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Union Calendar No. 481 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8998 
[Report No. 118–581] 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2024 
Mr. SIMPSON, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 
Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,185,063,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2026; of which 
$53,900,000 for annual maintenance and deferred mainte-
nance programs and $143,000,000 for the wild horse and 
burro program, as authorized by Public Law 92–195 (16 
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U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That amounts in the fee account of the 
BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund may be used 
for any bureau-related expenses associated with the proc-
essing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill and 
related use of authorizations: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, up to 
$1,000,000 may be made available for the purposes de-
scribed in section 122(e)(1)(A) of division G of Public Law 
115–31 (43 U.S.C. 1748c(e)(1)(A)): Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
In addition, $42,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis-
tration program operations, including the cost of admin-
istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 
claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 
authorized for fiscal year 2025, so as to result in a final 
appropriation estimated at not more than $1,185,063,000, 
and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 
communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 
for the cost of administering communication site activities. 
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OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, 
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 
adjacent to such grant lands; $107,799,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 
lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 
California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 
General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-
ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 
notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 
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sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 
315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im-
provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 
from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart-
ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related 
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 
as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con-
trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 
pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 
compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 
pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
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1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 
the authority of this Act by the Secretary of the Interior 
to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands ad-
ministered through the Bureau of Land Management 
which have been damaged by the action of a resource de-
veloper, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, 
without regard to whether all moneys collected from each 
such action are used on the exact lands damaged which 
led to the action: Provided further, That any such moneys 
that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage 
to the exact land for which funds were collected may be 
used to repair other damaged public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub-
lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 
may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap-
praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 
under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 
remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 
operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and reimburs-
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able agreements with public and private entities, including 
with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail-
able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem-
porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec-
essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 
United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 
the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 
concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-
tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 
exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 
Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co-
operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au-
thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 
in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 
or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 
is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 
further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 
commitment by a State government to provide an identi-
fied amount of money in support of the project may be 
carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. 
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UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
and economic studies, general administration, and for the 
performance of other authorized functions related to such 
resources, $1,385,096,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, of which not to exceed $15,000 may be 
for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $17,597,000 shall be used for 
implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 
4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533) (except for processing petitions, developing and 
issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any 
other steps to implement actions described in subsection 
(c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii) of such section). 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $8,114,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 
FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 
$23,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be de-
rived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conserva-
tion Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $49,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et 
seq.), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 
Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 
4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 
of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Con-
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servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 
Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 
et seq.), $21,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 
States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
American Samoa, and Indian Tribes under the provisions 
of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 
Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and imple-
mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 
$73,812,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided herein, $6,200,000 is 
for a competitive grant program for Indian Tribes not sub-
ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That $7,612,000 is for a competitive grant 
program to implement approved plans for States, terri-
tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af-
fected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 
agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
after deducting $13,812,000 and administrative expenses, 
apportion the amount provided herein in the following 
manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Com-
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monwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more 
than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, 
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each 
a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent 
thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall apportion the remaining amount in the following 
manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to 
which the land area of such State bears to the total land 
area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is 
based on the ratio to which the population of such State 
bears to the total population of all such States: Provided 
further, That the amounts apportioned under this para-
graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall 
be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the 
amount available for apportionment under this paragraph 
for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of planning 
grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of 
such projects and the Federal share of implementation 
grants shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of 
such projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal 
share of such projects may not be derived from Federal 
grant programs: Provided further, That any amount ap-
portioned in 2025 to any State, territory, or other jurisdic-
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tion that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2026, 
shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated 
in 2027, in the manner provided herein. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 
carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex-
penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 
reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 
Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 
damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 
areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 
purchase of land at not to exceed one dollar for each op-
tion; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on 
conservation areas as are consistent with their primary 
purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquar-
ia, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of 
the Service and to which the United States has title, and 
which are used pursuant to law in connection with man-
agement, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv-
ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership 
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 
from cooperators in connection with jointly produced pub-
lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 
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the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv-
ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept-
ed quality standards: Provided further, That the Service 
may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing 
aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and ap-
proval shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 
and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of 
such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revis-
ing regulations as necessary, and shall remain available 
until expended. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service and for the general 
administration 
of 
the 
National 
Park 
Service, 
$2,709,203,000, of which $11,661,000 for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-
tion and $15,000,000 for uses authorized by section 
101122 of title 54, United States Code shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2026, and not to exceed $15,000 
may be for official reception and representative expenses: 
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Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading in 
this Act are available for the purposes of section 5 of Pub-
lic Law 95–348: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 9 of the 400 Years of African-American History 
Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 101; Public Law 
115–102), $3,300,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading shall be made available for the purposes specified 
by that Act: Provided further, That sections 7(b) and 8(a) 
of that Act is amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘July 1, 2026’’. 
In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 
of Public Law 116–9, an amount equal to the amount de-
posited in this fiscal year into the National Park Medical 
Services Fund established pursuant to such section of 
such Act, to remain available until expended, shall be de-
rived from such Fund. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $89,593,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2026. 
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code), $168,900,000, to be derived 
from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2026, of which $25,500,000 shall 
be for Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation 
of nationally significant sites, structures and artifacts as 
authorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, 
That an individual Save America’s Treasures grant shall 
be matched by non-Federal funds: Provided further, That 
individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant: Pro-
vided further, That all projects to be funded shall be ap-
proved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation 
with the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds provided for the 
Historic Preservation Fund, $30,250,000 is for the Com-
petitive Grants Subactivity; $11,000,000 is for grants to 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities; $10,000,000 
is for competitive grants for the restoration of historic 
properties of national, State, and local significance listed 
on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register of His-
toric Places, to be made without imposing the usage or 
direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 
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302904) of the National Historic Preservation Act; 
$7,000,000 is for a competitive grant program to honor 
the semiquincentennial anniversary of the United States 
by restoring and preserving sites and structures listed on 
the National Register of Historic Places that commemo-
rate the founding of the nation: Provided further, That 
such competitive grants shall be made without imposing 
the matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 
54, United States Code to States and Indian Tribes as 
defined in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian or-
ganizations, local governments, including Certified Local 
Governments, and nonprofit organizations. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-
ment of physical facilities, and related equipment, and 
compliance and planning for programs and areas adminis-
tered by the National Park Service, $135,616,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for any project ini-
tially funded in fiscal year 2025 with a future phase indi-
cated in the National Park Service 5–Year Line Item Con-
struction Plan, a single procurement may be issued which 
includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, 
That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 
availability of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Pro-
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vided further, That National Park Service Donations, 
Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees 
may be made available for the cost of adjustments and 
changes within the original scope of effort for projects 
funded by the National Park Service Construction appro-
priation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, 
in accordance with current reprogramming thresholds, 
prior to making any charges authorized under this head-
ing. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating 
to challenge cost share agreements, $12,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, for Centennial Challenge 
projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 
percent of the total cost of each project or program shall 
be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of do-
nated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by 
an irrevocable letter of credit. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 
101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise 
fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for ex-
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penditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, 
for use at any unit within the National Park System to 
extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or 
leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used 
for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit an-
ticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the con-
tract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to ex-
tinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefit-
ting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the origi-
nating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single 
contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds 
so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 
105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 
may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-
thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 
amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to 
the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart-
ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 
U.S.C. 203. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 
for FHWA administrative support costs. 
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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 
and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 
its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 
the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 
U.S.C. 98g(a)(1)) and related purposes as authorized by 
law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the 
foregoing activities; $1,374,385,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026; of which $107,334,000 shall 
remain available until expended for satellite operations; 
and of which $54,130,000 shall be available until ex-
pended for deferred maintenance and capital improvement 
projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That 
none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research ac-
tivity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private 
property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the 
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property owner: Provided further, That no part of this ap-
propriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the 
cost of topographic mapping or water resources data col-
lection and investigations carried on in cooperation with 
States and municipalities: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 
$15,000 may be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 
necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur-
nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-
physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra-
tively determined that such procedures are in the public 
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build-
ings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for 
gauging stations, observation wells, and seismic equip-
ment; expenses of the United States National Committee 
for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and 
expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly ap-
pointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 
and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 
activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 
accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or co-
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operative agreements (including noncompetitive coopera-
tive agreements with Tribes) as defined in section 6302 
of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
United States Geological Survey may enter into contracts 
or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or indi-
rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without 
regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermit-
tent services of students or recent graduates, who shall 
be considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 
and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to com-
pensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 
of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, 
but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 
any other purposes. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for granting and admin-
istering leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements 
for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and ma-
rine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and 
approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; 
for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for imple-
menting other laws and to the extent provided by Presi-
dential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants 
or cooperative agreements, $199,057,000, of which 
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$144,057,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2026, and of which $55,000,000 is to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That this total appropriation 
shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary of 
the Interior and credited to this appropriation from addi-
tions to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental 
rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery 
fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean En-
ergy Management pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and 
miscellaneous administrative activities: Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such 
collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated 
at not more than $144,057,000: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable ex-
penses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine 
cleanup activities: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the regulation of oper-
ations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way, and 
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agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, 
and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental 
Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and imple-
menting laws and regulations as authorized by law and 
to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial dele-
gation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree-
ments, $168,330,000, of which $138,450,000, including 
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, is to remain available until September 30, 
2026, and of which $29,880,000 is to remain available 
until expended, including $2,880,000 for offshore decom-
missioning activities: Provided, That this total appropria-
tion shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Sec-
retary of the Interior and credited to this appropriation 
from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease 
rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost 
recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of 
Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, as-
sessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative ac-
tivities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced as such collections are received 
during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2025 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$141,330,000. 
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For an additional amount, $37,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col-
lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 
which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 
collected in fiscal year 2025, as provided in this Act: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2025, not less than 50 
percent of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of 
Safety and Environmental Enforcement will be used to 
fund personnel and mission-related costs to expand capac-
ity and expedite the orderly development, subject to envi-
ronmental safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pur-
suant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the review of applications 
for permits to drill. 
OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 
1016; title IV, sections 4202 and 4303; title VII; and title 
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$15,099,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
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1977, Public Law 95–87, $119,786,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2026, of which $66,000,000 shall 
be available for State and Tribal regulatory grants, and 
of which not to exceed $5,000 may be for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided, That appropria-
tions for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem ex-
penses of State and Tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 
training. 
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en-
force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 
of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That fees as-
sessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 
507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary off-
setting collections, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as collections are re-
ceived during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal 
year 2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$119,786,000. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
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Public Law 95–87, $33,231,000, to be derived from re-
ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 
to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is 
authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of 
the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 
to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public 
Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal 
share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov-
ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re-
lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 
projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior-
ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 
Provided further, That amounts provided under this head-
ing may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of 
State and Tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training: 
Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading, not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
In addition, $135,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for payments to States and federally recognized 
Indian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands 
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and other related activities in accordance with the terms 
and conditions described in the report accompanying this 
Act: Provided, That such additional amount shall be used 
for economic and community development in conjunction 
with the priorities described in section 403(a) of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 
U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further, That of such additional 
amount, $88,850,000 shall be distributed in equal 
amounts to the three Appalachian States with the greatest 
amount of unfunded needs to meet the priorities described 
in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section, $34,400,000 
shall be distributed in equal amounts to the three Appa-
lachian States with the subsequent greatest amount of un-
funded needs to meet such priorities, and $11,750,000 
shall be for grants to federally recognized Indian Tribes, 
without regard to their status as certified or uncertified 
under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclamation of aban-
doned mine lands and other related activities in accord-
ance with the terms and conditions described in the report 
accompanying this Act and shall be used for economic and 
community development in conjunction with the priorities 
in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Rec-
lamation Act of 1977: Provided further, That such pay-
ments shall be made to States and federally recognized 
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Indian Tribes not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That if payments 
have not been made by the date specified in the preceding 
proviso, the amount appropriated for salaries and ex-
penses under the heading ‘‘Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation and Enforcement’’ shall be reduced by $100,000 
per day until such payments have been made. 
INDIAN AFFAIRS 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13) and the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $2,189,150,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026, except as otherwise provided 
herein; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 
reception and representation expenses; of which not to ex-
ceed $79,494,000 shall be for welfare assistance pay-
ments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal dis-
asters, the Secretary of the Interior may exceed such cap 
for welfare payments from the amounts provided herein, 
to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities af-
fected by the disaster: Provided further, That federally rec-
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ognized Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations of feder-
ally recognized Indian Tribes may use their Tribal priority 
allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $75,987,000 shall remain 
available until expended for housing improvement, road 
maintenance, land acquisition, attorney fees, litigation 
support, land records improvement, hearings and appeals, 
and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided fur-
ther, That any forestry funds allocated to a federally rec-
ognized Tribe which remain unobligated as of September 
30, 2026, may be transferred during fiscal year 2027 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 unob-
ligated balances not so transferred shall expire on Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided further, That in order to en-
hance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau 
may use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying 
articles of clothing for personnel: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $7,664,000 of funds made available under 
this heading may, as needed, be transferred to ‘‘Office of 
the Secretary—Departmental Operations’’ for trust, pro-
bate, and administrative functions: Provided further, That 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs may accept transfers of 
funds from United States Customs and Border Protection 
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to supplement any other funding available for reconstruc-
tion or repair of roads owned by the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs as identified on the National Tribal Transpor-
tation Facility Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1). 
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 and the Bureau of Indian 
Education for fiscal year 2025, such sums as may be nec-
essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for transfer to another 
budget account. 
PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES 
For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for 
leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5324(l)) for fiscal year 2025, such sums as may be nec-
essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for transfer to another 
budget account. 
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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; $146,296,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation: 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: Provided further, That this 
appropriation may be reimbursed from the Bureau of 
Trust Funds Administration appropriation for the appro-
priate share of construction costs for space expansion 
needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementa-
tion: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 3211 of the 
WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1749): Pro-
vided further, That amounts provided under this heading 
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are made available for the modernization of Federal field 
communication capabilities, in addition to amounts other-
wise made available for such purpose. 
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, 101–618, and 
117–349, and for implementation of other land and water 
rights settlements, $32,263,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026, of which $2,125,000 is for administrative expenses, 
as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to 
exceed $399,114,126. 
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sociated with grants approved prior to June 1, 2025: Pro-
vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu-
reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur-
chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 
personnel. 
EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary 
for the operation of Indian education programs, including 
architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisi-
tion of lands, and interests in lands; $270,867,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That in order to 
ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Sec-
retary of the Interior may assume control of a project and 
all funds related to the project, if, not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, any 
Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of In-
dian Education may carry out the operation of Indian pro-
grams by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agree-
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ments, compacts, and grants, either directly or in coopera-
tion with States and other organizations. 
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 or the Bureau 
of Indian Education for central office oversight and Exec-
utive Direction and Administrative Services (except Exec-
utive Direction and Administrative Services funding for 
Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities 
operations and maintenance) shall be available for con-
tracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian 
Education under the provisions of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–413). 
In the event any Tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 
the Bureau of Indian Education, this action shall not di-
minish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to 
that Tribe, or the government-to-government relationship 
between the United States and that Tribe, or that Tribe’s 
ability to access future appropriations. 
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 
the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 
schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 
support the operation of any elementary or secondary 
school in the State of Alaska. 
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 
school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 
or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school 
in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 
October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior 
may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 
one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 
waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 
of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one 
grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bu-
reau-funded schools with a K–2 grade structure on Octo-
ber 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any 
prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be avail-
able, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
tember 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 
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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 Sep-
tember 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that pe-
riod, 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 sepa-
rate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does 
not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 
the State in which the school is located if the charter 
school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 
schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per-
forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 
and employees of a charter 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-
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-
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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-
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 
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the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that 
forms part of the existing school in all other respects. 
Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations 
within Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of In-
dian Education Programs may be used to execute re-
quested adjustments in Tribal priority allocations initiated 
by an Indian Tribe. 
BUREAU OF TRUST FUNDS ADMINISTRATION 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, $105,277,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $17,997,000 from 
this or any other Act, may be available for settlement sup-
port: Provided, That funds for trust management improve-
ments and litigation support may, as needed, be trans-
ferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian 
Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ 
accounts; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Depart-
mental Operations’’ account: Provided further, That funds 
made available through contracts or grants obligated dur-
ing fiscal year 2025, as authorized by the Indian Self-De-
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termination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall 
remain available until expended by the contractor or 
grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to 
provide a quarterly statement of performance for any In-
dian trust account that has not had activity for at least 
15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 
statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 
shall permit the balance in each such account to be with-
drawn upon the express written request of the account 
holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 is 
available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 
administrative errors of either disbursements from or de-
posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 
September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 
payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re-
main available in this account for this purpose: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall not be required to rec-
oncile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than 
$500 unless the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 
receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Ac-
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 
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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 5 years and shall 
not be required to generate periodic statements of per-
formance for the individual accounts: Provided further, 
That with respect to the preceding proviso, the Secretary 
shall continue to maintain sufficient records to determine 
the balance of the individual accounts, including any ac-
crued interest and income, and such funds shall remain 
available to the individual account holders. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 
agreements, as authorized by law, $102,292,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026; of which not to 
exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; of which up to $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for workers compensation payments and unemploy-
ment compensation payments associated with the orderly 
closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of 
which $14,295,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource 
valuation activities shall remain available until expended: 
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Provided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, and re-
source valuation activities may, as needed, be transferred 
to and merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs ‘‘Oper-
ation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ ac-
counts and the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 
‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: Provided further, 
That funds made available through contracts or grants ob-
ligated during fiscal year 2025, as authorized by the In-
dian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.), shall remain available until expended by the con-
tractor or grantee. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2025, up to $550,000 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-
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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, 
$118,689,000, of which: (1) $107,220,000 shall remain 
available until expended for territorial assistance, includ-
ing general technical assistance, maintenance assistance, 
disaster assistance, coral reef initiative and natural re-
sources activities, and brown tree snake control and re-
search; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for 
compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 
U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of American 
Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construc-
tion and support of governmental functions; 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 law (Public Law 94–241; 90 
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lead ammunition or tackle on Federal land or water that 
is made available for hunting or fishing activities or to 
issue regulations relating to the level of lead in ammuni-
tion or tackle to be used on Federal land or water, un-
less— 
(1) the Secretary of the Interior determines that a 
decline in wildlife population on the specific unit of Fed-
eral land or water is primarily caused by the use of lead 
in ammunition or tackle, based on field data from the spe-
cific unit of Federal land or water; and 
(2) the prohibition or regulation, as applicable, is— 
(A) consistent with— 
(i) the law of the State in which the spe-
cific unit of Federal land or water is located; or 
(ii) an applicable policy of the fish and 
wildlife department of the State in which the 
specific unit of Federal land or water is located; 
or 
(B) approved by the fish and wildlife depart-
ment of the State in which the specific unit of Fed-
eral land or water is located. 
(b) In any case in which the Secretary of the Interior 
determines under subsection (a) that there is a wildlife 
population decline on a specific unit of Federal land or 
water that warrants a prohibition on or regulation relating 
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to the level of lead in ammunition or tackle, the Secretary 
shall include in a Federal Register notice an explanation 
of how the prohibition or regulation, as applicable, meets 
the requirements of this section. 
ECOGRIEF 
SEC. 126. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to carry out the program 
for Federal employees at the Department of the Interior 
titled ‘‘Acknowledging Ecogrief and Developing Resist-
ance’’ or any counseling sessions, workshop, or any other 
meeting pertaining to ecological grief, ecogrief, or eco-re-
silience. 
LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN 
SEC. 127. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat-
ened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threat-
ened Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Dis-
tinct Population Segment and Endangered Status for the 
Southern Distinct Population Segment’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 
72674 (November 25, 2022)). 
NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT 
SEC. 128. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat-
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DOMESTIC MINING 
SEC. 151. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 
recommendation of the Interagency Working Group on 
Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting of the Depart-
ment of the Interior contained in the report titled ‘‘Rec-
ommendations to Improve Mining on Public Lands’’ (pub-
lished September 12, 2023). 
TEN-DAY NOTICES 
SEC. 152. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
final rule titled ‘‘Ten-Day Notices and Corrective Action 
for State Regulatory Program Issues’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 
24714 (April 9, 2024)). 
LEASE CANCELLATIONS IN ALASKA 
SEC. 153. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the cancellation or suspension of oil 
and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or 
the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. 
NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA 
SEC. 154. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
final rule titled ‘‘Management and Protection of the Na-
tional Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’’ and published by the 
Bureau of Land Management in the Federal Register on 
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