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REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal 
Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate 
tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, 
unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inac-
curate distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction 
in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in 
fiscal year 2017. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlap-
ping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 
10 percent limitation does not apply. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, 
or interests therein including the use of all or part of any pier, 
dock, or landing within the State of New York and the State 
of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating and maintaining facili-
ties in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors 
to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program 
and administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), 
or by exchange; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 
enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other agree-
ments for the use of such facilities on such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2017, the Secretary shall collect 
a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited in the 
‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement’’ account, from 
the designated operator for facilities subject to inspection under 
43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above 
the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start 
of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2017 shall be: 
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with processing 
equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any com-
bination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with 
any combination of active or inactive wells. 
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections 
completed in fiscal year 2017. Fees for fiscal year 2017 shall be: 
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths 
of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths 
of less than 500 feet. 
(d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under sub-
section (b) within 60 days, with payment required within 30 days 
of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under sub-
section (c) within 30 days of the end of the month in which the 
inspection occurred, with payment required within 30 days of 
billing.
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BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement 
a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 
Regulation and Enforcement, may transfer funds among and 
between the successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorga-
nization only in conformance with the reprogramming guidelines 
described in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND BURRO HOLDING 
FACILITIES 
SEC. 109. 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 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except 
that the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) 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. 
MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 110. 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 
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. 
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 
SEC. 111. Paragraph (1) of section 122(a) of division E of Public 
Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1013) is amended by striking ‘‘through 
2018,’’ in the first sentence and inserting ‘‘through 2020,’’. 
WILD LANDS FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this Act or 
any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce 
Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the Secretary of the Interior 
on December 22, 2010: Provided, That nothing in this section shall 
restrict the Secretary’s authorities under sections 201 and 202 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1711 and 1712). 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2017, in carrying out work involving cooperation with 
State, local, and tribal governments or any political subdivision 
thereof, Indian Affairs may record obligations against accounts 
receivable from any such entities, except that total obligations at
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the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
available at the end of the fiscal year. 
SAGE-GROUSE 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to write 
or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 
(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus 
urophasianus); 
(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct popu-
lation segment of greater sage-grouse. 
BLUE RIDGE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA AND ERIE CANALWAY 
NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR 
SEC. 115. (a) Section 140(i)(1) of Title I of Public Law 108– 
108, as amended (54 U.S.C. 320101 note), is further amended 
by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,000,000’’; and 
(b) Section 810(a)(1) of Title VIII of Division B of Appendix 
D of Public Law 106–554, as amended (54 U.S.C. 320101 note), 
is further amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$12,000,000’’. 
HUMANE TRANSFER OF EXCESS ANIMALS 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior may transfer excess wild horses or burros 
that have been removed from the public lands to other Federal, 
State, and local government agencies for use as work animals: 
Provided, That the Secretary may make any such transfer imme-
diately upon request of such Federal, State, or local government 
agency: Provided further, That any excess animal transferred under 
this provision shall lose its status as a wild free-roaming horse 
or burro as defined in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros 
Act: Provided further, That any Federal, State, or local government 
agency receiving excess wild horses or burros as authorized in 
this section shall not: destroy the horses or burros in a way that 
results in their destruction into commercial products; sell or other-
wise transfer the horses or burros in a way that results in their 
destruction for processing into commercial products; or euthanize 
the horses or burros except upon the recommendation of a licensed 
veterinarian, in cases of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 
REPUBLIC OF PALAU 
SEC. 117. (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 2017 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
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of Palau for fiscal year 2017 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. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES PROGRAM 
SEC. 118. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, the Sec-
retary of the Interior is authorized to make grants to, or enter 
into cooperative agreements with, private nonprofit organizations 
designated by the Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 to utilize the talents of older Americans 
in programs authorized by other provisions of law administered 
by the Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement would not— 
(1) result in the displacement of individuals currently 
employed by the Department, including partial displacement 
through reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or employment 
benefits; 
(2) result in the use of an individual under the Department 
of the Interior Experienced Services Program for a job or func-
tion in a case in which a Federal employee is in a layoff 
status from the same or substantially equivalent job within 
the Department; or 
(3) affect existing contracts for services. 
NATCHEZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK 
SEC. 119. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 
by donation or purchase from willing sellers, any lands at the 
site of the historic Forks of the Road Slave Market, as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Natchez National Historical Park— 
Proposed Boundary Addition’’, numbered 339/116045, and dated 
April 2016. Upon acquisition of any land or interests in land, 
the Secretary shall revise the boundary of Natchez National Histor-
ical Park to reflect the acquisition and the land shall be managed 
in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to the park: 
Provided, That section 7 of Public Law 100–479 is amended by 
inserting ‘‘land acquisition and development as authorized in’’ after 
‘‘carry out’’. 
SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY TO PRESERVE CIVIL RIGHTS SITES 
SEC. 120. (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct a special resource 
study of significant civil rights sites in the State of Mississippi, 
including—