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OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts,
and grants, $90,025,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements may be transferred, as needed, to the Bureau
of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account
and to the Departmental Management ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able to Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts
or grants obligated during fiscal year 2000, as authorized
by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the
contractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the statute of limita-
tions shall not commence to run on any claim, including
any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement
of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian
has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from
which the beneficiary can determine whether there has
been a loss: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required
to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any
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Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least
18 months and has a balance of $1.00 or less: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account
statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and
shall permit the balance in each such account to be with-
drawn upon the express written request of the account
holder.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION PILOT
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION
For implementation of a pilot program for consolida-
tion of fractional interests in Indian lands by direct ex-
penditure or cooperative agreement, $5,000,000 to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $500,000
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided,
That the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agree-
ment, which shall not be subject to Public Law 93–638,
as amended, with a tribe having jurisdiction over the pilot
reservation to implement the program to acquire fractional
interests on behalf of such tribe: Provided further, That
the Secretary may develop a reservation-wide system for
establishing the fair market value of various types of lands
and improvements to govern the amounts offered for ac-
quisition of fractional interests: Provided further, That ac-
quisitions shall be limited to one or more pilot reservations
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That
funds shall be available for acquisition of fractional inter-
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est in trust or restricted lands with the consent of its own-
ers and at fair market value, and the Secretary shall hold
in trust for such tribe all interests acquired pursuant to
this pilot program: Provided further, That all proceeds
from any lease, resource sale contract, right-of-way or
other transaction derived from the fractional interest shall
be credited to this appropriation, and remain available
until expended, until the purchase price paid by the Sec-
retary under this appropriation has been recovered from
such proceeds: Provided further, That once the purchase
price has been recovered, all subsequent proceeds shall be
managed by the Secretary for the benefit of the applicable
tribe or paid directly to the tribe.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND
RESTORATION
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment ac-
tivities by the Department of the Interior necessary to
carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.),
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), and
Public Law 101–337, $5,400,000, to remain available
until expended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
cess 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 ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Office of the
Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may be aug-
mented through the Working Capital Fund or the Consoli-
dated 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 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-
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gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That
all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby des-
ignated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be re-
plenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be
requested as promptly as possible.
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 the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Inte-
rior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills;
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
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any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Min-
ing Reclamation 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 regu-
latory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided,
That appropriations made in this title for fire suppression
purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations
incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reim-
bursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of ve-
hicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with
their use for fire suppression purposes, such reimburse-
ment to be credited to appropriations currently 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 ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’
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)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be replen-
ished by a supplemental appropriation which must be re-
quested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That
such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on
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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 appropria-
tions shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any
other activity in the same manner as authorized by sec-
tions 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That reimbursements for costs and supplies, mate-
rials, equipment, and for services rendered may be cred-
ited to the appropriation current at the time such reim-
bursements 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 tele-
phone service in private residences in the field, when au-
thorized 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 mem-
bers lower than to subscribers who are not members.
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SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be
available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized 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 rentals for periods not in excess of twelve
months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and re-
lated activities placed under restriction in the President’s
moratorium statement of June 12, 1998, which includes
the areas of: northern, central, and southern California;
the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; the eastern
Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude and east
of 86 degrees west longitude and any lands located outside
Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer Continental Shelf
5–year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997–2002; the
North Aleutian Basin planning area; and the Mid-Atlantic
and South Atlantic planning areas.
SEC. 108. Advance payments made under this title
to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally
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Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.)
may be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization,
or consortium before such funds are expended for the pur-
poses of the grant, compact, or annual funding agreement
so long as such funds are—
(1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organiza-
tion, or consortium only in obligations of the United
States, or in obligations or securities that are guar-
anteed or insured by the United States, or mutual
(or other) funds registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and which only invest in obli-
gations of the United States or securities that are
guaranteed or insured by the United States; or
(2) deposited only into accounts that are in-
sured by an agency or instrumentality of the United
States, or are fully collateralized to ensure protec-
tion of the funds, even in the event of a bank failure.
SEC. 109. (a) Employees of Helium Operations, Bu-
reau of Land Management, entitled to severance pay
under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and the Secretary
of the Interior may pay, the total amount of the severance
pay to the employee in a lump sum. Employees paid sever-
ance pay in a lump sum and subsequently reemployed by
the Federal Government shall be subject to the repayment
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provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) and (3), except that any
repayment shall be made to the Helium Fund.
(b) Helium Operations employees who elect to con-
tinue health benefits after separation shall be liable for
not more than the required employee contribution under
5 U.S.C. 8905a(d)(1)(A). The Helium Fund shall pay for
18 months the remaining portion of required contribu-
tions.
(c) The Secretary of the Interior may provide for
training to assist Helium Operations employees in the
transition to other Federal or private sector jobs during
the facility shut-down and disposition process and for up
to 12 months following separation from Federal employ-
ment, including retraining and relocation incentives on the
same terms and conditions as authorized for employees of
the Department of Defense in section 348 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995.
(d) For purposes of the annual leave restoration pro-
visions of 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(1)(B), the cessation of helium
production and sales, and other related Helium Program
activities shall be deemed to create an exigency of public
business under, and annual leave that is lost during leave
years 1997 through 2001 because of 5 U.S.C. 6304 (re-
gardless of whether such leave was scheduled in advance)
shall be restored to the employee and shall be credited and
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available in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(2). Annual
leave so restored and remaining unused upon the transfer
of a Helium Program employee to a position of the execu-
tive branch outside of the Helium Program shall be liq-
uidated by payment to the employee of a lump sum from
the Helium Fund for such leave.
(e) Benefits under this section shall be paid from the
Helium Fund in accordance with section 4(c)(4) of the
Helium Privatization Act of 1996. Funds may be made
available to Helium Program employees who are or will
be separated before October 1, 2002 because of the ces-
sation of helium production and sales and other related
activities. Retraining benefits, including retraining and re-
location incentives, may be paid for retraining com-
mencing on or before September 30, 2002.
(f) This section shall remain in effect through fiscal
year 2002.
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1975, as amended, hereafter funds avail-
able to the Department of the Interior for Indian self-de-
termination or self-governance contract or grant support
costs may be expended only for costs directly attributable
to contracts, grants and compacts pursuant to the Indian
Self-Determination Act and hereafter funds appropriated
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in this title shall not be available for any contract support
costs or indirect costs associated with any contract, grant,
cooperative agreement, self-governance compact or fund-
ing agreement entered into between an Indian tribe or
tribal organization and any entity other than an agency
of the Department of the Interior.
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the National Park Service shall not develop or imple-
ment a reduced entrance fee program to accommodate
non-local travel through a unit. The Secretary may provide
for and regulate local non-recreational passage through
units of the National Park System, allowing each unit to
develop guidelines and permits for such activity appro-
priate to that unit.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, the Secretary is
authorized to permit persons, firms or organizations en-
gaged in commercial, cultural, educational, or recreational
activities (as defined in section 612a of title 40, United
States Code) not currently occupying such space to use
courtyards, auditoriums, meeting rooms, and other space
of the main and south Interior building complex, Wash-
ington, D.C., the maintenance, operation, and protection
of which has been delegated to the Secretary from the Ad-
ministrator of General Services pursuant to the Federal
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Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, and to
assess reasonable charges therefore, subject to such proce-
dures as the Secretary deems appropriate for such uses.
Charges may be for the space, utilities, maintenance, re-
pair, and other services. Charges for such space and serv-
ices may be at rates equivalent to the prevailing commer-
cial rate for comparable space and services devoted to a
similar purpose in the vicinity of the main and south Inte-
rior building complex, Washington, D.C. for which charges
are being assessed. The Secretary may without further ap-
propriation hold, administer, and use such proceeds within
the Departmental Management Working Capital Fund to
offset the operation of the buildings under his jurisdiction,
whether delegated or otherwise, and for related purposes,
until expended.
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Steel Industry American Heritage Area, author-
ized as part of Public Law 104–333, is hereby renamed
the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.
SEC. 114. Refunds or rebates received on an ongoing
basis from a credit card services provider under the De-
partment of the Interior’s charge card programs may be
deposited to and retained without fiscal year limitation in
the Departmental Working Capital Fund established
under 43 U.S.C. 1467 and used to fund management ini-
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tiatives of general benefit to the Department of the Inte-
rior’s bureaus and offices as determined by the Secretary
or his designee.
SEC. 115. Appropriations made in this title under the
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special
Trustee for American Indians and any available unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under
the same headings, shall be available for expenditure or
transfer for Indian trust management activities pursuant
to the Trust Management Improvement Project High
Level Implementation Plan.
SEC. 116. All properties administered by the National
Park Service at Fort Baker, Golden Gate National Recre-
ation Area, and leases, concessions, permits and other
agreements associated with those properties, hereafter
shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments,
except sales tax, by the State of California and its political
subdivisions, including the County of Marin and the City
of Sausalito. Such areas of Fort Baker shall remain under
exclusive Federal jurisdiction.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate and
enter into agreements and leases, without regard to sec-
tion 321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40
U.S.C. 303b), with any person, firm, association, organi-
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zation, corporation, or governmental entity for all or part
of the property within Fort Baker administered by the
Secretary as part of Golden Gate National Recreation
Area. The proceeds of the agreements or leases shall be
retained by the Secretary and such proceeds shall be avail-
able, without future appropriation, for the preservation,
restoration, operation, maintenance and interpretation
and related expenses incurred with respect to Fort Baker
properties.
SEC. 118. Where any Federal lands included in the
boundary of Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Area
for grazing purposes, pursuant to a permit issued by the
National Park Service, the person or persons so utilizing
such lands shall be entitled to renew said permit. The Na-
tional Park Service is further directed to manage the Lake
Roosevelt National Recreational Area subject to grazing
use in a manner that will protect the recreational, natural
(including water quality) and cultural resources of the
Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Area.
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, grazing permits which expire during fiscal year 2000
shall be renewed for the balance of fiscal year 2000 on
the same terms and conditions as contained in the expiring
permits, or until the Bureau of Land Management com-
pletes processing these permits in compliance with all ap-
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rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System
lands and water, $561,354,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such funds are available for re-
payment of advances from other accounts previously
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That not
less than 50 percent of any unobligated balances remain-
ing (exclusive of amounts for hazardous fuels reduction)
at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall be transferred, as re-
payment for past advances that have not been repaid, to
the fund established pursuant to section 3 of Public Law
71–319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.): Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to
$4,000,000 of funds appropriated under this appropria-
tion may be used for Fire Science Research in support
of the Joint Fire Science Program: Provided further, That
all authorities for the use of funds, including the use of
contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available to
execute the Forest Service and Rangeland Research ap-
propriation, are also available in the utilization of these
funds for Fire Science Research.
RECONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, $396,602,000, to remain available
until expended for construction, reconstruction, mainte-
nance and acquisition of buildings and other facilities, and
for construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance