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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
contained in House Report 102–116.
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be transferred
to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture
without the approval of the Chief of the Forest Service.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations
or funds available to the Forest Service may be used to disseminate
program information to private and public individuals and organiza-
tions through the use of nonmonetary items of nominal value and
to provide nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur
necessary expenses for the nonmonetary recognition of private
individuals and organizations that make contributions to Forest
Service programs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money collected,
in advance or otherwise, by the Forest Service under authority
of section 101 of Public Law 93–153 (30 U.S.C. 185(1)) as reimburse-
ment of administrative and other costs incurred in processing pipe-
line right-of-way or permit applications and for costs incurred in
monitoring the construction, operation, maintenance, and termi-
nation of any pipeline and related facilities, may be used to
reimburse the applicable appropriation to which such costs were
originally charged.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to
conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000 for high priority
projects within the scope of the approved budget which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by
the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93–408.
None of the funds available in this Act shall be used for
timber sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood stands in
excess of 25 percent of the fiscal year 1989 harvested volume
in the Wayne National Forest, Ohio: Provided, That this limitation
shall not apply to hardwood stands damaged by natural disaster:
Provided further, That landscape architects shall be used to main-
tain a visually pleasing forest.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in
this Act shall be expended for the purpose of administering a
special use authorization permitting land use and occupancy and
surface disturbing activities for any project to be constructed on
Rock Creek, Madera County, California, until a study has been
completed and submitted to the Congress by the Forest Service
in consultation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the California State
Water Resources Control Board, the California Department of Fish
and Game and other interested public parties regarding the project’s
potential cumulative impacts on the environment, together with
a finding that there will be no substantial adverse impact on
the environment. Findings from the study must be presented at
no less than three public meetings.
Any money collected from the States for fire suppression assist-
ance rendered by the Forest Service on non-Federal lands not
in the vicinity of National Forest System lands shall be used to
reimburse the applicable appropriation and shall remain available
until expended as the Secretary may direct in conducting activities
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2101 (note), 2101–2110, 1606, and 2111.
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Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is available
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and represen-
tation expenses.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Forest Service
is authorized to employ or otherwise contract with persons at regu-
lar rates of pay, as determined by the Service, to perform work
occasioned by emergencies such as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes
or any other unavoidable cause without regard to Sundays, Federal
holidays, and the regular workweek.
To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance with the
Final Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest Plan, none of
the funds available in this Act shall be used for preparation of
timber sales using clearcutting or other forms of even aged manage-
ment in hardwood stands in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
None of the funds made available in this Act shall be used
for timber sale planning or scoping using clearcutting in the
Ouachita and Ozark-St. Francis National Forests in Arkansas,
except for sales that are necessary as a result of natural disaster
or a threat to forest health, or for maintaining or enhancing wildlife
habitat, or habitat for endangered and threatened species, or for
research purposes.
None of the funds available to the Forest Service in this Act
shall be used to plan or conduct timber sales or to plan or build
roads in the Rocky Face, Hidden Creek or Johns Mountain areas
of the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia.
Pursuant to section 405(b), and section 410(b) of Public Law
101–593, funds up to $1,000,000 for matching funds shall be avail-
able for the National Forest Foundation.
None of the funds available to the Forest Service in this Act
shall be used to begin preparation of timber sales in fiscal year
1994 using the scaling method: Provided That this limitation shall
not apply to timber salvage sales: Provided further, That thinning
sales may be prepared using the scaling method if determined
by the Regional Forester to be the most effective means of achieving
a stated environmental objective: Provided further, That this limita-
tion shall not apply to sales prepared pursuant to existing timber
contracts: Provided further, That any timber sales prepared during
fiscal year 1994 which involve the use of the scaling method must
be scaled by the Forest Service, or under contracts issued by the
Forest Service and paid for using deposits by the timber purchaser.
Total outlays by the Forest Service pursuant to the cooperative
work trust funds accounts (12–8028–0–7–302) shall not exceed
$279,668,000 in fiscal year 1994.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture
should issue rules at the earliest practicable date on the issue
of below-cost timber sales.
The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service,
shall reimburse the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service for administrative costs incurred under the Stewardship
Incentive Program for the actual cost of services provided by the
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, except that
the actual costs shall not exceed 10 percent of the total annual
appropriation for the program.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available
for interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural
communities for sustainable rural development purposes.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
The first paragraph under this head in Public Law 101–512,
as amended, is further amended by striking the phrase
‘‘$150,000,000 on October 1, 1993, and $100,000,000 on October
1, 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000 on October 1, 1993,
$100,000,000 on October 1, 1994, and $50,000,000 on October 1,
1995’’ and by striking the phrase ‘‘$250,000,000 on October 1, 1993,
and $250,000,000 on October 1, 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘$125,000,000
on October 1, 1993, $275,000,000 on October 1, 1994, and
$100,000,000 on October 1, 1995’’.
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, including defeasible and equitable interests
in any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition
or expansion, $430,674,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no part of the sum herein made available shall
be used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery
of oil and gas.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Monies received as investment income on the principal amount
in the Great Plains Project Trust at the Norwest Bank of North
Dakota, in such sums as are earned as of October 1, 1993, shall
be deposited in this account and immediately transferred to the
General Fund of the Treasury. Monies received as revenue sharing
from the operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant shall
be immediately transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petroleum and
oil shale reserve activities, $214,772,000, to remain available until
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
the 
requirements 
of 
U.S.C.
7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply in fiscal year 1994.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation
activities, $690,375,000, to remain available until expended, includ-
ing, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the excess amount
for fiscal year 1994 determined under the provisions of section
3003(d) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Provided, That
$254,025,000 shall be for use in energy conservation programs
as defined in section 3008(3) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C.
4507) and shall not be available until excess amounts are deter-
mined under the provisions of section 3003(d) of Public Law 99–
509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99–509 such sums shall be allocated
to the eligible programs as follows: $206,800,000 for the weatheriza-
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tion assistance program, $18,310,000 for the State energy conserva-
tion program, and $28,915,000 for the institutional conservation
program: Provided further, That $3,000,000 made available in the
third proviso under this head in Public Law 102–154 (105 Stat.
1022–1023) shall be available without restriction for use in the
weatherization 
assistance 
program: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$19,366,000 of the amount provided under this heading shall be
available for continuing research and development efforts begun
under title II of the Interior and Related Agencies portion of the
joint resolution entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution making further continuing
appropriations for the fiscal year 1986, and for other purposes’’,
approved December 19, 1985 (Public Law 99–190), and implementa-
tion of steel and aluminum research authorized by Public Law
100–680.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the
Economic Regulatory Administration and the Office of Hearings
and Appeals, $12,994,000, to remain available until expended.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
For necessary expenses in carrying out emergency preparedness
activities, $8,901,000, to remain available until expended.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve 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.), $206,810,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That appropriations herein made shall
not be available for leasing of facilities for the storage of crude
oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless the quantity of oil
stored in or deliverable to Government-owned storage facilities by
virtue of contractual obligations is equal to 700,000,000 barrels:
Provided further, That the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 6240(g) shall
not apply in fiscal year 1994.
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT
Notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 6240(d) the United States share
of crude oil in Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills)
may be sold or otherwise disposed of to other than the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve: Provided, That outlays in fiscal year 1994
resulting from the use of funds in this account shall not exceed
$75,580,000: Provided further, That no outlays resulting from appro-
priations made in fiscal year 1993 for acquisition, transporting,
and drawing down oil to be stored in the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve for national defense purposes shall be counted against
any outlay ceiling established for the SPR petroleum account.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the
Energy Information Administration, $86,553,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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