
assistance 
program 
and
Ω117æ$26,500,000 $31,500,000 for the State energy con-
servation program.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Economic Regulatory Administration and the Office
of Hearings and Appeals, Ω118æ$6,297,000 $8,038,000, to
remain available until expended.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve facility development and operations and program
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201
et seq.), $287,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $187,000,000 shall be derived by transfer of un-
obligated balances from the ‘‘SPR petroleum account’’ and
$100,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the ‘‘SPR
Decommissioning Fund’’: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act,
the Secretary shall draw down and sell up to seven million
barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Pro-
vided further, That the proceeds from the sale shall be de-
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posited into a special account in the Treasury, to be estab-
lished and known as the ‘‘SPR Decommissioning Fund’’,
and shall be available for the purpose of removal of oil
from and decommissioning of the Weeks Island site and
for other purposes related to the operations of the Strate-
gic Petroleum Reserve.
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT
Notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 6240(d) the United
States share of crude oil in Naval Petroleum Reserve
Numbered 1 (Elk Hills) may be sold or otherwise disposed
of to other than the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Pro-
vided, That outlays in fiscal year 1996 resulting from the
use of funds in this account shall not exceed $5,000,000.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of 
the 
Energy 
Information 
Administration,
Ω119æ$79,766,000 $64,766,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding Section 4(d) of
the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 353(d)) or
any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this
heading hereafter may be used to enter into a contract
for end use consumption surveys for a term not to exceed
eight years: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, hereafter the Manufacturing En-
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ergy Consumption Survey shall be conducted on a triennial
basis.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal
year shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles;
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the
General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices.
From appropriations under this Act, transfers of
sums may be made to other agencies of the Government
for the performance of work for which the appropriation
is made.
None of the funds made available to the Department
of Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or
finance authorized price support or loan guarantee pro-
grams unless specific provision is made for such programs
in an appropriations Act.
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-
ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and
private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation
with other agencies, Federal, State, private, or foreign:
Provided, That revenues and other moneys received by or
for the account of the Department of Energy or otherwise
generated by sale of products in connection with projects
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of the Department appropriated under this Act may be
retained by the Secretary of Energy, to be available until
expended, and used only for plant construction, operation,
costs, and payments to cost-sharing entities as provided
in appropriate cost-sharing contracts or agreements: Pro-
vided further, That the remainder of revenues after the
making of such payments shall be covered into the Treas-
ury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That any
contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by
the Secretary pursuant to this authority shall not be exe-
cuted prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not in-
cluding any day in which either House of Congress is not
in session because of adjournment of more than three cal-
endar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent of the Senate of a full comprehensive report on such
project, including the facts and circumstances relied upon
in support of the proposed project.
No funds provided in this Act may be expended by
the Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process
procurement documents for programs or projects for
which appropriations have not been made.
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funds provided, not less than $11,306,000 shall be used
to carry out the loan repayment program under section
108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, as
amended: Provided further, That funds provided in this
Act may be used for one-year contracts and grants which
are to be performed in two fiscal years, so long as the
total obligation is recorded in the year for which the funds
are appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts col-
lected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act shall be available for two fiscal years
after the fiscal year in which they were collected, for the
purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable condi-
tions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the So-
cial Security Act (exclusive of planning, design, or con-
struction of new facilities): Provided further, That of the
funds provided, $7,500,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for the Indian Self-Determination Fund, which
shall be available for the transitional costs of initial or ex-
panded tribal contracts, grants or cooperative agreements
with the Indian Health Service under the provisions of the
Indian Self-Determination Act: Provided further, That
funding contained herein, and in any earlier appropria-
tions Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall re-
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main available 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,
Ω122æ$236,975,000 $151,227,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, de-
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sign, construction or renovation of health facilities for the
benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to pur-
chase land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge
health or related facilities.
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, Ω123æ$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, Ω124æ$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 Dis-
trict 6, Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in signifi-
cantly substandard housing, and all others certified as eli-
gible and not included in the preceding categories: Pro-
vided further, 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 phys-
ically domiciled on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe
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unless a new or replacement home is provided for such
household: Provided further, That no relocatee will be pro-
vided with more than one new or replacement home: Pro-
vided further, That the Office shall relocate any certified
eligible relocatees who have selected and received an ap-
proved homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected a
replacement residence off the Navajo reservation or on the
land acquired pursuant 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;
Ω125æ$309,471,000 $307,988,000, of which not to exceed
Ω126æ$32,000,000 $30,472,000 for the instrumentation
program, 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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Ω127æ$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, Ω128æ$24,954,000 $33,954,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That contracts award-
ed for environmental systems, protection systems, and ex-
terior repair or restoration of buildings of the Smithsonian
Institution may be negotiated with selected contractors
and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as
well as price.
CONSTRUCTION
For 
necessary 
expenses 
for 
construction,
Ω129æ$12,950,000 $27,700,000, to remain available until
expendedΩ130æ.–Provided,
That
notwithstanding
any
other provision of law, a single procurement for the con-
struction of the National Museum of the American Indian
Cultural Resources 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, Ω131æ$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 Ω132æ$5,500,000 $7,385,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That contracts
awarded for environmental systems, protection systems,
and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the Na-
tional Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected con-
tractors and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifica-
tions 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, 
Ω133æ$9,800,000
$10,323,000Ω134æ: Provided, That 40 U.S.C. 193n is here-
by amended by striking the word ‘‘and’’ after the word ‘‘In-
stitution’’ 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,’’.