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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 his 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.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for scientific and economic
studies, conservation, management, investigations, protec-
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tion, and utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, ex-
cept whales, seals, and sea lions, and for the performance
of other authorized functions related to such resources; for
the general administration of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service; for maintenance of the herd of long-
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge;
and not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects
within the scope of the approved budget which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as author-
ized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended,
$520,519,000, to remain available until September 30,
1998, of which $11,557,000 shall remain available until
expended for operation and maintenance of fishery mitiga-
tion facilities constructed by the Corps of Engineers under
the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan, authorized by
the Water Resources Development Act of 1976, to com-
pensate for loss of fishery resources from water develop-
ment projects on the Lower Snake River, and of which
$1,000,000 shall be provided to the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation for implementation of the Natural
Communities Conservation Plan, and shall be available
only to the extent matched by at least an equal amount
from the Foundation and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701, the
Secretary shall charge reasonable fees for the full costs
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of providing training by the National Education and
Training Center, to be credited to this account, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, of which not to exceed
$2,000,000 shall be available for the direct costs of provid-
ing such training: Provided further, That not to exceed
$1,000,000 of the funds provided herein may be used for
contaminant sample analysis.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction and acquisition of buildings and
other facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and
wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and inter-
ests therein; $38,298,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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), and
Public Law 101–337; $4,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administrative expenses,
and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein,
in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $30,000,000, to
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund,
to remain available until expended.
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, $13,085,000, for grants to States, to
be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Con-
servation Fund, and to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $10,779,000.
REWARDS AND OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
4201–4203, 4211–4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and
1538), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public
Law 101–233, $7,750,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
RHINOCEROS AND TIGER CONSERVATION FUND
For deposit to the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conserva-
tion Fund, $400,000, to remain available until expended,
to carry out the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act
of 1994 (Public Law 103–391).
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For deposit to the Wildlife Conservation and Appre-
ciation Fund, $800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for carrying out the Partnerships for Wildlife Act
only to the extent such funds are matched as provided in
section 7105 of said Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed 83 passenger motor vehicles of
which 73 are for replacement only (including 43 for police-
type use); not to exceed $400,000 for payment, at the dis-
cretion of the Secretary, for information, rewards, or evi-
dence concerning violations of laws administered by the
Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
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forcement activities, authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate;
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 aquar-
ia, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of
the Service and to which the United States has title, and
which are utilized pursuant to law in connection with man-
agement and investigation of fish and wildlife resources:
Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv-
ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services
from cooperators in connection with jointly-produced pub-
lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half
the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv-
ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept-
ed quality standards: Provided further, That the Service
may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing
aircraft: Provided 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
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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 reprogramming procedures con-
tained in House Report 103–551.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service (including special road
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional Park Service, including not to exceed $1,593,000
for the Volunteers-in-Parks program, and not less than
$1,000,000 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, $1,135,139,000, without regard to 16 U.S.C. 451,
of which $12,800,000 for research, planning and inter-
agency coordination in support of land acquisition for Ev-
erglades restoration shall remain available until expended,
and of which not to exceed $72,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, is to be derived from the special fee
account established pursuant to title V, section 5201, of
Public Law 100–203.
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NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, environ-
mental compliance and review, international park affairs,
statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant
administration, not otherwise provided for, $36,476,000.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470),
$36,212,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 1998.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities including the modifications au-
thorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $119,745,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-
vided under this head, derived from the Historic Preserva-
tion Fund, established by the Historic Preservation Act
of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), may be available
until expended to render sites safe for visitors and for
building stabilization.
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LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1997
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 Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administrative expenses,
and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein,
in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the
National Park Service, $30,000,000, to be derived from
the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $1,000,000 is to administer
the State assistance program: Provided, That any funds
made available for the purpose of acquisition of the Elwha
and Glines dams shall be used solely for acquisition, and
shall not be expended until the full purchase amount has
been appropriated by the Congress.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 404 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 287 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 320 for police-type use, 13 buses,
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to
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process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
of the funds provided to the National Park Service in this
or any other Act not more than $1,700,000 is to be used
for the Office of the Director, not more than $2,000,000
is to be used for the Office of Public Affairs, and not more
than $951,000 is to be used for the Office of Congres-
sional Affairs: 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 been
submitted to the Congress and shall not be implemented
prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including
any day in which either House of Congress is not in ses-
sion 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 develop-
ment 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
National Park Service for activities taken in direct re-
sponse to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
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The National Park Service may in fiscal year 1997
and thereafter enter into cooperative agreements that in-
volve the transfer of National Park Service appropriated
funds to State, local and tribal governments, other public
entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit or-
ganizations for the public purpose of carrying out National
Park Service programs pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 6305 to
carry out public purposes of National Park Service pro-
grams.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, and the
mineral and water resources of the United States, its Ter-
ritories 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 permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission licensees; administer the minerals exploration pro-
gram (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 mate-
rials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603;
50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by
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law and to publish and disseminate data; $730,163,000,
of which $62,130,000 shall be available only for coopera-
tion with States or municipalities for water resources in-
vestigations; and of which $137,000,000 shall be available
until September 30, 1998 for the biological research activ-
ity and the operation of the Cooperative Research Units;
and of which $16,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for conducting inquiries into the economic condi-
tions affecting mining and materials processing industries:
Provided, That none of these funds provided for the bio-
logical research activity shall be used to conduct new sur-
veys on private property, unless specifically authorized in
writing by the property owner: Provided further, That be-
ginning in fiscal year 1998 and once every five years there-
after, the National Academy of Sciences shall review and
report on the biological research activity of the Survey:
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall
be used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic
mapping or water resources data collection and investiga-
tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipali-
ties.
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
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for replacement only; reimbursement to the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; contract-
ing for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the
making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when
it is administratively determined that such procedures are
in the public interest; construction and maintenance of
necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition
of lands for gauging stations and observation wells; ex-
penses of the United States National Committee on Geol-
ogy; and payment of compensation and expenses of per-
sons 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 accomplished through
the use 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-
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cles for replacement only; $186,555,000, of which not less
than $74,063,000 shall be available for royalty manage-
ment activities; and an amount not to exceed $15,400,000
for the Technical Information Management System and
Related Activities of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Lands Activity, to be credited to this appropriation and
to remain available until expended, from additions to re-
ceipts resulting from increases to rates in effect on August
5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collections for OCS
administrative activities performed by the Minerals Man-
agement Service over and above the rates in effect on Sep-
tember 30, 1993, and from additional fees for OCS admin-
istrative activities established after September 30, 1993:
Provided, That $1,500,000 for computer acquisitions shall
remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided fur-
ther, 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 head 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
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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,
$6,440,000, 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; $94,272,000, and notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount shall be credited to
this account, to remain available until expended, from per-
formance bond forfeitures in fiscal year 1997: Provided,
That the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regula-
tions, may utilize directly or through grants to States,
moneys collected in fiscal year 1997 for civil penalties as-
sessed 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 Au-
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gust 3, 1977, to remain available until expended: Provided
further, That appropriations for the Office of Surface Min-
ing Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the
travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel
attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and En-
forcement 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, $175,887,000, to be derived from receipts of
the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain
available until expended; of which $4,000,000 shall be for
supplemental grants to States for the reclamation of aban-
doned sites with acid mine rock drainage from coal mines
through the Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative: Pro-
vided, That grants to minimum program States will be
$1,500,000 per State in fiscal year 1997: 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 centum shall be used for emergency reclama-
tion projects in any one State and funds for federally-ad-
ministered emergency reclamation projects under this pro-
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viso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further, That
prior year unobligated funds appropriated for the emer-
gency reclamation program shall not be subject to the 25
per centum limitation per State and may be used without
fiscal year limitation for emergency projects: Provided fur-
ther, That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Depart-
ment of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 per
centum from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to
the United States Government to pay for contracts to col-
lect these debts: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able to States under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may
be used, at their discretion, for any required non-Federal
share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov-
ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re-
lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such
projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior-
ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For operation of Indian programs by direct expendi-
ture, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and
grants including expenses necessary to provide education
and welfare services for Indians, either directly or in co-
operation with States and other organizations, including