That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the 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)), $596,425,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $2,062,000 shall be available for
assessment of the mineral potential of public lands in
Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of Public Law 96–487
(16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which $3,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the special receipt account established by the
Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)); and of which $1,500,000 shall be
available in fiscal year 1999 subject to a match by at least
an equal amount by the National Fish and Wildlife Foun-
dation, to such Foundation for cost-shared projects sup-
porting conservation of Bureau lands; in addition,
$32,650,000 for Mining Law Administration program op-
erations, 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 cred-
ited to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees
so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not
more than $596,425,000, and $2,000,000, to remain
available until expended, from communication site rental
fees established by the Bureau for the cost of administer-
ing communication site activities: Provided, That appro-
priations herein made shall not be available for the de-
struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros
in the care of the Bureau or its contractors.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup-
pression operations, emergency rehabilitation; and hazard-
ous fuels reduction by the Department of the Interior,
$286,895,000, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $6,950,000 shall be for the renovation
or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds
are also available for repayment of advances to other ap-
propriation accounts from which funds were previously
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That un-
obligated balances of amounts previously appropriated to
the ‘‘Fire Protection’’ and ‘‘Emergency Department of the
Interior Firefighting Fund’’ may be transferred and
merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That
persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be fur-
nished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds
available from this appropriation: Provided further, That
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a Bu-
reau or office of the Department of the Interior for fire
protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq.,
Protection of United States Property, may be credited to
the appropriation from which funds were expended to pro-
vide that protection, and are available without fiscal year
limitation.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for
the remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
sums recovered from or paid by a party in advance of or
as reimbursement for remedial action or response activi-
ties conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107
or 113(f) of such Act, shall be credited to this account
to be available until expended without further appropria-
tion: Provided further, That such sums recovered from or
paid by any party are not limited to monetary payments
and may include stocks, bonds or other personal or real
property, which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise
disposed of by the Secretary and which shall be credited
to this account.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $6,975,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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),
$120,000,000 (increased by $20,000,000), of which not
to exceed $400,000 shall be available for administrative
expenses: Provided, That no payment shall be made to oth-
erwise eligible units of local government if the computed
amount of the payment is less than $100.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205,
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or
interests therein, $10,000,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For expenses necessary for management, protection,
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein including existing connecting roads on or
adjacent to such grant lands, $98,407,000, 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 sec-
ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of
August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law
102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem
Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose
of planning, preparing, and monitoring salvage timber
sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery activities
such as release from competing vegetation and density
control treatments. The Federal share of receipts (defined
as the portion of salvage timber receipts not paid to the
counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 1181f–
1 et seq., and Public Law 103–66) derived from treat-
ments funded by this account shall be deposited into the
Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund.
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 improve-
ments 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: Pro-
vided, 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 processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources,
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation 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 amend-
ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, 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 appropriate
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 im-
prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis-
tered 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 ac-
tion 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, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain
available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to
which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing 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.
Section 28f(a) of title 30, U.S.C., is amended by
striking beginning with the words ‘‘The holder’’ through
‘‘$100 per claim.’’ and inserting ‘‘The holder of each
unpatented mining claim, mill or tunnel site, located pur-
suant to the mining laws of the United States before Octo-
ber 1, 1998 shall pay the Secretary of the Interior, on
or before September 1, 1999 a claim maintenance fee of
$100 per claim site.’’.
Section 28g to title 30, U.S.C., is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1999’’.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, for scientific and economic studies, con-
servation, management, investigations, protection, and
utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales,
seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge,
general administration, and for the performance of other
authorized functions related to such resources by direct
expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements
and reimbursable agreements with public and private enti-
ties, $607,106,000, to remain available until September
30, 2000, except as otherwise provided herein, of which
$11,648,000 shall remain available until expended for op-
eration and maintenance of fishery mitigation facilities
constructed by the Corps of Engineers under the Lower
Snake River Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water
Resources Development Act of 1976, to compensate for
loss of fishery resources from water development projects
on the Lower Snake River, and of which not less than
$2,000,000 shall be provided to local governments in
southern California for planning associated with the Natu-
ral Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program
and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That
not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects which
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as
authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended:
Provided further, That not to exceed $6,256,000 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 indigenous to the United States (ex-
cept for processing petitions, developing and issuing pro-
posed and final regulations, and taking any other steps
to implement actions described in subsections (c)(2)(A),
(c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)): Provided further, That 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, re-
wards, or evidence concerning violations of laws adminis-
tered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency ex-
penses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved by
the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his certifi-
cate: Provided further, That hereafter, all fees collected for
Federal migratory bird permits shall be available to the
Secretary, without further appropriation, to be used for
the expenses of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in ad-
ministering such Federal migratory bird permits, and
shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That hereafter, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 and notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary shall charge rea-
sonable fees for the full costs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service in operating and maintaining the M/V Tiglax and
other vessels, to be credited to this account and to be
available until expended: Provided further, That of the
amount provided for environmental contaminants, up to
$1,000,000 may remain available until expended for con-
taminant sample analyses.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction and acquisition of buildings and
other facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and
wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and inter-
4211: Provided further, That in fiscal year 1999 and
thereafter, not more than 3 percent of amounts appro-
priated to this Fund may be used by the Secretary of the
Interior to administer the Fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed 104 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 89 are for replacement only (including 38 for police-
type use); repair of damage to public roads within and
adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the
Service; options for the purchase of land at not to exceed
$1 for each option; facilities incident to such public rec-
reational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with
their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improve-
ment 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 re-
sources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501,
the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and part-
nership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing
services from cooperators in connection with jointly pro-
duced 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 meet-
ing accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the
Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for
existing aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior
may not spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act
for the purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used
in the establishment of any new unit of the National Wild-
life Refuge System unless the purchase is approved in ad-
vance by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions in compliance with the reprogramming procedures
contained in the report accompanying this bill: Provided
further, That hereafter the Secretary may sell land and
interests in land, other than surface water rights, acquired
in conformance with subsections 206(a) and 207(c) of
Public Law 101–618, the receipts of which shall be depos-
ited to the Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and
Wildlife Fund and used exclusively for the purposes of
such subsections, without regard to the limitation on the
distribution of benefits in subsection 206(f)(2) of such
law: Provided further, That section 104(c)(50)(B) of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361–1407)
is amended by inserting ‘‘until expended’’ after ‘‘Sec-
retary’’ in the second sentence.
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
Unit SC–03—
(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall, before
the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date
of the enactment of this Act, make such corrections
to the map described in paragraph (2) as are nec-
essary to ensure that depictions of areas on that
map are consistent with the depictions of areas ap-
pearing on the map entitled ‘‘Amendments to the
Coastal Barrier Resources System’’, dated May 15,
1997, and on file with the Committee on Resources
of the House of Representatives.
(2) The map described in this paragraph is the
map that—
(A) is included in a set of maps entitled
‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’, dated Oc-
tober 24, 1990; and
(B) relates to unit SC–03 of the Coastal
Barrier Resources System.
Unit FL–35P—
(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall, before
the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date
of the enactment of this Act, make such corrections
to the map described in paragraph (2) as are nec-
essary to ensure that depictions of areas on that
map are consistent with the depictions of areas ap-
pearing on the map entitled ‘‘Amendments to the
Coastal Barrier Resources System’’, dated October
22, 1997, and on file with the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives.
(2) The map described in this paragraph is the
map that—
(A) is included in a set of maps entitled
‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’, dated Oc-
tober 24, 1990; and
(B) relates to unit FL–35P of the Coastal
Barrier Resources System.
Unit FL–35—
The Secretary of the Interior shall, before the
end of the 30-day period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act, revise the the map depict-
ing unit FL–35 of the Coastal Barrier Resources
System to exclude Pumpkin Key from the System.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service (including special road
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional Park Service, including not less than $1,000,000
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion 
Corps 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
1706,
$1,333,328,000, of which not to exceed $12,500,000 may
be used for salaries and expenses of the Denver Service
Center, and of which not less than $600,000 is for salaries
and expenses associated with new hires of mineral examin-
ers at the Mojave National Preserve, and of which
$12,800,000 for research, planning and interagency co-
ordination in support of land acquisition for Everglades
restoration shall remain available until expended, and of
which not to exceed $10,000,000, to remain available until
expended, is to be derived from the special fee account
established pursuant to title V, section 5201 of Public
Law 100–203.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, statutory or contractual
aid for other activities, and grant administration, not oth-
erwise 
provided 
for, 
$41,939,000 
(increased 
by
$2,000,000), of which $4,500,000 is for grants to Herit-
age areas in accordance with section 606 of title VI, divi-
sion I and titles I–VI and VIII–IX, division II of Public
Law 104–333.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470),
and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), $40,812,000, to be
derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, to remain
available until September 30, 2000, of which $7,700,000
pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 104–333 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the National Park
Service may hereafter recover all costs of providing nec-
essary services associated with historic preservation tax
certification, and such funds shall remain available until
expended.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities, including the modifications au-
thorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $149,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Den-
ver Service Center may not levy any assessments against
specific construction projects.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1999
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable
to the National Park Service, $69,000,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain
available until expended, of which $500,000 is to admin-
ister the State assistance program: Provided, That any
funds made available for the purpose of acquisition of the
Elwha and Glines dams shall be used solely for acquisi-
tion, and shall not be expended until the full purchase
amount has been appropriated by the Congress: Provided
further, That from the funds made available for land ac-
quisition at Everglades National Park and Big Cypress
National Preserve, the Secretary may provide for Federal
assistance to the State of Florida for the acquisition of
lands or waters, or interests therein, within the Everglades
watershed (consisting of lands and waters within the
boundaries of the South Florida Water Management Dis-
trict, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys) under terms and
conditions deemed necessary by the Secretary, to improve
and restore the hydrological function of the Everglades
watershed: Provided further, That funds provided under
this heading to the State of Florida shall be subject to
an agreement that such lands will be managed in perpetu-
ity for the restoration of the Everglades.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 375 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 291 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 305 for police-type use, 12 buses,
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Serv-
ice may be used to implement an agreement for the rede-
velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island until such
agreement has been submitted to the Congress and shall
not be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar
days (not including any day in which either House of Con-
gress is not in session because of adjournment of more
than three 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 and comprehensive report
on the development of the southern end of Ellis Island,
including the facts and circumstances relied upon in sup-
port of the proposed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the
National Park Service for activities taken in direct re-
sponse to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to operat-
ing units based on the safety record of each unit the costs
of programs designed to improve workplace and employee
safety, and to encourage employees receiving workers’
compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5,
United States Code, to return to appropriate positions for
which they are medically able.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, and the
mineral and water resources of the United States, its terri-
tories 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 Com-
mission licensees; administer the minerals exploration pro-
gram (30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data
relative to the foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries
into the economic conditions affecting mining and mate-
rials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603;
50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by
law and to publish and disseminate data, $774,838,000
of which $68,096,000 shall be available only for coopera-
tion with States or municipalities for water resources in-
vestigations; and of which $16,400,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for conducting inquiries into the eco-
nomic conditions affecting mining and materials process-
ing industries; and of which $150,871,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2000 for the biological research
activity and the operation of the Cooperative Research
Units: Provided, That none of these funds provided for
the biological research activity shall be used to conduct
new surveys on private property, unless specifically au-
thorized in writing by the property owner: Provided fur-
ther, 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 car-
ried on in cooperation with States and municipalities.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for the purchase of not
to exceed 53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are
for replacement only; reimbursement to the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; contract-
ing for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the
making of geophysical or other specialized 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 observation wells; ex-
penses of the United States National Committee on Geol-
ogy; and payment of compensation and expenses of per-
sons 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 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Provided further, That
the United States Geological Survey may contract directly
with individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit
organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the tem-
porary or intermittent services of science students or re-
cent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the
purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, re-
lating to compensation for 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.
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, $116,402,000, of which
$72,729,000 shall be available for royalty management ac-
tivities; and an amount not to exceed $100,000,000, 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 over and above the rates in effect on Septem-
ber 30, 1993, and from additional fees for Outer Con-
tinental Shelf administrative activities established after
September 30, 1993: Provided, That $3,000,000 for com-
puter acquisitions shall remain available until September
30, 2000: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this Act shall be available for the payment of inter-
est in accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available
for reasonable expenses related to promoting volunteer
beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000
under this heading shall be available for refunds of over-
payments in connection with certain Indian leases in which
the Director of the Minerals Management Service con-
curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed
to Indian allottees or Tribes, or to correct prior unrecover-
able erroneous payments.
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,
$6,118,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability 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 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, $93,074,000, and notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount shall be credited to
this account, to remain available until expended, from per-
formance bond forfeitures in fiscal year 1999 and there-
after: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, pursu-
ant to regulations, may use directly or through grants to
States, moneys collected in fiscal year 1999 for civil pen-
alties assessed under section 518 of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268),
to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining prac-
tices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That appropriations for the Of-
fice 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 Rec-
lamation and Enforcement sponsored training: Provided
further, That beginning in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter,
cost-based fees for the products of the Mine Map Reposi-
tory shall be established (and revised as needed) in Fed-
eral Register Notices, and shall be collected and credited
to this account, to be available until expended for the costs
of administering this program.
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, $185,416,000, to be derived from receipts of
the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain
available until expended; of which up to $7,000,000, to
be derived from the cumulative balance of interest earned
to date on the Fund, shall be for supplemental grants to
States for the reclamation of abandoned sites with acid
mine rock drainage from coal mines, and for associated
activities, through the Appalachian Clean Streams Initia-
tive: Provided, That grants to minimum program States
will be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal year 1999: Provided
further, That of the funds herein provided up to
$18,000,000 may be used for the emergency program au-
thorized by section 410 of Public Law 95–87, as amended,
of which no more than 25 percent shall be used for emer-
gency reclamation projects in any one State and funds for
federally administered emergency reclamation projects
under this proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided
further, That prior year unobligated funds appropriated
for the emergency reclamation program shall not be sub-
ject to the 25 percent limitation per State and may be
used without fiscal year limitation for emergency projects:
Provided further, 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 con-
tracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That funds
made available to States under title IV of Public Law 95–
87 may be used, at their discretion, 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 the State of Maryland may set
aside the greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total
of the grants made available to the State under title IV
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977, as amended (30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), if the amount
set aside is deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement
and treatment fund established under a State law, pursu-
ant to which law the amount (together with all interest
earned on the amount) is expended by the State to under-
take 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 abatement and treatment fund, the State of
Maryland must first complete all Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act priority one projects: Provided fur-
ther, That hereafter, donations received to support
projects under the Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative
and under the Western Mine Lands Restoration Partner-
ships Initiative, pursuant to 30 U.S.C. 1231, shall be cred-
ited to this account and remain available until expended
without further appropriation for projects sponsored
under these initiatives, directly through agreements with
other Federal agencies, or through grants to States, and
funding to local governments, or tax exempt private enti-
ties.
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, $1,558,425,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2000 except as otherwise provided herein,
of which not to exceed $96,028,000 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
$114,881,000 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 1999, 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 $383,451,000 for school operations
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education pro-
grams shall become available on July 1, 1999, and shall
remain available until September 30, 2000; and of which
not to exceed $52,256,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for housing improvement, road maintenance, at-
torney fees, litigation support, self-governance grants, the
Indian Self-Determination Fund, land records improve-
ment, the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including
but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of
1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed
$42,160,000 within and only from such amounts made
available for school operations shall be available to tribes
and tribal organizations for administrative cost grants as-
sociated with the operation of Bureau-funded schools: Pro-
vided further, That hereafter funds made available to
tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, compact
agreements, or grants, as authorized by the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975 or grants authorized by the
Indian Education Amendments of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2001
and 2008A) shall remain available until expended by the
contractor or grantee: Provided further, That hereafter to
provide funding uniformity within a Self-Governance Com-
pact, any funds provided in this Act with availability for
more than two years may be reprogrammed to two year
availability but shall remain available within the Compact
until expended: Provided further, That hereafter notwith-
standing any other provision of law, Indian tribal govern-
ments may, by appropriate changes in eligibility criteria
or by other means, change eligibility for general assistance
or change the amount of general assistance payments for
individuals within the service area of such tribe who are
otherwise deemed eligible for general assistance payments
so long as such changes are applied in a consistent manner
to individuals similarly situated and, that any savings real-
ized by such changes shall be available for use in meeting
other priorities of the tribes and, that any net increase
in costs to the Federal Government which result solely
from tribally increased payment levels for general assist-
ance shall be met exclusively from funds available to the
tribe from within its tribal priority allocation: Provided
further, That any forestry funds allocated to a tribe which
remain unobligated as of September 30, 2000, may be
transferred during fiscal year 2001 to an Indian forest
land assistance account established for the benefit of such
tribe within the tribe’s trust fund account: Provided fur-
ther, That any such unobligated balances not so trans-
ferred shall expire on September 30, 2001: Provided fur-
ther, That hereafter tribes may use tribal priority alloca-
tions funds for the replacement and repair of school facili-
ties in compliance with 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), so long as such
replacement or repair is approved by the Secretary and
completed with non-Federal tribal and/or tribal priority al-
location funds.
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-
suant to Public Law 87–483, $121,695,000, 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 1999, 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
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(a), 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. 2505(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. 2508(e): Provided further, That funds appro-
priated in Public Law 105–18, making emergency supple-
mental appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs
for the repair of irrigation projects damaged in the severe
winter conditions and ensuing flooding, are available on
a nonreimbursable basis.
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,
$28,396,000, to remain available until expended; of which
$27,530,000 shall be available for implementation of en-
acted Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant
to Public Laws 101–618 and 102–575, and for implemen-
tation of other enacted water rights settlements; and of
which $866,000 shall be available pursuant to Public
Laws 99–264, and 100–580: Provided, That in fiscal year
1999 and thereafter, the Secretary is directed to sell land
and interests in land, other than surface water rights, ac-
quired in conformance with section 2 of the Truckee River
Water Quality Settlement Agreement, the receipts of
which shall be deposited to the Lahontan Valley and Pyra-
mid Lake Fish and Wildlife Fund, and be available for
the purposes of section 2 of such agreement, without re-
gard to the limitation on the distribution of benefits in
the second sentence of paragraph 206(f)(2) of Public Law
101–618.
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,501,000, as au-
thorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amend-
ed: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying 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 principal,
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$34,615,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan programs, $500,000.
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.
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guaran-
tee and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan
Program account) shall be available for expenses of exhib-
its, and purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger motor
vehicles, of which not to exceed 187 shall be for replace-
ment only.
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).
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.
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.
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made
available by the Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for
distribution to other tribes, this action will 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 the tribe’s right
to future appropriations.
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
INSULAR AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$66,175,000 (reduced by $2,000,000), of which: (1)
$62,326,000 shall be available until expended for technical
assistance, including maintenance assistance, disaster as-
sistance, insular management controls, 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) $3,849,000 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-
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 99–
396, or any subsequent legislation related to Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands grant funding:
Provided further, That of the Covenant grant funding for
the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands
$5,000,000 shall be used for the construction of prison
facilities and $500,000 shall be used for construction and
equipping of a crime laboratory unless the Secretary deter-
mines that acceptable alternative financing for these
projects is already in place: Provided further, That of the
amounts provided for technical assistance, sufficient fund-
ing shall be made available for a grant to the Close Up
Foundation: Provided further, That the funds for the pro-
gram of operations and maintenance improvement are ap-
propriated to institutionalize routine operations and main-
tenance improvement of capital infrastructure in Amer-
ican Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau,
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated
States of Micronesia through assessments of long-range
operations maintenance needs, improved capability of local
operations and maintenance institutions and agencies (in-
cluding management and vocational education training),
and project-specific maintenance (with territorial partici-
pation and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary
based on the individual territory’s commitment to timely
maintenance of its capital assets): Provided further, That
any appropriation for disaster assistance under this head-
ing in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be
used as non-Federal matching funds for the purpose of
hazard mitigation grants provided 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 economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of
the Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
and for economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
$20,545,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by Public Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, $58,286,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be
available for workers compensation payments and unem-
ployment compensation payments associated with the or-
derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$37,304,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $24,499,000.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts,
and grants, $39,499,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs: Provided further, That funds made available to
Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts or
grants obligated during fiscal year 1999, as authorized by
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450
et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the con-
tractor or grantee: Provided further, 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 mismanagement of trust
funds, until the affected tribe or individual 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 hereafter the Secretary
shall not be required to provide a periodic statement of
performance pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 4011(b), nor to invest
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 161a, any Indian trust account
managed by the Secretary that has not had activity for
at least eighteen months and has a balance of $1.00 or
less: Provided further, That hereafter the Secretary shall
maintain a record of any such accounts and amounts in
such accounts will remain available upon request to the
accountholder.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND
RESTORATION
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment ac-
tivities by the Department of the Interior necessary to
carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.),
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), and
Public Law 101–337, $4,492,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That obligated and unexpended
balances in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund account at
the end of fiscal year 1998 shall be transferred to and
made a part of the Departmental Offices, Natural Re-
source Damage Assessment and Restoration, Natural Re-
source Damage Assessment Fund account and shall re-
main 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 notwithstanding any
other provision 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 aircraft: Pro-
vided further, That no programs funded with appropriated
funds in the ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Office of the
Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may be aug-
mented through the Working Capital Fund or the Consoli-
dated Working Fund.
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 section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be re-
plenished by a supplemental appropriation 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 forest or range fires on or threatening
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Inte-
rior; 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 oilspills; for response and natural resource
damage assessment activities related to actual oilspills; for
the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or po-
tential 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 fire suppression
purposes 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 fire suppression purposes, such reimburse-
ment to be credited to appropriations currently available
at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for
emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activi-
ties, no funds shall be made available under this authority
until funds appropriated to ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’
shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds
used pursuant to this section are hereby designated by
Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be replen-
ished by a supplemental appropriation which must be re-
quested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That
such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on
a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds
were transferred.
SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and
similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will
contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropria-
tions shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any
other activity in the same manner as authorized by sec-
tions 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That reimbursements for costs and supplies, mate-
rials, equipment, and for services rendered may be cred-
ited to the appropriation current at the time such reim-
bursements 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 be
available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 4–204).
SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for obligation in connection with contracts issued
for services or rentals for periods not in excess of twelve
months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore leasing and related activities placed under re-
striction in the President’s moratorium statement of June
26, 1990, in the areas of northern, central, and southern
California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon;
and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees 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 for the conduct
of offshore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and re-
lated activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin
planning area.
SEC. 109. 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. 110. 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. 111. Advance payments made under this title
to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination 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 be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization,
or consortium before such funds are expended for the pur-
poses 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 fail-
ure.
SEC. 112. (a) Employees of Helium Operations, Bu-
reau of Land Management, entitled to severance pay
under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and the Secretary
of the Interior may pay, the total amount of the severance
pay to the employee in a lump sum. Employees paid sever-
ance pay in a lump sum and subsequently reemployed by
the Federal Government shall be subject to the repayment
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) and (3), except that any
repayment shall be made to the Helium Fund.
(b) Helium Operations employees who elect to con-
tinue health benefits after separation shall be liable for
not more than the required employee contribution under
5 U.S.C. 8905a(d)(1)(A). The Helium Fund shall pay for
18 months the remaining portion of required contribu-
tions.
(c) The Secretary of the Interior may provide for
training to assist Helium Operations employees in the
transition to other Federal or private sector jobs during
the facility shut-down and disposition process and for up
to 12 months following separation from Federal employ-
ment, including retraining and relocation incentives on the
same terms and conditions as authorized for employees of
the Department of Defense in section 348 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995.
(d) For purposes of the annual leave restoration pro-
visions of 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(1)(B), the cessation of helium
production and sales, and other related Helium Program
activities shall be deemed to create an exigency of public
business under, and annual leave that is lost during leave
years 1997 through 2001 because of, 5 U.S.C. 6304 (re-
gardless of whether such leave was scheduled in advance)
shall be restored to the employee and shall be credited and
available in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(2). Annual
leave so restored and remaining unused upon the transfer
of a Helium Program employee to a position of the execu-
tive branch outside of the Helium Program shall be liq-
uidated by payment to the employee of a lump sum from
the Helium Fund for such leave.
(e) Benefits under this section shall be paid from the
Helium Fund in accordance with section 4(c)(4) of the
Helium Privatization Act of 1996. Funds may be made
available to Helium Program employees who are or will
be separated before October 1, 2002 because of the ces-
sation of helium production and sales and other related
activities. Retraining benefits, including retraining and re-
location incentives, may be paid for retraining commenc-
ing on or before September 30, 2002.
SEC. 113. In fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, the Sec-
retary may accept donations and bequests of money, serv-
ices, or other personal property for the management and
enhancement of the Department’s Natural Resources Li-
brary. The Secretary may hold, use, and administer such
donations until expended and without further appropria-
tion.
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1975, as amended, funds available under
this title for Indian self-determination or self-governance
contract or grant support costs may be expended only for
costs directly attributable to contracts, grants and com-
pacts pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act and
no funds appropriated in this title shall be available for
any contract support costs or indirect costs associated
with any contract, grant, cooperative agreement, self-gov-
ernance compact or funding agreement entered into be-
tween an Indian tribe or tribal organization and any entity
other than an agency of the Department of the Interior.
SEC. 115. 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
develop guidelines and permits for such activity appro-
priate to that unit.
SEC. 116. (a) Denver Service Center employees who
voluntarily resign or retire from the National Park Service
on or before December 31, 1998, shall receive, from the
National Park Service, a lump sum voluntary separation
incentive payment that shall be equal to the lesser of an
amount equal to the amount the employee would be enti-
tled to receive under section 5595(c) of title 5, United
States Code, if the employee were entitled to payment
under such section; or $25,000.
(1) The voluntary separation incentive pay-
ment—
(A) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation of any
other type of Government benefit; and
(B) shall be paid from appropriations or
funds available for the payment of the basic pay
of the employee.
(2) Employees receiving a voluntary separation
incentive payment and accepting employment with
the Federal Government within five years of the date
of separation shall be required to repay the entire
amount of the incentive payment to the National
Park Service.
(3) The Secretary may, at the request of the
head of an Executive branch agency, waive the re-
payment under paragraph (2) if the individual in-
volved possesses unique abilities and is the only
qualified applicant available for the position.
(4) In addition to any other payment which it
is required to make under subchapter III of chapter
83 of title 5, United States Code, the National Park
Service shall remit to the Office of Personnel Man-
agement for deposit in the Treasury of the United
States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement
and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15 percent
of the final basic pay of each employee of the Na-
tional Park Service—
(A) who retires under section 8336(d)(2)
of title 5, United States Code; and
(B) to whom a voluntary separation incen-
tive payment has been or is to be paid under
the provisions of this section.
(b) Employees of the Denver Service Center entitled
to severance pay under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and
the National Park Service may pay, the total amount of
severance pay to the employee in a lump sum. Employees
paid severance pay in a lump sum and subsequently reem-
ployed by the Federal Government shall be subject to the
repayment provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) and (3), ex-
cept that any repayment shall be made to the National
Park Service.
(c) Employees of the Denver Service Center who vol-
untarily resign on or before December 31, 1998, or who
are separated in a reduction in force, shall be liable for
not more than the required employee contribution under
5 U.S.C. 8905a(d)(1)(A) if they elect to continue health
benefits after separation. The National Park Service shall
pay for 12 months the remaining portion of required con-
tributions.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary is authorized to permit persons, firms
or organizations engaged in commercial, cultural, edu-
cational, or recreational activities (as defined in section
612a of title 40, United States Code) not currently occu-
pying such space to use courtyards, auditoriums, meeting
rooms, and other space of the main and south Interior
building complex, Washington, D.C., the maintenance, op-
eration, and protection of which has been delegated to the
Secretary from the Administrator of General Services pur-
suant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949, and to assess reasonable charges therefore,
subject to such procedures as the Secretary deems appro-
priate for such uses. Charges may be for the space, utili-
ties, maintenance, repair, and other services. Charges for
such space and services may be at rates equivalent to the
prevailing commercial rate for comparable space and serv-
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 unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in House Report 105–163.
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-
cordance with the procedures contained in House Report
105–163.
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of
the Forest Service.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter
any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service
may be used to disseminate program information to pri-