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‘‘(II) convey to the Secretary land 
or an interest in land that is equal in 
value to the land or interest in land 
conveyed. 
‘‘(C) DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.—Amounts re-
ceived by the Secretary under subparagraph 
(B)(ii) shall be credited to the Forest Legacy 
Program account, to remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
SEC. 332. Notwithstanding section 9(b) of Public Law 
106–506, funds hereinafter appropriated under Public Law 
106–506 shall require matching funds from non-Federal 
sources on the basis of aggregate contribution to the Envi-
ronmental Improvement Program, as defined in Public 
Law 106–506, rather than on a project-by-project basis, ex-
cept for those activities provided under section 9(c) of that 
Act, to which this amendment shall not apply. 
SEC. 333. Any application for judicial review of a 
Record of Decision for any timber sale in Region 10 of the 
Forest Service that had a Notice of Intent prepared on or 
before January 1, 2003 shall—
(1) be filed in the Alaska District of the Federal 
District Court within 30 days after exhaustion of the 
Forest Service administrative appeals process (36 
C.F.R. 215) or within 30 days of enactment of this
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Act if the administrative appeals process has been ex-
hausted prior to enactment of this Act, and the Forest 
Service shall strictly comply with the schedule for 
completion of administrative action; 
(2) be completed and a decision rendered by the 
court not later than 180 days from the date such re-
quest for review is filed; if a decision is not rendered 
by the court within 180 days as required by this sub-
section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall petition the 
court to proceed with the action. 
SEC. 334. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
cancel, with the consent of the timber purchaser, any con-
tract for the sale of timber in Alaska if—
(1) the Secretary determines, in the Secretary’s 
sole discretion, that the sale is uneconomical to per-
form; and 
(2) the timber purchaser agrees to—
(A) terminate its rights under the contract; 
and 
(B) release the United States from all liabil-
ity, including further consideration or compensa-
tion resulting from such cancellation. 
(b) EFFECT OF CANCELLATION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States shall not 
surrender any claim against a timber purchaser that 
arose under a contract before cancellation under this 
section not in connection with the cancellation. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Cancellation of a contract 
under this section shall release the timber purchaser 
from liability for any damages resulting from can-
cellation of such contract. 
(c) TIMBER AVAILABLE FOR RESALE.—Timber in-
cluded in a contract cancelled under this section shall be 
available for resale by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 335. Funds appropriated for the Green Mountain 
National Forest previously or in this Act may be used for 
the acquisition of lands in the Blueberry Lake area. 
SEC. 336. ELECTRIC
THERMAL
STORAGE
TECH-
NOLOGY. Section 412(9) of the Energy Conservation in Ex-
isting Buildings Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6862(9)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as sub-
paragraph (K); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(J) electric thermal storage technology; 
and’’. 
SEC. 337. ZORTMAN/LANDUSKY MINE RECLAMATION 
TRUST FUND. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known 
as the ‘‘Zortman/Landusky Mine Reclamation Trust Fund’’ 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’). 
(b) DEPOSIT.—For the fiscal year during which this 
Act is enacted and each fiscal year thereafter until the ag-
gregate amount deposited in the Fund under this subsection 
is equal to at least $22,500,000, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall deposit $2,250,000 in the Fund. 
(c) INVESTMENTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall invest the amounts deposited under subsection (b) only 
in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in 
obligations guaranteed by the United States as to both prin-
cipal and interest. 
(d) PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—All amounts credited as inter-
est under subsection (c) may be available, without fis-
cal year limitation, to the State of Montana for use 
in accordance with paragraph (3) after the Fund has 
been fully capitalized. 
(2) WITHDRAWAL AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—
The Secretary of the Treasury shall withdraw
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amounts credited as interest under paragraph (1) and 
transfer the amounts to the State of Montana for use 
as State funds in accordance with paragraph (3) 
after the Fund has been fully capitalized. 
(3) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—The State of 
Montana shall use the amounts transferred under 
paragraph (2) only to supplement funding available 
from the State Administered ‘‘Zortman/Landusky 
Long-Term Water Treatment Trust Fund’’ to fund 
annual operation and maintenance costs for water 
treatment related to the Zortman/Landusky mine site 
and reclamation areas. 
(e) TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury may not transfer or withdraw 
any amount deposited under subsection (b). 
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Treasury such sums as are necessary to pay the ad-
ministrative expenses of the Fund. 
SEC. 338. LAKE TAHOE RESTORATION PROJECTS. Sec-
tion 4(e)(3)(A) of the Southern Nevada Public Land Man-
agement Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2346; 116 Stat. 2007) is 
amended—
(1) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
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(2) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); 
and 
(3) by inserting after clause (v) the following: 
‘‘(vi) 
environmental 
restoration 
projects under sections 6 and 7 of the Lake 
Tahoe Restoration Act (114 Stat. 2354) and 
environmental 
improvement 
payments 
under section 2(g) of Public Law 96–586 
(94 Stat. 3382), in an amount equal to the 
cumulative amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for such projects under those Acts 
and in accordance with a revision to the 
Southern Nevada Public Land Management 
Act of 1998 Implementation Agreement to 
implement this section, which shall include 
a mechanism to ensure appropriate stake-
holders from the States of California and 
Nevada participate in the process to rec-
ommend projects for funding; and’’. 
SEC. 339. ACQUISITION OF LAND IN NYE COUNTY, NE-
VADA. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), the Sec-
retary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may acquire by donation all right, title, and inter-
est in and to the parcel of land (including improvements 
to the land) described in subsection (b).
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(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to in 
subsection (a) is the parcel of land in Nye County, Ne-
vada—
(1) consisting of not more than 15 acres; 
(2) comprising a portion of Tract 37 located 
north of the center line of Nevada State Highway 374; 
and 
(3) located in the E1⁄2NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4 sec. 22, 
T. 12 S., R. 46 E., Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not accept 
for donation under subsection (a) any land or struc-
ture if the Secretary determines that the land or 
structure, or a portion of the land or structure, has 
or or may be contaminated with—
(A) hazardous substances, pollutants, or 
contaminants, as defined in section 101 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
9601); or 
(B) any petroleum substance, fraction, or 
derivative. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Before accepting a dona-
tion of land under subsection (a), the Secretary shall
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certify that any structures on the land to be do-
nated—
(A) meet all applicable building code re-
quirements, as determined by an independent 
contractor; and 
(B) are in good condition, as determined by 
the Director of the National Park Service. 
(d) USE OF LAND.—The parcel of land acquired under 
subsection (a) shall be used by the Secretary for the develop-
ment, operation, and maintenance of administrative and 
visitor facilities for Death Valley National Park. 
SEC. 340. Section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 13211) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or a dual fueled vehicle’’ at the 
end of subparagraph (3) and inserting ‘‘, a dual 
fueled vehicle, or a neighborhood electric vehicle’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (13); 
(3) by striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (14) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) the term ‘neighborhood electric vehicle’ 
means a motor vehicle that qualifies as both—
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‘‘(A) a low-speed vehicle, as such term is de-
fined in section 571.3(b) of title 49, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations; and 
‘‘(B) a zero-emission vehicle, as such term is 
defined in section 86.1702–99 of title 40, Code of 
Federal Regulations.’’. 
SEC. 341. CONVEYANCE TO THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, 
NEVADA. Section 705(b) of the Clark County Conservation 
of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (116 
Stat. 2015) is amended by striking ‘‘parcels of land’’ and 
all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
the following: ‘‘parcel of land identified as ‘Tract C’ on the 
map and the approximately 10 acres of land in Clark 
County, Nevada, described as follows: in the NW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 
SW1⁄4 of section 28, T. 20 S., R. 60 E., Mount Diablo Base 
and Meridian.’’. 
SEC. 342. NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2003, the Secretary 
of Energy shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives a report that—
(1) describes—
(A) the various scenarios under which the 
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve may be 
used; and
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(B) the underlying assumptions for each of 
the scenarios; and 
(2) includes recommendations for alternative for-
mulas to determine supply disruption. 
SEC. 343. CONGAREE SWAMP NATIONAL MONUMENT 
BOUNDARY REVISION. The first section of Public Law 94–
545 (90 Stat. 2517; 102 Stat. 2607) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking the last sen-
tence; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 
by donation, by purchase from a willing seller with 
donated or appropriated funds, by transfer, or by ex-
change, land or an interest in land described in para-
graph (2) for inclusion in the monument. 
‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 
to in paragraph (1) is the approximately 4,576 acres 
of land adjacent to the Monument, as depicted on the 
map entitled ‘‘Congaree National Park Boundary 
Map’’, numbered 178/80015, and dated August 2003. 
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map referred 
to in paragraph (2) shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Na-
tional Park Service.
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‘‘(4) BOUNDARY
REVISION.—On acquisition of 
the land or an interest in land under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall revise the boundary of the monu-
ment to reflect the acquisition. 
‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATION.—Any land acquired by 
the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary as part of the monument. 
‘‘(6) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section—
‘‘(A) affects the use of private land adjacent 
to the monument; 
‘‘(B) preempts the authority of the State 
with respect to the regulation of hunting, fishing, 
boating, and wildlife management on private 
land or water outside the boundaries of the 
monument; or 
‘‘(C) negatively affects the economic develop-
ment of the areas surrounding the monument. 
‘‘(d) ACREAGE LIMITATION.—The total acreage of the 
monument shall not exceed 26,776 acres.’’. 
SEC. 344. Section 104 (16 U.S.C. 1374) is amended 
in subsection (c)(5)(D) by striking ‘‘the date of the enact-
ment of the Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments 
of 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘February 18, 1997’’.
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SEC. 345. The business size restrictions for the rural 
business enterprise grants for Oakridge, Oregon do not 
apply. 
TITLE IV—WILDLAND FIRE EMERGENCY 
APPROPRIATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses to repay advances from other 
appropriations transferred in fiscal year 2003 for emer-
gency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities of 
the Department of the Interior, $75,000,000 to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount 
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 502 of House Concurrent Resolution 95, 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004: 
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available 
only to the extent that an official budget request for 
$75,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount 
of $75,000,000 as an emergency requirement as defined in 
House Concurrent Resolution 95, the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2004, is transmitted by the 
President to the Congress.