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501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of the 
Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obliga-
tion for any other purpose unless the funds are appro-
priated: Provided further, That of the funds provided for 
decommissioning of roads, up to $24,543,000 may be 
transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ to support 
the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, including 
administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or 
waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory 
authority applicable to the Forest Service, $27,280,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 
ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $950,000, to be 
derived from forest receipts. 
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ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-
posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 
Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 
30, 2018, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 
586; Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78– 
310). 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 
Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 
2018, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2018, 
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to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 
above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-
age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 
title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act (Public Law 96–487), $2,500,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2018. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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, hazardous fuels 
management on or adjacent to such lands, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands 
and water, and for State and volunteer fire assistance, 
$2,593,763,000 (increased by $70,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000), to remain available through September 30, 
2019: Provided, That such funds including unobligated 
balances under this heading, are available for repayment 
of advances from other appropriations accounts previously 
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be available to reimburse State and other co-
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operating entities for services provided in response to wild-
fire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent such 
reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emer-
gencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency man-
agement agency: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $6,914,000 of funds appro-
priated under this appropriation shall be available for the 
Forest Service in support of fire science research author-
ized by the Joint Fire Science Program, including all For-
est Service authorities for the use of funds, such as con-
tracts, grants, research joint venture agreements, and co-
operative agreements: Provided further, That all authori-
ties for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 
grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 
the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are 
also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire 
Science Research: Provided further, That funds provided 
shall be available for emergency rehabilitation and restora-
tion, hazardous fuels management activities, support to 
Federal emergency response, and wildfire suppression ac-
tivities of the Forest Service: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided, $395,000,000 (increased by $70,000,000) 
is for hazardous fuels management activities, $19,795,000 
is for research activities and to make competitive research 
grants pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
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Resources Research Act, (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), 
$78,000,000 is for State fire assistance, and $13,000,000 
(increased by $2,000,000) is for volunteer fire assistance 
under section 10 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance 
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2106): Provided further, That 
amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to the ‘‘Na-
tional Forest System’’, and ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Re-
search’’ accounts to fund forest and rangeland research, 
the Joint Fire Science Program, vegetation and watershed 
management, heritage site rehabilitation, and wildlife and 
fish habitat management and restoration: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided, $65,000,000 shall be 
available for the purpose of acquiring aircraft for the next- 
generation airtanker fleet to enhance firefighting mobility, 
effectiveness, efficiency, and safety, and such aircraft shall 
be suitable for contractor operation over the terrain and 
forest ecosystems characteristic of National Forest System 
lands, as determined by the Chief of the Forest Service: 
Provided further, That the costs of implementing any co-
operative agreement between the Federal Government and 
any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed 
on by the affected parties: Provided further, That the 
funds provided herein may be used by the Secretary of 
Agriculture to enter into procurement contracts or cooper-
ative agreements or to issue grants for hazardous fuels 
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management activities and for training or monitoring as-
sociated with such hazardous fuels management activities 
on Federal land or on non-Federal land if the Secretary 
determines such activities benefit resources on Federal 
land: Provided further, That funds made available to im-
plement the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public 
Law 106–393, title VI, shall be available for use on non- 
Federal lands in accordance with authorities made avail-
able to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State and Private 
Forestry’’ appropriation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for 
wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to 
exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when such 
transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire man-
agement programs and projects: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided for hazardous fuels management, not 
to exceed $5,000,000 may be used to make grants, using 
any authorities available to the Forest Service under the 
‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the pur-
pose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass 
from National Forest System lands: Provided further, 
That funds designated for wildfire suppression, including 
funds transferred from the ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppres-
sion Reserve Fund’’, shall be assessed for cost pools on 
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the same basis as such assessments are calculated against 
other agency programs: Provided further, That of the 
funds for hazardous fuels management, up to $46,653,000 
may be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ to 
support the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot pro-
gram. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression op-
erations of the Department of Agriculture and as a reserve 
fund for suppression and Federal emergency response ac-
tivities, $315,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such amounts are only available for trans-
fer to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ account following 
a declaration by the Secretary in accordance with section 
502 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 
from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 
lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 
to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 
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notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 
trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 
5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); 
(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur-
suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the 
Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col-
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all 
fire suppression funds appropriated under the headings 
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire 
Suppression Reserve Fund’’ will be obligated within 30 
days: Provided, That all funds used pursuant to this para-
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graph must be replenished by a supplemental appropria-
tion which must be requested as promptly as possible. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development in connection with forest and range-
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 
and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with United States, private, and international organiza-
tions. The Forest Service, acting for the International 
Program, may sign direct funding agreements with foreign 
governments and institutions as well as other domestic 
agencies (including the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, the Department of State, and the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation), United States private 
sector firms, institutions and organizations to provide 
technical assistance and training programs overseas on 
forestry and rangeland management. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 
preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 
from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-
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ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 
such lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 
year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 
section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 
106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 
Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 
this Act. 
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
$14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De-
partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 
as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 
prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re-
quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services 
from the Department of Agriculture’s National Informa-
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tion Technology Center and the Department of Agri-
culture’s International Technology Service. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 
the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 
out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 
out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 
of 1993, Public Law 103–82, as amended by Public Lands 
Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, Public 
Law 109–154. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 
up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 
National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner-
ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 
without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 
for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 
That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda-
tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 
shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 
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assistance, private contributions to match on at least one- 
for-one basis funds made available by the Forest Service: 
Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Fed-
eral funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a 
project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 
the non-Federal matching funds. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 
up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 
Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 
projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 
to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 
shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 
the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 
or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 
that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
funds. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
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River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 
be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-
tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
$65,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of per-
forming fire, administrative and other facilities mainte-
nance and decommissioning. Such assessments shall occur 
using a square foot rate charged on the same basis the 
agency uses to assess programs for payment of rent, utili-
ties, and other support services. 
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 nonlitiga-
tion-related matters. Future budget justifications for both 
the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture 
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should clearly display the sums previously transferred and 
the requested funding transfers. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 
purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
through the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the 
Forest Service shall report no later than 30 business days 
following the close of each fiscal quarter all current and 
prior year unobligated balances, by fiscal year, budget line 
item and account, to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available to categorically exclude from documentation in 
an environmental assessment or an environmental impact 
statement under the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) a forest management 
activity on National Forest System lands when the pri-
mary purpose of the forest management activity is: (1) 
to address an insect or disease infestation; (2) to reduce 
hazardous fuel loads; (3) to protect a municipal water 
source; (4) to maintain, enhance, or modify critical habitat 
to protect it from catastrophic disturbances; (5) to in-
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crease water yield; or (6) any combination of these pur-
poses: Provided, That the land on which the forest man-
agement activity is carried out may not exceed 3,000 
acres. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv-
ice, $3,720,690,000, together with payments received dur-
ing the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 
238b, for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: 
Provided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal 
organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any 
other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 
(25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the 
time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall 
remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 
fiscal 
year 
limitation: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$960,831,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, including 
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$53,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emer-
gency Fund, shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided, up to 
$37,000,000 shall remain available until expended for im-
plementation of the loan repayment program under section 
108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, $2,000,000 shall be 
used to supplement funds available for operational costs 
at tribal clinics operated under an Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act compact or contract 
where health care is delivered in space acquired through 
a full service lease, which is not eligible for maintenance 
and improvement and equipment funds from the Indian 
Health Service, and $6,000,000 shall be for accreditation 
emergencies: Provided further, That the amounts collected 
by the Federal Government as authorized by sections 104 
and 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 
U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year 
for breach of contracts shall be deposited to the Fund au-
thorized by section 108A of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a– 
1) and shall remain available until expended and, notwith-
standing section 108A(c) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a– 
1(c)), funds shall be available to make new awards under 
the loan repayment and scholarship programs under sec-
tions 104 and 108 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 
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