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SEC. 3. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, print-
ed in the House section of the Congressional Record on 
or about January 3, 2019 and submitted by the Chair of 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, shall have the same effect with respect to al-
location of funds and implementation of this Act as if it 
were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of con-
ference. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF 
THE 
INTERIOR, 
ENVIRON-
MENT, AND RELATED AGEN-
CIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2019 
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, 2019, 
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 
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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)), $1,196,143,000, 
to remain available until expended, including all such 
amounts as are collected from permit processing fees, as 
authorized but made subject to future appropriation by 
section 35(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 191), except that amounts from permit processing 
fees may be used for any bureau-related expenses associ-
ated with the processing of oil and gas applications for 
permits to drill and related use of authorizations: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available to carry out 
the Colorado River Basin salinity control program. 
In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis-
tration 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 2019, so as to result in a final 
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appropriation estimated at not more than $1,196,143,000, 
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, $26,016,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able 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; $106,543,000, 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 
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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. 2605). 
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), 
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. 
315b, 315m) 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-
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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, 
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. 
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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. 
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 
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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-
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 
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, $1,292,067,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That not to exceed 
$17,818,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 
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(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing 
petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regu-
lations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 
described 
in 
subsection 
(c)(2)(A), 
(c)(2)(B)(i), 
or 
(c)(2)(B)(ii)). 
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; $50,413,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 
title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
$45,189,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund and to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific 
land acquisition projects may be used to pay for any ad-
ministrative overhead, planning or other management 
costs. 
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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), 
$49,495,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$18,695,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan-
gered Species Conservation Fund; and of which 
$30,800,000 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), $13,228,000. 
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.), $43,000,000, 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.), $3,910,000, 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. 
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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.), $12,061,000, 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 Indian tribes under the provisions 
of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 
Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and imple-
mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 
$65,571,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided herein, $4,209,000 is 
for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not sub-
ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That $6,362,000 is for a competitive grant 
program to implement approved plans for States, terri-
tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af-
fected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 
agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
after deducting $10,571,000 and administrative expenses, 
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apportion the amount provided herein in the following 
manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Com-
monwealth 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 further, That the Secretary shall appor-
tion 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) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio 
to which the population of such State bears to the total 
population of all such States: Provided further, That the 
amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be ad-
justed 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 Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 
75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the Fed-
eral share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 
percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided fur-
ther, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not 
be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided further, 
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That any amount apportioned in 2019 to any State, terri-
tory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of 
September 30, 2020, shall be reapportioned, together with 
funds appropriated in 2021, in the manner provided here-
in. 
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: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and ap-
proval shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 
and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of 
such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revis-
ing regulations as necessary, and shall remain available 
until expended. 
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, 
$2,500,369,000, of which $10,032,000 for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-
tion and $141,961,000 for maintenance, repair, or reha-
bilitation 
projects 
for 
constructed 
assets 
and 
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$149,075,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for con-
structed assets shall remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act are available for the purposes of section 
5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 
section 
9(a) 
of 
the 
United 
States 
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 
114–196; 130 Stat. 691), $500,000 of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be provided to the orga-
nization selected under section 9(b) of that Act for ex-
penditure by the United States Semiquincentennial Com-
mission in accordance with that Act. 
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, $64,138,000. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code), $91,910,000, to be derived from 
the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided , That of the funds 
provided for the Historic Preservation Fund, $500,000 is 
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for competitive grants for the survey and nomination of 
properties to the National Register of Historic Places and 
as National Historic Landmarks associated with commu-
nities currently under-represented, as determined by the 
Secretary, $13,000,000 is for competitive grants to pre-
serve the sites and stories of the Civil Rights movement, 
$8,000,000 is for grants to Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities, and $5,000,000 is for competitive grants 
for the restoration of historic properties of national, State 
and local significance listed on or eligible for inclusion on 
the National Register of Historic Places, to be made with-
out imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions of sec-
tion 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Histor-
ical Preservation Act: Provided further, That such com-
petitive grants shall be made without imposing the match-
ing requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, 
United States Code, to States and Indian tribes as defined 
in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organiza-
tions, local governments, including Certified Local Govern-
ments, and non-profit organizations. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-
ment of physical facilities, and compliance and planning 
for programs and areas administered by the National 
Park Service, $364,704,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 
2019 with a future phase indicated in the National Park 
Service 5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single pro-
curement 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: Provided further, That Na-
tional Park Service Donations, Park Concessions Fran-
chise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available 
for the cost of adjustments and changes within the origi-
nal scope of effort for projects funded by the National 
Park Service Construction appropriation: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with current 
reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any charges 
authorized by this section. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 
title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with the statutory authority appli-
cable to the National Park Service, $174,444,000, to be 
derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended, of which $124,006,000 
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is for the State assistance program and of which 
$15,000,000 shall be for the American Battlefield Protec-
tion Program grants as authorized by chapter 3081 of title 
54, United States Code. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating 
to challenge cost share agreements, $23,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, for Centennial Challenge 
projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 
percent of the total cost of each project or program shall 
be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of do-
nated 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 
101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise 
fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for ex-
penditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, 
for use at any unit within the National Park System to 
extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or 
leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used 
for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit an-
ticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the con-
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tract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to ex-
tinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefit-
ting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the origi-
nating 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-
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-
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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; $1,148,457,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020; of which $100,000 shall be made 
available to the United States Geological Survey Mineral 
Resources Program for the development of a map depict-
ing pyrrhotite occurrences throughout the United States; 
of which $84,337,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for satellite operations; and of which $15,164,000 
shall be available until expended for deferred 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 specifically authorized 
in writing by the property owner: Provided 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 investigations carried on in 
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cooperation with States and municipalities: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing, not less than $200,000 shall be used for activities to 
better understand mechanisms that result in toxins being 
present in harmful algal blooms. 
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, observation wells, and seismic equip-
ment; expenses of the United States National Committee 
for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and 
expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly ap-
pointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 
and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 
activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 
accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or co-
operative 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-
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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 and admin-
istering leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements 
for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and ma-
rine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and 
approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; 
for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for imple-
menting other laws and to the extent provided by Presi-
dential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants 
or cooperative agreements, $179,266,000, of which 
$129,450,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2020, and of which $49,816,000 is to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That this total appropriation 
shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary 
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and credited to this appropriation from additions to re-
ceipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in ef-
fect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from 
activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man-
agement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscella-
neous administrative activities: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year, so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $129,450,000: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses 
related to promoting 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 
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-
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ments, $145,475,000, of which $121,351,000 is to remain 
available until September 30, 2020, and of which 
$24,124,000 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 2019 appropriation estimated at not more 
than $121,351,000. 
For an additional amount, $41,765,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col-
lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 
which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 
collected in fiscal year 2019, as provided in this Act: Pro-
vided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 
inspection fees exceed $41,765,000, the amounts realized 
in excess of $41,765,000 shall be credited to this appro-
priation and remain available until expended: Provided 
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further, That for fiscal year 2019, 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, 
$12,700,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
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, $114,900,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: 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 
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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 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$114,900,000. 
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, $22,952,000, 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 
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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. 
In addition, $115,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for grants to States and federally recognized In-
dian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 
other related activities in accordance with the terms and 
conditions in Senate report 115-276: Provided, That such 
additional amount shall be used for economic and commu-
nity development in conjunction with the priorities in sec-
tion 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
tion Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further, 
That of such additional amount, $75,000,000 shall be dis-
tributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian States 
with the greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet the 
priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such sec-
tion, $30,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts 
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to the 3 Appalachian States with the subsequent greatest 
amount of unfunded needs to meet such priorities, and 
$10,000,000 shall be for grants to federally recognized In-
dian Tribes without regard to their status as certified or 
uncertified under the Surface Mining Control and Rec-
lamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclama-
tion of abandoned mine lands and other related activities 
in accordance with the terms and conditions in Senate re-
port 115-276 and shall be used for economic and commu-
nity development in conjunction with the priorities in sec-
tion 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
tion Act of 1977: Provided further, That such additional 
amount shall be allocated to States and Indian Tribes 
within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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. 5301 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.), 
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$2,403,890,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, 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 $76,000,000 
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 $680,673,000 for school oper-
ations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education 
programs shall become available on July 1, 2019, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $54,174,000 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. 5301 
et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education Amendments 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $81,036,000 
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within and only from such amounts made available for 
school operations shall be available for administrative cost 
grants associated with grants approved prior to July 1, 
2019: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated 
to a federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated 
as of September 30, 2020, may be transferred during fis-
cal year 2021 to an Indian forest land assistance account 
established for the benefit of the holder of the funds within 
the holder’s trust fund account: Provided further, That 
any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall ex-
pire on September 30, 2021: Provided further, That in 
order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the 
Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or other iden-
tifying articles of clothing for personnel. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs for fiscal year 2019, such 
sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts 
made available under this heading shall be available for 
transfer to another budget account. 
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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; $359,419,000, 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 the Act of No-
vember 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available 
on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That for fis-
cal year 2019, in implementing new construction, replace-
ment facilities construction, or facilities improvement and 
repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that are pro-
vided to grant schools under Public Law 100–297, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and 
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Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance 
Programs contained in part 12 of title 43, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as the regulatory requirements: Provided fur-
ther, That such grants shall not be subject to section 
12.61 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations; the Sec-
retary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a 
schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Pro-
vided further, That in considering grant applications, the 
Secretary shall consider whether such grantee would be 
deficient in assuring that the construction projects con-
form to applicable building standards and codes and Fed-
eral, tribal, or State health and safety standards as re-
quired by section 1125(b) of title XI of Public Law 95– 
561 (25 U.S.C. 2005(b)), with respect to organizational 
and financial management capabilities: Provided further, 
That if the Secretary declines a grant application, the Sec-
retary shall follow the requirements contained in section 
5206(f) of Public Law 100–297 (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 section 5208(e) of Public Law 
107–110 (25 U.S.C. 2507(e)): Provided further, That in 
order to ensure timely completion of construction projects, 
the Secretary may assume control of a project and all 
funds related to the project, if, within 18 months of the 
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date of enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds 
appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not com-
pleted the planning and design phase of the project and 
commenced construction: Provided further, That this ap-
propriation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Spe-
cial Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the 
appropriate share of construction costs for space expan-
sion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform imple-
mentation: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived 
from the Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 
3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 
1749). 
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, 111–291, and 114–322, and for implemen-
tation of other land and water rights settlements, 
$55,457,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall make payments in such 
amounts as necessary to satisfy the total authorized 
amount for the Navajo Nation Water Rights Trust Fund. 
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INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$9,279,000, of which $1,252,000 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 
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 $123,565,389. 
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 Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 
support of the management, operation, and maintenance 
of the Power Division 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 
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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). 
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 Secretary of the Interior at each school 
in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 
October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior 
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may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 
one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 
waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 
of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one 
grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bu-
reau-funded schools with a K–2 grade structure on Octo-
ber 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any 
prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be avail-
able, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
tember 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 enactment of this Act and 
that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before Sep-
tember 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that pe-
riod, 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 (including buses 
and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept sepa-
rate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does 
not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 
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the State in which the school is located if the charter 
school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 
schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per-
forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 
and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 
Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
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. 
Funds available under this Act may not be used to 
establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 
system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 
may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 
to provide language and cultural immersion educational 
programs for non-public schools located within the juris-
dictional area of the tribal government which exclusively 
serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 
currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 
provide an educational environment with educator pres-
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ence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau- 
funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 
or State health and safety standards, and the Americans 
with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es-
tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur-
ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 
other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 
students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 
available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 
maintenance, rehabilitation, construction or other facili-
ties-related costs for such 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. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 
agreements, as authorized by law, $131,673,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020; of which not to 
exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be 
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available for workers compensation payments and unem-
ployment compensation payments associated with the or-
derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and 
of which $9,000,000 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 $9,704,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource 
valuation activities shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, and re-
source valuation activities may, as needed, be transferred 
to and merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bu-
reau of Indian Education ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ 
account and the Office of the Special Trustee for Amer-
ican Indians ‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: Provided 
further, That funds made available through contracts or 
grants obligated during fiscal year 2019, as authorized by 
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the 
contractor or grantee: Provided further, That within avail-
able amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall designate the rest area bound by Alex-
andria Avenue, West Boulevard Drive, and the George 
Washington Memorial Parkway on the Mount Vernon 
Trail within the George Washington Memorial Parkway 
as the ‘‘Peter B. Webster III Memorial Area’’ and any 
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reference in a law, map regulation, document, paper, or 
other record of the United States to the rest area shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Peter B. Webster III 
Memorial Area’’; Provided further, That the Secretary of 
the Interior shall accept and expend private contributions 
for the design, procurement, preparation, and installation 
of a plaque honoring Peter B. Webster III on the condition 
that the Director of the National Park Service shall ap-
prove the design and placement of the plaque: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $400,000 shall be made available to the commis-
sion established by section 3(a) of the Alyce Spotted Bear 
and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act 
(Public Law 114–244; 130 Stat. 981). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2019, up to $400,000 of the payments 
authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 
may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 
amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 
available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 
event the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for pay-
ments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make 
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the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units 
of local government, then the payment to each local gov-
ernment shall be made proportionally: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment to 
individual units of local government to correct for prior 
overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That 
no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to oth-
erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 
amount of the payment is less than $100. 
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, 
$100,688,000, 
of 
which: 
(1) 
$91,240,000 shall remain available until expended for ter-
ritorial assistance, including general technical assistance, 
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef ini-
tiative activities, and brown tree snake control and re-
search; 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 construc-
tion and support of governmental functions; grants to the 
Government of the Virgin Islands, as authorized by law; 
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grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; 
and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana 
Islands , as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 
Stat. 272); and (2) $9,448,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2020, for salaries and expenses of the Of-
fice of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial trans-
actions of the territorial and local governments herein pro-
vided for, including such transactions of all agencies or 
instrumentalities established 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 
Representatives on Future United States Financial Assist-
ance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public 
Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for the 
program of operations and maintenance improvement are 
appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 
maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with 
territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined 
by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to 
timely maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, 
That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 
heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may 
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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 Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $3,563,000, 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. 
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 
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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. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$65,674,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $52,486,000. 
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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, $112,380,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $19,016,000 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 
grants obligated during fiscal year 2019, as authorized by 
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the 
contractor 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 15 months and has a balance of $15 
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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: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund Manage-
ment Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any 
other provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate the 
trust accounts of individuals whose whereabouts are un-
known for a continuous period of at least five years and 
shall not be required to generate periodic statements of 
performance for the individual accounts: Provided further, 
That with respect to the eighth proviso, the Secretary shall 
continue to maintain sufficient records to determine the 
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STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$3,575,041,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which— 
(1) $1,394,000,000 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 $864,000,000 shall be for 
making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal 
year 2019, to the extent there are sufficient eligible 
project applications and projects are consistent with 
State Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capital-
ization grants shall be used by the State for projects 
to address green infrastructure, water or energy effi-
ciency improvements, or other environmentally inno-
vative activities: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2019, funds made available under this title to 
each State for Drinking Water State Revolving 
Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion of 
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direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 
Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 
to the employment of such other officer or employee 
or pertaining to the department or agency of such 
other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 
committee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 
Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 
commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 
such other officer or employee, by reason of any 
communication or contact of such other officer or 
employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 
(1). 
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