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(4) identifies the planned locations, quantities, 
and types of resources, such as fencing, other physical 
barriers, or other tactical infrastructure and tech-
nology; 
(5) includes a description of the methodology and 
analyses used to select specific resources for deploy-
ment to particular locations that includes— 
(A) analyses of alternatives, including com-
parative costs and benefits; 
(B) effects on communities and property 
owners near areas of infrastructure deployment; 
and 
(C) other factors critical to the decision- 
making process; 
(6) identifies staffing requirements, including 
full-time equivalents, contractors, and detailed per-
sonnel, by activity; 
(7) identifies performance metrics for assessing 
and reporting on the contributions of border security 
capabilities realized from current and future invest-
ments; 
(8) reports on the status of the Department of 
Homeland Security’s actions to address open rec-
ommendations by the Office of Inspector General and 
the Government Accountability Office related to bor-
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der security, including plans, schedules, and associ-
ated milestones for fully addressing such recommenda-
tions; and 
(9) includes certifications by the Under Sec-
retary for Management, including all documents, 
memoranda, and a description of the investment re-
view and information technology management over-
sight and processes supporting such certifications, 
that— 
(A) the program has been reviewed and ap-
proved in accordance with an acquisition review 
management process that complies with capital 
planning and investment control and review re-
quirements established by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, including as provided in Cir-
cular A–11, part 7; and 
(B) all planned activities comply with Fed-
eral acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, 
and practices. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-
port’’, $236,908,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018, of which $147,870,000 shall be available for cus-
tody operations; of which $57,392,000 shall be available for
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alternatives to detention; and of which $31,646,000 shall 
be available for transportation and removal operations. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-
port’’, $58,012,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’ for necessary expenses for 
Presidential security, $72,988,000, of which $22,988,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019, and of 
which $50,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2021. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 601. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available in this title are in addition to 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the 
Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2017. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017’’.
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DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF THE IN- 
TERIOR, 
ENVIRONMENT, 
AND 
RE-
LATED 
AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2017 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses 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 section 1010(a) of Public Law 
96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,095,375,000, to remain 
available until expended, including all such amounts as are 
collected from permit processing fees, as authorized but 
made 
subject 
to 
future 
appropriation 
by 
section 
35(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191), 
except that amounts from permit processing fees may be 
used for any bureau-related expenses associated with the 
processing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill
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and related use of authorizations; of which $3,000,000 shall 
be available in fiscal year 2017 subject to a match by at 
least an equal amount by the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation for cost-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 incurred. 
In addition, $39,696,000 is 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 mining 
claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 
authorized for fiscal year 2017, so as to result in a final 
appropriation estimated at not more than $1,095,375,000, 
and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 
communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 
for the cost of administering communication site activities. 
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, $31,416,000, to be derived from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until 
expended.
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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; $106,985,000, 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 (43 
U.S.C. 1181f). 
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. 1751), notwith-
standing any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all 
moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections
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3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315m) 
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-
cilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for re-
habilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 
collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 
and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
185), to remain available until expended: 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 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
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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 Public 
Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as may 
be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, 
and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under sec-
tion 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 
operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, con-
tracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable 
agreements with public and private entities, including with 
States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for
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purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary struc-
tures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary build-
ings 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 evidence concerning vio-
lations of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous 
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities authorized 
or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely 
on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding Public Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 
501), the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and 
partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure 
printing services from cooperators in connection with joint-
ly 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 projects to be 
funded pursuant to a written commitment by a State gov-
ernment to provide an identified amount of money in sup-
port of the project may be carried out by the Bureau on 
a reimbursable basis. 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 contrac-
tors or for the sale of wild horses and burros that results 
in their destruction for processing into commercial prod-
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ucts: Provided further, That section 35 of the Mineral Leas-
ing Act (30 U.S.C. 191) shall be applied for fiscal year 2017 
as if the following were inserted after the period in sub-
section (d)(4): 
‘‘(5) There is appropriated to the Fee Account es-
tablished in subsection (c)(3)(B)(ii) of this section, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, $26,000,000 for fiscal year 2017, to re-
main available until expended, for the processing of 
applications for permit to drill and related use au-
thorizations, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and transferred to such Fee Account pursuant 
to subsection (d)(3)(A)(ii) of this section, so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 2017 appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at not more than $0. Any 
offsetting receipts received in excess of $26,000,000 in 
fiscal year 2017 that would have otherwise been 
transferred to the Fee Account established in sub-
section (c)(3)(B)(ii) of this section pursuant to sub-
section (d)(3)(A)(ii) of this section shall instead be de-
posited in the general fund of the Treasury.’’. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific
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and economic studies, general administration, and for the 
performance of other authorized functions related to such 
resources, $1,258,761,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That not to exceed $20,515,000 
shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and 
(e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing 
and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any 
other steps to implement actions described in subsection 
(c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to ex-
ceed $4,605,000 shall be used for any activity regarding the 
designation of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection 
(a)(3), excluding litigation support, for species listed pursu-
ant to subsection (a)(1) prior to October 1, 2015; of which 
not to exceed $1,501,000 shall be used for any activity re-
garding petitions to list species that are indigenous to the 
United States pursuant to subsections (b)(3)(A) and 
(b)(3)(B); and, of which not to exceed $1,504,000 shall be 
used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of 
section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533) for species that are not indigenous to the United 
States. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
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servation, management, investigation, protection, and utili-
zation of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $18,615,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 
title 54, United States Code, 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, $59,995,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
and to remain available until expended, of which, notwith-
standing section 200306 of title 54, United States Code, not 
more than $10,000,000 shall be for land conservation part-
nerships authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 
2004, including not to exceed $320,000 for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for 
specific land acquisition projects may be used to pay for 
any administrative overhead, planning or other manage-
ment costs. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 
$53,495,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$22,695,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan-
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STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 
Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American 
Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordi-
nation Act, for the development and implementation of pro-
grams for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including 
species that are not hunted or fished, $62,571,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount provided herein, $4,209,000 is for a competitive 
grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remain-
ing provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That 
$6,362,000 is for a competitive grant program to implement 
approved plans for States, territories, and other jurisdic-
tions and at the discretion of affected States, the regional 
Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to the 
remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall, after deducting $10,571,000 
and administrative expenses, apportion the amount pro-
vided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District 
of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each 
a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; 
and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Vir-
gin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
726 
iana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth 
of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall apportion the remaining amount in the following 
manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to 
which the land area of such State bears to the total land 
area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based 
on the ratio to which the population of such State bears 
to the total population of all such States: Provided further, 
That the amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall 
be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be apportioned 
a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available 
for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year 
or more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, 
That the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 
75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the Federal 
share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 percent 
of the total costs of such projects: Provided further, That 
the non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived 
from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That any 
amount apportioned in 2017 to any State, territory, or 
other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 
30, 2018, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appro-
priated in 2019, in the manner provided herein.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 
carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex-
penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and re-
imbursable agreements with public and private entities. Ap-
propriations and funds available to the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of damage 
to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas 
caused by operations of the Service; options for the purchase 
of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities inci-
dent 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 pur-
suant to law in connection with management, and inves-
tigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That not-
withstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under cooper-
ative cost sharing and partnership arrangements author-
ized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 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 determines the coop-
erator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
Provided further, That the Service may accept donated air-
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craft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for 
non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited under 
the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Re-
source Management’’ and shall be available to the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, to be used for ex-
penses of processing of such non-toxic shot type or coating 
applications and revising regulations as necessary, and 
shall remain available until expended. 
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 and for the general administra-
tion of the National Park Service, $2,425,018,000, of which 
$10,032,000 for planning and interagency coordination in 
support of Everglades restoration and $124,461,000 for 
maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for con-
structed assets shall remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act are available for the purposes of section 5 
of Public Law 95–348. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage part-
729 
nership programs, environmental compliance and review, 
international park affairs, and grant administration, not 
otherwise provided for, $62,638,000. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code), $80,910,000, to be derived from 
the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available 
until September 30, 2018, of which $5,000,000 shall be for 
Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation of na-
tional significant sites, structures, and artifacts as author-
ized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-
ment Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, That an indi-
vidual Save America’s Treasures grant shall be matched by 
non-Federal funds: Provided further, That individual 
projects shall only be eligible for one grant: Provided fur-
ther, That all projects to be funded shall be approved by 
the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided for the Historic Preserva-
tion Fund, $500,000 is for competitive grants for the survey 
and nomination of properties to the National Register of 
Historic Places and as National Historic Landmarks asso-
ciated with communities currently underrepresented, as de-
termined by the Secretary, $13,000,000 is for competitive
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grants to preserve the sites and stories of the Civil Rights 
movement, and $4,000,000 is for grants to Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities: Provided further, That 
such competitive grants shall be made without imposing the 
matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, 
United States Code to States and Indian tribes as defined 
in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organiza-
tions, local governments, including Certified Local Govern-
ments, and nonprofit organizations. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-
ment of physical facilities, and compliance and planning 
for programs and areas administered by the National Park 
Service, $209,353,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 2017 
with a future phase indicated in the National Park Service 
5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single procurement 
may be issued which includes the full scope of the project: 
Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall 
contain the clause availability of funds found at 48 CFR 
52.232–18: Provided further, That National Park Service 
Donations, Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recre-
ation Fees may be made available for the cost of adjust-
ments and changes within the original scope of effort for
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projects funded by the National Park Service Construction 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
Interior shall consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions, in accordance with current reprogramming thresh-
olds, prior to making any charges authorized by this sec-
tion. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2017 
by section 200308 of title 54, United States Code, is re-
scinded. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 
title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with the statutory authority applica-
ble to the National Park Service, $162,029,000, to be de-
rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended, of which $110,006,000 
is for the State assistance program and of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for the American Battlefield Protection 
Program grants as authorized by chapter 3081 of title 54, 
United States Code.
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CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to 
challenge cost share agreements, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for Centennial Challenge projects 
and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 percent of 
the total cost of each project or program shall be derived 
from non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, as-
sets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable 
letter of credit. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 
101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise fees 
credited to a sub-account shall be available for expenditure 
by the Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at 
any unit within the National Park System to extinguish 
or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold sur-
render interest. Such funds may only be used for this pur-
pose to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated fran-
chise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit 
exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce li-
ability. Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be cred-
ited to the sub-account of the originating unit over a period 
not to exceed the term of a single contract at the benefitting
733 
unit, in the amount of funds so expended to extinguish or 
reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water 
Conservation 
Fund 
grants 
authorized 
by 
section 
105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 
may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-
thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 
amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to the 
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount for 
FHWA administrative support costs. 
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-
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
734 
U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 
affecting mining and materials processing 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 dissemi-
nate 
data 
relative 
to 
the 
foregoing 
activities; 
$1,085,167,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018; of which $71,237,189 shall remain available until ex-
pended for satellite operations; and of which $7,280,000 
shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance 
and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in 
cost: Provided, That none of the funds provided for the eco-
system 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 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 investigations carried on in cooperation 
with States and municipalities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 
necessary shall be available for 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 in-
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terest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings 
and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 
stations and observation wells; expenses of the United States 
National Committee for Geological Sciences; and payment 
of compensation and expenses of persons employed by 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 section 6302 
of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
United States Geological Survey may enter into contracts 
or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or indi-
rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without 
regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be consid-
ered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of 
title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation for 
travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not 
be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur-
poses.
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BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for granting leases, easements, 
rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and gas, other 
minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer 
Continental Shelf and approving operations related thereto, 
as authorized by law; for environmental studies, as author-
ized by law; for implementing other laws and to the extent 
provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for 
matching grants or cooperative agreements, $169,560,000, 
of which $74,616,000, is to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018 and of which $94,944,000 is to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That this total appro-
priation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Sec-
retary and credited to this appropriation from additions 
to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in 
effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from 
activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man-
agement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscella-
neous administrative activities: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections 
are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2017 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$74,616,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000
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shall be available for reasonable expenses related to pro-
moting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities. 
BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations 
related to leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements 
for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine- 
related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf, as author-
ized by law; for enforcing and implementing laws and regu-
lations as authorized by law and to the extent provided by 
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching 
grants or cooperative agreements, $136,772,000, of which 
$93,242,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2018 and of which $43,530,000 is to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be 
reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited 
to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting 
from increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 
1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted 
by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, includ-
ing studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous ad-
ministrative activities: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are
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received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2017 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$93,242,000. 
For an additional amount, $53,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected 
by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, which 
shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees col-
lected in fiscal year 2017, as provided in this Act: Provided, 
That to the extent that amounts realized from such inspec-
tion fees exceed $53,000,000, the amounts realized in excess 
of $53,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation and 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2017, not less than 50 percent of the inspection 
fees expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement will be used to fund personnel and mission- 
related costs to expand capacity and expedite the orderly 
development, subject to environmental safeguards, of the 
Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the re-
view of applications for permits to drill. 
Of the unobligated balances available for this account, 
$25,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 
OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title
739 
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$14,899,000, 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, $121,017,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That appropriations for the 
Office 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 
Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en-
force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 
of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That fees assessed and 
collected by the Office pursuant to such section 507 shall 
be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collec-
tions, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 
shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal 
year, so as to result in a fiscal year 2017 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $121,017,000.
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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, $27,163,000, to be derived from receipts of the 
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That pursuant to Public 
Law 97–365, the Department 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 con-
tracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That funds 
made available under title IV 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 abate-
ment of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: Pro-
vided further, That such projects must be consistent with 
the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That amounts pro-
vided under this heading may be used for the travel and 
per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
sponsored training. 
In addition, $105,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for grants to States for reclamation of abandoned 
mine lands and other related activities in accordance with
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the terms and conditions in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided, That such additional 
amount shall be used for economic and community develop-
ment in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
(30 U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further, That of such addi-
tional amount, $75,000,000 shall be distributed in equal 
amounts to the 3 Appalachian States with the greatest 
amount of unfunded needs to meet the priorities described 
in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section, and $30,000,000 
shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian 
States with the subsequent greatest amount of unfunded 
needs to meet such priorities: Provided further, That such 
additional amount shall be allocated to States within 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN 
EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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.), the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C.
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2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 
1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $2,339,346,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018, except as otherwise pro-
vided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; of which not to 
exceed $74,773,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: 
Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the 
Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided 
herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities 
affected by the disaster: Provided further, That federally rec-
ognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally 
recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allo-
cations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $652,362,000 for school operations costs 
of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs 
shall become available on July 1, 2017, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $49,122,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for housing improvement, road maintenance, attor-
ney fees, litigation support, land records improvement, and 
the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 
1975 (25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.) and section 1128 of the Edu-
cation Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed
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$80,165,000 within and only from such amounts made 
available for school operations shall be available for admin-
istrative cost grants associated with grants approved prior 
to July 1, 2017: Provided further, That any forestry funds 
allocated to a federally recognized tribe which remain unob-
ligated as of September 30, 2018, may be transferred during 
fiscal year 2019 to an Indian forest land assistance account 
established for the benefit of the holder of the funds within 
the holder’s trust fund account: Provided further, That any 
such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on 
September 30, 2019: Provided further, That in order to en-
hance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may 
use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles 
of clothing for personnel. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs for fiscal year 2017, such sums 
as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2018: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, no amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for transfer 
to another budget account.
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CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, $192,017,000, 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 
Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made 
available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2017, in implementing new construc-
tion, replacement facilities construction, or facilities im-
provement and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 
that are provided to grant schools under Public Law 100– 
297, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administra-
tive and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assist-
745 
ance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regu-
latory requirements: Provided further, That such grants 
shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the Sec-
retary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a 
schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Provided 
further, That in considering grant applications, the Sec-
retary shall consider whether such grantee would be defi-
cient in assuring that the construction projects conform to 
applicable building standards and codes and Federal, trib-
al, or State health and safety standards as required by 25 
U.S.C. 2005(b), with respect to organizational and finan-
cial management capabilities: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall 
follow the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(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. 2507(e): Provided further, 
That in order to ensure timely completion of construction 
projects, the Secretary may assume control of a project and 
all funds related to the project, if, within 18 months of the 
date of enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds 
appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not com-
pleted the planning and design phase of the project and 
commenced construction: Provided further, That this appro-
priation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special
746 
Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the appro-
priate share of construction costs for space expansion need-
ed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation. 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses 
for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 
111–11, 111–291, and 114–322, and for implementation of 
other land and water rights settlements, $45,045,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$8,757,000, of which $1,182,000 is for administrative ex-
penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: 
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 or insured, not to exceed 
$120,050,595. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts,
747 
cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions. 
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may contract for services in support of the manage-
ment, operation, and maintenance of the Power Division 
of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 
Services (except executive direction and administrative 
services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional of-
fices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 
available for 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, this 
action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 
responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern-
ment 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 of Indian Education, other than
748 
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. 
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education 
shall be used to support expanded grades for any school or 
dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved 
by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau 
of Indian Education school system as of October 1, 1995, 
except that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this 
prohibition to support expansion of up to one additional 
grade when the Secretary determines such waiver is needed 
to support accomplishment of the mission of the Bureau of 
Indian Education. Appropriations made available in this 
or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall 
be available, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding for-
mula, only to the schools in the Bureau school system as 
of September 1, 1996, and to any school or school program 
that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made avail-
able under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 
school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined 
in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is in exist-
ence on the date of the enactment of this Act and that has 
operated at a Bureau-funded school before September 1,
749 
1999, may continue to operate during that period, but only 
if the charter school pays to the Bureau 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 obliga-
tion for charter school programs of the State in which the 
school is located if the 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 operation and employees of a charter school 
shall not be treated as Federal employees for purposes of 
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and adminis-
trative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) dis-
tribution formula. 
Funds available under this Act may not be used to 
establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 
system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 
may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe
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to provide language and cultural immersion educational 
programs for non-public schools located within the jurisdic-
tional area of the tribal government which exclusively serve 
tribal members, do not include grades beyond those cur-
rently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide 
an educational environment with educator presence and 
academic facilities comparable to the Bureau-funded school, 
comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health 
and safety standards, and the Americans with Disabilities 
Act, and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations 
at a satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary 
costs, such as for transportation or other impacts to stu-
dents such as those caused by busing students extended dis-
tances: Provided, That no funds available under this Act 
may be used to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, construction or other facilities-related costs for such 
assets that are not owned by the Bureau: Provided further, 
That the term ‘‘satellite school’’ means a school location 
physically separated from the existing Bureau school by 
more than 50 miles but that forms part of the existing 
school in all other respects. 
Of the prior year unobligated balances available for 
the ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account, $3,400,000 
are permanently rescinded.
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DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, including the collection and disburse-
ment of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, 
and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized 
by law, $271,074,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 
reception and representation expenses; and of which up to 
$1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation pay-
ments and unemployment compensation payments associ-
ated with the orderly closure of the United States Bureau 
of Mines; and of which $11,000,000 for the Office of Valu-
ation Services is to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and shall remain available until ex-
pended; and of which $38,300,000 shall remain available 
until expended for the purpose of mineral revenue manage-
ment activities: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be avail-
able for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain 
Indian leases in which the Secretary concurred with the 
claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian 
allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erro-
neous payments.
752 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2017, up to $400,000 of the payments 
authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 
may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That no pay-
ment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise 
eligible units of local government if the computed amount 
of the payment is less than $100: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may reduce the payment authorized by that 
chapter for an individual county by the amount necessary 
to correct prior year overpayments to that county: Provided 
further, That the amount needed to correct a prior year un-
derpayment to an individual county shall be paid from any 
reductions for overpayments to other counties and the 
amount necessary to cover any remaining underpayment 
is hereby appropriated and shall be paid to individual 
counties: Provided further, That in the event the sums ap-
propriated for any fiscal year for payments pursuant to 
that chapter are less than the full payments to all units 
of local government, then the payment to each local govern-
ment shall be made proportionally. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and
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other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Public 
Law 108–188, $91,925,000, of which: (1) $82,477,000 shall 
remain available until expended for territorial assistance, 
including general technical assistance, maintenance assist-
ance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative activities, and 
brown tree snake control and research; grants to the judici-
ary in American 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 govern-
mental 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) $9,448,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2018, 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 Government Account-
ability 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
754 
Special Representatives on Future United States Financial 
Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by 
Public Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for 
the program of operations and maintenance improvement 
are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 
maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with 
territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined 
by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to time-
ly maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That 
any appropriation for disaster assistance under this head-
ing 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 Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $3,318,000, to re-
main available until expended, as provided for in sections 
221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for 
the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Com-
pacts of Free Association for the Government of the Repub-
lic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 and Public 
Law 108–188.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary 
may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds pro-
vided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Pub-
lic Law 104–134, that are allocated for Guam, to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or guar-
anteed loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount 
of the subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administra-
tion, for the purposes authorized by the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and re-
pair projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That such loans or loan guarantees may be made 
without regard to the population of the area, credit else-
where requirements, and restrictions on the types of eligible 
entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 
section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act: Provided further, That any funds trans-
ferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be in addition 
to funds otherwise made available to make or guarantee 
loans under such authorities.
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OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$65,769,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $50,047,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN 
INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by di-
rect expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, com-
pacts, and grants, $139,029,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $18,688,000 from this or 
any other Act, may be available for historical accounting: 
Provided, That funds for trust management improvements 
and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to or 
merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of 
Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ ac-
count; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Op-
erations’’ account: Provided further, That funds made 
available through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal
757 
year 2017, 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 fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly state-
ment of performance for any Indian trust account that has 
not had activity for at least 15 months and has a balance 
of $15 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 withdrawn upon the express written re-
quest of the account holder: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make pay-
ments to correct administrative errors of either disburse-
ments from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or 
Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, 
That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be cred-
ited to and remain available in this account for this pur-
pose: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be re-
quired to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance 
of less than $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee 
receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts 
claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
102 of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Re-
form Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any other provi-
758 
sion of law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts 
of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown for a contin-
uous period of at least five years and shall not be required 
to generate periodic statements of performance for the indi-
vidual accounts: Provided further, That with respect to the 
eighth proviso, the Secretary shall continue to maintain 
sufficient records to determine the balance of the individual 
accounts, including any accrued interest and income, and 
such funds shall remain available to the individual account 
holders. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire sup-
pression operations, fire science and research, emergency re-
habilitation, fuels management activities, and rural fire as-
sistance by the Department of the Interior, $942,671,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$8,427,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of fire 
facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available for 
repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 
from which funds were previously transferred for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
$180,000,000 is for hazardous fuels management activities: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided $20,470,000
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is for burned area rehabilitation: 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 appropriation: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau 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 appropria-
tion from which funds were expended to provide that protec-
tion, and are available without fiscal year limitation: Pro-
vided further, That using the amounts designated under this 
title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter 
into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agree-
ments, for fuels management and resilient landscapes ac-
tivities, and for training and monitoring associated with 
such fuels management and resilient landscapes activities, 
on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activi-
ties that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 
That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement 
between the Federal Government and any non-Federal enti-
ty may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 
parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding require-
ments of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, 
for purposes of fuels management and resilient landscapes 
activities, may obtain maximum practicable competition
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among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; 
(2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps 
(Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships with State, 
local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-busi-
nesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or train locally 
a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of 
the project workforce to complete such contracts: Provided 
further, That in implementing this section, the Secretary 
shall develop written guidance to field units to ensure ac-
countability and consistent application of the authorities 
provided herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading may be used to reimburse the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 
Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their respon-
sibilities 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: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations 
to enter into leases of real property with local governments, 
at or below fair market value, to construct capitalized im-
provements for fire facilities on such leased properties, in-
cluding but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant sta-
tions, and other initial attack and fire support facilities, 
and to make advance payments for any such lease or for
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construction activity associated with the lease: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appro-
priated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate 
amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments 
when such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland 
fire management programs and projects: Provided further, 
That funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be avail-
able for support of Federal emergency response actions: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for assistance to or through the Depart-
ment of State in connection with forest and rangeland re-
search, technical information, and assistance in foreign 
countries, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
State, shall be available to support forestry, wildland fire 
management, and related natural resource activities outside 
the United States and its territories and possessions, in-
cluding technical assistance, education and training, and 
cooperation with United States and international organiza-
tions. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression oper-
ations of the Department of the Interior and as a reserve 
fund for suppression and Federal emergency response ac-
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tivities, $65,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such amounts are only available for transfer 
to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ account following a 
declaration by the Secretary in accordance with section 502 
of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a): Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte-
rior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the 
response action, including associated activities, performed 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
$10,010,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-
toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the 
Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et
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seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), 
and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,767,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 
financial and business management system, information 
technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart-
ment, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and 
operations throughout the Department, $67,100,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this Act or any other Act may be 
used to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund ac-
count other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation 
of equipment without prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary may assess 
reasonable charges to State, local and tribal government em-
ployees for training services provided by the National In-
dian Program Training Center, other than training related 
to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, 
equipment or professional services of the National Indian 
Program Training Center to State, local and tribal govern-
ment employees or persons or organizations engaged in cul-
tural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined in
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section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) at the pre-
vailing rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or serv-
ices in the vicinity of the National Indian Program Train-
ing Center: Provided further, That all funds received pursu-
ant to the two preceding provisos shall be credited to this 
account, shall be available until expended, and shall be used 
by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the National In-
dian Program Training Center: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may enter into grants and cooperative agree-
ments to support the Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s 
collection and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other 
mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by law. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 
which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 
available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 
aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 
or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES 
For necessary expenses for payments authorized by 
chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, $465,000,000 
shall be available for fiscal year 2017.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
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 
been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pur-
suant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental 
appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as pos-
sible. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
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-
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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 or releases 
of hazardous substances into the environment; 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 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 
7717(b)); 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 Mining Rec-
lamation 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 provi-
sions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropria-
tions made in this title for wildland fire operations shall 
be available for the payment of obligations incurred during 
the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other 
Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or 
other equipment in connection with their use for wildland 
fire operations, such reimbursement to be credited to appro-
priations 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
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the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for 
‘‘wildland fire operations’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppres-
sion Reserve Fund’’ shall be exhausted within 30 days: Pro-
vided further, That all funds used pursuant to this section 
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 re-
imburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emer-
gency funds were transferred. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of 
the Interior in this title shall be available for services as 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not to 
exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehi-
cles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; 
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for 
telephone 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 members 
lower than to subscribers who are not members.
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AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations Acts made under the same headings shall be avail-
able for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust manage-
ment and reform activities. Total funding for historical ac-
counting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
designated in this Act for such purpose. 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute 
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 meth-
odologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Pri-
ority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal 
year 2017. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, over-
lapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodolo-
gies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands,
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waters, or interests therein including the use of all or part 
of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New York 
and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating 
and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation 
and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Lib-
erty Islands, and of other program and administrative ac-
tivities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including 
franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by ex-
change; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 
enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other 
agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2017, the Secretary shall 
collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be depos-
ited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforce-
ment’’ account, from the designated operator for facilities 
subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are 
above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in 
place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2017 
shall be: 
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines;
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reprogramming guidelines described in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND 
BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear 
cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations and 
other appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear 
contracts in accordance with the provisions of section 3903 
of title 41, United States Code (except that the 5-year term 
restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the long- 
term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming 
horses and burros by such organizations or entities on pri-
vate land. Such cooperative agreements and contracts may 
not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal at the discretion of 
the Secretary. 
MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 110. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threat-
ened and endangered species of salmon, implement a system 
of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, 
that are released from federally operated or federally fi-
nanced hatcheries including but not limited to fish releases 
of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must
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have a visible mark that can be readily identified by com-
mercial and recreational fishers. 
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 
SEC. 111. Paragraph (1) of section 122(a) of division 
E of Public Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1013) is amended by 
striking ‘‘through 2018,’’ in the first sentence and inserting 
‘‘through 2020,’’. 
WILD LANDS FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the Sec-
retary of the Interior on December 22, 2010: Provided, That 
nothing in this section shall restrict the Secretary’s authori-
ties under sections 201 and 202 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1711 and 1712). 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2017, in carrying out work involving co-
operation with State, local, and tribal governments or any 
political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may record ob-
ligations against accounts receivable from any such entities, 
except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 
shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the 
end of the fiscal year.
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SAGE-GROUSE 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 
(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse 
(Centrocercus urophasianus); 
(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin dis-
tinct population segment of greater sage-grouse. 
BLUE RIDGE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA AND ERIE 
CANALWAY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR 
SEC. 115. (a) Section 140(i)(1) of Title I of Public 
Law 108–108, as amended (54 U.S.C. 320101 note), is fur-
ther amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$12,000,000’’; and 
(b) Section 810(a)(1) of Title VIII of Division B of 
Appendix D of Public Law 106–554, as amended (54 
U.S.C. 320101 note), is further amended by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,000,000’’. 
HUMANE TRANSFER OF EXCESS ANIMALS 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Interior may transfer excess wild horses 
or burros that have been removed from the public lands to 
other Federal, State, and local government agencies for use 
as work animals: Provided, That the Secretary may make
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any such transfer immediately upon request of such Fed-
eral, State, or local government agency: Provided further, 
That any excess animal transferred under this provision 
shall lose its status as a wild free-roaming horse or burro 
as defined in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros 
Act: Provided further, That any Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment agency receiving excess wild horses or burros as 
authorized in this section shall not: destroy the horses or 
burros in a way that results in their destruction into com-
mercial products; sell or otherwise transfer the horses or 
burros in a way that results in their destruction for proc-
essing into commercial products; or euthanize the horses or 
burros except upon the recommendation of a licensed veteri-
narian, in cases of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 
REPUBLIC OF PALAU 
SEC. 117. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), 
the United States Government, through the Secretary of the 
Interior shall provide to the Government of Palau for fiscal 
year 2017 grants in amounts equal to the annual amounts 
specified in subsections (a), (c), and (d) of section 211 of 
the Compact of Free Association between the Government 
of the United States of America and the Government of 
Palau (48 U.S.C. 1931 note) (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘Compact’’).
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(b) PROGRAMMATIC ASSISTANCE.—Subject to sub-
section (c), the United States shall provide programmatic 
assistance to the Republic of Palau for fiscal year 2017 in 
amounts equal to the amounts provided in subsections (a) 
and (b)(1) of section 221 of the Compact. 
(c) LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The grants and programmatic 
assistance provided under subsections (a) and (b) 
shall be provided to the same extent and in the same 
manner as the grants and assistance were provided in 
fiscal year 2009. 
(2) TRUST FUND.—If the Government of Palau 
withdraws more than $5,000,000 from the trust fund 
established under section 211(f) of the Compact, 
amounts to be provided under subsections (a) and (b) 
shall be withheld from the Government of Palau. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 118. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants 
to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, private non-
profit organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor 
under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to utilize 
the talents of older Americans in programs authorized by
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other provisions of law administered by the Secretary and 
consistent with such provisions of law. 
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement 
would not— 
(1) result in the displacement of individuals cur-
rently employed by the Department, including partial 
displacement through reduction of non-overtime 
hours, wages, or employment benefits; 
(2) result in the use of an individual under the 
Department of the Interior Experienced Services Pro-
gram for a job or function in a case in which a Fed-
eral employee is in a layoff status from the same or 
substantially equivalent job within the Department; 
or 
(3) affect existing contracts for services. 
NATCHEZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK 
SEC. 119. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
to acquire by donation or purchase from willing sellers, any 
lands at the site of the historic Forks of the Road Slave 
Market, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Natchez 
National Historical Park—Proposed Boundary Addition’’, 
numbered 339/116045, and dated April 2016. Upon acqui-
sition of any land or interests in land, the Secretary shall 
revise the boundary of Natchez National Historical Park
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to reflect the acquisition and the land shall be managed in 
accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to the 
park: Provided, That section 7 of Public Law 100–479 is 
amended by inserting ‘‘land acquisition and development 
as authorized in’’ after ‘‘carry out’’. 
SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY TO PRESERVE CIVIL RIGHTS 
SITES 
SEC. 120. (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct 
a special resource study of significant civil rights sites in 
the State of Mississippi, including— 
(1) the home of the late civil rights activist 
Medgar Evers, located at 2332 Margaret Walker Alex-
ander Drive, Jackson, Mississippi; 
(2) the Tallahatchie County Courthouse, located 
at 100 North Court Street, Sumner, Mississippi; 
(3) the site of Bryant’s Store, located at the 
intersection of County Road 518 and County Road 
24, Money, Mississippi; 
(4) the site of the former office of Dr. Gilbert 
Mason, Sr., located at 670 Division Street, Biloxi, 
Mississippi; and 
(5) the Old Neshoba County Jail, located at 422 
Myrtle Avenue, East, Philadelphia, Mississippi.
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(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) evaluate the national significance of each 
site; 
(2) determine the suitability and feasibility of 
designating each site as a unit of the National Park 
System; 
(3)(A) take into consideration other alternatives 
for preservation, protection, and interpretation of 
each site by— 
(i) Federal, State, or local governmental en-
tities; or 
(ii) private or nonprofit organizations; and 
(B) identify cost estimates for any Federal ac-
quisition, development, interpretation, operation, and 
maintenance associated with the alternatives; and 
(4) consult with interested Federal, State, and 
local governmental entities, private and nonprofit or-
ganizations, and other individuals. 
(c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The study under subsection (a) 
shall be conducted in accordance with section 100507 of title 
54, United States Code. 
(d) STUDY RESULTS.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date on which funds are initially made available for the 
study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to
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the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate a report that describes— 
(1) the results of the study; and 
(2) any relevant conclusions and recommenda-
tions of the Secretary. 
CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS 
SEC. 121. Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
amend the regulations issued under section 250.180 of title 
30, Code of Federal Regulations— 
(1) by striking each reference to ‘‘180 days’’ and 
inserting ‘‘year’’; 
(2) by striking each reference to ‘‘180th day’’ 
and inserting ‘‘year’’; and 
(3) by striking each reference to ‘‘180-day pe-
riod’’ and inserting ‘‘1-year period’’. 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 122. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 
Board of Directors of the Foundation established 
under subsection (c). 
(2) 
FOUNDATION.—The 
term 
‘‘Foundation’’ 
means the Bureau of Land Management Foundation 
established by subsection (b)(1)(A).
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(3) PUBLIC LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘public lands’’ in section 
103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) WILD
FREE-ROAMING
HORSES
AND
BUR-
ROS.—The term ‘‘wild free-roaming horses and bur-
ros’’ has the meaning given the term in section 2 of 
Public Law 92–195 (commonly known as the ‘‘Wild 
Free-Roaming Horses And Burros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 
1332). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There is established a 
foundation, to be known as the ‘‘Bureau of Land 
Management Foundation’’. 
(B) LIMITATION.—The Foundation shall not 
be considered to be an agency or establishment of 
the United States. 
(C) TAX
EXEMPTION.—The Foundation 
shall be considered to be a charitable and non-
profit corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Foundation 
are— 
(A) to encourage, accept, and administer 
private gifts of money and real and personal 
property for the benefit of, or in connection with 
the activities and services of, the Bureau of Land 
Management; 
(B) to carry out activities that advance the 
purposes for which public land is administered; 
(C) to carry out and encourage educational, 
technical, scientific, and other assistance or ac-
tivities that support the mission of the Bureau of 
Land Management; and 
(D) to assist the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment with challenges that could be better ad-
dressed with the support of a foundation, includ-
ing— 
(i) reclamation and conservation ac-
tivities; 
(ii) activities relating to wild free- 
roaming horses and burros; and 
(iii) the stewardship of cultural and 
archeological treasures on public land. 
(c) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation shall be 
governed by a Board of Directors. 
(B) COMPOSITION.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Board shall 
consist of not more than 9 members. 
(ii) EX-OFFICIO MEMBER.—The Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Land Management 
shall be an ex-officio, nonvoting member of 
the Board. 
(C) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(i) 
CITIZENSHIP.—A 
member 
ap-
pointed to the Board shall be a citizen of 
the United States. 
(ii) EXPERTISE.—A majority of mem-
bers appointed to the Board shall have edu-
cation or experience relating to natural, 
cultural, conservation, or other resource 
management, law, or research. 
(iii) DIVERSE
POINTS
OF
VIEW.—To 
the maximum extent practicable, the mem-
bers of the Board shall represent diverse 
points of view. 
(2) DATE OF INITIAL APPOINTMENT.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act,
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the Secretary shall appoint the initial members of the 
Board. 
(3) TERMS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), a member of the Board shall 
be appointed for a term of 6 years. 
(B) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Secretary 
shall stagger the initial appointments to the 
Board, as the Secretary determines to be appro-
priate, in a manner that ensures that— 
(i) 1/3 of the members shall serve for a 
term of 2 years; 
(ii) 1/3 of the members shall serve for 
a term of 4 years; and 
(iii) 1/3 of the members shall serve for 
a term of 6 years. 
(C) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Board 
shall be filled— 
(i) not later than 60 days after the 
date of the vacancy; 
(ii) in the manner in which the origi-
nal appointment was made; and 
(iii) for the remainder of the term of 
the member vacating the Board.
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(D) REMOVAL
FOR
FAILURE
TO
ATTEND 
MEETINGS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—A member of the 
Board may be removed from the Board by 
a majority vote of the Board, if the indi-
vidual fails to attend 3 consecutive regu-
larly scheduled meetings of the Board. 
(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—A vacancy as 
the result of a removal under clause (i) shall 
be filled in accordance with subparagraph 
(C). 
(E) LIMITATION.—A member of the Board 
shall not serve more than 12 consecutive years on 
the Board. 
(4) CHAIRPERSON.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall elect a 
Chairperson from among the members of the 
Board. 
(B) 
TERM.—The 
Chairperson 
of 
the 
Board— 
(i) shall serve as Chairperson for a 2- 
year term; and 
(ii) may be reelected as Chairperson 
while serving as a member of the Board.
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(5) QUORUM.—A majority of the voting members 
of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of business of the Board. 
(6) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet— 
(A) at the call of the Chairperson; but 
(B) not less than once each calendar year. 
(7) REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Serving as a member of 
the Board shall not constitute employment by the 
Federal Government for any purpose. 
(B) REIMBURSEMENT.—A member of the 
Board shall serve without pay, other than reim-
bursement for the actual and necessary traveling 
and subsistence expenses incurred in the per-
formance of the duties of the member for the 
Foundation, in accordance with section 5703 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(8) GENERAL POWERS.—The Board may— 
(A) appoint officers and employees in ac-
cordance with paragraph (9); 
(B) adopt a constitution and bylaws con-
sistent with the purposes of the Foundation and 
this section; and
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(C) carry out any other activities that may 
be necessary to function and to carry out this 
section. 
(9) OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—No officer or employee 
may be appointed to the Foundation until the 
date on which the Board determines that the 
Foundation has sufficient funds to pay for the 
service of the officer or employee. 
(B) LIMITATION.—Appointment as an offi-
cer or employee of the Foundation shall not con-
stitute employment by the Federal Government. 
(10) LIMITATION
AND
CONFLICTS
OF
INTER-
EST.— 
(A) PROHIBITION
ON
POLITICAL
ACTIV-
ITY.—The Foundation shall not participate or 
intervene in a political campaign on behalf of 
any candidate for public office. 
(B) LIMITATION
ON
PARTICIPATION.—No 
member of the Board or officer or employee of the 
Foundation shall participate, directly or indi-
rectly, in the consideration or determination of 
any question before the Foundation that af-
fects—
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(i) the financial interests of the mem-
ber of the Board, officer, or employee; or 
(ii) the interests of any corporation 
partnership, entity, or organization in 
which the member of the Board, officer, or 
employee— 
(I) is an officer, director, or trust-
ee; or 
(II) has any direct or indirect fi-
nancial interest. 
(d) POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation— 
(A) shall have perpetual succession; and 
(B) may conduct business throughout the 
several States, territories, and possessions of the 
United States. 
(2) NOTICE; SERVICE OF PROCESS.— 
(A) DESIGNATED AGENT.—The Foundation 
shall at all times maintain a designated agent in 
the District of Columbia authorized to accept 
service of process for the Foundation. 
(B) SERVICE OF PROCESS.—The serving of 
notice to, or service of process on, the agent re-
quired under this paragraph, or mailed to the 
business address of the agent, shall be deemed to
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be notice to, or the service of process on, the 
Foundation. 
(3) SEAL.—The Foundation shall have an offi-
cial seal, to be selected by the Board, which shall be 
judicially noticed. 
(4) POWERS.—To carry out the purposes of the 
Foundation, the Foundation shall have, in addition 
to powers otherwise authorized by this section, the 
usual powers of a not-for-profit corporation in the 
District of Columbia, including the power— 
(A) to accept, receive, solicit, hold, admin-
ister, and use any gift, devise, or bequest, abso-
lutely or in trust, of real or personal property, 
or any income from, or other interest in, the 
property; 
(B) to acquire by donation, gift, devise, 
purchase, or exchange, and to dispose of, any 
real or personal property or interest in the prop-
erty; 
(C) to sell, donate, lease, invest, reinvest, re-
tain, or otherwise dispose of any property or in-
come from property, unless limited by the instru-
ment of transfer; 
(D) to borrow money and issue bonds, de-
bentures, or other debt instruments;
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(E) to sue and be sued, and complain and 
defend itself in any court of competent jurisdic-
tion, except that the members of the Board shall 
not be held personally liable, except in a case of 
gross negligence; 
(F)(i) to enter into contracts or other agree-
ments with public agencies, private organiza-
tions, and persons; and 
(ii) to make such payments as may be 
necessary to carry out the purposes of the 
contracts or agreements; and 
(G) to carry out any activity necessary and 
proper to advance the purposes of the Founda-
tion. 
(5) REAL PROPERTY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, an interest in real property shall include 
mineral and water rights, rights-of-way, and 
easements, appurtenant or in gross. 
(B) ACCEPTANCE.—A gift, devise, or bequest 
of real property may be accepted by the Founda-
tion, regardless of whether the property is en-
cumbered, restricted, or subject to beneficial in-
terests of a private person, if any current or fu-
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ture interest in the property is for the benefit of 
the Foundation. 
(C) DECLINING
GIFTS.—The Foundation 
may, at the discretion of the Foundation, decline 
any gift, devise, or bequest of real property. 
(D) PROHIBITION ON CONDEMNATION.—No 
land, water, or interest in land or water, that is 
owned by the Foundation shall be subject to con-
demnation by any State, political subdivision of 
a State, or agent or instrumentality of a State 
or political subdivision of a State. 
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORT.— 
(1) FUNDING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of as-
sisting the Foundation in establishing an office 
and meeting initial administrative, project, and 
other expenses, the Secretary may provide to the 
Foundation, from funds appropriated under sub-
section (j), such sums as are necessary for fiscal 
years 2017 and 2018. 
(B) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made 
available under subparagraph (A) shall remain 
available to the Foundation until expended for 
authorized purposes. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may pro-
vide to the Foundation personnel, facilities, 
equipment, and other administrative services, 
subject to such limitations, terms, and conditions 
as the Secretary may establish. 
(B) 
REIMBURSEMENT.—The 
Foundation 
may reimburse the Secretary for any support 
provided under subparagraph (A), in whole or in 
part, and any reimbursement received by the 
Secretary under this subparagraph shall be de-
posited in the Treasury to the credit of the ap-
propriations then current and chargeable for the 
cost of providing the services. 
(f) VOLUNTEERS.—The Secretary may accept, without 
regard to the civil service classification laws (including reg-
ulations), the services of the Foundation, the Board, and 
the officers, employees, and agents of the Foundation, with-
out compensation from the Department of the Interior, as 
volunteers for the performance of the functions under section 
307(d) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(d)). 
(g) AUDITS AND REPORT REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) AUDITS.—For purposes of section 10101 of 
title 36, United States Code, the Foundation shall be
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considered to be a private corporation established 
under Federal law. 
(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—At the end of each fiscal 
year, the Board shall submit to Congress a report that 
describes the proceedings and activities of the Foun-
dation during that fiscal year, including a full and 
complete statement of the receipts, expenditures, and 
investments. 
(h) UNITED STATES RELEASE FROM LIABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States shall not be 
liable for any debt, default, act, or omission of the 
Foundation. 
(2) FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.—The full faith 
and credit of the United States shall not extend to 
any obligation of the Foundation. 
(i) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this sec-
tion authorizes the Foundation to perform any function the 
authority for which is provided to the Bureau of Land Man-
agement under any other provision of law. 
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this section.
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TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For science and technology, including research and de-
velopment activities, which shall include research and devel-
opment activities under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; nec-
essary expenses for personnel and related costs and travel 
expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and sup-
plies; and other operating expenses in support of research 
and development, $713,823,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the funds included 
under this heading, $4,100,000 shall be for Research: Na-
tional Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That of the un-
obligated balances from appropriations made available 
under this heading, $7,350,000 are permanently rescinded: 
Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded pursu-
ant to the preceding proviso from amounts made available 
in the first proviso for Research: National Priorities: Pro-
vided further, That such rescission shall be applied to pro-
gram project areas, to the extent practicable, to reflect
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changes to funding projections due to routine attrition dur-
ing fiscal year 2017. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of 
aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in soci-
eties or associations which issue publications to members 
only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 
who are not members; administrative costs of the 
brownfields program under the Small Business Liability 
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and not 
to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $2,619,799,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That of the funds included under 
this heading, $12,700,000 shall be for Environmental Pro-
tection: National Priorities as specified in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
of the funds included under this heading, $435,857,000 shall 
be for Geographic Programs specified in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That
795 
of the unobligated balances from appropriations made 
available under this heading, $21,800,000 are permanently 
rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts may be re-
scinded pursuant to the preceding proviso from amounts 
made available in the first proviso for Environmental Pro-
tection: National Priorities, from amounts made available 
in the second proviso for Geographic Programs, or from the 
National Estuary Program (33 U.S.C. 1330): Provided fur-
ther, That such rescission shall be applied to program 
project areas, to the extent practicable, to reflect changes 
to funding projections due to routine attrition during fiscal 
year 2017. 
In addition, $3,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, for necessary expenses of activities described in sec-
tion 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees collected pursuant 
to that section of that Act and deposited in the ‘‘TSCA Serv-
ice Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal 
year 2017 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries 
and expenses in this appropriation and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated in this paragraph from the general fund for 
fiscal year 2017 shall be reduced by the amount of discre-
tionary offsetting receipts received during fiscal year 2017, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2017 appropriation
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from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: Pro-
vided further, That to the extent that amounts realized from 
such receipts exceed $3,000,000, those amount in excess of 
$3,000,000 shall be deposited in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee 
Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal year 
2017, shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and 
expenses in this account, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That of the funds included in 
the first paragraph under this heading, the Chemical Risk 
Review and Reduction program project shall be allocated 
for this fiscal year, excluding the amount of any fees appro-
priated, not less than the amount of appropriations for that 
program project for fiscal year 2014. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM 
FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), including the 
development, operation, maintenance, and upgrading of the 
hazardous waste electronic manifest system established by 
such section, $3,178,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
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Act of 1978, $41,489,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$34,467,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), 
(c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611) $1,088,769,000, to re-
main available until expended, consisting of such sums as 
are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2016, 
as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up 
to $1,088,769,000 as a payment from general revenues to 
the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as au-
thorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other 
Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of 
CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $8,778,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office 
of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain available
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until September 30, 2018, and $15,496,000 shall be paid 
to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 2018. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $66,572,000 shall 
be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank clean-
up activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for carrying out 
the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act speci-
fied in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: Pro-
vided, That the Administrator is authorized to use appro-
priations made available under this heading to implement 
section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide fi-
nancial assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for 
the development and implementation of programs to man-
age underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental 
Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990, $18,209,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended.
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STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving 
funds and performance partnership grants, $3,527,161,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which— 
(1) $1,393,887,000 shall be for making capital-
ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act; and of which $863,233,000 shall be for 
making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal year 
2017, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project 
applications and projects are consistent with State 
Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent of the 
funds made available under this title to each State for 
Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
grants shall be used by the State for projects to ad-
dress green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 
improvements, or other environmentally innovative 
activities: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2017, 
funds made available under this title to each State for 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
grants may, at the discretion of each State, be used 
for projects to address green infrastructure, water or
800 
energy efficiency improvements, or other environ-
mentally innovative activities: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the 
amounts in a State water pollution control revolving 
fund that may be used by a State to administer the 
fund shall not apply to amounts included as prin-
cipal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2017 
and prior years where such amounts represent costs 
of administering the fund to the extent that such 
amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Ad-
ministrator, accounted for separately from other as-
sets in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the 
fund, including administration: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding the provi-
sions of sections 201(g)(1), (h), and (l) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, grants under title II of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Marianas, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 
District of Columbia may also be made for the pur-
pose of providing assistance: (1) solely for facility 
plans, design activities, or plans, specification, and 
estimates for any proposed project for the construction 
of treatment works; and (2) for the construction, re-
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pair, or replacement of privately owned treatment 
works serving one or more principal residences or 
small commercial establishments: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding the provi-
sions of 201(g)(1), (h), and (l) and section 518(c) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, funds re-
served by the Administrator for grants under section 
518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
may also be used to provide assistance: (1) solely for 
facility plans, design activities, or plans, specifica-
tions, and estimates for any proposed project for the 
construction of treatment works; and (2) for the con-
struction, repair, or replacement of privately owned 
treatment works serving one or more principal resi-
dences or small commercial establishments; Funds re-
served under section 518(c) of such Act shall be avail-
able for grants only to Indian tribes, as defined in 
section 518(h) of such Act and former Indian reserva-
tions in Oklahoma (as defined by the Secretary of the 
Interior) and Native Villages (as defined in Public 
Law 92–203): Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2017, notwithstanding any provision of the Clean 
Water Act and regulations issued pursuant thereof, 
up to a total of $2,000,000 of the funds reserved by 
the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of
802 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act may also be 
used for grants for training, technical assistance, and 
educational programs relating to the operation and 
management of the treatment works specified in sec-
tion 518(c) of such Act; Funds reserved under section 
518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 
to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such 
Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Na-
tive Villages (as defined in Public Law 92–203): Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2017, notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
$30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 1452(i) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a total of 2 
percent of the funds appropriated, or $20,000,000, 
whichever is greater, for State Revolving Funds under 
such Acts may be reserved by the Administrator for 
grants under section 518(c) and section 1452(i) of 
such Acts: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2017, 
notwithstanding the amounts specified in section 
205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up 
to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds appropriated for
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the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program 
under the Act less any sums reserved under section 
518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the Adminis-
trator for grants made under title II of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act for American Samoa, 
Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, 
and United States Virgin Islands: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding the limita-
tions on amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the 
funds appropriated for the Drinking Water State Re-
volving Fund programs under the Safe Drinking 
Water Act may be reserved by the Administrator for 
grants made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act: Provided further, That 10 percent of 
the funds made available under this title to each State 
for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
grants and 20 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Drinking Water 
State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be 
used by the State to provide additional subsidy to eli-
gible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, 
negative interest loans, or grants (or any combination 
of these), and shall be so used by the State only where 
such funds are provided as initial financing for an
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eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure 
the debt obligations of eligible recipients where such 
debt was incurred on or after the date of enactment 
of this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 
concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 
such funds could be used to help address a threat to 
public health from heightened exposure to lead in 
drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 
declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 
health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic-
ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 
in which such an emergency declaration has been 
issued, the State may use more than 20 percent of the 
funds made available under this title to the State for 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
grants to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipi-
ents; 
(2) $10,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi-
neering, planning, design, construction and related 
activities in connection with the construction of high 
priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 
of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation 
with the appropriate border commission: Provided,
805 
That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to 
address the water, wastewater and other critical in-
frastructure needs of the colonias in the United States 
along the United States-Mexico border shall be made 
available to a county or municipal government unless 
that government has established an enforceable local 
ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 
that jurisdiction the development or construction of 
any additional colonia areas, or the development 
within an existing colonia the construction of any 
new home, business, or other structure which lacks 
water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure; 
(3) $20,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-
lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State of 
Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) no 
more than 5 percent of the funds may be used for ad-
ministrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State 
of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the 
Statewide priority list established in conjunction with 
the Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
for all water, sewer, waste disposal, and similar 
projects carried out by the State of Alaska that are 
funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollu-
806 
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 
seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of 
the funds provided for projects in regional hub com-
munities; 
(4) $80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-
ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount 
appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of CERCLA 
shall be used for site characterization, assessment, and 
remediation 
of 
facilities 
described 
in 
section 
101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: Provided further, 
That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assist-
ance in persistent poverty counties: Provided further, 
That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent 
poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 20 
percent or more of its population living in poverty 
over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 
2000 decennial censuses and the most recent Small 
Area Income and Poverty Estimates; 
(5) $60,000,000 shall be for grants under title 
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
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(6) $30,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 
grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 
of the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act); 
(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water 
quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the 
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 
Act (Public Law 114–322); and 
(8) $1,066,041,000 shall be for grants, including 
associated program support costs, to States, federally 
recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, 
and air pollution control agencies for multi-media or 
single media pollution prevention, control and abate-
ment and related activities, including activities pur-
suant to the provisions set forth under this heading 
in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under 
section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate mat-
ter monitoring and data collection activities subject to 
terms and conditions specified by the Administrator, 
of which: $47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 
128 of CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall be for Environ-
mental Information Exchange Network grants, in-
cluding associated program support costs; $1,498,000 
shall be for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2)
808 
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in ad-
dition to funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
Program’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the 
Internal Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the 
funds available for grants under section 106 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State 
participation in national- and State-level statistical 
surveys of water resources and enhancements to State 
monitoring programs. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaran-
teed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Fi-
nance and Innovation Act of 2014, $8,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, 
including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, in-
cluding capitalized interest, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $976,000,000: Provided further,
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That amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act are in addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for the Water Infrastructure Finance and 
Innovation Program for fiscal year 2017. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Fi-
nance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this 
account to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Inno-
vation Act of 2014, $2,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist the 
Administrator in implementing Federal environmental
810 
programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be awarded 
from funds designated for State financial assistance agree-
ments. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 
amended by Public Law 112–177, the Pesticide Registra-
tion Improvement Extension Act of 2012. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insec-
ticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 
136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency may assess fees under section 33 of 
FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2017. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$300,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environmental 
Programs and Management’’ to the head of any Federal de-
partment or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to 
carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality 
Agreement programs, projects, or activities; to enter into 
an interagency agreement with the head of such Federal de-
partment or agency to carry out these activities; and to
811 
make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organiza-
tions, institutions, and individuals for planning, research, 
monitoring, outreach, and implementation in furtherance 
of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great 
Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs 
and Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous 
Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage 
Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for the 
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renova-
tion of facilities provided that the cost does not exceed 
$150,000 per project. 
For fiscal year 2017, and notwithstanding section 
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use the 
amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 
of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to sec-
tions 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs 
and Management’’ for fiscal year 2017 to provide grants 
to implement the Southeastern New England Watershed 
Restoration Program. 
Notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 
320(i) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, funds
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made available under this title for the National Estuary 
Program shall be used for the development, implementation, 
and monitoring of comprehensive conservation and man-
agement plans. 
Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘State and 
Tribal Assistance Grants’’ account, $61,198,000 are perma-
nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or from amounts 
that were made available by subsection (a) of section 196 
of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 (division C of 
Public Law 114–223), as amended by the Further Con-
tinuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 
(Public Law 114–254). 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $288,514,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the
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funds provided, $77,000,000 is for the forest inventory and 
analysis program. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health manage-
ment, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 
invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili-
tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, coopera-
tive forestry, and education and land conservation activi-
ties and conducting an international program as author-
ized, $228,923,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2020, as authorized by law; of which $62,347,000 is to 
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
to be used for the Forest Legacy Program, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made avail-
able for the Forest Legacy Program and derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, $12,002,000 is hereby 
permanently rescinded from projects with cost savings or 
failed or partially failed projects that had funds returned.
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NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, for management, protection, improve-
ment, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
$1,513,318,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2020: Provided, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 
shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape 
Restoration Fund for ecological restoration treatments as 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided further, That of 
the funds provided, $367,805,000 shall be for forest prod-
ucts: Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 
$81,941,000 is for the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot 
program for Region 1, Region 3 and Region 4: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided for forest products, up 
to $65,560,000 may be transferred to support the Integrated 
Resource Restoration pilot program in the preceding pro-
viso: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture 
may transfer to the Secretary of the Interior any unobli-
gated funds appropriated in a previous fiscal year for oper-
ation of the Valles Caldera National Preserve: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 33 of the Bankhead 
Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of 
Agriculture, in calculating a fee for grazing on a National 
Grassland, may provide a credit of up to 50 percent of the
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calculated fee to a Grazing Association or direct permittee 
for a conservation practice approved by the Secretary in 
advance of the fiscal year in which the cost of the conserva-
tion practice is incurred. And, that the amount credited 
shall remain available to the Grazing Association or the 
direct permittee, as appropriate, in the fiscal year in which 
the credit is made and each fiscal year thereafter for use 
on the project for conservation practices approved by the 
Secretary. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, $364,014,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2020, for construction, capital im-
provement, maintenance and acquisition of buildings and 
other facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, re-
construction, decommissioning of roads that are no longer 
needed, including unauthorized roads that are not part of 
the transportation system, 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 
$40,000,000 shall be designated for urgently needed road 
decommissioning, road and trail repair and maintenance 
and associated activities, and removal of fish passage bar-
riers, especially in areas where Forest Service roads may