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school operations shall be available for administrative cost 
grants associated with grants approved prior to July 1, 
2018: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated 
to a federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated 
as of September 30, 2019, may be transferred during fis-
cal year 2020 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, 2020: 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: Provided further, 
That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may accept transfers 
of funds from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
supplement any other funding available for reconstruction 
or repair of roads on the Tohono O’odham Nation. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs for fiscal year 2018, such 
sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts 
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made available under this heading shall be available for 
transfer to another budget account. 
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; $202,213,000 (increased by 
$10,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amounts as may be available for the con-
struction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be 
transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal 
Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover the road pro-
gram management costs of the Bureau: Provided further, 
That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program 
pursuant to the Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), 
shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2018, in implementing 
new construction, replacement facilities construction, or 
facilities improvement and repair project grants in excess 
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of $100,000 that are provided to grant schools under Pub-
lic Law 100–297, the Secretary of the Interior shall use 
the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost 
Principles for Assistance Programs contained in part 12 
of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, as the regulatory 
requirements: Provided further, That such grants shall not 
be subject to section 12.61 of title 43, Code of Federal 
Regulations; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate 
and determine a schedule of payments for the work to be 
performed: Provided further, That in considering grant ap-
plications, the Secretary shall consider whether such 
grantee would be deficient in assuring that the construc-
tion projects conform to applicable building standards and 
codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and safety 
standards as required by section 1125(b) of Public Law 
95–561 (25 U.S.C. 2005(b)), with respect to organiza-
tional and financial management capabilities: Provided 
further, That if the Secretary declines a grant application, 
the Secretary shall follow the requirements contained in 
section 5205(f) of Public Law 100–296 (25 U.S.C. 
2504(f)): Provided further, That any disputes between the 
Secretary and any grantee concerning a grant shall be 
subject to the disputes provision in section 2508 of Public 
Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2507(e)): Provided further, That 
in order to ensure timely completion of construction 
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projects, the Secretary may assume control of a project 
and all funds related to the project, if, within 18 months 
of the date of enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving 
funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has 
not completed the planning and design phase of the 
project and commenced construction: Provided further, 
That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the Of-
fice of the Special Trustee for American Indians appro-
priation for the appropriate share of construction costs for 
space expansion needed in agency offices to meet trust re-
form implementation. 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses 
for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 
618, 111–11, 111–291, and 114–322, and for implemen-
tation of other land and water rights settlements, 
$55,457,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$9,272,000, of which $1,252,000 is for administrative ex-
penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 
1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
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of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, 
not to exceed $123,565,389. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions. 
Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 
support of the management, operation, and maintenance 
of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 
Services (except executive direction and administrative 
services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional 
offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 
available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
413). 
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the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, and 
to any school or school program that was reinstated in 
fiscal year 2012. Funds made available under this Act 
may not be used to establish a charter school at a Bureau- 
funded school (as that term is defined in section 1141 of 
the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), 
except that a charter school that is in existence on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and that has operated 
at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, may 
continue to operate during that period, but only if the 
charter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of 
funds to reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and 
personal property (including buses and vans), the funds 
of the charter school are kept separate and apart from 
Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume any obli-
gation for charter school programs of the State in which 
the school is located if the charter school loses such fund-
ing. Employees of Bureau-funded schools sharing a cam-
pus with a charter school and performing functions related 
to the charter school’s operation and employees of a char-
ter school shall not be treated as Federal employees for 
purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
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rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin-
istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 
distribution formula. 
Funds available under this Act may not be used to 
establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 
system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 
may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 
to provide language and cultural immersion educational 
programs for non-public schools located within the juris-
dictional area of the tribal government which exclusively 
serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 
currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 
provide an educational environment with educator pres-
ence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau- 
funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 
or State health and safety standards, and the Americans 
with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es-
tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur-
ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 
other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 
students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 
available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 
maintenance, rehabilitation, construction or other facili-
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ties-related costs for such assets that are not owned by 
the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 
school’’ means a school location physically separated from 
the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that 
forms part of the existing school in all other respects. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 
agreements, as authorized by law, $122,940,000 (reduced 
by $2,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,500,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$995,000) (reduced by $2,000,000), to remain available 
until September 30, 2019; of which not to exceed $15,000 
may be for official reception and representation expenses; 
and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for work-
ers compensation payments and unemployment compensa-
tion payments associated with the orderly closure of the 
United States Bureau of Mines; and of which $9,000,000 
for the Office of Valuation Services is to be derived from 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund and shall remain 
available until expended. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2018, up to $400,000 of the payments 
authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 
may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 
amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 
available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 
event the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for pay-
ments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make 
the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units 
of local government, then the payment to each local gov-
ernment shall be made proportionally: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment to 
individual units of local government to correct for prior 
overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That 
no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to oth-
erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 
amount of the payment is less than $100. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior 
and other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Pub-
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lic Law 108–188, $90,930,000 (increased by $995,000), 
of which: (1) $81,500,000 (increased by $977,000) shall 
remain available until expended for territorial assistance, 
including general technical assistance, maintenance assist-
ance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative activities, 
and brown tree snake control and research; grants to the 
judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and ex-
penses, as authorized by subsection (c) of the Act of Feb-
ruary 20, 1929 (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern-
ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev-
enues, for construction and support of governmental func-
tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands, as 
authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, 
as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, as authorized by Public 
Law 94–241 (90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,430,000 (in-
creased by $18,000) shall be available until September 30, 
2019, for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular 
Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of the 
territorial and local governments herein provided for, in-
cluding such transactions of all agencies or instrumental-
ities established or used by such governments, may be au-
dited by the Government Accountability Office, at its dis-
cretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United 
States Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Is-
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lands Covenant grant funding shall be provided according 
to those terms of the Agreement of the Special Represent-
atives on Future United States Financial Assistance for 
the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 
104–134: Provided further, That the funds for the pro-
gram of operations and maintenance improvement are ap-
propriated to institutionalize routine operations and main-
tenance improvement of capital infrastructure with terri-
torial participation and cost sharing to be determined by 
the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to time-
ly maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That 
any appropriation for disaster assistance under this head-
ing in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be 
used as non–Federal matching funds for the purpose of 
hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 404 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $3,300,000, to 
remain available until expended, as provided for in sec-
tions 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa-
tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of 
the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 
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States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99– 
658 and Public Law 108–188. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec-
retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 
funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 
188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 
Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 
of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per-
cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 
of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 
construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran-
tees may be made without regard to the population of the 
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 
the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
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be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 
or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$65,675,000 (reduced by $1,911,000). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $49,952,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN 
INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, $119,400,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $18,990,000 from 
this or any other Act, may be available for historical ac-
counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 
transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs and Bureau of Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of In-
dian Programs’’ account; the Office of the Solic-
itor,‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of 
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the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available through con-
tracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2018, as au-
thorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended 
by the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement of 
performance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 
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 withdrawn upon the express written request 
of the account holder: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments 
to correct administrative errors of either disbursements 
from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal ac-
counts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, That 
erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited 
to and remain available in this account for this purpose: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required 
to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of 
less than $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee 
receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Ac-
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counts claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund Manage-
ment Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any 
other provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate the 
trust accounts of individuals whose whereabouts are un-
known for a continuous period of at least five years and 
shall not be required to generate periodic statements of 
performance for the individual accounts: Provided further, 
That with respect to the eighth proviso, the Secretary shall 
continue to maintain sufficient records to determine the 
balance of the individual accounts, including any accrued 
interest and income, and such funds shall remain available 
to the individual account holders. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 
suppression operations, fire science and research, emer-
gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and 
rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 
$935,850,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $8,212,000 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 
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transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided $182,500,000 is for fuels management 
activities: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
$19,948,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: Provided 
further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 
may be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost 
from funds available from this appropriation: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums re-
ceived by a bureau or office of the Department of the Inte-
rior for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
1856 et seq., protection of United States property, may 
be credited to the appropriation from which funds were 
expended to provide that protection, and are available 
without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using 
the amounts designated under this title of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior may enter into procurement con-
tracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for fuels man-
agement activities, and for training and monitoring associ-
ated with such fuels management activities on Federal 
land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities that 
benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, That 
the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement be-
tween the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity 
may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected par-
ties: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements 
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of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for 
purposes of fuels management activities, may obtain max-
imum practicable competition among: (1) local private, 
nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation 
Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), 
or related partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit 
youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other 
entities that will hire or train locally a significant percent-
age, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project work-
force to complete such contracts: Provided further, That 
in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop 
written guidance to field units to ensure accountability 
and consistent application of the authorities provided here-
in: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be used to reimburse the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries 
Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required by 
section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire 
management activities: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations 
to enter into leases of real property with local govern-
ments, at or below fair market value, to construct capital-
ized improvements for fire facilities on such leased prop-
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erties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, re-
tardant stations, and other initial attack and fire support 
facilities, and to make advance payments for any such 
lease or for construction activity associated with the lease: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer 
of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in 
an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between 
the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and 
expedite wildland fire management programs and projects: 
Provided further, That funds provided for wildfire suppres-
sion shall be available for support of Federal emergency 
response actions: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for assistance 
to or through the Department of State in connection with 
forest and rangeland research, technical information, and 
assistance in foreign countries, and, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of State, shall be available to support for-
estry, wildland fire management, and related natural re-
source activities outside the United States and its terri-
tories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu-
cation and training, and cooperation with United States 
and international organizations. 
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CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
the response action, including associated activities, per-
formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), $10,010,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-
toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 
the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 
provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 
et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,568,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 
financial and business management system, information 
technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart-
ment, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and 
operations throughout the Department, $65,388,000, to 
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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 
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 
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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, $137,757,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019; of which $41,727,000 
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 
with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary con-
curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed 
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to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecover-
able erroneous payments. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES 
For necessary expenses for payments authorized by 
chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, $465,000,000 
shall be available for fiscal year 2018. 
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, 
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in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 
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 or 
releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for 
the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or po-
tential 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 trans-
fer, from any no year funds available to the Office of Sur-
face Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as 
may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory au-
thority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out 
the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Pro-
vided, That appropriations made in this title for wildland 
fire operations shall be available for the payment of obliga-
tions incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for 
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reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction 
of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with 
their use for wildland fire operations, with such reimburse-
ment to be credited to appropriations currently available 
at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for 
wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made available 
under this authority until the Secretary determines that 
funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire suppression’’ shall 
be exhausted within 30 days: 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: Provided further, That such re-
plenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, 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 
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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 
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. 
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 
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distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc-
tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 
percent in fiscal year 2018. Under circumstances of dual 
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-
tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 
apply. 
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 2018, the Secretary shall 
collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be de-
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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 
in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 
2018 shall be: 
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $31,500 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 2018. Fees for fiscal 
year 2018 shall be: 
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 
under subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment re-
quired within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill 
designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days 
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of the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, 
with payment required within 30 days of billing. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION 
AND ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean En-
ergy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may 
transfer funds among and between the successor offices 
and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in con-
formance with the reprogramming guidelines described in 
the report accompanying this Act. 
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. 
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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. 
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 
SEC. 111. Paragraph (1) of section 122(a) of division 
E of Public Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1013) is amended 
by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2012 through 2020,’’ in the first 
sentence and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal 
year thereafter,’’. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2018, 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. 
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SAGE-GROUSE 
SEC. 113. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 
(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse 
(Centrocercus urophasianus); 
(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin dis-
tinct population segment of greater sage-grouse. 
HUMANE TRANSFER OF EXCESS ANIMALS 
SEC. 114. 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. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN HISTORIC 
DESIGNATION 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to make a determination of eligibility 
or to list the Trestles Historic District, San Diego County, 
California, on the National Register of Historic Places. 
REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULES 
SEC. 116. Before the end of the 60-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule published 
on December 28, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 81666 et seq.) and 
the final rule published on September 10, 2012 (77 Fed. 
Reg. 55530 et seq.), without regard to any other provision 
of statute or regulation that applies to issuance of such 
rules. Such reissuances (including this section) shall not 
be subject to judicial review. 
GRAY WOLVES RANGE-WIDE 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to treat 
any gray wolf in any of the 48 contiguous States or the 
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District of Columbia as an endangered species or threat-
ened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 
research and development, $629,238,000 (reduced by 
$5,399,000) (increased by $1,086,000) (reduced by 
$979,000), to remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, 
$4,100,000 shall be for Research: National Priorities as 
specified in the report accompanying this Act: Provided 
further, That of the unobligated balances from appropria-
tions made available under this heading, $27,000,000 are 
permanently rescinded. 
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies or associations which issue publications 
to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 
the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil-
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and 
not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and represen-
tation 
expenses, 
$2,398,840,000 
(increased 
by 
$4,399,000) (reduced by $1,086,000) (reduced by 
$468,000) 
(increased 
by 
$468,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$1,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$364,700) 
(reduced 
by 
$3,831,000) (reduced by $12,078,000) (reduced by 
$80,000,000) (reduced by $250,000,000) (reduced by 
$32,491,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction pro-
gram project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, exclud-
ing the amount of any fees made available, not less than 
the amount of appropriations for that program project for 
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fiscal year 2014: Provided further, That of the funds in-
cluded under this heading, $12,700,000 shall be for Envi-
ronmental Protection: National Priorities as specified in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 
of the funds included under this heading, $402,000,000 
(increased by $4,399,000) shall be for Geographic Pro-
grams specified in the report accompanying this Act: Pro-
vided further, That of the unobligated balances from ap-
propriations 
made 
available 
under 
this 
heading, 
$41,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM 
FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), includ-
ing the development, operation, maintenance, and upgrad-
ing of the hazardous waste electronic manifest system es-
tablished by such section, $3,674,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as 
offsetting collections under such section 3024 are received 
during fiscal year 2018, which shall remain available until 
expended and be used for necessary expenses in this ap-
propriation, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 ap-
propriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
than $0: Provided further, That to the extent such offset-
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ting collections received in fiscal year 2018 exceed 
$3,674,000, those excess amounts shall remain available 
until expended and be used for necessary expenses in this 
appropriation. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $40,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$39,553,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 
(c)(5), 
(c)(6), 
and 
(e)(4) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
9611) 
$1,116,374,000, to remain available until expended, con-
sisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 
on September 30, 2017, as authorized by section 517(a) 
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 
of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,116,374,000 as a payment 
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from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super-
fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 
SARA: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in ac-
cordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$7,778,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’ appropriation to remain available until September 
30, 2019, and $15,496,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science 
and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $91,874,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $66,505,000 
shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for car-
rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 
use appropriations made available under this heading to 
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
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to provide financial assistance to federally recognized In-
dian tribes for the development and implementation of 
programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, $18,047,000, to be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$3,288,161,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$250,000,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (reduced by 
$6,000,000), to remain available until expended, of 
which— 
(1) 
$1,143,887,000 
(increased 
by 
$250,000,000) shall be for making capitalization 
grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds 
under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act; and of which $863,233,000 shall be for 
making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal 
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year 2017, funds made available under this title to 
each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 
capitalization grants and for Drinking Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the 
discretion of each State, be used for projects to ad-
dress green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 
improvements, or other environmentally innovative 
activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a 
State water pollution control revolving fund that 
may be used by a State to administer the fund shall 
not apply to amounts included as principal in loans 
made by such fund in fiscal year 2018 and prior 
years where such amounts represent costs of admin-
istering the fund to the extent that such amounts 
are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, 
accounted for separately from other assets in the 
fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, in-
cluding administration: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the provisions of 
subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, grants made 
under title II of such Act for American Samoa, 
Guam, the commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, 
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the United States Virgin Islands, and the District of 
Columbia may also be made for the purpose of pro-
viding assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design 
activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for 
any proposed project for the construction of treat-
ment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or 
replacement of privately owned treatment works 
serving one or more principal residences or small 
commercial establishments: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the provisions 
of such subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 
201 and section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act, funds reserved by the Adminis-
trator for grants under section 518(c) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act may also be used to 
provide assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, de-
sign activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates 
for any proposed project for the construction of 
treatment works; and (2) for the construction, re-
pair, or replacement of privately owned treatment 
works serving one or more principal residences or 
small commercial establishments: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding any pro-
vision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
and regulations issued pursuant thereof, up to a 
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total of $2,000,000 of the funds reserved by the Ad-
ministrator for grants under section 518(c) of such 
Act may also be used for grants for training, tech-
nical assistance, and educational programs relating 
to the operation and management of the treatment 
works specified in section 518(c) of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2018, funds re-
served under section 518(c) of such Act shall be 
available for grants only to Indian tribes, as defined 
in section 518(h) of such Act and former Indian res-
ervations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Sec-
retary of the Interior) and Native Villages as defined 
in Public Law 92–203: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the limitation on 
amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the 
funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever is 
greater, and notwithstanding the limitation on 
amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds 
appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, 
for State Revolving Funds under such Acts may be 
reserved by the Administrator for grants under sec-
tion 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2018, notwith-
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standing the amounts specified in section 205(c) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 
percent of the aggregate funds appropriated for the 
Clean Water State Revolving Fund program under 
the Act less any sums reserved under section 518(c) 
of the Act, may be reserved by the Administrator for 
grants made under title II of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and 
United States Virgin Islands: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the limitations 
on amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds 
appropriated for the Drinking Water State Revolv-
ing Fund programs under the Safe Drinking Water 
Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 
made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act: Provided further, That 10 percent of the 
funds made available under this title to each State 
for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
grants and 20 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Drinking Water 
State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be 
used by the State to provide additional subsidy to el-
igible recipients in the form of forgiveness of prin-
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cipal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any com-
bination of these), and shall be so used by the State 
only where such funds are provided as initial financ-
ing for an eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or 
restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients 
only where such debt was incurred on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) $10,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-
lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 
of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 
no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 
the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 
with the Statewide priority list established in con-
junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 
and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas-
ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 
than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 
in regional hub communities; 
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(3) $90,000,000 shall be to carry out section 
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-
ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount 
appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of 
CERCLA shall be used for site characterization, as-
sessment, and remediation of facilities described in 
section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: Provided 
further, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated 
for assistance in persistent poverty counties: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any coun-
ty that has had 20 percent or more of its population 
living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured 
by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 
most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Esti-
mates; 
(4) $75,000,000 shall be for grants under title 
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(5) $40,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 
grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 
in the report accompanying this Act; and 
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(6) $1,066,041,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
shall be for grants, including associated program 
support costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, 
interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution 
control agencies for multi-media or single media pol-
lution prevention, control and abatement and related 
activities, including activities pursuant to the provi-
sions set forth under this heading in Public Law 
104–134, and for making grants under section 103 
of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter moni-
toring and data collection activities subject to terms 
and conditions specified by the Administrator, of 
which: $47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 
128 of CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall be for Environ-
mental Information Exchange Network grants, in-
cluding 
associated 
program 
support 
costs; 
$1,498,000 shall be for grants to States under sec-
tion 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 
which shall be in addition to funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Leaking Underground Storage 
Tank Trust Fund Program’’ to carry out the provi-
sions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in 
section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code other 
than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act; $17,848,000 of the funds available for grants 
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under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act shall be for State participation in 
national- and State-level statistical surveys of water 
resources and enhancements to State monitoring 
programs. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $25,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 
principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $3,049,000,000. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 
in this account, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
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novation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 
amended by Public Law 112–177, the Pesticide Registra-
tion Improvement Extension Act of 2012. 
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Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 
33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2018. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addi-
tion to the activities specified in section 33 of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8), fees collected in this and prior fiscal 
years under such section shall be available for the fol-
lowing activities as they relate to pesticide licensing: proc-
essing and review of data submitted in association with 
a registration, information submitted pursuant to section 
6(a)(2) of FIFRA, supplemental distributor labels, trans-
fers of registrations and data compensation rights, addi-
tional uses registered by States under section 24(c) of 
FIFRA, data compensation petitions, review of minor 
amendments, and notifications; laboratory support and 
audits; administrative support; development of policy and 
guidance; rulemaking support; information collection ac-
tivities; and the portions of salaries related to work in 
these areas. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$300,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 
Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ-
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mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 
Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 
such head, to carry out activities that would support the 
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 
Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 
to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 
such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac-
tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non-
profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan-
ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 
in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord-
ance with section 26(b) of the Toxic Substances Control 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)) for fiscal year 2018. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro-
grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz-
ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail-
able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 
and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 
not exceed $150,000 per project. 
For fiscal year 2018, and notwithstanding section 
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
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U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 
the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 
319 of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant 
to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 
Of the unobligated balances available for the ‘‘State 
and Tribal Assistance Grants’’ account, $60,000,000 are 
permanently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may 
be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in sec-
tion 320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, not less than $1,500,000 of the funds made available 
under this title for the National Estuary Program shall 
be for making competitive awards described in section 
320(g)(4). 
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 
$875,000. 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $278,368,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2021: Provided, That of 
the funds provided, $75,037,000 is for the forest inventory 
and analysis program. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man-
agement and conducting an international program as au-
thorized, $198,710,000 (reduced by $9,500,000), to re-
main available through September 30, 2021, as authorized 
by law; of which $36,184,000 is to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund to be used for the 
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Forest Legacy Program, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to 
such lands as authorized by law, $1,885,827,000 (reduced 
by $12,371,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000), to remain available through September 30, 
2021: Provided, That of the funds provided, $370,305,000 
(increased by $5,000,000) shall be for forest products: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
of 
the 
funds 
provided, 
$392,500,000 (increased by $3,000,000) shall be for haz-
ardous fuels management activities, of which not to exceed 
$15,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any au-
thorities available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State 
and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of 
creating incentives for increased use of biomass from Na-
tional Forest System lands: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided, up to $15,000,000 may be used by the 
Secretary of Agriculture to enter into procurement con-
tracts or cooperative agreements or to issue grants for 
hazardous fuels management activities, and for training 
or monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels man-
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agement activities on Federal land, or on non-Federal land 
if the Secretary determines such activities benefit re-
sources on Federal land. Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 33 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in cal-
culating a fee for grazing on a National Grassland, may 
provide a credit of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee 
to a Grazing Association or direct permittee for a con-
servation practice approved by the Secretary in advance 
of the fiscal year in which the cost of the conservation 
practice is incurred. And, that the amount credited shall 
remain available to the Grazing Association or the direct 
permittee, as appropriate, in the fiscal year in which the 
credit is made and each fiscal year thereafter for use on 
the project for conservation practices approved by the Sec-
retary. 
In addition, $4,500,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2021, from communication site rental fees 
established by the Forest Service for the cost of admin-
istering communication site activities. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $354,733,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2021, for construction, capital im-
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provement, maintenance and acquisition of buildings and 
other facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, 
reconstruction, decommissioning of roads that are no 
longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not 
part of the transportation system, and maintenance of for-
est roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized 
by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Pro-
vided, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 2018 
under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall 
be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury and 
shall not be available for transfer or obligation for any 
other purpose unless the funds are appropriated. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, including 
administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or 
waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory 
authority applicable to the Forest Service, $25,000,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 
ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
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geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 
Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and 
Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by 
law, $850,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-
posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to the Sisk Act 
(16 U.S.C. 484a), pursuant to the Land Sale and Ex-
change Acts (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 
586; Public Law 76–589; and Public Law 78–310), to re-
main available until expended. 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of the Fed-
eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1751(b)(1)), to remain available through September 30, 
2021, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 
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GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by section 4(b) of the Forest 
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 1643(b)), $45,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2021, to be derived from the fund 
established pursuant to such Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-
age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 
title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $2,225,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2021. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 
other lands under fire protection agreement, emergency 
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 
lands and water, and for State and volunteer fire assist-
ance, $2,506,357,000 (increased by $12,371,000), to re-
main available through September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That such funds including unobligated balances under this 
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heading, are available for repayment of advances from 
other appropriations accounts previously transferred for 
such purposes: Provided further, That any unobligated 
funds appropriated in a previous fiscal year for hazardous 
fuels management may be transferred to the ‘‘National 
Forest System’’ account: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be available to reimburse State and other co-
operating entities for services provided in response to wild-
fire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent such 
reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emer-
gencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency man-
agement agency: Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided, $19,290,000 is for research activities and to make 
competitive research grants pursuant to the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, (16 U.S.C. 
1641 et seq.), $76,011,000 (increased by $10,989,000) is 
for State fire assistance, and $14,618,000 (increased by 
$1,382,000) is for volunteer fire assistance under section 
10 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2106): Provided further, That amounts in this 
paragraph may be transferred to the ‘‘Forest and Range-
land Research’’ account to fund forest and rangeland re-
search: Provided further, That the costs of implementing 
any cooperative agreement between the Federal Govern-
ment and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutu-
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ally agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, 
That funds made available to implement the Community 
Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, 
shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in accord-
ance with authorities made available to the Forest Service 
under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer 
of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in 
an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between 
the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and 
expedite wildland fire management programs and projects: 
Provided further, That funds designated for wildfire sup-
pression, shall be assessed for cost pools on the same basis 
as such assessments are calculated against other agency 
programs. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 
from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 
lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 
to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 
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notwithstanding other provisions 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; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 
5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); 
(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur-
suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the 
Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col-
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all 
fire suppression funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be obligated within 30 
days: Provided, That all funds used pursuant to this para-
graph must be replenished by a supplemental appropria-
tion which must be requested as promptly as possible. 
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of dis-
cretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by 
this Act to or within the Wildland Fire Management Ac-
count, or reprogram funds within the Wildland Fire Man-
agement Account, to be used for the purposes of haz-
ardous fuels management and emergency rehabilitation of 
burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 
such transferred funds shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2021: Provided, That none of the funds trans-
ferred pursuant to this section shall be available for obli-
gation without written notification to and the prior ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That this section 
does not apply to funds derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development in connection with forest and range-
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 
and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with United States private and international organiza-
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tions. The Forest Service, acting for the International 
Program, may sign direct funding agreements with foreign 
governments and institutions as well as other domestic 
agencies (including the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, the Department of State, and the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation), United States private 
sector firms, institutions and organizations to provide 
technical assistance and training programs overseas on 
forestry and rangeland management. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 
preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 
from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-
ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 
such lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 
year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 
section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 
106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 
Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 
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House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 
the report accompanying this Act. 
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
$14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De-
partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 
as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 
prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re-
quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services 
from the Department of Agriculture’s National Informa-
tion Technology Center and the Department of Agri-
culture’s International Technology Service. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 
the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 
out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 
out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 
of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
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Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 
up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 
National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner-
ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 
without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 
for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 
That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda-
tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 
shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 
assistance, private contributions to match funds made 
available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 
basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 
Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 
a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 
the non-Federal matching funds. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 
up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 
Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 
projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 
to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 
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shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 
the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 
or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 
that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
funds. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 
be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-
tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
$65,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of per-
forming fire, administrative and other facilities mainte-
nance and decommissioning. Such assessments shall occur 
using a square foot rate charged on the same basis the 
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agency uses to assess programs for payment of rent, utili-
ties, and other support services. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any 
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, 
not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Of-
fice of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-
culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-
sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 
reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar matters 
unrelated to civil litigation. Future budget justifications 
for both the Forest Service and the Department of Agri-
culture should clearly display the sums previously trans-
ferred and the sums requested for transfer. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 
purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
through the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the 
Forest Service shall report not later than 30 business days 
following the close of each fiscal quarter all current and 
prior year unobligated balances, by fiscal year, budget line 
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item and account, to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations. 
Any unobligated balance of funds appropriated in a 
previous fiscal year in the FLAME Wildfire Suppression 
Reserve Fund account shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
The Forest Service shall submit, through the Office 
of Budget and Program Analysis, to the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget a proposed system of administrative 
control of funds for its accounts, as described in 31 U.S.C. 
1514, not later than December 31, 2017. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv-
ice, $3,867,260,000 (reduced by $47,000,000) (increased 
by $47,000,000), together with payments received during 
the fiscal year pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b), 238b), for 
services furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, 
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That funds made available to tribes and tribal organiza-
tions through contracts, grant agreements, or any other 
agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time 
of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain 
available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal 
year limitation: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall 
be available for grants or contracts with public or private 
institutions to provide alcohol or drug treatment services 
to Indians, including alcohol detoxification services: Pro-
vided further, That $928,830,000 for Purchased/Referred 
Care, including $53,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic 
Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That of the funds provided, up 
to $36,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
implementation of the loan repayment program under sec-
tion 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Pro-
vided further That of the funds provided, $11,000,000 
shall remain available until expended to supplement funds 
available for operational costs at tribal clinics operated 
under an Indian Self-Determination and Education As-
sistance Act compact or contract where health care is de-
livered in space acquired through a full service lease, 
which is not eligible for maintenance and improvement 
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and equipment funds from the Indian Health Service, and 
$29,000,000 shall be for costs related to or resulting from 
accreditation emergencies, of which up to $4,000,000 may 
be used to supplement amounts otherwise available for 
Purchased/Referred Care: Provided further, That the 
amounts collected by the Federal Government as author-
ized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during 
the preceding fiscal year for breach of contracts shall be 
deposited to the Fund authorized by section 108A of that 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and shall remain available until 
expended and, notwithstanding section 108A(c) of that 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall be available to 
make new awards under the loan repayment and scholar-
ship programs under sections 104 and 108 of that Act 
(25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided further, That the 
amounts made available within this account for the Sub-
stance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Program, for the 
Domestic Violence Prevention Program, for the Zero Sui-
cide Initiative, for aftercare pilot programs at Youth Re-
gional Treatment Centers, to improve collections from 
public and private insurance at Indian Health Service and 
tribally operated facilities, and for accreditation emer-
gencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director 
of the Indian Health Service and shall remain available 
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until expended: Provided further, That funds provided in 
this Act may be used for annual contracts and grants for 
which the performance period falls within 2 fiscal years, 
provided the total obligation is recorded in the year the 
funds are appropriated: Provided further, That the 
amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available until 
expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 
applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and 
XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those related 
to the planning, design, or construction of new facilities: 
Provided further, That funding contained herein for schol-
arship programs under the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal organi-
zations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act shall be reported and accounted for and available 
to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, and from 
tribes and tribal organizations operating health facilities 
pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individually identifi-
able health information relating to disabled children as 
may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its func-
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tions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1400, et seq.): Provided further, That of 
the funds provided, $130,000,000 is for the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Fund and may be used, as needed, to 
carry out activities typically funded under the Indian 
Health Facilities account. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2018, such sums 
as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for transfer to another 
budget account. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 
including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, 
specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase 
and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail-
ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita-
tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of 
the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian 
Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im-
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provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out 
such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 
support 
activities 
of 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service, 
$551,643,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction, 
renovation or expansion of health facilities for the benefit 
of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land 
on which such facilities will be located: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $500,000 may be used by the Indian 
Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from 
the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 
Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Serv-
ice may be used for sanitation facilities construction for 
new homes funded with grants by the housing programs 
of the United States Department of Housing and Urban 
Development: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,700,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health 
Services’’ account may be used by the Indian Health Serv-
ice to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service 
and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing inter-
agency agreement between the Indian Health Service and 
the General Services Administration: Provided further, 
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That not to exceed $500,000 may be placed in a Demoli-
tion Fund, to remain available until expended, and be used 
by the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal 
buildings. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 
Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur-
chase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of 
modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 
payments for telephone service in private residences in the 
field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms or al-
lowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to 
the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 
Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients 
may be extended health care at all tribally administered 
or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and 
the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 
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be credited to the account of the facility providing the 
service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or 
regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 
Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, 
the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93– 
638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the In-
dian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad-
ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 
subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 
and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 
Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 
Department of Health and Human Services unless identi-
fied in the budget justification and provided in this Act, 
or approved by the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations through the reprogramming process: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe 
or tribal organization through a contract, grant, or agree-
ment authorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5321 et seq. (title I), 5381 et seq. (title V)), may 
be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination con-
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tract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under 
title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available 
to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limi-
tation: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall 
be used to implement the final rule published in the Fed-
eral Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department 
of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility 
for the health care services of the Indian Health Service 
until the Indian Health Service has submitted a budget 
request reflecting the increased costs associated with the 
proposed final rule, and such request has been included 
in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided 
further, That with respect to functions transferred by the 
Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the 
Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and 
services to those entities on a reimbursable basis, includ-
ing payments in advance with subsequent adjustment, and 
the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the 
funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian 
Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or 
subsequent appropriation account from which the funds 
were originally derived, with such amounts to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That reim-
bursements for training, technical assistance, or services 
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provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total 
costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead costs 
associated with the provision of goods, services, or tech-
nical assistance: Provided further, That the appropriation 
structure for the Indian Health Service may not be altered 
without advance notification to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 
set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 
$75,370,000 (increased by $979,000). 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE 
REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 
activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
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and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $72,780,000 (increased 
by $1,911,000): Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment 
under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator 
of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, 
evaluations, or activities, including, without limitation, 
biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical moni-
toring, and referral to accredited healthcare providers: 
Provided further, That in performing any such health as-
sessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Ad-
ministrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines 
in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxi-
cological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA 
during fiscal year 2018, and existing profiles may be up-
dated as necessary. 
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions as-
signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 
of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi-
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ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 
1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $2,994,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 
one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 
hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for serv-
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individ-
uals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 
5376, $11,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not 
more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the individual appointed to the position of In-
spector General of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 
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position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of 
the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the 
duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 
not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board. 
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 
531, $15,431,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appro-
priations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals 
and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-parti-
tioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 
housing, and all others certified as eligible and not in-
cluded in the preceding categories: Provided further, That 
none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may 
be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Reloca-
tion to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as 
of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the 
lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or re-
placement home is provided for such household: Provided 
further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than 
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one new or replacement home: Provided further, That the 
Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who 
have selected and received an approved homesite on the 
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off 
the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant 
to section 11 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716): Pro-
vided further, That $200,000 shall be transferred to the 
Office of Inspector General of the Department of the Inte-
rior, to remain available until expended, for audits and 
investigations of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Re-
location, consistent with the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
ized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 
U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $9,835,000, which shall become 
available on July 1, 2018, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 
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of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 
agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 
buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 
$100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em-
ployees, $716,600,000 (increased by $2,000,000), to re-
main available until September 30, 2019, except as other-
wise provided herein; of which not to exceed $6,908,000 
for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, 
exhibition reinstallation, and the repatriation of skeletal 
remains program shall remain available until expended; 
and including such funds as may be necessary to support 
American overseas research centers: Provided, That funds 
appropriated herein are available for advance payments to 
independent contractors performing research services or 
participating in official Smithsonian presentations. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 
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by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 
and for construction, including necessary personnel, 
$168,500,000, including support for revitalization of the 
National Air and Space Museum, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad-
vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for 
membership in library, museum, and art associations or 
societies whose publications or services are available to 
members only, or to members at a price lower than to the 
general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 
for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other 
employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); 
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter-
ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 
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and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 
repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 
contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, 
firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under 
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop-
er, $132,961,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, of which not to exceed $3,620,000 for the special 
exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 
10 years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 
years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 
renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 
$22,564,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That contracts awarded for environmental systems, 
protection systems, and exterior repair or renovation of 
buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated 
with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of con-
tractor qualifications as well as price. 
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JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING 
ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 
the Performing Arts, $23,740,000. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$13,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
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$145,000,000 shall be available to the National Endow-
ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc-
tions in the arts, including arts education and public out-
reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 
individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 
support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 
to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$145,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which 
$134,000,000 shall be available for support of activities 
in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and 
for administering the functions of the Act; and 
$11,000,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 
grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 
including $8,700,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 
Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 
10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 
by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre-
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ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre-
viously been appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 
to process any grant or contract documents which do not 
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 
to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 
does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 
grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 
such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 
of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 
the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 
chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $2,600,000: 
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 
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fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
lection, to remain available until expended without further 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art-
work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 
and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac-
tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 
of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 
That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 
this heading may be used for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $2,000,000. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $6,400,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 
States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $7,948,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per-
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cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 
for official reception and representational expenses associ-
ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 
planning and physical development of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 
2310), $57,000,000, of which $1,215,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020, for the Museum’s 
equipment replacement program; and of which $2,500,000 
for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and 
$1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program 
shall remain available until expended. 
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission, $1,600,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission for design and construction of a 
memorial in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower, as author-
ized by Public Law 106–79, $15,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the contract with re-
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spect to the procurement shall contain the ‘‘availability of 
funds’’ clause described in section 52.232.18 of title 48, 
Code of Federal Regulations: Provided further, That the 
funds appropriated herein shall be deemed to satisfy the 
criteria for issuing a permit contained in 40 U.S.C. 
8906(a)(4) and (b). 
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Women’s Suffrage 
Centennial Commission, as authorized by Public Law 
115–31, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For activities of the World War I Centennial Com-
mission as authorized by the World War I Centennial 
Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and the Carl 
Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113– 
291), $3,000,000: Provided, That the Commission may ac-
cept money, in-kind personnel services, contractual sup-
port, or any appropriate support from any executive 
branch agency for activities of the Commission. 
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TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 
promote public support or opposition to any legislative 
proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over-
head charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including 
working capital fund and cost pool charges, from pro-
grams, projects, activities and subactivities to support gov-
ernment-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau adminis-
trative functions or headquarters, regional, or central op-
erations shall be presented in annual budget justifications 
and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
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Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations for approval. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 
process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 
site claim located under the general mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re-
quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 
the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 
lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 
claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 
U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 
fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2019, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 
by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
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section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 
104–208). 
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 
third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam-
ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 
patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu-
reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi-
bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac-
cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 
Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third- 
party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis-
cal year 2018. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2018 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 
year 2018 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 
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Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 
Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Sup-
port Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract 
support costs arising out of self-determination or self-gov-
ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 
agreements for fiscal year 2018 with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs or the Indian Health Service: Provided, That such 
amounts provided by this Act are not available for pay-
ment of claims for contract support costs for prior years, 
or for repayments of payments for settlements or judg-
ments awarding contract support costs for prior years. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 
considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because 
more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 
plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing 
in this section exempts the Secretary from any other re-
quirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
sources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any 
other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 
expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding avail-
able, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 
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System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 
and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 
of the plan on an accelerated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu-
ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 
U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 
20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 
the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu-
ment. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 
interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec-
larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 
to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na-
tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 
funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
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Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur-
poses. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 410. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 
be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 
the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 
and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 
allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 
when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west-
ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 
to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 
be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 
48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi-
tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con-
tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex-
ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 
holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 
export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 411. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen-
cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 
such contract is entered into in accordance with the re-
quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 
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or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con-
tract to be entered into without regard for these re-
quirements, including formula grants for States, or 
federally recognized Indian tribes; or 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by 
any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 
contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 
4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 412. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
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(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT 
GUIDELINES 
SEC. 413. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts— 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 
to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-
dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
ship. 
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 
to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 
except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 
or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 
any other organization or individual to conduct ac-
tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 
made in exchange for goods and services. 
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 
to a group, unless the application is specific to the 
contents of the season, including identified programs 
or projects. 
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM 
PRIORITIES 
SEC. 414. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-
nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-
priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 
underserved populations. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 
a population of individuals, including urban minori-
ties, who have historically been outside the purview 
of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 
as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 
or to geographic isolation. 
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 
line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 
the size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
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Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv-
ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-
tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 
knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 
the arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or 
are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 
to any single State, excluding grants made under the 
authority of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con-
gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 
the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-
tion 5 of such Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
grants to improve and support community-based 
music performance and education. 
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STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 415. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro-
priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob-
ligated funds in each program and activity. 
RECREATION FEE 
SEC. 416. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre-
ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by 
striking ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2019’’. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 417. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any 
other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any 
regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 
dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 
resulting from biological processes associated with live-
stock production. 
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 418. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 
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Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, 
if that provision requires mandatory reporting of green-
house gas emissions from manure management systems. 
MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 419. Section 8162(m)(3) of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; 
Public Law 106–79) is amended by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 
of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 
et seq.) or any other law. 
CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 421. Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 
112–74 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2017’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
CHESAPEAKE BAY INITIATIVE 
SEC. 422. Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Ini-
tiative Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–312; 16 U.S.C. 461 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘2019’’. 
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EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 423. The terms and conditions of section 325 
of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz-
ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 
subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 
Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 
shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2018. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 424. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network is designed to block access 
to pornography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 
ENHANCEMENT ACT 
SEC. 425. Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facil-
ity Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (16 U.S.C. 
580d note; Public Law 109–54) is amended by striking 
‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
SEC. 426. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 
by a State water pollution control revolving fund as au-
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thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and 
steel products used in the project are produced in the 
United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall project by more than 25 percent. 
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(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv-
er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail-
able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re-
quest and information available to the Administrator con-
cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 
input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 
a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 
make the request and accompanying information available 
by electronic means, including on the official public Inter-
net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out 
the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage-
ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 
MIDWAY ISLAND 
SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to destroy any buildings or structures 
on Midway Island that have been recommended by the 
United States Navy for inclusion in the National Register 
of Historic Places (54 U.S.C. 302101). 
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POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 428. For fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, to support the key role that forests in the 
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 
the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their mis-
sions, jointly— 
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
bioenergy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and 
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use 
of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and 
responsible forest management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the 
use of forest biomass as an energy solution, includ-
ing policies that— 
(A) reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest 
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 
energy source, provided the use of forest bio-
mass for energy production does not cause con-
version of forests to non-forest use. 
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(B) encourage private investment through-
out the forest biomass supply chain, including 
in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations; 
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
(vi) paper manufacturing; 
(C) encourage forest management to im-
prove forest health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 
and use forest biomass. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 429. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center 
Act (20 U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections 
(a) and (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND
SECURITY.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to 
carry out section 4(a)(1)(H), $24,000,000 for fiscal year 
2018. 
‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) 
and (G) of section 4(a)(1), $13,000,000 for fiscal year 
2018.’’. 
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CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTIONS 
SEC. 430. Notwithstanding section 404(f)(2) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1344(f)(2)), none of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to require a permit for the discharge of 
dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities 
identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 
404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 
WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 431. (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary 
of the Army may withdraw the Waters of the United 
States rule without regard to any provision of statute or 
regulation that establishes a requirement for such with-
drawal. 
(b) EFFECT OF WITHDRAWAL.—Except as otherwise 
provided by any Act or rule that takes effect after the date 
of enactment of this Act, if the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the 
Army withdraw the Waters of the United States rule 
under subsection (a), the Administrator and Secretary 
shall implement the provisions of law under which such 
rule was issued in accordance with the regulations and 
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guidance in effect under such provisions immediately be-
fore the effective date of such rule. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the term ‘‘Waters 
of the United States rule’’ means the final rule issued by 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy and the Secretary of the Army entitled ‘‘Clean Water 
Rule: Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ ’’ on 
June 29, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 37053). 
OZONE 
SEC. 432. To implement the national ambient air 
quality standards for ozone published in the Federal Reg-
ister on October 26, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 65292): 
(1) the Governor of each State shall designate 
areas of the State as attainment, nonattainment, or 
unclassifiable with respect to the standards not later 
than October 26, 2024; 
(2) the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall promulgate final designa-
tions for all areas in all States with respect to the 
standards not later than October 26, 2025; 
(3) each State shall submit the plan required by 
section 110(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7410(a)(1)) for the standards not later than October 
26, 2026; 
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(4) the standards shall not apply to the review 
and disposition of a preconstruction permit applica-
tion required under part C or D of title I of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7470 et seq.) if the Ad-
ministrator or the State, local or tribal permitting 
authority, as applicable, has determined the applica-
tion to be complete prior to the date of promulgation 
of final designations, or has published a public no-
tice of a preliminary determination or draft permit 
before the date that is 60 days after the date of pro-
mulgation of final designations; and 
(5) the provisions of subsections (1) through 
(4) above shall apply notwithstanding the deadlines 
set forth in Section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7407(d)) and Section 110(a)(1) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(1)). 
FINANCIAL ASSURANCE 
SEC. 433. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to finalize, implement, ad-
minister, or enforce the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Financial 
Responsibility Requirements Under CERCLA § 108(b) 
for Classes of Facilities in the Hardrock Mining Industry’’ 
published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 
Federal Register on January 11, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 3388 
et seq.). 
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AGRICULTURAL NUTRIENTS 
SEC. 434. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to issue any regulation under 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) 
that applies to an animal feeding operation, including a 
concentrated animal feeding operation and a large con-
centrated animal feeding operation, as such terms are de-
fined in section 122.23 of title 40, Code of Federal Regu-
lations. 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR NATIONAL OCEAN 
POLICY 
SEC. 435. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to further implementation of the coastal 
and marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based manage-
ment components of the National Ocean Policy developed 
under Executive Order No. 13547. 
HUNTING, FISHING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING ON 
FEDERAL LAND 
SEC. 436. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act for any fiscal year may be used to prohibit the use 
of or access to Federal land (as such term is defined in 
section 3 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 
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(16 U.S.C. 6502)) for hunting, fishing, or recreational 
shooting if such use or access— 
(1) was not prohibited on such Federal land as 
of January 1, 2013; and 
(2) was conducted in compliance with the re-
source management plan (as defined in section 101 
of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6511)) applicable to such 
Federal land as of January 1, 2013. 
(b) TEMPORARY CLOSURES ALLOWED.—Notwith-
standing subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior or 
the Secretary of Agriculture may temporarily close, for a 
period not to exceed 30 days, Federal land managed by 
the Secretary to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting 
if the Secretary determines that the temporary closure is 
necessary to accommodate a special event or for public 
safety reasons. The Secretary may extend a temporary clo-
sure for one additional 90-day period only if the Secretary 
determines the extension is necessary because of extraor-
dinary weather conditions or for public safety reasons. 
(c) AUTHORITY OF STATES.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as affecting the authority, jurisdiction, 
or responsibility of the several States to manage, control, 
or regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law or 
regulations. 
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AVAILABILITY OF VACANT GRAZING ALLOTMENTS 
SEC. 437. The Secretary of the Interior, with respect 
to public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, and the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect 
to the National Forest System lands, shall make vacant 
grazing allotments available to a holder of a grazing per-
mit or lease issued by either Secretary if the lands covered 
by the permit or lease or other grazing lands used by the 
holder of the permit or lease are unusable because of 
drought or wildfire, as determined by the Secretary con-
cerned. The terms and conditions contained in a permit 
or lease made available pursuant to this section shall be 
the same as the terms and conditions of the most recent 
permit or lease that was applicable to the vacant grazing 
allotment made available. Section 102 of the National En-
vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) shall 
not apply with respect to any Federal agency action under 
this section. 
WIND TURBINE FUNDING LIMITATION 
SEC. 438. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to conduct reviews of site assessment 
or construction and operation plans for any project that 
would entail the construction or location of wind turbines 
less than 24 nautical miles from the State of Maryland 
shoreline. 
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REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 439. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
REFERENCE TO REPORT 
SEC. 440. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 115–238. The effect of such 
Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 441. $0. 
SEC. 442. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to limit outreach programs administered 
by the Smithsonian Institution. 
SEC. 443. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for the ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR—NA-
TIONAL PARK SERVICE—NATIONAL
RECREATION
AND 
PRESERVATION’’ may be used in contravention of section 
320101 of title 54, United States Code. 
SEC. 444. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used may be used to eliminate the Urban 
Wildlife Refuge Partnership. 
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SEC. 445. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to enforce the export permission re-
quirements of section 9(d)(1) of the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1538(d)(1)) for members of the 
phylum Echinodermata commonly known as sea urchins 
and sea cucumbers. 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 446. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Special Regulations, 
Areas of the National Park Service, Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area, Dog Management’’ published by the Na-
tional Park Service in the Federal Register on February 
24, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 9139 et seq.; Regulation Identifier 
No. 1024–AE16). 
SEC. 447. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose to repeal section 105(a)(2) 
or section 105(b) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security 
Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note). 
SEC. 448. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to hire or pay the salary of any 
officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy under subsection (f) or (g) of section 207 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 209) who is not already 
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receiving pay under either such subsection on the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 449. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to withdraw National Forest System 
lands within the Rainy River Watershed on the Superior 
National Forest from disposition under United States 
mineral and geothermal leasing laws. 
SEC. 450. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Environmental Protection Agency 
to enforce notification requirements respecting released 
substances under subsections (a) through (d) of section 
103 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9603) or 
subsections (a) through (c) of section 304 of the Emer-
gency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 
1986 (42 U.S.C. 11004) with respect to releases of haz-
ardous substances from animal waste at farms. 
SEC. 451. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to enter into a cooperative agreement 
with or make any grant or loan to an entity to establish 
in any of Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las 
Animas, Otero, Prowers, and Pueblo counties, Colorado, 
a national heritage area, national heritage corridor, na-
tional heritage canal way, national heritage tour route, na-
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tional historic district, cultural heritage corridor, or other 
heritage partnership program. 
SEC. 452. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to require changes to an existing 
placer mining plan of operations with regard to reclama-
tion activities, including revegetation, or to modify the 
bond requirements for the mining operation. 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 453. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce the final rule entitled ‘‘On-
shore Oil and Gas Operations; Federal and Indian Oil and 
Gas Leases; Measurement of Oil’’ and published by the 
Bureau of Land Management on November 17, 2016 (81 
Fed. Reg. 81462). 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 454. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Interior to implement 
the final rule entitled ‘‘Alaska; Hunting and Trapping in 
National Preserves’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 64325 (October 23, 
2015)), or to develop, issue, or implement any other rule 
of the same substance. 
SEC. 455. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Environmental Protection Agency 
to take any of the actions described as a ‘‘backstop’’ in 
the December 29, 2009, letter from EPA’s Regional Ad-
ministrator to the States in the Watershed and the Dis-
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trict of Columbia in response to the development or imple-
mentation of a State’s watershed implementation and re-
ferred to in enclosure B of such letter. 
SEC. 456. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to give formal notification under, or pre-
pare, propose, implement, administer, or enforce any rule 
or recommendation pursuant to, section 115 of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7415). 
SEC. 457. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the rule 
submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating 
to ‘‘Onshore Oil and Gas Operations; Federal and Indian 
Oil and Gas Leases; Site Security’’, published at 81 Fed. 
Reg. 81356 (November 17, 2016). 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 458. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the threatened 
species or endangered species listing of any plant or wild-
life that has not undergone a review as required by section 
4(c)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533(c)(2)). 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 459. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the threatened 
species listing of the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse 
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under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.). 
SEC. 460. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the rule 
submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating 
to ‘‘Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, 
and Resource Conservation’’, published at 81 Fed. Reg. 
83008 (November 18, 2016). 
SEC. 461. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to pay legal fees pursuant to a settle-
ment in any case in which the Federal Government is a 
party that arises under— 
(1) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.); 
(2) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); or 
(3) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
SEC. 462. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce the final rule entitled ‘‘Oil 
and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Re-
constructed, and Modified Sources’’ published by the En-
vironmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on 
June 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 35824). 
SEC. 463. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to prepare, propose, or promulgate any 
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regulation or guidance that references or relies on the 
analysis contained in— 
(1) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Social Cost 
of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under 
Executive Order 12866’’, published by the Inter-
agency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, 
United States Government, in February 2010; 
(2) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 
Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 
published by the Interagency Working Group on So-
cial Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 
May 2013 and revised in November 2013; 
(3) ‘‘Revised Draft Guidance for Federal De-
partments and Agencies on Consideration of Green-
house Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate 
Change in NEPA Reviews’’, published by the Coun-
cil on Environmental Quality on December 24, 2014 
(79 Fed. Reg. 77802); 
(4) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 
Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 
published by the Interagency Working Group on So-
cial Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 
July 2015; 
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(5) ‘‘Addendum to the Technical Support Docu-
ment on Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Im-
pact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866: Appli-
cation of the Methodology to Estimate the Social 
Cost of Methane and the Social Cost of Nitrous 
Oxide’’, published by the Interagency Working 
Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United 
States Government, in August 2016; or 
(6) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 
Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 
published by the Interagency Working Group on So-
cial Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Gov-
ernment, in August 2016. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE-
VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
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tion, and Related Agencies programs for fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$21,703,000 (reduced by $1,500,000) (reduced by 
$400,000) (reduced by $600,000), of which not to exceed 
$4,850,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of 
the Secretary; not to exceed $501,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed $800,000 
shall be available for the Assistant to the Secretary for 
Rural Development: Provided, That funds made available 
by this Act to an agency in the Rural Development mission 
area for salaries and expenses are available to pay the sal-
aries and expenses of up to one administrative support 
staff for the Assistant; not to exceed $1,448,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Homeland Security and Emer-
gency Coordination; not to exceed $1,171,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Advocacy and Outreach; not to 
exceed $3,581,000 (reduced by $1,500,000) (reduced by 
$400,000) shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration, of which $2,781,000 (re-
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duced by $1,500,000) (reduced by $400,000) shall be 
available for Departmental Administration to provide for 
necessary expenses for management support services to of-
fices of the Department and for general administration, 
security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous 
supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and nec-
essary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart-
ment; not to exceed $3,091,000 (reduced by $600,000) 
shall be available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for 
Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded 
by this Act, including programs involving intergovern-
mental affairs and liaison within the executive branch; and 
not to exceed $6,261,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Communications: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated 
for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other 
office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That 
no appropriation for any office shall be increased or de-
creased by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $11,000 of the amount made available under 
this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That the amount made avail-
able under this heading for Departmental Administration 
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shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this 
Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings 
as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may 
be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agri-
culture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the 
agency level: Provided further, That no funds made avail-
able under this heading for the Office of Assistant Sec-
retary for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 
30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless 
the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these 
funds by USDA agency. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Economist, $16,777,000 (reduced by $1,000,000), of 
which $4,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative agree-
ments for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155. 
OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals, $13,399,000. 
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OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 
Program Analysis, $9,093,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
formation Officer, $49,538,000, of which not less than 
$33,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the De-
partment. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, $5,836,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, $800,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 
Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to pay the salaries and expenses of up to one administra-
tive support staff for the Office. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$23,304,000. 
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,503,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 
funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 
Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 
of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 
lands. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 
$95,628,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 
and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 
U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for 
certain confidential operational expenses, including the 
payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 
of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen-
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eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 
section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 
(Public Law 97–98). 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $42,970,000 (reduced by $2,000,000). 
OFFICE OF ETHICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 
$3,945,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 
$800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco-
nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to pay the salaries and expenses of up to one adminis-
trative support staff for the Office. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 
Service, $76,788,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, $183,781,000 (reduced by $5,563,000), 
of which up to $63,350,000 shall be available until ex-
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pended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That 
amounts made available for the Census of Agriculture may 
be used to conduct Current Industrial Report surveys sub-
ject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f). 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 
Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 
for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 
equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 
to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 
total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed-
eral 
ownership, 
$1,132,625,000 
(increased 
by 
$1,500,000): Provided, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of 
aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replace-
ment only: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available pursuant to section 703 of the 
Act of September 21, 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the con-
struction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improve-
ments, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of con-
structing any one building shall not exceed $500,000, ex-
cept for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be 
limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings to be con-
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structed or improved at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 
each, and except for two buildings to be constructed at 
a cost not to exceed $3,000,000 each, and the cost of alter-
ing any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
10 percent of the current replacement value of the build-
ing or $500,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available for enter-
ing into lease agreements at any Agricultural Research 
Service location for the construction of a research facility 
by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Re-
search Service and a condition of the lease shall be that 
any facility shall be owned, operated, and maintained by 
the non-Federal entity and shall be removed upon the ex-
piration or termination of the lease agreement: Provided 
further, That the limitations on alterations contained in 
this Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement 
of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided fur-
ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for 
granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research 
Center: Provided further, That the foregoing limitations 
shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry 
out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided 
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
for granting easements at any Agricultural Research Serv-
ice location for the construction of a research facility by 
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a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the 
Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the ease-
ments shall be that upon completion the facility shall be 
accepted by the Secretary, subject to the availability of 
funds herein, if the Secretary finds that acceptance of the 
facility is in the interest of the United States: Provided 
further, That funds may be received from any State, other 
political subdivision, organization, or individual for the 
purpose of establishing or operating any research facility 
or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, 
as authorized by law. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im-
provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 
equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri-
cultural research programs of the Department of Agri-
culture, where not otherwise provided, $60,000,000 to re-
main available until expended. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for 
other 
expenses, 
$830,402,000 
(increased 
by 
$2,000,000), which shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute 
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of Food and Agriculture, Research and Education Activi-
ties’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That 
funds for research grants for 1994 institutions, education 
grants for 1890 institutions, the agriculture and food re-
search initiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment, 
multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution 
challenge grants, and grants management systems shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
each institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans- 
Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided 
further, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native 
and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made avail-
able to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligi-
ble institutions with funds awarded equally to each of the 
States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, That funds 
for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made 
available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 
U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not more 
than 5 percent of the amounts made available by this or 
any other Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food Re-
search Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained 
by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs 
incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that Act. 
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NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $475,876,000, 
which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-
fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That funds for facility im-
provements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 
to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex-
tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 
That funds for cooperative extension under sections 3(b) 
and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) 
and section 209 of the District of Columbia Public Post-
secondary Education Reorganization Act (38–1202.09, 
D.C. Official Code) shall be available for retirement and 
employees’ compensation costs for extension agents. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
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penses, $35,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In-
stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 
for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re-
main available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 
costs shall not be charged against any Extension Imple-
mentation Program Area grant awarded under the Inte-
grated research, education, and extension competitive 
grants program under section 406 of the Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING 
AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 
$800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro-
grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to pay the salaries and expenses of up to one administra-
tive support staff for the Office. 
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ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 
$906,400,000 (increased by $400,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), of which $450,000 (increased by $400,000), 
to remain available until expended, shall be available for 
the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal 
diseases and for control of pest animals and birds (‘‘con-
tingency fund’’) to the extent necessary to meet emergency 
conditions; of which $11,520,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be used for the cotton pests program for 
cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradi-
cation zones; of which $35,250,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Serv-
ices; of which $700,000 shall be for activities under the 
authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amend-
ed (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $55,340,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be used to support avian 
health; of which $4,200,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; 
of which $160,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000), to re-
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main available until expended, shall be for specialty crop 
pests; of which, $8,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem 
pests; of which $14,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for zoonotic disease management; of 
which $36,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for emergency preparedness and response; of 
which $38,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $5,725,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for the National 
Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be for the scrapie pro-
gram for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage 
management program for aviation safety: Provided, That 
of amounts available under this heading for wildlife serv-
ices methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That of amounts 
available under this heading for the screwworm program, 
$4,990,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That no funds shall be used to formulate 
or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the 
current fiscal year that does not require minimum match-
ing by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, 
That this appropriation shall be available for the operation 
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and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 
exceed five, of which two shall be for replacement only: 
Provided further, That in addition, in emergencies which 
threaten any segment of the agricultural production indus-
try of the United States, the Secretary may transfer from 
other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or 
corporations of the Department such sums as may be 
deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies 
for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious 
disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for ex-
penses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of 
the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 
8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection 
Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended bal-
ances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes 
in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such 
transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 
U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased build-
ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building. 
In fiscal year 2018, the agency is authorized to collect 
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist-
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ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 
subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 
foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 
fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 
fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 
fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail-
able until expended, without further appropriation, for 
providing such assistance, goods, or services. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service, $77,573,000 (reduced by $2,000,000): Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 
and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build-
ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 
the current replacement value of the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to section 
9701 of title 31, United States Code. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $61,227,000 (from fees collected) shall 
be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 
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and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 
exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-
modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 
related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 
Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans-
fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 
$20,705,000 for formulation and administration of mar-
keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 
Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 
marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 
$1,109,000. 
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GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, 
Packers and Stockyards Administration, $42,888,000: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu-
ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
10 percent of the current replacement value of the build-
ing. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 
EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $60,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 
be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 
and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac-
tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 
other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 
exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food Safety, $800,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food 
Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
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to pay the salaries and expenses of up to one administra-
tive support staff for the Office. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services author-
ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 
Act, including not to exceed $50,000 for representation 
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 
Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$1,038,069,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-
ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-
oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 
(7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 
Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 
be employed during fiscal year 2018 for purposes dedi-
cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et 
seq.): Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspec-
tion Service shall continue implementation of section 
11016 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–246) as further clarified by the amend-
ments made in section 12106 of the Agricultural Act of 
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2014 (Public Law 113–79): Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and im-
provements, but the cost of altering any one building dur-
ing the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur-
rent replacement value of the building. 
TITLE II 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM 
PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 
$875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva-
tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to pay the salaries and expenses of up to one administra-
tive support staff for the Office. 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
$1,166,317,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 
of the $78,013,000 made available under this heading for 
information technology related to farm program delivery, 
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