tion, up to $21,928,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Na-
tional Forest System’’ to support the Integrated Resource 
Restoration pilot program. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression op-
erations of the Department of Agriculture and as a reserve 
fund for suppression and Federal emergency response ac-
tivities, $315,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such amounts are available only for trans-
fer to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ account and only 
following a declaration by the Secretary that either (1) 
a wildland fire suppression event meets certain previously 
established risk-based written criteria for significant com-
plexity, severity, or threat posed by the fire or (2) funds 
in the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ account will be ex-
hausted within 30 days. 
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, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 
from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet for use 
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in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest 
Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, 
existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds 
derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price 
for the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alter-
ation of buildings and other public improvements (7 
U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and inter-
ests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses 
pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 
1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a–558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost 
of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and 
(7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 
U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all 
fire suppression funds appropriated under the headings 
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire 
Suppression Reserve Fund’’ will be obligated within 30 
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days: Provided, That all funds used pursuant to this para-
graph must be replenished by a supplemental appropria-
tion which must be requested as promptly as possible. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development in connection with forest and range-
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 
and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with U.S., private, and international organizations. The 
Forest Service, acting for the International Program, may 
sign direct funding agreements with foreign governments 
and institutions as well as other domestic agencies (includ-
ing the U.S. Agency for International Development, the 
Department of State, and the Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration), U.S. private sector firms, institutions and orga-
nizations to provide technical assistance and training pro-
grams overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 
year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 
section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 
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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 joint explanatory statement of the managers accom-
panying this Act. 
Not more than $997,000,000 of funds available to 
the Forest Service shall be used for cost pools 1-5, as de-
fined on page 14 - 25 of the Forest Service Budget Jus-
tification, Fiscal Year 2013. 
Not more than $41,000,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
$5,000,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De-
partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 
as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 
prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re-
quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services 
from the Department of Agriculture’s National Informa-
tion Technology Center. Nothing in this paragraph shall 
limit the Forest Service portion of implementation costs 
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to be paid to the Department of Agriculture for the Finan-
cial Management Modernization Initiative. 
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 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 
up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 
National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner-
ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 
without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 
for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 
That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda-
tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 
shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 
assistance, private contributions to match on at least one- 
for-one basis funds made available by the Forest Service: 
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that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
funds. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 
be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-
tion 502(c) of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3056(c)(2)). 
Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
$55,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of per-
forming fire, administrative and other facilities mainte-
nance and decommissioning. Such assessments shall occur 
using a square foot rate charged on the same basis the 
agency uses to assess programs for payment of rent, utili-
ties, and other support services. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap-
propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 
to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office 
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of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-
culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-
sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 
reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar nonlitiga-
tion-related matters. Future budget justifications for both 
the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture 
should clearly display the sums previously transferred and 
the requested funding transfers. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older American Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 
purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Not later than January 31, 2013, the Chief of the 
Forest Service shall submit a formal request, in writing, 
to the Council on Environmental Quality for authorization 
to use ‘‘alternative arrangements’’ pursuant to section 
1506.11 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, for com-
pliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 for post-fire restoration and rehabilitation activities, 
including the removal of hazard trees, related to each 
large-scale wildfire on National Forest System land that 
burned more than 250,000 acres in 2011 or 2012 and for 
which such a formal request was not previously made. 
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and 
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to the Indian Health Service, $4,049,612,000, to-
gether with payments received during the fiscal year pur-
suant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b for services furnished 
by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made 
available to tribes and tribal organizations through con-
tracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or com-
pacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall 
be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or con-
tract award and thereafter shall remain available to the 
tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: 
Provided further, That $897,562,000 for contract medical 
care, including $51,500,000 for the Indian Catastrophic 
Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That of the funding provided for 
information technology activities and, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, $4,000,000 shall be allocated at 
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the discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 
$36,000,000 shall remain available until expended for im-
plementation of the loan repayment program under section 
108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 
further, That the amounts collected by the Federal Gov-
ernment as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the In-
dian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 
1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for breach of con-
tracts shall be deposited to the Fund authorized by section 
108A of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1) and shall remain 
available until expended and, notwithstanding section 
108A(c) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1(c)), funds shall 
be available to make new awards under the loan repay-
ment and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 
108 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the amounts made available within this account for the 
methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treatment 
initiative and for the domestic violence prevention initia-
tive shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of 
the Indian Health Service and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That funds provided in this 
Act may be used for annual contracts and grants that fall 
within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation is re-
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corded in the year the funds are appropriated: Provided 
further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under the authority of title 
IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall re-
main available until expended for the purpose of achieving 
compliance with the applicable conditions and require-
ments of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, 
except for those related to the planning, design, or con-
struction of new facilities: Provided further, That funding 
contained herein for scholarship programs under the In-
dian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations 
under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
shall be reported and accounted for and available to the 
receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, of the amounts provided herein, not to exceed 
$546,446,000 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal 
organizations for contract or grant support costs associ-
ated with contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or 
annual funding agreements between the Indian Health 
Service and a tribe or tribal organization pursuant to the 
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, prior to or during 
fiscal year 2013, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 may 
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