[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 126 (Friday, September 13, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10512-S10533]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR 
                            FISCAL YEAR 1997

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will now 
proceed to the consideration of H.R. 3662, which the clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 3662) making appropriations for the Department 
     of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported 
from the Committee on Appropriations, with amendments; as follows:

  (The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface 
brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in 
italic.)

                               H.R. 3662

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of 
     the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1997, and for other purposes, namely:

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   management of lands and resources

       For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, 
     development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, 
     acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and 
     performance of other functions, including maintenance of 
     facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands 
     and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
     Land Management, including the general administration of the 
     Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands 
     pursuant to Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), 
     [$566,514,000] $578,692,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which [$2,000,000] $2,010,000 shall be available 
     for assessment of the mineral potential of public lands in 
     Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of Public Law 96-487 (16 
     U.S.C. 3150); and of which $3,000,000 shall be derived from 
     the special receipt account established by the Land and Water 
     Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)); 
     and of which $1,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 
     1997 subject to a match by at least an equal amount by the 
     National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to such Foundation for 
     challenge cost share projects supporting fish and wildlife 
     conservation affecting Bureau lands; in addition, $27,300,000 
     for Mining Law Administration program operations, to remain 
     available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected 
     by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from annual 
     mining claim fees so as to result in a final appropriation 
     estimated at not more than [$566,514,000] $578,692,000; and 
     in addition, not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, from annual mining claim fees; which shall be 
     credited to this account for the costs of administering the 
     mining claim fee program, and $2,000,000 from communication 
     site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost of 
     administering communication site activities: Provided, That 
     appropriations herein made shall not be available for the 
     destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in 
     the care of the Bureau or its contractors: Provided further, 
     That in fiscal year 1997 and thereafter, all fees, excluding 
     mining claim fees, in excess of the fiscal year 1996 
     collections established by the Secretary of the Interior 
     under the authority of 43 U.S.C. 1734 for processing, 
     recording, or documenting authorizations to use public lands 
     or public land natural resources (including cultural, 
     historical, and mineral) and for providing specific services 
     to public land users, and which are not presently being 
     covered into any Bureau of Land Management appropriation 
     accounts, and not otherwise dedicated by law for a specific 
     distribution, shall be made immediately available for program 
     operations in this account and remain available until 
     expended.

                        wildland fire management

       For necessary expenses for fire use and management, fire 
     preparedness, suppression operations, and emergency 
     rehabilitation by the Department of the Interior, 
     [$247,924,000] $264,609,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which not to exceed $5,025,000 shall be for the 
     renovation or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That 
     such funds are also available for repayment of advances to 
     other appropriation accounts from which funds were previously 
     transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That persons 
     hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence 
     and lodging without costs from funds available from this 
     appropriation: Provided further, That unobligated balances of 
     amounts previously appropriated to the ``Fire Protection'' 
     and ``Emergency Department of the Interior Firefighting 
     Fund'' may be transferred to this appropriation.

                    central hazardous materials fund

       For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior 
     and any of its component offices and bureaus for the remedial 
     action, including associated activities, of hazardous waste 
     substances, pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
     Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
     $12,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sums recovered from or 
     paid by a party in advance of or as reimbursement for 
     remedial action or response activities conducted by the 
     Department pursuant to sections 107 or 113(f) of such Act, 
     shall be credited to this account to be available until 
     expended without further appropriation: Provided further, 
     That such sums recovered from or paid by any party are not 
     limited to monetary payments and may include stocks, bonds or 
     other personal or real property,

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     which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise disposed of 
     by the Secretary and which shall be credited to this account.

                              construction

       For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 
     roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, [$3,103,000] 
     $4,333,000, to remain available until expended.

                       payments in lieu of taxes

       For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20, 
     1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901-07), [$113,500,000] 
     $115,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be 
     available for administrative expenses.

                            land acquisition

       For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 
     318(d) of Public Law 94-579 including administrative expenses 
     and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, 
     [$10,000,000] $14,060,000, to be derived from the Land and 
     Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended.

                   oregon and california grant lands

       For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 
     development of resources and for construction, operation, and 
     maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other 
     improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad 
     grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and 
     California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent 
     rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein 
     including existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such 
     grant lands; [$98,365,000] $102,656,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That 25 per centum of the aggregate 
     of all receipts during the current fiscal year from the 
     revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby 
     made a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant 
     fund and shall be transferred to the General Fund in the 
     Treasury in accordance with the second paragraph of 
     subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 
     Stat. 876).

                           range improvements

       For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands 
     and interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands 
     pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding any 
     other Act, sums equal to 50 per centum of all moneys received 
     during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 of the 
     Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.) and the amount 
     designated for range improvements from grazing fees and 
     mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands 
     transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant to 
     law, but not less than $9,113,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be 
     available for administrative expenses.

               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

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

                       miscellaneous trust funds

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

                       administrative provisions

       Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be 
     available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of 
     temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of 
     necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 
     United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the 
     discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 
     concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 
     miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
     activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 
     accounted for solely on his certificate, not to exceed 
     $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the 
     Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership 
     arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 
     from cooperators in connection with jointly-produced 
     publications for which the cooperators share the cost of 
     printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau 
     determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
     quality standards.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          resource management

       For expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies, 
     conservation, management, investigations, protection, and 
     utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales, 
     seals, and sea lions, and for the performance of other 
     authorized functions related to such resources; for the 
     general administration of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service; for maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle on 
     the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge; and not less than 
     $1,000,000 for high priority projects within the scope of the 
     approved budget which shall be carried out by the Youth 
     Conservation Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 
     1970, as amended, [$520,519,000] $529,527,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 1998, of which $11,557,000 
     shall remain available until expended for operation and 
     maintenance of fishery mitigation facilities constructed by 
     the Corps of Engineers under the Lower Snake River 
     Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water Resources 
     Development Act of 1976, to compensate for loss of fishery 
     resources from water development projects on the Lower Snake 
     River, of which not more than $500,000 shall be used only to 
     prepare and publish withdrawal notices under section 4(b)(6) 
     (A)(i)(IV) and (B)(ii) of the Endangered Species Act and to 
     prepare and publish proposed or final rules to remove species 
     from either of the lists published under section 4(c) of the 
     Endangered Species Act or to change the status of species 
     from endangered to threatened in accordance with the 
     provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of section 4 of the 
     Endangered Species Act, and of which [$1,000,000] not to 
     exceed $1,500,000 shall be provided to the National Fish and 
     Wildlife Foundation for implementation of the Natural 
     Communities Conservation Plan, and shall be available only to 
     the extent matched by at least an equal amount from the 
     Foundation and shall remain available until expended[: 
     Provided, That pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701, the Secretary 
     shall charge reasonable fees for the full costs of providing 
     training by the National Education and Training Center, to be 
     credited to this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, of 
     which not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available for the 
     direct costs of providing such training[: Provided, That 
     hereafter, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701, the Secretary shall 
     charge reasonable fees for the full costs of providing 
     training by the National Education and Training Center, to be 
     credited to this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, for 
     the direct costs of providing such training[: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds provided 
     herein may be used for contaminant sample analysis].

                              construction

       For construction and acquisition of buildings and other 
     facilities required in the conservation, management, 
     investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and 
     wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and 
     interests therein; [$38,298,000] $45,306,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                natural resource damage assessment fund

       To conduct natural resource damage assessment activities by 
     the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 
     provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601, 
     et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 
     U.S.C. 1251, et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public 
     Law 101-380), and Public Law 101-337; $4,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                            land acquisition

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4-
     11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition 
     of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with 
     statutory authority applicable to the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, [$30,000,000] $50,802,000, of which 
     $3,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated and shall be used 
     to establish the Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge in 
     Kentucky, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
     Fund, to remain available until expended.

            cooperative endangered species conservation fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), as 
     amended, [$13,085,000 (increased by $1,000,000)] $14,085,000, 
     for grants to States, to be derived from the Cooperative 
     Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and to remain available 
     until expended.

                     national wildlife refuge fund

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

                         rewards and operations

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4203, 4211-
     4213, 4221-4225, 4241-4245, and 1538), [$1,000,000] $600,000, 
     to remain available until expended.

               north american wetlands conservation fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     North American Wetlands

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     Conservation Act, Public Law 101-233, [$7,750,000] 
     $10,750,000, to remain available until expended.

                 rhinoceros and tiger conservation fund

       For deposit to the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund, 
     [$400,000] $200,000, to remain available until expended, to 
     carry out the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 
     (Public Law 103-391).

              wildlife conservation and appreciation fund

       For deposit to the Wildlife Conservation and Appreciation 
     Fund, $800,000, to remain available until expended[, for 
     carrying out the Partnerships for Wildlife Act only to the 
     extent such funds are matched as provided in section 7105 of 
     said Act].

                       administrative provisions

       Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
     Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of 
     not to exceed 83 passenger motor vehicles of which 73 are for 
     replacement only (including 43 for police-type use); not to 
     exceed $400,000 for payment, at the discretion of the 
     Secretary, for information, rewards, or evidence concerning 
     violations of laws administered by the Service, and 
     miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
     activities, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 
     accounted for solely on his certificate; repair of damage to 
     public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused 
     by operations of the Service; options for the purchase of 
     land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident 
     to such public recreational uses on conservation areas as are 
     consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance 
     and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities 
     under the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United 
     States has title, and which are utilized pursuant to law in 
     connection with management and investigation of fish and 
     wildlife resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 
     501, the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and 
     partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing 
     services from cooperators in connection with jointly-produced 
     publications for which the cooperators share at least one-
     half the cost of printing either in cash or services and the 
     Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting 
     accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the 
     Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for 
     existing aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior may not 
     spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
     purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used in the 
     establishment of any new unit of the National Wildlife Refuge 
     System unless the purchase is approved in advance by the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance 
     with the reprogramming procedures contained in House Report 
     103-551: Provided further, That section 201 of the Emergency 
     Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 3911) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ``distributed'' 
     and inserting ``used''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of 
     subparagraph (A) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 
     respectively;
       (B) by striking ``shall be distributed as follows:'' and 
     all that follows through ``such amount--'' and inserting 
     ``shall be used by the Secretary--''; and
       (C) by striking subparagraph (b).

                         National Park Service

                 operation of the national park system

       For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
     maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the 
     National Park Service (including special road maintenance 
     service to trucking permittees on a reimbursable basis), and 
     for the general administration of the National Park Service, 
     including not to exceed $1,593,000 for the Volunteers-in-
     Parks program, and not less than $1,000,000 for high priority 
     projects within the scope of the approved budget which shall 
     be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized 
     by 16 U.S.C. 1706, [$1,135,139,000] $1,156,784,000, without 
     regard to 16 U.S.C. 451, of which [$12,800,000] $4,000,000 
     for research, planning and interagency coordination in 
     support of land acquisition for Everglades restoration shall 
     remain available until expended, and of which not to exceed 
     $72,000,000, to remain available until expended, is to be 
     derived from the special fee account established pursuant to 
     title V, section 5201, of Public Law 100-203.

                  national recreation and preservation

       For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, 
     natural programs, cultural programs, environmental compliance 
     and review, international park affairs, statutory or 
     contractual aid for other activities, and grant 
     administration, not otherwise provided for, [$36,476,000] 
     $39,476,000.

                       historic preservation fund

       For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic 
     Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), 
     [$36,212,000] $36,612,000, to be derived from the Historic 
     Preservation Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
     1998.

                              construction

       For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of 
     physical facilities including the modifications authorized by 
     section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and 
     Expansion Act of 1989, [$119,745,000] $165,418,000, to remain 
     available until expended[: Provided, That funds provided 
     under this head, derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, 
     established by the Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as 
     amended (16 U.S.C. 470), may be available until expended to 
     render sites safe for visitors and for building 
     stabilization]: Provided, That funds previously provided 
     under this heading that had been made available to the City 
     of Hot Springs, Arkansas, to be used for a flood protection 
     feasibility study, are now made available to the City of Hot 
     Springs for the rehabilitation of the Federally-constructed 
     Hot Springs Creek Arch, including the portion within Hot 
     Springs National Park.

                    land and water conservation fund

                              (rescission)

       The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1997 by 16 
     U.S.C. 460l-10a is rescinded.

                 land acquisition and state assistance

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4-
     11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition 
     of lands or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with 
     statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service, 
     [$30,000,000] $48,415,000, to be derived from the Land and 
     Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended, 
     of which $1,000,000 is to administer the State assistance 
     program: Provided, That any funds made available for the 
     purpose of acquisition of the Elwha and Glines dams shall be 
     used solely for acquisition, and shall not be expended until 
     the full purchase amount has been appropriated by the 
     Congress; Provided further, That of the funds provided 
     herein, $2,500,000 is available for acquisition of the 
     Sterling Forest, subject to authorization.

                       administrative provisions

       Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be 
     available for the purchase of not to exceed 404 passenger 
     motor vehicles, of which 287 shall be for replacement only, 
     including not to exceed 320 for police-type use, 13 buses, 
     and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds 
     appropriated to the National Park Service may be used to 
     process any grant or contract documents which do not include 
     the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913[: Provided further, That of the 
     funds provided to the National Park Service in this or any 
     other Act not more than $1,700,000 is to be used for the 
     Office of the Director, not more than $2,000,000 is to be 
     used for the Office of Public Affairs, and not more than 
     $951,000 is to be used for the Office of Congressional 
     Affairs]: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated to the National Park Service may be used to 
     implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the southern 
     end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been submitted 
     to the Congress and shall not be implemented prior to the 
     expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any day in 
     which either House of Congress is not in session because of 
     adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day 
     certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives and the President of the Senate of a full and 
     comprehensive report on the development of the southern end 
     of Ellis Island, including the facts and circumstances relied 
     upon in support of the proposed project.
       None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National 
     Park Service for activities taken in direct response to the 
     United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
       The National Park Service may in fiscal year 1997 and 
     thereafter enter into cooperative agreements that involve the 
     transfer of National Park Service appropriated funds to 
     State, local and tribal governments, other public entities, 
     educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations 
     for the public purpose of carrying out National Park Service 
     programs pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 6305 to carry out public 
     purposes of National Park Service programs.

                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

       For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
     Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research 
     covering topography, geology, hydrology, and the mineral and 
     water resources of the United States, its Territories and 
     possessions, and other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 
     1332 and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and water 
     resources; give engineering supervision to power permittees 
     and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees; 
     administer the minerals exploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); 
     and publish and disseminate data relative to the foregoing 
     activities; and to conduct inquiries into the economic 
     conditions affecting mining and materials processing 
     industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and 
     related purposes as authorized by law and to publish and 
     disseminate data; [$730,163,000] $737,040,000, of which 
     [$62,130,000] $65,809,000 shall be available only for 
     cooperation with States or municipalities for water resources 
     investigations; and of which $16,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for conducting inquiries into the 
     economic conditions affecting mining and materials processing 
     industries; and of which [$137,000,000] $137,750,000 shall be 
     available until September 30, 1998 for the biological 
     research activity and the operation of the Cooperative 
     Research Units[; and of which $16,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for conducting inquiries into the 
     economic conditions affecting mining and materials processing 
     industries]: Provided, That none of these funds provided for 
     the biological research activity shall be used to conduct

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     new surveys on private property, unless specifically 
     authorized in writing by the property owner: Provided 
     further, That beginning in fiscal year 1998 and once every 
     five years thereafter, the National Academy of Sciences shall 
     review and report on the biological research activity of the 
     Survey: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation 
     shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost of 
     topographic mapping or water resources data collection and 
     investigations carried on in cooperation with States and 
     municipalities.

                       administrative provisions

       The amount appropriated for the United States Geological 
     Survey shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 
     53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are for replacement 
     only; reimbursement to the General Services Administration 
     for security guard services; contracting for the furnishing 
     of topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or 
     other specialized surveys when it is administratively 
     determined that such procedures are in the public interest; 
     construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and 
     appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 
     stations and observation wells; expenses of the United States 
     National Committee on Geology; and payment of compensation 
     and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly 
     appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 
     and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 
     activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 
     accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or 
     cooperative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302, et seq.

                      Minerals Management Service

                royalty and offshore minerals management

       For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and 
     environmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and 
     collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
     laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other 
     minerals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; 
     and for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including 
     the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles 
     for replacement only; [$182,555,000] $159,555,000, of which 
     not less than [$74,063,000] $70,063,000 shall be available 
     for royalty management activities; and an amount not to 
     exceed [$15,400,000] $41,000,000 for the Technical 
     Information Management System and [Related Activities] 
     activities of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands 
     Activity, to be credited to this appropriation and to remain 
     available until expended, from additions to receipts 
     resulting from increases to rates in effect on August 5, 
     1993, from rate increases to fee collections for OCS 
     administrative activities performed by the Minerals 
     Management Service over and above the rates in effect on 
     September 30, 1993, and from additional fees for OCS 
     administrative activities established after September 30, 
     1993: Provided, That $1,500,000 for computer acquisitions 
     shall remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided 
     further, That funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
     available for the payment of interest in accordance with 30 
     U.S.C. 1721 (b) and (d): Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses related to 
     promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, $15,000 under this head shall be available for refunds 
     of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in 
     which the Director of the Minerals Management Service 
     concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to 
     Indian allottees or Tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable 
     erroneous payments.

                           oil spill research

       For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, 
     title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, 
     section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,440,000, 
     which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
     Fund, to remain available until expended.

                            Bureau of Mines

                           mines and minerals

       For expenses necessary for, and incidental to, the closure 
     of the United States Bureau of Mines, including payments for 
     workers compensation and unemployment compensation for former 
     employees of the United States Bureau of Mines, $2,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

                       regulation and technology

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
     Law 95-87, as amended, including the purchase of not to 
     exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; 
     [$94,272,000] $94,172,000, and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
     3302, an additional amount shall be credited to this account, 
     to remain available until expended, from performance bond 
     forfeitures in fiscal year 1997: Provided, That the Secretary 
     of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may utilize 
     directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in 
     fiscal year 1997 for civil penalties assessed under section 
     518 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
     (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal 
     mining practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided further, That appropriations for the 
     Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may 
     provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State and 
     tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining 
     Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.

                    abandoned mine reclamation fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface 
     Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, 
     as amended, including the purchase of not more than 10 
     passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, [$175,887,000] 
     $179,085,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned 
     Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended; 
     of which $4,000,000 shall be for supplemental grants to 
     States for the reclamation of abandoned sites with acid mine 
     rock drainage from coal mines through the Appalachian Clean 
     Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum program 
     States will be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal year 1997: 
     Provided further, That of the funds herein provided up to 
     $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency program authorized 
     by section 410 of Public Law 95-87, as amended, of which no 
     more than 25 per centum shall be used for emergency 
     reclamation projects in any one State and funds for 
     federally-administered emergency reclamation projects under 
     this proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further, 
     That prior year unobligated funds appropriated for the 
     emergency reclamation program shall not be subject to the 25 
     per centum limitation per State and may be used without 
     fiscal year limitation for emergency projects: Provided 
     further, That pursuant to Public Law 97-365, the Department 
     of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 per centum from 
     the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United States 
     Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts: 
     Provided further, That funds made available to States under 
     title IV of Public Law 95-87 may be used, at their 
     discretion, for any required non-Federal share of the cost of 
     projects funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of 
     environmental restoration related to treatment or abatement 
     of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: Provided further, 
     That such projects must be consistent with the purposes and 
     priorities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      operation of indian programs

       For operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, 
     contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants 
     including expenses necessary to provide education and welfare 
     services for Indians, either directly or in cooperation with 
     States and other organizations, including payment of care, 
     tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians in 
     boarding homes, or institutions, or schools; grants and other 
     assistance to needy Indians; maintenance of law and order; 
     management, development, improvement, and protection of 
     resources and appurtenant facilities under the jurisdiction 
     of the Bureau, including payment of irrigation assessments 
     and charges; acquisition of water rights; advances for Indian 
     industrial and business enterprises; operation of Indian arts 
     and crafts shops and museums; development of Indian arts and 
     crafts, as authorized by law; for the general administration 
     of the Bureau, including such expenses in field offices; 
     maintaining of Indian reservation roads as defined in 23 
     U.S.C. 101; and construction, repair, and improvement of 
     Indian housing, [$1,381,623,000] $1,413,606,000, of which not 
     to exceed [$90,829,000] $91,379,000 shall be for payments to 
     tribes and tribal organizations for contract support costs 
     associated with ongoing contracts or grants or compacts 
     entered into with the Bureau prior to fiscal year 1997, as 
     authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
     amended, and up to $5,000,000 shall be for the Indian Self-
     Determination Fund, which shall be available for the 
     transitional cost of initial or expanded tribal contracts, 
     grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau 
     under such Act; and of which not to exceed [$339,709,000] 
     $344,711,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded 
     schools and other education programs shall become available 
     on July 1, 1997, and shall remain available until September 
     30, 1998; and of which not to exceed [$55,838,000] 
     $53,805,000 for higher education scholarships, adult 
     vocational training, and assistance to public schools under 
     25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall remain available until September 
     30, 1998; and of which not to exceed [$55,603,000] 
     $54,973,000 shall remain available until expended for housing 
     improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation 
     support, self-governance grants, the Indian Self-
     Determination Fund, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: 
     Provided, That tribes and tribal contractors may use their 
     tribal priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of 
     ongoing contracts, grants or compact agreements: Provided 
     further, That funds made available to tribes and tribal 
     organizations through contracts or grants obligated during 
     fiscal year 1997, as authorized by the Indian Self-
     Determination Act of 1975, or grants authorized by the Indian 
     Education Amendments of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2001 and 2008A) shall 
     remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee: 
     Provided further, That to provide funding uniformity within a 
     Self-Governance Compact, any funds provided in this Act with 
     availability for more than one year may be reprogrammed to 
     one year availability but shall remain available within the 
     Compact until expended: Provided further,

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     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, Indian 
     tribal governments may, by appropriate changes in eligibility 
     criteria or by other means, change eligibility for general 
     assistance or change the amount of general assistance 
     payments for individuals within the service area of such 
     tribe who are otherwise deemed eligible for general 
     assistance payments so long as such changes are applied in a 
     consistent manner to individuals similarly situated: Provided 
     further, That any savings realized by such changes shall be 
     available for use in meeting other priorities of the tribes: 
     Provided further, That any net increase in costs to the 
     Federal Government which result solely from tribally 
     increased payment levels for general assistance shall be met 
     exclusively from funds available to the tribe from within its 
     tribal priority allocation: Provided further, That any 
     forestry funds allocated to a tribe which remain unobligated 
     as of September 30, 1997, may be transferred during fiscal 
     year 1998 to an Indian forest land assistance account 
     established for the benefit of such tribe within the tribe's 
     trust fund account: Provided further, That any such 
     unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on 
     September 30, 1998: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, no funds available to the Bureau, 
     other than the amounts provided herein for assistance to 
     public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be 
     available to support the operation of any elementary or 
     secondary school in the State of Alaska in fiscal year 1997: 
     Provided further, That funds made available in this or any 
     other Act for expenditure through September 30, 1998 for 
     schools funded by the Bureau shall be available only to the 
     schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1995: 
     Provided further, That no funds available to the Bureau shall 
     be used to support expanded grades for any school or 
     dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved by 
     the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau 
     school system as of October 1, 1995: Provided further, That 
     in fiscal year 1997 and thereafter, notwithstanding the 
     provisions of 25 U.S.C. 2012(h)(1) (A) and (B), upon the 
     recommendation of either (i) a local school board and school 
     supervisor for an education position in a Bureau of Indian 
     Affairs operated school, or (ii) an Agency school board and 
     education line officer for an Agency education position, the 
     Secretary shall establish adjustments to the rates of basic 
     compensation or annual salary rates established under 25 
     U.S.C. 2012(h)(1) (A) and (B) for education positions at the 
     school or the Agency, at a level not less than that for 
     comparable positions in the nearest public school district, 
     and the adjustment shall be deemed to be a change to basic 
     pay and shall not be subject to collective bargaining: 
     Provided further, That any reduction to rates of basic 
     compensation or annual salary rates below the rates 
     established under 25 U.S.C. 2012(h)(1) (A) and (B) shall 
     apply only to educators appointed after June 30, 1997, and 
     shall not affect the right of an individual employed on June 
     30, 1997, in an education position, to receive the 
     compensation attached to such position under 25 U.S.C. 
     2012(h)(1) (A) and (B) so long as the individual remains in 
     the same position at the same school: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 2012(h)(1)(B), when the rates of 
     basic compensation for teachers and counselors at Bureau-
     operated schools are established at the rates of basic 
     compensation applicable to comparable positions in overseas 
     schools under the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay 
     and Personnel Practices Act, such rates shall become 
     effective with the start of the next academic year following 
     the issuance of the Department of Defense salary schedule and 
     shall not be effected retroactively.

                              construction

       For construction, major repair, and improvement of 
     irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other 
     facilities, including architectural and engineering services 
     by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; 
     and preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of 
     the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 
     87-483, [$85,831,000] $93,933,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be available for 
     the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may 
     be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed 6 per centum of contract 
     authority available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the 
     Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover the road 
     program management costs of the Bureau: Provided further, 
     That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program 
     pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made available on a non-
     reimbursable basis: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
     1997, in implementing new construction or facilities 
     improvement and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 
     that are provided to tribally controlled grant schools under 
     Public Law 100-297, as amended, the Secretary of the Interior 
     shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost 
     Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 
     12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided further, That 
     such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; 
     the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a 
     schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Provided 
     further, That in considering applications, the Secretary 
     shall consider whether the Indian tribe or tribal 
     organization would be deficient in assuring that the 
     construction projects conform to applicable building 
     standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and 
     safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with 
     respect to organizational and financial management 
     capabilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary 
     declines an application, the Secretary shall follow the 
     requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided 
     further, That any disputes between the Secretary and any 
     grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes 
     provision in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e).

 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians

       For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and individuals 
     and for necessary administrative expenses, [$65,241,000] 
     $69,241,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
     [$56,400,000] $68,400,000 shall be available for 
     implementation of enacted Indian land and water claim 
     settlements pursuant to Public Laws 101-618, 102-374, 102-
     575, and for implementation of other enacted water rights 
     settlements, including not to exceed $8,000,000, which shall 
     be for the Federal share of the Catawba Indian Tribe of South 
     Carolina Claims Settlement, as authorized by section 5(a) of 
     Public Law 103-116; and of which $841,000 shall be available 
     pursuant to Public Laws 98-500, 99-264, and 100-580.

                 indian guaranteed loan program account

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

                       administrative provisions

       Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the 
     revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee and 
     insurance fund, the Technical Assistance of Indian 
     Enterprises account, the Indian Direct Loan Program account, 
     and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program account) shall be 
     available for expenses of exhibits, and purchase of not to 
     exceed 229 passenger motor vehicles, of which not to exceed 
     187 shall be for replacement only.

                          Departmental Offices

                            Insular Affairs

                       assistance to territories

       For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under 
     the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
     [$65,088,000] $65,388,000, of which (1) [$61,239,000] 
     $61,539,000 shall be available until expended for technical 
     assistance, including maintenance assistance, disaster 
     assistance, insular management controls, and brown tree snake 
     control and research; grants to the judiciary in American 
     Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 
     U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of American Samoa, 
     in addition to current local revenues, for construction and 
     support of governmental functions; grants to the Government 
     of the Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the 
     Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the 
     Government of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by 
     law (Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $3,849,000 
     shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
     Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of 
     the territorial and local governments herein provided for, 
     including such transactions of all agencies or 
     instrumentalities established or utilized by such 
     governments, may be audited by the General Accounting Office, 
     at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, 
     United States Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana 
     Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to 
     those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representatives 
     on Future United States Financial Assistance for the Northern 
     Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 99-396, or any 
     subsequent legislation related to Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands grant funding: Provided further, 
     That section 703(a) of Public Law 94-241, as amended, is 
     hereby amended by striking ``of the Government of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands'': Provided further, That of the 
     amounts provided for technical assistance, sufficient funding 
     shall be made available for a grant to the Close Up 
     Foundation: Provided further, That the funds for the program 
     of operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to 
     institutionalize routine operations and maintenance 
     improvement of capital infrastructure in American Samoa, 
     Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
     Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia 
     through assessments of long-range operations maintenance 
     needs, improved capability of local operations and 
     maintenance institutions and agencies (including management 
     and vocational education training), and project-specific 
     maintenance (with territorial participation and cost sharing 
     to be determined by the Secretary based on the individual 
     territory's commitment to timely maintenance of its capital 
     assets): Provided further, That any appropriation for 
     disaster assistance under this head in this Act or previous 
     appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching funds 
     for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant 
     to section 404 of

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     the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).


                      compact of free association

       For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the 
     Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 
     232, and 233 of the Compacts of Free Association, and for 
     economic assistance and necessary expenses for the Republic 
     of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 
     233 of the Compact of Free Association, [$23,638,000] 
     $23,438,000, to remain available until expended, as 
     authorized by Public Law 99-239 and Public Law 99-658.

                        Departmental Management

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for management of the Department of 
     the Interior, [$53,691,000] $58,991,000, of which not to 
     exceed $7,500 may be for official reception and 
     representation expenses.

                        Office of the Solicitor

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
     [$35,208,000] $35,443,000.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     $24,439,000, together with any funds or property transferred 
     to the Office of Inspector General through forfeiture 
     proceedings or from the Department of Justice Assets 
     Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the Treasury Assets 
     Forfeiture Fund, that represent an equitable share from the 
     forfeiture of property in investigations in which the Office 
     of Inspector General participated, with such transferred 
     funds to remain available until expended.

                   National Indian Gaming Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gaming 
     Commission, pursuant to Public Law 100-497, $1,000,000.

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians

                         federal trust programs

       For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
     expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
     grants, [$19,126,000] $36,338,000, to remain available until 
     expended for trust funds management: Provided, That funds 
     made available to tribes and tribal organizations through 
     contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 1997, as 
     authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 
     U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by 
     the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the statute of 
     limitations shall not commence to run on any claim, including 
     any claim in litigation pending on the date of this Act, 
     concerning losses to or mismanagement of trust funds, until 
     the affected tribe or individual Indian has been furnished 
     with an accounting of such funds from which the beneficiary 
     can determine whether there has been a loss: Provided 
     further, That unobligated balances previously made available 
     (1) to liquidate obligations owed tribal and individual 
     Indian payees of any checks canceled pursuant to section 1003 
     of the Competitive Equality Banking Act of 1987 (Public Law 
     100-86; 31 U.S.C. 3334(b)), (2) to restore Individual Indian 
     Monies trust funds, Indian Irrigation Systems, and Indian 
     Power Systems accounts amounts invested in credit unions or 
     defaulted savings and loan associations and which where not 
     Federally insured, including any interest on these amounts 
     that may have been earned, but was not because of the 
     default, and (3) to reimburse Indian trust fund account 
     holders for losses to their respective accounts where the 
     claim for said loss has been reduced to a judgement or 
     settlement agreement approved by the Department of Justice, 
     under the heading ``Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements 
     and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians'', Bureau of Indian 
     Affairs in fiscal years 1995 and 1996, are hereby transferred 
     to and merged with this appropriation and may only be used 
     for the operation of trust programs, in accordance with this 
     appropriation.

                       Administrative Provisions

       There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 
     resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 aircraft, 10 of 
     which shall be for replacement and which may be obtained by 
     donation, purchase or through available excess surplus 
     property: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with 
     proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the 
     purchase price for the replacement aircraft: Provided 
     further, That no programs funded with appropriated funds in 
     ``Departmental Management'', ``Office of the Solicitor'', and 
     ``Office of Inspector General'' may be augmented through the 
     Working Capital Fund or the Consolidated Working Fund.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

       Sec. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
     available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or 
     office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the 
     emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 
     buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment 
     damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other 
     unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made 
     available under this authority until funds specifically made 
     available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies 
     shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds 
     used pursuant to this section are hereby designated by 
     Congress to be ``emergency requirements'' pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, and must be replenished by a 
     supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
     promptly as possible.
       Sec. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 
     transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in 
     addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of 
     the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency 
     prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening lands 
     under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for 
     the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its 
     jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or 
     actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other 
     unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
     actual oilspills; response and natural resource damage 
     assessment activities related to actual oilspills; for the 
     prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential 
     grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in 
     section 1773(b) of Public Law 99-198 (99 Stat. 1658); for 
     emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of Public 
     Law 95-87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds 
     available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
     Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit 
     assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy 
     State is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the 
     Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropriations made in 
     this title for fire suppression purposes shall be available 
     for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding 
     fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies 
     for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in 
     connection with their use for fire suppression purposes, such 
     reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently 
     available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, 
     That for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression 
     activities, no funds shall be made available under this 
     authority until funds appropriated to ``Wildland Fire 
     Management'' shall have been exhausted: Provided further, 
     That all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby 
     designated by Congress to be ``emergency requirements'' 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be 
     replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be 
     requested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That 
     such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro 
     rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were 
     transferred.
       Sec. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
     available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and 
     similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will 
     contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations 
     shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other 
     activity in the same manner as authorized by sections 1535 
     and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Provided, That 
     reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equipment, 
     and for services rendered may be credited to the 
     appropriation current at the time such reimbursements are 
     received.
       Sec. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the 
     Interior in this title shall be available for services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the 
     Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, 
     maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone 
     service in private residences in the field, when authorized 
     under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment 
     of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library 
     membership in societies or associations which issue 
     publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
     than to subscribers who are not members.
       Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the 
     Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
     uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
     U.S.C. 5901-5902 and D.C. Code 4-204).
       Sec. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
     available for obligation in connection with contracts issued 
     for services or rentals for periods not in excess of twelve 
     months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
       [Sec. 107. Appropriations made in this title from the Land 
     and Water Conservation Fund for acquisition of lands and 
     waters, or interests therein, shall be available for 
     transfer, with the approval of the Secretary, between the 
     following accounts: Bureau of Land Management, Land 
     acquisition, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Land 
     acquisition, and National Park Service, Land acquisition and 
     State assistance. Use of such funds are subject to the 
     reprogramming guidelines of the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations.]
       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 1997 appropriation for operation of the Presidio: 
     Provided, That prior to the transfer of any Presidio property 
     to the Presidio Trust, the Secretary shall transfer such 
     funds as the Trust deems necessary to initiate leasing and 
     other authorized activities of the Trust: Provided further, 
     That this section

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     shall expire on [September 30, 1997] December 31, 1996.
       [Sec. 109. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be obligated or expended by the 
     Secretary of the Interior for developing, promulgating, and 
     thereafter implementing a rule concerning rights-of-way under 
     section 2477 of the Revised Statutes.]
       Sec. 109. No final rule or regulation of any agency of the 
     Federal Government pertaining to the recognition, management, 
     or validity of a right-of-way pursuant to Revised Statute 
     2477 (43 U.S.C. 932) shall take effect unless expressly 
     authorized by an Act of Congress subsequent to the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 110. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore 
     leasing and related activities placed under restriction in 
     the President's moratorium statement of June 26, 1990, in the 
     areas of Northern, Central, and Southern California; the 
     North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; and the Eastern Gulf 
     of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 
     degrees west longitude.
       Sec. 111. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of leasing, 
     or the approval or permitting of any drilling or other 
     exploration activity, on lands within the North Aleutian 
     Basin planning area.
       Sec. 112. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of 
     preleasing and leasing activities in the Eastern Gulf of 
     Mexico for Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 151 in the 
     Outer Continental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource 
     Management Comprehensive Program, 1992-1997.
       Sec. 113. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of 
     preleasing and leasing activities in the Atlantic for Outer 
     Continental Shelf Lease Sale 164 in the Outer Continental 
     Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management Comprehensive 
     Program, 1992-1997.
       Sec. 114. There is hereby established in the Treasury a 
     franchise fund pilot, as authorized by section 403 of Public 
     Law 103-356, to be available as provided in such section for 
     costs of capitalizing and operating administrative services 
     as the Secretary determines may be performed more 
     advantageously as central services: Provided, That any 
     inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to the 
     services to be provided by such fund, either on hand or on 
     order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obligations, 
     and any appropriations made prior to the current year for the 
     purpose of providing capital shall be used to capitalize such 
     fund: Provided further, That such fund shall be paid in 
     advance from funds available to the Department and other 
     Federal agencies for which such centralized services are 
     performed, at rates which will return in full all expenses of 
     operation, including accrued leave, depreciation of fund 
     plant and equipment, amortization of automatic data 
     processing (ADP) software and systems (either acquired or 
     donated) and an amount necessary to maintain a reasonable 
     operating reserve, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
     further, That such fund shall provide services on a 
     competitive basis: Provided further, That an amount not to 
     exceed four percent of the total annual income to such fund 
     may be retained in the fund for fiscal year 1997 and each 
     fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended, 
     to be used for the acquisition of capital equipment, and for 
     the improvement and implementation of Department financial 
     management, ADP, and other support systems: Provided further, 
     That no later than thirty days after the end of each fiscal 
     year amounts in excess of this reserve limitation shall be 
     transferred to the Treasury: Provided further, That such 
     franchise fund pilot shall terminate pursuant to section 
     403(f) of Public Law 103-356.
       [Sec. 115. None of the funds in this Act or any other Act 
     may be used by the Secretary for the redesign of Pennsylvania 
     Avenue in front of the White House without the advance 
     approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.]
       Sec. 115. Public Law 102-495 is amended by adding the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 10. WASHINGTON STATE REMOVAL OPTION.

       ``(a) Upon appropriation of $29,500,000 for the Federal 
     Government to acquire the Elwha and Glines dams in Washington 
     State pursuant to this Act, the State of Washington may, upon 
     the submission to Congress of a binding agreement to remove 
     the two dams within a reasonable period of time, purchase v 
     the two dams from the Federal Government for $2.
       ``(b) Upon receipt of the payment pursuant to subsection 
     (a), the Federal Government shall relinquish ownership and 
     title of dams to the State of Washington.
       ``(c) Upon the purchase of the dams by the State of 
     Washington, Public Law 102-495 is hereby repealed.''.
       Sec. 116. Section 7 of Public Law 99-647 (16 U.S.C. 461 
     note) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.

       ``The Commission shall terminate on November 10, 1997.''.
       Sec. 117. The Congress of the United States hereby 
     designates and ratifies the assignment to the University of 
     Utah as successor to, and beneficiary of, all the existing 
     assets, revenues, funds and rights granted to the State of 
     Utah under the Miners Hospital Grant (February 20, 1929, 45 
     Stat. 1252) and the School of Mines Grant (July 26, 1894, 28 
     Stat. 110). Further, the Secretary of the Interior is 
     authorized and directed to accept such relinquishment of all 
     remaining and unconveyed entitlement for quantity grants owed 
     the State of Utah for the Miners Hospital Grant (February 20, 
     1929, 45 Stat. 1252) and any unconveyed entitlement that may 
     remain for the University of Utah School of Mines Grant (July 
     26, 1894, 28 Stat. 110).
       Sec. 118. (a) No later than February 28, 1997, the 
     Secretary of the Interior, upon negotiation with the 
     committee established pursuant to subsection (c), and with 
     the Office of Management and Budget, Special Trustee for 
     American Indians, the Chief Financial Officer for the 
     Department of the Interior, the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
     Affairs, and the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, 
     shall transmit to the Committee on Appropriations and the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs of the United States Senate and 
     to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     Resources of the House of Representatives a report which (1) 
     proposes a formula to distribute the funds appropriated for 
     the ``Operation of Indian Programs'' account for direct 
     payments to Indian tribes except those in Alaska and (2) 
     identifies the amount of funds set aside to provide services 
     to Indian tribes in Alaska.
       (b) The formula and the allocation to Alaska shall be 
     deemed approved if within 30 calendar days of receipt of the 
     report from the Secretary, no one of the Committees have 
     taken action to disapprove the formula or the allocation to 
     Alaska. Notification to the Secretary of any such disapproval 
     shall be accomplished by a letter signed by the chairman and 
     ranking minority member of any one of the four committees 
     identified in subsection (a) with copies provided to the 
     chairmen and ranking minority members of the other committees 
     identified in subsection (a).
       (c) The negotiating committee referenced in subsection (a) 
     shall be comprised of (1) Federal representatives as deemed 
     necessary by the Secretary of the Interior and (2) tribal 
     representatives, 12 of which shall be tribal representatives 
     chosen by the tribes from each of the 12 existing BIA Areas 
     (3) one representative from each of the four Committees 
     identified in subsection (a). Agreement by a two-thirds 
     majority of tribal representatives is necessary for any 
     formula developed by the negotiating committee.
       (d) The formula proposed under subsection (a) shall 
     recognize the minimum funding requirements for small and 
     needy tribes.
       (e) In developing the fiscal year 1998 budget request, the 
     Secretary shall propose separate appropriations accounts for 
     the amounts proposed for direct payments to tribes; and for 
     amounts proposed to be provided for services to Indian tribes 
     in Alaska.
       (f) For purposes of this section, the term ``Indian tribe'' 
     means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized 
     group or community of Indians, including any Alaska Native 
     village or regional or village corporation as defined in or 
     established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
     Act, which is recognized as eligible for the special programs 
     and services provided by the United States to Indians because 
     of their status as Indians, as further defined in the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, as 
     amended.
       (g) No funds shall be distributed under the formula 
     proposed pursuant to subsection (a) until the formula is 
     approved under the procedures set forth in subsection (b). 
     Not to exceed one-half of the funding to be included in the 
     tribal formula within the ``Operation of Indian Programs'' 
     account shall be available prior to implementation of the 
     formula.
       (h) The determination of what funds from the Operation of 
     Indian Programs account, excluding funds for education and 
     reimbursable funds, are withheld from being made available 
     for distribution under the formula shall include a 
     determination negotiated with the negotiating committee 
     described in subsection (c) of the amount, if any, of 
     residual Federal funds to be retained by the Secretary that 
     are minimally necessary to carry out trustee and other 
     functions of the Federal Government that are not delegable by 
     law to the Indian tribes.
       (i) Upon approval of the formula, the Secretary shall 
     provide for the immediate and direct transfer, to any Indian 
     tribe choosing to receive all those funds in lieu of direct 
     services, the share of funds identified for that Indian tribe 
     under the formula. Upon allocation of those funds to an 
     Indian tribe, those funds will not be subject the oversight 
     authority of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
       (j) Should the Federal-tribal negotiations under this 
     section reach an impasse at any time before December 31, 
     1996, or there are unresolved issues as of December 31, 1996, 
     the Secretary and the negotiating committee described in 
     subsection (c) shall jointly select an arbitrator from the 
     roster of individuals maintained by the Administrative 
     Conference of the United States pursuant to title 5, section 
     573(c) of the United States Code, which arbitrator shall 
     resolve the issues upon which there is impasse, after 
     receiving evidence and hearing arguments from both the 
     Federal and tribal representatives on the negotiating 
     committee, and report the recommended resolution of the 
     arbitrator to the Secretary and the four committees of the 
     Congress identified in subsection (a), on or before February 
     28, 1997.
       (k) Section 402(b)(1) of The Indian Self-Determination and 
     Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458bb) is amended to read 
     as follows: ``(1) In addition to those Indian tribes 
     participating in self-governance under subsection (a) of this 
     section, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
     Office of Self-Governance, may select up to 50 new tribes per 
     year from the applicant pool described in subsection (c) of 
     this section to participate in self-governance.''.
       Sec. 119. In fiscal year 1997 and thereafter, the Indian 
     Arts and Crafts Board may charge admission fees at its 
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     or franchise fees for shops located in its museums; publish 
     and sell publications; sell or rent or license use of 
     photographs or other images in hard copy or other forms; 
     license the use of designs, in whole or in part, by others; 
     charge for consulting services provided to others; and may 
     accept the services of volunteers to carry out its mission: 
     Provided, That all revenue derived from such activities is 
     covered into the special fund established by section 4 of 
     Public Law 74-355 (25 U.S.C. 305c).
       Sec. 120. Transfer of Certain Bureau of Land Management 
     Facilities.--
       (a) Battle mountain, nevada.--Not later than 30 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
     Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land 
     Management, shall transfer to Lander County, Nevada, without 
     consideration, title to the former Bureau of Land Management 
     administrative site and associated buildings in Battle 
     Mountain, Nevada.
       (b) Winnemucca, nevada.--
       (1) Transfer.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
     through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall 
     transfer to the State of Nevada, without consideration, title 
     to the surplus Bureau of Land Management District Office 
     building in Winnemucca, Nevada.
       (2) Use.--The transfer under paragraph (1) is made with the 
     intent that the building shall be available to meet the needs 
     of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of 
     the State of Nevada.
       Sec. 121. Cook Inlet Region, Inc. Recognition.--
       (a) Cook Inlet Region, Inc., an Alaska Native regional 
     corporation organized under Public Law 92-203, shall be 
     deemed to be an Indian tribal entity for the purpose of 
     federal programs for which Indians are eligible because of 
     their status as Indians.
       (b) The Bureau of Indian Affairs shall specifically include 
     Cook Inlet Region, Inc. on any list that designates federally 
     recognized Indian tribes or Indian tribal entities for use in 
     administration of any Federal program.
       (c)(1) The tribe of a Native village located within the 
     Cook Inlet region shall serve as the tribal authority for the 
     purpose of receiving funding and administering Federal 
     assistance and social service programs within the settled 
     area associated with the village, provided that Cook Inlet 
     Region, Inc. shall serve as the tribal authority for such 
     purposes for all other areas within the region and for the 
     Municipality of Anchorage. These village tribes and Cook 
     Inlet Region, Inc. may delegate their or its tribal authority 
     to another tribe or tribal organization in the region. For 
     purposes of this subsection, ``settled area'' shall mean that 
     area containing the cluster of houses, buildings, roads, and 
     trails of the improved village site.
       (2) For those Alaska Natives residing within the Cook Inlet 
     region who are not enrolled to or otherwise affiliated with a 
     tribe, Cook Inlet Region, Inc. shall serve as the tribal 
     authority.
       Sec. 122. Alaska Aviation Heritage.--
       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (1) the Department of the Interior's Grumman Goose G21-A 
     aircraft number N789 is to be retired from several decades of 
     active service in the State of Alaska in 1996; and
       (2) the aircraft is of significant historic value to the 
     people of the State of Alaska.
       (b) Donation of aircraft.--The Secretary of the Interior 
     shall transfer the Grumman Goose G21-A aircraft number N789 
     to the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum in Anchorage, Alaska, 
     at no cost to the museum, for permanent display.
       Sec. 123. The Mesquite Lands Act of 1988 is amended by 
     adding the following at the end of section 3:
       ``(d) Fourth Area.--(1) No later than ten years after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the City of Mesquite shall 
     notify the Secretary as to which if any of the public lands 
     identified in paragraph (2) of this subsection the city 
     wishes to purchase.
       ``(2) For a period of twelve years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the city shall have exclusive right to 
     purchase the following parcels of public lands:
       ``Parcel A--East \1/2\ Sec. 6, T. 13 S., R. 71 E., Mount 
     Diablo Meridian; Sec. 5, T. 13 S., R. 71 E., Mount Diablo 
     Meridian; West \1/2\ Sec. 4, T. 13 S., R. 71 E, Mount Diablo 
     Meridian; East \1/2\, West \1/2\ Sec. 4, T. 13 S., R. 71 E., 
     Mount Diablo Meridian.
       ``Parcel B--North \1/2\ Sec. 7, T. 13 S., R. 71 E., Mount 
     Diablo Meridian; South East \1/4\ Sec. 12, T. 13 S., R. 70 
     E., Mount Diablo Meridian; East \1/2\, North East \1/4\ Sec. 
     12, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; East \1/2\, 
     West \1/2\ North East \1/4\ Sec. 12, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., 
     Mount Diablo Meridian.
       ``Parcel C--West \1/2\ Sec. 6, T. 13 S., R. 71 E., Mount 
     Diablo Meridian; Sec. 1, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo 
     Meridian; West \1/2\, West \1/2\, North East \1/4\ Sec. 12, 
     T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; North West \1/4\ 
     Sec. 13, S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; West \1/2\ Sec. 
     12, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; East \1/2\, 
     South East \1/4\, Sec. 11, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo 
     Meridian; East \1/2\ North East \1/4\, Sec. 14, T. 13 S., R. 
     70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian.
       ``Parcel D--South \1/2\ Sec. 14, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount 
     Diablo Meridian; South West \1/4\, Sec. 13, T. 13 S., R. 70 
     E., Mount Diablo Meridian; Portion of section 23, North of 
     Interstate 15, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; 
     Portion of section 24, North of Interstate 15, T. 13 S., R. 
     70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; Portion of section 26, North of 
     Interstate 15, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian.''

     SEC. 124. FATHER AULL SITE TRANSFER.

       (a) This section may be cited as the ``Father Aull Site 
     Transfer Act of 1996''.
       (b) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) the buildings and grounds developed by Father Roger 
     Aull located on public domain land near Silver City, New 
     Mexico, are historically significant to the citizens of the 
     community;
       (2) vandalism at the site has become increasingly 
     destructive and frequent in recent years;
       (3) because of the isolated location and the distance from 
     other significant resources and agency facilities, the Bureau 
     of Land Management has been unable to devote sufficient 
     resources to restore and protect the site from further 
     damage; and
       (4) St. Vincent DePaul Parish in Silver City, New Mexico, 
     has indicated an interest in, and developed a sound proposal 
     for the restoration of, the site, such that the site could be 
     permanently occupied and used by the community.
       (c) Conveyance of Property.--Subject to valid existing 
     rights, all right, title and interest of the United States in 
     and to the land (including improvements on the land), 
     consisting of approximately 43.06 acres, located 
     approximately 10 miles east of Silver City, New Mexico, and 
     described as follows: T. 17 S., R. 12 W., Section 30: Lot 13, 
     and Section 31: Lot 27 (as generally depicted on the map 
     dated July 1995) is hereby conveyed by operation of law to 
     St. Vincent DePaul Parish in Silver City, New Mexico, without 
     consideration.
       (d) Release.--Upon the conveyance of any land or interest 
     in land identified in this section of St. Vincent DePaul 
     Parish, St. Vincent DePaul Parish shall assume any liability 
     for any claim relating to the land or interest in the land 
     arising after the date of the conveyance.
       (e) Map.--The map referred to in this section shall be on 
     file and available for public inspection in--
       (1) the State of New Mexico Office of the Bureau of Land 
     Management, Santa Fe, New Mexico; and
       (2) the Las Cruces District Office of the Bureau of Land 
     Management, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       Department of Agriculture


                             Forest Service

                     forest and rangeland research

       For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
     authorized by law, [$179,000,000] $180,200,000, to remain 
     available until [September 30, 1998: Provided, That 
     unobligated and unexpended balances remaining in this account 
     at the end of fiscal year 1996 shall be merged with and made 
     a part of the fiscal year 1997 Forest and Rangeland Research 
     appropriation] expended.

                       state and private forestry

       For necessary expenses of cooperating with, and providing 
     technical and financial assistance to States, Territories, 
     possessions, and others and for forest pest management 
     activities, cooperative forestry and education and land 
     conservation activities, [$148,884,000] $156,811,000 to 
     remain available until expended, as authorized by law.

                         national forest system

       For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
     provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and 
     utilization of the National Forest System, for ecosystem 
     planning, inventory, and monitoring, and for administrative 
     expenses associated with the management of funds provided 
     under the heads ``Forest and Rangeland Research,'' ``State 
     and Private Forestry,'' ``National Forest System,'' 
     ``Wildland Fire Management,'' ``Reconstruction and 
     Construction,'' and ``Land Acquisition,'' [$1,259,057,000 
     (reduced by $1,000,000)] $1,285,881,000 to remain available 
     [for obligation] until [September 30, 1998] expended, and 
     including [50] 60 per centum of all monies received during 
     the prior fiscal year as fees collected under the Land and 
     Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in 
     accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 4601-6a(i)): 
     Provided, [That unobligated and unexpended balances in the 
     National Forest System account at the end of fiscal year 
     1996, shall be merged with and made a part of the fiscal year 
     1997 National Forest System appropriation, and shall remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 1998: Provided 
     further,] That up to $5,000,000 of the funds provided herein 
     for road maintenance shall be available for the planned 
     obliteration of roads which are no longer needed.

                        wildland fire management

       For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
     activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
     fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands 
     under fire protection agreement, and for emergency 
     rehabilitation of burned over National Forest System lands, 
     $411,485,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That unexpended balances of amounts previously appropriated 
     under any other headings for Forest Service fire activities 
     are transferred to and merged with this appropriation and 
     subject to the same terms and conditions: Provided further, 
     That such funds are available for repayment of advances from 
     other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such 
     purposes.
       For an additional amount to cover necessary expenses for 
     emergency rehabilitation, presuppression due to emergencies, 
     and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service, 
     $250,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That such funds are available for repayment of advances from 
     other accounts previously transferred for such purposes.
       In addition, to cover necessary expenses for emergency 
     rehabilitation, presuppression due to emergencies, and 
     wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service, 
     $109,531,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That these

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     funds, or any portion thereof, shall be available only to the 
     extent that the President notifies the Congress of his 
     designation of any or all of these amounts as emergency 
     requirements under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the 
     entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 252(b)(2)(D)(I) of such Act: 
     Provided further, That such funds are available for repayment 
     of advances from other appropriations accounts previously 
     transferred for such purposes.


                    reconstruction and construction

       For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
     provided for, [$164,100,000] $172,167,000, to remain 
     available until expended for construction, reconstruction and 
     acquisition of buildings and other facilities, and for 
     construction, reconstruction and repair of forest roads and 
     trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-
     538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That not to exceed 
     $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
     obligated for the construction of forest roads by timber 
     purchasers[: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
     this head for the construction of the Wayne National Forest 
     Supervisor's Office may be granted to the Ohio State Highway 
     Patrol, Ohio State Department of Transportation, as the 
     Federal share of the cost of construction of a new facility 
     to be jointly occupied by the Forest Service and the Ohio 
     State Highway Patrol: Provided further, That an agreed upon 
     lease of space in the new facility shall be provided to the 
     Forest Service without charge for the life of the building].

                            land acquisition

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
     U.S.C. 4601-4-11), including administrative expenses, and for 
     acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in 
     accordance with statutory authority applicable to the Forest 
     Service, [$30,000,000] $39,660,000, to be derived from the 
     Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until 
     expended[: Provided, That funding for specific land 
     acquisitions are subject to the approval of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations].

         acquisition of lands for national forests special acts

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

            acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

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

                         range betterment fund

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

    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

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

               administrative provisions, forest service

       Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal 
     year shall be available for: (a) purchase of not to exceed 
     159 passenger motor vehicles of which 14 will be used 
     primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which 149 shall 
     be for replacement; acquisition of 10 passenger motor 
     vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; 
     operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to 
     exceed two for replacement only, and acquisition of 20 
     aircraft from excess sources; notwithstanding other 
     provisions of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be 
     sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset 
     the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (b) services 
     pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for 
     employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (c) purchase, erection, and 
     alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 
     U.S.C. 2250); (d) acquisition of land, waters, and interests 
     therein, pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (e) for expenses pursuant 
     to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 
     U.S.C 558a, 558d, 558a note); and (f) for debt collection 
     contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
       None of the funds made available under this Act shall be 
     obligated or expended to change the boundaries of any region, 
     to abolish any region, to move or close any regional office 
     for research, State and private forestry, or National Forest 
     System administration of the Forest Service, Department of 
     Agriculture, or to implement any reorganization, 
     ``reinvention'' or other type of organizational restructuring 
     of the Forest Service, 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, without the consent of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       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.
       Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
     may be advanced to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation 
     and may be used for forest firefighting and the emergency 
     rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
     for assistance to or through the Agency for International 
     Development and the Foreign Agricultural Service in 
     connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
     information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall 
     be available to support forestry and related natural resource 
     activities outside the United States and its territories and 
     possessions, including technical assistance, education and 
     training, and cooperation with United States and 
     international organizations.
       None of the funds made available to the Forest Service 
     under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the 
     provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture 
     Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C 147b unless 
     the proposed transfer is approved in advance by the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the 
     reprogramming procedures contained in House Report 103-551.
       None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
     reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the 
     procedures contained in House Report 103-551.
       No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of 
     Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of the Forest 
     Service.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, any 
     appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may 
     be used to disseminate program information to private and 
     public individuals and organizations through the use of 
     nonmonetary items of nominal value and to provide nonmonetary 
     awards of nominal value and to incur necessary expenses for 
     the nonmonetary recognition of private individuals and 
     organizations that make contributions to Forest Service 
     programs.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money 
     collected, in advance or otherwise, by the Forest Service 
     under authority of section 101 of Public Law 93-153 (30 
     U.S.C. 185(1)) as reimbursement of administrative and other 
     costs incurred in processing pipeline right-of-way or permit 
     applications and for costs incurred in monitoring the 
     construction, operation, maintenance, and termination of any 
     pipeline and related facilities, may be used to reimburse the 
     applicable appropriation to which such costs were originally 
     charged.
       Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to 
     conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000 for high 
     priority projects within the scope of the approved budget 
     which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as 
     authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by 
     Public Law 93-408.
       None of the funds available in this Act shall be used for 
     timber sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood stands 
     in excess of 25 percent of the fiscal year 1989 harvested 
     volume in the Wayne National Forest, Ohio: Provided, That 
     this limitation shall not apply to hardwood stands damaged by 
     natural disaster: Provided further, That landscape architects 
     shall be used to maintain a visually pleasing forest.
       Any money collected from the States for fire suppression 
     assistance rendered by the Forest Service on non-Federal 
     lands not in the vicinity of National Forest System lands 
     shall be used to reimburse the applicable appropriation and 
     shall remain available until expended as the Secretary may 
     direct in conducting activities authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2101 
     (note), 2101-2110, 1606, and 2111.
       Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is 
     available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
     reception and representation expenses.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Forest 
     Service is authorized to employ or otherwise contract with 
     persons at regular rates of pay, as determined by the 
     Service, to perform work occasioned by emergencies such as 
     fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or any other unavoidable 
     cause without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays, and the 
     regular workweek.
       To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance with the 
     Final Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest Plan, none of 
     the funds available in this Act shall be used for preparation 
     of timber sales using clearcutting or other forms of even 
     aged management in hardwood stands in the Shawnee National 
     Forest, Illinois.
       [Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-
     593, funds up to $1,000,000 for matching funds shall be 
     available for the National Forest Foundation.]

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       Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, up to 
     $1,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service shall 
     be available for matching funds, as authorized in 16 U.S.C. 
     3701-3709, on a one-for-one basis to match private 
     contributions for projects on National Forest System lands or 
     related to Forest Service programs.
       Pursuant to section 402(b) of Public Law 101-593, up to 
     $1,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service shall 
     be available for matching funds, as authorized in 16 U.S.C. 
     583j-3, on a one-for-one basis to match private contributions 
     for projects on National Forest System lands or related to 
     Forest Service programs.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
     for interactions with and providing technical assistance to 
     rural communities for sustainable rural development purposes.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 percent of 
     the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in the National 
     Forest System and Construction accounts and planned to be 
     allocated to activities under the ``Jobs in the Woods'' 
     program for projects on National Forest land in the State of 
     Washington may be granted directly to the Washington State 
     Department of Fish and Wildlife for accomplishment of planned 
     projects. Twenty percent of said funds shall be retained by 
     the Forest Service for planning and administering projects. 
     Project selection and prioritization shall be accomplished by 
     the Forest Service with such consultation with the State of 
     Washington as the Forest Service deems appropriate.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
     for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge 
     National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections 14(c)(1) and (2), 
     and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99-663.
       None of the funds provided in this or any other Act may be 
     spent to implement the Tongass Land Management Plan (TLMP) 
     revision until the General Accounting Office certifies that 
     the process used to develop the TLMP complies with the 
     National Forest Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2949; Public 
     Law 94-588) and the Tongass Timber Reform Act of 1990 (104 
     Stat. 4426; Public Law 101-626), as amended.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                         clean coal technology

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading for 
     obligation in fiscal year 1997 or prior years, $150,000,000 
     are rescinded: Provided, That funds made available in 
     previous appropriations Acts shall be available for any 
     ongoing project regardless of the separate request for 
     proposal under which the project was selected.

                 fossil energy research and development

       For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 
     research and development activities, under the authority of 
     the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), 
     including the acquisition of interest, including defeasible 
     and equitable interests in any real property or any facility 
     or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for 
     conducting inquiries, technological investigations and 
     research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and 
     disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social 
     and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), 
     performed under the minerals and materials science programs 
     at the Albany Research Center in Oregon, [$354,754,000] 
     $367,504,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That no part of the sum herein made available shall be used 
     for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery 
     of oil and gas.

                      alternative fuels production


              (including transfer and rescission of funds)

       Monies received as investment income on the principal 
     amount in the Great Plains Project Trust at the Norwest Bank 
     of North Dakota, in such sums as are earned as of October 1, 
     1996, shall be deposited in this account and immediately 
     transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury. Monies 
     received as revenue sharing from the operation of the Great 
     Plains Gasification Plant shall be immediately transferred to 
     the General Fund of the Treasury. Funds are hereby rescinded 
     in the amount of $2,500,000 from unobligated balances under 
     this head.

                 naval petroleum and oil shale reserves

       For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petroleum and 
     oil shale reserve activities, [$143,786,000 (reduced by 
     $11,764,000)] $133,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the requirements of 10 U.S.C. 
     7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply to fiscal year 1997.

                          energy conservation

       For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation 
     activities, [$507,680,000 (increased by $11,764,000) 
     (increased by $4,000,000)] $570,452,000, to remain available 
     until expended, including, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the excess amount for fiscal year 1997 
     determined under the provisions of section 3003(d) of Public 
     Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Provided, That [$125,000,000 
     (increased by $11,764,000)] $158,900,000 shall be for use in 
     energy conservation programs as defined in section 3008(3) of 
     Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4507) and shall not be available 
     until excess amounts are determined under the provisions of 
     section 3003(d) of Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of 
     Public Law 99-509 such sums shall be allocated to the 
     eligible programs as follows: [$100,000,000 (increased by 
     $11,764,000)] $131,500,000 for weatherization assistance 
     grants and [$25,000,000] $27,400,000 for State energy 
     conservation grants.

                          economic regulation

       For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of 
     the Office of Hearing and Appeals, $2,725,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                      strategic petroleum reserve

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
     facility development and operations and program management 
     activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
     of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $220,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, [of which $220,000,000 
     shall be repaid from the ``SPR Operating Fund'' from amounts 
     made available from the sale of oil from the Reserve] of 
     which $220,000,000 shall be repaid from the ``SPR Operating 
     Fund'' from amounts made available from the sale of oil from 
     the Reserve: Provided, That notwithstanding section 161 of 
     the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, the Secretary shall 
     draw down and sell in fiscal year 1997 $220,000,000 worth of 
     oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Provided further, 
     That the proceeds from the sale shall be deposited into a 
     special account in the Treasury, to be established and known 
     as the ``SPR Operating Fund'', and shall, upon receipt, be 
     transferred to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve account for 
     operations of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

                         spr petroleum account

       Notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 6240(d) the United States share 
     of crude oil in Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk 
     Hills) may be sold or otherwise disposed of to other than the 
     Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Provided, That outlays in fiscal 
     year 1997 resulting from the use of funds in this account 
     shall not exceed $5,000,000.

                   energy information administration

       For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of 
     the Energy Information Administration, [$66,120,000] 
     $64,120,000 to remain available until expended.

            administrative provisions, department of energy

       Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal year 
     shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, 
     repair, and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the 
     General Services Administration for security guard services.
       From appropriations under this Act, transfers of sums may 
     be made to other agencies of the Government for the 
     performance of work for which the appropriation is made.
       None of the funds made available to the Department of 
     Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or finance 
     authorized price support or loan guarantee programs unless 
     specific provision is made for such programs in an 
     appropriations Act.
       The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, 
     equipment, and other contributions from public and private 
     sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other 
     agencies, Federal, State, private or foreign: Provided, That 
     revenues and other moneys received by or for the account of 
     the Department of Energy or otherwise generated by sale of 
     products in connection with projects of the Department 
     appropriated under this Act may be retained by the Secretary 
     of Energy, to be available until expended, and used only for 
     plant construction, operation, costs, and payments to cost-
     sharing entities as provided in appropriate cost-sharing 
     contracts or agreements: Provided further, That the remainder 
     of revenues after the making of such payments shall be 
     covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided 
     further, That any contract, agreement, or provision thereof 
     entered into by the Secretary pursuant to this authority 
     shall not be executed prior to the expiration of 30 calendar 
     days (not including any day in which either House of Congress 
     is not in session because of adjournment of more than three 
     calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of 
     the Senate of a full comprehensive report on such project, 
     including the facts and circumstances relied upon in support 
     of the proposed project.
       No funds provided in this Act may be expended by the 
     Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process 
     procurement documents for programs or projects for which 
     appropriations have not been made.
       In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act, the 
     Secretary may accept fees and contributions from public and 
     private sources, to be deposited in a contributed funds 
     account, and prosecute projects using such fees and 
     contributions in cooperation with other Federal, State or 
     private agencies or concerns.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

                         indian health services

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 
     1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the 
     Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of 
     the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian 
     Health Service, [$1,779,561,000] $1,800,836,000, together 
     with payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 
     U.S.C. 238(b) for services furnished by the Indian Health 
     Service: Provided, That funds made available to tribes and 
     tribal organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or 
     any other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act

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     of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at 
     the time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall 
     remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 
     fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That $12,000,000 
     shall remain available until expended, for the Indian 
     Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund: Provided further, That 
     [$353,125,000] $353,128,000 for contract medical care shall 
     remain available for obligation until September 30, 1998: 
     Provided further, That of the funds provided, not less than 
     [$11,306,000] $11,706,000 shall be used to carry out the loan 
     repayment program under section 108 of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act: Provided further, That funds provided in 
     this Act may be used for one-year contracts and grants which 
     are to be performed in two fiscal years, so long as the total 
     obligation is recorded in the year for which the funds are 
     appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the 
     authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
     achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and 
     requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security 
     Act (exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new 
     facilities)[: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
     $7,500,000 shall remain available until expended, for the 
     Indian Self-Determination Fund, which shall be available for 
     the transitional costs of initial or expanded tribal 
     contracts, grants or cooperative agreements with the Indian 
     Health Service under the provisions of the Indian Self-
     Determination Act]: Provided further, That of the funds 
     provided, $7,500,000 shall remain available until expended, 
     for the Indian Self-Determination Fund, which shall be 
     available for the nonrecurring transitional costs of initial 
     or expanded tribal contracts, compacts, grants or cooperative 
     agreements with the Indian Health Service under the 
     provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act: Provided 
     further, That funding contained herein, and in any earlier 
     appropriations Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian 
     Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 1998: Provided 
     further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal 
     organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 
     available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations 
     until expended.

                        indian health facilities

       For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and 
     equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 
     including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, 
     specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase 
     and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; 
     and for provision of domestic and community sanitation 
     facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act 
     of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-
     Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and 
     titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to environmental health and facilities support 
     activities of the Indian Health Service, [$227,701,000] 
     $251,957,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated for the planning, design, construction or 
     renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian 
     tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites to 
     construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facilities.

            administrative provisions, indian health service

       Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Service 
     shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 
     to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions under 
     5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
     purchase of medical equipment; purchase of reprints; 
     purchase, renovation and erection of modular buildings and 
     renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone 
     service in private residences in the field, when authorized 
     under regulations approved by the Secretary; and for uniforms 
     or allowances therefore as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
     and for expenses of attendance at meetings which are 
     concerned with the functions or activities for which the 
     appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved 
     conduct, supervision, or management of those functions or 
     activities: Provided, That in accordance with the provisions 
     of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian 
     patients may be extended health care at all tribally 
     administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to 
     charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under 
     the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-53) 
     shall be credited to the account of the facility providing 
     the service and shall be available without fiscal year 
     limitation: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     law or regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service 
     shall be administered under Public Law 86-121 (the Indian 
     Sanitation Facilities Act) and Public Law 93-638, as amended: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated to the Indian 
     Health Service in this Act, except those used for 
     administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 
     subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 
     and transportation: [Provided further, That the Indian Health 
     Service shall neither bill nor charge those Indians who may 
     have the economic means to pay unless and until such time as 
     Congress has agreed upon a specific policy to do so and has 
     directed the Indian Health Service to implement such a 
     policy:] Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, funds previously or herein made available 
     to a tribe or tribal organization through a contract, grant, 
     or agreement authorized by title I or title III of the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
     U.S.C. 450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-
     determination contract under title I, or a self-governance 
     agreement under title III of such Act and thereafter shall 
     remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 
     fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act 
     shall be used to implement the final rule published in the 
     Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of 
     Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility for 
     the health care services of the Indian Health Service until 
     the Indian Health Service has submitted a budget request 
     reflecting the increased costs associated with the proposed 
     final rule, and such request has been included in an 
     appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided further, 
     That funds made available in this Act are to be apportioned 
     to the Indian Health Service as appropriated in this Act, and 
     accounted for in the appropriation structure set forth in 
     this Act: Provided further, That funds received from any 
     source, including tribal contractors and compactors for 
     previously transferred functions which tribal contractors and 
     compactors no longer wish to retain, for services, goods, or 
     training and technical assistance, shall be retained by the 
     Indian Health Service and shall remain available until 
     expended by the Indian Health Service: Provided further, That 
     reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or 
     services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 
     total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead 
     associated with the provision of goods, services, or 
     technical assistance: Provided further, That the 
     appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may not 
     be altered without advance approval of the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

              Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

                            indian education

       For necessary expenses to carry out, to the extent not 
     otherwise provided, title IX, part A of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and section 215 
     of the Department of Education Organization Act, $52,500,000.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi 
     Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, 
     [$20,345,000] $19,345,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That funds provided in this or any other 
     appropriations Act are to be used to relocate eligible 
     individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, 
     Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in significantly 
     substandard housing, and all others certified as eligible and 
     not included in the preceding categories: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may 
     be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to 
     evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of November 
     30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands partitioned 
     to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement home is 
     provided for such household: Provided further, That no 
     relocatee will be provided with more than one new or 
     replacement home: Provided further, That the Office shall 
     relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected 
     and received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation 
     or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo 
     reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 
     640d-10.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development

                        payment to the institute

       For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
     Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by title 
     XV of Public Law 99-498, as amended (20 U.S.C. 56, part A), 
     $5,500,000.

                        Smithsonian Institution

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as 
     authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, 
     science, and history; development, preservation, and 
     documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
     public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 
     dissemination, and exchange of information and publications; 
     conduct of education, training, and museum assistance 
     programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease (for 
     terms not to exceed thirty years), and protection of 
     buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 
     for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to 5 
     replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, repair, and 
     cleaning of uniforms for employees; [$317,188,000]

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     $317,582,000, of which not to exceed [$31,664,000] 
     $30,665,000 for the instrumentation program, collections 
     acquisition, Museum Support Center equipment and move, 
     exhibition reinstallation, the National Museum of the 
     American Indian, the repatriation of skeletal remains 
     program, research equipment, information management, and 
     Latino programming shall remain available until expended, and 
     including such funds as may be necessary to support American 
     overseas research centers and a total of $125,000 for the 
     Council of American Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That 
     funds appropriated herein are available for advance payments 
     to independent contractors performing research services or 
     participating in official Smithsonian presentations.

        construction and improvements, national zoological park

       For necessary expenses of planning, construction, 
     remodeling, and equipping of buildings and facilities at the 
     National Zoological Park, by contract or otherwise, 
     [$3,250,000] $4,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                  repair and restoration of buildings

       For necessary expenses of repair and restoration of 
     buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, 
     by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the 
     Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), including not to 
     exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     [$39,954,000] $38,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for environmental 
     systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or 
     restoration of buildings of the Smithsonian Institution may 
     be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the 
     basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.

                              construction

       For necessary expenses for construction, [$7,000,000] 
     $12,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                        National Gallery of Art


                         salaries and expenses

       For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of 
     Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and 
     administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by 
     the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the 
     public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, 
     Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as authorized by 
     5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized by the 
     treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, 
     and art associations or societies whose publications or 
     services are available to members only, or to members at a 
     price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and 
     cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances 
     therefor, for other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
     5901-5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for 
     protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, 
     alteration, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 
     and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 
     repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 
     contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, 
     or organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms 
     and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $53,899,000, 
     of which not to exceed $3,026,000 for the special exhibition 
     program shall remain available until expended.

            repair, restoration and renovation of buildings

       For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 
     renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
     occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
     otherwise, as authorized, $5,942,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for 
     environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior 
     repair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of 
     Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded 
     on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts


                       operations and maintenance

       For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and 
     security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
     Arts, $10,875,000.

                              construction

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

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


                         salaries and expenses

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

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       grants and administration

       For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
     on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
     $82,734,000, shall be available to the National Endowment for 
     the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the 
     arts through assistance to organizations and individuals 
     pursuant to section 5(c) of the Act, and for administering 
     the functions of the Act, to remain available until expended.


                            matching grants

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

                 National Endowment for the Humanities


                       grants and administration

       For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
     on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
     [$92,994,000] $87,994,000 shall be available to the National 
     Endowment for the Humanities for support of activities in the 
     humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act, and for 
     administering the functions of the Act, to remain available 
     until expended.


                            matching grants

       To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the 
     National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 
     1965, as amended, $11,500,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $7,500,000 shall be available to the 
     National Endowment for the Humanities for the purposes of 
     section 7(h): Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
     available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal 
     to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of 
     money, and other property accepted by the Chairman or by 
     grantees of the Endowment under the provisions of subsections 
     11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding 
     fiscal years for which equal amounts have not previously been 
     appropriated.

                      Institute of Museum Services

                       grants and administration

       For carrying out title II of the Arts, Humanities, and 
     Cultural Affairs Act of 1976, as amended, $21,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                       administrative provisions

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

                        Commission of Fine Arts

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a 
     Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $867,000.

               national capital arts and cultural affairs

       For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 
     (20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $6,000,000.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
     Preservation (Public Law 89-665, as amended), $2,500,000: 
     Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for the 
     compensation of Executive Level V or higher position.

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National 
     Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C 71-71i), including 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,390,000: 
     Provided, That all appointed members will be compensated at a 
     rate not to exceed the rate for Executive Schedule Level IV.

             Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt 
     Memorial Commission, established by the Act of August 11, 
     1955 (69 Stat. 694), as amended by Public Law 92-332 (86 
     Stat. 401), [$125,000] $500,000 to remain available until 
     expended.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Council

                       holocaust memorial council

       For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as 
     authorized by Public Law 96-388 (36 U.S.C. 1401), as amended, 
     [$29,707,000] $30,707,000, of which $1,575,000 for the 
     Museum's repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for 
     the Museum's exhibitions program shall remain available until 
     expended.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record and available for public inspection, except where 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.

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       Sec. 302. No part of any appropriation under this Act shall 
     be available to the Secretary of the Interior or the 
     Secretary of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and natural 
     gas by noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned lands within 
     the boundaries of the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois: 
     Provided, That nothing herein is intended to inhibit or 
     otherwise affect the sale, lease, or right to access to 
     minerals owned by private individuals.
       Sec. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or 
     distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote 
     public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on 
     which congressional action is not complete.
       Sec. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
     department or agency shall be obligated or expended to 
     provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal 
     servants to any officer or employee of such department or 
     agency except as otherwise provided by law.
       Sec. 306. No assessments may be levied against any program, 
     budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act 
     unless advance notice of such assessments and the basis 
     therefor are presented to the Committees on Appropriations 
     and are approved by such Committees.
       Sec. 307. (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--None of 
     the funds made available in this Act may be expended by an 
     entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds 
     the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act 
     of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c; popularly known as the 
     ``Buy American Act'').
       (b) Sense of Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
       (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In 
     the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized 
     to be purchased with financial assistance provided using 
     funds made available in this Act, it is the sense of the 
     Congress that entities receiving the assistance should, in 
     expending the assistance, purchase only American-made 
     equipment and products.
       (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, 
     the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each 
     recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement 
     made in paragraph (1) by the Congress.
        (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
     Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally 
     determined by a court or Federal agency that any person 
     intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' 
     inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
     product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not 
     made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
     receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
     available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, 
     and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 
     through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 308. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified 
     as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located 
     on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands 
     in a manner different than such sales were conducted in 
     fiscal year 1995.
       Sec. 309. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated or expended by the National Park Service to 
     enter into or implement a concession contract which permits 
     or requires the removal of the underground lunchroom at the 
     Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
       Sec. 310. Where the actual costs of construction projects 
     under self-determination contracts, compacts, or grants, 
     pursuant to Public Laws 93-638, 103-413, or 100-297, are less 
     than the estimated costs thereof, use of the resulting excess 
     funds shall be determined by the appropriate Secretary after 
     consultation with the tribes.
       Sec. 311. Notwithstanding Public Law 103-413, quarterly 
     payments of funds to tribes and tribal organizations under 
     annual funding agreements pursuant to section 108 of Public 
     Law 93-638, as amended, may be made on the first business day 
     following the first day of a fiscal quarter.
       Sec. 312. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps program, 
     unless the relevant agencies of the Department of the 
     Interior and/or Agriculture follow appropriate reprogramming 
     guidelines: Provided, That if no funds are provided for the 
     AmeriCorps program by the VA-HUD and Independent Agencies 
     fiscal year 1997 appropriations bill, then none of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
     used for the AmeriCorps programs.
       Sec. 313. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used (1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey City, New 
     Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent pedestrian use of 
     such bridge, when it is made known to the Federal official 
     having authority to obligate or expend such funds that such 
     pedestrian use is consistent with generally accepted safety 
     standards.
       Sec. 314. (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.
       (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 make a final determination as to whether 
     or not an applicant is entitled to a patent under the general 
     mining laws on at least 90 percent of such applications 
     within five 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 in a timely and responsible manner, upon the 
     request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior 
     shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party 
     contractor to be selected by the Bureau of Land Management to 
     conduct a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill 
     sites contained in a patent application as set forth in 
     subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have the 
     sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party 
     contractor in accordance with the standard procedures 
     employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the retention of 
     third-party contractors.
       Sec. 315. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for the purposes of 
     acquiring lands in the counties of Lawrence, Monroe, or 
     Washington, Ohio, for the Wayne National Forest.
       Sec. 316. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment 
     for the Arts:
       (a) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
     individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a 
     literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or 
     American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
       (b) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 
     that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made 
     to a [State, regional or local group,] State or local arts 
     agency, or regional group, may be used to make a grant to any 
     other organization or individual to conduct activity 
     independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing in this 
     subsection shall prohibit payments made in exchange for goods 
     and services.
       (c) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, 
     unless the application is specific to the contents of the 
     season, including identified programs and/or projects.
       Sec. 317. The United States Forest Service approval of 
     Alternative site 2 (ALT 2), issued on December 6, 1993, is 
     hereby authorized and approved and shall be deemed to be 
     consistent with, and permissible under, the terms of Public 
     Law 100-696 (the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988).
       Sec. 318. None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture 
     by this or any other Act may be used to issue or implement 
     final regulations, rules, or policies pursuant to title VIII 
     of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to 
     assert jurisdiction, management, or control over navigable 
     waters transferred to the State of Alaska pursuant to the 
     Submerged Lands Act of 1953 or the Alaska Statehood Act of 
     1959.
       Sec. 319. No funds appropriated under this or any other Act 
     shall be used to review or modify sourcing areas previously 
     approved under section 490(c)(3) of the Forest Resources 
     Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-
     382) or to enforce or implement Federal regulations 36 CFR 
     part 223 promulgated on September 8, 1995. The regulations 
     and interim rules in effect prior to September 8, 1995 (36 
     CFR 223.48, 36 CFR 223.87, 36 CFR 223 subpart D, 36 CFR 223 
     subpart F, and 36 CFR 261.6) shall remain in effect. The 
     Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior 
     shall not adopt any policies concerning Public Law 101-382 or 
     existing regulations that would restrain domestic 
     transportation or processing of timber from private lands or 
     impose additional accountability requirements on any timber. 
     The Secretary of Commerce shall extend until September 30, 
     1997, the order issued under section 491(b)(2)(A) of Public 
     Law 101-382 and shall issue an order under section 
     491(b)(2)(B) of such law that will be effective October 1, 
     1997.
       [Sec. 320. Section 101(c) of Public Law 104-134 is amended 
     as follows: Under the heading ``Title III--General 
     Provisions'' amend section 315(f) by striking ``September 30, 
     1998'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``September 30, 1999'' 
     and by striking ``September 30, 2001'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``September 30, 2002''.]

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       Sec. 320. Section 101(c) of Public Law 104-134 is amended 
     as follows: Under the heading ``Title III--General 
     Provisions'' amend section 315(b) by striking ``50, areas,'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``100, areas,'' and amend 
     section 315(f) by striking ``September 30, 1998'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``September 30, 1999'' and by 
     striking ``September 30, 2001'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``September 30, 2002''.
       Sec. 321. None of the amounts made available by this Act 
     may be used for design, planning, implementation, 
     engineering, construction, or any other activity in 
     connection with a scenic shoreline drive in Pictured Rocks 
     National Lakeshore.
       [Sec. 322. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to transfer any land 
     into trust under section 5 of the Indian Reorganization Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 465), or any other Federal statute that does not 
     explicitly denominate and identify a specific tribe or 
     specific property, except when it is made known to the 
     Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such 
     funds that--
       [(1) a binding agreement is in place between the tribe that 
     will have jurisdiction over the land to be taken into trust 
     and the appropriate State and local officials; and
       [(2) such agreement provides, for as long as the land is 
     held in trust, for the collection and payment, by any retail 
     establishment located on the land to be taken into trust, of 
     State and local sales and excise taxes, including any special 
     tax on motor fuel, tobacco, or alcohol, on any retail item 
     sold to any nonmember of the tribe for which the land is held 
     in trust, or an agreed upon payment in lieu of such taxes.]
       Sec. 322. Land transfer, Bend Silviculture Lab, Deschutes 
     National Forest, Oregon.--
       (a) Transfer of real property and all improvements located 
     thereon.--Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, there 
     is hereby transferred, without consideration and subject to 
     existing valid rights, all right, title and interest of the 
     United States in and to approximately 5.73 acres of land as 
     described by plat dated July 7, 1977, (which is on file and 
     available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief, 
     USDA Forest Service, Washington, D.C.), as well as all 
     improvements, including the Bend Silviculture Lab located 
     thereon, to the Central Oregon Community College, Bend, 
     Oregon; this being a portion of the same tract acquired by 
     donation from the City of Bend on August 10, 1960, through a 
     Bargain and Sale deed to the USDA Forest Service for use as a 
     research lab, and recorded in volume 125, page 508 of the 
     Deschutes County, Oregon, Deed Records.
       (b) Conditions of transfer.--The transfer effected by 
     subsection (a) is made subject to no special terms or 
     conditions.
       Sec. 323. Upon the date of enactment of this Act, no part 
     of any appropriation contained in this Act or any other Act 
     shall be expended or obligated to fund the activities of the 
     Office of Forestry and Economic Assistance, or any successor 
     office.
       Sec. 324. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
     to accept title to approximately 84 acres of land located in 
     Prince Georges County, Maryland, adjacent to Oxon Cove Park, 
     and bordered generally by the Potomac River, Interstate 295 
     and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, or any interest therein, and 
     in exchange therefor may convey to the Corrections 
     Corporation of America approximately 50 acres of land located 
     in Oxon Cove Park in the District of Columbia and bordered 
     generally by Oxon Cove, Interstate 295 and the District of 
     Columbia Impound Lot, or any interest therein.
       (b) Before proceeding with an exchange, the Secretary shall 
     determine if the federal property is suitable for exchange 
     under the criteria normally used by the National Park 
     Service. The exchange shall comply with applicable 
     regulations and National Park Service policies for land 
     exchanges.
       (c)(1) The Secretary shall not acquire any lands under this 
     section if the Secretary determines that the lands or any 
     portion thereof have become contaminated with hazardous 
     substances (as defined in the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 960l)).
       (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United 
     States shall have no responsibility or liability with respect 
     to any hazardous wastes or other substances placed on any of 
     the lands covered by this section after their transfer to the 
     ownership of any party, but nothing in this section shall be 
     construed as either diminishing or increasing any 
     responsibility or liability of the United States based on the 
     condition of such lands on the date of their transfer to the 
     ownership of another party: Provided, That the Corrections 
     Corporation of America shall indemnify the United States for 
     liabilities arising under the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 960l) 
     and the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 690l, 
     et seq.).
       (d) The properties so exchanged either shall be 
     approximately equal in fair market value or if they are not 
     approximately equal, shall be equalized by the payment of 
     cash to the Corporation or to the Secretary as required or in 
     the event the value of the Corporation's lands is greater, 
     the acreage may be reduced so that the fair market value is 
     approximately equal: Provided, That the Secretary shall order 
     appraisals made of the fair market value for improvements 
     thereon: Provided further, That any such cash payment 
     received by the Secretary shall be deposited to 
     ``Miscellaneous Trust Funds, National Park Service'' and 
     shall be available without further appropriation until 
     expended for the acquisition of land within the National Park 
     System.
       (e) Costs of conducting necessary land surveys, preparing 
     the legal descriptions of the lands to be conveyed, 
     performing the appraisals, and administrative costs incurred 
     in completing the exchange shall be borne by the Corporation.
       (f) Following any exchange authorized by this provision, 
     the boundaries of Oxon Cove Park shall be expanded to include 
     the land acquired by the United States.
       Sec. 325. None of the funds provided by this Act or any 
     other Act available to the National Park Service, Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, or Forest 
     Service may be obligated for the costs of employee relocation 
     or transfer of duty at a level that exceeds ninety percent of 
     the average amounts spent for this purpose in fiscal year 
     1994 and 1995.
       Sec. 326. Section 1. Land Exchange.--
       (a) Exchange.--Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of 
     Agriculture (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Secretary'') shall convey all right, title, and interest of 
     the United States in and to the National Forest System lands 
     described in subsection (b)(1) to Public Utility District No. 
     1 of Chelan County, Washington (referred to in this section 
     as the ``Public Utility District''), in exchange for the 
     conveyance to the Department of Agriculture by the Public 
     Utility District of all right, title, and interest of the 
     Public Utility District in and to the lands described in 
     subsection (b)(2).
       (b) Description of lands.--
       (1) National Forest System Lands.--The National Forest 
     System lands referred to in subsection (a) are 122 acres, 
     more or less, that are partially occupied by a wastewater 
     treatment facility referred to in subsection (c)(4)(A) with 
     the following legal description:
       (A) The NE\1/4\ of SW\1/4\ of section 27 of township 27 
     north, range 17 east, Wilamette Meridian, Chelan County, 
     Washington.
       (B) The N\1/2\ of SE\1/4\ of SW\1/4\ of such section 27.
       (C) The W\1/2\ of NW\1/4\ of SE\1/4\ of such section 27.
       (D) The NW\1/4\ of SW\1/4\ of SE\1/4\ of such section 27.
       (E) The E\1/2\ of NW\1/4\ of the SE\1/4\ of such section 
     27.
       (F) That portion of the S\1/2\ of SE\1/4\ of SW\1/4\ lying 
     north of the northerly edge of Highway 209 right-of-way of 
     such section 27.
       (2) Public utility district lands.--The lands owned by the 
     Public Utility District are 109.15 acres, more or less, with 
     the following legal description:
       (A) S\1/2\ of SW\1/4\ of section 35 of township 26 north, 
     range 17 east, Wilamette Meridian, Chelan County, Washington.
       (B) The area specified by Public Utility District No. 1 as 
     Government Lot 5 in such section 35.
       (c) Requirements for exchange.--
       (1) Title acceptance and conveyance.--Upon offer by the 
     Public Utility District of all right, title and interest in 
     and to the lands described in subsection (b)(2), if the title 
     is found acceptable by the Secretary, the Secretary shall 
     accept title to such lands and interests therein and shall 
     convey to the Public Utility District all right, title, and 
     interest of the United States in and to the lands described 
     in subsection (b)(1).
       (2) Appraisals required.--Before making an exchange 
     pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall conduct 
     appraisals of the lands that are subject to the exchange to 
     determine the fair market value of the lands. Such appraisals 
     shall not include the value of the wastewater treatment 
     facility referred to in paragraph (4)(A).
       (3) Additional consideration.--If, on the basis of the 
     appraisals made under paragraph (1), the Secretary determines 
     that the fair market value of the lands to be conveyed by one 
     party under subsection (a) is less than the fair market value 
     of the lands to be conveyed by the other party under 
     subsection (a), then, as a condition of making the exchange 
     under subsection (a), the party conveying the lands with the 
     lesser value shall pay the other party the amount by which 
     the fair market value of the lands of greater value exceeds 
     the fair market value of the lands of lesser value.
       (4) Conveyance of wastewater treatment facility.--(A) As 
     part of an exchange made under subsection (a), the Secretary 
     shall convey to the Public Utility District of Chelan County, 
     Washington, all right, title and interest of the United 
     States in and to the wastewater treatment facility (including 
     the wastewater treatment plant and associated lagoons) 
     located on the lands described in subsection (b)(1) that is 
     in existence on the date of the exchange.
       (B) As a condition for the exchange under subsection (a), 
     the Public Utility District shall provide for a credit equal 
     to the fair market value of the wastewater treatment facility 
     conveyed pursuant to subparagraph (A) (determined as of 
     November 4, 1991), that shall be applied to the United 
     States' share of any new wastewater treatment facility 
     constructed by the Public Utility District after such date.
       (d) Additional terms and conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the exchange under this section as the Secretary 
     determines appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
     States.
       Sec. 327. ``Snoqualmie National Forest Boundary Adjustment 
     Act of 1996.''
       (a) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby 
     directed to modify the boundary of the Snoqualmie National 
     Forest to include and encompass 10,589.47 acres, more or 
     less, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Snoqualmie 
     National Forest Proposed 1996 Boundary Modification'' dated 
     July, 1996. Such map, together with a legal description of 
     all lands included in the boundary adjustment, shall be on 
     file and available for public inspection in the Office of the 
     Chief of the Forest Service in Washington, District of 
     Columbia.
       (b) Rule for land and water conservation fund.--For the 
     purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
     Act of 1965

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     (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the boundary of the Snoqualmie National 
     Forest, as modified pursuant to subsection (a), shall be 
     considered to be the boundary of that National Forest as of 
     January 1, 1965.
       Sec. 328. Sugarbush Land Exchange Act of 1996.
       (a) Exchange or sale of land.--
       (1) If Sugarbush Resort Holdings, Inc. conveys to the 
     United States land acceptable to the Secretary of Agriculture 
     that is at least equal in value to the value of the land 
     described in subsection (a)(2), makes a payment of cash at 
     least equal to that value, or conveys land and makes a 
     payment of cash that in combination are at least equal to 
     that value, the Secretary, subject to valid existing rights, 
     shall, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
     prescribe, convey all right, title, and interest of the 
     United States in and to the land described in subsection 
     (a)(2).
       (2) Federal land to be exchanged.--The Federal land to be 
     exchanged is approximately 57 acres of federally owned land 
     in the Green Mountain National Forest depicted on the map 
     entitled ``Green Mountain National Forest, Sugarbush 
     Exchange,'' dated December 1995.
       (3) Lands acquired from Sugarbush Resort Holdings, Inc.--
     Any land conveyed to the United States in an exchange under 
     subsection (a)(1) shall be subject to such valid existing 
     rights of record as may be acceptable to the Secretary, and 
     the title to the parcel shall conform with the title approval 
     standards applicable to federal land acquisitions.
       (b) Administration of land.--
       (1) Addition to green mountain national forest.--On 
     approval and acceptance of title by the Secretary, the land 
     acquired by the United States through an exchange or with 
     proceeds from a sale under subsection (a) shall become part 
     of the Green Mountain National Forest, and the boundaries of 
     the National Forest shall be adjusted to include the land.
       (2) Administration.--Land acquired under this Act shall be 
     administered by the Secretary in accordance with the laws 
     (including regulations) pertaining to the National Forest 
     System.
       (3) Authority of the secretary.--This section does not 
     limit the authority of the Secretary to adjust the boundaries 
     of the Green Mountain National Forest pursuant to section 11 
     of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963, chapter 186; 16 
     U.S.C. 521) (commonly known as the ``Weeks Law'').
       (4) For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the 
     boundaries of the Green Mountain National Forest, as adjusted 
     under this Act, shall be considered to be the boundaries of 
     the Green Mountain National Forest as of January 1, 1965.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997''.

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I bring before the Senate today the fiscal 
year 1997 Department of the Interior and related agencies 
appropriations bill.
  This bill, as reported by the Appropriations Committee, totals 
$12,617,764,000 in discretionary budget authority and $13,306 million 
in outlays and is within the 602(b) allocations. Any amendments offered 
to the Interior bill will require offsets. The President's budget 
request is $263 million above the committee's budget authority 
allocation and is $333 million above the committee's outlay allocation.
  The bill before you represents difficult choices and challenges. The 
needs for various agencies funded through the Interior bill are great, 
from operations and facilities requirements of the national parks, 
forests, refuges, public lands, and museums to the basic health care, 
tribal government, and education services provided to native Americans. 
Funding for fighting fire on public lands, such as the fires that have 
been devastating the West this summer, is provided through the Interior 
bill. In putting this bill together, we have attempted to strike a 
balance among these competing interests.
  I wish to thank the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations 
Committee, Senator Hatfield, for his support of the Interior bill 
programs and his willingness to give the Interior Subcommittee an 
additional $500 million in budget authority and $400 million in outlay 
allocations above the House allocations. It is because of Senator 
Hatfield that I am able to present this as a balanced and appropriate 
bill, with attention to and recognition of the difficult decisions that 
had to be made during formulation of this bill.
  This year, the Interior Subcommittee received approximately 1,400 
requests for amendments to the bill, that total to more than $2 
billion. Many of these requests presumed enactment of the amounts 
proposed in the President's budget, and then proposed to add above 
that. With the budget constraints we faced, our starting point was the 
fiscal year 1996 budget with consideration of the administration's 
fiscal year 1997 budget proposals, of the priorities contained within 
the budget request, and of concerns important to Members.
  As is the usual practice on the Interior Subcommittee, this bill was 
prepared in a bipartisan manner.
  Senator Byrd and his staff were not only cooperative, but were major 
and significant players in drafting the bill that is before you today.
  The recommendations represent the result of extensive review of the 
President's budget proposals through subcommittee hearings with the 
agencies, briefings, and written testimony from the public.
  Now, we will turn to the recommendations before you today. Among the 
items of interest are of course, those within land management.
  The committee has provided additional funds above the fiscal year 
1996 amounts for the operational accounts of the land management 
agencies: Bureau of Land Management--2 percent, Fish and Wildlife 
Service--6 percent, National Park Service--7 percent, Forest Service--2 
percent.
  The land management agencies are involved presently with the 
suppression of devastating wildfires and are faced with a shortage of 
funds to fight the wildfires. This recommendation provides $321 million 
for presuppression fire activities, $340 million for fire suppression, 
and $110 million for an emergency appropriation, that is contingent 
upon the President's emergency declaration.
  To assist with the growing recreation demands on the agencies in this 
bill, the pilot recreation fee proposal is extended for an additional 
year and the number of demonstration sites are increased from 50 to 
100. Eighty percent of the fee collections are to be returned to the 
site from which they are collected.
  I may add, Mr. President, at this time, I was recently briefed by the 
heads of each of those agencies. Each of them is enthusiastic about 
this proposition. It has improved morale in the various services 
because they can now see the tangible results they can obtain by these 
fee schedules, some new and some increased. So far, the public response 
has been very positive because the public can see that it is actually 
getting something in each of the parks or refuges to which admission 
fees are being charged.
  I think this is a first-rate experiment. I am convinced that it will 
soon become permanent and that it will result in at least beginning to 
work on the background of deferred maintenance in all of our public 
lands that are used for recreational purposes.
  The construction accounts for the land management agencies have 
increased $39.6 million in total--11 percent. The majority of the 
construction projects involve the completion of ongoing projects and 
the restoration or rehabilitation of existing facilities. No new starts 
for visitor centers are provided. While it may seem that this is a 
large increase for construction, I would remind my colleagues that the 
facility backlogs for these land management agencies are approximately 
$9 million.
  Overall funding for land acquisition for the land management agencies 
totals $152.9 million, which is $14.7 million--11 percent--over the 
current level and $52.9 million above the level appropriated in the 
House of Representatives. The committee has identified specific 
projects, while the House bill did not. Priority is given to completing 
ongoing acquisitions and avoiding new starts that would increase future 
demands. Additional funds are provided to acquire sensitive endangered 
species habitat and to ensure protection of natural and cultural 
resources.
  With respect to the science agencies, funding for the Office of 
Surface Mining and Minerals Management Service is increased slightly.
  On cultural activities, the first priority was to provide adequate 
resources to those cultural institutions such as our Nation's museums, 
for which this subcommittee has primary funding responsibility.

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  Among the many competing needs of our cultural agencies, the 
subcommittee continues to place particular emphasis on repair and 
renovation work that is required to keep these institutions open to the 
public and collections preserved safely. Budget estimates from the 
Kennedy Center, the National Gallery of Art, and the Smithsonian 
Institution have been met in full to facilitate this work.
  With respect to the Department of Energy, energy conservation 
programs are $33 million--6.2 percent over the fiscal year 1996 level 
and $47 million over the House level. This includes an increase of 
$19.7 million over fiscal year 1996 for weatherization.
  Fossil research and development is down 3.8 percent from the 
comparable fiscal year 1996 level, but is $12.75 million above the 
House bill.
  Mr. President, $150 million is rescinded from the Clean Coal 
Technology Program, substantially less than the $325 million rescission 
proposed in the budget.
  Senator Byrd and I have studied this program carefully. I have 
deferred to him, as he is the overriding national expert on the 
subject. And I am assured by him that the bill includes the absolute 
maximum rescission that can be sustained at this time without 
prematurely terminating ongoing projects.
  Funding for the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves is decreased 
by $16.5 million from the request of $149.5 million. While the 
Department of Energy has stated that this reduction will result in a 
revenue loss of $45 million over the next 2 years, I see no other 
alternative in light of the lack of support shown for the reserves by 
this committee last year.
  Operations of the strategic petroleum reserve are funded by oil sales 
from the reserves of some $220 million.
  With respect to Indian programs in the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
overall, funding increases by $10.3 million above the fiscal year 1996 
funding, and $32 million above the amount in the House bill. Emphasis 
has been placed on providing additional funding to tribal priority 
allocations, which is $22.5 million--3 percent above fiscal year 1996 
and $12.5 million above the House level. Within the tribal priority 
allocations, the committee has included an increase of $4 million for 
small and needy tribes and a general increase of $14.7 million. The 
committee has also placed emphasis on elementary and secondary school 
operations and has increased funding by $18.4 million--5 percent above 
fiscal year 1996 level and $8.9 million above the House level.
  Funding has been provided for enacted Indian land and water 
settlements as requested by the administration.
  The bill reported by the committee includes a provision that would 
allow tribes the option to receive direct payments from the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs for services or the option to receive services in the 
current manner. While this provision was initiated in cooperation with 
the Indian Affairs Committee, consensus on the final details of the 
plan could not be reached.
  Mr. President, this is a result that I greatly regret. A bill has 
been reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs that would accomplish 
this goal in a much more permanent and extensive fashion.
  There is great resistance to that bill from many quarters, some 
within the Indian community, some within the administration, some from 
outside. I share many of those reservations. I had hoped, and I 
continue to hope, that we could experiment with this field, could start 
down the road on an optional basis, and could do it in an 
appropriations bill for 1 year, perhaps 2 years, perhaps 3 years to see 
how it worked.
  I am deeply sorry that, between the administration and the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs and at least some of the Indian communities, this 
experiment was not deemed to be acceptable. In fact, it is the subject 
of a letter from the White House threatening a possible veto of the 
bill.
  I understand that Senator McCain will make a motion to strike this 
provision in its entirety, and with great regret, I will agree to that 
motion, and it will be stricken. I hope by next year, we will be able 
to reach a resolution of this problem so that we can move forward with 
what I am convinced is an appropriate experiment in increasing the 
authority of the tribes over their own affairs.
  Total funding for the Indian Health Service has increased in this 
bill by some $66 million. This increase is for staffing of recently 
completed facilities, a portion of pay costs to maintain existing 
service levels, and funding for replacement of a health care facility 
in Montana that recently burned to the ground.
  Mr. President, I am continuing an experiment which I began, at least 
for the committee, last year. I have available for all Members of the 
Senate, and for the public, a picture of what we are doing. This is 
another case in which I think a picture is worth a thousand words. I 
have cast about a large number of statistics, even in these brief 
opening remarks. This chart shows where the roughly $13 billion in this 
bill will actually go.
  The left column, in various shades of green, is the land management 
programs which are the responsibility of this subcommittee and, of 
course, of this Congress. The Forest Service is on the bottom, the 
National Park Service next, Bureau of Land Management above that, and 
the Fish and Wildlife Service on top, for a total of almost $6 billion, 
but $6 billion spent in the management of the public patrimony of the 
people of the United States, the lands that we as a people own, I think 
the most important responsibility of this committee.
  Those ratios are not greatly different from last year. They are 
probably a little bit higher than they were last year because of the 
increased recreational use, an increase which goes on year after year 
after year in almost all of these areas.
  The second, the blue column, has to do with our responsibilities for 
Native Americans. The lower part of it is the Indian Health Service, 
which you will notice is larger for that single unit than in the entire 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and, then there are tiny little appropriations 
on top of that. But that is a little bit under $4 billion. So we are 
close to $10 billion at this point in the land management programs and 
Indian programs.

  Then we shift over to science programs, in shades of purple. The 
largest portion of that, slightly more than a billion dollars is the 
Geological Survey, the Office of Surface Mining and Minerals, mining 
service and others. There we consolidated money that goes to two 
different Departments.
  Then there is energy programs, in orange, to the Department of 
Energy. Research and development is the largest portion of that, less 
than a billion dollars. The management of our oil reserves and grants 
for various programs, mostly directed at the more effective use of our 
energy or the development of new energy sources.
  The dark blue is the cultural programs of the United States, and, 
basically, except for a tiny share for memorials, they go in large 
measure to the museums--the Smithsonian, the National Gallery of Art--
the repositories of much of our culture. The smaller amount goes to the 
endowments--the National Endowment for the Arts and the National 
Endowment for the Humanities.
  Finally, over on the right, the smallest portion, about $200 million, 
is the management of the Department of the Interior.
  This shows people the relative size of the spending of the people of 
the United States on these matters, all of which are important and may 
help guide Members of this body as they deal with amendments.
  Before I yield the floor, I want to repeat something that was in my 
written remarks.
  Last year was my first as the chairman of this subcommittee, and I 
took on that position with some trepidation, because I succeeded in 
that position as subcommittee chairman my friend and colleague and 
mentor, the senior Senator from West Virginia, Senator Byrd, who has 
chaired the full committee and the subcommittee. He made that 
transition both easy and constructive, Mr. President, by his advice, by 
his knowledge of the programs with which we dealt and by his wonderful 
support.
  As a consequence, when we debated this bill on this floor last year, 
we had a number of controversial and contested amendments. Not one of 
those amendments after debate and on a vote

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was decided by a party-line vote, because the management of these 
programs should not and is not a partisan matter. They were decided, I 
think, on their merits. Members had to consider carefully what was 
being said because they couldn't come down and vote a straight party 
line, and that is the way, in my view, that the Senate ought to work.
  It worked that way because of the cooperation and thoughtfulness of 
Senator Byrd. I appreciated that. We ended up with a number of troubles 
and veto over a matter which neither of us had any control. This year, 
I believe that we have a bill, even if there are a few amendments on 
it, that has an outstanding chance of being approved by the President 
of the United States, particularly if we are able to retain the extra 
$500 million in allocations that was given to us in conference with the 
House. I believe we will be able to retain that. I think we are able to 
do a good job, and if we are a complete success this year, the credit 
will be largely due to my friend and colleague, Senator Byrd.
  With that, I yield the floor.
  Mr. BYRD addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I am pleased to speak in support of the 
fiscal year 1997 Interior appropriations bill. This bill was reported 
out by the Appropriations Committee on July 16, so there has been ample 
time for Senators to review its contents. I hope that the Senate will 
be able to move expeditiously in its consideration of this bill. The 
start of the new fiscal year will be upon us before long, and there are 
enough differences between this bill and the House version that the 
sooner we can get to conference, the better our chances of resolving 
these differences will be.
  Again this year, it has been a privilege for me to work with Senator 
Gorton in the development of this appropriations bill. He is a very 
able chairman--I have said on more than one occasion that he is more 
knowledgeable about the details of this bill than was his predecessor. 
The Interior bill is a complex bill--it provides funding for 40 
different Federal agencies, ranging from the national parks, to Indian 
hospitals, to the Smithsonian Institution, to energy research and 
development. The reach of this bill is vast--there are 368 national 
park units, 121 national forests, over 500 national wildlife refuges, 
438 Indian hospitals and clinics, 16 Smithsonian museums, 185 Indian 
schools, and countless other facilities where the research and 
technology development supported by this bill occurs.
  Because of the extent to which the programs under the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction touch so many Americans, this is a bill in which many 
Senators are very interested. Again this year, the subcommittee 
received numerous requests for attention to particular items of concern 
to Senators, despite limited, and increasingly limited, funding 
resources. I believe that the chairman has done an excellent job in 
putting the pieces of this bill together. He has been very fair in his 
approach. His task in developing this bill was made easier by the much 
better allocation provided by the full committee chairman, Senator 
Hatfield. The Senate version of this bill has $500 million more in 
budget authority and $400 million more in outlays than its House 
counterpart. These resources still leave the subcommittee essentially 
at a freeze level, so adjustments have been made internally to address 
the highest priority programs in the bill.

  I urge the administration to take a close look at the distribution of 
the resources provided by the Senate. Additional funds above the House 
are provided in important areas such as fire protection, national 
parks, land acquisition, Indian programs, energy efficiency, and 
Smithsonian activities. If the Interior bill were to be vetoed and the 
various individual accounts to be held to the fiscal year 1996 level, 
it would have far greater consequences than the language concerns or 
than not to providing additional funding for the areas identified by 
the administration. For example, under a freeze at the 1996 level, 
firefighting would receive $414 million below this bill's 
recommendations; park operations would be at a level $74 million below 
the Senate recommendation; endangered species programs would be $10 
million below the committee recommendation; tribal priority allocations 
in the Bureau of Indian Affairs would be $22 million less; energy 
efficiency research and development would be $33 million less; and 
administrative functions, particularly the Interior Departmental 
management account, would be lower.
  I will not delve further into the details of the appropriations bill. 
The chairman has summarized sufficiently the various programs and 
activities contained in this year's bill. The bill contains a good 
balance among the various programs--our national parks, basic human 
services for native Americans, minerals and science, energy research 
and development, the public lands and wildlife resources, our national 
forests, and the cultural institutions that draw so many visitors to 
our Nation's capital each year.

  About $1 billion of the funding recommended in this bill falls within 
the jurisdiction of the Department of Energy. Because of the 
considerable importance of several Department of Energy programs to my 
State, particularly fossil energy and clean coal technology, I have met 
with Secretary O'Leary to discuss various issues. And I have found her 
always--I have met with her on several occasions over the years. I have 
always found her to be responsive and forthright in her stewardship of 
the Department of Energy. She faces an enormous task--not just on all 
matters related to energy policy, but also in managing the vast complex 
of the Department of Energy's weapons activities. Secretary O'Leary has 
been steadfast in her efforts to show real progress in downsizing and 
streamlining the Department of Energy. Consequently, she has achieved 
real reductions in the size of the DOE workforce as well as managed 
DOE's declining budget in a fair and effective manner. She deserves to 
be commended for these actions. And I commend her actions, for her 
steadfast support and dedication.
  Lastly, Mr. President, I extend a word of appreciation to the staff 
that have assisted the chairman and me in our work on this bill. They 
work as a team, and they serve both of us, as well as all Senators, in 
a very effective and dedicated manner. And I receive many compliments 
from other Senators concerning our staff. On the majority side, the 
staff members are Cherie Cooper, Kathleen Wheeler, Bruce Evans, Ginny 
James, and Dave Gilbert. On my own staff, Sue Masica and Carole Geagley 
handle the Interior bill.
  This is a good bill, upon which I hope the Senate will be able to 
complete action in a timely manner.
  So, Mr. President, for now I shall yield the floor. Again, I 
congratulate and thank my chairman of the subcommittee, Senator Gorton, 
and all members of the subcommittee on both sides of the aisle. I thank 
you, Mr. President.
  Mr. GORTON addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coverdell). The chairman of the 
subcommittee is recognized, the Senator from Washington.
  Mr. GORTON. I hope that very soon we will be able to treat, en bloc, 
as many as 25 technical and noncontroversial amendments. The Members 
and the staff are reviewing those amendments at this point, as are one 
or two other Members who are interested in them. I will suggest the 
absence of a quorum, but it is simply for that purpose. I will be back 
soon and get it started with a large number of noncontroversial 
amendments in this bill.
  I also, for the purposes of Members and offices that are listening to 
this debate, solicit the presence on the floor of any Member who has an 
amendment that he or she would like to present. There are, in addition 
to these en bloc amendments, a number that I am sure we will be able to 
agree to, some that will be debated. But the sooner we start those 
debates, the sooner we will finish. And I trust that between now and 
noon, when we move on to another subject, that we will hear from some 
of our Members. With that, Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a 
quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent David Gilbert, a 
detailee from the Department of the Interior to the Interior 
Subcommittee, be granted floor privileges today, September 13, during 
consideration of this bill and on such successive days as we shall 
consider this bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. GORTON. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Amendments Nos. 5318 through 5342, En Bloc

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I send a group of amendments to the desk 
and ask they be considered en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request of the 
Senator?
  Mr. BYRD. Let the clerk read first, and then we will determine if 
there is an objection.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I will explain each of these amendments 
briefly, and, if further discussion is desired, we will separate it 
out.
  This first amendment is proposed on behalf of Senator Chafee as the 
chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works. We have, as 
I pointed out during my opening remarks, added to and expanded the 
authority of our various land management agencies to charge entrance 
fees and to use those entrance fees in large measure for the 
improvement of the facilities at which they are collected.
  Senator Chafee and his committee have a slight modification in that 
connection with respect to some of those facilities. We have viewed it. 
It is the opinion of his committee it is included for that reason.
  The second amendment is proposed on behalf of the two Senators from 
Idaho. It will move $100,000 of an appropriation from the Running Creek 
Ranch land acquisition project to the National Forest Service 
appropriation for ``jammer,'' an old logging road inventory in Idaho.
  The third, proposed by the Senator from Ohio [Mr. DeWine], would add 
one additional county to an existing moratorium on land acquisitions 
for the Wayne National Forest in the State of Ohio.
  The next, on behalf of the Senator from North Carolina [Mr. 
Faircloth] removes approximately 100 acres from a 9,000-acre Snowbird 
Wilderness Study Area.
  The fourth, for myself, moves $308,000 from Forest Service 
construction for the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie flood project to Lake Chelan 
National Recreation Area for the repair of the Company Creek Road.
  The fifth, on my behalf, advises the Elwha language in the bill to 
specify that any agreement with the State of Washington shall provide 
protection of the existing quality and availability of water.
  The next, for myself and for Senator Byrd relating to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, adds language capping welfare assistance similar to 
that that is in the present 1996 bill.
  Next, for myself and for Senator Byrd on the National Park Service, 
is a technical correction that specified $300 million is available for 
research, planning, and interagency coordination in support of land 
acquisition in the Everglades in Florida. This is an agreement that was 
made during the full committee consideration of the bill.
  The next, for myself and Senator Byrd on the Forest Service, is 
literally a technical correction where we made a mistake and where 
language should read ``50 percent.''
  The next, for myself on the National Park Service, allows a 
reimbursement of some $270,000 by the National Park Service to the 
State of Washington for fish restoration activities.
  The next, for myself and Senator Byrd relating to Bureau of Mines, is 
to extend the facilities transfer authority provided in the 1996 
appropriations bill.
  The next, for myself and Senator Byrd for the Forest Service, is a 
surprise, Mr. President. It will rename the Columbia Wilderness Area in 
Oregon, the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness. The Columbia Wilderness Area 
is some 39,000 acres and was established in the 1984 Wilderness Act 
that Senator Hatfield sponsored. This small wilderness area overlooks 
and borders the Columbia River Gorge on the Oregon side, though it is 
not a part of the formal gorge area itself. The wilderness also 
overlooks the Bonneville Dam and the Oxbow salmon fish hatchery and is 
in the shadow of Mount Hood. Each addition to wilderness areas in the 
State of Washington has been sponsored by Senator Hatfield. This one is 
near the northern edge of the Bull Run Reservoir near the wild and 
scenic Hood River.
  Mr. President, this amendment is produced without the knowledge, at 
this point, of Senator Hatfield, but it is a particularly appropriate 
time. He is absent today, holding what I suspect will be his final 
hearing as a Senator in the Columbia Gorge which he greatly loves and 
which his State, of course, shares with my own. And so we feel that a 
renaming of this wilderness area in his honor and in honor of his long, 
extraordinary and distinguished service in the U.S. Senate is a most 
appropriate amendment.

  The next amendment, again, on behalf of myself and Senator Byrd, is 
language relating to the National Park Foundation, allowing money that 
it collects to be used to rehabilitate visitor centers.
  The next is on my behalf, and it removes the Mt. Graham red squirrel 
provision from the bill. This provision was included in the 1996 
appropriations bill and was highly controversial. At one time, it was 
the subject of a veto threat on the part of President Clinton. Mt. 
Graham is in Arizona. It is the location of a number of astronomical 
observatories. The creation of the last of those has been bitterly 
contested in Arizona over a number of years. The Arizona congressional 
delegation wanted to allow the completion of the last telescope. As 
much of the aid from other nations that was available to it was going 
to be lost if the project was not begun soon. Ultimately, we did 
include the provision in the bill that was signed by the President. 
Since then, there was a court decision won, after a long series of 
decisions, that has validated the construction. So the provision is no 
longer necessary and can be stricken from the bill.
  The next is for myself and Senator Byrd for the Fish and Wildlife 
Services, which clarifies the California NCCP earmark funding will be 
provided to local governments.
  The next two are both by Senator Hatfield and, ironically, are naming 
provisions that he has asked for for other people. The first is 
renaming of Bend, OR, silviculture laboratory to be the Robert W. 
Chandler lab; and the second is renaming a BLM facility for Frank 
Smullin in Rand, OR.
  The next amendment is for Senator Hutchison of Texas, Fish and 
Wildlife Service and Forest Service. It transfers $250,000 from the Rio 
Grande National Wildlife Reserve land acquisition to the Lake McClellan 
Recreation Area for dredging.
  Next is for the Senator from Louisiana, [Mr. Johnston] who is 
retiring. It is, to me, interesting that it is renaming of the Jean 
Lafitte Visitors Center to be named the Laura C. Hudson Visitor Center. 
Jean Lafitte, if my memory serves me, is long dead. I suspect the new 
person after whom it is named is more recent than any of that desired 
by the Louisiana Senators.
  The next is for Senators Murkowski, Burns, and Craig, asking for a 
status report of timber sales under the salvage provision of the 1995 
rescissions bill.
  Next is for the two Alaska Senators modifying an Alaska subsistence 
moratorium, included in the 1996 legislation.
  Next for the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Nickles] for the Indian 
Health Services, which allows use of the Choctaw Nation funds for 
construction of a Talihina hospital.
  Next is by the two Senators from Virginia, which transfers $1 million 
from the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge land acquisition to the 
Rappahannock National Wildlife Refuge land acquisition.
  Next is by the Senator from Maryland [Mr. Sarbanes] with respect to 
the Office of Surface Mining, which allows the State of Maryland to 
spend more than 10 percent of its State grants for acid mine drainage 
projects.

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  The final one is for the Senator from Alaska [Mr. Stevens], for the 
Bureau of Land Management. It transfers $250,000 from the Alaska 
cadastral survey to preparation of environmental impact statement for 
resumption of an oil leasing program in the National Petroleum Reserve.

  That is an outline. I believe these amendments have all been cleared, 
but I will defer to the Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, all of the amendments have been cleared on 
this side of the aisle. Having heard the amendments read and explained, 
I, therefore, have no objection to the request that they be considered 
and agreed to en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Washington [Mr. Gorton] proposes 
     amendments numbered 5318 through 5342, en bloc.

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of 
the amendments be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendments (No. 5318 through 5342), en bloc, are as follows:


                           amendment no. 5318

  (Purpose: To provide that a portion of the admission and user fees 
  collected by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service under the 
   recreational fee demonstration program shall be available to the 
Secretary of the Interior until expended to be used in accordance with 
certain priorities specified in the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 
                                 1986)

       Beginning on page 15, strike line 23 and all that follows 
     through page 16, line 11, and insert the following: ``section 
     101(c) of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and 
     Appropriations Act of 1996 is amended in section 315(c)(1)(E) 
     (110 Stat. 1321-201; 16 U.S.C. 460l-6a note) by striking 
     `distributed in accordance with section 201(c) of the 
     Emergency Wetlands Resources Act' and inserting `available to 
     the Secretary of the Interior until expended to be used in 
     accordance with clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of section 
     201(c)(A) of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 (16 
     U.S.C. 3911(c)(A)).'.''
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5319

       On page 62 of the Act, line 18, strike ``$1,285,881,000'', 
     and insert ``$1,285,981,000''.
       On page 65 of the Act, line 19, strike ``39,660,000'', and 
     insert ``$39,560,000''.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5320

  (Purpose: Expands the moratorium on land acquisition for the Wayne 
   National Forest in Ohio to include Gallia County. Currently, the 
 moratorium includes the counties of Lawrence, Monroe, or Washington, 
                                 Ohio)

       On page 103, line 12:
       After ``counties of' insert ``Gallia,''.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5321

(Purpose: To remove a parcel of land from the Snowbird Wilderness Study 
         area in North Carolina so that a road can be repaired)

       At the appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3  . SNOWBIRD WILDERNESS STUDY AREA.

       (a) In General.--Section 6(a)(4) of the North Carolina 
     Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-324) is amended--
       (1) by striking `'eight thousand four hundred and ninety 
     acres'' and inserting ``8,390 acres''; and
       (2) by striking ``July 1983'' and inserting ``July 1996''.
       (b) Management.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall manage 
     the area removed from wilderness study status by the 
     amendments made by subsection (a) in accordance with the 
     provisions of law applicable to adjacent areas outside the 
     wilderness study area.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5322

   (Purpose: To move $308,000 in construction funds from a Mt. Baker 
     Snoqualimie National Forest project to a Lake Chelan National 
Recreation Area (Company Creek road repair) project. Both projects are 
                      in the State of Washington)

       On page 17, line 25, strike ``$165,418,000'' and insert 
     ``$165,726,000''.
       On page 64, line 21, strike ``$172,167,000'' and insert 
     ``$171,859,000''.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5323

       On page 49, line 19, strike Sec. 115 and insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 115. Public Law 102-495 is amended by adding the 
     following new section:
       ``Sec. 10. Washington State Removal Option.
       ``(a) Upon appropriation of $29,500,000 for the Federal 
     Government to acquire the projects in Washington State 
     pursuant to this Act, the State of Washington may, upon the 
     submission to Congress of a binding agreement to remove the 
     projects within a reasonable period of time, purchase the 
     projects from the Federal Government for $2. Such a binding 
     agreement shall provide protection of the existing quality 
     and availability of water from the Elwha River for municipal 
     and industrial uses from possible adverse impacts of dam 
     removal.
       ``(b) Upon receipt of the payment pursuant to subsection 
     (a), the Federal Government shall relinquish ownership and 
     title of the projects to the State of Washington.
       ``(c) Upon the purchase of the projects by the State of 
     Washington, section 3(a), (c) and (d), and Sections 4, 7, and 
     9 of Public Law 102-495 are hereby repealed, and the 
     remaining sections renumbered accordingly.''.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5324

     (Purpose: Specifies the amount of funds available for welfare 
assistance payments in bill language consistent with language contained 
              in the FY 1996 Interior Appropriations bill)

       On page 29, line 8, after the word ``exceed'' insert:
       ``$86,520,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments and 
     not to exceed''.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5325

 (Purpose: Technical correction to specify $3 million is available for 
Everglades research, planning, and interagency coordination in support 
                          of land acquisition)

       On page 16, line 25, strike ``$4,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$3,000,000''.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5326

   (Purpose: Technical correction to correct per centum error in the 
                 National Forest System appropriation)

       On page 62, line 20, after the word ``including'' delete 
     the linetype and delete ``60''.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5327

 (Purpose: Allows the National Park Service to reimburse the State of 
              Washington for fish restoration activities)

       On page 17, line 25, after ``expended'' insert the 
     following: '', of which $270,000 shall be used for 
     appropriate fish restoration projects not related to dam 
     removal including reimbursement of the State of Washington 
     for emergency actions taken to protect the 196 run of fall 
     chinook salmon on the Elwha River''.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5328

  (Purpose: To extend authority for the transfer of certain Bureau of 
                           Mines facilities)

       After line 13 on page 61 of the bill, insert the following:
       Sec.  . The second proviso under the heading ``Bureau of 
     Mines, Administrative Provisions'' of Public Law 104-134 is 
     amended by inserting after the word ``authorized'' the word 
     ``hereafter''.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5329

       On page 118, after line 9, insert the following:
       Sec.  . The Columbia Wilderness, created by the Oregon 
     Wilderness Act of 1984, Public Law 98-328, located in the Mt. 
     Hood National Forest, Oregon, shall be known and designated 
     as the ``Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness''.
       Any references in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
     or other record of the United States to the Columbia 
     Wilderness shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Mark O. 
     Hatfield Wilderness.''
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5330

 (Purpose: This bill language would allow the National Park Foundation 
to expend remaining balances and accrued interest from funds granted to 
it by the National Park Service in Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 pursuant 
 to the National Park System Visitor Facilities Fund Act of 1983 (P.L. 
97-433, 96 Stat. 2277). That Act provided for the expenditure of funds 
 by the Foundation to improve the quality of visitor facilities in the 
                        park system nation-wide)

       On page 20, after line 22, insert the following new 
     paragraph:
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, remaining 
     balances, including interest, from funds granted to the 
     National Park Foundation pursuant to the National Park System 
     Visitor Facilities Fund Act of 1983 (P.L. 97-433, 96 Stat. 
     2277) shall be available to the National Park Foundation for 
     expenditure in units of the National Park System for the 
     purpose of improving visitor facilities.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5331

(Purpose: Strikes the provision deeming approval of a telescope site on 
     Mt. Graham consistent with the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act)

       On page 104, line 9, strike line 1 and all that follows 
     through page 104, line 14.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5332

(Purpose: To clarify the amount of funds provided to the U.S. Fish and 
    Wildlife Service for the Natural Communities Conservation Plan)

       On page 11, line 2, strike all after ``Act,'' through 
     ``until expended'' on line 8 and insert the following: and of 
     which $2,000,000 shall be provided to local governments in 
     southern California for planning associated with the Natural 
     Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5333

 (Purpose: Naming of PNW Station Silviculture Lab in Bend, Oregon for 
                          Robert W. Chandler)

       On page 74, line 9, insert the following: ``The Pacific 
     Northwest Research Station

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     Silviculture Lab in Bend, Oregon is hereby named the Robert 
     W. Chandler Building. The dedication provides commemorative 
     recognition to Robert W. Chandler, editor of the Bend 
     Bulletin newspaper, longtime community servant and advocate 
     for sound silvicultural practices in Central and Eastern 
     Oregon.''
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5334

       On page 9, line 22, insert the following:
       ``The Bureau of Land Management's Visitors Center in Rand, 
     Oregon is hereby named the William B. Smullin Visitor Center. 
     The dedication provides commemorative recognition to William 
     B. Smullin, founder of California Oregon Broadcasting, 
     Incorporated, who brought broadcasting to Northern California 
     and Southern Oregon.''
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5335

 (Purpose: To move $250,000 from the Fish and Wildlife Service's Lower 
  Rio Grande National Wildlife Refuge land acquisition project to the 
Forest Service's Lake McClellan dredging project. Both projects are in 
                          the State of Texas)

       On page 12, line 12, strike ``$50,802,000'' and insert 
     ``$50,552,000''.
       On page 62, line 18, strike ``$1,285,881,000'' and insert 
     ``1,286,131,000.''
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5336

       On page 61, after line 13, insert the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 1  . Visitor Center Designation at Jean Lafitte 
     National Historical Park.
       (a) The visitor center at Jean Lafitte National Historical 
     Park, located at 418 Rue Decatur in New Orleans, Louisiana is 
     hereby designated as the ``Laura C. Hudson Visitor Center''.
       (b) Any reference in law, regulation, paper, record, map, 
     or any other document in the United States to the visitor 
     center referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a 
     reference to the ``Laura C. Hudson Visitor Center''.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5337

       On page 74, after line 8, insert the following new 
     paragraph:
       The Secretary of Agriculture shall by March 31, 1997 report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate on the status and disposition 
     of all salvage timber sales started under the authority of 
     Section 2001 of PL 104-121 and subsequently withdrawn or 
     delayed and completed under different authorities as a 
     consequence of the July 2, 1996 Directive on the 
     implementation of Section 2001 issued by the Secretary.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5338

 (Purpose: To protect State's management of fish and game resources in 
                                Alaska)

       On page 104, Strike all in lines 15 thru 23 and insert in 
     lieu thereof;
       Sec. 318 ``None of the funds available to the Department of 
     the Interior or the Department of Agriculture by this or any 
     other Act may be used to prepare, promulgate, implement, or 
     enforce any rule or regulation pursuant to Title VIII of the 
     Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to assert 
     jurisdiction, management, or control over any waters (other 
     than non-navigable waters on federal lands), non-federal 
     lands, or lands selected by, but not conveyed to, the State 
     of Alaska pursuant to the Submerged Lands Act of 1953 or the 
     Alaska Statehood Act, or an Alaska Native Corporation 
     pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.''
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5339

(Purpose: To provide for the use of certain funds for the construction 
      of a health care facility by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)

       : Provided further, That funds made available to the 
     Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma in this Act, including Indian 
     Self-Determination Act compact ``tribal shares,'' medicaid/
     medicare collections and carry-over funds may be used to 
     support construction of a facility to replace the Talihina 
     Indian Hospital so long as the current level of health care 
     services is not diminished
                                                                    ____


  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, the Talihina, OK hospital is sixth on the 
IHS health facility list for replacement of inpatient facilities. The 
Choctaw Nation proposes to replace the existing Talihina Indian 
Hospital with a community facility to serve both Indian and non-Indian 
people and has developed a financing plan for the design and 
construction of the replacement facility. Design and construction of 
this facility will be consistent with the approved IHS Program 
Justification Document [PJD]. The Choctaw Nation proposes to utilize 
various funding sources, including Tribal Funds, Medicaid and Medicare 
collections, carry-over funds and IHS Area and Headquarters tribal 
shares to support this project for a community based hospital. The 
managers have agreed that IHS funds may be used only for the Indian 
user portion of the projected patient workload. I understand the 
managers have no objection to the use of these Federal funds so long as 
it does not diminish the current level of health care services. IHS 
will work with the Choctaw Nation in the implementation of this project 
and identify and reach an agreement of future resources and 
responsibilities related to staffing, equipping and operating the newly 
constructed facility. These operational needs will be considered in the 
context of current budget constraints, project placement on the 
facility priority list and future funding of facilities on the 
facilities priority list. I understand the IHS and the Choctaw Nation 
will report back to Congress on the progress of this project.


                           amendment no. 5340

 (Purpose: To provide $1,000,000 for land acquisition at Rappahannock 
                 National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia)

       On Page 12, line 23 after ``Kentucky,'' add ``and of which 
     $1,500,000 shall be for acquisition at Back Bay National 
     Wildlife Refuge and of which $1,000,000 shall be for 
     acquisition at Rappahannock National Wildlife Refuge.''
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5341

(Purpose: To authorize the State of Maryland to set aside a portion of 
amounts made available under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
  Act of 1977 for use in undertaking acid mine drainage abatement and 
                          treatment projects)

       On page 27, line 21, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That the State of Maryland 
     may set aside the greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the 
     total of the grants made available to the State under title 
     IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
     (30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.) if the amount set aside is deposited 
     in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund 
     established under a State law, pursuant to which law the 
     amount (together with all interest earned on the amount) is 
     expended by the State to undertake acid mine drainage 
     abatement and treatment projects''.
                                                                    ____



                           amendment no. 5342

       On page 4, line 3, after ``expended'' insert the following: 
     ``; Provided further, That $250,000 of the funds available to 
     the Bureau of Land Management for the Alaska conveyance shall 
     be available for activities preparatory to resumption of 
     leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in 
     Alaska pursuant to Public Law 96-514''.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, amendments 5318 through 
5342 are agreed to en bloc.
  The amendments (Nos. 5318 through 5342), en bloc, were agreed to.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. BYRD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, with the consent of Senator Byrd, I would 
like the Record to include the fact that there is a printing error in 
the bill that should be corrected, and I am told I can correct it 
simply by reading it here.
  On page 19 of the bill, line 5, starting with the word ``that'' 
through line 7 ending with the word ``authorization,'' the text should 
be in italic since this was text that was added by the Senate to the 
House-passed version of the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Amendments to Committee Report

  Mr. GORTON. Second, Mr. President, I send to the desk an agreed-on 
series of amendments not to the bill but to the committee report, and I 
ask unanimous consent the committee report be amended in the way I have 
submitted it and the amendments be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendments are as follows:
       On page 16 of the Committee report under U.S. Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, Habitat Conservation, the increase of 
     $500,000 provided for the Jobs in the Woods program was 
     intended to be from the FY 1996 level, not from the level in 
     the FY 1997 budget request.
       On page 17 of the Committee report, funds earmarked for 
     cooperative marine mammals programs are provided pursuant to 
     section 119 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, not section 
     199.
       In the Construction table for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
     Service on page 20 of the Committee report, the amounts 
     provided for the

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     Southwest Fisheries Technology Center are transposed. The 
     Senate bill actually provides $961,000 for the Dexter 
     hatchery and $2,705,000 for the Mora hatchery.
       On page 41, the amount for the Committee recommendations 
     for the Operation of Indian Programs should be 
     $1,413,606,000, consistent with the amount shown in the table 
     on page 43, instead of $1,418,606,000 as printed in the 
     report. The corrected funding level represents a decrease of 
     $165,817,000 below the budget estimate, an increase of 
     $31,983,000 above the House allowance, and $29,172,000 above 
     the fiscal year 1996 level instead of the amounts printed in 
     the report.
       On page 43, the amount listed for the Committee 
     recommendation in the text should be $511,266,000, consistent 
     with the amount in the table on page 42, instead of 
     $521,966,000 as printed in the report. The corrected funding 
     level represents an increase of $17,769,000 above the fiscal 
     year 1996 funding level and $8,208,000 above the House 
     allowance.
       On page 56, the Senate bill referenced on the last line of 
     the paragraph should be Senate bill 1425 instead of 1475 as 
     listed in the report.
       The Senate bill does not include the $3.5 million increase 
     requested by the Indian Health Service to fund the cost of 
     new and expanded tribes. However, it is not the intent of the 
     Committee to deny such tribes access to contract health care 
     within the funds provided. The Committee has not provided any 
     funds for new or expanded tribes beyond those which are 
     explicitly identified in the budget request. To the extent 
     additional tribes are recognized or expanded during the 
     fiscal year, funding for such tribal populations will be 
     addressed in the context of the FY 1998 appropriations bill.
       On page 66 of the Committee report, on the fourth line of 
     the paragraph discussing the Small Business Administration 
     timber sale set-aside program, after the words ``appeals 
     process'' insert ``, within 36 CFR Part 251, Subpart C,''.

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, on another subject, Washington State is 
not unlike many other Western States in that a significant portion of 
its land is in public ownership. In many cases, the ownership is 
Federal, State, and private in the form of a checkerboard pattern 
across wide areas of the State.
  Because of this checkerboard land ownership in Washington State, land 
exchanges are quickly becoming an efficient way for landowners to do 
business with the Federal Government. There are several such exchanges 
to block up land in the works in the State of Washington. One such land 
exchange was announced on July 27 in Seattle by Agriculture Secretary 
Glickman. Secretary Glickman announced an agreement between the Forest 
Service and the Plum Creek Timber Co. to complete a major land exchange 
in the Wenatchee National Forest within 2 years.
  Last year, the Senate included $350,000 in its fiscal year 1996 
Interior appropriations bill to facilitate this exchange. I support the 
exchange strongly and am glad that the Secretary has made it a high 
priority. The committee did not include specific funding for the 
exchange in this year's appropriation bill in large part because the 
Forest Service has stated its preference that its management accounts 
not be earmarked. As chairman of the committee I have met the agency's 
request while understanding that the necessary funds will be made 
available in fiscal year 1997 to work on this important land exchange.
  The Senate report accompanying the fiscal year 1997 Interior bill 
includes the following report language:

       The committee encourages the use of land exchanges as a way 
     in which to protect important recreational and 
     environmentally significant lands in lieu of direct 
     acquisition by the Federal Government. The committee believes 
     that land exchanges represent a more cost effective way in 
     which to do business and encourages the Forest Service to 
     give priority to those exchanges either nearing completion or 
     where land management decisions are made particularly 
     difficult due to a checkerboard pattern of ownership.

  The Plum Creek land exchange should continue to be a priority for the 
agency along with other exchanges that are nearing completion.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee 
amendments be agreed to en bloc, that the bill as thus amended be 
regarded for the purpose of amendment as original text, provided that 
no point of order shall have been considered to have been waived by 
agreeing to this request, and that the following committee amendments 
be excepted from this en bloc request:
  Page 46, line 24 through page 47, line 4; page 25, line 4 through 
line 10; page 63, line 22 through page 64, line 18; page 89, line 7; 
and those portions of the committee amendments on page 49, line 19 
through page 50, line 8; page 51, line 3 through page 55, line 13; and 
page 56, line 14 through page 57, line 19.
  This has been cleared by both sides.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendments were considered and agreed to en bloc with 
the above noted exceptions.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                           Amendment No. 5343

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk for 
myself, Mr. Hatfield and Mrs. Murray, and ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The committee amendment will be set aside. The 
clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Washington [Mr. Gorton], for himself, Mr. 
     Hatfield, and Mrs. Murray, proposes an amendment numbered 
     5343.

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       At the appropriate section in title III, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     fiscal year 1997 the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior 
     are authorized to limit competition for watershed restoration 
     project contracts as part of the ``Jobs in the Woods'' 
     component of the President's Forest Plan for the Pacific 
     Northwest to individuals and entities in historically timber-
     dependent areas in the States of Washington, Oregon, and 
     northern California that have been affected by reduced timber 
     harvesting on Federal lands.

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, this amendment was requested by the Forest 
Service and is supported by Senator Hatfield and Senator Murray in 
addition to myself.
  The amendment would enable the Forest Service to limit the 
advertisement of contracts for watershed restoration projects in 
historically timber-dependent communities in the States of Washington, 
Oregon, and northern California. The funding for this restoration work 
comes from the ``Jobs in the Woods'' Program created by the President's 
Pacific Northwest forest plan.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendment is agreed to.
  The amendment (No. 5343) was agreed to.
  Mr. BAUCUS addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.


                         Glacier National Park

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, at the appropriate time I will send an 
amendment to the desk. This amendment deals with the Park Services 
management of Glacier National Park in the State of Montana. As you 
might know, Mr. President, the Park Service is beginning a new general 
management plan for Glacier Park. It will be a blueprint for the next 
20 years.
  I must say, that we in Montana are quite concerned about this 
blueprint. I ask that everybody watching take note of what is going on 
here and to come and visit us in Montana, particularly at Glacier Park. 
Glacier has some of the most stunning real estate in the world. The 
Going to the Sun Highway, mountain goats scaling the rocks, Grinnell 
Glacier and Iceberg Lake, which is just a small sample of what we have 
in Glacier. It is truly a national heritage, one that we must preserve 
forever. So on its face, Mr. President, an updated management plan 
seems like a pretty good idea. After all, we want to protect Glacier in 
the long term. It does not make much sense not to protect a resource as 
precious as this.

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  Full campgrounds, crowded roads, aging infrastructure, and many other 
challenges face the Park Service today. Because Glacier has been 
discovered, people are coming to visit Glacier, as well they should. It 
is so magnificent. So we do need a management plan that does meet these 
challenges and preserves the quality of Glacier National Park.
  But so far, the National Park Service, it seems, is doing a better 
job at scaring people, at frightening people, particularly those who 
use Glacier, than in making citizens full partners in the plan which 
protects the park for future generations.
  The Daily Interlake, a Kalispell newspaper, editorialized:

       The Park Service has come up with a document that by 
     accident or design manages to offend just about everyone one 
     way or another.

  I might say, that is an understatement. Most people I talk to are, if 
not outraged, quite upset. And given the conversations I have had with 
them, and others who have visited Glacier Park over the last couple 
weeks, I can tell you that something has to be done.
  For decades visitors have had a truly first-class experience when 
they visit Glacier. Radical changes could make these experiences a 
thing of the past.
  I want to believe that the Park Service has merely had a clumsy 
beginning, a clumsy start, which will soon lead to a very productive 
process that reflects public sentiment concerning proper Glacier 
management. But up to now, the Park Service has done very little to 
reassure Montanans about where they are heading.
  I think we need an insurance plan, an insurance policy, something 
that guarantees that the new management plan will not go haywire. So my 
amendment provides that protection. It allows the Park Service to go 
ahead, but it requires them to submit the final Glacier general 
management plan to the Senate Energy Committee and the House Resources 
Committee. These committees will then have 90 days to review the plan 
before it goes into effect. That, I think, will guarantee public input 
and a final management plan that preserves the Glacier Park experience.
  This amendment is a final line of defense against illogical or 
unresponsive decisionmaking by the National Park Service, not that I 
expect them to be unresponsive or illogical, but I think it is 
important to have an insurance plan. I think this amendment will help 
make that happen.


                           Beartooth Highway

  Mr. President, on another matter, I will also offer an amendment to 
ensure the proper management of one of the most spectacular highways in 
the United States, that is called the Beartooth Highway. Highway 212, 
better known as the Beartooth Highway, begins just outside Red Lodge, 
MT. It climbs a mountain to Line Creek Plateau looking out over the 
Absaroka-Beartooth wilderness area of Wyoming and Montana. It then 
proceeds on to Cooke City and the northeastern entrance of Yellowstone 
National Park. It is truly magnificent. Anyone who has ever taken a 
vacation in that part of our country, put it on your calendar, the 
possibility of driving the Beartooth Highway. I guarantee you will not 
regret it.
  It is named for a spectacular rock spire, capping a mountain ridge, 
carved by ancient glaciers into the shape of a bear's canine tooth. 
That is why it is called Beartooth. When traveling up Beartooth 
Highway, travelers often see wildlife from moose to the bighorn sheep, 
black bear, and golden eagle. High meadows in the spring are covered 
with alpine wildflowers, while snowdrifts often last all summer long. 
It is magnificent.
  Travelers driving the Beartooth Highway see some of the most unusual 
and spectacular scenery in our country. And maybe that is why Americans 
have treasured this region--according to archaeological evidence--for 
the past 12,000 years. That is about as long as human beings have lived 
on our continent.
  Since the Beartooth Highway was built in the 1930's, the National 
Park Service has kept it plowed to make sure it is open for tourism by 
Memorial Day weekend. This has guaranteed access for Americans who want 
to appreciate this part of our heritage. And it has helped to ensure 
prosperity for towns along the road, in places like Red Lodge, Cooke 
City, Silver Gate.
  But this year the Park Service did not open the highway on Memorial 
Day. It did not plow the road on time. And small businesses in the 
gateway communities--already reeling from the Congress' blundering 
decision to shutdown the Government at the height of the winter tourist 
season--felt the impact. To make matters worse, these towns can expect 
the same thing to happen in the future. Because soon after Memorial 
Day, the Superintendent of Yellowstone announced that after 1997, the 
Park Service will no longer make sure the Beartooth Highway is open at 
the start of the tourist season.
  The Superintendent's reason for this policy change stems from the 
budget squeeze that Yellowstone is feeling. That is not a frivolous 
decision, and I am sympathetic to the challenges the Park Service faces 
in managing Yellowstone. But walking away from responsibility to 
Beartooth Highway and these gateway communities is not acceptable.
  Rather, I believe we have to find a solution now. And I think it is 
clear. The responsibility for the Beartooth Highway rests jointly on 
the Park Service and on the Forest Service. Visitors use this road to 
get both to Yellowstone and the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Area. The 
former, of course, is managed by the Park Service and the latter by the 
Forest Service. So both agencies should share equally in the cost 
of opening the Beartooth Highway.

  My amendment requires the Park Service and the Forest Service to 
enter into a memorandum of understanding by April 1, 1997, to split the 
cost of opening the Beartooth Highway between the two agencies. It also 
requires these agencies to make sure that the Beartooth Highway is open 
to traffic by Memorial Day each year.
  I think this is fair. It is a good, common sense solution. It will 
help ease the Park Service's concerns over funding. It will make sure 
Americans can drive this highway in the spring. And it will make sure 
small businesses in Red Lodge, Cooke City, and others, who depend on 
the Beartooth Highway opening at the beginning of the tourist season, 
can look to the future with confidence.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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