[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2466 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 128
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2466

                          [Report No. 106-222]

 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 2, 1999

    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, 2000, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, 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)), $632,068,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $2,147,000 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 not to exceed $1,000,000 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 $2,500,000 shall 
be available in fiscal year 2000 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 and such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump sum 
grant without regard to when expenses are incurred; in addition, 
$33,529,000 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 
$632,068,000, 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, and of which 
$2,500,000, to remain available until expended, for coalbed methane 
Applications for Permits to Drill in the Powder River Basin: Provided, 
That unless there is a written agreement in place between the coal 
mining operator and a gas producer, the funds available herein shall 
not be used to process or approve coalbed methane Applications for 
Permits to Drill for well sites that are located within an area, which 
as of the date of the coalbed methane Application for Permit to Drill, 
are covered by: (1) a coal lease, (2) a coal mining permit, or (3) an 
application for a coal mining lease: Provided further, 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, $292,399,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $9,300,000 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, $11,100,000, 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), $125,000,000, 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, $20,000,000, 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; 
$99,225,000, 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.

                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, $710,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2001, except as otherwise provided herein, of which $11,701,000 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 $6,532,000 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 of 
the amount provided for environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 
may remain available until expended for contaminant sample analyses: 
Provided further, That hereafter, all fines collected by the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service for violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1362-1407) and implementing regulations 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 
activities for the protection and recovery of manatees, polar bears, 
sea otters, and walruses, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, sums provided by private entities for 
activities pursuant to reimbursable agreements shall be credited to the 
``Resource Management'' account and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That, heretofore and hereafter, in carrying 
out work under reimbursable agreements with any State, local, or tribal 
government, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may, without regard to 
31 U.S.C. 1341 and notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
regulation, record obligations against accounts receivable from such 
entities, and shall credit amounts received from such entities to this 
appropriation, such credit to occur within 90 days of the date of the 
original request by the Service for payment.

                              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; $43,933,000, 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, $42,000,000, 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, 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, 
$15,000,000, 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, 16 U.S.C. 4261-4266), and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 
of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301-5306), $2,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds made available under this Act, Public 
Law 105-277, and Public Law 105-83 for rhinoceros, tiger, and Asian 
elephant conservation programs are exempt from any sanctions imposed 
against any country under section 102 of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. aa-1).

                       administrative provisions

    Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 70 
passenger motor vehicles, of which 61 are for replacement only 
(including 36 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 Senate Report 105-56.

                         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, $1,387,307,000, of which $8,800,000 is 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 $8,000,000, 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, $45,449,000: Provided, That 
no more than $100,000 may be used for overhead and program 
administrative expenses for the heritage partnership program.

                       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), $46,712,000, 
to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, to remain available 
until September 30, 2001, of which $11,722,000, pursuant to section 507 
of Public Law 104-333 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective October 1, 
1999 and thereafter the National Park Service may recover and expend 
all fee revenues derived from providing necessary review services 
associated with historic preservation tax certification, and such funds 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That section 
403(a) of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 
470x-2(a)) is amended by striking the last sentence.

                              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, 
$169,856,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter all franchise 
fees collected from Statue of Liberty National Monument concessioners 
shall be covered into a special account established in the Treasury of 
the United States and shall be immediately available for expenditure by 
the Secretary for the purposes of stabilizing, rehabilitating and 
adaptively reusing deteriorated portions of Ellis Island grounds and 
buildings: Provided further, That, beginning in fiscal year 2001, 
expenditure of such fees is contingent upon a dollar-for-dollar, non-
Federal cost share: Provided further, That the National Park Service 
will make available 37 percent, not to exceed $1,850,000, of the total 
cost of upgrading the Mariposa County, CA municipal solid waste 
disposal system: Provided further, That Mariposa County will provide 
assurance that future use fees paid by the National Park Service will 
be reflective of the capital contribution made by the National Park 
Service.

                    land and water conservation fund

                              (rescission)

    The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2000 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, $102,000,000, 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, and of 
which $42,400,000 for Federal land acquisition for the Everglades 
National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Biscayne National Park, 
and State grants for land acquisition in the State of Florida are 
contingent upon the following: (1) a signed, binding agreement between 
all principal Federal and non-Federal partners involved in the South 
Florida Restoration Initiative which provides specific volume, timing, 
location and duration of flow specifications and water quality 
measurements which will guarantee adequate and appropriate guaranteed 
water supply to the natural areas in southern Florida including all 
National Parks, Preserves, Wildlife Refuge lands, and other natural 
areas to ensure a restored ecosystem; (2) the submission of detailed 
legislative language to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, which accomplishes this goal; and (3) submission of a 
complete prioritized non-Federal land acquisition project list: 
Provided, That from the funds made available for land acquisition at 
Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve, after the 
requirements under this heading have been met, the Secretary may 
provide 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 are contingent upon new matching non-Federal funds 
by the State and shall be subject to an agreement that the lands to be 
acquired will be managed in perpetuity for the restoration of the 
Everglades: Provided further, That lands shall not be acquired for more 
than the approved appraised value (as addressed in section 301(3) of 
Public Law 91-646) except for condemnations, declarations of taking, 
and lands with appraised value of $50,000 or less.

                       administrative provisions

    Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available for 
the purchase of not to exceed 384 passenger motor vehicles, of which 
298 shall be for replacement only, including not to exceed 312 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, biology, and the mineral and water resources of the 
United States, its territories and possessions, and other areas as 
authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their 
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to power 
permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees; 
administer the minerals exploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); 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; $820,444,000, of which $60,856,000 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 
$137,674,000 shall be available until September 30, 2001 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 hereafter 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 students 
or recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the purposes 
of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to 
compensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be 
considered to be Federal employees for any other purposes.

                      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; $110,082,000 of which $84,569,000 
shall be available for royalty management activities; and an amount not 
to exceed $124,000,000, 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 to the extent $124,000,000 in 
additions to receipts are not realized from the sources of receipts 
stated above, the amount needed to reach $124,000,000 shall be credited 
to this appropriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for 
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 1993: 
Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer acquisitions shall 
remain available until September 30, 2001: 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; $95,693,000: Provided, That the 
Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use directly or 
through grants to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 2000 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.

                    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, $196,458,000, to be derived from receipts of the 
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended; 
of which up to $8,000,000, to be derived from the Federal Expenses 
Share of 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 2000: 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, in addition to the 
amount granted to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under sections 
402(g)(1) and 402(g)(5) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
Act (Act), an additional $300,000 will be specifically used for the 
purpose of conducting a demonstration project in accordance with 
section 401(c)(6) of the Act to determine the efficacy of improving 
water quality by removing metals from eligible waters polluted by acid 
mine drainage: 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.

                        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, $1,631,050,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2001 except as otherwise provided herein, 
of which not to exceed $93,684,000 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 $115,229,000 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 2000, 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 up to $5,000,000 shall be 
for the Indian Self-Determination Fund, which shall be available for 
the transitional cost of initial or expanded tribal contracts, grants, 
compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau under such Act; and 
of which not to exceed $400,010,000 for school operations costs of 
Bureau-funded schools and other education programs shall become 
available on July 1, 2000, and shall remain available until September 
30, 2001; and of which not to exceed $58,586,000 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 any forestry funds allocated to 
a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2001, may be 
transferred during fiscal year 2002 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, 2002.

                              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, $126,023,000, 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 2000, 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 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, collections from the 
settlement between the United States and the Puyallup Tribe concerning 
the Chief Leschi school are to be immediately made available for school 
construction in fiscal year 2000, and thereafter.

 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians

    For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and individuals and for 
necessary administrative expenses, $25,901,000, to remain available 
until expended; of which $25,030,000 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 $871,000 shall be 
available pursuant to Public Laws 99-264 and 100-580.

                 indian guaranteed loan program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,500,000, 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 $59,682,000 .
     In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan programs, $508,000.

                       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).
    In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available by 
this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for distribution to other 
tribes, this action shall not diminish the Federal government's trust 
responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-government 
relationship between the United States and that tribe, or that tribe's 
ability to access future appropriations.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to 
the Bureau, 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.

                           Department Offices

                            Insular Affairs

                       assistance to territories

    For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $66,320,000, 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) $3,994,000 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 104-134: Provided 
further, That Public Law 94-241, as amended, is further amended (1) in 
section 4(b) by deleting ``2002'' and inserting ``1999'' and inserting 
after the words ``$11,000,000 annually'' the following: ``and for 
fiscal year 2000, payments to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands shall be $6,000,000, but shall return to the level of 
$11,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2001 and 2002. In fiscal year 
2003 the payment to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
shall be $5,000,000''; (2) deleting the word ``and'' at the end of 
subsection (4)(c)(2); (3) deleting the period at the end of subsection 
(4)(c)(3) and inserting in lieu thereof ``and''; and (4) in section 
(4)(c) by adding a new subsection as follows: ``(4) for fiscal year 
2000, $5,000,000 shall be provided to Guam.'': 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, $62,864,000, 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, $36,784,000.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$26,086,000.

             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, $90,025,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds for trust 
management improvements may be transferred, as needed, to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs ``Operation of Indian Programs'' account and to the 
Departmental Management ``Salaries and Expenses'' account: Provided 
further, That funds made available to Tribes and Tribal organizations 
through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2000, 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 notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to 
provide a quarterly statement of performance for any Indian trust 
account that has not had activity for at least eighteen months and has 
a balance of $1.00 or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue an annual account statement and maintain a record of any such 
accounts and shall permit the balance in each such account to be 
withdrawn upon the express written request of the account holder.

                    indian land consolidation pilot

                       indian land consolidation

    For implementation of a pilot program for consolidation of 
fractional interests in Indian lands by direct expenditure or 
cooperative agreement, $5,000,000 to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That the Secretary may enter into a cooperative 
agreement, which shall not be subject to Public Law 93-638, as amended, 
with a tribe having jurisdiction over the pilot reservation to 
implement the program to acquire fractional interests on behalf of such 
tribe: Provided further, That the Secretary may develop a reservation-
wide system for establishing the fair market value of various types of 
lands and improvements to govern the amounts offered for acquisition of 
fractional interests: Provided further, That acquisitions shall be 
limited to one or more pilot reservations as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That funds shall be available for 
acquisition of fractional interest in trust or restricted lands with 
the consent of its owners and at fair market value, and the Secretary 
shall hold in trust for such tribe all interests acquired pursuant to 
this pilot program: Provided further, That all proceeds from any lease, 
resource sale contract, right-of-way or other transaction derived from 
the fractional interest shall be credited to this appropriation, and 
remain available until expended, until the purchase price paid by the 
Secretary under this appropriation has been recovered from such 
proceeds: Provided further, That once the purchase price has been 
recovered, all subsequent proceeds shall be managed by the Secretary 
for the benefit of the applicable tribe or paid directly to the tribe.

           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; $5,400,000, to 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 oil spills; for response 
and natural resource damage assessment activities related to actual oil 
spills; 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 oil and natural 
gas preleasing, leasing and related activities placed under restriction 
in the President's moratorium statement of June 12, 1998, which 
includes the areas of: northern, central, and southern California; the 
North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; the eastern Gulf of Mexico south 
of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude and 
any lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer 
Continental Shelf 5-year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997-2002; the 
North Aleutian Basin planning area; and the Mid-Atlantic and South 
Atlantic planning areas.
    Sec. 108. 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. 109. (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.
    (f) This section shall remain in effect through fiscal year 2002.
    Sec. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but 
not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, 
hereafter funds available to the Department of the Interior 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 
hereafter funds appropriated in this title shall not 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. 111. 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. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal 
year 2000 and thereafter, 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. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Steel 
Industry American Heritage Area, authorized as part of Public Law 104-
333, is hereby renamed the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.
    Sec. 114. Refunds or rebates received on an ongoing basis from a 
credit card services provider under the Department of the Interior's 
charge card programs may be deposited to and retained without fiscal 
year limitation in the Departmental Working Capital Fund established 
under 43 U.S.C. 1467 and used to fund management initiatives of general 
benefit to the Department of the Interior's bureaus and offices as 
determined by the Secretary or his designee.
    Sec. 115. Appropriations made in this title under the headings 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special Trustee for American 
Indians and any available unobligated balances from prior 
appropriations Acts made under the same headings, shall be available 
for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management activities 
pursuant to the Trust Management Improvement Project High Level 
Implementation Plan.
    Sec. 116. All properties administered by the National Park Service 
at Fort Baker, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and leases, 
concessions, permits and other agreements associated with those 
properties, hereafter shall be exempt from all taxes and special 
assessments, except sales tax, by the State of California and its 
political subdivisions, including the County of Marin and the City of 
Sausalito. Such areas of Fort Baker shall remain under exclusive 
Federal jurisdiction.
    Sec. 117. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the Secretary of 
the Interior is authorized to negotiate and enter into agreements and 
leases, without regard to section 321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June 
30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b), with any person, firm, association, 
organization, corporation, or governmental entity for all or part of 
the property within Fort Baker administered by the Secretary as part of 
Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The proceeds of the agreements or 
leases shall be retained by the Secretary and such proceeds shall be 
available, without future appropriation, for the preservation, 
restoration, operation, maintenance and interpretation and related 
expenses incurred with respect to Fort Baker properties.
    Sec. 118. Where any Federal lands included in the boundary of Lake 
Roosevelt National Recreational Area for grazing purposes, pursuant to 
a permit issued by the National Park Service, the person or persons so 
utilizing such lands shall be entitled to renew said permit. The 
National Park Service is further directed to manage the Lake Roosevelt 
National Recreational Area subject to grazing use in a manner that will 
protect the recreational, natural (including water quality) and 
cultural resources of the Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Area.
    Sec. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, grazing 
permits which expire during fiscal year 2000 shall be renewed for the 
balance of fiscal year 2000 on the same terms and conditions as 
contained in the expiring permits, or until the Bureau of Land 
Management completes processing these permits in compliance with all 
applicable laws, whichever comes first. Upon completion of processing 
by the Bureau, the terms and conditions of existing grazing permits may 
be modified, if necessary, and reissued for a term not to exceed ten 
years. Nothing in this language shall be deemed to affect the Bureau's 
authority to otherwise modify or terminate grazing permits.
    Sec. 120. For the purpose of reducing the Indian probate backlog in 
the Department of the Interior, the Secretary may, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, including the provisions of title 5, United 
States Code pertaining to competition in the appointment process and 
actions covered by section 7521 of title 5, appoint administrative law 
judges for such periods of time as the Secretary considers to be 
necessary.

                       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, $204,373,000, 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, $181,464,000, 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 Maintenance'', and ``Land Acquisition'', 
$1,254,434,000, 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)): Provided, That unobligated balances available at the start of 
fiscal year 2000 shall be displayed by extended budget line item and 
region in the fiscal year 2001 budget justification.

                        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 water, $561,354,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such funds are available for repayment of advances from 
other accounts previously transferred for such purposes: Provided 
further, That not less than 50 percent of any unobligated balances 
remaining (exclusive of amounts for hazardous fuels reduction) at the 
end of fiscal year 1999 shall be transferred, as repayment for past 
advances that have not been repaid, to the fund established pursuant to 
section 3 of Public Law 71-319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.): Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to 
$4,000,000 of funds appropriated under this appropriation may be used 
for Fire Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science Program: 
Provided further, That all authorities for the use of funds, including 
the use of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available to 
execute the Forest Service and Rangeland Research appropriation, are 
also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science 
Research.

                     reconstruction and maintenance

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $396,602,000, to remain available until expended for 
construction, reconstruction, maintenance 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 decommissioning of roads, 
including unauthorized roads not part of the transportation system, 
which are no longer needed: Provided further, That no funds shall be 
expended to decommission any system road until notice and an 
opportunity for public comment has been provided: Provided further, 
That any unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated to the 
Forest Service ``Reconstruction and Construction'' account as well as 
any unobligated balances remaining in the ``National Forest System'' 
account for the facility maintenance and trail maintenance extended 
budget line items at the end of fiscal year 1999 may be transferred to 
and merged with this ``Reconstruction and Maintenance'' account.

                            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, $1,000,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That subject to valid existing rights, all 
Federally owned lands and interests in lands within the New World 
Mining District comprising approximately 26,223 acres, more or less, 
which are described in a Federal Register notice dated August 19, 1997 
(62 F.R. 44136-44137), are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, 
appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws, and from 
location, entry and patent under the mining laws, and from disposition 
under all mineral and geothermal leasing laws.

         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 110 passenger 
motor vehicles of which 15 will be used primarily for law enforcement 
purposes and of which 109 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 three for replacement only, and acquisition of sufficient 
aircraft from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet at 213 
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, or to implement any reorganization or other 
type of organizational restructuring of the Forest Service without the 
advance consent of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Any appropriations or funds available to the Secretary of 
Agriculture 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 if and only if all 
previously appropriated emergency contingent funds under this heading 
have been released by the President and apportioned.
    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 or otherwise available to the Forest Service 
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of 
Agriculture without the advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.
    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.
    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.
    Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-593, of 
the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $1,000,000 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 $200,000 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, $2,650,000 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 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).
    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.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations or 
funds available to the Forest Service not to exceed $500,000 may be 
used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Department 
of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a result of 
OGC assistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at 
meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land purchase 
negotiations and similar non-litigation related matters. Future budget 
justifications for both the Forest Service and the Department of 
Agriculture should clearly display the sums previously transferred and 
the requested funding transfers.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                         clean coal technology

                               (deferral)

    Of the funds made available under this heading for obligation in 
prior years, $190,000,000 shall not be available until October 1, 2000: 
Provided, That funds made available in previous appropriations Acts 
shall be available for any ongoing project regardless of the separate 
request for proposal under which the project was selected.

                 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, 
$359,292,000, to remain available until expended, of which $24,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from unobligated balances in the Biomass 
Energy Development account: 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, 1999, 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 and settlement payments shall be 
immediately transferred to the general fund of the Treasury.

                 naval petroleum and oil shale reserves

    The requirements of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply to 
fiscal year 2000: Provided That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be available 
for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities.

                      elk hills school, lands fund

    For necessary expenses in fulfilling the second installment payment 
under the Settlement Agreement entered into by the United States and 
the State of California on October 11, 1996, as authorized by section 
3415 of Public Law 104-106, $36,000,000 for payment to the State of 
California for the State Teachers' Retirement Fund from the Elk Hills 
School Lands Fund.

                          energy conservation

    For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation 
activities, $718,822,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$25,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from unobligated balances in 
the Biomass Energy Development account: Provided, That $153,000,000 
shall be for use in energy conservation programs as defined in section 
3008(3) of Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4507): 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, 
contingent on a cost share of 25 percent by each participating State or 
other qualified participant, for weatherization assistance grants and 
$33,000,000 for State energy conservation grants.

                          economic regulation

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the Office 
of Hearings and Appeals, $2,000,000, 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.), $159,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                   energy information administration

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the Energy 
Information Administration, $72,644,000, 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 of Energy hereafter may transfer to the SPR Petroleum 
Account such funds as may be necessary to carry out draw down and sale 
operations of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve initiated under section 
161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241) from any 
funds available to the Department of Energy under this or previous 
appropriations Acts. All funds transferred pursuant to this authority 
must be replenished as promptly as possible from oil sale receipts 
pursuant to the draw down and sale.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

                         indian health services

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of 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, $2,085,407,000, 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 $395,290,000 for contract medical care shall 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, up to $17,000,000 shall be used to 
carry out the loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, That funds provided in 
this Act may be used for one-year contracts and grants which are to be 
performed in two fiscal years, so long as the total obligation is 
recorded in the year for which the funds are appropriated: Provided 
further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act shall 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, 2001: 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 $238,781,000 
shall be for payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
or grant support costs for fiscal year 2000 associated with contracts, 
grants, self-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, of which 
$5,000,000 is for new and expanded contracts, grants, self-goverance 
compacts or annual funding agreements and such new and expanded 
contracts shall receive contract support costs equal to the same 
proportion of need as existing contracts: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no new or expanded 
contract, grant, self-goverance compact or annual funding agreement 
shall be entered into once the $5,000,000 has been committed.

                        indian health facilities

    For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equipment 
of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for 
personnel; preparation of plans, 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, $312,478,000, 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 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, $13,400,000, 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; $371,501,000, of which 
not to exceed $48,471,000 for the instrumentation program, collections 
acquisition, Museum Support Center equipment and move, exhibition 
reinstallation, the 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: Provided further, That the Smithsonian 
Institution may expend Federal appropriations designated in this Act 
for lease or rent payments for long term and swing space, as rent 
payable to the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent payments may be 
deposited into the general trust funds of the Institution to the extent 
that federally supported activities are housed in the 900 H St., N.W. 
building in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That this use 
of Federal appropriations shall not be construed as debt service, a 
Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or an obligation of, the 
Federal Government: Provided further, That no appropriated funds may be 
used to service debt which is incurred to finance the costs of 
acquiring the 900 H St. building or of planning, designing, and 
constructing improvements to such building.

            repair, restoration and alteration of facilities

    For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and alteration of 
facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by 
contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 
22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), including not to exceed $10,000 for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $47,900,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for environmental systems, 
protection systems, and repair or restoration of facilities of the 
Smithsonian Institution may be negotiated with selected contractors and 
awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price: 
Provided further, That funds previously appropriated to the 
``Construction and Improvements, National Zoological Park'' account and 
the ``Repair and Restoration of Buildings'' account may be transferred 
to and merged with this ``Repair, Restoration, and Alteration of 
Facilities'' account.

                              construction

    For necessary expenses for construction, $19,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

           administrative provisions, smithsonian institution

    None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to initiate 
the design of any expansion of current space or new facility without 
consultation with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
    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.
    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, $61,538,000, of which not to exceed $3,026,000 for the special 
exhibition program shall remain available until expended.

            repair, restoration and renovation of buildings

    For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation of 
buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National 
Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, as authorized, $6,311,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for 
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, $12,441,000.

                              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, $20,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including hire of 
passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$7,040,000.

           National Foundation on the arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       grants and administration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $83,500,000 shall be 
available to the National Endowment for the Arts for the support of 
projects and productions in the arts through assistance to 
organizations and individuals pursuant to sections 5(c) and 5(g) of the 
Act, for program support, and for administering the functions of the 
Act, to remain available until 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, 
$14,500,000, 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, $24,400,000, to remain available until expended.

                       administrative provisions

    None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant or contract 
documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities may be used for official 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), $935,000: Provided, That the Commission is 
authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs of its publications, 
and such fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting 
collection, to remain available until expended without further 
appropriation.

               national capital arts and cultural affairs

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

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation (Public Law 89-665, as amended), $3,000,000: Provided, 
That none of these funds shall be available for compensation of level V 
of the Executive Schedule or higher positions.

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National Capital 
Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71-71i), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,312,000: Provided, That hereafter all 
appointed members of the Commission will be compensated at the daily 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for positions at level IV of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code, for each day such member is engaged in the actual performance of 
duties.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Council

                       holocaust memorial council

    For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as authorized by 
Public Law 96-388 (36 U.S.C. 1401), as amended, $33,286,000, of which 
$1,575,000 for the 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, $24,400,000 shall be available 
to the Presidio Trust, to remain available until expended, of which up 
to $1,040,000 may be for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 104(d) of the Act: Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds 
are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is 
to be guaranteed, not to exceed $200,000,000. The Trust is authorized 
to issue obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to 
section 104(d)(3) of the Act, in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through 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 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. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 304. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department 
or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, 
chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or employee of 
such department or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
    Sec. 305. No assessments may be levied against any program, budget 
activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act unless advance 
notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the 
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.
    Sec. 306. (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--None of the funds 
made available in this Act may be expended by an entity unless the 
entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply with 
sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c; 
popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
    (b) Sense of Congress; Requirement 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.
    (d) The provisions of this section are applicable in fiscal year 
2000 and thereafter.
    Sec. 307. None of the funds in this Act may be used to plan, 
prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees 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 1999.
    Sec. 308. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated or expended by the National Park Service to enter into or 
implement a concession contract which permits or requires the removal 
of the underground lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
    Sec. 309. None of the funds appropriated or 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, 2000, then none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps 
programs.
    Sec. 310. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used: 
(1) to demolish the bridge between 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. 311. (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, 2000, 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. 312. 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, 105-83, and 105-277 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 1999 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. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal 
year 2000 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. 314. 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. 315. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act or any 
other Act providing appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
the Forest Service or the Smithsonian Institution may be used to submit 
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. 316. 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. 317. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment for the 
Arts--
            (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
        individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a 
        literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or 
        American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
            (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 
        that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made 
        to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be used 
        to make a grant to any other organization or individual to 
        conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient. 
        Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments made in 
        exchange for goods and services.
            (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, 
        unless the application is specific to the contents of the 
        season, including identified programs and/or projects.
    Sec. 318. 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. 319. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be expended or obligated to fund new revisions of national forest land 
management plans until new final or interim final rules for forest land 
management planning are published in the Federal Register. Those 
national forests which are currently in a revision process, having 
formally published a Notice of Intent to revise prior to October 1, 
1997; those national forests having been court-ordered to revise; those 
national forests where plans reach the fifteen year legally mandated 
date to revise before or during calendar year 2000; national forests 
within the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem study area; and the White 
Mountain National Forest are exempt from this section and may use funds 
in this Act and proceed to complete the forest plan revision in 
accordance with current forest planning regulations.
    Sec. 320. (a) In providing services or awarding 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. 321. None of the funds in this Act may be used to support 
government-wide administrative functions unless such functions are 
justified in the budget process and funding is approved by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds in this Act may be used for the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration (Spectrum), GSA Telecommunication Centers, 
or the President's Council on Sustainable Development.
    Sec. 323. None of the funds in this Act may be used for planning, 
design or construction of improvements to Pennsylvania Avenue in front 
of the White House without the advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 324. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 1999 in the roads 
and trails fund provided for in the fourteenth paragraph under the 
heading ``FOREST SERVICE'' of the Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 843; 
16 U.S.C. 501), shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, without 
regard to the State in which the amounts were derived, to repair or 
reconstruct roads, bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands 
or to carry out and administer projects to improve forest health 
conditions, which may include the repair or reconstruction of roads, 
bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands in the wildland-
community interface where there is an abnormally high risk of fire. The 
projects shall emphasize reducing risks to human safety and public 
health and property and enhancing ecological functions, long-term 
forest productivity, and biological integrity. The Secretary shall 
commence the projects during fiscal year 2000, but the projects may be 
completed in a subsequent fiscal year. Funds shall not be expended 
under this section to replace funds which would otherwise appropriately 
be expended from the timber salvage sale fund. Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to exempt any project from any environmental law.
    Sec. 325. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to establish a national wildlife refuge in the Kankakee River watershed 
in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois.
    Sec. 326. None of the funds provided in this or previous 
Appropriations Acts or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of 
the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be transferred to or used to support 
the Council on Environmental Quality or other offices in the Executive 
Office of the President, or be expended for any headquarters or 
departmental office functions of the agencies, bureaus and departments 
covered by this Act, for purposes related to the American Heritage 
Rivers program.
    Sec. 327. None of the funds in this Act may be used to operate 
telephone answering machines during core business hours except in 
emergency situations.
    Sec. 328. (a) Enhancing Forest Service Administration of Rights-of-
Way and Land Uses.--During fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall deposit into a special 
account established in the Treasury all administrative fees collected 
by the Secretary pursuant to section 28(l) of the Mineral Leasing Act 
(30 U.S.C. 185(l)), section 504(g) of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1764(g)), and any other law that 
grants the Secretary the authority to authorize the use and occupancy 
of National Forest System lands, improvements, and resources, as 
described in section 251.53 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations.
    (b) Use of Retained Amounts.--Amounts deposited pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be available, without further appropriation, for 
expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture to cover costs incurred by 
the Forest Service for the processing of applications for special use 
authorizations and for inspection and monitoring activities undertaken 
in connection with such special use authorizations. Amounts in the 
special account shall remain available for such purposes until 
expended.
    (c) Reporting Requirement.--In the budget justification documents 
submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture in support of the President's 
budget for a fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code, the Secretary shall include a description of the purposes for 
which amounts were expended from the special account during the 
preceding fiscal year, including the amounts expended for each purpose, 
and a description of the purposes for which amounts are proposed to be 
expended from the special account during the next fiscal year, 
including the amounts proposed to be expended for each purpose.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect October 1, 2000 
and remain in effect through September 30, 2005.
    Sec. 329. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
Interior shall:
            (1) prepare the report required of them by section 323(a) 
        of the Fiscal Year 1998 Interior and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act (Public Law 105-83; 111 Stat. 1543, 1596-7);
            (2) distribute the report and make such report available 
        for public comment for a minimum of 120 days; and
            (3) include detailed responses to the public comment in any 
        final environmental impact statement associated with the 
        Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project.
    Sec. 330. Hereafter, and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a building or 
on property that is part of the National Park System, the Smithsonian 
Institution, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the 
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, or the National Gallery of 
Art, if the woman and her child are otherwise permitted to be present 
at the location.
    Sec. 331. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used 
to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the 
purpose of implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the 
Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan 
at the Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework 
Convention on Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the 
Senate for advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II, 
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has 
not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000''.
                                               Union Calendar No. 128  

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2466

                          [Report No. 106-222]

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                                 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                              July 2, 1999

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