technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart-
ment, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and 
operations throughout the Department, $69,284,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of 
the funds appropriated in this Act or any other Act may 
be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund 
account other than for accrued annual leave and deprecia-
tion of equipment without prior approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
assess reasonable charges to State, local and tribal govern-
ment employees for training services provided by the Na-
tional Indian Program Training Center, other than train-
ing related to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and 
related facilities, equipment or professional services of the 
National Indian Program Training Center to State, local 
and tribal government employees or persons or organiza-
tions engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational ac-
tivities (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United 
States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facili-
ties, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the National 
Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 
all funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos 
shall be credited to this account, shall be available until 
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expended, and shall be used by the Secretary for necessary 
expenses of the National Indian Program Training Center: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into grants 
and cooperative agreements to support the Office of Nat-
ural Resource Revenue’s collection and disbursement of 
royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as au-
thorized by law. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 
which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 
available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 
aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 
or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft. 
OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE 
For necessary expenses for management of the collec-
tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 
revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree-
ments, as authorized by law, $147,330,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021; of which $50,651,000 
shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall 
be available for refunds of overpayments in connection 
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with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary con-
curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed 
to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecover-
able erroneous payments. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
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 emer-
gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 
buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid-
able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
able under this authority until funds specifically made 
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That 
all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 
as promptly as possible. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 
in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
grams of the several agencies, for emergency actions re-
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lated to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, 
storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contingency plan-
ning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response and nat-
ural resource damage assessment activities related to ac-
tual oil spills or releases of hazardous substances into the 
environment; 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 417(b) of Public Law 
106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); 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 Reclamation and Enforcement, such 
funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regu-
latory authority in the event a primacy State is not car-
rying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining 
Act: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for 
wildland fire operations shall be available for the payment 
of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, 
and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for de-
struction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in con-
nection with their use for wildland fire operations, with 
such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations cur-
rently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided 
further, That all funds used pursuant to this section must 
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be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which 
must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided fur-
ther, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reim-
burse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency 
funds were transferred. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount 
not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of 
motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforce-
ment vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of re-
prints; payment for telephone service in private residences 
in the field, when authorized under regulations approved 
by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when author-
ized 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. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
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Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations Acts made under the same headings shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust man-
agement and reform activities. Total funding for historical 
accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
designated in this Act for such purpose. The Secretary 
shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations within 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of 
any funds under this section, including the amount ex-
pended or transferred and how the funds will be used. 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN 
AFFAIRS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-
tribute 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 inaccurate 
distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc-
tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 
percent in fiscal year 2020. Under circumstances of dual 
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-
tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 
apply. 
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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 facilities 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 con-
sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author-
ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces-
sion contracts or other agreements for the use of such fa-
cilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
determine reasonable. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall 
collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be de-
posited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental En-
forcement’’ account, from the designated operator for fa-
cilities 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 
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in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 
2020 shall be: 
(1) $11,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $18,500 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $34,500 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 in-
spections completed in fiscal year 2020. Fees for fiscal 
year 2020 shall be: 
(1) $33,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $18,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted 
via non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts 
D, E, F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections com-
pleted in fiscal year 2020. Fees for fiscal year 2020 shall 
be: 
(1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units op-
erating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more; 
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(2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units op-
erating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; 
and 
(3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units op-
erating in water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 
under subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required 
within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill des-
ignated operators under subsections (c) and (d) within 30 
days of the end of the month in which the inspection oc-
curred, with payment required within 30 days of billing. 
DISCLOSURE OF WAIVERS 
SEC. 108. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case 
in which the Bureau of Safety and Environmental En-
forcement or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
issues any waiver, departure, deviation, variance, or any 
other alternative compliance authorization from any law, 
rule, regulation, or other directive, the head of such bu-
reau shall post a copy of such waiver, departure, deviation, 
variance, or other alternative compliance authorization on 
such bureau’s publically available website not more than 
3 business days after such issuance. 
(b) The head of each bureau may redact confidential 
business information. 
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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 organiza-
tions and other appropriate entities, 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 Serv-
ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
threatened and endangered 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. 
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CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2020, in carrying out work involv-
ing 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 the end of 
the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
available at the end of the fiscal year. 
HUMANE TRANSFER OF EXCESS ANIMALS 
SEC. 112. 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 agen-
cies for use as work animals: Provided, That the Secretary 
may make any such transfer immediately 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 otherwise transfer the 
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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 li-
censed veterinarian, in cases of severe injury, illness, or 
advanced age. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 113. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agree-
ments, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 
grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, pri-
vate 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 au-
thorized 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 agree-
ment would not— 
(1) result in the displacement of individuals 
currently employed by the Department, including 
partial displacement through reduction of non-over-
time hours, wages, or employment benefits; 
(2) result in the use of an individual under the 
Department of the Interior Experienced Services 
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Program for a job or function in a case in which a 
Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same 
or substantially equivalent job within the Depart-
ment; or 
(3) affect existing contracts for services. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 
SEC. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’. 
REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 
SEC. 115. As authorized in section 111(d) of the 
Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99– 
239; 99 Stat. 1799; 48 U.S.C. 1911) and section 108(b) 
of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 
2003 (Public Law 108–188; 117 Stat. 2755; 48 U.S.C. 
1921g), $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Sec-
retary of the Interior, to remain available until expended 
by the Secretary, for the Republic of the Marshall Islands 
to deposit in the Compact Trust Fund of the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands as compensation for adverse financial 
and economic impacts resulting from the effect of title IV 
of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public 
Law 99–239; 99 Stat. 1799; 48 U.S.C. 1911) upon title 
II of the Compact. 
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OBLIGATION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 116. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the 
Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation 
and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 117. Before the final 2019-2024 Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, or any plan 
that is dated later than 2017-2022, is published in the 
Federal Register, none of the funds made available to the 
Department of Interior by this or any other Act may be 
used to conduct offshore oil and gas pre-leasing, leasing 
and related activities for any lease sale proposed in the 
Draft Proposed Program described in the ‘‘Notice of 
Availability of the 2019-2024 Draft Proposed Outer Con-
tinental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program and Notice 
of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Im-
pact Statement’’ published in the Federal Register on 
January 8, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 829), unless such sale was 
also contained in the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf 
Oil and Gas Proposed Final Program described in the 
‘‘Notice of Availability of the 2017-2022 Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Pro-
gram’’ published in the Federal Register on November 23, 
2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 84612). 
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FUNDING RESTRICTION 
SEC. 118. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of the Interior by this or any other Act may 
be used to conduct a lease sale pursuant to section 
20001(c)(1) of Public Law 115–97 which does not contain 
a national minimum acceptable bid amount sufficient to 
produce Federal receipts to the Treasury, net of any state 
share, of no less than 50 percent of the amount required 
by section 2001(b) of H. Con. Res. 71, the concurrent res-
olution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, as agreed to 
on October 26, 2017. 
EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 119. (a) Section 512 of Title V of Division J 
of P.L. 108–447 is amended by striking ‘‘on the date that 
is 15 years after the date that funds are first made avail-
able for this title.’’ and inserting ‘‘after September 30, 
2022.’’ 
(b) Section 608 of Title VI of Division J of P.L. 108– 
447 is amended by striking ‘‘the expiration of the 15-year 
period beginning on the date that funds are first made 
available for this title.’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2022.’’ 
(c) Section 109 of Title I of Public Law 103–449, 
as amended by Public Law 111–11, title VIII section 
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8201(c), is further amended by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$17,000,000’’. 
(d) Section 608(a) of Division II of Public Law 104– 
333, as amended by Public Law 110–229 section 461, is 
further amended by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$17,000,000’’. 
(e) Section 810(a)(1) of Title VIII of Division B of 
Appendix D of Public Law 106–554, as amended by Pub-
lic Law 115–31, Division G, Title I section 115(b), is fur-
ther amended by striking ‘‘$12,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$14,000,000’’. 
SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 120. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 
Education, may transfer funds among and between the 
successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganiza-
tion only in conformance with the reprogramming guide-
lines described in this Act. 
TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
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