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Union Calendar No. 97 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2584 
[Report No. 112–151] 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2011 
Mr. SIMPSON, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 
administration of the Bureau and the assessment of min-
eral potential of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96– 
487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $918,227,000, to remain avail-
able until expended; of which $3,000,000 shall be available 
in fiscal year 2012 subject to a match by at least an equal 
amount by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for 
cost-shared projects supporting conservation of Bureau 
lands; and such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation 
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as a lump sum grant without regard to when expenses are 
incurred. 
In addition, $32,500,000 is for the processing of ap-
plications for permit to drill and related use authoriza-
tions, to remain available until expended, to be reduced 
by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this 
appropriation that shall be derived from $6,500 per new 
application for permit to drill that the Bureau shall collect 
upon submission of each new application, and in addition, 
$39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program 
operations, including the cost of administering the mining 
claim fee program; to remain available until expended, to 
be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and cred-
ited to this appropriation from mining claim maintenance 
fees and location fees that are hereby authorized for fiscal 
year 2012 so as to result in a final appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $918,227,000, and $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, from communication 
site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost of 
administering communication site activities. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $3,576,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
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LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579(43 U.S.C. 1715, 
1716, and 1748(d), respectively), including administrative 
expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests 
therein, $4,880,000, to be derived from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until 
expended. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, 
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 
adjacent to such grant lands; $112,043,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 
lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 
California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 
General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-
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ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 
notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 
sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 
315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range improve-
ments from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from 
Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of 
the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related 
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 
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as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amend-
ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any provision to 
the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 
U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be 
received pursuant to that subsection, whether as a result 
of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate 
for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 
U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended 
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to im-
prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis-
tered through the Bureau of Land Management which 
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, 
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without 
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such ac-
tion are used on the exact lands damaged which led to 
the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that 
are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the 
exact land for which funds were collected may be used to 
repair other damaged public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the 
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such 
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amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 
operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimburs-
able agreements with public and private entities, including 
with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail-
able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem-
porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec-
essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 
United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 
the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 
concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-
tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 
exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 
Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co-
operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au-
thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 
in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 
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or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 
is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 
further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 
commitment by a State government to provide an identi-
fied amount of money in support of the project may be 
carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appro-
priations herein made shall not be available for the de-
struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros 
in the care of the Bureau or its contractors or for the 
sale of wild horses and burros that results in their destruc-
tion for processing into commercial products. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
and economic studies, general administration, and the per-
formance of other authorized functions related to such re-
sources, $1,099,055,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013 except as otherwise provided herein: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds shall be used for imple-
menting subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of 
the Endangered Species Act, (except for processing peti-
tions, developing and issuing proposed and final regula-
tions, and taking any other steps to implement actions de-
scribed 
in 
subsection 
(c)(2)(A), 
(c)(2)(B)(i), 
or 
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(c)(2)(B)(ii) of such section): Provided further, That of the 
amount available for law enforcement, up to $400,000, to 
remain available until expended, may at the discretion of 
the Secretary of the Interior be used for payment for in-
formation, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of 
laws administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and 
emergency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or 
approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely 
on the Secretary’s certificate: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided for environmental contaminants, up to 
$1,000,000 may remain available until expended for con-
taminant sample analyses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein, $11,804,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l– 
4 et seq.), including administrative expenses, and for ac-
quisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accord-
ance with statutory authority applicable to the United 
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States Fish and Wildlife Service, $15,047,000, to be de-
rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended, of which, notwith-
standing 16 U.S.C. 460l–9, not more than $4,000,000 
shall be for land conservation partnerships authorized by 
the Highlands Conservation Act of 2004, including not to 
exceed $120,000 for administrative expenses. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 
FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1534 et seq.), 
$2,854,000, to remain available until expended, to be de-
rived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conserva-
tion Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,980,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $20,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 
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Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 
4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 
of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Con-
servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 
Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 
et seq.), $7,875,000, to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 
States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
American Samoa, and federally recognized Indian tribes 
under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 
(16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.) and the Fish and Wildlife Coordi-
nation Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), for the development 
and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife 
and their habitat, including species that are not hunted 
or fished, $22,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the amount provided herein, 
$2,000,000 is for a competitive grant program for feder-
ally recognized Indian tribes not subject to the remaining 
provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall, after deducting $2,000,000 and ad-
ministrative expenses, apportion the amount provided 
herein in the following manner: (1) to the District of Co-
lumbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each 
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a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent there-
of; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States 
Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one- 
fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall apportion the remaining amount in the fol-
lowing manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio 
to which the land area of such State bears to the total 
land area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which 
is based on the ratio to which the population of such State 
bears to the total population of all such States: Provided 
further, That the amounts apportioned under this heading 
shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be appor-
tioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount 
available for apportionment under this heading for any fis-
cal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided 
further, That the Federal share of grants shall not exceed 
50 percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided 
further, That the non-Federal share of such projects may 
not be derived from Federal grant programs. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 
carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex-
penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 
reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 
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Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 
damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 
areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 
purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facili-
ties incident to such public recreational uses on conserva-
tion areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; 
and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, build-
ings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Serv-
ice and to which the United States has title, and which 
are used pursuant to law in connection with management, 
and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, 
under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrange-
ments authorized by law, procure printing services from 
cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica-
tions for which the cooperators share at least one-half the 
cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service 
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 
accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing air-
craft. 
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service and for the general 
administration 
of 
the 
National 
Park 
Service, 
$2,240,152,000, of which $9,832,000 for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-
tion and $97,883,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabili-
tation projects for constructed assets, operation of the Na-
tional Park Service automated facility management soft-
ware system, and comprehensive facility condition assess-
ments shall remain available until September 30, 2013. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $49,363,000. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470), and the Omni-
bus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–333), $49,500,000, to be derived from 
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the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available 
until September 30, 2013. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-
ment of physical facilities, including modifications author-
ized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Pro-
tection and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-8), 
$152,121,000, to remain available until expended. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2012 
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is hereby rescinded. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, 
and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, 
in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to 
the National Park Service, $18,294,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
main available until expended, of which $2,794,000 is for 
the State assistance program and of which $2,000,000 
shall be for the American Battlefield Protection Program 
grants as authorized by section 7301 of the Omnibus Pub-
lic Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11). 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) 
of Public Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub- 
account shall be available for expenditure by the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit 
within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce 
liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender in-
terest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to 
the extent that the benefiting unit anticipated franchise 
fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit ex-
ceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce 
liability. Franchise fees at the benefiting unit shall be 
credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over 
a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at 
the benefiting unit, in the amount of funds so expended 
to extinguish or reduce liability. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to 
the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart-
ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 
section 204 of title 23, United States Code. Transfers may 
include a reasonable amount for FHWA administrative 
support costs. 
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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 
and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 
its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 
the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 
U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law; 
and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore-
going activities; $1,053,552,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2013, of which $65,561,000 shall be avail-
able only for cooperation with States or municipalities for 
water resources investigations: Provided, That none of the 
funds provided for the ecosystem research activity shall 
be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless 
specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: 
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall 
be used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic 
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mapping or water resources data collection and investiga-
tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipali-
ties. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) such sums 
as are necessary shall be available for reimbursement to 
the General Services Administration for security guard 
services; contracting for the furnishing of topographic 
maps and for the making of geophysical or other special-
ized surveys when it is administratively determined that 
such procedures are in the public interest; construction 
and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant 
facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging stations and ob-
servation wells; expenses of the United States National 
Committee on Geology; and payment of compensation and 
expenses of persons on the rolls of the USGS duly ap-
pointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 
and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 
activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 
accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or co-
operative agreements as defined in section 6302 of title 
31, United States Code: Provided further, That the United 
States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or coop-
erative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly 
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with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without re-
gard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent 
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be con-
sidered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 
of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 
for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not 
be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur-
poses. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, 
REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies and regulation of industry operations, 
as authorized by law; for enforcing laws and regulations 
applicable to oil, gas, and other minerals leases, permits, 
licenses and operating contracts; for energy-related or 
other authorized marine-related purposes on the Outer 
Continental Shelf; and for matching grants or cooperative 
agreements, $138,605,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013; and an amount not to exceed 
$160,163,000, to be credited to this appropriation and to 
remain available until expended, from additions to receipts 
resulting from increases to rates in effect on August 5, 
1993, and from cost recovery fees: Provided, That not-
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withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, in fiscal year 2012, such 
amounts as are assessed under 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be 
collected and credited to this account and shall be avail-
able until expended for necessary expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That to the extent $160,163,000 in addition to re-
ceipts are not realized from the sources of receipts stated 
above, the amount needed to reach $160,163,000 shall be 
credited to this appropriation from receipts resulting from 
rental rates for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect 
before August 5, 1993: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter, the term ‘‘quali-
fied Outer Continental Shelf revenues’’, as defined in sec-
tion 102(9)(A) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 
of 2006 (title I of division C of Public Law 109–432; 43 
U.S.C. note), shall include only the portion of rental reve-
nues that would have been collected at the rental rates 
in effect before August 5, 1993: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable ex-
penses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine 
cleanup activities. 
For an additional amount, $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That section 115 of the 
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (division A of Public 
Law 111–88; 123 Stat. 2928) shall apply for fiscal year 
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2012, and in such application ‘‘2012’’ shall be substituted 
for ‘‘2010’’: Provided further, That such amount shall be 
derived from receipts resulting from such application: Pro-
vided further, That to the extent that such amount is not 
received by the United States as a result of such applica-
tion, the amount needed to reach $10,000,000 shall be 
credited to this appropriation from receipts resulting from 
rental rates for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect 
before August 5, 1993. 
OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$14,923,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, $123,050,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, 
That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and 
per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending 
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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
sponsored training: Provided further, That, in fiscal year 
2012, up to $40,000 collected by the Office of Surface 
Mining from permit fees pursuant to section 507 of Public 
Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257) shall be credited to this ac-
count as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced as collections are re-
ceived during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2012 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$123,010,000: Provided further, That, in subsequent fiscal 
years, all amounts collected by the Office of Surface Min-
ing from permit fees pursuant to section 507 of Public 
Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257) shall be credited to this ac-
count as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
Public Law 95–87, as amended, $27,443,000, to be de-
rived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation 
Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of 
the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from 
the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United 
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States Government to pay for contracts to collect these 
debts: Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
heading may be used for the travel and per diem expenses 
of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
With funds available for the Technical Innovation 
and Professional Services program in this Act, the Sec-
retary may transfer title for computer hardware, software 
and other technical equipment to State and tribal regu-
latory and reclamation programs. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN 
EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
as amended, $2,333,690,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2013, except as otherwise provided herein; 
of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception 
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and representation expenses; and of which not to exceed 
$74,911,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments, ex-
cept that, in cases of designated Federal disasters, the 
Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts pro-
vided herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian com-
munities affected by the disaster; and of which, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, including but not lim-
ited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
amended, not to exceed $228,000,000 shall be available 
for payments for contract support costs associated with 
ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 
agreements entered into with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
prior to or during fiscal year 2012, as authorized by such 
Act, except that tribes and tribal organizations may use 
their tribal priority allocations for unmet contract support 
costs of ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual 
funding agreements and for unmet welfare assistance 
costs; and of which not to exceed $584,369,000 for school 
operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other edu-
cation programs shall become available on July 1, 2012, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2013; and 
of which not to exceed $48,049,000 shall remain available 
until expended for housing improvement, road mainte-
nance, attorney fees, litigation support, the Indian Self- 
Determination Fund, land records improvement, and the 
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Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, including but not 
limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed $46,373,000 
within and only from such amounts made available for 
school operations shall be available for administrative cost 
grants associated with ongoing grants entered into with 
the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2011 for the 
operation of Bureau-funded schools, and up to $500,000 
within and only from such amounts made available for ad-
ministrative cost grants shall be available for the transi-
tional costs of initial administrative cost grants to grant-
ees that assume operation on or after July 1, 2011, of 
Bureau-funded schools: Provided further, That any for-
estry funds allocated to a tribe which remain unobligated 
as of September 30, 2013, may be transferred during fis-
cal year 2014 to an Indian forest land assistance account 
established for the benefit of the holder of the funds within 
the holder’s trust fund account: Provided further, That 
any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall ex-
pire on September 30, 2014: Provided further, That in 
order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the 
Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or other iden-
tifying articles of clothing for personnel. 
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CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 
in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-
suant to Public Law 87–483, $154,992,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 
be used to cover the road program management costs of 
the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 
shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That in implementing new construction or 
facilities improvement and repair project grants in excess 
of $100,000 that are provided to grant schools under Pub-
lic Law 100–297, as amended, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements 
and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 
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