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TERRITORIAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
ADMINISTRATION OF TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for the administration of territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $80,239,000
of which (1) $75,962,000 shall be available until expended for tech-
nical assistance, including maintenance assistance, disaster assist-
ance, drug interdiction and abuse prevention, insular management
controls, and brown tree snake control and research; grants to
the judiciary in American 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) $4,277,000 shall
be available for salaries and expenses of the Office of Territorial
and International Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions
of the territorial and local governments herein provided for, includ-
ing such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established
or utilized by such governments, may be audited by the General
Accounting 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 accord-
ing 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 99–396, or any subsequent
legislation related to Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands Covenant grant funding, except that should the Secretary
of the Interior believe that the performance standards of such
agreement are not being met, operations funds may be withheld,
but only by Act of Congress as required by Public Law 99–396:
Provided further, That $1,025,000 of the amounts provided for tech-
nical assistance shall be available for a grant to the Close Up
Foundation: Provided further, That the funds for the program of
operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to
institutionalize routine operations and maintenance of capital infra-
structure in American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of
Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated
States of Micronesia through assessments of long-range operations
and maintenance needs, improved capability of local operations
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 head 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).
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TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
For expenses necessary for the Department of the Interior
in administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands pursu-
ant to the Trusteeship Agreement approved by joint resolution
of July 18, 1947 (61 Stat. 397), and the Act of June 30, 1954
(68 Stat. 330), as amended (90 Stat. 299; 91 Stat. 1159; 92 Stat.
495), and grants to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,
in addition to local revenues, for support of governmental functions,
$19,838,000 to be available until expended, including $18,464,000
for operations of the Government of Palau: Provided, That all finan-
cial transactions of the Trust Territory, including such transactions
of all agencies or instrumentalities established or utilized by such
Trust Territory, may be audited by the General Accounting Office,
at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United
States Code: Provided further, That all Government operations
funds appropriated and obligated for the Republic of Palau under
this account for fiscal year 1995, except for $692,000 for special
programs, shall be credited as an off-set against fiscal year 1995
payments made pursuant to the Compact of Free Association (Public
Law 99–658), if such Compact is implemented before October 1,
1995: Provided further, That not less than $300,000 of the grants
to the Republic of Palau, for support of governmental functions,
shall be dedicated to the College of Micronesia in accordance with
the agreement between the Micronesian entities.
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
Compacts of Free Association, $24,602,000, to remain available
until expended, as authorized by Public Law 99–239: Provided,
That the effective date of the Palau Compact for purposes of eco-
nomic assistance pursuant to the Palau Compact of Free Associa-
tion, Public Law 99–658, shall be the effective date of the Palau
Compact as determined pursuant to section 101 of Public Law
101–219.
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the
Interior, $62,599,000 of which not to exceed $7,500 may be for
official reception and representation expenses: Provided, That of
the offsetting collections credited to this account, $1,184,000 are
permanently canceled.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$34,674,000.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
$23,985,000.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Construction Manage-
ment, $2,000,000.
NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gaming Commis-
sion, pursuant to Public Law 100–497, $1,000,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available
resources within the Working Capital Fund, 18 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 ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’, ‘‘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)(D) 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,
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or other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent
to actual oilspills; response and natural resource damage assess-
ment activities related to actual oilspills; 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
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 the ‘‘Emergency Department of the Interior
Firefighting Fund’’ 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)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 and must be replenished by a supplemental appropria-
tion 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, U.S.C.: 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