A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and for other purposes.
PL 98-146 (H.R.3363), enacted 11/04/1983

PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
97 STAT. 919 
Public Law 98-146 
98th Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 4, 1983 
[H.R. 3363] 
Interior 
Department and 
related agencies, 
appropriations 
for fiscal year 
1984. 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, 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 and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and 
for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
LAND AND WATER RESOURCES 
BUREAU OF 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, 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 
f
eneral administration of the Bureau of Land Management, 
359,601,000. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ACCESS 
For acquisition of lands and interests therein, and construction of 
buildings, recreation facilities, roads, trails, and appurtenant facili-
ties, $1,200,000, to remain available until expended. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20, 1976 
(31 U.S.C. 1601) $105,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall 31 use 6902. 
be available for administrative expenses. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 205 
and 318(d) of Public Law 94-579 including administrative expenses 
and acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, $1,391,000, to 
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain 
available until expended. 
43 u s e 1715, 
1748. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and develop-
ment of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance 
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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; $51,536,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the amount provided herein for the purposes of this 
appropriation on lands administered by the Forest Service shall be 
transferred to the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture: Pro-
vided further, That the amount appropriated herein for road con-
struction on lands other than those administered by the Forest 
Service shall be transferred to the Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation: Provided further, That 25 per 
centum 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 provisions of the second paragraph of subsec-
tion (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, 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 
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U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to fifty per 
centum of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 
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sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315, et seq.), 
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but not less than $10,000,000 (43 U.S.C. 1901), and the amount 
designated for range improvements from grazing fees and mineral 
leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the De-
partment of the Interior pursuant to law, 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 monitoring construction, oper-
ation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use authori-
zations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 
as may be collected under sections 209(b), 304(a), 304(b), 305(a), and 
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504(g) of the Act approved October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and 
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available until expended. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing 
law, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contrib-
uted under section 307 of the Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
43 use 1737. 
1701), and such amounts as may be advanced for administrative 
costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
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ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain available until 
expended. 
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97 STAT. 921 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management 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 
$10,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for informa-
tion 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 appropriations 
herein made for the Bureau of Land Management expenditures in 
connection with the revested Oregon and California Railroad and 
reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands (other than expendi-
tures 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 II, of the 
Act approved August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876), of the special fund 
designated 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 fur-
ther, That appropriations herein made may be expended on a reim-
bursable basis for surveys of Federal lands of the United States and 
for protection of lands for the State of Alaska: Provided further, 
That an appeal of any reductions in grazing allotments on public 
rangelands must be taken within thirty days after receipt of a final 
grazing allotment decision or ninety days after the effective date of 
this Act in the case of reductions ordered during 1979, whichever 
occurs later. Reductions of up to 10 per centum in grazing allot-
ments shall become effective when so designated by the Secretary of 
the Interior. Upon appeal any proposed reduction in excess of 10 per 
centum shall be suspended pending final action on the appeal, 
which shall be completed within two years after the appeal is filed: 
Provided further, That appropriations herein made shall be avail-
able for paying costs incidental to the utilization of services 
contributed by individuals who serve without compensation as vol-
unteers in aid of work of the Bureau to protect, improve, develop, or 
manage the public lands; and that within appropriations herein 
provided, Bureau officials may authorize either direct procurement 
of or reimbursement for expenses incidental to the effective use of 
volunteers such as, but not limited to, training, transportation, 
lodging, subsistence, equipment, and supplies: Provided further. 
That provision for such expenses or services is in accord with 
volunteer or cooperative agreements made with such individuals, 
private organizations, educational institutions, or State or local 
governments: Provided further. That subject to valid existing rights, 
no appropriation herein made shall be used by the Secretary of the 
Interior for the processing or issuance of prospecting permits in 
certain lands in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, which 
comprise approximately 17,562 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled "Irish Wilderness—Proposed", dated December 1981. 
43 u s e 1181f-4. 
43 u s e 1752 
note. 
Effective date. 
97 STAT. 922 
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FISH AND WILDLIFE AND PARKS 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
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; for the general administration of the Fish and 
Wildlife Service; for maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle 
on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, and not less than 
$3,400,000 for high priority projects within the scope of the approved 
budget which shall be carried out by Youth Conservation Corps as if 
authorized by the Act of August 13,1970, as amended by Public Law 
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93-408, $270,803,000 of which $2,000,000, to carry out the purposes of 
1701-1706. 
16 U.S.C. 1535, shall remain available until expended; and of which 
$3,729,000 shall be for operation and maintenance of fishery mitiga-
tion facilities constructed by the Corps of Engineers under the 
Lower Snake River Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water 
90 Stat. 2917. 
Resources Development Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2921), to compensate 
for loss of fishery resources from water development projects on the 
Lower Snake River, which will remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the only critical habitat to be designated under 
section 4(b)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 
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93-205), as amended, for the Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf in 
Idaho shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the Central Idaho 
94 Stat. 948. 
Wilderness Areas, as established by Public Law 96-312. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ANADROMOUS FISH 
For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities 
required in the conservation, management, investigations, protec-
tion, and utilization of sport fishery and wildlife resources, and the 
acquisition of lands and interests therein; $4,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for expenses necessary to carry out the 
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Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757a-757f), of which 
757a-757g. 
$500,000 shall be made available to the State of Idaho without 
regard to the limitation as stated in 16 U.S.C. 757e and without 
regard to the Federal cost sharing provisions in 16 U.S.C. 757a-757f: 
Provided, That 16 U.S.C. 757e is amended by adding the following 
new sentence: "The State of Idaho shall be eligible on an equal 
standing with other States for Federal funding for purposes author-
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ized by sections 757a to 757f of this title."; and an additional 
757a-757f. 
$23,301,000, 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. 
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715k-3, 5), $7,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
715k-5. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C 
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97 STAT. 923 
4601-4-11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of 1
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land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory 460/-11. 
authority applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
$42,297,000, io be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL WILDUFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 715s), $5,760,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 144 
passenger motor vehicles of which 132 are for replacement only 
(including 70 for police-type use); purchase of 1 aircraft for replace-
ment only; not to exceed $200,000 for payment, at the discretion of 
the Secretary, for information, rewards, or evidence concerning 
violations of laws administered by the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of 
enforcement activities, authorized or approved by the Secretary and 
to be accounted for solely on his certificate; repair of damage to 
public 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 public recreational uses on conservation areas as 
are not inconsistent with their primary purpose; and the mainte-
nance 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. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and main-
tenance of areas and facilities administered by the National Park 
Service (including special road maintenance service to trucking 
permittees on a reimbursable basis), and for the general administra-
tion of the National Park Service, including not to exceed $418,000 
for the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission, and 
$500,000 for the Volunteers-in-the-Park program, and not less than 
$3,300,000 for high priority projects within the scope of the approved 
budget which shall be carried out by Youth Conservation Corps as if 
authorized by the Act of August 13,1970, as amended by Public Law 
93-408, $601,095,000 without regard to the Act of August 24,1912, as 1
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amended (16 U.S.C. 451): Provided, That the Park Service shall not note. 
enter into future concessionaire contracts, including renewals, that 1
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do not include a termination for cause clause that provides for 
possible extinguishment of possessory interests excluding depre-
ciated book value of concessionaire investments without compensa-
tion: Provided further. That appropriations for maintenance and 
improvement of roads within the boundary of Indiana Dunes Na-
tional Lakeshore shall be available for such purposes without regard 
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to whether title to such road rights-of-way is in the United States: 
Provided further, That $85,000 shall be available for the National 
Park Service to assist the town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, for 
police force use: Provided further, That up to $100,000 shall be 
available for a study to examine the suitability of a site in East St. 
Louis, in the State of Illinois, for a museum of American culture and 
anthropology, and to determine the variety and breadth of the 
collections that might be exhibited in such museum. 
16 u s e 2501. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural 
programs, cultural programs, environmental compliance and 
review, and grant administration, not otherwise provided for, 
$10,377,000. 
URBAN PARK AND RECREATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Urban 
Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 (title X of Public Law 
95-625) $6,700,000, to remain available until expended. 
16 u s e 470h. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 
Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 915), as amended (16 
U.S.C. 470), $26,500,000 to be derived from the Historic Preservation 
Fund, established by section 108 of that Act, as amended, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30,1985. 
16 u s e 19aa 
note. 
VISITOR FACILITIES FUND 
For grants to the National Park Foundation for reconstruction, 
rehabilitation, replacement, improvement, relocation, or removal of 
visitor facilities within the National Park System, and related 
expenses, as authorized by Public Law 97-433, $5,800,000 to remain 
available for obligation until September 30,1989, to be derived from 
the National Park System Visitor Facilities Fund. 
16USe410cc-33, 
410CC-34. 
Project expenses, 
Federal share. 
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), $44,037,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not less than $936,000 shall be available to carry out the 
provisions of sections 303 and 304 of Public Law 95-290; not less 
than $1,076,000 shall be available for the Paul H. Douglas Environ-
mental Center at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; and not less 
than $300,000 shall be available to remove the sewage treatment 
plant located in the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area on 
the Ohio Canal south of State Route 82 (including expenses incurred 
for removal expenses and related activities outside the boundaries of 
the Recreation Area), without regard to whether title to such sewage 
treatment plant is in the United States: Provided, That the Secre-
tary of the Interior (acting through the National Park Service) shall 
enter into a cooperative agreement with Summit County for under-
taking such project: Provided further, That the Federal share of the 
total project expenses shall not exceed 40 per centum, of which not 
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97 STAT. 925 
to exceed $1,500,000 for engineering and construction of the Halls 
Crossing-Bullfrog Ferry access roads and ramps in Glen Canyon 
National Recreation Area, such funds to be transferred to the State 
of Utah for accomplishment of these activities in accordance with 
provisions of a cooperative agreement between the National Park 
Service and the State of Utah: Provided further. That for payment of 
obligations incurred for engineering services, roadway and bridge 
access, and pilot tunnel bore work for the Cumberland Gap Tunnel, 
as authorized by section 160 of Public Law 93-87, $14,000,000 to be 8'^ Stat. 278. 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until 
expended to liquidate contract authority provided under section 
104(a)(8) of Public Law 95-599: Provided further, 
That up to 92 Stat. 2690. 
$1,000,000 of the funds provided under this head, to be derived from 
the Historic Preservation Fund, established by the Historic Preser-
vation Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 915), as amended (16 U.S.C 470), shall be 
available until expended for the preparation of a feasibility report 
recommending measures necessary to provide protection from the 
severe sloughing of bluffs in Natchez, Mississippi, between the north 
limits of the National Cemetery and the United States Highway 84 
bridge, where potential bluff sloughing is found imminent and 
historic properties, roads, streets, utilities and other improvements 
are threatened, such funds to be transferred to the Secretary of the 
Army for utilization by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
4601-4-11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of ]^^y^^ 460/-4— 
land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory 460/-11. 
authority applicable to the National Park Service, $148,150,000, to 
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain 
available until expended, of which $75,000,000 is for the State 
Assistance program including $2,081,000 to administer the program, 
and $6,150,000 is for Pinelands National Preserve: Provided, That 
State administrative expenses associated with the State grant por-
tion of the State Assistance program shall not exceed 15 percent: 
Provided further, That none of the State Assistance funds may be 
used as a contingency fund: Provided further. That of the amounts 
previously appropriated to the Secretary's contingency fund for 
grants to States, $2,300,000 shall be available in 1984 for administra-
tive expenses of the State grant program. 
JOHN 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 
Performing Arts, $4,542,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available 
for the purchase of not to exceed 2 aircraft for replacement only, 214 
passenger motor vehicles of which 177 shall be for replacement only, 
including not to exceed 137 for police-type use and 3 buses; and to 
provide, notwithstanding any other provision of law, at a cost not 
exceeding $100,000, transportation for children in nearby communi-
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ties to and from any unit of the National Park System used in 
connection with organized recreation and interpretive programs of 
the National Park Service; options for the purchase of land at not to 
exceed $1 for each option; and for the procurement and delivery of 
medical services within the jurisdiction of units of the National 
Park System: 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 and conduct emergency search and rescue 
operations in the National Park System: Provided further, 
That 
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Service may be 
used to process any grant or contract documents which do not 
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated to the National Park Service may be used to add 
industrial facilities to the list of National Historic Landmarks with-
out the consent of the owner: Provided further, That the National 
Park Service may use helicopters and motorized equipment at Death 
Valley National Monument for removal of feral burros and horses. 
ENERGY AND MINERALS 
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the Geological Survey to perform 
surveys, 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 their mineral charac-
ter and water and power resources; give engineering supervision to 
power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 U.S.C. 
641); and publish and disseminate data relative to the foregoing 
activities; $367,080,000: Provided, That $49,113,000 shall be available 
only for cooperation with States or municipalities for water 
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resources investigations: Provided further, 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: Provided further. 
That the Geological Survey is authorized to accept lands, buildings, 
equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources 
and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Fed-
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eral. State, or private: Provided further, That in fiscal year 1984 and 
thereafter, all receipts from the sale of maps sold or stored by the 
Geological Survey shall be available for map printing and distribu-
tion to supplement funds otherwise available, to remain available 
until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The amount appropriated for the Geological Survey shall be 
available for purchase of not to exceed 9 passenger motor vehicles, 
for replacement only; reimbursement to the General Services 
Administration for security guard services; contracting for the fur-
nishing 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 
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97 STAT. 927 
maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; ac-
quisition 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. 
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
LEASING AND ROYALTY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and environmental 
studies, regulation of industry operations, and collection of royalties, 
as authorized by law; for enforcing laws and regulations applicable 
to oil, gas, and other minerals leases, permits, licenses and operating 
contracts; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements; 
including the purchase of not to exceed 8 passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only; $163,561,000 of which not less than $34,869,000 
shall be available for royalty management activities including gen-
eral administration. 
BUREAU OF MINES 
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 
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, $136,425,000, of which $81,265,000 shall remain available until 
expended; and $2,564,000 to be derived from the amount appropri-
ated in Public Law 97-257 to carry out the purposes of section 2(b) of 96 Stat. 818. 
Public Law 96-543. 
94 Stat. 32ii. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
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, 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 miscellaneous receipts. 
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, 30 use 1201 
note. 
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$65,450,000, including the purchase of not to exceed 19 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 9 shall be for replacement only. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of title IV of 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
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Law 95-87, including the purchase of not more than 21 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 9 shall be for replacement only, to remain 
available until expended, $229,228,000 to be derived from receipts of 
the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: Provided, That pursuant to 
5 use 5514 note. Public Law 97-365, the Department of the Interior is authorized to 
utilize 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 of the funds made available to 
the States to contract for reclamation projects authorized in section 
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406(a) of Public Law 95-87, administrative expenses may not exceed 
15 percent. 
INDIAN AFFAIRS 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION O F INDIAN PROGRAMS 
For operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements and grants including expenses necessary to 
provide education and welfare services for Indians, either directly or 
in cooperation with States and other organizations, including pay-
ment (in advance or from date of admission) of care, tuition, assist-
ance, and other expenses of Indians in boarding homes, institutions, 
or schools; grants and other assistance to needy Indians; mainte-
nance 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; management, 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 business enterprises; 
operation of Indian arts and crafts shops and museums; develop-
ment of Indian arts and crafts, as authorized by law; for the general 
administration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including such 
expenses in field offices, $822,302,000 of which not to exceed 
$54,135,000 for higher education scholarships and assistance to 
public schools under the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596), as 
amended (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.), shall remain available for obligation 
until September 30,1985, and the funds made available to tribes and 
tribal organizations through contracts authorized by the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 
25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) shall remain available until September 30, 
1985: Provided, That this 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 section 
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19(a) of Public Law 93-531 (25 U.S.C. 640(d)-18(a)), $3,951,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided further. That none of 
these funds shall be expended as matching funds for programs 
funded under section 103(a)(l)(B)(iii) of the Vocational Education Act 
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97 STAT. 929 
of 1963, as amended (20 U.S.C. 2303(a)(l)(B)(iii)): Provided 
further. 
That in addition, moneys received by grant to the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs from other Federal agencies to carry out various programs 
for elementary and secondary education, handicapped programs, 
bilingual education, and other specific programs shall be deposited 
into this account and remain available as otherwise provided by law: 
Provided further, That any cost of providing lunches to nonboarding 
students in public schools from funds appropriated herein shall be 
paid from the amount of such funds otherwise allocated for the 
schools involved without regard to the cost of providing lunches for 
such students: Provided further. That $200,000 shall be transferred 
to the city of Brigham City, Utah, for the purpose of conducting a 
study to: (1) assess the socioeconomic impact on the local community 
due to the closure of the Intermountain Inter-tribal School, (2) 
identify and analyze possible uses for the facilities and property now 
occupied by the Intermountain Inter-tribal School, and (3) meet 
other appropriate objectives, as identified by the mayor of Brigham 
City to minimize any negative impact on the city resulting from the 
school's closure: Provided further. That the first section of the Act of 
June 24, 1938 (52 Stat. 1037; 25 U.S.C. 162a), is amended by inserting 
"(a)" immediately after the enacting clause and by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to invest any irrigation 
operation and maintenance collections from Indian irrigation proj- P^'^J^^^^^. 
ects and revenue collections from power operations on Indian irriga-
tion projects in— 
"(1) any public-debt obligations of the United States; 
"(2) any bonds, notes, or other obligations which are uncondi-
tionally guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the 
United States; or 
"(3) any obligations which are lawful investments for trust 
funds under the authority or control of the United States. 
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to use earning from 
investments under this subsection to pay operation and mainte-
nance expenses of the project involved.". 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, major repair and improvement of irrigation and 
power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities, including 
architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisition of 
lands and interests in lands; preparation of lands for farming; and 
construction, 
repair, 
and 
improvement 
of 
Indian 
housing, 
$78,920,000, 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. 
ROAD CONSTRUCTION 
For construction of roads and bridges pursuant to authority con-
tained in 23 U.S.C. 203, the Act of November 2,1921 (42 Stat. 208; 25 
U.S.C. 13), and the Act of May 26,1928 (45 Stat. 750; 25 U.S.C. 318a), 
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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EASTERN INDIAN LAND CLAIMS FUND 
For settlement of the Mashantucket Pequot land claim in 
Ledyard, Connecticut, $900,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such funds shall become available for obligation only 
upon enactment into law of authorizing legislation. 
TRIBAL TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to the tribal funds authorized to be expended by 
existing law, there is hereby appropriated not to exceed $4,000,000 
from tribal funds not otherwise available for expenditure for the 
benefit of Indians and Indian tribes, including pay and travel ex-
penses 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 improve-
ments 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, including cash grants: Provided, That in addition 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. 
REVOLVING FUND FOR LOANS 
During fiscal year 1984, and within the resources and authority 
available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 
pursuant to the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 77; 25 U.S.C. 
1451 et seq.), shall not exceed $13,075,000. 
INDIAN LOAN GUARANTY AND INSURANCE FUND 
During fiscal year 1984, and within the resources and authority 
available, total commitments to guarantee loans pursuant to the 
Indian Financing Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 77; 25 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), 
may be made only to the extent that the total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed $19,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the 
revolving fund for loans and the Indian loan guarantee and insur-
ance fund) shall be available for expenses of exhibits; purchase of 
not to exceed 240 passenger carrying motor vehicles of which 170 
shall be for replacement only, which may be used for the transporta-
tion of Indians; advance payments for services (including services 
which may extend beyond the current fiscal year) under contracts 
49 Stat. 1458. 
executed pursuant to the Act of June 4, 1936 (48 Stat. 596), as 
amended (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.), the Act of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 
70 Stat. 986. 
896), as amended (25 U.S.C. 309 et seq.), and legislation terminating 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
97 STAT. 931 
Federal supervision over certain Indian tribes; and expenses re-
quired by continuing or permanent treaty provisions: Provided, That 
no part of any appropriations to the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall 
be available to continue academic and residential programs of the 
Chilocco, Seneca, and Fort Sill boarding schools, Oklahoma; and 
Stewart boarding school, Nevada: Provided further. That no part of 
any appropriation to the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available 
to continue academic and residential programs at Concho boarding 
school, Oklahoma, and Mount Edgecumbe boarding school in Alaska 
after June 30,1983, or at the Intermountain boarding school in Utah 
after June 30, 1984: Provided further, That no part of any appropri-
ation to the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be used to subject the 
transportation of school children to any limitation on travel or 
transportation expenditures for Federal employees. 
TERRITORIAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 
ADMINISTRATION OF TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of Territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $79,262,000 
of which (1) not to exceed $77,192,000 shall be available until 
expended for technical assistance; grants to the judiciary in Ameri-
can Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 
U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to American Samoa, in addition to current 
local revenues, for support of governmental functions; Economic 
Development Loan Fund grants to Guam, as authorized by law (48 
U.S.C. 1428-1428e; Public Law 95-134; 91 Stat. 1161, 1162, 1163; 
Public Law 95-348; 92 Stat. 487, 488); grants to the Government of 
the Virgin Islands as authorized by law (Public Law 97-357); con- 96 Stat. 1705. 
struction grants to Guam of $11,350,000; direct grants to the Govern-
ment of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Public 
Law 94-241, 90 Stat. 272, and Public Law 96-205, 94 Stat. 86); and (2) 
not to exceed $2,070,000 for fiscal year 1984 salaries and expenses of 
the Office of Territorial and International Affairs: Provided, That 
the Territorial and local governments herein provided for are 
authorized to make purchases through the General Services Admin-
istration: Provided further, That appropriations 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 all financial trans-
actions of the Territorial and local governments herein provided for, 
including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities 
established or utilized by such governments, 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 
further, That Public Law 94-392 (48 U.S.C. 1574(b)), as amended, is 48 use I574b 
hereby further amended by— 
(1) deleting the semicolon in section 20t))(l) and adding the 
following: ", except that $28,000,000 of the guaranteed bonding 
authority will be used for water producing and power projects, 
including maintenance and overhaul of electrical generating 
and distribution mechanisms, and $12,000,000 of the guaranteed 
bonding authority will be used for repair of the water distribu-
tion and storage systems;"; and 
48 use 1681 
notes. 
48 u s e 1401f, 
1423/, 1665. 
48 u s e 1470a. 
48 u s e 1469b. 
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48 use 1574b. 
(2) in section 2(0, strike "$61,000,000" and insert in lieu 
thereof "$101,000,000" and in each place where it occurs, strike 
"1984" and insert in lieu thereof "1990". 
48 u s e 1681 and 
note. 
48 u s e 1683. 
48 u s e 1682. 
48 u s e 1687. 
TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 
For expenses necessary for the Department of the Interior in 
administration 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; 91 Stat. 1159; 92 Stat. 495), grants for 
the expenses of the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands; grants for the 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 revenues, 
for support of governmental functions; $112,109,000 of which 
$78,521,000 is for operations, and $33,588,000 is for construction, to 
remain available until expended: Provided further. That $2,000,000 
for cholera eradication efforts in Truk shall be available only after 
submission of a plan of expenditure, and approval of such plan by 
the Department of the Interior, the High Commissioner of the Trust 
Territory, and the government of the Federated States of Microne-
sia: Provided further, That all financial transactions of the Trust 
Territory, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumen-
talities established or utilized by such Trust Territory, 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 further, That the government of the Trust Territory 
of the Pacific Islands is authorized to make purchases through the 
General Services Administration: Provided further. That appropri-
ations available for the administration of the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands may be expended for the purchase, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of surface vessels for official purposes and for 
commercial transportation purposes found by the Secretary to be 
necessary in carrying out the provisions of article 6(2) of the Trust-
eeship Agreement approved by Congress. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the 
Interior, $44,068,000, of which not less than $400,000 is for reim-
bursement to the United States Park Police and not to exceed 
$10,000 may be for official reception and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $19,463,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
$16,814,000 including $2,700,000 to be available for fiscal year 1984 
expenses of the offices of the Government Comptroller for the 
Virgin Islands, the Government Comptroller for Guam, Trust Terri-
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97 STAT. 933 
tory of the Pacific Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 
Government Comptroller for American Samoa, as authorized by law 
(Public Law 95-134, 91 Stat. 1161, 1162; Public Law 96-205, 94 Stat. 
85, 90; Public Law 97-357): Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall certify quarterly to the appropriate committees of the Con-
gress on the faithful execution of laws administered by the Depart-
ment: Provided further, That vacancies occuring in the offices of the 
Government Comptrollers may not be reallocated to any other 
organization unless approved through reprograming procedures. 
96 Stat. 1705. 
Certification to 
congressional 
committees. 
OFFICE OF WATER POLICY 
For grants to State water resource research institutes as described 
in title I (except section 105), Public Law 95-467, $6,350,000, hereby 42 use 7811. 
transferred to "Surveys, Investigations, and Research", Geological 
Survey. 
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Construction Management, 
$800,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payment in foreign currencies which the Treasury Depart-
ment shall determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the 
United States, for necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
as authorized by law, $420,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to 
other appropriations, to such office for payments in the foregoing 
currencies (7 U.S.C. 1704). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 
resources within the Working Capital Fund, 5 additional aircraft, all 
of which may be from surplus: Provided, That no programs funded 
with appropriated funds may be augmented through the Working 
Capital Fund or the Consolidated Working Fund. 
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, 
replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facili-
ties 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 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 forest or range fires on or 
threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Department of the Inte-
rior and for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 
note. 
97 STAT. 934 
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under its jurisdiction and for emergency actions related to potential 
or actual earthquakes or volcanoes, and for emergency reclamation 
30 use 1240. 
projects under section 410 of Public Law 95-87, and shall transfer, 
from any no year funds available, to the Office of Surface Mining 
such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory 
authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out the 
^^USC 1201 
regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act, such funds to be 
replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be 
requested as promptly as possible: Provided, 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 Federal agencies for destruc-
tion of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with 
their use for fire suppression purposes, such reimbursement to be 
credited to appropriations currently available at the time of receipt 
thereof: Provided further. That no appropriations made in this title 
shall be available for acquisition of automatic data processing equip-
ment, software, or services in excess of $1,000,000 systems life cost, 
without prior approval of the Secretary. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, 
wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or 
economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services 
rendered to any other activity in the same manner as authorized by 
sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, U.S.C.: Provided, That reimburse-
ments for costs and supplies, materials, equipment and for services 
rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time 
such reimbursements are received. 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior 
in 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; with not more than $15,000 to be paid to any one 
company or individual; 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. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the Inte-
rior 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). 
G
S
A contracts. 
SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
obligation in connection with contracts issued by the General Serv-
ices Administration for services or rentals for periods not in excess 
of twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal year. 
SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the 
Department of the Interior for the procurement, leasing, bidding, 
exploration, or development of lands within the Department of the 
Interior Central and Northern California Planning Area which lie 
north of the line between the row of blocks numbered N816 and the 
row of blocks numbered N817 of the Universal Transverse Mercator 
Grid System. 
SEC. 108. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the 
Department of the Interior for the preparation for, or conduct of. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
97 STAT. 935 
pre-leasing and leasing activities (including but not limited to: calls 
for information, tract selection, notices of sale, receipt of bids and 
award of leases) of lands within: 
(a) An area of the Outer Continental Shelf, as defined in 
section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331(a)), located in the Atlantic Ocean, bounded by the following 
line: from the intersection of the seaward limit of the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts territorial sea and the 71 degree west 
longitude line south along that longitude line to its intersection 
with the line which passes between blocks 598 and 642 on Outer 
Continental Shelf protraction diagram NK 19-10; then along 
that line in an easterly direction to its intersection with the line 
between blocks 600 and 601 of protraction diagram NK 19-11; 
then in a northerly direction along that line to the intersection 
with the 60 meter isobath between blocks 204 and 205 of pro-
traction diagram NK 19-11; then along the 60 meter isobath, 
starting in a roughly southeasterly direction; then turning 
roughly northeast, north, and west until such isobath intersects 
with the northern boundary of block 974 of protraction diagram 
NK 19-6; then along the line that lies between blocks 930 and 
974 of protraction diagram NK 19-6 in a westerly direction to 
the first point of intersection with the seaward limit of the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts territorial sea; then south-
westerly along the seaward limit of the territorial sea to the 
point of beginning at the intersection of the seaward limit of the 
territorial sea and the 71 degrees west longitude line. 
(b) The following blocks are excluded from the described area: 
In protraction diagram NK 19-10, blocks numbered 474 through 
478, 516 through 524, 560 through 568, and 604 through 612; in 
protraction diagram NK 19-6, blocks numbered 969 through 
971; in protraction diagram NK 19-5, blocks numbered 1005 
through 1008; and in protraction diagram NK 19-8, blocks 
numbered 37 through 40, 80 through 84, 124 through 127, and 
168 through 169. 
(c) The following blocks are included in the described area: In 
protraction diagram NK 19-11, blocks numbered 633 through 
644, 677 through 686, 721 through 724, 765 through 767, 809 
through 810, and 853; in protraction diagram NK 19-9, blocks 
numbered 106, 150, 194, 238, 239, and 283; and in protraction 
diagram NK 19-6, blocks numbered 854, 899, 929, 943, 944, and 
987. 
(d) Blocks in and at the head of submarine canyons: An area 
of the Outer Continental Shelf, as defined in section 2(a) of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (45 U.S.C. 1331(a)), located in 43 use 1331. 
the Atlantic Ocean off the coastline of the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts, lying at the head of, or within the submarine 
canyons known as Atlantis Canyon, Veatch Canyon, Hydrogra-
pher Canyon, Welker Canyon, Oceanographer Canyon, Gilbert 
Canyon, Lydonia Canyon, Alvin Canyon, Powell Canyon, 
Munson Canyon, and Corsair Canyon, and consisting of the 
following blocks, respectively: 
(1) On Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram NJ 
19-1; blocks 36, 37, 38, 42-44, 80-82, 86-88, 124, 125, 130-
132,168,169,174-176, 212, 213. 
(2) On Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram NJ 
19-2; blocks 8, 9, 17-19, 51-52, 53, 54, 61-63, 95-98, 139, 140. 
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(3) On Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram NK 
19-10; blocks 916, 917, 921, 922, 960, 961, 965, 966, 1003-
1005,1009-1011. 
(4) On Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram NK 
19-11; blocks 521, 522, 565, 566, 609, 610, 653-655, 697-700, 
734, 735, 741-744, 769, 778-781, 785-788, 813, 814, 822-826, 
829-831, 857, 858, 866-869, 873-875, 901, 902, 910-913, 917, 
945-947, 955,956,979,980,989-991, 999. 
(5) On Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram NK 
19-12; blocks 155, 156, 198, 199, 280-282, 324-326, 369-371, 
401, 413-416, 442-446, 450, 451, 489-490, 494, 495, 530, 531, 
533-540, 574, 575, 577-583, 618, 619, 621-623, 626, 627, 662, 
663, 665-667, 671, 672, 706, 707, 710, 711, 750, 751, 754, 755, 
794,795,798,799. 
(6) On Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram NK 
19-9; blocks 559-561, 603-607, 647-651, 693-695, 737-739. 
(7) On Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram NK 
20-7; blocks 706,750,662, 618, 574. 
(e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the lease of that 
portion of any block described in subsection (d) above which lies 
outside the geographical boundaries of the submarine canyons 
and submarine canyon heads described in subsection (d) above: 
Provided, That for purposes of this subsection, the geographical 
boundaries of the submarine canyons and submarine canyon 
heads shall be those recognized by the National Oceanographic 
and Atmospheric Adminstration, Department of Commerce on 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Secretary of the 
Interior from granting contracts for scientific study, the results 
of which could be used in making future leasing decisions in the 
planning area and in preparing environmental impact state-
42 use 4321 
ments as required by the National Environmental Policy Act. 
"°*^^ 
(g) References made to blocks, protraction diagrams and iso-
baths are to such blocks, protraction diagrams, and isobaths as 
they appear on the map entitled Outer Continental Shelf of the 
North Atlantic from 39° to 45° North Latitude, (Map No. MMS-
10), prepared by the United States Department of the Interior, 
Minerals Management Service, Atlantic OCS Region. 
SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the 
Department of the Interior for the leasing of the following areas 
located in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf: 
(a) Blocks in an area commonly known as the seagrass beds 
included in Official Protraction Diagram NH 16-9, Apalachi-
cola: 35, 36, 79-81, 122-125, 165-169, 209-213; Official Protrac-
tion Diagram NH 17-7, Gainesville: 1, 2, 45-47, 89-93, 133-138, 
177-183, 225-227, 270-272, 315-317, 360-362, 404-406, 449-450, 
493-495, 539, 583-585, 628-630, 672-675, 716-719, 760-764, 804-
808, 850-853,894-897, 938-941, 984-987; and Official Protraction 
Diagram 17-10, Tarpon Springs: 17-23, 61-67, 106-111, 150-155, 
194-199, 239-244, 283-288, 328-332, 372-377, 416-421, 460-464, 
505-508, 549-552, 593-596, 637-640, and 682; 
(b) Blocks in an area commonly known as the Florida Middle 
Ground included in Official Protraction Diagram NH 16-12, 
Florida Middle Ground: 251, 295, 339-340, 342, 383-386, 427-430, 
471-474, 515-518, and 560-561; 
(c) Blocks in an area within the 20-meter isobath south of 26° 
N. latitude included in Official Protraction Diagram NG 17-7, 
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97 STAT. 937 
Pulley Ridge: 37-43, 82-87, 126-131, 171-175, 215-219, 259-263, 
303-307, 347-351, 392-395, 436-439, 480-483, 524-527, 568-571, 
612-615, 656-659, 700-703, 744-747, 788-791, 833-835, 877-879, 
921-923, 965-967,1009-1011; 
(d) All submerged lands within 30-nautical miles of the base-
line from which the territorial sea is measured: Provided, That 
the western boundary of the area is a line extending south from 
the line dividing blocks 404 and 405 in Official Protraction 
Diagram NH 16-9, Apalachicola to a point 30-nautical miles 
from the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured. In 
addition, from the boundary between blocks 404 and 405 as 
described in the preceeding sentence, westerly to a line extend-
ing north and south dividing blocks 38 and 1 in Official Protrac-
tion Diagram NH 16-9, all submerged lands within 20-nautical 
miles of the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured. 
The limitation with regard to this subsection on the use of funds 
shall not apply if any State-owned tide or submerged lands 
within the area described in this subsection are now or are 
hereafter subject to sale or lease for the extraction of oil or gas 
from such State lands; and 
(e) For those tracts offered for lease in Sale #79 which are 
located south of 26° N. latitude, the following lease stipulations 
shall apply: 
(1) No exploratory drilling activities will be approved by 
the Department of the Interior until the Department of the 
Interior has accumulated 3 years worth of physical oceano-
graphic and biological resource data; and 
(2) Lessees will be required to perform biological surveys 
prior to approval and initiation of exploration or drilling 
operations and to work in cooperation with the Department 
of the Interior on the monitoring of any subsequent drilling 
activities. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to 
finance changing the name of the mountain located 63 degrees, 04 
minutes, 15 seconds west, presently named and referred to as Mount 
McKinley. 
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, appropri-
ations in this title shall be available to provide insurance on official 
motor vehicles, aircraft, and boats operated by the Department of 
the Interior in Canada and Mexico. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds in this Act shall be expended for the Report to 
sale or lease of coal on public lands, except for emergency leasing as Congress. 
defined in 43 CFR 3425.1-4, lease modifications as defined in 43 CFR 
3432, and lease exchanges as defined in 43 CFR 3435 or as specified 
in Public Law 96-401, until the Commission on Fair Market Value 94 Stat. 1701. 
Policy for Federal Coal Leasing has submitted its report to the 
Congress and ninety days have subsequently elapsed: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the following 
Federal coal maintenance tracts may be leased: the Paonia D Coal 
Bed Tract (not to exceed 5,000 acres), and the Colstrip Area C and 
Colstrip Maintenance Tract (not to exceed an aggregate total of 
1,721 acres): Provided further. That the Paonia Tract may not be 
leased prior to February 1984, and the Colstrip tracts may not be 
leased prior to August 1984. 
97 STAT. 938 
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SEC. 113. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the 
Department of the Interior for the lease sale of tracts in Lease Sale 
numbered 80 within the following areas: 
(1) an area of the Department of the Interior Southern Cali-
fornia Planning Area bounded by the following line on the 
California (Lambert) Plane Coordinate System: From the point 
of intersection of the international boundary line between the 
United States and Mexico and the seaward boundary of the 
California State Tidelands west along said international bound-
ary line to the point of intersection with the line between the 
row of blocks numbered 28 west and the row of blocks numbered 
27 west; thence north to the northeast corner of block 20 north, 
28 west; thence northwest to the southwest corner of block 29 
north, 35 west; thence north along the line between the row of 
blocks numbered 36 west and the row of blocks numbered 35 
west to its intersection with the seaward boundary of the Cali-
fornia State Tidelands; thence easterly along the seaward 
boundary of the California State Tidelands to the point of 
beginning; 
(2) a portion of the Department of the Interior Southern 
California Planning Area which lies both: (a) east of the line 
between the row of blocks numbered 53 west and the row of 
blocks numbered 52 west, and (b) north of the line between the 
row of blocks numbered 34 north and the row of blocks num-
bered 35 north, on the California (Lambert) Plane Coordinate 
System; 
(3) the boundaries of the Channel Island National Marine 
Sanctuary, as defined by title 15, part 935.3 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations; and 
(4) the boundaries of the Santa Barbara Channel Ecological 
Preserve and Buffer Zone, as defined by the Department of the 
Interior, Bureau of Land Management Public Land Order num-
bered 4587 (vol. 34, page 5655 Federal Register March 26, 1969). 
This section shall not affect the authority of the Secretary of the 
Interior to approve any plan, or to grant any license or permit, 
which is restricted to scientific exploration or other scientific activi-
ties, or other preleasing activities necessary up to the point of sale. 
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding the matching grant requirements of 
the provisions of section 6(f) of the Land and Water Conservation 
1
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Fund Act, 16 U.S.C. 4601-8(f), funds appropriated to or expended by 
the Teton Disaster Relief Organization, are available for projects 
funded and authorized under the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund grant program. 
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SEC. 115. Notwithstanding section 507(b)(14) of the Surface Mining 
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5
7 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-87), cross-
sections, maps or plans of land to be affected by an application for a 
surface mining and reclamation permit shall be prepared by or 
under the direction of a qualified registered professional engineer or 
geologist, or qualified registered professional land surveyor in any 
State which authorizes land surveyors to prepare and certify such 
maps or plans. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
97 STAT. 939 
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest research as authorized by law, 
$108,555,000. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with, and providing techni-
cal and financial assistance to States, Territories, possessions, and 
others; and for forest pest management activities, $60,579,000, to 
remain available for obligation until expended, to carry out activi-
ties authorized in Public Law 95-313: Provided, That a grant of 1
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$3,000,000 shall be made to the State of Minnesota for the purposes "°*^ 
authorized by section 6 of Public Law 95-495. 
92 Stat. 1652. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization 
of the National Forest System, and for liquidation of obligations 
incurred in the preceding fiscal year for forest fire protection and 
emergency rehabilitation, including administrative expenses associ-
ated with the management of funds provided under the heads 
"Forest Research", "State and Private Forestry", "National Forest 
System", "Construction", and "Land Acquisition", and not less than 
$3,300,000 for high priority projects within the scope of the approved 
budget which shall be carried out by Youth Conservation Corps as if 
authorized by the Act of August 13,1970, as amended by Public Law 
93-408, $888,506,000. 
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CONSTRUCTION 
1701-1706. 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for construction, $251,724,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $23,867,000 is for construction and acquisition of 
buildings and other facilities; and $227,857,000 is for construction 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 1984 under the Act of March 4, 
1913 (16 U.S.C. 501), shall be transferred to the General Fund of the 
Treasury of the United States: Provided further, That no more than 
$240,000,000, to remain available without fiscal year limitation, 
shall be obligated for the construction of forest roads by timber 
purchasers. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
4601-4-11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of 1
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land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory 460Z-11. 
authority applicable to the Forest Service, $38,552,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available 
until expended. 
97 STAT. 940 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS, SPECIAL ACTS 
For acquisition of land within the exterior boundaries of the 
Cache National Forest, Utah; Uinta and Wasatch National Forests, 
Utah; Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; Angeles National Forest, 
California; and San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests, 
California, as authorized by law, $780,000, to be derived from forest 
receipts. 
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), all funds deposited by public school authorities 
pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended. 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and 
improvement in accordance with section 401(b)(1), of the Act of 
43 use 1751. 
October 21, 1976, Public Law 94-579, as amended, 50 per centum of 
all moneys received during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing 
domestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the sixteen 
Western States, to remain available until expended. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $90,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be derived from the fund established 
pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1643(b). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for: (a) purchase of not to exceed 201 passenger 
motor vehicles of which 3 will be used primarily for law enforcement 
purposes and of which 189 shall be for replacement only, acquisition 
of 217 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 49 aircraft 
from excess sources; (b) services 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) uniform 
allowances for each uniformed employee of the United States Forest 
Service, not in excess of $400 annually; (d) purchase, erection, and 
alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 
2250); (e) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, pursuant 
to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); and (f) for expenses 
pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 558a, 558d, 558a note). 
None of the funds made available under this Act shall be obli-
gated or expended to change the boundaries of any region, to abolish 
any region, to move or close any regional office for research, State 
and private forestry, and National Forest System administration of 
the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, without the consent 
of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in the United 
States Senate and the Committee on Agriculture in the United 
States House of Representatives. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
97 STAT. 941 
None of the funds made available under this Act shall be obli-
gated or expended to adjust annual recreational residence fees to an 
amount greater than that annual fee in effect at the time of the next 
to last fee adjustment, plus 50 per centum. In those cases where the 
currently applicable annual recreational residence fee exceeds that 
adjusted amount, the Forest Service shall credit to the permittee 
that excess amount, times the number of years that that fee has 
been in effect, to offset future fees owed to the Forest Service. 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may 
be advanced to the National Forest System appropriation for the 
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction. 
Appropriations and funds available to the Forest Service shall be 
available to comply with the requirements of section 313(a) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1323(a)). 
The appropriation structure for the Forest Service may not be 
altered without advance approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
assistance to or through the Agency for International Development 
and the Office of International Cooperation and Development in 
connection with forest and rangeland research and technical infor-
mation and assistance in foreign countries. 
Funds previously appropriated for timber salvage sales may be 
recovered from receipts deposited for use by the applicable national 
forest and credited to the Forest Service Permanent Appropriations 
to be expended for timber salvage sales from any national forest. 
Provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) shall apply to appropriations 
available to the Forest Service only to the extent that the proposed 
transfer is approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations in compliance with the reprograming procedures con-
tained in House Report 97-942. 
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture 
without the approval of the Chief of the Forest Service. 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION 
The Secretary of Energy shall, utilizing the funds remaining for 
project feasibility development studies appropriated under this head 
in Public Law 96-126 (93 Stat. 970 (1979)), use up to $200,000 to 42 use 5915 
conduct a feasibility study of an alternative fuels wood pellet gasi- ^°^^-
fier facility located near Sandpoint, Idaho: Provided, That the Secre-
tary of Energy shall, utilizing $33,027.79 of the funds remaining for 
Project Development Feasibility Studies appropriated under this 
head in Public Law 96-126 (93 Stat. 970 (1979)), reimburse consult-
ants who provided services reviewing grant applications to the 
Office of Alcohol Fuels within the Department of Energy in 1980. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy research and 
development activities, under the authority of the Department of 
97 STAT. 942 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
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Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), including the acquisi-
"°^®- 
tion of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or 
expansion, $259,214,000, to remain available until expended, and 
$26,000,000 to be derived by transfer from unobligated balances in 
the fossil energy construction account, and $13,000,000 to be derived 
by transfer from the account in Public Law 96-126 (93 Stat. 970 
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(1979)) entitled "Alternative Fuels Production", and $3,040,000 to be 
"°^^ 
derived by transfer from amounts derived from fees for guarantees 
of obligations collected pursuant to section 19 of the Federal Nonnu-
clear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 5919), and deposited in the Energy Security Reserve 
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established by Public Law 96-126: Provided, That no part of the sum 
"°*^®' 
herein made available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear 
explosives in the recovery of oil and gas: Provided further, That 
$30,000,000 of the amount provided above is to continue the develop-
ment of magnetohydrodynamics technology and may not be used to 
terminate magnetohydrodynamics program activities: Provided fur-
ther. That out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated, an additional $15,000,000 is to be made available on October 1, 
1984, and an additional $15,000,000 is to be made available on 
October 1, 1985, such sums to remain available until expended, for a 
project to be carried out under the administrative and technical 
direction of the Tennessee Valley Authority, in cooperation with the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky and other entities, involving the plan-
ning, designing, constructing, operating, and testing of a demonstra-
tion facility near Paducah, Kentucky, for the generation of 
electricity from coal using an atmospheric fluidized bed combustion 
process. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petroleum and oil 
shale reserves activities, including the purchase of not to exceed 3 
passenger motor vehicles, $256,600,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
ENERGY CONSERVATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation activi-
ties, $431,131,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the funds for low-income weatherization activities appropri-
ated under this Act shall be expended according to the regulations 
pertaining to the maximum allowable expenditures per dwelling 
unit which were in effect on October 1, 1982, and to the regulations 
pertaining to priority in providing weatherization assistance which 
Transfer of 
were in effect on October 1, 1982: Provided further, That $33,100,000 
^^^^^- 
shall be transferred to the Administrator, National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration for program management of the advanced 
automobile propulsion systems development program and the heavy 
92 Stat. 47. 
duty transport program established in Public Law 95-238: Provided 
further. That for the base State Energy Conservation Program (Part 
D of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, section 361 through 
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366), each State will match in cash or in kind not less than 20 
6321-6326. 
percent of the Federal contribution: Provided 
further. 
That 
$7,000,000 of the sum provided under this head shall be made 
available for research, development, and demonstration of a process 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
97 STAT. 943 
to produce steel by direct strip casting, with the provision that the 
United States Treasury will be repaid up to double the total Federal 
expenditure for such process from proceeds to the participant from 
the commercial sale, lease, manufacture, or use of such process. 
ECONOMIC REGULATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the 
Economic Regulatory Administration, the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals and emergency preparedness activities, $30,380,000. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 151 
through 166 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 
(Public Law 94-163), $158,770,000, to remain available until 
jlLV^C, 
expended. 
6231-6246. 
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
The aggregate amount that may be obligated under section 167 of 
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-163), 42 use 6247. 
as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 
(Public Law 97-35), for the acquisition and transportation of petro- 95 Stat. 357. 
leum, and for other necessary expenses, is $650,000,000, in addition 
to authority provided in fiscal years 1982 and 1983, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the minimum required fill 
rate during fiscal year 1984 shall be not less than 186,000 barrels per 
day. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the 
Energy Information Administration, $55,870,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal year shall be 
available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, 
and operation of aircraft; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uni-
forms; and reimbursement to the General Services Administration 
for security guard services. 
From this appropriation, transfers of sums may be made to other 
agencies of the Government for the performance of work for which 
the appropriation is made. 
None of the funds made available to the Department of Energy 
under this Act shall be used to implement or finance authorized 
price support or loan guarantee programs unless specific provision is 
made for such programs in an appropriations Act. 
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, private, or foreign: Provided, That (1) revenues received from 
the sale of any products produced in facilities other than demonstra-
tion plants operated as part of Department of Energy programs 
appropriated under this Act shall be covered into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts; and (2) revenues and other moneys received 
by or for the account of the Department of Energy or otherwise 
97 STAT. 944 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
Contracts, 
submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
Effective date. 
Contracts, 
submitted to 
congressional 
committees. 
Effective date. 
generated by sale of products in connection with demonstration 
plant projects of the Department appropriated under this Act may 
be retained by the Secretary of Energy, to be available until 
expended, and used only for plant construction, operation, costs, and 
payments to cost-sharing entities as provided in appropriate cost-
sharing contracts or agreements: Provided further, That the remain-
der of revenues after the making of such payments shall be covered 
into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That 
any contract, agreement or provision thereof entered into by the 
Secretary pursuant to this authority shall be submitted to the 
Senate Committee on Appropriations and the House Committee on 
Appropriations and a period of thirty days shall elapse while Con-
gress is in session (in computing the thirty days, there shall be 
excluded the days on which either the Senate or the House is not in 
session because of adjournment for more than three days) before the 
contract, agreement or provision thereof shall become effective, 
except that such committees, after having received the proposed 
contract, agreement or provision thereof, may, by separate resolu-
tions in writing, waive the condition of all or any portion of such 
thirty-day period. 
Where the Secretary has the legal authority under other provi-
sions of law, including other provisions of this Act, to undertake 
projects for the design, construction, or operation of Government-
owned facilities for developing or demonstrating the conversion of 
coal into gaseous, liquid, or solid hydrocarbon products, the Secre-
tary may use the authority contained in Public Law 85-804 (50 
U.S.C 1431-1435), with respect to such contracts or agreements for 
or related to such projects: Provided, That any contract, agreement, 
or provision thereof entered into by the Secretary using the 
authority of Public Law 85-804 shall be submitted to the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations and the House Committee on Appro-
priations and a period of thirty days shall elapse while Congress is 
in session (in computing the thirty days, there shall be excluded the 
days on which either the Senate or the House is not in session 
because of adjournment for more than three days) before the con-
tract, agreement or provision thereof shall become effective, except 
that such committees, after having received the proposed contract, 
agreement or provision thereof, may, by separate resolutions in 
writing, waive the condition of all or any portion of such thirty-day 
period. The notification required herein shall be in lieu of the 
notification requirements of Public Law 85-804. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
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254r. 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 
Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, and titles III and V and section 757 of the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
reprints; purchase and erection of portable buildings; payments for 
telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized 
under regulations approved by the Secretary, $770,408,000: Pro-
vided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
97 STAT. 945 
through grants and contracts authorized by the Indian Self-Determi-
nation and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 
450), shall remain available until September 30, 1985. Funds pro-
vided in this Act may be used for one-year contracts and grants 
which are to be performed in two fiscal years, so long as the total 
obligation is recorded in the year for which the funds are appropri-
ated: 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 be available until Sep- 90 Stat. 1408. 
tember 30, 1985, for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 
applicable conditions and requirements of title XVIII and XIX of the 
Social Security Act (exclusive of planning, design, construction of |LV^^ ^^^^' 
new facilities, or major renovation of existing Indian Health Service 
facilities): Provided further, That funding contained herein, and in 
any earUer appropriations Act, for scholarship programs under 
section 103 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and section 25 use 1613. 
757 of the Public Health Service Act shall remain available for 42 use 254r. 
expenditure until September 30,1985. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, major repair, improvement, and equipment of 
health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for person-
nel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of 
sites, purchase and erection of portable buildings, purchase of trail-
ers 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 25 use 450 note. 
Health Care Improvement Act, $53,595,000, to remain available ^ote 
until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, 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 contrib-
ute to improved conduct, supervision, or management of those 
functions or activities: Provided, That none of the funds appropri-
ated under this Act to the Indian Health Service shall be available 
for the initial lease of permanent structures without advance provi-
sion therefor in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That non-
Indian patients may be extended health care at all Indian Health 
Service facilities, if such care can be extended without impairing the 
ability of the Indian Health Service to fulfill its responsibility to 
provide health care to Indians served by such facilities and subject 
to such reasonable charges as the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall prescribe, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in 
the fund established by sections 401 and 402 of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act: Provided further. That funds appropriated 
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to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used for 
^^^^"'/^^fSS.. 
administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be subject ^^ "°^g' ]^^^ 
to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transporta-
tion: Provided further. That with the exception of service units 
97 STAT. 946 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
which currently have a billing policy, the Indian Health Service 
shall not initiate any further action to bill Indians in order to collect 
from third-party payers nor to charge those Indians who may have 
the economic means to pay unless and until such time as Congress 
has agreed upon a specific policy to do so and has directed the IHS to 
implement such a policy: Provided further. That section 3372(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding a new sentence at 
the end to read: 
"In the case of assignments made to Indian tribes or tribal 
organizations as defined in section 3371(2XC) of this subchapter, 
the head of an executive agency may extend the period of 
assignment for any period of time where it is determined that 
this will continue to benefit both the executive agency and the 
Indian tribe or tribal organization.". 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided. Part A 
($50,900,000), and Parts B and C ($15,000,000) of the Indian Educa-
86 Stat 334, 339, tion Act, and the General Education Provisions Act, $68,780,000. 
1221 
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION COMMISSION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 
25USC640d- 
Commission as authorized by Public Law 93-531, $18,783,000, to 
640d-28. 
remain available until expended, for operating expenses of the 
Commission. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, including 
research in the fields of art, science, and history; development, 
preservation, and documentation of the National Collections; pres-
entation of public exhibits and performances; collection, prepara-
tion, dissemination, and exchange of information and publications; 
conduct of education, training, and museum assistance programs; 
maintenance, alteration, operation, lease (for terms not to exceed 
ten years), 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 replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, repair, and 
cleaning of uniforms for employees; $155,263,000, including not less 
than $786,000 to carry out the provisions of the National Museum 
Act and $500,000 to be made available to the trustees of the John F. 
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for payment to the 
National Symphony Orchestra and $500,000 for payment to the 
Washington Opera Society for activities related to their responsibil-
ities as resident entities of the Center: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein are available for advance payments to independent 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
97 STAT. 947 
contractors performing research services or participating in official 
Smithsonian presentations: Provided further. That none of these 
funds shall be available to a Smithsonian Research Foundation. 
MUSEUM PROGRAMS AND RELATED RESEARCH 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Depart-
ment 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, $7,040,000, 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 currencies: Provided further, That none of these 
funds shall be available to a Smithsonian Research Foundation: 
Provided further. That not to exceed $500,000 may be used to make 
grant awards to employees of the Smithsonian Institution. 
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, $3,500,000, 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 use 53a. 
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That contracts awarded for environmental systems, pro-
tection systems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the 
Smithsonian Institution may be negotiated with selected contractors 
and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as 
price. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds appropriated pursuant to section 119 of Public Law 
97-276, $8,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
96 Stat. 1194. 
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 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 20 use 71. 
1939 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including serv- 20 use 74. 
ices 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 publica-
tions or services are available to members only, or to members at a 
97 STAT. 948 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and clean-
ing 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 con-
tents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and repair 
of buildings, approaches, and grounds; and not to exceed $100,000 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 
conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $34,389,000, of which 
not to exceed $4,250,000 for the repair, renovation, and restoration 
program of the original West Building shall remain available until 
expended, and of which not to exceed $1,360,000 for the special 
exhibition program shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection sys-
tems, 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. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER 
FOR SCHOLARS 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 
20 use 80e note. Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356), including 
hire of passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $2,568,000. 
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 Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $132,000,000 of 
which $118,900,000 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) 
20 use 954. 
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 $13,100,000 shall be available for admin-
istering the functions of the Act. 
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 
20 use 959. 
amended, $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1985, 
to the National Endowment for the Arts, of which $21,000,000 shall 
20 use 954. 
be available for purposes of section 5(1): Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as 
may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of 
money, and other property accepted by the Chairman or by grantees 
of the Endowment under the provisions of section 10(a)(2), subsec-
20 use 960. 
tions 11(a)(2)(A) and 11(a)(3)(A) during the current and preceding 
fiscal years for which equal amounts have not previously been 
appropriated. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
97 STAT. 949 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on 
the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $110,500,000 20 use 951 note, 
of which $97,750,000 shall be available to the National Endowment 
for the Humanities for support of activities in the humanities, 
pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act, of which not less than 20 per 20 USC 956. 
centum shall be available for assistance pursuant to section 7(D of 
the Act, and $12,750,000 shall be available for administering the 
functions of the Act. 
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, $29,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 1985, 20 use 959. 
of which $18,000,000 shall be available to the National Endowment 
for the Humanities for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That 20 use 956. 
this appropriation shall be available for obligation only in such 
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and 
devises of money, and other property accepted by the Chairman or 
by grantees of the Endowment under the provisions of subsections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal 20 USC 960. 
years, for which equal amounts have not previously 
been 
appropriated. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM SERVICES 
For carrying out title II of the Arts, Humanities, and Cultural 
Affairs Act of 1976, as amended, $20,150,000: Provided, That none of 20 USe 961. 
these funds shall be available for the compensation of Executive 
Level V or higher positions: Provided further. That regulations of L^f^p^q^f" 
the Institute shall require (1) an appeal process for applications 20 use 965 note. 
rejected because of technical deficiency, (2) reconsideration of 
applications upon receipt of materials in a timely manner if the 
application was rejected because material did not accompany the 
application, and (3) waivers of certain records under circumstances 
which would require such waivers: Provided further, That no regula-
tions may be established that prohibit grants to any institution 
which is a recipient of a challenge grant from either the National 
Endowment for the Arts or the National Endowment for the 
Humanities. 
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 hereafter persons serving on the National Council on qcT^^ofiQ^^^' 
the Arts, the National Council on the Humanities, and the Museum ^^^^' ^^'^^• 
Services Board shall continue serving until their successors are 
qualified for office: Provided further. That none of the funds appro-
priated to the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 
may be used for official reception and representation expenses. 
97 STAT. 950 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
COMMISSION OF F I N E ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commis-
sion of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $340,000. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing an Advisory 
i6USC470i. 
Council on Historic Preservation, Public Law 94-422, $1,546,000: 
Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for the com-
5 use 5316. 
pensation of Executive Level V or higher positions. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National Capital 
Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71i), including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109j and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), $2,447,000. 
FRANKUN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memo-
rial Commission, established by the Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 
694), as amended by Public Law 92-332 (86 Stat. 401), $20,000 to 
remain available for obligation until September 30,1985. 
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, $2,275,000 for operating and administra-
tive expenses of the Corporation. 
PUBUC DEVELOPMENT 
For public development activities and projects in accordance with 
the development plan as authorized by section 17(b) of Public Law 
40 use 885. 
92-578, as amended, $9,600,000 to remain available for obligation 
until expended. 
FEDERAL INSPECTOR FOR THE ALASKA GAS PIPELINE 
PERMITTING AND ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Inspector for the Alaska 
Gas Pipeline, $2,963,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL 
97 STAT. 951 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as authorized by 
Public Law 96-388, $1,853,000. 
TITLE III-GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public inspec-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation under this Act shall be 
available 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: Provided, 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 pljrwood manufactur-
ing needs. 
SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation under this Act shall be 
available to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agricul-
ture for the leasing of oil and natural gas by noncompetitive bidding 
on publicly 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. 304. 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. 
SEC. 305. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for 
the implementation or enforcement of any rule or regulation of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 
requiring the use of steel shot in connection with the hunting of 
waterfowl in any State of the United States unless the appropriate 
State regulatory authority approves such implementation and 
enforcement. 
SEC. 306. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 307. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal 
cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or 
employee of such department or agency. 
SEC. 308. Except for lands described by sections 105 and 106 of 
Public Law 96-560, section 103 of Public Law 96-550, section 5(d)(1) 
of Public Law 96-312, and except for land in the State of Alaska, and 
lands in the national forest system released to management for any 
use the Secretary of Agriculture deems appropriate through the 
land management planning process by any statement or other Act 
36 use 
1401-1408. 
Shawnee 
National Forest, 
111. 
Personal 
servants, 
funding 
prohibition. 
94 Stat. 3268, 
3270, 3223. 
94 Stat. 949. 
97 STAT. 952 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
Permits for 
prospecting, 
seismic surveys, 
and core 
samplings. 
Mineral 
inventories. 
16 use 1133. 
of Congress designating components of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System now in effect or hereinafter enacted, and 
except to carry out the obligations and responsibilities of the Secre-
tary of the Interior under section 17(k)(l) (A) and (B) of the Mineral 
Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 226), none of the funds provided in 
this Act shall be obligated for any aspect of the processing or 
issuance of permits or leases pertaining to exploration for or devel-
opment of coal, oil, gas, oil shale, phosphate, potassium, sulphur, 
gilsonite, or geothermal resources on Federal lands within any 
component of the National Wilderness Preservation System or 
within any Forest Service RARE II areas recommended for wilder-
ness designation or allocated to further planning in Executive 
Communication 1504, Ninety-sixth Congress (House Document 
numbered 96-119); or within any lands designated by Congress as 
wilderness study areas or within Bureau of Land Management 
wilderness study areas: Provided, That nothing in this section shall 
prohibit the expenditure of funds for any aspect of the processing or 
issuance of permits pertaining to exploration for or development of 
the mineral resources described in this section, within any compo-
nent of the National Wilderness Preservation System now in effect 
or hereinafter enacted, any Forest Service RARE II areas recom-
mended for wilderness designation or allocated to further planning, 
within any lands designated by Congress as wilderness study areas, 
or Bureau of Land Management wilderness study areas, under valid 
existing rights, or leases validly issued in accordance with all appli-
cable Federal, State, and local laws or valid mineral rights in 
existence prior to October 1, 1982: Provided further, That funds 
provided in this Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture in 
any area of National Forest lands or the Secretary of the Interior to 
issue under their existing authority in any area of National Forest 
or public lands withdrawn pursuant to this Act such permits as may 
be necessary to conduct prospecting, seismic surveys, and core sam-
pling conducted by helicopter or other means not requiring con-
struction of roads or improvement of existing roads or ways, for the 
purpose of gathering information about and inventorying energy, 
mineral, and other resource values of such area, if such activity is 
carried out in a manner compatible with the preservation of the 
wilderness environment: Provided further, That seismic activities 
involving the use of explosives shall not be permitted in designated 
wilderness areas: Provided further. That funds provided in this Act 
may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to augment recurring 
surveys of the mineral values of wilderness areas pursuant to 
section 4(d)(2) of the Wilderness Act and acquire information on 
other national forest and public land areas withdrawn pursuant to 
this Act, by conducting, in conjunction with the Secretary of Energy, 
the national laboratories, or other Federal agencies, as appropriate, 
such mineral inventories of areas withdrawn pursuant to this Act as 
he deems appropriate. These inventories shall be conducted in a 
manner compatible with the preservation of the wilderness environ-
ment through the use of methods including core sampling conducted 
by helicopter; geophysical techniques such as induced polarization, 
synthetic aperture radar, magnetic and gravity surveys; geochemi-
cal techniques including stream sediment reconnaissance and X-ray 
diffraction analysis; land satellites; or any other methods he deems 
appropriate. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to 
conduct inventories or segments of inventories, such as data analy-
sis activities, by contract with private entities deemed by him to be 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
97 STAT. 953 
qualified to engage in such activities whenever he has determined 
that such contracts would decrease Federal expenditures and would 
produce comparable or superior results: Provided further, That in 
carrying out any such inventory or surveys, where National Forest 
System lands are involved, the Secretary of the Interior shall con-
sult with the Secretary of Agriculture concerning any activities 
affecting surface resources: Provided further, That funds provided in 
this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to issue oil and 
gas leases for the subsurface of national forest or public land 
wilderness areas, or any lands designated by Congress as wilderness 
study areas, that are immediately adjacent to producing oil and gas 
fields or areas that are prospectively valuable. Such leases shall 
allow no surface occupancy and may be entered only by directional 
drilling from outside the wilderness or other nonsurface disturbing 
methods. 
SEC. 309. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to 
evaluate, consider, process or award oil, gas or geothermal leases on 
Federal lands in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, 
State of Washington, within the hydrographic boundaries of the 
Cedar River municipal watershed upstream of river mile 21.6, the 
Green River municipal watershed upstream of river mile 61.0, 
the North Fork of the Tolt River proposed municipal watershed 
upstream of river mile 11.7 and the South Fork Tolt River municipal 
watershed upstream of river mile 8.4. 
SEC. 310. No assessments may be levied against any program, 
budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act unless 
such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations and are approved by such committees. 
SEC. 311. Employment funded by this Act shall not be subject to 
any personnel ceiling or other personnel restriction for permanent 
or other than permanent employment except as provided by law. 
SEC. 312. Funds provided for land acquisition in this Act may not 
be used to acquire lands for more than the approved appraised value 
(as addressed in section 301(3) of Public Law 91-646) except for 
condemnations and declarations of taking, without the written 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Secre-
tary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Secretary of the Interior 
and Secretary of Agriculture are authorized to enter into contracts 
with State and local governmental entities, including local fire 
districts, for procurement of services in the presuppression, detec-
tion, and suppression of fires on any units within their jurisdiction. 
In addition, any contracts or agreements with the jurisdiction for 
fire management services listed above which are previously 
executed shall remain valid. 
SEC. 314. Except as expressly provided for by law, none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act shall be obligated to dispose, except 
by exchange, of any Federal land tract until such time as the agency 
responsible for administering the disposal of the tract has specifi-
cally identified the tract as no longer being needed by the Federal 
Government; inventoried the tract as to its public benefit values; 
provided opportunity for public review and discussion of the tract 
proposed for disposal; and provided 30 days advance notice of the 
tract proposed for disposal and of the plans for carrying out such 
disposal to the congressional delegation of the State or States in 
which the tract proposed for sale is located and to the appropriate 
congressional committees for immediate printing in the Congres-
Oil and gas 
leases. 
Mount Baker-
Snoqualmie 
National Forest, 
Wash., oil, gas, 
or geothermal 
leases. 
Assessments, 
presentation to 
congressional 
committees. 
Employment. 
Land 
acquisition, 
congressional 
approval. 
42 u s e 4651. 
Contracts with 
State and local 
governments. 
Publication in 
Congressional 
Record. 
97 STAT. 954 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
43 u s e 869 et 
seq. 
40 u s e 490. 
16 u s e 396f. 
16 u s e 396d. 
Landowner's 
surplus property 
account. 
40 u s e 471 note. 
Notification of 
transfer. 
Land 
conveyance. 
sional Record: Provided, That neither the Act of July 31, 1958, as 
amended (72 Stat. 438, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 1012a; 16 U.S.C. 478a) 
nor the Act of June 14, 1926, as amended (49 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) shall 
be subject to the provisions of this section. 
SEC. 315. No part of any appropriation contained in, or funds 
made available by this Act, shall be available for any agency to pay 
to the Administrator of the General Services Administration a rate 
per square foot for rental of space and services (established pursuant 
to section 210(j) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949, as amended) which is in excess of 14 per centum higher 
than the rate per square foot established for space and services by 
the General Services Administration for the fiscal year 1982. 
SEC. 316. The Congress finds that the Forest Service's proposal of 
March 15, 1983, to consider six million acres of the national forest 
for possible sale has met with considerable opposition; and the 
national forests are an important part of the national heritage of 
the United States; and the national forests provide and protect 
important resources; and the national forests provide unique oppor-
tunities for recreation; and it is inconsistent with past management 
practices to dispose of large portions of our national forests. It is, 
therefore, the sense of the Congress that it is not in the national 
interest to grant the authority to sell significant acreage of the 
national forest until such time as the Forest Service specifically 
identifies the tracts which are no longer needed by the Federal 
Government; inventories the tracts as to their public benefit value; 
provides opportunities for public review and discussion of the tracts; 
and completes all necessary environmental assessments of such 
sales. 
SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secre-
tary of the Interior is authorized and shall seek to acquire the 
private lands described in section 505(a) of the Act of November 10, 
1978 (92 Stat. 3467), by crediting a surplus property account, to be 
established in the name of each landowner, in the amount of the 
acquisition price for such landowner's lands. The National Park 
Service shall update the existing appraisals for the parcels and, 
based on the approved appraised values, shall negotiate with the 
landowners for acquisition prices. Each owner may, using such 
credits in his surplus property account, bid, as any other bidder for 
surplus property, wherever located, in accordance with the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. The Administra-
tor of the General Services Administration shall establish each 
landowner's surplus property account and shall adjust the credits in 
such accounts to reflect successful bids under this section. Title to 
the lands described in this section shall pass to the Government at 
the time of establishment of the surplus property accounts. The 
credits in any of the surplus property accounts may be transferred 
or sold in whole or in part at any time by the landowner to any 
other party, thereby vesting such party with all the rights of the 
landowner, and after such transfer, the landowner shall notify the 
Administrator of the transfer. At any time the Secretary may 
purchase the balance of any surplus property account subject to the 
availability of appropriated funds. 
SEC. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secre-
tary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the 
"Secretary") is hereby authorized to convey to Mitchell School 
District in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, all right, title, and inter-
est, except as provided herein, to a tract of land consisting of 20 
PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 
97 STAT. 955 
Fair market 
value. 
acres, more or less, more particularly described as the west half 
southwest quarter northwest quarter section 17, township 23 north, 
range 55 west, sixth principal meridian. Conveyance of such right, 
title, and interest shall be upon the condition that the Mitchell 
School District shall simultaneously convey without cost, an ease-
ment right on certain of the above-described lands to the Pathfinder 
Irrigation District for the purpose of operating and maintaining 
irrigation canals, laterals, or drains-related storage works of the 
North Platte project, a Federal reclamation project. The Mitchell 
School District shall pay the fair market value of the lands as of the 
date of the conveyance, including administrative costs, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. In determining the fair market value of the Easement right. 
lands, the Secretary shall recognize the existence of the easement 
right to be granted to the Pathfinder Irrigation District and shall 
not include the value of any improvements made on or to the lands 
by the Mitchell School District or its predecessors. Withdrawals 
from the public domain as they pertain only to the lands described 
in this paragraph under Secretarial Orders of February 11, 1903, 
and July 24, 1917, for purposes of the North Platte project, are 
revoked by conveyance of the rights, title, and interests as set forth 
in this paragraph. 
SEC. 319. Section 3 of Public Law 96-315 is hereby amended by 
adding the following new subsection: 
"(f) Up to 15 additional permits shall be granted to those persons 
meeting any one of the following conditions: 
(1) A resident as of July 1, 1982, who held a valid Fish and 
Wildlife Service access permit for improved property owners at 
any time during the period from July 29, 1976, through Decem-
ber 31,1979. 
(2) Anyone in continuous residency since 1976 residing in the 
area bounded on the north by the refuge boundary and on the 
south by a straight line passing through a point on the e£ist-west 
prolongation of the centerline of Albacore Street, Whaleshead 
Club Subdivision, Currituck County, North Carolina. 
(3) Any permanent full-time resident as of April 1, 1983, 
not otherwise eligible who can substantiate to the Secretary of 
the Interior that access is essential to their maintaining a 
livelihood.". 
Approved November 4, 1983. 
Land 
withdrawals, 
revocation. 
Permits. 
94 Stat. 958. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3363: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 98-253 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 98-399 (Comm. of 
Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-184 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
June 28, considered and passed House. 
Aug. 1-3, Sept. 13, 19-21, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 5, House agreed to conference report; concurred in certain Senate amend-
ments in others with amendments, and disagreed to another. 
Oct. 19, Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in certain House 
amendments, in others with amendments, and disagreed to an amendment. 
Oct. 20, Senate receded from an amendment and concurred in a House 
amendment with an amendment. House receded from its amendment in 
disagreement and concurred in Senate amendments.