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interface where there is an abnormally high risk of fire. The
projects shall emphasize reducing risks to human safety and
public health and property and enhancing ecological func-
tions, long-term forest productivity, and biological integ-
rity. The Secretary shall commence the projects during fis-
cal year 2001, but the projects may be completed in a subse-
quent fiscal year. Funds shall not be expended under this
section to replace funds which would otherwise appro-
priately be expended from the timber salvage sale fund.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any
project from any environmental law.
SEC. 326. None of the funds provided in this or pre-
vious appropriations Acts for the agencies funded by this
Act or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the
United States derived by the collection of fees available to
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be transferred to and
used to fund personnel, training, or other administrative
activities of the Council on Environmental Quality or other
offices in the Executive Office of the President for purposes
related to the American Heritage Rivers program.
SEC. 327. Other than in emergency situations, none
of the funds in this Act may be used to operate telephone
answering machines during core business hours unless such
answering machines include an option that enables callers
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to reach promptly an individual on-duty with the agency
being contacted.
SEC. 328. No timber sale in Region 10 shall be adver-
tised if the indicated rate is deficit when appraised under
the transaction evidence appraisal system using domestic
Alaska values for western red cedar: Provided, That sales
which are deficit when appraised under the transaction evi-
dence appraisal system using domestic Alaska values for
western red cedar may be advertised upon receipt of a writ-
ten request by a prospective, informed bidder, who has the
opportunity to review the Forest Service’s cruise and har-
vest cost estimate for that timber. Program accomplish-
ments shall be based on volume sold. Should Region 10 sell,
in fiscal year 2001, the annual average portion of the
decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the current
Tongass Land Management Plan in sales which are not def-
icit when appraised under the transaction evidence ap-
praisal system using domestic Alaska values for western red
cedar, all of the western red cedar timber from those sales
which is surplus to the needs of domestic processors in Alas-
ka, shall be made available to domestic processors in the
contiguous 48 United States at prevailing domestic prices.
Should Region 10 sell, in fiscal year 2001, less than the
annual average portion of the decadal allowable sale quan-
tity called for in the current Tongass Land Management
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Plan in sales which are not deficit when appraised under
the transaction evidence appraisal system using domestic
Alaska values for western red cedar, the volume of western
red cedar timber available to domestic processors at pre-
vailing domestic prices in the contiguous 48 United States
shall be that volume: (i) which is surplus to the needs of
domestic processors in Alaska; and (ii) is that percent of
the surplus western red cedar volume determined by calcu-
lating the ratio of the total timber volume which has been
sold on the Tongass to the annual average portion of the
decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the current
Tongass Land Management Plan. The percentage shall be
calculated by Region 10 on a rolling basis as each sale is
sold (for purposes of this amendment, a ‘‘rolling basis’’ shall
mean that the determination of how much western red cedar
is eligible for sale to various markets shall be made at the
time each sale is awarded). Western red cedar shall be
deemed ‘‘surplus to the needs of domestic processors in Alas-
ka’’ when the timber sale holder has presented to the Forest
Service documentation of the inability to sell western red
cedar logs from a given sale to domestic Alaska processors
at price equal to or greater than the log selling value stated
in the contract. All additional western red cedar volume
not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States domestic
processors may be exported to foreign markets at the election
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of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be
sold at prevailing export prices at the election of the timber
sale holder.
SEC. 329. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees,
or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in prepara-
tion for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was
adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the
Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has not
been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent to rati-
fication pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2, of the
United States Constitution, and which has not entered into
force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol.
SEC. 330. The Forest Service, in consultation with the
Department of Labor, shall review Forest Service camp-
ground concessions policy to determine if modifications can
be made to Forest Service contracts for campgrounds so that
such concessions fall within the regulatory exemption of 29
CFR 4.122(b). The Forest Service shall offer in fiscal year
2001 such concession prospectuses under the regulatory ex-
emption, except that, any prospectus that does not meet the
requirements of the regulatory exemption shall be offered as
a service contract in accordance with the requirements of
41 U.S.C. 351–358.
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SEC. 331. A project undertaken by the Forest Service
under the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program as au-
thorized by section 315 of the Department of the Interior
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year
1996, as amended, shall not result in—
(1) displacement of the holder of an authoriza-
tion to provide commercial recreation services on Fed-
eral lands. Prior to initiating any project, the Sec-
retary shall consult with potentially affected holders
to determine what impacts the project may have on
the holders. Any modifications to the authorization
shall be made within the terms and conditions of the
authorization and authorities of the impacted agency.
(2) the return of a commercial recreation service
to the Secretary for operation when such services have
been provided in the past by a private sector pro-
vider, except when—
(A) the private sector provider fails to bid
on such opportunities;
(B) the private sector provider terminates
its relationship with the agency; or
(C) the agency revokes the permit for non-
compliance with the terms and conditions of the
authorization.
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In such cases, the agency may use the Recreation Fee Dem-
onstration Program to provide for operations until a subse-
quent operator can be found through the offering of a new
prospectus.
SEC. 332. Section 801 of the National Energy Con-
servation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)(D)(iii)) is
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$750,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$10,000,000’’.
SEC. 333. From the funds appropriated in Title V of
Public Law 105–83 for the purposes of section 502(e) of
that Act, the following amounts are hereby rescinded:
$1,000,000 for snow removal and pavement preservation
and $4,000,000 for pavement rehabilitation.
SEC. 334. In section 315(f) of Title III of Section
101(c) of Public Law 104–134 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a note),
as amended, strike ‘‘September 30, 2001’’ and insert ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2002’’, and strike ‘‘September 30, 2004’’ and in-
sert ‘‘September 30, 2005’’.
SEC. 335. None of the funds in this Act may be used
by the Secretary of the Interior to issue a prospecting per-
mit for hardrock mineral exploration on Mark Twain Na-
tional Forest land in the Current River/Jack’s Fork
River—Eleven Point Watershed (not including Mark
Twain National Forest land in Townships 31N and 32N,
Range 2 and Range 3 West, on which mining activities are
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taking place as of the date of the enactment of this Act):
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used
by the Secretary of the Interior to segregate or withdraw
land in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri under
section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1714).
SEC. 336. The authority to enter into stewardship and
end result contracts provided to the Forest Service in ac-
cordance with Section 347 of Title III of Section 101(e)
of Division A of Public Law 105–825 is hereby expanded
to authorize the Forest Service to enter into an additional
28 contracts subject to the same terms and conditions as
provided in that section: Provided, That of the additional
contracts authorized by this section at least 9 shall be allo-
cated to Region 1 and at least 3 to Region 6.
SEC. 337. Any regulations or policies promulgated or
adopted by the Departments of Agriculture or the Interior
regarding recovery of costs for processing authorizations to
occupy and use Federal lands under their control shall ad-
here to and incorporate the following principle arising from
Office of Management and Budget Circular, A–25; no
charge should be made for a service when the identification
of the specific beneficiary is obscure, and the service can
be considered primarily as benefiting broadly the general
public.
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SEC. 338. LOCAL EXEMPTIONS FROM FOREST SERV-
ICE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FEES. Section 6906 of Title
31, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
‘‘Necessary’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) LOCAL
EXEMPTIONS
FROM
DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM FEES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each unit of general local
government that lies in whole or in part within the
White Mountain National Forest and persons residing
within the boundaries of that unit of general local
government shall be exempt during that fiscal year
from any requirement to pay a Demonstration Pro-
gram Fee (parking permit or passport) imposed by
the Secretary of Agriculture for access to the Forest.
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall establish a method of identifying persons
who are exempt from paying user fees under para-
graph (1). This method may include valid form of
identification including a drivers license.’’.
SEC. 339. None of the funds made available in this
or any other Act may be used by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement or the U.S. Forest Service to assess, appraise, de-
termine, proceed to determine, or collect rents for right-of-
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way uses for federal lands except as such rents have been
or may be determined in accordance with the linear fee
schedule published on July 8, 1997 ([43 CFR 2803.1–
2(c)(1)(i)]).
SEC. 340. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of Agriculture is author-
ized to limit competition for fire and fuel treatment and
watershed restoration contracts in the Giant Sequoia Na-
tional Monument and the Sequoia National Forest. Pref-
erence for employment shall be given to dislocated and dis-
placed workers in Tulare, Kern and Fresno Counties, Cali-
fornia, for work associated with the establishment of the Se-
quoia National Monument.
SEC. 341. The Chief of the Forest Service, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator of the Small Business Admin-
istration, shall prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis, in
accordance with chapter 6 of part I of title 5, United States
Code, of the impact of the White River National Forest Plan
on communities that are within the boundaries of the White
River National Forest.
SEC. 342. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to finalize or imple-
ment the published roadless area conservation rule of the
Forest Service published on May 10, 2000 (36 Fed. Reg.
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30276, 30288), or any similar rule, in any inventoried
roadless area in the White Mountain National Forest.
SEC. 343. From funds previously appropriated in
Public Law 105–277, under the heading ‘‘Department of
Energy, Fossil Energy Research and Development’’, the
Secretary of Energy shall make available within 30 days
after enactment of this Act $750,000 for the purpose of exe-
cuting proposal #FT40770.
SEC. 344. (a) In addition to any amounts otherwise
made available under this Act to carry out the Tribally
Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978,
$1,891,000 is appropriated to carry out such Act for fiscal
year 2001.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
the amount of funds provided to a Federal agency that re-
ceives appropriations under this Act in an amount greater
than $20,000,000 shall be reduced, on a pro rata basis, by
an amount equal to the percentage necessary to achieve an
aggregate reduction of $1,891,000 in funds provided to all
such agencies under this Act. Each head of a Federal agency
that is subject to a reduction under this subsection shall
ensure that the reduction in funding to the agency resulting
from this subsection is offset by a reduction in travel ex-
penditures of the agency.
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(c) Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen-
ate a listing of the amounts by account of the reductions
made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this
section.
SEC. 345. From funds previously appropriated under
the heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, FOSSIL EN-
ERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’, $4,000,000 is imme-
diately available from unobligated balances for computa-
tional services at the National Energy Technology Labora-
tory.
SEC. 346. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to publish Class III gaming procedures
under part 291 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 347. Of the funds appropriated in title I of this
Act, the Secretary shall provide $300,000 in the form of
a grant to the Alaska Pacific University’s Institute of the
North for the development of a curriculum on the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). At
a minimum this ANILCA curriculum should contain com-
ponents which explain the law, its legislative history, the
subsequent amendments, and the principal case studies on
issues that have risen during 20 years of implementation
of the Act; examine challenges faced by conservation system
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managers in implementing the Act; and link ANILCA to
other significant land and resource laws governing Alaska’s
lands and resources. In addition, within the funds provided,
Alaska Pacific University’s Institute of the North shall
gather the oral histories of key Members of Congress in 1980
and before to demonstrate the intent of Congress in fash-
ioning ANILCA, as well as members of President Carter’s
and Alaska Governor Hammond’s Administrations, con-
gressional staff and stakeholders who were involved in the
creation of the Act.
SEC. 348. BACKCOUNTRY LANDING STRIP ACCESS. (a)
IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be used to take any action to close permanently
an aircraft landing strip described in subsection (b).
(b) AIRCRAFT LANDING STRIPS.—An aircraft landing
strip referred to in subsection (a) is a landing strip on Fed-
eral land administered by the Secretary of the Interior or
the Secretary of Agriculture that is commonly known and
has been or is consistently used for aircraft landing and
departure activities.
(c) PERMANENT CLOSURE.—For the purposes of sub-
section (a), an aircraft landing strip shall be considered
to be closed permanently if the intended duration of the clo-
sure is more than 180 days in any calendar year.
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SEC. 349. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR AP-
PLICATION
OF
UNAPPROVED
PESTICIDES
IN
CERTAIN
AREAS THAT MAY BE USED BY CHILDREN. (a) DEFINITION
OF PESTICIDE.—In this section, the term ‘‘pesticide’’ has
the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136).
(b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the
funds appropriated under this Act may be used for the ap-
plication of a pesticide that is not approved for use by the
Environmental Protection Agency in any area owned or
managed by the Department of the Interior that may be
used by children, including any national park.
(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall coordinate with the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to ensure that the methods of pest
control used by the Department of the Interior do not lead
to unacceptable exposure of children to pesticides.
TITLE IV—HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’ to remove hazardous material to alleviate imme-
diate emergency threats to urban wildland interface areas
as defined by the Secretary of the Interior, $120,300,000
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to remain available until expended: Provided, That the en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall
be available only to the extent an official budget request,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request
as an emergency requirement as defined by such Act, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’ to remove hazardous material to alleviate imme-
diate emergency threats to urban wildland interface areas
as defined by the Secretary of Agriculture, $120,000,000 to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall
be available only to the extent an official budget request,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request
as an emergency requirement as defined by such Act, is
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transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That:
(1) In expending the funds provided in any Act
with respect to any fiscal year for hazardous fuels re-
duction, the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may hereafter conduct fuel re-
duction treatments on Federal lands using all con-
tracting and hiring authorities available to the Secre-
taries. Notwithstanding Federal Government procure-
ment and contracting laws, the Secretaries may here-
after conduct fuel reduction treatments on Federal
lands using grants and cooperative agreements. Not-
withstanding Federal Government procurement and
contracting laws, in order to provide employment and
training opportunities to people in rural commu-
nities, the Secretaries may hereafter, at their sole dis-
cretion, limit competition for any contracts, with re-
spect to any fiscal year, including contracts for moni-
toring activities, to—
(A) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative
entities;
(B) Youth Conservation Corps crews or re-
lated partnerships with State, local, and non-
profit youth groups;
(C) small or micro-businesses; or
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(D) other entities that will hire or train a
significant percentage of local people to complete
such contracts.
(2) Prior to September 30, 2000, the Secretary
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall
jointly publish in the Federal Register a list of all
urban wildland interface communities, as defined by
the Secretaries, within the vicinity of Federal lands
that are at risk from wildfire. This list shall
include—
(A) 
an 
identification 
of 
communities
around which hazardous fuel reduction treat-
ments are ongoing; and
(B) 
an 
identification 
of 
communities
around which the Secretaries are preparing to
begin treatments in calendar year 2000.
(3) Prior to May 1, 2001, the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly
publish in the Federal Register a list of all urban
wildland interface communities, as defined by the
Secretaries, within the vicinity of Federal lands and
at risk from wildfire that are included in the list pub-
lished pursuant to paragraph (2) but that are not in-
cluded in paragraphs (2)(A) and (2)(B), along with
an identification of reasons, not limited to lack of
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available funds, why there are no treatments ongoing
or being prepared for these communities.
(4) Within 30 days after enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register the Forest Service’s Cohesive Strategy
for Protecting People and Sustaining Resources in
Fire-Adapted Ecosystems, and an explanation of any
differences between the Cohesive Strategy and other
related ongoing policymaking activities including:
Proposed regulations revising the National Forest
System transportation policy; proposed roadless area
protection regulations; the Interior Columbia Basin
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact State-
ment; and the Sierra Nevada Framework/Sierra Ne-
vada Forest Plan Draft Environmental Impact State-
ment. The Secretary shall also provide 30 days for
public comment on the Cohesive Strategy and the ac-
companying explanation.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Inte-
rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
Attest:
Secretary.