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shall have the authority to establish an oil and gas leasing Internet 
program, under which the Secretary may conduct lease sales 
through methods other than oral bidding. 
INDIAN PROBATE JUDGES 
SEC. 111. Section 108 of Public Law 109–54 (the Department 
of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2006) is amended by striking ‘‘in fiscal years 2006 through 
2010, for the purpose of reducing the backlog of’’ and inserting 
‘‘for fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year thereafter, for the purpose 
of adjudicating’’. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 112. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement 
a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 
Regulation and Enforcement, may establish accounts and transfer 
funds among and between the offices and bureaus affected by the 
reorganization only in conformance with the reprogramming guide-
lines described in the report accompanying this Act. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF INDIAN EDUCATION FUNDS 
SEC. 113. Beginning July 1, 2008, any funds (including invest-
ments and interest earned, except for construction funds) held 
by a Public Law 100–297 grant or a Public Law 93–638 contract 
school shall, upon retrocession to or re-assumption by the Bureau 
of Indian Education, remain available to the Bureau of Indian 
Education for a period of 5 years from the date of retrocession 
or re-assumption for the benefit of the programs approved for the 
school on October 1, 1995. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND BURRO HOLDING 
FACILITIES 
SEC. 114. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear cooperative 
agreements with nonprofit organizations and other appropriate enti-
ties, and may enter into multiyear contracts in accordance with 
the provisions of section 304B of the Federal Property and Adminis-
trative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c) (except that the 5- 
year term restriction in subsection (d) shall not apply), for the 
long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming horses 
and burros by such organizations or entities on private land. Such 
cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 10 years, 
subject to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary. 
(b) During fiscal year 2012 and subsequent fiscal years, in 
carrying out work involving cooperation with any State or political 
subdivision thereof, the Bureau of Land Management may record 
obligations against accounts receivable from any such entities. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION OPERATED SCHOOLS 
SEC. 115. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or Federal regulation, including section 586(c) of title 40, United 
States Code, the Director of the BIE, or the Director’s designee,
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is authorized to enter into agreements with public and private 
persons and entities that provide for such persons and entities 
to rent or lease the land or facilities of a Bureau-operated school 
for such periods of time as the school is Bureau operated, in 
exchange for a consideration (in the form of funds) that benefits 
the school, as determined by the head of the school. 
(2) Funds received under paragraph (1) shall be retained by 
the school and used for school purposes otherwise authorized by 
law. Any funds received under paragraph (1) are hereby made 
available until expended for such purposes, notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, United States Code. 
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow for 
the diminishment of, or otherwise affect, the appropriation of funds 
to the budget accounts for the operation and maintenance of 
Bureau-operated schools. No funds shall be withheld from the dis-
tribution to the budget of any Bureau-operated school due to the 
receipt by the school of a benefit in accordance with this section. 
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of title 5, United States 
Code, or any regulation promulgated under such title, education 
personnel who are under the direction and supervision of the Sec-
retary of the Interior may participate in a fundraising activity 
for the benefit of a Bureau-operated school in an official capacity 
as part of their official duties. When participating in such an 
official capacity, the employee may use the employee’s official title, 
position, and authority. Nothing in this subsection shall be con-
strued to authorize participation in political activity (as such term 
is used in section 7324 of title 5, United States Code) otherwise 
prohibited by law. 
(c) The Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate regulations 
to carry out this section not later than 16 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. Such regulations shall include— 
(1) standards for the appropriate use of Bureau-operated 
school lands and facilities by third parties under a rental or 
lease agreement; 
(2) provisions for the establishment and administration 
of mechanisms for the acceptance of consideration for the use 
and benefit of a school in accordance with this section 
(including, in appropriate cases, the establishment and adminis-
tration of trust funds); 
(3) accountability standards to ensure ethical conduct; and 
(4) provisions for monitoring the amount and terms of 
consideration received, the manner in which the consideration 
is used, and any results achieved by such use. 
(d) Provisions of this section shall apply to fiscal years 2012 
through 2014. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 116. Section 3006 of Public Law 111–212 is amended 
by striking ‘‘For fiscal years 2010 and 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘For 
fiscal years 2010 through 2012’’. 
MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 117. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, 
in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endan-
gered species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking 
of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from
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federally operated or federally financed hatcheries including but 
not limited to fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified 
by commercial and recreational fishers. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 118. (a) Any proposed new use of the Arizona & California 
Railroad Company’s Right of Way for conveyance of water shall 
not proceed unless the Secretary of the Interior certifies that the 
proposed new use is within the scope of the Right of Way. 
(b) No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
Department of the Interior may be used, in relation to any proposal 
to store water underground for the purpose of export, for approval 
of any right-of-way or similar authorization on the Mojave National 
Preserve or lands managed by the Needles Field Office of the 
Bureau of Land Management, or for carrying out any activities 
associated with such right-of-way or similar approval. 
YUKON-CHARLEY NATIONAL PRESERVE 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the Secretary of the Interior to implement or enforce 
regulations concerning boating within Yukon-Charley National Pre-
serve, including waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States, pursuant to section 3(h) of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 
1a–2(h)) or any other authority. This section does not affect the 
authority of the Coast Guard to regulate the use of waters subject 
to the jurisdiction of the United States within the Yukon-Charley 
National Preserve. 
REPUBLIC OF PALAU 
SEC. 120. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), the United 
States Government, through the Secretary of the Interior shall 
provide to the Government of Palau for fiscal year 2012 grants 
in amounts equal to the annual amounts specified in subsections 
(a), (c), and (d) of section 211 of the Compact of Free Association 
between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of Palau (48 U.S.C. 1931 note) (referred to in 
this section as the ‘‘Compact’’). 
(b) PROGRAMMATIC ASSISTANCE.—Subject to subsection (c), the 
United States shall provide programmatic assistance to the Republic 
of Palau for fiscal year 2012 in amounts equal to the amounts 
provided in subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 221 of the Compact. 
(c) LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The grants and programmatic assistance 
provided under subsections (a) and (b) shall be provided to 
the same extent and in the same manner as the grants and 
assistance were provided in fiscal year 2009. 
(2) TRUST FUND.—If the Government of Palau withdraws 
more than $5,000,000 from the trust fund established under 
section 211(f) of the Compact, amounts to be provided under 
subsections (a) and (b) shall be withheld from the Government 
of Palau.
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HIRING AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 121. (a) DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY.— 
(1) During fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, the Secretary 
of the Interior may appoint, without regard to the provisions 
of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, 
other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such title, a qualified 
candidate described in paragraph (1) directly to a position with 
a land managing agency of the Department of the Interior 
for which the candidate meets Office of Personnel Management 
qualification standards. 
(2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to a former resource 
assistant (as defined in section 203 of the Public Land Corps 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1722)) who— 
(A) completed a rigorous undergraduate or graduate 
summer internship with a land managing agency, such 
as the National Park Service Business Plan Internship; 
(B) successfully fulfilled the requirements of the intern-
ship program; and 
(C) subsequently earned an undergraduate or graduate 
degree from an accredited institution of higher education. 
(3) The direct hire authority under this subsection may 
not be exercised with respect to a specific qualified candidate 
after the end of the two-year period beginning on the date 
on which the candidate completed the undergraduate or grad-
uate degree, as the case may be. 
(b) LOCAL
HIRE
AUTHORITY.—Section 1308 of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 3198) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘establish a program’’ 
and inserting ‘‘establish an excepted service appointment 
authority,’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘competitive service as 
defined in section 2102 of such title for which such person 
is eligible under subchapter I of chapter 33 of such title, in 
selection to such position’’ and inserting ‘‘excepted service as 
defined in section 2103 of such title’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3) and inserting after paragraph (1) the following 
new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) CONVERSION
TO
COMPETITIVE
SERVICE.—Employees 
who satisfactorily complete two years of continuous service 
in a permanent appointment made under subsection (a) and 
who meet satisfactory performance and competitive service 
qualification requirements shall have their appointment con-
verted to competitive service career-conditional or career 
employment as appropriate. This paragraph applies to individ-
uals appointed on or after March 30, 2009. An employee who 
does not meet competitive service qualification requirements 
after two years of continuous service in an appointment made 
under subsection (a) shall be converted upon meeting such 
qualification 
requirements. 
Temporary 
and 
time-limited 
appointments will be made in the excepted service. There is 
no provision for conversion to competitive service when appoint-
ments are time-limited.’’. 
(c) GULF OF MEXICO REGION.—For fiscal years 2012 and 2013, 
funds made available in this title for the Bureau of Ocean Energy