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vided further, That the remainder of revenues after the
making of such payments shall be covered into the Treas-
ury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That any
contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by
the Secretary pursuant to this authority shall not be exe-
cuted prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not in-
cluding any day in which either House of Congress is not
in session because of adjournment of more than three cal-
endar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent of the Senate of a full comprehensive report on such
project, including the facts and circumstances relied upon
in support of the proposed project.
No funds provided in this Act may be expended by
the Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process
procurement documents for programs or projects for
which appropriations have not been made.
In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act,
the Secretary may accept fees and contributions from pub-
lic and private sources, to be deposited in a contributed
funds account, and prosecute projects using such fees and
contributions in cooperation with other Federal, State or
private agencies or concerns.
The Secretary of Energy hereafter may transfer to
the SPR Petroleum Account such funds as may be nec-
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essary to carry out draw down and sale operations of the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve initiated under section 161
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.
6241) from any funds available to the Department of En-
ergy under this or previous appropriations Acts. All funds
transferred pursuant to this authority must be replenished
as promptly as possible from oil sale receipts pursuant to
the draw down and sale.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to the Indian Health Service, $2,085,407,000, to-
gether with payments received during the fiscal year pur-
suant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) for services furnished by the
Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made avail-
able to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts,
grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be
deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract
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award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe
or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Pro-
vided further, That $12,000,000 shall remain available
until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emer-
gency Fund: Provided further, That $395,290,000 for con-
tract medical care shall remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That of the
funds provided, up to $17,000,000 shall be used to carry
out the loan repayment program under section 108 of the
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further,
That funds provided in this Act may be used for one-year
contracts and grants which are to be performed in two
fiscal years, so long as the total obligation is recorded in
the year for which the funds are appropriated: Provided
further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services under the authority of title
IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall re-
main available until expended for the purpose of achieving
compliance with the applicable conditions and require-
ments of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act
(exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new fa-
cilities): Provided further, That funding contained herein,
and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship pro-
grams under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
(25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available for obligation
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until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That amounts
received by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV
of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be re-
ported and accounted for and available to the receiving
tribes and tribal organizations until expended: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the amounts provided herein, not to exceed
$238,781,000 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal
organizations for contract or grant support costs for fiscal
year 2000 associated with contracts, grants, self-govern-
ance compacts or annual funding agreements between the
Indian Health Service and a tribe or tribal organization
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975,
as amended, of which $5,000,000 is for new and expanded
contracts, grants, self-goverance compacts or annual fund-
ing agreements and such new and expanded contracts
shall receive contract support costs equal to the same pro-
portion of need as existing contracts: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no new
or expanded contract, grant, self-goverance compact or an-
nual funding agreement shall be entered into once the
$5,000,000 has been committed.
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement,
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities,
including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans,
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specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase
and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail-
ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita-
tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of
the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian
Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out
such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities
support 
activities 
of 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service,
$312,478,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction
or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an In-
dian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites
to construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facili-
ties.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv-
ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva-
lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re-
prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular
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buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments
for telephone service in private residences in the field,
when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec-
retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefore as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of at-
tendance at meetings which are concerned with the func-
tions or activities for which the appropriation is made or
which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or
management of those functions or activities: Provided,
That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may
be extended health care at all tribally administered or In-
dian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the
proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall
be credited to the account of the facility providing the
service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or
regulation, funds transferred from the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health
Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121
(the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act) and Public Law 93–
638, as amended: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except
those used for administrative and program direction pur-
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poses, shall not be subject to limitations directed at cur-
tailing Federal travel and transportation: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal or-
ganization through a contract, grant, or agreement au-
thorized by title I or title III of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-deter-
mination contract under title I, or a self-governance agree-
ment under title III of such Act and thereafter shall re-
main available to the tribe or tribal organization without
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That none of the
funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this
Act shall be used to implement the final rule published
in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the
Department of Health and Human Services, relating to
the eligibility for the health care services of the Indian
Health Service until the Indian Health Service has sub-
mitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs as-
sociated with the proposed final rule, and such request has
been included in an appropriations Act and enacted into
law: Provided further, That funds made available in this
Act are to be apportioned to the Indian Health Service
as appropriated in this Act, and accounted for in the ap-
propriation structure set forth in this Act: Provided fur-
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ther, That with respect to functions transferred by the In-
dian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the
Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and
services to those entities, on a reimbursable basis, includ-
ing payment in advance with subsequent adjustment, and
the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the
funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian
Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or
subsequent appropriation account which provided the
funding, said amounts to remain available until expended:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, hereafter any funds appropriated to the Indian
Health Service in this or any other Act for payments to
tribes and tribal organizations for contract or grant sup-
port costs for contracts, grants, self-governance compacts
or annual funding agreements with the Indian Health
Service pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of
1975, as amended, shall be allocated and distributed to
such contracts, grants, self-governance compacts and an-
nual funding agreements each year on a pro-rata propor-
tionate basis regardless of amounts allocated in any pre-
vious year to such contracts, grants, self-governance com-
pacts or annual funding agreements: Provided further,
That reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or
services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain
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total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead
associated with the provision of goods, services, or tech-
nical assistance: Provided further, That the appropriation
structure for the Indian Health Service may not be altered
without advance approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–
531, $13,400,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appro-
priations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals
and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-parti-
tioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard
housing, and all others certified as eligible and not in-
cluded in the preceding categories: Provided further, That
none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may
be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Reloca-
tion to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as
of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the
lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or re-
placement home is provided for such household: Provided
further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than
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one new or replacement home: Provided further, That the
Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who
have selected and received an approved homesite on the
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off
the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 640d–10.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields
of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation,
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease
(for terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of build-
ings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to 5 re-
placement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, repair, and
cleaning of uniforms for employees; $371,501,000, of
which not to exceed $48,471,000 for the instrumentation
program, collections acquisition, Museum Support Center
equipment and move, exhibition reinstallation, the Na-
tional Museum of the American Indian, the repatriation
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of skeletal remains program, research equipment, informa-
tion management, and Latino programming shall remain
available until expended, and including such funds as may
be necessary to support American overseas research cen-
ters and a total of $125,000 for the Council of American
Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein are available for advance payments to inde-
pendent contractors performing research services or par-
ticipating in official Smithsonian presentations: Provided
further, That the Smithsonian Institution may expend
Federal appropriations designated in this Act for lease or
rent payments for long term and swing space, as rent pay-
able to the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent pay-
ments may be deposited into the general trust funds of
the Institution to the extent that federally supported ac-
tivities are housed in the 900 H St., N.W. building in the
District of Columbia: Provided further, That this use of
Federal appropriations shall not be construed as debt serv-
ice, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or an
obligation of, the Federal Government: Provided further,
That no appropriated funds may be used to service debt
which is incurred to finance the costs of acquiring the 900
H St. building or of planning, designing, and constructing
improvements to such building.
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REPAIR, RESTORATION AND ALTERATION OF FACILITIES
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and al-
teration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian
Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by sec-
tion 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), in-
cluding not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $47,900,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for environ-
mental systems, protection systems, and repair or restora-
tion of facilities of the Smithsonian Institution may be ne-
gotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the
basis of contractor qualifications as well as price: Provided
further, That funds previously appropriated to the ‘‘Con-
struction and Improvements, National Zoological Park’’
account and the ‘‘Repair and Restoration of Buildings’’
account may be transferred to and merged with this ‘‘Re-
pair, Restoration, and Alteration of Facilities’’ account.
CONSTRUCTION
For 
necessary 
expenses 
for 
construction,
$19,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be
used to initiate the design of any expansion of current
space or new facility without consultation with the House
and Senate Appropriations Committees.
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None of the funds in this or any other Act may be
used to prepare a historic structures report, or for any
other purpose, involving the Holt House located at the Na-
tional Zoological Park in Washington, D.C.
The Smithsonian Institution shall not use Federal
funds in excess of the amount specified in Public Law
101–185 for the construction of the National Museum of
the American Indian.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51),
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad-
vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for
membership in library, museum, and art associations or
societies whose publications or services are available to
members only, or to members at a price lower than to the
general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms
for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other
employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902);
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting
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buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter-
ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches,
and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and
repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by
contracts made, without advertising, with individuals,
firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop-
er, $61,538,000, of which not to exceed $3,026,000 for
the special exhibition program shall remain available until
expended.
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or
otherwise, as authorized, $6,311,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for envi-
ronmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair
or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art
may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded
on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
ARTS
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts, $12,441,000.
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CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses for capital repair and reha-
bilitation of the existing features of the building and site
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended.
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
SCHOLARS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat.
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,040,000.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $83,500,000 shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects
and productions in the arts through assistance to organi-
zations and individuals pursuant to sections 5(c) and 5(g)
of the Act, for program support, and for administering
the functions of the Act, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $14,500,000, to remain available
until expended, to the National Endowment for the Arts:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for ob-
ligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the total
amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, and
other property accepted by the chairman or by grantees
of the Endowment under the provisions of section
10(a)(2), subsections 11(a)(2)(A) and 11(a)(3)(A) during
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal
amounts have not previously been appropriated.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $96,800,000, shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humanities for support of ac-
tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the
Act, and for administering the functions of the Act, to
remain available until expended.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $13,900,000, to remain available
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until expended, of which $9,900,000 shall be available to
the National Endowment for the Humanities for the pur-
poses of section 7(h): Provided, That this appropriation
shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as
may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and
devises of money, and other property accepted by the
chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the pro-
visions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal
amounts have not previously been appropriated.
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
OFFICE OF MUSEUM SERVICES:
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out subtitle C of the Museum and Li-
brary Services Act of 1996, as amended, $24,400,000, to
remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
None of the funds appropriated to the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used
to process any grant or contract documents which do not
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as
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necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing
a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $935,000:
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge
fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
lection, to remain available until expended without further
appropriation.
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $7,000,000.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended),
$3,000,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be
available for compensation of level V of the Executive
Schedule or higher positions.
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na-
tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i),
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including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$6,312,000: Provided, That hereafter all appointed mem-
bers of the Commission will be compensated at the daily
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for positions
at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315
of title 5, United States Code, for each day such member
is engaged in the actual performance of duties.
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as
authorized by Public Law 96–388 (36 U.S.C. 1401), as
amended, $33,286,000, of which $1,575,000 for the muse-
um’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000
for the museum’s exhibitions program shall remain avail-
able until expended.
PRESIDIO TRUST
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Om-
nibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996,
$24,400,000 shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to
remain available until expended, of which up to
$1,040,000 may be for the cost of guaranteed loans, as
authorized by section 104(d) of the Act: Provided, That
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
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Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds
are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $200,000,000.
The Trust is authorized to issue obligations to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(d)(3) of
the Act, in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to
promote public support or opposition to any legislative
proposal on which congressional action is not complete.
SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 304. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal
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servants to any officer or employee of such department
or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 305. No assessments may be levied against any
program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by
this Act unless advance notice of such assessments and
the basis therefor are presented to the Committees on Ap-
propriations and are approved by such Committees.
SEC. 306. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
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available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
(d) The provisions of this section are applicable in
fiscal year 2000 and thereafter.
SEC. 307. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classi-
fied as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which
are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land
Management lands in a manner different than such sales
were conducted in fiscal year 1999.
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SEC. 308. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park
Service to enter into or implement a concession contract
which permits or requires the removal of the underground
lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
SEC. 309. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the
AmeriCorps program, unless the relevant agencies of the
Department of the Interior and/or Agriculture follow ap-
propriate reprogramming guidelines: Provided, That if no
funds are provided for the AmeriCorps program by the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2000, then none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the
AmeriCorps programs.
SEC. 310. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jer-
sey City, New Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent
pedestrian use of such bridge, when it is made known to
the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that such pedestrian use is consistent with gen-
erally accepted safety standards.
SEC. 311. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant
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to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or
process applications for a patent for any mining or mill
site claim located under the general mining laws.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (a)
shall not apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines
that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was
filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994;
and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325
and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30)
for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331,
and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and
37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised
Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case
may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by that
date.
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2000, the Secretary
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
a report on actions taken by the Department under the
plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Depart-
ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208).
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cations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing contracts,
grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding agree-
ments.
SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for fiscal year 2000 the Secretaries of Agriculture and
the Interior are authorized to limit competition for water-
shed restoration project contracts as part of the ‘‘Jobs in
the Woods’’ component of the President’s Forest Plan for
the Pacific Northwest to individuals and entities in histori-
cally timber-dependent areas in the States of Washington,
Oregon, and northern California that have been affected
by reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands.
SEC. 314. None of the funds collected under the Rec-
reational Fee Demonstration program may be used to
plan, design, or construct a visitor center or any other per-
manent structure without prior approval of the House and
the Senate Committees on Appropriations if the estimated
total cost of the facility exceeds $500,000.
SEC. 315. (a) None of the funds made available in
this Act or any other Act providing appropriations for the
Department of the Interior, the Forest Service or the
Smithsonian Institution may be used to submit nomina-
tions for the designation of Biosphere Reserves pursuant
to the Man and Biosphere program administered by the
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Or-
ganization.
(b) The provisions of this section shall be repealed
upon enactment of subsequent legislation specifically au-
thorizing United States participation in the Man and Bio-
sphere program.
SEC. 316. None of the funds made available in this
or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to des-
ignate, or to post any sign designating, any portion of Ca-
naveral National Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as
a clothing-optional area or as an area in which public nu-
dity is permitted, if such designation would be contrary
to county ordinance.
SEC. 317. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts—
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant
to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-
dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
ship.
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures
to ensure that no funding provided through a grant,
except a grant made to a State or local arts agency,
or regional group, may be used to make a grant to
any other organization or individual to conduct ac-
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tivity independent of the direct grant recipient.
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments
made in exchange for goods and services.
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support
to a group, unless the application is specific to the
contents of the season, including identified programs
and/or projects.
SEC. 318. The National Endowment for the Arts and
the National Endowment for the Humanities are author-
ized to solicit, accept, receive, and invest in the name of
the United States, gifts, bequests, or devises of money and
other property or services and to use such in furtherance
of the functions of the National Endowment for the Arts
and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any
proceeds from such gifts, bequests, or devises, after ac-
ceptance by the National Endowment for the Arts or the
National Endowment for the Humanities, shall be paid by
the donor or the representative of the donor to the Chair-
man. The Chairman shall enter the proceeds in a special
interest-bearing account to the credit of the appropriate
endowment for the purposes specified in each case.
SEC. 319. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be expended or obligated to fund new revi-
sions of national forest land management plans until new
final or interim final rules for forest land management
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planning are published in the Federal Register. Those na-
tional forests which are currently in a revision process,
having formally published a Notice of Intent to revise
prior to October 1, 1997; those national forests having
been court-ordered to revise; those national forests where
plans reach the fifteen year legally mandated date to re-
vise before or during calendar year 2000; national forests
within the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem study area;
and the White Mountain National Forest are exempt from
this section and may use funds in this Act and proceed
to complete the forest plan revision in accordance with
current forest planning regulations.
SEC. 320. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-
nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-
priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve
underserved populations.
(b) In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means
a population of individuals who have historically
been outside the purview of arts and humanities pro-
grams due to factors such as a high incidence of in-
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come below the poverty line or to geographic isola-
tion.
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty
line (as defined by the Office of Management and
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a family of
the size involved.
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and
Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv-
ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-
tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public
knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of
the arts.
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965—
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or
are able to tour several States;
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(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds
to any single State, excluding grants made under the
authority of paragraph (1);
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con-
gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by
the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-
tion 5 of such Act; and
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of
grants to improve and support community-based
music performance and education.
SEC. 321. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to support government-wide administrative functions un-
less such functions are justified in the budget process and
funding is approved by the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
SEC. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds in this Act may be used for the
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration (Spectrum), GSA Telecommunication Centers, or
the President’s Council on Sustainable Development.
SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act may be used
for planning, design or construction of improvements to
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House without
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the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
SEC. 324. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 1999
in the roads and trails fund provided for in the fourteenth
paragraph under the heading ‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ of
the Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 843; 16 U.S.C. 501),
shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, without re-
gard to the State in which the amounts were derived, to
repair or reconstruct roads, bridges, and trails on National
Forest System lands or to carry out and administer
projects to improve forest health conditions, which may
include the repair or reconstruction of roads, bridges, and
trails on National Forest System lands in the wildland-
community interface where there is an abnormally high
risk of fire. The projects shall emphasize reducing risks
to human safety and public health and property and en-
hancing ecological functions, long-term forest productivity,
and biological integrity. The Secretary shall commence the
projects during fiscal year 2000, but the projects may be
completed in a subsequent fiscal year. Funds shall not be
expended under this section to replace funds which would
otherwise appropriately be expended from the timber sal-
vage sale fund. Nothing in this section shall be construed
to exempt any project from any environmental law.
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SEC. 325. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to establish a national wildlife refuge in
the Kankakee River watershed in northwestern Indiana
and northeastern Illinois.
SEC. 326. None of the funds provided in this or pre-
vious Appropriations Acts or provided from any accounts
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act,
shall be transferred to or used to support the Council on
Environmental Quality or other offices in the Executive
Office of the President, or be expended for any head-
quarters or departmental office functions of the agencies,
bureaus and departments covered by this Act, for purposes
related to the American Heritage Rivers program.
SEC. 327. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to operate telephone answering machines during core busi-
ness hours except in emergency situations.
SEC. 328. (a) ENHANCING FOREST SERVICE ADMIN-
ISTRATION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND LAND USES.—Dur-
ing fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal year thereafter, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall deposit into a special ac-
count established in the Treasury all administrative fees
collected by the Secretary pursuant to section 28(l) of the
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185(l)), section 504(g)
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
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(43 U.S.C. 1764(g)), and any other law that grants the
Secretary the authority to authorize the use and occu-
pancy of National Forest System lands, improvements,
and resources, as described in section 251.53 of title 36,
Code of Federal Regulations.
(b) USE OF RETAINED AMOUNTS.—Amounts depos-
ited pursuant to subsection (a) shall be available, without
further appropriation, for expenditure by the Secretary of
Agriculture to cover costs incurred by the Forest Service
for the processing of applications for special use authoriza-
tions and for inspection and monitoring activities under-
taken in connection with such special use authorizations.
Amounts in the special account shall remain available for
such purposes until expended.
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—In the budget jus-
tification documents submitted by the Secretary of Agri-
culture in support of the President’s budget for a fiscal
year under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code,
the Secretary shall include a description of the purposes
for which amounts were expended from the special account
during the preceding fiscal year, including the amounts
expended for each purpose, and a description of the pur-
poses for which amounts are proposed to be expended
from the special account during the next fiscal year, in-
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cluding the amounts proposed to be expended for each
purpose.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
October 1, 2000 and remain in effect through September
30, 2005.
SEC. 329. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall:
(1) prepare the report required of them by sec-
tion 323(a) of the Fiscal Year 1998 Interior and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act (Public Law 105–
83; 111 Stat. 1543, 1596–7);
(2) distribute the report and make such report
available for public comment for a minimum of 120
days; and
(3) include detailed responses to the public
comment in any final environmental impact state-
ment associated with the Interior Columbia Basin
Ecosystem Management Project.
SEC. 330. Hereafter, and notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any
location in a building or on property that is part of the
National Park System, the Smithsonian Institution, the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, or the Na-
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tional Gallery of Art, if the woman and her child are other-
wise permitted to be present at the location.
SEC. 331. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in
preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol
which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,
Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25
of the Protocol.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In-
terior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Union Calendar No. 128
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2466
[Report No. 106–222]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of the
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses.
JULY 2, 1999
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed