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702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 147b unless the proposed transfer is
approved in advance by the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations in compliance with the reprogramming procedures
contained in the statement of managers accompanying this Act.
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 accordance with the re-
programming procedures contained in the statement of managers
accompanying this Act.
No funds available to the Forest Service shall be transferred
to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture
that exceed the total amount transferred during fiscal year 2000
for such purposes without the advance approval of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available 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 Conservation Corps.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $2,500 is available
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and represen-
tation expenses.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101–
593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, $3,000,000 may
be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation
to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest
Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs
expenses, for administrative expenses or projects on or benefitting
National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs:
Provided, That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda-
tion, no more than $350,000 shall be available for administrative
expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by
the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, private con-
tributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds made avail-
able by the Forest Service: Provided further, That the Foundation
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: Provided further, That authorized investments of
Federal funds held by the Foundation may be made only in interest-
bearing obligations 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 incurred, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System
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 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.
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Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available
for interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural
communities for sustainable rural development 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.
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress,
and make available to interested persons, a report containing the
results of a management review of outfitter and guiding operations
in the John Muir, Ansel Adams, and Dinkey Lakes Wilderness
Areas of the Inyo and Sierra National Forests, California. The
report shall include information regarding: (1) how the Secretary
intends to minimize adverse impacts on the historic access rights
of special use permittees in these three wilderness areas; and
(2) how the Secretary intends to ensure timely compliance with
the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations
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 Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred
as a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews,
land purchase negotiations and similar non-litigation related mat-
ters. 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.
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.
From funds available to the Forest Service in this Act for
payment of costs in accordance with subsection 413(d) of Title
IV, Public Law 108–7, $3,000,000 shall be transferred by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Treasury to make
reimbursement payments as provided in such subsection.
The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the sale of excess
buildings, facilities, and other properties owned by the Forest
Service and located on the Green Mountain National Forest, the
revenues of which shall be retained by the Forest Service and
available to the Secretary without further appropriation and until
expended for maintenance and rehabilitation activities on the Green
Mountain National Forest.
The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer or reimburse funds
available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $15,000,000, to the
Secretary 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.
Beginning on June 30, 2001 and concluding on December 31,
2004, an eligible individual who is employed in any project funded
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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 section 502(c) of
the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)).
The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the sale of excess
buildings, facilities, and other properties owned by the Forest
Service and located on the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, the
revenues of which shall be retained by the Forest Service and
available to the Secretary without further appropriation and until
expended for acquisition and construction of administrative sites
on the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
(DEFERRAL AND RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading for obligation
in prior years, $97,000,000 shall not be available until October
1, 2004, and $88,000,000 are rescinded: 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.
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy research
and development activities, under the authority of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95–91), including the
acquisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests
in any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition
or expansion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
tions and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and
disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social and
environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), $681,163,000,
to remain available until expended, of which $4,000,000 is to con-
tinue a multi-year project for construction, renovation, furnishing,
and demolition or removal of buildings at National Energy Tech-
nology Laboratory facilities in Morgantown, West Virginia and Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania; of which not to exceed $536,000 may be uti-
lized for travel and travel-related expenses incurred by the head-
quarters staff of the Office of Fossil Energy; and of which
$172,000,000 are to be made available, after coordination with
the private sector, for a request for proposals for a Clean Coal
Power Initiative providing for competitively-awarded research,
development, and demonstration projects to reduce the barriers
to continued and expanded coal use: Provided, That no project
may be selected for which sufficient funding is not available to
provide for the total project: Provided 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
include provisions for repayment of Government contributions to
individual projects in an amount up to the Government contribution
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to the project on terms and conditions that are acceptable to the
Department including repayments from sale and licensing of tech-
nologies from both domestic and foreign transactions: Provided fur-
ther, That such repayments shall be retained by the Department
for future coal-related research, development and demonstration
projects: Provided further, That any technology selected 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 Regula-
tions: Provided further, That no part of the sum herein made
available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear explosives
in the recovery of oil and gas: 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 included in this account.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum and oil
shale reserve activities, $18,219,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, unobligated funds remaining 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 payments 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, 2004 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 conservation
activities, $888,937,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $274,500,000 shall be for use in energy conservation
grant programs as defined in section 3008(3) of Public Law 99–
509 (15 U.S.C. 4507): Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99–509, such sums shall be allocated
to the eligible programs as follows: $230,000,000 for weatherization
assistance grants and $44,500,000 for State energy program grants.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the
Office of Hearings and Appeals, $1,047,000, to remain available
until expended.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve 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.), $173,081,000, to remain available
until expended.