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accordance with the terms and conditions described in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act) and shall be used for economic 
and community development in conjunction with the priorities in 
section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1977: Provided further, That such additional amount shall be 
allocated to States and Indian Tribes within 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
INDIAN AFFAIRS 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, 
as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 
1921 (25 U.S.C. 13) and the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
$1,820,334,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, 
except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 
may be for official reception and representation expenses; of which 
not to exceed $78,494,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: 
Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Sec-
retary of the Interior may exceed such cap for welfare payments 
from the amounts provided herein, to provide for disaster relief 
to Indian communities affected by the disaster: Provided further, 
That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations 
of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority 
allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $59,182,000 shall remain available until 
expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney 
fees, litigation support, land records improvement, and the Navajo- 
Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $1,250,000 shall be for projects 
specified for Special Initiatives (CDS) in the table titled ‘‘Interior 
and Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding 
Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That any forestry funds allocated to a federally recognized 
tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2023, may 
be transferred during fiscal year 2024 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, 2024: Provided further, That in order to enhance 
the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use funds 
to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 
personnel: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
may accept transfers of funds from United States Customs and 
Border Protection to supplement any other funding available for 
reconstruction or repair of roads owned by the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs as identified on the National Tribal Transportation Facility 
Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1).
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INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION 
For the acquisition of fractional interests to further land consoli-
dation as authorized under the Indian Land Consolidation Act 
Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106–462), and the American 
Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–374), 
$7,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
any provision of the Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments 
of 2000 (Public Law 106–462) that requires or otherwise relates 
to application of a lien shall not apply to the acquisitions funded 
herein. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
and the Bureau of Indian Education for fiscal year 2022, such 
sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2023: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for transfer to another budget account. 
PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for leases 
pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2022, 
such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for obliga-
tion through September 30, 2023: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, no amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for transfer to another budget account. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facili-
ties, including architectural and engineering services by contract; 
acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation of 
lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga-
tion Project pursuant to Public Law 87–483; $146,769,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may 
be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation 
Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided 
further, That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program 
pursuant to the Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall 
be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, 
That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of 
the Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the 
appropriate share of construction costs for space expansion needed 
in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be derived from the Indian Irrigation Fund estab-
lished by section 3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 
130 Stat. 1749).
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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 settlements pursu-
ant to Public Laws 99–264, 101–618, 114–322, 111–291 and 116– 
260, and for implementation of other land and water rights settle-
ments, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, which may 
be deposited, as necessary, into the Se´lisˇ-Qlispe´ Ksanka Settlement 
and the Navajo Utah Settlement Trust Funds established by Public 
Law 116–260. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $11,833,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2023, of which $1,629,000 
is for administrative expenses, as authorized by the Indian 
Financing Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed 
$103,456,940. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian education 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and 
the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et 
seq.), $1,017,601,000 to remain available until September 30, 2023, 
except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That federally recog-
nized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally recognized 
Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet 
welfare assistance costs: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$752,148,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools 
and other education programs shall become available on July 1, 
2022, and shall remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
but not limited to the Indian Self–Determination Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education Amendments 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $89,450,000 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, 2022: Provided further, That in order 
to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may 
use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of 
clothing for personnel. 
EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary for the operation 
of 
Indian 
education 
programs, 
including 
architectural 
and
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engineering services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 
in lands; $264,330,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That in order to ensure timely completion of construction projects, 
the Secretary of the Interior may assume control of a project and 
all funds related to the project, if, not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, any Public Law 100–297 
(25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) grantee receiving funds appropriated in 
this Act or in any prior Act, has not completed the planning and 
design phase of the project and commenced construction. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation may carry out the operation of Indian programs by direct 
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
grants, either directly or in cooperation with States and other 
organizations. 
Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (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 or the Bureau of Indian Education 
for central office oversight and Executive Direction and Administra-
tive Services (except Executive Direction and Administrative Serv-
ices funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and 
facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for con-
tracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education 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 or the Bureau of 
Indian Education, this action shall not diminish the Federal Govern-
ment’s trust responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to- 
government 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, or more than one grade to expand 
the elementary grade structure for Bureau-funded schools with 
a K–2 grade structure on October 1, 1996. 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 formula, 
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of September 
1, 1996, and to any school or school program that was reinstated