104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3662
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1997, and for other purposes.
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 and related agencies for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For expenses necessary 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 assessment of mineral
potential of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487
(16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $566,514,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be available for
assessment of the mineral potential of public lands in
Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of Public Law 96–487
(16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which $3,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the special receipt account established by the
Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)); and of which $1,000,000 shall be
available in fiscal year 1997 subject to a match by at least
an equal amount by the National Fish and Wildlife Foun-
dation, to such Foundation for challenge cost share
projects supporting fish and wildlife conservation affecting
Bureau lands; in addition, $27,300,000 for Mining Law
Administration program operations, to remain available
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from annual
mining claim fees so as to result in a final appropriation
estimated at not more than $566,514,000; and in addi-
tion, not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain available until
expended, from annual mining claim fees; which shall be
credited to this account for the costs of administering the
mining claim fee program, and $2,000,000 from commu-
nication site rental fees established by the Bureau for the
cost of administering communication site activities: Pro-
vided, That appropriations herein made shall not be avail-
able for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses
and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contractors:
Provided further, That in fiscal year 1997 and thereafter,
all fees, excluding mining claim fees, in excess of the fiscal
year 1996 collections established by the Secretary of the
Interior under the authority of 43 U.S.C. 1734 for proc-
essing, recording, or documenting authorizations to use
public lands or public land natural resources (including
cultural, historical, and mineral) and for providing specific
services to public land users, and which are not presently
being covered into any Bureau of Land Management ap-
propriation accounts, and not otherwise dedicated by law
for a specific distribution, shall be made immediately
available for program operations in this account and re-
main available until expended.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for fire use and management,
fire preparedness, suppression operations, and emergency
rehabilitation by the Department of the Interior,
$247,924,000, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $5,025,000 shall be for the renovation
or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds
are also available for repayment of advances to other ap-
propriation accounts from which funds were previously
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That per-
sons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished
subsistence and lodging without costs from funds available
from this appropriation: Provided further, That unobli-
gated balances of amounts previously appropriated to the
‘‘Fire Protection’’ and ‘‘Emergency Department of the In-
terior Firefighting Fund’’ may be transferred to this ap-
propriation.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for
the remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq.), $12,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
sums recovered from or paid by a party in advance of or
as reimbursement for remedial action or response activi-
ties conducted by the Department pursuant to sections
107 or 113(f) of such Act, shall be credited to this account
to be available until expended without further appropria-
tion: Provided further, That such sums recovered from or
paid by any party are not limited to monetary payments
and may include stocks, bonds or other personal or real
property, which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise
disposed of by the Secretary and which shall be credited
to this account.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $3,103,000, to re-
main available until expended.
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 20, 1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–07),
$113,500,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205,
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579 including adminis-
trative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or in-
terests therein, $10,000,000, to be derived from the Land
and Water Conservation Fund, 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; $98,365,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That 25 per centum
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 second 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. 1701),
notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 per cen-
tum 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
improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing re-
ceipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the De-
partment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than
$9,113,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative 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
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 section, 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. 1701), and such
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
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to
which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with
jointly-produced publications for which the cooperators
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services,
and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of
meeting accepted quality standards.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for scientific and economic
studies, conservation, management, investigations, protec-
tion, and utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, ex-
cept whales, seals, and sea lions, and for the performance
of other authorized functions related to such resources; for
the general administration of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service; for maintenance of the herd of long-
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge;
and not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects
within the scope of the approved budget which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as author-
ized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended,
$520,519,000, to remain available until September 30,
1998, of which $11,557,000 shall remain available until
expended for operation and maintenance of fishery mitiga-
tion facilities constructed by the Corps of Engineers under
the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan, authorized by
the Water Resources Development Act of 1976, to com-
pensate for loss of fishery resources from water develop-
ment projects on the Lower Snake River, and of which
$1,000,000 shall be provided to the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation for implementation of the Natural
Communities Conservation Plan, and shall be available
only to the extent matched by at least an equal amount
from the Foundation and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701, the
Secretary shall charge reasonable fees for the full costs
of providing training by the National Education and
Training Center, to be credited to this account, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, of which not to exceed
$2,000,000 shall be available for the direct costs of provid-
ing such training: Provided further, That not to exceed
$1,000,000 of the funds provided herein may be used for
contaminant sample analysis.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction and acquisition of buildings and
other facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and
wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and inter-
ests therein; $38,298,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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; $4,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administrative expenses,
and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein,
in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $30,000,000, to
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund,
to remain available until expended.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION
FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–
1543), 
as 
amended, 
$13,085,000 
(increased 
by
$1,000,000), for grants to States, to be derived from the
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and
to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed 83 passenger motor vehicles of
which 73 are for replacement only (including 43 for police-
type use); not to exceed $400,000 for payment, at the dis-
cretion of the Secretary, for information, rewards, or evi-
dence concerning violations of laws administered by the
Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities, authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate;
repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to
reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; op-
tions for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each
option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses
on conservation areas as are consistent with their primary
purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquar-
ia, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of
the Service and to which the United States has title, and
which are utilized pursuant to law in connection with man-
agement and investigation of fish and wildlife resources:
Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv-
ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services
from cooperators in connection with jointly-produced pub-
lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half
the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv-
ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept-
ed quality standards: Provided further, That the Service
may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing
aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior may not
spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act for the
purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used in the
establishment of any new unit of the National Wildlife
Refuge System unless the purchase is approved in advance
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in House Report 103–551.
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 (including special road
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional Park Service, including not to exceed $1,593,000
for the Volunteers-in-Parks program, and not less than
$1,000,000 for high priority projects within the scope of
the approved budget which shall be carried out by the
Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by 16 U.S.C.
1706, $1,135,139,000, without regard to 16 U.S.C. 451,
of which $12,800,000 for research, planning and inter-
agency coordination in support of land acquisition for Ev-
erglades restoration shall remain available until expended,
and of which not to exceed $72,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, is to be derived from the special fee
account established pursuant to title V, section 5201, of
Public Law 100–203.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, environ-
mental compliance and review, international park affairs,
statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant
administration, not otherwise provided for, $36,476,000.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470),
$36,212,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 1998.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities including the modifications au-
thorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $119,745,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-
vided under this head, derived from the Historic Preserva-
tion Fund, established by the Historic Preservation Act
of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), may be available
until expended to render sites safe for visitors and for
building stabilization.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1997
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administrative expenses,
and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein,
in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the
National Park Service, $30,000,000, to be derived from
the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $1,000,000 is to administer
the State assistance program: Provided, That any funds
made available for the purpose of acquisition of the Elwha
and Glines dams shall be used solely for acquisition, and
shall not be expended until the full purchase amount has
been appropriated by the Congress.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 404 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 287 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 320 for police-type use, 13 buses,
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
of the funds provided to the National Park Service in this
or any other Act not more than $1,700,000 is to be used
for the Office of the Director, not more than $2,000,000
is to be used for the Office of Public Affairs, and not more
than $951,000 is to be used for the Office of Congres-
sional Affairs: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated to the National Park Service may be used
to implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the
southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been
submitted to the Congress and shall not be implemented
prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including
any day in which either House of Congress is not in ses-
sion because of adjournment of more than three calendar
days to a day certain) from the receipt by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and the President of the
Senate of a full and comprehensive report on the develop-
ment of the southern end of Ellis Island, including the
facts and circumstances relied upon in support of the pro-
posed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the
National Park Service for activities taken in direct re-
sponse to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may in fiscal year 1997
and thereafter enter into cooperative agreements that in-
volve the transfer of National Park Service appropriated
funds to State, local and tribal governments, other public
entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit or-
ganizations for the public purpose of carrying out National
Park Service programs pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 6305 to
carry out public purposes of National Park Service pro-
grams.
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, and the
mineral and water resources of the United States, its Ter-
ritories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by
43 U.S.C. 31, 1332 and 1340; classify lands as to their
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision
to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission licensees; administer the minerals exploration pro-
gram (30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data
relative to the foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries
into the economic conditions affecting mining and mate-
rials 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; $730,163,000,
of which $62,130,000 shall be available only for coopera-
tion with States or municipalities for water resources in-
vestigations; and of which $137,000,000 shall be available
until September 30, 1998 for the biological research activ-
ity and the operation of the Cooperative Research Units;
and of which $16,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for conducting inquiries into the economic condi-
tions affecting mining and materials processing industries:
Provided, That none of these funds provided for the bio-
logical research activity shall be used to conduct new sur-
veys on private property, unless specifically authorized in
writing by the property owner: Provided further, That be-
ginning in fiscal year 1998 and once every five years there-
after, the National Academy of Sciences shall review and
report on the biological research activity of the Survey:
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall
be used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic
mapping or water resources data collection and investiga-
tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipali-
ties.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for the purchase of not
to exceed 53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are
for replacement only; reimbursement to the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; contract-
ing for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the
making of geophysical or other specialized 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 observation wells; ex-
penses of the United States National Committee on Geol-
ogy; and payment of compensation and expenses of per-
sons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed 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 cooperative agreements as
defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302, et seq.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only; $182,555,000, of which not less
than $74,063,000 shall be available for royalty manage-
ment activities; and an amount not to exceed $15,400,000
for the Technical Information Management System and
Related Activities of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Lands Activity, to be credited to this appropriation and
to remain available until expended, from additions to re-
ceipts resulting from increases to rates in effect on August
5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collections for OCS
administrative activities performed by the Minerals Man-
agement Service over and above the rates in effect on Sep-
tember 30, 1993, and from additional fees for OCS admin-
istrative activities established after September 30, 1993:
Provided, That $1,500,000 for computer acquisitions shall
remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated under this Act shall be
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$35,208,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $24,439,000, together with any funds or prop-
erty transferred to the Office of Inspector General through
forfeiture proceedings or from the Department of Justice
Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the Treas-
ury Assets Forfeiture Fund, that represent an equitable
share from the forfeiture of property in investigations in
which the Office of Inspector General participated, with
such transferred funds to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gam-
ing Commission, pursuant to Public Law 100–497,
$1,000,000.
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, $19,126,000, to remain available until ex-