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appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are received during 
the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2017 appropria-
tion estimated at not more than $93,242,000. 
For an additional amount, $53,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary 
and credited to this appropriation, which shall be derived from 
non-refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2017, as pro-
vided in this Act: Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized 
from such inspection fees exceed $53,000,000, the amounts realized 
in excess of $53,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation 
and remain available until expended: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2017, not less than 50 percent of the inspection fees 
expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
will be used to fund personnel and mission-related costs to expand 
capacity and expedite the orderly development, subject to environ-
mental safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), 
including the review of applications for permits to drill. 
Of the unobligated balances available for this account, 
$25,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 
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, $14,899,000, which shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 
95–87, $121,017,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: 
Provided, That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per 
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce permits 
issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 95– 
87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That fees assessed and collected by the Office pursuant 
to such section 507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary 
offsetting collections, to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 
shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year, 
so as to result in a fiscal year 2017 appropriation estimated at 
not more than $121,017,000. 
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, 
$27,163,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine 
Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of
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the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery 
of the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 
to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That 
funds made available under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may 
be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of projects 
funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental 
restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such projects must 
be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That amounts pro-
vided under this heading may be used for the travel and per 
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
In addition, $105,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for grants to States for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 
other related activities in accordance with the terms and conditions 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That such 
additional amount shall be used for economic and community 
development in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 
U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further, That of such additional amount, 
$75,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appa-
lachian States with the greatest amount of unfunded needs to 
meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such 
section, and $30,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts 
to the 3 Appalachian States with the subsequent greatest amount 
of unfunded needs to meet such priorities: Provided further, That 
such additional amount shall be allocated to States within 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), the Education 
Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Con-
trolled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $2,339,346,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2018, except as otherwise 
provided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official 
reception and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 
$74,773,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, 
That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary may 
exceed such cap, from the amounts provided herein, to provide 
for disaster relief to Indian communities affected by the disaster: 
Provided further, That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their 
tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $652,362,000 for school operations 
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs shall 
become available on July 1, 2017, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided further, That not to exceed
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$49,122,000 shall remain available until expended for housing 
improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, 
land records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Pro-
gram: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination 
Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.) and section 1128 of the Edu-
cation Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed 
$80,165,000 within and only from such amounts made available 
for school operations shall be available for administrative cost 
grants associated with grants approved prior to July 1, 2017: Pro-
vided further, That any forestry funds allocated to a federally recog-
nized tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2018, 
may be transferred during fiscal year 2019 to an Indian forest 
land assistance account established for the benefit of the holder 
of the funds within the holder’s trust fund account: Provided further, 
That any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire 
on September 30, 2019: Provided further, That in order to enhance 
the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use funds 
to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 
personnel. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
for fiscal year 2017, such sums as may be necessary, which shall 
be available for obligation through September 30, 2018: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for transfer to 
another budget account. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facili-
ties, including architectural and engineering services by contract; 
acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation of 
lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga-
tion Project pursuant to Public Law 87–483, $192,017,000, 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 percent of contract authority available 
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust 
Fund may be used to cover the road program management costs 
of the Bureau: 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: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2017, in implementing new construction, replacement 
facilities construction, or facilities improvement and repair project 
grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to grant schools 
under Public Law 100–297, 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 regu-
latory requirements: Provided further, That such grants shall not
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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 performed: Provided further, That in considering grant applica-
tions, the Secretary shall consider whether such grantee would 
be deficient in assuring that the construction projects conform to 
applicable building standards 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 capabili-
ties: Provided further, That if the Secretary declines a grant applica-
tion, 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 concerning a grant shall be subject 
to the disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e): Provided further, 
That in order to ensure timely completion of construction projects, 
the Secretary may assume control of a project and all funds related 
to the project, if, within 18 months of the date of enactment of 
this Act, any grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act 
or in any prior Act, has not completed the planning and design 
phase of the project and commenced construction: Provided further, 
That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of 
the Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the 
appropriate share of construction costs for space expansion needed 
in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation. 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS 
PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses for 
implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursu-
ant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 111–11, 111–291, 
and 114–322, and for implementation of other land and water 
rights settlements, $45,045,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $8,757,000, 
of which $1,182,000 is for administrative expenses, as authorized 
by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: 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: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to 
exceed $120,050,595. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation 
of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative 
agreements, compacts, and grants, either directly or in cooperation 
with States and other organizations. 
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
may contract for services in support of the management, operation, 
and maintenance of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation 
Project. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available 
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office oversight and