[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 170 (Tuesday, October 31, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H11541-H11561]
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1977, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996

  Mr. REGULA submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill (H.R. 1977) making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1996, and for other purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 104-300)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     1977) ``making appropriations for the Department of the 
     Interior and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1996, and for other purposes,'' having met, 
     after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and 
     do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
       That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 4, 21, 
     24, 26, 40, 54, 57, 67, 77, 

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     83, 85, 94, 99, 100, 105, 107, 111, 117, 118, 123, 136, 138, 
     147, 148, 155, 163, 166, 169, 171, 172, and 173.
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendments of the Senate numbered 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 
     19, 20, 28, 31, 32, 34, 36, 38, 45, 46, 48, 50, 51, 52, 56, 
     59, 61, 62, 66, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 80, 81, 82, 86, 
     87, 88, 93, 96, 97, 102, 103, 106, 109, 113, 121, 124, 126, 
     127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 
     143, 144, 145, 149, 150, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, and agree 
     to the same.
       Amendment numbered 1:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment insert the following: , and assessment of mineral 
     potential of public lands pursuant to P.L. 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 
     3150 (a)), $568,062,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 2:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended as 
     follows: After the first comma in said amendment insert: of 
     which $2,000,000 shall be available for assessment of the 
     mineral potential of public lands in Alaska pursuant to 
     section 1010 of P.L. 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150), and; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 3:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 3, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $568,062,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 5:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 5, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $3,115,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 6:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 6, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $101,500,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 7:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 7, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $12,800,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 8:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 8, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $93,379,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 9:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 9, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment insert the following: $497,943,000, to remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 1997,; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 12:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 12, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $37,655,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 14:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 14, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $36,900,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 22:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 22, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert: : 
     Provided further, That the Director of the Fish and Wildlife 
     Service may charge reasonable fees for expenses to the 
     Federal Government for providing training by the National 
     Education and Training Center: Provided further, That all 
     training fees collected shall be available to the Director, 
     until expended, without further appropriation, to be used for 
     the costs of training and education provided by the National 
     Education and Training Center; and the Senate agree to the 
     same.
       Amendment numbered 23:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 23, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment amended as 
     follows: Following ``Public Law 88-567,'' insert: if for any 
     reason the Secretary disapproves for use in 1996 or does not 
     finally approve for use in 1996 any pesticide or chemical 
     which was approved for use in 1995 or had been requested for 
     use in 1996 by the submission of a pesticide use proposal as 
     of September 19, 1995,
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 25:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 25, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $1,083,151,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 27:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 27, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $37,649,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 29:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 29, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $36,212,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 30:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 30, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $143,225,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 31:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 31, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum stricken and inserted by said amendment 
     insert the following: $4,500,000 of the funds provided 
     herein; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 33:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 33, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $49,100,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 35:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 35, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert: : 
     Provided, That any funds made available for the purpose of 
     acquisition of the Elwha and Glines dams shall be used solely 
     for acquisition, and shall not be expended until the full 
     purchase amount has been appropriated by the Congress; and 
     the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 37:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 37, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert: 
     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.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 39:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 39, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert: 
     The National Park Service shall, within existing funds, 
     conduct a Feasibility Study for a northern access route into 
     Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, to be completed 
     within one year of the enactment of this Act and submitted to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and to the 
     Senate Committee on Energy and (Natural Resources and the 
     House Committee on Resources. The Feasibility Study shall 
     ensure that resource impacts from any plan to create such 
     access route are evaluated with accurate information and 
     according to a process that takes into consideration park 
     values, visitor needs, a full range of alternatives, the 
     viewpoints of all interested parties, including the tourism 
     industry and the State of Alaska, and potential needs for 
     compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The 
     Study shall also address the time required for development of 
     alternatives and identify all associated costs.
       This Feasibility Study shall be conducted solely by the 
     National Park Service planning personnel permanently assigned 
     to National Park Service offices located in the State of 
     Alaska in consultation with the State of Alaska Department of 
     Transportation.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 41:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 41, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert the 
     following: 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; $73,503,000; and the Senate agree to the 
     same.
       Amendment numbered 42:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 42, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment amended to 
     read as follows:, and of which $137,000,000 for resource 
     research and the operations of Cooperative Research Units 
     shall remain available until September 30, 1997, and of which 
     $16,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     conducting inquires into the 

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     economic conditions affecting mining and materials processing 
     industries; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amended numbered 43:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 43, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment amended to 
     read as follows:
       : Provided further, That funds available herein for 
     resource research may be used for the purchase of not to 
     exceed 61 passenger motor vehicles, of which 55 are for 
     replacement only: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     available under this head for resource research shall be used 
     to conduct new surveys on private property, including new 
     aerial surveys for the designation of habitat under the 
     Endangered Species Act, except when it is made known to the 
     Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such 
     funds that the survey or research has been requested and 
     authorized in writing by the property owner or the owner's 
     authorized representative: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds provided herein for resource research may be used to 
     administer a volunteer program when it is made known the 
     Federal official having authority to obligate or it is made 
     known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or 
     expend such funds that the volunteers are not properly 
     trained or that information gathered by the volunteers is not 
     carefully verified: Provided further, That no later than 
     April 1, 1996, the Director of the United States Geological 
     Survey shall issue agency guidelines for resource research 
     that ensure that scientific and technical peer review is 
     utilized as fully as possible in selection of projects for 
     funding and ensure the validity and reliability of research 
     and data collection on Federal lands: Provided further, That 
     no funds available for resource research may be used for any 
     activity that was not authorized prior to the establishment 
     of the National Biological Survey: Provided further, That 
     once every five years the National Academy of Sciences shall 
     review and report on the resource research activities of the 
     Survey: Provided further, That if specific authorizing 
     legislation is enacted during or before the start of fiscal 
     year 1996, the resource research component of the Survey 
     should comply with the provisions of that legislation: 
     Provided further, That unobligated and unexpended balances in 
     the National Biological Survey, Research, inventories and 
     surveys account at the end of fiscal year 1995, shall be 
     merged with and made a part of the United States Geological 
     Survey, Surveys, investigations, and research account and 
     shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 
     1996: Provided further, That the authority granted to the 
     United States Bureau of Mines to conduct mineral surveys and 
     to determine mineral values by section 603 of Public Law 94-
     579 is hereby transferred to, and vested in, the Director of 
     the United States Geological Survey; and the Senate agree to 
     the same.
       Amendment numbered 44:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 44, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $182,994,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment Numbered 47:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 47, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment insert the following:
       For expenses necessary for, and incidental to, the closure 
     of the United States Bureau of Mines, $64,000,000 to remain 
     available until expended, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 
     may be used for the completion and/or transfer of certain 
     ongoing projects within the United States Bureau of Mines, 
     such projects to be identified by the Secretary of the 
     Interior within 90 days of enactment of this Act: Provided, 
     That there hereby are transferred to, and vested in, the 
     Secretary of Energy: (1) the functions pertaining to the 
     promotion of health and safety in mines and the mineral 
     industry through research vested by law in the Secretary of 
     the Interior or the United States Bureau of Mines and 
     performed in fiscal year 1995 by the United States Bureau of 
     Mines at its Pittsburgh Research Center in Pennsylvania, and 
     at its Spokane Research Center in Washington; (2) the 
     functions pertaining to the conduct of inquiries, 
     technological investigations and research concerning the 
     extraction, processing, use and disposal of mineral 
     substances vested by law in the Secretary of the Interior or 
     the United States Bureau of Mines and performed in fiscal 
     year 1995 by the United States Bureau of Mines under the 
     minerals and materials science programs at its Pittsburgh 
     Research Center in Pennsylvania, and at its Albany Research 
     Center in Oregon; and (3) the functions pertaining to mineral 
     reclamation industries and the development of methods for the 
     disposal, control, prevention, and reclamation of mineral 
     waste products vested by law in the Secretary of the Interior 
     or the United States Bureau of Mines and performed in fiscal 
     year 1995 by the United States Bureau of Mines at its 
     Pittsburgh Research Center in Pennsylvania: Provided further, 
     That, if any of the same functions were performed in fiscal 
     year 1995 at locations other than those listed above, such 
     functions shall not be transferred to the Secretary of Energy 
     from those other locations: Provided further, That the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary 
     of the Interior, is authorized to make such determinations as 
     may be necessary with regard to the transfer of functions 
     which relate to or are used by the Department of the 
     Interior, or component thereof affected by this transfer of 
     functions, and to make such dispositions of personnel, 
     facilities, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, 
     records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, 
     authorizations, allocations, and other funds held, used, 
     arising from, available to or to be made available in 
     connection with, the functions transferred herein as are 
     deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of this transfer: 
     Provided further, That all reductions in personnel 
     complements resulting from the provisions of this Act shall, 
     as to the functions transferred to the Secretary of Energy, 
     be done by the Secretary of the Interior as though these 
     transfers had not taken place but had been required of the 
     Department of the Interior by all other provisions of this 
     Act before the transfers of function became effective: 
     Provided further, That the transfers of function to the 
     Secretary of Energy shall become effective on the date 
     specified by the Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, but in no event later than 90 days after enactment 
     into law of this Act: Provided further, That the reference to 
     ``function'' includes, but is not limited to, any duty, 
     obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, 
     privilege, and activity, or the plural thereof, as the case 
     may be; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 49:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 49, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $173,887,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 53:
       The the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment 
     of the Senate numbered 53, and agree to the same with an 
     amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment insert the following: $1,359,434,000; and the 
     Senage agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 55:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 55, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment insert the following: $100,255,000 shall be for 
     welfare assistance grants and not to exceed $104,626,000; and 
     the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 58:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 58, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $68,209,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 60:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 60, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $71,854,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 63:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 63, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment amended as 
     follows: Before ``: Provided further'' in said amendment, 
     insert: , to become effective on July 1, 1997; and the Senate 
     agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 64:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 64, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $100,833,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 65:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 65, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $80,645,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 68:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 68, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment insert: 
     $500,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 69:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 69, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of the first sum named in said amendment insert: 
     $4,500,000.
       In lieu of the second sum named in said amendment insert: 
     $35,914,000.
       In lieu of the third sum named in said amendment insert: 
     $500,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 70:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 70, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment insert the following: $65,188,000, of which (1) 
     $61,661,000 shall be available until expended for technical 
     assistance, including maintenance assistance, disaster 
     assistance, insular management controls, 

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     and brown tree snake control and research; and the Senate 
     agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 79:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 79, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of ``October 1, 1995'' named in said amendment 
     insert: March 1, 1996; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 84:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 84, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:
       Sec. 108. Prior to the transfer of Presidio properties to 
     the Presidio Trust, when authorized, the Secretary may not 
     obligate in any calendar month more than \1/12\ of the fiscal 
     year 1996 appropriation for operation of the Presidio: 
     Provided, That this section shall expire on December 31, 
     1995.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 89:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 89, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert:
       Sec. 118. Section 4(b) of Public Law 94-241 (90 Stat. 263) 
     as added by section 10 of Public Law 99-396 is amended by 
     deleting ``until Congress otherwise provides by law.'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof: ``except that, for fiscal years 
     1996 through 2002, payments to the Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to the multi-year funding 
     agreements contemplated under the Covenant shall be 
     $11,000,000 annually, subject to an equal local match and all 
     other requirements set forth in the Agreement of the Special 
     Representatives on Future Federal Financial Assistance of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands, executed on December 17, 1992 
     between the special representative of the President of the 
     United States and special representatives of the Governor of 
     the Northern Mariana Islands with any additional amounts 
     otherwise made available under this section in any fiscal 
     year and not required to meet the schedule of payments in 
     this subsection to be provided as set forth in subsection (c) 
     until Congress otherwise provides by law.
       ``(c) The additional amounts referred to in subsection (b) 
     shall be made available to the Secretary for obligation as 
     follows:
       ``(1) for fiscal years 1996 through 2001, $4,580,000 
     annually for capital infrastructure projects as Impact Aid 
     for Guam under section 104(c)(6) of Public Law 99-239;
       ``(2) for fiscal year 1996, $7,700,000 shall be provided 
     for capital infrastructure projects in American Samoa; 
     $4,420,000 for resettlement of Rongelap Atoll; and
       ``(3) for fiscal years 1997 and thereafter, all such 
     amounts shall be available solely for capital infrastructure 
     projects in Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of 
     Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of 
     the Marshall Islands: Provided, That, in fiscal year 1997, 
     $3,000,000 of such amounts shall be made available to the 
     College of the Northern Marianas and beginning in fiscal year 
     1997, and in each year thereafter, not to exceed $3,000,000 
     may be allocated, as provided in appropriations Acts, to the 
     Secretary of the Interior for use by Federal agencies or the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to address 
     immigration, labor, and law enforcement issues in the 
     Northern Mariana Islands. The specific projects to be funded 
     in American Samoa shall be set forth in a five-year plan for 
     infrastructure assistance developed by the Secretary of the 
     Interior in consultation with the American Samoa Government 
     and updated annually and submitted to the Congress concurrent 
     with the budget justifications for the Department of the 
     Interior. In developing budget recommendations for capital 
     infrastructure funding, the Secretary shall indicate the 
     highest priority projects, consider the extent to which 
     particular projects are part of an overall master plan, 
     whether such project has been reviewed by the Corps of 
     Engineers and any recommendations made as a result of such 
     review, the extent to which a set-aside for maintenance would 
     enhance the life of the project, the degree to which a local 
     cost-share requirement would be consistent with local 
     economic and fiscal capabilities, and may propose an 
     incremental set-aside, not to exceed $2,000,000 per year, to 
     remain available without fiscal year limitation, as an 
     emergency fund in the event of natural or other disasters to 
     supplement other assistance in the repair, replacement, or 
     hardening of essential facilities: Provided further, That the 
     cumulative amount set aside for such emergency fund may not 
     exceed $10,000,000 at any time.
       ``(d) Within the amounts allocated for infrastructure 
     pursuant to this section, and subject to the specific 
     allocations made in subsection (c), additional contributions 
     may be made, as set forth in appropriations Acts, to assist 
     in the resettlement of Rongelap Atoll: Provided, That the 
     total of all contributions from any Federal source after 
     enactment of this Act may not exceed $32,000,000 and shall be 
     contingent upon an agreement, satisfactory to the President, 
     that such contributions are a full and final settlement of 
     all obligations of the United States to assist in the 
     resettlement of Rongelop Atoll and that such funds will be 
     expended solely on resettlement activities and will be 
     properly audited and accounted for. In order to provide such 
     contributions in a timely manner, each Federal agency 
     providing assistance or services, or conducting activities, 
     in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is authorized to 
     make funds available through the Secretary of the Interior, 
     to assist in the resettlement of Rongelap. Nothing in this 
     subsection shall be construed to limit the provision of ex 
     gratia assistance pursuant to section 105(c)(2) of the 
     Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-239, 
     99 Stat. 1770, 1792) including for individuals choosing not 
     to resettle at Rongelap, except that no such assistance for 
     such individuals may be provided until the Secretary notifies 
     the Congress that the full amount of all funds necessary for 
     resettlement at Rongelap has been provided.''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 90:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 90, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $178,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 91:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 91, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment insert the following: $136,794,000, to remain 
     available until expended, as authorized by law; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 92:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 92, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $1,256,253,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 95:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 95, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $163,500,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 98:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 98, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $41,200,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 101:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 101, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment amended as 
     follows: Following ``Forest Service,'' in said amendment 
     insert: other than the relocation of the Regional Office for 
     Region 5 of the Forest Service from San Francisco to excess 
     military property at Mare Island, Vallejo, California; and 
     the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 104:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 104, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert: 
     Any funds available to the Forest Service may be used for 
     retrofitting Mare Island facilities to accommodate the 
     relocation: Provided, That funds for the move must come from 
     funds otherwise available to Region 5: Provided further, That 
     any funds to be provided for such purposes shall only be 
     available upon approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 108:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 108, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert:
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 
     duration of fiscal year 1996 none of the funds provided in 
     this or any other appropriations Act may be used in the 
     Tongass National Forest except to implement the Preferred 
     Alternative P in the Tongass Land and Resource Management 
     Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (dated October 
     1992) as selected in the Record of Decision Review Draft #3-
     2/93 (hereinafter referred to as ``Alternative P'') which 
     shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy all requirements of 
     applicable law: Provided, That the Forest Service may amend 
     the plan during fiscal year 1996 only to the extent necessary 
     to accommodate commercial tourism if an agreement is signed 
     between the Forest Service and the Alaska Visitors' 
     Association: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     continue the current Tongass land management planning 
     process, and may replace or modify Alternative P with the 
     selected alternative of a revised Tongass Land Management 
     Plan (``TLMP'') which shall, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, contain at least the number of acres of 
     suitable, available timber lands and suitable scheduled 
     timber lands identified in Alternative P: Provided further, 
     That if the Forest Service fails to complete work on a 
     revised TLMP during fiscal year 1996, Alternative P shall 
     remain in effect until such time as a revised plan is 
     completed in accordance with this section and is in effect: 
     Provided further, That hereinafter, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, any timber sale or offering that was 
     prepared for acceptance, or was awarded to a purchaser after 
     December 31, 1988, which has been the subject of an 
     Environmental Impact Statement under the National 
     Environmental Policy Act (``NEPA'') and a review under 
     section 810 of the Alaska 

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     National Interest Lands Conservation Act (``ANILCA''), and 
     was subsequently offered or awarded to a different timber 
     purchaser or offeree shall not be subject to additional 
     analysis under NEPA or ANILCA through any action of the 
     Federal Government or by order of any court of law if the 
     Forest Service determines in a Supplemental Evaluation that 
     no such analysis is necessary: Provided further, That section 
     502 of P.L. 104-19 shall be deemed permanent law.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 110:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 110, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum stricken and inserted by said amendment 
     insert: and for promoting health and safety in mines and the 
     mineral industry through research (30 U.S.C. 3, 861(b), and 
     951(a)), 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), and for the development of methods for the 
     disposal, control, prevention, and reclamation of waste 
     products in the mining, minerals, metal, and mineral 
     reclamation industries (30 U.S.C. 3 and 21a), $417,169,000; 
     and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 112:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 112, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $148,786,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 114:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 114, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $553,293,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 115:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 115, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $140,696,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 116:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 116, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $114,196,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 119:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 119, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $72,266,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 120:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 120, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $1,722,842,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 122:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 122, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $238,958,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 125:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 125, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $308,188,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 132:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 132, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $6,442,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 135:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 135, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $5,840,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 146:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 146, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert:


                           public development

       Funds made available under this heading in prior years 
     shall be available for operating and administrative expenses 
     and for the orderly closure of the Corporation, as well as 
     operating and administrative expenses for the functions 
     transferred to the General Services Administration.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 151:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 151, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of Subsection (g) insert the following:
       (g) Section 3(b) of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 
     Corporation Act of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 872(b)) is amended as 
     follows:
       ``(b) The Corporation shall be dissolved on or before April 
     1, 1996. Upon dissolution, assets, obligations, indebtedness, 
     and all unobligated and unexpended balances of the 
     Corporation shall be transferred in accordance with the 
     Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1996.''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 152:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 152, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment insert the following:
       Sec. 314. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no part 
     of any appropriation contained in this Act or any other Act 
     shall be obligated or expended for the operation or 
     implementation of the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem 
     Management Project (hereinafter ``Project'').
       (b)(1) From the funds appropriated to the Forest Service 
     and Bureau of Land Management: a sum of $4,000,000 is made 
     available for the Executive Steering Committee of the Project 
     to publish, and submit to the Committees on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, and Energy and 
     Natural Resources of the Senate and Committees on 
     Agriculture, Appropriations, and Resources of the House of 
     Representatives, by April 30, 1996, an assessment on the 
     National Forest System lands and lands administered by the 
     Bureau of Land Management (hereinafter ``Federal lands'') 
     within the area encompassed by the Project. The assessment 
     shall be accompanied by draft Environmental Impact Statements 
     that are not decisional and not subject to judicial review, 
     contain a range of alternatives, without the identification 
     of a preferred alternative or management recommendations, and 
     provide a methodology for conducting any cumulative effects 
     analysis required by section 102(2)(C) of the National 
     Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)) in the 
     preparation of each amendment to a resource management plan 
     pursuant to subsection (c)(2). The Executive Steering 
     Committee shall release the required draft Environmental 
     Impact Statements for a ninety day public comment period. A 
     summary of the public comments received must accompany these 
     documents upon its submission to Congress.
       (2) The assessment required by paragraph (1) shall contain 
     the scientific information collected and analysis undertaken 
     by the Project on landscape dynamics and forest and rangeland 
     health conditions and the implications of such dynamics and 
     conditions for forest and rangeland management, specifically 
     the management of forest and rangeland vegetation structure, 
     composition, density and related social and economic effects.
       (3) The assessment and draft Environmental Impact 
     Statements required by paragraph (1) shall not: contain any 
     material other than that required in paragraphs (1) and (2); 
     be the subject of consultation or conferencing pursuant to 
     section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
     1536); or be accompanied by any record of decision or 
     documentation pursuant to section 102(2) of the National 
     Environmental Policy Act, except as specified in paragraph 
     (1).
       (c)(1) From the funds appropriated to the Forest Service 
     and the Bureau of Land Management, each Forest Supervisor of 
     the Forest Service and District Manager of the Bureau of Land 
     Management with responsibility for a national forest or unit 
     of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
     (hereinafter ``forest'') within the area encompassed by the 
     Project shall--
      (A) review the resource management plan (hereinafter 
     ``plan'') for such forest, the scientific information and 
     analysis in the report prepared pursuant to subsection (b) 
     which are applicable to such plan, and any policy which is 
     applicable to such plan upon the date of enactment of this 
     section (whether or not such policy has been added to such 
     plan by amendment), including any which is, or is intended to 
     be, of limited duration, and which the Project addresses; and
      (B) based on such review, develop a modification of such 
     policy, or an alternative policy which serves the basic 
     purpose of such policy, to meet the specific conditions of 
     such forest.
       (2) For each plan reviewed pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
     Forest Supervisor or District Manager concerned shall prepare 
     and adopt an amendment which: contains the modified or 
     alternative policy developed pursuant to paragraph (1)(B); is 
     directed solely to and affects only such plan; and addresses 
     the specific conditions of the forest to which the plan 
     applies and the relationship of the modified or alternative 
     policy to such conditions. The Forest Supervisor or District 
     Manager concerned shall consult at a minimum, with the 
     Governor of the State, and the Commissioners of the county or 
     counties, and affected tribal governments in which the forest 
     to which the plan applies is situated during the review of 
     the plan required by paragraph (1) and the preparation of an 
     amendment to the plan reuired by this paragraph.
       (3) To the maximum extent practicable, each amendment 
     prepared pursuant to paragraph (2) shall establish site-
     specific standards in lieu of imposing general standards 
     applicable to multiple sites. Any amendment which would 
     result in any major change in land use allocations within the 
     plan or would reduce the likelihood of achievement of the 
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     plan (prior to any previous amendment incorporating in the 
     plan any policy referred to in paragraph (1)(A)) shall be 
     deemed a significant change, pursuant to section 6(f)(4) of 
     the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
     1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(4)) or section 202 of the Federal 
     Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712), 
     requiring a significant plan amendment or equivalent.
       (4) Each amendment prepared pursuant to paragraph (2) shall 
     comply with any applicable requirements of section 102(2) of 
     the National Environmental Policy Act, except that any 
     cumulative effects analysis conducted in accordance with the 
     methodology provided pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall be 
     deemed to meet any requirement of such Act for such analysis 
     and the scoping conducted by the Project prior to the date of 
     enactment of this section shall substitute for any scoping 
     otherwise required by such Act for such amendment, unless at 
     the sole discretion of the Forest Supervisor or District 
     manager additional scoping is deemed necessary.
       (5) The review of each plan required by paragraph (1) shall 
     be conducted, and the preparation and decision to approve an 
     amendment to each plan pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be 
     made, by the Forest Supervisor or District Manager, as the 
     case may be, solely on: the basis of the review conducted 
     pursuant to paragraph (1)(A), any consultation or 
     conferencing pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species 
     Act of 1973 required by paragraph (6), any documentation 
     required by section 102(2) of the National Environmental 
     Policy Act, and any applicable guidance or other policy 
     issued prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
       (6)(A) Any policy adopted in an amendment prepared pursuant 
     to paragraph (2) which is a modification of or alternative to 
     a policy referred to in paragraph (1)(A) and upon which 
     consultation or conferencing has occurred pursuant to section 
     7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, shall not again be 
     subject to the consultation or conferencing provisions of 
     such section 7.
       (B) If required by such section 7, and not subject to 
     subparagraph (A), the Forest Supervisor or District Manager 
     concerned shall consult or conference separately on each 
     amendment prepared pursuant to paragraph (2).
       (C) No Further consultation, other than the consultation 
     specified in subparagraph (B), shall be undertaken on the 
     amendments prepared pursuant to paragraph (2), on any project 
     or activity which is consistent with an applicable amendment, 
     on any policy referred to in paragraph (1)(A), or on any 
     portion of any plan related to such policy or the species to 
     which such policy applies.
       (7) Each amendment prepared pursuant to paragraph (2) shall 
     be adopted on or before July 31, 1996: Provided, That any 
     amendment deemed a significant plan amendment, or equivalent, 
     pursuant to paragraph (3) shall be adopted on or before 
     December 31, 1996.
       (8) No policy referred to in paragraph (1)(A), or any 
     provision of a plan or other planning document incorporating 
     such policy, shall be effective in any forest subject to the 
     Project on or after December 31, 1996, or after an amendment 
     to the plan which applies to such forest is adopted pursuant 
     to the provisions of this subsection, whichever occurs first.
       (9) On the signing of a record of decision or equivalent 
     document making an amendment for the Clearwater National 
     Forest pursuant to paragraph (2), the requirement for 
     revision referred to in the Stipulation of Dismissal dated 
     September 13, 1993, applicable to the Clearwater National 
     Forest is deemed to be satisfied, and the interim management 
     direction provision contained in the Stipulation of Dismissal 
     shall be of no further effect with respect to the Clearwater 
     National Forest.
       (d) The documents prepared under the authority of this 
     section shall not be applied or used to regulate non-Federal 
     lands.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 153:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 153, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment insert the following:

     SEC. 315. RECREATIONAL FEE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

       (a) The Secretary of the Interior (acting through the 
     Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service and the 
     United States Fish and Wildlife Service) and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture (acting through the Forest Service) shall each 
     implement a fee program to demonstrate the feasibility of 
     user-generated cost recovery for the operation and 
     maintenance of recreation areas or sites and habitat 
     enhancement projects on Federal lands.
       (b) In carrying out the pilot program established pursuant 
     to this section, the appropriate Secretary shall select from 
     areas under the jurisdiction of each of the four agencies 
     referred to in subsection (a) no fewer than 10, but as many 
     as 50, areas, sites or projects for fee demonstration. For 
     each such demonstration, the Secretary, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law--
       (1) shall charge and collect fees for admission to the area 
     or for the use of outdoor recreation sites, facilities, 
     visitor centers, equipment, and services by individuals and 
     groups, or any combination thereof;
       (2) shall establish fees under this section based upon a 
     variety of cost recovery and fair market valuation methods to 
     provide a broad basis for feasibility testing;
       (3) may contract, including provisions for reasonable 
     commissions, with any public or private entity to provide 
     visitor services, including reservations and information, and 
     may accept services of volunteers to collect fees charged 
     pursuant to paragraph (1);
       (4) may encourage private investment and partnerships to 
     enhance the delivery of quality customer services and 
     resource enhancement, and provide appropriate recognition to 
     such partners or investors; and
       (5) may assess a fine of not more than $100 for any 
     violation of the authority to collect fees for admission to 
     the area or for the use of outdoor recreation sites, 
     facilities, visitor centers, equipment, and services.
       (c)(1) Amounts collected at each fee demonstration area, 
     site or project shall be distributed as follows:
       (A) Of the amount in excess of 104% of the amount collected 
     in fiscal year 1995, and thereafter annually adjusted upward 
     by 4%, eighty percent to a special account in the Treasury 
     for use without further appropriation, by the agency which 
     administers the site, to remain available for expenditures in 
     accordance with paragraph (2)(A).
       (B) Of the amount in excess of 104% of the amount collected 
     in fiscal year 1995, and thereafter annually adjusted upward 
     by 4%, twenty percent to a special account in the Treasury 
     for use without further appropriation, by the agency which 
     administers the site, to remain available for expenditure in 
     accordance with paragraph (2)(B).
       (C) For agencies other than the Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     up to 15% of current year collections of each agency, but not 
     greater than fee collection costs for that fiscal year, to 
     remain available for expenditure without further 
     appropriation in accordance with paragraph (2)(C).
       (D) For agencies other than the Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     the balance to the special account established pursuant to 
     sub-paragraph (A) of section 4(i)(1) of the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund Act, as amended.
       (E) For the Fish and Wildlife Service, the balance shall be 
     distributed in accordance with section 201(c) of the 
     Emergency Wetlands Resources Act.
       (2)(A) Expenditures from site specific special funds shall 
     be for further activities of the area, site or project from 
     which funds are collected, and shall be accounted for 
     separately.
       (B) Expenditures from agency specific special funds shall 
     be for use on an agency-wide basis and shall be accounted for 
     separately.
       (C) Expenditures from the fee collection support fund shall 
     be used to cover fee collection costs in accordance with 
     section 4(i)(!0(B) of the Land and Water Conservation fund 
     Act, as amended: provided, that funds unexpended and 
     unobligated at the end of the fiscal year shall not be 
     deposited into the special account established pursuant to 
     section 4 (i) (1) (A) of said Act and shall remain available 
     for expenditure without further appropriation.
       (3) in order to increase the quality of the visitor 
     experience at public recreational areas and enhance the 
     protection of resources, amounts available for expenditure 
     under this section may only be used for the area, site or 
     project concerned, for backlogged repair and maintenance 
     projects (including projects relating to health and safety) 
     and for interpretation, signage, habitat or facility 
     enhancement, resource preservation, annual operation 
     (including fee collection), maintenance, and law enforcement 
     relating to public use. The agencywide accounts may be used 
     for the same purposes set forth in the preceding sentence, 
     but for areas, sites or projects selected at the discretion 
     of the respective agency head.
       (d)(1) Amounts collected under this section shall not be 
     taken into account for the purposes of the Act of May 23, 
     1908 and the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500), the Act of 
     march 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501), the Act of July 22, 1937 (7 
     U.S.C. 1012), the Act of August 8, 1937 and the Act of May 
     24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181f et seq.), the Act of June 14, 1926 
     (43 U.S.C. 869-4), chapter 69 of title 31, United States 
     Code, section 401 of the Act of June 15, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 
     715s), the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 
     U.S.C. 460l), and any other provision of law relating to 
     revenue allocation.
       (2) Fees charged pursuant to this section shall be in lieu 
     of fees charged under any other provision of law.
       (e) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall carry out this section without promulgating 
     regulations.
       (f) The authority to collect fees under this section shall 
     commence on October 1, 1995, and end on September 30, 1998. 
     Funds in accounts established shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2001.
       and the Senate Agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 154:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 154, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:
       Sec. 316. Section 2001 (a)(2) of Public Law 104-19 is 
     amended as follows: Strike ``September 30, 1997'' and insert 
     in lieu thereof ``December 31, 1996''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 156:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 156, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:

     SEC. 319. GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK.

       Section 3 of the Great Basin National Park Act of 1986 (16 
     U.S.C. 410mm-1) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence of subsection (e) by striking 
     ``shall'' and inserting ``may''; and
       (2) in subsection (f)--
       (A) by striking ``At the request'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) Exchanges.--At the request'';
       (B) by striking ``grazing permits'' and inserting ``grazing 
     permits and grazing leases''; and

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       (C) by adding after ``Federal lands.'' the following:
       ``(2) Acquisition by donation.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary may acquire by donation 
     valid existing permits and grazing leases authorizing grazing 
     on land in the park.
       (B) Termination.--The Secretary shall terminate a grazing 
     permit or grazing lease acquired under subparagraph (A) so as 
     to end grazing previously authorized by the permit or 
     lease.''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 158:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 158, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment insert the following:
       Sec. 322. (a) 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 unless (1) legislation to carry out 
     reconciliation instructions pursuant to a concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996 is enacted into 
     law and such legislation contains, at a minimum, provisions 
     relating to the patenting of and payment of royalties on such 
     claims, or (2) an agreement is approved by the House and 
     Senate in an identical form on other legislation containing 
     provisions relating to the patenting of, payment or royalties 
     on, and reclamation of such claims.
       (b) 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) Processing Schedule.--For those applications for 
     patents pursuant to subsection (b) which were filed with the 
     Secretary of the Interior prior to September 30, 1994, the 
     Secretary of the Interior shall--
       (1) Within three months of the enactment of this Act, 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 
     United States Senate a plan which details how the Department 
     of the Interior will take final action on at least 90 percent 
     of such applications within three years of the enactment of 
     this Act and file reports annually thereafter with the same 
     committees detailing actions taken by the Department of the 
     Interior to carry out such plan; and
       (2) Take such actions as may be necessary to carry out such 
     plan.
       (d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent 
     applications more expeditiously, the Secretary of the 
     Interior shall require an applicant that has submitted an 
     application subject to subsection (b) to fund the retention 
     by the Bureau of Land Management of a qualified third-party 
     contractor to conduct a mineral examination of the mining 
     claims or mill sites contained in the patent application. The 
     Bureau of Land Management shall have the sole responsibility 
     to choose and pay the third-party contractor.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 164:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 164, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the section number named in said amendment, 
     insert: 328; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 165:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 165, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the section number named in said amendment, 
     insert: 329; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 167:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 167, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the first section number named in said 
     amendment, insert: 330; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 168:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 168, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert:
       Sec. 331. (a) Purposes of National Endowment for the 
     Arts.--Section 2 of the National Foundation on the Arts and 
     the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 951), sets 
     out findings and purposes for which the National Endowment 
     for the Arts was established, among which are--
       (1) ``The arts and humanities belong to all the people of 
     the United States'';
       (2) ``The arts and humanities reflect the high place 
     accorded by the American people .  .  . to the fostering of 
     mutual respect for the diverse beliefs and values of all 
     persons and groups'';
       (3) ``Public funding of the arts and humanities is subject 
     to the conditions that traditionally govern the use of public 
     money [and] such funding should contribute to public support 
     and confidence in the use of taxpayer funds''; and
       (4) ``Public funds provided by the Federal Government must 
     ultimately serve public purposes the Congress defines''.
       (b) Additional Congressional Findings.--Congress further 
     finds and declares that the use of scarce funds, which have 
     been taken from all taxpayers of the United States, to 
     promote, disseminate, sponsor, or produce any material or 
     performance that--
       (1) denigrates the religious objects or religious beliefs 
     of the adherents of a particular religion, or
       (2) depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, 
     sexual or excretory activities or organs

     is contrary to the express purposes of the National 
     Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as 
     amended.
       (c) Prohibition on Funding That Is Not Consistent With the 
     Purposes of the Act.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, none of the scarce funds which have been taken from all 
     taxpayers of the United States and made available under this 
     Act to the National Endowment for the Arts may be used to 
     promote, disseminate, sponsor, or produce any material or 
     performance that--
       (1) denigrates the religious objects or religious beliefs 
     of the adherents of a particular religion, or
       (2) depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, 
     sexual or excretory activities or organs,

     and this prohibition shall be strictly applied without regard 
     to the content or viewpoint of the material or performance.
       (d) Section Not To Affect Other Works.--Nothing in this 
     section shall be construed to affect in any way the freedom 
     of any artist or performer to create any material or 
     performance using funds which have not been made available 
     under this Act to the National Endowment for the Arts.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 170:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 170, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert:
       Sec. 332. For purposes related to the closure of the Bureau 
     of Mines, funds made available to the United States 
     Geological Survey, the United States Bureau of Mines, and the 
     Bureau of Land Management shall be available for transfer, 
     with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, among the 
     following accounts: United States Geological Survey, Surveys, 
     investigations, and research: Bureau of Mines, Mines and 
     minerals; and Bureau of Land Management, Management of lands 
     and resources. The Secretary of Energy shall reimburse the 
     Secretary of the Interior, in an amount to be determined by 
     the Director of the Office of Management and budget, for the 
     expenses of the transferred functions between October 1, 1995 
     and the effective date of the transfers of function. Such 
     transfers shall be subject to the reprogramming guidelines of 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
     Ralph Regula,
     Joseph M. McDade,
     Jim Kolbe,
     Joe Skeen,
     Barbara F. Vucanovich,
     Charles H. Taylor,
     George R. Nethercutt, Jr.,
     Jim Bunn,
     Bob Livingston,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Slade Gorton,
     Ted Stevens,
     Thad Cochran,
     Mark O. Hatfield,
     Conrad Burns,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Connie Mack,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     J. Bennett Johnston,
     Patrick J. Leahy, (Except amendments 136, 138, 168, and 169)
     Fritz Hollings,
     Harry Reid,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1977), making 
     appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
     agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and 
     for other purposes, submit the following joint statement to 
     the House and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the 
     action agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the 
     accompanying conference report.
       The conference agreement on H.R. 1977 incorporates some of 
     the provisions of both the House and the Senate versions of 
     the bill. Report language and allocations set forth in either 
     House Report 104-173 or Senate Report 104-125 which are not 
     changed by the conference are approved by the committee of 
     conference. The statement of the managers, while repeating 
     some report language for emphasis, does not negate the 
     language referenced above unless expressly provided herein.
       The managers have included funding in each of the land 
     acquisition accounts that is not earmarked by individual 
     projects. The managers direct the Department of the Interior 
     and the Forest Service to develop a proposed distribution of 
     project funding for review and approval by the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations. In developing the 
     proposed distributions, the agencies are encouraged to give 
     consideration to a broader array of projects than was 
     proposed in the fiscal year 1996 budget, including but 

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     not limited to, projects for which capability statements have 
     been prepared.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management


                   management of lands and resources

       Amendment No. 1: Appropriates $568,062,000 for management 
     of lands and resources instead of $570,017,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $563,936,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     amendment also adds language to transfer responsibility for 
     mineral assessments in Alaska from the Bureau of Mines.
       The net decrease below the House consists of decreases of 
     $1,500,000 for wild horse and burro management, $500,000 for 
     threatened and endangered species, $1,000,000 for recreation 
     wilderness management, $448,000 for recreation resources 
     management, $50,000 for coal management, $50,000 for other 
     mineral resources, $554,000 for land and realty management, 
     $4,000,000 for ALMRS, $500,000 for administrative support, 
     and $834,000 for bureau-wide fixed costs; and increases of 
     $4,981,000 for Alaska conveyance, $500,000 for information 
     systems operations and $2,000,000 for mineral assessments in 
     Alaska formerly funded under the Bureau of Mines.
       Amendment No. 2: Restores House provision stricken by the 
     Senate which provides $599,999 for the management of the East 
     Mojave National Scenic Area. The Senate had no similar 
     provision. The amendment also adds language earmarking 
     $2,000,000 for mineral assessments in Alaska.
       Amendment No. 3: Restates the final appropriation amount 
     for management of lands and resources as $568,062,000 instead 
     of $570,017,000 as proposed by the House and $563,936,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                        wildland fire management

       Amendment No. 4: Appropriates $235,924,000 for wildland 
     fire management as proposed by the House instead of 
     $240,159,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                        construction and access

       Amendment No. 5: Appropriates $3,115,000 for construction 
     and access instead of $2,515,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $2,615,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The managers agree to the following distribution of funds:

Sourdough Campground, AK.......................................$584,000
Byington Campground, ID.........................................290,000
West Aravaipa Ranger Station, AZ................................200,000
Railroad Flat Campground, CA....................................218,000
Penitentie Canyon, CO...........................................220,000
James Kipp Campground, MT.......................................345,000
Datil Well Rec Site reconstruction, NM...........................41,000
Encampment River Rec Area, WY....................................60,000
Indian Creek Accessibility Rehab, NV.............................57,000
El Camino Real Int'l Heritage Ctr., NM-A&E......................500,000
Flagstaff Hill, OR..............................................600,000
                                                       ________________

Total.........................................................3,115,000

       The managers urge BLM and the non-Federal partners to 
     consider during the A&E phase of the El Camino Real 
     International Heritage Center project the fact that future 
     construction funds are likely to be severely constrained.


                       payments in lieu of taxes

       Amendment No. 6: Appropriates $101,500,000 for payments in 
     lieu of taxes instead of $111,409,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                            Land Acquisition

       Amendment No. 7: Appropriates $12,800,000 for land 
     acquisition instead of $8,500,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $10,550,000 as proposed by the Senate. The $12,800,000 
     includes $3,250,000 for acquisition management, $1,000,000 
     for emergency and inholding purchases, and $8,550,000 for 
     land purchases.
       Funds provided under this account for land purchases are 
     subject to the guidelines identified at the front of this 
     statement.


                   Oregon and California Grant Lands

       Amendment No. 8: Appropriates $93,379,000 for Oregon and 
     California grant lands instead of $91,387,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $95,364,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The net increase above the House consists of a reduction of 
     $900,000 for resources management, and increases of 
     $1,115,000 for facilities maintenance, and $1,777,000 for 
     Jobs-in-the-Woods.
       The managers are concerned about the many programs in the 
     President's Forest Plan designed to provide assistance to 
     timber dependent communities in the Pacific Northwest. The 
     managers are disturbed by the inability of the agencies 
     involved to provide a detailed accounting of funds 
     appropriated in previous fiscal years in the President's 
     Forest Plan for the unemployed timber worker programs.
       The managers expect the Secretary of the Interior and the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to prepare a detailed accounting and 
     report of the funds appropriated in fiscal year 1995 for the 
     President's Forest plan. The report shall include a careful 
     accounting of appropriated funding, including: funds 
     appropriated for timer production; administrative expenses, 
     including the number of Federal employees employed to 
     administer the various aspects of the President's plan; funds 
     appropriated for the various jobs programs under the 
     President's plan, including but not limited to the Jobs in 
     the Woods program; the number of individuals employed by 
     these programs; and the average length of employment in the 
     various jobs. The managers expect the Secretaries to submit 
     the report to the Committees no later than March 31, 1996.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service


                          resource management

       Amendment No. 9: Appropriates $497,943,000 for resource 
     management instead of $497,150,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $501,478,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The net increase above the House consists of increases of 
     $3,800,000 for cooperative conservation agreements, $750,000 
     for listing, $2,237,000 for habitat conservation, $1,502,000 
     for migratory bird management, $600,000 for hatchery 
     operations and maintenance, $800,000 for fish and wildlife 
     management, $478,000 for the National Education and Training 
     Center, and $885,000 for vehicle and aircraft purchase; and 
     reductions of $500,000 for recovery, $230,000 for 
     environmental contaminants, $6,542,000 for refuge operations 
     and maintenance, and $2,987,000 for servicewide 
     administrative support.
       The conference agreement includes $3,800,000 for 
     cooperative conservation agreements with private landowners 
     to institute effective management measures that make listing 
     unnecessary. The managers intend that these funds also be 
     used to implement the 4(d) rule which is intended to ease 
     endangered species land use restrictions on small landowners. 
     The managers agree that none of the funding for cooperative 
     conservation agreements or listing be used in any way to 
     conduct activities which would directly support listing of 
     species or designating critical habitat.
       The managers have included $750,000 under the listing 
     program to be used only for delisting and downlisting of 
     threatened and endangered species in order to ease land use 
     restrictions on private and public lands.
       The conference agreement includes a reduction of $200,000 
     from the gray wolf reintroduction program. The managers 
     expect the Service to continue the cooperative agreement with 
     the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to provide 
     assistance to ranchers experiencing livestock losses to 
     wolves.
       The managers agree with the Senate position regarding the 
     continued operation of Federal fish hatcheries. However, the 
     funding provided for hatcheries in total is below last year's 
     level, so reductions will be necessary. The managers 
     encourage those non-Federal parties that have expressed an 
     interest in participating in hatchery transfers to continue 
     to pursue this option, and the Service should provide the 
     transitional assistance for such efforts as was contemplated 
     in the budget. Within the funds restored for hatchery 
     operations and maintenance, $500,000 is provided only for 
     maintenance of those hatcheries transferred during fiscal 
     year 1996.
       The managers reiterate, however, the need for the working 
     group proposed by the Senate to identify, by March 1, 1996, 
     savings from the fisheries program that equal or surpass the 
     savings associated with the hatchery transfers or closures 
     proposed in the budget. Outyear funding for fisheries and 
     other programs cannot be assured at a time of declining 
     budgets, and future transfer proposals might not involve 
     transitional assistance. The managers expect that there will 
     be significantly fewer Federal fish hatcheries by the end of 
     fiscal year 1997.
       The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is funded at a 
     level of $4,000,000. The House recommended that no funds be 
     provided for this purpose in the future. The Senate took no 
     position regarding outyear funding for the Foundation.
       The managers direct the Department to reinstate its 1992 
     policy, modified to reflect public comments received, 
     regarding permit terms and conditions for hunting and fishing 
     guides in Alaska providing permit terms of 5 years with one 
     renewal period of 5 years, transferability under prescribed 
     conditions, and a right of survivorship. At such time as the 
     new policy is implemented, existing permits should be 
     reissued consistent with this policy. The managers note that 
     the existing policy limiting terms to one year makes it 
     impossible to obtain financing for guiding operations while 
     the limit on transferability and survivorship prevent long-
     time family businesses from continuing upon the death or 
     illness of the permit holder.
       The managers recognize the Fish and Wildlife Service's 
     fisheries mitigation responsibilities pursuant to existing 
     law and expect the working group to take into account such 
     responsibilities.
       Amendment No. 10: Extends availability of $11,557,000 for 
     Lower Snake River compensation plan facilities until expended 
     as proposed by the Senate, instead of limiting the 
     availability to September 30, 1997 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 11: includes language proposed by the Senate 
     which prohibits listing additional species as threatened or 
     endangered and prohibits designating critical habitat during 
     fiscal year 1996 or until a reauthorization is enacted. The 
     House had no similar provision.


                              construction

       Amendment No. 12: Appropriates $37,655,000 for construction 
     instead of $26,355,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $38,775,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The managers agree to the following distribution of funds:

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, UT, flood repair...........$1,000,000

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Bosque del Apache NWR, NM, repair.............................1,820,000
Hawaii captive propagation facility, HI.......................1,000,000
Mississippi refuges, bridge repair and equipment..............1,120,000
National Education Training Center, WV, construction.........24,000,000
Quivira NWR, KS, water management...............................760,000
Russian River, AK, rehab........................................400,000
Southeast Louisiana refuges, rehab............................1,000,000
Wichita Mountains NWR, OK, Grama Lake and Comanche Dams, repair.700,000
Dam safety, servicewide inspections.............................460,000
Bridge safety, servicewide inspections..........................395,000
Emergency projects--servicewide...............................1,000,000
Construction management--servicewide..........................4,000,000
                                                       ________________

      Total..................................................37,655,000

       The managers expect the Department to include the remaining 
     funding necessary to complete the construction of the 
     National Education and Training Center in the fiscal year 
     1997 budget.


                   natural resource damage assessment

       Amendment No. 13: Appropriates $4,000,000 for the natural 
     resource damage assessment fund as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $6,019,000 as proposed by the House.
       The reductions below the House consist of $1,597,000 for 
     damage assessments and $422,000 for program management.


                            land acquisition

       Amendment No. 14: Appropriates $36,900,000 for land 
     acquisition instead of $14,100,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $32,031,000 as proposed by the Senate. The $36,900,000 
     includes $8,000,000 for acquisition management, $1,000,000 
     for emergency and hardship purchases, $1,000,000 for 
     inholding purchases, $1,000,000 for land exchanges, and 
     $25,900,000 for refuge land purchases.
       Funds provided under this account for land purchases are 
     subject to the guidelines identified at the front of this 
     statement.


               north american wetlands conservation fund

       Amendment No. 15: Appropriates $6,750,000 for the North 
     American Wetlands Conservation Fund as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $4,500,000 as proposed by the House.
       The increase above the House includes $2,230,000 for 
     habitat management and $20,000 for administration.
       The House recommended that no funds be provided for this 
     purpose in the future. The Senate took no position regarding 
     outyear funding for this program.


              wildlife conservation and appreciation fund

       Amendment No. 16: Appropriates $800,000 for the Wildlife 
     Conservation and Appreciation Fund as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $998,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 17: Deletes matching requirements proposed by 
     the House and stricken by the Senate. The matching 
     requirements of the Partnerships for Wildlife Act will 
     continue to apply, and do not need to be stated in the 
     appropriations act.


                       administrative provisions

       Amendment No. 18: Provides authority to purchase 113 motor 
     vehicles as proposed by the Senate instead of 54 passenger 
     vehicles as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 19: Deletes House prohibition on purchasing 
     police vehicles. The Senate had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 20: Includes Senate provision that the Fish 
     and Wildlife Service may accept donated aircraft. The House 
     had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 21: Includes House provision prohibiting the 
     Fish and Wildlife Service from delaying the issuance of a 
     wetlands permit for the City of Lake Jackson, TX. The Senate 
     had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 22: Modifies Senate provision on the 
     distribution of refuge entrance fees by substituting language 
     which allows the Fish and Wildlife Service to charge 
     reasonable fees for expenses associated with the conduct of 
     training programs at the National Education and Training 
     Center. Any fees collected for this purpose will be used to 
     cover costs associated with the operation of this facility. 
     The House had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 23: Modifies Senate provision regarding use 
     of pesticides on farmland within wildlife refuges in the 
     Klamath Basin. The amendment is based, in part, upon the 
     Service's representation that it has already approved or 
     anticipates approval of certain materials that are needed for 
     farming during this fiscal year and that it will consider 
     other materials for 1996 and subsequent years. If these 
     approvals do not occur or are withdrawn, the Senate language 
     will prevail and growers will be subject to the same 
     restrictions as growers on private lands. Allowing the 
     pesticide use proposal process to remain in effect for the 
     next fiscal year will enable growers and the Federal 
     government to work constructively toward an agreeable 
     process.

                    Natural Resources Science Agency


                   research, inventories and surveys

       Amendment No. 24: Deletes Senate language providing 
     $145,965,000 for a natural resources science agency and 
     providing guidance on the operation of that agency. This 
     agency would have replaced the National Biological Service. 
     The House had no similar provision. The managers have agreed 
     to eliminate the National Biological Service and to fund 
     natural resources research as part of the U.S. Geological 
     Survey as proposed by the House. This item is discussed in 
     more detail under amendment Nos. 42 and 43.

                         National Park Service


                 operation of the national park system

       Amendment No. 25: Appropriates $1,083,151,000 for operation 
     of the National park system instead of $1,088,249,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $1,092,265,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The reduction from the Senate level reflects the 
     transfer of the equipment replacement account back to the 
     construction account.
       In keeping with the demands placed on other Interior 
     bureaus, the managers have not funded uncontrollable costs 
     and expect these costs to be absorbed through reductions to 
     levels of review and management. Efficiencies should also be 
     sought by exploring opportunities that exist and have been 
     outlined in GAO reports to co-locate and combine functions, 
     systems, programs, activities or field locations with other 
     Federal land management agencies.
       The managers are concerned about the costs associated with 
     the current reorganization effort and strongly urge the NPS 
     to limit expenditures for task forces, work groups and 
     employee details and special assistants. The managers request 
     that a report be submitted by February 1, 1996, detailing a 
     budget history of past costs and future estimated costs 
     associated with the reorganization.
       The managers expect a report within 45 days of enactment of 
     this Act identifying NPS' preliminary allocations for fiscal 
     year 1996. This report will serve as the baseline for any 
     reprogrammings in fiscal year 1996.
       In considering these allocations, the managers expect that 
     none of the programmatic increases requested in the budget 
     are to be considered except those necessary to meet specific 
     park operating needs. This includes new and expanded 
     programs. Any new initiative such as those related to 
     training, reorganization or national service should be 
     addressed through the reprogramming process.
       The managers expect that the National Park Service will use 
     these operating funds for core park programs.
       The managers expect that the principle goal of the 
     reorganization plan, which is to relocate staff from central 
     and regional offices to the parks, will greatly alleviate the 
     pressures placed on parks by increased visitation.
       The managers have agreed to the House position regarding 
     the termination of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 
     Corporation and the transfer of certain specific activities 
     to other agencies including the National Park Service. This 
     item is discussed in greater detail in amendment Number 151 
     in Title III.
       Amendment No. 26: Restores House language stricken by the 
     Senate regarding the availability of funds at the Mojave 
     National Preserve.


                  national recreation and preservation

       Amendment No. 27: Appropriates $37,649,000 for National 
     recreation and preservation instead of $35,725,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $38,094,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The reduction of $445,000 in Statutory and Contractual Aid 
     from the Senate amount reflects the elimination of $23,000 
     for the Maine Acadian Cultural Preservation Commission and a 
     reduction of $422,000 for the Native Hawaiian Culture and 
     Arts program.
       Amendment No. 28: Earmarks $236,000 for the William O. 
     Douglas Outdoor Education Center as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $248,000 as proposed by the House.
       As discussed under amendment No. 155, no funds are provided 
     for the Mississippi River Corridor Heritage Commission. 
     Within funds provided, the National Park Service shall 
     publish the final report and enter into no other activities 
     related to this corridor. The funds included in the Senate 
     bill for the Commission have been transferred to the rivers 
     and trails program.


                         historic preservation

       Amendment No. 29: Appropriates $36,212,000 for the Historic 
     Preservation Fund instead of $37,934,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $38,312,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The managers have provided $32,712,000 for State grants and 
     $3,500,000 for the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
       The managers agree to a three year period of transition for 
     the National Trust for Historic Preservation to replace 
     Federal funds with private funding.


                              construction

       Amendment No. 30: Appropriates $143,225,000 for 
     construction instead of $114,868,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $116,480,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The managers agree to the following distribution of funds:

Andersonville National Historic Site, GA (prisoner of war mus$2,800,000
Assateague National Seashore, MD (erosion control)..............300,000
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor MA/RI (interpretive 
  project)......................................................300,000
Blue Ridge Parkway, Hemphill Knob, NC (administration building1,030,000

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Cane River Creole National Historic Park, LA (preservation and 
  stabilization)..............................................4,000,000
Chickasaw National Recreation Area, OK (campground rehabilitat1,624,000
Chamizal National Monument, TX (rehabilitation).................300,000
Crater Lake National Park, OR (dormitories construction).....10,000,000
Cuyahoga National Recreation Area, OH (site and structure 
  rehabilitation..............................................2,500,000
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, PA (trails rehabi1,050,000
Everglades National Park, FL (water delivery system modificati4,500,000
Fort Necessity National Battlefield, PA (rehabilitation)........265,000
Fort Smith National Historic Site, AR (rehabilitation)..........500,000
Gateway National Recreation Area, NY (Jacob Riis Park rehabili1,595,000
General Grant National Memorial, NY (rehabilitation)..........1,000,000
Gettysburg National Military Park, PA (water and sewer lines).2,550,000
Glacier National Park, MT (rehabilitate chalets)................328,000
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Transportation................1,000,000
Gulf Islands National Seashore, MS (erosion control)............600,000
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, WV (utilities and phone 455,000
Hot Springs NP, AR (stabilization/Lead Point)...................500,000
James A. Garfield National Historic Site, OH (rehabilitation/
  development)................................................3,600,000
Jean Lafitte National Park and Preserve, LA (complete repairs)2,100,000
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, AK (restore Skagway 
  historic district)............................................850,000
Lackawanna Valley, PA (technical assistance)....................400,000
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, WA (planning and design for 
  repair of Company Creek Road).................................280,000
Little River Canyon National Park, AL (health and safety).......460,000
Mount Rainier National Park, WA (replace employee dormitory)..6,050,000
Natchez Trace Parkway, MS.....................................3,000,000
National Capital Parks--Central, DC (Lincoln/Jefferson memorials 
  rehabilitation).............................................4,000,000
New River Gorge National River, WV (trails, visitor access and 
  hazardous materials)..........................................625,000
President's Park, DC: Replace White House electrical system...1,000,000
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, NY (water and sewer lines)800,000
Salem Maritime National Historic Site, MA (vessel exhibit)....2,200,000
Saratoga National Historical Park, NY (monument rehabilitation2,000,000
Sequoia National Park, CA (replace Giant Sequoia facilities)..3,700,000
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (various projects).......2,000,000
Stones River National Battlefield, TN (stabilization)...........200,000
Thomas Stone Historic Site, MD (rehabilitation).................250,000
Western Trails Center, IA.....................................3,000,000
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, AK (Kennicott Mine site 
  safety and rehabilitation)..................................1,500,000
Yosemite National Park, CA (El Portal maintenance facilities).9,650,000
Zion National Park, UT (transportation system facilities).....5,200,000
                                                       ________________

    Subtotal, line item construction.........................90,162,000
                                                       ================

Emergency, unscheduled, housing..............................13,973,000
Planning.....................................................17,000,000
Equipment replacement........................................14,365,000
General management plans......................................6,600,000
Special resource studies........................................825,000
Strategic planning office.......................................300,000
                                                       ________________

    Total..................................................$143,225,000

       The bill provides $1,000,000 for transportation related 
     activities at Grand Canyon National Park. These funds are to 
     be made available for transportation projects that the 
     Superintendent of the Grand Canyon Park has identified as 
     high priority. Therefore, it is the intent of the managers 
     that these moneys be used for any transportation related 
     expenditure, including the design of new transportation 
     facilities and the purchase of new buses.
       The managers encourage the National Park Service to proceed 
     expeditiously with the necessary work at Cane River Creole 
     NHP, LA.
       The region which comprises the 1.4 million acre East Mojave 
     Desert is embraced by a unique blend of human uses (past and 
     present) and nationally significant natural features. The 
     managers are concerned that National Park Service management 
     of the area has not adequately ensured the continuation of 
     human uses which give the region its character, in balance 
     with protection for the area's scenic and environmental 
     qualities. The managers do not want their action to be 
     construed as repealing portions of the California Desert 
     Protection Act (P.L. 103-433).
       The managers believe that it is essential to not only 
     protect the area's unique resources but also preserve its 
     multiple use values, both natural and human, in cooperation 
     with Federal agencies, State agencies and local governments. 
     Recent jurisdictional conflicts involving State wildlife 
     agencies and the National Park Service have jeopardized vital 
     wildlife recovery efforts in this region.
       The National Park Service is directed to develop a 
     comprehensive, long-term management plan for the area which 
     incorporates traditional uses and recognizes budgetary 
     constraints. The National Park Service may use up to $100,000 
     within available funds for these planning activities. The 
     National Park Service is directed to present its management 
     plan to both the House and Senate appropriations and 
     authorizing Committees for final approval prior to any 
     reprogramming of funds so that the Mojave provision will not 
     have to be continued in Fiscal Year 1997.
       Amendment No. 31: Earmarks $4,500,000 for the Everglades as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $6,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House.
       Amendment No. 32: Retains the Senate provision indicating 
     Historic Preservation funds may be available until expended 
     to stabilize buildings associated with the Kennicott, Alaska 
     copper mine. The House had no similar provision.


                            land acquisition

       Amendment No. 33: Appropriates $49,100,000 for land 
     acquisition instead of $14,300,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $45,187,000 as proposed by the Senate. The $49,100,000 
     includes $7,200,000 for acquisition management, $3,000,000 
     for emergency and hardship purchases, $3,000,000 for 
     inholding purchases, $1,500,000 for State grant 
     administration, and $34,400,000 for other land purchases.
       Amendment No. 34: Deletes the earmark inserted by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate for Federal assistance to the 
     State of Florida. Authority exists for the Department to use 
     land acquisition funds for a grant to the State of Florida if 
     approved pursuant to the procedures identified for land 
     acquisition in fiscal year 1996.
       Amendment No. 35: Modifies language proposed by the Senate 
     which requires that funds which may be made available for the 
     acquisition of the Elwha and Glines dams shall be used solely 
     for acquisition, and shall not be expended until the full 
     purchase amount has been appropriated by the Congress. The 
     House had no similar provision. Consistent with the direction 
     for the land acquisition accounts, no specific earmark is 
     provided for this project. Under the procedures identified 
     for land acquisition, however, funds could be made available 
     for the Elwha and Glines dams.
       The Elwha Act, P.L. 102-495, authorizes the purchase of the 
     Elwha and Glines dams by the Secretary of the Interior at a 
     total purchase price of $29,500,000. Recognizing the serious 
     funding constraints under which the Committees are operating, 
     bill language has been included which authorizes funding to 
     be provided over a period of years, as necessary, in order to 
     acquire the dams. The bill language specifies that the 
     appropriated funds may only be used for acquisition. 
     Appropriated funds cannot be expended until the total 
     purchase price of $29,500,000 is appropriated.
       Under the Elwha Act, the Secretary is authorized to study 
     the benefits of the removal of both dams, and to assess the 
     costs of such a removal to restore fish runs in the Elwha 
     River. The managers continue to be disturbed greatly by the 
     early projections from the Administration of costs that range 
     from $80-$300 million for dam removal. Due to the lack of 
     available funds, the managers strongly discourage the 
     Administration and those parties supporting dam removal from 
     continuing to support such a policy. Instead, the managers 
     encourage interested parties to pursue other, less costly 
     alternatives to achieve fish restoration. The managers urge 
     parties interested in the Elwha Act to work to find, within 
     the next year, a more fiscally responsible and achievable 
     solution to fishery restoration in lieu of dam removal. If no 
     conclusion can be reached on this issue, the appropriations 
     committees, working with the authorizing committees, will be 
     forced to work to find a legislative solution to the problem.
       The managers have included $1,500,000 for administration of 
     the state grant program. 

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     These funds are provided only to close down ongoing projects. 
     No funds are provided for new grants and the managers intend 
     that no funds will be provided in the future.


                       administrative provisions

       Amendment No. 36: Retains Senate language regarding an 
     agreement for the redevelopment of the southern end of Ellis 
     Island and providing for Congressional review. Identical 
     language has been included in previous interior 
     appropriations bills.
       Amendment No. 37: Modifies language proposed by the Senate 
     to clarify that funds may not be used by the National Park 
     Service for activities taken in direct response to the United 
     Nations Biodiversity Convention. The House had no similar 
     provision.
       Amendment No. 38: Retains language proposed by the Senate 
     allowing the American Battlefield Protection Program to enter 
     into cooperative agreements of various types with other 
     entities. The House had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 39: Modifies Senate language regarding a 
     feasibility study for a northern access route into Denali 
     National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The modification is to 
     require that the study also be submitted to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       Amendment No. 40: Deletes Senate language regarding the 
     Stampede Creek Mine at Denali National Park in Alaska. The 
     House had no similar provision.
       If requested by the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, the 
     National Park Service shall enter into negotiations regarding 
     a memorandum of understanding for continued use of the 
     Stampede Creek mine property. The Park Service should report 
     to the relevant Congressional committees by May 1, 1996 on an 
     assessment of damages resulting from the April 30, 1987 
     explosion. The repair or replacement should be to the same 
     condition as existed on April 30, 1987. If the University of 
     Alaska at Fairbanks seeks to replace the facilities, the Park 
     Service should consider working with the Army to assist in 
     any compensation to which the University of Alaska at 
     Fairbanks may be eligible since the Army assisted the 
     National Park Service with the explosives work conducted at 
     Stampede Creek on April 30, 1987.

                    United States Geological Survey


                 surveys, investigations, and research

       Amendment No. 41: Appropriates $730,503,000 for surveys, 
     investigations and research instead of $686,944,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $577,503,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The amendment also provides authority for minerals 
     information activities formerly conducted in the Bureau of 
     Mines.
       Changes to the amount proposed by the House include 
     increases of $24,112,000 for natural resources research, 
     $16,000,000 for minerals information activities transferred 
     from the Bureau of Mines and $4,000,000 for university 
     earthquake research grants, and decreases in Federal water 
     resources investigations of $176,000 for data collection and 
     analysis and $100,000 for hydrology of critical aquifers and 
     a decrease of $277,000 in the National mapping program for 
     cartographic and geographic research.
       The managers have provided $4,000,000 for university 
     research in the earthquakes program. If there is a compelling 
     need for additional funds in this program in fiscal year 1996 
     and an acceptable funding offset can be justified, the USGS 
     should notify the Committees following the existing 
     reprogramming guidelines. The Committees will consider any 
     such request on its merits.
       The managers understand that the USGS is constrained from 
     releasing certain information under interagency agreement No. 
     AGP00473.94 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs absent the 
     approval of the BIA. This issue is discussed in more detail 
     in the BIA section of this statement.
       The managers have agreed to fund a competitive program for 
     the water resources research institutes with at least a 2 to 
     1 funding match from non-Federal sources. The managers expect 
     that this approach likely will lead to the closure of some of 
     the institutes. The managers recommend that in fiscal year 
     1996 a modest base grant of $20,000 per participating 
     institute be provided with the balance of the funding for the 
     program to be competitively awarded based on National program 
     priorities established by the USGS. The need for continuing a 
     small base grant beyond fiscal year 1996 should be carefully 
     examined by the USGS in the context of its fiscal year 1997 
     budget priorities. The managers do not object to competitions 
     being regionally-based if that approach is determined by the 
     USGS to be the most productive, from the standpoint of 
     meeting the most compelling information needs, and the most 
     cost effective. If a regional approach is selected, the 
     managers suggest that the USGS regions be consolidated so 
     that there are no more than 4 or 5 large regional areas. The 
     competition should not be structured to ensure that every 
     participating institute in a region gets a competitive award. 
     The USGS should report to the Committees in the fiscal year 
     1997 budget submission on how the competition is to be 
     structured and should report in subsequent budget submissions 
     on the distribution of competitively awarded grants by 
     institute.
       Amendment No. 42: Earmarks $137,000,000 for natural 
     resources research and cooperative research units instead of 
     $112,888,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate recommended 
     funding this research under a separate account and at a level 
     of $145,965,000 as discussed in amendment No. 24. The 
     amendment also earmarks $16,000,000 for minerals information 
     activities transferred from the Bureau of Mines, mines and 
     minerals account (see amendment No. 47).
       The managers agree that natural resources research in the 
     Department of the Interior should be organized in a manner 
     that ensures that it is independent from regulatory control 
     and scientifically excellent. The managers intend the merger 
     of these research activities into the USGS to be permanent. 
     The USGS is directed to plan and manage the restructuring and 
     downsizing of the former National Biological Service. 
     Retrenchments required to remain within the reduced level of 
     appropriations for the former NBS are to occur predominately 
     in administrative, managerial and other headquarters support 
     functions of that organization so as to maintain, to the 
     maximum extent possible, scientific and technical 
     capabilities.
       The managers expect the agency to work closely with the 
     land management agencies to identify priority science needs 
     of concern to the Department's land managers on the ground. 
     The managers are concerned that natural resource research be 
     linked closely to management issues. In addition, attention 
     should be provided to information related to wildlife 
     resources entrusted to the stewardship of the Department; 
     fisheries, including restoration of depleted stocks; fish 
     propagation and riverine studies; aquatic resources; 
     nonindigenous nuisances that affect aquatic ecosystems; 
     impacts and epidemiology of disease on fish and wildlife 
     populations; chemical drug registration for aquatic species; 
     and effective transfer of information to natural resources 
     managers.
       During fiscal year 1996, funds appropriated for the 
     functions of the former NBS shall remain a separate entity, 
     titled ``natural resources research'', within the USGS. Upon 
     completion of the necessary downsizing, and no later than 
     nine months after enactment of this legislation, the managers 
     direct the USGS to provide the Committees with a final plan 
     for the permanent consolidation and integration of natural 
     resources research functions into the USGS. As of October 1, 
     1996, employees of the former NBS shall be subject to the 
     same administrative guidelines and practices followed by the 
     USGS including peer review of research and investigations, 
     maintenance of objectivity and impartiality, and ethics 
     requirements regarding financial disclosure and divestiture. 
     The managers expect that the USGS budget request for fiscal 
     year 1997 will require amendment subsequent to its submission 
     to reflect appropriately this consolidation. To reiterate, 
     this merger is intended to be permanent and should be 
     implemented fully by October 1, 1996.
       During fiscal year 1996 the Department and the USGS are 
     prohibited from reprogramming funds from other USGS programs 
     and activities for any program or activity within the 
     Department for natural resources research activities.
       The managers also have agreed to provide $16,000,000 for 
     minerals information activities, transferred from the Bureau 
     of Mines. The funding represents a reduction from the fiscal 
     year 1995 level and may require significant downsizing and 
     restructuring of the program. The USGS should oversee the 
     refocusing of the program. Until such downsizing is 
     completed, the program should remain a separate and distinct 
     budget and organizational entity within the USGS. To the 
     extent job vacancies occur in the transferred program in 
     fiscal year 1996, they should be filled with Bureau of Mines 
     employees subject to termination or reduction-in-force. The 
     managers understand that the existing USGS mineral resources 
     survey activity is undergoing a restructuring and downsizing 
     and expect that effort and the required downsizing of the 
     minerals information program to proceed independently. When 
     both downsizing efforts are completed, a single, refocused 
     minerals program should be created which combines the 
     minerals information activities transferred from the Bureau 
     of Mines with other USGS mineral resources work.
       Amendment No. 43: Modifies language inserted by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate providing guidance on the conduct 
     of natural resources research. The change to the House 
     position expands the prohibition on the use of funds for new 
     surveys on private property to include new aerial surveys for 
     the designation of habitat under the Endangered Species Act 
     unless authorized in writing by the property owner. With 
     respect to natural resources research activities, the 
     managers agree that funds may not be used for new surveys on 
     private property without the written consent of the land 
     owner, that volunteers are to be properly trained and that 
     volunteer-collected data are to be verified carefully. The 
     amendment also transfers authority from the Bureau of Mines 
     to the Director of the USGS to conduct mineral surveys, 
     consistent with the funding for that purpose earmarked under 
     amendment No. 42.

                      Minerals Management Service


                Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management

       Amendment No. 44: Appropriates $182,994,000 for royalty and 
     offshore minerals management instead of $186,556,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $182,169,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Changes to the amount proposed by the House include 
     decreases in information management of $151,000 for the 
     absorption of fixed cost increases and $3,000,000 which is 
     offset by the authority to 

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     use additional receipts as provided in amendment Nos. 45 and 
     46; and decreases in general administration of $306,000 for 
     administrative operations and $105,000 for general support 
     services.
       The managers agree that the independent review of the 
     royalty management program which was recommended by the House 
     should not be conducted until the disposition of the hardrock 
     minerals program is legislatively resolved. Accordingly, no 
     funds are earmarked for this effort in fiscal year 1996.
       Amendment No. 45: Provides for the use of $15,400,000 in 
     increased receipts for the technical information management 
     system as proposed by the Senate instead of $12,400,000 as 
     proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 46: Permits the use of additional receipts 
     for Outer Continental Shelf program activities in addition to 
     the technical information management system as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House had no similar provision.

                            Bureau of Mines


                           mines and minerals

       Amendment No. 47: Appropriates $64,000,000 for mines and 
     minerals instead of $87,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $128,007,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement provides for the transfer of health and safety 
     research to the Department of Energy (see amendment No. 110). 
     The $64,000,000 provided for mines and minerals is to be used 
     for the orderly closure of the Bureau of Mines.
       The managers expect that the health and safety functions in 
     Pittsburgh, PA and Spokane, WA will be continued under the 
     Department of Energy as will the materials partnerships 
     programs in Albany, OR. The U.S. Geological Survey will 
     assume responsibility for the minerals information program in 
     Denver, CO and Washington, DC. The Bureau of Land Management 
     will assume responsibility for mineral assessments in Alaska. 
     The managers do not object to a limited number of 
     administrative support personnel being maintained in these 
     locations. All other functions of the Bureau of Mines will be 
     terminated and all other Bureau locations will be closed. The 
     funds provided under this head should be sufficient to 
     provide termination costs and to provide for environmental 
     cleanup costs and for the required oversight and closeout of 
     contracts. The managers understand that some contracts will 
     require oversight through a logical completion point to 
     ensure that the Federal investment is not lost. One example 
     is the construction associated with the Casa Grande in situ 
     copper leaching program. The managers expect that there will 
     be few such cases and expect the Secretary to notify the 
     Committees of the rationale for continuing specific 
     contracts, not transferred to DOE, BLM or USGS, beyond the 
     closure of the Bureau. The managers expect the Secretary to 
     proceed apace with the termination of the Bureau using the 
     funds provided herein.


  office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement regulation and 
                               technology

       Amendment No. 48: Appropriates $95,970,000 for regulation 
     and technology as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $93,251,000 as proposed by the House.


                    abandoned mine reclamation fund

       Amendment No. 49: Appropriates $173,887,000 for the 
     abandoned mine reclamation fund instead of $176,327,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $170,441,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The net decrease below the House consists of reductions of 
     $500,000 for donations, $2,000,000 for reclamation program 
     operations, and $93,000 for administrative support; and 
     increases of $13,000 for executive direction and $140,000 for 
     general services.
       Amendment No. 50: Deletes House earmark of $5,000,000 for 
     the Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative. The Senate had no 
     similar provision.
       Amendment No. 51: Deletes House provision that allowed the 
     use of donations for the Appalachian Clean Streams 
     Initiative. The Senate had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 52: Includes Senate provision which allows 
     States to use part of their reclamation grants as a funding 
     match to treat and abate acid mine drainage, consistent with 
     the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). The 
     House had no similar provision.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      Operation of Indian Programs

       Amendment No. 53: Appropriates $1,359,434,000 for the 
     Operation of Indian Programs instead of $1,509,628,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $1,261,234,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Changes to the amount proposed by the House from 
     Tribal Priority Allocations include decreases of $1,500,000 
     for contract support, $4,000,000 for small and needy tribes, 
     and a general reduction of $117,136,000.
       Changes from Other Recurring Programs include: increases of 
     $1,109,000 for ISEP formula funds, $1,000,000 for student 
     transportation, and $73,000 for Lake Roosevelt; and decreases 
     of $1,109,000 for ISEP adjustments, $1,000,000 for early 
     childhood development, and $1,186,000 for community 
     development--facilities O&M and a transfer of $3,047,000 
     from trust services to the Office of Special Trustee for 
     American Indians.
       Changes from Nonrecurring Programs include: increases of 
     $400,000 for Self Determination grants, $1,500,000 for 
     community economic development grants, $250,000 for technical 
     assistance, and $1,500,000 for water rights negotiations; and 
     decreases of $442,000 for attorney fees and $125,000 for 
     resources management for absorption of pay costs.
       Changes from Central Office Operations include: a decrease 
     of $126,000 for the substance abuse coordination office, a 
     decrease of $2,000,000 for education program management, a 
     $12,477,000 transfer from trust services to the Office of 
     Special Trustee for American Indians, a transfer of $447,000 
     from general administration to the Office of Special Trustee 
     for American Indians, and a general reduction of $14,400,000.
       Changes from Area Office Operations include a transfer of 
     $2,367,000 from trust services to the Office of Special 
     Trustee for American Indians and a general reduction of 
     $14,447,000.
       Changes from Special Programs and Pooled Overhead include: 
     increases of $1,337,000 for special higher education 
     scholarships, $962,000 for the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, 
     $1,780,000 for intra-governmental billings, and $57,000 for 
     direct rentals; and decreases of $866,000 for the Indian 
     Child Welfare Act, $1,500,000 for employee displacement 
     costs, $141,000 for personnel consolidation, $664,000 for GSA 
     rentals, $1,666,000 for human resources development, and a 
     $23,000 general reduction.
       Amendment No. 54: Deletes Senate earmark of $962,000 for 
     the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. The House had no similar 
     provision. The managers agree that within Special Programs/
     Pooled Overhead, $962,000 is earmarked for the Indian Arts 
     and Crafts Board. In light of declining budgets, future 
     funding for this program should be provided through non-
     Federal sources.
       Amendment No. 55: Earmarks $104,626,000 for contract 
     support costs as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $106,126,000 as proposed by the House and adds language 
     earmarking $100,255,000 for welfare assistance.
       Amendment No. 56: Earmarks up to $5,000,000 for the Indian 
     Self-Determination fund as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $5,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 57: Earmarks $330,711,000 for school 
     operations costs as proposed by the House instead of 
     $330,991,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 58: Earmarks $68,209,000 for higher education 
     scholarships, adult vocational training, and assistance to 
     public schools instead of $67,138,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $69,477,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 59: Retains a statutory reference to the 
     Johnson O'Malley Act as proposed by the Senate. The House had 
     no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 60: Earmarks $71,854,000 for housing 
     improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation 
     support, self-governance grants, the Indian Self-
     Determination Fund, and the Navajo-Hopi settlement program 
     instead of $74,814,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $62,328,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 61: Deletes a reference to trust fund 
     management as proposed by the Senate. Responsibility for 
     trust fund management has been transferred to the Office of 
     Special Trustee for American Indians.
       Amendment No. 62: Deletes reference to the statute of 
     limitations language, as proposed by the Senate. This 
     language is included in the Office of Special Trustee for 
     American Indians (Amendment No. 80).
       Amendment No. 63: Retains Senate language on the use of up 
     to $8,000,000 in unobligated balances for employee severance, 
     relocation, and related expenses and inserts new language 
     regarding the effective date when schools can adjust salary 
     schedules. The House had no similar provision.
       The managers agree that:
       Under Other Recurring Programs $409,000 is earmarked for 
     Alaska legal services and salmon studies.
       Not more than $297,000 shall be available for a grant to 
     the Close Up Foundation.
       Amounts specifically earmarked within the bill for Tribal 
     Priority Allocations are subject to the general reduction 
     identified for Tribal Priority Allocations. The managers 
     expect the Bureau to allocate the general reduction in a 
     manner that will not jeopardize funding provided from the 
     Highway Trust Fund for road maintenance. In addition, the 
     general reduction should not be applied to the $750,000 
     allocated for the Financial Management Improvement Team and 
     for small and needy tribes. BIA should ensure that compacting 
     and non-compacting tribes are treated consistently, except 
     for compacting tribes who meet the criteria for small and 
     needy tribes.
       BIA should provide consistent treatment in allocating funds 
     for small and needy tribes and new tribes. Allocations should 
     be based on recommendations of the Joint Reorganization Task 
     Force.
       No funds are provided for the school statistics initiative. 
     If the BIA wishes to pursue this initiative, the Committees 
     will consider a reprogramming request.
       Several steps must be completed before schools can adjust 
     salary schedules. For this reason, bill language is included 
     that will provide this authority beginning with the 1997-98 
     school year. The managers expect that within 30 days after 
     enactment of this Act BIA should provide the Committees with 
     a plan and time schedule advising how BIA will adjust salary 
     schedules by the 1997-98 school year. The managers expect BIA 
     to ensure that all necessary steps are taken to facilitate 
     changes in salary rates for any schools desiring to use non-
     DOD pay rates.
       $16,338,000 from the Operation of Indian Programs should be 
     transferred to the Office of Special Trustee for American 
     Indians (see Amendment No. 80).

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       The managers have agreed to a reduction of $2,000,000 for 
     education program management in the Central Office Operations 
     program. No reduction has been included for area and agency 
     technical support in Other Recurring Programs. The managers 
     expect the Bureau to review education program management at 
     all levels to ensure that resources are properly allocated 
     within the funding provided. If the Bureau wishes to 
     reallocate the funds for these accounts, a reprogramming 
     request should be submitted to the Committees.
       The managers expect the Bureau of Indian Affairs to direct 
     the U.S. Geological Survey to provide for the public release 
     of all interpretations of data and reports (draft and final) 
     completed under interagency agreement number AGP00473.94 and 
     all related amendments immediately upon completion of the 
     water studies. Within 15 days of enactment of this Act the 
     BIA shall report to the Committees its decision as to whether 
     or not it will direct the USGS to provide for the public 
     release of the information. If the BIA does not allow for the 
     public release of the information, the BIA should immediately 
     cancel the interagency agreement with the USGS.
       The managers have not agreed to the Senate amendment 
     regarding a prohibition of the use of funds for travel and 
     training expenses for the BIA. However, the BIA is expected 
     to follow the guidance detailed in the discussion of 
     Amendment No. 163.


                              construction

       Amendment No. 64: Appropriates $100,833,000 for 
     construction instead of $98,033,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $107,333,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the 
     amount proposed by the House include increases of $4,500,000 
     for the Chief Leschi School, and $2,500,000 for the fire 
     protection program, and decreases of $3,700,000 for the 
     Navajo irrigation project and $500,000 for engineering and 
     supervision.
       The managers agree that the Chief Leschi School complex 
     project will be phased in over a two-year period.
       The managers agree that funding provided for construction 
     projects should include the entire cost of a given project, 
     which eliminates the need for a separate appropriation for 
     contract support.


 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians

       Amendment No. 65: Appropriates $80,645,000 for Indian land 
     and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
     Indians instead of $75,145,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $82,745,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 66: Earmarks $78,600,000 for land and water 
     claim settlements as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $73,100,000 as proposed by the House. Changes to the amount 
     proposed by the House include an increase of $5,500,000 for 
     the Ute Indian settlement.
       Amendment No. 67: Earmarks $1,000,000 for trust fund 
     deficiencies as proposed by the House instead of $3,100,000 
     as proposed by the Senate.


               Technical Assistance of Indian Enterprises

       Amendment No. 68: Appropriates $500,000 for technical 
     assistance instead of $900,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
     no funds as proposed by the House.


                 Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account

       Amendment No. 69: Appropriates $5,000,000 for guaranteed 
     loans instead of $7,700,000 as proposed by the Senate and no 
     funds as proposed by the House.
       The managers agree that $4,500,000 is for the cost of 
     guaranteed loans and $500,000 is for administrative expenses.

                 Territorial and International Affairs


                       Assistance to Territories

       Amendment No. 70: Appropriates $65,188,000 for Assistance 
     to Territories instead of $52,405,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $68,188,000 as proposed by the Senate. The changes 
     to the amount proposed by the House include an increase of 
     $13,827,000 for territorial assistance and a decrease of 
     $1,044,000 for American Samoa operations grants. The amount 
     provided for territorial assistance includes increases over 
     the House of $5,650,000 for technical assistance, $2,400,000 
     for maintenance assistance, $1,500,000 for management 
     controls, and $750,000 for disaster assistance.
       Amendment No. 71: Earmarks $3,527,000 for the Office of 
     Insular Affairs as proposed by the Senate instead of no funds 
     as proposed by the House. The managers agree that the Office 
     of Territorial and International Affairs is abolished along 
     with the Office of the Assistant for Territorial and 
     International Affairs. The funding provided is for staff to 
     carry out the Secretary's mandated responsibilities and is to 
     be located under the Assistant Secretary for Policy, 
     Management and Budget. This action is consistent with the 
     reorganization already approved by the Appropriations 
     Committees.
       Amendment No. 72: Retains Senate language directing the use 
     of funds for technical assistance, maintenance assistance and 
     disaster assistance.


                      Compact of Free Association

       Amendment No. 73: Deletes House proposed language and 
     funding for impact aid to Guam as proposed by the Senate.
       The managers agree that Guam should be compensated for the 
     impact caused by immigration from the freely associated 
     states as authorized under the Compact of Free Association. 
     Funding for compact impact shall be provided by a re-
     allocation of existing mandatory grant funds as discussed 
     under Amendment No. 89.

                          Departmental Offices

                        Departmental Management


                         Salaries and Expenses

       Amendment Nos. 74 and 75: The managers agree to the Senate 
     language which changes the account name from Office of the 
     Secretary to Departmental Management.
       Amendment No. 76: Appropriates $57,796,000 for departmental 
     management as proposed by the Senate instead of $53,919,000 
     as proposed by the House. A redistribution has been made 
     which includes reductions of $296,000 to the Secretary's 
     immediate office and $51,000 to Congressional Affairs. These 
     funds have been transferred to Central Services.
       The managers agree that these accounts have been restrained 
     over recent years and that coordination of the Department's 
     programs, particularly during the ongoing downsizing and 
     restructuring process, is critical to ensure the overall 
     effectiveness of the Department's programs. However, the 
     managers feel that it is important to restrain these offices 
     at the 1995 level considering that most of the Department's 
     programs have sustained reductions, or face elimination, and 
     all are being directed to absorb their uncontrollable 
     expenses. The managers also recognize the need to have 
     flexibility in the Departmental Offices to manage within 
     reduced funding levels and with the displacements and 
     uncertainties caused by reductions-in-force. Therefore, the 
     managers agree that the Department may reprogram funds 
     without limitation among the program elements within the four 
     activities. However, any reprogramming among the four 
     activities must follow the normal reprogramming guidelines.
       The managers strongly support language included in the 
     House Report which encourages each agency to reduce levels of 
     review and management in order to cover the costs associated 
     with pay raises and inflation. The Department should 
     carefully review and eliminate excessive or duplicated 
     positions associated with Congressional an Public Affairs 
     offices.
       Amendment No. 77: Deletes Senate language which prohibits 
     the use of official reception funds prior to the filing of 
     the Charter for the Western Water Policy Review Commission. 
     The House had no similar provision.


                        Construction Management

       Amendment No. 78: Appropriates $500,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of no funding as proposed by the House.
       The managers agree to retain the core policy function from 
     the Office of Construction Management in the Office of 
     Policy, Management and Budget. The balance of the programs 
     are transferred to BIA construction.


                   National Indian Gaming Commission

       Amendment No. 79: Modifies language inserted by the Senate 
     requiring a report detailing information on Indian tribes or 
     tribal organizations with gaming operations. The modification 
     changes the date the report is due to March 1, 1996. The 
     House had no similar provision.

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians


                         Federal Trust Programs

       Amendment No. 80: Appropriates $16,338,000 for Federal 
     trust programs in the Office of Special Trustee for American 
     Indians and establishes this new account as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House had no similar provision.
       The managers agree to the following transfers from the 
     Operations of Indian Programs account within the Bureau of 
     Indian Affairs as proposed by the Senate: $3,047,000 from 
     Other Recurring Programs for financial trust services; 
     $2,367,000 from Area Office Operations for financial trust 
     services; and $10,924,000 from Central Office Operations, 
     including $10,447,000 for the Office of Trust Funds 
     Management.
       The managers concur with the need for establishing the 
     office as articulated in the Senate report. The managers 
     believe that the Special Trustee will be effective in 
     implementing reforms in the Bureau of Indian Affairs only to 
     the extent that the Trustee has authority over the human and 
     financial resources supporting trust programs. Lacking such 
     authority, the Trustee cannot be held accountable and the 
     likely result will be simply one more office pointing out the 
     shortcomings of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
       Furthermore, under the current financial constraints facing 
     the Committees and the various downsizing activities taking 
     place in the Department, it is essential that the Committees 
     have a clear understanding of the organizational structure 
     supporting trust programs and an assurance that the 
     significant general reductions proposed to be taken against 
     the Bureau of Indian Affairs do not impair the Secretary's 
     ability to manage trust assets. The managers are aware that 
     there may be additional activities that could be transferred 
     to the Office and encourage the Special Trustee, the 
     Department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the tribes, and the 
     Office of Management and budget to work closely with the 
     appropriations and authorizing committees to identify the 
     activities and related resources to be transferred.
       Any increase in funding or staffing for the Office of 
     Special Trustee should be considered within the context of 
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     1997 budget request and with consideration for funding 
     constraints and the downsizing occurring throughout the 
     Department, particularly within the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
       The managers have recommended funding in a simplified 
     budget structure to allow the Special Trustee some 
     flexibility in establishing the office and the budget 
     structure. Prior to submission of the fiscal year 1997 budget 
     request, the managers expect the Special Trustee to work with 
     the Committees to establish an appropriate budget structure 
     for the Office.
       The managers expect the Special Trustee to provide by 
     December 1, 1996 a detailed operating plan for financial 
     trust services for fiscal year 1996. The plan should detail 
     what specific activities relating to the reconciliation 
     effort will be undertaken, both directly by the Office of 
     Special Trustee and by its contractors. The plan should 
     detail what products will be provided to the tribes and the 
     Congress and when such products will be submitted. The plan 
     should include staffing for financial trust services, 
     including the number of vacant positions and when the 
     positions are expected to be filled.
       Within the funds provided, support should be provided to 
     the Intertribal Monitoring Association (ITMA). The managers 
     expect ITMA to provide the Special Trustee with any 
     information that is provided to the Appropriations or 
     authorizing committees. If the Office of the Special Trustee 
     plans to continue funding ITMA in fiscal year 1997, the 
     managers expect the Special Trustee to identify the funds to 
     be available for ITMA in the fiscal year 1997 budget request.
       To the extent possible, the managers expect that 
     administrative support services will continue to be provided 
     by the Bureau of Indian Affairs during fiscal year 1996. To 
     the extent that resources exist within the Office of Special 
     Trustee for budgeting or other administrative services, these 
     activities should be provided by the Office of Special 
     Trustee, rather than through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
     The managers have not included any funds for overhead costs, 
     such as GSA rent, postage, FTS-2000, PAY/PERS, or workers' 
     compensation. These costs should be paid from the Operation 
     of Indian Programs account during fiscal year 1996. The 
     fiscal year 1997 budget should include appropriate overhead 
     amounts in the Office of the Special Trustee.


                       administrative provisions

       Amendment No. 81: Retains language inserted by the Senate 
     changing the name of ``Office of the Secretary'' to 
     ``Departmental Management''.

                       Department of the Interior


                           general provisions

       Amendment No. 82: Deletes an unnecessary comma as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 83: Retains the House language stricken by 
     the Senate granting the Secretary of the Interior authority 
     to transfer land acquisition funds between the Bureau of Land 
     Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the 
     National Park Service.
       Amendment No. 84: Modifies language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate regarding the expenditure of funds 
     for the Presidio. The managers are aware of legislation which 
     may be enacted regarding the future management of the 
     Presidio in California and have provided a funding limitation 
     in order for the Congress to consider legislation this fall. 
     In light of declining budgets, the managers recognize the 
     need for an alternative approach for the Presidio that does 
     not require additional appropriations from the Interior bill. 
     Because the authorizing legislation may be enacted early in 
     fiscal year 1996, the managers have included language which 
     restricts how much funding can be obligated on a monthly 
     basis for the first quarter of the fiscal year. However, if 
     legislation is not enacted, the managers also recognize the 
     need for National Park Service to be able to fulfill its 
     management and resource protection responsibilities at the 
     Presidio. Thus, the obligation limitation would be lifted on 
     December 31, 1995.
       Because of concerns about sufficient resources remaining 
     available to address the requirements of any authorization 
     regarding the Presidio Trust, the managers expect the 
     National Park Service to notify the relevant House and Senate 
     appropriations and authorizing committees before awarding any 
     major contracts after December 31, 1995, and prior to the 
     establishment of the Presidio Trust once it is authorized.
       Amendment No. 85: Restores language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate repealing provisions of the Oil 
     Pollution Act of 1990 with respect to Outer Continental Shelf 
     leases offshore North Carolina. The repeal of this statute is 
     not intended to excuse the United States from the 
     liabilities, if any, it has incurred to date nor to otherwise 
     affect pending litigation.
       Amendment No. 86: Retains language proposed by the Senate 
     limiting the allocation of self-governance funds to Indian 
     tribes in the State of Washington if a tribe adversely 
     impacts rights of nontribal owners of land within the tribe's 
     reservation. The House had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 87: Retains language proposed by the Senate 
     which requires the Department of the Interior to issue a 
     specific schedule for the completion of the Lake Cushman Land 
     Exchange Act within 30 days of enactment and to complete the 
     exchange by September 30, 1996. The House had no similar 
     provision.
       Amendment No. 88: Retains Senate language authorizing the 
     National Park Service to expend funds for maintenance and 
     repair of the Company Creek Road in Lake Chelan National 
     Recreation Area and providing that, unless specifically 
     authorized, no funds may be used for improving private 
     property. The House had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 89: Revises language proposed by the Senate 
     to reallocate mandatory grant payments of $27,720,000 to the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
       The managers agree that for fiscal years 1996 through 2002 
     the CNMI shall receive $11,000,000 annually. This is 
     consistent with total funding, matching requirements, and 
     terms negotiated and set forth in the agreement executed on 
     December 17, 1992, between the special representative of the 
     President of the United States and the special 
     representatives of the Governor of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands.
       The managers agree that Guam shall receive impact aid of 
     $4,580,000 in fiscal year 1996. This funding level shall 
     continue through fiscal year 2001, as authorized by the 
     Compact of Free Association. The managers agree that these 
     grant funds must be used for infrastructure needs, as 
     determined by the Government of Guam.
       The managers agree that $7,700,000 shall be allocated for 
     capital improvement grants to American Samoa in fiscal year 
     1996 and that higher levels of funding may be required in 
     future years to fund the highest priority projects identified 
     in a master plan. The managers have agreed to language 
     directing the Secretary to develop such a master plan in 
     conjunction with the Government of American Samoa. The plan 
     is to be reviewed by the Army Corps of Engineers before it is 
     submitted to the Congress and is to be updated annually as 
     part of the budget justification.
       The managers understand that renovation of hospital 
     facilities in American Samoa has been identified as one of 
     the more critical and high priority needs. The Secretary of 
     the Interior and the American Samoa Government are reminded 
     that Congress required the creation of a hospital authority 
     as a condition to Federal funding of health care facilities. 
     The managers expect the existing hospital authority in 
     American Samoa to be supported by the American Samoa 
     Government so that it continues the purpose of improving the 
     quality and management of health care.
       The managers agree that $4,420,000 shall be allocated in 
     fiscal year 1996 for resettlement of Rongelap Atoll. Language 
     has been included that total additional contributions, 
     including funding provided in this bill, may not exceed 
     $32,000,000 and are contingent on an agreement that such 
     contributions are a full and final settlement of all 
     obligations of the United States to assist in the 
     resettlement of Rongelap.
       The managers have deleted language provisions proposed by 
     the Senate which would legislate on several matters including 
     minimum wage, immigration, and local employment in the 
     Northern Mariana Islands.
       The managers agree that the Secretary of the Interior 
     should continue to submit an annual ``State of the Islands'' 
     report. This report has been submitted for the past four 
     years in accordance with Committee directives and is a 
     valuable source of information for the Congress.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service


                            forest research

       Amendment No. 90: Appropriates $178,000,000 for forest 
     research instead of $182,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $177,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       For forestry research, the managers reaffirm support for 
     the consolidation of budget line items, to provide the agency 
     additional flexibility with restructuring, and to allow 
     efficiencies and cost savings as require to meet funding 
     reductions. The managers agree that no forest and range 
     experiment station, research program, or research project 
     should be held harmless from decreases that would impose 
     disproportionate reductions to other research activities. The 
     agency should maintain its focus on core research activities-
     including forestry research-that support initiatives relating 
     both to public and private forest lands, and cooperative 
     research efforts involving the universities as well as the 
     private sector, directed at forest management, resource 
     utilization and productivity. The managers urge the Forest 
     Service to avoid location closures where research is not 
     conducted elsewhere, and to consolidate programs that are 
     spread over multiple locations. The managers are particularly 
     concerned that silvicultural and hardwood utilization 
     research continue given the large number of public and 
     private forests which rely on this research.
       In addition, the managers note the growing importance of 
     data and other information collected through the Forest 
     Inventory Analysis (FIA) program and the resulting statewide 
     forest inventories. The analysis and collection of 
     information directed at forest health conditions on public 
     and private forest lands has become especially important in 
     recent years.
       The managers have included $300,000 for landscape 
     management research at the University of Washington, $479,000 
     for Cook County Ecosystem project, and $200,000 for 

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     research at the Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks, 
     WA.


                       state and private foresty

       Amendment No. 91: Appropriates $136,794,000 for State and 
     private forestry as proposed by the Senate but deletes Senate 
     earmarks for cooperative lands fire management and the 
     stewardship incentives program. The House provided 
     $129,551,000 for State and private forestry.
       The net increase above the House includes increases of 
     $4,500,000 for the stewardship incentives program, $3,000,000 
     for forest legacy program, and $5,500,000 for economic action 
     programs; and reductions of $2,000,000 from forest health 
     management, $621,000 from cooperative lands fire management, 
     $1,636,000 for forest stewardship and $1,500,000 for urban 
     and community forestry.
       The managers agree to the following distribution of funds 
     within economic action programs:

Forest products conservation and recovery....................$1,000,000
Economic recovery.............................................5,000,000
Rural development.............................................4,800,000
Wood in transportation........................................1,200,000
Columbia River Gorge, economic grants to counties.............2,500,000

       The managers agree that $2,880,000 within rural development 
     be allocated to the Northeast and Midwest, and that no funds 
     are provided for economic diversification studies.


                         international forestry

       The managers agree that up to $4,000,000 for Forest Service 
     funds may be utilized for purposes previously funded through 
     the International Forestry appropriation. Domestic activities 
     requiring international contacts will continue to be funded, 
     as in the past, by the appropriate domestic benefiting 
     program. The managers reiterate their expectations that the 
     Service curtail foreign travel expenditures in light of 
     budget constraints.
       Operations formerly funded by International Forestry or 
     other appropriations, other than research activities, of the 
     International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Puerto Rico and 
     the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hawaii may 
     continue to be funded as appropriate. As with other programs, 
     it may be necessary to reduce funding for these institutes 
     due to budget constraints. Research activities will be funded 
     from the Forest Research appropriation.
       The managers also expect the Forest Service to examine the 
     best means to provide leadership in international forestry 
     activities and meet essential representation and liaison 
     responsibilities with foreign governments and international 
     organizations, and agree that the Forest Service should not 
     maintain a separate deputy chief for international forestry.


                         national forest system

       Amendment No. 92 Appropriates $1,256,253,000 for the 
     national forest system instead of $1,266,688,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $1,247,543,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The net decrease below the House consists of reductions of 
     $5,750,000 for recreation management, $1,750,000 for 
     wilderness management, $435,000 for heritage resources, 
     $1,750,000 for wildlife habitat management, $1,000,000 for 
     inland fish habitat management, $1,750,000 for threatened and 
     endangered species habitat management; and increases of 
     $1,000,000 for road maintenance, and $1,000,000 for facility 
     maintenance.
       The managers expect the land agencies to begin to rebuild 
     and restore the public timber programs on national forests 
     and BLM lands. With the modest increase in funding provided, 
     the Forest Service is expected to produce 2.6 billion board 
     feet of green sales. With enactment of the new salvage 
     initiative (P.L. 104-19) in response to the emergency forest 
     health situation, the agencies are expected to proceed 
     aggressively to expedite the implementation of existing 
     programmed salvage volumes, with the expectation that the 
     Forest Service will produce an additional increment of 1.5 
     BBF over the expected sale program for fiscal year 1996. The 
     managers expect a total fiscal year 1996 Forest Service sale 
     accomplishment level off 5.6 BBF, and note that this is 
     nearly half the level authorized for sale just five years 
     ago. The Forest Service is to report timber sale 
     accomplishments on the basis of net sawtimber sold and 
     awarded to purchasers, and on the volume offered. Those 
     regions of the country which sell products other than 
     sawtimber should continue to report accomplishments in the 
     same manner as used in the forest plans. The reports are to 
     provide information on both green and salvage sales.
       The managers encourage the Forest Service to use up to 
     $350,000 to commission a third party field review of the 
     environmental impacts and the economic efficiency of the 
     emergency forest salvage program mandated by section 2001 of 
     P.L. 104-19. The managers believe that funding such a review 
     can be appropriately undertaken through the timber salvage 
     sale fund.
       The managers note the difference between the House and 
     Senate reports pertaining to tree measurement and timber 
     scaling. The managers also note that House Report 103-551 
     specifically allow Forest Service managers to use scaling 
     when selling salvage sales or thinnings. The managers expect 
     the Forest Service to use fully the flexibility authorized in 
     House Report 103-551 for rapidly deteriorating timber, and to 
     use sample weight scaling for the sale of low value 
     thinnings. Further, the managers direct the Forest Service to 
     undertake a study to identify: (1) which measurement method 
     is more cost efficient; (2) to assess what percent of timber 
     theft cases involve scaling irregularities and whether tree 
     measurement discourages timber theft; (3) which measurement 
     method is more efficient when environmental modifications are 
     needed after a sale has been awarded; and (4) assess the 
     agency's ability to perform cruising required under tree 
     measurement. The study will measure Forest Service 
     performance based on Forest Service Handbook cruise 
     standards, including identifying how often uncertified 
     employees are involved in cruise efforts. The Forest Service 
     shall contract with an established independent contractor 
     skilled in both cruising and scaling and report back to the 
     Committees no later than March 1, 1996.
       The conference agreement includes $400,000 for the 
     development of a plan for preserving and managing the former 
     Joliet Arsenal property as a National tallgrass prairie. The 
     managers are aware of legislation to establish the Midewin 
     National Tallgrass Prairie and urge the Forest Service to 
     take such steps as are necessary, including a reprogramming, 
     to begin implementing the legislation when enacted. The 
     managers also urge the Forest Service to seek full funding 
     for the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie as part of its 
     fiscal year 1997 budget request.
       The managers are concerned about the many programs in the 
     President's Forest Plan designed to provide assistance to 
     timber dependent communities in the Pacific Northwest. The 
     managers are disturbed by the inability of the agencies 
     involved to provide a detailed accounting of funds 
     appropriated in previous fiscal years for the unemployed 
     timber worker programs in the President's Forest Plan.
       The managers expect the Secretary of the Interior and the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to prepare a detailed accounting and 
     report of the funds appropriated in fiscal year 1995 for the 
     President's Forest plan. The report shall include a careful 
     accounting of appropriated funding, including: funds 
     appropriated for timber production; administrative expenses, 
     including the number of Federal employees employed to 
     administer the various aspects of the President's plan; funds 
     appropriated for the various jobs programs allowed for under 
     the President's plan, including but not limited to the Jobs 
     in the Woods program; the number of individuals employed by 
     these programs; and the average length of each job. The 
     managers expect the Secretaries to submit the report to the 
     Committees no later than March 31, 1996.
       The managers are concerned that the Forest Service 
     reallocates funding pursuant to reprogramming requests before 
     they are transmitted to Congress. The managers direct the 
     Forest Service to adhere to the reprogramming guidelines, and 
     not reallocate funds until the Appropriations Committees have 
     had an opportunity to review these proposals.
       The managers believe that additional opportunities exist 
     for contracting Forest Service activities, and encourage 
     expanding the use of contractors wherever possible.


                        wildlife fire management

       Amendment No. 93: Changes the account title to Wildland 
     Fire Management as proposed by the Senate, instead of Fire 
     Protection and Emergency Suppression as proposed by the 
     House.
       Amendment No. 94: Appropriates $385,485,000 for wildland 
     fire management as proposed by the House instead of 
     $381,485,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                              Construction

       Amendment No. 95: Appropriates $163,500,000 for 
     construction, instead of $120,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $186,888,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The increase above the House includes $23,500,000 for 
     facilities, $5,000,000 for road construction, and $15,000,000 
     for trail construction. Within the total for facilities, the 
     conference agreement includes $36,000,000 for recreation, 
     $10,000,000 for FA&O, and $2,500,000 for research.
       The managers agree to the following earmarks within 
     recreation construction:

Allegheny NF, rehabilitation...................................$150,000
Bead Lake, WA, boating access....................................60,000
Bead Lake, WA, roads............................................176,000
Columbia River Gorge Discovery Center, OR, completion.........2,500,000
Cradle of Forestry, NC, utilities...............................500,000
Daniel Boone NF, KY, rehabilitation.............................660,000
Gum Springs Recreation Area, LA, rehabilitation phase II........400,000
Johnston Ridge Observatory, WA..................................500,000
Johnston Ridge Observatory, WA, roads...........................550,000
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, MT, completion...........2,700,000
Multnomah Falls, OR, sewer system...............................190,000
Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, WI.......................1,965,000
Seneca Rocks, WV visitor center, completion...................1,400,000
Timberline Lodge, OR, water system improvements and new reservoi750,000
Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area, OK, 
  improvements..................................................682,000

       The managers agree that for the Northern Great Lakes 
     Visitor Center, WI, funding is provided with the 
     understanding that the project cost is to be matched 50% by 
     the State of Wisconsin.

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       The conference agreement includes $95,000,000 for roads to 
     be allocated as follows: $57,000,000 for timber roads, 
     $26,000,000 for recreation roads, and $12,000,000 for general 
     purpose roads.
       The managers remain interested in Forest Service plans for 
     restoring Grey Towers, and are concerned about the cost of 
     the project. The managers expect the Forest Service to 
     continue the implementation of the master plan for Grey 
     Towers and to explore additional partnerships that can help 
     cost-share required restoration work. The Forest Service 
     should work with the Committees to provide a better 
     understanding of the needs of Grey Towers and explore ways to 
     reduce the cost to the Federal government.
       The managers concur in the reprogramming request currently 
     pending for Johnston Ridge Observatory and Timberline Lodge 
     sewer system.
       Amendment No. 96: Earmarks $2,500,000 and unobligated 
     project balances for a grant to the ``Non-Profit Citizens for 
     the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center,'' and authorizes the 
     conveyance of certain land, as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House included no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 97: Includes Senate provision which 
     authorizes funds appropriated in 1991 for a new research 
     facility at the University of Missouri, Columbia, to be 
     available as a grant for construction of the facility, and 
     provides that the Forest Service shall receive free space in 
     the building. The House had no similar provision.


                            land acquisition

       Amendment No. 98: Appropriates $41,200,000 instead of 
     $14,600,000 as proposed by the House and $41,167,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The $41,200,000 includes $7,500,000 
     for acquisition management, $2,000,000 for emergency and 
     inholding purchases, $1,000,000 for wilderness protection, 
     $1,725,000 for cash equalization of land exchanges, and 
     $28,975,000 for land purchase.
       Amendment No. 99: Strikes Senate earmark for Mt. Jumbo.
       Amendment No. 100: Strikes Senate earmark for Kane 
     Experimental Forest.
       The managers expect that any movement of acquisition funds 
     from one project to another regardless of circumstances must 
     follow normal reprogramming guidelines. The managers have 
     deleted all references to specific earmarkings included in 
     the Senate report.
       The managers continue to encourage strongly the use of land 
     exchanges as a way in which to protect important recreational 
     or environmentally significant lands, in lieu of the Federal 
     Government acquiring lands. The managers believe that land 
     exchanges represent a more cost-effective way in which to do 
     business and encourage the Forest Service to give high 
     priority to those exchanges either nearing completion, or 
     where land management decisions are made particularly 
     difficult due to checkerboard ownership.
       The managers are concerned about the long history of 
     problems associated with the implementation of land 
     acquisition provisions in the Columbia River Gorge National 
     Scenic Act. To date, nearly $40 million has been spent on 
     land acquisitions in the Gorge, and the Forest Service 
     estimates that nearly $20-$30 million in remaining land is 
     left to be acquired. The Gorge Act authorizes land exchanges 
     in the area, and while several exchanges have been completed, 
     a substantial number of acres remain to be acquired to 
     fulfill the purposes of the Scenic Act. The managers strongly 
     support the use of land exchanges versus land acquisitions. 
     The managers understand that the Forest Service has the 
     existing statutory authority to conduct land exchanges in the 
     Scenic Area, including tripartite land-for-timber exchanges.
       The managers encourage the Forest Service to enter into 
     land exchanges, including tripartite land exchanges, with 
     willing land owners in the Gorge to diminish the need for 
     future acquisitions.


               Administrative Provisions, Forest Service

       Amendment No. 101: Retains Senate provision which prohibits 
     any reorganization without the consent of the appropriations 
     and authorizing committees and adds a provision exempting the 
     relocation of the Region 5 regional offices from the 
     requirement to obtain the consent of the authorizing and 
     appropriations committees. The House had no similar 
     provision.
       The managers are concerned that the Forest Service is being 
     required to move the Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia from 
     its present location to a new Federal Center in downtown 
     Atlanta at greatly increased costs. At the same time, 
     accessibility for both the public and employees will be made 
     more difficult. Requiring the Forest Service to absorb 
     increased costs for no increase in effectiveness or 
     efficiency is not acceptable. The managers agree that any 
     relocation of the Atlanta office can occur only pursuant to 
     the bill language restrictions which require the advance 
     approval of the authorizing and appropriations committees. 
     This will allow the committees the opportunity to examine 
     closely the costs and benefits of any such proposal, and 
     require the Administration to justify fully any additional 
     expenditures.
       Amendment No. 102: Includes Senate provision which adds the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to the list of 
     committees which must approve reorganizations pursuant to 
     amendment No. 101. The House had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 103: Includes the Senate provision which adds 
     the Committee on Resources to the list of committees which 
     must approve reorganizations pursuant to amendment No. 101. 
     The House had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 104: Modifies Senate provision by deleting 
     the prohibition on changes to the appropriations structure 
     without advance approval of the Appropriations Committees, 
     and substituting language allowing the relocation of the 
     Region 5 regional office to Mare Island in Vallejo, CA, 
     subject to the existing reprogramming guidelines. The House 
     had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes bill language which 
     provides authority to finance costs associated with the 
     relocation of the Region 5 regional office to excess military 
     property at Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, CA, from 
     any Forest Service account. However, the managers expect a 
     reprogramming request which justifies the relocation and 
     identifies the source of funds to be used before funds are 
     reallocated for this purpose. The allocation of other regions 
     are not to be reduced in order to finance the move.
       Amentment No. 105: Retains House language stricken by the 
     Senate providing that 80 percent of the funds for the ``Jobs 
     in the Woods'' program for National Forest land in the State 
     of Washington be granted to the State Department of Fish and 
     Wildlife. The Senate had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 106: Deletes House provision relating to 
     songbirds on the Shawnee NF. The Senate had no similar 
     provision.
       Amendment No. 107: Deletes Senate provision which prohibits 
     revision or implementation of a new Tongass Land Management 
     Plan. The House had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 108: Modifies Senate provision requiring 
     implementation of the Tongass Land Management Plan, 
     Alternative P, during fiscal year 1996, and allows 
     continuation of the current Tongass National Forest land 
     management planning process which may replace or modify 
     Alternative P. Language is also included relating to offering 
     certain timber sales in Alaska, and making permanent section 
     502 of Public Law 104-19 relating to habitat conservation 
     areas in the Tongass National Forest. The House had no 
     similar provision.
       The managers appreciate the critical need to resolve land 
     and resource management issues relating to the Tongass 
     National forest in Southeast Alaska and further recognize 
     that, to date, the Congress has provided sufficient guidance 
     and funding for the Forest Service to develop a workable land 
     management plan. Therefore, the Forest Service is directed to 
     implement the preferred alternative identified in the Final 
     Environmental Impact Statement dated October 1992 and its 
     companion Record of Decision draft dated February 1993. The 
     Forest Service may amend that plan to include a signed 
     agreement between the Forest Service and the Alaska Visitors' 
     Association, and is directed otherwise to proceed with timber 
     sales and other plan features in accordance with this plan. 
     The current plan revision process may continue, provided that 
     any proposed revisions shall, to the maximum extent possible, 
     contain no fewer acres of suitable timber lands than in the 
     plan selected by this bill and any revision shall not take 
     effect during fiscal year 1996.
       Amendment No. 109: Includes Senate provision which 
     prohibits applying paint to rocks or rock colorization. The 
     House included no similar provision.

                          Department of Energy


                 fossil energy research and development

       Amendment No. 110: Appropriates $417,169,000 for fossil 
     energy research and development instead of $379,524,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $376,181,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The amendment also provides for the transfer of 
     authority for health and safety research in mines and the 
     mineral industry from the Bureau of Mines (see amendment No. 
     47). Changes to the amount proposed by the House for coal 
     research include an increase of $2,000,000 for Kalina cycle 
     testing and decreases of $1,500,000 in coal preparation 
     research, $1,650,000 for HRI proof of concept testing and 
     $1,000,000 for bench scale research in the direct 
     liquefaction program, $1,000,000 for in house research in the 
     high efficiency integrated gasification combined cycle 
     program, $500,000 for filters testing and evaluation in the 
     high efficiency pressurized fluidized bed program, and 
     $300,000 for international program support and $1,000,000 for 
     university coal research in advanced research and technology 
     development. Changes to the amount proposed by the House for 
     oil technology research include increases of $1,500,000 for a 
     data repository, $250,000 for the gypsy field project and 
     $250,000 for the northern midcontinent digital petroleum 
     atlas in exploration and supporting research, and decreases 
     of $1,000,000 for the National laboratory/industry 
     partnership and $1,000,000 for extraction in exploration and 
     supporting research, $2,000,000 for the heavy oil/
     unconsolidated Gulf Coast project in the recovery field 
     demonstrations program, and $1,100,000 as a general reduction 
     to the processing research and downstream operations program. 
     Changes to the amount proposed by the House for natural gas 
     research include decreases of $440,000 for conversion of 
     natural gases to liquid fuels, $130,000 for the international 
     gas technology information center and $30,000 for low quality 
     gas upgrading in the utilization program and $1,000,000 for 
     the advanced concepts/tubular solid oxide fuel 

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     cell program. Other changes to the House recommended level 
     include increases of $40,000,000 for health and safety 
     research ($35 million) and materials partnerships ($5 
     million) which are being transferred from the Bureau of Mines 
     $6,295,000 for cooperative research and development and 
     $5,000,000 for program direction at the energy technology 
     centers and a decrease of $4,000000 for environmental 
     restoration.
       The funds provided for cooperative research and development 
     include $295,000 for technical and program management support 
     and $3,000,000 each for the Western Research Institute and 
     the University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental 
     Research Center. Within the funds provided for WRI and 
     UNDEERC, the managers agree that a percentage comparable to 
     the fiscal year 1995 rate may be used for the base research 
     program, and the balance is to be used for the jointly 
     sponsored research program
       The managers have included an increase of $5,000,000 for 
     program direction, which is $1,000,000 less than recommended 
     in the Senate bill. The managers expect the Department to 
     allocate these funds commensurate with the program 
     distributions in this bill. The various program and support 
     functions of the field locations should continue to be funded 
     out of the same line-items as in fiscal year 1995.
       The managers are aware of proposals regarding the future 
     field office structure of the fossil energy program. The 
     managers take no position on the specifics of the various 
     aspects of the strategic realignment initiative at this time 
     as many of the details are not yet available. The managers 
     expect the Department to comply fully with the reprogramming 
     guidelines before proceeding with implementation of any 
     reorganization or relocation. The managers are concerned 
     about the basis for estimated savings, personnel impacts, 
     budget changes, transition plans, and how any proposed 
     integration will address market requirements and utilization.
       In any proposal to privatize the National Institute for 
     Petroleum and Energy Research (NIPER), the Department should 
     seek competitively a non-Federal entity to acquire NIPER and 
     to make such investments and changes as may be necessary to 
     enable the private entity to perform high-value research and 
     development services and compete with other organizations for 
     private and public sector work. In the interim, to the extent 
     the program level for oil technology allows, the Department 
     is encouraged to maintain as much of the program at NIPER as 
     possible.
       With respect to the functions of the Bureau of Mines which 
     have been transferred to the Department of Energy, the 
     managers expect the Department to continue to identify the 
     resources being allocated for these purposes and not to 
     subsume these functions into other budget line-items within 
     the fossil energy account. The Secretary should maintain the 
     transferred functions and personnel at their current 
     locations. In fiscal year 1996, any staffing reductions 
     required to accommodate the funding level provided for health 
     and safety research should be taken from within this activity 
     and should not affect any other elements of the fossil energy 
     research and development organization. Likewise, any 
     additional or vacant positions which are required for the 
     health and safety research function should be filled with 
     Bureau of Mines employees who are subject to termination or 
     reduction-in-force. The managers strongly encourage the 
     Administration, and particularly the Office of Management and 
     Budget, to work toward consolidating these health and safety 
     functions in the same agency with either the Mine Safety and 
     Health Administration or the National Institute for 
     Occupational Safety and Health.
       The managers do not object to the use of up to $18,000,000 
     in clean coal technology program funds for administration of 
     the clean coal program. The managers are concerned that a 
     clean coal project was recently changed without addressing 
     Congressional concerns that were raised before and during the 
     application review period. The managers expect the Secretary, 
     to the extent possible, to ensure that the sulfur dioxide 
     facility which was approved as part of the NOXSO clean coal 
     project is constructed so as to begin operation when the 
     elemental sulfur is available from the NOXSO process. The 
     managers also expect the Department to report to the 
     legislative committees of jurisdiction as well as the 
     Appropriations Committees in the House and Senate on the 
     rationale for approving the construction of a sulfur dioxide 
     plant as part of the NOXSO project. As the remaining projects 
     in the clean coal program proceed, the Department should 
     focus on technologies that relate directly to the objectives 
     of the program.
       Amendment No. 111: Deletes language inserted by the Senate 
     requiring that any new project start be substantially cost-
     shared with a private entity. The House had no similar 
     provision. The managers expect the Department to make every 
     effort to increase the percentage of non-Federal cost-sharing 
     in its research and development projects.


                 naval petroleum and oil shale reserves

       Amendment No. 112: Appropriates $148,786,000 for the Naval 
     petroleum and oil shale reserves instead of $151,028,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $136,028,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 113: Repeals the restriction on conducting 
     studies with respect to the sale of the Naval petroleum and 
     oil shale reserves as proposed by the Senate. The House had 
     no similar provision.


                          energy conservation

       Amendment No. 114: Appropriates $553,293,000 for energy 
     conservation instead of $556,371,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $576,976,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the 
     amount proposed by the House for the buildings program 
     include increases of $150,000 for the foam insulation project 
     in the building envelope program, $100,000 for lighting and 
     appliance collaboratives in commercial buildings in the 
     building equipment program and $1,140,000 for energy 
     efficiency standards for Federal buildings in the codes and 
     standards program, and decreases of $400,000 for residential 
     buildings/building America, $3,000 for residential energy 
     efficiency/climate change action plan, and $1,500,000 for 
     partnership America/climate change action plan in building 
     systems; $150,000 as a general reduction to materials and 
     structures in building envelope; $450,000 as a general 
     reduction to lighting and $100,000 for appliance technology 
     introduction partnerships/climate change action plan in 
     building equipment; and $3,060,000 as a general reduction to 
     the codes and standards program, consistent with the 
     moratorium on issuing new standards (see amendment No. 157).
       Changes to the amount proposed by the House for the 
     industry program include an increase of $3,000,000 in 
     industrial wastes to maintain the NICE3 program at the fiscal 
     year 1995 level and decreases of $300,000 for combustion in 
     the municipal solid waste program, $1,000,000 as a general 
     reduction to the metals initiative in the materials and 
     metals processing program with the expectation that none of 
     the reduction is to be applied to the electrochemical 
     dezincing project, $200,000 as a general reduction for 
     alternative feedstocks and $700,000 as a general reduction 
     for process development in the other process efficiency 
     program, and $2,000,000 for environmental technology 
     partnerships in implementation and deployment.
       Changes to the amount proposed by the House for the 
     transportation program include increases of $990,000 for 
     metal matrix composites in vehicle systems materials; 
     $200,000 for turbine engine technologies, $200,000 for the 
     ceramic turbine engine demonstration project, $4,500,000 for 
     automotive piston technologies, and $612,000 for combustion 
     and emissions research and development in heat engine 
     technologies; and $16,228,000 for on-board hydrogen proton 
     exchange membrane fuel cells and $2,900,000 for fuel cell 
     research and development in electric and hybrid propulsion 
     development. Decreases from the House include $1,200,000 for 
     fuel cells/battery materials and $500,000 as a general 
     reduction in materials technology; $1,000,000 as a general 
     reduction in vehicle systems materials; $6,462,000 as a 
     general reduction to light duty engine technologies in the 
     heat engine technologies program; and $500,000 for battery 
     development, $1,000,000 to terminate the phosphoric acid fuel 
     cell bus program and $15,528,000 as a general reduction for 
     fuel cell development in the electric and hybrid propulsion 
     development program.
       Changes to the amount proposed by the House for the 
     technical and financial assistance program include an 
     increase of $3,250,000 for the weatherization assistance 
     program and a decrease of $295,000 for the inventions and 
     innovations program.
       The managers have agreed to the Senate bill language 
     restricting the issuance of new or amended standards in the 
     codes and standards program (see amendment Nos. 156 and 157).
       The managers agree that:
       1. The Department should aggressively pursue increased cost 
     sharing;
       2. Projects that prove to be uneconomical or fail to 
     produce desired results should be terminated;
       3. The fiscal year 1997 budget should continue the trend of 
     program downsizing with the focus on completing existing 
     commitments;
       4. Ongoing programs should not be grouped under the 
     umbrella of large initiatives and described as new programs 
     in the budget;
       5. There should be no new program starts without compelling 
     justification and identified funding offsets;
       6. the home energy rating system pilot program should be 
     continued with the existing pilot States; within the funds 
     available for HERS, the managers expect the department to 
     work with Mississippi and other non-pilot program States on 
     the States' home energy rating system;
       7. There is no objection to continuing the student vehicle 
     competition in the transportation program at the current year 
     funding level;
       8. The Department should work with the States to determine 
     what other programs should be included in a block grant type 
     program along with the consolidated State energy conservation 
     program/institutional conservation program;
       9. There is no objection to continuing the interagency 
     agreement with the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development for public assisted housing and other low-income 
     initiatives to the extent that HUD reimburses the Department 
     for this work;
       10. The Office of Industrial Technologies may procure 
     capital equipment using operating funds, subject to the 
     existing reprogramming guidelines;
       11. The Department should work with the Office of 
     Management and Budget and the General Services Administration 
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     that agencies fund energy efficiency improvements in Federal 
     buildings;
       12. The Department should increase private sector 
     investment through energy savings performance contracts in 
     the Federal energy management program and should develop 
     mechanisms to be reimbursed for these efforts;
       13. The Department should submit a new five year program 
     plan for the transportation program in light of current 
     funding constraints; and
       14. There are no specific restrictions on the number of 
     contacts to be let for the long term battery development 
     effort or activities within the electric and hybrid vehicle 
     program. Given the level of funding provided, the Department 
     should examine carefully its options in these areas in close 
     coordination with its industry cooperators.
       Amendment No. 115: Earmarks $140,696,00 for State energy 
     grant programs instead of $148,946,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $168,946,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 116: Earmarks $114,196,000 for the 
     weatherization assistance program instead of $110,946,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $137,446,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 117: Earmarks $26,500,000 for the State 
     energy conservation program as proposed by the Hose instead 
     of $31,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                          economic regulation

       Amendment No. 118: Appropriates $6,297,000 for economic 
     regulation as proposed by the House instead of $8,038,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The managers agree that the Office of Hearings and Appeals 
     should receive reimbursement for work other than petroleum 
     overcharge cases and related activities are recommended by 
     the House.


                   energy information administration

       Amendment No. 119: Appropriates $72,266,000 for the Energy 
     Information Administration instead of $79,766,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $64,766,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     managers expect the reduction to be applied largely to EIA's 
     forecasting efforts.

     Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service


                         indian health services

       Amendment No. 120: Appropriates $1,722,842,000 for Indian 
     health services instead of $1,725,792,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $1,815,373,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes 
     to the amount proposed by the House include increases of 
     $1,500,000 for collections and billings, $750,000 for 
     epidemiology centers, $200,000 for the Indians into 
     Psychology program, and decreases of $2,000,000 for Indian 
     health professionals, $3,000,000 for tribal management, and a 
     $400,000 transfer from hospitals and clinics to facilities 
     and environmental heath support.
       Amendment No. 121: Earmarks $350,564,000 for contract 
     medical care as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $351,258,000 as proposed by the House.
       The managers agree that the Indian Self Determination Fund 
     is to be used only for new and expanded contracts and that 
     this fund may be used for self-governance compacts only to 
     the extent that a compact assumes new or additional 
     responsibilities that had been performed by the IHS.
       The managers agree that the fetal alcohol syndrome project 
     at the University of Washington should be funded at the 
     fiscal year 1995 level.
       The managers are concerned about the adequacy of health 
     care services available to the Utah Navajo population, and 
     urge IHS to work with the local health care community to 
     ensure that the health care needs of the Utah Navajos are 
     being met. IHS should carefully consider those needs in 
     designing a replacement facility for the Montezuma Creek 
     health center.


                        indian health facilities

       Amendmenht No. 122: Appropriates $238,958,000 for Indian 
     health facilities instead of $236,975,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $151,227,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to 
     the amount proposed by the House include increases of 
     $750,000 for the Alaska medical center, $1,000,000 for 
     modular dental units, $500,000 for injury prevention, 
     $400,000 for a base transfer from hospitals and clinics, and 
     a decrease of $667,000 for the Fort Yuma, AZ project.
       The managers agree to delay any reprogramming of funds from 
     the Winnebago and Omaha Tribes' health care facility. 
     However, given current budget constraints, if issues relative 
     to the siting and design of the facility cannot be resolved, 
     the managers will consider reprogramming these funds to other 
     high priority IHS projects during fiscal year 1996.
       The Talihina, OK hospital is ranked sixth on the IHS health 
     facilities priority list for inpatient facilities. The 
     Choctaw Nation had developed a financing plan for a 
     replacement facility. The Choctaw Nation proposes various 
     funding sources to support its project for a community based 
     hospital. The managers direct IHS to work with the Choctaw 
     Nation to identify resources necessary to staff, equip, and 
     operate the newly constructed facility. The managers will 
     consider these operational needs in the content of current 
     budget constraints.
       The managers have not agreed to provisions in the Senate 
     bill requiring the IHS to prepare reports on the distribution 
     of Indian Health Service professionals and on HIV-AIDs 
     prevention needs among Indian tribes. While the managers 
     agree that closer examination of these topics may be 
     warranted, the resources necessary to conduct adequate 
     studies are not available at this time.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

              Office of Elementary and Secondary Education


                            indian education

       Amendment No. 123: Appropriates $52,500,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $54,660,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The managers agree that no funding is provided for the 
     National Advisory Council on Indian Education.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 124: Appropriates $20,345,000 for the Office 
     of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $21,345,000 as proposed by the House.

                        Smithsonian Institution


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 125: Appropriates $308,188,000 for Salaries 
     and Expenses instead of $309,471,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $307,988,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The $200,000 increase is provided for the Center for 
     folklife programs specifically for the 1996 Festival of 
     American Folklife featuring the State of Iowa. This amount is 
     provided in addition to the $400,000 base funding. The State 
     of Iowa will contribute $250,000 toward this effort.
       Amendment No. 126: Earmarks $30,472,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $32,000,000 proposed by the House for the 
     instrumentation program, collections acquisition and various 
     other programs.


        construction and improvements, national zoological park

       Amendment No. 127: Appropriate $3,250,000 for zoo 
     construction as proposed by the Senate instead of $3,000,000 
     as proposed by the House. The increase is limited to repairs 
     and rehabilitation and is not to be used for new exhibits or 
     expansions.


                  repair and restoration of buildings

       Amendment No. 128: Appropriates $33,954,000 for repair and 
     restoration of buildings as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $24,954,000 as proposed by the House.


                              construction

       Amendment No. 129: Appropriates $27,700,000 for 
     Construction as proposed by the Senate instead of $12,950,000 
     as proposed by the House. The managers agree that $15,000,000 
     is included for the National Museum of the American Indian 
     Cultural Resource Center; $8,700,000 is included to complete 
     the construction and equipping of the Natural History East 
     Court Building and $3,000,000 is for minor construction, 
     alterations and modifications.
       The managers are providing $1,000,000 to be used to 
     complete a proposed master plan and initiate detailed 
     planning and design to allow for the development of a 
     proposed financial plan for the proposed extension at Dulles 
     Airport for the Air and Space Museum. The managers expect 
     that the financial plan shall specify, in detail, the phasing 
     of the project and commitments by the Commonwealth of 
     Virginia and the Smithsonian toward construction and 
     operation of the facility.
       The managers agree that no Federal funds, beyond the costs 
     of planning and design, will be available for the 
     construction phase of this project.
       The managers have provided $15,000,000 for the continued 
     construction of the National Museum of the American Indian 
     Cultural Resource Center in Suitland, Maryland. This amount 
     will bring the Federal contribution to date for this project 
     to $40,900,000. The managers have agreed that no additional 
     Federal funds will be appropriated for this project.
       The managers also strongly encourage the Smithsonian to 
     develop alternative cost scenarios for the proposed National 
     Museum of the American Indian Mall Museum including 
     downsizing of the building and decreasing the amount of 
     Federal funding.
       Amendment No. 130: The managers agree to concur with the 
     Senate amendment which strikes the House provision permitting 
     a single procurement for construction of the American Indian 
     Cultural Resources Center. The managers understand that 
     authority provided previously for such purposes is 
     sufficient.

                        National Gallery of Art


                         Salaries and Expenses

       Amendment No. 131: Appropriates $51,844,000 for salaries 
     and expenses as proposed by the Senate instead of $51,315,000 
     as proposed by the House.


            Repair, Restoration and Renovation of Buildings

       Amendment No. 132: Appropriates $6,442,000 for repair, 
     restoration and renovation of buildings instead of $5,500,000 
     as proposed by the House and $7,385,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts


                       Operations and Maintenance

       Amendment No. 133: Appropriates $10,323,000 for operations 
     and maintenance as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $9,800,000 as proposed by the House.

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       Amendment No. 134: Includes Senate provision which amends 
     40 U.S.C. 193n to provide the Kennedy Center with the same 
     police authority as the Smithsonian Institution and the 
     National Gallery of Art. The House had no similar provision.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


                         Salaries and Expenses

       Amendment No. 135: Appropriates $5,840,000 for the Woodrow 
     Wilson International Center for Scholars instead of 
     $5,840,100 as proposed by the House and $6,537,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The managers continue to have serious concerns about the 
     total costs associated with the proposed move to the Federal 
     Triangle building. Until such time as both the House and 
     Senate Appropriations Committees' concerns are satisfactorily 
     addressed, no funds may be used for this purpose.

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts


                       grants and administration

       Amendment No. 136: Appropriates $82,259,000 for grants and 
     administration as proposed by the House instead of 
     $88,765,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 137: Deletes House language making NEA 
     funding contingent upon passage of a House reauthorization 
     bill. The Senate had no similar provision.
       The managers on the part of the House continue to support 
     termination of NEA within two years, and do not support 
     funding beyond FY 1997. The managers on the part of the 
     Senate take strong exception to the House position, and 
     support continued funding for NEA. The managers expect this 
     issue to be resolved by the legislative committees in the 
     House and Senate.


                            matching grants

       Amendment No. 138: Appropriates $17,235,000 for matching 
     grants as proposed by the House instead of $21,235,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 139: Deletes House language making funding 
     for NEA contingent upon passage of a House reauthorization 
     bill.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities


                       grants and administration

       Amendment No. 140: Appropriates $94,000,000 for grants and 
     administration as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $82,469,000 as proposed by the House.
       The managers on the part of the House continue to support a 
     phase out of NEH within three years, and do not support 
     funding beyond FY 1998. The managers on the part of the 
     Senate take strong exception to the House position, and 
     support continued funding for NEH. The managers expect this 
     issue to be resolved by the legislative committees in the 
     Hose and Senate.


                            matching grants

       Amendment No. 141: Appropriates $16,000,000 for matching 
     grants as proposed by the Senate instead of $17,025,000 as 
     proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 142: Earmarks $10,000,000 for challenge 
     grants as proposed by the Senate instead of $9,180,000 as 
     proposed by the House.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 143: Appropriates $2,500,000 for salaries and 
     expenses as proposed by the Senate instead of $3,063,000 as 
     proposed by the House.
       While the Advisory Council works closely with Federal 
     agencies and departments, the National Park Service and State 
     historic preservation officers, it does not have 
     responsibility for designating historic properties, providing 
     financial assistance, overriding other federal agencies' 
     decisions, or controlling actions taken by property owners.
       The managers encourage those Federal agencies and 
     departments which benefit from the Advisory Council's expert 
     advice to assist in covering these costs. The managers are 
     concerned that some Advisory Council activities may duplicate 
     those conducted by other preservation agencies. Therefore, 
     the managers direct the Advisory Council to evaluate ways to 
     recover the costs of assisting Federal agencies and 
     departments through reimbursable agreements and to examine 
     its program activities to identify ways to eliminate any 
     duplication with other agencies. The Advisory Council shall 
     report its findings to the Congress by March 31, 1996.

             Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 144: Appropriates $147,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $48,000 as proposed by the House.

              Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 145: Appropriates no funds as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the House.


                           public development

       Amendment No. 146: Modifies language proposed by the Senate 
     allowing the use of prior year funding for operating and 
     administrative expenses. The modification allows the use of 
     prior year funding for shutdown costs in addition to 
     operating costs. In addition, prior year funds may be used to 
     fund activities associated with the functions transferred to 
     the General Services Administration. The House had no similar 
     provision.
       The managers agree that not more than $3,000,000 in prior 
     year funds can be used for operating, administrative 
     expenses, and shutdown costs for the Pennsylvania Avenue 
     Development Corporation. The managers direct that the orderly 
     shutdown of the Corporation be accomplished within six months 
     from the date of enactment of this Act. No staff should be 
     maintained beyond April 1, 1996. The managers agree that 
     Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation staff associated 
     with the Federal Triangle project should be transferred to 
     the General Services Administration, and provision for the 
     transfer has been included in the Treasury-Postal Services 
     Appropriations bill.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Council


                       holocaust memorial council

       Amendment No. 147: Appropriates $28,707,000 for the 
     Holocaust Memorial Council as proposed by the House instead 
     of $26,609,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 148: Restores language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate providing that $1,264,000 for the 
     Museum's exhibition program shall remain available until 
     expended.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Amendment No. 149: Retains Senate provision making a 
     technical correction to Public Law 103-413.
       Amendment No. 150: Includes Senate provision that any funds 
     used for the Americorps program are subject to the 
     reprogramming guidelines, and can only be used if the 
     Americorps program is funded in the VA-HUD and Independent 
     Agencies fiscal year 1996 appropriations bill. The House 
     prohibited the use of any funds for the Americorps program.
       Since the Northwest Service Academy (NWSA) is funded 
     through fiscal year 1996, the managers agree that the 
     agencies are not prohibited from granting the NWSA a special 
     use permit, from using the NWSA to accomplish projects on 
     agency-managed lands or in furtherance of the agencies' 
     missions, or from paying the NWSA a reasonable fee-for-
     service for projects.
       Amendment No. 151: Modifies House language stricken by the 
     Senate transferring certain responsibilities from the 
     Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation to the General 
     Services Administration, National Capital Planning 
     Commission, and the National Park Service. The modification 
     transfers all unobligated and unexpended balances to the 
     General Services Administration. The Senate had no similar 
     provision.
       Amendment No. 152: Modifies House and Senate provisions 
     relating to the Interior Columbia River Basin ecoregion 
     management project (the Project). The House and Senate 
     contained different language on the subject, but both 
     versions were clear in their position that the Project has 
     grown too large, and too costly to sustain in a time of 
     shrinking budgets. In addition, the massive nature of the 
     undertaking, and the broad geographic scope of the decisions 
     to be made as part of a single project has raised concerns 
     about potential vulnerability to litigation and court 
     injunctions with a regionwide impact. The language included 
     in the conference report reflects a compromise between the 
     two versions.
       Subsection (b) appropriated $4,000,000 for the completion 
     of an assessment on the National forest system lands and 
     lands administered by the BLM within the area encompassed by 
     the Project, and to publish two draft Environmental Impact 
     Statements on the Project. The Forest Service and BLM should 
     rely heavily on the eastside forest ecosystem health 
     assessment in the development of the assessment and DEIS's, 
     in particular, volume II and IV provide a significant amount 
     of the direction necessary for the development of an 
     ecosystem management plan. This document has already been 
     peer reviewed and widely distributed to the public. 
     Therefore, the collaborative efforts by many scientists can 
     be recognized.
       The two separate DEIS's would cover the project region of 
     eastern Washington and Oregon, and the project region of 
     Montana and Idaho, and other affected States. The language 
     also directs project officials to submit the assessment and 
     two DEIS's to the appropriate House and Senate committees for 
     their review. The DEIS's are not decisional and not subject 
     to judicial review. The managers have included this language 
     based upon concern that the publication of DEIS's of this 
     magnitude would present the opportunity for an injunction 
     that would shut down all multiple use activities in the 
     region.
       The assessment shall contain a range of alternatives 
     without the identification of a preferred alternative or 
     management recommendation. The assessment will also provide a 
     methodology for conducting any cumulative effects analysis 
     required by section 102(2) of NEPA, in the preparation of 
     each amendment to a resource management plan.
       The assessment shall also include the scientific 
     information and analysis conducted by the Project on forest 
     and rangeland health conditions, among other considerations, 
     and the implications of the management of these conditions. 
     Further, the assessment and DEIS's shall not be subject to 
     consultation or conferencing under section 7 

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     of the Endangered Species Act, nor be accompanied by any 
     record of decision required under NEPA.
       Subsection (c) states the objective of the managers that 
     the district manager of the Bureau of Land Management or the 
     forest supervisor of the Forest Service use the DEIS's as an 
     information base for the development of individual plan 
     amendments to their respective forest plan. The managers 
     believe that the local officials will do the best job in 
     preparing plan amendments that will achieve the greatest 
     degree of balance between multiple use activities and 
     environmental protection.
       Upon the date of enactment, the land managers are required 
     to review their resource management plan for their forest, 
     together with a review of the assessment and DEIS's, and 
     based on that review, develop or modify the policies laid out 
     in the DEIS or assessment to meet the specific conditions of 
     their forest.
       Based upon this review, subsection (c)(2) directs the 
     forest supervisor or district manager to prepare and adopt an 
     amendment to meet the conditions of the individual forest. In 
     an effort to increase the local participation in the plan 
     amendment process, the district manager or forest supervisor 
     is directed to consult with the governor, and affected county 
     commissioners and tribal governments in the affected area.
       Plan amendments should be site specific, in lieu of 
     imposing general standards applicable to multiple sites. If 
     an amendment would result in a major change in land use 
     allocations within the forest plan, such an amendment shall 
     be deemed a significant change, and therefore requiring a 
     significant plan amendment or equivalent.
       Subsection (c)(5) strictly limits the basis for individual 
     plan amendments in a fashion that the managers intend to be 
     exclusive.
       Language has been included to stop duplication of 
     environmental requirements. Subsection (c)(6)(A) states that 
     any policy adopted in an amendment that modifies, or is an 
     alternative policy, to the general policies laid out in the 
     DEIS's and assessment document that has already undergone 
     consultation or conferencing under section 7 of the ESA, 
     shall not again be subject to such provisions. If a policy 
     has not undergone consultation or conferencing under section 
     7 of the ESA, or if an amendment addresses other matters, 
     however, then that amendment shall be subject to section 7.
       Amendments which modify or are an alternative policy are 
     required to be adopted before July 31, 1996. An amendment 
     that is deemed significant, shall be adopted on or before 
     December 31, 1996. The policies of the Project shall no 
     longer be in effect on a forest on or after December 31, 
     1996, or after an amendment to the plan that applies to that 
     forest is adopted, whichever comes first.
       The managers have included language specific to the 
     Clearwater National Forest, as it relates to the provisions 
     of this section. The managers have also included language to 
     clarify that the documents prepared under this section shall 
     not apply to, or be used to regulate non-Federal lands.
       Amendment No. 153: Includes a modified version of 
     provisions included by both the House and Senate relating to 
     a recreational fee demonstration program. This pilot program 
     provides for testing a variety of fee collection methods 
     designed to improve our public lands by allowing 80 percent 
     of fees generated to stay with the parks, forests, refuges 
     and public lands where the fees are collected. There is a 
     tremendous backlog of operational and maintenance needs that 
     have gone unmet, while at the same time visits by the 
     American public continue to rise. The public is better served 
     and more willing to pay reasonable user fees if they are 
     assured that the fees are being used to manage and enhance 
     the sites where the fees are collected.
       Most of the provisions of the Senate amendment are 
     incorporated into the amendment agreed to by the managers, 
     which provides for the following:
       (1) The maximum number of demonstration sites per agency is 
     extended from 30 to 50.
       (2) The time period for the demonstration is extended from 
     one year to three years and these funds remain available for 
     three years after the demonstration period ends.
       (3) Agencies may impose a fine of up to $100 for violation 
     of the authority to collect fees established by this program.
       (4) The more simplified accounting procedures proposed by 
     the Senate are adopted, such that fewer Treasury accounts 
     need to be established than proposed by the House.
       (5) In those cases where demonstrations had fee collections 
     in place before this provision, fees above the amounts 
     collected in 1995 (plus 4% annually) are to be used for the 
     benefit of the collection site or on an agency-wide basis. 
     The other fees collected will be treated like they are at 
     non-demonstration sites, except funds withheld to cover fee 
     collection costs for agencies other than the Fish and 
     Wildlife Service will remain available beyond the fiscal year 
     in which they are collected.
       (6) For those Fish and Wildlife Service demonstrations 
     where fees were collected in fiscal year 1995, the fees 
     collected, up to the 1995 level (plus 4% annually), are 
     disbursed as they were in 1995.
       (7) The agencies have been provided more latitude in 
     selecting demonstration sites, areas or projects. These 
     demonstrations may include an entire administrative unit, 
     such as a national park or national wildlife refuge where 
     division into smaller units would be difficult to administer 
     or where fee collections would adversely affect visitor use 
     patterns.
       (8) The Secretaries are directed to select and design the 
     demonstration projects in a manner which will provide optimum 
     opportunities to evaluate the broad spectrum of resource 
     conditions and recreational opportunities on Federal lands, 
     including facility, interpretation, and fish and wildlife 
     habitat enhancement projects that enhance the visitor 
     experience.
       (9) Vendors may charge a reasonable markup or commission to 
     cover their costs and provide a profit.
       (10) Each Secretary shall provide the Congress a brief 
     report describing the selected sites and fee recovery methods 
     to be used by March 31, 1996, and a report which evaluates 
     the pilot demonstrations, including recommendations for 
     further legislation, by March 31, 1999. The reports to 
     Congress are to include a discussion of the different sites 
     selected and how they represent the geographical and 
     programmatic spectrum of recreational sites and habitats 
     managed by the agencies. The diversity of fee collection 
     methods and fair market valuation methods should also be 
     explained.
       (11) In order to maximize funding for start-up costs, 
     agencies are encouraged to use existing authority in 
     developing innovative implementation strategies, including 
     cooperative efforts between agencies and local governments.
       (12) Although the managers have not included the Senate 
     amendment language regarding geographical discrimination on 
     fees, the managers agree that entrance, tourism, and 
     recreational fees should reflect the circumstances and 
     conditions of the various States and regions of the country. 
     In setting fees, consideration should be given to fees 
     charged on comparable sites in other parts of the region or 
     country. The four agencies are encouraged to cooperate fully 
     in providing additional data on tourism, recreational use, or 
     rates which may be required by Congress in addressing the fee 
     issue.
       (13) The managers request that the General Accounting 
     Office conduct a study and report to the Appropriations 
     Committees by July 31, 1996 on the methodology and progress 
     made by the Secretaries to implement this section.
       Amendment No. 154: Deletes House language relating to 
     salvage timber sales in the Pacific Northwest, and 
     substitutes language which makes a technical correction to 
     the emergency salvage timber program, Sec. 2001(a)(2) of 
     Public Law 104-19 that changes the ending date of the 
     emergency period to December 31, 1996. This correction is 
     necessary to conform to the expiration date in Sec. 2001(j). 
     The Senate included no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 155: Retains the House language stricken by 
     the Senate prohibiting the use of funds for the Mississippi 
     River Corridor Heritage Commission.
       Amendment No. 156: Deletes House language stricken by the 
     Senate placing a moratorium on the issuance of new or amended 
     standards and reducing the codes and standards program in the 
     Department of Energy by $12,799,000 and inserts language 
     regarding grazing at Great Basin National Park. The codes and 
     standards issue is discussed under the energy conservation 
     portion of this statement.
       Amendment No. 157: Deletes language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate and retains Senate alternative 
     language providing for a one-year moratorium on new or 
     amended standards by the Department of Energy. This issue is 
     discussed under the energy conservation portion of this 
     statement.
       Amendment No. 158: Modifies House mining patent moratorium 
     that was stricken and replaced by the Senate with fair market 
     value legislation for mining patents. The conference 
     agreement continues the existing moratorium on the issuance 
     of mining patents that was contained in the fiscal year 1995 
     Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act until (1) a 
     concurrent resolution containing reconciliation instructions 
     for fiscal year 1996 is enacted into law that contains 
     provisions relating to the patenting of, and payment of 
     royalties to, such claims, or (2) an agreement is approved by 
     both the House and Senate in an identical form on other 
     legislation containing provisions relating to the patenting 
     of, payment of royalties on, and reclamation of such claims. 
     In the latter case, reclamation will be defined in any such 
     legislation.
       The agreement further requires the Secretary of the 
     Interior within three months of the enactment of this Act to 
     file with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and 
     the authorizing committees a plan which details how the 
     Department will take final action on at least 90 percent of 
     such applications within three years of enactment of this 
     Act, and take such actions as necessary to carry out such 
     plan. In order to process more expeditiously the class of 
     exempted patent applications that are allowed to proceed 
     under the moratorium, the Secretary shall require an 
     applicant to fund the retention by the Bureau of Land 
     Management of a qualified third-party contractor to conduct a 
     mineral examination of the mining claims or mill sites 
     contained in the patent application. BLM will have sole 
     responsibility to choose and pay the third-party contractor.
       Amendment No. 159: Includes the Senate provision which 
     prohibits funding for the Office of Forestry and Economic 
     Development after December 31, 1995. The House had no similar 
     provision.

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       Amendment No. 160: Retains language inserted by the Senate 
     prohibiting redefinition of the marbled murrelet nesting area 
     or modification to the protocol for surveying marbled 
     murrelets. The House had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 161: Retains language inserted by the Senate 
     authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to exchange land in 
     Washington State with the Boise Cascade Corporation. The 
     House had no similar language.
       Amendment No. 162: Includes Senate provision which creates 
     a new Timber Sales Pipeline Restoration Fund at the 
     Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to partially 
     finance the preparation of timber sales from the revenues 
     generated from the section 318 timber sales that are released 
     under section 2001(k) of Public law 104-19. The House 
     included no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 163: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     which would prohibit use of funds for travel and training 
     expenses for the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Office of 
     Indian Education for education conferences or training 
     activities.
       The managers expect the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the 
     Office of Indian Education to monitor carefully the funds 
     used for travel and training activities. The managers are 
     concerned about the cost of travel and training associated 
     with national conferences attended by school board members or 
     staff of schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
     Because of the funding constraints faced by the Bureau, the 
     managers expect that priority will be given to funding those 
     activities which directly support accreditation of Bureau 
     funded schools and covering costs associated with increased 
     enrollment.
       Amendment No. 164: Retains language inserted by the Senate 
     prohibiting the award of grants to individuals by the 
     National Endowment for the Arts except for literature 
     fellowships, National Heritage fellowships and American Jazz 
     Masters fellowships. The House had no similar provisions.
       Amendment No. 165: Includes Senate provision which delays 
     implementation or enforcement of the Administration's 
     rangeland reform program until November 21, 1995. The House 
     included no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 166: Strikes Senate section 331 pertaining to 
     submission of land acquisition projects by priority ranking. 
     Priorities should continue to be identified in the budget 
     request and justifications.
       Amendment No. 167: Includes Senate provision that makes 
     three changes to existing law relating to tree spiking. Costs 
     incurred by Federal agencies, businesses and individuals to 
     detect, prevent and avoid damage and injury from tree 
     spiking, real or threatened, may be included as ``avoidance 
     costs'' in meeting the threshold of $10,000 required for 
     prosecution. The language doubles the discretionary maximum 
     penalties for prison terms to 40 years for incidents 
     resulting in the most severe personal injury. Those injured 
     would have recourse to file civil suits to recover damages 
     under this law. The House had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 168: Modifies Senate language restricting 
     grants that denigrate adherents to a particular religion. The 
     modification specifies that this restriction applies to NEA 
     and incorporates Senate language from Amendment No. 169 
     restricting NEA Grants for sexually explicit material. The 
     House had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 169: Deletes Senate language restricting NEA 
     grants for sexually explicit material. This issue is 
     addressed in Amendment No. 168.
       Amendment No. 170: Deletes language inserted by the Senate 
     extending the scope of the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act. 
     The House had no similar provision. The amendment also 
     inserts language providing that former Bureau of Mines 
     activities, which are being transferred to other accounts, 
     are paid for from those accounts for all of fiscal year 1996 
     and changes a section number.
       Amendment No. 171: Deletes language inserted by the Senate 
     mandating energy savings at Federal facilities. The House had 
     no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 172: Deletes Senate amendment requiring the 
     Indian Health Service to prepare a report on the distribution 
     of Indian Health Service professionals. The House had no 
     similar provision.
       Amendment No. 173: Deletes Senate amendment requiring the 
     Indian Health Service to prepare a report on HIV-AIDS 
     prevention needs among Indian tribes. The House had no 
     similar provision.


                   application of general reductions

       The level at which reductions shall be taken pursuant to 
     the Deficit Reduction Act of 1985, if such reductions are 
     required in fiscal year 1996, is defined by the managers as 
     follows:
       As provided for by section 2576(1)(2) of Public Law 99-177, 
     as amended, and for the purposes of a Presidential Order 
     issued pursuant to section 254 of said Act, the term 
     ``program, project, and activity'' for items under the 
     jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on the 
     Department of the Interior and Related Agencies of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate is defined as (1) any item 
     specifically identified in tables or written material set 
     forth in the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, or accompanying committee reports or the conference 
     report and accompanying joint explanatory statement of the 
     managers of the committee of conference; (2) any Government-
     owned or Government-operated facility; and (3) management 
     units, such as national parks, national forests, fish 
     hatcheries, wildlife refuges, research units, regional, State 
     and other administrative units and the like, for which funds 
     are provided in fiscal year 1996.
       The managers emphasize that any item for which a specific 
     dollar amount is mentioned in an accompanying report, 
     including all changes to the budget estimate approved by the 
     Committees, shall be subject to a percentage reduction no 
     greater or less than the percentage reduction applied to all 
     domestic discretionary accounts.


                   conference total--with comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 1996 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1995 amount, the 1996 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 1996 
     follow:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1995...$13,519,230,000
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 13,817,404,000
House bill, fiscal year 1996.............................11,984,603,000
Senate bill, fiscal year 1996............................12,053,099,000
Conference agreement, fiscal year 1996...................12,114,636,000
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1995-1,404,594,000
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fis-1,702,768,000
    House bill, fiscal year 1996...........................+130,033,000
    Senate bill, fiscal year 1996...........................+61,537,000

     Ralph Regula,
     Joseph M. McDade,
     Jim Kolbe,
     Joe Skeen,
     Barbara F. Vucanovich,
     Charles H. Taylor,
     George R. Nethercutt, Jr.,
     Jim Bunn,
     Bob Livingston,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Slade Gorton,
     Ted Stevens,
     Thad Cochran,
     Mark O. Hatfield,
     Conrad Burns,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Connie Mack,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     J. Bennett Johnston,
     Patrick J. Leahy,
     Fritz Hollings,
     Harry Reid,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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