Title: Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
Provides FY2018 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies.
Provides appropriations to Interior for:
Provides appropriations to Interior for Departmental Offices, including:
Provides appropriations to Interior for Department-Wide Programs, including:
Provides appropriations to the EPA.
Provides appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service.
Provides appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for:
Provides appropriations to other related agencies, including:
Sets forth permissible and prohibited uses for funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3354 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 170
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3354

                          [Report No. 115-238]

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and 
                          for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2017

    Mr. Calvert, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and 
                          for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for 
other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   management of lands and resources

    For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition 
of easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other 
functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law, 
in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general administration 
of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands 
pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), 
$1,074,503,000, to remain available until expended, including all such 
amounts as are collected from permit processing fees, as authorized but 
made subject to future appropriation by section 35(d)(3)(A)(i) of the 
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191), except that amounts from permit 
processing fees may be used for any bureau-related expenses associated 
with the processing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill 
and related use of authorizations.
    In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program 
operations, including the cost of administering the mining claim fee 
program, to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts 
collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 
claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby authorized for 
fiscal year 2018, so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at 
not more than $1,074,503,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, from communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 
for the cost of administering communication site activities.

                            land acquisition

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 318(d) 
of Public Law 94-579, including administrative expenses and acquisition 
of lands or waters, or interests therein, $12,800,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until 
expended.
    Of the unobligated balances available for this account from prior 
appropriations, $1,769,000 are permanently rescinded.

                   oregon and california grant lands

    For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development 
of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access 
roads, reforestation, and other improvements on the revested Oregon and 
California Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon 
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-
of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein, including 
existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands; 
$104,256,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 25 
percent of the aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby 
made a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and 
shall be transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance 
with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605).

                           range improvements

    For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and 
interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant to 
section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 
and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315m) and the amount 
designated for range improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing 
receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the 
Interior pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall 
be available for administrative expenses.

               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

    For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing 
application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of 
public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official 
public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and 
termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and 
for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 
collected under Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and under 
section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision 
to the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 
1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to 
that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or 
settlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of 
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended 
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, protect, 
or rehabilitate any public lands administered through the Bureau of 
Land Management which have been damaged by the action of a resource 
developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without 
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action are used 
on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: Provided further, 
That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to repair 
damage to the exact land for which funds were collected may be used to 
repair other damaged public lands.

                       miscellaneous trust funds

    In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing 
laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed 
under section 307 of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such 
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, 
appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under 
section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain available 
until expended.

                       administrative provisions

    The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations funded 
under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative 
agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and private 
entities, including with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be 
available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary 
structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and 
appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title; up to 
$100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for 
information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by 
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 
for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed $10,000: 
Provided, That notwithstanding Public Law 90-620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the 
Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements 
authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in 
connection with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators 
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the 
Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality 
standards: Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a 
written commitment by a State government to provide an identified 
amount of money in support of the project may be carried out by the 
Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made shall not be 
available for the sale of wild horses and burros that results in their 
destruction for processing into commercial products, including for 
human consumption.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          resource management

    For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic studies, 
general administration, and for the performance of other authorized 
functions related to such resources, $1,247,109,000 to remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not to exceed $17,122,000 
shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of 
section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) 
(except for processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and 
final regulations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 
described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)); of 
which not to exceed $3,270,000 shall be used for any activity regarding 
the designation of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), 
excluding litigation support, for species listed pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1) prior to October 1, 2015; of which not to exceed $1,498,000 
shall be used for any activity regarding petitions to list species that 
are indigenous to the United States pursuant to subsections (b)(3)(A) 
and (b)(3)(B); and, of which not to exceed $501,000 shall be used for 
implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) for species that are 
not indigenous to the United States.

                              construction

    For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of buildings 
and other facilities required in the conservation, management, 
investigation, protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife 
resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 
$16,540,000, to remain available until expended.

                            land acquisition

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title 54, 
United States Code, including administrative expenses, and for 
acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with 
statutory authority applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, $40,641,000, to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended, of which, 
notwithstanding section 200306 of title 54, United States Code, not 
more than $10,000,000 shall be for land conservation partnerships 
authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 2004, including not to 
exceed $320,000 for administrative expenses: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated for specific land acquisition projects may be used 
to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or other management 
costs.
    Of the unobligated balances available for this account from prior 
appropriations, $4,572,000 are permanently rescinded.

            cooperative endangered species conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $53,495,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $22,695,000 is to be derived from the 
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; and of which 
$30,800,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
    Of the unobligated balances available for this account from 
appropriations made for fiscal years prior to fiscal year 2013, 
$3,000,000 are permanently rescinded.

                     national wildlife refuge fund

    For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000.

               north american wetlands conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), 
$38,145,000, to remain available until expended.

                neotropical migratory bird conservation

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory Bird 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), $3,900,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                multinational species conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant 
Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and 
Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape 
Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the Marine 
Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $11,061,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                    state and tribal wildlife grants

    For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the 
provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 
Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and implementation 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: Provided, That of the amount provided herein, 
$4,209,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not 
subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided 
further, That $6,362,000 is for a competitive grant program to 
implement approved plans for States, territories, and other 
jurisdictions and at the discretion of affected States, the regional 
Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to the 
remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, after deducting $10,571,000 and administrative 
expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in the following manner: 
(1) to the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and 
(2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States 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 apportion the remaining amount in the following manner: 
(1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land area of 
such State bears to the total land area of all such States; and (2) 
two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the population of 
such State bears to the total population of all such States: Provided 
further, That the amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be 
adjusted equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is 
less than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment under 
this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such 
amount: Provided further, That the Federal share of planning grants 
shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the 
Federal share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 percent of 
the total costs of such projects: Provided further, That the non-
Federal share of such projects may not be derived from Federal grant 
programs: Provided further, That any amount apportioned in 2018 to any 
State, territory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of 
September 30, 2019, shall be reapportioned, together with funds 
appropriated in 2020, in the manner provided herein.

                       administrative provisions

    The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out the 
operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, 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; facilities incident to such public 
recreational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with their 
primary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, 
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service 
and to which the United States has title, and which are used 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 
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services from 
cooperators in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing either in 
cash or services and the Service determines the cooperator is capable 
of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the 
Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing 
aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all 
fees collected for non-toxic shot review and approval shall be 
deposited under the heading ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--
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 revising regulations as 
necessary, and shall remain available until expended.

                         National Park Service

                 operation of the national park system

    For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National Park 
Service and for the general administration of the National Park 
Service, $2,410,031,000, of which $10,032,000 for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration and 
$124,461,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for 
constructed assets shall remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 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 programs, natural 
programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, and 
grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $59,629,000.

                       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), $75,410,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund 
and to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which $5,000,000 
shall be for Save America's Treasures 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 America'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 Historic Places and as National Historic Landmarks 
associated with communities currently underrepresented, as determined 
by the Secretary, $10,500,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the 
sites and stories of the Civil Rights movement, and $3,000,000 is for 
grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Provided 
further, That such competitive grants shall be made without imposing 
the matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United 
States Code to States and Indian tribes as defined in chapter 3003 of 
such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local governments, including 
Certified Local Governments, and nonprofit organizations.

                              construction

    For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of physical 
facilities, and compliance and planning for programs and areas 
administered by the National Park Service, $219,844,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 2018 
with a future phase indicated in the National Park Service 5-Year Line 
Item Construction Plan, a single procurement may be issued which 
includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the 
solicitation and contract shall contain the clause availability of 
funds found at 48 CFR 52.232-18: Provided further, That National Park 
Service Donations, Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees 
may be made available for the cost of adjustments and changes within 
the original 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 2018 by section 
200308 of title 54, United States Code, is rescinded.

                 land acquisition and state assistance

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title 54, 
United States Code, including administrative expenses, and for 
acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with 
the statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service, 
$120,575,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
and to remain available until expended, of which $79,006,000 is for the 
State assistance program and of which $10,000,000 shall be for the 
American Battlefield Protection Program grants as authorized by chapter 
3081 of title 54, United States Code.
    Of the unobligated balances available for this account from prior 
appropriations, $4,500,000 are permanently rescinded.

                          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, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
Centennial Challenge projects and programs: Provided, That not less 
than 50 percent of the total cost of each project or program shall be 
derived from non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, 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 expenditure by the Secretary, without further 
appropriation, for use at any unit within the National Park System to 
extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold 
surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to the 
extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee receipts 
over the term of the contract at that unit exceed the amount of funds 
used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the 
benefitting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the 
originating 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 authorized 
to be disbursed under such section, such retained amounts to remain 
available until expended.
    National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal 
Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, for 
purposes authorized under section 204 of title 23, United States Code. 
Transfers may include a reasonable amount for FHWA administrative 
support costs.

                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

    For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey to 
perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, 
geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water resources of the 
United States, its territories and possessions, and other areas as 
authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their 
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to power 
permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees; 
administer the minerals exploration 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 foregoing activities; $1,038,922,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019; of which $70,933,913 
shall remain available until expended for satellite operations; and of 
which $7,266,000 shall be available until expended for deferred 
maintenance and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in 
cost: Provided, That none of the funds provided for the ecosystem 
research activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private 
property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the property 
owner: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 
resources data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation 
with States and municipalities.

                       administrative provisions

    From within the amount appropriated for activities of the United 
States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall be available 
for contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the 
making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is 
administratively determined that such procedures are in the public 
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and 
appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for water resources and 
natural hazards activities through permits and licenses; expenses of 
the United States National Committee for Geological Sciences; and 
payment of compensation and expenses of persons employed by the Survey 
duly appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation and 
administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities funded 
by appropriations herein made may be accomplished through the use of 
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in section 6302 
of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the United 
States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or cooperative 
agreements directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or 
nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the 
temporary or intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who 
shall be considered 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 purposes.

                   Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

                        ocean energy management

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For expenses necessary for granting leases, easements, rights-of-
way and agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and 
marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and approving 
operations related thereto, as authorized by law; for environmental 
studies, as authorized by law; for implementing other laws and to the 
extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for 
matching grants or cooperative agreements, $171,000,000, of which 
$114,166,000 is to remain available until September 30, 2019, and of 
which $56,834,000 is to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
this total appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Secretary and credited to this appropriation from additions to receipts 
resulting from increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 
1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act, including 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 2018 
appropriation estimated at not more than $114,166,000: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable 
expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 
activities.
    Of the unobligated balances available for this account, $25,000,000 
are permanently rescinded.

             Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

             offshore safety and environmental enforcement

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related to 
leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and 
gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer 
Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and implementing 
laws and regulations as authorized by law and to the extent provided by 
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or 
cooperative agreements, $136,411,000, of which $108,540,000 is to 
remain available until September 30, 2019, and of which $27,871,000 is 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That this total 
appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary 
and credited to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting 
from increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and 
from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of 
Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act, including 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 2018 
appropriation estimated at not more than $108,540,000.
    For an additional amount, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and 
credited to this appropriation, which shall be derived from non-
refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2018, as provided 
in this Act: Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized from 
such inspection fees exceed $50,000,000, the amounts realized in excess 
of $50,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation and remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2018, 
not less than 50 percent of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau 
of Safety and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund personnel 
and mission-related costs to expand capacity and expedite the orderly 
development, subject to environmental safeguards, of the Outer 
Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the review of applications for permits 
to drill.
    Of the unobligated balances available for this account, $12,000,000 
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, $12,700,000, which shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability 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, 
$113,790,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State 
and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement sponsored training.
    In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce permits 
issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 95-87 (30 
U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That fees assessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 
507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 
collections, to remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as 
collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a 
fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than $113,790,000.

                    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, $24,672,000, to 
be derived from receipts 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 
further, That funds made available under title IV of Public Law 95-87 
may be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of projects 
funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental 
restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such projects must be 
consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That amounts provided 
under this heading may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of 
State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.
    In addition, $75,000,000, 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 additional 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 
such additional amount shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 
Appalachian States with the greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet 
the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section: 
Provided further, That such additional amount shall be allocated to 
States within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

        Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education

                      operation of indian programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, as 
authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 
U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 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.), $2,362,211,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019, 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 $74,650,000 shall be for welfare 
assistance payments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal 
disasters, the Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided 
herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities affected 
by the disaster: Provided further, That federally recognized Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes 
may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance 
costs: Provided further, That not to exceed $662,570,000 for school 
operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs 
shall become available on July 1, 2018, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$50,991,000 shall remain available until expended for housing 
improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, land 
records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but 
not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $80,168,000 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, 2018: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to a 
federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 
2019, may be transferred during fiscal year 2020 to an Indian forest 
land assistance account established for the benefit of the holder of 
the funds within the holder's trust fund account: Provided further, 
That any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on 
September 30, 2020: Provided further, That in order to enhance the 
safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase 
uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for personnel: 
Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may accept 
transfers of funds from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
supplement any other funding available for reconstruction or repair of 
roads on the Tohono O'odham Nation.

                         contract support costs

    For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs for fiscal 
year 2018, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2019: 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 maintenance of 
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other 
facilities, including architectural and engineering services by 
contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation 
of lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87-483; $202,213,000, 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 percent of contract authority available to the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to 
cover the road program management costs of the Bureau: Provided 
further, That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program 
pursuant to the Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made 
available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2018, 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 Public Law 
100-297, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and 
Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs 
contained in part 12 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, as the 
regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such grants shall not 
be subject to section 12.61 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations; 
the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule 
of payments for the work to be performed: Provided further, That in 
considering grant applications, the 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 
section 1125(b) of Public Law 95-561 (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 section 5205(f) of 
Public Law 100-296 (25 U.S.C. 2504(f)): Provided further, That any 
disputes between the Secretary and any grantee concerning a grant shall 
be subject to the disputes provision in section 2508 of Public Law 100-
297 (25 U.S.C. 2507(e)): Provided further, That in order to ensure 
timely completion of construction projects, the Secretary may assume 
control of a project and all funds related to the project, if, within 
18 months of the date of enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving 
funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not completed 
the planning and design phase of the project and commenced 
construction: Provided further, That this appropriation may be 
reimbursed from the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians 
appropriation for the appropriate share of construction costs for space 
expansion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation.

 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians

    For payments and necessary administrative expenses for 
implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant to 
Public Laws 99-264, 100-580, 101-618, 111-11, 111-291, and 114-322, and 
for implementation of other land and water rights settlements, 
$55,457,000, to remain available until expended.

                 indian guaranteed loan program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $9,272,000, of 
which $1,252,000 is for administrative expenses, 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 further, That these funds 
are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is 
to be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed $123,565,389.

                       administrative provisions

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of Indian 
programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, either directly or in cooperation with States and 
other organizations.
    Notwithstanding Public Law 87-279 (25 U.S.C. 15), the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs may contract for services in support of the management, 
operation, and maintenance of the Power Division of the San Carlos 
Irrigation Project.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office oversight and Executive 
Direction and Administrative Services (except executive direction and 
administrative services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, 
regional 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-government relationship between the United States 
and that tribe, or that tribe's ability to access future 
appropriations.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to 
the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the amounts provided herein 
for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be 
available to support the operation of any elementary or secondary 
school in the State of Alaska.
    No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall be used 
to support expanded grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade 
structure in place or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each 
school in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of October 1, 
1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this 
prohibition when the Secretary determines such waiver is needed to 
support accomplishment of the mission of the Bureau of Indian 
Education. Appropriations made available in this or any prior Act for 
schools funded by the Bureau shall be available, in accordance with the 
Bureau's funding 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 enactment of this Act and that has 
operated at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, may 
continue to operate during that period, but only if the charter school 
pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau 
for the use of the real and personal property (including buses and 
vans), the funds of the charter school are kept separate and apart from 
Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter 
school programs of the State in which the school is located if the 
charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded schools 
sharing a campus with a charter school and performing functions related 
to the charter school's operation and employees of a charter school 
shall not be treated as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 
of title 28, United States Code.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 113 
of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106-113, if in fiscal year 2003 
or 2004 a grantee received indirect 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 administrative 
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 
jurisdictional 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 presence and academic facilities comparable to the 
Bureau-funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, or 
State health and safety standards, and the Americans with Disabilities 
Act, and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations at a 
satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary costs, such as 
for transportation or other impacts to 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 facilities-related costs for such 
assets that are not owned by the Bureau: Provided further, That the 
term ``satellite school'' means a school location physically separated 
from the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that forms 
part of the existing school in all other respects.

                          Departmental Offices

                        Office of the Secretary

                        departmental operations

    For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the 
Interior and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by 
law, $122,940,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019; of 
which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and 
representation expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available for workers compensation payments and unemployment 
compensation payments associated with the orderly closure of the United 
States Bureau of Mines; and of which $9,000,000 for the Office of 
Valuation Services is to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and shall remain available until expended.

                       administrative provisions

    For fiscal year 2018, up to $400,000 of the payments authorized by 
chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, may be retained for 
administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program: 
Provided, That the amounts provided under this Act specifically for the 
Payments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts available for 
payments authorized under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code: 
Provided further, That in the event the sums appropriated for any 
fiscal year for payments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to 
make the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units of local 
government, then the payment to each local government shall be made 
proportionally: Provided further, That the Secretary may make 
adjustments to payment to individual units of local government to 
correct for prior overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That 
no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise eligible 
units of local government if the computed amount of the payment is less 
than $100.

                            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 Public Law 108-188, $90,930,000, of 
which: (1) $81,500,000 shall remain available until expended for 
territorial assistance, including general technical assistance, 
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative 
activities, and brown tree snake control and research; grants to the 
judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as 
authorized by subsection (c) of the Act of February 20, 1929 (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 Government of Guam, as authorized by 
law; and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands, as 
authorized by Public Law 94-241 (90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,430,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2019, 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 
established 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 
Representatives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the 
Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104-134: Provided 
further, That the funds for the program of operations and maintenance 
improvement are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 
maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with territorial 
participation and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based 
on the grantee's commitment to timely maintenance of its capital 
assets: Provided further, That any appropriation for disaster 
assistance under this heading 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, $3,300,000, to remain available 
until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2) and 233 of the 
Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau; and section 
221(a)(2) of the 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 Secretary 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 percent 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 guarantees 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 Electrification 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, $65,675,000.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$49,952,000.

           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, 
$119,400,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to 
exceed $18,990,000 from this or any other Act, may be available for 
historical accounting: Provided, That funds for trust management 
improvements and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to 
or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
Education, ``Operation of Indian Programs'' account; the Office of the 
Solicitor,``Salaries and Expenses'' account; and the Office of the 
Secretary, ``Departmental Operations'' account: Provided further, That 
funds made available through contracts or grants obligated during 
fiscal year 2018, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 
1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by 
the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide 
a quarterly statement of performance for any Indian trust account that 
has not had activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 or 
less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual 
account statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall 
permit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon the 
express written request of the account holder: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments 
to correct administrative errors of either disbursements from or 
deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September 
30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recovered 
shall be credited to and remain available in this account for this 
purpose: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required to 
reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than $500 
unless the Office of the Special Trustee receives proof of ownership 
from a Special Deposit Accounts claimant: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund 
Management 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 continuous period of at 
least five years and shall not be required to generate periodic 
statements of performance for the individual accounts: Provided 
further, That with respect to the eighth proviso, the Secretary shall 
continue to maintain sufficient records to determine the balance of the 
individual accounts, including any accrued interest and income, and 
such funds shall remain available to the individual account holders.

                        Department-wide Programs

                        wildland fire management

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression 
operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, fuels 
management activities, and rural fire assistance by the Department of 
the Interior, $935,850,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $8,212,000 shall be for the renovation or 
construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also 
available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 
from which funds were previously transferred for such purposes: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided $182,500,000 is for fuels 
management activities: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
$19,948,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That 
persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence 
and lodging without cost from funds available from this appropriation: 
Provided further, That 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 available 
without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using the 
amounts designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative 
agreements, for fuels management activities, and for training and 
monitoring associated with such fuels management 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 between the Federal Government 
and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the 
affected parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements 
of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of 
fuels management activities, 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-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or 
train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, 
of the project workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, 
That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop written 
guidance to field units to ensure accountability and consistent 
application of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading may be used to reimburse the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 
Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to 
consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in 
connection with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 
That the 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 construct 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 Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may 
authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire 
management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between 
the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 
wildland fire management programs and projects: Provided further, That 
funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be available for support 
of Federal 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 available 
to support forestry, wildland fire management, and related natural 
resource activities outside the United States and its territories and 
possessions, including technical assistance, education and training, 
and cooperation with United States and international organizations.

                    central hazardous materials fund

    For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and any of 
its component offices and bureaus for the response action, including 
associated activities, performed pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), $10,010,000, to remain available until expended.

           Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration

                natural resource damage assessment fund

    To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration 
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 54 
U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,568,000, 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 Department, cybersecurity, and the consolidation 
of facilities and operations throughout the Department, $65,388,000, 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 depreciation of equipment without prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary may assess reasonable 
charges to State, local and tribal government employees for training 
services provided by the National Indian Program Training Center, other 
than training related to Public Law 93-638: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, 
equipment or professional services of the National Indian Program 
Training Center to State, local and tribal government employees or 
persons or organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or 
recreational activities (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, 
United States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar space, 
facilities, 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 Natural 
Resource Revenue's collection and disbursement of royalties, fees, and 
other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by law.

                        administrative provision

    There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 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.

                  office of natural resources revenue

    For necessary expenses for management of the collection and 
disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, 
and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, 
$137,757,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019; of which 
$41,727,000 shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $15,000 shall be available for refunds of 
overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the 
Secretary concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to 
Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous 
payments.

                       payments in lieu of taxes

    For necessary expenses for payments authorized by chapter 69 of 
title 31, United States Code, $465,000,000 shall be available for 
fiscal year 2018.

             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 emergency reconstruction, 
replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other 
facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 
other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made 
available under this authority until funds specifically made available 
to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been 
exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used 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 expenditure or transfer 
of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts 
included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the 
suppression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the 
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; 
for emergency actions related to potential or actual earthquakes, 
floods, volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contingency 
planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response and natural 
resource damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or 
releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for the 
prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential grasshopper 
and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary, pursuant to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 
106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under 
section 410 of Public Law 95-87; and shall transfer, from any no year 
funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of 
regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out 
the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That 
appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations shall be 
available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding 
fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for 
destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection 
with their use for wildland fire operations, with 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 
suppression'' shall be exhausted within 30 days: 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: Provided further, That such replenishment funds shall be used 
to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts 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 enforcement vehicles; 
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in 
private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by 
the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations 
which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
than to subscribers who are not members.

            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 appropriations Acts made under the same headings shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management 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 redistribute any Tribal 
Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate 
tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, 
unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in 
Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 
2018. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas 
or inaccurate distribution 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 consideration), or by exchange; and the 
Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, 
concession contracts or other agreements for the use of such facilities 
on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable.

                outer continental shelf inspection fees

    Sec. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2018, the Secretary shall collect a 
nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited in the 
``Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement'' account, from the 
designated operator for facilities subject to inspection under 43 
U.S.C. 1348(c).
    (b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above 
the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start 
of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2018 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 inspections 
completed in fiscal year 2018. Fees for fiscal year 2018 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 required 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 Energy Management, Regulation and 
Enforcement, may transfer funds among and between the successor offices 
and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in conformance with the 
reprogramming guidelines described in the report accompanying 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 organizations and other appropriate entities, 
and may enter into multiyear contracts in accordance with the 
provisions of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 
the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the 
long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming horses and 
burros by such organizations or entities on 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 Service 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 2020,'' in the first sentence and inserting ``fiscal year 2012 
and each fiscal year thereafter,''.

              contracts and agreements with indian affairs

    Sec. 112.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2018, in carrying out work involving 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.

                              sage-grouse

    Sec. 113.  None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to write or issue 
pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533)--
            (1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus 
        urophasianus);
            (2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct 
        population segment of greater sage-grouse.

                   humane transfer of excess animals

    Sec. 114.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior may transfer excess wild horses or burros 
that have been removed from the public lands to other Federal, State, 
and local government agencies for use as work animals: Provided, That 
the Secretary may make any such transfer immediately upon request of 
such Federal, State, or local government agency: Provided further, That 
any excess animal transferred under this provision shall lose its 
status as a wild free-roaming horse or burro as defined in the Wild 
Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act: Provided further, That any Federal, 
State, or local government agency receiving excess wild horses or 
burros as authorized in this section shall not: destroy the horses or 
burros in a way that results in their destruction into commercial 
products; sell or otherwise transfer the horses or burros in a way that 
results in their destruction for processing into commercial products; 
or euthanize the horses or burros except upon the recommendation of a 
licensed veterinarian, in cases of severe injury, illness, or advanced 
age.

      prohibition on use of funds for certain historic designation

    Sec. 115.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to make a determination of eligibility or to list the Trestles Historic 
District, San Diego County, California, on the National Register of 
Historic Places.

                        reissuance of final rules

    Sec. 116.  Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 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.

                         gray wolves range-wide

    Sec. 117.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of the Interior to treat any gray wolf in any of the 
48 contiguous States or the District of Columbia as an endangered 
species or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

                                TITLE II

                    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

                         Science and Technology

                    (including Rescission of Funds)

    For science and technology, including research and development 
activities, which shall include research and development activities 
under the Comprehensive Environmental 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, $629,238,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, 
$4,100,000 shall be for Research: National Priorities as specified in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of the 
unobligated balances from appropriations made available under this 
heading, $27,000,000 are permanently rescinded.

                 Environmental Programs and Management

                    (including Rescission of Funds)

    For environmental programs and management, including necessary 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library 
memberships 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 Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 
2002; and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $2,398,840,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program project shall 
be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the amount of any fees 
made available, not less than the amount of appropriations for that 
program project for fiscal year 2014: Provided further, That of the 
funds included under this heading, $12,700,000 shall be for 
Environmental Protection: National Priorities as specified in the 
report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of the funds 
included under this heading, $402,000,000 shall be for Geographic 
Programs specified in the report accompanying this Act: Provided 
further, That of the unobligated balances from appropriations made 
available under this heading, $41,000,000 are permanently rescinded.

            Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), including the development, operation, 
maintenance, and upgrading of the hazardous waste electronic manifest 
system established by such section, $3,674,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections under 
such section 3024 are received during fiscal year 2018, which shall 
remain available until expended and be used for necessary expenses in 
this appropriation, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: 
Provided further, That to the extent such offsetting collections 
received in fiscal year 2018 exceed $3,674,000, those excess amounts 
shall remain available until expended and be used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation.

                      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, 
$40,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.

                        Buildings and Facilities

    For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, $39,553,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                     Hazardous Substance Superfund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including 
sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611) 
$1,116,374,000, to remain available until expended, consisting of such 
sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2017, as 
authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,116,374,000 as a 
payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund 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 accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $7,778,000 shall be 
paid to the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, and $15,496,000 shall be paid to 
the ``Science and Technology'' appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2019.

          Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program

    For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage 
tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act, $91,874,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$66,505,000 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for carrying out the other 
provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) 
of the Internal Revenue Code: Provided, That the Administrator is 
authorized to use appropriations made available under this heading to 
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide 
financial assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for the 
development and implementation of programs to manage underground 
storage tanks.

                       Inland Oil Spill Programs

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection 
Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$18,047,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to 
remain available until expended.

                   State and Tribal Assistance Grants

    For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including 
capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance 
partnership grants, $3,288,161,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which--
            (1) $1,143,887,000 shall be for making capitalization 
        grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI 
        of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which 
        $863,233,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the 
        Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the 
        Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal year 2017, 
        funds made available under this title to each State for Clean 
        Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants and for 
        Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, 
        at the discretion of each State, be used for projects to 
        address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 
        improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities: 
        Provided further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the 
        amounts in a State water pollution control revolving fund that 
        may be used by a State to administer the fund shall not apply 
        to amounts included as principal in loans made by such fund in 
        fiscal year 2018 and prior years where such amounts represent 
        costs of administering the fund to the extent that such amounts 
        are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted 
        for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for 
        eligible purposes of the fund, including administration: 
        Provided further, That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding 
        the provisions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 
        201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, grants made 
        under title II of such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the 
        commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin 
        Islands, and the District of Columbia may also be made for the 
        purpose of providing assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, 
        design activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for 
        any proposed project for the construction of treatment works; 
        and (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
        privately owned treatment works serving one or more principal 
        residences or small commercial establishments: Provided 
        further, That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the 
        provisions of such subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 
        201 and section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
        Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants under 
        section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act may 
        also be used to provide assistance: (1) solely for facility 
        plans, design activities, or plans, specifications, and 
        estimates for any proposed project for the construction of 
        treatment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or 
        replacement of privately owned treatment works serving one or 
        more principal residences or small commercial establishments: 
        Provided further, That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding 
        any provision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and 
        regulations issued pursuant thereof, up to a total of 
        $2,000,000 of the funds reserved by the Administrator for 
        grants under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used for 
        grants for training, technical assistance, and educational 
        programs relating to the operation and management of the 
        treatment works specified in section 518(c) of such Act: 
        Provided further, That for fiscal year 2018, funds reserved 
        under section 518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants 
        only to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such Act 
        and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by 
        the Secretary of the Interior) and Native Villages as defined 
        in Public Law 92-203: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
        2018, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 
        518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 
        total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, 
        whichever is greater, and notwithstanding the limitation on 
        amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up 
        to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
        $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolving Funds 
        under such Acts may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 
        under section 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided 
        further, That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the amounts 
        specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
        Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds 
        appropriated for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program 
        under the Act less any sums reserved under section 518(c) of 
        the Act, may be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 
        under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for 
        American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
        Marianas, and United States Virgin Islands: Provided further, 
        That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the limitations on 
        amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water 
        Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 
        Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs under the Safe 
        Drinking Water Act may be reserved by the Administrator for 
        grants made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water 
        Act: Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds made 
        available under this title to each State for Clean Water State 
        Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 20 percent of the 
        funds made available under this title to each State for 
        Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall 
        be used by the State to provide additional subsidy to eligible 
        recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative 
        interest loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 
        shall be so used by the State only where such funds are 
        provided as initial financing for an eligible recipient or to 
        buy, refinance, or restructure the debt obligations of eligible 
        recipients only where such debt was incurred on or after the 
        date of enactment of this Act;
            (2) $10,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska 
        to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs 
        of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That of these 
        funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 
        percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
        for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State of 
        Alaska shall make awards consistent with the Statewide priority 
        list established in conjunction with the Agency and the U.S. 
        Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 
        and similar projects carried out by the State of Alaska that 
        are funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution 
        Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
        Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate 
        not less than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects in 
        regional hub communities;
            (3) $90,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the 
        Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
        Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency 
        agreements, and associated program support costs: Provided, 
        That not more than 25 percent of the amount appropriated to 
        carry out section 104(k) of CERCLA shall be used for site 
        characterization, assessment, and remediation of facilities 
        described in section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: Provided 
        further, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for 
        assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided further, 
        That for purposes of this section, the term ``persistent 
        poverty counties'' means any county that has had 20 percent or 
        more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 
        years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and 
        the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates;
            (4) $75,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, 
        subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
            (5) $40,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in 
        accordance with the terms and conditions in the report 
        accompanying this Act; and
            (6) $1,066,041,000 shall be for grants, including 
        associated program support costs, to States, federally 
        recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and 
        air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media 
        pollution prevention, control and abatement and related 
        activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set 
        forth under this heading in Public Law 104-134, and for making 
        grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate 
        matter monitoring and data collection activities subject to 
        terms and conditions specified by the Administrator, of which: 
        $47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; 
        $9,646,000 shall be for Environmental Information Exchange 
        Network grants, including associated program support costs; 
        $1,498,000 shall be for grants to States under section 
        2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in 
        addition to funds appropriated under the heading ``Leaking 
        Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program'' to carry out the 
        provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 
        9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) 
        of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds 
        available for grants under section 106 of the Federal Water 
        Pollution Control Act shall be for State participation in 
        national- and State-level statistical surveys of water 
        resources and enhancements to State monitoring programs.

      Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account

    For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans, 
as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 
2014, $25,000,000, to 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 these funds are available to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, including 
capitalized interest, and total loan principal, including capitalized 
interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$3,049,000,000.
    In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections 
5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 
2014 shall be deposited in this account, to remain available until 
expended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of the Water 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019.

       Administrative Provisions--Environmental Protection Agency

             (including transfers and rescission of funds)

    For fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in 
carrying out the Agency's function to implement directly Federal 
environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of 
an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agreements to 
federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal consortia, if 
authorized by their member tribes, to assist the Administrator in 
implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian tribes required 
or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative agreements may be 
awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements.
    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees 
in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act, as amended by Public Law 112-177, the Pesticide 
Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012.
    Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136w-8(d)(2)), the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may assess fees 
under section 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w-8) for fiscal year 2018.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to the 
activities specified in section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136w-8), fees 
collected in this and prior fiscal years under such section shall be 
available for the following activities as they relate to pesticide 
licensing: processing and review of data submitted in association with 
a registration, information submitted pursuant to section 6(a)(2) of 
FIFRA, supplemental distributor labels, transfers of registrations and 
data compensation rights, additional uses registered by States under 
section 24(c) of FIFRA, data compensation petitions, review of minor 
amendments, and notifications; laboratory support and audits; 
administrative support; development of policy and guidance; rulemaking 
support; information collection activities; and the portions of 
salaries related to work in these areas.
    The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $300,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative under 
the heading ``Environmental Programs and Management'' to the head of 
any Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to 
carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes Restoration 
Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, 
or activities; to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 
such Federal department or agency to carry out these activities; and to 
make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, 
institutions, and individuals for planning, research, monitoring, 
outreach, and implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
authorized to collect and obligate fees in accordance with section 
26(b) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)) for 
fiscal year 2018.
    The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and Management, 
Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking 
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for 
the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities, provided that the cost does not exceed $150,000 per 
project.
    For fiscal year 2018, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the 
Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any 
fiscal year under section 319 of the Act to make grants to Indian 
tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act.
    Of the unobligated balances available for the ``State and Tribal 
Assistance Grants'' account, $60,000,000 are permanently rescinded: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 320(i)(2)(B) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not less than $1,500,000 of 
the funds made available under this title for the National Estuary 
Program shall be for making competitive awards described in section 
320(g)(4).

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

  office of the under secretary for natural resources and environment

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Natural Resources and Environment, $875,000.

                     forest and rangeland research

    For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
authorized by law, $278,368,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2021: Provided, That of the funds provided, $75,037,000 is for the 
forest inventory and analysis program.

                       state and private forestry

    For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical 
and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, and 
others, and for forest health management and conducting an 
international program as authorized, $198,710,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2021, as authorized by law; of which $36,184,000 
is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to be used 
for the Forest Legacy Program, to remain available until expended.

                         national forest system

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization 
of the National Forest System, and for hazardous fuels management on or 
adjacent to such lands as authorized by law, $1,885,827,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the funds 
provided, $370,305,000 shall be for forest products: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided, $392,500,000 shall be for hazardous fuels 
management activities, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 may be used 
to make grants, using any authorities available to the Forest Service 
under the ``State and Private Forestry'' appropriation, for the purpose 
of creating incentives for increased use of biomass from National 
Forest System lands: Provided further, That of the funds provided, up 
to $15,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter 
into procurement contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue grants 
for hazardous fuels management activities, and for training or 
monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels management activities 
on Federal land, or on non-Federal land if the Secretary determines 
such activities benefit resources on Federal land. Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 33 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee for 
grazing on a National Grassland, may provide a credit of up to 50 
percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing Association or direct 
permittee for a conservation practice approved by the Secretary in 
advance of the fiscal year in which the cost of the conservation 
practice is incurred. And, that the amount credited shall remain 
available to the Grazing Association or the direct permittee, as 
appropriate, in the fiscal year in which the credit is made and each 
fiscal year thereafter for use on the project for conservation 
practices approved by the Secretary.
    In addition, $4,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2021, from communication site rental fees established by the Forest 
Service for the cost of administering communication site activities.

                  capital improvement and maintenance

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $354,733,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2021, for construction, capital improvement, maintenance and 
acquisition of buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; and 
for construction, reconstruction, decommissioning of roads that are no 
longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not part of the 
transportation system, and maintenance of forest roads and trails by 
the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 
and 205: Provided, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 2018 
under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to 
the General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be available for 
transfer or obligation for any other purpose unless the funds are 
appropriated.

                            land acquisition

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of chapter 2003 
of title 54, United States Code, including administrative expenses, and 
for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance 
with statutory authority applicable to the Forest Service, $25,000,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain 
available until expended.

         acquisition of lands for national forests special acts

    For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National 
Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland 
National Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita 
National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by law, $850,000, to be 
derived from forest receipts.

            acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

    For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds 
deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school 
districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized 
expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant to 
the Sisk Act (16 U.S.C. 484a), pursuant to the Land Sale and Exchange 
Acts (16 U.S.C. 516-617a, 555a; Public Law 96-586; Public Law 76-589; 
and Public Law 78-310), to remain available until expended.

                         range betterment fund

    For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and 
improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal 
year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in National 
Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751(b)(1)), 
to remain available through September 30, 2021, of which not to exceed 
6 percent shall be available for administrative expenses associated 
with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements.

    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

    For expenses authorized by section 4(b) of the Forest and Rangeland 
Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1643(b)), $45,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2021, to be derived from the 
fund established pursuant to such Act.

        management of national forest lands for subsistence uses

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal 
lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), 
$2,225,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021.

                        wildland fire management

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities on 
National Forest System lands, for emergency wildland fire suppression 
on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection 
agreement, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest 
System lands and water, and for State and volunteer fire assistance, 
$2,506,357,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021: 
Provided, That such funds including unobligated balances under this 
heading, are available for repayment of advances from other 
appropriations accounts previously transferred for such purposes: 
Provided further, That any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous 
fiscal year for hazardous fuels management may be transferred to the 
``National Forest System'' account: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be available to reimburse State and other cooperating entities 
for services provided in response to wildfire and other emergencies or 
disasters to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service for 
non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency 
management agency: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
$19,290,000 is for research activities and to make competitive research 
grants pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Research Act, (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $76,011,000 is for State fire 
assistance, and $14,618,000 is for volunteer fire assistance under 
section 10 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2106): Provided further, That amounts in this paragraph may be 
transferred to the ``Forest and Rangeland Research'' account to fund 
forest and rangeland research: Provided further, That the costs of 
implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government 
and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the 
affected parties: Provided further, That funds made available to 
implement the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106-393, 
title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance 
with authorities made available to the Forest Service under the ``State 
and Private Forestry'' appropriation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may 
authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire 
management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between 
the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 
wildland fire management programs and projects: Provided further, That 
funds designated for wildfire suppression, shall be assessed for cost 
pools on the same basis as such assessments are calculated against 
other agency programs.

               administrative provisions--forest service

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; 
acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire 
of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and 
acquisition of aircraft to maintain the operable fleet for use in 
Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service 
programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) 
services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration 
of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) 
acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National 
Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost 
of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and (7) for debt 
collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
    Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be 
transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation for forest 
firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands 
or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions upon the Secretary's notification of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire suppression funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Wildland Fire Management'' will be 
obligated within 30 days: Provided, That all funds used pursuant to 
this paragraph must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation 
which must be requested as promptly as possible.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Forest Service 
may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 
to the Forest Service by this Act to or within the Wildland Fire 
Management Account, or reprogram funds within the Wildland Fire 
Management Account, to be used for the purposes of hazardous fuels 
management and emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest 
System lands and water, such transferred funds shall remain available 
through September 30, 2021: Provided, That none of the funds 
transferred pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation 
without written notification to and the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided 
further, That this section does not apply to funds derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
assistance to or through the Agency for International Development in 
connection with forest and rangeland research, technical information, 
and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to support 
forestry and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including technical 
assistance, education and training, and cooperation with United States 
private and international organizations. The Forest Service, acting for 
the International Program, may sign direct funding agreements with 
foreign governments and institutions as well as other domestic agencies 
(including the United States Agency for International Development, the 
Department of State, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation), United 
States private sector firms, institutions and organizations to provide 
technical assistance and training programs overseas on forestry and 
rangeland management.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Land Management, for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild 
horses and burros from National Forest System lands, and for the 
performance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such 
lands.
    None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act 
or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall be subject to 
transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of 
Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public 
Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public Law 107-171 
(7 U.S.C. 8316(b)).
    None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming 
procedures contained in the report accompanying this Act.
    Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest Service 
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of 
Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture 
for Department Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook 
charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of 
reimbursable agreements requested by the Forest Service in order to 
obtain services from the Department of Agriculture's National 
Information Technology Center and the Department of Agriculture's 
International Technology Service.
    Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000 
shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the 
approved budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation 
Corps and shall be carried out under the authority of the Public Lands 
Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
    Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available 
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and 
representation expenses.
    Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-593, of 
the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $3,000,000 may be 
advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation to aid 
conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest Service 
mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for 
projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to 
Forest Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds made 
available to the Foundation, no more than $300,000 shall be available 
for administrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 
shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, 
private contributions to match funds made available by the Forest 
Service on at least a one-for-one basis: Provided further, That the 
Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal 
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 
obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
    Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, up to $3,000,000 
of the funds available to the Forest Service may be advanced to the 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share 
conservation projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on 
or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest 
Service programs: Provided, That such funds shall be matched on at 
least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its sub-recipients: 
Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a 
Federal or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that 
the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural 
communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable rural 
development purposes.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic 
Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of 
Public Law 99-663.
    Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to meet 
the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)).
    Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $65,000,000, 
shall be assessed for the purpose of performing fire, administrative 
and other facilities maintenance and decommissioning. Such assessments 
shall occur using a square foot rate charged on the same basis the 
agency uses to assess programs for payment of rent, utilities, and 
other support services.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any appropriations 
or funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $500,000 may be 
used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Department 
of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a result of 
OGC assistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at 
meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land purchase 
negotiations and similar matters unrelated to civil litigation. Future 
budget justifications for both the Forest Service and the Department of 
Agriculture should clearly display the sums previously transferred and 
the sums requested for transfer.
    An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded under 
title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and 
administered by the Forest Service shall be considered to be a Federal 
employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, through the Office 
of Budget and Program Analysis, the Forest Service shall report not 
later than 30 business days following the close of each fiscal quarter 
all current and prior year unobligated balances, by fiscal year, budget 
line item and account, to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Any unobligated balance of funds appropriated in a previous fiscal 
year in the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund account shall 
remain available through September 30, 2020.
    The Forest Service shall submit, through the Office of Budget and 
Program Analysis, to the Office of Management and Budget a proposed 
system of administrative control of funds for its accounts, as 
described in 31 U.S.C. 1514, not later than December 31, 2017.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

                         indian health services

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 
Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, 
$3,867,260,000, together with payments received during the fiscal year 
pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 238(b), 238b), for services furnished by the Indian Health 
Service: Provided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal 
organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any other 
agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be 
obligated at the time of the grant or contract award and thereafter 
shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be 
available for grants or contracts with public or private institutions 
to provide alcohol or drug treatment services to Indians, including 
alcohol detoxification services: Provided further, That $928,830,000 
for Purchased/Referred Care, including $53,000,000 for the Indian 
Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 
$36,000,000 shall remain available until expended for implementation of 
the loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act: Provided further That of the funds provided, 
$11,000,000 shall remain available until expended to supplement funds 
available for operational costs at tribal clinics operated under an 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act compact or 
contract where health care is delivered in space acquired through a 
full service lease, which is not eligible for maintenance and 
improvement and equipment funds from the Indian Health Service, and 
$29,000,000 shall be for costs related to or resulting from 
accreditation emergencies, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used to 
supplement amounts otherwise available for Purchased/Referred Care: 
Provided further, That the amounts collected by the Federal Government 
as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal 
year for breach of contracts shall be deposited to the Fund authorized 
by section 108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1) and shall remain 
available until expended and, notwithstanding section 108A(c) of that 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1(c)), funds shall be available to make new awards 
under the loan repayment and scholarship programs under sections 104 
and 108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided further, That 
the amounts made available within this account for the Substance Abuse 
and Suicide Prevention Program, for the Domestic Violence Prevention 
Program, for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for aftercare pilot programs 
at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, to improve collections from public 
and private insurance at Indian Health Service and tribally operated 
facilities, and for accreditation emergencies shall be allocated at the 
discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That funds provided 
in this Act may be used for annual contracts and grants for which the 
performance period falls within 2 fiscal years, provided the total 
obligation is recorded in the year 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 remain available until expended for the 
purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and 
requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, except 
for those related to the planning, design, or construction of new 
facilities: Provided further, That funding contained herein for 
scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That amounts 
received by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for 
and available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until 
expended: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may 
collect from the Indian Health Service, and from tribes and tribal 
organizations operating health facilities pursuant to Public Law 93-
638, such individually identifiable health information relating to 
disabled children as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out 
its functions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1400, et seq.): Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
$130,000,000 is for the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund and may be 
used, as needed, to carry out activities typically funded under the 
Indian Health Facilities account.

                         contract support costs

    For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act agreements with the Indian Health Service for fiscal 
year 2018, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made available 
under this heading shall be available for transfer to another budget 
account.

                        indian health facilities

    For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equipment 
of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for 
personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; 
acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and 
purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community 
sanitation 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 Improvement Act, and for expenses 
necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 
support activities of the Indian Health Service, $551,643,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, 
construction, renovation or expansion of health facilities for the 
benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land on 
which such facilities will be located: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $500,000 may be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase 
TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for distribution to 
the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be used 
for sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded with grants 
by the housing programs of the United States Department of Housing and 
Urban Development: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,700,000 from 
this account and the ``Indian Health Services'' account may be used by 
the Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health 
Service and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing 
interagency agreement between the Indian Health Service and the General 
Services Administration: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 
may be placed in a Demolition Fund, to remain available until expended, 
and be used by the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal 
buildings.

            administrative provisions--indian health service

    Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service 
shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 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 
reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular buildings and 
renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone service in 
private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms or 
allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and for 
expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to the functions or 
activities of the Indian Health Service: 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 Indian 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: Provided further, That funds appropriated to 
the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used for 
administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be subject to 
limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Indian 
Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assessments or charges 
by the Department of Health and Human Services unless identified in the 
budget justification and provided in this Act, or approved by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the reprogramming 
process: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal 
organization through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by 
title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq. (title I), 5381 et seq. 
(title V)), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination 
contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under title V of 
such Act and thereafter shall remain 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 submitted 
a budget request reflecting the increased costs associated with the 
proposed final rule, and such request has been included in an 
appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided further, That with 
respect to functions transferred by the Indian 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, 
including payments 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 from which the 
funds were originally derived, with such amounts to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That reimbursements for training, 
technical assistance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service 
will contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and 
overhead costs associated with the provision of goods, services, or 
technical assistance: Provided further, That the appropriation 
structure for the Indian Health Service may not be altered without 
advance notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.

                     National Institutes of Health

          national institute of environmental health sciences

    For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 311(a) 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $75,370,000.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

            toxic substances and environmental public health

    For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in 
sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 
3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $72,780,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of performing a 
health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator 
of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or 
activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited healthcare 
providers: Provided further, That in performing any such health 
assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator 
of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 
toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during 
fiscal year 2018, and existing profiles may be updated as necessary.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

                   Executive Office of the President

  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

    For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the 
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the 
Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan 
No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $2,994,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the 
Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger 
vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
$11,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than three career 
Senior Executive Service positions: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual appointed to 
the position of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 
position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector General of 
the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General of 
EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and 
shall not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board.

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 
Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, $15,431,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds provided in this or any 
other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate eligible 
individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-
partitioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 
housing, and all others certified as eligible and not included 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 Relocation 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 replacement home is 
provided for such household: Provided further, That no relocatee will 
be provided with more than 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 section 11 of Public 
Law 93-531 (88 Stat. 1716): Provided further, That $200,000 shall be 
transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of the 
Interior, to remain available until expended, for audits and 
investigations of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, 
consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development

                        payment to the institute

    For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native 
Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by part A of title XV of 
Public Law 99-498 (20 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $9,835,000, which shall 
become available on July 1, 2018, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019.

                        Smithsonian Institution

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, 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 
publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance 
programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements of no 
more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, facilities, and 
approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for 
employees, $716,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $6,908,000 
for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition 
reinstallation, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall 
remain available until expended; and including such funds as may be 
necessary to support American overseas research centers: Provided, That 
funds appropriated herein are available for advance payments to 
independent contractors performing research services or participating 
in official Smithsonian presentations.

                           facilities capital

    For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration of 
facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by 
contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 
22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and for construction, including necessary 
personnel, $168,500,000, including support for revitalization of the 
National Air and Space Museum, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109.

                        National Gallery of Art

                         salaries and expenses

    For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery 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 advance 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 buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, 
alteration, 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 
proper, $132,961,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, of 
which not to exceed $3,620,000 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, for operating lease 
agreements of no more than 10 years, with no extensions or renewals 
beyond the 10 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 
renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, $22,564,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded 
for environmental 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, maintenance and security 
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $23,740,000.

                     capital repair and restoration

    For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of the 
existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts, $13,000,000, 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, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.

           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, $145,000,000 shall be available to 
the National Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects and 
productions in the arts, including arts education and public outreach 
activities, through assistance to organizations and individuals 
pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and for 
administering the functions of the Act, to remain available until 
expended.

                 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, $145,000,000 to remain available 
until expended, of which $134,000,000 shall be available for support of 
activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and 
for administering the functions of the Act; and $11,000,000 shall be 
available to carry out the matching grants program pursuant to section 
10(a)(2) of the Act, including $8,700,000 for the purposes of section 
7(h): Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) 
shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal 
to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of money, and other 
property accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the National 
Endowment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 
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.

                       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 reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That funds from 
nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of 
the National Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up to 
$10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants does not exceed 
5 percent of the sums appropriated for grantmaking purposes per year: 
Provided further, That such small grant actions are taken pursuant to 
the terms of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from the 
National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson.

                        Commission of Fine Arts

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under chapter 91 of 
title 40, United States Code, $2,600,000: 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 collection, to remain available until expended without 
further appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, 
drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the 
Nation's Capital or the history and activities of the Commission of 
Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, study, or education: 
Provided further, That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided 
under this heading may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses.

               national capital arts and cultural affairs

    For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 (20 
U.S.C. 956a), $2,000,000.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation (Public Law 89-665), $6,400,000.

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission 
under chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,948,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 
1 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be used for 
official reception and representational expenses associated with 
hosting international visitors engaged in the planning and physical 
development of world capitals.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

                       holocaust memorial museum

    For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized by 
Public Law 106-292 (36 U.S.C. 2301-2310), $57,000,000, of which 
$1,215,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, for the 
Museum's equipment replacement program; and of which $2,500,000 for the 
Museum's repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the 
Museum's outreach initiatives program shall remain available until 
expended.

                Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 
Commission, $1,600,000, to remain available until expended.

                          capital construction

    For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 
Commission for design and construction of a memorial in honor of Dwight 
D. Eisenhower, as authorized by Public Law 106-79, $15,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the contract with 
respect to the procurement shall contain the ``availability of funds'' 
clause described in section 52.232.18 of title 48, Code of Federal 
Regulations: Provided further, That the funds appropriated herein shall 
be deemed to satisfy the criteria for issuing a permit contained in 40 
U.S.C. 8906(a)(4) and (b).

                 women's suffrage centennial commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Women's Suffrage Centennial 
Commission, as authorized by Public Law 115-31, $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                   world war i centennial commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For activities of the World War I Centennial Commission as 
authorized by the World War I Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 
112-272) and the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291), 
$3,000,000: Provided, That the Commission may accept money, in-kind 
personnel services, contractual support, or any appropriate support 
from any executive branch agency for activities of the Commission.

                                TITLE IV

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                     (including transfers of funds)

                      restriction on use of funds

    Sec. 401.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for any activity or the publication 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 other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.

                      obligation of appropriations

    Sec. 402.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.

                 disclosure of administrative expenses

    Sec. 403.  The amount and basis of estimated overhead charges, 
deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including working capital fund and 
cost pool charges, from programs, projects, activities and 
subactivities to support government-wide, departmental, agency, or 
bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional, or central 
operations shall be presented in annual budget justifications and 
subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such estimates shall be 
presented to the Committees on Appropriations for approval.

                          mining applications

    Sec. 404. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available pursuant 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.--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, 
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, 2019, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House and the Committee 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 Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1997 (Public Law 104-208).
    (d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent applications 
in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request of a patent 
applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow the applicant to 
fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected by the Director 
of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of 
the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent application as 
set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have 
the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in 
accordance with the standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land 
Management in the retention of third-party contractors.

             contract support costs, prior year limitation

    Sec. 405.  Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the Consolidated 
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235) 
shall continue in effect in fiscal year 2018.

          contract support costs, fiscal year 2018 limitation

    Sec. 406.  Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2018 under 
the headings ``Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health 
Service, Contract Support Costs'' and ``Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract 
Support Costs'' are the only amounts available for contract support 
costs arising out of self-determination or self-governance contracts, 
grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements for fiscal year 2018 
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service: 
Provided, That such amounts provided by this Act are not available for 
payment of claims for contract support costs for prior years, or for 
repayments of payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 
support costs for prior years.

                        forest management plans

    Sec. 407.  The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered to 
be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland 
Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) 
solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 
plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this section 
exempts the Secretary from any other requirement of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or 
any other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 
expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding available, to 
revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest System, this section 
shall be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper 
jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis.

                 prohibition within national monuments

    Sec. 408.  No funds provided in this Act may be expended to conduct 
preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the Mineral 
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National 
Monument established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 
et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where 
such activities are allowed under the Presidential proclamation 
establishing such monument.

                         limitation on takings

    Sec. 409.  Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appropriated 
in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands may be 
expended for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in 
condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to funds 
appropriated to implement the Everglades National Park Protection and 
Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance 
to the State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration 
purposes.

                        timber sale requirements

    Sec. 410.  No timber sale in Alaska's Region 10 shall be advertised 
if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the timber is 
not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs and provide a 
normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest Service's appraisal 
process) when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The western 
red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs of the 
domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to domestic 
processors in the contiguous 48 United States at prevailing domestic 
prices. All additional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or 
contiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be exported to 
foreign markets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska 
yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of 
the timber sale holder.

                    prohibition on no-bid contracts

    Sec. 411.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used to enter 
into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered into in 
accordance with the requirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United 
States Code, or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless--
            (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be 
        entered into without regard for these requirements, including 
        formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian 
        tribes; or
            (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638, 
        25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by any other Federal laws that 
        specifically authorize a contract within an Indian tribe as 
        defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or
            (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of 
        enactment of this Act.

                           posting of reports

    Sec. 412. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this 
Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the 
Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head 
of the agency that it shall serve the national interest.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
        security; or
            (2) the report contains proprietary information.
    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only 
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee 
or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.

            national endowment for the arts grant guidelines

    Sec. 413.  Of the funds provided to the National Endowment for the 
Arts--
            (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
        individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a 
        literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or 
        American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
            (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 activity 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 or projects.

           national endowment for the arts program priorities

    Sec. 414. (a) In providing services or awarding financial 
assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 
Act of 1965 from funds appropriated 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, including urban minorities, who have 
        historically been outside the purview of arts and humanities 
        programs due to factors such as a high incidence of income 
        below the poverty line or to geographic isolation.
            (2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty line (as 
        defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised 
        annually in accordance with section 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 assistance 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 
services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 
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 Humanities Act of 1965--
            (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 
        projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of 
        national impact or availability or are able to tour several 
        States;
            (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 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 Congress annually 
        and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each 
        grant category under section 5 of such Act; and
            (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to 
        improve and support community-based music performance and 
        education.

                  status of balances of appropriations

    Sec. 415.  The Department of the Interior, the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health Service 
shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances 
of appropriations including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated 
funds in each program and activity.

                             recreation fee

    Sec. 416.  Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 
Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2018'' and 
inserting ``September 30, 2019''.

                      prohibition on use of funds

    Sec. 417.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to 
promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance of 
permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for 
carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 
resulting from biological processes associated with livestock 
production.

                 greenhouse gas reporting restrictions

    Sec. 418.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to implement 
any provision in a rule, if that provision requires mandatory reporting 
of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems.

                      modification of authorities

    Sec. 419.  Section 8162(m)(3) of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106-79) is 
amended by striking ``September 30, 2017'' and inserting ``September 
30, 2018''.

                          funding prohibition

    Sec. 420.  None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, ammunition 
components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) or any other law.

                        contracting authorities

    Sec. 421.  Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 112-74 is 
amended by striking ``fiscal year 2017'' and inserting ``fiscal year 
2019''.

                       chesapeake bay initiative

    Sec. 422.  Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 
1998 (Public Law 105-312; 16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by striking 
``2017'' and inserting ``2019''.

                      extension of grazing permits

    Sec. 423.  The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public Law 
108-108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing permits issued by the 
Forest Service on any lands not subject to administration under section 
402 of the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 
shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2018.

                          funding prohibition

    Sec. 424. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network is 
designed to block access to pornography websites.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.

        forest service facility realignment and enhancement act

    Sec. 425.  Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facility 
Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (16 U.S.C. 580d note; Public 
Law 109-54) is amended by striking ``2016'' and inserting ``2018''.

                     use of american iron and steel

    Sec. 426. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by a State water 
pollution control revolving fund as authorized by section 1452 of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) shall be used for a project 
for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel 
products used in the project are produced in the United States.
    (2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel'' products means the 
following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined 
pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, 
hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, 
structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction 
materials.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases 
in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in 
this section referred to as the ``Administrator'') finds that--
            (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 
        public interest;
            (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 
        States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of 
        a satisfactory quality; or
            (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 
        United States will increase the cost of the overall project by 
        more than 25 percent.
    (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under this 
section, the Administrator shall make available to the public on an 
informal basis a copy of the request and information available to the 
Administrator concerning the request, and shall allow for informal 
public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a 
finding based on the request. The Administrator shall make the request 
and accompanying information available by electronic means, including 
on the official public Internet Web site of the Environmental 
Protection Agency.
    (d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
United States obligations under international agreements.
    (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water State 
Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions described in subsection 
(a)(1) for management and oversight of the requirements of this 
section.

                             midway island

    Sec. 427.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to destroy any buildings or structures on Midway Island that have been 
recommended by the United States Navy for inclusion in the National 
Register of Historic Places (54 U.S.C. 302101).

                  policies relating to biomass energy

    Sec. 428.  For fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter, to 
support the key role that forests in the United States can play in 
addressing the energy needs of the United States, the Secretary of 
Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their missions, 
jointly--
            (1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
        bioenergy--
                    (A) is consistent across all Federal departments 
                and agencies; and
                    (B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of 
                forest biomass for energy, conservation, and 
                responsible forest management; and
            (2) establish clear and simple policies for the use of 
        forest biomass as an energy solution, including policies that--
                    (A) reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest 
                bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable energy 
                source, provided the use of forest biomass for energy 
                production does not cause conversion of forests to non-
                forest use.
                    (B) encourage private investment throughout the 
                forest biomass supply chain, including in--
                            (i) working forests;
                            (ii) harvesting operations;
                            (iii) forest improvement operations;
                            (iv) forest bioenergy production;
                            (v) wood products manufacturing; or
                            (vi) paper manufacturing;
                    (C) encourage forest management to improve forest 
                health; and
                    (D) recognize State initiatives to produce and use 
                forest biomass.

                 john f. kennedy center reauthorization

    Sec. 429.  Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 U.S.C. 
76r) is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(a)  Maintenance, Repair, and Security.--There is authorized to 
be appropriated to the Board to carry out section 4(a)(1)(H), 
$24,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.
    ``(b)  Capital Projects.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 4(a)(1), 
$13,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.''.

                      clarification of exemptions

    Sec. 430.  Notwithstanding section 404(f)(2) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(2)), none of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used to require a permit for the discharge 
of dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities identified in 
subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 
1344(f)(1)(A), (C)).

                      waters of the united states

    Sec. 431. (a) Authorization.--The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Army may 
withdraw the Waters of the United States rule without regard to any 
provision of statute or regulation that establishes a requirement for 
such withdrawal.
    (b) Effect of Withdrawal.--Except as otherwise provided by any Act 
or rule that takes effect after the date of enactment of this Act, if 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the 
Secretary of the Army withdraw the Waters of the United States rule 
under subsection (a), the Administrator and Secretary shall implement 
the provisions of law under which such rule was issued in accordance 
with the regulations and guidance in effect under such provisions 
immediately before the effective date of such rule.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section the term ``Waters of the United 
States rule'' means the final rule issued by the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Army entitled 
``Clean Water Rule: Definition of `Waters of the United States''' on 
June 29, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 37053).

                                 ozone

    Sec. 432.  To implement the national ambient air quality standards 
for ozone published in the Federal Register on October 26, 2015 (80 
Fed. Reg. 65292):
            (1) the Governor of each State shall designate areas of the 
        State as attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable with 
        respect to the standards not later than October 26, 2024;
            (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency shall promulgate final designations for all areas in all 
        States with respect to the standards not later than October 26, 
        2025;
            (3) each State shall submit the plan required by section 
        110(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(1)) for the 
        standards not later than October 26, 2026;
            (4) the standards shall not apply to the review and 
        disposition of a preconstruction permit application required 
        under part C or D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
        7470 et seq.) if the Administrator or the State, local or 
        tribal permitting authority, as applicable, has determined the 
        application to be complete prior to the date of promulgation of 
        final designations, or has published a public notice of a 
        preliminary determination or draft permit before the date that 
        is 60 days after the date of promulgation of final 
        designations; and
            (5) the provisions of subsections (1) through (4) above 
        shall apply notwithstanding the deadlines set forth in Section 
        107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)) and Section 
        110(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(1)).

                          financial assurance

    Sec. 433.  None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the 
proposed rule entitled ``Financial Responsibility Requirements Under 
CERCLA Sec.  108(b) for Classes of Facilities in the Hardrock Mining 
Industry'' published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 
Federal Register on January 11, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 3388 et seq.).

                         agricultural nutrients

    Sec. 434.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue 
any regulation under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et 
seq.) that applies to an animal feeding operation, including a 
concentrated animal feeding operation and a large concentrated animal 
feeding operation, as such terms are defined in section 122.23 of title 
40, Code of Federal Regulations.

          limitation on use of funds for national ocean policy

    Sec. 435.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to further implementation of the coastal and marine spatial planning 
and ecosystem-based management components of the National Ocean Policy 
developed under Executive Order 13547.

      hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting on federal land

    Sec. 436. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the funds made 
available by this or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to 
prohibit the use of or access to Federal land (as such term is defined 
in section 3 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6502)) for hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting if such use or 
access--
            (1) was not prohibited on such Federal land as of January 
        1, 2013; and
            (2) was conducted in compliance with the resource 
        management plan (as defined in section 101 of such Act (16 
        U.S.C. 6511)) applicable to such Federal land as of January 1, 
        2013.
    (b) Temporary Closures Allowed.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may 
temporarily close, for a period not to exceed 30 days, Federal land 
managed by the Secretary to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting 
if the Secretary determines that the temporary closure is necessary to 
accommodate a special event or for public safety reasons. The Secretary 
may extend a temporary closure for one additional 90-day period only if 
the Secretary determines the extension is necessary because of 
extraordinary weather conditions or for public safety reasons.
    (c) Authority of States.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as affecting the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility 
of the several States to manage, control, or regulate fish and resident 
wildlife under State law or regulations.

               availability of vacant grazing allotments

    Sec. 437.  The Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public 
lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, and the Secretary 
of Agriculture, with respect to the National Forest System lands, shall 
make vacant grazing allotments available to a holder of a grazing 
permit or lease issued by either Secretary if the lands covered by the 
permit or lease or other grazing lands used by the holder of the permit 
or lease are unusable because of drought or wildfire, as determined by 
the Secretary concerned. The terms and conditions contained in a permit 
or lease made available pursuant to this section shall be the same as 
the terms and conditions of the most recent permit or lease that was 
applicable to the vacant grazing allotment made available. Section 102 
of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) shall 
not apply with respect to any Federal agency action under this section.

                    wind turbine funding limitation

    Sec. 438.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to conduct reviews of site assessment or construction and operation 
plans for any project that would entail the construction or location of 
wind turbines less than 24 nautical miles from the State of Maryland 
shoreline.

                       spending reduction account

    Sec. 439.  $0.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 170

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 3354

                          [Report No. 115-238]

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                                 A BILL

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and 
                          for other purposes.

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                             July 21, 2017

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed