credit of the appropriations then current and chargeable for 
the cost of providing the services. 
SEC. 7. VOLUNTEERS. 
The Secretary may accept, without regard to the civil 
service classification laws, rules, and regulations, the serv-
ices of the Foundation, the Board, and the offices, employ-
ees, or agents of the Foundation, without compensation 
from the Department of the Interior, as volunteers for the 
performance of the functions under section 307(d) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1737(d)). 
SEC. 8. AUDITS AND REPORTS REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) AUDITS.—For purposes of section 10101 of title 36, 
United States Code, the Foundation shall be treated as a 
corporation in part B of subtitle II of such title. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Foundation shall transmit 
at the end of each fiscal year a report to Congress of its 
proceedings and activities during that fiscal year, includ-
ing— 
(1) a full and complete statement of its receipts, 
expenditures, and investments; 
(2) a description of all acquisition and disposal 
of real property by the Foundation; 
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(3) a detailed statement of the recipient, amount, 
and purpose of each grant made by the Foundation; 
and 
(4) a copy of any audit prepared for the Foun-
dation in the previous fiscal year. 
SEC. 9. UNITED STATES RELEASE FROM LIABILITY. 
The United States shall not be liable for any debts, 
defaults, acts, or omissions of the Foundation, nor shall the 
full faith and credit of the United States extend to any obli-
gations of the Foundation. 
SEC. 10. RELIEF WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN FOUNDATION 
ACTS OR FAILURE TO ACT. 
The Attorney General may petition in the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia for such 
equitable relief as may be necessary or appropriate if the 
Foundation engages in any act, practice, or policy that is 
inconsistent with this Act or the bylaws of the Foundation. 
SEC. 11. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY. 
Nothing in this Act authorizes the Foundation to per-
form any function the authority for which is exclusively 
provided to the BLM under any other provision of law. 
SEC. 12. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS. 
Amounts available to, or provided by, the Foundation 
shall not be used for— 
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(1) any activity the purpose of which is to influ-
ence legislation pending before Congress; or 
(2) any activity inconsistent with this Act. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to establish 
the Bureau of Land Management Foundation to encour-
age, obtain, and use gifts, devises, and bequests for 
projects for the benefit of, or in connection with, activi-
ties and services of the Bureau of Land Management, 
and for other purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 503 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3844 
[Report No. 114–651] 
A BILL 
To establish the Energy and Minerals Reclamation 
Foundation to encourage, obtain, and use gifts, 
devises, and bequests for projects to reclaim 
abandoned mine lands and orphan oil and gas 
well sites, and for other purposes. 
JULY 1, 2016 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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