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The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the sale
of excess buildings, facilities, and other properties owned
by the Forest Service and located on the Green Mountain
National Forest, the revenues of which shall be retained by
the Forest Service and available to the Secretary without
further appropriation and until expended for maintenance
and rehabilitation activities on the Green Mountain Na-
tional Forest.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy
research and development activities, under the authority of
the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law
95–91), including the acquisition of interest, including de-
feasible and equitable interests in any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion,
and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations
and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and
disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social
and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603),
$604,090,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$11,000,000 is to begin construction, renovation, acquisi-
tion of furnishings, and demolition or removal of buildings
at National Energy Technology Laboratory facilities in
Morgantown, West Virginia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
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and of which $33,700,000 shall be derived by transfer from
funds appropriated in prior years under the heading
‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’, and of which $150,000,000 is to
be made available, after coordination with the private sec-
tor, for a request for proposals for a Clean Coal Power Ini-
tiative providing for competitively-awarded demonstrations
of commercial scale technologies to reduce the barriers to
continued and expanded coal use: Provided, That the re-
quest for proposals shall be issued no later than one hundred
and twenty days following enactment of this Act, proposals
shall be submitted no later than ninety days after the
issuance of the request for proposals, and the Department
of Energy shall make project selections no later than one
hundred and sixty days after the receipt of proposals: Pro-
vided further, That funds shall be expended in accordance
with the provisions governing the use of funds contained
under the heading ‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’ in prior appro-
priations: Provided further, That the Department may in-
clude provisions for repayment of Government contributions
to individual projects in an amount up to the Government
contribution to the project on terms and conditions that are
acceptable to the Department including repayments from
sale and licensing of technologies from both domestic and
foreign transactions: Provided further, That such repay-
ments shall be retained by the Department for future coal-
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related research, development and demonstration projects:
Provided further, That any technology selected under this
program shall be considered a Clean Coal Technology, and
any project selected under this program shall be considered
a Clean Coal Technology Project, for the purposes of 42
U.S.C. § 7651n, and Chapters 51, 52, and 60 of title 40
of the Code of Federal Regulations: Provided further, That
no part of the sum herein made available shall be used for
the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil
and gas: Provided further, That up to 4 percent of program
direction funds available to the National Energy Tech-
nology Laboratory may be used to support Department of
Energy activities not included in this account.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances under this heading,
$2,000,000 are rescinded.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum
and oil shale reserve activities, $17,371,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining
from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum
and oil shale reserve activities.
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ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND
For necessary expenses in fulfilling installment pay-
ments under the Settlement Agreement entered into by the
United States and the State of California on October 11,
1996, as authorized by section 3415 of Public Law 104–
106, $36,000,000, to become available on October 1, 2002
for payment to the State of California for the State Teach-
ers’ Retirement Fund from the Elk Hills School Lands
Fund.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy con-
servation activities, $870,805,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That $251,000,000 shall be for use in
energy conservation grant programs as defined in section
3008(3) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4507): Provided
further, That notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of Public
Law 99–509, such sums shall be allocated to the eligible
programs as follows: $213,000,000 for weatherization assist-
ance grants and $38,000,000 for State energy conservation
grants.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $1,996,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve
facility development and operations and program manage-
ment activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.),
$169,009,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$8,000,000 shall be available for maintenance of a North-
east Home Heating Oil Reserve.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Energy Information Administration, $75,499,000, to
remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal
year shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles;
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the
General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices.
From appropriations under this Act, transfers of sums
may be made to other agencies of the Government for the
performance of work for which the appropriation is made.
None of the funds made available to the Department
of Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or fi-
nance authorized price support or loan guarantee programs
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unless specific provision is made for such programs in an
appropriations Act.
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings,
equipment, and other contributions from public and private
sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other
agencies, Federal, State, private or foreign: Provided, That
revenues and other moneys received by or for the account
of the Department of Energy or otherwise generated by sale
of products in connection with projects of the Department
appropriated under this Act may be retained by the Sec-
retary of Energy, to be available until expended, and used
only for plant construction, operation, costs, and payments
to cost-sharing entities as provided in appropriate cost-
sharing contracts or agreements: Provided further, That the
remainder of revenues after the making of such payments
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
Provided further, That any contract, agreement, or provi-
sion thereof entered into by the Secretary pursuant to this
authority shall not be executed 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 comprehensive re-
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port on such project, including the facts and circumstances
relied upon in support of the proposed project.
No funds provided in this Act may be expended by the
Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process procure-
ment documents for programs or projects for which appro-
priations have not been made.
In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act,
the Secretary may accept fees and contributions from public
and private sources, to be deposited in a contributed funds
account, and prosecute projects using such fees and con-
tributions in cooperation with other Federal, State or pri-
vate agencies or concerns.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August
5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act,
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and
III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the In-
dian Health Service, $2,388,614,000, together with pay-
ments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
238(b) for services furnished by the Indian Health Service:
Provided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal
organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any
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other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25
U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time
of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain
available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal
year limitation: Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall
remain available until expended, for the Indian Cata-
strophic Health Emergency Fund: Provided further, That
$430,776,000 for contract medical care shall remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2003: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided, up to $22,000,000 shall
be used to carry out the loan repayment program under
section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act:
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be
used for one-year contracts and grants which are to be per-
formed in two fiscal years, so long as the total obligation
is recorded in the year for which the funds are appro-
priated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services under the author-
ity of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
shall remain available until expended for the purpose of
achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and re-
quirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security
Act (exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new
facilities): Provided further, That funding contained herein,
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and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship pro-
grams under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25
U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2003: Provided further, That amounts re-
ceived by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported
and accounted for and available to the receiving tribes and
tribal organizations until expended: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amounts
provided herein, not to exceed $288,234,000 shall be for
payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract or
grant support costs associated with contracts, grants, self-
governance compacts or annual funding agreements between
the Indian Health Service and a tribe or tribal organiza-
tion pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of
1975, as amended, prior to or during fiscal year 2002, of
which up to $40,000,000 may be used for such costs associ-
ated with the Navajo Nation’s new and expanded contracts,
grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding agree-
ments: Provided further, That funds available for the In-
dian Health Care Improvement Fund may be used, as need-
ed, to carry out activities typically funded under the Indian
Health Facilities account.
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement,
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, in-
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cluding quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, speci-
fications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and
erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers;
and for provision of domestic and community sanitation
facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act
of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement
Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to environmental health and facilities support activi-
ties of the Indian Health Service, $362,854,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the plan-
ning, design, construction or renovation of health facilities
for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used
to purchase land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge
health or related facilities: Provided further, That from the
funds appropriated herein, $5,000,000 shall be designated
by the Indian Health Service as a contribution to the
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) to con-
tinue a priority project for the acquisition of land, plan-
ning, design and construction of 79 staff quarters at Bethel,
Alaska, pursuant to the negotiated project agreement be-
tween the YKHC and the Indian Health Service: Provided
further, That this project shall not be subject to the construc-
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tion provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act and shall be removed from the Indian
Health Service priority list upon completion: Provided fur-
ther, That the Federal Government shall not be liable for
any property damages or other construction claims that
may arise from YKHC undertaking this project: Provided
further, That the land shall be owned or leased by the
YKHC and title to quarters shall remain vested with the
YKHC: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall remain
available until expended for the purpose of funding joint
venture health care facility projects authorized under the
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That priority, by rank order, shall be given
to tribes with outpatient projects on the existing Indian
Health Services priority list that have Service-approved
planning documents, and can demonstrate by March 1,
2002, the financial capability necessary to provide an ap-
propriate facility: Provided further, That joint venture
funds unallocated after March 1, 2002, shall be made avail-
able for joint venture projects on a competitive basis giving
priority to tribes that currently have no existing Federally-
owned health care facility, have planning documents meet-
ing Indian Health Service requirements prepared for ap-
proval by the Service and can demonstrate the financial
capability needed to provide an appropriate facility: Pro-
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vided further, That the Indian Health Service shall request
additional staffing, operation and maintenance funds for
these facilities in future budget requests: Provided further,
That not to exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian
Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the
Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian Health
Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Service
to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service and
tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing interagency
agreement between the Indian Health Service and the Gen-
eral Services Administration: Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 shall be placed in a Demolition Fund,
available until expended, to be used by the Indian Health
Service for demolition of Federal buildings: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding the provisions of title III, sec-
tion 306, of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Pub-
lic Law 94–437, as amended), construction contracts au-
thorized under title I of the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act of 1975, as amended, may be used
rather than grants to fund small ambulatory facility con-
struction projects: Provided further, That if a contract is
used, the IHS is authorized to improve municipal, private,
or tribal lands, and that at no time, during construction
or after completion of the project will the Federal Govern-