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Union Calendar No. 128
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2466
[Report No. 106–222]
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 2, 1999
Mr. REGULA, 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
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2000, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral
potential of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487
(16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $632,068,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $2,147,000 shall be available for
assessment of the mineral potential of public lands in
Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of Public Law 96–487
(16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which not to exceed $1,000,000
shall be derived from the special receipt account estab-
lished by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)); and of which
$2,500,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2000 subject
to a match by at least an equal amount by the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to such Foundation for
cost-shared projects supporting conservation of Bureau
lands and such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation
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as a lump sum grant without regard to when expenses are
incurred; in addition, $33,529,000 for Mining Law Ad-
ministration program operations, including the cost of ad-
ministering the mining claim fee program; to remain avail-
able until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected
by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from an-
nual mining claim fees so as to result in a final appropria-
tion estimated at not more than $632,068,000, and
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from com-
munication site rental fees established by the Bureau for
the cost of administering communication site activities,
and of which $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for coalbed methane Applications for Permits to
Drill in the Powder River Basin: Provided, That unless
there is a written agreement in place between the coal
mining operator and a gas producer, the funds available
herein shall not be used to process or approve coalbed
methane Applications for Permits to Drill for well sites
that are located within an area, which as of the date of
the coalbed methane Application for Permit to Drill, are
covered by: (1) a coal lease, (2) a coal mining permit, or
(3) an application for a coal mining lease: Provided fur-
ther, That appropriations herein made shall not be avail-
able for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses
and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contractors.
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WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup-
pression operations, emergency rehabilitation and haz-
ardous fuels reduction by the Department of the Interior,
$292,399,000, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $9,300,000 shall be for the renovation
or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds
are also available for repayment of advances to other ap-
propriation accounts from which funds were previously
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That un-
obligated balances of amounts previously appropriated to
the ‘‘Fire Protection’’ and ‘‘Emergency Department of the
Interior Firefighting Fund’’ may be transferred and
merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That
persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be fur-
nished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds
available from this appropriation: Provided further, That
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bu-
reau or office of the Department of the Interior 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 pro-
vide that protection, and are available without fiscal year
limitation.
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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 remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
sums recovered from or paid by a party in advance of or
as reimbursement for remedial action or response activi-
ties conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107
or 113(f) of such Act, shall be credited to this account
to be available until expended without further appropria-
tion: Provided further, That such sums recovered from or
paid by any party are not limited to monetary payments
and may include stocks, bonds or other personal or real
property, which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise
disposed of by the Secretary and which shall be credited
to this account.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $11,100,000, to
remain available until expended.
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PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 20, 1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907),
$125,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses: Provided, That no
payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local
government if the computed amount of the payment is less
than $100.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205,
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or
interests therein, $20,000,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For expenses necessary for management, protection,
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein including existing connecting roads on or
adjacent to such grant lands; $99,225,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the
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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 (50 Stat. 876).
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law
102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem
Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose
of planning, preparing, and monitoring salvage timber
sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery activities
such as release from competing vegetation and density
control treatments. The Federal share of receipts (defined
as the portion of salvage timber receipts not paid to the
counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 1181f–
1 et seq., and Public Law 103–66) derived from treat-
ments funded by this account shall be deposited into the
Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund.
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701),
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notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under
sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C.
315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range improve-
ments from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from
Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department 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, as amend-
ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43
U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be
received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of
forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate
for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43
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U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to im-
prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis-
tered through the Bureau of Land Management which
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer,
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such ac-
tion are used on the exact lands damaged which led to
the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that
are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the
exact land for which funds were collected may be used to
repair other damaged public lands.
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain
available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to
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which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with
jointly produced publications for which the cooperators
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services,
and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of
meeting accepted quality standards.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, for scientific and economic studies, con-
servation, management, investigations, protection, and
utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales,
seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge,
general administration, and for the performance of other
authorized functions related to such resources by direct
expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements
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and reimbursable agreements with public and private enti-
ties, $710,700,000, to remain available until September
30, 2001, except as otherwise provided herein, of which
$11,701,000 shall remain available until expended for op-
eration and maintenance of fishery mitigation facilities
constructed by the Corps of Engineers under the Lower
Snake River Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water
Resources Development Act of 1976, to compensate for
loss of fishery resources from water development projects
on the Lower Snake River, and of which not less than
$2,000,000 shall be provided to local governments in
southern California for planning associated with the Nat-
ural Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) pro-
gram and shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation
Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as
amended: Provided further, That not to exceed $6,532,000
shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c),
and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act, as
amended, for species that are indigenous to the United
States (except for processing petitions, developing and
issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any
other steps to implement actions described in subsections
(c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii): Provided further,
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That of the amount available for law enforcement, up to
$400,000 to remain available until expended, may at the
discretion of the Secretary, be used for payment for infor-
mation, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws
administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or ap-
proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on
his certificate: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided for environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000
may remain available until expended for contaminant sam-
ple analyses: Provided further, That hereafter, all fines col-
lected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for violations
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1362–
1407) and implementing regulations shall be available to
the Secretary, without further appropriation, to be used
for the expenses of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in
administering activities for the protection and recovery of
manatees, polar bears, sea otters, and walruses, and shall
remain available until expended: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year
1999 and thereafter, sums provided by private entities for
activities pursuant to reimbursable agreements shall be
credited to the ‘‘Resource Management’’ account and shall
remain available until expended: Provided further, That,
heretofore and hereafter, in carrying out work under reim-
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bursable agreements with any State, local, or tribal gov-
ernment, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may, without
regard to 31 U.S.C. 1341 and notwithstanding any other
provision of law or regulation, record obligations against
accounts receivable from such entities, and shall credit
amounts received from such entities to this appropriation,
such credit to occur within 90 days of the date of the origi-
nal request by the Service for payment.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction and acquisition of buildings and
other facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and
wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and inter-
ests therein; $43,933,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
$42,000,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund and to remain available until expended.
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COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION
FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–
1543), as amended, $15,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $10,779,000.
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public
Law 101–233, as amended, $15,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For necessary expenses of the Wildlife Conservation
and Appreciation Fund, $800,000, 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. 4201–4203, 4211–
4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538), the Asian Ele-
phant Conservation Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–96, 16
U.S.C. 4261–4266), and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Con-
servation 
Act 
of 
1994 
(16 
U.S.C. 
5301–5306),
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
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That funds made available under this Act, Public Law
105–277, and Public Law 105–83 for rhinoceros, tiger,
and Asian elephant conservation programs are exempt
from any sanctions imposed against any country under
section 102 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
aa–1).
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed 70 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 61 are for replacement only (including 36 for police-
type use); 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
$1 for each option; facilities incident to such public rec-
reational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with
their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improve-
ment of aquaria, 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 management and investigation of fish and wildlife re-
sources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501,
the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and part-
nership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing
services from cooperators in connection with jointly pro-
duced publications for which the cooperators share at least
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one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services and
the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meet-
ing accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the
Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for
existing aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior
may not spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act
for the purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used
in the establishment of any new unit of the National Wild-
life Refuge System unless the purchase is approved in ad-
vance by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions in compliance with the reprogramming procedures
contained in Senate Report 105–56.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service (including special road
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional Park Service, including not less than $1,000,000
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion 
Corps 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
1706,
$1,387,307,000, of which $8,800,000 is for research,
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planning and interagency coordination in support of land
acquisition for Everglades restoration shall remain avail-
able until expended, and of which not to exceed
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended, is to be
derived from the special fee account established pursuant
to title V, section 5201 of Public Law 100–203.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, statutory or contractual
aid for other activities, and grant administration, not oth-
erwise provided for, $45,449,000: Provided, That no more
than $100,000 may be used for overhead and program ad-
ministrative expenses for the heritage partnership pro-
gram.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470),
and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), $46,712,000, to be
derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, to remain
available until September 30, 2001, of which $11,722,000,
pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 104–333 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, effective October 1,
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1999 and thereafter the National Park Service may re-
cover and expend all fee revenues derived from providing
necessary review services associated with historic preserva-
tion tax certification, and such funds shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That section 403(a)
of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16
U.S.C. 470x–2(a)) is amended by striking the last sen-
tence.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities, including the modifications au-
thorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $169,856,000 to
remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, hereafter all franchise
fees collected from Statue of Liberty National Monument
concessioners shall be covered into a special account estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States and shall be
immediately available for expenditure by the Secretary for
the purposes of stabilizing, rehabilitating and adaptively
reusing deteriorated portions of Ellis Island grounds and
buildings: Provided further, That, beginning in fiscal year
2001, expenditure of such fees is contingent upon a dollar-
for-dollar, non-Federal cost share: Provided further, That
the National Park Service will make available 37 percent,
not to exceed $1,850,000, of the total cost of upgrading
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the Mariposa County, CA municipal solid waste disposal
system: Provided further, That Mariposa County will pro-
vide assurance that future use fees paid by the National
Park Service will be reflective of the capital contribution
made by the National Park Service.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2000
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable
to the National Park Service, $102,000,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain
available until expended, of which $500,000 is to admin-
ister the State assistance program, and of which
$42,400,000 for Federal land acquisition for the Ever-
glades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Bis-
cayne National Park, and State grants for land acquisition
in the State of Florida are contingent upon the following:
(1) a signed, binding agreement between all principal Fed-
eral and non-Federal partners involved in the South Flor-
ida Restoration Initiative which provides specific volume,
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timing, location and duration of flow specifications and
water quality measurements which will guarantee ade-
quate and appropriate guaranteed water supply to the nat-
ural areas in southern Florida including all National
Parks, Preserves, Wildlife Refuge lands, and other natural
areas to ensure a restored ecosystem; (2) the submission
of detailed legislative language to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations, which accomplishes this
goal; and (3) submission of a complete prioritized non-
Federal land acquisition project list: Provided, That from
the funds made available for land acquisition at Ever-
glades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve,
after the requirements under this heading have been met,
the Secretary may provide Federal assistance to the State
of Florida for the acquisition of lands or waters, or inter-
ests therein, within the Everglades watershed (consisting
of lands and waters within the boundaries of the South
Florida Water Management District, Florida Bay and the
Florida Keys) under terms and conditions deemed nec-
essary by the Secretary, to improve and restore the
hydrological function of the Everglades watershed: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided under this heading to
the State of Florida are contingent upon new matching
non-Federal funds by the State and shall be subject to
an agreement that the lands to be acquired will be man-
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aged in perpetuity for the restoration of the Everglades:
Provided further, That lands shall not be acquired for
more than the approved appraised value (as addressed in
section 301(3) of Public Law 91–646) except for con-
demnations, declarations of taking, and lands with ap-
praised value of $50,000 or less.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 384 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 298 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 312 for police-type use, 12 buses,
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Serv-
ice may be used to implement an agreement for the rede-
velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island until such
agreement has been submitted to the Congress and shall
not be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar
days (not including any day in which either House of Con-
gress is not in session because of adjournment of more
than three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report
on the development of the southern end of Ellis Island,
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including the facts and circumstances relied upon in sup-
port of the proposed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the
National Park Service for activities taken in direct re-
sponse to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to oper-
ating units based on the safety record of each unit the
costs of programs designed to improve workplace and em-
ployee safety, and to encourage employees receiving work-
ers’ compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title
5, United States Code, to return to appropriate positions
for which they are medically able.
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); and publish and dis-
seminate data relative to the foregoing activities; and to
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ices Administration for security guard services; con-
tracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for
the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys
when it is administratively determined that such proce-
dures are in the public interest; construction and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities;
acquisition of lands for gauging stations and observation
wells; expenses of the United States National Committee
on Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses
of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to
represent the United States in the negotiation and admin-
istration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities
funded by appropriations herein made may be accom-
plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Pro-
vided further, That the United States Geological Survey
may hereafter contract directly with individuals or indi-
rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without
regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be con-
sidered employees for the purposes of chapters 57 and 81
of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation
for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28,
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not
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be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur-
poses.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only; $110,082,000 of which
$84,569,000 shall be available for royalty management ac-
tivities; and an amount not to exceed $124,000,000, to
be credited to this appropriation and to remain available
until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from
increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate
increases to fee collections for Outer Continental Shelf ad-
ministrative activities performed by the Minerals Manage-
ment Service over and above the rates in effect on Sep-
tember 30, 1993, and from additional fees for Outer Con-
tinental Shelf administrative activities established after
September 30, 1993: Provided, That to the extent
$124,000,000 in additions to receipts are not realized
from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount
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needed to reach $124,000,000 shall be credited to this ap-
propriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5,
1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer ac-
quisitions shall remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this Act shall be available for the payment of interest in
accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for rea-
sonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and
marine cleanup activities: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $15,000 under this
heading shall be available for refunds of overpayments in
connection with certain Indian leases in which the Direc-
tor of the Minerals Management Service concurred with
the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian
allottees or Tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erro-
neous payments.
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,
$6,118,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
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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
1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the pur-
chase of not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for
replacement only; $95,693,000: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use
directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in
fiscal year 2000 for civil penalties assessed under section
518 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely af-
fected by coal mining practices after August 3, 1977, to
remain available until expended: Provided further, That
appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclama-
tion and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
sponsored training.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977,
Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the purchase
of not more than 10 passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only, $196,458,000, to be derived from receipts of
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the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain
available until expended; of which up to $8,000,000, to
be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of the Fund,
shall be for supplemental grants to States for the reclama-
tion of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage from
coal mines, and for associated activities, through the Ap-
palachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants
to minimum program States will be $1,500,000 per State
in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That of the funds
herein provided up to $18,000,000 may be used for the
emergency program authorized by section 410 of Public
Law 95–87, as amended, of which no more than 25 per-
cent shall be used for emergency reclamation projects in
any one State and funds for federally administered emer-
gency reclamation projects under this proviso shall not ex-
ceed $11,000,000: Provided further, That prior year unob-
ligated funds appropriated for the emergency reclamation
program shall not be subject to the 25 percent limitation
per State and may be used without fiscal year limitation
for emergency projects: Provided further, 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 to States under title IV
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of Public Law 95–87 may be used, at their discretion, for
any required non-Federal share of the cost of projects
funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of en-
vironmental restoration related to treatment or abatement
of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: Provided
further, That such projects must be consistent with the
purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act: Provided further, That, in addition to the
amount granted to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
under sections 402(g)(1) and 402(g)(5) of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act (Act), an additional
$300,000 will be specifically used for the purpose of con-
ducting a demonstration project in accordance with sec-
tion 401(c)(6) of the Act to determine the efficacy of im-
proving water quality by removing metals from eligible wa-
ters polluted by acid mine drainage: Provided further, That
the State of Maryland may set aside the greater of
$1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants made
available to the State under title IV of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30
U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited
in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund
established under a State law, pursuant to which law the
amount (together with all interest earned on the amount)
is expended by the State to undertake acid mine drainage
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abatement and treatment projects, except that before any
amounts greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants are
deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement and treat-
ment fund, the State of Maryland must first complete all
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act priority one
projects.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
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), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.),
as amended, $1,631,050,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2001 except as otherwise provided herein,
of which not to exceed $93,684,000 shall be for welfare
assistance payments and notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975, as amended, not to exceed
$115,229,000 shall be available for payments to tribes and
tribal organizations for contract support costs associated
with ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual fund-
ing agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to or
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during fiscal year 2000, as authorized by such Act, except
that tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal
priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing
contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding agree-
ments and for unmet welfare assistance costs; and up to
$5,000,000 shall be for the Indian Self-Determination
Fund, which shall be available for the transitional cost of
initial or expanded tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or
cooperative agreements with the Bureau under such Act;
and of which not to exceed $400,010,000 for school oper-
ations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education
programs shall become available on July 1, 2000, and
shall remain available until September 30, 2001; and of
which not to exceed $58,586,000 shall remain available
until expended for housing improvement, road mainte-
nance, attorney fees, litigation support, self-governance
grants, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land records
improvement, the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination
Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to ex-
ceed $42,160,000 within and only from such amounts
made available for school operations shall be available to
tribes and tribal organizations for administrative cost
grants associated with the operation of Bureau-funded
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schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds allo-
cated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September
30, 2001, may be transferred during fiscal year 2002 to
an Indian forest land assistance account established for
the benefit of such tribe within the tribe’s trust fund ac-
count: Provided further, That any such unobligated bal-
ances not so transferred shall expire on September 30,
2002.
CONSTRUCTION
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, $126,023,000, 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 not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may
be used to cover the road program management costs of
the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13
shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro-
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vided further, That for fiscal year 2000, in implementing
new construction or facilities improvement and repair
project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to
tribally controlled grant schools under Public Law 100–
297, as amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use
the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost
Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR
part 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided further,
That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of
43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and
determine a schedule of payments for the work to be per-
formed: Provided further, That in considering applications,
the Secretary shall consider whether the Indian tribe or
tribal organization would be deficient in assuring that the
construction projects conform to applicable building stand-
ards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and
safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with
respect to organizational and financial management capa-
bilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary declines an
application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements
contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided further, That
any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee con-
cerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision
in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e): Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, collections from the
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settlement between the United States and the Puyallup
Tribe concerning the Chief Leschi school are to be imme-
diately made available for school construction in fiscal
year 2000, and thereafter.
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and in-
dividuals and for necessary administrative expenses,
$25,901,000, to remain available until expended; of which
$25,030,000 shall be available for implementation of en-
acted Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant
to Public Laws 101–618 and 102–575, and for implemen-
tation of other enacted water rights settlements; and of
which $871,000 shall be available pursuant to Public
Laws 99–264 and 100–580.
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,500,000, as au-
thorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amend-
ed: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal,
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$59,682,000 .
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan programs, $508,000.
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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.
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guar-
antee and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed
Loan Program account) shall be available for expenses of
exhibits, and purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger
motor vehicles, of which not to exceed 187 shall be for
replacement only.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office
operations or pooled overhead general administration (ex-
cept facilities operations and maintenance) shall be avail-
able for tribal 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).
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for
distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish
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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 ac-
cess future appropriations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau, 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.
Appropriations made available in this or any other
Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
tember 1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall
be used to support expanded grades for any school or dor-
mitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved
by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bu-
reau school system as of October 1, 1995.
DEPARTMENT OFFICES
INSULAR AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$66,320,000, of which: (1) $62,326,000 shall be available
until expended for technical assistance, including mainte-
nance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management
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controls, and brown tree snake control and research;
grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensa-
tion 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 construction and
support of governmental functions; grants to the Govern-
ment 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 Is-
lands as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat.
272); and (2) $3,994,000 shall be available for salaries
and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided,
That all financial transactions of the territorial and local
governments herein provided for, including such trans-
actions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or
used by such governments, may be audited by the General
Accounting Office, at its discretion, in accordance with
chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant
funding shall be provided according to those terms of the
Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future
United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mar-
iana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Provided
further, That Public Law 94–241, as amended, is further
amended (1) in section 4(b) by deleting ‘‘2002’’ and in-
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serting 
‘‘1999’’ 
and 
inserting 
after 
the 
words
‘‘$11,000,000 annually’’ the following: ‘‘and for fiscal year
2000, payments to the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands shall be $6,000,000, but shall return to
the level of $11,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2001
and 2002. In fiscal year 2003 the payment to the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be
$5,000,000’’; (2) deleting the word ‘‘and’’ at the end of
subsection (4)(c)(2); (3) deleting the period at the end of
subsection (4)(c)(3) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and’’;
and (4) in section (4)(c) by adding a new subsection as
follows: ‘‘(4) for fiscal year 2000, $5,000,000 shall be pro-
vided to Guam.’’: Provided further, That of the amounts
provided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall
be made available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation:
Provided further, That the funds for the program of oper-
ations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to
institutionalize routine operations and maintenance im-
provement of capital infrastructure in American Samoa,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Re-
public of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States
of Micronesia through assessments of long-range oper-
ations maintenance needs, improved capability of local op-
erations and maintenance institutions and agencies (in-
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cluding management and vocational education training),
and project-specific maintenance (with territorial partici-
pation and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary
based on the individual territory’s commitment to timely
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 economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of
the Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
and for economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
$20,545,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by Public Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, $62,864,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representa-
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tion expenses and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be
available for workers compensation payments and unem-
ployment compensation payments associated with the or-
derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$36,784,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $26,086,000.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts,
and grants, $90,025,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements may be transferred, as needed, to the Bureau
of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account
and to the Departmental Management ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able to Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts
or grants obligated during fiscal year 2000, as authorized
by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
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450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the
contractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the statute of limita-
tions shall not commence to run on any claim, including
any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement
of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian
has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from
which the beneficiary can determine whether there has
been a loss: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required
to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any
Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least
eighteen months and has a balance of $1.00 or less: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual ac-
count statement and maintain a record of any such ac-
counts and shall permit the balance in each such account
to be withdrawn upon the express written request of the
account holder.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION PILOT
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION
For implementation of a pilot program for consolida-
tion of fractional interests in Indian lands by direct ex-
penditure or cooperative agreement, $5,000,000 to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $500,000
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided,
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That the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agree-
ment, which shall not be subject to Public Law 93–638,
as amended, with a tribe having jurisdiction over the pilot
reservation to implement the program to acquire fractional
interests on behalf of such tribe: Provided further, That
the Secretary may develop a reservation-wide system for
establishing the fair market value of various types of lands
and improvements to govern the amounts offered for ac-
quisition of fractional interests: Provided further, That ac-
quisitions shall be limited to one or more pilot reservations
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That
funds shall be available for acquisition of fractional inter-
est in trust or restricted lands with the consent of its own-
ers and at fair market value, and the Secretary shall hold
in trust for such tribe all interests acquired pursuant to
this pilot program: Provided further, That all proceeds
from any lease, resource sale contract, right-of-way or
other transaction derived from the fractional interest shall
be credited to this appropriation, and remain available
until expended, until the purchase price paid by the Sec-
retary under this appropriation has been recovered from
such proceeds: Provided further, That once the purchase
price has been recovered, all subsequent proceeds shall be
managed by the Secretary for the benefit of the applicable
tribe or paid directly to the tribe.
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NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND
RESTORATION
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment ac-
tivities by the Department of the Interior necessary to
carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.),
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), and
Public Law 101–337; $5,400,000, to remain available
until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
cess surplus property: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, existing aircraft being replaced may
be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to
offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft: Pro-
vided further, That no programs funded with appropriated
funds in the ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Office of the
Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may be aug-
mented through the Working Capital Fund or the Consoli-
dated Working Fund.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau
or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer-
gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft,
buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid-
able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
able under this authority until funds specifically made
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That
all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby des-
ignated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be re-
plenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be
requested as promptly as possible.
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title,
in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Inte-
rior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands
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under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills;
for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or
potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on
lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to
the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198
(99 Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation projects under
section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from
any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Min-
ing Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be
necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in
the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regu-
latory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided,
That appropriations made in this title for fire suppression
purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations
incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reim-
bursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of ve-
hicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with
their use for fire suppression purposes, such reimburse-
ment to be credited to appropriations currently available
at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for
emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activi-
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ties, no funds shall be made available under this authority
until funds appropriated to ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’
shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds
used pursuant to this section are hereby designated by
Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be replen-
ished by a supplemental appropriation which must be re-
quested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That
such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on
a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds
were transferred.
SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and
similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will
contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropria-
tions shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any
other activity in the same manner as authorized by sec-
tions 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That reimbursements for costs and supplies, mate-
rials, equipment, and for services rendered may be cred-
ited to the appropriation current at the time such reim-
bursements are received.
SEC. 104. Appropriations made to the Department
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services
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as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the
Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire,
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for tele-
phone service in private residences in the field, when au-
thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and
the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary,
for library membership in societies or associations which
issue publications to members only or at a price to mem-
bers lower than to subscribers who are not members.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be
available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 4–204).
SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for obligation in connection with contracts issued
for services or rentals for periods not in excess of twelve
months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and re-
lated activities placed under restriction in the President’s
moratorium statement of June 12, 1998, which includes
the areas of: northern, central, and southern California;
the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; the eastern
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Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude and east
of 86 degrees west longitude and any lands located outside
Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer Continental Shelf
5-year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997–2002; the
North Aleutian Basin planning area; and the Mid-Atlantic
and South Atlantic planning areas.
SEC. 108. Advance payments made under this title
to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.)
may be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization,
or consortium before such funds are expended for the pur-
poses of the grant, compact, or annual funding agreement
so long as such funds are—
(1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organiza-
tion, or consortium only in obligations of the United
States, or in obligations or securities that are guar-
anteed or insured by the United States, or mutual
(or other) funds registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and which only invest in obli-
gations of the United States or securities that are
guaranteed or insured by the United States; or
(2) deposited only into accounts that are in-
sured by an agency or instrumentality of the United
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States, or are fully collateralized to ensure protec-
tion of the funds, even in the event of a bank failure.
SEC. 109. (a) Employees of Helium Operations, Bu-
reau of Land Management, entitled to severance pay
under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and the Secretary
of the Interior may pay, the total amount of the severance
pay to the employee in a lump sum. Employees paid sever-
ance pay in a lump sum and subsequently reemployed by
the Federal Government shall be subject to the repayment
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) and (3), except that any
repayment shall be made to the Helium Fund.
(b) Helium Operations employees who elect to con-
tinue health benefits after separation shall be liable for
not more than the required employee contribution under
5 U.S.C. 8905a(d)(1)(A). The Helium Fund shall pay for
18 months the remaining portion of required contribu-
tions.
(c) The Secretary of the Interior may provide for
training to assist Helium Operations employees in the
transition to other Federal or private sector jobs during
the facility shut-down and disposition process and for up
to 12 months following separation from Federal employ-
ment, including retraining and relocation incentives on the
same terms and conditions as authorized for employees of
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the Department of Defense in section 348 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995.
(d) For purposes of the annual leave restoration pro-
visions of 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(1)(B), the cessation of helium
production and sales, and other related Helium Program
activities shall be deemed to create an exigency of public
business under, and annual leave that is lost during leave
years 1997 through 2001 because of 5 U.S.C. 6304 (re-
gardless of whether such leave was scheduled in advance)
shall be restored to the employee and shall be credited and
available in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(2). Annual
leave so restored and remaining unused upon the transfer
of a Helium Program employee to a position of the execu-
tive branch outside of the Helium Program shall be liq-
uidated by payment to the employee of a lump sum from
the Helium Fund for such leave.
(e) Benefits under this section shall be paid from the
Helium Fund in accordance with section 4(c)(4) of the
Helium Privatization Act of 1996. Funds may be made
available to Helium Program employees who are or will
be separated before October 1, 2002 because of the ces-
sation of helium production and sales and other related
activities. Retraining benefits, including retraining and re-
location incentives, may be paid for retraining com-
mencing on or before September 30, 2002.
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(f) This section shall remain in effect through fiscal
year 2002.
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1975, as amended, hereafter funds avail-
able to the Department of the Interior for Indian self-de-
termination or self-governance contract or grant support
costs may be expended only for costs directly attributable
to contracts, grants and compacts pursuant to the Indian
Self-Determination Act and hereafter funds appropriated
in this title shall not be available for any contract support
costs or indirect costs associated with any contract, grant,
cooperative agreement, self-governance compact or fund-
ing agreement entered into between an Indian tribe or
tribal organization and any entity other than an agency
of the Department of the Interior.
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the National Park Service shall not develop or imple-
ment a reduced entrance fee program to accommodate
non-local travel through a unit. The Secretary may provide
for and regulate local non-recreational passage through
units of the National Park System, allowing each unit to
develop guidelines and permits for such activity appro-
priate to that unit.
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SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, the Secretary is
authorized to permit persons, firms or organizations en-
gaged in commercial, cultural, educational, or recreational
activities (as defined in section 612a of title 40, United
States Code) not currently occupying such space to use
courtyards, auditoriums, meeting rooms, and other space
of the main and south Interior building complex, Wash-
ington, D.C., the maintenance, operation, and protection
of which has been delegated to the Secretary from the Ad-
ministrator of General Services pursuant to the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, and to
assess reasonable charges therefore, subject to such proce-
dures as the Secretary deems appropriate for such uses.
Charges may be for the space, utilities, maintenance, re-
pair, and other services. Charges for such space and serv-
ices may be at rates equivalent to the prevailing commer-
cial rate for comparable space and services devoted to a
similar purpose in the vicinity of the main and south Inte-
rior building complex, Washington, D.C. for which charges
are being assessed. The Secretary may without further ap-
propriation hold, administer, and use such proceeds within
the Departmental Management Working Capital Fund to
offset the operation of the buildings under his jurisdiction,
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whether delegated or otherwise, and for related purposes,
until expended.
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Steel Industry American Heritage Area, author-
ized as part of Public Law 104–333, is hereby renamed
the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.
SEC. 114. Refunds or rebates received on an ongoing
basis from a credit card services provider under the De-
partment of the Interior’s charge card programs may be
deposited to and retained without fiscal year limitation in
the Departmental Working Capital Fund established
under 43 U.S.C. 1467 and used to fund management ini-
tiatives of general benefit to the Department of the Inte-
rior’s bureaus and offices as determined by the Secretary
or his designee.
SEC. 115. Appropriations made in this title under the
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special
Trustee for American Indians and any available unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under
the same headings, shall be available for expenditure or
transfer for Indian trust management activities pursuant
to the Trust Management Improvement Project High
Level Implementation Plan.
SEC. 116. All properties administered by the National
Park Service at Fort Baker, Golden Gate National Recre-
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ation Area, and leases, concessions, permits and other
agreements associated with those properties, hereafter
shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments,
except sales tax, by the State of California and its political
subdivisions, including the County of Marin and the City
of Sausalito. Such areas of Fort Baker shall remain under
exclusive Federal jurisdiction.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate and
enter into agreements and leases, without regard to sec-
tion 321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40
U.S.C. 303b), with any person, firm, association, organi-
zation, corporation, or governmental entity for all or part
of the property within Fort Baker administered by the
Secretary as part of Golden Gate National Recreation
Area. The proceeds of the agreements or leases shall be
retained by the Secretary and such proceeds shall be avail-
able, without future appropriation, for the preservation,
restoration, operation, maintenance and interpretation
and related expenses incurred with respect to Fort Baker
properties.
SEC. 118. Where any Federal lands included in the
boundary of Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Area
for grazing purposes, pursuant to a permit issued by the
National Park Service, the person or persons so utilizing
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such lands shall be entitled to renew said permit. The Na-
tional Park Service is further directed to manage the Lake
Roosevelt National Recreational Area subject to grazing
use in a manner that will protect the recreational, natural
(including water quality) and cultural resources of the
Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Area.
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, grazing permits which expire during fiscal year 2000
shall be renewed for the balance of fiscal year 2000 on
the same terms and conditions as contained in the expiring
permits, or until the Bureau of Land Management com-
pletes processing these permits in compliance with all ap-
plicable laws, whichever comes first. Upon completion of
processing by the Bureau, the terms and conditions of ex-
isting grazing permits may be modified, if necessary, and
reissued for a term not to exceed ten years. Nothing in
this language shall be deemed to affect the Bureau’s au-
thority to otherwise modify or terminate grazing permits.
SEC. 120. For the purpose of reducing the Indian
probate backlog in the Department of the Interior, the
Secretary may, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, including the provisions of title 5, United States Code
pertaining to competition in the appointment process and
actions covered by section 7521 of title 5, appoint adminis-
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trative law judges for such periods of time as the Sec-
retary considers to be necessary.
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $204,373,000, to remain
available until expended.
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, cooperative forestry, and education and land
conservation activities, $181,464,000, to remain available
until expended, as authorized by law.
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 administrative expenses associated with the man-
agement of funds provided under the headings ‘‘Forest
and Rangeland Research’’, ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’,
‘‘National Forest System’’, ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’,
‘‘Reconstruction and Maintenance’’, and ‘‘Land Acquisi-
tion’’, $1,254,434,000, to remain available until expended,
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which shall include 50 percent of all moneys received dur-
ing prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in
accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–
6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated balances available at
the start of fiscal year 2000 shall be displayed by extended
budget line item and region in the fiscal year 2001 budget
justification.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency
fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other
lands under fire protection agreement, and for emergency
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System
lands and water, $561,354,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such funds are available for re-
payment of advances from other accounts previously
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That not
less than 50 percent of any unobligated balances remain-
ing (exclusive of amounts for hazardous fuels reduction)
at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall be transferred, as re-
payment for past advances that have not been repaid, to
the fund established pursuant to section 3 of Public Law
71–319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.): Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to
$4,000,000 of funds appropriated under this appropria-
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tion may be used for Fire Science Research in support
of the Joint Fire Science Program: Provided further, That
all authorities for the use of funds, including the use of
contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available to
execute the Forest Service and Rangeland Research ap-
propriation, are also available in the utilization of these
funds for Fire Science Research.
RECONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, $396,602,000, to remain available
until expended for construction, reconstruction, mainte-
nance and acquisition of buildings and other facilities, and
for construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance
of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as author-
ized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205:
Provided, That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided
herein for road maintenance shall be available for the de-
commissioning of roads, including unauthorized roads not
part of the transportation system, which are no longer
needed: Provided further, That no funds shall be expended
to decommission any system road until notice and an op-
portunity for public comment has been provided: Provided
further, That any unobligated balances of amounts pre-
viously appropriated to the Forest Service ‘‘Reconstruc-
tion and Construction’’ account as well as any unobligated
balances remaining in the ‘‘National Forest System’’ ac-
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count for the facility maintenance and trail maintenance
extended budget line items at the end of fiscal year 1999
may be transferred to and merged with this ‘‘Reconstruc-
tion and Maintenance’’ account.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including ad-
ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or wa-
ters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory au-
thority applicable to the Forest Service, $1,000,000, to be
derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That subject to
valid existing rights, all Federally owned lands and inter-
ests in lands within the New World Mining District com-
prising approximately 26,223 acres, more or less, which
are described in a Federal Register notice dated August
19, 1997 (62 F.R. 44136–44137), are hereby withdrawn
from all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under
the public land laws, and from location, entry and patent
under the mining laws, and from disposition under all
mineral and geothermal leasing laws.
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,
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Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, 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 pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until ex-
pended.
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 six-
teen Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of
Public Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until
expended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses associated with on-the-
ground range rehabilitation, protection, and improve-
ments.
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GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND
RANGELAND RESEARCH
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b),
$92,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to
exceed 110 passenger motor vehicles of which 15 will be
used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which
109 shall be for replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger
motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehi-
cles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase
of not to exceed three for replacement only, and acquisi-
tion of sufficient aircraft from excess sources to maintain
the operable fleet at 213 aircraft for use in Forest Service
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs;
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
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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).
None of the funds made available under this Act shall
be obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move
or close any regional office for National Forest System
administration of the Forest Service, Department of Agri-
culture, or to implement any reorganization or other type
of organizational restructuring of the Forest Service with-
out the advance consent of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may be transferred to the Wildland
Fire Management appropriation for forest firefighting,
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands
or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due
to severe burning conditions if and only if all previously
appropriated emergency contingent funds under this head-
ing have been released by the President and apportioned.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice in connection with forest and rangeland research, tech-
nical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and
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shall be available to support forestry and related natural
resource 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.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agri-
culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C.
147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in House Report 105–163.
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the procedures contained in House Report
105–163.
No funds appropriated or otherwise available to the
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital
Fund of the Department of Agriculture without the ad-
vance approval of the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000
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for high priority projects within the scope of the approved
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970,
as amended by Public Law 93–408.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official
reception and representation expenses.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service,
up to $1,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum as Fed-
eral financial assistance to the National Forest Founda-
tion, without regard to when the Foundation incurs ex-
penses, for administrative expenses or projects on or bene-
fitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest
Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds
made available to the Foundation, no more than $200,000
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided
further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of
the period of Federal financial assistance, private con-
tributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds
made available by the Forest Service: Provided further,
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a
non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that
the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching
funds: Provided further, That hereafter, the National For-
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est Foundation may hold Federal funds made available
but not immediately disbursed and may use any interest
or other investment income earned (before, on, or after
the date of enactment of this Act) on Federal funds to
carry out the purposes of Public Law 101–593: Provided
further, That such investments may be made only in inter-
est-bearing obligations of the United States or in obliga-
tions guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the
United States.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244,
$2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service
shall be available for matching funds to the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16 U.S.C.
3701–3709, and may be advanced in a lump sum as Fed-
eral financial assistance, without regard to when expenses
are incurred, for projects on or benefitting National For-
est System lands or related to Forest Service programs:
Provided, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end
of the period of Federal financial assistance, private con-
tributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds ad-
vanced by the Forest Service: Provided further, That the
Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient
has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
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Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities for sustainable rural devel-
opment purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 per-
cent of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in
the ‘‘National Forest System’’ and ‘‘Reconstruction and
Construction’’ accounts and planned to be allocated to ac-
tivities under the ‘‘Jobs in the Woods’’ program for
projects on National Forest land in the State of Wash-
ington may be granted directly to the Washington State
Department of Fish and Wildlife for accomplishment of
planned projects. Twenty percent of said funds shall be
retained by the Forest Service for planning and admin-
istering projects. Project selection and prioritization shall
be accomplished by the Forest Service with such consulta-
tion with the State of Washington as the Forest Service
deems appropriate.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for payments to counties within the Columbia
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–
663.
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter
into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements as ap-
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propriate with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, as
well as with public and other private agencies, organiza-
tions, institutions, and individuals, to provide for the de-
velopment, administration, maintenance, or restoration of
land, facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey
Towers National Historic Landmark: Provided, That, sub-
ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agri-
culture may prescribe, any such public or private agency,
organization, institution, or individual may solicit, accept,
and administer private gifts of money and real or personal
property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the ac-
tivities and services at the Grey Towers National Historic
Landmark: Provided further, That such gifts may be ac-
cepted notwithstanding the fact that a donor conducts
business with the Department of Agriculture in any capac-
ity.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available, as determined by the Secretary, for payments
to Del Norte County, California, pursuant to sections
13(e) and 14 of the Smith River National Recreation Area
Act (Public Law 101–612).
No employee of the Department of Agriculture may
be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded
by this Act to any other agency or office of the Depart-
ment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
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ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiv-
ing agency or office for the salary and expenses of the
employee for the period of assignment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap-
propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not
to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office
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 non-litiga-
tion related matters. Future budget justifications for both
the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture
should clearly display the sums previously transferred and
the requested funding transfers.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
(DEFERRAL)
Of the funds made available under this heading for
obligation in prior years, $190,000,000 shall not be avail-
able until October 1, 2000: Provided, That funds made
available in previous appropriations Acts shall be available
for any ongoing project regardless of the separate request
for proposal under which the project was selected.
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FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy
research and development activities, under the authority
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public
Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ-
ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan-
sion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
tions and research concerning the extraction, processing,
use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection-
able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602,
and 1603), performed under the minerals and materials
science programs at the Albany Research Center in Or-
egon, $359,292,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $24,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from
unobligated balances in the Biomass Energy Development
account: Provided, That no part of the sum herein made
available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear ex-
plosives in the recovery of oil and gas.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Moneys received as investment income on the prin-
cipal amount in the Great Plains Project Trust at the
Norwest Bank of North Dakota, in such sums as are
earned as of October 1, 1999, shall be deposited in this
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account and immediately transferred to the general fund
of the Treasury. Moneys received as revenue sharing from
operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant and set-
tlement payments shall be immediately transferred to the
general fund of the Treasury.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
The requirements of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall
not apply to fiscal year 2000: Provided That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, unobligated funds re-
maining from prior years shall be available for all naval
petroleum and oil shale reserve activities.
ELK HILLS SCHOOL, LANDS FUND
For necessary expenses in fulfilling the second install-
ment payment under the Settlement Agreement entered
into by the United States and the State of California on
October 11, 1996, as authorized by section 3415 of Public
Law 104–106, $36,000,000 for payment to the State of
California for the State Teachers’ Retirement Fund from
the Elk Hills School Lands Fund.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy con-
servation activities, $718,822,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $25,000,000 shall be derived by
transfer from unobligated balances in the Biomass Energy
Development account: Provided, That $153,000,000 shall
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be for use in energy conservation programs as defined in
section 3008(3) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4507):
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2)
of Public Law 99–509, such sums shall be allocated to
the eligible programs as follows: $120,000,000, contingent
on a cost share of 25 percent by each participating State
or other qualified participant, for weatherization assist-
ance grants and $33,000,000 for State energy conserva-
tion grants.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $2,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve facility development and operations and program
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201
et seq.), $159,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Energy Information Administration, $72,644,000,
to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal
year shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles;
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hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the
General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices.
From appropriations under this Act, transfers of
sums may be made to other agencies of the Government
for the performance of work for which the appropriation
is made.
None of the funds made available to the Department
of Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or
finance authorized price support or loan guarantee pro-
grams unless specific provision is made for such programs
in an appropriations Act.
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-
ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and
private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation
with other agencies, Federal, State, private or foreign:
Provided, That revenues and other moneys received by or
for the account of the Department of Energy or otherwise
generated by sale of products in connection with projects
of the Department appropriated under this Act may be
retained by the Secretary of Energy, to be available until
expended, and used only for plant construction, operation,
costs, and payments to cost-sharing entities as provided
in appropriate cost-sharing contracts or agreements: Pro-
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(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 Bureau of
Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of
the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent appli-
cation as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land
Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose
and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the
standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land
Management in the retention of third-party contractors.
SEC. 312. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, amounts appropriated to or earmarked in committee
reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian
Health Service by Public Laws 103–138, 103–332, 104–
134, 104–208, 105–83, and 105–277 for payments to
tribes and tribal organizations for contract support costs
associated with self-determination or self-governance con-
tracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health
Service as funded by such Acts, are the total amounts
available for fiscal years 1994 through 1999 for such pur-
poses, except that, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes
and tribal organizations may use their tribal priority allo-