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[H.R. 4193 Reported in House (RH)]




                                                 Union Calendar No. 343
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4193

                          [Report No. 105-609]

 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 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 fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for 
other purposes, namely:

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   management of lands and resources

    For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition 
of easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other 
functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law, 
in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general administration 
of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands 
pursuant to Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $596,425,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $2,062,000 shall be available 
for assessment of the mineral potential of public lands in Alaska 
pursuant to section 1010 of Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of 
which $3,000,000 shall be derived from the special receipt account 
established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)); and of which $1,500,000 shall be available in 
fiscal year 1999 subject to a match by at least an equal amount by the 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to such Foundation for cost-
shared projects supporting conservation of Bureau lands; in addition, 
$32,650,000 for Mining Law Administration program operations, including 
the cost of administering the mining claim fee program, to remain 
available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees 
so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not more than 
$596,425,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 
communication site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost 
of administering communication site activities: Provided, That 
appropriations herein made shall not be available for the destruction 
of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in the care of the Bureau 
or its contractors.

                        wildland fire management

    For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression 
operations, emergency rehabilitation; and hazardous fuels reduction by 
the Department of the Interior, $286,895,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $6,950,000 shall be for the renovation 
or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also 
available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 
from which funds were previously transferred for such purposes: 
Provided further, That unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated to the ``Fire Protection'' and ``Emergency Department of 
the Interior Firefighting Fund'' may be transferred and merged with 
this appropriation: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 
U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from 
funds available from this appropriation: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a Bureau or office of 
the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant to 
42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., Protection of United States Property, may be 
credited to the appropriation from which funds were expended to provide 
that protection, and are available without fiscal year limitation.

                    central hazardous materials fund

    For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and any of 
its component offices and bureaus for the remedial action, including 
associated activities, of hazardous waste substances, pollutants, or 
contaminants pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sums recovered from or paid by a party 
in advance of or as reimbursement for remedial action or response 
activities conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107 or 
113(f) of such Act, shall be credited to this account to be available 
until expended without further appropriation: Provided further, That 
such sums recovered from or paid by any party are not limited to 
monetary payments and may include stocks, bonds or other personal or 
real property, which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise disposed 
of by the Secretary and which shall be credited to this account.

                              construction

    For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, roads, 
trails, and appurtenant facilities, $6,975,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                       payments in lieu of taxes

    For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20, 1976, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 6901-6907), $120,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$400,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided, That 
no payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local 
government if the computed amount of the payment is less than $100.

                            land acquisition

    For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 318(d) 
of Public Law 94-579, including administrative expenses and acquisition 
of lands or waters, or interests therein, $10,000,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until 
expended.

                   oregon and california grant lands

    For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development 
of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access 
roads, reforestation, and other improvements on the revested Oregon and 
California Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon 
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-
of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein including 
existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands; 
$98,407,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 25 
percent of the aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby 
made a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and 
shall be transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance 
with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).

               forest ecosystems health and recovery fund

                   (revolving fund, special account)

    In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law 102-381, funds 
made available in the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund can be 
used for the purpose of planning, preparing, and monitoring salvage 
timber sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery activities such 
as release from competing vegetation and density control treatments. 
The Federal share of receipts (defined as the portion of salvage timber 
receipts not paid to the counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 
1181f-1 et seq., and Public Law 103-66) derived from treatments funded 
by this account shall be deposited into the Forest Ecosystem Health and 
Recovery Fund.

                           range improvements

    For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and 
interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant to 
section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 
and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.) and the amount 
designated for range improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing 
receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the 
Interior pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall 
be available for administrative expenses.

               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

    For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing 
application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of 
public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official 
public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and 
termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and 
for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 
collected under Public Law 94-579, as amended, and Public Law 93-153, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
provision to the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94-579 (43 
U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received pursuant 
to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or 
settlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of 
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended 
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, protect, 
or rehabilitate any public lands administered through the Bureau of 
Land Management which have been damaged by the action of a resource 
developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without 
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action are used 
on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: Provided further, 
That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to repair 
damage to the exact land for which funds were collected may be used to 
repair other damaged public lands.

                       miscellaneous trust funds

    In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing 
laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed 
under section 307 of the Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and 
such amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, 
appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under 
section 211(b) of that Act, to remain available until expended.

                       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 $100,000 for 
payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information or 
evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities 
authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely 
on his certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-
sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure 
printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly produced 
publications for which the cooperators share the cost of printing 
either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 
is capable of meeting accepted quality standards.
    Section 28f(a) of title 30, U.S.C., is amended by striking 
beginning with the words ``The holder'' and continuing through ``$100 
per claim.'' and inserting in lieu thereof: ``The holder of each 
unpatented mining claim, mill or tunnel site, located pursuant to the 
mining laws of the United States before October 1, 1998 shall pay the 
Secretary of the Interior, on or before September 1, 1999 a claim 
maintenance fee of $100 per claim site.''.
    Section 28g to title 30, U.S.C., is amended by striking ``1998'' 
and inserting in lieu thereof ``1999''.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          resource management

    For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, for scientific and economic studies, conservation, management, 
investigations, protection, and utilization of fishery and wildlife 
resources, except whales, seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd 
of long-horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, general 
administration, and for the performance of other authorized functions 
related to such resources by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and 
private entities, $607,106,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2000, except as otherwise provided herein, of which $11,648,000 shall 
remain available until expended for operation and maintenance of 
fishery mitigation facilities constructed by the Corps of Engineers 
under the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1976, to compensate for loss of fishery 
resources from water development projects on the Lower Snake River, and 
of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be provided to local 
governments in southern California for planning associated with the 
Natural Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program and shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That not less than 
$1,000,000 for high priority projects which shall be carried out by the 
Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, 
as amended: Provided further, That not to exceed $6,256,000 shall be 
used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 
of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species that are 
indigenous to the United States (except for processing petitions, 
developing and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any 
other steps to implement actions described in subsections (c)(2)(A), 
(c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)): Provided further, That of the amount 
available for law enforcement, up to $400,000 to remain available until 
expended, may at the discretion of the Secretary, be used for payment 
for information, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws 
administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses 
of enforcement activity, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to 
be accounted for solely on his certificate: Provided further, That 
hereafter, all fees collected for Federal migratory bird permits shall 
be available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, to be 
used for the expenses of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 
administering such Federal migratory bird permits, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That hereafter, pursuant to 
31 U.S.C. 9701 and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary shall 
charge reasonable fees for the full costs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service in operating and maintaining the M/V Tiglax and other vessels, 
to be credited to this account and to be available until expended: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided for environmental 
contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may remain available until expended for 
contaminant sample analyses.

                              construction

    For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities 
required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection, 
and utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $66,100,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                            land acquisition

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 through 11), including 
administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or 
interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable to 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $30,000,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until 
expended.

            cooperative endangered species conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), as amended, 
$15,000,000, for grants to States, to be derived from the Cooperative 
Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and to remain available until 
expended.

                     national wildlife refuge fund

    For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 715s), $10,779,000.

               north american wetlands conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101-233, as amended, 
$12,700,000, to remain available until expended.

              wildlife conservation and appreciation fund

    For necessary expenses of the Wildlife Conservation and 
Appreciation Fund, $800,000, to remain available until expended.

                multinational species conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4203, 4211-4213, 4221-4225, 4241-4245, 
and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-
96), and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 
5301-5306), $2,400,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That unexpended balances of amounts previously appropriated to the 
African Elephant Conservation Fund, Rewards and Operations account, and 
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund may be transferred to and merged 
with this appropriation: Provided further, That in fiscal year 1999 and 
thereafter, donations to provide assistance under section 5304 of the 
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act, subchapter I of the African 
Elephant Conservation Act, and section 6 of the Asian Elephant 
Conservation Act of 1997 shall be deposited to this Fund: Provided 
further, That in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, all penalties 
received by the United States under 16 U.S.C. 4224 which are not used 
to pay rewards under 16 U.S.C. 4225 shall be deposited to this Fund, to 
be available to provide assistance under 16 U.S.C. 4211: Provided 
further, That in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, not more than three 
percent of amounts appropriated to this Fund may be used by the 
Secretary of the Interior to administer the Fund.

                       administrative provisions

    Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 104 
passenger motor vehicles, of which 89 are for replacement only 
(including 38 for police-type use); repair of damage to public roads 
within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the 
Service; options for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each 
option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on 
conservation areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; and 
the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other 
facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the 
United States has title, and which are used pursuant to law in 
connection with management and investigation of fish and wildlife 
resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service 
may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements 
authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in 
connection with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators 
share at least one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services 
and the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting 
accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 
accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of the Interior may not spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used in the 
establishment of any new unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System 
unless the purchase is approved in advance by the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the reprogramming 
procedures contained in the report accompanying this bill: Provided 
further, That hereafter the Secretary may sell land and interests in 
land, other than surface water rights, acquired in conformance with 
subsections 206(a) and 207(c) of Public Law 101-618, the receipts of 
which shall be deposited to the Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish 
and Wildlife Fund and used exclusively for the purposes of such 
subsections, without regard to the limitation on the distribution of 
benefits in subsection 206(f)(2) of such law: Provided further, That 
section 104(c)(50)(B) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 
1361-1407) is amended by adding the words ``until expended'' after the 
word ``Secretary'' in the second sentence.

                         National Park Service

                 operation of the national park system

    For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National Park 
Service (including special road maintenance service to trucking 
permittees on a reimbursable basis), and for the general administration 
of the National Park Service, including not less than $1,000,000 for 
high priority projects within the scope of the approved budget which 
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by 
16 U.S.C. 1706, $1,333,328,000, of which not to exceed $12,500,000 may 
be used for salaries and expenses of the Denver Service Center, and of 
which not less than $600,000 is for salaries and expenses associated 
with new hires of mineral examiners at the Mojave National Preserve, 
and of which $12,800,000 for research, planning and interagency 
coordination in support of land acquisition for Everglades restoration 
shall remain available until expended, and of which not to exceed 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended, is to be derived from 
the special fee account established pursuant to title V, section 5201 
of Public Law 100-203.

                  national recreation and preservation

    For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural 
programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, 
statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant 
administration, not otherwise provided for, $41,939,000, of which 
$4,500,000 is for grants to Heritage areas in accordance with section 
606 of title VI, division I and titles I-VI and VIII-IX, division II of 
Public Law 104-333.

                       historic preservation fund

    For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic Preservation 
Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), and the Omnibus Parks and 
Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-333), $40,812,000, 
to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, to remain available 
until September 30, 2000, of which $7,700,000 pursuant to section 507 
of Public Law 104-333 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National Park 
Service may hereafter recover all costs of providing necessary services 
associated with historic preservation tax certification, and such funds 
shall remain available until expended.

                              construction

    For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of physical 
facilities, including the modifications authorized by section 104 of 
the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, 
$149,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Denver Service Center may not levy any assessments against specific 
construction projects.

                    land and water conservation fund

                              (rescission)

    The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1999 by 16 U.S.C. 
460l-10a is rescinded.

                 land acquisition and state assistance

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 through 11), including 
administrative expenses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or 
interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable to 
the National Park Service, $69,000,000, to be derived from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended, of which 
$500,000 is to administer the State assistance program: Provided, That 
any funds made available for the purpose of acquisition of the Elwha 
and Glines dams shall be used solely for acquisition, and shall not be 
expended until the full purchase amount has been appropriated by the 
Congress: Provided further, That from the funds made available for land 
acquisition at Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National 
Preserve, the Secretary may provide for Federal assistance to the State 
of Florida for the acquisition of lands or waters, or interests 
therein, within the Everglades watershed (consisting of lands and 
waters within the boundaries of the South Florida Water Management 
District, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys) under terms and conditions 
deemed necessary by the Secretary, to improve and restore the 
hydrological function of the Everglades watershed: Provided further, 
That funds provided under this heading to the State of Florida shall be 
subject to an agreement that such lands will be managed in perpetuity 
for the restoration of the Everglades.

                       administrative provisions

    Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available for 
the purchase of not to exceed 375 passenger motor vehicles, of which 
291 shall be for replacement only, including not to exceed 305 for 
police-type use, 12 buses, and 6 ambulances: Provided, 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 implement an agreement for the 
redevelopment of the southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement 
has been submitted to the Congress and shall not be implemented prior 
to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any day in which 
either House of Congress is not in session because of adjournment of 
more than three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate 
of a full and comprehensive report on the development of the southern 
end of Ellis Island, including the facts and circumstances relied upon 
in support of the proposed project.
     None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National Park 
Service for activities taken in direct response to the United Nations 
Biodiversity Convention.
     The National Park Service may distribute to operating units based 
on the safety record of each unit the costs of programs designed to 
improve workplace and employee safety, and to encourage employees 
receiving workers' compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of 
title 5, United States Code, to return to appropriate positions for 
which they are medically able.

                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

    For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey to 
perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, 
geology, hydrology, and the mineral and water resources of the United 
States, its territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized 
by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and 
water resources; give engineering supervision to power permittees and 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees; administer the minerals 
exploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data 
relative to the foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries into the 
economic conditions affecting mining and materials processing 
industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related 
purposes as authorized by law and to publish and disseminate data; 
$774,838,000 of which $68,096,000 shall be available only for 
cooperation with States or municipalities for water resources 
investigations; and of which $16,400,000 shall remain available until 
expended for conducting inquiries into the economic conditions 
affecting mining and materials processing industries; and of which 
$150,871,000 shall be available until September 30, 2000 for the 
biological research activity and the operation of the Cooperative 
Research Units: Provided, That none of these funds provided for the 
biological research activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on 
private property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the 
property owner: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping 
or water resources data collection and investigations carried on in 
cooperation with States and municipalities.

                       administrative provisions

    The amount appropriated for the United States Geological Survey 
shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 53 passenger motor 
vehicles, of which 48 are for replacement only; reimbursement to the 
General Services Administration for security guard services; 
contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the making 
of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is administratively 
determined that such procedures are in the public interest; 
construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant 
facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging stations and observation 
wells; expenses of the United States National Committee on Geology; and 
payment of compensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the 
Survey duly appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 
and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities 
funded by appropriations herein made may be accomplished through the 
use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in 31 
U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Provided further, That the United States 
Geological Survey may contract directly with individuals or indirectly 
with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 
U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent services of science 
students or recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the 
purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to 
compensation for work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United 
States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be 
Federal employees for any other purposes.

                      Minerals Management Service

                royalty and offshore minerals 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 eight passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only; $116,402,000, of which $72,729,000 
shall be available for royalty management activities; and an amount not 
to exceed $100,000,000, to be credited to this appropriation and to 
remain available until expended, from additions to receipts resulting 
from increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate 
increases to fee collections for Outer Continental Shelf administrative 
activities performed by the Minerals Management Service over and above 
the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and from additional fees for 
Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities established after 
September 30, 1993: Provided, That $3,000,000 for computer acquisitions 
shall remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this Act shall be available for the payment of 
interest in accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided 
further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable 
expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 
activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be available for refunds of 
overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the 
Director of the Minerals Management Service concurred with the claimed 
refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or Tribes, or to 
correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments.

                           oil spill research

    For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, title 
IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, section 8201 of 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,118,000, which shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

                       regulation and technology

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, as 
amended, including the purchase of not to exceed 10 passenger motor 
vehicles, for replacement only; $93,074,000, and notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount shall be credited to this account, to 
remain available until expended, from performance bond forfeitures in 
fiscal year 1999 and thereafter: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use directly or through grants 
to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 1999 for civil penalties 
assessed under section 518 of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely 
affected by coal mining practices after August 3, 1977, to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That appropriations for the 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for 
the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel 
attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
sponsored training: Provided further, That beginning in fiscal year 
1999 and thereafter, cost-based fees for the products of the Mine Map 
Repository shall be established (and revised as needed) in Federal 
Register Notices, and shall be collected and credited to this account, 
to be available until expended for the costs of administering this 
program.

                    abandoned mine reclamation fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, as amended, 
including the purchase of not more than 10 passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, $185,416,000, to be derived from receipts of the 
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended; 
of which up to $7,000,000, to be derived from the cumulative balance of 
interest earned to date on the Fund,  shall be for supplemental grants 
to States for the reclamation of abandoned sites with acid mine rock 
drainage from coal mines, and for associated activities, through the 
Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum 
program States will be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal year 1999: 
Provided further, That of the funds herein provided up to $18,000,000 
may be used for the emergency program authorized by section 410 of 
Public Law 95-87, as amended, of which no more than 25 percent shall be 
used for emergency reclamation projects in any one State and funds for 
federally administered emergency reclamation projects under this 
proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further, That prior year 
unobligated funds appropriated for the emergency reclamation program 
shall not be subject to the 25 percent limitation per State and may be 
used without fiscal year limitation for emergency projects: Provided 
further, That pursuant to Public Law 97-365, the Department of the 
Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of the 
delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to pay for 
contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That funds made 
available to States under title IV of Public Law 95-87 may be used, at 
their discretion, for any required non-Federal share of the cost of 
projects funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of 
environmental restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid 
mine drainage from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 
projects must be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That the 
State of Maryland may set aside the greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent 
of the total of the grants made available to the State under title IV 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended 
(30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited in an 
acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund established under a 
State law, pursuant to which law the amount (together with all interest 
earned on the amount) is expended by the State to undertake acid mine 
drainage abatement and treatment projects, except that before any 
amounts greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants are deposited in 
an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund, the State of 
Maryland must first complete all Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
Act priority one projects: Provided further, That hereafter, donations 
received to support projects under the Appalachian Clean Streams 
Initiative and under the Western Mine Lands Restoration Partnerships 
Initiative, pursuant to 30 U.S.C. 1231, shall be credited to this 
account and remain available until expended without further 
appropriation for projects sponsored under these initiatives, directly 
through agreements with other Federal agencies, or through grants to 
States, and funding to local governments, or tax exempt private 
entities.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      operation of indian programs

    For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, as 
authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 
U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amendments 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001-2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act 
of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as amended, $1,558,425,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2000 except as otherwise provided herein, 
of which not to exceed $96,028,000 shall be for welfare assistance 
payments and notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but 
not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, 
not to exceed $114,881,000 shall be available for payments to tribes 
and tribal organizations for contract support costs associated with 
ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements 
entered into with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 1999, as 
authorized by such Act, except that tribes and tribal organizations may 
use their tribal priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of 
ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding agreements 
and for unmet welfare assistance costs, and of which not to exceed 
$383,451,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and 
other education programs shall become available on July 1, 1999, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2000; and of which not to 
exceed $52,256,000 shall remain available until expended for housing 
improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, self-
governance grants, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land records 
improvement, the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not limited 
to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 
2008, not to exceed $42,160,000 within and only from such amounts made 
available for school operations shall be available to tribes and tribal 
organizations for administrative cost grants associated with the 
operation of Bureau-funded schools: Provided further, That hereafter 
funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through 
contracts, compact agreements, or grants, as authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination Act of 1975 or grants authorized by the Indian 
Education Amendments of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2001 and 2008A) shall remain 
available until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided 
further, That hereafter to provide funding uniformity within a Self-
Governance Compact, any funds provided in this Act with availability 
for more than two years may be reprogrammed to two year availability 
but shall remain available within the Compact until expended: Provided 
further, That hereafter notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
Indian tribal governments may, by appropriate changes in eligibility 
criteria or by other means, change eligibility for general assistance 
or change the amount of general assistance payments for individuals 
within the service area of such tribe who are otherwise deemed eligible 
for general assistance payments so long as such changes are applied in 
a consistent manner to individuals similarly situated and, that any 
savings realized by such changes shall be available for use in meeting 
other priorities of the tribes and, that any net increase in costs to 
the Federal Government which result solely from tribally increased 
payment levels for general assistance shall be met exclusively from 
funds available to the tribe from within its tribal priority 
allocation: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to a 
tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2000, may be 
transferred during fiscal year 2001 to an Indian forest land assistance 
account established for the benefit of such tribe within the tribe's 
trust fund account: Provided further, That any such unobligated 
balances not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2001: 
Provided further, That hereafter tribes may use tribal priority 
allocations funds for the replacement and repair of school facilities 
in compliance with 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), so long as such replacement or 
repair is approved by the Secretary and completed with non-Federal 
tribal and/or tribal priority allocation funds.

                              construction

    For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other 
facilities, including architectural and engineering services by 
contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation 
of lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87-483, $121,695,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be 
available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project 
may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, That 
not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority available to the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to 
cover the road program management costs of the Bureau: Provided 
further, That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made available on a nonreimbursable 
basis: Provided further, That for fiscal year 1999, in implementing new 
construction or facilities improvement and repair project grants in 
excess of $100,000 that are provided to tribally controlled grant 
schools under Public Law 100-297, as amended, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost 
Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the 
regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such grants shall not 
be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee 
shall negotiate and determine a schedule of payments for the work to be 
performed: Provided further, That in considering applications, the 
Secretary shall consider whether the Indian tribe or tribal 
organization would be deficient in assuring that the construction 
projects conform to applicable building standards and codes and 
Federal, tribal, or State health and safety standards as required by 25 
U.S.C. 2005(a), with respect to organizational and financial management 
capabilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary declines an 
application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements contained in 
25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided further, That any disputes between the 
Secretary and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the 
disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e):  Provided further, That funds 
appropriated in Public Law 105-18, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the repair of 
irrigation projects damaged in the severe winter conditions and ensuing 
flooding, are available on a nonreimbursable basis.

 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians

    For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and individuals and for 
necessary administrative expenses, $28,396,000, to remain available 
until expended; of which $27,530,000 shall be available for 
implementation of enacted Indian land and water claim settlements 
pursuant to Public Laws 101-618 and 102-575, and for implementation of 
other enacted water rights settlements; and of which $866,000 shall be 
available pursuant to Public Laws 99-264, and 100-580: Provided, That 
in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, the Secretary is directed to sell 
land and interests in land, other than surface water rights, acquired 
in conformance with section 2 of the Truckee River Water Quality 
Settlement Agreement, the receipts of which shall be deposited to the 
Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and Wildlife Fund, and be 
available for the purposes of section 2 of such agreement, without 
regard to the limitation on the distribution of benefits in the second 
sentence of paragraph 206(f)(2) of Public Law 101-618.

                 indian guaranteed loan program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,501,000, as authorized by the 
Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $34,615,000.
     In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan programs, $500,000.

                       administrative provisions

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of Indian 
programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts and grants, either directly or in cooperation with States and 
other organizations.
    Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the 
revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee and insurance fund, 
and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program account) shall be available for 
expenses of exhibits, and purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger motor 
vehicles, of which not to exceed 187 shall be for replacement only.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office operations or pooled 
overhead general administration (except facilities operations and 
maintenance) shall be available for tribal contracts, grants, compacts, 
or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-
Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-413).
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to 
the Bureau, other than the amounts provided herein for assistance to 
public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 
support the operation of any elementary or secondary school in the 
State of Alaska.
    Appropriations made available in this or any other Act for schools 
funded by the Bureau shall be available only to the schools in the 
Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996. No funds available to the 
Bureau shall be used to support expanded grades for any school or 
dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved by the 
Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau school system as 
of October 1, 1995.
    In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available by the 
Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for distribution to other tribes, 
this action will not diminish the Federal Government's trust 
responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-government 
relationship between the United States and that tribe, or the tribe's 
right to future appropriations.

                          Departmental Offices

                            Insular Affairs

                       assistance to territories

    For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $66,175,000, of which: 
(1) $62,326,000 shall be available until expended for technical 
assistance, including maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, 
insular management controls, and brown tree snake control and research; 
grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and 
expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the 
Government of American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, 
for construction and support of governmental functions; grants to the 
Government of the Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the 
Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the Government 
of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Public Law 94-
241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $3,849,000 shall be available for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 
financial transactions of the territorial and local governments herein 
provided for, including such transactions of all agencies or 
instrumentalities established or used by such governments, may be 
audited by the General Accounting Office, at its discretion, in 
accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 
further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be 
provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special 
Representatives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the 
Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 99-396, or any 
subsequent legislation related to Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands grant funding: Provided further, That of the Covenant grant 
funding for the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands $5,000,000 
shall be used for the construction of prison facilities and $500,000 
shall be used for construction and equipping of a crime laboratory 
unless the Secretary determines that acceptable alternative financing 
for these projects is already in place: Provided further, That of the 
amounts provided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be 
made available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided 
further, That the funds for the program of operations and maintenance 
improvement are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 
maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure in American Samoa, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
and the Federated States of Micronesia through assessments of long-
range operations maintenance needs, improved capability of local 
operations and maintenance institutions and agencies (including 
management and vocational education training), and project-specific 
maintenance (with territorial participation and cost sharing to be 
determined by the Secretary based on the individual territory's 
commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets): Provided 
further, That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 
heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-
Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants 
provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).

                      compact of free association

    For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the Federated 
States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands as 
provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of 
Free Association, and for economic assistance and necessary expenses 
for the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 
232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, $20,545,000, to remain 
available until expended, as authorized by Public Law 99-239 and Public 
Law 99-658.

                        Departmental Management

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the 
Interior, $58,286,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for 
official reception and representation expenses, and of which up to 
$1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation payments and 
unemployment compensation payments associated with the orderly closure 
of the United States Bureau of Mines.

                        Office of the Solicitor

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $37,304,000.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$24,499,000.

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians

                         federal trust programs

    For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct expenditure, 
contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, $39,499,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds for trust 
management improvements may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs: Provided further, That funds made available to Tribes and 
Tribal organizations through contracts or grants obligated during 
fiscal year 1999, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 
1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by 
the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the statute of limitations shall not commence 
to run on any claim, including any claim in litigation pending on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, concerning losses to or 
mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual 
Indian has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from which 
the beneficiary can determine whether there has been a loss: Provided 
further, That hereafter the Secretary shall not be required to provide 
a periodic statement of performance pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 4011(b), nor 
to invest pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 161a, any Indian trust account managed 
by the Secretary that has not had activity for at least eighteen months 
and has a balance of $1.00 or less: Provided further, That hereafter 
the Secretary shall maintain a record of any such accounts and amounts 
in such accounts will remain available upon request to the 
accountholder.

           Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration

                natural resource damage assessment fund

    To conduct natural resource damage assessment activities by the 
Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101-380), and Public Law 101-337; $4,492,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That obligated and unexpended 
balances in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural 
Resource Damage Assessment Fund account at the end of fiscal year 1998 
shall be transferred to and made a part of the Departmental Offices, 
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration, Natural Resource 
Damage Assessment Fund account and shall remain available until 
expended.

                       administrative provisions

    There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available resources 
within the Working Capital Fund, 15 aircraft, 10 of which shall be for 
replacement and which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 
available excess surplus property: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, 
with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase 
price for the replacement aircraft: Provided further, That no programs 
funded with appropriated funds in the ``Departmental Management'', 
``Office of the Solicitor'', and ``Office of Inspector General'' 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 
facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 
other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made 
available under this authority until funds specifically made available 
to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been 
exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this 
section are hereby designated by Congress to be ``emergency 
requirements'' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be replenished by a 
supplemental appropriation which must be requested as promptly as 
possible.
    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 the jurisdiction of the Department of the 
Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under 
its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or actual 
earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; 
for contingency planning subsequent to actual oilspills; for response 
and natural resource damage assessment activities related to actual 
oilspills; for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or 
potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in section 
1773(b) of Public Law 99-198 (99 Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation 
projects under section 410 of Public Law 95-87; and shall transfer, 
from any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit 
assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not 
carrying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: 
Provided, That appropriations made in this title for 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 destruction 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 for emergency 
rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities, no funds shall be 
made available under this authority until funds appropriated to 
``Wildland Fire Management'' shall have been exhausted: Provided 
further, That all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby 
designated by Congress to be ``emergency requirements'' pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, and must be replenished by a supplemental 
appropriation which must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided 
further, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a 
pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred.
    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, United States Code: Provided, That 
reimbursements 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 
$500,000; 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 
Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902 and D.C. 
Code 4-204).
    Sec. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
obligation in connection with contracts issued 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 conduct of offshore leasing and 
related activities placed under restriction in the President's 
moratorium statement of June 26, 1990, in the areas of northern, 
central, and southern California; the North Atlantic; Washington and 
Oregon; and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north 
latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.
    Sec. 108. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the 
Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore oil and natural 
gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities, on lands within the 
North Aleutian Basin planning area.
    Sec. 109. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the 
Department of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and natural gas 
preleasing, leasing and related activities in the eastern Gulf of 
Mexico planning area for any lands located outside Sale 181, as 
identified in the final Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas 
Leasing Program, 1997-2002.
    Sec. 110. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the 
Department of the Interior to conduct oil and natural gas preleasing, 
leasing and related activities in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic 
planning areas.
    Sec. 111. Advance payments made under this title to Indian tribes, 
tribal organizations, and tribal consortia pursuant to the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or 
the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) 
may be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or consortium 
before such funds are expended for the purposes of the grant, compact, 
or annual funding agreement so long as such funds are--
            (1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or 
        consortium only in obligations of the United States, or in 
        obligations or securities that are guaranteed or insured by the 
        United States, or mutual (or other) funds registered with the 
        Securities and Exchange Commission and which only invest in 
        obligations of the United States or securities that are 
        guaranteed or insured by the United States; or
             (2) deposited only into accounts that are insured by an 
        agency or instrumentality of the United States, or are fully 
        collateralized to ensure protection of the Funds, even in the 
        event of a bank failure.
    Sec. 112. (a) Employees of Helium Operations, Bureau of Land 
Management, entitled to severance pay under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply 
for, and the Secretary of the Interior may pay, the total amount of the 
severance pay to the employee in a lump sum. Employees paid severance 
pay in a lump sum and subsequently reemployed by the Federal Government 
shall be subject to the repayment provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) and 
(3), except that any repayment shall be made to the Helium Fund.
     (b) Helium Operations employees who elect to continue health 
benefits after separation shall be liable for not more than the 
required employee contribution under 5 U.S.C. 8905a(d)(1)(A). The 
Helium Fund shall pay for 18 months the remaining portion of required 
contributions.
     (c) The Secretary of the Interior may provide for training to 
assist Helium Operations employees in the transition to other Federal 
or private sector jobs during the facility shut-down and disposition 
process and for up to 12 months following separation from Federal 
employment, including retraining and relocation incentives on the same 
terms and conditions as authorized for employees of the Department of 
Defense in section 348 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1995.
     (d) For purposes of the annual leave restoration provisions of 5 
U.S.C. 6304(d)(1)(B), the cessation of helium production and sales, and 
other related Helium Program activities shall be deemed to create an 
exigency of public business under, and annual leave that is lost during 
leave years 1997 through 2001 because of, 5 U.S.C. 6304 (regardless of 
whether such leave was scheduled in advance) shall be restored to the 
employee and shall be credited and available in accordance with 5 
U.S.C. 6304(d)(2). Annual leave so restored and remaining unused upon 
the transfer of a Helium Program employee to a position of the 
executive branch outside of the Helium Program shall be liquidated by 
payment to the employee of a lump sum from the Helium Fund for such 
leave.
     (e) Benefits under this section shall be paid from the Helium Fund 
in accordance with section 4(c)(4) of the Helium Privatization Act of 
1996. Funds may be made available to Helium Program employees who are 
or will be separated before October 1, 2002 because of the cessation of 
helium production and sales and other related activities. Retraining 
benefits, including retraining and relocation incentives, may be paid 
for retraining commencing on or before September 30, 2002.
    Sec. 113. In fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, the Secretary may 
accept donations and bequests of money, services, or other personal 
property for the management and enhancement of the Department's Natural 
Resources Library. The Secretary may hold, use, and administer such 
donations until expended and without further appropriation.
    Sec. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but 
not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, 
funds available under this title for Indian self-determination or self-
governance contract or grant support costs may be expended only for 
costs directly attributable to contracts, grants and compacts pursuant 
to the Indian Self-Determination Act and no funds appropriated in this 
title shall be available for any contract support costs or indirect 
costs associated with any contract, grant, cooperative agreement, self-
governance compact or funding agreement entered into between an Indian 
tribe or tribal organization and any entity other than an agency of the 
Department of the Interior.
    Sec. 115. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the National 
Park Service shall not develop or implement a reduced entrance fee 
program to accommodate non-local travel through a unit. The Secretary 
may provide for and regulate local non-recreational passage through 
units of the National Park System, allowing each unit to develop 
guidelines and permits for such activity appropriate to that unit.
    Sec. 116. (a) Denver Service Center employees who voluntarily 
resign or retire from the National Park Service on or before December 
31, 1998, shall receive, from the National Park Service, a lump sum 
voluntary separation incentive payment that shall be equal to the 
lesser of an amount equal to the amount the employee would be entitled 
to receive under section 5595(c) of title 5, United States Code, if the 
employee were entitled to payment under such section; or $25,000.
            (1) The voluntary separation incentive payment--
                    (A) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not 
                be included in the computation of any other type of 
                Government benefit; and
                    (B) shall be paid from appropriations or funds 
                available for the payment of the basic pay of the 
                employee.
            (2) Employees receiving a voluntary separation incentive 
        payment and accepting employment with the Federal Government 
        within five years of the date of separation shall be required 
        to repay the entire amount of the incentive payment to the 
        National Park Service.
            (3) The Secretary may, at the request of the head of an 
        Executive branch agency, waive the repayment under paragraph 
        (2) if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and 
        is the only qualified applicant available for the position.
            (4) In addition to any other payment which it is required 
        to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United 
        States Code, the National Park Service shall remit to the 
        Office of Personnel Management for deposit in the Treasury of 
        the United States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement 
        and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15 percent of the final 
        basic pay of each employee of the National Park Service--
                    (A) who retires under section 8336(d)(2) of title 
                5, United States Code; and
                    (B) to whom a voluntary separation incentive 
                payment has been or is to be paid under the provisions 
                of this section.
    (b) Employees of the Denver Service Center entitled to severance 
pay under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and the National Park Service 
may pay, the total amount of severance pay to the employee in a lump 
sum. Employees paid severance pay in a lump sum and subsequently 
reemployed by the Federal Government shall be subject to the repayment 
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i) (2) and (3), except that any repayment 
shall be made to the National Park Service.
    (c) Employees of the Denver Service Center who voluntarily resign 
on or before December 31, 1998, or who are separated in a reduction in 
force, shall be liable for not more than the required employee 
contribution under 5 U.S.C. 8905a(d)(1)(A) if they elect to continue 
health benefits after separation. The National Park Service shall pay 
for 12 months the remaining portion of required contributions.
    Sec. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
is authorized to permit persons, firms or organizations engaged in 
commercial, cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as 
defined in section 612a of title 40, United States Code) not currently 
occupying such space to use courtyards, auditoriums, meeting rooms, and 
other space of the main and south Interior building complex, 
Washington, D.C., the maintenance, operation, and protection of which 
has been delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General 
Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949, and to assess reasonable charges therefore, subject to 
such procedures as the Secretary deems appropriate for such uses. 
Charges may be for the space, utilities, maintenance, repair, and other 
services. Charges for such space and services may be at rates 
equivalent to the prevailing commercial rate for comparable space and 
services devoted to a similar purpose in the vicinity of the main and 
south Interior building complex, Washington, D.C. for which charges are 
being assessed. The Secretary may without further appropriation hold, 
administer, and use such proceeds within the Departmental Management 
Working Capital Fund to offset the operation of the buildings under his 
jurisdiction, whether delegated or otherwise, and for related purposes, 
until expended.
    Sec. 118. The 37 mile River Valley Trail from the town of Delaware 
Gap to the edge of the town of Milford, Pennsylvania located within the 
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area shall hereafter be referred 
to in any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States as 
the Joseph M. McDade Recreational Trail.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       Department of Agriculture

                             Forest Service

                     forest and rangeland research

    For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
authorized by law, $197,444,000, to remain available until expended.

                       state and private forestry

    For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical 
and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, and 
others, and for forest health management, cooperative forestry, and 
education and land conservation activities, $156,167,000, to remain 
available until expended, as authorized by law.

                         national forest system

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization 
of the National Forest System, and for administrative expenses 
associated with the management of funds provided under the headings 
``Forest and Rangeland Research'', ``State and Private Forestry'', 
``National Forest System'', ``Wildland Fire Management'', 
``Reconstruction and Construction'', and ``Land Acquisition'', 
$1,298,421,000, to remain available until expended, which shall include 
50 percent of all moneys received during prior fiscal years as fees 
collected under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as 
amended, in accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l-
6a(i)).

                        wildland fire management

    For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities on 
National Forest System lands, for emergency fire suppression on or 
adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection agreement, 
and for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 
lands and waters, $564,737,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such funds are available for repayment of advances from 
other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such purposes.

                    reconstruction and construction

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $271,444,000, to remain available until expended for 
construction, reconstruction and acquisition of buildings and other 
facilities, and for construction, reconstruction, repair and 
maintenance of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, 
That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein for road 
maintenance shall be available for the planned obliteration of roads 
which are no longer needed: Provided further, That the Forest Service 
may make an advance of up to $200,000 from the funds provided under 
this heading in this Act and up to $800,000 provided under this heading 
in Public Law 105-83 to the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado for the 
design and reconstruction of the Pikes Peak Summit House in accordance 
with terms and conditions agreed to.

                            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. 460l-4 
through 11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of 
land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory 
authority applicable to the Forest Service, $30,000,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until 
expended.

         acquisition of lands for national forests special acts

    For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National 
Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland 
National Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, to be 
derived from forest receipts.

            acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

    For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds 
deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school 
districts, or other public school authorities pursuant to the Act of 
December 4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available 
until expended.

                         range betterment fund

    For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and 
improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal 
year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in National 
Forests in the sixteen Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of 
Public Law 94-579, as amended, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for administrative 
expenses associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, 
protection, and improvements.

    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

    For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $92,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be derived from the fund established 
pursuant to the above Act.

               administrative provisions, forest service

    Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to exceed 177 passenger 
motor vehicles of which 22 will be used primarily for law enforcement 
purposes and of which 176 shall be for replacement; acquisition of 25 
passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such 
vehicles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to 
exceed two for replacement only, and acquisition of sufficient aircraft 
from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet at 198 aircraft for 
use in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service 
programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) 
services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration 
of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) 
acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the 
National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) 
the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and (7) for 
debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
    None of the funds made available under this Act shall be obligated 
or expended to abolish any region, to move or close any regional office 
for National Forest System administration of the Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture without the advance consent of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
     Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be 
transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation for forest 
firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands 
or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
assistance to or through the Agency for International Development and 
the Foreign Agricultural Service in connection with forest and 
rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign 
countries, and shall be available to support forestry and related 
natural resource activities outside the United States and its 
territories and possessions, including technical assistance, education 
and training, and cooperation with United States and international 
organizations.
    None of the funds made available to the Forest Service under this 
Act shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) 
of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 
7 U.S.C. 147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with 
the reprogramming procedures contained in House Report 105-163.
    None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the procedures 
contained in House Report 105-163.
    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.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter any 
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be used to 
disseminate program information to private and public individuals and 
organizations through the use of nonmonetary items of nominal value and 
to provide nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur necessary 
expenses for the nonmonetary recognition of private individuals and 
organizations that make contributions to Forest Service programs.
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter money 
collected, in advance or otherwise, by the Forest Service under 
authority of section 101 of Public Law 93-153 (30 U.S.C. 185(1)) as 
reimbursement of administrative and other costs incurred in processing 
pipeline right-of-way or permit applications and for costs incurred in 
monitoring the construction, operation, maintenance, and termination of 
any pipeline and related facilities, may be used to reimburse the 
applicable appropriation to which such costs were originally charged.
    Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to conduct 
a program of not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects within 
the scope of the approved budget which shall be carried out by the 
Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, 
as amended by Public Law 93-408.
    None of the funds available in this Act shall be used for timber 
sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood stands in excess of 25 
percent of the fiscal year 1989 harvested volume in the Wayne National 
Forest, Ohio: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to 
hardwood stands damaged by natural disaster: Provided further, That 
landscape architects shall be used to maintain a visually pleasing 
forest.
     Any money collected from the States for fire suppression 
assistance rendered by the Forest Service on non-Federal lands not in 
the vicinity of National Forest System lands shall hereafter be used to 
reimburse the applicable appropriation and shall remain available until 
expended as the Secretary may direct in conducting activities 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2101 note, 2101-2110, 1606, and 2111.
     Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is available 
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and 
representation expenses.
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter the Forest 
Service is authorized to employ or otherwise contract with persons at 
regular rates of pay, as determined by the Service, to perform work 
occasioned by emergencies such as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or 
any other unavoidable cause without regard to Sundays, Federal 
holidays, and the regular workweek.
    To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance with the Final 
Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest Plan, none of the funds 
available in this Act shall be used for preparation of timber sales 
using clearcutting or other forms of even-aged management in hardwood 
stands in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
     Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-593, of 
the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $2,250,000 may be 
advanced in a lump sum as Federal financial assistance to the National 
Forest Foundation, without regard to when the Foundation incurs 
expenses, for administrative expenses or projects on or benefitting 
National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: 
Provided, That of the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, 
no more than $400,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: 
Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the 
period of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match 
on at least one-for-one basis funds made available by the Forest 
Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal 
funds to a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that 
the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided 
further, That hereafter, the National Forest Foundation may hold 
Federal funds made available but not immediately disbursed and may use 
any interest or other investment income earned (before, on, or after 
the date of enactment of this Act) on Federal funds to carry out the 
purposes of Public Law 101-593: Provided further, That such investments 
may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States 
or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the 
United States.
    Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, up to $2,225,000 
of the funds available to the Forest Service shall be available for 
matching funds to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, as 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3701-3709, and may be advanced in a lump sum as 
Federal financial assistance, without regard to when expenses are 
incurred, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands 
or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That the Foundation 
shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, 
private contributions to match on at least a one-for-one basis funds 
advanced by the Forest Service: Provided further, That the Foundation 
may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient for a project at 
the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
funds.
     Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural 
communities for sustainable rural development purposes.
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 percent of the 
funds appropriated to the Forest Service in the ``National Forest 
System'' and ``Reconstruction and Construction'' accounts and planned 
to be allocated to activities under the ``Jobs in the Woods'' program 
for projects on National Forest land in the State of Washington may be 
granted directly to the Washington State Department of Fish and 
Wildlife for accomplishment of planned projects. Twenty percent of said 
funds shall be retained by the Forest Service for planning and 
administering projects. Project selection and prioritization shall be 
accomplished by the Forest Service with such consultation with the 
State of Washington as the Forest Service deems appropriate.
     Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic 
Area, pursuant to sections 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of 
Public Law 99-663.
     The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into grants, 
contracts, and cooperative agreements as appropriate with the Pinchot 
Institute for Conservation, as well as with public and other private 
agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals, to provide for 
the development, administration, maintenance, or restoration of land, 
facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey Towers National 
Historic Landmark: Provided, That, subject to such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe, any such public or 
private agency, organization, institution, or individual may solicit, 
accept, and administer private gifts of money and real or personal 
property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the activities and 
services at the Grey Towers National Historic Landmark: Provided 
further, That such gifts may be accepted notwithstanding the fact that 
a donor conducts business with the Department of Agriculture in any 
capacity.
     Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available, as 
determined by the Secretary, for payments to Del Norte County, 
California, pursuant to sections 13(e) and 14 of the Smith River 
National Recreation Area Act (Public Law 101-612).
     For purposes of the Southeast Alaska Economic Disaster Fund as set 
forth in section 101(c) of Public Law 104-134, the direct grants 
provided in subsection (c) shall be considered direct payments for 
purposes of all applicable law except that these direct grants may not 
be used for lobbying activities.
    No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be detailed or 
assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act to any other 
agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days unless the 
individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the 
receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee 
for the period of assignment.
    The amount obligated during fiscal year 1999 from the Knutson-
Vandenberg fund provided in section 3 of the Act of June 9, 1930 
(commonly known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b), for 
indirect support activities (as defined in the Forest Service Handbook) 
may not exceed 25 percent of total amount obligated from such fund 
during such fiscal year.
    The amount obligated during fiscal year 1999 from the timber 
salvage sale fund provided in section 14(h) of the National Forest 
Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a(h)) for indirect support 
activities (as defined in the Forest Service Handbook) may not exceed 
25 percent of total amount obligated from such fund during such fiscal 
year.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                 fossil energy research and development

    For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy research and 
development activities, under the authority of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), including the acquisition of 
interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or 
expansion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations 
and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal 
of mineral substances without objectionable social and environmental 
costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), performed under the minerals and 
materials science programs at the Albany Research Center in Oregon, 
$320,558,000, to remain available until expended: 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.

                      alternative fuels production

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Moneys received as investment income on the principal amount in the 
Great Plains Project Trust at the Norwest Bank of North Dakota, in such 
sums as are earned as of October 1, 1998, shall be deposited in this 
account and immediately transferred to the general fund of the 
Treasury. Moneys received as revenue sharing from operation of the 
Great Plains Gasification Plant shall be immediately transferred to the 
general fund of the Treasury.

                 naval petroleum and oil shale reserves

    For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petroleum and oil 
shale reserve activities, $14,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the requirements of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) 
shall not apply to fiscal year 1999: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds available pursuant to 
the first proviso under this head in Public Law 101-512 shall be 
immediately available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve 
activities.

                          energy conservation

    For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation 
activities, $630,250,000, to remain available until expended, 
including, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the excess 
amount for fiscal year 1999 determined under the provisions of section 
3003(d) of Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Provided, That 
$150,000,000 shall be for use in energy conservation programs as 
defined in section 3008(3) of Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4507) and 
shall not be available until excess amounts are determined under the 
provisions of section 3003(d) of Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 
99-509 such sums shall be allocated to the eligible programs as 
follows: $120,000,000 for weatherization assistance grants and 
$30,000,000 for State energy conservation grants.

                          economic regulation

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the Office 
of Hearings and Appeals, $1,801,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                      strategic petroleum reserve

    For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility 
development and operations and program management activities pursuant 
to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $160,120,000, to remain available until expended.

                   energy information administration

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the Energy 
Information Administration, $68,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

            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 uniforms; and 
reimbursement to the General Services Administration for security guard 
services.
    From appropriations under this Act, 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 revenues and other moneys received 
by or for the account of the Department of Energy or otherwise 
generated by sale of products in connection with 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 remainder 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 
not be executed prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not 
including any day in which either House of Congress is not in session 
because of adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day 
certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President of the Senate of a full comprehensive 
report on such project, including the facts and circumstances relied 
upon in support of the proposed project.
    No funds provided in this Act may be expended by the Department of 
Energy to prepare, issue, or process procurement documents for programs 
or projects for which appropriations have not been made.
    In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act, the 
Secretary may accept fees and contributions from public and private 
sources, to be deposited in a contributed funds account, and prosecute 
projects using such fees and contributions in cooperation with other 
Federal, State or private agencies or concerns.
    The Secretary, in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, shall continue 
the process begun in fiscal year 1998 of accepting funds from other 
Federal agencies in return for assisting agencies in achieving energy 
efficiency in Federal facilities and operations by the use of privately 
financed, energy savings performance contracts and other private 
financing mechanisms. The funds may be provided after agencies begin to 
realize energy cost savings; may be retained by the Secretary until 
expended; and may be used only for the purpose of assisting Federal 
agencies in achieving greater efficiency, water conservation and use of 
renewable energy by means of privately financed mechanisms, including 
energy savings performance contracts and utility incentive programs. 
These recovered funds will continue to be used to administer even 
greater energy efficiency, water conservation and use of renewable 
energy by means of privately financed mechanisms such as utility 
efficiency service contracts and energy savings performance contracts. 
The recoverable funds will be used for all necessary program expenses, 
including contractor support and resources needed, to achieve overall 
Federal energy management program objectives for greater energy 
savings. Any such privately financed contracts shall meet the 
provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Public Law 102-486 
regarding energy savings performance contracts and utility incentive 
programs.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

                         indian health services

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 
Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act 
with respect to the Indian Health Service, $1,932,953,000, together 
with payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
238(b) for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, 
That funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through 
contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts 
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the 
time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain 
available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year 
limitation: Provided further, That $12,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund: 
Provided further, That $377,363,000 for contract medical care shall 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, up to $17,000,000 may be used to 
carry out the loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, That funds provided in 
this Act may be used for one-year contracts and grants which are to be 
performed in two fiscal years, so long as the total obligation is 
recorded in the year for which the funds are appropriated: Provided 
further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act shall remain available until expended for the 
purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and 
requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act 
(exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new facilities): 
Provided further, That funding contained herein, and in any earlier 
appropriations Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2000: Provided further, That amounts 
received by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for 
and available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until 
expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, of the amounts provided herein, not to exceed $194,781,000 
shall be for payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
or grant support costs associated with contracts, grants, self-
governance compacts or annual funding agreements between the Indian 
Health Service and a tribe or tribal organization pursuant to the 
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, prior to or during 
fiscal year 1999.

                        indian health facilities

    For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equipment 
of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for 
personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; 
acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and 
purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community 
sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the 
Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Determination 
Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses 
necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 
support activities of the Indian Health Service, $313,175,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, 
construction or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an 
Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites to 
construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facilities.

            administrative provisions, indian health service

    Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Service shall be 
available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates not 
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for 
senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of 
reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular buildings and 
renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone service in 
private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; and for uniforms or allowances therefore as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and for expenses of attendance at 
meetings which are concerned with the functions or activities for which 
the appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved conduct, 
supervision, or management of those functions or activities: Provided, 
That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health care at all 
tribally administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to 
charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-2653) shall be credited to 
the account of the facility providing the service and shall be 
available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds transferred from the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 
Service shall be administered under Public Law 86-121 (the Indian 
Sanitation Facilities Act) and Public Law 93-638, as amended: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this 
Act, except those used for administrative and program direction 
purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing 
Federal travel and transportation: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously or herein 
made available to a tribe or tribal organization through a contract, 
grant, or agreement authorized by title I or title III of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination 
contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under title III 
of such Act and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or 
tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service in 
this Act shall be used to implement the final rule published in the 
Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of Health and 
Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the health care 
services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service 
has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs 
associated with the proposed final rule, and such request has been 
included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided 
further, That funds made available in this Act are to be apportioned to 
the Indian Health Service as appropriated in this Act, and accounted 
for in the appropriation structure set forth in this Act: Provided 
further, That with respect to functions transferred by the Indian 
Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health 
Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those entities, 
on a reimbursable basis, including payment in advance with subsequent 
adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the 
funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-
Determination Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent 
appropriation account which provided the funding, said amounts to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That, heretofore and 
hereafter and notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
available to the Indian Health Service in this Act or any other Act for 
Indian self-determination or self-governance contract or grant support 
costs may be expended only for costs directly attributable to 
contracts, grants and compacts pursuant to the Indian Self-
Determination Act and no funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
shall be available for any contract support costs or indirect costs 
associated with any contract, grant, cooperative agreement, self-
governance compact, or funding agreement entered into between an Indian 
tribe or tribal organization and any entity other than the Indian 
Health Service: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, hereafter any funds appropriated to the Indian Health 
Service in this or any other Act for payments to tribes and tribal 
organizations for contract or grant support costs for contracts, 
grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding agreements with the 
Indian Health Service pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 
1975, as amended, shall be allocated and distributed to such contracts, 
grants, self-governance compacts and annual funding agreements each 
year on a pro-rata proportionate basis regardless of amounts allocated 
in any previous year to such contracts, grants, self-governance 
compacts or annual funding agreements: Provided further, That 
reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or services provided 
by the Indian Health Service will contain total costs, including 
direct, administrative, and overhead associated with the provision of 
goods, services, or technical assistance: Provided further, That the 
appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may not be 
altered without advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 
Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, $13,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds provided in this or any 
other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate eligible 
individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-
partitioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 
housing, and all others certified as eligible and not included in the 
preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the funds 
contained in this or any other Act may be used by the Office of Navajo 
and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family 
who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands 
partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement home is 
provided for such household: Provided further, That no relocatee will 
be provided with more than one new or replacement home: Provided 
further, That the Office shall relocate any certified eligible 
relocatees who have selected and received an approved homesite on the 
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo 
reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d-10.

                        Smithsonian Institution

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as 
authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, 
and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the 
National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; 
collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information and 
publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance 
programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease (for terms not to 
exceed 30 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 5 replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, 
repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees; $346,449,000, of which 
not to exceed $48,076,000 for the instrumentation program, collections 
acquisition, Museum Support Center equipment and move, exhibition 
reinstallation, the National Museum of the American Indian, the 
repatriation of skeletal remains program, research equipment, 
information management, and Latino programming shall remain available 
until expended, and including such funds as may be necessary to support 
American overseas research centers and a total of $125,000 for the 
Council of American Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That funds 
appropriated herein are available for advance payments to independent 
contractors performing research services or participating in official 
Smithsonian presentations.

        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, $4,500,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                  repair and restoration of buildings

    For necessary expenses of repair and restoration 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 authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, $44,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$4,500,000 is for the Security System Modernization Program: Provided, 
That contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection systems, 
and exterior repair or restoration 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

    For necessary expenses for construction, $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

           administrative provisions, smithsonian institution

    None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to initiate 
the planning or design of any expansion of current space or new 
facility without the advance approval of both the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees.
    None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to prepare a 
historic structures report, or for any other purpose, involving the 
Holt House located at the National Zoological Park in Washington D.C.
    None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to pay any 
judgment resulting from a complaint filed by Geddes, Brecher, Qualls & 
Cunningham in the United States Court of Federal Claims regarding the 
National Museum of the American Indian Mall Museum.
    The Smithsonian Institution shall not use Federal funds in excess 
of the amount specified in Public Law 101-185 for the construction of 
the National Museum of the American Indian.

                        National Gallery of Art

                         salaries and expenses

    For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, the 
protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative 
expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 
(50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized by the 
treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art 
associations or societies whose publications or services are available 
to members only, or to members at a price lower than to the general 
public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as authorized by 
law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); purchase or rental of devices and services 
for protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, 
alteration, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and 
grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works 
of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without 
advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or 
prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem 
proper, $57,938,000 of which not to exceed $3,026,000 for the special 
exhibition program shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That all functions and activities of the National Gallery of Art funded 
herein shall be subject to the requirements for a Federal entity under 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3).

            repair, restoration and renovation of buildings

    For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation of 
buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National 
Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, as authorized, $6,311,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for 
environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or 
renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be 
negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of 
contractor qualifications as well as price.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                       operations and maintenance

    For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and security 
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $12,187,000.

                              construction

    For necessary expenses for capital repair and rehabilitation of the 
existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts, $9,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including hire of 
passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$5,840,000.

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       grants and administration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $81,240,000 shall be 
available to the National Endowment for the Arts for the support of 
projects and productions in the arts through assistance to 
organizations and individuals pursuant to section 5(c) of the Act, and 
for administering the functions of the Act, to remain available until 
expended.

                            matching grants

    To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
$16,760,000, to remain available until expended, to the National 
Endowment for the Arts: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the 
total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, and other 
property accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under 
the provisions of section 10(a)(2), subsections 11(a)(2)(A) and 
11(a)(3)(A) during the current and preceding fiscal years for which 
equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities

                       grants and administration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $96,800,000, shall be 
available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for support of 
activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act, and 
for administering the functions of the Act, to remain available until 
expended.

                            matching grants

    To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
$13,900,000, to remain available until expended, of which $9,900,000 
shall be available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for the 
purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the 
total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, and other 
property accepted by the chairman 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 years for which equal amounts have not 
previously been appropriated.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

                       office of museum services

                       grants and administration

    For carrying out subtitle C of the Museum and Library Services Act 
of 1996, as amended, $23,405,000, to remain available until expended.

                       administrative provisions

    None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant or contract 
documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That funds from 
nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official reception 
and representation expenses.

                        Commission of Fine Arts

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commission of 
Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $898,000.

               national capital arts and cultural affairs

    For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 (20 
U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $7,000,000.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation (Public Law 89-665, as amended), $2,800,000: Provided, 
That none of these funds shall be available for compensation of level V 
of the Executive Schedule or higher positions.

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National Capital 
Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71-71i), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,954,000: Provided, That all appointed 
members will be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate for level 
IV of the Executive Schedule.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Council

                       holocaust memorial council

    For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as authorized by 
Public Law 96-388 (36 U.S.C. 1401), as amended, $31,707,000, of which 
$1,575,000 for the museum's repair and rehabilitation program and 
$1,264,000 for the museum's exhibitions program shall remain available 
until expended.

                             Presidio Trust

                          presidio trust fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out Title I of the Omnibus Parks 
and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, $14,913,000 shall be available 
to the Presidio Trust, to remain available until expended. The Trust is 
authorized to issue obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury 
pursuant to section 104(d)(3) of the Act, in an amount not to exceed 
$25,000,000.

                     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 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, 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 Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
Agriculture 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. 303. 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. 304. 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. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department 
or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, 
chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or employee of 
such department or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
    Sec. 306. No assessments may be levied against any program, budget 
activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act unless advance 
notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the 
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.
    Sec. 307. (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--None of the funds 
made available in this Act may be expended by an entity unless the 
entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply with 
sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c; 
popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
    (b) Sense of Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
            (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In 
        the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized to 
        be purchased with financial assistance provided using funds 
        made available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress 
        that entities receiving the assistance should, in expending the 
        assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and products.
            (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing 
        financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, 
        the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient 
        of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in 
        paragraph (1) by the Congress.
    (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling Products 
as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined by a court or 
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a 
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same 
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is 
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code 
of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 308. None of the funds in this Act may be used to plan, 
prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified as giant 
sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located on National Forest 
System or Bureau of Land Management lands in a manner different than 
such sales were conducted in fiscal year 1995.
    Sec. 309. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated or expended by the National Park Service to enter into or 
implement a concession contract which permits or requires the removal 
of the underground lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
    Sec. 310. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps program, unless 
the relevant agencies of the Department of the Interior and/or 
Agriculture follow appropriate reprogramming guidelines: Provided, That 
if no funds are provided for the AmeriCorps program by the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, then none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps 
programs.
    Sec. 311. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used: 
(1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey City, New Jersey, and Ellis 
Island; or (2) to prevent pedestrian use of such bridge, when it is 
made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or 
expend such funds that such pedestrian use is consistent with generally 
accepted safety standards.
    Sec. 312. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or 
expended to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining 
or mill site claim located under the general mining laws.
    (b) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply 
if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Secretary on or 
before September 30, 1994; and (2) all requirements established under 
sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) 
for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and 
section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site 
claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by the applicant 
by that date.
    (c) Report.--On September 30, 1999, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and 
the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on 
actions taken by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208).
    (d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent applications 
in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request of a patent 
applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow the applicant to 
fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected by the Bureau of 
Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of the mining claims 
or mill sites contained in a patent application as set forth in 
subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have the sole 
responsibility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in 
accordance with the standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land 
Management in the retention of third-party contractors.
    Sec. 313. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for the purposes of acquiring lands 
in the counties of Gallia, Lawrence, Monroe, or Washington, Ohio, for 
the Wayne National Forest.
    Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 
appropriated to or earmarked in committee reports for the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service by Public Laws 103-138, 
103-332, 104-134, 104-208 and 105-83 for payments to tribes and tribal 
organizations for contract support costs associated with self-
determination or self-governance contracts, grants, compacts or annual 
funding agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian 
Health Service as funded by such Acts, are the total amounts available 
for fiscal years 1994 through 1998 for such purposes, except that, for 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal organizations may use 
their tribal priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing 
contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding 
agreements.
    Sec. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal 
year 1999 the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior are 
authorized to limit competition for watershed restoration project 
contracts as part of the ``Jobs in the Woods'' component of the 
President's Forest Plan for the Pacific Northwest to individuals and 
entities in historically timber-dependent areas in the States of 
Washington, Oregon, and northern California that have been affected by 
reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands.
    Sec. 316. None of the funds collected under the Recreational Fee 
Demonstration program may be used to plan, design, or construct a 
visitor center or any other permanent structure without prior approval 
of the House and the Senate Committees on Appropriations if the 
estimated total cost of the facility exceeds $500,000.
    Sec. 317. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to require any person to vacate real property where a term is expiring 
under a use and occupancy reservation in Sleeping Bear Dunes National 
Lakeshore until such time as the National Park Service (NPS) indicates 
to the appropriate congressional committees and the holders of these 
reservations that it has sufficient funds to remove the residence on 
that property within 90 days of that residence being vacated. The NPS 
will provide at least 90 days notice to the holders of expired 
reservations to allow them time to leave the residence. The NPS will 
charge fair market value rental rates while any occupancy continues 
beyond an expired reservation. Reservation holders who stay beyond the 
expiration date will also be required to pay for appraisals to 
determine current fair market value rental rates, any rehabilitation 
needed to ensure suitability for occupancy, appropriate insurance, and 
all continuing utility costs.
    Sec. 318. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act or any 
other Act providing appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
the Forest Service or the Smithsonian Institution may be used to submit 
nominations for the designation of Biosphere Reserves pursuant to the 
Man and Biosphere program administered by the United Nations 
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
    (b) The provisions of this section shall be repealed upon enactment 
of subsequent legislation specifically authorizing United States 
participation in the Man and Biosphere program.
    Sec. 319. None of the funds made available in this or any other Act 
for any fiscal year may be used to designate, or to post any sign 
designating, any portion of Canaveral National Seashore in Brevard 
County, Florida, as a clothing-optional area or as an area in which 
public nudity is permitted, if such designation would be contrary to 
county ordinance.
    Sec. 320. Of the funds available to the National Endowment for the 
Arts:
            (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
        individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a 
        literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or 
        American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
            (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 
        that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made 
        to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be used 
        to make a grant to any other organization or individual to 
        conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient. 
        Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments made in 
        exchange for goods and services.
            (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, 
        unless the application is specific to the contents of the 
        season, including identified programs and/or projects.
    Sec. 321. The National Endowment for the Arts and the National 
Endowment for the Humanities are authorized to solicit, accept, 
receive, and invest in the name of the United States, gifts, bequests, 
or devises of money and other property or services and to use such in 
furtherance of the functions of the National Endowment for the Arts and 
the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any proceeds from such 
gifts, bequests, or devises, after acceptance by the National Endowment 
for the Arts or the National Endowment for the Humanities, shall be 
paid by the donor or the representative of the donor to the Chairman. 
The Chairman shall enter the proceeds in a special interest-bearing 
account to the credit of the appropriate Endowment for the purposes 
specified in each case.
    Sec. 322. (a) Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreements.--
For fiscal years 1999 and 2000, appropriations for the Forest Service 
may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of entering 
into cooperative agreements with willing State and local governments, 
private and nonprofit entities and landowners for protection, 
restoration and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat, and other 
resources on public or private land or both that benefit these 
resources within the watershed.
    (b) Direct and Indirect Watershed Agreements.--The Secretary of 
Agriculture may enter into a watershed restoration and enhancement 
agreement--
            (1) directly with a willing private landowner; or
            (2) indirectly through an agreement with a State, local or 
        tribal government or other public entity, educational 
        institution, or private nonprofit organization.
    (c) Terms and Conditions.--In order for the Secretary to enter into 
a watershed restoration and enhancement agreement--
            (1) the agreement shall--
                    (A) include such terms and conditions mutually 
                agreed to by the Secretary and the landowner;
                    (B) improve the viability of and otherwise benefit 
                the fish, wildlife, and other resources on national 
                forests lands within the watershed;
                    (C) authorize the provision of technical assistance 
                by the Secretary in the planning of management 
                activities that will further the purposes of the 
                agreement;
                    (D) provide for the sharing of costs of 
                implementing the agreement among the Federal 
                Government, the landowner(s), and other entities, as 
                mutually agreed on by the affected interests; and
                    (E) ensure that any expenditure by the Secretary 
                pursuant to the agreement is determined by the 
                Secretary to be in the public interest; and
            (2) the Secretary may require such other terms and 
        conditions as are necessary to protect the public investment on 
        non-Federal lands, provided such terms and conditions are 
        mutually agreed to by the Secretary and other landowners, State 
        and local governments or both.
    Sec. 323. (a) In providing services or awarding financial 
assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 
Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, the Chairperson of 
the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for projects, 
productions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations.
    (b) In this section:
            (1) The term ``underserved population'' means a population 
        of individuals who have historically been outside the purview 
        of arts and humanities programs due to factors such as a high 
        incidence of income below the poverty line or to geographic 
        isolation.
            (2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty line (as 
        defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised 
        annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
        Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a 
        family of the size involved.
    (c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance under 
the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 with 
funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing 
services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 
workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowledge, education, 
understanding, and appreciation of the arts.
    (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 5 of 
the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965--
            (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 
        projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of 
        national impact or availability or are able to tour several 
        States;
            (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 
        percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, 
        excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1);
            (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually 
        and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each 
        grant category under section 5 of such Act; and
            (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to 
        improve and support community-based music performance and 
        education.
    Sec. 324. None of the funds in this Act may be used for planning, 
design or construction of improvements to Pennsylvania Avenue in front 
of the White House without the advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 325. None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to 
relocate the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars from the 
Smithsonian Institution to the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, 
D.C.
    Sec. 326. The Auditors West Building (Annex 3) located at Raoul 
Wallenberg Place and Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington, 
District of Columbia is hereby named the Sidney R. Yates Building and 
shall be referred to in any law, regulation, document or record of the 
United States as the Sidney R. Yates Building.
    Sec. 327. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, not later than December 11, 1998, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall grant Chugach Alaska Corporation an irrevocable and perpetual 
250-foot-wide easement for the construction, use, and maintenance of 
public roads and related facilities necessary for access to and 
economic development of the land interests in the Carbon Mountain and 
Katalla vicinity that were conveyed to Chugach Alaska Corporation 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The centerline of 
the easement is depicted on the map entitled ``Carbon Mountain Access 
Easement'' and dated November 4, 1997. Nothing in this section waives 
any legal environmental requirement with respect to the actual road 
construction.
    (b) Submission of Survey; Relinquishment of Unneeded Portion of 
Easement.--Not later than 90 days after completion of construction of 
roads and related facilities on the easement granted pursuant to 
subsection (a), Chugach Alaska Corporation shall submit to the 
Secretary of Agriculture an as-built survey of such roads and related 
facilities and relinquish to the United States those portions of the 
easement Chugach Alaska Corporation deems not necessary for future use.
    (c) Construction and Maintenance.--Construction and maintenance of 
any roads pursuant to subsection (a) shall be in accordance with the 
best management practices of the Forest Service as promulgated in the 
Forest Service Handbook.
    Sec. 328. Section 101(c) of Public Law 104-134, as amended, is 
further amended as follows: Under the heading ``Title III--General 
Provisions'' amend section 315(f) (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a note) by striking 
``September 30, 1999'' after the words ``and end on'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``September 30, 2001'' and striking ``September 30, 2002'' 
after the words ``remain available through'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``September 30, 2004''.
    Sec. 329. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds in this Act may be used to enter into any new or expanded self-
determination contract or grant or self-governance compact pursuant to 
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, for any 
activities not previously covered by such contracts, compacts or 
grants. Nothing in this section precludes the continuation of those 
specific activities for which self-determination and self-governance 
contracts, compacts and grants currently exist or the renewal of 
contracts, compacts and grants for those activities.
    Sec. 330. (a) Prohibition on Timber Purchaser Road Credits.--In 
financing any forest development road pursuant to section 4 of Public 
Law 88-657 (16 U.S.C. 535, commonly known as the National Forest Roads 
and Trails Act), the Secretary of Agriculture may not provide for 
amortization of road costs in any contract with, or otherwise provide 
effective credit for road construction to, any purchaser of national 
forest timber or other forest products.
    (b) Construction of Roads by Timber Purchasers.--Whenever the 
Secretary of Agriculture makes a determination that a forest 
development road referred to in subsection (a) shall be constructed or 
paid for, in whole or in part, by a purchaser of national forest timber 
or other forest products, the Secretary shall include notice of the 
determination in the notice of sale of the timber or other forest 
products. The notice of sale shall contain, or announce the 
availability of, sufficient information related to the road described 
in the notice to permit a prospective bidder on the sale to calculate 
the likely cost that would be incurred by the bidder to construct or 
finance the construction of the road so that the bidder may reflect 
such cost in the bid.
    (c) Special Election by Small Business Concerns.--(1) A notice of 
sale referred to in subsection (b) shall give a purchaser of national 
forest timber or other forest products that qualifies as a ``small 
business concern'' under the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et 
seq.), and regulations issued thereunder, the option to elect that the 
Secretary of Agriculture build the road described in the notice. The 
Secretary shall provide the small business concern with an estimate of 
the cost that would be incurred by the Secretary to construct the road 
on behalf of the small business concern. The notice of sale shall also 
include the date on which the road described in the notice will be 
completed by the Secretary if the election is made.
    (2) If the election referred to in paragraph (1) is made, the 
purchaser of the national forest timber or other forest products shall 
pay to the Secretary of Agriculture, in addition to the price paid for 
the timber or other forest products, an amount equal to the estimated 
cost of the road which otherwise would be paid by the purchaser as 
provided in the notice of sale. Pending receipt of such amount, the 
Secretary may use receipts from the sale of national forest timber or 
other forest products to accomplish the requested road construction.
    (d) Post Construction Harvesting.--In each sale of national forest 
timber or other forest products referred to in this section, the 
Secretary of Agriculture is encouraged to authorize harvest of the 
timber or other forest products in a unit included in the sale as soon 
as road work for that unit is completed and the road work is approved 
by the Secretary.
    (e) Construction Standard.--For any forest development road that is 
to be constructed or paid for by a purchaser of national forest timber 
or other forest products, the Secretary of Agriculture may not require 
the purchaser to design, construct, or maintain the road (or pay for 
the design, construction, or maintenance of the road) to a standard 
higher than the standard, consistent with applicable environmental laws 
and regulations, that is sufficient for the harvesting and removal of 
the timber or other forest products, unless the Secretary bears that 
part of the cost necessary to meet the higher standard.
    (f) Treatment of Road Value.--For any forest development road that 
is constructed or paid for by a purchaser of national forest timber or 
other forest products, the appraised value of the road construction 
shall be considered to be money received for purposes of the payments 
required to be made under the sixth paragraph under the heading 
``FOREST SERVICE'' in the Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260, 16 U.S.C. 
500), and section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (35 Stat. 963; 
commonly known as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 500). To the extent that the 
appraised value of road construction determined under this subsection 
reflects funds contributed by the Secretary of Agriculture to build the 
road to a higher standard pursuant to subsection (e), the Secretary 
shall modify the appraisal of the road construction to exclude the 
effect of the Federal funds.
    (g) Effective Date.--(1) This section and the requirements of this 
section shall take effect (and apply thereafter) upon the earlier of--
            (A) March 1, 1999; and
            (B) the date that is the later of--
                    (i) the effective date of regulations issued by the 
                Secretary of Agriculture to implement this section; and
                    (ii) the date on which a new standard timber sale 
                contract, which is designed to implement this section 
                and has been published for public comment, is approved 
                by the Secretary.
    (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any sale of national forest 
timber or other forest products for which notice of sale is provided 
before the effective date of this section, and any effective purchaser 
road credit earned pursuant to a contract resulting from such a notice 
of sale or otherwise earned before that effective date, shall continue 
to be subject to section 4 of Public Law 88-657 and section 14(i) of 
the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a(i)), and 
rules issued thereunder, as in effect on the day before the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 331. Section 6(b)(1)(B)(iii) of the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 955(b)(1)(B)(iii)) is 
amended by striking ``One'' and inserting ``Two''.
    Sec. 332. (a) Conditional Effective Date.--This section shall take 
effect only if the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 
1999, does not appropriate at least $6,000,000 in new funds for the 
management by the Tennessee Valley Authority of the Land Between the 
Lakes National Recreation Area in the States of Kentucky and Tennessee.
    (b) Transfer of Jurisdiction, Land Between the Lakes National 
Recreation Area.--The Tennessee Valley Authority shall transfer, 
without reimbursement, the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation 
Area to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
Agriculture.
    (c) Management.--Upon the transfer of jurisdiction under subsection 
(b), the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, hereinafter 
Recreation Area, is established as a unit of the National Forest 
System, and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of 
the Forest Service, shall administer the Recreation Area in accordance 
with this section and (except as provided in subsection (d)) the laws, 
rules, and regulations pertaining to the National Forest System. Except 
as provided in subsection (d), land within the Recreation Area shall 
have the status of land acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 
(commonly known as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 515 et seq.). The Secretary 
shall manage the Recreation Area for multiple use as a unit of the 
National Forest System, in conjunction with the original mission 
statement of the Recreation Area emphasizing outdoor recreation, 
environmental education, fish and wildlife conservation, and regional 
development. The Secretary shall conduct an inventory of all cemeteries 
located in the Recreation Area and ensure public access to such 
cemeteries for purposes of burials, visitation and maintenance.
    (d) Fees and Other Charges.--The Secretary of Agriculture may 
charge reasonable fees for admission to and the use of designated sites 
in the Recreation Area or for activities in the Recreation Area. No 
general entrance fees shall be charged within the Recreation Area. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts received from 
charges, user fees, and natural resource utilization, including timber 
and agricultural receipts, arising from the Recreation Area shall be 
deposited in a special fund in the Treasury to be known as the ``Land 
Between the Lakes Management Fund'', which shall be available to the 
Secretary, without subsequent appropriation, for the management of the 
Recreation Area, including the payment of salaries and expenses.
    (e) Payments.--Federal lands within the Recreation Area shall be 
subject to the provisions for payments in lieu of taxes under chapter 
69 of title 31, United States Code. Notwithstanding the transfer of 
jurisdiction, the Tennessee Valley Authority shall continue to be 
responsible for payments under section 13 of the Tennessee Valley 
Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831l).
    (f) Transition.--(1) The transfer of jurisdiction under subsection 
(b) should be effected in an efficient and cost-effective manner to 
minimize the disruption of the personal lives of the Tennessee Valley 
Authority and Forest Service employees affected by the transfer. Not 
later than 30 days after the date on which this section takes effect, 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Tennessee Valley Authority shall 
enter into a memorandum of agreement to provide procedures for the 
orderly withdrawal or transfer of officers and employees of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority, the transfer of property, fixtures, and 
facilities, the interagency transfer of officers and employees, the 
transfer of records, and such other transfer issues as the Tennessee 
Valley Authority and the Secretary consider to be appropriate. The 
agreement shall provide for a transition team consisting of Tennessee 
Valley Authority and Forest Service employees.
    (2) In order to provide for a cost-effective transfer of the law 
enforcement responsibilities between the Forest Service and the 
Tennessee Valley Authority, the law enforcement authorities designated 
under section 4A of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 
U.S.C. 831c-3) are hereby granted to special agents and law enforcement 
officers of the Forest Service. The law enforcement authorities 
designated under the 11th undesignated paragraph under the heading 
``surveying the public lands'' of the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 35; 
16 U.S.C. 551), the first paragraph of that portion designated 
``General expenses, Forest Service'' of the Act of March 3, 1905 (33 
U.S.C. 873; 16 U.S.C. 559), the National Forest System Drug Control Act 
of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 559b-559g) are hereby granted to law enforcement 
agents of the Tennessee Valley Authority, within the boundaries of the 
Recreation Area, for a period of one year from the date on which this 
section takes effect.
    (3) Unless terminated for cause, all permanent Tennessee Valley 
Authority employees at the Recreation Area shall be guaranteed 
employment by the Tennessee Valley Authority for a minimum of five 
months following the date on which this section takes effect. The 
Tennessee Valley Authority shall provide affected employees of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority at the Recreation Area with a severance/
compensation package based on established practices of the Tennessee 
Valley Authority. Funding for the activities prescribed for the 
Tennessee Valley Authority in this section is to be derived only from 
one or more of the following sources: nonpower fund balances and 
collections; investment returns of the nonpower program; applied 
programmatic savings in the power and nonpower programs; savings from 
the suspension of bonuses and awards; savings from reductions in 
memberships and contributions; increases in collections resulting from 
nonpower activities, including user fees; or increases in charges to 
private and public utilities both investor and cooperatively owned, as 
well as to direct load customers. Such funds are available to fund the 
activities under this paragraph, notwithstanding sections 11, 14, 15, 
29, or other provisions of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, as 
amended, or provisions of the TVA power bond covenants. The savings 
from, and revenue adjustments to, the TVA budget in fiscal year 1999 
and thereafter shall be sufficient to fund the aforementioned 
activities such that the net spending authority and resulting outlays 
for these activities shall not exceed $0 in fiscal year 1999 and 
thereafter. Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the Chairman of 
the TVA shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations an itemized list of the amounts of the proposed 
reduction and increased receipts to be made pursuant to this section in 
fiscal year 1999. By November 1, 2000, the Chairman of the TVA shall 
submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations an itemized 
list of the amounts of the reductions and increased receipts made 
pursuant to this paragraph for fiscal year 1999.
    (g) Advisory Board.--Within 90 days after the date on which this 
section takes effect, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a 
17-member citizen advisory board to advise the Secretary on 
environmental education in the Recreation Area and means of promoting 
public participation for the land and resource management plan for the 
Recreation Area.
    Sec. 333. (a) Any appropriations contained in this Act or any other 
Act for the operation or implementation of the Interior Columbia Basin 
Ecosystem Management Project (hereinafter ``Project'') shall be 
obligated or expended only as provided in this section.
    (b) Within 120 days of the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall--
            (1) prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
        of the House of Representatives and the Senate the report 
        required by section 323(a) of the Department of the Interior 
        and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (111 Stat. 1543, 
        1596-7), including any additional information necessary to 
        correspond with the requirements of this section;
            (2) distribute for advisory purposes to each national 
        forest and each resource area or other relevant planning unit 
        of the Bureau of Land Management within the region encompassed 
        by the Project (hereinafter ``Project forest'') all relevant 
        scientific findings of the Project and the report required by 
        paragraph (1); and
            (3) conduct and complete the orderly closing of the offices 
        of the Project.
    (c)(1)(A) Within 90 days after the completion of the requirements 
of subsection (b), each Forest Service Supervisor of, or Bureau of Land 
Management official with jurisdiction over, a Project forest shall 
review the resource management plan or other land use plan for the 
Project forest (hereinafter ``plan''), and, as they may relate to the 
specific resources and conditions existing on the Project forest as of 
the date of enactment of this Act, the scientific information and 
report provided pursuant to subsection (b)(2) and any policies made 
applicable to the Project forest prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act, and determine whether an amendment to or revision of the plan is 
warranted.
    (B) If the determination is made pursuant to subparagraph (A) that 
a plan amendment or revision is warranted, preparation of the amendment 
or revision shall be completed within 12 months or 18 months, 
respectively, of the date of the determination.
    (2) To the maximum extent practicable, any plan amendment or 
revision prepared pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) shall provide for 
management standards appropriate to the specific conditions of 
individual sites and avoid the imposition of general standards 
applicable to multiple sites.
    Sec. 334. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 1998 in the roads 
and trails fund provided for in the fourteenth paragraph under the 
heading ``FOREST SERVICE'' of the Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 843; 
16 U.S.C. 501) shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, without 
regard to the State in which the amounts were derived, to carry out and 
administer projects on National Forest System lands to improve forest 
health conditions and repair or reconstruct roads, bridges and trails, 
in particular projects on National Forest System lands in the wildland-
urban interface and elsewhere where there is an abnormally high risk of 
fire. The projects shall emphasize reducing risks to human safety and 
public health and property and enhancing ecological functions, long-
term forest productivity, and biological integrity. The Secretary shall 
commence the projects during fiscal year 1999, but the projects may be 
completed in a subsequent fiscal year.
    Sec. 335. Section 5 of the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act (20 
U.S.C. 974) is amended as follows:
            In subsection (b) strike ``$3,000,000,000'' and insert in 
        lieu thereof ``$5,000,000,000''.
            In subsection (c) strike ``$300,000,000'' and insert in 
        lieu thereof ``$500,000,000''.
            In subsection (d)(4) strike the final ``or''.
            In subsection (d)(5) strike ``$200,000,000 or more'' and 
        insert in lieu thereof ``not less than $200,000,000 but less 
        than $300,000,000'' and strike the final period and insert in 
        lieu thereof ``;''.
            After subsection (d)(5) insert the following 2 new 
        subsections:
            ``(6) not less than $300,000,000 but less than 
        $400,000,000, then coverage under this chapter shall extend 
        only to loss or damage in excess of the first $300,000 of loss 
        or damage to items covered; or
            ``(7) $400,000,000 or more, then coverage under this 
        chapter shall extend only to loss or damage in excess of the 
        first $400,000 of loss or damage to items covered.''.

                           tulare conveyance

    Sec. 336. (a) In General.--Subject to subsections (c) and (d), all 
conveyances to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Tulare, 
California, of lands described in subsection (b), heretofore or 
hereafter, made directly by the Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company, or its successors, are hereby validated to the extent that the 
conveyances would be legal or valid if all right, title, and interest 
of the United States, except minerals, were held by the Southern 
Pacific Transportation Company.
    (b) Lands Described.--The lands referred to in subsection (a) are 
the parcels shown on the map entitled ``Tulare Redevelopment Agency-
Railroad Parcels Proposed to be Acquired'', dated May 29, 1997, that 
formed part of a railroad right-of-way granted to the Southern Pacific 
Railroad Company, or its successors, agents, or assigns, by the Federal 
Government (including the right-of-way approved by an Act of Congress 
on July 27, 1866). The map referred to in this subsection shall be on 
file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Director 
of the Bureau of Land Management.
    (c) Preservation of Existing Rights of Access.--Nothing in this 
section shall impair any existing rights of access in favor of the 
public or any owner of adjacent lands over, under or across the lands 
which are referred to in subsection (a).
    (d) Minerals.--The United States disclaims any and all right of 
surface entry to the mineral estate of lands described in subsection 
(b).
    Sec. 337. The final set of maps entitled ``Coastal Barrier 
Resources System'', dated ``October 24, 1990, revised November 12, 
1996'', and relating to the following units of the Coastal Barrier 
Resources System: P04A, P05/P05P; P05A/P05AP, FL-06P; P10/P10P; P11; 
P11AP; P11A; P18/P18P; P25/P25P; and P32/P32P (which set of maps were 
created by the Department of the Interior to comply with section 220 of 
Public Law 104-333, 110 Stat. 4115, and notice of which was published 
in the Federal Register on May 28, 1997) shall have the force and 
effect of law and replace and substitute for any other inconsistent 
Coastal Barrier Resource System map in the possession of the Department 
of the Interior. This provision is effective immediately upon enactment 
of this Act and the Secretary of the Interior or his designee shall 
immediately make this ministerial substitution.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999''.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 343

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4193

                          [Report No. 105-609]

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                                 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                              July 8, 1998

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