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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: Provided,
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may,
under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrange-
ments authorized by law, procure printing services from co-
operators 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 deter-
mines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality
standards: Provided further, That the Service may accept
donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Pro-
vided 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 Wildlife Refuge System unless the
purchase is approved in advance by the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the re-
programming procedures contained in Senate Report 105–
56.
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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 (including special road mainte-
nance service to trucking permittees on a reimbursable
basis), and for the general administration of the National
Park Service, including not less than $2,000,000 for high
priority projects within the scope of the approved budget
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps
as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706, $1,443,795,000, of which
$9,227,000 for research, planning and interagency coordi-
nation in support of land acquisition for Everglades res-
toration shall remain available until expended, and of
which not to exceed $7,000,000, to remain available until
expended, is to be derived from the special fee account estab-
lished 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 part-
nership programs, environmental compliance and review,
international park affairs, statutory or contractual aid for
other activities, and grant administration, not otherwise
provided for, $58,209,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be
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available to carry out the Urban Park and Recreation Re-
covery Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.).
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), $44,347,000, to be derived
from the Historic Preservation Fund, to remain available
until September 30, 2002, of which $7,177,000 pursuant to
section 507 of Public Law 104–333 shall remain available
until expended.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement
of physical facilities, including the modifications authorized
by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection
and Expansion Act of 1989, $207,079,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That $1,000,000 for the
Great Falls Historic District, $650,000 for Lake Champlain
National Historic Landmarks, and $365,000 for the U.S.
Grant Boyhood Home National Historic Landmark shall
be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund pursuant
to 16 U.S.C. 470a.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2001
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
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LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation 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, $87,140,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended, of which $40,000,000 is for the State assist-
ance program including $1,000,000 to administer the State
assistance program, and of which $10,000,000 may be for
State grants for land acquisition in the State of Florida:
Provided, That the Secretary may provide Federal assist-
ance to the State of Florida for the acquisition of lands
or waters, or interests therein, within the Everglades water-
shed (consisting of lands and waters within the boundaries
of the South Florida Water Management District, Florida
Bay and the Florida Keys, including the areas known as
the Frog Pond, the Rocky Glades and the Eight and One-
Half Square Mile Area) 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 for assist-
ance to the State of Florida to acquire lands within the
Everglades watershed are contingent upon new matching
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non-Federal funds by the State and shall be subject to an
agreement that the lands to be acquired will be managed
in perpetuity for the restoration of the Everglades: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided for the State As-
sistance program may be used to establish a contingency
fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 340 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 273 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 319 for police-type use, 12 buses,
and 9 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated to the National Park Service may be used to process
any grant or contract documents which do not include the
text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated to the National Park Service may be
used to implement an agreement for the redevelopment of
the southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has
been submitted to the Congress and shall not be imple-
mented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not
including any day in which either House of Congress 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 de-
velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island, including the
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facts and circumstances relied upon in support of the pro-
posed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the Na-
tional Park Service for activities taken in direct response
to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to operating
units based on the safety record of each unit the costs of
programs designed to improve workplace and employee safe-
ty, and to encourage employees receiving workers’ com-
pensation 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 Geological
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research cov-
ering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the min-
eral 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 per-
mittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licens-
ees; administer the minerals exploration program (30
U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data relative to
the foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries into the
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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 re-
placement only; reimbursement to the General Services Ad-
ministration for security guard services; contracting for the
furnishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-
physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra-
tively determined that such procedures are in the public in-
terest; 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 compensa-
tion 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 ac-
complished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.
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-
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erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only; $134,010,000, of which $86,257,000,
shall be available for royalty management activities; and
an amount not to exceed $107,410,000, 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 collec-
tions for Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities
performed by the Minerals Management Service over and
above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and from
additional fees for Outer Continental Shelf administrative
activities established after September 30, 1993: Provided,
That to the extent $107,410,000 in additions to receipts are
not realized from the sources of receipts stated above, the
amount needed to reach $107,410,000 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 $3,000,000 for computer ac-
quisitions shall remain available until September 30, 2002:
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act
shall be available for the payment of interest in accordance
with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided further, That not
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses
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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 overpayments in connection with
certain Indian leases in which the Director of the Minerals
Management Service concurred with the claimed refund
due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or
to correct prior unrecoverable 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 Liabil-
ity 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 purchase of
not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for replacement
only; $100,801,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the In-
terior, pursuant to regulations, may use directly or through
grants to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 2001 for
civil penalties assessed under section 518 of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C.
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1268), to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining
practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until
expended: 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.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Sur-
face 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 replacement only,
$201,438,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned
Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended; of which up to $10,000,000, to be derived from the
Federal Expenses Share of the Fund, shall be for supple-
mental 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 Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum pro-
gram States will be $1,600,000 per State in fiscal year
2001: Provided further, That of the funds herein provided
up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency program
authorized by section 410 of Public Law 95–87, as amend-
ed, of which no more than 25 percent shall be used for emer-
gency reclamation projects in any one State and funds for
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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 subject to
the 25 percent limitation per State and may be used with-
out fiscal year limitation for emergency projects: Provided
further, That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Depart-
ment 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 priorities of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided
further, That the State of Maryland may set aside the great-
er 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, pursuant to which law the
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amount (together with all interest earned on the amount)
is expended by the State to undertake acid mine drainage
abatement and treatment projects, except that before any
amounts greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants are
deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement and treat-
ment fund, the State of Maryland must first complete all
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act priority one
projects: Provided further, That from the funds provided
herein, in addition to the amount granted to the State of
Kentucky under Sections 402(g)(1) and 402(g)(5) of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, an addi-
tional $1,000,000 shall be made available to the State of
Kentucky to demonstrate reforestation techniques on aban-
doned coal mine sites.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian pro-
grams, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Deter-
mination 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,
$1,704,620,000, to remain available until September 30,
2002 except as otherwise provided herein, of which not to
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gram: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008,
not to exceed $43,160,000 within and only from such
amounts made available for school operations shall be avail-
able to tribes and tribal organizations for administrative
cost grants associated with the operation of Bureau-funded
schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated
to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30,
2002, may be transferred during fiscal year 2003 to an In-
dian forest land assistance account established for the ben-
efit of such tribe within the tribe’s trust fund account: Pro-
vided further, That any such unobligated balances not so
transferred shall expire on September 30, 2003.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities,
and other facilities, including architectural and engineering
services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in
lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for con-
struction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant
to Public Law 87–483, $341,004,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be
available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga-
tion Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 percent of con-
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tract authority available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs
from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover
the road program management costs of the Bureau: Pro-
vided further, That any funds provided for the Safety of
Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made
available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further,
That for fiscal year 2001, in implementing new construc-
tion 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 Pro-
grams contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory re-
quirements: 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 pay-
ments for the work to be performed: 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 standards 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 fi-
nancial management capabilities: Provided further, That if
the Secretary declines an application, the Secretary shall
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follow the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f):
Provided further, That any disputes between the Secretary
and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the
disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e).
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and indi-
viduals 
and 
for 
necessary 
administrative 
expenses,
$35,276,000, to remain available until expended; of which
$25,225,000 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 implementa-
tion of other enacted water rights settlements; of which
$8,000,000 shall be available for Tribal compact adminis-
tration, economic development and future water supplies fa-
cilities under Public Law 106–163; and of which
$1,877,000 shall be available pursuant to Public Laws 99–
264, 100–383, 100–580 and 103–402.
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,500,000, as au-
thorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended:
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional 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 $59,682,000.
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In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan programs, $488,000.
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 guarantee
and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Pro-
gram account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits,
and purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger motor vehicles,
of which not to exceed 187 shall be for replacement only.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office
operations, pooled overhead general administration (except
facilities operations and maintenance), or provided to im-
plement the recommendations of the National Academy of
Public Administration’s August 1999 report shall be avail-
able for tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–413).
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for
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distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish
the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that tribe,
or the government-to-government relationship between the
United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access
future appropriations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided
herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452
et seq., shall be available to support the operation of any
elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska.
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 September
1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall be used to
support expanded grades for any school or dormitory be-
yond the grade structure in place or approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau school
system as of October 1, 1995. Funds made available under
this Act may not be used to establish a charter school at
a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined in section
1146 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C.
2026)), except that a charter school that is in existence on
the date of the enactment of this Act and that has operated
at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, may
continue to operate during that period, but only if the char-
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ter school pays to the Bureau a pro-rata share of funds to
reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and personal
property (including buses and vans), the funds of the char-
ter school are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds,
and the Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter
school programs of the State in which the school is located
if the charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bu-
reau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school
and performing functions related to the charter school’s op-
eration and employees of a charter school shall not be treat-
ed as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title
28, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal
Tort Claims Act’’). Not later than June 15, 2001, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall evaluate the effectiveness of Bu-
reau-funded schools sharing facilities with charter schools
in the manner described in the preceding sentence and pre-
pare and submit a report on the finding of that evaluation
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of
the House.
DEPARTMENT OFFICES
INSULAR AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$68,471,000, of which: (1) $64,076,000 shall be available
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until expended for technical assistance, including mainte-
nance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management
controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree
snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in Amer-
ican Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized
by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of
American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for
construction and support of governmental functions; 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 (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat.
272); and (2) $4,395,000 shall be available for salaries and
expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all
financial transactions of the territorial and local govern-
ments herein provided for, including such transactions of
all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such
governments, may be audited by the General Accounting Of-
fice, 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
Representatives on Future United States Financial Assist-
ance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public
Law 104–134: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
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vided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be
made available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation:
Provided further, That the funds for the program of oper-
ations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to
institutionalize routine operations and maintenance im-
provement of capital infrastructure in American Samoa,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic
of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micro-
nesia through assessments of long-range operations mainte-
nance needs, improved capability of local operations and
maintenance institutions and agencies (including manage-
ment and vocational education training), and project-spe-
cific maintenance (with territorial participation and cost
sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the indi-
vidual territory’s commitment to timely maintenance of its
capital assets): Provided further, That any appropriation
for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or
previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal
matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants
provided 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 Mar-
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shall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232,
and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, and for eco-
nomic 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 authorized by Public
Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, $64,019,000, of which not to exceed
$8,500 may be for official reception and representation ex-
penses and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for
workers compensation payments and unemployment com-
pensation payments associated with the orderly closure of
the United States Bureau of Mines.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$40,196,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $27,846,000.
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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, $82,628,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements may be transferred, as needed, to the Bureau
of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account
and to the Departmental Management ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able to Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts
or grants obligated during fiscal year 2001, as authorized
by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the
contractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the statute of limita-
tions shall not commence to run on any claim, including
any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment 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 notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to pro-
vide a quarterly statement of performance for any Indian
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trust account that has not had activity for at least 18
months and has a balance of $1.00 or less: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall issue an annual account statement
and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall per-
mit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon
the express written request of the account holder.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION
For implementation of a program for consolidation of
fractional interests in Indian lands and expenses associated
with redetermining and redistributing escheated interests in
allotted lands by direct expenditure or cooperative agree-
ment, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended and
which may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and Departmental Management of which not to exceed
$500,000 shall be available for administrative expenses:
Provided, That the Secretary may enter into a cooperative
agreement, which shall not be subject to Public Law 93–
638, as amended, with a tribe having jurisdiction over the
reservation to implement the program to acquire fractional
interests on behalf of such tribe: Provided further, That the
Secretary may develop a reservation-wide system for estab-
lishing the fair market value of various types of lands and
improvements to govern the amounts offered for acquisition
of fractional interests: Provided further, That acquisitions
shall be limited to one or more reservations as determined
by the Secretary: Provided further, That funds shall be
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available for acquisition of fractional interests in trust or
restricted lands with the consent of its owners and at fair
market value, and the Secretary shall hold in trust for such
tribe all interests acquired pursuant to this program: Pro-
vided further, That all proceeds from any lease, resource
sale contract, right-of-way or other transaction derived from
the fractional interest shall be credited to this appropria-
tion, and remain available until expended, until the pur-
chase price paid by the Secretary under this appropriation
has been recovered from such proceeds: Provided further,
That once the purchase price has been recovered, all subse-
quent proceeds shall be managed by the Secretary for the
benefit of the applicable tribe or paid directly to the tribe.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND
RESTORATION
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment activi-
ties by the Department of the Interior necessary to carry
out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and the Act of July 27,
1990, as amended (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $5,403,000, to
remain available until expended.