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or 2004 received indirect and administrative costs pursuant 
to a distribution formula based on section 5(f) of Public 
Law 101–301, the Secretary shall continue to distribute in-
direct and administrative cost funds to such tribe or tribal 
organization using the section 5(f) distribution formula. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
$76,683,000, of which: (1) $69,802,000 shall be available 
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) $6,881,000 shall be available for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all
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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 Government Account-
ability 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 Representatives on Future United States Financial 
Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by 
Public Law 104–134: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided for technical assistance, sufficient funds shall be 
made available for a grant to the Pacific Basin Develop-
ment Council: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
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 with territorial partici-
pation and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary 
based on the grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance 
of its capital assets: Provided further, That any appropria-
tion for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act 
or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Fed-
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eral 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 grants and necessary expenses, $4,862,000, to re-
main available until expended, as provided for in sections 
221(a)(2), 221(b), and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa-
tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the 
Compacts of Free Association for the Government of the Re-
public of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of 
Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 and Pub-
lic Law 108–188. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, $94,627,000; of which $7,441,000 is 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
and shall remain available until expended; of which not to 
exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for workers compensation payments and unemploy-
ment compensation payments associated with the orderly 
closure of the United States Bureau of Mines: Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act or previous appropria-
tions Acts may be used to establish reserves in the Working
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Capital Fund account other than for accrued annual leave 
and depreciation of equipment without prior approval of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That amounts otherwise appropriated by this 
Act for administrative expenses in operating accounts for 
bureaus and offices of the Department of the Interior are 
reduced by $12,000,000 and, not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a listing by account of the pro rata reduction in 
such accounts made pursuant to this provision. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the acquisition of a departmental financial and 
business management system, $22,555,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 
20, 
1976, 
as 
amended 
(31 
U.S.C. 
6901–6907), 
$235,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses: Provided, That no 
payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local 
government if the computed amount of the payment is less 
than $100.
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CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte-
rior 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, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), $9,855,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That hereafter, 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 activities 
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 appropriation: 
Provided further, That hereafter 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. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$55,652,000.