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erated States of Micronesia through assessments of long-
range operations maintenance needs, improved capability
of local operations and maintenance institutions and agen-
cies (including management and vocational education
training), and project-specific maintenance (with terri-
torial participation and cost sharing to be determined by
the Secretary based on the individual territory’s commit-
ment to timely maintenance of its capital assets): Provided
further, That any appropriation for disaster assistance
under this head in this Act or previous appropriations Acts
may be used as non-Federal matching funds for the pur-
pose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to sec-
tion 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,
$20,445,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by Public Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658.
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, $58,286,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, and of which up to $1,200,000 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,
$35,443,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $24,439,000.
NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gam-
ing Commission, pursuant to Public Law 100–497,
$1,000,000.
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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, $32,126,000, to remain available until ex-
pended for trust funds management: Provided, That funds
for trust management improvements may be transferred
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs: Provided further, That
funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations
through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year
1998, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act
of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available
until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
statute of limitations shall not commence to run on any
claim, including any claim in litigation pending on the date
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.
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
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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.
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)(D) of the Balanced Budget and
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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
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 oilspills; response and natural resource
damage assessment activities related to actual oilspills; for
the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or po-
tential 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-
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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-
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)(D) 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
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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
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).
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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 final rule or regulation of any agency
of the Federal Government pertaining to the recognition,
management, or validity of a right-of-way pursuant to Re-
vised Statute 2477 (43 U.S.C. 932) shall take effect un-
less expressly authorized by an Act of Congress subse-
quent to the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 108. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore leasing and related activities placed under re-
striction in the President’s moratorium statement of June
26, 1990, in the areas of Northern, Central, and Southern
California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon;
and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north
latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.
SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of leasing, or the approval or permitting of any drilling
or other exploration activity, on lands within the North
Aleutian Basin planning area.
SEC. 110. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct off-
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shore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related
activities in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for
any lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the
final Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing
Program, 1997–2002.
SEC. 111. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil
and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities
in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
SEC. 112. 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.) may be invested
by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or consortium be-
fore such funds are expended for the purposes of the
grant, compact, or annual funding agreement so long as
such funds are—
(a) 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
(b) deposited only into accounts that are in-
sured by an agency or instrumentality of the United
States.
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SEC. 113. (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) Benefits under this section shall be available to
Helium Operations employees who are or will be involun-
tarily separated before October 1, 2002 because of the ces-
sation of helium production and sales and other related
activities.
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this or previous ap-
propriations Acts may be used to establish a new regional
office in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service with-
out the advance approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
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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, $187,644,000, 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, $157,922,000, 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,
for forest planning, inventory, and monitoring, and for ad-
ministrative expenses associated with the management of
funds provided under the heads ‘‘Forest and Rangeland
Research,’’ ‘‘State and Private Forestry,’’ ‘‘National For-
est System,’’ ‘‘Wildland Fire Management,’’ ‘‘Reconstruc-
tion and Construction,’’ and ‘‘Land Acquisition,’’
$1,364,480,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall include 50 per centum of all monies received during
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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 up to $10,000,000 of the funds pro-
vided herein for road maintenance shall be available for
the planned obliteration of roads which are no longer need-
ed.
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, $599,715,000 to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such funds are available for repayment of
advances from other appropriations accounts previously
transferred for such purposes.
RECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, $160,122,000, to remain available
until expended for construction, reconstruction and acqui-
sition of buildings and other facilities, and for construc-
tion, reconstruction and repair of forest roads and trails
by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–
538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That not to
exceed $50,000,000, to remain available until expended,
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may be obligated for the construction of forest roads by
timber purchasers: Provided further, That purchaser road
credit will be limited to those companies that meet the
Small Business Administration definition of small busi-
ness as defined in title 13, Code of Federal Regulations,
part 121.
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–4–11), including administra-
tive expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or in-
terest therein, in accordance with statutory authority ap-
plicable to the Forest Service, $45,000,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, 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, $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-
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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 per centum of all moneys
received during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing
domestic 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 per centum shall be
available for administrative expenses associated with on-
the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and improve-
ments.
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.
MIDEWIN NATIONAL TALLGRASS PRAIRIE RESTORATION
FUND
All funds collected for admission, occupancy, and use
of the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, and the salvage
value proceeds from sale of any facilities and improve-
ments pursuant to sections 2915 (d) and (e) of Public Law
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104–106, are hereby appropriated and made available
until expended for the necessary expenses of restoring and
administering the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in
accordance with section 2915(f) of the Act.
COOPERATIVE WORK, FOREST SERVICE
For restoring the balances borrowed for previous
years firefighting, $128,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the appropriation shall be
merged with and made a part of the designated fund au-
thorized by Public Law 71–319, as amended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current
fiscal year shall be available for: (a) purchase of not to
exceed 159 passenger motor vehicles of which 22 will be
used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which
156 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 two for replacement only, and acquisition
of 20 aircraft from excess sources 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; (b) serv-
ices pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed
$100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (c) pur-
chase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other pub-
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lic improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (d) acquisition of land,
waters, and interests therein, pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a;
(e) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the Na-
tional Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, 558a
note); and (f) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (g) for debt collection 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 change the boundaries of any
region, to abolish any region, to move or close any regional
office for research, State and private forestry, or National
Forest System administration of the Forest Service, De-
partment of Agriculture without the consent of the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be advanced to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation and may be used for forest firefighting
and the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or dam-
aged lands or waters under its jurisdiction.
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
shall be available to support forestry and related natural
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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 the report accompanying this bill.
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 the report ac-
companying this bill.
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of
the Forest Service.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, any
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service
may be used to disseminate program information to pri-
vate and public individuals and organizations through the
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use of nonmonetary items of nominal value and to provide
nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur nec-
essary 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 reimbursement of administrative and
other costs incurred in processing pipeline right-of-way or
permit applications and for costs incurred in monitoring
the construction, operation, maintenance, and termination
of any pipeline and related facilities, may be used to reim-
burse the applicable appropriation to which such costs
were originally charged.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able 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 Conserva-
tion 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 har-
vested volume in the Wayne National Forest, Ohio: Pro-
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vided, That this limitation shall not apply to hardwood
stands damaged by natural disaster: Provided further,
That landscape architects shall be used to maintain a vis-
ually pleasing forest.
Any money collected from the States for fire suppres-
sion assistance rendered by the Forest Service on non-
Federal lands not in the vicinity of National Forest Sys-
tem lands shall be used to reimburse the applicable appro-
priation 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.
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.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the For-
est Service is authorized to employ or otherwise contract
with persons at regular rates of pay, as determined by the
Service, to perform work occasioned by emergencies such
as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or any other unavoid-
able 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 For-
est Plan, none of the funds available in this Act shall be
used for preparation of timber sales using clearcutting or
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other forms of even aged management in hardwood stands
in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service,
up to $2,000,000 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 $500,000
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 re-
cipient of Federal financial assistance for a project at the
same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal
matching funds: Provided further, That hereafter, the Na-
tional Forest 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: Pro-
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vided further, That such investments may be made only
in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in
obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest
by the United States.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244,
up to $2,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest
Service shall be available for matching funds, as author-
ized by 16 U.S.C. 3701–3709, and may be advanced in
a lump sum as Federal financial assistance, without re-
gard to when expenses are incurred, for projects on or ben-
efitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest
Service programs: Provided, That the Foundation shall ob-
tain, by the end of the period of Federal financial assist-
ance, private contributions to match on at least one-for-
one basis funds advanced by the Forest Service: Provided
further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds
to a recipient of Federal financial assistance 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 for sustainable rural devel-
opment purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 per-
cent of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in
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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 Washing-
ton may be granted directly to the Washington State De-
partment 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.
Any funds available to the Forest Service may be
used for retrofitting the Commanding Officer’s Building
(S–2), to accommodate the relocation of the Forest Super-
visor’s Office for the San Bernardino National Forest:
Provided, That funds for the move must come from funds
otherwise available to Region 5: Provided further, That
any funds to be provided for such purposes shall only be
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available upon approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter
into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements as ap-
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).
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For purposes of the Southeast Alaska Economic Dis-
aster Fund as set forth in section 101(c) of Public Law
104–134, the direct grants provided in subsection (c) shall
be considered direct payments for purposes of all applica-
ble law except that these direct grants may not be used
for lobbying activities.
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-
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.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading for
obligation in fiscal year 1997 or prior years, $100,000,000
are rescinded: Provided, That funds made available in pre-
vious appropriations Acts shall be available for any ongo-
ing project regardless of the separate request for proposal
under which the project was selected.
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
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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, $312,153,000, 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 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, 1997, shall be deposited in this
account and immediately transferred to the General Fund
of the Treasury. Monies received as revenue sharing from
operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant shall be
immediately transferred to the General Fund of the Treas-
ury.
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NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petro-
leum and oil shale reserve activities, $115,000,000, and
such sums as are necessary to operate Naval Petroleum
Reserve Numbered 1 between May 16, 1998 and Septem-
ber 30, 1998, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
revenues received from use and operation of Naval Petro-
leum Reserve Numbered 1 in excess of $163,000,000 shall
be used to offset the costs of operating Naval Petroleum
Reserve Numbered 1 between May 16, 1998 and Septem-
ber 30, 1998: Provided further, That revenues retained
pursuant to the first proviso under this head in Public
Law 102–381 (106 Stat. 1404) shall be immediately
transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury: Provided
further, 
That 
the 
requirements 
of 
U.S.C.
7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply to fiscal year 1998.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy con-
servation activities, $636,766,000, to remain available
until expended, including, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, the excess amount for fiscal year 1998 deter-
mined under the provisions of section 3003(d) of Public
Law 
99–509 
(15 
U.S.C. 
4502): 
Provided, 
That
$149,845,000 shall be for use in energy conservation pro-
grams as defined in section 3008(3) of Public Law 99–
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509 (15 U.S.C. 4507) and shall not be available until ex-
cess amounts are determined under the provisions of sec-
tion 3003(d) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4502):
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2)
of Public Law 99–509 such sums shall be allocated to the
eligible programs as follows: $120,845,000 for weatheriza-
tion assistance grants and $29,000,000 for State energy
conservation grants.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $2,725,000, to re-
main available until expended.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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.), $209,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $209,000,000 shall be repaid from the ‘‘SPR Op-
erating Fund’’ from amounts made available from the sale
of oil from the Reserve: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act,
the Secretary shall draw down and sell in fiscal year 1998
$209,000,000 worth of oil from the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve: Provided further, That the proceeds from the sale
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shall be deposited into the ‘‘SPR Operating Fund’’, and
shall, upon receipt, be transferred to the Strategic Petro-
leum Reserve account for operations of the Strategic Pe-
troleum Reserve.
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: Pro-
vided, That outlays in fiscal year 1998 resulting from the
use of funds in this account shall not exceed $5,000,000.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Energy Information Administration, $66,800,000,
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;
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.
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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-
vided further, That the remainder of revenues after the
making of such payments shall be covered into the Treas-
ury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That any
contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by
the Secretary pursuant to this authority shall not be exe-
cuted prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not in-
cluding any day in which either House of Congress is not
in session because of adjournment of more than three cal-
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endar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent of the Senate of a full comprehensive report on such
project, including the facts and circumstances relied upon
in support of the proposed project.
No funds provided in this Act may be expended by
the Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process
procurement documents for programs or projects for
which appropriations have not been made.
In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act,
the Secretary may accept fees and contributions from pub-
lic and private sources, to be deposited in a contributed
funds account, and prosecute projects using such fees and
contributions in cooperation with other Federal, State or
private agencies or concerns.
The Secretary is authorized to accept funds from
other Federal agencies in return for assisting agencies in
achieving energy efficiency in Federal facilities and oper-
ations by the use of privately financed, energy saving per-
formance contracts and other private financing mecha-
nisms. The funds may be provided after agencies begin
to realize energy cost savings; may be retained by the Sec-
retary until expended; and may be used only for the pur-
pose of assisting Federal agencies in achieving greater ef-
ficiency, water conservation, and use of renewable energy
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by means of privately financed mechanisms, including en-
ergy savings performance contracts. Any such privately fi-
nanced contracts shall meet the provisions of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992, Public Law 102–496 (42 U.S.C.
8287).
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 Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to the Indian Health Service, $1,829,008,000, to-
gether with payments received during the fiscal year pur-
suant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) for services furnished by the
Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made avail-
able to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts,
grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation 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: Pro-
vided further, That $12,000,000 shall remain available
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until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emer-
gency Fund: Provided further, That $359,348,000 for con-
tract medical care shall remain available for obligation
until September 30, 1999: Provided further, That of the
funds provided, not less than $11,889,000 shall be used
to carry out the loan repayment program under section
108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided
further, That funds provided in this Act may be used for
one-year contracts and grants which are to be performed
in two fiscal years, so long as the total obligation is re-
corded in the year for which the funds are appropriated:
Provided further, That the amounts collected by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services under the authority
of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
shall remain available until expended for the purpose of
achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and
requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Secu-
rity Act (exclusive of planning, design, or construction of
new facilities): Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided, $7,500,000 shall remain available until expended,
for the Indian Self-Determination Fund, which shall be
available for the transitional costs of initial or expanded
tribal contracts, compacts, grants or cooperative agree-
ments with the Indian Health Service under the provisions
of the Indian Self-Determination Act: Provided further,
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That funding contained herein, and in any earlier appro-
priations Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 1999:
Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and
tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health
Care Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted
for and available to the receiving tribes and tribal organi-
zations until expended.
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement,
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities,
including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans,
specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase
and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail-
ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita-
tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of
the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian
Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out
such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities
support 
activities 
of 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service,
$257,310,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction
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or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an In-
dian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites
to construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facili-
ties.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv-
ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva-
lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re-
prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular
buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments
for telephone service in private residences in the field,
when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec-
retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefore as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of at-
tendance at meetings which are concerned with the func-
tions or activities for which the appropriation is made or
which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or
management of those functions or activities: Provided,
That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may
be extended health care at all tribally administered or In-
dian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the
proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal
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Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–53) shall be
credited to the account of the facility providing the service
and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other law or regu-
lation, funds transferred from the Department of Housing
and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service
shall be administered under Public Law 86–121 (the In-
dian Sanitation Facilities Act) and Public Law 93–638,
as amended: Provided further, That funds appropriated to
the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used
for administrative and program direction purposes, shall
not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal
travel and transportation: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds previously or
herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization
through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by
title I or title III of the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), may
be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination con-
tract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under
title III of such Act and thereafter shall remain available
to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limi-
tation: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall
be used to implement the final rule published in the Fed-
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proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions.
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–
531, $18,345,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appro-
priations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals
and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-parti-
tioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard
housing, and all others certified as eligible and not in-
cluded in the preceding categories: Provided further, That
none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may
be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Reloca-
tion to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as
of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the
lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or re-
placement home is provided for such household: Provided
further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than
one new or replacement home: Provided further, That the
Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who
have selected and received an approved homesite on the
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off
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the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 640d–10.
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
ized by title XV of Public Law 99–498, as amended (20
U.S.C. 56, Part A), $3,000,000.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields
of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation,
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease
(for terms not to exceed thirty years), and protection of
buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed
$100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up
to 5 replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, re-
pair, 
and 
cleaning 
of 
uniforms 
for 
employees;
$334,557,000, of which not to exceed $32,718,000 for the
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instrumentation program, collections acquisition, Museum
Support Center equipment and move, exhibition reinstalla-
tion, the National Museum of the American Indian, the
repatriation of skeletal remains program, research equip-
ment, information management, and Latino programming
shall remain available until expended, and including such
funds as may be necessary to support American overseas
research centers and a total of $125,000 for the Council
of American Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That
funds appropriated herein are available for advance pay-
ments to independent contractors performing research
services or participating in official Smithsonian presen-
tations.
CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS, NATIONAL
ZOOLOGICAL PARK
For necessary expenses of planning, construction, re-
modeling, and equipping of buildings and facilities at the
National Zoological Park, by contract or otherwise,
$3,850,000, to remain available until expended.
REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair and restoration of
buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section
2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), including
not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, $50,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended: Provided, That contracts awarded for environ-
mental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or
restoration of buildings of the Smithsonian Institution
may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded
on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51),
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad-
vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for
membership in library, museum, and art associations or
societies whose publications or services are available to
members only, or to members at a price lower than to the
general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms
for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other
employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902);
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter-
ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches,
and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and
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repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by
contracts made, without advertising, with individuals,
firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop-
er, $55,837,000, of which not to exceed $3,026,000 for
the special exhibition program shall remain available until
expended.
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or
otherwise, as authorized, $6,442,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for envi-
ronmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair
or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art
may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded
on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
ARTS
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts, $11,375,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses for capital repair and reha-
bilitation of the existing features of the building and site
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of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
$9,000,000, to remain available until expended.
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
SCHOLARS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Woodrow Wilson Inter-
national Center for Scholars, $1,000,000.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses of the National Endowment
for the Arts, $10,000,000.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $96,100,000, shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humanities for support of ac-
tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the
Act, and for administering the functions of the Act, to
remain available until expended.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $13,900,000, to remain available
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until expended, of which $8,000,000 shall be available to
the National Endowment for the Humanities for the pur-
poses of section 7(h): Provided, That this appropriation
shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as
may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and
devises of money, and other property accepted by the
Chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the
provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B)
during the current and preceding fiscal years for which
equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
OFFICE OF MUSEUM SERVICES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out Subtitle C of the Museum and Li-
brary Services Act of 1996, $23,390,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
None of the funds appropriated to the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used
to process any grant or contract documents which do not
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses.
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COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing
a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $907,000.
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $6,000,000.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended),
$2,700,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be
available for the compensation of Executive Level V or
higher positions.
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na-
tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i),
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$5,700,000: Provided, That all appointed members will be
compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate for Executive
Schedule Level IV: Provided further, That beginning in fis-
cal year 1998 and thereafter, the Commission is author-
ized to charge fees to cover the full costs of Geographic
Information System products and services supplied by the
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Commission, and such fees shall be credited to this ac-
count as an offsetting collection, to remain available until
expended.
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as
authorized by Public Law 96–388 (36 U.S.C. 1401), as
amended, $31,707,000 of which $1,575,000 for the Muse-
um’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000
for the Museum’s exhibitions program shall remain avail-
able until expended.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation under this
Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior or
the Secretary of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and nat-
ural gas by noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned
lands within the boundaries of the Shawnee National For-
est, Illinois: Provided, That nothing herein is intended to
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inhibit or otherwise affect the sale, lease, or right to access
to minerals owned by private individuals.
SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to
promote public support or opposition to any legislative
proposal on which congressional action is not complete.
SEC. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal
servants to any officer or employee of such department
or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 306. No assessments may be levied against any
program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by
this Act unless advance notice of such assessments and
the basis therefor are presented to the Committees on Ap-
propriations and are approved by such Committees.
SEC. 307. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with sections
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2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
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States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classi-
fied as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which
are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land
Management lands in a manner different than such sales
were conducted in fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 309. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park
Service to enter into or implement a concession contract
which permits or requires the removal of the underground
lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
SEC. 310. Beginning in fiscal year 1998 and there-
after, where the actual costs of construction projects under
self-determination contracts, compacts, or grants, pursu-
ant to Public Laws 93–638, 103–413, or 100–297, are
less than the estimated costs thereof, use of the resulting
excess funds shall be determined by the appropriate Sec-
retary after consultation with the tribes.
SEC. 311. Notwithstanding Public Law 103–413,
quarterly payments of funds to tribes and tribal organiza-
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tions under annual funding agreements pursuant to sec-
tion 108 of Public Law 93–638, as amended, beginning
in fiscal year 1998 and therafter, may be made on the
first business day following the first day of a fiscal quar-
ter.
SEC. 312. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the
AmeriCorps program, unless the relevant agencies of the
Department of the Interior and/or Agriculture follow ap-
propriate reprogramming guidelines: Provided, That if no
funds are provided for the AmeriCorps program by the
VA–HUD and Independent Agencies fiscal year 1998 ap-
propriations bill, then none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act may be used for the
AmeriCorps programs.
SEC. 313. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used (1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey
City, New Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent pe-
destrian use of such bridge, when it is made known to
the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that such pedestrian use is consistent with gen-
erally accepted safety standards.
SEC. 314. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obli-
gated or expended to accept or process applications for
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a patent for any mining or mill site claim located under
the general mining laws.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply
if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the
claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with
the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994, and (2)
all requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326
of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein
or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333
of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for
placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes
(30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be,
were fully complied with by the applicant by that date.
(c) On September 30, 1998, the Secretary of the In-
terior shall file with the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations and the Committee on Resources of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the United States Senate a re-
port on actions taken by the Department under the plan
submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department
of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1997 (Public Law 104–208).
(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
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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. 315. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the pur-
poses of acquiring lands in the counties of Gallia, Law-
rence, Monroe, or Washington, Ohio, for the Wayne
National Forest.
SEC. 316. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture by
this or any other Act may be used to prepare, promulgate,
implement, or enforce any interim or final rule or regula-
tion pursuant to Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act to assert jurisdiction, manage-
ment, or control over any waters (other than non-navi-
gable waters on Federal lands), non-Federal lands, or
lands selected by, but not conveyed to, the State of Alaska
pursuant to the Submerged Lands Act of 1953 or the
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Alaska Statehood Act, or an Alaska Native Corporation
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
SEC. 317. No funds appropriated under this or any
other Act shall be used to review or modify sourcing areas
previously approved under section 490(c)(3) of the Forest
Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990
(Public Law 101–382) or to enforce or implement Federal
regulations 36 CFR part 223 promulgated on September
8, 1995. The regulations and interim rules in effect prior
to September 8, 1995 (36 CFR 223.48, 36 CFR 223.87,
36 CFR 223 subpart D, 36 CFR 223 subpart F, and 36
CFR 261.6) shall remain in effect. The Secretary of Agri-
culture or the Secretary of the Interior shall not adopt
any policies concerning Public Law 101–382 or existing
regulations that would restrain domestic transportation or
processing of timber from private lands or impose addi-
tional accountability requirements on any timber. The Sec-
retary of Commerce shall extend until September 30,
1998, the order issued under section 491(b)(2)(A) of Pub-
lic Law 101–382 and shall issue an order under section
491(b)(2)(B) of such law that will be effective October 1,
1998.
SEC. 318. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be expended or obligated to fund the activi-
ties of the western director and special assistant to the
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Secretary within the Office of the Secretary of Agri-
culture.
SEC. 319. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for fiscal year 1998 the Secretaries of Agriculture and
Interior are authorized to limit competition for watershed
restoration project contracts as part of the ‘‘Jobs in the
Woods’’ component of the President’s Forest Plan for the
Pacific Northwest to individuals and entities in historically
timber-dependent areas in the States of Washington, Or-
egon, and northern California that have been affected by
reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands.
SEC. 320. Section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134 is
amended as follows: Under the heading ‘‘TITLE III—
GENERAL PROVISIONS’’ amend section 315(c)(1),
subsections (A) and (B) by striking each of those sub-
sections and inserting in lieu thereof:
‘‘(A) Eighty percent to a special account in the
Treasury for use without further appropriation, by the
agency which administers the site, to remain available for
expenditure in accordance with paragraph (2)(A).
‘‘(B) Twenty percent to a special account in the
Treasury for use without further appropriation, by the
agency which administers the site, to remain available for
expenditure in accordance with paragraph (2)(B).’’
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SEC. 321. None of the funds collected under the Rec-
reational Fee Demonstration program may be used to
plan, design, or construct a visitor center or any other per-
manent structure without prior approval of the House and
the Senate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 322. Section 303(d)(1) of Public Law 96–451
(16 U.S.C. 1606a(d)(1)) is amended by inserting before
the semicolon the following: ‘‘and other forest stand im-
provement activities to enhance forest health and reduce
hazardous fuel loads of forest stands in the National For-
est System’’.
SEC. 323. The Secretaries of Agriculture and Inte-
rior, in their conducting the Interior Columbia Basin Eco-
system Management Project, including both the Eastside
Draft Environmental Impact Statement and the Upper
Columbia River Basin Ecosystem Management Strategy
Draft Environmental Impact Statement as described in a
Federal Register notice on January 15, 1997 (Vol. 62, No.
10, page 2176) (hereinafter ‘‘Project’’), shall analyze the
economic and social conditions, and culture and customs
of communities at the sub-basin level of analysis within
the project area to the extent practicable and delineate
the impacts the alternatives will have on the communities
in the 164 sub-basins. The project managers shall release
this more thorough analysis for public review as an addi-
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tion to the draft environmental impact statements for the
project, and incorporate this analysis and public comments
to this analysis in any final environmental impact state-
ments and record of decisions generated by the project.
SEC. 324. Notwithstanding section 904(b) of Public
Law 104–333, hereafter, the Heritage Area established
under section 904 of title IX of division II of Public Law
104–333 shall include any portion of a city, town, or vil-
lage within an area specified in section 904(b)(2) of that
Act only to the extent that the government of the city,
town, or village, in a resolution of the governing board
or council, agrees to be included and submits the resolu-
tion to the Secretary of the Interior and the management
entities for the Heritage Area and to the extent such reso-
lution is not subsequently revoked in the same manner.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998’’.