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Union Calendar No. 412 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5171 
[Report No. 113–551] 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2014 
Mr. CALVERT, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 
Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $957,180,000, 
to remain available until expended; of which $3,000,000 
shall be available in fiscal year 2015 subject to a match 
by at least an equal amount by the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared projects supporting 
conservation of Bureau lands; and such funds shall be ad-
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vanced to the Foundation as a lump-sum grant without 
regard to when expenses are incurred. 
In addition, $32,500,000 is for the processing of ap-
plications for permit to drill and related use authoriza-
tions, to remain available until expended, to be reduced 
by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this 
appropriation that shall be derived from a fee of $6,500 
per new application for permit to drill that the Bureau 
shall collect upon submission of each new application, and, 
in addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administra-
tion program operations, including the cost of admin-
istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 
claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 
authorized for fiscal year 2015, so as to result in a final 
appropriation estimated at not more than $957,180,000, 
and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 
communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 
for the cost of administering communication site activities. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or 
interests therein, $4,816,000, to be derived from the Land 
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and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available 
until expended. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, 
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 
adjacent to such grant lands; $114,467,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 
lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 
California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 
General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-
ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181(f)). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 
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notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 
sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 
315(b), 315(m)) and the amount designated for range im-
provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 
from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart-
ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related 
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 
as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding any provision to the con-
trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 
pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 
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compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 
pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 
the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, pro-
tect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through 
the Bureau of Land Management which have been dam-
aged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, per-
mittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to 
whether all moneys collected from each such action are 
used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: 
Provided further, That any such moneys that are in excess 
of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for 
which funds were collected may be used to repair other 
damaged public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub-
lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 
may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap-
praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 
under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 
remain available until expended. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 
operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimburs-
able agreements with public and private entities, including 
with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail-
able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem-
porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec-
essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 
United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 
the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 
concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-
tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 
exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 
Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co-
operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au-
thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 
in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 
or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 
is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 
further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 
commitment by a State government to provide an identi-
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fied amount of money in support of the project may be 
carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appro-
priations herein made shall not be available for the de-
struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros 
in the care of the Bureau or its contractors or for the 
sale of wild horses and burros that results in their destruc-
tion for processing into commercial products. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
and economic studies, general administration, and for the 
performance of other authorized functions related to such 
resources, $500,842,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016 except as otherwise provided herein: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $17,852,000 shall be used for 
implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 
4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533) (except for processing petitions, developing and 
issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any 
other steps to implement actions described in subsection 
(c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to 
exceed $4,633,000 shall be used for any activity regarding 
the designation of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection 
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(a)(3), excluding litigation support, for species listed pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1) prior to October 1, 2012; of 
which not to exceed $1,505,000 shall be used for any ac-
tivity regarding petitions to list species that are indigenous 
to the United States pursuant to subsections (b)(3)(A) 
and (b)(3)(B); and, of which not to exceed $1,513,000 
shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), 
and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) for species that are not indigenous 
to the United States: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated to this account to implement the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) may be trans-
ferred to the Fish and Aquatic Conservation account to 
implement non-regulatory activities authorized by such 
Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in 
this Act may be used to implement or administer the 
Landscape Conservation Cooperatives established under 
Secretarial Order No. 3289 issued by the Secretary of the 
Interior on September 14, 2009: Provided further, That 
not less than $1,390,000 shall be to revise maps referred 
to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3503(a)). 
PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE 
For necessary expenses to implement the Partners 
for Fish and Wildlife Act (16 U.S.C. 3771 et seq.), 
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$52,066,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses for operations and mainte-
nance of the National Wildlife Refuge System, as author-
ized by law, $476,865,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to establish 
any refuge (as that term is defined in section 5 of the 
National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act of 1966 (16 
U.S.C. 668ee)), or to expand the boundary of any refuge 
(as so defined), unless the establishment or boundary ex-
pansion, respectively, is expressly authorized by a law en-
acted after the date of enactment of this Act. 
FISH AND AQUATIC CONSERVATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to partner with States, feder-
ally recognized Indian tribes, and others for the following 
activities, as authorized by law: to conserve fish, other 
aquatic species, and their habitats at self-sustaining levels 
and to further the science of such conservation; to fulfill 
the Federal Government’s fishery mitigation responsibil-
ities for Federal water development projects; to fulfill In-
dian tribal trust responsibilities; to minimize aquatic 
invasive species; and to promote youth engagement, em-
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ployment, and conservation through demonstrated support 
for recreational fishing and other public use and enjoy-
ment of aquatic resources, $147,916,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2016: Provided, That the amount 
appropriated by this account for the National Fish Hatch-
ery System to implement the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) shall not exceed the amount 
expended by the National Fish Hatchery System to imple-
ment such Act in fiscal year 2012: Provided further, That 
additional amounts to implement such Act may be trans-
ferred from the Resource Management account: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation 
with States, federally recognized Indian tribes, and other 
Federal agencies, shall determine annually the Federal 
Government’s fishery mitigation responsibilities for Fed-
eral water development projects not otherwise defined in 
statute, and shall annually report such determination to 
the Congress, together with any opposing views from such 
States or tribes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
report to the Congress before the end of fiscal year 2015 
any such mitigation responsibilities not fulfilled: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall secure re-
imbursement from other Federal agencies for up to 100 
but not less than 50 percent of the annual costs to the 
Federal Government to fulfill such mitigation responsibil-
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ities: Provided further, That no funds may be used to ter-
minate any production programs, or to repurpose, close, 
or downsize operations at any facility of the National Fish 
Hatchery System: Provided further, That the Fish and 
Wildlife Service shall publish within 90 days of enactment 
of this Act an operations and maintenance plan for the 
National Fish Hatchery System that includes funding allo-
cations and species-specific hatchery production targets by 
facility. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $14,305,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, (16 U.S.C. 460l– 
4 et seq.), including administrative expenses, and for ac-
quisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accord-
ance with statutory authority applicable to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, $14,500,000, to be de-
rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 
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of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition 
projects may be used to pay for any administrative over-
head, planning or other management costs: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available by this or 
any other Act may be used to issue a final environmental 
assessment, an environmental impact statement, or a cat-
egorical exclusion under section 102(2)(C) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) 
for the California Foothills Legacy Area easement pro-
gram described in the draft environmental assessment 
published by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
and dated July 2013. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 
FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 
$49,227,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$22,082,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan-
gered Species Conservation Fund; and of which 
$27,145,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $38,073,000. 
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NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $34,145,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et 
seq.), $3,660,000, to remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 
Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 
4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 
of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Con-
servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 
Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 
et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 
States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
American Samoa, and federally recognized Indian tribes 
under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 
and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the devel-
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opment and implementation of programs for the benefit 
of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not 
hunted or fished, $58,695,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amount provided herein, 
$5,000,000 is for a competitive grant program for feder-
ally recognized Indian tribes not subject to the remaining 
provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That 
$12,695,000 is for a competitive grant program to imple-
ment approved plans for States, territories, and other ju-
risdictions and, at the discretion of affected States, the 
regional Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not sub-
ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall, after deducting 
$17,695,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the 
amount provided herein in the following manner: (1) to 
the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half 
of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, 
the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not 
more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall apportion the remaining 
amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of which 
is based on the ratio to which the land area of such State 
bears to the total land area of all such States; and (2) 
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two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the pop-
ulation of such State bears to the total population of all 
such States: Provided further, That the amounts appor-
tioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted equitably 
so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is less 
than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment 
under this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 
percent of such amount: Provided further, That the Fed-
eral share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent 
of the total costs of such projects and the Federal share 
of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 percent of 
the total costs of such projects: Provided further, That the 
non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived 
from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That any 
amount apportioned in 2015 to any State, territory, or 
other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of Sep-
tember 30, 2016, shall be reapportioned, together with 
funds appropriated in 2017, in the manner provided here-
in. 
LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances under this heading from 
prior year appropriations, all remaining amounts are re-
scinded. 
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PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances under this heading from 
prior year appropriations, all remaining amounts are re-
scinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 
carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex-
penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 
reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 
Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 
damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 
areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 
purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facili-
ties incident to such public recreational uses on conserva-
tion areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; 
and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, build-
ings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Serv-
ice and to which the United States has title, and which 
are used pursuant to law in connection with management, 
and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, 
under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrange-
ments authorized by law, procure printing services from 
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cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica-
tions for which the cooperators share at least one-half the 
cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service 
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 
accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing air-
craft. 
None of the funds available to the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service may be reprogrammed without the 
advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming 
procedures contained in the report accompanying this Act. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service and for the general 
administration 
of 
the 
National 
Park 
Service, 
$2,268,610,000, of which $9,923,000 for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-
tion and $81,600,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabili-
tation projects for constructed assets shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2016. 
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NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $60,695,000. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), 
$56,410,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation 
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2016. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-
ment of physical facilities, including modifications author-
ized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Pro-
tection and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-8), 
$138,265,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for any project initially funded in fiscal year 2015 with 
a future phase indicated in the National Park Service 5– 
Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single procurement 
may be issued which includes the full scope of the project: 
Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall 
contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 
52.232–18. 
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LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2015 
by section 9 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–10a) is rescinded. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 
through 11), including administrative expenses, and for 
acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in ac-
cordance with the statutory authority applicable to the 
National Park Service, $67,486,000, to be derived from 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain 
available until expended, of which $46,000,000 is for the 
State assistance program and of which $8,986,000 shall 
be for the American Battlefield Protection Program 
grants as authorized by section 7301 of the Omnibus Pub-
lic Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11). 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of section 814(g) of Public Law 104–333 (16 U.S.C. 1f) 
relating to challenge cost share agreements, $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for Centennial Chal-
lenge projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 
50 percent of the total cost of each project or program 
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shall be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of 
donated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed 
by an irrevocable letter of credit. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) 
of Public Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub- 
account shall be available for expenditure by the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit 
within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce 
liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender in-
terest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to 
the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise 
fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit ex-
ceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce 
liability. Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be 
credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over 
a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at 
the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds so expended 
to extinguish or reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 
105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 
may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-
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thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 
amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to 
the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart-
ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 
U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 
for FHWA administrative support costs. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 
and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 
its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 
the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 
U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law; 
and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore-
going activities; $1,035,718,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016; of which $53,337,189 shall remain 
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available until expended for satellite operations; and of 
which $7,280,000 shall be available until expended for de-
ferred maintenance and capital improvement projects that 
exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That none of the funds 
provided for the ecosystem research activity shall be used 
to conduct new surveys on private property, unless specifi-
cally authorized in writing by the property owner: Pro-
vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic 
mapping or water resources data collection and investiga-
tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipali-
ties. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 
necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur-
nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-
physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra-
tively determined that such procedures are in the public 
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build-
ings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for 
gauging stations and observation wells; expenses of the 
United 
States 
National 
Committee 
for 
Geological 
Sciences; and payment of compensation and expenses of 
persons employed by the Survey duly appointed to rep-
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resent the United States in the negotiation and adminis-
tration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities 
funded by appropriations herein made may be accom-
plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive agreements as defined in section 6302 of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the United 
States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or coop-
erative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly 
with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without re-
gard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be con-
sidered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 
of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 
for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not 
be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur-
poses. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for granting leases, ease-
ments, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and 
gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes 
on the Outer Continental Shelf and approving operations 
related thereto, as authorized by law; for environmental 
studies, as authorized by law; for implementing other laws 
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and to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial 
delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree-
ments, $169,770,000, of which $72,422,000 is to remain 
available until September 30, 2016 and of which 
$97,348,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 
amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this 
appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from in-
creases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, 
and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by 
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, as-
sessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative ac-
tivities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced as such collections are received 
during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2015 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$72,422,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 
shall be available for reasonable expenses related to pro-
moting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities. 
BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the regulation of oper-
ations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way and 
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agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, 
and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental 
Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and imple-
menting laws and regulations as authorized by law and 
to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial dele-
gation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree-
ments, $124,726,000, of which $66,147,000 is to remain 
available until September 30, 2016 and of which 
$58,579,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 
amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this 
appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from in-
creases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, 
and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by 
the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, in-
cluding studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 
administrative activities: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections 
are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2015 appropriation estimated at not more 
than $66,147,000. 
For an additional amount, $65,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col-
lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 
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which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 
collected in fiscal year 2015, as provided in this Act: Pro-
vided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 
inspection fees exceed $65,000,000, the amounts realized 
in excess of $65,000,000 shall be credited to this appro-
priation and remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2015, not less than 50 percent 
of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety 
and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund per-
sonnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and 
expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental 
safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.), including the review of applications for permits to 
drill. 
OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$14,899,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
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OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977, Public Law 95–87, $121,713,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2016: Provided, That appropria-
tions for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem ex-
penses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 
training. 
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en-
force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 
of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That fees as-
sessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 
507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary off-
setting collections, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as collections are re-
ceived during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal 
year 2015 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$121,713,000. 
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ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
Public Law 95–87, $27,399,000, to be derived from re-
ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 
to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is 
authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of 
the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 
to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public 
Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal 
share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov-
ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re-
lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 
projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior-
ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 
Provided further, That amounts provided under this head-
ing may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of 
State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
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BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN 
EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled 
Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
$2,434,202,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016, except as otherwise provided herein; of which not 
to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; of which not to exceed $74,809,000 
shall be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, That 
in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary 
may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided herein, 
to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities af-
fected by the disaster: Provided further, That federally rec-
ognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally 
recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allo-
cations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $618,387,000 for school oper-
ations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education 
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programs shall become available on July 1, 2015, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $48,553,000 shall remain 
available until expended for housing improvement, road 
maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, land 
records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement 
Program: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, including but not limited to the 
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450f 
et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education Amendments 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $72,019,000 
within and only from such amounts made available for 
school operations shall be available for administrative cost 
grants associated with ongoing grants entered into with 
the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2014 for the 
operation of Bureau-funded schools, and up to $500,000 
within and only from such amounts made available for ad-
ministrative cost grants shall be available for the transi-
tional costs of initial administrative cost grants to grant-
ees that assume operation on or after July 1, 2014, of 
Bureau-funded schools: Provided further, That any for-
estry funds allocated to a federally recognized tribe which 
remain unobligated as of September 30, 2016, may be 
transferred during fiscal year 2017 to an Indian forest 
land assistance account established for the benefit of the 
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holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund account: 
Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not 
so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2017: Pro-
vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu-
reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur-
chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 
personnel. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 
in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-
suant to Public Law 87–483, $167,378,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 
be used to cover the road program management costs of 
the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 
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shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2015, in implementing 
new construction or facilities improvement and repair 
project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to 
grant schools under Public Law 100–297, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall use the Administrative and Audit Re-
quirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs 
contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory require-
ments: Provided further, That such grants shall not be 
subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the Secretary and 
the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule of 
payments for the work to be performed: Provided further, 
That in considering grant applications, the Secretary shall 
consider whether such grantee would be deficient in assur-
ing that the construction projects conform to applicable 
building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State 
health and safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 
2005(b), with respect to organizational and financial man-
agement capabilities: Provided further, That if the Sec-
retary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall fol-
low the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f): Pro-
vided further, That any disputes between the Secretary 
and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to 
the disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e): Provided fur-
ther, That in order to ensure timely completion of con-
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struction projects, the Secretary may assume control of 
a project and all funds related to the project, if, within 
18 months of the date of enactment of this Act, any grant-
ee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior 
Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of 
the project and commenced construction: Provided further, 
That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the Of-
fice of the Special Trustee for American Indians appro-
priation for the appropriate share of construction costs for 
space expansion needed in agency offices to meet trust re-
form implementation. 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses 
for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 
618, 111–11, and 111–291, and for implementation of 
other land and water rights settlements, $35,655,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$7,731,000, of which $1,045,000 is for administrative ex-
penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 
1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
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of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, 
not to exceed $100,496,183. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions. 
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may contract for services in support of the man-
agement, operation, and maintenance of the Power Divi-
sion of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 
Services (except executive direction and administrative 
services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional 
offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 
available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
413). 
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In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this 
action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 
responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern-
ment relationship between the United States and that 
tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appropria-
tions. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 
the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 
schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 
support the operation of any elementary or secondary 
school in the State of Alaska. 
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 
school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 
or approved by the Director of the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation (referred to in this paragraph as the ‘‘Director’’) 
at each school in the Bureau of Indian Education school 
system as of October 1, 1995, except that the Director 
may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 
one additional grade when the Director determines such 
waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 
of the Bureau of Indian Education. Appropriations made 
available in this or any prior Act for schools funded by 
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the Bureau shall be available, in accordance with the Bu-
reau’s funding formula, only to the schools in the Bureau 
school system as of September 1, 1996, and to any school 
or school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. 
Funds made available under this Act may not be used to 
establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as 
that term is defined in section 1141 of the Education 
Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a 
charter school that is in existence on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-fund-
ed school before September 1, 1999, may continue to oper-
ate during that period, but only if the charter school pays 
to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the 
Bureau for the use of the real and personal property (in-
cluding buses and vans), the funds of the charter school 
are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the 
Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter school 
programs of the State in which the school is located if 
the charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bu-
reau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter 
school and performing functions related to the charter 
school’s operation and employees of a charter school shall 
not be treated as Federal employees for purposes of chap-
ter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
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Funds made available under this Act may not be used 
to establish a satellite school of an existing school in the 
Bureau of Indian Education school system, except that the 
Director of the Bureau may waive this prohibition upon 
request by a tribe if establishment of such satellite school 
would provide comparable levels of education as are being 
offered at such existing Bureau school, and would avoid 
incurring extraordinary costs to the Federal Government, 
such as for transportation over extended distances: Pro-
vided, That no funds made available under this Act may 
be used to fund any facilities-related costs for satellite 
school assets that are not owned by the Bureau: Provided 
further, That the term ‘‘satellite school’’ means a school 
location physically separated from the existing Bureau 
school by more than 50 miles but that forms part of the 
existing school in all other respects. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin-
istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 
distribution formula. 
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DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, including the collection and dis-
bursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue 
proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agreements, as 
authorized by law, $255,736,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016; of which not to exceed $15,000 may 
be for official reception and representation expenses; and 
of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers 
compensation payments and unemployment compensation 
payments associated with the orderly closure of the United 
States Bureau of Mines; and of which $6,000,000 for the 
Office of Valuation Services is to be derived from the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund and shall remain available 
until expended; and of which $38,300,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the purpose of mineral rev-
enue management activities: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $15,000 under this 
heading shall be available for refunds of overpayments in 
connection with certain Indian leases in which the Sec-
retary concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay 
amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct 
prior unrecoverable erroneous payments. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2015, up to $400,000 of the payments 
authorized by the Act of October 20, 1976 (31 U.S.C. 
6901–6907) may be retained for administrative expenses 
of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, 
That no payment shall be made pursuant to that Act to 
otherwise eligible units of local government if the com-
puted amount of the payment is less than $100: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may reduce the payment au-
thorized by 31 U.S.C. 6901–6907 for an individual county 
by the amount necessary to correct prior year overpay-
ments to that county: Provided further, That the amount 
needed to correct a prior year underpayment to an indi-
vidual county shall be paid from any reductions for over-
payments to other counties and the amount necessary to 
cover any remaining underpayment is hereby appropriated 
and shall be paid to individual counties: Provided further, 
That section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior 
and other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Pub-
lic Law 108–188, $85,476,000, of which: (1) $76,028,000 
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shall remain available until expended for territorial assist-
ance, including general technical assistance, maintenance 
assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative activi-
ties, and brown tree snake control and research; grants 
to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and 
expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); 
grants to the Government of American Samoa, in addition 
to current local revenues, for construction and support of 
governmental functions; grants to the Government of the 
Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the Govern-
ment of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the 
Government of the Northern Mariana Islands as author-
ized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) 
$9,448,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: 
Provided, That all financial transactions of the territorial 
and local governments herein provided for, including such 
transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities estab-
lished or used by such governments, may be audited by 
the Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in 
accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands 
Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to 
those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representa-
tives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the 
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Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104– 
134: Provided further, That the funds for the program of 
operations and maintenance improvement are appro-
priated to institutionalize routine operations and mainte-
nance improvement of capital infrastructure with terri-
torial participation and cost sharing to be determined by 
the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to time-
ly maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That 
any appropriation for disaster assistance under this head-
ing in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be 
used as non-Federal matching funds for the purpose of 
hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 404 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $3,318,000, to 
remain available until expended, as provided for in sec-
tions 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa-
tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of 
the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 
States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99– 
658 and Public Law 108–188. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec-
retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 
funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 
188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 
Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 
of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per-
cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 
of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 
construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran-
tees may be made without regard to the population of the 
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 
the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 
or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
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OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$64,024,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $49,458,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN 
INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, $139,029,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $23,061,000 from 
this or any other Act, may be available for historical ac-
counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 
transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs and Bureau of Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of In-
dian Programs’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Sec-
retary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available through contracts or 
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grants obligated during fiscal year 2015, as authorized by 
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 
et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the con-
tractor or grantee: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 
not be required to provide a quarterly statement of per-
formance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
activity for at least 18 months and has a balance of $15 
or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 
an annual account statement and maintain a record of any 
such accounts and shall permit the balance in each such 
account to be withdrawn upon the express written request 
of the account holder: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments 
to correct administrative errors of either disbursements 
from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal ac-
counts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, That 
erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited 
to and remain available in this account for this purpose: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required 
to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of 
less than $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee 
receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Ac-
counts claimant. 
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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, hazardous fuels management activi-
ties, and rural fire assistance by the Department of the 
Interior, $804,779,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $6,127,000 shall be for 
the renovation or construction of fire facilities: Provided, 
That such funds are also available for repayment of ad-
vances to other appropriation accounts from which funds 
were previously transferred for such purposes: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided $160,000,000 is for 
hazardous fuels management activities: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided $22,035,000 is for burned area 
rehabilitation: 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 
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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 hazardous fuels management activities, and for train-
ing and monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels 
management activities on Federal land or on adjacent 
non-Federal land for activities that benefit resources on 
Federal land: Provided further, That the costs of imple-
menting 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 notwithstanding requirements of the Com-
petition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes 
of hazardous fuels management activities, may obtain 
maximum practicable competition among: (1) local pri-
vate, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Con-
servation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 
109–154), or related partnerships with State, local, or 
nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; 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: Provided further, 
That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall de-
velop written guidance to field units to ensure account-
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ability and consistent application of the authorities pro-
vided herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading may be used to reimburse the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 
Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their re-
sponsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as 
required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with 
wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 
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-
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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-
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with United States and international organizations. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression op-
erations of the Department of the Interior and as a re-
serve fund for suppression and Federal emergency re-
sponse activities, $92,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such amounts are only available 
for transfer 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). 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
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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.), $9,598,000, 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 Public Law 101–337 (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), 
$6,094,000, 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-
ment, consolidation of facilities and operations throughout 
the Department, $53,786,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
in this Act or any other Act may be used to establish re-
serves in the Working Capital Fund account other than 
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for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment 
without prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may assess reasonable 
charges to State, local and tribal government employees 
for training services provided by the National Indian Pro-
gram Training Center, other than training related to Pub-
lic Law 93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, 
equipment or professional services of the National Indian 
Program Training Center to State, local and tribal govern-
ment employees or persons or organizations engaged in 
cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined 
in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) at the 
prevailing rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or 
services in the vicinity of the National Indian Program 
Training Center: Provided further, That all funds received 
pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall be credited 
to this account, shall be available until expended, and shall 
be used by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the 
National Indian Program Training Center: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may enter into grants and cooper-
ative agreements to support the Office of Natural Re-
source Revenue’s collection and disbursement of royalties, 
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fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized 
by law. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 
which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 
available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 
aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 
or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
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 must be replenished 
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by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 
as promptly as possible. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
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 wildland fires on or threatening lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 
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 oil spills; for response and natural resource 
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or 
releases of hazardous substances into the environment; 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 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 
(7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects 
under section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall trans-
fer, from any no year funds available to the Office of Sur-
face Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as 
may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory au-
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thority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out 
the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Pro-
vided, That appropriations made in this title for wildland 
fire operations shall be available for the payment of obliga-
tions incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for 
reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction 
of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with 
their use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement 
to be credited to appropriations currently available at the 
time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland 
fire operations, no funds shall be made available under 
this authority until the Secretary determines that funds 
appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ and ‘‘FLAME 
Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund’’ shall be exhausted 
within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds used pur-
suant to this section must be replenished by a supple-
mental appropriation, which must be requested as prompt-
ly as possible: Provided further, That such replenishment 
funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, ac-
counts from which emergency funds were transferred. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount 
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not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of 
motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforce-
ment vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of re-
prints; payment for telephone service in private residences 
in the field, when authorized under regulations approved 
by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when author-
ized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies 
or associations which issue publications to members only 
or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who 
are not members. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations Acts made under the same headings shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust man-
agement and reform activities. Total funding for historical 
accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
designated in this Act for such purpose. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 
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lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all 
or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 
New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 
of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 
transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 
Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 
administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con-
sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author-
ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces-
sion contracts or other agreements for the use of such fa-
cilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
determine reasonable. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 106. (a) In fiscal year 2015, the Secretary shall 
collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be de-
posited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental En-
forcement’’ account, from the designated operator for fa-
cilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that 
are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are 
in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 
2015 shall be: 
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines; 
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(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
wells. 
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all in-
spections completed in fiscal year 2015. Fees for fiscal 
year 2015 shall be: 
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 
under subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment re-
quired within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill 
designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days 
of the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, 
with payment required within 30 days of billing. 
OIL AND GAS LEASING INTERNET PROGRAM 
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding section 17(b)(1)(A) of the 
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)), the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall have the authority to imple-
ment an oil and gas leasing Internet program, under 
which the Secretary may conduct lease sales through 
methods other than oral bidding. 
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BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION 
AND ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean En-
ergy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may 
transfer funds among and between the successor offices 
and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in con-
formance with the reprogramming guidelines described in 
the report accompanying this Act. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND 
BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza-
tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 
multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 
section 304B of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c) (except that the 
5-year term restriction in subsection (d) shall not apply), 
for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free 
roaming horses and burros by such organizations or enti-
ties on private land. Such cooperative agreements and con-
tracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal at the 
discretion of the Secretary. 
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MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 110. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 
a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 
for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 
federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 
fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 
identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 
SEC. 111. Section 122(a)(1) of division E of Public 
Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1013) is amended by striking ‘‘fis-
cal years 2012 through 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 
2012 and each fiscal year thereafter’’. 
WILD LANDS FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act may be used to implement, admin-
ister, or enforce Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the 
Secretary of the Interior on December 22, 2010. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION OPERATED SCHOOLS 
SEC. 113. Section 115(d) of Division E of Public Law 
112–74 (125 Stat. 1010) is amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
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REAUTHORIZATION OF FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND 
RECOVERY FUND 
SEC. 114. Title I of the Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2010 (Public Law 111–88) is amended in the text under 
the heading ‘‘FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND 
RECOVERY FUND’’ by striking ‘‘2015’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
IVORY 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to draft, prepare, imple-
ment, or enforce any new or revised regulation or order 
that— 
(1) prohibits or restricts, within the United 
States, the possession, sale, delivery, receipt, ship-
ment, or transportation of ivory that has been law-
fully imported into the United States; 
(2) changes any means of determining, includ-
ing any applicable presumptions concerning, when 
ivory has been lawfully imported; or 
(3) prohibits or restricts the importation of 
ivory that was lawfully importable into the United 
States as of February 1, 2014. 
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VALLEY ELDERBERRY LONGHORN BEETLE 
SEC. 116. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used before October 1, 2015, 
for any study, nor to withdraw or finalize any rule, with 
regard to the valley elderberry longhorn beetle under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1351 et seq.), 
except that the Secretary of the Interior shall accept for 
the record additional public comments on the Peer Review 
of the Scientific Findings in the Proposed Rule to Delist 
the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle, dated January 
2013, for a period of no less than 180 days following the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SAGE-GROUSE 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 
(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse 
(Centrocercus urophasianus); 
(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin dis-
tinct population segment of greater sage-grouse; 
(3) a final rule for the bi-state distinct popu-
lation segment of greater sage-grouse; or 
(4) a final rule for Gunnison sage-grouse 
(Centrocercus minimus). 
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AMPHIBIANS 
SEC. 118. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall release for public comment and submit for sci-
entific peer review not later than December 30, 2015, indi-
vidual or multi-species recovery plans for the Sierra Ne-
vada yellow-legged frog; the northern distinct population 
segment of the mountain yellow-legged frog; and the Yo-
semite toad. The plans shall include analyses of social and 
economic impacts of implementing recovery actions as well 
as efforts to minimize such impacts as required by the 
policy published on July 1, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 34272 et 
seq.). 
TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 
research and development, $716,588,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2016: Provided, That of the 
funds included under this heading, $4,234,000 shall be for 
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Research: National Priorities as specified in the report ac-
companying this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies or associations which issue publications 
to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 
the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil-
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and 
not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses, $2,508,603,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016: Provided, That of the funds included 
under this heading, $12,700,000 shall be for Environ-
mental Protection: National Priorities as specified in the 
report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of 
the funds included under this heading, $406,256,000 shall 
be for Geographic Programs specified in the report accom-
panying this Act. 
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HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM 
FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), includ-
ing the development, operation, maintenance, and upgrad-
ing of the hazardous waste electronic manifest system es-
tablished by such section, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $40,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$34,467,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 
(c)(5), 
(c)(6), 
and 
(e)(4) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
9611) 
$1,156,603,000, to remain available until expended, con-
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sisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 
on September 30, 2014, as authorized by section 517(a) 
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 
of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,156,603,000 as a payment 
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super-
fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 
SARA: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in ac-
cordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$9,939,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’ appropriation to remain available until September 
30, 2016, and $18,850,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science 
and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2016. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $95,647,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $70,018,000 
shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,629,000 shall be for car-
rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 
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Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 
use appropriations made available under this heading to 
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
to provide financial assistance to federally recognized In-
dian tribes for the development and implementation of 
programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, $17,944,000, to be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$2,951,895,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which— 
(1) $1,018,000,000 shall be for making capital-
ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act; and of which $757,000,000 shall be for 
making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the 
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Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal 
year 2015, funds made available under this title to 
each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 
capitalization grants and for Drinking Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the 
discretion of each State, be used for projects to ad-
dress green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 
improvements, or other environmentally innovative 
activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a 
State water pollution control revolving fund that 
may be used by a State to administer the fund shall 
not apply to amounts included as principal in loans 
made by such fund in fiscal year 2015 and prior 
years where such amounts represent costs of admin-
istering the fund to the extent that such amounts 
are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, 
accounted for separately from other assets in the 
fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, in-
cluding administration: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding the limitation on 
amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the 
funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever is 
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greater, and notwithstanding the limitation on 
amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds 
appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, 
for State Revolving Funds under such Acts may be 
reserved by the Administrator for grants under sec-
tion 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2015, notwith-
standing the amounts specified in section 205(c) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 
percent of the aggregate funds appropriated for the 
Clean Water State Revolving Fund program under 
the Act less any sums reserved under section 518(c) 
of the Act, may be reserved by the Administrator for 
grants made under title II of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and 
United States Virgin Islands: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding the limitations 
on amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds 
appropriated for the Drinking Water State Revolv-
ing Fund programs under the Safe Drinking Water 
Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 
made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking 
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Water Act: Provided further, That 10 percent of the 
funds made available under this title to each State 
for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
grants and 20 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Drinking Water 
State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be 
used by the State to provide additional subsidy to el-
igible recipients in the form of forgiveness of prin-
cipal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any com-
bination of these), and shall be so used by the State 
only where such funds are provided as initial financ-
ing for an eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or 
restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients 
only where such debt was incurred on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) $5,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi-
neering, planning, design, construction and related 
activities in connection with the construction of high 
priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 
of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta-
tion with the appropriate border commission; Pro-
vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 
Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit-
ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 
United States along the United States-Mexico bor-
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der shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established 
an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 
which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 
or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
the development within an existing colonia the con-
struction of any new home, business, or other struc-
ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec-
essary infrastructure; 
(3) $10,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-
lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 
of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 
no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 
the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 
with the Statewide priority list established in con-
junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 
and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas-
ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 
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than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 
in regional hub communities; 
(4) $75,000,000 shall be to carry out section 
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-
ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount 
appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of 
CERCLA shall be used for site characterization, as-
sessment, and remediation of facilities described in 
section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA; 
(5) $30,000,000 shall be for grants under title 
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $10,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 
grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 
of the explanatory statement accompanying this Act; 
and 
(7) $1,046,895,000 shall be for grants, includ-
ing associated program support costs, to States, fed-
erally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 
multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
control and abatement and related activities, includ-
ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 
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under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 
making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 
Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col-
lection activities subject to terms and conditions 
specified 
by 
the 
Administrator, 
of 
which: 
$47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 
CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall be for Environmental 
Information Exchange Network grants, including as-
sociated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall be 
for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 
to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 
to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds 
available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par-
ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur-
veys of water resources and enhancements to State 
monitoring programs. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 
U.S.C. 136w-8), as amended by the Pesticide Registration 
Improvement Extension Act of 2012 (Public Law 112– 
177), including pesticide registration service fees that were 
collected and sequestered in fiscal year 2013. 
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Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 
U.S.C. 136w-8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 
33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w-8) for fiscal year 2015. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$300,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 
Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ-
mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 
Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 
such head, to carry out activities that would support the 
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 
Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 
to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 
such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac-
tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non-
profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan-
ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 
in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro-
grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz-
ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail-
able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 
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and renovation of facilities provided that the cost does not 
exceed $150,000 per project. 
The fourth paragraph under the heading ‘‘Adminis-
trative Provisions’’ in title II of Public Law 109–54 is 
amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘State and 
Tribal Assistance Grants’’ account, $45,000,000 are per-
manently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be 
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Con-
current Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
For fiscal year 2015, and notwithstanding section 
518(f) of the Water Pollution Control Act, the Adminis-
trator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for 
any fiscal year under Section 319 of the Act to make 
grants to federally recognized Indian tribes pursuant to 
sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 
TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $297,500,000, to remain 
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available until expended: Provided, That of the funds pro-
vided, $70,000,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis 
program. 
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, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 
invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili-
tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooper-
ative forestry, and education and land conservation activi-
ties and conducting an international program as author-
ized, $209,815,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by law; of which $24,198,000 is to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
$1,496,526,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 shall be 
deposited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restora-
tion Fund for ecological restoration treatments as author-
ized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided further, That of the 
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funds provided, $339,130,000 shall be for forest products: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 
$81,000,000 is for the Integrated Resource Restoration 
pilot program for Region 1, Region 3 and Region 4: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided for forest prod-
ucts, up to $53,000,000 may be transferred to support 
the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program in the 
preceding proviso. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $373,252,000, to remain available 
until expended, for construction, capital improvement, 
maintenance and acquisition of buildings and other facili-
ties and infrastructure; and for construction, reconstruc-
tion, decommissioning of roads that are no longer needed, 
including unauthorized roads that are not part of the 
transportation system, and maintenance 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 $40,000,000 shall be designated for urgently needed 
road decommissioning, road and trail repair and mainte-
nance and associated activities, and removal of fish pas-
sage barriers, especially in areas where Forest Service 
roads may be contributing to water quality problems in 
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streams and water bodies which support threatened, en-
dangered, or sensitive species or community water sources: 
Provided further, That funds becoming available in fiscal 
year 2015 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 
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 $12,000,000 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 the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, 
(16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 
to the Forest Service, $8,000,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able 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-
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geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $950,000, to be 
derived from forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities, 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 until expended (16 
U.S.C. 460l–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 until expended, of which 
not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for administra-
tive expenses associated with on-the-ground range reha-
bilitation, protection, and improvements. 
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GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$45,000, to remain available until expended, 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 until expended. 
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, 
$2,888,124,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such funds including unobligated balances 
under this heading, are available for repayment of ad-
vances from other appropriations accounts previously 
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transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be available to reimburse State and other co-
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, $381,575,000 is for hazardous fuels man-
agement activities, $19,795,000 is for research activities 
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and to make competitive research grants pursuant to the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research 
Act, (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $78,000,000 is for State 
fire assistance, and $13,000,000 is for volunteer fire as-
sistance under section 10 of the Cooperative Forestry As-
sistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2106): Provided further, 
That amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to 
the ‘‘National Forest System’’, and ‘‘Forest and Range-
land Research’’ accounts to fund forest and rangeland re-
search, the Joint Fire Science Program, vegetation and 
watershed management, heritage site rehabilitation, and 
wildlife and fish habitat management and restoration: Pro-
vided further, That, of the funds provided, $130,000,000 
shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture only for 
the purpose of acquiring two aircraft for the next-genera-
tion airtanker fleet to enhance firefighting mobility, effec-
tiveness, efficiency, and safety, and such aircraft shall be 
turbine powered, capable of air speeds in excess of 300 
mph and of carrying 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of fire retard-
ant, and suitable for contractor operation over the terrain 
and forested-ecosystems characteristic of National Forest 
System lands, as determined by the Chief of the Forest 
Service: Provided further, That the costs of implementing 
any cooperative agreement between the Federal Govern-
ment and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutu-
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ally agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, 
That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein may 
be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into pro-
curement contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue 
grants for hazardous fuels management activities and for 
training or monitoring associated with such hazardous 
fuels management activities on Federal land or on non- 
Federal land if the Secretary determines such activities 
implement a community wildfire protection plan (or equiv-
alent) and benefit resources on Federal land: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available to implement the Commu-
nity Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title 
VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in ac-
cordance with authorities made available to the Forest 
Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appro-
priation: 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 of the funds provided 
for 
hazardous 
fuels 
management, 
not 
to 
exceed 
$5,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any au-
thorities available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State 
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and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of 
creating incentives for increased use of biomass from Na-
tional Forest System lands: Provided further, That funds 
designated for wildfire suppression, including funds trans-
ferred from the ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve 
Fund’’, shall be assessed for cost pools on the same basis 
as such assessments are calculated against other agency 
programs: Provided further, That of the funds for haz-
ardous fuels management, up to $24,000,000 may be 
transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ to support 
the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program. 
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, $303,060,000, 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 
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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; 
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 
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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-
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 U.S., private, and international organizations. The 
Forest Service, acting for the International Program, may 
sign direct funding agreements with foreign governments 
and institutions as well as other domestic agencies (includ-
ing the U.S. Agency for International Development, the 
Department of State, and the Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration), U.S. private sector firms, institutions and orga-
nizations to provide technical assistance and training pro-
grams overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 
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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-
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 107–107 (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 
the report accompanying 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-
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quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services 
from the Department of Agriculture’s National Informa-
tion Technology Center. Nothing in this paragraph shall 
limit the Forest Service portion of implementation costs 
to be paid to the Department of Agriculture for the Inter-
national 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, 
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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 
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-
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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 
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 
$55,000,000, 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 
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reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar nonlitiga-
tion-related matters. Future budget justifications for both 
the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture 
should clearly display the sums previously transferred and 
the requested funding transfers. 
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. 
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, $4,180,386,000, 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 
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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 
$929,041,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, including 
$51,500,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emer-
gency Fund, shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided, $30,023,000 
shall remain available until expended for implementation 
of the loan repayment program under section 108 of the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: 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 con-
tracts shall be deposited to the Fund authorized by section 
108A of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1) and shall remain 
available until expended and, notwithstanding section 
108A(c) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1(c)), funds shall 
be available to make new awards under the loan repay-
ment and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 
108 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the amounts made available within this account for the 
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methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treatment 
initiative and for the domestic violence prevention initia-
tive shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of 
the Indian Health Service and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That funds provided in this 
Act may be used for annual contracts and grants that fall 
within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation is re-
corded in the year the funds are appropriated: Provided 
further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under the authority of title 
IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall re-
main available until expended for the purpose of achieving 
compliance with the applicable conditions and require-
ments of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, 
except for those related to the planning, design, or con-
struction of new facilities: Provided further, That funding 
contained herein for scholarship programs under the In-
dian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) 
shall remain available until expended: 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 organizations until expended: 
Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may 
collect from the Indian Health Service, tribes and tribal 
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organizations operating health facilities pursuant to Pub-
lic Law 93–638, such individually identifiable health infor-
mation relating to disabled children as may be necessary 
for the purpose of carrying out its functions under the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1400, et seq.): Provided further, That the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Fund may be used, as needed, to carry 
out activities typically funded under the Indian Health Fa-
cilities account. 
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, 
$461,995,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
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funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction, 
renovation or expansion of health facilities for the benefit 
of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land 
on which such facilities will be located: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $500,000 may be used by the Indian 
Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from 
the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 
Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Serv-
ice may be used for sanitation facilities construction for 
new homes funded with grants by the housing programs 
of the United States Department of Housing and Urban 
Development: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,700,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health 
Services’’ account may be used by the Indian Health Serv-
ice to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service 
and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing inter-
agency agreement between the Indian Health Service and 
the General Services Administration: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $500,000 may be placed in a Demoli-
tion Fund, to remain available until expended, and be used 
by the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal 
buildings. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 
Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent 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; pur-
chase of reprints; 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 
Secretary; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attendance 
at meetings that relate to the functions or activities of the 
Indian Health Service: 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 Indian Health Service facili-
ties, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with funds 
recovered under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall be credited to the account 
of the facility providing the service and shall be available 
without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other law or regulation, funds trans-
ferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
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opment to the Indian Health Service shall be administered 
under Public Law 86–121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities 
Act and Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, ex-
cept those used for administrative and program direction 
purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at 
curtailing Federal travel and transportation: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available to the Indian 
Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assess-
ments or charges by the Department of Health and 
Human Services unless identified in the budget justifica-
tion and provided in this Act, or approved by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the re-
programming process: 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 V 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 V 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 
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be used to implement the final rule published in the Fed-
eral Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department 
of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility 
for the health care services of the Indian Health Service 
until the Indian Health Service has submitted a budget 
request reflecting the increased costs associated with the 
proposed final rule, and such request has been included 
in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided 
further, That with respect to functions transferred by the 
Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the 
Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and 
services to those entities on a reimbursable basis, includ-
ing payments in advance with subsequent adjustment, and 
the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the 
funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian 
Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or 
subsequent appropriation account from which the funds 
were originally derived, with such amounts to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That reim-
bursements for training, technical assistance, or services 
provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total 
costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead asso-
ciated with the provision of goods, services, or technical 
assistance: Provided further, That the appropriation struc-
ture for the Indian Health Service may not be altered 
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without advance notification to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 
set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 
$77,349,000. 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE 
REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 
activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $74,691,000, of which 
up to $1,000 per eligible employee of the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry shall remain available 
until expended for Individual Learning Accounts: Pro-
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vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in lieu of performing a health assessment under section 
104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may 
conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or 
activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, 
clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to 
accredited healthcare providers: Provided further, That in 
performing any such health assessment or health study, 
evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall 
not be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 
to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 
section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2015, and 
existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions as-
signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 
of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 
1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
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and representation expenses, $3,000,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 
one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 
hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for serv-
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individ-
uals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 
5376, $11,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not 
more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the individual appointed to the position of In-
spector General of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 
position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of 
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the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the 
duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 
not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board. 
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 
531, $7,143,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria-
tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 
groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 
lands residents, those in significantly substandard hous-
ing, and all others certified as eligible and not included 
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 Relocation 
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 replacement 
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 se-
lected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo 
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reservation or selected a replacement residence off the 
Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 
25 U.S.C. 640d-10: Provided further, That $200,000 shall 
be transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the 
Department of the Interior, to remain available until ex-
pended, for audits and investigations of the Office of Nav-
ajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, consistent with the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
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 (20 U.S.C. 56 part 
A), $9,469,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016. 
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-
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ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 
agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 
buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 
$100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em-
ployees, $674,297,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016, except as otherwise provided herein; of 
which not to exceed $46,060,000 for the instrumentation 
program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 
the National Museum of African American History and 
Culture, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program 
shall remain available until expended; and including such 
funds as may be necessary to support American overseas 
research centers: Provided, That funds appropriated here-
in are available for advance payments to independent con-
tractors performing research services or participating in 
official Smithsonian presentations. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 
by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 
and for construction, including necessary personnel, 
$139,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au-
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thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and of which $24,010,000 
shall be for construction of the National Museum of Afri-
can American History and Culture. 
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 
repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 
contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, 
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firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under 
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop-
er, $118,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016, of which not to exceed $3,578,000 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, for operating lease agreements of no more than 
10 years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 
years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 
renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 
$19,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That contracts awarded for environmental 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 con-
tractor 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, $22,000,000. 
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CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$10,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $9,975,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2016. 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$146,021,000 shall be available to the National Endow-
ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc-
tions in the arts, including arts education and public out-
reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 
individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 
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support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 
to remain available until expended. 
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, 
$146,021,000 to remain available until expended, of which 
$135,283,000 shall be available for support of activities 
in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and 
for administering the functions of the Act; and 
$10,738,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 
grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 
including $8,357,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 
Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 
10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 
by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre-
ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre-
viously been appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 
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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: Provided further, 
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 
to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 
does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 
grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 
such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 
of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 
the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 
Chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $2,524,000: 
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 
fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
lection, to remain available until expended without further 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art-
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work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 
and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac-
tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 
of artistic display, study or education. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $1,000,000. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $6,204,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 
States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $7,948,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per-
cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 
for official reception and representational expenses associ-
ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 
planning and physical development of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 
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2310), $52,385,000, of which $515,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2017, for the Museum’s 
equipment replacement program; and of which $1,900,000 
for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and 
$1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program 
shall remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 401. 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 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over-
head charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including 
working capital fund and cost pool charges, from pro-
grams, projects, activities and subactivities to support gov-
ernment-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau adminis-
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trative functions or headquarters, regional, or central op-
erations shall be presented in annual budget justifications 
and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations for approval. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 
process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 
site claim located under the general mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—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 Sec-
retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re-
quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 
the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 
lode claims, 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) REPORT.—On September 30, 2015, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
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mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 
by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re-
lated 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 
the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 
third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam-
ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 
patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu-
reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi-
bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac-
cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 
Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third- 
party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
SEC. 405. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, amounts appropriated to or otherwise designated in 
committee reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
the Indian Health Service by Public Laws 103–138, 103– 
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332, 104–134, 104–208, 105–83, 105–277, 106–113, 
106–291, 107–63, 108–7, 108–108, 108–447, 109–54, 
109–289, division B and Continuing Appropriations Reso-
lution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as 
amended by Public Laws 110–5 and 110–28), Public 
Laws 110–92, 110–116, 110–137, 110–149, 110–161, 
110–329, 111–6, 111–8, 111–88, 112–10, 112–74, and 
113–6 for payments for contract support costs associated 
with self-determination or self-governance contracts, 
grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements with the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service as 
funded by such Acts, are the total amounts available for 
fiscal years 1994 through 2013 for such purposes, except 
that the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal organi-
zations may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet 
contract support costs of ongoing contracts, grants, self- 
governance compacts, or annual funding agreements. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 
SEC. 406. Amounts provided under the headings 
‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 
and Bureau of Indian Education, Operation of Indian 
Programs’’ and ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, Indian Health Service, Indian Health Services’’ in 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (P.L. 113–76) 
are the only amounts available for contract support costs 
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arising out of self-determination or self-governance con-
tracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements 
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health 
Service for activities funded by the fiscal year 2014 appro-
priation: Provided, That such amounts provided by that 
Act are not available for payment of claims for contract 
support costs for prior years, or for repayments of pay-
ments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 
support costs for prior years. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2015 
SEC. 407. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 
year 2015 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services, Indian Health Service, Indian Health 
Services’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of In-
dian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Operation 
of Indian Programs’’ are the only amounts available for 
contract support costs arising out of self-determination or 
self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual 
funding agreements for fiscal year 2015 with the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service: Provided, 
That such amounts provided by this Act are not available 
for payment of claims for contract support costs for prior 
years, or for repayments of payments for settlements or 
judgments awarding contract support costs for prior 
years. 
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FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 408. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 
considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because 
more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 
plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing 
in this section exempts the Secretary from any other re-
quirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
sources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any 
other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 
expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding avail-
able, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 
System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 
and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 
of the plan on an accelerated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 409. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu-
ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 
U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 
20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 
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the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu-
ment. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 410. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 
interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec-
larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 
to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na-
tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 
funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur-
poses. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 411. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 
be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 
the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 
and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 
allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 
when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west-
ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 
to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 
be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 
48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi-
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(A) 
in 
subsection 
(b) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$10,000,000,000’’ and ‘‘$5,000,000,000’’, and 
inserting 
‘‘$15,000,000,000’’ 
and 
‘‘$7,500,000,000’’, respectively, 
(B) 
in 
subsection 
(c) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,200,000,000’’ and ‘‘$750,000,000’’, and in-
serting 
‘‘$1,800,000,000’’ 
and 
‘‘$1,000,000,000’’, respectively, and 
(C) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (8) by striking 
‘‘chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘Act’’. 
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 418. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro-
priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob-
ligated funds in each program and activity. 
REPORT ON USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDS 
SEC. 419. Not later than 120 days after the date on 
which the President’s fiscal year 2016 budget request is 
submitted to the Congress, the President shall submit a 
comprehensive report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate de-
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