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(B) the Committee on Homeland Security, the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Sub-
committee on Homeland Security of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 566. (a) Notwithstanding section 312 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and subject 
to subsection (b), recipients of Small Business Administration Dis-
aster loans for disaster-related damage to their homes may be 
eligible for reimbursement at the discretion of the state, under 
Section 404 of that Act, for documented and eligible mitigation 
work performed on their home. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) Any reimbursement provided to or on behalf of a home-
owner pursuant to subsection (a) shall not exceed the amount 
of the disaster loan that may be used and was used for disaster 
mitigation activities; and 
(2) Subsection (a) shall only apply if the disaster loan 
and assistance provided under section 404 were made available 
in response to the same disaster declaration. 
(3) Shall be applicable only to disasters declared by the 
President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) during 
the period beginning on August 28, 2005 and ending on August 
28, 2006. 
(c) If a state chooses to use funds under section 404 to reimburse 
homeowners as provided in subsection (a), it shall make payments 
in the following order: 
(1) First, to the Small Business Administration on behalf 
of the eligible homeowner for the purpose of reducing, but 
not below zero, the homeowner’s outstanding debt obligation 
to the Small Business Administration for the disaster loan; 
and 
(2) Second, any remaining reimbursement shall be paid 
directly to the homeowner. 
SEC. 567. None of the funds made available under this Act 
or any prior appropriations Act may be provided to the Association 
of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any 
of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations. 
SEC. 568. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection and the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement each shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives with the congressional budget justification, a 
multi-year investment and management plan, to include each year 
starting with the current fiscal year and the 3 subsequent fiscal 
years, for their respective Offices of Information Technology to 
include for that office— 
(1) the funding level by source for all funds to be executed; 
(2) the funding included for each project and activity tied 
to mission requirements, program management capabilities, 
performance levels, and specific capabilities and services to 
be delivered; 
(3) the total estimated cost and projected timeline of 
completion for all multi-year enhancements, modernizations, 
and new capabilities proposed in the current fiscal year or 
underway; and
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(4) a detailed accounting of operation and maintenance 
costs. 
SEC. 569. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure 
enforcement of immigration laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))). 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 570. Of the funds transferred to the Department of Home-
land Security when it was created in 2003, the following funds 
are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 
in the specified amounts: 
(1) $2,577,000 from Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’; 
(2) $5,355,296 from U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(3) $99,012 from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment ‘‘Violent Crime Reduction Programs’’; 
(4) $3,332,541 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(5) $3,121,248 from Department of Homeland Security 
‘‘Office for Domestic Preparedness’’; 
(6) $678,213 from Federal Emergency Management Agency 
‘‘National Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’; 
(7) $5,201,000 from ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’; 
(8) $95,998 from ‘‘Counterterrorism Fund’’; 
(9) $41,091 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection ‘‘Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Fund’’; and 
(10) $153,095 from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment ‘‘Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund’’. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 571. The following unobligated balances made available 
to the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to section 505 
of Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011 
(Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 147) are rescinded: 
(1) $178,783 from ‘‘Analysis and Operations’’; 
(2) $1,619,907 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(3) $296,022 from Transportation Security Administration 
‘‘Federal Air Marshals’’; 
(4) $37,800,412 from Coast Guard ‘‘Operating Expenses’’; 
(5) $879,153 from Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’; 
(6) $1,104,347 from United States Secret Service ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’; 
(7) $97,046 from National Protection and Programs Direc-
torate ‘‘Management and Administration’’; 
(8) $78,764 from National Protection and Programs Direc-
torate ‘‘Infrastructure Protection and Information Security’’; 
(9) $117,133 from Office of Health Affairs ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’; 
(10) $1,301,581 from ‘‘United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services’’; 
(11) $369,032 from Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’;
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(12) $279,098 from Science and Technology ‘‘Management 
and Administration’’; 
(13) $1,072,938 from Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 
‘‘Management and Administration’’; and 
(14) $216,744 from Federal Emergency Management 
Agency ‘‘Management and Administration’’. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 572. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
Homeland Security, the following unobligated balances are hereby 
rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the specified 
amounts: 
(1) $10,000,000 from U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(2) $10,000,000 from U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement ‘‘Automation Modernization’’; 
(3) $5,000,000 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
‘‘Automation Modernization’’: Provided, That no funds shall 
be rescinded from prior year appropriations provided for the 
TECS modernization program; 
(4) $71,300,000 from Transportation Security Administra-
tion ‘‘Aviation Security’’ account 70x0550; 
(5) $7,000,000 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
‘‘Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’; 
(6) $2,427,336 from Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’; 
(7) $5,000,000 from the ‘‘Office of the Chief Information 
Officer’’ related to Emerge2; and 
(8) $27,400,000 from National Protection and Programs 
Directorate ‘‘United States Visitor and Immigrant Indicator 
Technology’’. 
SEC. 573. Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) are each 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘the earlier 
of the date of the enactment into law of an Act that specifically 
amends the date specified in this section or May 31, 2012’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 
DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVI-
RONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2012 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisi-
tion of easements and other interests in lands, and performance 
of other functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized 
by law, in the management of lands and their resources under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the
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general administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 
3150(a)), $961,900,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
$3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2012 subject to a match 
by at least an equal amount by the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation for cost-shared projects supporting conservation of 
Bureau lands; and such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation 
as a lump-sum grant without regard to when expenses are incurred. 
In addition, $32,500,000 is for the processing of applications 
for permit to drill and related use authorizations, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation that shall be derived 
from $6,500 per new application for permit to drill that the Bureau 
shall collect upon submission of each new application, and in addi-
tion, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program oper-
ations, including the cost of administering the mining claim fee 
program; to remain available until expended, to be reduced by 
amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation 
from mining claim maintenance fees and location fees that are 
hereby authorized for fiscal year 2012 so as to result in a final 
appropriation estimated at not more than $961,900,000, and 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from communication 
site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost of admin-
istering communication site activities. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, roads, trails, 
and appurtenant facilities, $3,576,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 
318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administrative expenses 
and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, $22,380,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 
development of resources and for construction, operation, and 
maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements 
on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on 
other Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant coun-
ties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of 
lands or interests therein, including existing connecting roads on 
or adjacent to such grant lands; $112,043,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon 
and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against 
the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be transferred 
to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the second 
paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 
1937 (50 Stat. 876).
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RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and 
interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant 
to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding any other Act, sums 
equal to 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal 
year under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 
315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range improvements 
from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead- 
Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant 
to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available 
for administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related to proc-
essing application documents and other authorizations for use and 
disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies 
of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, oper-
ation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use 
authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such 
amounts as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amended, 
and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 
305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that 
have been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether 
as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appro-
priate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under the 
authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, protect, or 
rehabilitate any public lands administered through the Bureau 
of Land Management which have been damaged by the action 
of a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized 
person, without regard to whether all moneys collected from each 
such action are used on the exact lands damaged which led to 
the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that are in 
excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land 
for which funds were collected may be used to repair other damaged 
public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under 
existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may 
be contributed under section 307 of the Act of October 21, 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1701), and such amounts as may be advanced for 
administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making 
conveyances of omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, 
to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations 
funded under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public 
and private entities, including with States. Appropriations for the
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Bureau shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement 
of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec-
essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United 
States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion 
of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations 
of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency 
expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved by the 
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certifi-
cate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 
Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under cooperative 
cost-sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly 
produced publications for which the cooperators share the cost 
of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines 
the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 
commitment by a State government to provide an identified amount 
of money in support of the project may be carried out by the 
Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made shall 
not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild 
horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contractors 
or for the sale of wild horses and burros that results in their 
destruction for processing into commercial products. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic 
studies, general administration, and for the performance of other 
authorized functions related to such resources, $1,228,142,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2013 except as otherwise 
provided herein: Provided, That not to exceed $20,902,000 shall 
be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 
4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, (except for processing 
petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regulations, 
and taking any other steps to implement actions described in sub-
section (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed 
$7,472,000 shall be used for any activity regarding the designation 
of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), excluding litigation 
support, for species listed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) prior to 
October 1, 2010; of which not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be used 
for any activity regarding petitions to list species that are indige-
nous to the United States pursuant to subsections (b)(3)(A) and 
(b)(3)(B); and, of which not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be used 
for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of 
the Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species that are 
not indigenous to the United States: Provided further, That, in 
fiscal year 2012 and hereafter of the amount available for law 
enforcement, up to $400,000, to remain available until expended, 
may at the discretion of the Secretary be used for payment for 
information, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws 
administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency 
expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved by the 
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certifi-
cate: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2012 and hereafter,
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of the amount provided for environmental contaminants, up to 
$1,000,000 may remain available until expended for contaminant 
sample analyses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of 
buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, manage-
ment, investigation, protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife 
resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 
$23,088,000, to remain available until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 
11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land 
or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 
applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
$54,720,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended, of which, notwith-
standing 16 U.S.C. 460l–9, not more than $5,000,000 shall be for 
land conservation partnerships authorized by the Highlands Con-
servation Act of 2004, including not to exceed $160,000 for adminis-
trative expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
for specific land acquisition projects may be used to pay for any 
administrative overhead, planning or other management costs. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 
$47,757,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$22,757,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered 
Species Conservation Fund; and of which $25,000,000 is to be 
derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,980,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 4401 
et seq.), $35,554,000, to remain available until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory 
Bird Conservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 
$3,792,000, to remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant Conserva-
tion Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and
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Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great 
Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 
Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), 
$9,481,000, to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, 
the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes 
under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and 
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and 
implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 
$61,421,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the amount provided herein, $4,275,000 is for a competitive 
grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provi-
sions of this appropriation: Provided further, That $5,741,000 is 
for a competitive grant program for States, territories, and other 
jurisdictions with approved plans, not subject to the remaining 
provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, after deducting $10,016,000 and administrative 
expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in the following 
manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 
1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth 
of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
apportion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) one- 
third of which is based on the ratio to which the land area of 
such State bears to the total land area of all such States; and 
(2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the population 
of such State bears to the total population of all such States: 
Provided further, That the amounts apportioned under this para-
graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be appor-
tioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available 
for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year or 
more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, That the 
Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of 
the total costs of such projects and the Federal share of implementa-
tion grants shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of such 
projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal share of such 
projects may not be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided 
further, That any amount apportioned in 2012 to any State, terri-
tory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 
30, 2013, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated 
in 2014, in the manner provided herein. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out 
the operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with 
public and private entities. Appropriations and funds available to 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available 
for repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reserva-
tion areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the
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purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities 
incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 
as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance 
and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under 
the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States 
has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection with 
management, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under 
cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements authorized 
by law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection 
with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share 
at least one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services 
and the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting 
accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 
accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National 
Park Service and for the general administration of the National 
Park Service, $2,240,152,000, of which $9,832,000 for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration and 
$97,883,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for 
constructed assets, operation of the National Park Service auto-
mated facility management software system, and comprehensive 
facility condition assessments shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, nat-
ural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, 
and grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $59,975,000: 
Provided, That section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative 
Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 105–312) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National Historic 
Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470), and the Omnibus Parks and 
Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), 
$56,000,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund 
and to remain available until September 30, 2013. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of phys-
ical facilities, including modifications authorized by section 104 
of the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act 
of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r–8), $159,621,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
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law, a single procurement for the project to repair damage to 
the Washington Monument may be issued that includes the full 
scope of the project, so long as the solicitation and contract shall 
contain the clause ‘‘availability of appropriated funds’’ found in 
CFR section 52.232.18 of title 48. 
From funds previously made available under this heading, 
$4,000,000 are rescinded. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2012 by 16 
U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), 
including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of lands or 
waters, or interest therein, in accordance with the statutory 
authority applicable to the National Park Service, $102,060,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended, of which $45,000,000 is for 
the State assistance program and of which $9,000,000 shall be 
for the American Battlefield Protection Program grants as author-
ized by section 7301 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) of Public 
Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub-account shall be 
available for expenditure by the Secretary, without further appro-
priation, for use at any unit within the National Park System 
to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold 
surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose 
to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee 
receipts over the term of the contract at that unit exceed the 
amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise 
fees at the benefitting unit shall be credited to the sub-account 
of the originating unit over a period not to exceed the term of 
a single contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds 
so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the 
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
432), the National Park Service may retain up to 3 percent of 
the amounts which are authorized to be disbursed under such 
section, such retained amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal 
Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, 
for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include 
a reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs.
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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey 
to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topog-
raphy, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water 
resources of the United States, its territories and possessions, and 
other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify 
lands as to their mineral and water resources; give engineering 
supervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program 
(30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 
affecting mining and materials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 
3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as author-
ized by law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the 
foregoing activities; $1,069,744,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013; of which $51,569,700 shall remain available until 
expended for satellite operations; and of which $7,292,000 shall 
be available until expended for deferred maintenance and capital 
improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That 
none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research activity 
shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless 
specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: Provided 
further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay 
more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 
resources data collection and investigations carried on in coopera-
tion with States and municipalities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities of the 
United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall 
be available for reimbursement to the General Services Administra-
tion 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 proce-
dures are in the public interest; construction and maintenance 
of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of 
lands for gauging stations and observation 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 appointed 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 cooperative agreements as defined 
in section 6302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the United States Geological Survey 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 injuries, and chapter 
171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, but 
shall not be considered to be Federal employees for any other 
purposes.
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BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for granting leases, easements, rights- 
of-way and agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, 
energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf 
and approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; 
for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for implementing 
other laws to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial 
delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, 
$59,792,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013; and 
an amount not to exceed $101,082,000, to be credited to this appro-
priation and to remain available until expended, from additions 
to receipts resulting from increases to rates in effect on August 
5, 1993, that are collected and disbursed by the Secretary, and 
from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau 
of Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and mis-
cellaneous administrative activities: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, in fiscal year 2012, such amounts as 
are assessed under 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be collected and credited 
to this account and shall be available until expended for necessary 
expenses: Provided further, That to the extent $101,082,000 in 
addition to receipts are not realized from the sources of receipts 
stated above, the amount needed to reach $101,082,000 shall be 
credited to this appropriation from receipts resulting from rental 
rates for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 
5, 1993: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, the term ‘‘qualified Outer Continental Shelf reve-
nues’’, as defined in section 102(9)(A) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy 
Security Act, division C of Public Law 109–432, shall include only 
the portion or rental revenues that would have been collected by 
the Secretary at the rental rates in effect before August 5, 1993: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available 
for reasonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and 
marine cleanup activities. 
BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related 
to leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil 
and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on 
the Outer Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
and implementing laws and regulations as authorized by law and 
to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; 
and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $61,473,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2013; and an amount 
not to exceed $59,081,000 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, that 
are collected and disbursed by the Secretary, from cost recovery 
fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of Safety and Environ-
mental Enforcement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 
administrative activities: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
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3302, in fiscal year 2012, such amounts as are assessed under 
31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be collected and credited to this account 
and shall be available until expended for necessary expenses: Pro-
vided further, That to the extent $59,081,000 in addition to receipts 
are not realized from the sources of receipts stated above, the 
amount needed to reach $59,081,000 shall be credited to this appro-
priation from receipts resulting from rental rates for Outer Conti-
nental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 1993: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter, the term 
‘‘qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues’’, as defined in section 
102(9)(A) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, division C 
of Public Law 109–432, shall include only the portion of rental 
revenues that would have been collected by the Secretary at the 
rental rates in effect before August 5, 1993. 
For an additional amount, $62,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, which shall be derived from non-refundable inspec-
tion fees collected in fiscal year 2012, as provided in this Act: 
Provided, That to the extent that such amounts are not realized 
from such fees, the amount needed to reach $62,000,000 shall 
be credited to this appropriation from receipts resulting from rental 
rates for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 
5, 1993: Provided further, That to the extent that amounts realized 
from such fees exceed $62,000,000, the amounts realized in excess 
of $62,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation and remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2012, not less than 50 percent of the inspection fees collected 
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 environmental 
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. 
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, $14,923,000, 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, as amended, $122,950,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013: 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: Provided further, That, in fiscal year 2012, up to $40,000 
collected by the Office of Surface Mining from permit fees pursuant 
to section 507 of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257) shall be 
credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced as collections are received
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during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2012 
appropriation estimated at not more than $122,910,000: Provided 
further, That, in subsequent fiscal years, all amounts collected 
by the Office of Surface Mining from permit fees pursuant to section 
507 of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257) shall be credited to 
this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
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, $27,443,000, to be derived from receipts of the Aban-
doned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the 
Department of 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 prior-
ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided 
further, That amounts provided 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
With funds available for the Technical Innovation and Profes-
sional Services program in this Act, the Secretary may transfer 
title for computer hardware, software and other technical equipment 
to State and tribal regulatory and reclamation programs. 
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.), as amended, the 
Education Amendments 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, $2,371,532,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2013 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 $74,911,000 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