IB
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4578
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 18, 2000
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2001, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Ω1æThat the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
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fication, 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 juris-
diction of the Bureau of Land Management, including
the general administration of the Bureau, and assessment
of mineral potential of public lands pursuant to Public
Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $674,571,000 (re-
duced by $4,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $2,198,000 shall be available for assess-
ment of the mineral potential of public lands in Alaska
pursuant to section 1010 of Public Law 96–487 (16
U.S.C. 3150); and of which not to exceed $1,000,000
shall be derived from the special receipt account estab-
lished by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965,
as
amended
(16
U.S.C.
460l–6a(i));
and
of
which
$2,500,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2001 subject
to a match by at least an equal amount by the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to such Foundation for
cost-shared projects supporting conservation of Bureau
lands and such funds shall be advanced to the Founda-
tion as a lump sum grant without regard to when ex-
penses are incurred; in addition, $33,366,000 for Mining
Law Administration program operations, including the
cost of administering the mining claim fee program; to
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remain
available
until
expended,
to
be
reduced
by
amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this ap-
propriation from annual mining claim fees so as to result
in a final appropriation estimated at not more than
$674,571,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until
expended, from communication site rental fees estab-
lished by the Bureau for the cost of administering com-
munication site activities: Provided, That 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 contractors.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup-
pression operations, emergency rehabilitation and haz-
ardous fuels reduction by the Department of the Interior,
$292,197,000, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $9,300,000 shall be for the renovation
or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds
are also available for repayment of advances to other ap-
propriation accounts from which funds were previously
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That un-
obligated balances of amounts previously appropriated to
the ‘‘Fire Protection’’ and ‘‘Emergency Department of the
Interior Firefighting Fund’’ may be transferred and
merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That
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persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be fur-
nished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds
available from this appropriation: Provided further, That
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bu-
reau or office of the Department of the Interior for fire
protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq.,
protection of United States property, may be credited to
the appropriation from which funds were expended to pro-
vide that protection, and are available without fiscal year
limitation.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for
the remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
sums recovered from or paid by a party in advance of or
as reimbursement for remedial action or response activi-
ties conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107
or 113(f) of such Act, shall be credited to this account
to be available until expended without further appropria-
tion: Provided further, That such sums recovered from or
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data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation
with States and municipalities.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for the purchase of not
to exceed 53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are
for replacement only; reimbursement to the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; reimburse-
ment to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS) for Refuge Revenue Sharing payments made by
FWS to local entities for the FWS real property trans-
ferred to the Geological Survey; contracting for the fur-
nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-
physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra-
tively determined that such procedures are in the public
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build-
ings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for
gauging stations and observation wells; expenses of the
United States National Committee on Geology; and pay-
ment of compensation and expenses of persons on the rolls
of the Survey duly appointed to represent the United
States in the negotiation and administration of interstate
compacts: Provided, That activities funded by appropria-
tions herein made may be accomplished through the use
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of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined
in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehi-
cles
for
replacement
only,
$127,200,000,
of
which
$84,362,000, shall be available for royalty management
activities; and an amount not to exceed $107,000,000, to
be credited to this appropriation and to remain available
until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from
increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate
increases to fee collections for Outer Continental Shelf ad-
ministrative activities performed by the Minerals Manage-
ment Service over and above the rates in effect on Sep-
tember 30, 1993, and from additional fees for Outer Con-
tinental Shelf administrative activities established after
September 30, 1993: Provided, That to the extent
$107,000,000 in additions to receipts are not realized
from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount
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needed to reach $107,000,000 shall be credited to this ap-
propriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5,
1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer ac-
quisitions shall remain available until September 30,
2002: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this Act shall be available for the payment of interest in
accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for rea-
sonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and
marine cleanup activities: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $15,000 under this
heading shall be available for refunds of overpayments in
connection with certain Indian leases in which the Direc-
tor of the Minerals Management Service (MMS) concurred
with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to In-
dian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable
erroneous payments: Provided further, That MMS may
under the royalty-in-kind pilot program use a portion of
the revenues from royalty-in-kind sales, without regard to
fiscal year limitation, to pay for transportation to whole-
sale market centers and processing of royalty production
taken in kind: Provided further, That MMS shall analyze
and document the expected return in advance of any roy-
alty-in-kind sales to assure to the maximum extent prac-
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ticable that royalty income under the pilot program is
equal to or greater than royalty income recognized under
a comparable royalty-in-value program.
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,
$6,118,000, 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, as amended, including the pur-
chase of not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for
replacement only, $97,478,000: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use
directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in
fiscal year 2001 for civil penalties assessed under section
518 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely af-
fected by coal mining practices after August 3, 1977, to
remain available until expended: Provided further, That
appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclama-
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tion and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
sponsored training.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977,
Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the purchase
of not more than 10 passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only, $197,873,000, to be derived from receipts of
the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain
available until expended; of which up to $8,000,000, to
be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of the Fund,
shall be for supplemental grants to States for the reclama-
tion of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage from
coal mines, and for associated activities, through the Ap-
palachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants
to minimum program States will be $1,500,000 per State
in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That of the funds
herein provided up to $18,000,000 may be used for the
emergency program authorized by section 410 of Public
Law 95–87, as amended, of which no more than 25 per-
cent shall be used for emergency reclamation projects in
any one State and funds for federally administered emer-
gency reclamation projects under this proviso shall not ex-
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ditional funds are to be used to address such problems
in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.),
as amended, $1,657,446,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2002 except as otherwise provided herein,
of which not to exceed $93,225,000 shall be for welfare
assistance payments and notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975, as amended, not to exceed
$125,229,000 shall be available for payments to tribes and
tribal organizations for contract support costs associated
with ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual fund-
ing agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to or
during fiscal year 2001, as authorized by such Act, except
that tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal
priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing
contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding agree-
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ments and for unmet welfare assistance costs; and of
which not to exceed $406,010,000 for school operations
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education pro-
grams shall become available on July 1, 2001, and shall
remain available until September 30, 2002; and of which
not to exceed $39,722,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for housing improvement, road maintenance, at-
torney fees, litigation support, self-governance grants, the
Indian Self-Determination Fund, land records improve-
ment, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination
Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to ex-
ceed $42,160,000 within and only from such amounts
made available for school operations shall be available to
tribes and tribal organizations for administrative cost
grants associated with the operation of Bureau-funded
schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds allo-
cated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September
30, 2002, may be transferred during fiscal year 2003 to
an Indian forest land assistance account established for
the benefit of such tribe within the tribe’s trust fund ac-
count: Provided further, That any such unobligated bal-
ances not so transferred shall expire on September 30,
2003.
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CONSTRUCTION
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities,
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests
in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-
suant to Public Law 87–483, $184,404,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may
be used to cover the road program management costs of
the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13
shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2001, in implementing
new construction or facilities improvement and repair
project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to
tribally controlled grant schools under Public Law 100–
297, as amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use
the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost
Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR
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part 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided further,
That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of
43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and
determine a schedule of payments for the work to be per-
formed: Provided further, That in considering applications,
the Secretary shall consider whether the Indian tribe or
tribal organization would be deficient in assuring that the
construction projects conform to applicable building stand-
ards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and
safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with
respect to organizational and financial management capa-
bilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary declines an
application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements
contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided further, That
any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee con-
cerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision
in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e).
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and in-
dividuals
and
for
necessary
administrative
expenses,
$34,026,000, to remain available until expended; of which
$25,149,000 shall be available for implementation of en-
acted Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant
to Public Laws 101–618 and 102–575, and for implemen-
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tation of other enacted water rights settlements; of which
$8,000,000 shall be available for Tribal compact adminis-
tration, economic development and future water supplies
facilities under Public Law 106–163; and of which
$877,000 shall be available pursuant to Public Laws 99–
264 and 100–580.
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,500,000, as au-
thorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amend-
ed: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying 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, not to exceed
$59,682,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan programs, $485,000.
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.
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guar-
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antee and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed
Loan Program account) shall be available for expenses of
exhibits, and purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger
motor vehicles, of which not to exceed 187 shall be for
replacement only.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office
operations, pooled overhead general administration (except
facilities operations and maintenance), or provided to im-
plement the recommendations of the National Academy of
Public Administration’s August 1999 report shall be avail-
able for tribal 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 for
distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish
the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that
tribe, or the government-to-government relationship be-
tween the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s abil-
ity to access future appropriations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided
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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.
Appropriations made available in this or any other
Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
tember 1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall
be used to support expanded grades for any school or dor-
mitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved
by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bu-
reau school system as of October 1, 1995. Funds made
available under this Act may not be used to establish a
charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term
is defined in section 1146 of the Education Amendments
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)), except that a charter school
that is in existence on the date of the enactment of this
Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school be-
fore September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during
that period, but only if the charter school pays to the Bu-
reau 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 obligation for charter school pro-
grams of the State in which the school is located if the
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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 oper-
ation and employees of a charter school shall not be treat-
ed as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of
title 28, United States Code (commonly known as the
‘‘Federal Tort Claims Act’’). Not later than June 15,
2001, the Secretary of the Interior shall evaluate the effec-
tiveness of Bureau-funded schools sharing facilities with
charter schools in the manner described in the preceding
sentence and prepare and submit a report on the finding
of that evaluation to the Committees on Appropriations
of the Senate and of the House.
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
INSULAR AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$69,471,000, of which: (1) $65,076,000 shall be available
until expended for technical assistance, including mainte-
nance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management
controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree
snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in
American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au-
thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern-
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ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev-
enues, for construction and support of governmental func-
tions; 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 (Pub-
lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $4,395,000 shall
be available for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insu-
lar Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of the
territorial and local governments herein provided for, in-
cluding such transactions of all agencies or instrumental-
ities established or used by such governments, may be au-
dited by the General Accounting 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 Representa-
tives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the
Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104–
134: Provided further, That of the amounts provided for
technical assistance, not to exceed $300,000 may be made
available for transfer to the Disaster Assistance Direct
Loan Program Account of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency for the purpose of covering the cost of
forgiving a portion of the obligation of the Government
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of the Virgin Islands to pay interest which has accrued
on Community Disaster Loan 841 during fiscal year 2000,
as required by section 504 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as amended (2 U.S.C. 661c): Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts provided for technical assist-
ance, sufficient funding shall be made available for a grant
to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That of the
amounts provided for technical assistance, the amount of
$700,000 shall be made available to the Prior Service Ben-
efits Trust Fund for its program of benefit payments to
individuals: Provided further, That none of this amount
shall be used for administrative expenses of the Prior
Service Benefits Trust Fund: Provided further, That the
funds for the program of operations and maintenance im-
provement are appropriated to institutionalize routine op-
erations and maintenance improvement of capital infra-
structure in American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
and the Federated States of Micronesia through assess-
ments of long-range operations maintenance needs, im-
proved capability of local operations and maintenance in-
stitutions and agencies (including management and voca-
tional education training), and project-specific mainte-
nance (with territorial participation and cost sharing to
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be determined by the Secretary based on the individual
territory’s commitment to timely maintenance of its cap-
ital assets): Provided further, That any appropriation for
disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or pre-
vious 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 Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5170c).
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 Compact 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,
$20,745,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by Public Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, $62,406,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be
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available for workers compensation payments and unem-
ployment compensation payments associated with the or-
derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$40,196,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $26,086,000.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts,
and grants, $82,428,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements may be transferred, as needed, to the Bureau
of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account
and to the Departmental Management ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts
or grants obligated during fiscal year 2001, as authorized
by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the
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contractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the statute of limita-
tions shall not commence to run on any claim, including
any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement
of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian
has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from
which the beneficiary can determine whether there has
been a loss: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required
to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any
Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least
18 months and has a balance of $1.00 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 with-
drawn upon the express written request of the account
holder.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION
For implementation of a program for consolidation
of fractional interests in Indian Lands and expenses asso-
ciated with redetermining and redistributing escalated in-
terests in allotted lands by direct expenditure or coopera-
tive agreement, $5,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended and which may be transferred to the Bureau of
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Indian Affairs and Departmental Management, of which
not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That the Secretary may enter into
a cooperative agreement, which shall not be subject to
Public law 93–638, as amended, with a tribe having juris-
diction over the reservation to implement the program to
acquire fractional interests on behalf of such tribe: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may develop a reserva-
tion-wide system for establishing the fair market value of
various types of lands and improvements to govern the
amounts offered for acquisition of fractional interests:
Provided further, That acquisitions shall be limited to one
or more reservations as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That funds shall be available for acquisition
of fractional interests in trust or restricted lands with the
consent of its owners and at fair market value, and the
Secretary shall hold in trust for such tribe all interests
acquired pursuant to this program: Provided further, That
all proceeds from any lease, resource sale contract, right-
of-way or other transaction derived from the fractional in-
terests shall be credited to this appropriation, and remain
available until expended, until the purchase price paid by
the Secretary under this appropriation has been recovered
from such proceeds: Provided further, That once the pur-
chase price has been recovered, all subsequent proceeds
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shall be managed by the Secretary for the benefit of the
applicable tribe or paid directly to the tribe.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND
RESTORATION
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment ac-
tivities by the Department of the Interior necessary to
carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.),
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380) (33
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and Public Law 101–337, as amend-
ed (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $5,374,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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
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funds in the ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Office of the
Solicitor’’, 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,
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)(A) 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-
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grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency 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 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 oil spills; for response and natural resource
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills;
for the prevention, 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 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 wildland fire
operations 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
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their use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement
to be credited to appropriations 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’’ shall be ex-
hausted within thirty days: Provided further, That all
funds used pursuant to this section are hereby designated
by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be replen-
ished by a supplemental appropriation which must be re-
quested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That
such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on
a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds
were transferred.
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, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That reimbursements for costs and supplies, mate-
rials, equipment, and for services rendered may be cred-
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ited to the appropriation current at the time such reim-
bursements 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-
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. Annual appropriations made in this title
shall be available for obligation in connection with con-
tracts issued for services or rentals for periods not in ex-
cess of 12 months beginning at any time during the fiscal
year.
SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
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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. 108. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and re-
lated activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin
planning area.
SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct off-
shore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related
activities in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for
any lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the
final Outer Continental Shelf 5–Year Oil and Gas Leasing
Program, 1997–2002.
SEC. 110. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil
and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities
in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
SEC. 111. Advance payments made under this title
to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education
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Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.)
may be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization,
or consortium before such funds are expended for the pur-
poses of the grant, compact, or annual funding agreement
so long as such funds are—
(1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organiza-
tion, or consortium only in obligations of the United
States, or in obligations or securities that are guar-
anteed or insured by the United States, or mutual
(or other) funds registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and which only invest in obli-
gations of the United States or securities that are
guaranteed or insured by the United States; or
(2) deposited only into accounts that are in-
sured by an agency or instrumentality of the United
States, or are fully collateralized to ensure protec-
tion of the funds, even in the event of a bank failure.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the National Park Service shall not develop or imple-
ment a reduced entrance fee program to accommodate
non-local travel through a unit. The Secretary may provide
for and regulate local non-recreational passage through
units of the National Park System, allowing each unit to
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develop guidelines and permits for such activity appro-
priate to that unit.
SEC. 113. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going
basis from a credit card services provider under the De-
partment of the Interior’s charge card programs, hereafter
may be deposited to and retained without fiscal year limi-
tation in the Departmental Working Capital Fund estab-
lished under 43 U.S.C. 1467 and used to fund manage-
ment initiatives of general benefit to the Department of
the Interior’s bureaus and offices as determined by the
Secretary or his designee.
SEC. 114. Appropriations made in this title under the
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special
Trustee for American Indians and any available unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under
the same headings, shall be available for expenditure or
transfer for Indian trust management activities pursuant
to the Trust Management Improvement Project High
Level Implementation Plan.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any provision of law,
hereafter the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to ne-
gotiate and enter into agreements and leases, without re-
gard to section 321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June
30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b), with any person, firm, asso-
ciation, organization, corporation, or governmental entity
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for all or part of the property within Fort Baker adminis-
tered by the Secretary as part of Golden Gate National
Recreation Area. The proceeds of the agreements or leases
shall be retained by the Secretary and such proceeds shall
be available, without future appropriation, for the preser-
vation, restoration, operation, maintenance and interpre-
tation and related expenses incurred with respect to Fort
Baker properties.
SEC. 116. A grazing permit or lease that expires (or
is transferred) during fiscal year 2001 may be renewed
under section 402 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1752) or
if applicable, sections 306 and 510 of the California
Desert Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–50). The terms
and conditions contained in the expiring permit or lease
may at the discretion of the Secretary continue in effect
under the new permit or lease until such time as the Sec-
retary of the Interior completes processing of such permit
or lease in compliance with all applicable laws and regula-
tions, at which time such permit or lease may be canceled,
suspended or modified, in whole or in part, to meet the
requirements of such applicable laws and regulations.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter the Sec-
retary’s statutory authority.
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SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for the purpose of reducing the backlog of Indian pro-
bate cases in the Department of the Interior, the hearing
requirements of chapter 10 of title 25, United States
Code, are deemed satisfied by a proceeding conducted by
an Indian probate judge, appointed by the Secretary with-
out regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
governing the appointments in the competitive service, for
such period of time as the Secretary determines necessary:
Provided, That the basic pay of an Indian probate judge
so appointed may be fixed by the Secretary without regard
to the provisions of chapter 51, and subchapter III of
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, governing the
classification and pay of General Schedule employees, ex-
cept that no such Indian probate judge may be paid at
a level which exceeds the maximum rate payable for the
highest grade of the General Schedule, including locality
pay.
SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-
tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including
tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by
transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs,
dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate
distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc-
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tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10
percent in fiscal year 2001. Under circumstances of dual
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-
tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not
apply.
SEC. 119. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to establish a new National Wildlife Refuge in the Kan-
kakee River basin that is inconsistent with the United
States Army Corps of Engineers’ efforts to control flood-
ing and siltation in that area. Written certification of con-
sistency shall be submitted to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations prior to refuge establishment.
SEC. 120. The Great Marsh Trail at the Mason Neck
National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia is hereby named for
Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. and shall hereafter be referred to
in any law, document, or records of the United States as
the ‘‘Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. Great Marsh Trail’’.
SEC. 121. Funds appropriated for the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs for postsecondary schools for fiscal year 2001
shall be allocated among the schools proportionate to the
unmet need of the schools as determined by the Postsec-
ondary Funding Formula adopted by the Office of Indian
Education Programs.
SEC. 122. The amounts other wise provided by this
title are revised by reducing the amount made available
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under the heading ‘‘NATIONAL PARK SERVICE—
CONSTRUCTION’’ by $9,000,000 and by increasing the
amount made available under the heading ‘‘NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE—LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE
ASSISTANCE’’ for acquisition of lands or waters, or in-
terests therein, by $9,000,000.
SEC. 123. Any limitation imposed under this Act on
funds made available by this Act related to planning and
management of national monuments, or activities related
to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management
Plan shall not apply to any activity which is otherwise au-
thorized by law.
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $224,966,000, to remain
available until expended.
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 man-
agement, cooperative forestry, and education and land
conservation activities and conducting an international
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program
as
authorized,
$197,337,000
(reduced
by
$500,000) (increased by $500,000), to remain available
until expended, as authorized by law: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act or otherwise available to the Secretary shall be
used to carry out any activity related to the urban re-
sources partnership or similar or successor programs.
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,
$1,207,545,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during
prior fiscal years 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 balances available at
the start of fiscal year 2001 shall be displayed by extended
budget line item in the fiscal year 2002 budget justifica-
tion.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
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, and for emergency
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rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System
lands and water, $614,343,000 (increased by $4,000,000),
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
funds are available for repayment of advances from other
appropriations accounts previously transferred for such
purposes: Provided further, That not less than 50 percent
of any unobligated balances remaining (exclusive of
amounts for hazardous fuels reduction) at the end of fiscal
year 2000 shall be transferred, as repayment for post ad-
vances that have not been repaid, to the fund established
pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 71–319 (16 U.S.C.
576 et seq.): Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, up to $4,000,000 of funds appro-
priated under this appropriation may be used for Fire
Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science Pro-
gram: Provided further, That all authorities for the use
of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and coop-
erative agreements, available to execute the Forest Service
and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available
in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise
provided
for,
$424,466,000
(increased
by
$10,000,000), to remain available until expended for con-
struction, reconstruction, maintenance and acquisition of
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buildings and other facilities, and for construction, recon-
struction, repair 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 up
to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein for road
maintenance shall be available for the decommissioning of
roads, including unauthorized roads not part of the trans-
portation system, which are no longer needed: Provided
further, That no funds shall be expended to decommission
any system road until notice and an opportunity for public
comment has been provided on each decommissioning
project: Provided further, That any unobligated balances
of amounts previously appropriated to the Forest Service
‘‘Construction’’, ‘‘Reconstruction and Construction’’, or
‘‘Reconstruction and Maintenance’’ accounts as well as
any unobligated balances remaining in the ‘‘National For-
est System’’ account for the facility maintenance and trail
maintenance extended budget line items may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the ‘‘Capital Improvement and
Maintenance’’ account.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including ad-
ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or wa-
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ters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory au-
thority applicable to the Forest Service, $50,000,000 (and
in addition $2,000,000, to be available to the Department
of the Interior for the acquisition of Cat Island, Mis-
sissippi), to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund, to remain available until expended.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL
ACTS
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests,
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,068,000, 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 gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until ex-
pended.
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
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mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public
Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available
for administrative expenses 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),
$92,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to
exceed 132 passenger motor vehicles of which 13 will be
used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which
129 shall be for replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger
motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehi-
cles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase
of not to exceed six for replacement only, and acquisition
of sufficient aircraft from excess sources to maintain the
operable fleet at 192 aircraft for use 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
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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 alteration of
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250);
(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, pur-
suant 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 col-
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
None of the funds made available under this Act shall
be obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move
or close any regional office for National Forest System
administration of the Forest Service, Department of Agri-
culture without the consent of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
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 if and only if all previously appro-
priated emergency contingent funds under the heading
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‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ have been released by the
President and apportioned.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice in connection with forest and rangeland research, tech-
nical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and
shall be available to support forestry and related natural
resource activities outside the United States and its terri-
tories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu-
cation and training, and cooperation with United States
and international organizations.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agri-
culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C.
147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in House Report No. 105–163.
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 procedures contained in House Report
No. 105–163.
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No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of
the Forest Service.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to conduct a program of not less than $2,000,000
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970,
as amended by Public Law 93–408.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500
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 $1,250,000 may be advanced in a lump sum as Fed-
eral financial assistance to the National Forest Founda-
tion, without regard to when the Foundation incurs ex-
penses, for administrative expenses or projects on or bene-
fitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest
Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds
made available to the Foundation, no more than $200,000
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided
further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of
the period of Federal financial assistance, private con-
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tributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds
made available by the Forest Service: Provided further,
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a
non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that
the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching
funds: Provided further, That hereafter, the National For-
est Foundation may hold Federal funds made available
but not immediately disbursed and may use any interest
or other investment income earned (before, on, or after
the date of the enactment of this Act) on Federal funds
to carry out the purposes of Public Law 101–593: Pro-
vided further, That such investments may be made only
in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in
obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest
by the United States.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244,
$2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service
shall be available for matching funds to the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16 U.S.C.
6201–3709, and shall be advanced in a lump sum as Fed-
eral financial assistance within 60 days of the enactment
of this Act, without regard to when expenses are incurred,
for projects on or benefitting National Forest System
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided,
That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period
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of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to
match on at least one-for-one basis funds advanced by the
Forest Service: Provided further, That the Foundation
may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient for
a project at the same rate 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 for sustainable rural devel-
opment purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 per-
cent of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in
the ‘‘National Forest System’’ and ‘‘Reconstruction and
Construction’’ accounts and planned to be allocated to ac-
tivities under the ‘‘Jobs in the Woods’’ program for
projects on National Forest land in the State of Wash-
ington may be granted directly to the Washington State
Department of Fish and Wildlife for accomplishment of
planned projects. 20 percent of said funds shall be re-
tained by the Forest Service for planning and admin-
istering projects. Project selection and prioritization shall
be accomplished by the Forest Service with such consulta-
tion with the State of Washington as the Forest Service
deems appropriate.
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Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for payments to counties within the Columbia
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–
663.
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter
into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements as ap-
propriate with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, as
well as with public and other private agencies, organiza-
tions, institutions, and individuals, to provide for the de-
velopment, administration, maintenance, or restoration of
land, facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey
Towers National Historic Landmark: Provided, That, sub-
ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agri-
culture may prescribe, any such public or private agency,
organization, institution, or individual may solicit, accept,
and administer private gifts of money and real or personal
property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the ac-
tivities and services at the Grey Towers National Historic
Landmark: Provided further, That such gifts may be ac-
cepted notwithstanding the fact that a donor conducts
business with the Department of Agriculture in any capac-
ity.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available, as determined by the Secretary, for payments
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to Del Norte County, California, pursuant to sections
13(e) and 14 of the Smith River National Recreation Area
Act (Public Law 101–612).
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 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 non-litiga-
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.
No employee of the Department of Agriculture may
be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded
by this Act to any other agency or office of the Depart-
ment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiv-
ing agency or office for the salary and expenses of the
employee for the period of assignment.
The Forest Service shall fund overhead, national
commitments, indirect expenses, and any other category
for use of funds which are expended at any units, that
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are not directly related to the accomplishment of specific
work on-the-ground (referred to as ‘‘indirect expendi-
tures’’), from funds available to the Forest Service, unless
otherwise prohibited by law: Provided, That the Forest
Service shall implement and adhere to the definitions of
indirect expenditures established pursuant to Public Law
105–277 on a nationwide basis without flexibility for
modification by any organizational level except the Wash-
ington Office, and when changed by the Washington Of-
fice, such changes in definition shall be reported in budget
requests submitted by the Forest Service: Provided fur-
ther, That the Forest Service shall provide in all future
budget justifications, planned indirect expenditures in ac-
cordance with the definitions, summarized and displayed
to the Regional, Station, Area, and detached unit office
level. The justification shall display the estimated source
and amount of indirect expenditures, by expanded budget
line item, of funds in the agency’s annual budget justifica-
tion. The display shall include appropriated funds and the
Knutson-Vandenberg, Brush Disposal, Cooperative Work-
Other, and Salvage Sale funds. Changes between esti-
mated and actual indirect expenditures shall be reported
in subsequent budget justifications: Provided further, That
during fiscal year 2001 the Secretary shall limit total an-
nual indirect obligations from the Brush Disposal, Cooper-
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ative Work-Other, Knutson-Vandenberg, Reforestation,
Salvage Sale, and Roads and Trails funds to 20 percent
of the total obligations from each fund.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be used for necessary expenses in the event
of law enforcement emergencies as necessary to protect
natural resources and public or employee safety: Provided,
That such amounts shall not exceed $500,000.
Section 551 of the Land Between the Lakes Protec-
tion Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 460lll–61) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) TRANSITION.—Until September 30, 2002, the
Secretary of Agriculture may expend amounts appro-
priated or otherwise made available to carry out this title
in a manner consistent with the authorities exercised by
the Tennessee Valley Authority, before the transfer of the
Recreation Area to the administrative jurisdiction of the
Secretary, regarding procurement of property, services,
supplies, and equipment.’’.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
(DEFERRAL)
Of the funds made available under this heading for
obligation in prior years, $67,000,000 (increased by
$22,000,000) shall not be available until October 1, 2001:
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Provided, That funds made available in previous appro-
priations Acts shall be available for any ongoing project
regardless of the separate request for proposal under
which the project was selected.
ENERGY RESOURCE, SUPPLY AND EFFICIENCY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy con-
servation activities and for fossil energy research and de-
velopment activities, under the authority of the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95–91), in-
cluding the acquisition of interest, including defeasible and
equitable interests in any real property or any facility or
for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for con-
ducting inquiries, technological investigations and re-
search concerning the extraction, processing, use, and dis-
posal of mineral substances without objectionable social
and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603),
performed under the minerals and materials science pro-
grams
at
the
Albany
Research
Center
in
Oregon,
$1,139,611,000 (reduced by $126,500,000) (reduced by
$45,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000) (increased by
$3,500,000) (increased by $9,500,000) (increased by
$5,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be derived
by transfer from unobligated balances in the Biomass En-
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ergy Development account: Provided, That $153,500,000
(increased by $23,500,000) shall be for use in energy con-
servation programs as defined in section 3008(3) of Public
Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4507): Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99–
509, such sums shall be allocated to the eligible programs
as follows: $120,000,000 (increased by $20,000,000) for
weatherization assistance grants and $33,500,000 (in-
creased by $3,500,000) for State energy conservation
grants: Provided further, That no part of the sum herein
made available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear
explosives in the recovery of oil and gas.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances under this heading,
$1,000,000 are rescinded.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
The requirements of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall
not apply to fiscal year 2001 and any fiscal year there-
after: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall
be available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve
activities.
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ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND
For necessary expenses in fulfilling the third install-
ment payment under the Settlement Agreement entered
into by the United States and the State of California on
October 11, 1996, as authorized by section 3415 of Public
Law 104–106, $36,000,000, to become available on Octo-
ber 1, 2001 for payment to the State of California for
the State Teachers’ Retirement Fund from the Elk Hills
School Lands Fund.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $1,992,000, to re-
main available until expended.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve facility development and operations and program
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201
et seq.), $157,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Energy Information Administration, $72,368,000
(reduced by $2,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal
year shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles;
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the
General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices.
From appropriations under this Act, transfers of
sums may be made to other agencies of the Government
for the performance of work for which the appropriation
is made.
None of the funds made available to the Department
of Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or
finance authorized price support or loan guarantee pro-
grams unless specific provision is made for such programs
in an appropriations Act.
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-
ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and
private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation
with other agencies, Federal, State, private or foreign:
Provided, That revenues and other moneys received by or
for the account of the Department of Energy or otherwise
generated by sale of products in connection with projects
of the Department appropriated under this Act may be
retained by the Secretary of Energy, to be available until
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expended, and used only for plant construction, operation,
costs, and payments to cost-sharing entities as provided
in appropriate cost-sharing contracts or agreements: Pro-
vided further, That the remainder of revenues after the
making of such payments shall be covered into the Treas-
ury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That any
contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by
the Secretary pursuant to this authority shall not be exe-
cuted prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not in-
cluding any day in which either House of Congress is not
in session because of adjournment of more than three cal-
endar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent of the Senate of a full comprehensive report on such
project, including the facts and circumstances relied upon
in support of the proposed project.
No funds provided in this Act may be expended by
the Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process
procurement documents for programs or projects for
which appropriations have not been made.
In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act,
the Secretary may accept fees and contributions from pub-
lic and private sources, to be deposited in a contributed
funds account, and prosecute projects using such fees and
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contributions in cooperation with other Federal, State or
private agencies or concerns.
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, $2,084,178,000, (in-
creased by $22,000,000) together with payments received
during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) for
services furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided,
That funds made available to tribes and tribal organiza-
tions through contracts, grant agreements, or any other
agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-De-
termination 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 limitation: Provided further, That $12,000,000 shall
remain available until expended, for the Indian Cata-
strophic Health Emergency Fund: Provided further, That
$394,756,000 for contract medical care shall remain avail-
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able for obligation until September 30, 2002: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided, up to $17,000,000 shall
be used to carry out the loan repayment program under
section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act:
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be
used for 1–year contracts and grants which are to be per-
formed in 2 fiscal years, so long as the total obligation
is recorded in the year for which the funds are appro-
priated: 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 Improve-
ment Act shall remain available until expended for the
purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable condi-
tions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the So-
cial Security Act (exclusive of planning, design, or con-
struction of new facilities): Provided further, That funding
contained herein, and in any earlier appropriations Acts
for scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2002: 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-
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sion of law, of the amounts provided herein, not to exceed
$228,781,000 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, as amended, prior
to or during fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That funds
available for the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund
may be used, as needed, to carry out activities typically
funded under the Indian Health Facilities account.
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement,
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities,
including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans,
specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase
and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail-
ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita-
tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of
the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian
Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out
such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities
support
activities
of
the
Indian
Health
Service,
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$336,423,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction
or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an In-
dian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites
to construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facili-
ties: Provided further, That notwithstanding any provision
of law governing Federal construction, $240,000 of the
funds provided herein shall be provided to the Hopi Tribe
to reduce the debt incurred by the Tribe in providing staff
quarters to meet the housing needs associated with the
new Hopi Health Center: Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Serv-
ice to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Depart-
ment of Defense for distribution to the Indian Health
Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Serv-
ice 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 shall be placed in a Demoli-
tion Fund, available until expended, to be used by the In-
dian Health Service for demolition of Federal buildings.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv-
ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva-
lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re-
prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular
buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments
for telephone service in private residences in the field,
when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec-
retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefore as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of at-
tendance at meetings which are concerned with the func-
tions or activities for which the appropriation is made or
which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or
management of those functions or activities: 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 administered or In-
dian 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 providing the
service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation:
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Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or
regulation, funds transferred from the Department 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, as amended: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except
those used for administrative and program direction pur-
poses, shall not be subject to limitations directed at cur-
tailing Federal travel and transportation: 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 au-
thorized by title I or III 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
contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement
under title III of such Act and thereafter shall remain
available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal
year limitation: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act
shall be used to implement the final rule published in the
Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligi-
bility for the health care services of the Indian Health
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Service until the Indian Health Service has submitted a
budget request reflecting the increased costs associated
with the proposed final rule, and such request has been
included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law:
Provided further, That funds made available in this Act
are to be apportioned to the Indian Health Service as ap-
propriated in this Act, and accounted for in the appropria-
tion structure set forth in this Act: 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 payment
in advance with subsequent adjustment, and the reim-
bursements received therefrom, along with the funds re-
ceived from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-De-
termination Act, may be credited to the same or subse-
quent appropriation account which provided the funding,
said amounts to remain available until expended: Provided
further, That reimbursements for training, technical as-
sistance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service
will contain total costs, including direct, administrative,
and overhead associated with the provision of goods, serv-
ices, or technical assistance: Provided further, That the ap-
propriation structure for the Indian Health Service may
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not be altered without advance approval of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–
531, $8,000,000, 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 hous-
ing, 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 provided for such household: Provided further,
That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new
or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office
shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have se-
lected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo
reservation or selected a replacement residence off the
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Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 640d–10.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields
of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation,
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease
(for terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of build-
ings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to five
replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, repair,
and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $375,230,000, of
which not to exceed $47,126,000 for the instrumentation
program, collections acquisition, Museum Support Center
equipment and move, exhibition reinstallation, the Na-
tional Museum of the American Indian, the repatriation
of skeletal remains program, research equipment, informa-
tion management, and Latino programming shall remain
available until expended, including such funds as may be
necessary to support American overseas research centers
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and of which $125,000 is for the Council of American
Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein are available for advance payments to inde-
pendent contractors performing research services or par-
ticipating in official Smithsonian presentations: Provided
further, That the Smithsonian Institution may expend
Federal appropriations designated in this Act for lease or
rent payments for long term and swing space, as rent pay-
able to the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent pay-
ments may be deposited into the general trust funds of
the Institution to the extent that federally supported ac-
tivities are housed in the 900 H Street, N.W. building in
the District of Columbia: Provided further, That this use
of Federal appropriations shall not be construed as debt
service, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or
an obligation of, the Federal Government: Provided fur-
ther, That no appropriated funds may be used to service
debt which is incurred to finance the costs of acquiring
the 900 H Street building or of planning, designing, and
constructing improvements to such building.
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND ALTERATION OF FACILITIES
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and al-
teration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian
Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by sec-
tion 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), in-
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cluding not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $47,900,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for environ-
mental systems, protection systems, and repair or restora-
tion of facilities of the Smithsonian Institution may be ne-
gotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the
basis of contractor qualifications as well as price: Provided
further, That funds previously appropriated to the ‘‘Con-
struction and Improvements, National Zoological Park’’
account, the ‘‘Repair and Restoration of Buildings’’ ac-
count, and the ‘‘Repair, Rehabilitation and Alteration of
Facilities’’ account may be transferred to and merged with
this account.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be
used to initiate the design for any proposed expansion of
current space or new facility without consultation with the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
The Smithsonian Institution shall not use Federal
funds in excess of the amount specified in Public Law
101–185 for the construction of the National Museum of
the American Indian.
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be
used for the Holt House located at the National Zoological
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Park in Washington, D.C., unless identified as repairs to
minimize water damage, monitor structure movement, or
provide interim structural support.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery 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 Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad-
vance when authorized 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; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms
for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other
employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902);
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter-
ation, improvement, and repair 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 advertising, with individuals,
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firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop-
er, $61,279,000, of which not to exceed $3,026,000 for
the special exhibition program shall remain available until
expended.
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or
otherwise, as authorized, $8,903,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for envi-
ronmental systems, protection systems, 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 qualifications as well as price.
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
ARTS
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts, $13,947,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of
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the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
$19,924,000, 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, $6,763,000.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $98,000,000, shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects
and productions in the arts through assistance to organi-
zations and individuals pursuant to sections 5(c) and 5(g)
of the Act, for program support, and for administering
the functions of the Act, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds previously appropriated to
the National Endowment for the Arts ‘‘Matching Grants’’
account may be transferred to and merged with this ac-
count.
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $100,604,000, shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humanities for support of ac-
tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the
Act, and for administering the functions of the Act, to
remain available until expended.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $14,656,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $10,259,000 shall be available
to the National Endowment for the Humanities for the
purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall be available for obligation only in such amounts
as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests,
and devises of money, and other property accepted by the
chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the pro-
visions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal
amounts have not previously been appropriated.
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INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
OFFICE OF MUSEUM SERVICES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out subtitle C of the Museum and Li-
brary Services Act of 1996, as amended, $24,307,000, to
remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
None of the funds appropriated to the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used
to process any grant or contract documents which do not
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing
a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $1,021,000:
Provided, 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 col-
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lection, to remain available until expended without further
appropriation.
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $6,973,000.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended),
$2,989,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be
available for compensation of level V of the Executive
Schedule or higher positions.
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na-
tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i),
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$6,288,000: Provided, That all appointed members of the
Commission will be compensated at a rate not to exceed
the daily equivalent of the annual rate for positions at level
IV of the Executive Schedule, for each day such member
is engaged in the actual performance of duties.
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UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as
authorized by Public Law 96–388 (36 U.S.C. 1401), as
amended, $33,161,000, of which $1,575,000 for the muse-
um’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000
for the museum’s exhibitions program shall remain avail-
able until expended.
PRESIDIO TRUST
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Om-
nibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996,
$23,400,000 shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to
remain
available
until
expended,
of
which
up
to
$1,040,000 may be for the cost of guaranteed loans, as
authorized by section 104(d) of the Act: 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, not to exceed $200,000,000.
The Trust is authorized to issue obligations to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(d)(3) of
the Act, in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.
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TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation under this
Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior or
the Secretary of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and nat-
ural gas by noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned
lands within the boundaries of the Shawnee National For-
est, Illinois: Provided, That nothing herein is intended to
inhibit or otherwise affect the sale, lease, or right to access
to minerals owned by private individuals.
SEC. 303. 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
proposal on which congressional action is not complete.
SEC. 304. 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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SEC. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal
servants to any officer or employee of such department
or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 306. No assessments may be levied against any
program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by
this Act unless advance notice of such assessments and
the basis therefor are presented to the Committees on Ap-
propriations and are approved by such committees.
SEC. 307. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
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pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this sec-
tion are applicable in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter.
SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classi-
fied as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which
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are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land
Management lands in a manner different than such sales
were conducted in fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 309. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park
Service to enter into or implement a concession contract
which permits or requires the removal of the underground
lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
SEC. 310. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the
AmeriCorps program, unless the relevant agencies of the
Department of the Interior and/or Agriculture follow ap-
propriate reprogramming guidelines: Provided, That if no
funds are provided for the AmeriCorps program by the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2001, then none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the
AmeriCorps programs.
SEC. 311. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jer-
sey City, New Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent
pedestrian use of such bridge, when it is made known to
the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
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such funds that such pedestrian use is consistent with gen-
erally accepted safety standards.
SEC. 312. (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
process applications for a patent for any mining or mill
site claim located under the general mining laws.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of 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 Secretary on or before September 30, 1994;
and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325
and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30)
for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331,
and 2333 of the Revised 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, 2001, the Secretary
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
a report on actions taken by the Department under the
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plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Depart-
ment 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 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
Management in the retention of third-party contractors.
SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, amounts appropriated to or earmarked in committee
reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian
Health Service by Public Laws 103–138, 103–332, 104–
134, 104–208, 105–83, 105–277, and 106–113 for pay-
ments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract sup-
port costs associated with self-determination or self-gov-
ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the In-
dian Health Service as funded by such Acts, are the total
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amounts available for fiscal years 1994 through 2000 for
such purposes, except that, for the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs, tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal
priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing
contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or annual
funding agreements.
SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for fiscal year 2001 the Secretaries of Agriculture and
the Interior are authorized to limit competition for water-
shed restoration project contracts as part of the ‘‘Jobs in
the Woods’’ component of the President’s Forest Plan for
the Pacific Northwest, or the Jobs in the Woods Program
established in Region 10 of the Forest Service to individ-
uals and entities in historically timber-dependent areas in
the States of Washington, Oregon, northern California
and Alaska that have been affected by reduced timber har-
vesting on Federal lands.
SEC. 315. None of the funds collected under the Rec-
reational Fee Demonstration program may be used to
plan, design, or construct a visitor center or any other per-
manent structure without prior approval of the House and
the Senate Committees on Appropriations if the estimated
total cost of the facility exceeds $500,000.
SEC. 316. All interests created under leases, conces-
sions, permits and other agreements associated with the
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properties administered by the Presidio Trust, hereafter
shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of
every kind by the State of California and its political sub-
divisions.
SEC. 317. None of the funds made available in this
or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to des-
ignate, or to post any sign designating, any portion of Ca-
naveral National Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as
a clothing-optional area or as an area in which public nu-
dity is permitted, if such designation would be contrary
to county ordinance.
SEC. 318. 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 in-
dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
ship.
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures
to ensure that no funding provided through a grant,
except 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 ac-
tivity independent of the direct grant recipient.
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Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments
made in exchange for goods and services.
(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
and/or projects.
SEC. 319. The National Endowment for the Arts and
the National Endowment for the Humanities are author-
ized to solicit, accept, receive, and invest in the name of
the United States, gifts, bequests, or devises of money and
other property or services and to use such in furtherance
of the functions of the National Endowment for the Arts
and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any
proceeds from such gifts, bequests, or devises, after ac-
ceptance by the National Endowment for the Arts or the
National Endowment for the Humanities, shall be paid by
the donor or the representative of the donor to the Chair-
man. The Chairman shall enter the proceeds in a special
interest-bearing account to the credit of the appropriate
endowment for the purposes specified in each case.
SEC. 320. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-
nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-
priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given
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to providing services or awarding financial assistance for
projects, productions, 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
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 serv-
ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-
tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public
knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of
the arts.
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(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 Con-
gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by
the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-
tion 5 of such Act; and
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of
grants to improve and support community-based
music performance and education.
SEC. 321. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be expended or obligated to fund new revi-
sions of national forest land management plans until new
final or interim final rules for forest land management
planning are published in the Federal Register. Those na-
tional forests which are currently in a revision process,
having formally published a Notice of Intent to revise
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prior to October 1, 1997; those national forests having
been court-ordered to revise; those national forests where
plans reach the 15 year legally mandated date to revise
before or during calendar year 2001; national forests with-
in the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem study area; and
the White Mountain National Forest are exempt from this
section and may use funds in this Act and proceed to com-
plete the forest plan revision in accordance with current
forest planning regulations.
SEC. 322. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be expended or obligated to complete and
issue the 5–year program under the Forest and Rangeland
Renewable Resources Planning Act.
SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to support Government-wide administrative functions un-
less such functions are justified in the budget process and
funding is approved by the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
SEC. 324. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds in this Act may be used for GSA
Telecommunication Centers or the President’s Council on
Sustainable Development.
SEC. 325. None of the funds in this Act may be used
for planning, design or construction of improvements to
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House without
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the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
SEC. 326. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 2000
in the roads and trails fund provided for in the fourteenth
paragraph under the heading ‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ of
the Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 843; 16 U.S.C. 501),
shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, without re-
gard to the State in which the amounts were derived, to
repair or reconstruct roads, bridges, and trails on National
Forest System lands or to carry out and administer
projects to improve forest health conditions, which may
include the repair or reconstruction of roads, bridges, and
trails on National Forest System lands in the wildland-
community interface where there is an abnormally high
risk of fire. The projects shall emphasize reducing risks
to human safety and public health and property and en-
hancing ecological functions, long-term forest productivity,
and biological integrity. The Secretary shall commence the
projects during fiscal year 2001, but the projects may be
completed in a subsequent fiscal year. Funds shall not be
expended under this section to replace funds which would
otherwise appropriately be expended from the timber sal-
vage sale fund. Nothing in this section shall be construed
to exempt any project from any environmental law.
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SEC. 327. None of the funds provided in this or pre-
vious appropriations Acts for the agencies funded by this
Act or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the
United States derived by the collection of fees available
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be transferred
to and used to fund personnel, training, or other adminis-
trative activities of the Council on Environmental Quality
or other offices in the Executive Office of the President
for purposes related to the American Heritage Rivers pro-
gram.
SEC. 328. Other than in emergency situations, none
of the funds in this Act may be used to operate telephone
answering machines during core business hours unless
such answering machines include an option that enables
callers to reach promptly an individual on-duty with the
agency being contacted.
SEC. 329. No timber sale in Region 10 shall be adver-
tised if the indicated rate is deficit when appraised under
the transaction evidence appraisal system using domestic
Alaska values for western red cedar: Provided, That sales
which are deficit when appraised under the transaction
evidence appraisal system using domestic Alaska values
for western red cedar may be advertised upon receipt of
a written request by a prospective, informed bidder, who
has the opportunity to review the Forest Service’s cruise
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and harvest cost estimate for that timber. Program accom-
plishments shall be based on volume sold. Should Region
10 sell, in fiscal year 2001, the annual average portion
of the decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the cur-
rent Tongass Land Management Plan in sales which are
not deficit when appraised under the transaction evidence
appraisal system using domestic Alaska values for western
red cedar, all of the western red cedar timber from those
sales which is surplus to the needs of domestic processors
in Alaska, shall be made available to domestic processors
in the contiguous 48 United States at prevailing domestic
prices. Should Region 10 sell, in fiscal year 2001, less
than the annual average portion of the decadal allowable
sale quantity called for in the current Tongass Land Man-
agement Plan in sales which are not deficit when ap-
praised under the transaction evidence appraisal system
using domestic Alaska values for western red cedar, the
volume of western red cedar timber available to domestic
processors at prevailing domestic prices in the contiguous
48 United States shall be that volume: (1) which is surplus
to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska; and (2) is
that percent of the surplus western red cedar volume de-
termined by calculating the ratio of the total timber vol-
ume which has been sold on the Tongass to the annual
average portion of the decadal allowable sale quantity
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called for in the current Tongass Land Management Plan.
The percentage shall be calculated by Region 10 on a roll-
ing basis as each sale is sold (for purposes of this amend-
ment, a ‘‘rolling basis’’ shall mean that the determination
of how much western red cedar is eligible for sale to var-
ious markets shall be made at the time each sale is award-
ed). Western red cedar shall be deemed ‘‘surplus to the
needs of domestic processors in Alaska’’ when the timber
sale holder has presented to the Forest Service docu-
mentation of the inability to sell western red cedar logs
from a given sale to domestic Alaska processors at price
equal to or greater than the log selling value stated in
the contract. All additional western red cedar volume not
sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States domestic
processors may be exported to foreign markets at the elec-
tion of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may
be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of the
timber sale holder.
SEC. 330. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in
preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol
which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,
Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the
United
Nations
Framework
Convention
on
Climate
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Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25
of the Protocol.
SEC. 331. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds in this Act may be used to enter
into any new or expanded self-determination contract or
grant or self-governance compact pursuant to the Indian
Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, for any ac-
tivities not previously covered by such contracts, compacts
or grants. Nothing in this section precludes the continu-
ation of those specific activities for which self-determina-
tion and self-governance contracts, compacts and grants
currently exist or the renewal of contracts, compacts and
grants for those activities or compliance with 25 U.S.C.
2005.
SEC. 332. In fiscal years 2001 through 2005, the
Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture may pilot test
joint permitting and leasing programs, subject to annual
review of Congress, and promulgate special rules as need-
ed to test the feasibility of issuing unified permits, applica-
tions, and leases. The Secretaries of the Interior and Agri-
culture may make reciprocal delegations of their respective
authorities, duties and responsibilities in support of the
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‘‘Service First’’ initiative to promote customer service and
efficiency. Nothing herein shall alter, expand or limit the
applicability of any public law or regulation to lands ad-
ministered by the Bureau of Land Management or the
Forest Service.
SEC. 333. FEDERAL AND STATE COOPERATIVE WA-
TERSHED RESTORATION AND PROTECTION IN COLORADO.
(a) USE OF COLORADO STATE FOREST SERVICE.—Until
September 30, 2004, the Secretary of Agriculture, via co-
operative agreement or contract (including sole source
contract) as appropriate, may permit the Colorado State
Forest Service to perform watershed restoration and pro-
tection services on National Forest System lands in the
State of Colorado when similar and complementary water-
shed restoration and protection services are being per-
formed by the State Forest Service on adjacent State or
private lands. The types of services that may be extended
to National Forest System lands include treatment of in-
sect infected trees, reduction of hazardous fuels, and other
activities to restore or improve watersheds or fish and
wildlife habitat across ownership boundaries.
(b) STATE AS AGENT.—Except as provided in sub-
section (c), a cooperative agreement or contract under
subsection (a) may authorize the State Forester of Colo-
rado to serve as the agent for the Forest Service in pro-
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viding all services necessary to facilitate the performance
of watershed restoration and protection services under
subsection (a). The services to be performed by the Colo-
rado State Forest Service may be conducted with sub-
contracts utilizing State contract procedures. Subsections
(d) and (g) of section 14 of the National Forest Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a) shall not apply to
services performed under a cooperative agreement or con-
tract under subsection (a).
(c) RETENTION OF NEPA RESPONSIBILITIES.—With
respect to any watershed restoration and protection serv-
ices on National Forest System lands proposed for per-
formance by the Colorado State Forest Service under sub-
section (a), any decision required to be made under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) may not be delegated to the State Forester
of Colorado or any other officer or employee of the Colo-
rado State Forest Service.
SEC. 334. None of the funds made available under
this Act may be used to issue a record of decision or any
policy implementing the Interior Columbia Basin Eco-
system Management Project not prepared pursuant to law
as set forth in chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 335. None of the funds provided in this Act,
for the agencies funded by this Act, shall be expended for
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the purposes of design, planning or management of Fed-
eral Lands as National Monuments that are designated
as National Monuments under the 1906 Antiquities Act,
since 1999.
TITLE IV—FISCAL YEAR 2000 EMERGENCY
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount in fiscal year 2000 for
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, $200,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for emergency rehabilitation and
wildfire suppression activities: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That this amount shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request
for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of
the entire amount as an emergency requirement as defined
by such Act, is transmitted by the President to the Con-
gress.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount in fiscal year 2000 for
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, $150,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for emergency rehabilitation,
presuppression, and wildfire suppression: Provided, That
the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended: Provided further, That this amount
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount as an emergency requirement
as defined by such Act, is transmitted by the President
to the Congress.
TITLE V—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act to the Forest Service may
be used—
(1) to purchase a motor vehicle for the use of
Forest Service personnel that is painted in the base
color identified as Federal Standard 595, color chip
no. 14260, or painted in any other base color, except
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the color white as made available by the manufac-
turer; or
(2) to paint any Forest Service motor vehicle in
any base color other than white.
SEC. 502. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used by the Bu-
reau of Land Management, the National Park Service, or
the Forest Service to conduct a prescribed burn of Federal
land for which the Federal agency has not implemented
all provisions of the memorandum containing the Federal
Wildland Fire Policy accepted and endorsed by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior in
December 1995.
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available in this
Act shall be used to implement section 123 of this Act
except for activities related to planning and management
of national monuments.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In-
terior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes,
namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For expenses necessary 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 Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C.
3150(a)), $689,133,000, of which not to exceed $125,900,000
shall be for workforce and organizational support and
$16,586,000 shall be for Land and Resource Information
Systems, to remain available until expended, of which
$3,898,000 shall be available for assessment of the mineral
potential of public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010
of Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which not
to exceed $1,000,000 shall be derived from the special receipt
account established by the Land and Water Conservation
Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)); and of
which $2,500,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2001 sub-
ject to a match by at least an equal amount by the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to such Foundation for cost-
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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 in-
curred; in addition, $34,328,000 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 annual
mining claim fees so as to result in a final appropriation
estimated at not more than $689,133,000, and $2,000,000,
to remain available until expended, from communication
site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost of ad-
ministering communication site activities: Provided, That
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 contractors.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppres-
sion operations, emergency rehabilitation and hazardous
fuels reduction by the Department of the Interior,
$292,679,000, to remain available until expended, of which
not to exceed $9,300,000 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 unobligated
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balances of amounts previously appropriated to the ‘‘Fire
Protection’’ and ‘‘Emergency Department of the Interior
Firefighting Fund’’ may be transferred and merged with
this appropriation: Provided further, That persons hired
pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence
and lodging without cost from funds available from this ap-
propriation: 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 pur-
suant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States
property, may be credited to the appropriation from which
funds were expended to provide that protection, and are
available without fiscal year limitation.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte-
rior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the
remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601
et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sums re-
covered from or paid by a party in advance of or as reim-
bursement for remedial action or response activities con-
ducted by the Department pursuant to section 107 or 113(f)
of such Act, shall be credited to this account to be available
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until expended without further appropriation: Provided
further, That such sums recovered from or paid by any
party are not limited to monetary payments and may in-
clude stocks, bonds or other personal or real property, which
may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise disposed of by the
Secretary and which shall be credited to this account.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $15,360,000, to re-
main available until expended.
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October
20, 
1976, 
as 
amended 
(31 
U.S.C. 
6901–6907),
$148,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses: Provided, That no
payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local
government if the computed amount of the payment is less
than $100.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206,
and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administra-
tive expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests
therein, $10,600,000, to be derived from the Land and
Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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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; $104,267,000, 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 (50 Stat.
876).
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law
102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem
Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose of
planning, preparing, and monitoring salvage timber sales
and forest ecosystem health and recovery activities such as
release from competing vegetation and density control treat-
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ments. The Federal share of receipts (defined as the portion
of salvage timber receipts not paid to the counties under
43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 1181–1 et seq., and Public
Law 103–66) derived from treatments funded by this ac-
count shall be deposited into the Forest Ecosystem Health
and Recovery Fund.
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands
and interests therein, and improvement of Federal range-
lands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), 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. 315 et seq.)
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-
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cilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for re-
habilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be
collected under Public Law 94–579, as amended, and Public
Law 93–153, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of sec-
tion 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any
moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to that
section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or 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 the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such
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amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain avail-
able until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement
of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance
of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which
the United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments,
at the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evi-
dence concerning violations of laws administered by the Bu-
reau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement
activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to
be accounted for solely on his certificate, not to exceed
$10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501,
the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and part-
nership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing
services from cooperators in connection with jointly pro-
duced 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.
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UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, for scientific and economic studies, con-
servation, management, investigations, protection, and uti-
lization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales,
seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-horned
cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, general
administration, and for the performance of other authorized
functions related to such resources by direct expenditure,
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable
agreements with public and private entities, $758,442,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2002, except as oth-
erwise provided herein, of which not less than $2,000,000
shall be provided to local governments in southern Cali-
fornia for planning associated with the Natural Commu-
nities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program and shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That not less
than $1,000,000 for high priority projects which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized
by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $6,355,000 shall be used for imple-
menting subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the
Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species that are
indigenous to the United States (except for processing peti-
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tions, developing and issuing proposed and final regula-
tions, and taking any other steps to implement actions de-
scribed 
in 
subsection 
(c)(2)(A), 
(c)(2)(B)(i), 
or
(c)(2)(B)(ii)): Provided further, That of the amount avail-
able for law enforcement, up to $400,000 to remain avail-
able until expended, may at the discretion of the Secretary,
be used for payment for information, rewards, or evidence
concerning violations of laws administered by the Service,
and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement
activity, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to
be accounted for solely on his certificate: Provided further,
That of the amount provided for environmental contami-
nants, up to $1,000,000 may remain available until ex-
pended for contaminant sample analyses.
For an additional amount for salmon restoration and
conservation efforts in the State of Maine, $5,000,000, to
remain available until expended, which amount shall be
made available to the National Fish and Wildlife Founda-
tion to carry out a competitively awarded grant program
for State, local, or other organizations in Maine to fund
on-the-ground projects to further Atlantic salmon conserva-
tion or restoration efforts in coordination with the State
of Maine and the Maine Atlantic Salmon Conservation
Plan, including projects to (1) assist in land acquisition
and conservation easements to benefit Atlantic salmon; (2)
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develop irrigation and water use management measures to
minimize any adverse effects on salmon habitat; and (3)
develop and phase in enhanced aquaculture cages to mini-
mize escape of Atlantic salmon: Provided, That, of the
amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $2,000,000
shall be made available to the Atlantic Salmon Commission
for salmon restoration and conservation activities, includ-
ing installing and upgrading weirs and fish collection fa-
cilities, conducting risk assessments, fish marking, and
salmon genetics studies and testing, and developing and
phasing in enhanced aquaculture cages to minimize escape
of Atlantic salmon, and $500,000 shall be made available
to the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study
of Atlantic salmon: Provided further, That the amounts ap-
propriated under this paragraph shall not be subject to sec-
tion 10(b)(1) of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3709(b)(1)): Provided fur-
ther, That the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation shall
give special consideration to proposals that include match-
ing contributions (whether in currency, services, or prop-
erty) made by private persons or organizations or by State
or local government agencies, if such matching contribu-
tions are available: Provided further, That amounts made
available under this paragraph shall be provided to the Na-
tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation not later than 15 days
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after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further,
That the entire amount made available under this para-
graph is designated by Congress as an emergency require-
ment under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
901(b)(2)(A)).
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 fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition
of lands and interests therein; $54,803,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), 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, $46,100,000,
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund,
to remain available until expended, of which $1,000,000
shall be used for acquisition of land around the Bon Secour
National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama, and of which not more
than $6,500,000 shall be used for acquisition management.
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COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–1543),
as amended, $26,925,000, to be derived from the Coopera-
tive Endangered Species Conservation Fund, to remain
available until expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October
17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $10,000,000.
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public
Law 101–233, as amended, $16,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For necessary expenses of the Wildlife Conservation
and Appreciation Fund, $797,000, 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. 4201–4203, 4211–4213,
4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538), the Asian Elephant
Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261–4266), and the
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C.
5301–5306), $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds made available under this Act
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and Public Law 105–277 for rhinoceros, tiger, and Asian
elephant conservation programs are exempt from any sanc-
tions imposed against any country under section 102 of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2799aa–1).
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed 79 passenger motor vehicles, of which
72 are for replacement only (including 41 for police-type
use); repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent
to reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; op-
tions for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each
option; facilities incident 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 which the United States has title, and which
are used pursuant to law in connection with management
and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided,
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may,
under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrange-
ments authorized by law, procure printing services from co-
operators 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 deter-
mines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality
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standards: Provided further, That the Service may accept
donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of the Interior may not spend any of
the funds appropriated in this Act for the purchase of lands
or interests in lands to be used in the establishment of any
new unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System unless the
purchase is approved in advance by the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the re-
programming procedures contained in Senate Report 105–
56.
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 (including special road mainte-
nance service to trucking permittees on a reimbursable
basis), and for the general administration of the National
Park Service, including not less than $2,000,000 for high
priority projects within the scope of the approved budget
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps
as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706, $1,443,995,000, of which
$200,000 shall be available for the conduct of a wilderness
suitability study at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore,
Wisconsin, and of which $9,227,000 for research, planning
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and interagency coordination in support of land acquisi-
tion for Everglades restoration shall remain available until
expended, and of which not to exceed $7,000,000, to remain
available until expended, is to be derived from the special
fee account established pursuant to title V, section 5201 of
Public Law 100–203.
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, statutory or contractual aid for
other activities, and grant administration, not otherwise
provided for, $63,249,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be for
the Lewes Maritime Historic Park, of which not less than
$730,000 shall be available for use by the Roosevelt Campo-
bello International Park Commission, of which not less than
$500,000 shall be used to develop a preservation plan for
the Cane River National Heritage Area, Louisiana, of
which $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out exhibitions
at and acquire interior furnishings for the Rosa Parks Li-
brary and Museum, Alabama, of which $2,000,000 shall be
available to carry out the Urban Park and Recreation Re-
covery Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), of which
$2,250,000 shall be used to construct and maintain the
Four Corners Interpretive Center authorized by Public Law
106–143, and of which $250,000 shall be available to the
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National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
for the development of a model for heritage education
through distance learning.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), and
the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–333), $44,347,000, to be derived
from the Historic Preservation Fund, to remain available
until September 30, 2002, of which $7,177,000 pursuant to
section 507 of Public Law 104–333 shall remain available
until expended.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement
of physical facilities, including the modifications authorized
by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection
and Expansion Act of 1989, $204,450,000, of which not
more than $511,000 shall be used for the preconstruction,
engineering, and design of a heritage center for the Grand
Portage National Monument in Minnesota, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That $1,000,000 for the
Great Falls Historic District, $650,000 for Lake Champlain
National Historic Landmarks, and $365,000 for the U.S.
Grant Boyhood Home National Historic Landmark shall
be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund pursuant
to 16 U.S.C. 470a: Provided further, That not less than
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$2,350,000 shall be used for construction at Ponca State
Park, Nebraska, including $1,500,000 to be used for the de-
sign and construction of educational and informational dis-
plays for the Missouri Recreation Rivers Research and
Education Center, Nebraska.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2001
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C.
460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, and
for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in
accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the
National Park Service, $87,140,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended, of which $40,000,000 is for the State assist-
ance program including $1,000,000 to administer the State
assistance program, and of which $12,000,000 may be for
State grants for land acquisition in the State of Florida:
Provided, That the Secretary may provide Federal assist-
ance to the State of Florida for the acquisition of lands
or waters, or interests therein, within the Everglades water-
shed (consisting of lands and waters within the boundaries
of the South Florida Water Management District, Florida
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Bay and the Florida Keys, including the areas known as
the Frog Pond, the Rocky Glades and the Eight and One-
Half Square Mile Area) under terms and conditions deemed
necessary by the Secretary to improve and restore the
hydrological function of the Everglades watershed: Provided
further, That funds provided under this heading for assist-
ance to the State of Florida to acquire lands within the
Everglades watershed are contingent upon new matching
non-Federal funds by the State and shall be subject to an
agreement that the lands to be acquired will be managed
in perpetuity for the restoration of the Everglades: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided for the State As-
sistance program may be used to establish a contingency
fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 340 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 273 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 319 for police-type use, 12 buses,
and 9 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated to the National Park Service may be used to process
any grant or contract documents which do not include the
text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated to the National Park Service may be
used to implement an agreement for the redevelopment of
the southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has
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been submitted to the Congress and shall not be imple-
mented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not
including any day in which either House of Congress is
not in session because of adjournment of more than three
calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President
of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report on the de-
velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island, including the
facts and circumstances relied upon in support of the pro-
posed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the Na-
tional Park Service for activities taken in direct response
to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to operating
units based on the safety record of each unit the costs of
programs designed to improve workplace and employee safe-
ty, and to encourage employees receiving workers’ com-
pensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5, United
States Code, to return to appropriate positions for which
they are medically able.
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-
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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); and publish and disseminate data relative to
the foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries into the
economic conditions affecting mining and materials proc-
essing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C.
98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law and to
publish and disseminate data; $846,596,000, of which
$62,879,000 shall be available only for cooperation with
States or municipalities for water resources investigations;
and of which $16,400,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for conducting inquiries into the economic condi-
tions affecting mining and materials processing industries;
and of which $1,525,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for ongoing development of a mineral and geologic
data base; and of which $32,322,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2002 for the operation and maintenance of
facilities and deferred maintenance; and of which
$147,773,000 shall be available until September 30, 2002
for the biological research activity and the operation of the
Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That none of these
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funds provided for the biological research activity shall be
used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless spe-
cifically authorized in writing by the property owner: Pro-
vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be
used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic map-
ping or water resources data collection and investigations
carried on in cooperation with States and municipalities.
For an additional amount for ‘‘SURVEYS, INVESTIGA-
TIONS, AND RESEARCH’’, $1,800,000, to remain available
until expended, to repair or replace stream monitoring
equipment and associated facilities damaged by natural
disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for the purchase of not to
exceed 53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are for re-
placement only; reimbursement to the General Services Ad-
ministration for security guard services; contracting for the
furnishing 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
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stations and observation wells; expenses of the United States
National Committee on Geology; and payment of compensa-
tion and expenses of persons on the rolls of 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 ac-
complished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only; $134,010,000, of which $86,257,000,
shall be available for royalty management activities; and
an amount not to exceed $107,410,000, to be credited to this
appropriation and to remain available until expended,
from additions to receipts resulting from increases to rates
in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collec-
tions for Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities
performed by the Minerals Management Service over and
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above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and from
additional fees for Outer Continental Shelf administrative
activities established after September 30, 1993: Provided,
That to the extent $107,410,000 in additions to receipts are
not realized from the sources of receipts stated above, the
amount needed to reach $107,410,000 shall be credited to
this appropriation from receipts resulting from rental rates
for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August
5, 1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer ac-
quisitions shall remain available until September 30, 2002:
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act
shall be available for the payment of interest in accordance
with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided further, That not
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses
related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup
activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be
available for refunds of overpayments in connection with
certain Indian leases in which the Director of the Minerals
Management Service concurred with the claimed refund
due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or
to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments.
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,
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$6,118,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liabil-
ity 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, as amended, including the purchase of
not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for replacement
only; $100,801,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the In-
terior, pursuant to regulations, may use directly or through
grants to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 2001 for
civil penalties assessed under section 518 of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C.
1268), to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining
practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until
expended: Provided further, That appropriations for the Of-
fice 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 Rec-
lamation and Enforcement sponsored training.
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, as amended, including the purchase of not more
than 10 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only,
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$201,438,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned
Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended; of which up to $10,000,000, to be derived from the
Federal Expenses Share of the Fund, shall be for supple-
mental grants to States for the reclamation of abandoned
sites with acid mine rock drainage from coal mines, and
for associated activities, through the Appalachian Clean
Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum pro-
gram States will be $1,600,000 per State in fiscal year
2001: Provided further, That of the funds herein provided
up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency program
authorized by section 410 of Public Law 95–87, as amend-
ed, of which no more than 25 percent shall be used for emer-
gency reclamation projects in any one State and funds for
federally administered emergency reclamation projects
under this proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided
further, That prior year unobligated funds appropriated for
the emergency reclamation program shall not be subject to
the 25 percent limitation per State and may be used with-
out fiscal year limitation for emergency projects: Provided
further, That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Depart-
ment of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent
from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United
States Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts:
Provided further, That funds made available under title IV
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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 abatement of acid mine drainage
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such projects
must be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided
further, That the State of Maryland may set aside the great-
er of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants
made available to the State under title IV of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended
(30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited
in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund
established under a State law, pursuant to which law the
amount (together with all interest earned on the amount)
is expended by the State to undertake acid mine drainage
abatement and treatment projects, except that before any
amounts greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants are
deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement and treat-
ment fund, the State of Maryland must first complete all
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act priority one
projects: Provided further, That from the funds provided
herein, in addition to the amount granted to the State of
Kentucky under Sections 402(g)(1) and 402(g)(5) of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, an addi-
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tional $1,000,000 shall be made available to the State of
Kentucky to demonstrate reforestation techniques on aban-
doned coal mine sites.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
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-
mination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
450 et seq.), as amended, 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.), as amended,
$1,704,620,000, to remain available until September 30,
2002 except as otherwise provided herein, of which not to
exceed $93,225,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, including
but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of
1975, as amended, not to exceed $125,485,000 shall be
available for payments to tribes and tribal organizations
for contract support costs associated with ongoing contracts,
grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements entered
into with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2001,
as authorized by such Act, except that tribes and tribal or-
ganizations may use their tribal priority allocations for
unmet indirect costs of ongoing contracts, grants, or com-
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pacts, or annual funding agreements and for unmet welfare
assistance costs; and up to $5,000,000 shall be for the In-
dian Self-Determination Fund which shall be available for
the transitional cost of initial or expanded tribal contracts,
grants, compacts or cooperative agreements with the Bureau
under such Act; and of which not to exceed $412,556,000
for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and
other education programs shall become available on July
1, 2001, and shall remain available until September 30,
2002; and of which not to exceed $54,694,000 shall remain
available until expended for housing improvement, road
maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, self-govern-
ance grants, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land
records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Pro-
gram; and of which not to exceed $108,000 shall be for pay-
ment to the United Sioux Tribes of South Dakota Develop-
ment Corporation for the purpose of providing employment
assistance to Indian clients of the Corporation, including
employment counseling, follow-up services, housing services,
community services, day care services, and subsistence to
help Indian clients become fully employed members of soci-
ety: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008,
not to exceed $43,160,000 within and only from such
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amounts made available for school operations shall be avail-
able to tribes and tribal organizations for administrative
cost grants associated with the operation of Bureau-funded
schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated
to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30,
2002, may be transferred during fiscal year 2003 to an In-
dian forest land assistance account established for the ben-
efit of such tribe within the tribe’s trust fund account: Pro-
vided further, That any such unobligated balances not so
transferred shall expire on September 30, 2003.
CONSTRUCTION
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, $341,004,000, 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
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Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made
available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further,
That for fiscal year 2001, in implementing new construc-
tion or facilities improvement and repair project grants in
excess of $100,000 that are provided to tribally controlled
grant schools under Public Law 100–297, as amended, the
Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and
Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Pro-
grams contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory re-
quirements: Provided further, That such grants shall not
be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the Secretary and
the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule of pay-
ments for the work to be performed: Provided further, That
in considering applications, the Secretary shall consider
whether the Indian tribe or tribal organization would be
deficient in assuring that the construction projects conform
to applicable building standards and codes and Federal,
tribal, or State health and safety standards as required by
25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with respect to organizational and fi-
nancial management capabilities: Provided further, That if
the Secretary declines an application, the Secretary shall
follow the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(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. 2508(e).
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INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and indi-
viduals 
and 
for 
necessary 
administrative 
expenses,
$35,276,000, to remain available until expended; of which
$25,225,000 shall be available for implementation of en-
acted Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant
to Public Laws 101–618 and 102–575, and for implementa-
tion of other enacted water rights settlements; of which
$8,000,000 shall be available for Tribal compact adminis-
tration, economic development and future water supplies fa-
cilities under Public Law 106–163; and of which
$1,877,000 shall be available pursuant to Public Laws 99–
264, 100–383, 100–580 and 103–402.
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,500,000, as au-
thorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended:
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
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $59,682,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan programs, $488,000.
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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.
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee
and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Pro-
gram account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits,
and purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger motor vehicles,
of which not to exceed 187 shall be for replacement only.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office
operations, pooled overhead general administration (except
facilities operations and maintenance), or provided to im-
plement the recommendations of the National Academy of
Public Administration’s August 1999 report shall be avail-
able for tribal 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 for
distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish
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the Federal Government’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, 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.
Appropriations made available in this or any other
Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available only
to the schools in the Bureau school system as of September
1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall be used to
support expanded grades for any school or dormitory be-
yond the grade structure in place or approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau school
system as of October 1, 1995. Funds made available under
this Act may not be used to establish a charter school at
a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined in section
1146 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C.
2026)), except that a charter school that is in existence on
the date of the enactment of this Act and that has operated
at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, may
continue to operate during that period, but only if the char-
ter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds
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to reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and personal
property (including buses and vans), the funds of the char-
ter school are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds,
and the Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter
school programs of the State in which the school is located
if the charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bu-
reau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school
and performing functions related to the charter school’s op-
eration and employees of a charter school shall not be treat-
ed as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title
28, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal
Tort Claims Act’’). Not later than June 15, 2001, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall evaluate the effectiveness of Bu-
reau-funded schools sharing facilities with charter schools
in the manner described in the preceding sentence and pre-
pare and submit a report on the finding of that evaluation
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of
the House.
DEPARTMENT OFFICES
INSULAR AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$68,471,000, of which: (1) $64,076,000 shall be available
until expended for technical assistance, including mainte-
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nance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management
controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree
snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in Amer-
ican 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 governmental 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) $4,395,000 shall be available 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 General Accounting Of-
fice, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title
31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern
Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided
according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special
Representatives on Future United States Financial Assist-
ance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public
Law 104–134: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
vided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be
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made available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation:
Provided further, That the funds for the program of oper-
ations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to
institutionalize routine operations and maintenance im-
provement of capital infrastructure in American Samoa,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic
of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micro-
nesia through assessments of long-range operations mainte-
nance needs, improved capability of local operations and
maintenance institutions and agencies (including manage-
ment and vocational education training), and project-spe-
cific maintenance (with territorial participation and cost
sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the indi-
vidual territory’s commitment to timely maintenance of its
capital assets): Provided further, That any appropriation
for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or
previous appropriations Acts may 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 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5170c).
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION
For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the
Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232,
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and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, and for eco-
nomic 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, $20,545,000,
to remain available until expended, as authorized by Public
Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, $64,019,000, of which not to exceed
$8,500 may be for official reception and representation ex-
penses and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for
workers compensation payments and unemployment com-
pensation payments associated with the orderly closure of
the United States Bureau of Mines.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$40,196,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $27,846,000.
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts,
and grants, $82,628,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements may be transferred, as needed, to the Bureau
of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account
and to the Departmental Management ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able to Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts
or grants obligated during fiscal year 2001, 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 further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the statute of limita-
tions shall not commence to run on any claim, including
any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement
of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian
has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from
which the beneficiary can determine whether there has been
a loss: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to pro-
vide a quarterly statement of performance for any Indian
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trust account that has not had activity for at least 18
months and has a balance of $1.00 or less: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall issue an annual account statement
and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall per-
mit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon
the express written request of the account holder.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION
For implementation of a program for consolidation of
fractional interests in Indian lands and expenses associated
with redetermining and redistributing escheated interests in
allotted lands by direct expenditure or cooperative agree-
ment, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended and
which may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and Departmental Management of which not to exceed
$500,000 shall be available for administrative expenses:
Provided, That the Secretary may enter into a cooperative
agreement, which shall not be subject to Public Law 93–
638, as amended, with a tribe having jurisdiction over the
reservation to implement the program to acquire fractional
interests on behalf of such tribe: Provided further, That the
Secretary may develop a reservation-wide system for estab-
lishing the fair market value of various types of lands and
improvements to govern the amounts offered for acquisition
of fractional interests: Provided further, That acquisitions
shall be limited to one or more reservations as determined
by the Secretary: Provided further, That funds shall be
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available for acquisition of fractional interests in trust or
restricted lands with the consent of its owners and at fair
market value, and the Secretary shall hold in trust for such
tribe all interests acquired pursuant to this program: Pro-
vided further, That all proceeds from any lease, resource
sale contract, right-of-way or other transaction derived from
the fractional interest shall be credited to this appropria-
tion, and remain available until expended, until the pur-
chase price paid by the Secretary under this appropriation
has been recovered from such proceeds: Provided further,
That once the purchase price has been recovered, all subse-
quent proceeds shall be managed by the Secretary for the
benefit of the applicable tribe or paid directly to the tribe.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND
RESTORATION
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment activi-
ties by the Department of the Interior necessary to carry
out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and the Act of July 27,
1990, as amended (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $5,403,000, to
remain available until expended.
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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: Provided
further, That no programs funded with appropriated funds
in the ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Office of the Solic-
itor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may be augmented
through the Working Capital Fund or the Consolidated
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,
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
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been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pur-
suant to this section are hereby designated by Congress to
be 
‘‘emergency 
requirements’’ 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, and must be replenished by a sup-
plemental 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 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; 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 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
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funds available to the Office of Surface Mining 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 regulatory provisions of the
Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropriations made
in this title for wildland fire operations shall be available
for the payment of obligations incurred during the pre-
ceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal
agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equip-
ment in connection with their use for wildland fire oper-
ations, such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations
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 oper-
ations’’ shall be exhausted within thirty days: Provided fur-
ther, That all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby
designated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 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 replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a
pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were
transferred.
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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 sections 1535
and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Provided, That
reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equip-
ment, and for services rendered may be credited to the ap-
propriation 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 Sec-
retary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, main-
tenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service
in private residences in the field, when authorized under
regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of
dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library member-
ship in societies or associations which issue publications to
members only or at a price to members lower than to sub-
scribers who are not members.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department
of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available
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for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 4–204).
SEC. 106. Annual appropriations made in this title
shall be available for obligation in connection with con-
tracts issued for services or rentals for periods not in excess
of 12 months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
SEC. 107. 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. 108. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and re-
lated activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin
planning area.
SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct offshore
oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activi-
ties in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any
lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the final
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Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Pro-
gram, 1997–2002.
SEC. 110. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and
natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the
Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
SEC. 111. Advance payments made under this title to
Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally Con-
trolled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) may
be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or con-
sortium before such funds are expended for the purposes of
the grant, compact, or annual funding agreement so long
as such funds are—
(1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organiza-
tion, or consortium only in obligations of the United
States, or in obligations or securities that are guaran-
teed or insured by the United States, or mutual (or
other) funds registered with the Securities and Ex-
change Commission and which only invest in obliga-
tions of the United States or securities that are guar-
anteed or insured by the United States; or
(2) deposited only into accounts that are insured
by an agency or instrumentality of the United States,
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or are fully collateralized to ensure protection of the
funds, even in the event of a bank failure.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the National Park Service shall not develop or imple-
ment a reduced entrance fee program to accommodate non-
local travel through a unit. The Secretary may provide for
and regulate local non-recreational passage through units
of the National Park System, allowing each unit to develop
guidelines and permits for such activity appropriate to that
unit.
SEC. 113. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going
basis from a credit card services provider under the Depart-
ment of the Interior’s charge card programs may be depos-
ited to and retained without fiscal year limitation in the
Departmental Working Capital Fund established under 43
U.S.C. 1467 and used to fund management initiatives of
general benefit to the Department of the Interior’s bureaus
and offices as determined by the Secretary or his designee.
SEC. 114. Appropriations made in this title under the
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special
Trustee for American Indians and any available unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under
the same headings, shall be available for expenditure or
transfer for Indian trust management activities pursuant
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to the Trust Management Improvement Project High Level
Implementation Plan.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate and
enter into agreements and leases, without regard to section
321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C.
303b), with any person, firm, association, organization,
corporation, or governmental entity for all or part of the
property within Fort Baker administered by the Secretary
as part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The pro-
ceeds of the agreements or leases shall be retained by the
Secretary and such proceeds shall be available, without fu-
ture appropriation, for the preservation, restoration, oper-
ation, maintenance and interpretation and related expenses
incurred with respect to Fort Baker properties.
SEC. 116. A grazing permit or lease that expires (or
is transferred) during fiscal year 2001 shall be renewed
under section 402 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1752) or if appli-
cable, section 510 of the California Desert Protection Act
(16 U.S.C. 410aaa–50). The terms and conditions con-
tained in the expiring permit or lease shall continue in ef-
fect under the new permit or lease until such time as the
Secretary of the Interior completes processing of such per-
mit or lease in compliance with all applicable laws and
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regulations, at which time such permit or lease may be can-
celed, suspended or modified, in whole or in part, to meet
the requirements of such applicable laws and regulations.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter the Sec-
retary’s statutory authority.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for the purpose of reducing the backlog of Indian probate
cases in the Department of the Interior, the hearing require-
ments of chapter 10 of title 25, United States Code, are
deemed satisfied by a proceeding conducted by an Indian
probate judge, appointed by the Secretary without regard
to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing
the appointments in the competitive service, for such period
of time as the Secretary determines necessary: Provided,
That the basic pay of an Indian probate judge so appointed
may be fixed by the Secretary without regard to the provi-
sions of chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
title 5, United States Code, governing the classification and
pay of General Schedule employees, except that no such In-
dian probate judge may be paid at a level which exceeds
the maximum rate payable for the highest grade of the Gen-
eral Schedule, including locality pay.
SEC. 118. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, with respect to amounts made available for tribal pri-
ority allocations in Alaska, such amounts shall only be pro-
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vided to tribes the membership of which on June 1, 2000
is composed of at least 25 individuals who are Natives (as
such term is defined in section 3(b) of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act).
(b) Amounts that would have been made available for
tribal priority allocations in Alaska but for the limitation
contained in subsection (a) shall be provided to the respec-
tive Alaska Native regional nonprofit corporation (as listed
in section 103(a)(2) of Public Law 104–193, 110 Stat.
2159) for the respective region in which a tribe subject to
subsection (a) is located, notwithstanding any resolution
authorized under federal law to the contrary.
SEC. 119. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to establish a new National Wildlife Refuge in the Kankakee
River basin unless a plan for such a refuge is consistent
with a partnership agreement between the Fish and Wildlife
Service and the Army Corps of Engineers entered into on
April 16, 1999 and is submitted to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations thirty (30) days prior to the
establishment of the refuge.
SEC. 120. (a) In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Huron Cemetery’’ means the lands
that form the cemetery that is popularly known as the
Huron Cemetery, located in Kansas City, Kansas, as
described in subsection (b)(3); and
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(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of
the Interior.
(b)(1) The Secretary shall take such action as may be
necessary to ensure that the lands comprising the Huron
Cemetery (as described in paragraph (3)) are used only in
accordance with this subsection.
(2) The lands of the Huron Cemetery shall be used
only—
(A) for religious and cultural uses that are com-
patible with the use of the lands as a cemetery; and
(B) as a burial ground.
(3) The description of the lands of the Huron Cemetery
is as follows:
The tract of land in the NW quarter of sec. 10, T. 11
S., R. 25 E., of the sixth principal meridian, in Wyandotte
County, Kansas (as surveyed and marked on the ground
on August 15, 1888, by William Millor, Civil Engineer and
Surveyor), described as follows:
‘‘Commencing on the Northwest corner of the
Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said
Section 10;
‘‘Thence South 28 poles to the ‘true point of be-
ginning’;
‘‘Thence South 71 degrees East 10 poles and 18
links;
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‘‘Thence South 18 degrees and 30 minutes West
28 poles;
‘‘Thence West 11 and one-half poles;
‘‘Thence North 19 degrees 15 minutes East 31
poles and 15 feet to the ‘true point of beginning’, con-
taining 2 acres or more.’’.
SEC. 121. None of the Funds provided in this Act shall
be available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Depart-
ment of the Interior to transfer land into trust status for
the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Clark County, Wash-
ington, unless and until the tribe and the county reach a
legally enforceable agreement that addresses the financial
impact of new development on the county, school district,
fire district, and other local governments and the impact
on zoning and development.
SEC. 122. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used by the Department of the Interior to implement the
provisions of Principle 3(C)ii and Appendix section
3(B)(4) in Secretarial Order 3206, entitled ‘‘American In-
dian Tribal Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities,
and the Endangered Species Act’’.
SEC. 123. No funds appropriated for the Department
of the Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used
to study or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or
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to reduce the water level of the lake below the range of water
levels required for the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
SEC. 124. Funds appropriated for the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs for postsecondary schools for fiscal year 2001
shall be allocated among the schools proportionate to the
unmet need of the schools as determined by the Postsec-
ondary Funding Formula adopted by the Office of Indian
Education Programs.
SEC. 125. On the date of enactment, the National Ma-
rine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall continue consultation with the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers to develop a comprehensive plan to eliminate
Caspian Tern nesting at Rice Island in the Columbia River
Estuary. The agencies shall develop a report on the signifi-
cance of tern predation in limiting salmon recovery and
their roles and recommendations for the Rice Island colony
relocation by March 31, 2001. This report shall address all
available options for successfully completing the Rice Island
colony relocation.
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the au-
thority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amended by
Public Law 104–208, the Secretary may accept and retain
land and other forms of reimbursement: Provided, That the
Secretary may retain and use any such reimbursement
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until expended and without further appropriation: (1) for
the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge System within
the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all activities authorized
by Public Law 100–696; 16 U.S.C. 460zz.
SEC. 127. Section 112 of Public Law 103–138 (107
Stat. 1399) is amended by striking ‘‘permit LP–GLBA005–
93’’ and inserting ‘‘permit LP–GLBA005–93 and in con-
nection with a corporate reorganization plan, the entity
that, after the corporate reorganization, holds entry permit
CP–GLBA004–00 each’’.
SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Interior shall designate Anchorage,
Alaska, as a port of entry for the purpose of section 9(f)(1)
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1538(f)(1)).
SEC. 129. (a) The first section of Public Law 92–501
(86 Stat. 904) is amended by inserting after the first sen-
tence ‘‘The park shall also include the land as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘subdivision of a portion of U.S.
Survey 407, Tract B, dated May 12, 2000’ ’’.
(b) Section 3 of Public Law 92–501 is amended to read
as follows: ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as are necessary to carry out the terms of this Act.’’.
SEC. 130. (a) All proceeds of Oil and Gas Lease sale
991, held by the Bureau of Land Management on May 5,
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1999, or subsequent lease sales in the National Petroleum
Reserve—Alaska within the area subject to withdrawal for
Kuukpik Corporation’s selection under section 22(j)(2) of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Public Law 92–
203 (85 Stat. 688), shall be held in an escrow account ad-
ministered under the terms of section 1411 of the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public Law 96–
487 (94 Stat. 2371), without regard to whether a with-
drawal for selection has been made, and paid to Arctic
Slope Regional Corporation and the State of Alaska in the
amount of their entitlement under law when determined,
together with interest at the rate provided in the aforemen-
tioned section 1411, from the date of receipt of the proceeds
by the United States to the date of payment. There is au-
thorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to
carry out the purposes of this section.
(b) This section shall be effective as of May 5, 1999.
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to Harvey R.
Redmond of Girdwood, Alaska, at no cost, all right, title,
and interest of the United States in and to United States
Survey No. 12192, Alaska, consisting of 49.96 acres located
in the vicinity of T. 9N., R., 3E., Seward Meridian, Alaska.
SEC. 132. CLARIFICATION OF TERMS OF CONVEYANCE
TO NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. Section 132 of the Department