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State option, all support orders, regardless of date 
issued,’’ after ‘‘in which the support order is initially 
issued in the State on or after January 1, 1994,’’. 
SEC. 308. IMPLEMENTATION OF MEDICAL SUPPORT PER-
FORMANCE MEASURE. 
(a) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF PERFORM-
ANCE MEASURE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 
and (3), the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall prescribe regulations to implement the per-
formance 
measure 
developed 
under 
section 
201(d)(2)(A) of the Child Support Performance and 
Incentive Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–200; 112 
Stat. 657). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In prescribing such regu-
lations, the Secretary shall ensure that the perform-
ance measure described in paragraph (1) is imple-
mented in such a manner that the measure— 
(A) is based on reliable and accurate data; 
(B) ensures the discretion of States, in es-
tablishing and enforcing medical support obliga-
tions, to consider the forms of public and pri-
vate health care coverage most appropriate to 
each individual case; and
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(C) encourages continual improvement in 
the effectiveness of States in establishing and 
enforcing such obligations. 
(3) DEADLINES.— 
(A) REGULATIONS.—The regulations re-
quired to be prescribed under paragraph (1) 
shall take effect not later than 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(B) INCORPORATION INTO INCENTIVE PAY-
MENT SYSTEM.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date that is the earlier of— 
(i) the date the regulations required 
to be prescribed under paragraph (1) take 
effect; or 
(ii) the date that is 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall, in a revenue neutral man-
ner, incorporate the regulations required to be 
prescribed under paragraph (1) into the incen-
tive payment system established by section 458 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 658a). 
(b) INTERIM FUNDING.— 
(1) INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE OF EXPENDI-
TURES.—During the period described in paragraph 
(2), 
the 
Secretary, 
notwithstanding 
section
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455(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
655(a)(1)), shall pay to each State for each quarter 
an amount equal to 90 percent of the total amount 
expended during the quarter that is attributable to 
the following: 
(A) Expenditures for such modification of 
the statewide automated system as is necessary 
to facilitate establishing and enforcement of 
medical support obligations under part D of 
title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
651 et seq.). 
(B) Expenditures for the issuance of the 
National Medical Support Notice on behalf of a 
child described in section 454(4) and the proc-
essing of information received as a result of the 
issuance of such notice. 
(C) Expenditures for services to identify 
potential health care coverage for a child de-
scribed in section 454(4) and to enroll such a 
child in health care coverage through the 
issuance of a National Medical Support Notice. 
(2) PERIOD
DESCRIBED.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1), the period described in this para-
graph is the period that—
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‘‘(B) SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE
BY
TEEN 
HEAD
OF
HOUSEHOLD.—The 
work-eligible 
members of a family shall be considered to be 
engaged in a direct work activity for an average 
of 40 hours per week in a month if the family 
includes an individual who is married, or is a 
single head of household, who has not attained 
20 years of age, and the individual—
‘‘(i) maintains satisfactory attendance 
at secondary school or the equivalent in 
the month; or 
‘‘(ii) participates in education directly 
related to employment for an average of at 
least 20 hours per week in the month. 
‘‘(d) DIRECT WORK ACTIVITY.—In this section, the 
term ‘direct work activity’ means—
‘‘(1) unsubsidized employment; 
‘‘(2) subsidized private sector employment; 
‘‘(3) subsidized public sector employment; 
‘‘(4) on-the-job training; 
‘‘(5) supervised work experience; or 
‘‘(6) supervised community service.’’. 
(f) PENALTIES
AGAINST
INDIVIDUALS.—Section 
407(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 607(e)(1)) is amended to read as 
follows:
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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 ‘‘Capital Improvement
and Maintenance’’ accounts and planned to be allocated
to activities 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.
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.
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icit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the amount provided herein is for the Secretary to
establish a Private Stewardship Grants Program to pro-
vide grants and other assistance to individuals and groups
engaged in private conservation efforts that benefit feder-
ally listed, proposed, or candidate species, or other at-risk
species.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION
FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–1543),
as amended, $107,000,000, to be derived from the Cooper-
ative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, to remain
available until expended, and to be for the conservation
activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E)(v) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended, for the purposes of such Act.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $16,414,000, of which
$5,000,000 is for conservation spending category activities
pursuant to section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, for
the purposes of discretionary spending limits: Provided,
That, hereafter, ‘‘Fish and Wildlife Service National Wild-
life Refuge Fund’’ shall be considered to be within the
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of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be re-
ported and accounted for and available to the receiving
tribes and tribal organizations until expended: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of
the
amounts
provided
herein,
not
to
exceed
$268,234,000 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 2002, of which not to exceed
$20,000,000 may be used for contract support costs asso-
ciated with new or expanded self-determination contracts,
grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding agree-
ments: Provided further, That such costs should be paid
at a rate commensurate with existing contracts and no
new or expanded self-determination contracts, grants, self-
governance compacts or annual funding agreements shall
be entered into once the $20,000,000 has been committed:
Provided further, That no existing self-determination con-
tract, grant, self-governance compact or annual funding
agreement shall receive direct contract support costs in ex-
cess of the amount received in fiscal year 2001 for such
costs: Provided further, That funds available for the In-
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PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 20, 1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907),
$200,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be
available
for
administrative
expenses
and
of
which
$50,000,000 is for the conservation activities defined in
section 250(c)(4)(E)(xiii) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, for
the purposes of such Act: 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 admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or
interests therein, $47,686,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended, and to be for the conservation activities
defined in section 250(c)(4)(E)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
for the purposes of such Act.
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
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Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein including existing connecting roads on or
adjacent to such grant lands; $105,165,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year
from the revested Oregon 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 sec-
ond paragraph of subsection (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 treatments. 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
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funded by this account 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
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701),
notwithstanding 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 improve-
ments 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: Pro-
vided, 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 authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources,
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations,
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts
as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amend-
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ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43
U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be
received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of
forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, 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 im-
prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis-
tered through the Bureau of Land Management which
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer,
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such ac-
tion 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
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
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ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain
available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to
which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on her certificate,
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with
jointly produced publications for which the cooperators
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services,
and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of
meeting accepted quality standards, Provided further,
That sections 28f and 28g of title 30, United States Code,
are amended:
(1) In section 28f(a), by striking the first sen-
tence and inserting, ‘‘The holder of each unpatented
mining claim, mill, or tunnel site, located pursuant
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to the mining laws of the United States, whether lo-
cated before, on or after the enactment of this Act,
shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on or be-
fore September 1, 2002, a claim maintenance fee of
$100 per claim or site.’’; and
(2) In section 28g, by striking ‘‘and before Sep-
tember 30, 2001’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and
before September 30, 2002’’.
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
utilization 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 enti-
ties, $839,852,000, to remain available until September
30, 2003, except as otherwise provided herein, of which
$28,000,000 is for ‘‘Federal Infrastructure Improve-
ment’’, defined in section 250(c)(4)(E)(xiv) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
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as amended, for the purposes of such Act: Provided, That
fiscal year 2001 balances in the Federal Infrastructure
Improvement account for the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service shall be transferred to and merged with
this appropriation, and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That 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 further, That
$2,000,000 is for high priority projects which shall be car-
ried out by the Youth Conservation Corps defined in sec-
tion 250(c)(4)(E) (xii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, for the
purposes of such Act: Provided further, That not to exceed
$8,476,000 shall be used for implementing subsections
(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act, as amended, for species that are indigenous to
the United States (except for processing petitions, devel-
oping and issuing proposed and final regulations, and tak-
ing any other steps to implement actions described in sub-
section (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which
not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be used for any activity
regarding the designation of critical habitat, pursuant to
subsection (a)(3), for species already listed pursuant to
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subsection (a)(1) as of the date of enactment this Act:
Provided further, That of the amount available for law en-
forcement, up to $400,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, may at the discretion of the Secretary, be used
for payment for information, rewards, or evidence con-
cerning violations of laws administered by the Service, and
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-
tivity, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be
accounted for solely on her 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.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
lization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisi-
tion of lands and interests therein; $48,849,000, to remain
available 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,
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$104,401,000, to be derived from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended,
and to be for the conservation activities defined in section
250(c)(4)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, for the purposes
of such Act: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated for specific land acquisition projects can be used
to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or other
management costs.
LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM
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 private conservation efforts to be carried
out on private lands, $50,000,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended, and to be for conservation spending cat-
egory activities pursuant to section 251(c) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, for the purposes of discretionary spending lim-
its: Provided, That, hereafter, ‘‘Fish and Wildlife Service
Landowner Incentive Program’’ shall be considered to be
within the ‘‘State and Other Conservation sub-category’’
in section 250(c)(4)(G) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That the amount provided herein is for a
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Landowner Incentive Program established by the Sec-
retary that provides matching, competitively awarded
grants to States, the District of Columbia, Tribes, Puerto
Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the North-
ern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, to establish,
or supplement existing, landowner incentive programs that
provide technical and financial assistance, including habi-
tat protection and restoration, to private landowners for
the protection and management of habitat to benefit feder-
ally listed, proposed, or candidate species, or other at-risk
species on private lands.
STEWARDSHIP GRANTS
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 private conservation efforts to be carried
out on private lands, $10,000,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended, and to be for conservation spending cat-
egory activities pursuant to section 251(c) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, for the purposes of discretionary spending lim-
its: Provided, That hereafter, ‘‘Fish and Wildlife Service
Stewardship Grants’’ shall be considered to be within the
‘‘State and Other Conservation sub-category’’ in section
250(c)(4)(G) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
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agreements under this section to entities that include local
non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps or related
partnerships with State, local or non-profit youth groups,
or small or disadvantaged businesses: Provided further,
That:
(1) In expending the funds provided with re-
spect to this Act for hazardous fuels reduction, the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture may conduct fuel reduction treatments on
Federal lands using all contracting and hiring au-
thorities available to the Secretaries applicable to
hazardous fuel reduction activities under the
wildland 
fire 
management 
accounts. 
Notwith-
standing Federal government procurement and con-
tracting laws, the Secretaries may conduct fuel re-
duction treatments on Federal lands using grants
and cooperative agreements. Notwithstanding Fed-
eral government procurement and contracting laws,
in order to provide employment and training oppor-
tunities to people in rural communities, the Secre-
taries may award contracts, including contracts for
monitoring activities, to—
(A) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative
entities;
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tion activities in the urban wildland interface
are obligated.
(2)(A) The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer or
reimburse funds to the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service of the Department of the Interior, or the National
Marine Fisheries Service of the Department of Commerce,
for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.) to consult and conference as required by section 7
of such Act in connection with wildland fire management
activities in fiscal years 2001 and 2002.
(B) Only those funds appropriated for fiscal years
2001 and 2002 to Forest Service (USDA) for wildland
fire management are available to the Secretary of Agri-
culture for such transfer or reimbursement.
(C) The amount of the transfer or reimbursement
shall be as mutually agreed by the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Secretary of the Interior or Secretary of
Commerce, as applicable, or their designees. The amount
shall in no case exceed the actual costs of consultation and
conferencing in connection with wildland fire management
activities affecting National Forest System lands.
For an additional amount, to liquidate obligations
previously incurred, $274,147,000.