shall not be required to generate periodic statements of 
performance for the individual accounts: Provided further, 
That with respect to the eighth proviso, the Secretary shall 
continue to maintain sufficient records to determine the 
balance of the individual accounts, including any accrued 
interest and income, and such funds shall remain available 
to the individual account holders. 
NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 
Trustee for American Indians to carry out the activities 
authorized by subsection 11(h) of Public Law 93–531, as 
most recently amended by Public Law 104–301, through 
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, $3,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Office of the Special 
Trustee is further authorized to expend funds provided 
under this heading for the purpose of planning for an or-
derly closeout of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 
Relocation. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 
suppression operations, fire science and research, emer-
gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and 
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rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 
$939,660,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such funds are also available for repayment 
of advances to other appropriation accounts from which 
funds were previously transferred for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided $194,000,000 
is for fuels management activities: Provided further, That 
of the funds provided $20,470,000 is for burned area re-
habilitation: Provided further, That persons hired pursu-
ant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and 
lodging without cost from funds available from this appro-
priation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 
U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau 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 provide that protection, and 
are available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur-
ther, That using the amounts designated under this title 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, 
for fuels management activities, and for training and mon-
itoring associated with such fuels management activities 
on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for ac-
tivities that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided 
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further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative 
agreement between the Federal Government and any non- 
Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by 
the affected parties: Provided further, That notwith-
standing requirements of the Competition in Contracting 
Act, the Secretary, for purposes of fuels management ac-
tivities, may obtain maximum practicable competition 
among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; 
(2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps 
(Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships with State, 
local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-busi-
nesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or train locally 
a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, 
of the project workforce to complete such contracts: Pro-
vided further, That in implementing this section, the Sec-
retary shall develop written guidance to field units to en-
sure accountability and consistent application of the au-
thorities provided herein: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be used to reimburse 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Na-
tional Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying 
out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and con-
ference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection 
with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 
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That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 
appropriations to enter into leases of real property with 
local governments, at or below fair market value, to con-
struct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such 
leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard 
stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and 
fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for 
any such lease or for construction activity associated with 
the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 
transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire manage-
ment, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, 
between the Departments when such transfers would fa-
cilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs 
and projects: Provided further, That funds provided for 
wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Fed-
eral emergency response actions: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for assistance to or through the Department of State in 
connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be avail-
able to support forestry, wildland fire management, and 
related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
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nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with United States and international organizations. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
the response action, including associated activities, per-
formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), $10,010,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-
toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 
the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 
provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 
et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,767,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 
financial and business management system, information 
technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart-
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