the Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in 
accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands 
Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to 
those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representa-
tives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the 
Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104– 
134: Provided further, That the funds for the program of 
operations and maintenance improvement are appro-
priated to institutionalize routine operations and mainte-
nance improvement of capital infrastructure with terri-
torial 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 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $3,313,000, to 
remain available until expended, as provided for in sec-
tions 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa-
tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of 
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the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 
States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99– 
658 and Public Law 108–188. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec-
retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 
funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 
188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 
Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 
of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per-
cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 
of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 
construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran-
tees may be made without regard to the population of the 
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 
the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
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Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 
or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
If the Secretary of the Interior determines that a ter-
ritory has a substantial backlog of capital improvement 
program funds at the beginning of a fiscal year, the Sec-
retary may withhold or redistribute that territory’s capital 
improvement funds for the current fiscal year among the 
other eligible recipient territories. For purposes of this 
section, a territory with an expenditure rate of less than 
50 percent shall be deemed to have a substantial backlog. 
The expenditure rate will be calculated on the last day 
of each fiscal year, currently September 30, and will be 
based on expenditures and receipts over the five most re-
cent fiscal years. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$64,654,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $48,493,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN 
INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, $146,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $26,839,000 from 
this or any other Act, shall be available for historical ac-
counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 
transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account; the Office 
of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; and the 
Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ ac-
count: Provided further, That funds made available 
through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 
2013, 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 
statute of limitations shall not commence to run on any 
claim, including any claim in litigation pending on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, concerning losses to or mis-
management of trust funds, until the affected tribe or in-
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dividual Indian has been furnished with an accounting of 
such funds from which the beneficiary can determine 
whether there has been a loss: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement of 
performance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
activity for at least 18 months and has a balance of $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 request 
of the account holder: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments 
to correct administrative errors of either disbursements 
from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal ac-
counts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, That 
erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited 
to and remain available in this account for this purpose. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup-
pression operations, fire science and research, emergency 
rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire as-
sistance by the Department of the Interior, $746,473,000, 
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to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$4,127,000 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 
purposes: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant 
to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodg-
ing without cost from funds available from this appropria-
tion: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 
1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the Depart-
ment of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant 
to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States 
property, may be credited to the appropriation from which 
funds were expended to provide that protection, and are 
available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 
That using the amounts designated under this title of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procure-
ment contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for 
hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training and 
monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 
activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal 
land for activities that benefit resources on Federal land: 
Provided further, That the costs of implementing any co-
operative agreement between the Federal Government and 
any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed 
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on by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwith-
standing requirements of the Competition in Contracting 
Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels reduc-
tion activities, may obtain maximum practicable competi-
tion among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative en-
tities; (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- 
businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or train lo-
cally 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 accountability and consistent application of the au-
thorities provided herein: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be used to reimburse 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Na-
tional Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying 
out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and con-
ference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection 
with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary 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 con-
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struct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such 
leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard 
stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and 
fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for 
any such lease or for construction activity associated with 
the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 
transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire manage-
ment, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, 
between the Departments when such transfers would fa-
cilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs 
and projects: Provided further, That funds provided for 
wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Fed-
eral emergency response actions: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for assistance to or through the Department of State in 
connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be avail-
able to support forestry, wildland fire management, and 
related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with United States and international organizations. 
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FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression op-
erations of the Department of the Interior and as a re-
serve fund for suppression and Federal emergency re-
sponse activities, $92,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such amounts are available only 
for transfer to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ account 
and only following a declaration by the Secretary that ei-
ther (1) a wildland fire suppression event meets certain 
previously established risk-based written criteria for sig-
nificant complexity, severity, or threat posed by the fire 
or (2) funds in the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ account 
will be exhausted within 30 days. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
the response action, including associated activities, per-
formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), $9,133,000, to remain available until expended. 
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NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment and 
restoration activities by the Department of the Interior 
necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and Public Law 
101–337 (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $6,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the acquisition of a departmental financial and 
business management system, information technology im-
provements of general benefit to the Department, and con-
solidation of facilities and operations throughout the De-
partment, $56,936,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: 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 account other than for ac-
crued annual leave and depreciation of equipment without 
prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
assess reasonable charges to State, local and tribal govern-
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ment employees for training services provided by the Na-
tional Indian Program Training Center, other than train-
ing 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 government employees or persons or organiza-
tions engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational ac-
tivities (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United 
States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facili-
ties, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the National 
Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 
all funds received pursuant 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 Indian Program Training Center: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into grants 
and cooperative agreements to support the Office of Nat-
ural Resource Revenue’s collection and disbursement of 
royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as au-
thorized by law. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement, and which may 
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be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
cess 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: Provided further, That the Bell 
206L–1 aircraft, serial number 45287, currently reg-
istered as N613, is to be retired from service and, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the National Business 
Center, Aviation Management Directorate shall transfer 
the aircraft without reimbursement to the National Law 
Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, for the purpose of 
providing a static display in the National Law Enforce-
ment Museum: Provided further, That such aircraft shall 
revert back to the Department of the Interior if said mu-
seum determines in the future that the subject aircraft 
is no longer needed. 
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 unavoid-
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able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
able under this authority until funds specifically made 
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That 
all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 
as promptly as possible. 
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 pro-
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 
for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource 
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or 
releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for 
the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or po-
tential 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 
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(7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects 
under section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall trans-
fer, from any no year funds available to the Office of Sur-
face Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as 
may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory au-
thority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out 
the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Pro-
vided, That appropriations made in this title for wildland 
fire operations shall be available for the payment of obliga-
tions 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 appropriations currently available at the 
time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland 
fire operations, no funds shall be made available under 
this authority until the Secretary determines that funds 
appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ and ‘‘FLAME 
Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund’’ shall be exhausted 
within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds used pur-
suant to this section must be replenished by a supple-
mental appropriation, which must be requested as prompt-
ly as possible: Provided further, That such replenishment 
funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, ac-
counts from which emergency funds were transferred. 
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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 vehicles, including specially equipped law enforce-
ment vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of re-
prints; payment for telephone service in private residences 
in the field, when authorized under regulations approved 
by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when author-
ized 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. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of the Spe-
cial Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated 
balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the 
same headings shall be available for expenditure or trans-
fer for Indian trust management and reform activities. 
Total funding for historical accounting activities shall not 
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exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such 
purpose. 
PAYMENT OF FEES 
SEC. 105. The Secretary of the Interior may use dis-
cretionary funds to pay private attorney fees and costs for 
employees and former employees of the Department of the 
Interior reasonably incurred in connection with Cobell v. 
Salazar to the extent that such fees and costs are not paid 
by the Department of Justice or by private insurance. In 
no case shall the Secretary make payments under this sec-
tion that would result in payment of hourly fees in excess 
of the highest hourly rate approved by the District Court 
for the District of Columbia for counsel in Cobell v. Sala-
zar. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 106. (a) In fiscal year 2013, the Secretary shall 
collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be de-
posited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental En-
forcement’’ account, from the designated operator for fa-
cilities 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 
2013 shall be: 
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(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
wells. 
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all in-
spections completed in fiscal year 2013. Fees for fiscal 
year 2013 shall be: 
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 
under subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment re-
quired within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill 
designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days 
of the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, 
with payment required within 30 days of billing. 
OIL AND GAS LEASING INTERNET PROGRAM 
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding section 17(b)(1)(A) of the 
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)), the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall have the authority to imple-
ment an oil and gas leasing Internet program, under 
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which the Secretary may conduct lease sales through 
methods other than oral bidding. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION 
AND ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean En-
ergy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may es-
tablish accounts and transfer funds among and between 
the successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorga-
nization only in conformance with the reprogramming 
guidelines described in the report accompanying this Act. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF INDIAN EDUCATION FUNDS 
SEC. 109. Beginning July 1, 2008, any funds (includ-
ing investments and interest earned, except for construc-
tion funds) held by a Public Law 100–297 grant or a Pub-
lic Law 93–638 contract school shall, upon retrocession 
to or re-assumption by the Bureau of Indian Education, 
remain available to the Bureau of Indian Education for 
a period of 5 years from the date of retrocession or re- 
assumption for the benefit of the programs approved for 
the school on October 1, 1995. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND 
BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
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multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza-
tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 
multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 
section 304B of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c) (except that the 
5-year term restriction in subsection (d) shall not apply), 
for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free 
roaming horses and burros by such organizations or enti-
ties on private land. Such cooperative agreements and con-
tracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal at the 
discretion of the Secretary. 
MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 111. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
threatened 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 financed hatcheries including but not limited to 
fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 
identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS REGARDING 
GRAZING ON PUBLIC LANDS 
SEC. 112. Exhaustion of Administrative Review Re-
quired.— 
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(1) For fiscal years 2014 and hereafter, a per-
son may bring a civil action challenging a decision 
of the Bureau of Land Management concerning 
grazing on public lands (as defined in section 103(e) 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e))) in a Federal district 
court only if the person has exhausted the adminis-
trative hearings and appeals procedures established 
by the Department of the Interior, including having 
filed a timely appeal and a request for stay. 
(2) An issue may be considered in the judicial 
review of a decision referred to in paragraph (1) 
only if the issue was raised in the administrative re-
view process described in such paragraph. 
TRAILING LIVESTOCK ACROSS PUBLIC LANDS 
SEC. 113. During fiscal years 2013 and 2014, the 
trailing of livestock across public lands (as defined by sec-
tion 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)) and the implementation of 
trailing practices by the Bureau of Land Management 
shall not be subject to review under section 102(2)(C) of 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)). Trailing or crossing authorizations across 
public lands shall not be subject to protest or appeal under 
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srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS