mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 
$62,571,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided herein, $4,334,000 is 
for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not sub-
ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That $7,237,000 is for a competitive grant 
program to implement approved plans for States, terri-
tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af-
fected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 
agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
after deducting $11,571,000 and administrative expenses, 
apportion the amount provided herein in the following 
manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Com-
monwealth 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 Virgin Islands, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each 
a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent 
thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary shall appor-
tion 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 ad-
justed 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 Fed-
eral share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 
percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided fur-
ther, 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, terri-
tory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of 
September 30, 2018, shall be reapportioned, together with 
funds appropriated in 2019, in the manner provided here-
in. 
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 
reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 
Appropriations 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; facili-
ties incident to such public recreational uses on conserva-
tion areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; 
and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, build-
ings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Serv-
ice and to which the United States has title, and which 
are used pursuant to law in connection with management, 
and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, 
under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrange-
ments authorized by law, procure printing services from 
cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica-
tions for which the cooperators share at least one-half the 
cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service 
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 
accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing air-
craft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and ap-
proval shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 
and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of
such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revis-
ing regulations as necessary, and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, that none of the funds 
made available to the Service by this Act may be used 
to close or otherwise terminate operations of any of the 
90 units of the National Fish Hatchery System. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service and for the general 
administration 
of 
the 
National 
Park 
Service, 
$2,435,047,000 (increased by $2,500,000), of which 
$10,032,000 for planning and interagency coordination in 
support of Everglades restoration and $134,461,000 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 
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $62,632,000. 
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), $78,410,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000), 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 Treas-
ures grants for preservation of national significant sites, 
structures, and artifacts as authorized by section 7303 of 
the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (54 
U.S.C. 3089): Provided, That an individual Save Amer-
ica’s Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal 
funds: Provided further, That individual projects shall only 
be eligible for one grant: Provided further, 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 further, That of 
the funds provided for the Historic Preservation Fund, 
$500,000 is for competitive grants for the survey and 
nomination of properties to the National Register of His-
toric Places and as National Historic Landmarks associ-
ated with communities currently underrepresented, as de-
termined by the Secretary, $11,000,000 (increased by 
$2,000,000) is for competitive grants to preserve the sites 
and stories of the Civil Rights movement, and $3,000,000 
(increased by $2,000,000) 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 de-
fined in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian orga-
nizations, local governments, including Certified Local 
Governments, 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, $215,707,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion 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 pro-
curement 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 Na-
tional Park Service Donations, Park Concessions Fran-
chise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available 
for the cost of adjustments and changes within the origi-
nal scope of effort for projects funded by the National 
Park Service Construction appropriation: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with current 
reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any charges 
authorized by this section. 
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 appli-
cable to the National Park Service, $128,752,000, to be 
derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended, of which $80,000,000 
is for the State assistance program and of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for the American Battlefield Protec-
tion Program grants as authorized by chapter 3081 of title 
54, United States Code.
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, $30,000,000, to re-
main 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 do-
nated cash, assets, 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 ex-
penditure 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 surrender interest. Such funds may only be used 
for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit an-
ticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the con-
tract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to ex-
tinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefit-
ting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the origi-
nating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single
contract at the benefitting 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), Depart-
ment 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 Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 
and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 
its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
ploration program (30 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 disseminate data relative to the fore-
going activities; $1,080,006,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018; of which $63,637,189 shall remain 
available until expended for satellite operations; and of 
which $7,280,000 shall be available until expended for de-
ferred maintenance and capital improvement projects that 
exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That none of the funds 
provided for the ecosystem research activity shall be used 
to conduct new surveys on private property, unless specifi-
cally authorized in writing by the property owner: Pro-
vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic 
mapping or water resources data collection and investiga-
tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipali-
ties. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
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 
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build-
ings 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 rep-
resent the United States in the negotiation and adminis-
tration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities 
funded by appropriations herein made may be accom-
plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive 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 coop-
erative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly 
with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without re-
gard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be con-
sidered 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.
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for granting leases, ease-
ments, 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 authorized by law; for implementing other laws 
and to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial 
delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree-
ments, $169,306,000, of which $74,362,000, is to remain 
available until September 30, 2018, and of which 
$94,944,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 
amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this 
appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from in-
creases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, 
and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by 
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, as-
sessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative ac-
tivities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated 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
$74,362,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 
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 oper-
ations 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 authorized by law; for enforcing and imple-
menting laws and regulations as authorized by law and 
to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial dele-
gation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree-
ments, $136,968,000, of which $93,438,000 is to remain 
available until September 30, 2018, and of which 
$43,530,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 
amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this 
appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from in-
creases 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, in-
cluding studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 
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 $93,438,000. 
For an additional amount, $53,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col-
lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 
which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 
collected in fiscal year 2017, as provided in this Act: Pro-
vided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 
inspection fees exceed $53,000,000, the amounts realized 
in excess of $53,000,000 shall be credited to this appro-
priation 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 per-
sonnel 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 review of applications for permits to 
drill.
Of the unobligated balances available for this ac-
count, $20,000,000 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 
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, $119,300,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018: Provided, That appropria-
tions for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem ex-
penses 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 re-
main available until expended: Provided, That fees as-
sessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section
507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary off-
setting collections, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as collections are re-
ceived during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal 
year 2017 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$119,300,000. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
Public Law 95–87, $27,303,000, to be derived from re-
ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 
remain available 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 contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur-
ther, 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 Gov-
ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re-
lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 
projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior-
ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act:
Provided further, That amounts provided under this head-
ing 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, $90,000,000 (increased by $15,000,000), 
to remain available until expended, for grants to States 
for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related 
activities in accordance with the terms and conditions in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That such ad-
ditional amount shall be used for economic and community 
development 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 additional amount, $75,000,000 shall be distrib-
uted in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian States with 
the greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet the prior-
ities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section, 
and $15,000,000 (increased by $15,000,000) shall be dis-
tributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian States 
with the subsequent greatest amount of unfunded needs 
to meet such priorities: Provided further, That such addi-
tional 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 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled 
Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
$2,335,635,000 (increased by $1,500,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2018, except as otherwise 
provided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be 
for official 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 fur-
ther, That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal or-
ganizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use 
their tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assist-
ance costs: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$652,282,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-fund-
ed 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 
$48,815,000 (increased by $1,500,000) shall remain avail-
able until expended for housing improvement, road main-
tenance, attorney fees, litigation support, land records im-
provement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion 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 Education Amendments of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $75,335,000 within and only 
from such amounts made available for school operations 
shall be available for administrative cost grants associated 
with grants approved prior to July 1, 2017: Provided fur-
ther, That any forestry funds allocated to a federally rec-
ognized tribe which remain unobligated 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 unob-
ligated balances not so transferred shall expire on Sep-
tember 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 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts 
made available under this heading shall be available for 
transfer to another budget account. 
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 engineer-
ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 
in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-
suant to Public Law 87–483, $197,017,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 
be used to cover the road program management costs of 
the Bureau: Provided 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: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2017, in implementing 
new construction, replacement facilities construction, or 
facilities improvement and repair project grants in excess 
of $100,000 that are provided to grant schools under Pub-
lic Law 100–297, the Secretary of the Interior shall use 
the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost 
Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR 
part 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided further, 
That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 
43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and 
determine a schedule of payments for the work to be per-
formed: Provided further, That in considering grant appli-
cations, the Secretary shall consider whether such grantee 
would be deficient in assuring that the construction 
projects conform to applicable building standards and 
codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and safety 
standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(b), with respect 
to organizational and financial 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 con-
cerning 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 Sec-
retary may assume control of a project and all funds re-
lated to the project, if, within 18 months of the date of 
enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds appro-
priated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not completed 
the planning and design phase of the project and com-
menced construction: Provided further, That this appro-
priation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special 
Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the appro-
priate share of construction costs for space expansion 
needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementa-
tion. 
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, and 111–291, and for implementation of 
other land and water rights settlements, $49,025,000, to 
remain 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 Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, 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 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
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 man-
agement, operation, and maintenance of the Power Divi-
sion 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
offices, 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 appropria-
tions. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 
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 Edu-
cation 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 Bu-
reau’s funding formula, 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 available 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 existence on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-fund-
ed school before September 1, 1999, may continue to oper-
ate 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 (in-
cluding buses and vans), the funds of the charter school 
are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the 
Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter school 
programs of the State in which the school is located if 
the charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bu-
reau-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 chap-
ter 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 admin-
istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 
distribution 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 
to provide language and cultural immersion educational 
programs for non-public schools located within the juris-
dictional area of the tribal government which exclusively 
serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 
currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 
provide an educational environment with educator pres-
ence 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 es-
tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur-
ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 
other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 
students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 
available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 
maintenance, rehabilitation, construction or other facili-
ties-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. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, including the collection and dis-
bursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue 
proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agreements, as 
authorized by law, $749,422,000 (reduced by $2,500,000) 
(reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (re-
duced by $2,000,000), to remain available until September 
30, 2018; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; and of which 
up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensa-
tion payments and unemployment compensation payments 
associated with the orderly closure of the United States 
Bureau of Mines; and of which $10,000,000 for the Office 
of Valuation Services is to be derived from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund and shall remain available until 
expended; and of which $38,300,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for the purpose of mineral revenue 
management activities: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $15,000 under this heading 
shall be available for refunds of overpayments in connec-
tion with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary con-
curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed 
to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecover-
able erroneous payments. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2017, up to $400,000 of the payments 
authorized by the Act of October 20, 1976 (31 U.S.C. 
6901–6907) may be retained for administrative expenses 
of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, 
That no payment shall be made pursuant to that Act to 
otherwise eligible units of local government if the com-
puted amount of the payment is less than $100: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may reduce the payment au-
thorized by 31 U.S.C. 6901–6907 for an individual county 
by the amount necessary to correct prior year overpay-
ments to that county: Provided further, That the amount 
needed to correct a prior year underpayment to an indi-
vidual county shall be paid from any reductions for over-
payments 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 of the total amount made available by this title for 
‘‘Office of the Secretary—Departmental Operations’’, 
$480,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of the 
Interior for fiscal year 2017 for payments in lieu of taxes 
under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior 
and other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Pub-
lic Law 108–188, $86,976,000, of which: (1) $77,528,000 
shall remain available until expended for territorial assist-
ance, including general technical assistance, maintenance 
assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative activi-
ties, and brown tree snake control and research; grants 
to the judiciary 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
governmental functions; grants to the Government of the 
Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the Govern-
ment of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the 
Government of the Northern Mariana Islands as author-
ized 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 governments herein provided for, including such 
transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities estab-
lished or used by such governments, may be audited by 
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, $3,318,000, 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 
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 
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. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$65,800,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $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 
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, 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 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 and Bureau of Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of In-
dian Programs’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Sec-
retary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available through contracts or 
grants obligated during fiscal 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 con-
tractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be re-
quired to provide a quarterly statement 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 with-
drawn 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 de-
posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 
September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 
payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re-
main available in this account for this purpose: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall not be required to rec-
oncile 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 claim-
ant: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 102 
of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform 
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any other provision 
of law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts 
of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown for a con-
tinuous period of at least five years and shall not be re-
quired to generate periodic statements of performance for 
the individual accounts: Provided further, That with re-
spect 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 indi-
vidual account holders. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 
suppression operations, fire science and research, emer-
gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and 
rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 
$851,945,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be for the renova-
tion or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such 
funds are also available for repayment of advances to 
other appropriation accounts from which funds were pre-
viously transferred for such purposes: 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 is for burned area rehabilita-
tion: 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 notwithstanding 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 appropriation from which funds 
were expended to provide that protection, and are avail-
able 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 procurement 
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for fuels 
management and resilient landscapes activities, and for 
training and monitoring associated with such fuels man-
agement and resilient landscapes 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 cooperative agreement be-
tween the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity 
may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected par-
ties: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements 
of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for 
purposes of fuels management and resilient landscapes ac-
tivities, may obtain maximum practicable competition 
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: Pro-
vided further, That in implementing this section, the Sec-
retary shall develop written guidance to field units to en-
sure 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-
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. 
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 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).
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.), $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 
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 subchapter II of chapter 1007 of title 54, 
United States Code, $7,767,000, to remain available 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 
remain 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 
account other than for accrued annual leave and deprecia-
tion of equipment without prior approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
assess reasonable charges to State, local and tribal govern-
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, 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. 
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-
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 
(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. 
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 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 
available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust man-
agement and reform activities. Total funding for historical 
accounting 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 redis-
tribute 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 methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc-
tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 
percent in fiscal year 2017. Under circumstances of dual 
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-
tribution methodologies, 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, 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 Liberty Islands, and of other program and 
administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con-
sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author-
ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces-
sion contracts or other agreements for the use of such fa-
cilities 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 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 
2017 shall be: 
(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 2017. Fees for fiscal 
year 2017 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. 
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 
transfer funds among and between the successor offices 
and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in con-
formance with the reprogramming guidelines described in 
this 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 organiza-
tions 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 private 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 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. 
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 ‘‘fiscal years 2012 through 2018,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter,’’. 
WILD LANDS FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act may be used to implement, admin-
ister, or enforce Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the 
Secretary of the Interior on December 22, 2010. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2017, in carrying out work involv-
ing cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments 
or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 
record obligations 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. 
GREATER SAGE-GROUSE 
SEC. 114. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be used— 
(1) to review the status of or determine whether 
the greater sage-grouse is an endangered species or 
a threatened species pursuant to section 4 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533), 
or to issue a regulation with respect thereto that ap-
plies to any State with a State management plan; 
(2) to make, modify, or extend any withdrawal 
pursuant to section 204 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1714) 
within any Sagebrush Focal Area published in the 
Federal Register on September 24, 2015 (80 Fed. 
Reg. 57635 et seq.), in a manner inconsistent with 
a State management plan; or 
(3) to implement, amend, or otherwise modify 
any Federal resource management plan applicable to 
Federal land in a State with a State management
plan, in a manner inconsistent with such State man-
agement plan. 
(b) For the purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Federal resource management 
plan’’ means— 
(A) a land use plan prepared by the Bu-
reau of Land Management for public lands pur-
suant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1712); or 
(B) a land and resource management plan 
prepared by the Forest Service for National 
Forest System lands pursuant to section 6 of 
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604); 
(2) the term ‘‘greater sage-grouse’’ means the 
species Centrocercus urophasianus or the Columbia 
Basin distinct population segment of greater sage- 
grouse; and 
(3) the term ‘‘State management plan’’ means 
a State-wide plan for the protection and recovery of 
greater sage-grouse that has been approved by the 
Governor of such State. 
WATER CONVEYANCES 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to review, require approval of, or withhold approval 
for use of a right-of-way granted pursuant to the General 
Railroad Right-of-Way Act of 1875 (43 U.S.C. 934–939) 
if authorization of the use would have been considered 
under Department policy to be within the scope of a rail-
road’s authority as of the day before the effective date of 
the Department’s Solicitor’s Opinion M–37025, issued on 
November 4, 2011. 
INDIAN EDUCATION FUND 
SEC. 116. Section 801 of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458ddd) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Foundation’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Fund’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘foundation’’ 
and inserting ‘‘fund’’; 
(3) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The Fund shall be affiliated and may 
contract for services with a section 501(c)(3) na-
tional organization whose mission is to represent 
Native American students and educators for the im-
provement of schools and the education of Native 
children.’’; 
(4) In subsection (e)(1), by inserting ‘‘or pub-
lic’’ after ‘‘private’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) to promote and facilitate public-private 
partnerships that maximize the involvement of the 
private sector, including nonprofit organizations and 
for-profit entities, in providing financial and in-kind 
support for the improvement or replacement of fa-
cilities and infrastructure and for the enhancement 
of telecommunications and technological capacity in 
Bureau-funded schools; and 
‘‘(5) to facilitate interagency agreements be-
tween the Department of the Interior and other 
Federal agencies in furtherance of the purposes of 
the Fund.’’; 
(6) in subsection (f)(2), by striking all that fol-
lows after the heading and inserting the following: 
‘‘The number of members of the Board, the manner 
of their selection (including the filling of vacancies), 
and their terms of office shall be as provided in the 
constitution and bylaws of the Fund. The Board 
shall have nine members, including the Secretary 
and the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for In-
dian Affairs who shall serve as ex officio nonvoting 
members and who shall appoint three voting mem-
bers to staggered terms, and including the President 
and Executive Director of the 501(c)(3) national or-
ganization referenced in subsection (a) who shall 
serve as ex officio nonvoting members and who shall 
appoint two voting members to staggered terms.’’; 
(7) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ‘‘are’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘practicable,’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall, to the extent practicable, be drawn from var-
ious disciplines related to the purposes of the Fund, 
and’’; and 
(8) in subsection (m)— 
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND 
PROPERTY’’ after ‘‘FUNDS’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and property’’ after the 
first ‘‘funds’’ the first place it appears. 
BLUE RIDGE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA AND ERIE 
CANALWAY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR 
SEC. 117. (a) Section 140(i)(1) of Title I of Public 
Law 108–108, as amended (54 U.S.C. 320101 note), is 
further 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’’. 
FISH HATCHERY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 118. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than two 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior, in consultation with the Director 
of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, shall 
develop and implement the expanded use of conservation 
fish hatchery programs to enhance, supplement, and re-
build delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) and other 
species listed as endangered species or threatened species 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.), under the biological opinion issued under 
that Act by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
dated December 15, 2008, on the effects of the coordi-
nated operations of the Central Valley Project and the 
State Water Project in California. 
(b) PROGRAM DESIGN.—The conservation fish hatch-
ery programs established under subsection (a) and their 
associated hatchery and genetic management plans shall 
be designed— 
(1) to benefit, enhance, support, and otherwise 
recover naturally spawning fish species to the point 
where the measures under the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 are no longer necessary for such spe-
cies;
(2) to address the recommendations of the Cali-
fornia Hatchery Scientific Review Group; and 
(3) to minimize adverse effects to operations of 
the Central Valley Project and State Water Project 
(as those terms are used in the Central Valley 
Project Improvement Act of 2002 (title XXXIV of 
Public Law 102–575)). 
(c) MISCELLANEOUS
REQUIREMENTS.—In imple-
menting this section, the Secretary— 
(1) shall give priority to existing and prospec-
tive hatchery programs and facilities within the Sac-
ramento-San Joaquin Delta and the riverine tribu-
taries thereto; and 
(2) may enter into cooperative agreements for 
the operation of conservation hatchery programs 
with the State of California, tribes, and other non- 
Governmental entities for the benefit, enhancement, 
and support of naturally spawning fish species. 
REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULES 
SEC. 119. Before the end of the 60-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule published 
on December 28, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 81666 et seq.) and 
the final rule published on September 10, 2012 (77 Fed. 
Reg. 55530 et seq.), without regard to any other provision
of statute or regulation that applies to issuance of such 
rules. Such reissuances (including this section) shall not 
be subject to judicial review. 
STREAM BUFFER 
SEC. 120. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary to (1) further develop, 
finalize, carry out, or implement the proposed rule entitled 
‘‘Stream Protection Rule’’ signed by the Assistant Sec-
retary for Land and Minerals Management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior on July 7, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 
44436), or (2) develop, carry out, or implement any guid-
ance, policy, or directive to reinterpret or change the his-
toric interpretation of ‘‘material damage to the hydrologic 
balance outside the permit area’’ in section 510(b)(3) of 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
(30 U.S.C. 1260(b)(3)), or 30 CFR 816.57 or 30 CFR 
817.57, as promulgated on June 30, 1983 by the Office 
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement of the 
Department of the Interior (48 Fed. Reg. 30312). 
BOTTLED WATER 
SEC. 121. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Director of the National Park 
Service to implement, administer, or enforce Policy Memo-
randum 11–03 or to approve a request by a park super-
intendent to eliminate the sale in national parks of water 
in disposable, recyclable plastic bottles. 
OIL AND GAS ROYALTIES 
SEC. 122. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the Bu-
reau of Land Management’s proposed rule regarding 
Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and 
Resource Conservation published February 8, 2016. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN HISTORIC 
DESIGNATION 
SEC. 123. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds 
made available in this Act may be used to take any action 
to designate a Federal property for inclusion on, or to add 
a Federal property to, the National Register of Historic 
Places, or to operate or maintain a property on that reg-
istry, if the managing agency of that Federal property ob-
jects to such designation or inclusion, including actions re-
lated to— 
(1) cooperative agreements; 
(2) general administration; 
(3) maintenance of records and agreements; and 
(4) any other functions necessary to designate, add, 
operate, or maintain such Federal property. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to actions related to a managing agency 
request for expedited removal of Federal property from
the National Register of Historic Places for reasons of na-
tional security. 
DRILLING MARGINS 
SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to 
develop, adopt, implement, administer, or enforce any 
change to the regulations and guidance in effect on April 
1, 2015, pertaining to drilling margins or static downhole 
mud weight (30 CFR 250.414(c)) including the provisions 
of the rules dated April 17, 2015, and April 29, 2016. 
TRIBAL RECOGNITION 
SEC. 125. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule en-
titled ‘‘Federal Acknowledgment of American Indian 
Tribes’’ published by the Department of the Interior in 
the Federal Register on July 1, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 37862 
et seq.). 
ECHINODERMS 
SEC. 126. Section 14.92(a)(1) of title 50, Code of 
Federal Regulations, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including 
echinoderms commonly known as sea urchins and sea cu-
cumbers,’’ after ‘‘products’’.
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR AIR QUALITY 
REGULATIONS 
SEC. 127. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made 
available by this Act or any other Act may be used by 
the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘Secretary’’) to issue, finalize, or implement any 
final regulations addressing any subject of the proposed 
rule entitled ‘‘Air Quality Control, Reporting, and Compli-
ance’’, published April 5, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 19717), be-
fore the date on which the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man-
agement— 
(1) completes the two air modeling studies enti-
tled ‘‘Arctic Air Quality Impact Assessment Mod-
eling (AK–13–01)’’ and ‘‘Air Quality Modeling in 
the Gulf of Mexico Region (GM–14–01)’’, and pub-
lishes the results of such studies and all supporting 
data and documentation in a form available to the 
public; 
(2) concludes, following peer review of such 
studies, publication of public notice, and 120 days of 
opportunity for public comment on the studies, that 
the activities expressly authorized under the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.) are significantly affecting the air quality of any 
State for purposes of compliance with the national
ambient air quality standards, pursuant to, as re-
quired by section 5(a)(8) of such Act (43 U.S.C. 
1334(a)(8)); and 
(3) consults with the affected coastal states (as 
that term is used in that Act) on the results of such 
studies and analyses, and any actions that may be 
taken including any incremental burdens on such 
coastal states that may result. 
(b) REPROPOSAL OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(1) before issuing any such final regulations— 
(A) repropose the regulations; and 
(B) provide a period of at least 180 days 
for the submission of public comment on such 
reproposed regulations; and 
(2) delay the effective date of such final regula-
tions for at least 180 days after the date they are 
published. 
TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 
research and development, $720,072,000 (increased by 
$3,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That of the funds included under this 
heading, $10,000,000 shall be for Research: National Pri-
orities as specified in the report accompanying this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies 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 Liabil-
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and 
not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $2,527,470,000 (reduced by $15,000,000) 
(reduced by $14,000,000) (reduced by $70,000,000) (re-
duced by $12,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced 
by $1,750,000) (reduced by $468,000) (increased by 
$468,000), to remain available until September 30, 2018:
Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, 
$15,000,000 shall be for Environmental Protection: Na-
tional Priorities as specified in the report accompanying 
this Act: Provided further, That of the funds included 
under this heading, $409,709,000 shall be for Geographic 
Programs specified in the report accompanying this Act: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency is authorized, in carrying out 
its responsibilities under section 2002(b) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6912(b)), to use appro-
priations made available under this heading to evaluate 
the effectiveness of States using State solid waste manage-
ment plans to ensure the efficient and effective implemen-
tation, consistent with Executive Order No. 12898, of the 
final regulations on coal combustion residuals that took 
effect on October 19, 2015, and codified in parts 257 and 
261 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations: Pro-
vided further, That the Administrator shall provide to the 
Committee on Appropriations and the appropriate author-
izing Committees a report on the effectiveness of States 
using such plans in implementing the requirements of final 
coal combustion residual regulations in an efficient and 
effective manner.
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), includ-
ing the development, operation, maintenance, and upgrad-
ing of the hazardous waste electronic manifest system es-
tablished by such section, $3,178,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $41,489,000 (increased by 
$10,038,000), to remain available until September 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 Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 
(c)(5), 
(c)(6), 
and 
(e)(4) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
9611)
$1,115,929,000, to remain available until expended, con-
sisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 
on September 30, 2016, as authorized by section 517(a) 
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 
of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,115,929,000 as a payment 
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super-
fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 
SARA: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in ac-
cordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$8,778,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’ appropriation to remain available 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, $94,605,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $68,016,000 
shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $26,589,000 shall be for car-
States are stable or increasing on a national scale, or when 
forest biomass is derived from mill residuals, harvest re-
siduals or forest management activities. Such policies and 
actions shall not pre-empt existing authorities of States 
to determine how to utilize biomass as a renewable energy 
source and shall not inhibit States’ authority to apply the 
same policies to forest biomass as other renewable fuels 
in implementing Federal law. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall apply the criteria and procedures in effect 
as of the date of enactment of this Act for aquifer exemp-
tions under the underground injection control regulatory 
framework, in a collaborative manner with the States and 
regulated industries, to promptly review and make deci-
sions on all aquifer exemption applications using the cri-
teria for exempted aquifers set forth in section 146.4 of 
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on April 
1, 2016). The Administrator shall not use substantial pro-
gram revisions for purposes of reviewing and making deci-
sions on aquifer exemption applications involving under-
ground injection authorized by permit, provided the injec-
tion is occurring into aquifers that meet the criteria for 
an exemption under such section 146.4 and the rec-
ommendations of key State resource agencies are taken 
in account.