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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-
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
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other forms of even aged management in hardwood stands
in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service,
up to Ω96æ$2,000,000 $2,500,000 may be advanced in a
lump sum as Federal financial assistance to the National
Forest Foundation, without regard to when the Founda-
tion incurs expenses, for administrative expenses or
projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands
or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of
the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no
more than Ω97æ$500,000 $1,000,000 shall be available for
administrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foun-
dation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal
financial assistance, private contributions to match on at
least one-for-one basis funds made available by the Forest
Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may trans-
fer Federal funds to a recipient of Federal financial assist-
ance for a project at the same rate that the recipient has
obtained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided fur-
ther, That hereafter, the National Forest Foundation may
hold Federal funds made available but not immediately
disbursed and may use any interest or other investment
income earned (before, on, or after the date of enactment
of this Act) on Federal funds to carry out the purposes
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of Public Law 101–593: Provided further, That such in-
vestments may be made only in interest-bearing obliga-
tions of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as
to both principal and interest by the United States.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244,
up to $2,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest
Service shall be available for matching funds, as author-
ized by 16 U.S.C. 3701–3709, and may be advanced in
a lump sum as Federal financial assistance, without re-
gard to when expenses are incurred, for projects on or ben-
efitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest
Service programs: Provided, That the Foundation shall ob-
tain, by the end of the period of Federal financial assist-
ance, private contributions to match on at least one-for-
one basis funds advanced by the Forest Service: Provided
further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds
to a recipient of Federal financial assistance for a project
at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-
Federal matching funds.
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.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 per-
cent of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in
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the ‘‘National Forest System’’ and ‘‘Reconstruction and
Construction’’ accounts and planned to be allocated to ac-
tivities under the ‘‘Jobs in the Woods’’ program for
projects on National Forest land in the State of Washing-
ton may be granted directly to the Washington State De-
partment of Fish and Wildlife for accomplishment of
planned projects. Twenty percent of said funds shall be
retained by the Forest Service for planning and admin-
istering projects. Project selection and prioritization shall
be accomplished by the Forest Service with such consulta-
tion with the State of Washington as the Forest Service
deems appropriate.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for payments to counties within the Columbia
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–
663.
Any funds available to the Forest Service may be
used for retrofitting the Commanding Officer’s Building
(S–2), to accommodate the relocation of the Forest Super-
visor’s Office for the San Bernardino National Forest:
Provided, That funds for the move must come from funds
otherwise available to Region 5: Provided further, That
any funds to be provided for such purposes shall only be
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available upon approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter
into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements as ap-
propriate with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, as
well as with public and other private agencies, organiza-
tions, institutions, and individuals, to provide for the de-
velopment, administration, maintenance, or restoration of
land, facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey
Towers National Historic Landmark: Provided, That, sub-
ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agri-
culture may prescribe, any such public or private agency,
organization, institution, or individual may solicit, accept,
and administer private gifts of money and real or personal
property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the ac-
tivities and services at the Grey Towers National Historic
Landmark: Provided further, That such gifts may be ac-
cepted notwithstanding the fact that a donor conducts
business with the Department of Agriculture in any capac-
ity.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available, as determined by the Secretary, for payments
to Del Norte County, California, pursuant to sections
13(e) and 14 of the Smith River National Recreation Area
Act (Public Law 101–612).
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For purposes of the Southeast Alaska Economic Dis-
aster Fund as set forth in section 101(c) of Public Law
104–134, the direct grants provided in subsection (c) shall
be considered direct payments for purposes of all applica-
ble law except that these direct grants may not be used
for lobbying activities.
No employee of the Department of Agriculture may
be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded
by this Act to any other agency or office of the Depart-
ment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiv-
ing agency or office for the salary and expenses of the
employee for the period of assignment.
Ω98æFunds appropriated by this Act for Region 10 of
the Forest Service to implement the Revised Tongass Na-
tional Forest Land Management Plan, shall be spent and
obligated at the Forest Supervisor and Ranger District lev-
els. No funds appropriated under this or any other Act for
the purpose of operations conducted at the Region 10 head-
quarters, including funding of centralized field costs for
funding of persons employed at the Regional Office, shall
be obligated or expended in excess of $17,500,000 from the
total funds appropriated for Region 10.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading for
obligation in fiscal year 1997 or prior years, $101,000,000
are rescinded: Provided, That funds made available in pre-
vious appropriations Acts shall be available for any ongo-
ing project regardless of the separate request for proposal
under which the project was selected.
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, and 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 (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602,
and 1603), performed under the minerals and materials
science programs at the Albany Research Center in Or-
egon, Ω99æ$313,153,000 $363,969,000, 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 gas.
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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, 1997, shall be deposited in this
account and immediately transferred to the General Fund
of the Treasury. Monies received as revenue sharing from
operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant shall be
immediately transferred to the General Fund of the Treas-
ury.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petro-
leum and oil shale reserve activities, Ω100æ$115,000,000
$107,000,000, and such sums as are necessary to operate
Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 between May 16,
1998 and September 30, 1998, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, revenues received from use and operation
of Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 in excess of
$163,000,000 shall be used to offset the costs of operating
Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 between May 16,
1998 and September 30, 1998: Provided further, That rev-
enues retained pursuant to the first proviso under this
head in Public Law 102–381 (106 Stat. 1404) shall be
immediately transferred to the General Fund of the Treas-
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ury: Provided further, That the requirements of 10 U.S.C.
7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply to fiscal year 1998.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy con-
servation activities, Ω101æ$644,766,000 $627,357,000, to
remain available until expended, including, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the excess amount for fiscal
year 1998 determined under the provisions of section
3003(d) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Pro-
vided, That Ω102æ$153,845,000 $160,100,000 shall be for
use in energy conservation programs as defined 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 notwith-
standing section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99–509 such
sums shall be allocated to the eligible programs as follows:
Ω103æ$123,845,000 $129,000,000 for weatherization as-
sistance grants and Ω104æ$30,000,000 $31,100,000 for
State energy conservation grants.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $2,725,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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Ω105æSTRATEGIC 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.), $209,000,000 $207,500,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $209,000,000 $207,500,000 shall
be repaid from the ‘‘SPR Operating Fund’’ from amounts
made available from the sale of oil from the Reserve: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act, the Secretary shall draw
down
and
sell
in
fiscal
year
1998
$209,000,000
$207,500,000 worth of oil from the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve: Provided further, That the proceeds from the sale
shall be deposited into the ‘‘SPR Operating Fund’’, and
shall, upon receipt, be transferred to the Strategic Petro-
leum Reserve account for operations of the Strategic Pe-
troleum Reserve.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve
facility development and operations and program manage-
ment activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.),
$207,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which
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$207,500,000 shall be repaid from the ‘‘SPR Operating
Fund’’ from amounts made available from the sales under
this heading: Provided, That, consistent with Public law
104–106, proceeds in excess of $2,000,000,000 from the sale
of the Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 shall be depos-
ited into the ‘‘SPR Operating Fund’’, and are hereby ap-
propriated, to remain available until expended, for repay-
ments under this heading and for operations of, or acquisi-
tion, transportation, and injection of petroleum products
into, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Provided further,
That if the Secretary of Energy finds that the proceeds from
the sale of the Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 will
not be at least $2,207,500,000 in fiscal year 1998, the Sec-
retary, notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act of 1975, shall draw down and sell
oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year
1998, and deposit the proceeds into the ‘‘SPR Operating
Fund’’, in amounts sufficient to make deposits into the fund
total $207,500,000 in that fiscal year: Provided further,
That the amount of $2,000,000,000 in the first proviso and
the amount of $2,207,500,000 in the second proviso shall
be adjusted by the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget to amounts not to exceed $2,415,000,000 and
$2,622,500,000, respectively, only to the extent that an ad-
justment is necessary to avoid a sequestration, or any in-
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crease in a sequestration due to this section, under the pro-
cedures prescribed in the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990,
as amended: Provided further, That the Secretary of En-
ergy, notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act of 1975, shall draw down and sell oil from
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 1998 suffi-
cient to deposit $15,000,000 into the General Fund of the
Treasury of the United States, and shall transfer such
amount to the General Fund: Provided further, That pro-
ceeds deposited into the ‘‘SPR Operating Fund’’ under this
heading shall, upon receipt, be transferred to the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve account for operations and activities of
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and to satisfy the require-
ments specified under this heading.
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 1998 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,
Ω106æ$66,800,000 $62,800,000, to remain available until
expended.