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cial transactions of the territorial and local governments
herein provided for, including such transactions of all
agencies or instrumentalities established or utilized by
such governments, may be audited by the General Ac-
counting Office, at its discretion, in accordance with chap-
ter 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 Agree-
ment of the Special Representatives on Future United
States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mariana Is-
lands approved by Public Law 99–396, or any subsequent
legislation related to Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands Covenant grant funding.
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION
For economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of
the Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compacts of Free Association,
and for economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
$24,938,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by Public Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658,
and $4,580,000 for impact aid for Guam under section
104(e)(6) of Public Law 99–239: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 112 of Public Law 101–219 (103 Stat.
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1873), the Secretary of the Interior may agree to technical
changes in the specifications for the project described in
the subsidiary agreement negotiated under section 212(a)
of the Compact of Free Association, Public Law 99–658,
or its annex, if the changes do not result in increased costs
to the United States.
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
of the Interior, $53,919,000, of which not to exceed
$7,500 may be for official reception and representation
expenses.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$34,608,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $23,939,000.
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NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gam-
ing Commission, pursuant to Public Law 100–497,
$1,000,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
cess surplus property: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision 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: Pro-
vided further, That no programs funded with appropriated
funds in the ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’, ‘‘Office of the So-
licitor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may be aug-
mented through the Working Capital Fund or the Consoli-
dated Working Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
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,
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buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid-
able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
able under this authority until funds specifically made
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That
all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby des-
ignated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and must, be re-
plenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be
requested as promptly as possible.
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title,
in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Inte-
rior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
quent to actual oilspills; response and natural resource
damage assessment activities related to actual oilspills; for
the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or po-
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tential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on
lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to
the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198
(99 Stat. 1658); 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 Min-
ing Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be
necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in
the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regu-
latory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided,
That appropriations made in this title for fire suppression
purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations
incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reim-
bursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of ve-
hicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with
their use for fire suppression purposes, such reimburse-
ment to be credited to appropriations currently available
at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for
emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activi-
ties, no funds shall be made available under this authority
until funds appropriated to the ‘‘Emergency Department
of the Interior Firefighting Fund’’ shall have been ex-
hausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant
to this section are hereby designated by Congress to be
‘‘emergency 
requirements’’ 
pursuant 
to 
section
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251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 and must be replenished by
a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as
promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replen-
ishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata
basis, accounts from which emergency funds were trans-
ferred.
SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and
similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will
contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropria-
tions shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any
other activity in the same manner as authorized by sec-
tions 1535 and 1536 of title 31, U.S.C.: Provided, That
reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equip-
ment, and for services rendered may be credited to the
appropriation current at the time such reimbursements
are received.
SEC. 104. Appropriations made to the Department
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the
Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire,
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for tele-
phone service in private residences in the field, when au-
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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 mem-
bers lower than to subscribers who are not members.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be
available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 4–204).
SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for obligation in connection with contracts issued
for services or rentals for periods not in excess of twelve
months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
SEC. 107. Appropriations made in this title from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund for acquisition of
lands and waters, or interests therein, shall be available
for transfer, with the approval of the Secretary, between
the following accounts: Bureau of Land Management,
Land acquisition, United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
Land acquisition, and National Park Service, Land acqui-
sition and State assistance. Use of such funds are subject
to the reprogramming guidelines of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 108. Amounts appropriated in this Act for the
Presidio which are not obligated as of the date on which
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the Presidio Trust is established by an Act of Congress
shall be transferred to and available only for the Presidio
Trust.
SEC. 109. Section 6003 of Public Law 101–380 is
hereby repealed.
SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended by the Secretary of the Interior for developing,
promulgating, and thereafter implementing a rule con-
cerning rights-of-way under section 2477 of the Revised
Statutes.
SEC. 111. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore leasing and related activities placed under re-
striction in the President’s moratorium statement of June
26, 1990, in the areas of Northern, Central, and Southern
California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon;
and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north
latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.
SEC. 112. No funds provided in this title may be
expended by the Department of the Interior for the con-
duct of leasing, or the approval or permitting of any drill-
ing or other exploration activity, on lands within the North
Aleutian Basin planning area.
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SEC. 113. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of preleasing and leasing activities in the Eastern Gulf of
Mexico for Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 151 in the
Outer Continental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource
Management Comprehensive Program, 1992–1997.
SEC. 114. No funds provided in this title may be
expended by the Department of the Interior for the con-
duct of preleasing and leasing activities in the Atlantic for
Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 164 in the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management
Comprehensive Program, 1992–1997.
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST RESEARCH
For necessary expenses of forest research as author-
ized by law, $182,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1997.
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 pest manage-
ment activities, cooperative forestry and education and
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land conservation activities, $129,551,000, to remain
available until expended, as authorized by law.
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System,
for ecosystem planning, inventory, and monitoring, and for
administrative expenses associated with the management
of funds provided under the heads ‘‘Forest Research’’,
‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’,
‘‘Construction’’, ‘‘Fire Protection and Emergency Sup-
pression’’, and ‘‘Land Acquisition’’, $1,266,688,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 1997,
and including 65 per centum of all monies received during
the prior fiscal year as fees collected under the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in
accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–
6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated and unexpended bal-
ances in the National Forest System account at the end
of fiscal year 1995, shall be merged with and made a part
of the fiscal year 1996 National Forest System appropria-
tion, and shall remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 1997: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000
of the funds provided herein for road maintenance shall
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be available for the planned obliteration of roads which
are no longer needed.
FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SUPPRESSION
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency
fire suppression on or adjacent to National Forest System
lands or other lands under fire protection agreement, and
for emergency rehabilitation of burned over National For-
est System lands, $385,485,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That unexpended balances of
amounts previously appropriated under any other head-
ings for Forest Service fire activities may be transferred
to and merged with this appropriation: Provided further,
That such funds are available for repayment of advances
from other appropriations accounts previously transferred
for such purposes.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, $120,000,000, to remain available
until expended, for construction and acquisition of build-
ings and other facilities, and for construction and repair
of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as author-
ized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205:
Provided, That funds becoming available in fiscal year
1996 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501)
shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury