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operations maintenance needs, improved capability of local oper-
ations and maintenance institutions and agencies (including
management and vocational education training), and project-specific
maintenance (with territorial participation 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
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 Fed-
erated 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 nec-
essary 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 Department
of the Interior, $62,864,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 may
be for official reception and representation expenses and of which
up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation pay-
ments and unemployment compensation 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 General,
$26,086,000.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct expendi-
ture, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants,
$90,025,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
funds for trust management improvements may be transferred,
as needed, to the Bureau of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian
Programs’’ account and to the Departmental Management ‘‘Salaries
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and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made available
to Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts or grants
obligated during fiscal year 2000, 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 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 enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement of trust
funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian has been fur-
nished 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 provide a quarterly statement of perform-
ance for any Indian 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 permit
the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon the express
written request of the account holder.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION PILOT
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION
For implementation of a pilot program for consolidation of
fractional interests in Indian lands by direct expenditure or coopera-
tive agreement, $5,000,000 to remain available until expended and
which shall be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 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 pilot 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 establishing 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 pilot reservations as
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That funds shall
be available for acquisition of fractional interest 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 pilot program: Provided 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 appropriation, and remain available until
expended, until the purchase 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.
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NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment activities by
the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 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 (Public Law 101–380), and Public Law
101–337, $5,400,000, to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available
resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 aircraft, 10 of which
shall be for replacement and which may be obtained by donation,
purchase or through available excess 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 augmented through the
Working Capital Fund or the Consolidated 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 emergency reconstruction,
replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facili-
ties or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or
other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made
available under this authority until funds specifically made avail-
able to the Department of the Interior for emergencies 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 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be
replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be
requested as promptly as possible.
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or
transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition
to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several
agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest
or range fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of
the Department of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation
of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions
related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms,
or other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent
to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage assess-
ment activities related to actual oil spills; for the prevention,
suppression, and control of actual or potential 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
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any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclama-
tion 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 regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining
Act: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for fire
suppression purposes shall be available for the payment of obliga-
tions incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft,
or other equipment in connection with their use for fire suppression
purposes, such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations cur-
rently 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 require-
ments’’ pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be replenished
by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested 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 appropriations shall be reimbursed for services
rendered to any other activity in the same manner as authorized
by sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Provided,
That reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equipment,
and for services rendered may be credited to the appropriation
current at the time such reimbursements 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 telephone service in private residences in the field, when author-
ized 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 members lower than to subscribers who
are not members.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the
Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for uniforms
or allowances therefor, as authorized 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 12 months beginning at any
time during the fiscal year.
SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be expended
by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore leasing
and related activities placed under restriction 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.