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paredness Grant Program or any other successor grant pro-
grams unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 
SEC. 549. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to provide funding for the position of Pub-
lic Advocate, or a successor position, within U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement. 
SEC. 550. Section 559(e)(3)(D) of Public Law 113– 
76 is amended by striking ‘‘five pilots per year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘10 pilots per year’’. 
SEC. 551. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of 
more than 50 employees of a single component of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, who are stationed in the 
United States, at a single international conference unless 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, deter-
mines that such attendance is in the national interest and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives within at least 10 days 
of that determination and the basis for that determination: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter-
national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring out-
side of the United States attended by representatives of the 
United States Government and of foreign governments, 
international organizations, or nongovernmental organiza-
tions: Provided further, That the total cost to the Depart-
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ment of Homeland Security of any such conference shall 
not exceed $500,000. 
SEC. 552. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department or 
agency for its participation in a National Special Security 
Event. 
SEC. 553. With the exception of countries with 
preclearance facilities in service prior to 2013, none of the 
funds made available in this Act may be used for new U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection air preclearance agreements 
entering into force after February 1, 2014, unless: (1) the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, has certified to Congress that air 
preclearance operations at the airport provide a homeland 
or national security benefit to the United States; (2) U.S. 
passenger air carriers are not precluded from operating at 
existing preclearance locations; and (3) a U.S. passenger 
air carrier is operating at all airports contemplated for es-
tablishment of new air preclearance operations. 
SEC. 554. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration to implement, ad-
minister, or enforce, in abrogation of the responsibility de-
scribed in section 44903(n)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, any requirement that airport operators provide air-
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port-financed staffing to monitor exit points from the sterile 
area of any airport at which the Transportation Security 
Administration provided such monitoring as of December 
1, 2013. 
SEC. 555. The administrative law judge annuitants 
participating in the Senior Administrative Law Judge Pro-
gram managed by the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management under section 3323 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be available on a temporary reemployment basis 
to conduct arbitrations of disputes arising from delivery of 
assistance under the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy Public Assistance Program. 
SEC. 556. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im-
plementation Act (Public Law 112–42) fees collected from 
passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent 
island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 557. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Homeland Security by this or any other Act 
may be obligated for any structural pay reform that affects 
more than 100 full-time equivalent employee positions or 
costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year before the end 
of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the
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Secretary of Homeland Security submits to Congress a noti-
fication that includes— 
(1) the number of full-time equivalent employee 
positions affected by such change; 
(2) funding required for such change for the cur-
rent year and through the Future Years Homeland 
Security Program; 
(3) justification for such change; and 
(4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to 
such change that were considered by the Department. 
SEC. 558. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public Web site of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives in this 
Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 
it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
homeland or national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
than 45 days except as otherwise specified in law.
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SEC. 559. (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall not— 
(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any 
new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 
Southern border or the Northern border at a land port 
of entry; or 
(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 
of a border crossing fee. 
(b) BORDER CROSSING FEE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a fee that every 
pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of a private 
motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege of crossing 
the Southern border or the Northern border at a land port 
of entry. 
SEC. 560. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
grants awarded to States along the Southwest Border of the 
United States under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) using funds 
provided under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, State and Local Programs’’ in this Act, Pub-
lic Law 114–4, division F of Public Law 113–76, or divi-
sion D of Public Law 113–6 may be used by recipients or 
sub-recipients for costs, or reimbursement of costs, related 
to providing humanitarian relief to unaccompanied alien
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children and alien adults accompanied by an alien minor 
where they are encountered after entering the United States, 
provided that such costs were incurred between January 1, 
2014, and December 31, 2014, or during the award period 
of performance. 
SEC. 561. (a) Each major acquisition program of the 
Department of Homeland Security, as defined in Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Management Directive 102–2, 
shall meet established acquisition documentation require-
ments for its acquisition program baseline established in 
the Department of Homeland Security Instruction Manual 
102–01–001 and the Department of Homeland Security Ac-
quisition Instruction/Guidebook 102–01–001, Appendix K. 
(b) The Department shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives in the Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report and 
its quarterly updates, required under the heading ‘‘Office 
of the Under Secretary for Management’’ of this Act, on 
any major acquisition program that does not meet such doc-
umentation requirements and the schedule by which the 
program will come into compliance with these require-
ments. 
(c) None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act for any fiscal year may be used for a major acqui-
sition program that is out of compliance with such docu-
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mentation requirements for more than two years except that 
funds may be used solely to come into compliance with such 
documentation requirements or to terminate the program. 
SEC. 562. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan-
guage as part of the President’s budget proposal to the Con-
gress of the United States for programs under the jurisdic-
tion of the Appropriations Subcommittees on the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security that assumes revenues or re-
flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 
proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 
submission of the budget unless such budget submission 
identifies which additional spending reductions should 
occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted 
prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con-
ference for the fiscal year 2017 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 563. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 
may include, in the President’s budget proposal for fiscal 
year 2017, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, and accompanying justification 
materials, an account structure under which each appro-
priation under each agency heading either remains the 
same as fiscal year 2016 or falls within the following cat-
egories of appropriations:
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(1) Operations and Support. 
(2) Procurements, Construction, and Improve-
ments. 
(3) Research and Development. 
(4) Federal Assistance. 
(b) The Under Secretary for Management, acting 
through the Chief Financial Officer, shall determine and 
provide centralized guidance to each agency on how to 
structure appropriations for purposes of subsection (a). 
(c) Not earlier than October 1, 2016, the accounts des-
ignated under subsection (a) may be established, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security may execute appropria-
tions of the Department as provided pursuant to such sub-
section, including any continuing appropriations made 
available for fiscal year 2017 before enactment of a regular 
appropriations Act. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security may transfer any appro-
priation made available to the Department of Homeland 
Security by any appropriations Acts to the accounts created 
pursuant to subsection (c) to carry out the requirements of 
such subsection, and shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
within 5 days of each transfer.
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(e)(1) Not later than November 1, 2016, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall establish the preliminary base-
line for application of reprogramming and transfer au-
thorities and submit the report specified in paragraph (2) 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) The report required in this subsection shall in-
clude— 
(A) a delineation of the amount and account of 
each transfer made pursuant to subsection (c) or (d); 
(B) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget pro-
posal, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, adjustments 
made pursuant to the transfer authority in subsection 
(c) or (d), and the fiscal year level; 
(C) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation, adjusted as described in paragraph (2), both 
by budget activity and program, project, and activity 
as detailed in the Budget Appendix; and 
(D) an identification of funds directed for a spe-
cific activity. 
(f) The Secretary shall not exercise the authority pro-
vided in subsections (c), (d), and (e) unless, not later than 
April 1, 2016, the Chief Financial Officer has submitted
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to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives— 
(1) technical assistance on new legislative lan-
guage in the account structure under subsection (a); 
(2) comparison tables of fiscal years 2015, 2016, 
and 2017 in the account structure under subsection 
(a); 
(3) cross-component comparisons that the ac-
count structure under subsection (a) facilitates; 
(4) a copy of the interim financial management 
policy manual addressing changes made in this Act; 
(5) an outline of the financial management pol-
icy manual changes necessary for the account struc-
ture under subsection (a); 
(6) proposed changes to transfer and reprogram-
ming requirements, including technical assistance on 
legislative language; 
(7) certification by the Chief Financial Officer 
that the Department’s financial systems can report in 
the new account structure; and 
(8) a plan for training and implementation of 
the account structure under subsections (a) and (c). 
SEC. 564. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms
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Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of rati-
fication for the Treaty. 
SEC. 565. Section 214(g)(9)(A) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(9)(A)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2004, 2005, or 2006 shall not again be counted 
toward such limitation during fiscal year 2007.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2013, 2014, or 2015 shall not again be counted 
toward such limitation during fiscal year 2016.’’. 
SEC. 566. For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$14,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be re-
duced by amounts collected and credited to this appropria-
tion from amounts authorized to be collected by section 
286(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8311), and section 817 
of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 
2015: Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized 
from such collections exceed $14,000,000, those amounts in 
excess of $14,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation 
and remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That this authority is contingent on enactment of the Trade 
Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015.
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(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 567. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby 
rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 
specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res-
olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177): 
(1) $27,338,000 from Public Law 109–88; 
(2) $4,188,000 from unobligated prior year bal-
ances from ‘‘Analysis and Operations’’; 
(3) $7,000,000 from unobligated prior year bal-
ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
Automation Modernization’’; 
(4) $21,856,000 from unobligated prior year bal-
ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
Border Security, Fencing, Infrastructure, and Tech-
nology’’; 
(5) $4,500,000 from unobligated prior year bal-
ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
Construction and Facilities Management’’; 
(6) $158,414,000 from Public Law 114–4 under 
the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Administra-
tion, Aviation Security’’;
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(7) $14,000,000 from Public Law 114–4 under 
the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Administra-
tion, Surface Transportation Security’’; 
(8) $5,800,000 from Public Law 112–74 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’; 
(9) $16,445,000 from Public Law 113–76 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’; 
(10) $13,758,918 from ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, National Predisaster Mitigation 
Fund’’ account 70 × 0716; 
(11) $393,178 from Public Law 113–6 under the 
heading ‘‘Science and Technology, Research, Develop-
ment, Acquisition, and Operations’’; 
(12) $8,500,000 from Public Law 113–76 under 
the heading ‘‘Science and Technology, Research, De-
velopment, Acquisition, and Operations’’; and 
(13) $1,106,822 from Public Law 114–4 under 
the heading ‘‘Science and Technology, Research, De-
velopment, Acquisition, and Operations’’. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 568. Of the funds transferred to the Department 
of Homeland Security when it was created in 2003, the fol-
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lowing funds are hereby rescinded from the following ac-
counts and programs in the specified amounts: 
(1) $417,017 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(2) $15,238 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, Office of Domestic Preparedness’’; and 
(3) $573,828 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, National Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 569. The following unobligated balances made 
available to the Department of Homeland Security pursu-
ant to section 505 of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4) are re-
scinded: 
(1) $361,242 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary and 
Executive Management’’; 
(2) $146,547 from ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary 
for Management’’; 
(3) $25,859 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer’’; 
(4) $507,893 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer’’; 
(5) $301,637 from ‘‘Analysis and Operations’’; 
(6) $20,856 from ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’;
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(7) $598,201 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(8) $254,322 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Automation Modernization’’; 
(9) $450,806 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Air and Marine Operations’’; 
(10) $2,461,665 from ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(11) $8,653,853 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Operating 
Expenses’’; 
(12) $515,040 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Reserve 
Training’’; 
(13) $970,844 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, 
Construction, and Improvements’’; 
(14) $4,212,971 from ‘‘United States Secret 
Service, Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(15) $27,360 from ‘‘National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, Management and Administra-
tion’’; 
(16) $188,146 from ‘‘National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, Infrastructure Protection and 
Information Security’’; 
(17) $986 from ‘‘National Protection and Pro-
grams Directorate, Office of Biometric Identity Man-
agement’’;
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(18) $20,650 from ‘‘Office of Health Affairs’’; 
(19) $236,332 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency, United States Fire Administration’’; 
(20) $3,086,173 from ‘‘United States Citizenship 
and Immigration Services’’; 
(21) $558,012 from ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(22) $284,796 from ‘‘Science and Technology, 
Management and Administration’’; and 
(23) $83,861 from ‘‘Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office, Management and Administration’’. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 570. From the unobligated balances made avail-
able in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 
established by section 9703 of title 31, United States Code 
(added by section 638 of Public Law 102–393), 
$176,000,000 shall be rescinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 571. Of the unobligated balances made available 
to ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Re-
lief Fund’’, $1,021,879,000 shall be rescinded: Provided, 
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
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1985, as amended: Provided further, That no amounts may 
be rescinded from the amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 572. Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1324a note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2016’’ for the date specified in section 106(3) 
of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 
114–53). 
SEC. 573. Subclauses 101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and (III) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and (III)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ for the date specified in sec-
tion 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 
(Public Law 114–53). 
SEC. 574. Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 
note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ 
for the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–53). 
SEC. 575. Section 610(b) of the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) shall
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be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ for the 
date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–53). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE-
RIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 
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, classifica-
tion, acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, 
and performance of other functions, including maintenance 
of facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of 
lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bu-
reau of Land Management, including the general adminis-
tration 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)), $1,072,675,000, 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
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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 associated with the 
processing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill 
and related use of authorizations; of which $3,000,000 shall 
be available in fiscal year 2016 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 advanced to the 
Foundation as a lump-sum grant without regard to when 
expenses are incurred. 
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 2016, so as to result in a final 
appropriation estimated at not more than $1,072,675,000, 
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 administra-
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tive expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests 
therein, $38,630,000, to be derived from the Land 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 Oregon 
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adja-
cent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests 
therein, including existing connecting roads on or adjacent 
to such grant lands; $107,734,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Or-
egon 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 second paragraph of sub-
section (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 
U.S.C. 1181f). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands 
and interests therein, and improvement of Federal range-
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lands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwith-
standing 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 improvements from 
grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead- 
Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior 
pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, 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 authorizations 
for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs 
of providing copies of official public land documents, for 
monitoring construction, operation, and termination of fa-
cilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for re-
habilitation 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 contrary 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
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section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or set-
tlement, 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, protect, or rehabilitate any public 
lands administered through the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment which have been damaged by the action of a resource 
developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized per-
son, 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 Public 
Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as may 
be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, 
and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under sec-
tion 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, con-
tracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable 
agreements with public and private entities, including with 
States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for 
purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary struc-
tures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary build-
ings 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 vio-
lations of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous 
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities authorized 
or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely 
on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding Public Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 
501), the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and 
partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure 
printing services from cooperators in connection with joint-
ly 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 gov-
ernment to provide an identified amount of money in sup-
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port of the project may be carried out by the Bureau on 
a reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made shall not 
be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild 
horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contrac-
tors or for the sale of wild horses and burros that results 
in their destruction for processing into commercial prod-
ucts. 
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, $1,238,771,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017: Provided, That not to exceed $20,515,000 
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 ex-
ceed $4,605,000 shall be used for any activity regarding the 
designation of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection 
(a)(3), excluding litigation support, for species listed pursu-
ant to subsection (a)(1) prior to October 1, 2014; of which
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not to exceed $1,501,000 shall be used for any activity re-
garding 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 $1,504,000 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. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and utili-
zation of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $23,687,000, to remain avail-
able 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, $68,500,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
and to remain available until expended, of which, notwith-
standing section 200306 of title 54, United States Code, not 
more than $10,000,000 shall be for land conservation part-
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nerships authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 
2004, including not to exceed $320,000 for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for 
specific land acquisition projects may be used to pay for 
any administrative overhead, planning or other manage-
ment costs. 
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), 
$53,495,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$22,695,000 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 October 
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.), $35,145,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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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. 4261 et seq.), 
the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the Marine Turtle Con-
servation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $11,061,000, 
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 Coordi-
nation Act, for the development and implementation of pro-
grams for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including 
species that are not hunted or fished, $60,571,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount provided herein, $4,084,000 is for a competitive 
grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remain-
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ing provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That 
$5,487,000 is for a competitive grant program to implement 
approved plans for States, territories, and other jurisdic-
tions and at the discretion of affected States, the regional 
Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to the 
remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall, after deducting $9,571,000 
and administrative expenses, apportion the amount pro-
vided 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 Vir-
gin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth 
of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, 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) 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 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
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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 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 2016 to any State, territory, or 
other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 
30, 2017, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appro-
priated in 2018, in the manner provided herein. 
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 re-
imbursable agreements with public and private entities. Ap-
propriations 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; facilities inci-
dent to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 
as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the 
maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and 
other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and to
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which the United States has title, and which are used pur-
suant to law in connection with management, and inves-
tigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That not-
withstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under cooper-
ative cost sharing and partnership arrangements author-
ized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in 
connection with jointly produced publications for which the 
cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing either 
in cash or services and the Service determines the coop-
erator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
Provided further, That the Service may accept donated air-
craft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for 
non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited under 
the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Re-
source Management’’ and shall be available to the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, to be used for ex-
penses of processing of such non-toxic shot type or coating 
applications and revising regulations as necessary, and 
shall remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, 
and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by 
the National Park Service and for the general administra-
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tion of the National Park Service, $2,369,596,000, of which 
$10,001,000 for planning and interagency coordination in 
support of Everglades restoration and $99,461,000 for 
maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for con-
structed assets shall remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act are available for the purposes of section 5 
of Public Law 95–348 and section 204 of Public Law 93– 
486, as amended by section 1(3) of Public Law 100–355. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage part-
nership programs, environmental compliance and review, 
international park affairs, and grant administration, not 
otherwise provided for, $62,632,000. 
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), $65,410,000, to be derived from 
the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available 
until September 30, 2017, of which $500,000 is for competi-
tive grants for the survey and nomination of properties to 
the National Register of Historic Places and as National 
Historic Landmarks associated with communities currently 
underrepresented, as determined by the Secretary, and of
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which $8,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the 
sites and stories of the Civil Rights movement: Provided, 
That such competitive grants shall be made without impos-
ing the matching 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 
organizations, local governments, including Certified Local 
Governments, and nonprofit organizations. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-
ment of physical facilities, including modifications author-
ized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protec-
tion and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-8), 
$192,937,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for any project initially funded in fiscal year 2016 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: Provided further, That National Park Service 
Donations, Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recre-
ation Fees may be made available for the cost of adjust-
ments and changes within the original scope of effort for
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projects funded by the National Park Service Construction 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
Interior shall consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions, in accordance with current reprogramming thresh-
olds, prior to making any charges authorized by this sec-
tion. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2016 
by section 200308 of title 54, United States Code, is re-
scinded. 
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 applica-
ble to the National Park Service, $173,670,000, to be de-
rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended, of which $110,000,000 
is for the State assistance program and of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for the American Battlefield Protection 
Program grants as authorized by chapter 3081 of title 54, 
United States Code.
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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, $15,000,000, to remain 
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 donated cash, as-
sets, 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 expenditure 
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 sur-
render interest. Such funds may only be used for this pur-
pose to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated fran-
chise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit 
exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce li-
ability. Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be cred-
ited to the sub-account of the originating unit over a period 
not to exceed the term of a single contract at the benefitting
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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), Department of 
Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount for 
FHWA administrative support costs. 
In fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, any 
amounts deposited into the National Park Service trust 
fund accounts (31 U.S.C. 1321(a)(l7)–(18)) shall be in-
vested by the Secretary of the Treasury in interest bearing 
obligations of the United States to the extent such amounts 
are not, in his judgment, required to meet current with-
drawals: Provided, That interest earned by such invest-
ments shall be available for obligation without further ap-
propriation, to the benefit of the project.
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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research cov-
ering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the min-
eral and water resources of the United States, its territories 
and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 
31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and 
water resources; give engineering supervision to power per-
mittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licens-
ees; administer the minerals exploration 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 dissemi-
nate 
data 
relative 
to 
the 
foregoing 
activities; 
$1,062,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017; of which $57,637,189 shall remain available until ex-
pended for satellite operations; and of which $7,280,000 
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 eco-
system research activity shall be used to conduct new sur-
veys on private property, unless specifically authorized in 
writing by the property owner: Provided further, That no
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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 cooperation 
with States and municipalities. 
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 in-
terest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings 
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 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 cooperative 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 cooperative agreements directly with individuals or indi-
rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without
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regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be consid-
ered 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, easements, 
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 author-
ized by law; for implementing other laws and to the extent 
provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for 
matching grants or cooperative agreements, $170,857,000, 
of which $74,235,000, is to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017 and of which $96,622,000 is to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That this total appro-
priation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Sec-
retary and credited to this appropriation from additions 
to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in 
effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from
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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 collections 
are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2016 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$74,235,000: 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 operations 
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 author-
ized by law; for enforcing and implementing laws and regu-
lations as authorized by law and to the extent provided by 
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching 
grants or cooperative agreements, $124,772,000, of which 
$67,565,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2017 and of which $57,207,000 is to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be 
reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited 
to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting
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from increases 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, includ-
ing studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous ad-
ministrative 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 2016 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$67,565,000. 
For an additional amount, $65,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected 
by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, which 
shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees col-
lected in fiscal year 2016, as provided in this Act: Provided, 
That to the extent that amounts realized from such inspec-
tion fees exceed $65,000,000, the amounts realized in excess 
of $65,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation and 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2016, not less than 50 percent of the inspection 
fees expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement will be used to fund personnel 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
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Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the re-
view 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. 
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, $123,253,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017: Provided, That appropriations for the 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
may provide for the travel and per diem expenses 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 remain 
available until expended: Provided, That fees assessed and 
collected by the Office pursuant to such section 507 shall 
be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collec-
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tions, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 
shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal 
year, so as to result in a fiscal year 2016 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $123,253,000. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
Law 95–87, $27,303,000, to be derived from receipts of the 
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain avail-
able 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 con-
tracts to collect these debts: Provided further, 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 Government for the purpose 
of environmental restoration related to treatment or abate-
ment of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: Pro-
vided further, That such projects must be consistent with 
the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That amounts pro-
vided under this heading may be used for the travel and 
per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending
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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
sponsored training. 
In addition, $90,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for grants to States for reclamation of abandoned 
mine lands and other related activities in accordance with 
the terms and conditions in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided, That such additional 
amount shall be used for economic and community develop-
ment in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
(30 U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further, That such additional 
amount shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Ap-
palachian States with the greatest amount of unfunded 
needs to meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of such section: Provided further, That such additional 
amount shall be allocated to States 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 pro-
grams, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Deter-
703 
mination 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.), $2,267,924,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017, except as otherwise pro-
vided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; of which not to 
exceed $74,791,000 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 
affected 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 further, 
That not to exceed $628,351,000 for school operations costs 
of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs 
shall become available on July 1, 2016, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $43,813,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for housing improvement, road maintenance, attor-
ney fees, litigation support, land records improvement, and 
the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, includ-
ing but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act
704 
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 $73,276,000 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, 2016: Provided further, That any forestry 
funds allocated to a federally recognized tribe which remain 
unobligated as of September 30, 2017, may be transferred 
during fiscal year 2018 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 
expire on September 30, 2018: Provided further, That, in 
order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the 
Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or other identi-
fying 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 2016, such sums 
as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2017: Provided, That amounts obli-
gated but not expended by a tribe or tribal organization 
for contract support costs for such agreements for the cur-
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rent fiscal year shall be applied to contract support costs 
otherwise due for such agreements for subsequent fiscal 
years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, no amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for transfer to another budget ac-
count. 
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 engineering 
services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in 
lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for con-
struction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant 
to Public Law 87–483, $193,973,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be 
available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga-
tion Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 percent of con-
tract authority available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover 
the road program management costs of the Bureau: Pro-
vided further, That any funds provided for the Safety of 
Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made 
available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further,
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That for fiscal year 2016, in implementing new construc-
tion, replacement facilities construction, or facilities im-
provement 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 Administra-
tive and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assist-
ance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regu-
latory requirements: Provided further, That such grants 
shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the Sec-
retary 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 Sec-
retary shall consider whether such grantee would be defi-
cient in assuring that the construction projects conform to 
applicable building standards and codes and Federal, trib-
al, or State health and safety standards as required by 25 
U.S.C. 2005(b), with respect to organizational and finan-
cial management capabilities: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall 
follow the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f): 
Provided 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 further, 
That in order to ensure timely completion of construction 
projects, the Secretary may assume control of a project and
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all funds related to the project, if, within 18 months of the 
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 appro-
priation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special 
Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the appro-
priate share of construction costs for space expansion need-
ed in agency offices to meet trust reform 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, $49,475,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$7,748,000, of which $1,062,000 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 Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any
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part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed 
$113,804,510. 
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 manage-
ment, 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 of-
fices, 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
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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 appropriations. 
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 Education 
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 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. Appropriations made available in this 
or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall 
be available, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding for-
mula, 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 avail-
able under this Act may not be used to establish a charter
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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 exist-
ence on the date of the enactment of this Act and that has 
operated at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 
1999, may continue to operate 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 (including buses and vans), the 
funds of the charter school are kept separate and apart from 
Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume any obliga-
tion for charter school programs of 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 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 
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 adminis-
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trative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) dis-
tribution 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 jurisdic-
tional area of the tribal government which exclusively serve 
tribal members, do not include grades beyond those cur-
rently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide 
an educational environment with educator presence 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 establishing operations 
at a satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary 
costs, such as for transportation or other impacts to stu-
dents such as those caused by busing students extended dis-
tances: Provided, That no funds available under this Act 
may be used to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, construction or other facilities-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
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more than 50 miles but that forms part of the existing 
school in all other respects. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, including the collection and disburse-
ment of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, 
and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized 
by law, $721,769,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2017; 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 pay-
ments and unemployment compensation payments associ-
ated with the orderly closure of the United States Bureau 
of Mines; and of which $12,618,000 for the Office of Valu-
ation Services is to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and shall remain available until ex-
pended; and of which $38,300,000 shall remain available 
until expended for the purpose of mineral revenue manage-
ment activities: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be avail-
able for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain 
Indian leases in which the Secretary concurred with the 
claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian
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allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erro-
neous payments. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2016, 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 computed amount 
of the payment is less than $100: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may reduce the payment authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 6901–6907 for an individual county by the amount 
necessary to correct prior year overpayments to that county: 
Provided further, That the amount needed to correct a prior 
year underpayment to an individual county shall be paid 
from any reductions for overpayments to other counties and 
the amount necessary to cover any remaining under-
payment is hereby appropriated and shall be paid to indi-
vidual counties: Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available by this title for ‘‘Office of the Secretary— 
Departmental Operations’’, $452,000,000 shall be available 
to the Secretary of the Interior for an additional amount 
for fiscal year 2016 for payments in lieu of taxes under 
chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code.
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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 Public 
Law 108–188, $86,976,000, of which: (1) $77,528,000 shall 
remain available until expended for territorial assistance, 
including general technical assistance, maintenance assist-
ance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative activities, and 
brown tree snake control and research; grants to the judici-
ary 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 govern-
mental functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin 
Islands as authorized by law; 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, 2017, for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 
financial transactions of the territorial and local govern-
ments herein provided for, including such transactions of 
all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such 
governments, may be audited by the Government Account-
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ability 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 
Assistance 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 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 Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $3,318,000, to re-
main available until expended, as provided for in sections 
221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for 
the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Com-
pacts of Free Association for the Government of the Repub-
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lic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia, 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 Secretary 
may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds pro-
vided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Pub-
lic Law 104–134, that are allocated for Guam, to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or guar-
anteed loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount 
of the subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administra-
tion, for the purposes authorized by the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and re-
pair projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That such loans or loan guarantees may be made 
without regard to the population of the area, credit else-
where requirements, and restrictions on the types of eligible 
entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 
section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act: Provided further, That any funds trans-
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ferred 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, 
$65,800,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $50,047,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN 
INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by di-
rect expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, com-
pacts, and grants, $139,029,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $22,120,000 from this or 
any other Act, may be available for historical accounting: 
Provided, That funds for trust management improvements 
and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to or 
merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of 
Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ ac-
count; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’
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account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Op-
erations’’ account: Provided further, That funds made 
available through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal 
year 2016, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination 
Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available 
until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly state-
ment of performance for any Indian trust account that has 
not had activity for at least 15 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 re-
quest of the account holder: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make pay-
ments to correct administrative errors of either disburse-
ments from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or 
Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, 
That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be cred-
ited to and remain available in this account for this pur-
pose: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be re-
quired to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance 
of less than $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee
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receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts 
claimant. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire sup-
pression operations, fire science and research, emergency re-
habilitation, hazardous fuels management activities, and 
rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 
$816,745,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $6,427,000 shall be for the renovation or con-
struction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are 
also available for repayment of advances to other appro-
priation accounts from which funds were previously trans-
ferred for such purposes: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided $170,000,000 is for hazardous fuels management 
activities: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
$18,970,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: Provided fur-
ther, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may 
be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from 
funds available from this appropriation: 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., pro-
tection of United States property, may be credited to the
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appropriation from which funds were expended to provide 
that protection, and are available without fiscal year limi-
tation: Provided further, That using the amounts des-
ignated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or coop-
erative agreements, for hazardous fuels management and re-
silient landscapes activities, and for training and moni-
toring associated with such hazardous fuels management 
and resilient landscapes activities on Federal land, or on 
adjacent non-Federal land for activities that benefit re-
sources on Federal land: Provided further, That the costs 
of implementing any cooperative agreement between the 
Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be 
shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding requirements of the 
Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes 
of hazardous fuels management and resilient landscapes ac-
tivities, may obtain maximum practicable competition 
among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; 
(2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps 
(Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships with State, 
local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-busi-
nesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or train locally 
a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of 
the project workforce to complete such contracts: Provided
721 
further, That in implementing this section, the Secretary 
shall develop written guidance to field units to ensure ac-
countability and consistent application of the authorities 
provided 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 respon-
sibilities 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 Sec-
retary 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 construct capitalized im-
provements for fire facilities on such leased properties, in-
cluding but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant sta-
tions, 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 Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appro-
priated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate 
amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments 
when such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland 
fire management programs and projects: Provided further,
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That funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be avail-
able for support of Federal emergency response actions: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for assistance to or through the Depart-
ment of State in connection with forest and rangeland re-
search, technical information, and assistance in foreign 
countries, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
State, shall be available to support forestry, wildland fire 
management, and related natural resource activities outside 
the United States and its territories and possessions, in-
cluding technical assistance, education and training, and 
cooperation with United States and international organiza-
tions. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression oper-
ations of the Department of the Interior and as a reserve 
fund for suppression and Federal emergency response ac-
tivities, $177,000,000, 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).
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CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte-
rior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the 
response action, including associated activities, performed 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
$10,010,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-
toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the 
Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, 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.), 
$7,767,000, to remain available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 
financial and business management system, information 
technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart-
ment, and the consolidation of facilities and operations 
throughout the Department, $67,100,000, to remain avail-
724 
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this Act or any other Act may be used to 
establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund account 
other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation of 
equipment without prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided further, That the Secretary may assess reason-
able 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 cul-
tural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined in 
section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) at the pre-
vailing rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or serv-
ices in the vicinity of the National Indian Program Train-
ing Center: Provided further, That all funds received pursu-
ant 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 In-
dian Program Training Center: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may enter into grants and cooperative agree-
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ments to support the Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s 
collection and disbursement of royalties, 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 unavoidable 
causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available 
under this authority until funds specifically made available 
to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have 
been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pur-
suant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental
726 
appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as pos-
sible. 
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 programs 
of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency 
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 ju-
risdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or ac-
tual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other un-
avoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent 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 pre-
vention, suppression, and control of actual or potential 
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 transfer, from any no 
year funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary 
to permit assumption of regulatory authority in the event
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a primacy State is not carrying out the regulatory provi-
sions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropria-
tions made in this title for wildland fire operations shall 
be available for the payment of obligations 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 appro-
priations 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 Suppres-
sion Reserve Fund’’ shall be exhausted within 30 days: Pro-
vided further, That all funds used pursuant to this section 
must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, 
which must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided 
further, That such replenishment funds shall be used to re-
imburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emer-
gency 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 not to
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exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehi-
cles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; 
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for 
telephone service in private residences in the field, when au-
thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and 
the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for 
library membership in societies or associations which issue 
publications to members only or at a price to 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 avail-
able for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust manage-
ment and reform activities. Total funding for historical ac-
counting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
designated in this Act for such purpose. 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute 
any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base 
funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring
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funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, 
overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution meth-
odologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Pri-
ority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal 
year 2016. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, over-
lapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodolo-
gies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 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 Lib-
erty Islands, and of other program and administrative ac-
tivities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including 
franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by ex-
change; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 
enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other 
agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2016, the Secretary shall 
collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be depos-
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ited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforce-
ment’’ account, from the designated operator for facilities 
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 2016 
shall be: 
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines; 
(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 inspec-
tions completed in fiscal year 2016. Fees for fiscal year 
2016 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 required with-
in 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated 
operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end
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of the month in which the inspection occurred, with pay-
ment required within 30 days of billing. 
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 Energy 
Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may transfer 
funds among and between the successor offices and bureaus 
affected by the reorganization only in conformance with the 
reprogramming guidelines described in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated 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 organizations and 
other appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear 
contracts in accordance with the provisions of section 3903 
of title 41, United States Code (except that the 5-year term 
restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the long- 
term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming 
horses and burros by such organizations or entities on pri-
vate land. Such cooperative agreements and contracts may
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not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal at the discretion of 
the Secretary. 
MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 110. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threat-
ened 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 fi-
nanced 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 com-
mercial and recreational fishers. 
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 
SEC. 111. Paragraph (1) of section 122(a) of division 
E of Public Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1013) is amended by 
striking ‘‘through 2016,’’ in the first sentence and inserting 
‘‘through 2018,’’. 
WILD LANDS FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the Sec-
retary of the Interior on December 22, 2010: Provided, That 
nothing in this section shall restrict the Secretary’s authori-
ties under sections 201 and 202 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1711 and 1712).
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BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION OPERATED SCHOOLS 
SEC. 113. Section 115(d) of division E of Public Law 
112–74 (25 U.S.C. 2000 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2027’’. 
VOLUNTEERS IN PARKS 
SEC. 114. Section 102301(d) of title 54, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$3,500,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$7,000,000’’. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2016, in carrying out work involving co-
operation with State, local, and tribal governments or any 
political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may record ob-
ligations against accounts receivable from any such entities, 
except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 
shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the 
end of the fiscal year. 
HERITAGE AREAS 
SEC. 116. (a) Section 157(h)(1) of title I of Public Law 
106–291 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘$11,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$13,000,000’’. 
(b) Division II of Public Law 104–333 (16 U.S.C. 461 
note) is amended—
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(1) in sections 409(a), 508(a), and 812(a) by 
striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$17,000,000’’; 
and 
(2) in sections 208, 310, and 607 by striking 
‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
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 
distinct population segment of greater sage- 
grouse. 
ONSHORE PAY AUTHORITY EXTENSION 
SEC. 118. For fiscal year 2016, funds made available 
in this title for the Bureau of Land Management and the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs may be used by the Secretary of 
the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of basic pay 
for employees of the Department of the Interior carrying 
out the inspection and regulation of onshore oil and gas 
operations on public lands in the Petroleum Engineer (GS– 
0881) and Petroleum Engineering Technician (GS–0802) 
job series at grades 5 through 14 at rates no greater than
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25 percent above the minimum rates of basic pay normally 
scheduled, and such higher rates shall be consistent with 
subsections (e) through (h) of section 5305 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
REPUBLIC OF PALAU 
SEC. 119. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), 
the United States Government, through the Secretary of the 
Interior shall provide to the Government of Palau for fiscal 
year 2016 grants in amounts equal to the annual amounts 
specified in subsections (a), (c), and (d) of section 211 of 
the Compact of Free Association between the Government 
of the United States of America and the Government of 
Palau (48 U.S.C. 1931 note) (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘Compact’’). 
(b) PROGRAMMATIC ASSISTANCE.—Subject to sub-
section (c), the United States shall provide programmatic 
assistance to the Republic of Palau for fiscal year 2016 in 
amounts equal to the amounts provided in subsections (a) 
and (b)(1) of section 221 of the Compact. 
(c) LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The grants and programmatic 
assistance provided under subsections (a) and (b) 
shall be provided to the same extent and in the same 
manner as the grants and assistance were provided in 
fiscal year 2009.
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(2) TRUST FUND.—If the Government of Palau 
withdraws more than $5,000,000 from the trust fund 
established under section 211(f) of the Compact, 
amounts to be provided under subsections (a) and (b) 
shall be withheld from the Government of Palau. 
WILDLIFE RESTORATION EXTENSION OF INVESTMENT OF 
UNEXPENDED AMOUNTS 
SEC. 120. Section 3(b)(2)(C) of the Pittman-Robertson 
Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669b(b)(2)(C)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 121. (a) Any proposed new use of the Arizona 
& California Railroad Company’s Right of Way for convey-
ance of water shall not proceed unless the Secretary of the 
Interior certifies that the proposed new use is within the 
scope of the Right of Way. 
(b) No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
to the Department of the Interior may be used, in relation 
to any proposal to store water underground for the purpose 
of export, for approval of any right-of-way or similar au-
thorization on the Mojave National Preserve or lands man-
aged by the Needles Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, or for carrying out any activities associated with 
such right-of-way or similar approval.
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TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and de-
velopment activities, which shall include research and devel-
opment activities under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; nec-
essary expenses for personnel and related costs and travel 
expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and sup-
plies; and other operating expenses in support of research 
and development, $734,648,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the funds included 
under this heading, $14,100,000 shall be for Research: Na-
tional Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated 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 pas-
senger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of 
aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in soci-
eties 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
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brownfields program under the Small Business Liability 
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and not 
to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $2,613,679,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017: Provided, That of the funds included under 
this heading, $12,700,000 shall be for Environmental Pro-
tection: National Priorities as specified in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
of the funds included under this heading, $427,737,000 shall 
be for Geographic Programs specified in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
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), including the 
development, operation, maintenance, and upgrading of the 
hazardous waste electronic manifest system established by 
such section, $3,674,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
739 
Act of 1978, $41,489,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017. 
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, 
$42,317,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), 
(c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611) $1,088,769,000, to re-
main available until expended, consisting of such sums as 
are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2015, 
as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up 
to $1,088,769,000 as a payment from general revenues to 
the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as au-
thorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other 
Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of 
CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $9,939,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office 
of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain available
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until September 30, 2017, and $18,850,000 shall be paid 
to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 2017. 
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, $91,941,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $66,572,000 shall 
be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank clean-
up activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for carrying out 
the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act speci-
fied in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: Pro-
vided, That the Administrator is authorized to use appro-
priations made available under this heading to implement 
section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide fi-
nancial assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for 
the development and implementation of programs to man-
age underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental 
Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990, $18,209,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended.
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STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving 
funds and performance partnership grants, $3,518,161,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which— 
(1) $1,393,887,000 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 $863,233,000 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 
2016, 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 capitalization 
grants shall be used by the State for projects to ad-
dress green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 
improvements, or other environmentally innovative 
activities: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2016, 
funds made available under this title to each State for 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
grants may, at the discretion of each State, be used 
for projects to address green infrastructure, water or
742 
energy efficiency improvements, or other environ-
mentally 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 prin-
cipal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2016 
and prior years where such amounts represent costs 
of administering the fund to the extent that such 
amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Ad-
ministrator, accounted for separately from other as-
sets in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the 
fund, including administration: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2016, notwithstanding the limita-
tion on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, up to a total of 2 per-
cent of the funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, 
whichever is greater, and notwithstanding the limita-
tion on amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drink-
ing 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 re-
served by the Administrator for grants under section 
518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided fur-
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ther, That for fiscal year 2016, notwithstanding 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 Pollution Control Act for 
American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin Is-
lands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2016, 
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 Revolving 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 Water Act: Provided fur-
ther, 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 cap-
italization grants shall be used by the State to pro-
vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the
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form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 
loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 
shall be so used by the State only where such funds 
are provided as initial financing for an eligible re-
cipient 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) $10,000,000 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 consultation 
with the appropriate border commission; Provided, 
That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to 
address the water, wastewater and other critical in-
frastructure needs of the colonias in the United States 
along the United States-Mexico border 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 construction of any
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new home, business, or other structure which lacks 
water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure; 
(3) $20,000,000 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 ad-
ministrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State 
of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the 
Statewide priority list established in conjunction 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 Alaska that are 
funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion 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 than 25 percent of 
the funds provided for projects in regional hub com-
munities; 
(4) $80,000,000 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-
746 
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, assessment, and 
remediation 
of 
facilities 
described 
in 
section 
101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA; 
(5) $50,000,000 shall be for grants under title 
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $20,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 
grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 
of the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act); 
(7) $1,060,041,000 shall be for grants, including 
associated program support costs, to States, federally 
recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, 
and air pollution control agencies for multi-media or 
single media pollution prevention, control and abate-
ment and related activities, including activities pur-
suant to the provisions set forth under this heading 
in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under 
section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate mat-
ter monitoring and data collection 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 Environ-
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mental Information Exchange Network grants, in-
cluding associated 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 ad-
dition to funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
Program’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid 
Waste Disposal 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 
participation in national- and State-level statistical 
surveys of water resources and enhancements to State 
monitoring programs: Provided, That for the period 
of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, notwithstanding 
other applicable provisions of law, the funds appro-
priated for the Indian Environmental General Assist-
ance Program shall be available to federally recog-
nized tribes for solid waste and recovered materials 
collection, transportation, backhaul, and disposal 
services; and 
(8) $21,000,000 shall be for grants to States and 
federally recognized Indian tribes for implementation 
of environmental programs and projects that com-
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plement existing environmental program grants, in-
cluding interagency agreements, as specified in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2016, 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 awarded 
from funds designated for State financial assistance agree-
ments. 
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, as
749 
amended by Public Law 112–177, the Pesticide Registra-
tion Improvement Extension Act of 2012. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insec-
ticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 
136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency may assess fees under section 33 of 
FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2016. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$300,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environmental 
Programs and Management’’ to the head of any Federal de-
partment 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 de-
partment or agency to carry out these activities; and to 
make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organiza-
tions, institutions, and individuals for planning, 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 Programs 
and Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous 
Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage
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Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for the 
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renova-
tion of facilities provided that the cost does not exceed 
$150,000 per project. 
For fiscal year 2016, and notwithstanding section 
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator 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. 
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs 
and Management’’ for fiscal year 2016 to provide grants 
to implement the Southeastern New England Watershed 
Restoration Program. 
In addition to the amounts otherwise made available 
in this Act for the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$27,000,000, to be available until September 30, 2017, to 
be used solely to meet Federal requirements for cybersecu-
rity implementation, including enhancing response capa-
bilities and upgrading incident management tools: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall supplement, not supplant, any 
other amounts made available to the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency for such purpose: Provided further, That solely 
for the purposes provided herein, such funds may be trans-
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ferred to and merged with any other appropriation in this 
Title. 
Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘State and 
Tribal Assistance Grants’’ account, $40,000,000 are perma-
nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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, $291,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided, 
$75,000,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis pro-
gram. 
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 manage-
ment, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 
invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili-
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tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, coopera-
tive forestry, and education and land conservation activi-
ties and conducting an international program as author-
ized, $237,023,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by law; of which $62,347,000 is to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, for management, protection, improve-
ment, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
$1,509,364,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 shall be de-
posited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration 
Fund for ecological restoration treatments as authorized by 
16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided, $359,805,000 shall be for forest products: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, up to $81,941,000 is 
for the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program for 
Region 1, Region 3 and Region 4: Provided further, That 
of the funds provided for forest products, up to $65,560,000 
may be transferred to support the Integrated Resource Res-
toration pilot program in the preceding proviso: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer to 
the Secretary of the Interior any unobligated funds appro-
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priated in a previous fiscal year for operation of the Valles 
Caldera National Preserve. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, $364,164,000, to remain available until 
expended, for construction, capital improvement, mainte-
nance and acquisition of buildings and other facilities and 
infrastructure; and for construction, reconstruction, decom-
missioning 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 maintenance and associated activities, 
and removal of fish passage barriers, especially in areas 
where Forest Service roads may be contributing to water 
quality problems in streams and water bodies which sup-
port threatened, endangered, or sensitive species or commu-
nity water sources: Provided further, That funds becoming 
available in fiscal year 2016 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 
obligation for any other purpose unless the funds are appro-
754 
priated: Provided further, That of the funds provided for 
decommissioning of roads, up to $14,743,000 may be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ to support the Inte-
grated Resource Restoration pilot program. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, including ad-
ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, 
or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 
applicable to the Forest Service, $63,435,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
main available until expended. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 
ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries 
of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; 
the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San 
Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, Cali-
fornia, 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 govern-
ments, public school districts, or other public school authori-
ties, and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited
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by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and Ex-
change Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 (16 
U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended (16 
U.S.C. 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, protec-
tion, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received 
during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic 
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 administrative ex-
penses associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, 
protection, and improvements. 
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 manage 
Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII 
of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
756 
(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 manage-
ment on or adjacent to such lands, emergency rehabilitation 
of burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 
and for State and volunteer fire assistance, $2,386,329,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
funds including unobligated balances under this heading, 
are available for repayment of advances from other appro-
priations accounts previously transferred for such purposes: 
Provided further, That such funds shall be available to re-
imburse State and other cooperating entities for services 
provided in response to wildfire and other emergencies or 
disasters to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest 
Service for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the re-
sponsible emergency management agency: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
$6,914,000 of funds appropriated under this appropriation 
shall be available for the Forest Service in support of fire 
science research authorized by the Joint Fire Science Pro-
758 
management and restoration: Provided further, That the 
costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between 
the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may 
be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: 
Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 of the funds pro-
vided herein may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture 
to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative agree-
ments 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 ac-
tivities benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 
That funds made available to implement the Community 
Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall 
be available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance 
with authorities made available to the Forest Service under 
the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appro-
priated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate 
amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments 
when such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland 
fire management programs and projects: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels management, 
not to exceed $15,000,000 may be used to make grants,
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using any authorities available to the Forest Service under 
the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the 
purpose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass 
from National Forest System lands: Provided further, That 
funds designated for wildfire suppression, including funds 
transferred from the ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression Re-
serve Fund’’, shall be assessed for cost pools on the same 
basis as such assessments are calculated against other agen-
cy programs: Provided further, That of the funds for haz-
ardous fuels management, up to $24,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ to support the Inte-
grated Resource Restoration pilot program. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression oper-
ations of the Department of Agriculture and as a reserve 
fund for suppression and Federal emergency response ac-
tivities, $823,000,000, 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).
760 
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 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from 
excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, op-
eration, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft to main-
tain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service wildland 
fire programs and other Forest Service programs; notwith-
standing other provisions of law, existing aircraft being re-
placed may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement air-
craft; (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 pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the Na-
tional 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 collection contracts in accord-
ance 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 reha-
761 
bilitation 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 fire sup-
pression funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression Re-
serve Fund’’ will be obligated within 30 days: Provided, 
That all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be 
replenished by a supplemental appropriation 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 De-
partment of State, and the Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion), U.S. private sector firms, institutions and organiza-
762 
tions to provide technical assistance and training programs 
overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 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 Service 
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 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated 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
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$14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Depart-
ment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as 
Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall pro-
hibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 
by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the 
Department of Agriculture’s National Information Tech-
nology Center and the Department of Agriculture’s 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 recep-
tion 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 Na-
tional Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership 
projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without
765 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
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 section 
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 
$65,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of performing 
fire, administrative and other facilities maintenance 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, utilities, 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 Agriculture, for 
travel and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC as-
766 
sistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at 
meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land pur-
chase negotiations and similar nonlitigation-related mat-
ters. 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 pur-
poses 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 August 
5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service, 
$3,566,387,000, together with payments received during the 
fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b, for serv-
ices furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That 
funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations
767 
through contracts, grant agreements, or any other agree-
ments or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Deter-
mination 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 limita-
tion: Provided further, That, $914,139,000 for Purchased/ 
Referred Care, including $51,500,000 for the Indian Cata-
strophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That, of the funds pro-
vided, up to $36,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for implementation of the loan repayment program 
under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act: Provided further, That, of the funds provided, 
$2,000,000 shall be used to supplement funds available for 
operational costs at tribal clinics operated under an Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act compact 
or contract where health care is delivered in space acquired 
through a full service lease, which is not eligible for mainte-
nance and improvement and equipment funds from the In-
dian Health Service, and $2,000,000 shall be for accredita-
tion emergencies: Provided further, That the amounts col-
lected 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
768 
year for breach of contracts 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, notwith-
standing section 108A(c) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), 
funds shall be available to make new awards under the loan 
repayment 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 
methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treatment 
initiative, for the domestic violence prevention initiative, 
to improve collections from public and private insurance 
at Indian Health Service and tribally operated facilities, 
and for accreditation emergencies 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, pro-
vided the total obligation is recorded in the year the funds 
are appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts col-
lected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act shall remain available until expended for 
the purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable 
conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the
769 
Social Security Act, except for those related to the planning, 
design, or construction of new facilities: Provided further, 
That funding contained herein for scholarship programs 
under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1613) shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts received by tribes and tribal organiza-
tions 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 or-
ganizations operating health facilities pursuant to Public 
Law 93–638, such individually identifiable health informa-
tion relating to disabled children as may be necessary for 
the purpose of carrying out its functions under the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400, et 
seq.): Provided further, That the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Fund may be used, as needed, to carry out ac-
tivities typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities 
account. 
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 Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2016, such sums
770 
as may be necessary: Provided, That amounts obligated but 
not expended by a tribe or tribal organization for contract 
support costs for such agreements for the current fiscal year 
shall be applied to contract support costs otherwise due for 
such agreements for subsequent fiscal years: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
amounts made available under this heading shall be avail-
able for transfer to another budget account. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, in-
cluding quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, speci-
fications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and 
erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; 
and for provision of domestic and community sanitation 
facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act 
of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and 
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to environmental health and facilities support activi-
ties of the Indian Health Service, $523,232,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the plan-
ning, design, construction, renovation or expansion of
771 
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 facili-
ties: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
to the Indian Health Service 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 
Service 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 Demolition 
Fund, to remain available until expended, and be used by 
the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal 
buildings. 
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
772 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level po-
sitions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase 
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 au-
thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; uni-
forms 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 admin-
istered or Indian Health Service facilities, 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 pro-
viding the service and shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other law or regulation, funds transferred from the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development 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, except those used for ad-
773 
ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 
subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 
and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 
Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the De-
partment of Health and Human Services unless identified 
in the budget justification and provided in this Act, or ap-
proved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions through the reprogramming process: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal or-
ganization through a contract, grant, or agreement author-
ized 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 avail-
able to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used 
to implement the final rule published in the Federal Reg-
ister 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 re-
774 
flecting the increased costs associated with the proposed 
final rule, and such request has been included in an appro-
priations 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, including payments in ad-
vance 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 reimbursements for training, technical assist-
ance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service will 
contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and 
overhead associated with the provision of goods, services, or 
technical assistance: Provided further, That the appropria-
tion structure for the Indian Health Service may not be 
altered without advance notification to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
the Indian Health Service shall develop a strategic plan for 
the Urban Indian Health program in consultation with 
urban Indians and the National Academy of Public Admin-
775 
istration, and shall publish such plan not later than one 
year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for 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 ac-
tivities 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 Sub-
stances and Disease Registry shall remain available until 
expended for Individual Learning Accounts: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of per-
forming a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of
776 
CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other 
appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, in-
cluding, 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: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated 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 2016, 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 assigned 
to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of En-
vironmental Quality pursuant to the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Im-
provement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 
1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, $3,000,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 202 of the National Environmental Policy
777 
Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent 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 therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for services au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate pay-
able for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
$11,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Haz-
ard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than 
three career Senior Executive Service positions: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the individual appointed to the position of Inspector Gen-
eral of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall, 
by virtue of such appointment, also hold the position of In-
spector General of the Board: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of In-
spector General of EPA in performing the duties of the In-
778 
spector 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, $15,000,000, 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 housing, 
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 pro-
vided for such household: Provided further, That no 
relocatee will be provided with more than one new or re-
placement home: Provided further, That the Office shall re-
locate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected and 
received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation 
or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo reserva-
779 
tion 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 In-
terior, to remain available until expended, for audits and 
investigations of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Re-
location, consistent with the Inspector 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 authorized 
by title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), 
$11,619,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, 
as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, 
science, and history; development, preservation, and docu-
mentation of the National Collections; presentation of pub-
lic exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dis-
semination, and exchange of information and publications; 
conduct of education, training, and museum assistance pro-
grams; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements 
of no more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, fa-
780 
cilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $696,045,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017, except as oth-
erwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $48,233,000 
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 ex-
pended; and including such funds as may be necessary to 
support American overseas research centers: Provided, That 
funds appropriated herein are available for advance pay-
ments to independent contractors performing research serv-
ices 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, 
$144,198,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109.
781 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery 
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 Resolu-
tion 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when au-
thorized 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; pur-
chase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uni-
forms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or rental of 
devices and services for protecting buildings and contents 
thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and re-
pair 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 ad-
vertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such 
rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the 
Gallery may deem proper, $124,988,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017, of which not to exceed
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$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 ren-
ovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occu-
pied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or other-
wise, 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, $22,564,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That con-
tracts awarded for environmental systems, protection sys-
tems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the 
National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected 
contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor quali-
fications as well as price. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance 
and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per-
forming Arts, $21,660,000. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of the
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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$14,740,000, 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, $10,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017. 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$147,949,000 shall be available to the National Endowment 
for the Arts for the support of projects and productions in 
the arts, including arts education and public outreach ac-
tivities, through assistance to organizations and individuals 
pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and 
for administering the functions of the Act, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$147,942,000 to remain available until expended, of which 
$137,042,000 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 $10,900,000 
shall be available to carry out the matching grants program 
pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, including 
$8,500,000 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 Endowment for the Humanities 
under 
the 
provisions 
of 
sections 
11(a)(2)(B) 
and 
11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years 
for which equal amounts have not previously been appro-
priated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to 
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none of
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the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That funds 
from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chairperson of the National 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 per-
cent 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 dele-
gation 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, $2,653,000: Pro-
vided, 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 collection, to re-
main available until expended without further appropria-
tion: Provided further, That the Commission is authorized 
to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, drawings 
and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the 
Nation’s Capital or the history and activities of the Com-
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mission 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), $2,000,000. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on His-
toric Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $6,080,000. 
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, $8,348,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent 
of the funds provided under this heading may be used for 
official reception and representational expenses associated 
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. 2301–2310), 
$54,000,000, of which $1,215,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018, for the Museum’s equipment re-
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placement program; and of which $2,500,000 for the Muse-
um’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for 
the Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall remain 
available until expended. 
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the costs of construc-
tion design, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Com-
mission, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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 pro-
posal 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.
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DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead 
charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including work-
ing capital fund and cost pool charges, from programs, 
projects, activities and subactivities to support government- 
wide, departmental, agency, or bureau administrative func-
tions or headquarters, regional, or central operations shall 
be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to 
approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such esti-
mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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 proc-
ess 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 require-
ments established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Re-
vised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode 
claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised
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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, 2017, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
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 Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208). 
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 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 examination of 
the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent appli-
cation as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land 
Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose and 
pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the 
standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement in the retention of third-party contractors.
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CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fiscal 
year 2016. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2016 LIMITATION 
SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 
2016 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 
Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Support 
Costs’’ 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 2016 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. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 407. 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 Planning 
Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more
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than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan for 
a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this sec-
tion exempts the Secretary from any other requirement of 
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 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 available, 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 acceler-
ated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 408. 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 Monument es-
tablished 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 the Presi-
dential proclamation establishing such monument. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or in-
terests in lands may be expended for the filing of declara-
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tions of taking or complaints in condemnation without the 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to 
funds appropriated to implement the Everglades National 
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 purposes. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 410. 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 allow-
ance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) when ap-
praised using a residual value appraisal. The western 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 additional western red 
cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United 
States domestic processors may be exported to foreign mar-
kets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yel-
low cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the 
election of the timber sale holder.
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PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 411. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act to executive branch agencies may 
be used to enter into any Federal contract unless such con-
tract is entered into in accordance with the requirements 
of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, or Chapter 
137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acqui-
sition Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract 
to be entered into without regard for these require-
ments, including formula grants for States, or feder-
ally recognized Indian tribes; or 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by any 
other Federal laws that specifically authorize a con-
tract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 
4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 412. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other
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Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 
it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT GUIDELINES 
SEC. 413. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts— 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to 
an individual if such grant is awarded to such indi-
vidual for a literature fellowship, National Heritage 
Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship. 
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to 
ensure that no funding provided through a grant, ex-
cept a grant made to a State or local arts agency, or 
regional group, may be used to make a grant to any 
other organization or individual to conduct activity 
independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing in 
this subsection shall prohibit payments made in ex-
change for goods and services.
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(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 
to a group, unless the application is specific to the 
contents of the season, including identified programs 
or projects. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM 
PRIORITIES 
SEC. 414. (a) In providing services or awarding finan-
cial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts 
and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated 
under this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment 
for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing 
services or awarding financial assistance for projects, pro-
ductions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved 
populations. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means a 
population of individuals, including urban minori-
ties, who have historically been outside the purview of 
arts and humanities programs due to factors such as 
a high incidence of income below the poverty line or 
to geographic isolation. 
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 
line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant
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Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the 
size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services 
or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 
workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowl-
edge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the 
arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or 
are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to 
any single State, excluding grants made under the 
authority of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress 
annually and by State, on grants awarded by the
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Chairperson in each grant category under section 5 of 
such Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
grants to improve and support community-based 
music performance and education. 
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 415. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
quarterly reports on the status of balances of appropriations 
including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated 
funds in each program and activity. 
REPORT ON USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDS 
SEC. 416. Not later than 120 days after the date on 
which the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget request is sub-
mitted to the Congress, the President shall submit a com-
prehensive report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate describing in 
detail all Federal agency funding, domestic and inter-
national, for climate change programs, projects, and activi-
ties in fiscal years 2015 and 2016, including an accounting 
of funding by agency with each agency identifying climate 
change programs, projects, and activities and associated 
costs by line item as presented in the President’s Budget
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Appendix, and including citations and linkages where prac-
ticable to each strategic plan that is driving funding within 
each climate change program, project, and activity listed 
in the report. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 417. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this Act or any other 
Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regula-
tion requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, 
nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting 
from biological processes associated with livestock produc-
tion. 
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 418. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement any provision in a rule, if that 
provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas 
emissions from manure management systems. 
MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 419. (a) Section 8162(m)(3) of the Department 
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; 
Public Law 106–79) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’.
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(b) For fiscal year 2016, the authority provided by the 
provisos under the heading ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memo-
rial Commission—Capital Construction’’ in division E of 
Public Law 112–74 shall not be in effect. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 
of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 
et seq.) or any other law. 
CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 421. Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 
112–74 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2015,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal year 2017,’’. 
CHESAPEAKE BAY INITIATIVE 
SEC. 422. Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Initia-
tive Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–312; 16 U.S.C. 461 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 423. The terms and conditions of section 325 of 
Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing 
permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not sub-
ject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 
Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall 
remain in effect for fiscal year 2016.
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USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
SEC. 424. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by 
a State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized 
by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12) shall be used for a project for the construction, 
alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system 
or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products 
used in the project are produced in the United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe 
clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced 
precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 
with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or
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(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced 
in the United States will increase the cost of the over-
all project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver 
under this section, the Administrator shall make available 
to the public on an informal basis a copy of the request 
and information available to the Administrator concerning 
the request, and shall allow for informal public input on 
the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding 
based on the request. The Administrator shall make the re-
quest and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 
site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out the 
provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for management 
and oversight of the requirements of this section. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 425. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) AFFECTED
STATE.—The term ‘‘affected 
State’’ means any of the Great Lakes States (as de-
fined in section 118(a)(3) of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(a)(3))). 
(3) DISCHARGE.—The term ‘‘discharge’’ means a 
discharge as defined in section 502 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362). 
(4) GREAT
LAKES.—The term ‘‘Great Lakes’’ 
means any of the waters as defined in section 
118(a)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1268(a)(3)). 
(5) TREATMENT WORKS.—The term ‘‘treatment 
works’’ has the meaning given the term in section 212 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1292). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall work 
with affected States having publicly owned treatment 
works that discharge to the Great Lakes to create pub-
lic notice requirements for a combined sewer overflow 
discharge to the Great Lakes.
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(2) NOTICE
REQUIREMENTS.—The notice re-
quirements referred to in paragraph (1) shall provide 
for— 
(i) the method of the notice; 
(ii) the contents of the notice, in accordance 
with paragraph (3); and 
(iii) requirements for public availability of 
the notice. 
(3) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The contents of the no-
tice under paragraph (1) shall include— 
(i) the dates and times of the applica-
ble discharge; 
(ii) the volume of the discharge; and 
(iii) a description of any public access 
areas impacted by the discharge. 
(B) CONSISTENCY.—The minimum require-
ments under this paragraph shall be consistent 
for all affected States. 
(4) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Adminis-
trator shall work with the affected States to include— 
(A) follow-up notice requirements that pro-
vide a description of— 
(i) each applicable discharge; 
(ii) the cause of the discharge; and
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(iii) plans to prevent a reoccurrence of 
a combined sewer overflow discharge to the 
Great Lakes consistent with section 402 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1342) or an administrative order or 
consent decree under such Act; and 
(B) annual publication requirements that 
list each treatment works from which the Admin-
istrator or the affected State receive a follow-up 
notice. 
(5) TIMING.— 
(A) The notice and publication require-
ments described in this subsection shall be imple-
mented by not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(B) The Administrator of the EPA may ex-
tend the implementation deadline for individual 
communities if the Administrator determines the 
community needs additional time to comply in 
order to avoid undue economic hardship. 
(6) STATE ACTION.—Nothing in this subsection 
prohibits an affected State from establishing a State 
notice requirement in the event of a discharge that is 
more stringent than the requirements described in this 
subsection.
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GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE 
SEC. 426. Section 118(c) of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (7) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(7) GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab-
lished in the Agency a Great Lakes Restoration 
Initiative (referred to in this paragraph as the 
‘Initiative’) to carry out programs and projects 
for Great Lakes protection and restoration. 
‘‘(B) FOCUS AREAS.—The Initiative shall 
prioritize programs and projects carried out in 
coordination with non-Federal partners and pro-
grams and projects that address priority areas 
each fiscal year, including— 
‘‘(i) the remediation of toxic substances 
and areas of concern; 
‘‘(ii) the prevention and control of 
invasive species and the impacts of invasive 
species; 
‘‘(iii) the protection and restoration of 
nearshore health and the prevention and 
mitigation of nonpoint source pollution;
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‘‘(iv) habitat and wildlife protection 
and restoration, including wetlands restora-
tion and preservation; and 
‘‘(v) accountability, monitoring, eval-
uation, communication, and partnership 
activities. 
‘‘(C) PROJECTS.—Under the Initiative, the 
Agency shall collaborate with Federal partners, 
including the Great Lakes Interagency Task 
Force, to select the best combination of programs 
and projects for Great Lakes protection and res-
toration using appropriate principles and cri-
teria, including whether a program or project 
provides— 
‘‘(i) the ability to achieve strategic and 
measurable environmental outcomes that 
implement the Great Lakes Action Plan and 
the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement; 
‘‘(ii) the feasibility of— 
‘‘(I) prompt implementation; 
‘‘(II) timely achievement of re-
sults; and 
‘‘(III) resource leveraging; and 
‘‘(iii) the opportunity to improve 
interagency and inter-organizational co-
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ordination and collaboration to reduce du-
plication and streamline efforts. 
‘‘(D) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (G)(ii), funds made available to 
carry out the Initiative shall be used to 
strategically implement— 
‘‘(I) Federal projects; and 
‘‘(II) projects carried out in co-
ordination with States, Indian tribes, 
municipalities, institutions of higher 
education, and other organizations. 
‘‘(ii) TRANSFER
OF
FUNDS.—With 
amounts made available for the Initiative 
each fiscal year, the Administrator may— 
‘‘(I) transfer not more than the 
total amount appropriated under sub-
paragraph (G)(i) for the fiscal year to 
the head of any Federal department or 
agency, with the concurrence of the de-
partment or agency head, to carry out 
activities to support the Initiative and 
the Great Lakes Water Quality Agree-
ment; and
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‘‘(II) enter into an interagency 
agreement with the head of any Fed-
eral department or agency to carry out 
activities described in subclause (I). 
‘‘(E) SCOPE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Projects shall be 
carried out under the Initiative on multiple 
levels, including— 
‘‘(I) Great Lakes-wide; and 
‘‘(II) Great Lakes basin-wide. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—No funds made 
available to carry out the Initiative may be 
used for any water infrastructure activity 
(other than a green infrastructure project 
that improves habitat and other ecosystem 
functions in the Great Lakes) for which 
amounts are made available from— 
‘‘(I) a State water pollution con-
trol revolving fund established under 
title VI; or 
‘‘(II) a State drinking water re-
volving loan fund established under 
section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12).
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‘‘(F) ACTIVITIES BY OTHER FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES.—Each relevant Federal department or 
agency shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable— 
‘‘(i) maintain the base level of funding 
for the Great Lakes activities of that depart-
ment or agency without regard to funding 
under the Initiative; and 
‘‘(ii) 
identify 
new 
activities 
and 
projects to support the environmental goals 
of the Initiative. 
‘‘(G) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this paragraph for fis-
cal year 2016, $300,000,000.’’. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 427. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center 
Act (20 U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections (a) 
and (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SECURITY.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out 
section 4(a)(1)(H), $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) 
and (G) of section 4(a)(1), $15,000,000 for fiscal year 
2016.’’.
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2016’’. 
DIVISION H—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’), 
the Second Chance Act of 2007, the National Apprenticeship 
Act, and the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional 
Occupations Act of 1992 (‘‘WANTO Act’’), $3,335,425,000, 
plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts 
provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,709,832,000 as follows: 
(A) $815,556,000 for adult employment and 
training activities, of which $103,556,000 shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2016 through
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June 30, 2017, and of which $712,000,000 shall 
be available for the period October 1, 2016 
through June 30, 2017; 
(B) $873,416,000 for youth activities, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2016 
through June 30, 2017; and 
(C) $1,020,860,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$160,860,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the pe-
riod October 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017: 
Provided, That pursuant to section 128(a)(1) of the 
WIOA, the amount available to the Governor for 
statewide workforce investment activities shall not ex-
ceed 15 percent of the amount allotted to the State 
from each of the appropriations under the preceding 
subparagraphs: Provided further, That the funds 
available for allotment to outlying areas to carry out 
subtitle B of title I of the WIOA shall not be subject 
to the requirements of section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such 
Act; and 
(2) for national programs, $625,593,000 as fol-
lows:
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(A) $220,859,000 for the dislocated workers 
assistance national reserve, of which $20,859,000 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2016 
through September 30, 2017, and of which 
$200,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017: 
Provided, That funds provided to carry out sec-
tion 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be used to 
provide assistance to a State for statewide or 
local use in order to address cases where there 
have been worker dislocations across multiple 
sectors or across multiple local areas and such 
workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State 
workforce development plan with emerging eco-
nomic development needs; and train such eligible 
dislocated workers: Provided further, That funds 
provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) 
of the WIOA may be used for technical assistance 
and demonstration projects, respectively, that 
provide assistance to new entrants in the work-
force and incumbent workers: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 168(b) of the 
WIOA, of the funds provided under this subpara-
graph, the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this 
title as ‘‘Secretary’’) may reserve not more than
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10 percent of such funds to provide technical as-
sistance and carry out additional activities re-
lated to the transition to the WIOA: Provided 
further, That, of the funds provided under this 
subparagraph, $19,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for applications submitted in accordance 
with section 170 of the WIOA for training and 
employment assistance for workers dislocated 
from coal mines and coal-fired power plants; 
(B) $50,000,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2016 
through June 30, 2017; 
(C) $81,896,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $75,885,000 for formula grants 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
employment and training services), $5,517,000 
for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not 
less than 70 percent shall be for permanent hous-
ing), and $494,000 for other discretionary pur-
poses, which shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or related regulation, the Department of Labor
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shall take no action limiting the number or pro-
portion of eligible participants receiving related 
assistance services or discouraging grantees from 
providing such services; 
(D) $994,000 for carrying out the WANTO 
Act, which shall be available for the period July 
1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; 
(E) $84,534,000 for YouthBuild activities 
as described in section 171 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2016 
through June 30, 2017; 
(F) $3,232,000 for technical assistance ac-
tivities under section 168 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2016 
through June 30, 2017; 
(G) $88,078,000 for ex-offender activities, 
under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA 
and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 
2007, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017: Provided, 
That of this amount, $20,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional 
intermediaries for activities that prepare young 
ex-offenders and school dropouts for employment,
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with a priority for projects serving high-crime, 
high-poverty areas; 
(H) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 
Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 
169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; and 
(I) $90,000,000 to expand opportunities re-
lating to apprenticeship programs registered 
under the National Apprenticeship Act, to be 
available to the Secretary to carry out activities 
through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts 
and other arrangements, with States and other 
appropriate entities, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-
ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, 
and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the pur-
chase of real property for training centers as authorized by 
the WIOA, $1,689,155,000, plus reimbursements, as follows: 
(1) $1,581,825,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2016 
through June 30, 2017;