An Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes.
PL 95-74 (H.R.7636), enacted 07/26/1977

PUBLIC LAW 95-74—JULY 26, 1977 
91 STAT. 285 
Public Law 95-74 
95th Congress 
An Act 
Department of 
the Interior and 
related agencies. 
Appropriations, 
fiscal year 1978. 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
July 26, 1977 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes. 
[H.R. 7636] 
Be it enacted hy 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 other-
wise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other 
purposes, namely: 
TITLE 
I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
LAND 
AND 
WATER RESOURCES 
BUREAU or LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, develop-
ment, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, and performance 
of other functions, as authorized by law, in the management of lands 
and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
Management, $246,938,000, 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For acquisition of lands and interests therein, and construction and 
maintenance of buildings, recreation facilities, roads, trails, and 
appurtenant facilities, $18,707,000, to remain available until expended ; 
and for liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority con-
tained in 23 U.S.C. 203, $1,924,000, to remain available until expended. 
PAYMENTS I N LIEU OF TAXES 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20, 1976 
(Public Law 94-565), $100,000,000, of which not to exceed $200,000 31 USC 1601 et 
shall be available for administrative expenses. 
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OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
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For expenses necessary for management, protection, and develop-
ment 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 
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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; 
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an amount equivalent to 25 per centum of the aggregate of all receipts 
during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and California 
Railroad grant lands, to remain available until expended: Provided, Transfer of funds. 
That the amount appropriated herein for the purposes of this appro-
priation on lands administered by the Forest Service shall be trans-
ferred to the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture: Provided 
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43 use llSIf. 
43 use 1751. 
43 use 315b, 
315in. 
further, That the amount appropriated herein for road construction 
on lands other than those administered by the Forest Service shall be 
transferred to the Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
herein is hereby made a reimbursable charge against the Oregon and 
California land grant fund and shall be reimbursed to the general 
fund in the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of the second 
paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 
(50 Stat. 876). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and improvement of Federal range 
lands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-579), sums equal to fifty percent 
of all monies received during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 
and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315, et seq.), and the 
amount designated for range improvements from grazing fees from 
Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior 
pursuant to law, to remain available until expended. 
RECREATION DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF RECREATION FACILITIES 
For construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation 
facilities, including collection of special recreation use fees, to remain 
available until expended, $300,000, to be derived from the special 
receipt accounts established by section 4(f) of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act (16 U.S.C. 4601-6a(f)), as amended. 
43 use 1734, 
1735, 1764. 
43 use 1736. 
43 use 1737. 
43 use 1721. 
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 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 sections 304(a), 304(b), 305(a), and 504(g) of the 
Act approved October 21,1976 (Public Law 94-579), to remain avail-
able until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For initial capital for the working capital fund to be established 
pursuant to section 306 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-579), $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
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MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing 
law, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed 
under section 307 of the Act of October 21,1976 (Public Law 94-579), 
and such amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances under section 211 (b) 
of that Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be avail-
able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary structures, 
insurance on official motor vehicles, aircraft, and boats operated by the 
Bureau of Land Management in Canada; and alteration and main-
tenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to w^hich 
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91 STAT. 287 
the United States has title; $10,000 for payment, in the discretion of 
the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations of 
laws administered by the United States Bureau of Land Management; 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, 
authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for 
solely on his certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, 
That appro-
priations herein made for the Bureau of Land Management expendi-
tures in connection with the revested Oregon and California Railroad 
and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands (other than 
expenditures made under the appropriation "Oregon and California 
grant lands") shall be reimbursed to the general fund of the Treasury 
from the 25 per centum referred to in subsection (c), title I I , of the 
Act approved August 28,1937 (50 Stat. 876), of the special fund desig-
nated the "Oregon and California land grant fund" and section 4 of 
the Act approved May 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 754), of the special fund 
designated the "Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund": 
Provided 
further, 
That herein appropriations made may be expended on a 
reimbursable basis for (1) surveys of lands other than those under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and (2) protec-
tion of lands for the State of Alaska. 
OFFICE OF WATER RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Water 
Resources Research Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1961-1961c-7), 
and the provisions of the Saline Water Conversion Act of 1971, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 1959-1959h), $25,307,000, of which $7,975,000 
shall remain available until September 30,1979. 
F I S H AND W I L D L I F E AND P A R K S 
BUREAU OF OUTDOOR RECREATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, not 
otherwise provided for, $11,574,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1979, shall be 
for a program of conversion of certain railroad rights-of-way to 
recreation and conservation uses as authorized by section 809(b) of 
Public Law 94-210. 
49 USC la note. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
4601^-11), including $8,764,000 for administrative expenses of the 
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation during the current fiscal year, and 
acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with 
the statutory authority applicable to the State or Federal agency con-
cerned, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, 
established by section 2 of said Act as amended, to remain available 
16 USC 460/-5. 
until expended, not to exceed $600,000,000, of which (1) not to exceed 
$306,070,000 shall be available for payments to the States in accordance 
with section 6(c) of said Act; (2) not to exceed $2,100,000 shall be 16 USC 460Z-8. 
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available to the Bureau of Land Management; (3) not to exceed 
$89,983,000 shall be available to the Forest Service; (4) not to exceed 
$31,288,000 shall be available to the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; and (5) not to exceed $161,795,000 shall be available to the 
National Park Service. 
UNITED STATES F I S H AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
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RESOURCE M A N A G E M E N T 
For expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies, conser-
vation, management, investigations, protection, and utilization of sport 
fishery and wildlife resources, except whales, seals, and sea lions, and 
for the performance of other authorized functions related to such 
resources; and maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle on the 
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Eefuge, $169,279,000 of which not to 
exceed $4,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
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CONSTRUCTION AND ANADROMOUS FISH 
For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities 
required in the conservation, management, investigations, protection, 
and utilization of sport fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisi-
tion of lands and interests therein; and for expenses necessary to carry 
out the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757a-757f); 
$65,060,000, to remain available until expended. 
MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION ACCOUNT 
For an advance to the migratory bird conservation account, as 
authorized by the Act of October 4, 1971, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
7l5k-3, 5), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF RECREATION FACILITIES 
For construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation 
facilities, including collection of special recreation use fees, to remain 
available until expended, $150,000, to be derived from the special 
receipt account established by section 4(f) of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act (16 U.S.C. 4601-6a(f)), as amended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
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Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 185 
passenger motor vehicles, of which 144 are for replacement only 
(including 102 for police-type use) ; purchase of 4 aircraft, for replace-
ment only; not to exceed $100,000 for payment, in the discretion of the 
Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations of laws 
administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; miscel-
laneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized 
or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his 
certificate, not to exceed $75,000; publication and distribution of bul-
letins as authorized by law (7 U.S.C. 417) ; insurance on official motor 
vehicles, aircraft and boats operated by the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service in Mexico and Canada; repair of damage to public 
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roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; options for the purchase 
of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such 
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91 STAT. 289 
public recreational uses on conservation areas as are not inconsistent 
with their primary purpose, and the maintenance and improvement 
of aquaria, buildings and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service and to which the United 
States has title, and which are utilized pursuant to law in connection 
with management and investigation of fish and wildlife resources. 
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OR THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and main-
tenance of areas and facilities administered by the National Park Serv-
ice (including special road maintenance service to trucking permittees 
on a reimbursable basis); the acquisition of water rights; expenses 
necessary for investigations and studies to determine suitability of 
areas to be included in the National Park System, the designation of 
wilderness areas, and the management of water resources; the prepara-
tion of plans for existing and proposed park and recreation areas; 
provisions of technical assistance to other Federal agencies, and to 
States and private institutions in the planning, development, and 
operation of landmarks, parks and recreation areas; and for financial 
or other assistance in planning, development, or operation of areas 
as authorized by law or pursuant to agreements with other Federal 
agencies. States, or private institutions, including not to exceed 
$283,000 for the Eoosevelt Campobello International Park Commis-
sion, $323,105,000: Provided, That the facilities located at 900 Ohio 
Drive in the District of Columbia shall not be leased on any other 
basis than the fair market rental value generally pertaining for such 
premises in the area: Provided further, That the unexpended balances 
of the appropriations to the National Park Service for "Park, recrea-
tion and wilderness planning", "Cooperative programs", and "Statu-
tory or contractual aid for other activities" shall be merged with this 
appropriation. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of physical 
facilities, without regard to the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 451) $161,442,000, to remain available until expended. 
ROAD CONSTRUCTION 
For liquidation of obligations as authorized by law (23 U.S.C. 203), 
$30,198,271, to remain available until expended. 
PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES 
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For expenses necessary in carrying out a program for the preserva-
tion of additional historic properties throughout the Nation, as author-
ized by law (16 U.S.C. 461-467, 470), and investigations, studies, and 
salvage of archeological values, $5,667,000. 
Fair market 
rental value. 
Merger of 
unexpended 
balances. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
4601-4-11), $45,000,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation 
Fund, established by section 108 of that Act, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30,1979. 
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Cooperation, 
States or 
municipalities. 
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PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATION OF RECREATION FACILITIES 
For construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation 
facilities, without regard to the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 451); including collection of special recreation use fees, to 
remain available until expended, $14,000,000 to be derived from the 
special receipt accounts established by section 4(f) of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act (16 U.S.C. 4601-6a(f)), as amended. 
J O H N F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 
For expenses necessary for operating and maintaining the nonper-
forming arts functions of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per-
forming Arts, $3,750,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available for 
the purchase of not to exceed 190 passenger motor vehicles, of which 
106 shall be for replacement only, including not to exceed 95 for police-
type use; purchase of 1 aircraft for replacement only; and to provide, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, at a cost not exceeding 
$100,000, transportation for children in nearby communities to and 
from any unit of the National Park System used in connection with 
organized recreation and interpretive programs of the National Park 
Service: Provided^ That any funds available to the National Park 
Service may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to maintain 
law and order in emergency and other unforeseen law enforcement 
situations in the National Park System; and to provide insurance on 
official motor vehicles and aircraft operated by the National Park 
Service in Mexico and Canada. 
ENEKGY AND MINERALS 
GEOLOGICAL STJRVET 
SURVEYS, I N V E S T I G A T I O N S , AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the Geological Survey to perform sur-
veys, investigations, and research covering topography, geology, and 
the mineral and water resources of the United States, its Territories 
and possessions, and other areas as authorized by law (43 U.S.C. 31, 
1332, and 1340); classify lands as to mineral character and water and 
power resources; give engineering supervision to power permittees and 
Federal Power Commission licensees; enforce departmental regula-
tions applicable to oil, gas, and other mining leases, permits, licenses, 
and operating contracts; control the interstate shipment of contraband 
oil as required by law (15 U.S.C. 715); administer the minerals 
exploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate 
data relative to the foregoing activities; $361,547,000, of which 
$33,525,000 shall be available only for cooperation with States or 
municipalities for water resources investigations: Provided^ That no 
part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the 
cost of any topographic mapping or water resources investigations 
carried on in cooperation with any State or municipality. 
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91 STAT. 291 
EXPLORATION OF NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN 
ALASKA 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of section 104 
of 
Public Law 94r-258, $209,541,000, to remain available until 42 USC 6504. 
expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
The amount appropriated for the Geological Survey shall be avail-
able for purchase of not to exceed 33 passenger motor vehicles, for 
replacement only; reimbursement to the General Services Administra-
tion for security guard services, contracting for the furnishing of 
topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or other spe-
cialized surveys when it is administratively determined that such pro-
cedures are in the public interest; construction and maintenance of 
necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands 
for observation wells; expenses of the U.S. National Committee on 
Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses of persons on 
the rolls of the Geological Survey appointed, as authorized by law, to 
represent the United States in the negotiation and administration of 
interstate compacts. 
M I N I N G ENFORCEMENT AND SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to promote health and safety in mines and 
in the minerals industry through development, promulgation and 
enforcement of regulations, including mine inspections, technical sup-
port, and education and training as authorized by law, $107,656,000: 
Provided^ That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be used to pay any public relations firm for any promotional cam-
paigns among coal miners. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the Mining Enforcement 
and Safety Administration may be expended for purchase and 
bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue 
and first-aid work, and for the purchase of not to exceed 75 passenger 
motor vehicles: Provided, 
That the Secretary is authorized to accept 
lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 
private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other 
agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided further, That the Mining 
Enforcement and Safety Administration is authorized to promote 
health and safety education and training in the mining community 
through cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety associ-
ations : Provided further, That any funds available to the Department 
may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the 
costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the event of major 
mine disasters. 
BUREAU OF M I N E S 
MINES AND 
MINERALS 
For expenses necessary for conducting inquiries, technological 
investigations and research concerning the extraction, processing, 
use and disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social 
and environmental costs; to foster and encourage private enterprise 
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Employment 
ceiling, 
exception. 
Contract 
authority, 
rescission. 
75 Stat. 246. 
in the development of mineral resources and the prevention of waste 
in the mining, minerals, metal and mineral reclamation industries; to 
inquire into the economic conditions affecting those industries; to 
promote health and safety in mines and the mineral industry through 
research; and for other related purposes as authorized by law, 
$203,040,000, of which $120,858,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That no part of the sum herein appropriated 
shall be used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery 
of oil and gas: Provided further^ That the full-time permanent 
employees hired by the Bureau of Mines to staff the mining research 
center at Carbondale, Illinois, shall not be counted against or con-
sidered to be a part of any employment ceiling assigned to the Depart-
ment of the Interior. 
HELIUM FUND 
Contract authority for "Development and Operation of Helium 
Properties" provided by Public Law 87-122 for the fiscal year 1978 is 
rescinded in the amount of $47,500,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, 
and other contributions from public and private sources and to prose-
cute projects in cooperation with other agencies. Federal, State, or 
private: Provided^ That the Bureau of Mines is authorized during the 
current fiscal year, to sell directly or through any Government agency, 
including corporations, any metal or mineral product that may be 
manufactured in pilot plants operated by the Bureau of Mines, and 
the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as miscel-
laneous receipts. 
INDIAN AFFAIRS 
BUREAU or INDIAN AFFAIRS 
48 Stat. 596. 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to provide education and welfare services 
for Indians, either directly or in cooperation with States and other 
organizations, including payment (in advance or from date of admis-
sion), of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians in 
boarding homes, institutions, or schools; grants and other assistance 
to needy Indians; maintenance of law and order, and payment of 
rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of law on 
Indian reservation lands, or treaty fishing rights tribal use areas; man-
agement, development, improvement, and protection of resources and 
appurtenant facilities under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, including payment of irrigation assessments and charges; 
acquisition of water rights; advances for Indian industrial and busi-
ness enterprises; operation of Indian arts and crafts shops and 
museums; development of Indian arts and crafts, as authorized by law; 
and for the general administration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
including such expenses in field offices, $677,181,000, of which not to 
exceed $34,642,000 for assistance to public schools under the Act of 
April 16,1934 shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 
1979, and that the funds made' available to tribes and tribal organiza-
tions through contracts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act of 19^5 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450) 
shall remain available until September 30, 1979: Provided, That this 
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91 STAT. 293 
25 u s e 640d-7, 
640cl-18. 
carryover authority does not extend to programs directly operated by 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and includes expenses necessary to 
carry out the provisions of sections 8 and 19 (a) of Public Law 93-531, 
$5,025,000, to remain available until expended, of which not more than 
$250,000 shall be available for payments pursuant to section 8(e) of 
said Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is Contracts, 
directed, upon the request of any tribe, to enter into a contract or con-
tracts with any tribal organization of any such tribe for the provision 
of law enforcement, if such contract proposal meets the criteria estab-
lished by Public Law 93-638. 
25 USC 450 et 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, major repair and improvement of irrigation and 
power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities; acquisition of 
lands and interests in lands; preparation of lands for farming; and 
architectural and engineering services by contract, $64,153,000, to 
remain available until expended: Prodded, That such amounts as may 
be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation 
Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Eeclamation: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $2,062,000 shall be available for assistance 
to the Kamah-Navajo School Board, Incorporated, New Mexico, for 
the construction of an Instructional Media Center: Provided 
further, 
That not to exceed $3,519,000 shall be available for assistance to the 
Rough Rock Community High School, Arizona, for the construction 
of school facilities: Provided further. That the Secretary shall engage 
the General Services Administration to supervise the planning, design, 
construction, and maintenance of school facilities; and that within 90 
days following enactment of this bill, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall submit to the Congress a plan for expenditure of planning and 
construction funds available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and shall 
advise during the year on achievement of plans and construction. 
Transfer of funds, 
authorization. 
GSA supervision. 
Expenditure 
plan, submittal to 
Congress. 
ROAD CONSTRUCTION 
For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority con-
tained in 23 U.S.C. 203 as amended by Federal-Aid Highway Amend-
ments of 1974, $22,912,000, to remain available until expended; and 23 USC 101 note, 
for construction of roads and bridges pursuant to authority contained 
in 23 U.S.C. 203, and 25 U.S.C. 13, 318a, $75,335,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ALASKA NATIVE FUND 
For transfer to the Alaska Native Fund, in the fourth quarter of 
fiscal year 1978, to provide for settlement of certain land claims by 
Natives and Native groups of Alaska, and for other purposes, based on 
aboriginal land claims, as authorized by the Act of December 18,1971 
(Public Law 92-203), $30,000,000: Provided, That for purposes of 
meeting its obligation under section 6(a)(3) and section 9 of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in connection with the require-
ment that $500,000,000 be paid into the Alaska Native Fund, any and 
all revenues paid into such fund by the State of Alaska from sources 
other than those specified in section 9 of such Act shall, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, be construed as payments by the State 
of Alaska to the fund within the meaning of sections 6(a) (3) and 9 
85 Stat. 688. 
43 USC 1605, 
1608. 
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43 use 1605, 
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and credited toward the 
1608. 
$500,000,000 to be deposited in the Alaska Native Fund under such 
sections. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to the tribal funds authorized to be expended by existing 
law, there is hereby appropriated not to exceed $3,000,000 from tribal 
funds not otherwise available for expenditure for the benefit of Indians 
and Indian tribes, including pay and travel expenses of employees; 
care, tuition, and other assistance to Indian children attending public 
and private schools (which may be paid in advance or from date of 
admission) ; purchase of land and improvements on land, title to which 
shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the tribe 
for which purchased; lease of lands and water rights; compensation 
and expenses of attorneys and other persons employed by Indian tribes 
under approved contracts; pay, travel, and other expenses of tribal 
officers, councils, and committees thereof, or other tribal organizations, 
including mileage for use of privately owned automobiles and per diem 
in lieu of subsistence at rates established administratively but not to 
exceed those applicable to civilian employees of the Government; relief 
of Indians, without regard to section f of the Act of May 27, 1930 
18use4124and 
(46 Stat. 391) including cash grants: Provided^ That in addition 
note. 
to the amount appropriated herein, tribal funds may be advanced 
to Indian tribes during the current fiscal year for such purposes as 
may be designated by the governing body of the particular tribe 
involved and approved by the Secretary. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the 
revolving fund for loans) shall be available for expenses of exhibits; 
purchase of not to exceed 222 passenger carrying motor vehicles of 
which 127 shall be for replacement only, which may be used for the 
transportation of Indians; advance payments for services (including 
services which may extend beyond the current fiscal year) under 
contracts executed pursuant to the Act of June 4, 1936 (25 U.S.C. 
452), the Act of August 3, 1956 (25 U.S.C. 309), and legislation 
terminating Federal supervision over certain Indian tribes; and 
expenses required by continuing or permanent treaty provisions. 
TERRITORIAL AFFAIRS 
OFFICE OF TERRITORIAL AFFAIRS 
ADMINISTRATION OF TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of Territories under 
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, including expenses 
of the Office of the Governor of American Samoa, compensation and 
mileage of members of the legislature in American Samoa, and com-
pensation and expenses of the judiciary in American Samoa, as author-
ized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to American Samoa, in 
addition to current local revenues, for support of governmental func-
tions; grants to Guam, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1428-1428e); 
and personal services, household equipment and furnishings, and util-
ities necessary in the operation of the house of the Governor of Amer-
ican Samoa; $21,105,000, together with $938,000 for expenses of the 
office of the Government Comptroller for the Virgin Islands to be 
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91 STAT. 295 
derived from "Internal Revenue Collections for Virgin Islands", as 
authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1599(a)) and $336,000 for expenses of 
the office of the Government Comptroller for Guam to be derived from 
duties and taxes which would otherwise be covered into the Treasury of 
Guam, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1422d(a)), to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided^ That the Territorial and local govern-
ments herein provided for are authorized to make purchases through 
the General Services Administration: Provided 
further^ That appro-
priations available for the administration of Territories may be 
expended for the purchase, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
surface vessels for official purposes and for commercial transportation 
purposes found by the Secretary to be necessary: Provided 
further^ 
That funds available to the Government Comptroller for the Virgin 
Islands and Guam shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 4 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only. 
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TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 
For expenses necessary for the Department of the Interior in admin-
istration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands pursuant to the 
Trusteeship Agreement approved by joint resolution of July 18, 1947 
(61 Stat. 397), and the Act of June 30,1954 (68 Stat. 330), as amended 
(90 Stat. 299), including the expenses of the High Commissioner of 
the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; compensation and expenses 
of the Judiciary of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; grants 
to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in addition to local rev-
enues, for support of governmental functions; $110,444,000, including 
$900,000 for a human development project in the Marshall Islands, to 
become available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal 
to funds provided by the Marshalls District Legislature and the Dis-
trict Administrator, Marshalls, in amounts not to exceed $450,000 each 
and none of these funds may be used to pay the salaries and travel 
expenses of volunteers engaged in the project, to remain available 
until expended, of which $13,515,000 is for expenses necessary for the 
Department of the Interior in administration of the Government of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, including direct grant support for gov-
ernmental operations, capital improvement projects, and for an eco-
nomic development loan fund in addition to current local revenues for 
support of governmental functions: Provided^ That all financial trans-
actions of the Trust Territory and the government of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, including such transactions of all agencies or instru-
mentalities established or utilized by such Trust Territory and the 
government of the Northern Mariana Islands, shall be audited by the 
General Accounting Office in accordance with the provisions of the 
Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (42 Stat. 23), as amended, and the 
Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 834) : Provided 
fur-
ther^ That the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 
and the government of the Northern Mariana Islands, are authorized 
to make purchases through the General Services Administration: Pro-
vided further, 
That appropriations available for the administration 
of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the government of 
the Northern Mariana Islands may be expended for the purchase, 
charter, maintenance, and operation of surface vessels for official pur-
poses and for commercial transportation purposes found by the Secre-
tary to be necessary in carrying out the provisions of article 6(2) of 
the Trusteeship Agreement approved by Congress. 
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note. 
GAO audit. 
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Facilities, 
emergency 
reconstruction. 
Forest or range 
fires. 
Service facilities. 
S E C R E T A R I A L O F F I C E S 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $13,844,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 
including not to exceed $2,000 for official reception' and representa-
tion expenses, $22,488,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for certain operations that provide depart-
mentwide services, $12,922,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payment in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department 
shall determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United 
States, for necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, as author-
ized by law, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appro-
priations, to such office for payments in the foregoing currencies (7 
U.S.C.1704). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
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, replace-
ment, 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. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer 
of any 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 forest or range fires on or threatening lands 
under jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and for the emer-
gency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction: Pro-
vided, That appropriations made in this title for fire suppression 
purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred 
during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Fed-
eral agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment 
in connection with their use for fire suppression purposes, siif^h reim-
bursement to be credited to appropriations currently available at the 
time of receipt thereof. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title sl^all be available for 
operation of w^arehouses. parages, shops, and similar facilities, w^her-
ever consolidation of activitipq will contribute to efficiencv or economy, 
and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to 
any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of 
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91 STAT. 297 
June 30, 1932 (31 U.S.C. 686) : Provided, That reimbursements for 
costs of supplies, materials, and equipment, and for services rendered 
may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reim-
bursements are received. 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in Services, 
this title shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not to exceed 
$300,000; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone 
service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regu-
lations 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. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the Uniforms. 
Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902 and 
D.C. Code 4-204). 
SEC. 106. In addition to the aircraft specifically authorized under Aircraft, 
this Act there is hereby authorized for acquisition 3 aircraft for 
replacement only, 2 of which shall be from surplus. Such acquisitions 
shall be integral to the provision of centralized aircraft services in 
Alaska. 
SEC. 107. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for G
S
A contractual 
obligation in connection with contracts issued by the General Services obligations. 
Administration for services or rentals for periods not in excess of 
twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal year. 
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST PROTECTION AND UTILIZATION 
For expenses necessary for forest protection and utilization, as 
follows: 
Forest land management: For necessary expenses of the Forest 
Service, not otherwise provided for, including the administration, 
improvement, development, and management of lands, waters, or 
interests therein, under Forest Service administration, fighting and 
preventing forest fires on or threatening such lands and emergency 
rehabilitation and for liquidation of obligations incurred in the pre-
ceding fiscal year for such purposes, control of forest diseases and 
insects on Federal and non-Federal lands, implementation of forest 
advanced logging and conservation systems including necessary 
research and development related thereto, $533,918,000, of which 
$4,275,000 for fighting and preventing forest fires and for the emer-
gency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction and 
$5,025,000 for insect and disease control shall be apportioned for use, 
pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to the 31 USC 665. 
extent necessary under the then existing conditions: Provided, That 
funds appropriated for reforestation and stand 
improvement, 
$72,995,000, the cooperative law enforcement program, $5,865,000, and 
in Feet and disease control, $24,655,000, shall remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 1979. 
91 STAT. 298 
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Forest research: For forest research at forest and range experiment 
stations, the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, as authorized 
by law, $101,488,000. 
State and private forestry cooperation: For cooperation with States 
in forest-fire prevention and suppression, in forest tree planting on 
non-Federal public and private lands, and in forest management and 
processing, and for advising timberland owners, associations, wood-
using industries, and others in the application of forest management 
principles and processing of forest products, including related research 
at the Pinchot Institute, as authorized by law, $53,059,000. 
CONSTRUCTIOr AND LAXD ACQUISITION' 
For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities 
required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection 
and utilization of national forest resources, point discharge monitoring 
and evaluation, and non-point discharge surveillance monitoring and 
evaluation, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein necessary 
to these objectives, $40,630,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not more than $3,213,000 of this appropriation may be 
used for acquisition of land under the Act of March 1,1911, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 513-519) : Provided further, That not more than $390,000 
of this appropriation may be used for planning in accordance with 
the Act of July 12,1976 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note). 
YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
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August 13,1970, as amended by Public Law 93-408, $60,000,000: Pro-
2711 note. 
vided. That $30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of the 
Interior and $30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of 
Agriculture. 
FOREST ROADS 
For the construction of roads by timber purchasers pursuant to 
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clause (2) of section 4 of the Act of October 13,1964 (78 Stat. 1089), 
$212,115,000. 
FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of 16 U.S.C. 
528-538 and 551, relating to the construction and maintenance of 
forest development roads and trails, $175,833,000, to remain available 
until expended, and $78,781,000 for liquidation of obligations incurred 
pursuant to authority contained in 23 U.S.C. 203, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds available under the Act of 
March 4,1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be merged with and made a part 
of this appropriation. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS 
SPECIAL ACTS 
For acquisition of land to facilitate the control of soil erosion and 
flood damage originating within the exterior boundaries of the follow-
ing national forests, in accordance with the provisions of the following 
Acts, authorizing annual appropriations of forest receipts for such 
purposes, and in not to exceed the following amounts from such 
receipts, Cache National Forest, Utah, Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 
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91 STAT. 299 
347), as amended, $20,000; Uinta and Wasatch National Forests, Utah, 
Act of August 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 866), as amended, $30,000; Toiyabe 
National Forest, Nevada, Act of June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1205), as 
amended, $10,000; Angeles National Forest, California, Act of June 
11, 1940 (54 Stat. 299), $20,000; San Bernardino and Cleveland 
National Forests, California, Act of June 15, 1938 (52 Stat. 699), as 
amended, $85,000; in all, $165,000. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands in accordance with the Act of December 4, 
1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended, $38,000, 
to be derived from deposits by public school authorities under said 
Act. 
RANGELAND 
IMPROVEMENTS 
For range revegetation, rehabilitation, construction, maintenance, 
and protection of improvements, control of rodents, and eradication 
of poisonous and noxious plants on national forest lands in accord-
ance with section 12 of the Act of April 24, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 580h), 
$700,000, and in accordance with section 401(b)(1) of the Act of 
October 21, 1976, Public Law 94-579, $4,500,000, to be derived from 43 USC 1751. 
grazing fees as authorized by said sections, to remain available until 
expended. 
ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR TREE IMPROVEMENT 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 401 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1956, approved May 28, 1956 (16 U.S.C. 568e), $1,387,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF RECREATION FACILITIES 
For construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation 
facilities, including collection of special recreation use fees, to remain 
available until expended, $4,084,000, to be derived from the special 
receipt accounts established by section 4(f) of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act (16 U.S.C. 4601-6a(f)), as amended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for: (a) purchase of not to exceed 267 passenger 
motor vehicles of which 206 shall be for replacement only, acquisition 
of 60 passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such 
vehicles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not 
to exceed 4 for replacement only, and acquisition of 80 aircraft from 
excess sources; (b) employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not 
to exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (c) uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); 
(d) purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other public 
improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250) ; (e) acquisition of land and interests 
therein for sites for administrative purposes and not to exceed $75,000 
\ 
for research purposes, pursuant to the Act of August 3,1956 (7 U.S.C. 
428a); (f) expenses incident to acquisition by donation or exchange of 
land, waters, or interests in land or waters, pursuant to the Act of 
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a): Provided, That such appropriation 
91 STAT. 300 
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Limitation. 
shall not be available for expenses incident to donations and exchanges 
which can be made pursuant to authorities other than the Act of 
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a) ; and (g) not to exceed $100,000 for 
expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 
1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, 558a note). 
Funds appropriated under this title shall not be used for acquisition 
of forest lands under the provisions of the Act approved March 1, 
1911, as amended (16 U.S.C. 513-519, 521), where such land is not 
within the boundaries of an established national forest or purchase 
unit. 
None of the funds made available under this Act shall be obligated 
or expended to change the boundaries of any region, to abolish any 
region, to move or close any regional office for research. State and pri-
vate forestry, and National Forest System administration of the For-
est Service, Department of Agriculture, without the consent of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in the U.S. Senate and 
the Committee on Agriculture in the U.S. House of Representatives. 
ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
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Limitation. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, FOSSIL. FUELS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Administration in carrying 
out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974; hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; publication and dissemination 
of atomic and other energy information; purchase, repair, and clean-
ing of uniforms; reimbursement of the General Services Administra-
tion for security guard services; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
$748,127,000 and any moneys (except sums received from the Strategic 
and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act, as amended, and fees received 
for tests or investigations under the Act of May 16, 1910, as amended 
(50 U.S.C. 98h; 30 U.S.C. 7)) received by the Energy Research and 
Development Administration notwithstanding the provisions of 31 
U.S.C. 484, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That the 
amount appropriated in any other appropriation act for "Operating 
expenses" for the Energy Research and Development Administration 
for the fiscal year ending September 30,1978, shall be merged with this 
appropriation: Provided further^ That no funds in this appropriation 
or in any appropriation with which it may be merged shall be used for 
the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and gas: 
Provided further, That none of the funds in this appropriation or 
any appropriation with which it may be merged shall be used to imple-
ment or finance authorized price support or loan guarantee programs 
unless specific provision is made for such programs in future appro-
priation acts. 
PLANT AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, FOSSIL FUELS 
For expenses of the Administration, as authorized by law, in connec-
tion with the purchase and construction of plant and the acquisition 
of capital equipment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary 
in carrying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 
1974, including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion; $90,970,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
That the amount appropriated in any other appropriation act for 
PUBLIC LAW 95-74—JULY 26, 1977 
91 STAT. 301 
"Plant and capital equipment" for the Energy Research and Develop-
ment Administration for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, 
shall be merged with this appropriation. 
GENERAL PROVISION, ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
ADMINISTRATION 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of appropriations made available for 
the current fiscal year for "Operating expenses" and "Plant and capital 
equipment" may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
neither such appropriation, except as otherwise provided herein, shall 
be increased by more than 5 per centum by any such transfers, and any 
such transfers shall be reported promptly to the Appropriations Com-
mittees of the House and Senate. 
FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Federal Energy Administration, as authorized 
by law, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
the per diem equivalent of the rate for grade GS-18; $289,123,000: Pro-
vided^ That in the event of the expiration of such Administration, the 
funds provided herein shall be available for obligation by any other 
entity or entities established to carry out substantially the same func-
tions as such Administration: Provided 
further^ That loan guarantees 
authorized by Public Law 94-163 and obligation guarantees authorized 
42 USC 6201 
by Public Law 94—385 shall not be made unless so authorized by limita- ^°t^ 
tions of outstanding obligational authority provided in future appro 
priation Acts. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
42 USC 6801 
note. 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 151 through 166 of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, $2,798,933,000, to remain 42 USC 
available until December 31,1978. 
6231-6246. 
D E P A R T M E N T O F D E F E N S E 
NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES 
EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATION OF PETROLEUM RESERVES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 201 of 
Public Law 94-258, $155,739,000, to remain available until expended. 90 Stat. 307. 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HEALTH, 
EDUCATION, 
AND 
WELFARE 
HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
INDIAN H E A L T H SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 
Stat. 674), Public Law 93-638, Public Law 94-437, and titles I I I and 42 USC 2001. 
V of the Public Health Service Act, including hire of passenger motor 25 USC 450 note, 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of reprints; payments for telephone 
^^ ^""^ 
service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regula- 
AO^TJSC 241 
tions approved by the Secretary, $428,891,000. 
42 USC 219 
91 STAT. 302 
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note. 
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INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, major repair, improvement, and equipment of 
health and related auxiliary facilities, including q^uarters for person-
nel ; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of 
sites; purchase and erection of portable buildings; purchase of 
trailers; and provision of domestic and community sanitation facili-
ties for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), Public Law 93-638, and Public Law 94-437, 
$71,257,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION, HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
Appropriations in this Act to the Health Services Administration, 
available for salaries and expenses, shall be available for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem 
equivalent to the rate for GS-18, for uniforms or allowances therefor 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), and for expenses of 
attendance at meetings which are concerned with the functions or 
activities for which the appropriation is made or which will contribute 
to improved conduct, supervision, or management of those functions 
or activities. 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, part A 
($38,850,000), part B ($14,400,000), and part C_ ($4,410,000) of the 
Indian Education Act, and the General Education Provisions Act, 
$59,660,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM SERVICES 
For carrying out title II of the Arts, Humanities, and Cultural 
20 use 951 note. Affairs Act of 1976, $4,000,000: Promded, That none of these funds 
shall be available for the compensation of Executive Level V or higher 
positions. 
INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION 
S A L A R I E S A N D EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act of 
August 13, 1946 (25 U.S.C. 70), as amended (86 Stat. 115), creating 
an Indian Claims Commission, $1,500,000, of which not to exceed 
$14,000 shall be available for expenses of travel. 
NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 
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Commission as"authorized by Public Law 93-531, $2,050,000, of which 
$450,000 shall be available until expended for payments pursuant to 
20 USC640d-13. section 14(b) of that Act, $1,100,000 shall be available until expended 
for payments pursuant to section 15, and $500,000 shall be available 
for operating expenses of the Commission. 
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91 STAT. 303 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, including 
research in the fields of art, science, and history; development, pres-
ervation, and documentation of the National Collections; presentation 
of public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dissemi-
nation, and exchange of information and publications; conduct of 
education, training, and museum assistance programs; maintenance, 
alteration, operation, and protection of buildings, facilities, and 
approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; up to 3 passenger replacement vehicles; purchase, rental, 
repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees; $88,238,000: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated herein are available for advance 
payments to independent contractors performing research services 
or participating in official Smithsonian presentations: Provided fur-
ther^ That not to exceed $110,000 may be used to make grant awards 
to employees of the Smithsonian Institution: Provided further, That 
none of these funds shall be available to the Smithsonian Research 
Foundation. 
MUSEUM PROGRAMS AND RELATED RESEARCH (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY 
PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department 
shall determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United 
States, for necessary expenses for carrying out museum programs, 
scientific and cultural research, and related educational activities, as 
authorized by law, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended and 
to be available only to United States institutions: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations 
to the Smithsonian Institution, for payments in the foregoing cur-
rencies : Provided further. That not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able to the Smithsonian Institution for the salvage of archeological 
sites on the Island of Philae: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$500,000 may be used to make grant awards to employees of the 
Smithsonian Institution: Provided further. That none of these funds 
shall be available to the Smithsonian Research Foundation. 
SCIENCE INFORMATION EXCHANGE 
For necessary expenses of the Science Information Exchange, 
$1,777,000. 
CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS, NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
For necessary expenses of planning, construction, remodeling, and 
equipping of buildings and facilities at the National Zoological Park, 
by contract or otherwise, $2,500,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenses of restoration and renovation of buildings 
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), including not to exceed $10,000 for services as author- 20 USC 53a. 
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,425,000, to remain available until expended. 
91 STAT. 304 
PUBLIC LAW 95-74—JULY 26, 1977 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses to plan museum support facilities, including 
not to exceed $50,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$325,000, to remain available until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
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 
20 use 71. 
(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 ILS.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized 
by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, 
and art associations oi' 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 elevator operators, 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 not to exceed $70,000 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 con-
ditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $14,509,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Wood-
20 use 80e note, row Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356), including hire of 
passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$1,256,000. 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on 
20 use 951 note, the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $98,000,000, 
of which $89,100,000 shall be available to the National Endowment 
for the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the arts 
through assistance to groups and individuals pursuant to section 5(c) 
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of the Act, of which not less than 20 per centum of the funds provided 
for section 5(c) shall be available for assistance pursuant to section 
5(g) of the Act, and $8,900,000 shall be available for administering 
the functions of the Act: Provided^ That the unexpended balances of 
the appropriations to the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities for the purposes of section 5(c) and for administering 
provisions o;f the Act shall be merged with this appropriation. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-74—JULY 26, 1977 
91 STAT. 305 
MATCHING GRANTS 
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 20 USC 959. 
$25,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 1979, to the 
National Endowment for the Arts of which $18,000,000 shall be 
available for purposes of section 5(1) : Provided^ That this appropri- 
20 USC 954. 
ation shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as may 
be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, 
and other property accepted by the Chairman under the provisions 
of section 10(a)(2) during the current and preceding fiscal years 
and the transition period, for w^hich equal amounts have not previ-
ously been appropriated: Provided further, That the National Endow-
ment for the Arts portion of the unexpended balances of the appro-
priations to the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 
for "Matching Grants" shall be merged with this appropriation. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR T H E 
HUMANITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on 
the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $96,000,000, 20 USC 951 note, 
of which $87,800,000 shall be available to the National Endowment 
for the Humanities for support of activities in the humanities pur-
suant to section 7(c) of the Act, of which not less than 20 per centum 
shall be available for assistance pursuant to section 7(f) of the Act, 
20 USC 956. 
and $8,200,000 shall be available for administering the functions of 
the Act: Provided, 
That the unexpended balances of the appropria-
tions to the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities for 
the purposes of section 7(c) shall be merged with this appropriation. 
MATCHING GRANTS 
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 20 USC 959. 
$25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1979, of which 
$17,500,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for the 
Humanities for the purposes of section 7(h) : Provided, 
That this 
appropriation shall be available for obligation only in such amounts 
as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of 
money, and other property accepted by the Chairman under the pro-
visions of section 10(a) (2) during the current and preceding fiscal 
years and the transition period, for which equal amounts have not 
previously been appropriated: Provided 
further, 
That the National 
Endow^ment for the Humanities portion of the unexpended balances 
of the appropriations to the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities for "Matching Grants" shall be merged with 
this 
appropriation. 
COMMISSION OF F I N E 
ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commission 
of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $233,000. 
91 STAT. 306 
PUBLIC LAW 95-74—JULY 26, 1977 
i'i'':^ i 
ADVISORT COTTNCIL ON HISTORIC 
PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing an Advisory 
16 use 470. 
Council on Historic Preservation, Public Law 94-422, $1,080,000: 
Provided^ That none of these funds shall be available for the compen-
sation of Executive level V or higher positions. 
r 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National Capital Plan-
ning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71-71i), including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 6901-5902), $1,819,000. 
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial 
Commission, established by the Act of August 11,1955 (69 Stat. 694), 
as amended by Public Law 92-332 (86 Stat. 401), $25,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30,1979. 
JOINT FEDERAL-STATE LAND U S E PLANNING COMMISSION FOR 
ALASKA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Joint Federal-State Land Use Plan-
ning Commission for Alaska, established by the Act of December 18, 
43 use 1601 
1971 (Public Law 92-203), as amended, $712,000: Provided, That this 
note. 
appropriation shall not be available to pay more than one-half of the 
expenses of the Commission. 
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by section 17(a) of Public 
40 use 885. 
Law 92-578, as amended, $1,294,000 for operating and administrative 
expenses of the Corporation. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT 
- 
; 
(BORROWING AUTHORITY) 
The Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation is authorized 
to borrow from the Treasury of the United States $7,500,000, pursuant 
to the terms and conditions specified in paragraph 10, section 6, of Pub-
40 use 875. 
lie Law 92-578. 
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT 
For public development activities and projects in accordance with 
40 use 885. 
the development plan as authorized by Public Law 94-388, $12,354,-
000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,1990. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-74—JULY 26, 1977 
91 STAT. 307 
FUNDS APPROPKIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
PETROLEUM RESERVES 
There is hereby transferred, during fiscal year 1978, from the Naval 
Petroleum Reserves Special Account, such sums as may be available 
but not to exceed $561,200,000, into the General Fund of the Treasury. 
Transfer of funds. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No part of any appropriation under this Act shall be avail-
able to the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture for use for any 
sale hereafter made of unprocessed timber from Federal lands west of 
the 100th meridian in the contiguous 48 States which will be exported 
from the United States, or which will be used as a substitute for 
timber from private lands which is exported by the purchaser: Pro-
vided^ That this limitation shall not apply to specific quantities of 
grades and species of timber which said Secretaries determine are 
surplus to domestic lumber and plywood manufacturing needs. 
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation under this Act shall be avail-
able to the Secretary of Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture for 
the leasing of oil and natural gas by noncompetitive bidding on pub-
licly owned lands within the boundaries of the Shawnee National 
Forest, Illinois: Provided^ That nothing herein is intended to inhibit 
or otherwise affect the sale, lease or right to access to minerals owned 
by private individuals. 
SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation under this Act shall be made 
available to the Secretary of the Interior for the leasing of oil and 
natural gas on publicly owned lands within the boundaries of the 
Flathead National Forest, Montana. 
SEC. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
available for any activity or the publication or distribution of litera-
ture that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to 
any legislative proposal on which congressional action is not complete, 
in accordance with the Act of June 25,1948 (18 U.S.C. 1913). 
SEC. 305. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
Approved July 26, 1977. 
Unprocessed 
timber, sale 
restrictions. 
Oil and natural 
gas leasing, 
limitation. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-392 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 95-461 (Comm. of 
Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-276 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): 
^ 
June 9, considered and passed House. 
June 17, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
July 12, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in certain 
Senate amendments with amendments. 
July 13, Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in certain House 
amendments.