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placement of passenger motor vehicles; 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 special-
ized surveys when it is administratively determined that 
such procedures are in the public interest; construction 
and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant 
facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging stations and ob-
servation wells; expenses of the United States National 
Committee on Geology; and payment of compensation and 
expenses of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly ap-
pointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 
and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 
activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 
accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or co-
operative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: 
Provided further, That the United States Geological Sur-
vey may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements 
directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or 
nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, 
for the temporary or intermittent services of students or 
recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for 
the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States 
Code, relating to compensation for travel and work inju-
ries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, re-
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lating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Fed-
eral employees for any other purposes. 
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 
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, $171,575,000, of which 
$81,906,000 shall be available for royalty management ac-
tivities; and an amount not to exceed $103,730,000, to 
be credited to this appropriation and to remain available 
until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from 
increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate 
increases to fee collections for Outer Continental Shelf ad-
ministrative activities performed by the Minerals Manage-
ment Service (MMS) over and above the rates in effect 
on September 30, 1993, and from additional fees for 
Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities estab-
lished after September 30, 1993: Provided, That to the 
extent $103,730,000 in additions to receipts are not real-
ized from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount
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needed to reach $103,730,000 shall be credited to this ap-
propriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for 
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 
1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer ac-
quisitions shall remain available until September 30, 
2006: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this Act shall be available for the payment of interest in 
accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for rea-
sonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and 
marine cleanup activities: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $15,000 under this 
heading shall be available for refunds of overpayments in 
connection with certain Indian leases in which the Direc-
tor of MMS concurred with the claimed refund due, to 
pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to cor-
rect prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided 
further, That MMS may under the royalty-in-kind pilot 
program, or under its authority to transfer oil to the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve, use a portion of the revenues 
from royalty-in-kind sales, without regard to fiscal year 
limitation, to pay for transportation to wholesale market 
centers or upstream pooling points, and to process or oth-
erwise dispose of royalty production taken in kind, and 
to recover MMS transportation costs, salaries, and other
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administrative costs directly related to filling the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve: Provided further, That MMS shall 
analyze and document the expected return in advance of 
any royalty-in-kind sales to assure to the maximum extent 
practicable that royalty income under the pilot program 
is equal to or greater than royalty income recognized 
under a comparable royalty-in-value program: Provided 
further, That in fiscal year 2005 and thereafter, notwith-
standing 30 U.S.C. 191(a) and 43 U.S.C. 1338, the Sec-
retary shall pay, not to exceed $499,000 annually, 
amounts owed to States under the provision of 30 U.S.C. 
1721(b) from amounts received as current receipts from 
bonuses, royalties, interest collected from lessees and des-
ignees, and rentals of the public lands and the outer conti-
nental shelf under provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act 
(30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), which are not payable 
to a State or the Reclamation Fund. 
OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$7,105,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
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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 10 passenger motor vehicles, for 
replacement only; $108,805,000: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use 
directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in 
fiscal year 2005 for civil penalties assessed under section 
518 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely af-
fected by coal mining practices after August 3, 1977, to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclama-
tion and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per 
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
sponsored training. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out 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 10 passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only, $194,106,000, to be derived from receipts of
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(30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), if the amount set aside is depos-
ited in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment 
fund established under a State law, pursuant to which law 
the amount (together with all interest earned on the 
amount) is expended by the State to undertake acid mine 
drainage abatement and treatment projects, except that 
before any amounts greater than 10 percent of its title 
IV grants are deposited in an acid mine drainage abate-
ment and treatment fund, the State of Maryland must 
first complete all Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
Act priority one projects: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this heading may be used for the travel 
and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel at-
tending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and En-
forcement sponsored training. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
as amended, $1,935,033,000, to remain available until
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September 30, 2006 except as otherwise provided herein, 
of which not to exceed $85,638,000 shall be for welfare 
assistance payments and notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self- 
Determination Act of 1975, as amended, not to exceed 
$133,314,000 shall be available for payments to tribes and 
tribal organizations for contract support costs associated 
with ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual fund-
ing agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to or 
during fiscal year 2005, as authorized by such Act except 
that tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal 
priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing 
contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding agree-
ments and for unmet welfare assistance costs; and of 
which not to exceed $458,057,000 for school operations 
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education pro-
grams shall become available on July 1, 2005, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2006; and of which 
not to exceed $61,409,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for housing improvement, road maintenance, at-
torney fees, litigation support, the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Fund, land records improvement, and the Navajo- 
Hopi Settlement Program: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, including but not lim-
ited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as
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amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed $45,348,000 
within and only from such amounts made available for 
school operations shall be available to tribes and tribal or-
ganizations for administrative cost grants associated with 
ongoing grants entered into with the Bureau prior to or 
during fiscal year 2004 for the operation of Bureau-fund-
ed schools, and up to $3,000,000 within and only from 
such amounts made available for school operations shall 
be available for the transitional costs of initial administra-
tive cost grants to tribes and tribal organizations that 
enter into grants for the operation on or after July 1, 
2004 of Bureau-operated schools: Provided further, That 
any forestry funds allocated to a tribe which remain unob-
ligated as of September 30, 2006, may be transferred dur-
ing fiscal year 2007 to an Indian forest land assistance 
account established for the benefit of such tribe within the 
tribe’s trust fund account: Provided further, That any such 
unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on 
September 30, 2007. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 
in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-
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suant to Public Law 87–483, $348,626,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 
be used to cover the road program management costs of 
the Bureau: 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 nonreimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2005, in implementing 
new construction 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 Administrative 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 
determine a schedule of payments for the work to be per-
formed: Provided further, That in considering applications, 
the Secretary shall consider whether the Indian tribe or 
tribal organization would be deficient in assuring that the
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construction 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(b), with 
respect to organizational and financial management capa-
bilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary declines an 
application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements 
contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(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. 2507(e): Provided further, That, of the funds 
provided for the tribal school demonstration program, not-
withstanding the provisions of paragraph (b)(1) of section 
122 of division F of Public Law 108–7, as amended by 
section 136 of Public Law 108–108, $4,500,000 is for the 
Eastern Band of Cherokee education campus at the 
Ravensford tract. 
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, 
$44,771,000, to remain available until expended, for im-
plementation of enacted Indian land and water claim set-
tlements pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 
618, 106–554, 107–331, and 108–34, and for implemen-
tation of other land and water rights settlements; and of 
which $10,032,000 shall be available for payment to the
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Quinault Indian Nation pursuant to the terms of the 
North Boundary Settlement Agreement dated July 14, 
2000, providing for the acquisition of perpetual conserva-
tion easements from the Nation. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed and insured loans, 
$6,421,000, of which $695,000 is for administrative ex-
penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 
1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $84,699,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, compacts and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions. 
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may contract for services in support of the man-
agement, operation, and maintenance of the Power Divi-
sion of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guar-
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antee and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed 
Loan Program account) shall be available for expenses of 
exhibits, and purchase and replacement of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
operations or pooled overhead general administration (ex-
cept facilities operations and maintenance) shall be avail-
able for tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
413). 
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 
distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish 
the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that 
tribe, or the government-to-government relationship be-
tween the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s abil-
ity to access future appropriations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided 
herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 
452 et seq., shall be available to support the operation of 
any elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska.
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Appropriations made available in this or any other 
Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available 
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
tember 1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall 
be used to support expanded grades for any school or dor-
mitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved 
by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bu-
reau school system as of October 1, 1995. Funds made 
available under this Act may not be used to establish a 
charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term 
is defined in section 1146 of the Education Amendments 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)), except that a charter school 
that is in existence on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school be-
fore September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during 
that period, but only if the charter school pays to the Bu-
reau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau 
for the use of the real and personal property (including 
buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept 
separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau 
does not assume any obligation for charter school pro-
grams of the State in which the school is located if the 
charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau- 
funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school and 
performing functions related to the charter school’s oper-
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ation and employees of a charter school shall not be treat-
ed as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of 
title 28, United States Code. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
$74,935,000, of which: (1) $68,372,000 shall be available 
until expended for technical assistance, including mainte-
nance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management 
controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree 
snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in 
American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as 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); and (2) $6,563,000 shall 
be available for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insu-
lar Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of the 
territorial and local governments herein provided for, in-
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cluding such transactions of all agencies or instrumental-
ities established or used by such governments, may be au-
dited by the General Accounting Office, at its discretion, 
in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands 
Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to 
those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representa-
tives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the 
Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104– 
134: Provided further, That of the amounts provided for 
technical assistance, sufficient funds shall be made avail-
able for a grant to the Pacific Basin Development Council: 
Provided further, That of the amounts provided for tech-
nical assistance, sufficient funding shall be made available 
for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, 
That the funds for the program of operations and mainte-
nance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize 
routine operations and maintenance improvement of cap-
ital infrastructure with territorial participation and cost 
sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the 
grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance of its capital 
assets: Provided further, That any appropriation for dis-
aster assistance under this heading in this Act or previous 
appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching 
funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided
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pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $5,499,000, as 
provided for in sections 221(a)(2), 221(b), and 233 of the 
Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau 
as authorized by Public Law 99–658; Public Law 108– 
188; and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Asso-
ciation and their related agreements between the Govern-
ment of the United States and the Government of the Re-
public of the Marshall Islands as amended. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, $93,051,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available 
for workers compensation payments and unemployment 
compensation payments associated with the orderly clo-
sure of the United States Bureau of Mines, and of which 
$13,500,000, to be derived by transfer from unobligated 
balances in the ‘‘Central Hazardous Materials Fund’’, 
shall remain available until expended for a departmental 
financial and business management system. Provided, 
That none of the funds in this or previous appropriations
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Acts may be used to establish any additional reserves in 
the Working Capital Fund account other than the two au-
thorized reserves without prior approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That amounts otherwise appropriated by this Act for 
motor vehicle lease, purchase or service costs at the De-
partment of the Interior are reduced by $13,500,000 and, 
not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a listing 
of the amounts by account of the reductions made pursu-
ant to this proviso. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 20, 1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901-6907), 
$226,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses: Provided, That no 
payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local 
government if the computed amount of the payment is less 
than $100. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$51,356,000.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $37,655,000. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, $196,267,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amounts available 
under this heading not to exceed $58,000,000 shall be 
available for records collection and indexing, imaging and 
coding, accounting for per capita and judgment accounts, 
accounting for tribal accounts, reviewing and distributing 
funds from special deposit accounts, and program man-
agement of the Office of Historical Trust Accounting, in-
cluding litigation support: Provided further, That funds for 
trust management improvements and litigation support 
may, as needed, be transferred to or merged with the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ 
account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ account; and the Departmental Management, 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That 
funds made available to Tribes and Tribal organizations 
through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year
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2005, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act 
of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available 
until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
statute of limitations shall not commence to run on any 
claim, including any claim in litigation pending on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, concerning losses to or mis-
management of trust funds, until the affected tribe or in-
dividual Indian has been furnished with an accounting of 
such funds from which the beneficiary can determine 
whether there has been a loss: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement of 
performance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
activity for at least 18 months and has a balance of $1.00 
or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 
an annual account statement and maintain a record of any 
such accounts and shall permit the balance in each such 
account to be withdrawn upon the express written request 
of the account holder: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments 
to correct administrative errors of either disbursements 
from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal ac-
counts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, That
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erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited 
to and remain available in this account for this purpose. 
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION 
For consolidation of fractional interests in Indian 
lands and expenses associated with redetermining and re-
distributing escheated interests in allotted lands, and for 
necessary expenses to carry out the Indian Land Consoli-
dation Act of 1983, as amended, by direct expenditure or 
cooperative agreement, $42,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds provided under this 
heading may be expended pursuant to the authorities con-
tained in the provisos under the heading ‘‘Office of Special 
Trustee for American Indians, Indian Land Consolida-
tion’’ of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–291). 
NATURAL RESOURCES DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment and 
restoration activities by the Department of the Interior 
necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380) 
(33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and Public Law 101–337, as
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amended (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $5,818,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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 existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 
trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft: Provided further, That no programs 
funded with appropriated funds in the ‘‘Departmental 
Management’’, ‘‘Office of the Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’ may be augmented through the Working 
Capital Fund: Provided further, That the annual budget 
justification for Departmental Management shall describe 
estimated Working Capital Fund charges to bureaus and 
offices, including the methodology on which charges are 
based: Provided further, That departures from the Work-
ing Capital Fund estimates contained in the Departmental 
Management budget justification shall be presented to the 
Committees on Appropriations for approval: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide a semi-annual re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations on reimbursable 
support agreements between the Office of the Secretary 
and the National Business Center and the bureaus and
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offices of the Department, including the amounts billed 
pursuant to such agreements. 
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 H. Res. 649 and section 402 of S. Con. Res. 
95, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2005, and must be replenished by a supplemental appro-
priation 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-
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands
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under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 
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 oil spills; for response and natural resource 
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills; 
for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or 
potential 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 wildland fire 
operations 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 
their use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement 
to be credited to appropriations currently available at the
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time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland 
fire operations, no funds shall be made available under 
this authority until the Secretary determines that funds 
appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ shall be ex-
hausted within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds 
used pursuant to this section are hereby designated by 
Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pursuant to 
section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as made 
applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 649 
(108th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2005, and must be replenished by a supple-
mental appropriation which must be requested as prompt-
ly as possible: Provided further, That such replenishment 
funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, ac-
counts from which emergency funds were transferred. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 
of the Interior shall hereafter be available for operation 
of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wher-
ever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency 
or economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed 
for services rendered to any other activity in the same 
manner as authorized by sections 1535 and 1536 of title 
31, United States Code: Provided, That reimbursements 
for costs and supplies, materials, equipment, and for serv-
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ices 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 here-
after be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 
4–204). 
SEC. 106. Annual appropriations made to the De-
partment of the Interior shall hereafter be available for 
obligation in connection with contracts issued for services 
or rentals for periods not in excess of 12 months beginning 
at any time during the fiscal year.
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SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct 
of offshore preleasing, leasing and related activities placed 
under restriction in the President’s moratorium statement 
of June 12, 1998, in the areas of northern, central, and 
southern California; the North Atlantic; Washington and 
Oregon; and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 de-
grees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude. 
SEC. 108. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct off-
shore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related 
activities in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for 
any lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the 
final Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing 
Program, 1997–2002. 
SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil 
and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities 
in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas. 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, the National Park Service shall not develop or imple-
ment a reduced entrance fee program to accommodate 
non-local travel through a unit. The Secretary may provide 
for and regulate local non-recreational passage through 
units of the National Park System, allowing each unit to
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develop guidelines and permits for such activity appro-
priate to that unit. 
SEC. 111. Advance payments made to the Depart-
ment of the Interior to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, 
and tribal consortia pursuant to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 
et seq.) or the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 
(25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) may hereafter be invested by the 
Indian tribe, tribal organization, or consortium before 
such funds are expended for the purposes of the grant, 
compact, or annual funding agreement so long as such 
funds are— 
(1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organiza-
tion, or consortium only in obligations of the United 
States, or in obligations or securities that are guar-
anteed or insured by the United States, or mutual 
(or other) funds registered with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission and which only invest in obli-
gations of the United States or securities that are 
guaranteed or insured by the United States; or 
(2) deposited only into accounts that are in-
sured by an agency or instrumentality of the United 
States, or are fully collateralized to ensure protec-
tion of the funds, even in the event of a bank failure.
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SEC. 112. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special 
Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated bal-
ances from prior appropriations Acts made under the 
same headings shall be available for expenditure or trans-
fer for Indian trust management and reform activities, ex-
cept that total funding for historical accounting activities 
shall not exceed amounts specifically designated in this 
Act for such purpose. 
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for the purpose of reducing the backlog of Indian pro-
bate cases in the Department of the Interior, the hearing 
requirements of chapter 10 of title 25, United States 
Code, are deemed satisfied by a proceeding conducted by 
an Indian probate judge, appointed by the Secretary with-
out regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
governing the appointments in the competitive service, for 
such period of time as the Secretary determines necessary: 
Provided, That the basic pay of an Indian probate judge 
so appointed may be fixed by the Secretary without regard 
to the provisions of chapter 51, and subchapter III of 
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, governing the 
classification and pay of General Schedule employees, ex-
cept that no such Indian probate judge may be paid at 
a level which exceeds the maximum rate payable for the
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highest grade of the General Schedule, including locality 
pay. 
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-
tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 
tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 
transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 
dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc-
tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 
percent in fiscal year 2005. Under circumstances of dual 
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-
tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 
apply. 
SEC. 115. Funds appropriated for the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs for postsecondary schools for fiscal year 2005 
shall be allocated among the schools proportionate to the 
unmet need of the schools as determined by the Postsec-
ondary Funding Formula adopted by the Office of Indian 
Education Programs. 
SEC. 116. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall take 
such action as may be necessary to ensure that the lands 
comprising the Huron Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas 
(as described in section 123 of Public Law 106–291) are 
used only in accordance with this section.
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(b) The lands of the Huron Cemetery shall be used 
only: (1) for religious and cultural uses that are compat-
ible with the use of the lands as a cemetery; and (2) as 
a burial ground. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under 
the authority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amend-
ed by Public Law 104–208, the Secretary may accept and 
retain land and other forms of reimbursement: Provided, 
That the Secretary may retain and use any such reim-
bursement until expended and without further appropria-
tion: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all ac-
tivities authorized by Public Law 100-696; 16 U.S.C. 
460zz. 
SEC. 118. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, 
the National Park Service hereafter may authorize, 
through cooperative agreement, the Golden Gate National 
Parks Association to provide fee-based education, inter-
pretive and visitor service functions within the Crissy 
Field and Fort Point areas of the Presidio. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b), sums 
received by the Bureau of Land Management for the sale 
of seeds or seedlings, may hereafter be credited to the ap-
propriation from which funds were expended to acquire
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or grow the seeds or seedlings and are available without 
fiscal year limitation. 
SEC. 120. The Secretary of the Interior may use or 
contract for the use of helicopters or motor vehicles on 
the Sheldon and Hart National Wildlife Refuges for the 
purpose of capturing and transporting horses and burros. 
The provisions of subsection (a) of the Act of September 
8, 1959 (18 U.S.C. 47(a)) shall not be applicable to such 
use. Such use shall be in accordance with humane proce-
dures prescribed by the Secretary. 
SEC. 121. Funds provided in this Act for Federal 
land acquisition by the National Park Service for Shen-
andoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District, New 
Jersey Pinelands Preserve, and Ice Age National Scenic 
Trail may be used for a grant to a State, a local govern-
ment, or any other governmental land management entity 
for the acquisition of lands without regard to any restric-
tion on the use of Federal land acquisition funds provided 
through the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 as amended. 
SEC. 122. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park 
Service to enter into or implement a concession contract 
which permits or requires the removal of the underground 
lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
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SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jer-
sey City, New Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent 
pedestrian use of such bridge, when such pedestrian use 
is consistent with generally accepted safety standards. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to des-
ignate, or to post any sign designating, any portion of Ca-
naveral National Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as 
a clothing-optional area or as an area in which public nu-
dity is permitted, if such designation would be contrary 
to county ordinance. 
SEC. 125. None of the funds in this or any other Act 
can be used to compensate the Special Master and the 
Special Master-Monitor, and all variations thereto, ap-
pointed by the United States District Court for the Dis-
trict of Columbia in the Cobell v. Norton litigation at an 
annual rate that exceeds 200 percent of the highest Senior 
Executive Service rate of pay for the Washington-Balti-
more locality pay area. 
SEC. 126. The Secretary of the Interior may use dis-
cretionary funds to pay private attorneys fees and costs 
for employees and former employees of the Department 
of the Interior reasonably incurred in connection with 
Cobell v. Norton to the extent that such fees and costs
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are not paid by the Department of Justice or by private 
insurance. In no case shall the Secretary make payments 
under this section that would result in payment of hourly 
fees in excess of the highest hourly rate approved by the 
District Court for the District of Columbia for counsel in 
Cobell v. Norton. 
SEC. 127. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 
a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 
for harvest, that are released from Federally operated or 
Federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 
fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 
identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 
SEC. 128. Such sums as may be necessary from ‘‘De-
partmental Management, Salaries and Expenses’’, shall be 
transferred to ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Resource Management’’ for operational needs at the Mid-
way Atoll National Wildlife Refuge airport. 
SEC. 129. (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in section 134 
of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2002 (115 Stat. 443) affects the deci-
sion of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th
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Circuit in Sac and Fox Nation v. Norton, 240 F.3d 1250 
(2001). 
(b) USE OF CERTAIN INDIAN LAND.—Nothing in this 
section permits the conduct of gaming under the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) on land 
described in section 123 of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 
944), or land that is contiguous to that land, regardless 
of whether the land or contiguous land has been taken 
into trust by the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 130. No funds appropriated for the Department 
of the Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used 
to study or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or 
to reduce the water level of the lake below the range of 
water levels required for the operation of the Glen Canyon 
Dam. 
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding the limitation in subpara-
graph (2)(B) of section 18(a) of the Indian Gaming Regu-
latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2717(a)), the total amount of all 
fees imposed by the National Indian Gaming Commission 
for fiscal year 2006 shall not exceed $12,000,000. 
SEC. 132. Notwithstanding any implementation of 
the Department of the Interior’s trust reorganization plan 
within fiscal years 2004 or 2005, funds appropriated for 
fiscal year 2005 shall be available to the tribes within the
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California Tribal Trust Reform Consortium and to the 
Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community, the Confed-
erated Salish-Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation 
and the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boys Reserva-
tion on the same basis as funds were distributed in fiscal 
year 2004. This Demonstration Project shall operate sepa-
rate and apart from the Department of the Interior’s trust 
reform reorganization, and the Department shall not im-
pose its trust management infrastructure upon or alter the 
existing trust resource management systems of the above 
referenced tribes having a self-governance compact and 
operating in accordance with the Tribal Self-Governance 
Program set forth in 25 U.S.C. Sections 458aa–458hh: 
Provided, That the California Trust Reform Consortium 
and any other participating tribe agree to carry out their 
responsibilites under the same fiduciary standards as 
those to which the Secretary of the Interior is held: Pro-
vided further, That they demonstrate, and continue to 
demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Secretary that they 
have the capability to do so. 
SEC. 133. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act, hereafter 
enacted, may be used to permit the use of the National 
Mall for a special event, unless the permit expressly pro-
hibits the erection, placement, or use of structures and
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signs bearing commercial advertising. The Secretary may 
allow for recognition of sponsors of special events: Pro-
vided, That the size and form of the recognition shall be 
consistent with the special nature and sanctity of the Mall 
and any lettering or design identifying the sponsor shall 
be no larger than one-third the size of the lettering or de-
sign identifying the special event. In approving special 
events, the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent 
practicable, that public use of, and access to the Mall is 
not restricted. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘spe-
cial event’’ shall have the meaning given to it by section 
7.96(g)(1)(ii) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations. 
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $280,654,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the funds pro-
vided, $52,714,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis 
program. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man-
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agement, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 
invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili-
tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooper-
ative forestry, and education and land conservation activi-
ties and conducting an international program as author-
ized, $282,446,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by law of which $43,119,000 is to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund: Provided, 
That none of the funds provided under this heading for 
the acquisition of lands or interests in lands shall be avail-
able until the Forest Service notifies the House Committee 
on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appro-
priations, in writing, of specific contractual and grant de-
tails including the non-Federal cost share. 
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, 
$1,399,599,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during 
prior fiscal years as fees collected 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 balances under this 
heading available at the start of fiscal year 2005 shall be
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displayed by budget line item in the fiscal year 2006 budg-
et justification: Provided further, That, through fiscal year 
2009, the Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 
transfer of such sums as necessary to the Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 
preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 
from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-
ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 
such lands. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other 
lands under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuels re-
duction on or adjacent to such lands, and for emergency 
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 
lands and water, $1,734,865,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such funds including unobli-
gated balances under this heading, are available for repay-
ment of advances from other appropriations accounts pre-
viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and 
other cooperating entities for services provided in response 
to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent 
such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire
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emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency 
management agency: Provided further, That not less than 
50 percent of any unobligated balances remaining (exclu-
sive of amounts for hazardous fuels reduction) at the end 
of fiscal year 2004 shall be transferred, as repayment for 
past advances that have not been repaid, to the fund es-
tablished pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 71–319 (16 
U.S.C. 576 et seq.): Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $8,000,000 of funds 
appropriated under this appropriation shall be used for 
Fire Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science 
Program: Provided further, That all authorities for the use 
of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and coop-
erative agreements, available to execute the Forest and 
Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in 
the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research: 
Provided further, That funds provided shall be available 
for emergency rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous 
fuels reduction activities in the urban-wildland interface, 
support to Federal emergency response, and wildfire sup-
pression activities of the Forest Service: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided, $266,238,000 is for hazardous 
fuels reduction activities, $13,000,000 is for rehabilitation 
and restoration, $23,000,000 is for research activities and 
to make competitive research grants pursuant to the For-
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est and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $40,000,000 is for 
State fire assistance, $8,000,000 is for volunteer fire as-
sistance, $15,000,000 is for forest health activities on 
Federal lands and $10,000,000 is for forest health activi-
ties on State and private lands: Provided further, That 
amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to the 
‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’, 
and ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Research’’ accounts to fund 
State fire assistance, volunteer fire assistance, forest 
health management, forest and rangeland research, vege-
tation and watershed management, heritage site rehabili-
tation, and wildlife and fish habitat management and res-
toration: Provided further, That transfers of any amounts 
in excess of those authorized in this paragraph, shall re-
quire approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations in compliance with reprogramming proce-
dures contained in House Report 108–330: Provided fur-
ther, That the costs of implementing any cooperative 
agreement between the Federal Government and any non- 
Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by 
the affected parties: Provided further, That in addition to 
funds provided for State Fire Assistance programs, and 
subject to all authorities available to the Forest Service 
under the State and Private Forestry Appropriations, up
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to $15,000,000 may be used on adjacent non-Federal 
lands for the purpose of protecting communities when haz-
ard reduction activities are planned on national forest 
lands that have the potential to place such communities 
at risk: Provided further, That included in funding for haz-
ardous fuel reduction is $5,000,000 for implementing the 
Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, 
title VI, and any portion of such funds shall be available 
for use on non-Federal lands in accordance with authori-
ties available to the Forest Service under the State and 
Private Forestry Appropriation: Provided further, That in 
using the funds provided in this Act for hazardous fuels 
reduction activities, the Secretary of Agriculture may con-
duct fuel reduction treatments on Federal lands using all 
contracting and hiring authorities available to the Sec-
retary applicable to hazardous fuel reduction activities 
under the wildland fire management accounts: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding Federal Government pro-
curement and contracting laws, the Secretaries may con-
duct fuel reduction treatments, rehabilitation and restora-
tion, and other activities authorized under this heading on 
and adjacent to Federal lands using grants and coopera-
tive agreements: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
Federal Government procurement and contracting laws, in 
order to provide employment and training opportunities
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to people in rural communities, the Secretaries may award 
contracts, including contracts for monitoring activities, to 
local private, non-profit, or cooperative entities; Youth 
Conservation Corps crews or related partnerships, with 
State, local and non-profit youth groups; small or micro- 
businesses; or other entities that will hire or train a sig-
nificant percentage of local people to complete such con-
tracts: Provided further, That the authorities described 
above relating to contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
ments are available until all funds provided in this title 
for hazardous fuels reduction activities in the urban 
wildland interface are obligated: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated 
for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not 
to exceed $12,000,000, between the Departments when 
such transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded 
wildland fire management programs and projects. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $522,940,000, to remain available 
until expended for construction, reconstruction, mainte-
nance and acquisition of buildings and other facilities, and 
for construction, reconstruction, repair, decommissioning, 
and maintenance of forest roads and trails by the Forest
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Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 
U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That up to $15,000,000 
of the funds provided herein for road maintenance shall 
be available for the decommissioning of roads, including 
unauthorized roads not part of the transportation system, 
which are no longer needed: Provided further, That no 
funds shall be expended to decommission any system road 
until notice and an opportunity for public comment has 
been provided on each decommissioning project. 
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 through 11), including ad-
ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or wa-
ters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory au-
thority applicable to the Forest Service, $15,500,000, to 
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
and to remain available until expended. 
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
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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, such sums, to be derived 
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-
posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 
Exchange Acts, 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 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 
Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements.
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GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$65,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-
age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 
title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act (Public Law 96–487), $5,962,000 available until 
expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to 
exceed 124 passenger motor vehicles of which 21 will be 
used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which 
124 shall be for replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger 
motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehi-
cles; purchase, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of 
aircraft from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet 
at 195 aircraft for use in Forest Service wildland fire pro-
grams and other Forest Service programs; notwith-
standing 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
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aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not 
to exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
(3) purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and 
other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisi-
tion of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers 
in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 
558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection 
contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions upon notification of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations and if and only if 
all previously appropriated emergency contingent funds 
under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ have 
been released by the President and apportioned and all 
wildfire suppression funds under the heading ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ are obligated. 
The first transfer of funds into the Wildland Fire 
Management account shall include unobligated funds, if 
available, from the Land Acquisition account and the For-
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est Legacy program within the State and Private Forestry 
account. 
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. 
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out section 8002 of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. 
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
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cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 
House Report 108–330. 
Not more than $72,467,000 of the funds available to 
the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture. 
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to conduct a program of not less than $2,000,000 
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved 
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $2,500 
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 
$3,300,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the Na-
tional Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership 
projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without 
regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for ad-
ministrative expenses or projects on or benefitting Na-
tional Forest System lands or related to Forest Service 
programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds made 
available to the Foundation, $300,000 may be used for 
Forest Service Centennial activities and, of the total avail-
able to the Foundation, no more than $350,000 shall be
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available for administrative expenses: Provided further, 
That the Foundation 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 Founda-
tion may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient 
for a project at the same rate that the recipient has ob-
tained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided further, 
That authorized investments of Federal funds held by the 
Foundation 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, 
$2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service 
shall be available for matching funds to the National Fish 
and Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
3701–3709, and may be advanced in a lump sum to aid 
conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest 
Service mission, without regard to when expenses are in-
curred, for projects on or benefitting National Forest Sys-
tem lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 
That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period 
of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to 
match on at least one-for-one basis funds advanced by the 
Forest Service: Provided further, That the Foundation
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may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient 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. 
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. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap-
propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 
to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office 
of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-
culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-
sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 
reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar non-litiga-
tion related matters. Future budget justifications for both 
the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture 
should clearly display the sums previously transferred and 
the requested funding transfers.
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Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be used for necessary expenses in the event 
of law enforcement emergencies as necessary to protect 
natural resources and public or employee safety: Provided, 
That such amounts shall not exceed $1,000,000. 
For each fiscal year through 2009, the Secretary of 
Agriculture may transfer or reimburse funds available to 
the Forest Service, not to exceed $15,000,000, to the Sec-
retary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce to 
expedite conferencing and consultations as required under 
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1536. 
The amount of the transfer or reimbursement shall be as 
mutually agreed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior or Secretary of Commerce, as 
applicable, or their designees. The amount shall in no case 
exceed the actual costs of consultation and conferencing. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older American Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 
purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 
be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-
tion 502(c) of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3056(c)(2)).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY 
(DEFERRAL) 
Of the funds made available under this heading for 
obligation in prior years, $237,000,000 shall not be avail-
able until October 1, 2005, Provided, That funds made 
available in previous appropriations Acts shall be available 
for any ongoing project regardless of the separate request 
for proposal under which the project was selected: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available in prior 
year appropriations under this heading, up to $18,000,000 
shall be available in fiscal year 2005 for FutureGen, with-
out regard to the terms and conditions applicable to clean 
coal technology projects: Provided further, That the initial 
planning and research stages of the FutureGen project 
shall include a matching requirement from non-Federal 
sources of at least 20 percent of the costs: Provided fur-
ther, That any demonstration component of such project 
shall include a matching requirement from non-Federal 
sources of at least 50 percent of the costs of the compo-
nent. 
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
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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), $601,875,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $4,000,000 is to continue a multi-year 
project for construction, renovation, furnishing, and demo-
lition or removal of buildings at National Energy Tech-
nology Laboratory facilities in Morgantown, West Virginia 
and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and of which $105,000,000 
is available, after coordination with the private sector, for 
a request for proposals for a Clean Coal Power Initiative 
providing for competitively-awarded research, develop-
ment, and demonstration projects to reduce the barriers 
to continued and expanded coal use: Provided further, 
That no project may be selected for which sufficient fund-
ing is not available to provide for the total project: Pro-
vided further, That funds shall be expended in accordance 
with the provisions governing the use of funds contained 
under the heading ‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’ in 42 U.S.C. 
5903d: Provided further, That the Department may in-
clude provisions for repayment of Government contribu-
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tions to individual projects in an amount up to the Govern-
ment contribution to the project on terms and conditions 
that are acceptable to the Department including repay-
ments from sale and licensing of technologies from both 
domestic and foreign transactions: Provided further, That 
such repayments shall be retained by the Department for 
future coal-related research, development and demonstra-
tion projects: Provided further, That any technology se-
lected under this program shall be considered a Clean Coal 
Technology, and any project selected under this program 
shall be considered a Clean Coal Technology Project, for 
the purposes of 42 U.S.C. 7651n, and Chapters 51, 52, 
and 60 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations: 
Provided further, That no part of the sum herein made 
available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear ex-
plosives in the recovery of oil and gas: Provided further, 
That up to 4 percent of program direction funds available 
to the National Energy Technology Laboratory may be 
used to support Department of Energy activities not in-
cluded in this account. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities, $18,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining
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from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities. 
ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND 
For necessary expenses in fulfilling installment pay-
ments under the Settlement Agreement entered into by 
the United States and the State of California on October 
11, 1996, as authorized by section 3415 of Public Law 
104–106, $36,000,000, to become available on October 1, 
2005 for payment to the State of California for the State 
Teachers’ Retirement Fund from the Elk Hills School 
Lands Fund. 
ENERGY CONSERVATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy con-
servation activities, $656,071,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $45,098,000 shall be for State 
energy program grants. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
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.), $172,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating 
Oil Reserve storage, operations, and management activi-
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ties pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
of 2000, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
of the Energy Information Administration, $85,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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
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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 
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 3 calendar 
days to a day certain) from the receipt by the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives and the President of the 
Senate of a full comprehensive report on such project, in-
cluding 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
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procurement documents for programs or projects for 
which appropriations have not been made. 
In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act, 
the Secretary may accept fees and contributions from pub-
lic and private sources, to be deposited in a contributed 
funds account, and prosecute projects using such fees and 
contributions in cooperation with other Federal, State or 
private agencies or concerns. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and 
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to the Indian Health Service, $2,628,322,000, to-
gether with payments received during the fiscal year pur-
suant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) for services furnished by the 
Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made avail-
able to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, 
grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts 
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be 
deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract
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award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe 
or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Pro-
vided further, That up to $18,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health 
Emergency Fund: Provided further, That $479,085,000 
for contract medical care shall remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2006: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided, up to $27,000,000 to remain available 
until expended, shall be used to carry out the loan repay-
ment program under section 108 of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided 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 collected by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under the authority of title IV of the In-
dian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available 
until expended for the purpose of achieving compliance 
with the applicable conditions and requirements of titles 
XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act (exclusive of 
planning, design, or construction of new facilities): Pro-
vided further, That funding contained herein, and in any 
earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship programs 
under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25
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U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal 
organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 
available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations 
until expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, of the amounts provided herein, 
not to exceed $267,398,000 shall be for payments to tribes 
and tribal organizations for contract or grant support 
costs associated with contracts, grants, self-governance 
compacts or annual funding agreements between the In-
dian Health Service and a tribe or tribal organization pur-
suant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
amended, prior to or during fiscal year 2005, of which 
not to exceed $2,500,000 may be used for contract sup-
port costs associated with new or expanded self-determina-
tion contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or annual 
funding agreements: Provided further, That funds avail-
able for the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund may 
be used, as needed, to carry out activities typically funded 
under the Indian Health Facilities account. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 
including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans,
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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 
such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 
support 
activities 
of 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service, 
$405,048,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction 
or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an In-
dian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites 
to construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facili-
ties: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall 
be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase 
TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense 
for distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal 
facilities: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated to the Indian Health Service may be used for sani-
tation facilities construction for new homes funded with 
grants by the housing programs of the United States De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided
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further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 from this account 
and the ‘‘Indian Health Services’’ account shall be used 
by the Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances for the 
Indian Health Service and tribal facilities in conjunction 
with an existing interagency agreement between the In-
dian Health Service and the General Services Administra-
tion: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall 
be placed in a Demolition Fund, available until expended, 
to be used by the Indian Health Service for demolition 
of Federal buildings: Provided further, That up to 
$2,700,000 may be used for the purchase of up to 27 acres 
at two sites for the construction of the northern and 
southern California Youth Regional Treatment Centers 
subject to advance approval from the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations. 
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,
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when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec-
retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefor as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attend-
ance at meetings which are concerned with the functions 
or activities for which the appropriation is made or which 
will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or man-
agement of those functions or activities. 
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 
proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 
be credited to the account of the facility providing the 
service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation. 
Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds trans-
ferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment to the Indian Health Service shall be administered 
under Public Law 86–121 (the Indian Sanitation Facili-
ties Act) and Public Law 93–638, as amended. 
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 di-
rected at curtailing Federal travel and transportation.
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None of the funds made available to the Indian 
Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assess-
ments or charges by the Department of Health and 
Human Services unless identified in the budget justifica-
tion and provided in this Act, or approved by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the re-
programming process. Personnel ceilings may not be im-
posed on the Indian Health Service nor may any action 
be taken to reduce the full time equivalent level of the 
Indian Health Service below the level in fiscal year 2002 
adjusted upward for the staffing of new and expanded fa-
cilities, funding provided for staffing at the Lawton, Okla-
homa hospital in fiscal years 2003 and 2004, critical posi-
tions not filled in fiscal year 2002, and staffing necessary 
to carry out the intent of Congress with regard to program 
increases. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal or-
ganization through a contract, grant, or agreement au-
thorized by title I or title III or title V of the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self- 
determination contract under title I, or a self-governance 
agreement under title V of such Act and thereafter shall
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remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 
fiscal year limitation. 
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 the eligibility for the health care services 
of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Serv-
ice 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. 
With respect to functions transferred by the Indian 
Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian 
Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services 
to those entities, on a reimbursable basis, including pay-
ment in advance with subsequent adjustment. The reim-
bursements received therefrom, along with the funds re-
ceived from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-De-
termination Act, may be credited to the same or subse-
quent appropriation account which provided the funding. 
Such amounts shall remain available until expended. 
Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or 
services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 
total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead
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associated with the provision of goods, services, or tech-
nical assistance. 
The Indian Health Service may purchase 8.5 acres 
of land for expansion of parking facilities at the W.W. 
Hastings hospital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma using third 
party collections subject to advance approval from the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
The appropriation structure for the Indian Health 
Service may not be altered without advance approval of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
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, $11,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appro-
priations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals 
and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-parti-
tioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 
housing, and all others certified as eligible and not in-
cluded in the preceding categories: Provided further, That 
none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may 
be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Reloca-
tion to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as
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of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the 
lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or re-
placement home is provided for such household: Provided 
further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than 
one new or replacement home: Provided further, That the 
Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who 
have selected and received an approved homesite on the 
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off 
the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired 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, as amended (20 
U.S.C. 56 part A), $6,000,000. 
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-
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tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 
(for terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of build-
ings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to five 
replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, repair, 
and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $496,925,000, of 
which not to exceed $11,108,000 for the instrumentation 
program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 
the National Museum of African American History and 
Culture, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program 
shall remain available until expended; and of which 
$1,620,000 for fellowships and scholarly awards shall re-
main available until September 30, 2006; and including 
such funds as may be necessary to support American over-
seas research centers and a total of $125,000 for the 
Council of American Overseas Research Centers: Provided, 
That funds appropriated herein are available for advance 
payments to independent contractors performing research 
services or participating in official Smithsonian presen-
tations: Provided further, That the Smithsonian Institu-
tion may expend Federal appropriations designated in this 
Act for lease or rent payments for long term and swing 
space, as rent payable to the Smithsonian Institution, and 
such rent payments may be deposited into the general
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trust funds of the Institution to the extent that federally 
supported activities are housed in the 900 H Street, N.W. 
building in the District of Columbia: Provided further, 
That this use of Federal appropriations shall not be con-
strued as debt service, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer 
of risk to, or an obligation of, the Federal Government: 
Provided further, That no appropriated funds may be used 
to service debt which is incurred to finance the costs of 
acquiring the 900 H Street building or of planning, de-
signing, and constructing improvements to such building. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 
by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 
and for construction, including necessary personnel, 
$122,900,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $10,000 is for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That contracts awarded for 
environmental systems, protection systems, and repair or 
restoration of facilities of the Smithsonian Institution may 
be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on 
the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price: Pro-
vided further, That balances from amounts previously ap-
propriated under the headings ‘‘Repair, Restoration and
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Alteration of Facilities’’ and ‘‘Construction’’ shall be 
transferred to and merged with this appropriation and 
shall remain until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, SMITHSONIAN 
INSTITUTION 
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be 
used to make any changes to the existing Smithsonian 
science programs including closure of facilities, relocation 
of staff or redirection of functions and programs without 
approval from the Board of Regents of recommendations 
received from the Science Commission. 
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be 
used to initiate the design for any proposed expansion of 
current space or new facility without consultation with the 
House and Senate Appropriations Committees. 
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be 
used for the Holt House located at the National Zoological 
Park in Washington, D.C., unless identified as repairs to 
minimize water damage, monitor structure movement, or 
provide interim structural support. 
None of the funds available to the Smithsonian may 
be reprogrammed without the advance written approval of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in 
accordance with the reprogramming procedures contained 
in the statement of the managers accompanying this Act.
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None of the funds in this or any other Act may be 
used to purchase any additional buildings without prior 
consultation with the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations. 
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
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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, $93,000,000, of which not to exceed $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, $11,100,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for envi-
ronmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair 
or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art 
may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded 
on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING 
ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 
the Performing Arts, $17,152,000.
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JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING 
ARTS 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,987,000. 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
as amended, $130,972,000, shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects 
and productions in the arts through assistance to organi-
zations and individuals pursuant to sections 5(c) and 5(g) 
of the Act, including $22,000,000 for support of arts edu-
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cation and public outreach activities through the Chal-
lenge America program, for program support, and for ad-
ministering the functions of the Act, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds previously appro-
priated to the National Endowment for the Arts ‘‘Match-
ing Grants’’ account and ‘‘Challenge America’’ account 
may be transferred to and merged with this account. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
as amended, $125,877,000, shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humanities for support of ac-
tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the 
Act, and for administering the functions of the Act, to 
remain available until expended. 
MATCHING GRANTS 
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the 
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act 
of 1965, as amended, $16,122,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $10,436,000 shall be available 
to the National Endowment for the Humanities for the 
purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall be available for obligation only in such amounts 
as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, 
and devises of money, and other property accepted by the
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chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the pro-
visions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during 
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal 
amounts have not previously been appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 
to process any grant or contract documents which do not 
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants up to 
$10,000, if in the aggregate this amount does not exceed 
5 percent of the sums appropriated for grant-making pur-
poses per year: Provided further, That such small grant 
actions are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed 
and direct delegation of authority from the National Coun-
cil on the Arts to the Chairperson.
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COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing 
a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $1,793,000: 
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 
fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
lection, to remain available until expended without further 
appropriation. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $7,000,000. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended), 
$4,600,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be 
available for compensation of level V of the Executive 
Schedule or higher positions. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na-
tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i), 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$7,999,000: Provided, That one-quarter of one percent of 
the funds provided under this heading may be used for
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official reception and representational expenses to host 
international visitors engaged in the planning and physical 
development of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 
2310), $41,433,000, of which $1,900,000 for the muse-
um’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 
for the museum’s exhibitions program shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
PRESIDIO TRUST 
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Om-
nibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 
$20,000,000 shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to 
remain available until expended. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection, except 
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
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projects, and activities for which funds are ap-
propriated by this Act. 
(3) The report under this subsection shall in-
clude, for the fiscal year covered— 
(A) the total number of competitions com-
pleted; 
(B) the total number of competitions an-
nounced, together with a list of the activities 
covered by such competitions; 
(C) the total number of full-time equiva-
lent Federal employees studied under completed 
competitions; 
(D) the total number of full-time equiva-
lent Federal employees being studied under 
competitions announced, but not completed; 
(E) the incremental cost directly attrib-
utable to conducting the competitions identified 
under subparagraphs (A) and (B), including 
costs attributable to paying outside consultants 
and contractors and, in accordance with full 
cost accounting principles, all costs attributable 
to developing, implementing, supporting, man-
aging, monitoring, and reporting on competitive 
sourcing, including personnel, consultant, trav-