[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 119 (Friday, September 29, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H8472-H8550]
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4578, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida submitted the following conference report and 
statement on the bill (H.R. 4578) making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-914)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     4578) ``making appropriations for the Department of the 
     Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2001, and for other purposes'', having met, 
     after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and 
     do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an 
     amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:
     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, 2001, 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)), 
     $709,733,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $3,898,000 shall be available for assessment of the mineral 
     potential of public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010 
     of Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which not to 
     exceed $1,000,000 shall be derived from the special receipt 
     account established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 
     1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)); and of which 
     $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2001 subject to 
     a match by at least an equal amount by the National Fish and 
     Wildlife Foundation, to such Foundation for cost-shared 
     projects supporting conservation of Bureau lands and such 
     funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump sum grant 
     without regard to when expenses are incurred; in addition, 
     $34,328,000 for Mining Law Administration program operations, 
     including the cost of administering the mining claim fee 
     program; to remain available until expended, to be reduced by 
     amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this 
     appropriation from annual mining claim fees so as to result 
     in a final appropriation estimated at not more than 
     $709,733,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, from communication site rental fees established by 
     the Bureau for the cost of administering communication site 
     activities: Provided, That appropriations herein made shall 
     not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, 
     wild horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its 
     contractors.


                        wildland fire management

       For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression 
     operations, research, emergency rehabilitation and hazardous 
     fuels reduction by the Department of the Interior, 
     $425,513,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for the renovation or 
     construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds 
     are also available for repayment of advances to other 
     appropriation accounts from which funds were previously 
     transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That 
     unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated to 
     the ``Fire Protection'' and ``Emergency Department of the 
     Interior Firefighting Fund'' may be transferred and merged 
     with this appropriation: Provided further, That persons hired 
     pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and 
     lodging without cost from funds available from this 
     appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 
     U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the 
     Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered 
     pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United 
     States property, may be credited to the appropriation from 
     which funds were expended to provide that protection, and are 
     available without fiscal year limitation.
       For an additional amount for ``Wildland Fire Management'', 
     $200,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities: 
     Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That this 
     amount shall be available only to the extent that an official 
     budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes 
     designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
     emergency requirement as defined by such Act, is transmitted 
     by the President to the Congress.


                    central hazardous materials fund

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


                              construction

       For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 
     roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $16,860,000, to 
     remain available until expended.


                       payments in lieu of taxes

       For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20, 
     1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901-6907), $150,000,000, of 
     which not to exceed $400,000 shall be available for 
     administrative expenses: Provided, That no payment shall be 
     made to otherwise eligible units of local government if the 
     computed amount of the payment is less than $100.


                            land acquisition

       For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 
     318(d) of Public Law 94-579, including administrative 
     expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests 
     therein, $31,100,000, 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

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     such grant lands; $104,267,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
     receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested 
     Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a 
     charge against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and 
     shall be transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in 
     accordance with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of 
     title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).


               forest ecosystems health and recovery fund

                   (revolving fund, special account)

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


                           range improvements

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


               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

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


                       miscellaneous trust funds

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


                       administrative provisions

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

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service


                          resource management

       For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, for scientific and economic studies, 
     conservation, management, investigations, protection, and 
     utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales, 
     seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-horned 
     cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, general 
     administration, and for the performance of other authorized 
     functions related to such resources by direct expenditure, 
     contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable 
     agreements with public and private entities, $776,595,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2002, except as 
     otherwise provided herein, of which not less than $2,000,000 
     shall be provided to local governments in southern California 
     for planning associated with the Natural Communities 
     Conservation Planning (NCCP) program and shall remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That not less than 
     $1,000,000 for high priority projects which shall be 
     carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized 
     by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $6,355,000 shall be used for 
     implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 
     4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species 
     that are indigenous to the United States (except for 
     processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and 
     final regulations, and taking any other steps to implement 
     actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), 
     or (c)(2)(B)(ii)): Provided further, That of the amount 
     available for law enforcement, up to $400,000 to remain 
     available until expended, may at the discretion of the 
     Secretary, be used for payment for information, rewards, 
     or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by 
     the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of 
     enforcement activity, authorized or approved by the 
     Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his 
     certificate: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
     for environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may 
     remain available until expended for contaminant sample 
     analyses.


                              construction

       For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal 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; $63,015,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any provision of 
     law or regulation, funds appropriated in Public Law 106-113 
     for exhibits at the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife 
     Refuge Education Center in Florida shall be transferred 
     immediately to the Ding Darling Wildlife Society for the 
     purpose of constructing the exhibits.

                            land acquisition

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 
     through 11), including administrative expenses, and for 
     acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in 
     accordance with statutory authority applicable to the United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service, $62,800,000, 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, $26,925,000, to be derived from the Cooperative 
     Endangered Species Conservation Fund, 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), $11,439,000.


               north american wetlands conservation fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101-233, 
     as amended, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended.


              wildlife conservation and appreciation fund

       For necessary expenses of the Wildlife Conservation and 
     Appreciation Fund, $797,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


                multinational species conservation fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant 
     Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4203, 4211-4213, 4221-4225, 
     4241-4245, and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 
     1997 (Public Law 105-96; 16 U.S.C. 4261-4266), and the 
     Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 
     5301-5306), $2,500,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That funds made available under this Act and Public 
     Law 105-277 for rhinoceros, tiger, and Asian elephant 
     conservation programs are exempt from any sanctions imposed 
     against any country under section 102 of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2799aa-1).

                       administrative provisions

       Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
     Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of 
     not to exceed 79 passenger motor vehicles, of which 72 are 
     for replacement only (including 41 for police-type use); 
     repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to 
     reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; 
     options for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each 
     option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses 
     on conservation areas as are consistent with their primary 
     purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, 
     buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
     Service and to which the United States has title, and which 
     are used pursuant to law in connection with management and 
     investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under 
     cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements 
     authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 
     in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
     the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing 
     either in cash or services and the Service determines the 
     cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
     Provided further, That the Service may accept donated 
     aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Secretary of the Interior may not spend any of the 
     funds appropriated in this Act for the purchase of lands 
     or interests in lands to be used in the establishment of 
     any new unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System unless 
     the purchase is approved in advance by the

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     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in 
     compliance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 
     Senate Report 105-56.

                         National Park Service


                 operation of the national park system

       For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
     maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the 
     National Park Service (including special road maintenance 
     service to trucking permittees on a reimbursable basis), and 
     for the general administration of the National Park Service, 
     including not less than $2,000,000 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, $1,389,144,000, of which $9,227,000 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 
     $7,000,000, 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: Provided, That 
     the only funds in this account which may be made available to 
     support United States Park Police operations are those needed 
     to continue services at the same level as was provided in 
     fiscal year 2000 at the Statue of Liberty and Gateway 
     National Recreation Area, and those funds approved for 
     emergency law and order incidents pursuant to established 
     National Park Service procedures and those funds needed to 
     maintain and repair United States Park Police administrative 
     facilities.


                       united states park police

       For expenses necessary to carry out the programs of the 
     United States Park Police, $78,048,000, of which $1,607,000 
     for security enhancements in the Washington, DC area shall 
     remain available until expended.

                  national recreation and preservation


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, 
     natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership 
     programs, environmental compliance and review, international 
     park affairs, statutory or contractual aid for other 
     activities, and grant administration, not otherwise provided 
     for, $58,359,000: Provided, That $1,595,000 appropriated in 
     Public Law 105-277 for the acquisition of interests in Ferry 
     Farm, George Washington's Boyhood Home, shall be transferred 
     to this account and shall be available until expended for a 
     cooperative agreement for management of George Washington's 
     Boyhood Home, Ferry Farm, as authorized in Public Law 105-
     355.


                     urban park and recreation fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
     2501 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


                       historic preservation fund

       For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic 
     Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), and the 
     Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public 
     Law 104-333), $79,347,000, to be derived from the Historic 
     Preservation Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
     2002, of which $7,177,000 pursuant to section 507 of Public 
     Law 104-333 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That of the total amount provided, $35,000,000 shall be for 
     Save America's Treasures for priority preservation projects, 
     including preservation of intellectual and cultural 
     artifacts, preservation of historic structures and sites, and 
     buildings to house cultural and historic resources and to 
     provide educational opportunities: Provided further, That any 
     individual Save America's Treasures grant shall be matched by 
     non-Federal funds: Provided further, That individual projects 
     shall only be eligible for one grant, and all projects to be 
     funded shall be approved by the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations prior to the commitment of grant funds: 
     Provided further, That Save America's Treasures funds 
     allocated for Federal projects shall be available by transfer 
     to appropriate accounts of individual agencies, after 
     approval of such projects by the Secretary of the Interior: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds provided for Save 
     America's Treasures may be used for administrative expenses, 
     and staffing for the program shall be available from the 
     existing staffing levels in the National Park Service.


                              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, $242,174,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That $650,000 for Lake Champlain 
     National Historic Landmarks, $300,000 for the Kendall County 
     Courthouse, and $365,000 for the U.S. Grant Boyhood Home 
     National Historic Landmark shall be derived from the Historic 
     Preservation Fund pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 470a.


                    land and water conservation fund

                              (rescission)

       The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2001 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 Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 
     through 11), including administrative expenses, and for 
     acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in 
     accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the 
     National Park Service, $110,540,000, to be derived from the 
     Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $40,500,000 is for the State assistance 
     program including $1,500,000 to administer the State 
     assistance program, and of which $12,000,000 may be for State 
     grants for land acquisition in the State of Florida: 
     Provided, That the Secretary may provide Federal assistance 
     to the State of Florida for the acquisition of lands or 
     waters, or interests therein, within the Everglades watershed 
     (consisting of lands and waters within the boundaries of the 
     South Florida Water Management District, Florida Bay and the 
     Florida Keys, including the areas known as the Frog Pond, the 
     Rocky Glades and the Eight and One-Half Square Mile Area) 
     under terms and conditions deemed necessary by the Secretary 
     to improve and restore the hydrological function of the 
     Everglades watershed: Provided further, That funds provided 
     under this heading for assistance to the State of Florida to 
     acquire lands within the Everglades watershed are contingent 
     upon new matching non-Federal funds by the State and shall be 
     subject to an agreement that the lands to be acquired will be 
     managed in perpetuity for the restoration of the Everglades: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds provided for the 
     State Assistance program may be used to establish a 
     contingency fund: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $50,000,000 derived from unexpended balances previously 
     appropriated in Public Laws 106-113 and 103-211 for land 
     acquisition assistance to the State of Florida shall be 
     available until expended for project modifications authorized 
     by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and 
     Expansion Act.


                       administrative provisions

       Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be 
     available for the purchase of not to exceed 340 passenger 
     motor vehicles, of which 273 shall be for replacement only, 
     including not to exceed 319 for police-type use, 12 buses, 
     and 9 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds 
     appropriated to the National Park Service may be used to 
     process any grant or contract documents which do not include 
     the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds appropriated to the National Park Service may be 
     used to implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the 
     southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been 
     submitted to the Congress and shall not be implemented prior 
     to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any day 
     in which either House of Congress is not in session because 
     of adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day 
     certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives and the President of the Senate of a full and 
     comprehensive report on the development of the southern end 
     of Ellis Island, including the facts and circumstances relied 
     upon in support of the proposed project.
       None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National 
     Park Service for activities taken in direct response to the 
     United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
       The National Park Service may distribute to operating units 
     based on the safety record of each unit the costs of programs 
     designed to improve workplace and employee safety, and to 
     encourage employees receiving workers' compensation benefits 
     pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to 
     return to appropriate positions for which they are medically 
     able.

                    United States Geological Survey


                 surveys, investigations, and research

       For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
     Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research 
     covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the 
     mineral and water resources of the United States, its 
     territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 
     43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their 
     mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to 
     power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
     licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 
     U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data relative to the 
     foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries into the 
     economic conditions affecting mining and materials processing 
     industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and 
     related purposes as authorized by law and to publish and 
     disseminate data; $862,046,000, of which $62,879,000 shall be 
     available only for cooperation with States or municipalities 
     for water resources investigations; and of which $16,400,000 
     shall remain available until expended for conducting 
     inquiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and 
     materials processing industries; and of which $1,525,000 
     shall remain available until expended for ongoing development 
     of a mineral and geologic data base; and of which $32,822,000 
     shall be available until September 30, 2002 for the operation 
     and maintenance of facilities and deferred maintenance; and 
     of which $157,923,000 shall be available until September 30, 
     2002 for the biological research activity and the 
     operation of the Cooperative Research Units: Provided, 
     That none of these funds provided for the biological 
     research activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on 
     private property, unless specifically authorized in 
     writing by the property owner: Provided further, That no 
     part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more than 
     one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 
     resources data collection and investigations carried on in 
     cooperation with States and municipalities.


                       administrative provisions

       The amount appropriated for the United States Geological 
     Survey shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 
     53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are for replacement 
     only; reimbursement to the General Services Administration 
     for security guard services; contracting for the furnishing 
     of topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or 
     other specialized surveys when it is administratively 
     determined that such procedures are in the public interest; 
     construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and 
     appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 
     stations and observation wells; expenses of the United States 
     National

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     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, $133,410,000, of which $86,257,000, 
     shall be available for royalty management activities; and an 
     amount not to exceed $107,410,000, to be credited to this 
     appropriation and to remain available until expended, from 
     additions to receipts resulting from increases to rates in 
     effect on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee 
     collections for Outer Continental Shelf administrative 
     activities performed by the Minerals Management Service over 
     and above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and from 
     additional fees for Outer Continental Shelf administrative 
     activities established after September 30, 1993: Provided, 
     That to the extent $107,410,000 in additions to receipts are 
     not realized from the sources of receipts stated above, the 
     amount needed to reach $107,410,000 shall be credited to this 
     appropriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for 
     Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 
     1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer 
     acquisitions shall remain available until September 30, 2002: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act 
     shall be available for the payment of interest in accordance 
     with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses 
     related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 
     activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be 
     available for refunds of overpayments in connection with 
     certain Indian leases in which the Director of the Minerals 
     Management Service (MMS) concurred with the claimed refund 
     due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to 
     correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided 
     further, That MMS may under the royalty-in-kind pilot program 
     use a portion of the revenues from royalty-in-kind sales, 
     without regard to fiscal year limitation, to pay for 
     transportation to wholesale market centers or upstream 
     pooling points, and to process or otherwise dispose of 
     royalty production taken in kind: Provided further, That MMS 
     shall analyze and document the expected return in advance of 
     any royalty-in-kind sales to assure to the maximum extent 
     practicable that royalty income under the pilot program is 
     equal to or greater than royalty income recognized under a 
     comparable royalty-in-value program.

                           oil spill research

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

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


                       regulation and technology

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
     Law 95-87, as amended, including the purchase of not to 
     exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; 
     $100,801,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, 
     pursuant to regulations, may use directly or through grants 
     to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 2001 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, $202,438,000, 
     to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation 
     Fund and to remain available until expended; of which up to 
     $10,000,000, to be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of 
     the Fund, shall be for supplemental grants to States for the 
     reclamation of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage 
     from coal mines, and for associated activities, through the 
     Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants 
     to minimum program States will be $1,600,000 per State in 
     fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That of the funds herein 
     provided up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency 
     program authorized by section 410 of Public Law 95-87, as 
     amended, of which no more than 25 percent shall be used for 
     emergency reclamation projects in any one State and funds for 
     federally administered emergency reclamation projects under 
     this proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further, 
     That prior year unobligated funds appropriated for the 
     emergency reclamation program shall not be subject to the 
     25 percent limitation per State and may be used without 
     fiscal year limitation for emergency projects: Provided 
     further, That pursuant to Public Law 97-365, the 
     Department of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 
     percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to 
     the United States Government to pay for contracts to 
     collect these debts: Provided further, That funds made 
     available under title IV of Public Law 95-87 may be used 
     for any required non-Federal share of the cost of projects 
     funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of 
     environmental restoration related to treatment or 
     abatement of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: 
     Provided further, That such projects must be consistent 
     with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining 
     Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That the 
     State of Maryland may set aside the greater of $1,000,000 
     or 10 percent of the total of the grants made available to 
     the State under title IV of the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 U.S.C. 1231 et 
     seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited in an acid 
     mine drainage abatement and treatment fund established 
     under a State law, pursuant to which law the amount 
     (together with all interest earned on the amount) is 
     expended by the State to undertake acid mine drainage 
     abatement and treatment projects, except that before any 
     amounts greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants are 
     deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment 
     fund, the State of Maryland must first complete all 
     Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act priority one 
     projects.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      operation of indian programs

       For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
     programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 
     November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
     450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amendments of 1978 
     (25 U.S.C. 2001-2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools 
     Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as amended, 
     $1,741,212,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002 
     except as otherwise provided herein, of which not to exceed 
     $93,225,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not 
     limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
     amended, not to exceed $125,485,000 shall be available for 
     payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
     support costs associated with ongoing contracts, grants, 
     compacts, or annual funding agreements entered into with the 
     Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2001, as authorized by 
     such Act, except that tribes and tribal organizations may use 
     their tribal priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of 
     ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding 
     agreements and for unmet welfare assistance costs; and up to 
     $5,000,000 shall be for the Indian Self-Determination Fund 
     which shall be available for the transitional cost of initial 
     or expanded tribal contracts, grants, compacts or cooperative 
     agreements with the Bureau under such Act; and of which not 
     to exceed $423,056,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-
     funded schools and other education programs shall become 
     available on July 1, 2001, and shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2002; and of which not to exceed $60,194,000 
     shall remain available until expended for housing 
     improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation 
     support, self-governance grants, the Indian Self-
     Determination Fund, land records improvement, and the Navajo-
     Hopi Settlement Program; and of which not to exceed $108,000 
     shall be for payment to the United Sioux Tribes of South 
     Dakota Development Corporation for the purpose of providing 
     employment assistance to Indian clients of the Corporation, 
     including employment counseling, follow-up services, housing 
     services, community services, day care services, and 
     subsistence to help Indian clients become fully employed 
     members of society: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 
     Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 
     2008, not to exceed $43,160,000 within and only from such 
     amounts made available for school operations shall be 
     available to tribes and tribal organizations for 
     administrative cost grants associated with the operation of 
     Bureau-funded schools: Provided further, That any forestry 
     funds allocated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of 
     September 30, 2002, may be transferred during fiscal year 
     2003 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, 2003.


                              construction

       For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
     irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other 
     facilities, including architectural and engineering services 
     by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; 
     and preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of 
     the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 
     87-483, $357,404,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That such amounts as may be available for the 
     construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be 
     transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed 6 percent of contract 
     authority available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 
     the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover the 
     road program management costs of the Bureau: Provided 
     further, That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams 
     program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made available 
     on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That for 
     fiscal year 2001, in implementing new construction or 
     facilities improvement and repair

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     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, $37,526,000, to 
     remain available until expended; of which $25,225,000 shall 
     be available for implementation of enacted Indian land and 
     water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 101-618 and 
     102-575, and for implementation of other enacted water rights 
     settlements; of which $8,000,000 shall be available for 
     Tribal compact administration, economic development and 
     future water supplies facilities under Public Law 106-163; of 
     which $2,127,000 shall be available pursuant to Public Laws 
     99-264, 100-383, 100-580 and 103-402; and of which $2,000,000 
     shall be available for the consent decree entered by the U.S. 
     District Court, Western District of Michigan in United States 
     v. Michigan, Case No. 2:73 CV 26.


                 indian guaranteed loan program account

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,500,000, as authorized 
     by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended: Provided, 
     That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
     shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
     which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $59,682,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     guaranteed loan programs, $488,000.


                       administrative provisions

       The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of 
     Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative 
     agreements, compacts and grants, either directly or in 
     cooperation with States and other organizations.
       Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the 
     revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee and 
     insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program 
     account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits, and 
     purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger motor vehicles, of 
     which not to exceed 187 shall be for replacement only.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
     available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
     operations, pooled overhead general administration (except 
     facilities operations and maintenance), or provided to 
     implement the recommendations of the National Academy of 
     Public Administration's August 1999 report shall be available 
     for tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 
     agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 
     provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal 
     Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-413).
       In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
     available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 
     distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish 
     the Federal Government's trust responsibility to that tribe, 
     or the government-to-government relationship between the 
     United States and that tribe, or that tribe's ability to 
     access future appropriations.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
     available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided 
     herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 
     et seq., shall be available to support the operation of any 
     elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska.
       Appropriations made available in this or any other Act for 
     schools funded by the Bureau shall be available only to the 
     schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996. 
     No funds available to the Bureau shall be used to support 
     expanded grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade 
     structure in place or approved by the Secretary of the 
     Interior at each school in the Bureau school system as of 
     October 1, 1995. Funds made available under this Act may not 
     be used to establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded 
     school (as that term is defined in section 1146 of the 
     Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)), except that a 
     charter school that is in existence on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-
     funded school before September 1, 1999, may continue to 
     operate during that period, but only if the charter school 
     pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the 
     Bureau for the use of the real and personal property 
     (including buses and vans), the funds of the charter school 
     are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau 
     does not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 
     the State in which the school is located if the charter 
     school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded schools 
     sharing a campus with a charter school and performing 
     functions related to the charter school's operation and 
     employees of a charter school shall not be treated as Federal 
     employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United 
     States Code (commonly known as the ``Federal Tort Claims 
     Act''). Not later than June 15, 2001, the Secretary of the 
     Interior shall evaluate the effectiveness of Bureau-funded 
     schools sharing facilities with charter schools in the manner 
     described in the preceding sentence and prepare and submit 
     a report on the finding of that evaluation to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the 
     House.

                          Departmental Offices

                            Insular Affairs


                       ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

       For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under 
     the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
     $75,471,000, of which: (1) $71,076,000 shall be available 
     until expended for technical assistance, including 
     maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular 
     management controls, coral reef initiative activities, 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) $4,395,000 shall be available for 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: 
     Provided, That all financial transactions of the territorial 
     and local governments herein provided for, including such 
     transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established 
     or used by such governments, may be audited by the General 
     Accounting Office, at its discretion, in accordance with 
     chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, 
     That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be 
     provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the 
     Special Representatives on Future United States Financial 
     Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by 
     Public Law 104-134: Provided further, That of the amounts 
     provided for technical assistance, not to exceed $300,000 may 
     be made available for transfer to the Disaster Assistance 
     Direct Loan Program Account of the Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency for the purpose of covering the cost of 
     forgiving a portion of the obligation of the Government of 
     the Virgin Islands to pay interest which has accrued on 
     Community Disaster Loan 841 during fiscal year 2000, as 
     required by section 504 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, as amended (2 U.S.C. 661c): 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 of the amounts provided 
     for technical assistance, the amount of $700,000 shall be 
     made available to the Prior Service Benefits Trust Fund for 
     its program of benefit payments to individuals: Provided 
     further, That none of this amount shall be used for 
     administrative expenses of the Prior Service Benefits Trust 
     Fund: Provided further, That the funds for the program of 
     operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to 
     institutionalize routine operations and maintenance 
     improvement of capital infrastructure in American Samoa, 
     Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
     Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia 
     through assessments of long-range operations maintenance 
     needs, improved capability of local operations and 
     maintenance institutions and agencies (including management 
     and vocational education training), and project-specific 
     maintenance (with territorial participation and cost sharing 
     to be determined by the Secretary based on the individual 
     territory's commitment to timely maintenance of its capital 
     assets): Provided further, That any appropriation for 
     disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or 
     previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal 
     matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants 
     provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     5170c).

                      compact of free association

       For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the 
     Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 
     232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, and for 
     economic assistance and necessary expenses for the Republic 
     of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 
     233 of the Compact of Free Association, $20,745,000, 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, $64,319,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 may 
     be for official reception and representation expenses, of 
     which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers 
     compensation payments and unemployment compensation payments 
     associated with the orderly closure of the United States 
     Bureau of Mines, and of which $300,000 shall be for a grant 
     to Alaska Pacific University for the development of an ANILCA 
     training curriculum.

                        Office of the Solicitor


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
     $40,196,000.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     $27,846,000.

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             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, $82,628,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That funds for trust management improvements may be 
     transferred, as needed, to the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
     ``Operation of Indian Programs'' account and to the 
     Departmental Management ``Salaries and Expenses'' account: 
     Provided further, That funds made available to Tribes and 
     Tribal organizations through contracts or grants obligated 
     during fiscal year 2001, as authorized by the Indian Self-
     Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall 
     remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the statute of limitations shall not commence to run on 
     any claim, including any claim in litigation pending on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, concerning losses to or 
     mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe or 
     individual Indian has been furnished with an accounting of 
     such funds from which the beneficiary can determine whether 
     there has been a loss: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be 
     required to provide a quarterly statement of performance for 
     any Indian trust account that has not had activity for at 
     least 18 months and has a balance of $1.00 or less: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 
     statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 
     shall permit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn 
     upon the express written request of the account holder.


                       Indian Land Consolidation

       For implementation of a program for consolidation of 
     fractional interests in Indian lands and expenses associated 
     with redetermining and redistributing escheated interests in 
     allotted lands by direct expenditure or cooperative 
     agreement, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended and 
     which may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
     Departmental Management, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
     shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided, 
     That the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement, 
     which shall not be subject to Public Law 93-638, as amended, 
     with a tribe having jurisdiction over the reservation to 
     implement the program to acquire fractional interests on 
     behalf of such tribe: Provided further, That the Secretary 
     may develop a reservation-wide system for establishing the 
     fair market value of various types of lands and improvements 
     to govern the amounts offered for acquisition of fractional 
     interests: Provided further, That acquisitions shall be 
     limited to one or more reservations as determined by the 
     Secretary: Provided further, That funds shall be available 
     for acquisition of fractional interests in trust or 
     restricted lands with the consent of its owners and at fair 
     market value, and the Secretary shall hold in trust for such 
     tribe all interests acquired pursuant to this program: 
     Provided further, That all proceeds from any lease, resource 
     sale contract, right-of-way or other transaction derived from 
     the fractional interests shall be credited to this 
     appropriation, and remain available until expended, until the 
     purchase price paid by the Secretary under this appropriation 
     has been recovered from such proceeds: Provided further, That 
     once the purchase price has been recovered, all subsequent 
     proceeds shall be managed by the Secretary for the benefit of 
     the applicable tribe or paid directly to the tribe.

           Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration

                natural resource damage assessment fund

       To conduct natural resource damage assessment activities by 
     the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 
     provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 
     et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 
     U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public 
     Law 101-380) (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and Public Law 101-
     337, as amended (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $5,403,000, to 
     remain available until expended.


                       administrative provisions

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

             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

       Sec. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
     available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or 
     office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the 
     emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 
     buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment 
     damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other 
     unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made 
     available under this authority until funds specifically made 
     available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies 
     shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds 
     used pursuant to this section are hereby designated by 
     Congress to be ``emergency requirements'' pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, and must be replenished by a 
     supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
     promptly as possible.
       Sec. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 
     transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in 
     addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of 
     the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency 
     prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under 
     the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the 
     emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its 
     jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or 
     actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other 
     unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
     actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage 
     assessment activities related to actual oil spills; for the 
     prevention, suppression, and control of actual or 
     potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on 
     lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to 
     the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99-198 (99 
     Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation projects under 
     section 410 of Public Law 95-87; and shall transfer, from 
     any no year funds available to the Office of Surface 
     Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be 
     necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in 
     the event a primacy State is not carrying out the 
     regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, 
     That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire 
     operations 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 wildland fire operations, 
     such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations 
     currently available at the time of receipt thereof: 
     Provided further, That for wildland fire operations, no 
     funds shall be made available under this authority until 
     the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for 
     ``wildland fire operations'' shall be exhausted within 
     thirty days: Provided further, That all funds used 
     pursuant to this section are hereby designated by Congress 
     to be ``emergency requirements'' pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, and must be replenished by a 
     supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
     promptly as possible: Provided further, That such 
     replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro 
     rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were 
     transferred.
       Sec. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
     available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and 
     similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will 
     contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations 
     shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other 
     activity in the same manner as authorized by sections 1535 
     and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Provided, That 
     reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equipment, 
     and for services rendered may be credited to the 
     appropriation current at the time such reimbursements are 
     received.
       Sec. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the 
     Interior in this title shall be available for services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the 
     Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, 
     maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone 
     service in private residences in the field, when authorized 
     under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment 
     of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library 
     membership in societies or associations which issue 
     publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
     than to subscribers who are not members.
       Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the 
     Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
     uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
     U.S.C. 5901-5902 and D.C. Code 4-204).
       Sec. 106. Annual 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 12 
     months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
       Sec. 107. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore 
     leasing and related activities placed under restriction in 
     the President's moratorium statement of June 26, 1990, in the 
     areas of northern, central, and southern California; the 
     North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; and the eastern Gulf 
     of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 
     degrees west longitude.
       Sec. 108. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore 
     oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related 
     activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin planning 
     area.
       Sec. 109. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and 
     natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the 
     eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any lands located 
     outside Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer 
     Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997-
     2002.
       Sec. 110. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and natural 
     gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the Mid-
     Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
       Sec. 111. Advance payments made under this title to Indian 
     tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia pursuant 
     to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally Controlled Schools 
     Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) may be invested by the 
     Indian tribe, tribal organization, or consortium before such 
     funds are expended for the purposes of the grant, compact,

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     or annual funding agreement so long as such funds are--
       (1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or 
     consortium only in obligations of the United States, or in 
     obligations or securities that are guaranteed or insured by 
     the United States, or mutual (or other) funds registered with 
     the Securities and Exchange Commission and which only invest 
     in obligations of the United States or securities that are 
     guaranteed or insured by the United States; or
       (2) deposited only into accounts that are insured by an 
     agency or instrumentality of the United States, or are fully 
     collateralized to ensure protection of the funds, even in the 
     event of a bank failure.
       Sec. 112. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
     National Park Service shall not develop or implement a 
     reduced entrance fee program to accommodate non-local travel 
     through a unit. The Secretary may provide for and regulate 
     local non-recreational passage through units of the National 
     Park System, allowing each unit to develop guidelines and 
     permits for such activity appropriate to that unit.
       Sec. 113. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going basis 
     from a credit card services provider under the Department of 
     the Interior's charge card programs, hereafter may be 
     deposited to and retained without fiscal year limitation in 
     the Departmental Working Capital Fund established under 43 
     U.S.C. 1467 and used to fund management initiatives of 
     general benefit to the Department of the Interior's bureaus 
     and offices as determined by the Secretary or his 
     designee.
       Sec. 114. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
     headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special 
     Trustee for American Indians and any available unobligated 
     balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the same 
     headings, shall be available for expenditure or transfer for 
     Indian trust management activities pursuant to the Trust 
     Management Improvement Project High Level Implementation 
     Plan.
       Sec. 115. Notwithstanding any provision of law, hereafter 
     the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate and 
     enter into agreements and leases, without regard to section 
     321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 
     303b), with any person, firm, association, organization, 
     corporation, or governmental entity for all or part of the 
     property within Fort Baker administered by the Secretary as 
     part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The proceeds of 
     the agreements or leases shall be retained by the Secretary 
     and such proceeds shall be available, without future 
     appropriation, for the preservation, restoration, operation, 
     maintenance and interpretation and related expenses incurred 
     with respect to Fort Baker properties.
       Sec. 116. A grazing permit or lease that expires (or is 
     transferred) during fiscal year 2001 shall be renewed under 
     section 402 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
     1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1752) or if applicable, section 
     510 of the California Desert Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 
     410aaa-50). The terms and conditions contained in the 
     expiring permit or lease shall continue in effect under the 
     new permit or lease until such time as the Secretary of the 
     Interior completes processing of such permit or lease in 
     compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, at which 
     time such permit or lease may be canceled, suspended or 
     modified, in whole or in part, to meet the requirements of 
     such applicable laws and regulations. Nothing in this section 
     shall be deemed to alter the Secretary's statutory authority.
       Sec. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     the purpose of reducing the backlog of Indian probate cases 
     in the Department of the Interior, the hearing requirements 
     of chapter 10 of title 25, United States Code, are deemed 
     satisfied by a proceeding conducted by an Indian probate 
     judge, appointed by the Secretary without regard to the 
     provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing the 
     appointments in the competitive service, for such period of 
     time as the Secretary determines necessary: Provided, That 
     the basic pay of an Indian probate judge so appointed may be 
     fixed by the Secretary without regard to the provisions of 
     chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, 
     United States Code, governing the classification and pay of 
     General Schedule employees, except that no such Indian 
     probate judge may be paid at a level which exceeds the 
     maximum rate payable for the highest grade of the General 
     Schedule, including locality pay.
       Sec. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any 
     Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base 
     funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring 
     funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, 
     overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution 
     methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal 
     Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal 
     year 2001. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, 
     overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution 
     methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply.
       Sec. 119. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     establish a new National Wildlife Refuge in the Kankakee 
     River basin that is inconsistent with the United States Army 
     Corps of Engineers' efforts to control flooding and siltation 
     in that area. Written certification of consistency shall be 
     submitted to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations prior to refuge establishment.
       Sec. 120. The Great Marsh Trail at the Mason Neck National 
     Wildlife Refuge in Virginia is hereby named for Joseph V. 
     Gartlan, Jr. and shall hereafter be referred to in any law, 
     document, or records of the United States as the ``Joseph V. 
     Gartlan, Jr. Great Marsh Trail''.
       Sec. 121. Funds appropriated for the Bureau of Indian 
     Affairs for postsecondary schools for fiscal year 2001 shall 
     be allocated among the schools proportionate to the unmet 
     need of the schools as determined by the Postsecondary 
     Funding Formula adopted by the Office of Indian Education 
     Programs.
       Sec. 122. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     with respect to amounts made available for tribal priority 
     allocations in Alaska, such amounts shall only be provided to 
     tribes the membership of which on June 1, 2000 is composed of 
     at least 25 individuals who are Natives (as such term is 
     defined in section 3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims 
     Settlement Act) who reside in the area generally known as the 
     village for such tribe.
       (b) Amounts that would have been made available for tribal 
     priority allocations in Alaska but for the limitation 
     contained in subsection (a) shall be provided to the 
     respective Alaska Native regional nonprofit corporation (as 
     listed in section 103(a)(2) of Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 
     2159) for the respective region in which a tribe subject to 
     subsection (a) is located, notwithstanding any resolution 
     authorized under federal law to the contrary.
       Sec. 123. (a) In this section--
       (1) the term ``Huron Cemetery'' means the lands that form 
     the cemetery that is popularly known as the Huron Cemetery, 
     located in Kansas City, Kansas, as described in subsection 
     (b)(3); and
       (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
     Interior.
       (b)(1) The Secretary shall take such action as may be 
     necessary to ensure that the lands comprising the Huron 
     Cemetery (as described in paragraph (3)) are used only in 
     accordance with this subsection.
       (2) The lands of the Huron Cemetery shall be used only--
       (A) for religious and cultural uses that are compatible 
     with the use of the lands as a cemetery; and
       (B) as a burial ground.
       (3) The description of the lands of the Huron Cemetery is 
     as follows:
       The tract of land in the NW quarter of sec. 10, T. 11 S., 
     R. 25 E., of the sixth principal meridian, in Wyandotte 
     County, Kansas (as surveyed and marked on the ground on 
     August 15, 1888, by William Millor, Civil Engineer and 
     Surveyor), described as follows:
       ``Commencing on the Northwest corner of the Northwest 
     Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 10;
       ``Thence South 28 poles to the `true point of beginning';
       ``Thence South 71 degrees East 10 poles and 18 links;
       ``Thence South 18 degrees and 30 minutes West 28 poles;
       ``Thence West 11 and one-half poles;
       ``Thence North 19 degrees 15 minutes East 31 poles and 15 
     feet to the `true point of beginning', containing 2 acres or 
     more.''.
       Sec. 124. None of the Funds provided in this Act shall be 
     available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Department 
     of the Interior to transfer land into trust status for the 
     Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Clark County, Washington, 
     unless and until the tribe and the county reach a legally 
     enforceable agreement that addresses the financial impact of 
     new development on the county, school district, fire 
     district, and other local governments and the impact on 
     zoning and development.
       Sec. 125. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used by the Department of the Interior to implement the 
     provisions of Principle 3(C)ii and Appendix section 3(B)(4) 
     in Secretarial Order 3206, entitled ``American Indian Tribal 
     Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities, and the 
     Endangered Species Act''.
       Sec. 126. No funds appropriated for the Department of the 
     Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used to study 
     or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or to reduce the 
     water level of the lake below the range of water levels 
     required for the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
       Sec. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
     conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the authority 
     provided by Public Law 104-134, as amended by Public Law 104-
     208, the Secretary may accept and retain land and other forms 
     of reimbursement: Provided, That the Secretary may retain and 
     use any such reimbursement until expended and without further 
     appropriation: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife 
     Refuge System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all 
     activities authorized by Public Law 100-696; 16 U.S.C. 460zz.
       Sec. 128. Section 112 of Public Law 103-138 (107 Stat. 
     1399) is amended by striking ``permit LP-GLBA005-93'' and 
     inserting ``permit LP-GLBA005-93 and in connection with a 
     corporate reorganization plan, the entity that, after the 
     corporate reorganization, holds entry permit CP-GLBA004-00 
     each''.
       Sec. 129. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of the Interior shall designate Anchorage, Alaska, 
     as a port of entry for the purpose of section 9(f)(1) of the 
     Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1538(f)(1)).
       Sec. 130. (a) The first section of Public Law 92-501 (86 
     Stat. 904) is amended by inserting after the first sentence 
     ``The park shall also include the land as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled `subdivision of a portion of U.S. Survey 
     407, Tract B, dated May 12, 2000' ''.
       (b) Section 3 of Public Law 92-501 is amended to read as 
     follows: ``There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
     as are necessary to carry out the terms of this Act.''.
       Sec. 131. (a) All proceeds, including bonuses, rents, and 
     royalties, of Oil and Gas Lease sale 991, held by the Bureau 
     of Land Management on May 5, 1999, or subsequent lease sales 
     in the National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska (hereafter 
     ``proceeds'') attributable to the area subject to withdrawal 
     for Kuukpik Corporation's selection under section 22(j)(2) of 
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     Claims Settlement Act, Public Law 92-203 (85 Stat. 688), 
     shall be deposited into a separate fund of the Treasury 
     (hereafter ``fund'').
       (b) Within 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the 
     General Fund to the fund an amount determined by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
     of the Interior, to be equal to the amount of interest income 
     that would have been credited in the fund between May 5, 1999 
     and the date of enactment of this Act. For the purposes of 
     this subsection (b), the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     calculate the interest income using a yield for a 52-week 
     Treasury bill issued on or about May 5, 1999.
       (c) On the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     of the Interior shall request the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to invest such portion of the fund as is not, in the 
     Secretary of the Interior's judgment, required to meet 
     current payment requirements from the fund as determined 
     under subsection (d). Such investments shall be made by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury in public debt securities with 
     maturities suitable to the needs of the fund, as determined 
     by the Secretary of the Interior, and bearing interest at a 
     rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into 
     consideration current market yields on outstanding marketable 
     obligations of the United States of comparable maturity.
       (d) Hereafter, amounts in the fund shall be available to 
     the Secretary of the Interior, without fiscal year 
     limitation, and the Secretary of the Interior shall pay to 
     Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and the State of Alaska the 
     amount of their entitlement when determined in accordance 
     with applicable law, together with interest, as calculated by 
     the Secretary of the Interior, from the date of receipt of 
     the proceeds by the United States to the date of payment on 
     the proportionate share of the fund distributed. Any 
     remainder shall revert to the General Fund of the Treasury.
       Sec. 132. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of the Interior shall convey to Harvey R. Redmond 
     of Girdwood, Alaska, at no cost, all right, title, and 
     interest of the United States in and to United States Survey 
     No. 12192, Alaska, consisting of 49.96 acres located in the 
     vicinity of T. 9N., R., 3E., Seward Meridian, Alaska.
       Sec. 133. Clarification of Terms of Conveyance to Nye 
     County, Nevada. Section 132(b)(3) of the Department of the 
     Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (113 
     Stat. 1535, 1501A-165), is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); 
     and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
       ``(B) Lease.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Act of 
     June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the `Recreation and Public 
     Purposes Act') (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), the county may enter 
     into a long-term lease of any of the parcels described in 
     paragraph (2) with a nonprofit organization under which the 
     nonprofit organization would own and operate the Nevada 
     Science and Technology Center for public, non-commercial 
     purposes.''.
       Sec. 134. Mississippi River Island No. 228, Iowa, Land 
     Exchange. (a) Identification of Land To Be Received in 
     Exchange.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
     through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary''), 
     shall provide Dubuque Barge & Fleeting Services, Inc. 
     (referred to in this section as ``Dubuque''), a notice that 
     identifies parcels of land or interests in land--
       (1) that are of a value that is approximately equal to the 
     value of a parcel comprising a 150-foot wide strip of land on 
     the west side of the northern half of Mississippi River 
     Island No. 228, as determined through an appraisal conducted 
     in conformity with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 
     Federal Land Acquisition; and
       (2) that the Secretary would consider acceptable in 
     exchange for all right, title, and interest of the United 
     States in and to that parcel.
       (b) Land for Wildlife and Fish Refuge.--Land or interests 
     in land that the Secretary may consider acceptable for the 
     purposes of subsection (a) include land or interests in land 
     that would be suitable for inclusion in the Upper Mississippi 
     River Wildlife and Fish Refuge.
       (c) Exchange.--Not later than 180 days after Dubuque offers 
     land or interests in land identified in the notice under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary shall convey all right, title, 
     and interest of the United States in and to the parcel 
     described in subsection (a) in exchange for the land or 
     interests in land offered by Dubuque, and shall permanently 
     discontinue barge fleeting at the Mississippi River island, 
     Tract JO-4, Parcel A, in the W/2 SE/4, Section 30, T.29N., 
     R.2W., Jo Daviess County, Illinois, located between miles 
     #578 and #579, commonly known as Pearl Island.
       Sec. 135. (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following 
     findings--
       (1) in 1990, pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and 
     Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA), 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq., a 
     class action lawsuit was filed by Indian tribal contractors 
     and tribal consortia against the United States, the Secretary 
     of the Interior and others seeking money damages, injunctive 
     relief, and declaratory relief for alleged violations of the 
     ISDEAA (Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Lujan, 112 F.3d 1455 (10th 
     Cir. 1997));
       (2) the parties negotiated a partial settlement of the 
     claim totaling $76,200,000, plus applicable interest, which 
     was approved by the court on May 14, 1999;
       (3) the partial settlement was paid by the United States in 
     September 1999, in the amount of $82,000,000;
       (4) the Judgment Fund was established to pay for legal 
     judgments awarded to plaintiffs who have filed suit against 
     the United States;
       (5) the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 requires that the 
     Judgment Fund be reimbursed by the responsible agency 
     following the payment of an award from the Fund; and
       (6) the shortfall in contract support payments found by the 
     Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Ramah resulted 
     primarily from the non-payment or underpayment of indirect 
     costs by agencies other than the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
     the Indian Health Service.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) repayment of the Judgment Fund for the partial 
     settlement in Ramah from the accounts of the Bureau of Indian 
     Affairs and Indian Health Service would significantly reduce 
     funds appropriated to benefit tribes and individual Native 
     Americans; and
       (2) the Secretary of the Interior should work with the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget to secure 
     funding for repayment of the judgment in Ramah within the 
     budgets of the agencies that did not pay indirect costs to 
     plaintiffs during the period 1988 to 1993 or paid indirect 
     costs at less than rates provided under the Indian Self-
     Determination Act during such period.
       Sec. 136. In fiscal year 2001 and thereafter and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States 
     Fish and Wildlife Service shall establish and implement a fee 
     schedule to permit a return to the Service for forensic 
     laboratory services provided to non-Department of the 
     Interior entities. Fees shall be collected as determined 
     appropriate by the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service 
     and shall be credited to this appropriation and be available 
     for expenditure without further appropriation until expended.
       Sec. 137. Boundary Adjustment to Exclude Private Land and 
     Access Road, Argus Range Wilderness, California Desert 
     Conservation Area. (a) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundary of 
     the Argus Range Wilderness in the California Desert 
     Conservation Area, as designated by section 102(a)(1) of the 
     California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-433; 
     16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is adjusted to exclude from the area 
     encompassed by the wilderness--
       (1) a parcel of private property located in the southwest 
     quarter of the northeast quarter of section 35, township 21 
     south, range 42 east, Mount Diablo meridian, Inyo County, 
     California; and
       (2) the roadway described in subsection (b) that is used to 
     access the private property.
       (b) Description of Roadway.--The roadway referred to in 
     subsection (a) means--
       (1) the main stem of the road running east and west through 
     sections 35 and 36, township 21 south, range 42 east, and 
     section 31, township 21 south, range 43 east, Mount Diablo 
     meridian, to the point where the main stem first divides into 
     two branches to provide access to the parcel of private 
     property described in subsection (a) from the east and the 
     north; and
       (2) each of the two branches of that road, as described in 
     paragraph (1).
       (c) Legal Description of Excluded Area.--The exact acreage 
     and legal description of the area to be excluded from the 
     wilderness area pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
     determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The 
     cost of the survey shall be borne by the Secretary. In 
     connection with the main stem of the roadway described in 
     subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall exclude, at a minimum, 
     all lands within 30 feet of the center line of the roadway.
       Sec. 138. (a) Pursuant to the provisions of section 4(a)(3) 
     of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act (16 
     U.S.C. 668dd(a)(3)), the Secretary of the Interior is 
     directed to remove from the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge 
     all right, title and interest of the United States in and to 
     the following described properties:
       Lots 1 and 2 of Block 144, in Othello Land Company's First 
     Addition to Othello according to the recorded plat thereof, 
     together with all lands presently or formerly occupied by 
     public thoroughfares or rights of way abutting or adjoining 
     the above described land, in the County of Adams, State of 
     Washington, T.16 N., R.29E., W.M.

     and to transfer said property without compensation to the 
     City of Othello, Washington.
       (b) The property conveyed under this section shall be used 
     for public housing or other public purpose, and all right, 
     title and interest in and to such property shall revert to 
     the United States if it is used for any other purpose.
       (c) The City of Othello shall hold the United States 
     harmless, and shall indemnify the United States, for all 
     claims, costs, damages, and judgements arising out of any act 
     or omission relating to the property conveyed under this 
     section.
       Sec. 139. Section 412(b) of the National Parks Omnibus 
     Management Act of 1998, as amended (16 U.S.C. 5961) is 
     amended by striking ``2000'' and inserting ``2001''.
       Sec. 140. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the 
     National Park Service may authorize, through cooperative 
     agreement, the Golden Gate National Parks Association to 
     provide fee-based education, interpretive and visitor service 
     functions within the Crissy Field and Fort Point areas of the 
     Presidio.
       Sec. 141. The building housing the visitors center within 
     the boundaries of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge 
     on Assateague Island, Virginia, shall be known and designated 
     as the ``Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative 
     Center'' and shall hereafter be referred to in any law, map, 
     regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
     States as the ``Herbert H. Bateman Educational and 
     Administrative Center''.
       Sec. 142. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b), sums received 
     by the Bureau of Land Management for the sale of seeds or 
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     those collected in fiscal year 2000, may be credited to the 
     appropriation from which funds were expended to acquire or 
     grow the seeds or seedlings and are available without fiscal 
     year limitation.
       Sec. 143. Public Law 105-83 (111 Stat. 1556) is amended as 
     follows: Under the heading ``Operation of Indian Programs'' 
     in the Bureau of Indian Affairs strike ``non-Federal'' in the 
     last proviso and insert in lieu thereof ``non-Department of 
     the Interior''.
       Sec. 144. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     and subject to subsections (b) and (c), all conveyances to 
     the city of Valley City, a municipal corporation of Barnes 
     County, North Dakota, of lands described in subsection (b), 
     heretofore or hereafter made directly by The Burlington 
     Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company or its successors, are 
     hereby validated to the extent that the conveyances would be 
     legal and valid if all right, title, and interest of the 
     United States, except minerals, were held by The Burlington 
     Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company.
       (b) Lands Described.--The lands referred to in subsection 
     (a) are the land that formed part of the railroad right-of-
     way granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, a 
     predecessor to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway 
     Company, by an Act of Congress on July 2, 1864, specifically 
     a 400-foot wide right-of-way, being 200 feet wide on each 
     side of the centerline of the rail track as originally 
     located and constructed between milepost 69.05 and milepost 
     61.10 within Barnes County, North Dakota, as shown and 
     described on the map entitled ``City of Valley City--Railroad 
     Parcels'' dated September 1, 2000. Such map shall be placed 
     on file and available for inspection in the offices of the 
     Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
       (c) Access and Mineral Rights.--
       (1) Preservation of rights of access.--Nothing in this 
     section shall impair any rights of access in favor of the 
     public or any owner of adjacent lands over, under, or across 
     the lands described in section 2.
       (2) Minerals.--The United States reserves any federally 
     owned mineral rights in the lands described in subsection 
     (b), except that the United States disclaims any and all 
     right of surface entry to the mineral estate of such lands.
       Sec. 145. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as 
     the ``First Ladies National Historic Site Act of 2000''.
        (b) First Ladies National Historic Site.--
       (1) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
       (A) Throughout the history of the United States, First 
     Ladies have had an important impact on our Nation's history.
       (B) Little attention has been paid to the role of First 
     Ladies and their impact on our Nation's history.
       (C) Establishment of the First Ladies National Historic 
     Site will provide unique opportunities for education and 
     study into the impact of First Ladies on our history.
       (2) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are the 
     following:
       (A) To preserve and interpret the role and history of First 
     Ladies for the benefit, inspiration, and education of the 
     people of the United States.
       (B) To interpret the impact of First Ladies on the history 
     of the United States.
       (C) To provide to school children and scholars access to 
     information about the contributions of First Ladies through 
     both a physical educational facility and an electronic 
     virtual library.
       (D) To establish the First Ladies National Historic Site in 
     Canton, Ohio, the home of First Lady Ida Saxton McKinley.
       (E) To create a public-private partnership between the 
     National Park Service and the National First Ladies Library.
       (3) Establishment of first ladies national historic site.--
       (A) Establishment.--There is established in Canton, Ohio, 
     the First Ladies National Historic Site.
       (B) Description.--The historic site shall consist of--
       (i) the land and improvements comprising the National Park 
     Service property located at 331 Market Avenue South in 
     Canton, Ohio, known as the Ida Saxton McKinley House; and
       (ii) if acquired under subsection (b)(4), National Park 
     Service property located at 205 Market Avenue South in 
     Canton, Ohio, known as the City National Bank Building.
       (4) Acquisition of city national bank building.--The 
     Secretary may acquire by donation, for inclusion in the 
     historic site, the property located at 205 Market Avenue 
     South in Canton, Ohio, known as the City National Bank 
     Building.
       (5) Administration of the historic site.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall administer the 
     historic site in accordance with this section and the 
     provisions of law generally applicable to units of the 
     National Park System, including the Act entitled ``An Act to 
     establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes'', 
     approved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act 
     of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666, chapter 593; 16 U.S.C. 461 
     et seq.).
       (B) Cooperative agreements.--
       (i) To further the purposes of this section, the Secretary 
     may enter into a cooperative agreement with the National 
     First Ladies Library (a nonprofit corporation established 
     under the laws of the District of Columbia) under which the 
     National First Ladies Library may operate and maintain the 
     site.
       (ii) To further the purposes of this section, the Secretary 
     may enter into cooperative agreements with other public and 
     private organizations.
       (C) Assistance.--The Secretary may provide to the National 
     First Ladies Library--
       (i) technical assistance for the preservation of historic 
     structures of, the maintenance of the cultural landscape of, 
     and local preservation planning for, the historic site; and
       (ii) subject to the availability of appropriations, 
     financial assistance for the operation and maintenance of the 
     historic site.
       (D) Admission fees.--The Secretary may authorize the 
     National First Ladies Library to--
       (i) charge fees for admission to the historic site; and
       (ii) retain and use for the historic site amounts paid as 
     such fees.
       (E) Management of property.--The Secretary may authorize 
     the National First Ladies Library--
       (i) to manage any property within the historic site;
       (ii) to lease to other public or private entities any 
     property managed under subparagraph (i) by the National First 
     Ladies Library; and
       (iii) to retain and use for the historic site amounts 
     received under such leases.
       (6) General management plan.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than the last day of the third 
     full fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the 
     officials described in paragraph (B), prepare a general 
     management plan for the historic site.
       (B) Consultation.--In preparing the general management 
     plan, the Secretary shall consult with an appropriate 
     official of--
       (i) the National First Ladies Library; and
       (ii) appropriate political subdivisions of the State of 
     Ohio that have jurisdiction over the area where the historic 
     site is located.
       (C) Submission of plan to congress.--Upon the completion of 
     the general management plan, the Secretary shall submit a 
     copy of the plan to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (7) Definitions.--In this section:
       (A) Historic site.--The term ``historic site'' means the 
     First Ladies National Historic Site established by subsection 
     (b)(3).
       (B) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       Sec. 146. (a) Contributions Toward Establishment of Abraham 
     Lincoln Interpretive Center.--
       (1) Grants authorized.--Subject to subsections (a)(2) and 
     (a)(3), the Secretary of the Interior shall make grants to 
     contribute funds for the establishment in Springfield, 
     Illinois, of an interpretive center to preserve and make 
     available to the public materials related to the life of 
     President Abraham Lincoln and to provide interpretive and 
     educational services which communicate the meaning of the 
     life of Abraham Lincoln.
       (2) Plan and design.--
       (A) Submission.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the entity selected by the 
     Secretary of the Interior to receive grants under subsection 
     (a)(1) shall submit to the Secretary a plan and design for 
     the interpretive center, including a description of the 
     following:
       (i) The design of the facility and site.
       (ii) The method of acquisition.
       (iii) The estimated cost of acquisition, construction, 
     operation, and maintenance.
       (iv) The manner and extent to which non-Federal entities 
     will participate in the acquisition, construction, operation, 
     and maintenance of the center.
       (B) Consultation and cooperation.--The plan and design for 
     the interpretive center shall be prepared in consultation 
     with the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of 
     Illinois and in cooperation with such other public, 
     municipal, and private entities as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
       (3) Conditions on grant.--
       (A) Matching requirement.--A grant under subsection (a)(1) 
     may not be made until such time as the entity selected to 
     receive the grant certifies to the Secretary of the Interior 
     that funds have been contributed by the State of Illinois or 
     raised from non-Federal sources for use to establish the 
     interpretive center in an amount equal to at least double the 
     amount of that grant.
       (B) Relation to other lincoln-related sites and museums.--
     The Secretary of the Interior shall further condition the 
     grant under subsection (a)(1) on the agreement of the grant 
     recipient to operate the resulting interpretive center in 
     cooperation with other Federal and non-Federal historic 
     sites, parks, and museums that represent significant 
     locations or events in the life of Abraham Lincoln. 
     Cooperative efforts to promote and interpret the life of 
     Abraham Lincoln may include the use of cooperative 
     agreements, cross references, cross promotion, and shared 
     exhibits.
       (4) Prohibition on contribution of operating funds.--Grant 
     amounts may not be used for the maintenance or operation of 
     the interpretive center.
       (5) Non-federal operation.--The Secretary of the Interior 
     shall have no involvement in the actual operation of the 
     interpretive center, except at the request of the non-Federal 
     entity responsible for the operation of the center.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior a total 
     of $50,000,000 to make grants under subsection (a)(1). 
     Amounts so appropriated shall remain available for 
     expenditure through fiscal year 2006.
       Sec. 147. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as 
     the ``Palace of the Governors Annex Act''.
       (b) Construction of Palace of the Governors Annex, Santa 
     Fe, New Mexico.--
       (1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (A) the United States has a rich legacy of Hispanic 
     influence in politics, government, economic development, and 
     cultural expression;
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       (i) has been the center of administrative and cultural 
     activity over a vast region of the Southwest since its 
     construction as New Mexico's second capitol in Santa Fe by 
     Governor Pedro de Peralta in 1610;
       (ii) is the oldest continuously occupied public building in 
     the continental United States, having been occupied for 390 
     years; and
       (iii) has been designated as a National Historic Landmark;
       (C) since its creation, the Museum of New Mexico has worked 
     to protect and promote Southwestern, Hispanic, and Native 
     American arts and crafts;
       (D) the Palace of the Governors houses the history division 
     of the Museum of New Mexico;
       (E) the Museum has an extensive, priceless, and 
     irreplaceable collection of--
       (i) Spanish Colonial paintings (including the Segesser Hide 
     Paintings, paintings on buffalo hide dating back to 1706);
       (ii) pre-Columbian Art; and
       (iii) historic artifacts, including--

       (I) helmets and armor worn by the Don Juan de Onate 
     expedition conquistadors who established the first capital in 
     the territory that is now the United States, San Juan de los 
     Caballeros, in July 1598;
       (II) the Vara Stick used to measure land grants and other 
     real property boundaries in Dona Ana County, New Mexico;
       (III) the Columbus, New Mexico Railway Station clock that 
     was shot, stopping the pendulum, freezing for all history the 
     moment when Pancho Villa's raid began;
       (IV) the field desk of Brigadier General Stephen Watts 
     Kearny, who was posted to New Mexico during the Mexican War 
     and whose Army of the West traveled the Santa Fe trail to 
     occupy the territories of New Mexico and California; and
       (V) more than 800,000 other historic photographs, guns, 
     costumes, maps, books, and handicrafts;

       (F) the Palace of the Governors and its contents are 
     included in the Mary C. Skaggs Centennial Collection of 
     America's Treasures;
       (G) the Palace of the Governors and the Segesser Hide 
     paintings have been declared national treasures by the 
     National Trust for Historic Preservation; and
       (H) time is of the essence in the construction of an annex 
     to the Palace of the Governors for the exhibition and storing 
     of the collection described in paragraph (E), because--
       (i) the existing facilities for exhibiting and storing the 
     collection are so inadequate and unsuitable that existence of 
     the collection is endangered and its preservation is in 
     jeopardy; and
       (ii) 2010 marks the 400th anniversary of the continuous 
     occupation and use of the Palace of the Governors and is an 
     appropriate date for ensuring the continued viability of the 
     collection.
       (2) Definitions.--In this section:
       (A) Annex.--The term ``Annex'' means the annex for the 
     Palace of the Governors of the Museum of New Mexico, to be 
     constructed behind the Palace of the Governors building at 
     110 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
       (B) Office.--The term ``Office'' means the State Office of 
     Cultural Affairs.
       (C) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (D) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of New 
     Mexico.
       (3) Grant.--
       (A) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, the Secretary shall make a grant to the 
     Office to pay 50 percent of the costs of the final design, 
     construction, management, inspection, furnishing, and 
     equipping of the Annex.
       (B) Requirements.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, to receive a grant under this paragraph (A), 
     the Office shall--
       (i) submit to the Secretary a copy of the architectural 
     blueprints for the Annex; and
       (ii) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the 
     Secretary under subsection (b)(4).
       (4) Memorandum of understanding.--At the request of the 
     Office, the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of 
     understanding with the Office that--
       (A) requires that the Office award the contract for 
     construction of the Annex after a competitive bidding process 
     and in accordance with the New Mexico Procurement Code; and
       (B) specifies a date for completion of the Annex.
       (5) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of the costs 
     of the final design, construction, management, inspection, 
     furnishing, and equipping of the Annex--
       (A) may be in cash or in kind fairly evaluated, including 
     land, art and artifact collections, plant, equipment, or 
     services; and
       (B) shall include any contribution received by the State 
     (including contributions from the New Mexico Foundation and 
     other endowment funds) for, and any expenditure made by the 
     State for, the Palace of the Governors or the Annex, 
     including--
       (i) design;
       (ii) land acquisition (including the land at 110 Lincoln 
     Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico);
       (iii) acquisitions for and renovation of the library;
       (iv) conservation of the Palace of the Governors;
       (v) construction, management, inspection, furnishing, and 
     equipping of the Annex; and
       (vi) donations of art collections and artifacts to the 
     Museum of New Mexico on or after the date of enactment of 
     this section.
       (6) Use of funds.--The funds received under a grant awarded 
     under subsection (b)(3) shall be used only for the final 
     design, construction, management, inspection, furnishing and 
     equipment of the Annex.
       (7) Authorization of appropriations.--
       (A) In general.--Subject to paragraph (B), subject to the 
     availability of appropriations, there is authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section 
     $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.
       (B) Condition.--Paragraph (A) authorizes sums to be 
     appropriated on the condition that--
       (i) after the date of enactment of this section and before 
     January 1, 2010, the State appropriate at least $8,000,000 to 
     pay the costs of the final design, construction, management, 
     inspection, furnishing, and equipping of the Annex; and
       (ii) other non-Federal sources provide sufficient funds to 
     pay the remainder of the 50 percent non-Federal share of 
     those costs.
       Sec. 148. (a) Section 104 of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
     establish in the Department of the Interior the Southwestern 
     Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission, and for other 
     purposes'', approved November 19, 1988 (Public Law 100-698) 
     is amended--
       (1) in the flush material at the end of subsection (a), by 
     striking ``10 years'' and inserting ``20 years''; and
       (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``10 years'' and 
     inserting ``20 years''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 105 of the 
     Act entitled ``An Act to establish in the Department of the 
     Interior the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation 
     Commission, and for other purposes'', approved November 19, 
     1988 (Public Law 100-698) is amended by inserting ``for each 
     of fiscal years 2001 through 2010'' after ``$3,000,000''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by section 1 shall 
     be deemed to have taken effect on November 18, 1998.
       Sec. 149. Redesignation of Cuyahoga Valley National 
     Recreation Area as Cuyahoga Valley National Park. (a) 
     Redesignation.--The Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area 
     is redesignated as Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area is deemed to be a 
     reference to Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
       (c) Conforming Amendments.--The Act entitled ``An Act to 
     provide for the establishment of the Cuyahoga Valley National 
     Recreation Area'' (Public Law 93-555; 16 U.S.C. 460ff et 
     seq.), approved December 27, 1974, is amended--
       (1) in section 1 by striking ``National Recreation Area'' 
     and inserting ``National Park''; and
       (2) by striking ``recreation area'' each place it appears 
     and inserting ``park''.
       (d) Clerical Amendments.--Section 5 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
     460ff-4) is repealed, and section 6 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
     460ff-5) is redesignated as section 5.
       Sec. 150. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as 
     the ``National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Act''.
       (b) Findings and Purposes.--
       (1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (A) the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center 
     (hereinafter ``Freedom Center'') is a nonprofit organization 
     incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio in 1995;
       (B) the objectives of the Freedom Center are to interpret 
     the history of the Underground Railroad through development 
     of a national cultural institution in Cincinnati, Ohio, that 
     will house an interpretive center, including museum, 
     educational, and research facilities, all dedicated to 
     communicating to the public the importance of the quest for 
     human freedom which provided the foundation for the historic 
     and inspiring story of the Underground Railroad;
       (C) the city of Cincinnati has granted exclusive 
     development rights for a prime riverfront location to the 
     Freedom Center;
       (D) the Freedom Center will be a national center linked 
     through state-of-the-art technology to Underground Railroad 
     sites and facilities throughout the United States and to a 
     constituency that reaches across the United States, Canada, 
     Mexico, the Caribbean and beyond; and
       (E) the Freedom Center has reached an agreement with the 
     National Park Service to pursue a range of historical and 
     educational cooperative activities related to the Underground 
     Railroad, including but not limited to assisting the National 
     Park Service in the implementation of the National 
     Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act.
       (2) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
       (A) to promote preservation and public awareness of the 
     history of the Underground Railroad;
       (B) to assist the Freedom Center in the development of its 
     programs and facilities in Cincinnati, Ohio; and
       (C) to assist the National Park Service in the 
     implementation of the National Underground Railroad Network 
     to Freedom Act (112 Stat. 679; 16 U.S.C. 469l and following).
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (2) Project budget.--The term ``project budget'' means the 
     total amount of funds expended by the Freedom Center on 
     construction of its facility, development of its programs and 
     exhibits, research, collection of informative and educational 
     activities related to the history of the Underground 
     Railroad, and any administrative activities necessary to the 
     operation of the Freedom Center, prior to the opening of the 
     Freedom Center facility in Cincinnati, Ohio.
       (3) Federal share.--The term ``Federal share'' means an 
     amount not to exceed 20 percent of the project budget and 
     shall include all amounts received from the Federal 
     Government under this legislation and any other Federal 
     programs.
       (4) Non-federal share.--The term ``non-Federal share'' 
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     Freedom Center for the implementation of its facilities and 
     programs from any source other than the Federal Government, 
     and shall not be less than 80 percent of the project budget.
       (5) The freedom center facility.--The term ``the Freedom 
     Center facility'' means the facility, including the building 
     and surrounding site, which will house the museum and 
     research institute to be constructed and developed in 
     Cincinnati, Ohio, on the site described in subsection (d)(3).
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) Program authorized.--From sums appropriated pursuant to 
     the authority of subsection (d)(4) in any fiscal year, the 
     Secretary is authorized and directed to provide financial 
     assistance to the Freedom Center, in order to pay the Federal 
     share of the cost of authorized activities described in 
     subsection (e).
       (2) Expenditure on non-federal property.--The Secretary is 
     authorized to expend appropriated funds under subsection 
     (d)(1) of this section to assist in the construction of the 
     Freedom Center facility and the development of programs and 
     exhibits for that facility which will be funded primarily 
     through private and non-Federal funds, on property owned by 
     the city of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, and the State of 
     Ohio.
       (3) Description of the freedom center facility site.--The 
     facility referred to in subsections (d)(1) and (d)(2) will be 
     located on a site described as follows: a 2-block area south 
     of new South Second, west of Walnut Street, north of 
     relocated Theodore M. Berry Way, and east of Vine Street in 
     Cincinnati, Ohio.
       (4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated $16,000,000 for the 4 fiscal year period 
     beginning October 1, 1999. Funds not to exceed that total 
     amount may be appropriated in 1 or more of such fiscal years. 
     Funds shall not be disbursed until the Freedom Center has 
     commitments for a minimum of 50 percent of the non-Federal 
     share.
       (5) Availability of funds.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, funds appropriated to carry out the 
     provisions of this section shall remain available for 
     obligation and expenditure until the end of the fiscal year 
     succeeding the fiscal year for which the funds were 
     appropriated.
       (6) Other provisions.--Any grant made under this section 
     shall provide that--
       (A) no change or alteration may be made in the Freedom 
     Center facility except with the agreement of the property 
     owner and the Secretary;
       (B) the Secretary shall have the right of access at 
     reasonable times to the public portions of the Freedom Center 
     facility for interpretive and other purposes; and
       (C) conversion, use, or disposal of the Freedom Center 
     facility for purposes contrary to the purposes of this 
     section, as determined by the Secretary, shall result in a 
     right of the United States to compensation equal to the 
     greater of--
       (i) all Federal funds made available to the grantee under 
     this section; or
       (ii) the proportion of the increased value of the Freedom 
     Center facility attributable to such funds, as determined at 
     the time of such conversion, use, or disposal.
       (e) Authorized Activities.--
       (1) In general.--The Freedom Center may engage in any 
     activity related to its objectives addressed in subsection 
     (b)(1), including, but not limited to, construction of the 
     Freedom Center facility, development of programs and exhibits 
     related to the history of the Underground Railroad, research, 
     collection of information and artifacts and educational 
     activities related to the history of the Underground 
     Railroad, and any administrative activities necessary to the 
     operation of the Freedom Center.
       (2) Priorities.--The Freedom Center shall give priority 
     to--
       (A) construction of the Freedom Center facility;
       (B) development of programs and exhibits to be presented in 
     or from the Freedom Center facility; and
       (C) providing assistance to the National Park Service in 
     the implementation of the National Underground Railroad 
     Network to Freedom Act (16 U.S.C. 469l).
       (f) Application.--
       (1) In General.--The Freedom Center shall submit an 
     application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
     and containing or accompanied by such information as the 
     Secretary may reasonably require. Each application shall--
       (A) describe the activities for which assistance is sought;
       (B) provide assurances that the non-Federal share of the 
     cost of activities of the Freedom Center shall be paid from 
     non-Federal sources, together with an accounting of costs 
     expended by the Freedom Center to date, a budget of costs to 
     be incurred prior to the opening of the Freedom Center 
     facility, an accounting of funds raised to date, both Federal 
     and non-Federal, and a projection of funds to be raised 
     through the completion of the Freedom Center facility.
       (2) Approval.--The Secretary shall approve the application 
     submitted pursuant to subsection (f)(1) unless such 
     application fails to comply with the provisions of this 
     section.
       (g) Reports.--The Freedom Center shall submit an annual 
     report to the appropriate committees of the Congress not 
     later than January 31, 2000, and each succeeding year 
     thereafter for any fiscal year in which Federal funds are 
     expended pursuant to this section. The report shall--
       (1) include a financial statement addressing the Freedom 
     Center's costs incurred to date and projected costs, and 
     funds raised to date and projected fundraising goals;
       (2) include a comprehensive and detailed description of the 
     Freedom Center's activities for the preceding and succeeding 
     fiscal years; and
       (3) include a description of the activities taken to assure 
     compliance with this section.
       (h) Amendment to the National Underground Railroad Network 
     to Freedom Act of 1998.--The National Underground Railroad 
     Network to Freedom Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 679; 16 U.S.C. 469l 
     and following) is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 4. PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC SITES OR STRUCTURES.

       ``(a) Authority to Make Grants.--The Secretary of the 
     Interior may make grants in accordance with this section for 
     the preservation and restoration of historic buildings or 
     structures associated with the Underground Railroad, and for 
     related research and documentation to sites, programs, or 
     facilities that have been included in the national network.
       ``(b) Grant Conditions.--Any grant made under this section 
     shall provide that--
       ``(1) no change or alteration may be made in property for 
     which the grant is used except with the agreement of the 
     property owner and the Secretary;
       ``(2) the Secretary shall have the right of access at 
     reasonable times to the public portions of such property for 
     interpretive and other purposes; and
       ``(3) conversion, use, or disposal of such property for 
     purposes contrary to the purposes of this Act, as determined 
     by the Secretary, shall result in a right of the United 
     States to compensation equal to all Federal funds made 
     available to the grantee under this Act.
       ``(c) Matching Requirement.--The Secretary may obligate 
     funds made available for a grant under this section only if 
     the grantee agrees to match, from funds derived from non-
     Federal sources, the amount of the grant with an amount that 
     is equal to or greater than the grant. The Secretary may 
     waive the requirement of the preceding sentence with respect 
     to a grant if the Secretary determines that an extreme 
     emergency exists or that such a waiver is in the public 
     interest to assure the preservation of historically 
     significant resources.
       ``(d) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Secretary for purposes of this section $2,500,000 for 
     fiscal year 2001 and each subsequent fiscal year. Amounts 
     authorized but not appropriated in a fiscal year shall be 
     available for appropriation in subsequent fiscal years.''.
       Sec. 151. Priority Abandoned Mine and Acid Mine 
     Remediation. For expenses necessary to reclaim abandoned coal 
     mine sites and for acid mine drainage remediation caused by 
     past coal mining practices in the anthracite region of 
     Pennsylvania and other purposes consistent with title IV of 
     the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
     Public Law 95-87, as amended, to be granted to the 
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in addition to the amount 
     granted under sections 402(g)(1) and 402(g)(5) of the Surface 
     Mining Control and Reclamation Act, $12,600,000, to be 
     derived from funds pursuant to section 402(g)(2) of the 
     Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That of these funds, 
     $600,000 will be specifically used to continue a 
     demonstration project funded in Public Law 106-113, in 
     accordance with section 401(c)(6) of the Act to determine the 
     efficacy of improving water quality by removing metals from 
     eligible waters polluted by acid mine drainage.
       Sec. 152. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
     the unobligated balances derived from the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund appropriated in fiscal year 2000 for 
     acquisition of land at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge 
     (Black River), $850,000, together with other sums as may 
     become available, is for the Nisqually Indian Tribe to 
     acquire the fee title to the Kenneth W. Braget farm under the 
     terms and conditions of the existing Purchase and Sale 
     Agreement. The Nisqually Indian Tribe shall enter into a 25 
     year cooperative agreement/renewable lease with the U.S. Fish 
     and Wildlife Service to manage those lands within the 
     approved refuge boundary as part of the Nisqually National 
     Wildlife Refuge. Such lands within the approved refuge 
     boundary shall be managed in perpetuity for refuge purposes.
       Sec. 153. Tribal School Construction Demonstration Program. 
     (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Construction.--The term ``construction'', with respect 
     to a tribally controlled school, includes the construction or 
     renovation of that school.
       (2) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     450b(e)).
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (4) Tribally controlled school.--The term ``tribally 
     controlled school'' has the meaning given that term in 
     section 5212 of the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 
     (25 U.S.C. 2511).
       (5) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
     Department of the Interior.
       (6) Demonstration program.--The term ``demonstration 
     program'' means the Tribal School Construction Demonstration 
     Program.
       (b) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a 
     demonstration program to provide grants to Indian tribes for 
     the construction of tribally controlled schools.
       (1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, in carrying out the demonstration program 
     under subsection (b), the Secretary shall award a grant to 
     each Indian tribe that submits an application that is 
     approved by the Secretary under paragraph (2). The Secretary 
     shall ensure that an eligible Indian tribe currently on the 
     Department's priority list for constructing of replacement 
     educational facilities receives the highest priority for a 
     grant under this section.
       (2) Grant applications.--An application for a grant under 
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       (A) include a proposal for the construction of a tribally 
     controlled school of the Indian tribe that submits the 
     application; and
       (B) be in such form as the Secretary determines 
     appropriate.
       (3) Grant agreement.--As a condition to receiving a grant 
     under this section, the Indian tribe shall enter into an 
     agreement with the Secretary that specifies--
       (A) the costs of construction under the grant;
       (B) that the Indian tribe shall be required to contribute 
     towards the cost of the construction a tribal share equal to 
     50 percent of the costs; and
       (C) any other term or condition that the Secretary 
     determines to be appropriate.
       (4) Eligibility.--Grants awarded under the demonstration 
     program shall only be for construction on replacement 
     tribally controlled schools.
       (c) Effect of Grant.--A grant received under this section 
     shall be in addition to any other funds received by an Indian 
     tribe under any other provision of law. The receipt of a 
     grant under this section shall not affect the eligibility of 
     an Indian tribe receiving funding, or the amount of funding 
     received by the Indian tribe, under the Tribally Controlled 
     Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) or the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     450 et seq.).
       Sec. 154. White River Oil Shale Mine, Utah. (a) Sale.--The 
     Administrator of General Services (referred to in this 
     section as the ``Administrator'') shall sell all right, 
     title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
     improvements and equipment described in subsection (b) that 
     are situated on the land described in subsection (c) 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Mine'').
       (b) Description of Improvements and equipment.-- The 
     improvements and equipment referred to in subsection (a) are 
     the following improvements and equipment associated with the 
     Mine:
       (1) Mine Service Building.
       (2) Sewage Treatment Building.
       (3) Electrical Switchgear Building.
       (4) Water Treatment Building/Plant.
       (5) Ventilation/Fan Building.
       (6) Water Storage Tanks.
       (7) Mine Hoist Cage and Headframe.
       (8) Miscellaneous Mine-related equipment.
       (c) Description of Land.--The land referred to in 
     subsection (a) is the land located in Uintah County, Utah, 
     known as the ``White River Oil Shale Mine'' and described as 
     follows:
       (1) T. 10 S., R 24 E., Salt Lake Meridian, sections 12 
     through 14, 19 through 30, 33, and 34.
       (2) T. 10 S., R. 25 E., Salt Lake Meridian, sections 18 and 
     19.
       (d) Use of Proceeds.--The proceeds of the sale under 
     subsection (a)--
       (1) shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury 
     of the United States; and
       (2) shall be available until expended, without further Act 
     of appropriation--
       (A) first, to reimburse the Administrator for the direct 
     costs of the sale; and
       (B) second, to reimburse the Bureau of Land Management Utah 
     State Office for the costs of closing and rehabilitating the 
     Mine.
       (e) Mine Closure and Rehabilitation.--The closing and 
     rehabilitation of the Mine (including closing of the mine 
     shafts, site grading, and surface revegetation) shall be 
     conducted in accordance with--
       (1) the regulatory requirements of the State of Utah, the 
     Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the Occupational 
     Safety and Health Administration; and
       (2) other applicable law.
       Sec. 155. Blue Ridge Parkway. (a) The Blue Ridge Parkway 
     headquarters building located at 199 Hemphill Knob in 
     Asheville, North Carolina, shall be known and designated as 
     the ``Gary E. Everhardt Headquarters Building''.
       (b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
     paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     headquarters building referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
     deemed to be a reference to the ``Gary E. Everhardt 
     Headquarters Building''.
       Sec. 156. None of the funds in this Act or any other Act 
     shall be used, by the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate 
     final rules to revise 43 C.F.R. subpart 3809, except that the 
     Secretary, following the public comment period required by 
     section 3002 of Public Law 106-31, may issue final rules to 
     amend 43 C.F.R. subpart 3809 which are not inconsistent with 
     the recommendations contained in the National Research 
     Council report entitled ``Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands'' 
     so long as these regulations are also not inconsistent with 
     existing statutory authorities. Nothing in this section shall 
     be construed to expand the existing statutory authority of 
     the Secretary.
       Sec. 157. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as 
     the ``Wheeling National Heritage Area Act of 2000''.
       (b) Findings and Purposes.--
       (1) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (A) the area in an around Wheeling, West Virginia, 
     possesses important historical, cultural, and natural 
     resources, representing major heritage themes of 
     transportation, commerce and industry, and Victorian culture 
     in the United States;
       (B) the City of Wheeling has played an important part in 
     the settlement of this country by serving as--
       (i) the western terminus of the National Road of the early 
     1800's;
       (ii) the ``Crossroads of America'' throughout the 
     nineteenth century;
       (iii) one of the few major inland ports in the nineteenth 
     century; and
       (iv) the site for the establishment of the Restored State 
     of Virginia, and later the State of West Virginia, during the 
     Civil War and as the first capital of the new State of West 
     Virginia;
       (C) the City of Wheeling has also played an important role 
     in the industrial and commercial heritage of the United 
     States, through the development and maintenance of many 
     industries crucial to the Nation's expansion, including iron 
     and steel, textile manufacturing, boat building, glass 
     manufacturing, and stogie and chewing tobacco manufacturing 
     facilities, many of which are industries that continue to 
     play an important role in the national economy;
       (D) the city of Wheeling has retained its national heritage 
     themes with the designations of the old custom house (now 
     Independence Hall) and the historic suspension bridge as 
     National Historic Landmarks; with five historic districts; 
     and many individual properties in the Wheeling area listed or 
     eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic 
     Places;
       (E) the heritage themes and number and diversity of 
     Wheeling's remaining resources should be appropriately 
     retained, enhanced, and interpreted for the education, 
     benefit, and inspiration of the people of the United States; 
     and
       (F) in 1992 a comprehensive plan for the development and 
     administration of the Wheeling National Heritage Area was 
     completed for the National Park Service, the City of 
     Wheeling, and the Wheeling National Task Force, including--
       (i) an inventory of the national and cultural resources in 
     the City of Wheeling;
       (ii) criteria for preserving and interpreting significant 
     natural and historic resources;
       (iii) a strategy for the conservation, preservation, and 
     reuse of the historical and cultural resources in the City of 
     Wheeling and the surrounding region; and
       (iv) an implementation agenda by which the State of West 
     Virginia and local governments can coordinate their resources 
     as well as a complete description of the management entity 
     responsible for implementing the comprehensive plan.
       (2) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
       (A) to recognize the special importance of the history and 
     development of the Wheeling area in the cultural heritage of 
     the Nation;
       (B) to provide a framework to assist the City of Wheeling 
     and other public and private entities and individuals in the 
     appropriate preservation, enhancement, and interpretation of 
     significant resources in the Wheeling area emblematic of 
     Wheeling's contributions to the Nation's cultural heritage;
       (C) to allow for limited Federal, State and local capital 
     contributions for planning and infrastructure investments to 
     complete the Wheeling National Heritage Area, in partnership 
     with the State of West Virginia, the City of Wheeling, and 
     other appropriate public and private entities; and
       (D) to provide for an economically self-sustaining National 
     Heritage Area not dependent on Federal financial assistance 
     beyond the initial years necessary to establish the heritage 
     area.
       (c) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       (1) the term ``city'' means the City of Wheeling;
       (2) the term ``heritage area'' means the Wheeling National 
     Heritage Area established in subsection (d);
       (3) the term ``plan'' means the ``Plan for the Wheeling 
     National Heritage Area'' dated August, 1992;
       (4) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
     Interior; and
       (5) the term ``State'' means the State of West Virginia.
     (d) Wheeling National Heritage Area.--
       (1) Establishment.--In furtherance of the purposes of this 
     section, there is established in the State of West Virginia 
     the Wheeling National Heritage Area, as generally depicted on 
     the map entitled ``Boundary Map, Wheeling National Heritage 
     Area, Wheeling, West Virginia'' and dated March, 1994. The 
     map shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
     the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
       (2) Management entity.--
       (A) The management entity for the heritage area shall be 
     the Wheeling National Heritage Corporation, a non-profit 
     corporation chartered in the State of West Virginia.
       (B) To the extent consistent with this section, the 
     management entity shall manage the heritage area in 
     accordance with the plan.
       (e) Duties of the Management Entity.--
       (1) Mission.--
       (A) The primary mission of the management entity shall be--
       (i) to implement and coordinate the recommendations 
     contained in the plan;
       (ii) ensure integrated operation of the heritage area; and
       (iii) conserve and interpret the historic and cultural 
     resources of the heritage area.
       (B) The management entity shall also direct and coordinate 
     the diverse conservation, development, programming, 
     educational, and interpretive activities within the heritage 
     area.
       (2) Recognition of plan.--The management entity shall work 
     with the State of West Virginia and local governments to 
     ensure that the plan is formally adopted by the City and 
     recognized by the State.
       (3) Implementation.--To the extent practicable, the 
     management entity shall--
       (A) implement the recommendations contained in the plan in 
     a timely manner pursuant to the schedule identified in the 
     plan;
       (B) coordinate its activities with the City, the State, and 
     the Secretary;
       (C) ensure the conservation and interpretation of the 
     heritage area's historical, cultural, and natural resources, 
     including--
       (i) assisting the City and the State in the preservation of 
     sites, buildings, and objects within the heritage area which 
     are listed or eligible for listing on the National Register 
     of Historic Places;
       (ii) assisting the City, the State, or a nonprofit 
     organization in the restoration of any historic building in 
     the heritage area;

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       (iii) increasing public awareness of and appreciation for 
     the natural, cultural, and historic resources of the heritage 
     area;
       (iv) assisting the State or City in designing, 
     establishing, and maintaining appropriate interpretive 
     facilities and exhibits in the heritage area;
       (v) assisting in the enhancement of public awareness and 
     appreciation for the historical, archaeological, and geologic 
     resources and sites in the heritage area; and
       (vi) encouraging the City and other local governments to 
     adopt land use policies consistent with the goals of the 
     plan, and to take actions to implement those policies;
       (D) encourage intergovernmental cooperation in the 
     achievement of these objectives;
       (E) develop recommendations for design standards within the 
     heritage area; and
       (F) seek to create public-private partnerships to finance 
     projects and initiatives within the heritage area.
       (4) Authorities.--The management entity may, for the 
     purposes of implementing the plan, use Federal funds made 
     available by this section to--
       (A) make grants to the State, City, or other appropriate 
     public or private organizations, entities, or persons;
       (B) enter into cooperative agreements with, or provide 
     technical assistance to Federal agencies, the State, City or 
     other appropriate public or private organizations, entities, 
     or persons;
       (C) hire and compensate such staff as the management entity 
     deems necessary;
       (D) obtain money from any source under any program or law 
     requiring the recipient of such money to make a contribution 
     in order to receive such money;
       (E) spend funds on promotion and marketing consistent with 
     the resources and associated values of the heritage area in 
     order to promote increased visitation; and
       (F) contract for goods and services.
       (5) Acquisition of real property.--
       (A) Except as provided in paragraph (B), the management 
     entity may not acquire any real property or interest therein 
     within the heritage area, other than the leasing of 
     facilities.
       (B)(i) Subject to subparagraph (ii), the management entity 
     may acquire real property, or an interest therein, within the 
     heritage area by gift or devise, or by purchase from a 
     willing seller with money which was donated, bequeathed, 
     appropriated, or otherwise made available to the management 
     entity on the condition that such money be used to purchase 
     real property, or interest therein, within the heritage area.
       (ii) Any real property or interest therein acquired by the 
     management entity pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
     conveyed in perpetuity by the management entity to an 
     appropriate public or private entity, as determined by the 
     management entity. Any such conveyance shall be made as soon 
     as practicable after acquisition, without consideration, and 
     on the condition that the real property or interest therein 
     so conveyed shall be used for public purposes.
       (6) Revision of plan.--Within 18 months after the date of 
     enactment, the management entity shall submit to the 
     Secretary a revised plan. Such revision shall include, but 
     not be limited to--
       (A) a review of the implementation agenda for the heritage 
     area;
       (B) projected capital costs; and
       (C) plans for partnership initiatives and expansion of 
     community support.
       (f) Duties of the Secretary.--
       (1) Interpretive support.--The Secretary may, upon request 
     of the management entity, provide appropriate interpretive, 
     planning, educational, staffing, exhibits, and other material 
     or support for the heritage area, consistent with the plan 
     and as appropriate to the resources and associated values of 
     the heritage area.
       (2) Technical assistance.--The Secretary may upon request 
     of the management entity and consistent with the plan, 
     provide technical assistance to the management entity.
       (3) Cooperative agreements and grants.--The Secretary may, 
     in consultation with the management entity and consistent 
     with the management plan, make grants to, and enter into 
     cooperative agreements with the management entity, the State, 
     City, non-profit organization or any person.
       (4) Plan amendments.--No amendments to the plan may be made 
     unless approved by the Secretary. The Secretary shall consult 
     with the management entity in reviewing any proposed 
     amendments.
       (g) Duties of Other Federal Agencies.--Any Federal 
     department, agency, or other entity conducting or supporting 
     activities directly affecting the heritage area shall--
       (1) consult with the Secretary and the management entity 
     with respect to such activities.
       (2) cooperate with the Secretary and the management entity 
     in carrying out their duties under this Act, and to the 
     extent practicable, coordinate such activities directly with 
     the duties of the Secretary and the management entity.
       (3) to the extent practicable, conduct or support such 
     activities in a manner which the management entity determines 
     will not have an adverse effect on the heritage area.
       (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     carry out this section $10,000,000, except that not more than 
     $1,000,000 may be appropriated to carry out this section for 
     any fiscal year.
       (2) Matching funds.--Federal funding provided under this 
     section shall be matched at least 25 percent by other funds 
     or in-kind services.
       (i) Sunset.--The Secretary may not make any grant or 
     provide any assistance under this section after September 30, 
     2015.

                       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, $229,616,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                       state and private forestry

       For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing 
     technical and financial assistance to States, territories, 
     possessions, and others, and for forest health management, 
     cooperative forestry, and education and land conservation 
     activities and conducting an international program as 
     authorized, $238,455,000, to remain available until expended, 
     as authorized by law: Provided, That none of the funds made 
     available by this Act shall be used for the urban resources 
     partnership program.
       For an additional amount to cover necessary expenses for 
     emergency pest management and forest health activities on 
     Federal, State and private lands, $12,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is 
     designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 
     further, That these funds shall be available only to the 
     extent that an official budget request for a specific dollar 
     amount, that includes designation of the entire amount as an 
     emergency requirement as defined by such Act, is transmitted 
     by the President to the Congress.


                         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, $1,280,693,000, to 
     remain available until expended, which shall include 50 
     percent of all moneys received during prior fiscal years as 
     fees collected under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 
     of 1965, as amended, in accordance with section 4 of the Act 
     (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)), of which not less than an additional 
     $500,000 shall be available for use for law enforcement 
     purposes in the national forest that, during calendar year 
     2000, had both the greatest number of methamphetamine dumps 
     and the greatest number of methamphetamine laboratory law 
     enforcement actions in the National Forest System, and of 
     which not less than an additional $500,000 shall be available 
     for law enforcement purposes on the Pisgah and Nantahala 
     National Forests, and of which for the purpose of 
     implementing the Valles Caldera Preservation Act, $990,000, 
     to remain available until expended, shall be available to the 
     Secretary for the management of the Valles Caldera National 
     Preserve: Provided, That any remaining balances available for 
     implementing the Valles Caldera Preservation Act be provided 
     to the Valles Caldera Trust upon its assumption of the 
     management of the Preserve: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding the limitations of 107(e)(2) of the Valles 
     Caldera Preservation Act (Public Law 106-248), for fiscal 
     years 2001 and 2002, the members of the Board of Trustees of 
     the Valles Caldera Trust may receive, upon request, 
     compensation for each day (including travel time) that they 
     are engaged in the performance of the functions of the Board. 
     Compensation shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the 
     annual rate in effect for members of the Senior Executive 
     Service at the ES-1 level, and shall be in addition to any 
     reimbursement for travel, subsistence and other necessary 
     expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. 
     Members of the Board who are officers or employees of the 
     United States shall not receive any additional compensation 
     by reason of service on the Board: Provided further, That 
     unobligated balances available at the start of fiscal year 
     2001 shall be displayed by extended budget line item in the 
     fiscal year 2002 budget justification: Provided further, That 
     of the amount available for vegetation and watershed 
     management, the Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 
     transfer of such sums as necessary to the Department of the 
     Interior, Bureau of Land Management for removal, preparation, 
     and adoption of excess wild horses and burros from National 
     Forest System lands: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall 
     be allocated to the Alaska Region, in addition to its normal 
     allocation for the purposes of preparing additional timber 
     for sale, to establish a 3-year timber supply and such funds 
     may be transferred to other appropriations accounts as 
     necessary to maximize accomplishment: Provided further, That 
     of the funds provided for Forest Products, $700,000 shall be 
     provided to the State of Alaska for monitoring activities at 
     Forest Service log transfer facilities, in the form of an 
     advance, direct lump sum payment.

                        wildland fire management

       For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
     activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
     fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands 
     under fire protection agreement, and for emergency 
     rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands 
     and water, $839,129,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That such funds are available for repayment of 
     advances from other appropriations accounts previously 
     transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That not 
     less than 50 percent of any unobligated balances remaining 
     (exclusive of amounts for hazardous fuels reduction) at 
     the end of fiscal year 2000 shall be transferred, as 
     repayment for post advances that have not been repaid, to 
     the fund established pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 
     71-319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.): Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to 
     $8,600,000 of funds appropriated under this appropriation 
     may be used for Fire Science Research in support of the 
     Joint Fire Science Program: Provided further, That all 
     authorities for the use of funds, including the use of 
     contracts, grants, and cooperative

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     agreements, available to execute the Forest Service and 
     Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in 
     the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research.
       For an additional amount to cover necessary expenses for 
     emergency rehabilitation, presuppression due to emergencies, 
     and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service, 
     $426,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended: Provided further, That these funds shall be 
     available only to the extent an official budget request for a 
     specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the 
     entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as 
     defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to 
     the Congress.

                  capital improvement and maintenance

       For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
     provided for, $468,568,000, to remain available until 
     expended for construction, reconstruction, maintenance and 
     acquisition of buildings and other facilities, and for 
     construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of 
     forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized 
     by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, 
     That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein for road 
     maintenance shall be available for the decommissioning of 
     roads, including unauthorized roads not part of the 
     transportation system, which are no longer needed: Provided 
     further, That no funds shall be expended to decommission any 
     system road until notice and an opportunity for public 
     comment has been provided on each decommissioning project: 
     Provided further, That any unobligated balances of amounts 
     previously appropriated to the Forest Service 
     ``Construction'', ``Reconstruction and Construction'', or 
     ``Reconstruction and Maintenance'' accounts as well as any 
     unobligated balances remaining in the ``National Forest 
     System'' account for the facility maintenance and trail 
     maintenance extended budget line items may be transferred to 
     and merged with the ``Capital Improvement and Maintenance'' 
     account.

                            land acquisition

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
     U.S.C. 460l-4 through 11), including administrative expenses, 
     and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, 
     in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the 
     Forest Service, $102,205,000 to be derived from the Land and 
     Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended.


         acquisition of lands for national forests special acts

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


            acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

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

                         range betterment fund

       For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, 
     and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the 
     prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on 
     lands in National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant 
     to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94-579, as amended, to 
     remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 6 
     percent shall be available for administrative expenses 
     associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, 
     protection, and improvements.

    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

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


        Management of National Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses

       For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage 
     federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII 
     of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
     (Public Law 96-487), $5,500,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


                southeast Alaska economic disaster fund

       For purposes of the Southeast Alaska Economic Disaster Fund 
     as set forth in section 101(c) of Public Law 104-314, the 
     direct grants provided from the Fund shall be considered 
     direct payments for purposes of all applicable law except 
     that these direct grants may not be used for lobbying 
     activities: Provided, That a total of $5,000,000 is hereby 
     appropriated and shall be deposited into the Southeast Alaska 
     Economic Disaster Fund established pursuant to Public Law 
     104-134, as amended, without further appropriation or fiscal 
     year limitation. The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     distribute these funds to the City of Craig in fiscal year 
     2001.


               ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

       Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal 
     year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to exceed 
     132 passenger motor vehicles of which 13 will be used 
     primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which 129 shall 
     be for replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger motor 
     vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; 
     operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to 
     exceed six for replacement only, and acquisition of 
     sufficient aircraft from excess sources to maintain the 
     operable fleet at 192 aircraft for use in Forest Service 
     wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 
     notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
     being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in 
     value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement 
     aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to 
     exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) 
     purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other 
     public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, 
     waters, and interests therein, including the Oscoda-Wurtsmith 
     land exchange in Michigan, pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for 
     expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest 
     Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the 
     cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and (7) 
     for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 
     3718(c).
       None of the funds made available under this Act shall be 
     obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move or close 
     any regional office for National Forest System administration 
     of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture without the 
     consent of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
     may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management 
     appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency 
     rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
     under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
     burning conditions if and only if all previously appropriated 
     emergency contingent funds under the heading ``Wildland Fire 
     Management'' have been released by the President and 
     apportioned.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
     for assistance to or through the Agency for International 
     Development and the Foreign Agricultural Service in 
     connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
     information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall 
     be available to support forestry and related natural resource 
     activities outside the United States and its territories and 
     possessions, including technical assistance, education and 
     training, and cooperation with United States and 
     international organizations.
       None of the funds made available to the Forest Service 
     under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the 
     provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture 
     Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 147b unless 
     the proposed transfer is approved in advance by the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the 
     reprogramming procedures contained in House Report No. 105-
     163.
       None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
     reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the 
     procedures contained in House Report No. 105-163.
       No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of 
     Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of the Forest 
     Service.
       Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to 
     conduct a program of not less than $2,000,000 for high 
     priority projects within the scope of the approved budget 
     which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as 
     authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by 
     Public Law 93-408.
       Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is 
     available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
     reception and representation expenses.
       Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-
     593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
     $2,250,000 may be advanced in a lump sum as Federal financial 
     assistance to the National Forest Foundation, without regard 
     to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for administrative 
     expenses or projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
     lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That 
     of the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no 
     more than $400,000 shall be available for administrative 
     expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, 
     by the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, 
     private contributions to match on at least one-for-one basis 
     funds made available by the Forest Service: Provided further, 
     That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a non-
     Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the 
     recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds: 
     Provided further, That hereafter, the National Forest 
     Foundation may hold Federal funds made available but not 
     immediately disbursed and may use any interest or other 
     investment income earned (before, on, or after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act) on Federal funds to carry out the 
     purposes of Public Law 101-593: Provided further, That such 
     investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations 
     of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both 
     principal and interest by the United States.
       Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, 
     $2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service shall 
     be available for matching funds to the National Fish and 
     Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3701-3709, 
     and may be advanced in a lump sum as Federal financial 
     assistance, without regard to when expenses are incurred, for 
     projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands or 
     related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That the 
     Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal 
     financial assistance, private contributions to match on at 
     least one-for-one basis funds advanced by the Forest Service: 
     Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal

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     funds to a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same 
     rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
     funds.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
     for interactions with and providing technical assistance to 
     rural communities for sustainable rural development purposes.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 percent of 
     the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in the 
     ``National Forest System'' and ``Capital Improvement and 
     Maintenance'' accounts and planned to be allocated to 
     activities under the ``Jobs in the Woods'' program for 
     projects on National Forest land in the State of Washington 
     may be granted directly to the Washington State Department of 
     Fish and Wildlife for accomplishment of planned projects. 
     Twenty percent of said funds shall be retained by the Forest 
     Service for planning and administering projects. Project 
     selection and prioritization shall be accomplished by the 
     Forest Service with such consultation with the State of 
     Washington as the Forest Service deems appropriate.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
     for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge 
     National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections 14(c)(1) and (2), 
     and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99-663.
       The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into 
     grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements as appropriate 
     with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, as well as with 
     public and other private agencies, organizations, 
     institutions, and individuals, to provide for the 
     development, administration, maintenance, or restoration of 
     land, facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey 
     Towers National Historic Landmark: Provided, That, subject to 
     such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture may 
     prescribe, any such public or private agency, organization, 
     institution, or individual may solicit, accept, and 
     administer private gifts of money and real or personal 
     property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the 
     activities and services at the Grey Towers National Historic 
     Landmark: Provided further, That such gifts may be accepted 
     notwithstanding the fact that a donor conducts business with 
     the Department of Agriculture in any capacity.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
     available, as determined by the Secretary, for payments to 
     Del Norte County, California, pursuant to sections 13(e) and 
     14 of the Smith River National Recreation Area Act (Public 
     Law 101-612).
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 
     to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of the 
     General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for travel 
     and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC assistance 
     or participation requested by the Forest Service at meetings, 
     training sessions, management reviews, land purchase 
     negotiations and similar non-litigation related matters. 
     Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service and 
     the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 
     previously transferred and the requested funding transfers.
       No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be 
     detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this 
     Act to any other agency or office of the department for more 
     than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or 
     office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office 
     for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period of 
     assignment.
       The Forest Service shall fund indirect expenses, that is 
     expenses not directly related to specific programs or to the 
     accomplishment of specific work on-the-ground, from any funds 
     available to the Forest Service: Provided, That the Forest 
     Service shall implement and adhere to the definitions of 
     indirect expenditures established pursuant to Public Law 105-
     277 on a nationwide basis without flexibility for 
     modification by any organizational level except the 
     Washington Office, and when changed by the Washington Office, 
     such changes in definition shall be reported in budget 
     requests submitted by the Forest Service: Provided further, 
     That the Forest Service shall provide in all future budget 
     justifications, planned indirect expenditures in accordance 
     with the definitions, summarized and displayed to the 
     Regional, Station, Area, and detached unit office level. The 
     justification shall display the estimated source and amount 
     of indirect expenditures, by expanded budget line item, of 
     funds in the agency's annual budget justification. The 
     display shall include appropriated funds and the Knutson-
     Vandenberg, Brush Disposal, Cooperative Work-Other, and 
     Salvage Sale funds. Changes between estimated and actual 
     indirect expenditures shall be reported in subsequent budget 
     justifications: Provided, That during fiscal year 2001 the 
     Secretary shall limit total annual indirect obligations from 
     the Brush Disposal, Knutson-Vandenberg, Reforestation, 
     Salvage Sale, and Roads and Trails funds to 20 percent of the 
     total obligations from each fund. Obligations in excess of 20 
     percent which would otherwise be charged to the above funds 
     may be charged to appropriated funds available to the Forest 
     Service subject to notification of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate.
       Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
     may be used for necessary expenses in the event of law 
     enforcement emergencies as necessary to protect natural 
     resources and public or employee safety: Provided, That such 
     amounts shall not exceed $750,000.
       Section 551 of the Land Between the Lakes Protection Act of 
     1998 (16 U.S.C. 460lll-61) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Transition.--Until September 30, 2002, the Secretary 
     of Agriculture may expend amounts appropriated or otherwise 
     made available to carry out this title in a manner consistent 
     with the authorities exercised by the Tennessee Valley 
     Authority, before the transfer of the Recreation Area to the 
     administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary, regarding 
     procurement of property, services, supplies, and 
     equipment.''.
       The Secretary of Agriculture shall pay $4,449 from 
     available funds to Joyce Liverca as reimbursement for various 
     expenses incurred as a Federal employee in connection with 
     certain high priority duties performed for the Forest 
     Service.
       The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the sale of 
     excess buildings, facilities, and other properties owned by 
     the Forest Service and located on the Green Mountain National 
     Forest, the revenues of which shall be retained by the Forest 
     Service and available to the Secretary without further 
     appropriation and until expended for maintenance and 
     rehabilitation activities on the Green Mountain National 
     Forest.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                         Clean Coal Technology

                               (deferral)

       Of the funds made available under this heading for 
     obligation in prior years, $67,000,000 shall not be available 
     until October 1, 2001: 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

                     (including transfers of funds)

       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 $540,653,000, to 
     remain available until expended, of which $12,000,000 for oil 
     technology research shall be derived by transfer from funds 
     appropriated in prior years under the heading ``Strategic 
     Petroleum Reserve, SPR Petroleum Account'' and of which 
     $95,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds 
     appropriated in prior years under the heading ``Clean Coal 
     Technology'', such funds to be available for a general 
     request for proposals for the commercial scale demonstration 
     of technologies to assure the reliability of the Nation's 
     energy supply from existing and new electric generating 
     facilities for which the Department of Energy upon review may 
     provide financial assistance awards: Provided, That the 
     request for proposals shall be issued no later than one 
     hundred and twenty days following enactment of this Act, 
     proposals shall be submitted no later than ninety days after 
     the issuance of the request for proposals, and the Department 
     of Energy shall make project selections no later than one 
     hundred and sixty days after the receipt of proposals: 
     Provided further, That no funds are to be obligated for 
     selected proposals prior to September 30, 2001: Provided 
     further, That funds provided shall be expended only in 
     accordance with the provisions governing the use of funds 
     contained under the heading under which they were originally 
     appropriated: Provided further, That provisions for repayment 
     of government contributions to individual projects shall be 
     identical to those included in the Program Opportunity Notice 
     (Solicitation Number DE-PS01-89FE 61825), issued by the 
     Department of Energy on May 1, 1989, except that repayments 
     from sale or licensing of technologies shall be from both 
     domestic and foreign transactions: Provided further, That 
     such repayments shall be deposited in this account to be 
     retained for future projects: Provided further, That any 
     project approved under this program shall be considered a 
     Clean Coal Technology Demonstration Project, for the purposes 
     of Chapters 51, 52, and 60 of title 40 of the Code of Federal 
     Regulations: Provided further, That no part of the sum herein 
     made available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear 
     explosives in the recovery of oil and gas: Provided further, 
     That up to 4 percent of program direction funds available to 
     the National Energy Technology Laboratory may be used to 
     support Department of Energy activities not included in this 
     account.


                      Alternative Fuels Production

                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances under this heading, $1,000,000 
     are rescinded.

                 naval petroleum and oil shale reserves

       For expenses necessary to carry out engineering studies to 
     determine the cost of development, the predicted rate and 
     quantity of petroleum recovery, the methodology, and the 
     equipment specifications for development of Shannon Formation 
     at Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 3 (NPR-3), utilizing a 
     below-the-reservoir production method, $1,600,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That the requirements of 
     10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply to fiscal year 2001 
     and any fiscal year thereafter: Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated funds 
     remaining from prior years shall be available for all naval 
     petroleum and oil shale reserve activities.


                      Elk Hills School Lands Fund

       For necessary expenses in fulfilling installment payments 
     under the Settlement Agreement entered into by the United 
     States and the State

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     of California on October 11, 1996, as authorized by section 
     3415 of Public Law 104-106, $36,000,000, to become available 
     on October 1, 2001 for payment to the State of California for 
     the State Teachers' Retirement Fund from the Elk Hills School 
     Lands Fund.


                          Energy Conservation

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation 
     activities, $816,940,000, to remain available until expended, 
     of which $2,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from 
     unobligated balances in the Biomass Energy Development 
     account: Provided, That $191,000,000 shall be for use in 
     energy conservation programs as defined in section 3008(3) of 
     Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4507): Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99-509, such 
     sums shall be allocated to the eligible programs as follows: 
     $153,000,000 for weatherization assistance grants and 
     $38,000,000 for State energy conservation grants: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Energy may waive up to fifty percent of the 
     cost-sharing requirement for weatherization assistance 
     provided for by Public Law 106-113 for a State which he finds 
     to be experiencing fiscal hardship or major changes in energy 
     markets or suppliers or other temporary limitations on its 
     ability to provide matching funds, provided that the State is 
     demonstrably engaged in continuing activities to secure non-
     federal resources and that such waiver is limited to one 
     fiscal year and that no state may be granted such waiver more 
     than twice: Provided further, That, hereafter, Indian tribal 
     direct grantees of weatherization assistance shall not be 
     required to provide matching funds.


                          Economic Regulation

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


                      Strategic Petroleum Reserve

                     (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.), $165,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall 
     be derived by transfer of unobligated balances of funds 
     previously appropriated under the heading ``SPR Petroleum 
     Account'', and of which $8,000,000 shall be available for 
     maintenance of a Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve.


                   Energy Information Administration

       For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of 
     the Energy Information Administration, $75,675,000, 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, $2,240,658,000, together with payments 
     received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) 
     for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: 
     Provided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal 
     organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any 
     other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
     450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time of the 
     grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain available 
     to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year 
     limitation: Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health 
     Emergency Fund: Provided further, That $431,756,000 for 
     contract medical care shall remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2002: Provided further, That of the funds 
     provided, up to $22,000,000 shall be used to carry out the 
     loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian Health 
     Care Improvement Act: Provided further, That funds provided 
     in this Act may be used for one-year contracts and grants 
     which are to be performed in two fiscal years, so long as the 
     total obligation is recorded in the year for which the funds 
     are appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts 
     collected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 
     the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act shall remain available until expended for the 
     purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable 
     conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act (exclusive of planning, design, or 
     construction of new facilities): Provided further, That 
     funding contained herein, and in any earlier appropriations 
     Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 2002: Provided further, That 
     amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations under 
     title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be 
     reported and accounted for and available to the receiving 
     tribes and tribal organizations until expended: Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
     the amounts provided herein, not to exceed $248,781,000 shall 
     be for payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
     contract or grant support costs associated with contracts, 
     grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding agreements 
     between the Indian Health Service and a tribe or tribal 
     organization pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 
     1975, as amended, prior to or during fiscal year 2001, of 
     which not to exceed $10,000,000 may be used for such costs 
     associated with new and expanded contracts, grants, self-
     governance compacts or annual funding agreements: Provided 
     further, That funds available for the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Fund may be used, as needed, to carry out 
     activities typically funded under the Indian Health 
     Facilities account.


                        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, $363,904,000, 
     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: Provided further, That from the funds 
     appropriated herein, $5,000,000 shall be designated by the 
     Indian Health Service as a contribution to the Yukon-
     Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) to start a priority 
     project for the acquisition of land, planning, design and 
     construction of 79 staff quarters at Bethel, Alaska, 
     subject to a negotiated project agreement between the YKHC 
     and the Indian Health Service: Provided further, That this 
     project shall not be subject to the construction 
     provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
     Assistance Act and shall be removed from the Indian Health 
     Service priority list upon completion: Provided further, 
     That the Federal Government shall not be liable for any 
     property damages or other construction claims that may 
     arise from YKHC undertaking this project: Provided 
     further, That the land shall be owned or leased by the 
     YKHC and title to quarters shall remain vested with the 
     YKHC: Provided further, That notwithstanding any provision 
     of law governing Federal construction, $2,240,000 of the 
     funds provided herein shall be provided to the Hopi Tribe 
     to reduce the debt incurred by the Tribe in providing 
     staff quarters to meet the housing needs associated with 
     the new Hopi Health Center: Provided further, That 
     $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
     purpose of funding joint venture health care facility 
     projects authorized under the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act, as amended: Provided further, That 
     priority, by rank order, shall be given to tribes with 
     outpatient projects on the existing Indian Health Services 
     priority list that have Service-approved planning 
     documents, and can demonstrate by March 1, 2001, the 
     financial capability necessary to provide an appropriate 
     facility: Provided further, That joint venture funds 
     unallocated after March 1, 2001, shall be

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     made available for joint venture projects on a competitive 
     basis giving priority to tribes that currently have no 
     existing Federally-owned health care facility, have 
     planning documents meeting Indian Health Service 
     requirements prepared for approval by the Service and can 
     demonstrate the financial capability needed to provide an 
     appropriate facility: Provided further, That the Indian 
     Health Service shall request additional staffing, 
     operation and maintenance funds for these facilities in 
     future budget requests: Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Service 
     to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department of 
     Defense for distribution to the Indian Health Service and 
     tribal facilities: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Service to 
     obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal 
     facilities in conjunction with an existing interagency 
     agreement between the Indian Health Service and the 
     General Services Administration: Provided further, That 
     not to exceed $500,000 shall be placed in a Demolition 
     Fund, available until expended, to be used by the Indian 
     Health Service for demolition of Federal buildings: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of 
     title III, section 306, of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act (Public Law 94-437, as amended), 
     construction contracts authorized under title I of the 
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 
     1975, as amended, may be used rather than grants to fund 
     small ambulatory facility construction projects: Provided 
     further, That if a contract is used, the IHS is authorized 
     to improve municipal, private, or tribal lands, and that 
     at no time, during construction or after completion of the 
     project will the Federal Government have any rights or 
     title to any real or personal property acquired as a part 
     of the contract.


            Administrative Provisions, Indian Health Service

       Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Service 
     shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 
     to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions under 
     5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
     purchase of medical equipment; purchase of reprints; 
     purchase, renovation and erection of modular buildings and 
     renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone 
     service in private residences in the field, when authorized 
     under regulations approved by the Secretary; and for uniforms 
     or allowances therefore as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
     and for expenses of attendance at meetings which are 
     concerned with the functions or activities for which the 
     appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved 
     conduct, supervision, or management of those functions or 
     activities: Provided, That in accordance with the provisions 
     of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian 
     patients may be extended health care at all tribally 
     administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to 
     charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under 
     the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-2653) 
     shall be credited to the account of the facility providing 
     the service and shall be available without fiscal year 
     limitation: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     law or regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 
     Service shall be administered under Public Law 86-121 (the 
     Indian Sanitation Facilities Act) and Public Law 93-638, 
     as amended: Provided further, That funds appropriated to 
     the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used 
     for administrative and program direction purposes, shall 
     not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing 
     Federal travel and transportation: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal 
     organization through a contract, grant, or agreement 
     authorized by title I or title III of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
     U.S.C. 450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-
     determination contract under title I, or a self-governance 
     agreement under title III of such Act and thereafter shall 
     remain available to the tribe or tribal organization 
     without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds made available to the Indian Health 
     Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final 
     rule published in the Federal Register on September 16, 
     1987, by the Department of Health and Human Services, 
     relating to the eligibility for the health care services 
     of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health 
     Service has submitted a budget request reflecting the 
     increased costs associated with the proposed final rule, 
     and such request has been included in an appropriations 
     Act and enacted into law: Provided further, That funds 
     made available in this Act are to be apportioned to the 
     Indian Health Service as appropriated in this Act, and 
     accounted for in the appropriation structure set forth in 
     this Act: Provided further, That with respect to functions 
     transferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes or 
     tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service is 
     authorized to provide goods and services to those 
     entities, on a reimbursable basis, including payment in 
     advance with subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements 
     received therefrom, along with the funds received from 
     those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination 
     Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent 
     appropriation account which provided the funding, said 
     amounts to remain available until expended: Provided 
     further, That reimbursements for training, technical 
     assistance, or services provided by the Indian Health 
     Service will contain total costs, including direct, 
     administrative, and overhead associated with the provision 
     of goods, services, or technical assistance: Provided 
     further, That the appropriation structure for the Indian 
     Health Service may not be altered without advance approval 
     of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi 
     Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, 
     $15,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That funds provided in this or any other appropriations Act 
     are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and groups 
     including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands 
     residents, those in significantly substandard housing, and 
     all others certified as eligible and not included in the 
     preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by the 
     Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any 
     single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, 
     was physically domiciled on the lands partitioned to the Hopi 
     Tribe unless a new or replacement home is provided for such 
     household: Provided further, That no relocatee will be 
     provided with more than one new or replacement home: Provided 
     further, That the Office shall relocate any certified 
     eligible relocatees who have selected and received an 
     approved homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected a 
     replacement residence off the Navajo reservation or on the 
     land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d-10.

    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), 
     $4,125,000.

                        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 30 years), and protection of buildings, 
     facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to five 
     replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, repair, and 
     cleaning of uniforms for employees, $387,755,000, of which 
     not to exceed $47,088,000 for the instrumentation program, 
     collections acquisition, Museum Support Center equipment and 
     move, exhibition reinstallation, the National Museum of the 
     American Indian, the repatriation of skeletal remains 
     program, research equipment, information management, and 
     Latino programming shall remain available until expended, and 
     including such funds as may be necessary to support American 
     overseas research centers and a total of $125,000 for the 
     Council of American Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That 
     funds appropriated herein are available for advance payments 
     to independent contractors performing research services or 
     participating in official Smithsonian presentations: Provided 
     further, That the Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal 
     appropriations designated in this Act for lease or rent 
     payments for long term and swing space, as rent payable to 
     the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent payments may be 
     deposited into the general trust funds of the Institution to 
     the extent that federally supported activities are housed in 
     the 900 H Street, N.W. building in the District of Columbia: 
     Provided further, That this use of Federal appropriations 
     shall not be construed as debt service, a Federal guarantee 
     of, a transfer of risk to, or an obligation of, the Federal 
     Government: Provided further, That no appropriated funds may 
     be used to service debt which is incurred to finance the 
     costs of acquiring the 900 H Street building or of planning, 
     designing, and constructing improvements to such building.


            Repair, Restoration and Alteration of Facilities

       For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and 
     alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian 
     Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by 
     section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 
     including not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by 
     5 U.S.C. 3109, $57,600,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $7,600,000 is provided for repair, 
     rehabilitation and alteration of facilities at the National 
     Zoological Park: Provided, That contracts awarded for 
     environmental systems, protection systems, and repair or 
     restoration of facilities of the Smithsonian Institution may 
     be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the 
     basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.


                              Construction

       For necessary expenses for construction, $9,500,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

           administrative provisions, smithsonian institution

       None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to 
     initiate the design for any proposed expansion of current 
     space or new facility without consultation with the House and 
     Senate Appropriations Committees.
       The Smithsonian Institution shall not use Federal funds in 
     excess of the amount specified in Public Law 101-185 for the 
     construction of the National Museum of the American Indian.
       None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used for 
     the Holt House located at the

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     National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., unless 
     identified as repairs to minimize water damage, monitor 
     structure movement, or provide interim structural support.

                        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, $64,781,000, 
     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, $10,871,000, 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, $14,000,000.


                              construction

       For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration 
     of the existing features of the building and site of the John 
     F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $20,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of 
     the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) 
     including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,310,000.

           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, 
     $98,000,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for 
     the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the 
     arts through assistance to organizations and individuals 
     pursuant to sections 5(c) and 5(g) of the Act, for program 
     support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
     previously appropriated to the National Endowment for the 
     Arts ``Matching Grants'' account may be transferred to and 
     merged with this account.

                 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, 
     $104,604,000, 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, $15,656,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $11,656,000 shall be available to the 
     National Endowment for the Humanities for the purposes of 
     section 7(h): Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
     available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal 
     to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of 
     money, and other property accepted by the chairman or by 
     grantees of the Endowment under the provisions of subsections 
     11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding 
     fiscal years for which equal amounts have not previously been 
     appropriated.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

                       office of museum services


                       grants and administration

       For carrying out subtitle C of the Museum and Library 
     Services Act of 1996, as amended, $24,907,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


                       Administrative Provisions

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

                      Challenge America Arts Fund


                        challenge america grants

       For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 89-209, 
     as amended, $7,000,000 for support for arts education and 
     public outreach activities to be administered by the National 
     Endowment for the Arts, to remain available until expended.

                        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), $1,078,000: 
     Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to 
     cover the full costs of its publications, and such fees shall 
     be credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to 
     remain available until expended without further 
     appropriation.


               National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs

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

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
     Preservation (Public Law 89-665, as amended), $3,189,000: 
     Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for 
     compensation of level V of the Executive Schedule or higher 
     positions.

                  National Capital Planning Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National 
     Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71-71i), including 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,500,000: 
     Provided, That all appointed members of the Commission will 
     be compensated at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent 
     of the annual rate of pay for positions at level IV of the 
     Executive Schedule for each day such member is engaged in the 
     actual performance of duties.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Council


                       Holocaust Memorial Council

       For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as 
     authorized by Public Law 96-388 (36 U.S.C. 1401), as amended, 
     $34,439,000, of which $1,900,000 for the museum's repair and 
     rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the museum's 
     exhibitions program shall remain available until expended.

                             Presidio Trust


                          Presidio Trust fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Omnibus 
     Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, $23,400,000 
     shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to remain available 
     until expended. The Trust is authorized to issue obligations 
     to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 
     104(d)(3) of the Act, in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record and available for public inspection, except where 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
       Sec. 302. No part of any appropriation under this Act shall 
     be available to the Secretary of the Interior or the 
     Secretary of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and natural 
     gas by noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned lands within 
     the boundaries of the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois: 
     Provided, That nothing herein is intended to inhibit or 
     otherwise affect the sale, lease, or right to access to 
     minerals owned by private individuals.
       Sec. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or 
     distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote 
     public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on 
     which congressional action is not complete.
       Sec. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
     department or agency shall be obligated or expended to 
     provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal 
     servants to any officer or employee of such department or 
     agency except as otherwise provided by law.
       Sec. 306. No assessments may be levied against any program, 
     budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act 
     unless advance notice of such assessments and the basis 
     therefor are presented to the Committees on Appropriations 
     and are approved by such committees.
       Sec. 307. 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 2000.
       Sec. 308. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated or expended by the National Park Service to 
     enter into or implement a concession contract which permits 
     or requires the removal of the underground lunchroom at the 
     Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
       Sec. 309. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps program, 
     unless the relevant agencies of the Department of the 
     Interior and/or Agriculture follow appropriate reprogramming 
     guidelines: Provided, That if no

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     funds are provided for the AmeriCorps program by the 
     Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2001, then none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps 
     programs.
       Sec. 310. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey City, New 
     Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent pedestrian use of 
     such bridge, when it is made known to the Federal official 
     having authority to obligate or expend such funds that such 
     pedestrian use is consistent with generally accepted safety 
     standards.
       Sec. 311. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act 
     shall be obligated or expended to accept or process 
     applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim 
     located under the general mining laws.
       (b) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall not 
     apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for 
     the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with 
     the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all 
     requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the 
     Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode 
     claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised 
     Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and 
     section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill 
     site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by 
     the applicant by that date.
       (c) Report.--On September 30, 2001, the Secretary of the 
     Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and the Committee on Resources of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken by the 
     Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 
     314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208).
       (d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent 
     applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the 
     request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior 
     shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party 
     contractor to be selected by the Bureau of Land Management to 
     conduct a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill 
     sites contained in a patent application as set forth in 
     subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have the 
     sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party 
     contractor in accordance with the standard procedures 
     employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the retention of 
     third-party contractors.
       Sec. 312. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     amounts appropriated to or earmarked in committee reports for 
     the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service by 
     Public Laws 103-138, 103-332, 104-134, 104-208, 105-83, 
     105-277, and 106-113 for payments to tribes and tribal 
     organizations for contract support costs associated with 
     self-determination or self-governance contracts, grants, 
     compacts, or annual funding agreements with the Bureau of 
     Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service as funded by 
     such Acts, are the total amounts available for fiscal 
     years 1994 through 2000 for such purposes, except that, 
     for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal 
     organizations may use their tribal priority allocations 
     for unmet indirect costs of ongoing contracts, grants, 
     self-governance compacts or annual funding agreements.
       Sec. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     fiscal year 2001 the Secretaries of Agriculture and the 
     Interior are authorized to limit competition for watershed 
     restoration project contracts as part of the ``Jobs in the 
     Woods'' component of the President's Forest Plan for the 
     Pacific Northwest or the Jobs in the Woods Program 
     established in Region 10 of the Forest Service to individuals 
     and entities in historically timber-dependent areas in the 
     States of Washington, Oregon, northern California and Alaska 
     that have been affected by reduced timber harvesting on 
     Federal lands. The Secretaries shall consider the benefits to 
     the local economy in evaluating bids and designing 
     procurements which create economic opportunities for local 
     contractors.
       Sec. 314. None of the funds collected under the 
     Recreational Fee Demonstration program may be used to plan, 
     design, or construct a visitor center or any other permanent 
     structure without prior approval of the House and the Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations if the estimated total cost of 
     the facility exceeds $500,000.
       Sec. 315. All interests created under leases, concessions, 
     permits and other agreements associated with the properties 
     administered by the Presidio Trust, hereafter shall be exempt 
     from all taxes and special assessments of every kind by the 
     State of California and its political subdivisions.
       Sec. 316. None of the funds made available in this or any 
     other Act for any fiscal year may be used to designate, or to 
     post any sign designating, any portion of Canaveral National 
     Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as a clothing-optional 
     area or as an area in which public nudity is permitted, if 
     such designation would be contrary to county ordinance.
       Sec. 317. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment 
     for the Arts--
       (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
     individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a 
     literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or 
     American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
       (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 
     that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made 
     to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be 
     used to make a grant to any other organization or individual 
     to conduct activity independent of the direct grant 
     recipient. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 
     made in exchange for goods and services.
       (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, 
     unless the application is specific to the contents of the 
     season, including identified programs and/or projects.
       Sec. 318. The National Endowment for the Arts and the 
     National Endowment for the Humanities are authorized to 
     solicit, accept, receive, and invest in the name of the 
     United States, gifts, bequests, or devises of money and other 
     property or services and to use such in furtherance of the 
     functions of the National Endowment for the Arts and the 
     National Endowment for the Humanities. Any proceeds from such 
     gifts, bequests, or devises, after acceptance by the National 
     Endowment for the Arts or the National Endowment for the 
     Humanities, shall be paid by the donor or the representative 
     of the donor to the Chairman. The Chairman shall enter the 
     proceeds in a special interest-bearing account to the credit 
     of the appropriate endowment for the purposes specified in 
     each case.
       Sec. 319. (a) In providing services or awarding financial 
     assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
     Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this 
     Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts 
     shall ensure that priority is given to providing services or 
     awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 
     workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations.
       (b) In this section:
       (1) The term ``underserved population'' means a population 
     of individuals, including urban minorities, who have 
     historically been outside the purview of arts and humanities 
     programs due to factors such as a high incidence of income 
     below the poverty line or to geographic isolation.
       (2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty line (as 
     defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised 
     annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
     Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a 
     family of the size involved.
       (c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance 
     under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 
     of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson 
     of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that 
     priority is given to providing services or awarding financial 
     assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs 
     that will encourage public knowledge, education, 
     understanding, and appreciation of the arts.
       (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
     section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and 
     Humanities Act of 1965--
       (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 
     projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of 
     national impact or availability or are able to tour several 
     States;
       (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 
     percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, 
     excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1);
       (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually 
     and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each 
     grant category under section 5 of such Act; and
       (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to 
     improve and support community-based music performance and 
     education.
       Sec. 320. Advisory Committee on Forest Counties Payments.
       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Advisory committee.--The term ``Advisory Committee'' 
     means the Forest Counties Payments Committee established by 
     this section.
       (2) Committees of jurisdiction.--The term ``committees of 
     jurisdiction'' means the Committee on Agriculture, the 
     Committee on Resources, and the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the Senate.
       (3) Eligible county.--The term ``eligible county'' means a 
     county that, for one or more of the fiscal years 1986 through 
     1999, received--
       (A) a payment under title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 
     (chapter 876; 50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181f), or the Act of 
     May 24, 1939 (chapter 144; 53 Stat. 753; 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et 
     seq.); or
       (B) a portion of an eligible State's payment, as described 
     in paragraph (4).
       (4) Eligible state.--The term ``eligible State'' means a 
     State that, for one or more of the fiscal years 1986 through 
     1999, received a payment under the sixth paragraph under the 
     heading of ``FOREST SERVICE'' in the Act of May 23, 1908 (35 
     Stat. 260; 16 U.S.C. 500), or section 13 of the Act of March 
     1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C. 500).
       (5) Federal lands.--The term ``Federal lands'' means the 
     following:
       (A) Lands within the National Forest System, as defined in 
     section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
     Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)), exclusive of the 
     National Grasslands and land utilization projects designated 
     as National Grasslands administered pursuant to the Act of 
     July 22, 1937 (7 U.S.C. 1010-1012).
       (B) Such portions of the Oregon and California Railroad 
     grant lands revested in the United States by the Act of June 
     9, 1916 (chapter 137; 39 Stat. 218), and the Coos Bay Wagon 
     Road grant lands reconveyed to the United States by the Act 
     of February 26, 1919 (chapter 47; 40 Stat. 1179), as are or 
     may hereafter come under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
     the Interior, which have heretofore or may hereafter be 
     classified as timberlands, and power-site lands valuable for 
     timber, that shall be managed, except as provided in the 
     former section 3 of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 875; 
     43 U.S.C. 1181c), for permanent forest production.
       (6) Sustainable forestry.--The term ``sustainable 
     forestry'' means the practice of meeting

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     the forest resource needs and values of the present without 
     compromising the similar capability of future generations.
       (b) Establishment of Advisory Committee.--
       (1) Establishment required.--There is hereby established an 
     advisory committee, to be known as the Forest Counties 
     Payments Committee, to develop recommendations, consistent 
     with sustainable forestry, regarding methods to ensure that 
     States and counties in which Federal lands are situated 
     receive adequate Federal payments to be used for the benefit 
     of public education and other public purposes.
       (2) Members.--The Advisory Committee shall be composed of 
     the following members:
       (A) The Chief of the Forest Service, or a designee of the 
     Chief who has significant expertise in sustainable forestry.
       (B) The Director of the Bureau of Land Management, or a 
     designee of the Director who has significant expertise in 
     sustainable forestry.
       (C) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or 
     the Director's designee.
       (D) Two members who are elected members of the governing 
     branches of eligible counties; one such member to be 
     appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate (in 
     consultation with the chairmen and ranking members of the 
     committees of jurisdiction of the Senate) and one such member 
     to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives (in consultation with the chairmen and 
     ranking members of the committees of jurisdiction of the 
     House of Representatives) within 60 days of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (E) Two members who are elected members of school boards 
     for, superintendents from, or teachers employed by, school 
     districts in eligible counties; one such member to be 
     appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate (in 
     consultation with the chairmen and ranking members of the 
     committees of jurisdiction of the Senate) and one such member 
     to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives (in consultation with the chairmen and 
     ranking members of the committees of jurisdiction of the 
     House of Representatives) within 60 days of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (3) Geographic representation.--In making appointments 
     under subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (2), the 
     President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the 
     House of Representatives shall seek to ensure that the 
     Advisory Committee members are selected from geographically 
     diverse locations.
       (4) Organization of advisory committee.--
       (A) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Advisory Committee 
     shall be selected from among the members appointed pursuant 
     to subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (2).
       (B) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the membership of the 
     Advisory Committee shall be filled in the same manner as 
     required by paragraph (2). A vacancy shall not impair the 
     authority of the remaining members to perform the functions 
     of the Advisory Committee under this section.
       (C) Compensation.--The members of the Advisory Committee 
     who are not officers or employees of the United States, while 
     attending meetings or other events held by the Advisory 
     Committee or at which the members serve as representatives of 
     the Advisory Committee or while otherwise serving at the 
     request of the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee, shall 
     each be entitled to receive compensation at a rate not in 
     excess of the maximum rate of pay for grade GS-15, as 
     provided in the General Schedule, including traveltime, and 
     while away from their homes or regular places of business, 
     shall each be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per 
     diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by section 5703 of 
     title 5, United States Code, for persons in Government 
     service employed intermittently.
       (5) Staff and rules.--
       (A) Executive director.--The Advisory Committee shall have 
     an Executive Director, who shall be appointed by the Advisory 
     Committee and serve at the pleasure of the Advisory 
     Committee. The Executive Director shall report to the 
     Advisory Committee and assume such duties as the Advisory 
     Committee may assign. The Executive Director shall be paid at 
     a rate not in excess of the maximum rate of pay for grade GS-
     15, as provided in the General Schedule.
       (B) Other staff.--In addition to authority to appoint 
     personnel subject to the provisions of title 5, United States 
     Code, governing appointments to the competitive service, and 
     to pay such personnel in accordance with the provisions of 
     chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title 
     relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, 
     the Advisory Committee shall have authority to enter into 
     contracts with private or public organizations which may 
     furnish the Advisory Committee with such administrative and 
     technical personnel as may be necessary to carry out the 
     functions of the Advisory Committee under this section. To 
     the extent practicable, such administrative and technical 
     personnel, and other necessary support services, shall be 
     provided for the Advisory Committee by the Chief of the 
     Forest Service and the Director of the Bureau of Land 
     Management.
       (C) Committee rules.--The Advisory Committee may establish 
     such procedural and administrative rules as are necessary for 
     the performance of its functions under this section.
       (6) Federal agency cooperation.--The heads of the 
     departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive 
     branch of the Federal Government shall cooperate with the 
     Advisory Committee in the performance of its functions under 
     this section and should furnish, as practicable, to the 
     Advisory Committee information which the Advisory Committee 
     deems necessary to carry out such functions.
       (c) Functions of Advisory Committee.--
       (1) Development of recommendations.--
       (A) In general.--The Advisory Committee shall develop 
     recommendations for policy or legislative initiatives (or 
     both) regarding alternatives for, or substitutes to, the 
     payments required to be made to eligible States and eligible 
     counties under the provisions of law referred to in 
     paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a) in order to provide 
     a long-term method to generate annual payments to eligible 
     States and eligible counties.
       (B) Reporting requirements.--Not later than 18 months after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Advisory Committee 
     shall submit to the committees of jurisdiction a final report 
     containing the recommendations developed under this 
     subsection. The Advisory Committee shall submit semiannual 
     progress reports on its activities and expenditures to the 
     committees of jurisdiction until the final report has been 
     submitted.
       (2) Guidance for committee.--In developing the 
     recommendations required by paragraph (1), the Advisory 
     Committee shall--
       (A) evaluate the method by which payments are made to 
     eligible States and eligible counties under the provisions of 
     law referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a), 
     and related laws, and the use of such payments;
       (B) consider the impact on eligible States and eligible 
     counties of revenues derived from the historic multiple use 
     of the Federal lands.
       (C) evaluate the economic, environmental, and social 
     benefits which accrue to counties containing Federal lands, 
     including recreation, natural resources industries, and the 
     value of environmental services that result from Federal 
     lands; and
       (D) evaluate the expenditures by counties on activities on 
     Federal lands which are Federal responsibilities.
       (3) Monitoring and related reporting activities.--The 
     Advisory Committee shall monitor the payments made to 
     eligible States and eligible counties under the provisions of 
     law referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a), 
     and related laws, and submit to the committees of 
     jurisdiction an annual report describing the amounts and 
     sources of such payments and containing such comments as the 
     Advisory Committee may have regarding such payments.
       (4) Testimony.--The Advisory Committee shall make itself 
     available for testimony or comments on the reports required 
     to be submitted by the Advisory Committee and on any 
     legislation or regulations to implement any recommendations 
     made in such reports in any congressional hearings or any 
     rulemaking or other administrative decision process.
       (d) Federal Advisory Committee Act Requirements.--The 
     provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
     App.) shall apply to the Advisory Committee.
       (e) Termination of Advisory Committee.--The Advisory 
     Committee shall terminate three years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (f) Funding Source.--At the request of the Executive 
     Director of the Advisory Committee, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall provide funds from any account available to 
     the Secretary, not to exceed $200,000 in fiscal year 2001, 
     for the work of the Advisory Committee necessary to meet the 
     requirements of this section.
       Sec. 321. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be expended or obligated to complete and issue the 
     5-year program under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
     Resources Planning Act.
       Sec. 322. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     support Government-wide administrative functions unless such 
     functions are justified in the budget process and funding is 
     approved by the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Sec. 323. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds in this Act may be used for GSA 
     Telecommunication Centers or the President's Council on 
     Sustainable Development.
       Sec. 324. None of the funds in this Act may be used for 
     planning, design or construction of improvements to 
     Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House without the 
     advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Sec. 325. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 2000 in the 
     roads and trails fund provided for in the fourteenth 
     paragraph under the heading ``FOREST SERVICE'' of the Act of 
     March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 843; 16 U.S.C. 501), shall be used by 
     the Secretary of Agriculture, without regard to the State in 
     which the amounts were derived, to repair or reconstruct 
     roads, bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands or 
     to carry out and administer projects to improve forest health 
     conditions, which may include the repair or reconstruction of 
     roads, bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands in 
     the wildland-community interface where there is an abnormally 
     high risk of fire. The projects shall emphasize reducing 
     risks to human safety and public health and property and 
     enhancing ecological functions, long-term forest 
     productivity, and biological integrity. The Secretary shall 
     commence the projects during fiscal year 2001, but the 
     projects may be completed in a subsequent fiscal year. Funds 
     shall not be expended under this section to replace funds 
     which would otherwise appropriately be expended from the 
     timber salvage sale fund. Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to exempt any project from any environmental law.
       Sec. 326. None of the funds provided in this or previous 
     appropriations Acts for the agencies funded by this Act or 
     provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
     States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, shall be transferred to and used 
     to fund personnel, training, or other administrative 
     activities of the Council on Environmental Quality or other 
     offices in the Executive Office of the President for purposes 
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       Sec. 327. Other than in emergency situations, none of the 
     funds in this Act may be used to operate telephone answering 
     machines during core business hours unless such answering 
     machines include an option that enables callers to reach 
     promptly an individual on-duty with the agency being 
     contacted.
       Sec. 328. No timber sale in Region 10 shall be advertised 
     if the indicated rate is deficit when appraised under the 
     transaction evidence appraisal system using domestic Alaska 
     values for western red cedar: Provided, That sales which are 
     deficit when appraised under the transaction evidence 
     appraisal system using domestic Alaska values for western red 
     cedar may be advertised upon receipt of a written request by 
     a prospective, informed bidder, who has the opportunity to 
     review the Forest Service's cruise and harvest cost estimate 
     for that timber. Program accomplishments shall be based on 
     volume sold. Should Region 10 sell, in fiscal year 2001, the 
     annual average portion of the decadal allowable sale quantity 
     called for in the current Tongass Land Management Plan in 
     sales which are not deficit when appraised under the 
     transaction evidence appraisal system using domestic Alaska 
     values for western red cedar, all of the western red cedar 
     timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs of 
     domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to 
     domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States at 
     prevailing domestic prices. Should Region 10 sell, in fiscal 
     year 2001, less than the annual average portion of the 
     decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the current 
     Tongass Land Management Plan in sales which are not deficit 
     when appraised under the transaction evidence appraisal 
     system using domestic Alaska values for western red cedar, 
     the volume of western red cedar timber available to domestic 
     processors at prevailing domestic prices in the contiguous 48 
     United States shall be that volume: (i) which is surplus to 
     the needs of domestic processors in Alaska; and (ii) is that 
     percent of the surplus western red cedar volume determined by 
     calculating the ratio of the total timber volume which has 
     been sold on the Tongass to the annual average portion of the 
     decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the current 
     Tongass Land Management Plan. The percentage shall be 
     calculated by Region 10 on a rolling basis as each sale is 
     sold (for purposes of this amendment, a ``rolling basis'' 
     shall mean that the determination of how much western red 
     cedar is eligible for sale to various markets shall be made 
     at the time each sale is awarded). Western red cedar shall be 
     deemed ``surplus to the needs of domestic processors in 
     Alaska'' when the timber sale holder has presented to the 
     Forest Service documentation of the inability to sell western 
     red cedar logs from a given sale to domestic Alaska 
     processors at price equal to or greater than the log selling 
     value stated in the contract. All additional western red 
     cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United 
     States domestic processors may be exported to foreign markets 
     at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow 
     cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election 
     of the timber sale holder.
       Sec. 329. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
     be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or 
     orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation 
     for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted 
     on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference 
     of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on 
     Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate 
     for advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article 
     II, section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, 
     and which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25 
     of the Protocol.
       Sec. 330. In fiscal years 2001 through 2005, the 
     Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture may pilot test 
     agency-wide joint permitting and leasing programs, subject to 
     annual review of Congress, and promulgate special rules as 
     needed to test the feasibility of issuing unified permits, 
     applications, and leases. The Secretaries of the Interior and 
     Agriculture may make reciprocal delegations of their 
     respective authorities, duties and responsibilities in 
     support of the ``Service First'' initiative agency-wide to 
     promote customer service and efficiency. Nothing herein shall 
     alter, expand or limit the applicability of any public law or 
     regulation to lands administered by the Bureau of Land 
     Management or the Forest Service.
       Sec. 331. Federal and State Cooperative Watershed 
     Restoration and Protection in Colorado. (a) Use of Colorado 
     State Forest Service.--Until September 30, 2004, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, via cooperative agreement or 
     contract (including sole source contract) as appropriate, may 
     permit the Colorado State Forest Service to perform watershed 
     restoration and protection services on National Forest System 
     lands in the State of Colorado when similar and complementary 
     watershed restoration and protection services are being 
     performed by the State Forest Service on adjacent State or 
     private lands. The types of services that may be extended to 
     National Forest System lands include treatment of insect 
     infected trees, reduction of hazardous fuels, and other 
     activities to restore or improve watersheds or fish and 
     wildlife habitat across ownership boundaries.
       (b) State as Agent.--Except as provided in subsection (c), 
     a cooperative agreement or contract under subsection (a) may 
     authorize the State Forester of Colorado to serve as the 
     agent for the Forest Service in providing all services 
     necessary to facilitate the performance of watershed 
     restoration and protection services under subsection (a). The 
     services to be performed by the Colorado State Forest Service 
     may be conducted with subcontracts utilizing State contract 
     procedures. Subsections (d) and (g) of section 14 of the 
     National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a) shall 
     not apply to services performed under a cooperative agreement 
     or contract under subsection (a).
       (c) Retention of NEPA Responsibilities.--With respect to 
     any watershed restoration and protection services on National 
     Forest System lands proposed for performance by the Colorado 
     State Forest Service under subsection (a), any decision 
     required to be made under the National Environmental Policy 
     Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) may not be delegated 
     to the State Forester of Colorado or any other officer or 
     employee of the Colorado State Forest Service.
       Sec. 332. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to issue a record of 
     decision implementing the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem 
     Management Project until the Secretaries of Agriculture and 
     the Interior submit to Congress a report evaluating, for the 
     area to be covered by the project, both the effect of the 
     year 2000 wildfires and the President's initiative for 
     managing the impact of wildfires on communities and the 
     environment.
       Sec. 333. The Forest Service, in consultation with the 
     Department of Labor, shall review Forest Service campground 
     concessions policy to determine if modifications can be made 
     to Forest Service contracts for campgrounds so that such 
     concessions fall within the regulatory exemption of 29 CFR 
     4.122(b). The Forest Service shall offer in fiscal year 2001 
     such concession prospectuses under the regulatory exemption, 
     except that, any prospectus that does not meet the 
     requirements of the regulatory exemption shall be offered as 
     a service contract in accordance with the requirements of 41 
     U.S.C. 351-358.
       Sec. 334. A project undertaken by the Forest Service under 
     the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program as authorized by 
     section 315 of the Department of the Interior and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1996, as amended, 
     shall not result in--
       (1) displacement of the holder of an authorization to 
     provide commercial recreation services on Federal lands. 
     Prior to initiating any project, the Secretary shall consult 
     with potentially affected holders to determine what impacts 
     the project may have on the holders. Any modifications to the 
     authorization shall be made within the terms and conditions 
     of the authorization and authorities of the impacted agency.
       (2) the return of a commercial recreation service to the 
     Secretary for operation when such services have been provided 
     in the past by a private sector provider, except when--
       (A) the private sector provider fails to bid on such 
     opportunities;
       (B) the private sector provider terminates its relationship 
     with the agency; or
       (C) the agency revokes the permit for non-compliance with 
     the terms and conditions of the authorization.
     In such cases, the agency may use the Recreation Fee 
     Demonstration Program to provide for operations until a 
     subsequent operator can be found through the offering of a 
     new prospectus.
       Sec. 335. Section 801 of the National Energy Conservation 
     Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended by 
     striking ``$750,000'' and inserting ``$10,000,000''.
       Sec. 336. In section 315(f) of title III of section 101(c) 
     of Public Law 104-134 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a note), as amended, 
     strike ``September 30, 2001'' and insert ``September 30, 
     2002'', and strike ``September 30, 2004'' and insert 
     ``September 30, 2005''.
       Sec. 337. None of the funds in this Act may be used by the 
     Secretary of the Interior to issue a prospecting permit for 
     hardrock mineral exploration on Mark Twain National Forest 
     land in the Current River/Jack's Fork River--Eleven Point 
     Watershed (not including Mark Twain National Forest land in 
     Townships 31N and 32N, Range 2 and Range 3 West, on which 
     mining activities are taking place as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act): Provided, That none of the funds in 
     this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to 
     segregate or withdraw land in the Mark Twain National Forest, 
     Missouri under section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1714).
       Sec. 338. The authority to enter into stewardship and end 
     result contracts provided to the Forest Service in accordance 
     with section 347 of title III of section 101(e) of division A 
     of Public Law 105-825 is hereby expanded to authorize the 
     Forest Service to enter into an additional 28 contracts 
     subject to the same terms and conditions as provided in that 
     section: Provided, That of the additional contracts 
     authorized by this section at least 9 shall be allocated to 
     Region 1 and at least 3 to Region 6.
       Sec. 339. Any regulations or policies promulgated or 
     adopted by the Departments of Agriculture or the Interior 
     regarding recovery of costs for processing authorizations to 
     occupy and use Federal lands under their control shall adhere 
     to and incorporate the following principle arising from 
     Office of Management and Budget Circular, A-25; no charge 
     should be made for a service when the identification of the 
     specific beneficiary is obscure, and the service can be 
     considered primarily as benefiting broadly the general 
     public.
       Sec. 340. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to implement a final rule for estimating fair 
     market value land use rental fees for 
     fiberoptic communications rights-of-way on Federal lands 
     that amends or replaces the linear right-of-way rental fee 
     schedule published on July 8, 1987 (43 CFR 2803.1-
     2(c)(1)(I)). In determining rental fees for fiberoptic 
     rights-of-way, the Secretaries shall use the rates 
     contained in the linear right-of-way rental fee schedules 
     in place on May 1, 2000.
       Sec. 341. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 
     to limit competition for fire and fuel treatment and 
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     Monument and the Sequoia National Forest. Preference for 
     employment shall be given to dislocated and displaced workers 
     in Tulare, Kern and Fresno Counties, California, for work 
     associated with the establishment of the Giant Sequoia 
     National Monument.
       Sec. 344. From funds previously appropriated under the 
     heading ``DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, fossil energy research and 
     development'', $4,000,000 is available for computational 
     services at the National Energy Technology Laboratory.
       Sec. 345. Backcountry Landing Strip Access. (a) In 
     General.--Funds made available by this Act shall not be used 
     to permanently close aircraft landing strips, officially 
     recognized by State or Federal aviation officials, without 
     public notice, consultation with cognizant State and Federal 
     aviation officials and the consent of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration.
       (b) Aircraft Landing Strips.--An aircraft landing strip 
     referred to in subsection (a) is a landing strip on Federal 
     land administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the 
     Secretary of Agriculture that is commonly known, and is 
     consistently used for aircraft landing and departure 
     activities.
       (c) Permanent Closure.--For the purposes of subsection (a), 
     an aircraft landing strip shall be considered to be closed 
     permanently if the intended duration of the closure is more 
     than 180 days in any calendar year.
       Sec. 346. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. (a) 
     Land Acquisition.--Section 9 of the Columbia River Gorge 
     National Scenic Area Act (16 U.S.C. 544g) is amended:
       (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (g); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
       ``(e) Appraisals.--
       ``(1) Definition of landowner.--In this subsection, the 
     term `landowner' means the owner of legal or equitable title 
     as of September 1, 2000.
       ``(2) Appraisal standards.--Except as provided in paragraph 
     (3), land acquired or conveyed by purchase or exchange under 
     this section shall be appraised in conformity with the 
     Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions.
       ``(3) Special management areas.--
       ``(A) Before april 1, 2001.--Land within a special 
     management area for which the landowner, before April 1, 
     2001, makes a written bona fide offer to convey to the 
     Secretary for fair market value shall be appraised--
       ``(i) without regard to the effect of any zoning or land 
     use restriction made in response to this Act; but
       ``(ii) subject to any other current zoning or land use 
     restriction imposed by the State or locality in which the 
     land is located on the date of the offer.
       ``(B) On or after april 1, 2001.--Land within a special 
     management area for which the landowner, on or after April 1, 
     2001, makes a written bona fide offer to convey to the 
     Secretary for fair market value shall be appraised subject 
     to--
       ``(i) any zoning or land use restriction made in response 
     to this Act; and
       ``(ii) any other current zoning or land use restriction 
     that applies to the land on the date of the offer.
       ``(f) Authorization for Certain Land Exchanges.--
       ``(1) In general.--To facilitate priority land exchanges 
     through which land within the boundaries of the White Salmon 
     Wild and Scenic River or within the scenic area is conveyed 
     to the United States, the Secretary may accept title to such 
     land as the Secretary determines to be appropriate within the 
     States, regardless of the State in which the land conveyed by 
     the Secretary in exchange is located, in accordance with land 
     exchange authorities available to the Secretary under 
     applicable law.
       ``(2) Special rule for land certain exchanges.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
       ``(A) any exchange described in paragraph (1) for which an 
     agreement to initiate has been executed as of September 30, 
     2000, shall continue; and
       ``(B) any timber stumpage proceeds collected under the 
     exchange shall be retained by the Forest Service to complete 
     the exchange.''.
       (b) Administration of Special Management Areas.--Section 
     8(o) of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act (16 
     U.S.C. 544f) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Any ordinance'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--Any ordinance'';
       (2) in the first sentence, by striking ``the Uniform 
     Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions 
     (Interagency Land Acquisition Conference, 1973).'' and 
     inserting ``section 9(e).''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Applicability.--This subsection shall not apply to 
     any land offered to the Secretary for acquisition after March 
     31, 2001.''.
       (c) Publication of Notice.--
       (1) Not later than November 1, 2000, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall provide notice of the provisions contained 
     in the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) through--
       (A) publication of a notice in the Federal Register and in 
     newspapers of general circulation in the counties in the 
     Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area; and
       (B) posting of a notice in each facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located in those counties.
       (2) If the counties wherein special management areas are 
     located provide the Forest Service administrator of the 
     Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area lists of the names 
     and addresses of landowners within the special management 
     areas as of September 1, 2000, the Forest Service shall send 
     to such names and addresses by certified first class mail 
     notice of the provisions contained in the amendments made by 
     subsections (a) and (b);
       (A) The mailing shall occur within twenty working days of 
     the receipt of the list; and
       (B) The mailing shall constitute constructive notice to 
     landowners, and proof of receipt by the addressee shall not 
     be required.
       (d) Designation of Special Management Areas.--Section 
     4(b)(2) of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act 
     (16 U.S.C. 544b(b)(2)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``in this section'' and 
     inserting ``by paragraph (1)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Modification of boundaries.--The boundaries of the 
     special management areas are modified as depicted on a map 
     dated September 20, 2000, which shall be on file and 
     available for public inspection in the office of the Chief of 
     the Forest Service in Washington, District of Columbia, and 
     copies shall be available in the office of the Commission, 
     and the headquarters of the scenic area.''.
       (e) Payments to Local Governments.--Section 14(c)(3) of the 
     Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act (16 U.S.C. 
     544l(c)(3)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(3) No payment'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(3) Limitation.--
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     no payment'';
       (2) by striking ``fifth'' and inserting ``eighth''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Continuation of certain payments.--For any land or 
     interest in land for which the Secretary is making a payment 
     in fiscal year 2000, such payment shall be continued for a 
     total of eight fiscal years.''.
       Sec. 347. (a) Exchange Required.--In exchange for the non-
     Federal lands and the additional consideration described in 
     subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey to 
     Kern County, California, all right, title, and interest of 
     the United States in and to four parcels of land under the 
     jurisdiction of the Forest Service in Kern County, as 
     follows:
       (1) Approximately 70 acres known as Camp Owen as depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Camp Owen'', dated June 15, 2000.
       (2) Approximately 4 acres known as Wofford Heights Park as 
     depicted on the map entitled ``Wofford Heights Park'', dated 
     June 15, 2000.
       (3) Approximately 4 acres known as the French Gulch 
     maintenance yard as depicted on the map entitled ``French 
     Gulch Maintenance Yard'', dated June 15, 2000.
       (4) Approximately 14 acres known as the Kernville Fish 
     Hatchery as depicted on the map entitled ``Kernville Fish 
     Hatchery'', dated June 15, 2000.
       (b) Consideration.--
       (1) Conveyance of non-federal lands.--As consideration for 
     the conveyance of the Federal lands referred to in subsection 
     (a), Kern County shall convey to the Secretary a parcel of 
     land for fair market value consisting of approximately 52 
     acres as depicted on the map entitled ``Greenhorn Mountain 
     Park'', located in Kern County, California, dated June 18, 
     2000.
       (2) Replacement facility.--As additional consideration for 
     the conveyance of the storage facility located at the 
     maintenance yard referred to in subsection (a)(3), Kern 
     County shall provide a replacement storage facility of 
     comparable size and condition, as acceptable to the 
     Secretary, at the Greenhorn Ranger District Lake Isabella 
     Maintenance Yard property.
       (3) Cash equalization payment.--As additional consideration 
     for the conveyance of the Federal lands referred to in 
     subsection (a), Kern County shall tender a cash equalization 
     payment specified by the Secretary. The cash equalization 
     payment shall be based upon an appraisal performed at the 
     option of the Forest Service pursuant to section 206(b) of 
     the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
     1716(b)).
       (c) Conditions on Acceptance.--Title to the non-Federal 
     lands to be conveyed under this section must be acceptable to 
     the Secretary, and the conveyance shall be subject to valid 
     existing rights of record. The non-Federal lands shall 
     conform with the title approval standards applicable to 
     Federal land acquisitions.
       (d) Time for Conveyance.--Subject to subsection (c), the 
     Secretary shall complete the conveyance of the Federal lands 
     under subsection (a) within 3 months after Kern County 
     tenders to the Secretary the consideration required by 
     subsection (b).
       (e) Status of Acquired Lands.--Upon approval and acceptance 
     of title by the Secretary, the non-Federal lands conveyed to 
     the United States under this section shall become part of 
     Sequoia National Forest, and the boundaries of the national 
     forest shall be adjusted to include the acquired lands. The 
     Secretary shall manage the acquired lands for recreational 
     purposes in accordance with the laws and regulations 
     pertaining to the National Forest System. For purposes of 
     section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
     (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the boundaries of the national forest, as 
     adjusted pursuant to this section, shall be considered to be 
     the boundaries of the national forest as of January 1, 1965.
       (f) Relationship to Environmental Liability.--In connection 
     with the conveyances under this section, the Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions related to 
     environmental liability as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
       (g) Legal Descriptions.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the real property to be exchanged under this 
     section shall be determined by a survey or surveys 
     satisfactory to the Secretary. The costs of any such survey, 
     as well as other administrative costs incurred to execute the 
     land exchange (other than costs incurred by Kern County to 
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     shall be divided equally between the Secretary and Kern 
     County.
       (h) Treatment of Existing Utility Lines at Camp Owen.--Upon 
     receipt of the Federal lands described in subsection (a)(1), 
     Kern County shall grant an easement, and record the easement 
     in the appropriate office, for permitted or licensed uses of 
     those lands that are unrecorded as of the date of the 
     conveyance.
       (i) Applicable Law.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     section, any exchange of National Forest System land under 
     this section shall be subject to the laws (including 
     regulations) applicable to the conveyance and acquisition of 
     land for the National Forest System.
       Sec. 348. (a) Establishment.--Not later than March 1, 2001, 
     the Secretary shall cause to be established an advisory group 
     to provide continuing expert advice and counsel to the 
     Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) 
     with respect to the research and development activities NETL 
     conducts and manages.
       (b) Membership.--
       (1) In general.--The advisory group shall be composed of--
       (A) a balanced group of--
       (i) representatives of academia;
       (ii) representatives of industry;
       (iii) representatives of non-governmental organizations; 
     and
       (iv) representatives of energy regulatory agencies;
       (B) a representative of the DOE's Office of Fossil Energy;
       (C) a representative of the DOE's Office of Energy 
     Efficiency and Renewable Energy;
       (D) a representative of the DOE's Office of Science; and
       (E) others, as appropriate.
       (c) Duties.--The advisory group shall provide advice, 
     information, and recommendations to the Director--
       (1) on management and strategic issues affecting the 
     laboratory; and
       (2) on the scientific and technical direction of the 
     laboratory's R&D program;
       (d) Compensation; Support; Procedures.--
       (1) Compensation and travel.--Members of the advisory group 
     who are not officers or employees of the United States, while 
     attending conferences or meetings of the group or otherwise 
     engaged in its business, or while serving away from their 
     homes or regular places of business, may be allowed travel 
     expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 
     authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, 
     for persons in the Government service employed 
     intermittently.
       (2) Administrative support.--The NETL shall furnish to the 
     advisory group clerical and administrative support.
       (3) Procedures and requirements.--In carrying out its 
     functions, the advisory group shall comply with the 
     procedures and requirements that apply to similar groups 
     providing advice and counsel to entities operating other 
     Department of Energy laboratories rather than the procedures 
     and requirements that apply to such a group providing advice 
     directly to a Federal entity.
       Sec. 349. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Umpqua 
     Land Exchange Project (ULEP) and previous Congressional 
     appropriations therefor, there is hereby appropriated the sum 
     of $4,300,000 to be derived from the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund. Such amount shall be available to the 
     Foundation for Voluntary Land Exchanges (``Foundation'') 
     working in conjunction with the Secretary of the Interior, 
     and with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as the lead 
     Federal agency, to complete a Final Land Ownership Adjustment 
     Plan (``Plan'') for the area (``Basin''), comprising 
     approximately 675,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
     entitled ``Coast Range-Umpqua River Basin,'' dated August 
     2000. No more than 15 percent of this appropriation shall be 
     used by the agency for defraying administrative overhead.
       (b) In preparing the Plan, the Secretary shall identify, no 
     later than March 31, 2001, those lands or interests in land 
     with willing sellers which merit emergency purchase by the 
     United States due to critical environmental values or 
     possibility of imminent development. For lands or interests 
     in land so identified, the Secretary and the Foundation shall 
     arrange with landowners to complete appraisals and purchase 
     clearances required by law so that the Secretary may 
     thereafter consummate purchases as soon as funds therefor are 
     appropriated by the Congress.
       (c) Pursuant to the funding and direction of subsection 
     (a), the Secretary shall, in cooperation with the Foundation, 
     no later than December 31, 2002, complete the Plan utilizing 
     the Multi-Resource Land Allocation Model (``Model'') 
     developed for the ULEP. The Plan shall identify: (1) non-
     Federal Lands or interests in land in the Basin which, with 
     the concurrence of willing non-Federal landowners, are 
     recommended for acquisition or exchange by the United States; 
     (2) Federal lands or interests in land in the Basin 
     recommended for disposal into non-Federal ownership in 
     exchange for the acquired lands of equal value; and (3) 
     specific land exchanges or purchases to implement the Plan. 
     In addition, no later than December 31, 2002, the Secretary, 
     in cooperation with the Foundation, shall complete a draft 
     Habitat Conservation Plan (``HCP'') covering the lands to be 
     disposed of by the United States and consistent with the 
     Plan, a comprehensive Final Environmental Impact Statement 
     covering the Plan, and a comprehensive Biological Opinion 
     analyzing the net impacts of the Plan at Plan scale over time 
     in 5 year increments, taking into consideration all expected 
     benefits to be achieved by the Plan and HCP, and any 
     consistency determinations or amendments to any applicable 
     Federal land management plans. The HCP shall cover all 
     species analyzed in the Model (including species under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce).
       (d) No later than March 31, 2002, the Secretary and the 
     Foundation shall submit to the Committee on Resources of the 
     U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources of the United States Senate, and the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations, a joint report 
     summarizing the Plan and the land exchanges or purchases 
     identified to implement the Plan, and outlining: (1) any 
     Fiscal Year 2003 funding needed for land purchases; (2) any 
     recommendations for actions to expedite or facilitate the 
     specific land exchanges or purchases identified to implement 
     the Plan, or the HCP; and (3) an action Plan for making the 
     Model publicly available for additional land exchanges or 
     other purposes upon completion of the exchanges.
       (e) No later than June 15, 2003: (1) the Secretary with the 
     Foundation and the financial participation and commitment of 
     willing private landowners shall complete appraisals and 
     other land purchase or exchange clearances required by law, 
     including those pertaining to cultural and historic resources 
     and hazardous materials and (2) the Secretary shall 
     consummate with willing non-Federal landowners the specific 
     land exchanges previously identified in subsection (c) to 
     implement the Plan, and together with the Secretary of 
     Commerce, shall issue the HCP.
       Sec. 350. Notwithstanding section 351 of section 101(e) of 
     division A, Public Law 105-277, the Indian Health Service is 
     authorized to provide additional contract health service 
     funds to Ketchikan Indian Corporation's recurring budget 
     for hospital-related services for patients of Ketchikan 
     Indian Corporation and the Organized Village of Saxman.
       Sec. 351. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as 
     the ``Boise Laboratory Replacement Act of 2000''.
       (b) Findings and Purpose.--
       (1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (A) the existing facilities of the Rocky Mountain Research 
     Station Boise laboratory are outdated and no longer serve as 
     a modern research facility;
       (B) the Boise laboratory site is in the heart of a Boise 
     city redevelopment zone, and the existing laboratory 
     facilities detract from community improvement efforts;
       (C) it is desirable to colocate the Boise laboratory with 1 
     of the State institutions of higher learning in the Boise 
     metropolitan area--
       (i) to facilitate communications and sharing of research 
     data between the agency and the Idaho scientific community;
       (ii) to facilitate development and maintenance of the Boise 
     laboratory as a modern, high quality research facility; and
       (iii) to reduce costs, better use assets, and better serve 
     the public; and
       (D) it is desirable to make the Boise laboratory site 
     available for inclusion in a planned facility that is being 
     developed on adjacent property by the University of Idaho or 
     the University of Idaho Foundation, a not-for-profit 
     corporation acting on behalf of the University of Idaho, as a 
     multiagency research and education facility to serve various 
     agencies and educational institutions of the United States 
     and the State.
       (2) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to authorize 
     the Secretary--
       (A) to sell or exchange the land and improvements currently 
     occupied by the Boise laboratory site; and
       (B) to acquire land, facilities, or interests in land and 
     facilities, including condominium interests, to colocate the 
     Rocky Mountain Research Station Boise laboratory with 1 of 
     the State institutions of higher learning in the Boise 
     metropolitan area, using--
       (i) funds derived from sale or exchange of the existing 
     Boise laboratory site; and
       (ii) to the extent the funds received are insufficient to 
     carry out the acquisition of replacement research facilities, 
     funds subsequently made available by appropriation for the 
     acquisition, construction, or improvement of the Rocky 
     Mountain Research Station Boise laboratory.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Boise laboratory site.--The term ``Boise laboratory 
     site'' means the approximately 3.26 acres of land and all 
     improvements in section 10, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., Boise Meridian, 
     as depicted on that Plat of Park View Addition to Boise, Ada 
     County, Idaho, labeled ``Boise Lab Site--May 22, 2000'', 
     located at 316 East Myrtle Street, Boise, Idaho.
       (2) Condominium interest.--The term ``condominium 
     interest'' means an estate in land consisting of (in 
     accordance with law of the State)--
       (A) an undivided interest in common of a portion of a 
     parcel of real property; and
       (B) a separate fee simple interest in another portion of 
     the parcel.
       (3) Fair market value.--The term ``fair market value'' 
     means the cash value of land on a specific date, as 
     determined by an appraisal acceptable to the Secretary and 
     prepared in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards 
     for Federal Land Acquisitions.
       (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture.
       (5) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Idaho.
       (d) Sale or Exchange of Boise Laboratory Site.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary may, under such terms and 
     conditions as the Secretary may prescribe and subject to 
     valid existing rights, sell or exchange any or all right, 
     title, and interest of the United States in and to the Boise 
     laboratory site.
       (2) Right of first refusal.--
       (A) In general.--After a determination of fair market value 
     of the Boise laboratory site is approved by the Secretary, 
     the University of Idaho or the University of Idaho 
     Foundation, a not-for-profit organization acting on behalf of 
     the

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     University of Idaho, shall be allowed 210 days from the 
     effective date of value to exercise a right of first refusal 
     to purchase the Boise laboratory site at fair market value.
       (B) Cooperative development.--If the University of Idaho or 
     the University of Idaho Foundation exercises the right of 
     first refusal under paragraph (A), to accomplish the purpose 
     described in section (b)(2)(B), the Secretary shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, cooperate with the University of 
     Idaho in the development of a multiagency research and 
     education facility on the Boise laboratory site and adjacent 
     property.
       (3) Solicitation of offers.--If the right of first refusal 
     described in subsection (d)(2) is not exercised, the 
     Secretary may solicit offers for purchase through sale or 
     competitive exchange of any and all right, title, and 
     interest of the United States in and to the Boise laboratory 
     site.
       (4) Consideration.--Consideration for sale or exchange of 
     land under this subsection--
       (A) shall be at least equal to the fair market value of the 
     Boise laboratory site; and
       (B) may include land, existing improvements, or 
     improvements to be constructed to the specifications of the 
     Secretary, including condominium interests, and cash, 
     notwithstanding section 206(b) of Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)).
       (5) Rejection of offers.--The Secretary may reject any 
     offer made under this subsection if the Secretary determines 
     that the offer is not adequate or not in the public interest.
       (e) Disposition of Funds.--
       (1) Deposit of proceeds.--The Secretary shall deposit the 
     proceeds of a sale or exchange under subsection (d) in the 
     fund established under Public Law 90-171 (16 U.S.C. 484a) 
     (commonly known as the ``Sisk Act'').
       (2) Use of proceeds.--Funds deposited under subsection (a) 
     shall be available to the Secretary, without further Act of 
     appropriation, for--
       (A) the acquisition of or interest in land, or the 
     acquisition of or construction of facilities, including 
     condominium interests--
       (i) to colocate the Boise laboratory with 1 of the State 
     institutions of higher learning in the Boise metropolitan 
     area; and
       (ii) to replace other functions of the Boise laboratory; 
     and
       (B) to the extent the funds are not necessary to carry out 
     paragraph (A), the acquisition of other land or interests in 
     land in the State.

            TITLE IV--WILDLAND FIRE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management


                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

       For necessary expenses for fire suppression operations, 
     burned areas rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and 
     rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 
     $353,740,000 to remain available until expended, of which 
     $21,829,000 is for hazardous fuels reduction, $120,300,000 is 
     for removal of hazardous fuels to alleviate immediate 
     emergency threats to urban wildland interface areas as 
     defined by the Secretary of Interior, $116,611,000 is for 
     wildfire suppression, $85,000,000 is for burned areas 
     rehabilitation, and $10,000,000 is for rural fire assistance: 
     Provided, That using the amounts designated under this title 
     of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
     procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for 
     hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training and 
     monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 
     activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land 
     for activities that benefit resources on Federal land: 
     Provided further, That the costs of implementing any 
     cooperative agreement between the Federal government and any 
     non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by 
     the affected parties: Provided further, That in entering into 
     such grants or cooperative agreements, the Secretary may 
     consider the enhancement of local and small business 
     employment opportunities for rural communities, and that in 
     entering into procurement contracts under this section on a 
     best value basis, the Secretary may take into account the 
     ability of an entity to enhance local and small business 
     employment opportunities in rural communities, and that the 
     Secretary may award procurement contracts, grants, or 
     cooperative agreements under this section to entities that 
     include local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps 
     or related partnerships, or small or disadvantaged 
     businesses: Provided further, That funds in this account are 
     also available for repayment of advances to other 
     appropriation accounts from which funds were previously 
     transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That 
     unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated to 
     the ``Fire Protection'' and ``Emergency Department of the 
     Interior Firefighting Fund'' may be transferred and merged 
     with this appropriation: Provided further, That persons hired 
     pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and 
     lodging without cost from funds available from this 
     appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 
     U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the 
     Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered 
     pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., Protection of United 
     States Property, may be credited to the appropriation from 
     which funds were expended to provide that protection, and 
     are available without fiscal year limitation: Provided 
     further, That the entire amount appropriated is designated 
     by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, 
     That this amount shall be made available only to the 
     extent that an official budget request for a specific 
     dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire 
     amount as an emergency requirement as defined by such Act, 
     is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service


                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

       For an additional amount to cover necessary expenses for 
     emergency rehabilitation, hazard reduction activities in the 
     urban-wildland interface, support to federal emergency 
     response, repaying firefighting funds borrowed from programs, 
     and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service, 
     $619,274,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $179,000,000 is for wildfire suppression, $120,000,000 is for 
     removal of hazardous fuels to alleviate immediate emergency 
     threats to urban wildland interface areas as defined by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, $142,000,000 is for emergency 
     rehabilitation, $44,000,000 is for capital improvement and 
     maintenance of fire facilities, $16,000,000 is for research 
     activities and to make competitive research grants pursuant 
     to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, 
     as amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $50,494,000 is for state 
     fire assistance, $8,280,000 is for volunteer fire assistance, 
     $12,000,000 is for forest health activities on state, 
     private, and federal lands, $12,500,000 is for economic 
     action programs, and $35,000,000 is for assistance to non-
     federal entities most affected by fire using all existing 
     authorities under the State and Private Forestry 
     appropriation; and of which $320,274,000 may be transferred 
     to the ``State and Private Forestry'', ``National Forest 
     System'', ``Forest and Rangeland Research'', and ``Capital 
     Improvement and Maintenance'' accounts to fund state fire 
     assistance, volunteer fire assistance, and forest health 
     management, vegetation and watershed management, heritage 
     site rehabilitation, wildlife and fish habitat management, 
     trails and facilities maintenance and restoration: Provided, 
     That transfers of any amounts in excess of those authorized 
     in this title, shall require approval of the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations in compliance with reprogramming 
     procedures contained in House Report No. 105-163: Provided 
     further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative 
     agreement between the Federal government and any non-Federal 
     entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 
     parties: Provided further, That in entering into such grants 
     or cooperative agreements, the Secretary may consider the 
     enhancement of local and small business employment 
     opportunities for rural communities, and that in entering 
     into procurement contracts under this section on a best value 
     basis, the Secretary may take into account the ability of an 
     entity to enhance local and small business employment 
     opportunities in rural communities, and that the Secretary 
     may award procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative 
     agreements under this section to entities that include local 
     non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps or related 
     partnerships with State, local or non-profit youth groups, or 
     small or disadvantaged businesses: Provided further, That the 
     entire amount appropriated is designated by the Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended: Provided further, That this amount shall be 
     made available only to the extent that an official budget 
     request for a specific dollar amount, that includes 
     designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement 
     as defined by such Act, is transmitted by the President to 
     the Congress: Provided further, That:
       (1) In expending the funds provided with respect to this 
     title for hazardous fuels reduction, the Secretary of the 
     Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may conduct fuel 
     reduction treatments on Federal lands using all contracting 
     and hiring authorities available to the Secretaries 
     applicable to hazardous fuel reduction activities under the 
     wildland fire management accounts. Notwithstanding Federal 
     government procurement and contracting laws, the Secretaries 
     may conduct fuel reduction treatments on Federal lands using 
     grants and cooperative agreements. Notwithstanding Federal 
     government procurement and contracting laws, in order to 
     provide employment and training opportunities to people in 
     rural communities, the Secretaries may award contracts, 
     including contracts for monitoring activities, to--
       (A) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities;
       (B) Youth Conservation Corps crews or related partnerships, 
     with State, local and non-profit youth groups;
       (C) small or micro-businesses; or
       (D) other entities that will hire or train a significant 
     percentage of local people to complete such contracts. The 
     authorities described above relating to contracts, grants, 
     and cooperative agreements are available until all funds 
     provided in this title for hazardous fuels reduction 
     activities in the urban wildland interface are obligated.
       (2) Within 60 days after enactment, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall, after 
     consultation with State and local fire-fighting agencies, 
     jointly publish in the Federal Register a list of all urban 
     wildland interface communities, as defined by the 
     Secretaries, within the vicinity of Federal lands that are at 
     high risk from wildfire, as defined by the Secretaries. This 
     list shall include:
       (A) an identification of communities around which hazardous 
     fuel reduction treatments are ongoing; and
       (B) an identification of communities around which the 
     Secretaries are preparing to begin treatments in fiscal year 
     2001.
       (3) Prior to May 1, 2001, the Secretary of Agriculture and 
     the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly publish in the 
     Federal Register a list of all urban wildland interface 
     communities, as defined by the Secretaries, within the 
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     Federal lands and at high risk from wildfire that are 
     included in the list published pursuant to paragraph (2) but 
     that are not included in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
     paragraph (2), along with an identification of reasons, 
     including but not limited to lack of available funds, why 
     there are no treatments ongoing or being prepared for these 
     communities.
       (4) Within 30 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall publish in the Federal 
     Register the Forest Service's Cohesive Strategy for 
     Protecting People and Sustaining Resources in Fire-Adapted 
     Ecosystems. The documentation required by section 102(2)(C) 
     of the National Environmental Policy Act accompanying the 
     proposed regulations revising the National Forest System 
     transportation policy; proposed roadless area protection 
     regulation; and proposed Interior Columbia Basin Project; and 
     the Sierra Nevada Framework/Sierra Nevada Forest Plan shall 
     contain an analysis and explanation of any differences 
     between the Cohesive Strategy and the policies and rule-
     making listed in this paragraph. Nothing in this title is 
     intended or should require a delay in the rule-makings listed 
     in this paragraph.
       (5)(A) Funds provided to the Secretary of Agriculture by 
     this title and to the Secretary of the Interior, the 
     Secretary of Commerce, and the Council on Environmental 
     Quality by this Act and any other applicable act 
     appropriating funds for fiscal year 2001 shall be used as 
     necessary to establish and implement the expedited procedures 
     set forth in this paragraph for decisions to conduct 
     hazardous fuel reduction treatments pursuant to paragraphs 
     (1) and (2), and any post-burn treatments within the 
     perimeters of areas burned by wildfire, on federal lands.
       (B) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the 
     Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Chairman of the 
     Council on Environmental Quality shall use such funds 
     specified in subparagraph (A) as necessary to evaluate the 
     need for revised or expedited environmental compliance 
     procedures including expedited procedures for the preparation 
     of documentation required by section 102(2) of the National 
     Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)) for treatment 
     decisions referred to in subparagraph (A). The Secretary of 
     Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, the Chairman of 
     the Council on Environmental Quality shall report to the 
     relevant congressional committee of jurisdiction within 60 
     days of enactment of this Act to apprise the Congress of the 
     decision to develop any expedited procedures or adopt or 
     recommend any other measures. Each Secretary may employ any 
     expedited procedures developed pursuant to this subsection 
     for a treatment decision when the Secretary determines the 
     procedures to be appropriate for the decision. These 
     procedures shall ensure that the period of preparation for 
     environmental documentation be expedited to the maximum 
     extent practicable. Each Secretary and the Council shall 
     effect any modifications to existing regulations and guidance 
     as may be necessary to provide for the expedited procedures 
     within 180 days of the date of enactment of this Act.
       (C) With the funds specified in subparagraph (A), the 
     Secretary, as defined in section 3(15) of the Endangered 
     Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532(15)), may accord priority 
     as appropriate to consultation or conferencing under section 
     7 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1536) concerning any treatment 
     decision referred to in subparagraph (A) for which 
     consultation or conferencing is required.
       (D) With the funds specified in subparagraph (A), 
     administrative review of any treatment decision referred to 
     in subparagraph (A) shall be conducted as expeditiously as 
     possible but under no circumstances shall exceed any 
     statutory deadline applicable to such review.
       (E) No provision in this title shall be construed to 
     override any existing environmental law.

             TITLE V--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management


                   MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

       For an additional amount for ``Management of Lands and 
     Resources'', $17,172,000 to remain available until expended, 
     of which $15,687,000 shall be used to address restoration 
     needs caused by wildland fires and $1,485,000 shall be used 
     for the treatment of grasshopper and Mormon Cricket 
     infestations on lands managed by the Bureau of Land 
     Management: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service


                          RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

       For an additional amount for ``Resource Management'', 
     $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, for support 
     of the preparation and implementation of plans, programs, or 
     agreements, identified by the State of Idaho, that address 
     habitat for freshwater aquatic species on non-federal lands 
     in the State voluntarily enrolled in such plans, programs, or 
     agreements, of which $200,000 shall be made available to the 
     Boise, Idaho field office to participate in the preparation 
     and implementation of the plans, programs, or agreements, of 
     which $300,000 shall be made available to the State of Idaho 
     for preparation of the plans, programs, or agreements, 
     including data collection and other activities associated 
     with such preparation, and of which $1,000,000 shall be made 
     available to the State of Idaho to fund habitat enhancement, 
     maintenance, or restoration projects consistent with such 
     plans, programs, or agreements: Provided, That the entire 
     amount made available under this paragraph is designated by 
     the Congress as an emergency requirement under section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.
       For an additional amount for salmon restoration and 
     conservation efforts in the State of Maine, $5,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, which amount shall be made 
     available to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to 
     carry out a competitively awarded grant program for State, 
     local, or other organizations in Maine to fund on-the-ground 
     projects to further Atlantic salmon conservation or 
     restoration efforts in coordination with the State of Maine 
     and the Maine Atlantic Salmon Conservation Plan, including 
     projects to: (1) assist in land acquisition and conservation 
     easements to benefit Atlantic salmon; (2) develop irrigation 
     and water use management measures to minimize any adverse 
     effects on salmon habitat; and (3) develop and phase in 
     enhanced aquaculture cages to minimize escape of Atlantic 
     salmon: Provided, That, of the amounts appropriated under 
     this paragraph, $2,000,000 shall be made available to the 
     Atlantic Salmon Commission for salmon restoration and 
     conservation activities, including installing and upgrading 
     weirs and fish collection facilities, conducting risk 
     assessments, fish marking, and salmon genetics studies and 
     testing, and developing and phasing in enhanced aquaculture 
     cages to minimize escape of Atlantic salmon, and $500,000 
     shall be made available to the National Academy of Sciences 
     to conduct a study of Atlantic salmon: Provided further, That 
     amounts made available under this paragraph shall be provided 
     to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation not later than 
     15 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
     further, That the entire amount made available under this 
     paragraph is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $8,500,000, 
     to remain available until expended, to repair or replace 
     buildings, equipment, roads, bridges, and water control 
     structures damaged by natural disasters and conduct critical 
     habitat restoration directly necessitated by natural 
     disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                         National Park Service


                              CONSTRUCTION

       For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $5,300,000, 
     to remain available until expended, to repair or replace 
     visitor facilities, equipment, roads and trails, and cultural 
     sites and artifacts at national park units damaged by natural 
     disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                    United States Geological Survey


                 surveys, investigations, and research

       For an additional amount for ``Surveys, Investigations, and 
     Research'', $2,700,000, to remain available until expended, 
     to repair or replace stream monitoring equipment and 
     associated facilities damaged by natural disasters: Provided, 
     That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

       For an additional amount for ``Operation of Indian 
     Programs'', $1,200,000, to remain available until expended, 
     for repair of the portions of the Yakama Nation's Signal Peak 
     Road that have the most severe damage: Provided, That the 
     entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians


                         federal trust programs

       For an additional amount for ``Federal Trust Programs'' for 
     unanticipated trust reform projects and costs related to the 
     ongoing Cobell litigation, $27,600,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That funds provided herein for 
     trust management improvements and litigation support may, as 
     needed, be transferred to or merged with the ``Operations of 
     Indian Programs'' account in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
     the ``Salaries and Expenses'' account in the Office of the 
     Solicitor, the ``Salaries and Expenses'' account in 
     Departmental Management, the ``Royalty and Offshore Minerals 
     Management'' account in the Minerals Management Service, and 
     the ``Management of Lands and Resources'' account in the 
     Bureau of Land Management: Provided further, That the entire 
     amount provided under this heading is designated by the 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service


                       state and private forestry

       For an additional amount for the Forest Service, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, $9,294,000 for 
     the Alaska Railroad for:
       (1) safety related track repair, damage, and control costs 
     from avalanches, hurricane force winds, and severe winter 
     storms, and
       (2) oil spill clean-up, recovery, and remediation arising 
     out of the related train derailments

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     during the period of winter blizzards beginning December 21, 
     1999 for which the President declared a disaster on February 
     17, 2000 pursuant to the Stafford Act, as amended, (FEMA DR-
     1316-AK) as a direct lump sum payment and an additional 
     $2,000,000 for an avalanche prevention program in the Chugach 
     National Forest, Kenai National Park, Kenai National Wildlife 
     Refuge and nearby public lands to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                         national forest system

       For an additional amount for emergency expenses resulting 
     from damage from windstorms, $7,249,000 to become available 
     upon enactment of this Act, and to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available 
     only to the extent that the President submits to Congress an 
     official budget request for a specific dollar amount that 
     includes designation of the entire amount of the request as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.

  TITLE VI--USER FEES UNDER FOREST SYSTEM RECREATION RESIDENCE PROGRAM

     SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Cabin User Fee Fairness 
     Act of 2000''.

     SEC. 602. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds that--
       (1) cabins located on forest land have provided a unique 
     recreation experience to a large number of cabin owners, 
     their families, and guests each year since Congress 
     authorized the recreation residence program in 1915; and
       (2) the fact that current appraisal procedures have, in 
     certain circumstances, been inconsistently applied in 
     determining fair market values for residential lots 
     demonstrates that problems exist in accurately reflecting 
     market values.

     SEC. 603. PURPOSES.

       The purposes of this title are--
       (1) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the 
     National Forest System recreation residence program is 
     managed to preserve the opportunity for individual and 
     family-oriented recreation; and
       (2) to develop and implement a more consistent procedure 
     for determining cabin user fees, taking into consideration 
     the limitations of an authorization and other relevant market 
     factors.

     SEC. 604. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' means the Forest Service.
       (2) Authorization.--The term ``authorization'' means a 
     special use permit for the use and occupancy of National 
     Forest System land by a cabin owner under the authority of 
     the program.
       (3) Base cabin user fee.--The term ``base cabin user fee'' 
     means the fee for an authorization that results from the 
     appraisal of a lot as determined in accordance with sections 
     606 and 607.
       (4) Cabin.--The term ``cabin'' means a privately built and 
     owned recreation residence that is authorized for use and 
     occupancy on National Forest System land.
       (5) Cabin owner.--The term ``cabin owner'' means--
       (A) a person authorized by the agency to use and to occupy 
     a cabin on National Forest System land; and
       (B) an heir or assign of such a person.
       (6) Cabin user fee.--The term ``cabin user fee'' means a 
     special use fee paid annually by a cabin owner to the 
     Secretary in accordance with this title.
       (7) Caretaker cabin.--The term ``caretaker cabin'' means a 
     caretaker residence occupied in limited cases in which 
     caretaker services are necessary to maintain the security of 
     a tract.
       (8) Current cabin user fee.--The term ``current cabin user 
     fee'' means the most recent cabin user fee that results from 
     an annual adjustment to the base cabin user fee in accordance 
     with section 608.
       (9) Lot.--The term ``lot'' means a parcel of land in the 
     National Forest System--
       (A) on which a cabin owner is authorized to build, use, 
     occupy, and maintain a cabin and related improvements; and
       (B) that is considered to be in its natural, native state 
     at the time at which a use of the lot described in 
     subparagraph (A) is first permitted by the Secretary.
       (10) Natural, native state.--The term ``natural, native 
     state'' means the condition of a lot or site, free of any 
     improvements, at the time at which the lot or site is first 
     authorized for recreation residence use by the agency.
       (11) Program.--The term ``program'' means the recreation 
     residence program established under the authority of the last 
     paragraph under the heading ``forest service'' in the Act of 
     March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1101, chapter 144; 16 U.S.C. 497).
       (12) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest 
     Service.
       (13) Tract.--The term ``tract'' means an established 
     location within a National Forest containing 1 or more cabins 
     authorized in accordance with the program.
       (14) Tract association.--The term ``tract association'' 
     means a cabin owner association in which all cabin owners 
     within a tract are eligible for membership.
       (15) Typical lot.--The term ``typical lot'' means a cabin 
     lot, or a group of cabin lots, in a tract that is selected 
     for use in an appraisal as being representative of, and that 
     has similar value characteristics as, other lots or groups of 
     lots within the tract.

      SEC. 605. ADMINISTRATION OF RECREATION RESIDENCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, that the basis and procedure for calculating 
     cabin user fees results in a fee for an authorization that 
     reflects, in accordance with this title--
       (1) the market value of a lot; and
       (2) regional and local economic influences.

      SEC. 606. APPRAISALS.

       (a) Requirements for Conducting Appraisals.--In 
     implementing and conducting an appraisal process for 
     determining cabin user fees, the Secretary shall--
       (1) complete an inventory of improvements that were paid 
     for by--
       (A) the agency;
       (B) third parties; or
       (C) cabin owners (or predecessors of cabin owners);

     during the completion of which the Secretary shall presume 
     that a cabin owner, or a predecessor of the owner, has paid 
     for the capital costs of any utility, access, or facility 
     serving the lot being appraised, unless the Forest Service 
     produces evidence that the agency or a third party has paid 
     for the capital costs;
       (2) establish an appraisal process to determine the market 
     value of the fee simple estate of a typical lot or lots 
     considered to be in a natural, native state, subject to 
     subsection (b)(4)(A);
       (3) enter into a contract with an appropriate professional 
     appraisal organization to manage the development of specific 
     appraisal guidelines in accordance with subsection (b), 
     subject to public comment and congressional review;
       (4) require that an appraisal be performed by a State-
     certified general real estate appraiser, selected by the 
     Secretary and licensed to practice in the State in which the 
     lot is located;
       (5) provide the appraiser with appraisal guidelines 
     developed in accordance with this title;
       (6) notwithstanding any other provision of law, require the 
     appraiser to coordinate the appraisal closely with affected 
     parties by seeking information, cooperation, and advice from 
     cabin owners and tract associations;
       (7) require that the appraiser perform the appraisal in 
     compliance with--
       (A) the most current edition of the Uniform Standards of 
     Professional Appraisal Practice in effect on the date of the 
     appraisal;
       (B) the most current edition of the Uniform Appraisal 
     Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions that is in effect on 
     the date of the appraisal; and
       (C) the specific appraisal guidelines developed in 
     accordance with this title;
       (8) require that the appraisal report--
       (A) be a full narrative report, in compliance with the 
     reporting standards of the Uniform Standards of Professional 
     Appraisal Practice; and
       (B) comply with the reporting guidelines established by the 
     Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions; 
     and
       (9) before accepting any appraisal, conduct a review of the 
     appraisal to ensure that the guidelines made available to the 
     appraiser have been followed and that the appraised values 
     are properly supported.
       (b) Specific Appraisal Guidelines.--In the development of 
     specific appraisal guidelines in accordance with subsection 
     (a)(3), the instructions to an appraiser shall require, at a 
     minimum, the following:
       (1) Appraisal of a typical lot.--
       (A) In general.--In conducting an appraisal under this 
     section, the appraiser--
       (i) shall not appraise each individual lot;
       (ii) shall appraise a typical lot or lots, selected by the 
     cabin owners and the agency in a manner consistent with the 
     policy of the program; and
       (iii) shall be provided, and give appropriate consideration 
     to, any information contained in the inventory of 
     improvements relating to the lot being appraised.
       (B) Estimate of market value of typical lot.--
       (i) In general.--The appraiser shall estimate the market 
     value of a typical lot in accordance with this title.
       (ii) Equivalence to legally subdivided lot.--In selecting a 
     comparable sale under this title, the appraiser shall 
     recognize that the typical lot will not usually be equivalent 
     to a legally subdivided lot.
       (2) Exception for certain sales of land.--In conducting an 
     appraisal under this title, the appraiser--
       (A) shall not select sales of comparable land that are 
     sales of land within developed urban areas; and
       (B) should not, in most circumstances, select a sale of 
     comparable land that includes land that is encumbered by a 
     conservation or recreational easement that is held by a 
     government or institution, except land that is limited to use 
     as a site for 1 home.
       (3) Adjustments for typical value influences.--
       (A) In general.--The appraiser shall consider, and adjust 
     as appropriate, the price of sales of comparable land for all 
     typical value influences described in subparagraph (B).
       (B) Value influences.--The typical value influences 
     referred to in subparagraph (A) include--
       (i) differences in the locations of the parcels;
       (ii) accessibility, including limitations on access 
     attributable to--

       (I) weather;
       (II) the condition of roads or trails;
       (III) restrictions imposed by the agency; or
       (IV) other factors;

       (iii) the presence of marketable timber;
       (iv) limitations on, or the absence of, services such as 
     law enforcement, fire control, road maintenance, or snow 
     plowing;

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       (v) the condition and regulatory compliance of any site 
     improvements; and
       (vi) any other typical value influences described in 
     standard appraisal literature.
       (4) Adjustments to sales of comparable parcels.--
       (A) Utilities, access, or facilities.--
       (i) Agency.--Utilities, access, or facilities serving a lot 
     that are provided by the agency shall be included as features 
     of the lot being appraised.
       (ii) Cabin owners.--Utilities, access, or facilities 
     serving a lot that are provided by the cabin owner (or a 
     predecessor of the cabin owner) shall not be included as a 
     feature of the lot being appraised.
       (iii) Third parties.--Utilities, access, or facilities 
     serving a lot that are provided by a third party shall not be 
     included as a feature of the lot being appraised unless, in 
     accordance with subsection (a)(1), the agency determines that 
     the capital costs have not been or are not being paid by the 
     cabin owner (or a predecessor of the cabin owner).
       (iv) Withdrawal of utility or access by agency.--If, during 
     the term of an authorization, the agency or an act of God 
     creates a substantial and materially adverse change in--

       (I) the provision or maintenance of any utility or access; 
     or
       (II) a qualitative feature of the lot or immediate 
     surroundings;

     the cabin owner shall have the right to request, and, at the 
     discretion of the Secretary, obtain a new determination of 
     the base cabin user fee at the expense of the agency.
       (B) Adjustment for exclusion.--In a case in which any 
     comparable sale includes utilities, access, or facilities 
     that are to be excluded in the appraisal of the subject lot, 
     the price of the comparable sale shall be adjusted, as 
     appropriate.
       (C) Adjustment process.--
       (i) In general.--The appraiser shall consider and adjust, 
     as appropriate, the price of each sale of a comparable parcel 
     for all nonnatural features referred to in subparagraph 
     (A)(ii) that--

       (I)(aa) are present at, or add value to, the comparable 
     parcel; but
       (bb) are not present at the lot being appraised; or
       (II) are not included in the appraisal as described in 
     subparagraph (A).

       (ii) Adjustments.--

       (I) In general.--In a case in which the price of a parcel 
     sold is to be adjusted in accordance with subparagraph (B), 
     the adjustment may be based on an analysis of market or cost 
     information or both.
       (II) Cost information.--If cost information is used as the 
     basis of an adjustment under subclause (I), the cost 
     information shall be supported by direct market evidence.

       (iii) Analysis of cost information.--An analysis of cost 
     information under clause (ii)(I) should include allowances, 
     as appropriate, if the allowances are consistent with--

       (I) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal 
     Practice in effect on the date of the analysis; and

       (II) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land 
     Acquisition.

       (D) Reappraisal for and recalculation of base cabin user 
     fee.--Periodically, but not less often than once every 10 
     years, the Secretary shall recalculate the base cabin user 
     fee (including conducting any reappraisal required to 
     recalculate the base cabin user fee).

      SEC. 607. CABIN USER FEES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish the cabin 
     user fee as the amount that is equal to 5 percent of the 
     market value of the lot, as determined in accordance with 
     section 606, reflecting an adjustment to the typical market 
     rate of return due to restrictions imposed by the permit, 
     including--
       (1) the limited term of the authorization;
       (2) the absence of significant property rights normally 
     attached to fee simple ownership; and
       (3) the public right of access to, and use of, any open 
     portion of the lot on which the cabin or other enclosed 
     improvements are not located.
       (b) Fee for Caretaker Cabin.--The base cabin user fee for a 
     lot on which a caretaker cabin is located shall not be 
     greater than the base cabin user fee charged for the 
     authorized use of a similar typical lot in the tract.
       (c) Annual Cabin User Fee in the Event of Determination Not 
     To Reissue Authorization.--If the Secretary determines that 
     an authorization should not be reissued at the end of a term, 
     the Secretary shall--
       (1) establish as the new base cabin user fee for the 
     remaining term of the authorization the amount charged as the 
     cabin user fee in the year that was 10 years before the year 
     in which the authorization expires; and
       (2) calculate the current cabin user fee for each of the 
     remaining 9 years of the term of the authorization by 
     multiplying--
       (A) \1/10\ of the new base cabin user fee; by
       (B) the number of years remaining in the term of the 
     authorization after the year for which the cabin user fee is 
     being calculated.
       (d) Annual Cabin User Fee in Event of Changed Conditions.--
     If a review of a decision to convert a lot to an alternative 
     public use indicates that the continuation of the 
     authorization for use and occupancy of the cabin by the cabin 
     owner is warranted, and the decision is subsequently 
     reversed, the Secretary may require the cabin owner to pay 
     any portion of annual cabin user fees that were forgone as a 
     result of the expectation of termination of use and occupancy 
     of the cabin by the cabin owner.
       (e) Termination of Fee Obligation in Loss Resulting From 
     Acts of God or Catastrophic Events.--On a determination by 
     the agency that, because of an act of God or a catastrophic 
     event, a lot cannot be safely occupied and the authorization 
     for the lot should accordingly be terminated, the fee 
     obligation of the cabin owner shall terminate effective on 
     the date of the occurrence of the act or event.

      SEC. 608. ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF CABIN USER FEE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall adjust the cabin user 
     fee annually, using a rolling 5-year average of a published 
     price index in accordance with subsection (b) or (c) that 
     reports changes in rural or similar land values in the State, 
     county, or market area in which the lot is located.
       (b) Initial Index.--
       (1) In general.--For the period of 10 years beginning on 
     the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall use 
     changes in agricultural land prices in the appropriate State 
     or county, as reported in the Index of Agricultural Land 
     Prices published by the Department of Agriculture, to 
     determine the annual adjustment to the cabin user fee in 
     accordance with subsections (a) and (d).
       (2) Statewide changes.--In determining the annual 
     adjustment to the cabin user fee for an authorization located 
     in a county in which agricultural land prices are influenced 
     by the value influences described in section 606(b)(3), the 
     Secretary shall use average statewide changes in the State in 
     which the lot is located.
       (c) New Index.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 10 years after the date of 
     enactment of this title, the Secretary may select and use an 
     index other than the method of adjustment of a cabin user fee 
     described in subsection (b)(2) to adjust a cabin user fee if 
     the Secretary determines that a different index better 
     reflects change in the value of a lot over time.
       (2) Selection process.--Before selecting a new index, the 
     Secretary shall--
       (A) solicit and consider comments from the public; and
       (B) not later than 60 days before the date on which the 
     Secretary makes a final index selection, submit any proposed 
     selection of a new index to--
       (i) the Committee on Resources of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (ii) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
     of the Senate.
       (d) Limitation.--In calculating an annual adjustment to the 
     base cabin user fee as determined by the initial index 
     described in section (b), the Secretary shall--
       (1) limit any annual fee adjustment to an amount that is 
     not more than 5 percent per year when the change in 
     agricultural land values exceeds 5 percent in any 1 year; and
       (2) apply the amount of any adjustment that exceeds 5 
     percent to the annual fee payment for the next year in which 
     the change in the index factor is less than 5 percent.

      SEC. 609. PAYMENT OF CABIN USER FEES.

       (a) Due Date for Payment of Fees.--A cabin user fee shall 
     be prepaid annually by the cabin owner.
       (b) Payment of Equal or Lesser Fee.--If, in accordance with 
     section 607, the Secretary determines that the amount of a 
     new base cabin user fee is equal to or less than the amount 
     of the current base cabin user fee, the Secretary shall 
     require payment of the new base cabin user fee by the cabin 
     owner in accordance with subsection (a).
       (c) Payment of Greater Fee.--If, in accordance with section 
     607, the Secretary determines that the amount of a new base 
     cabin user fee is greater than the amount of the current base 
     cabin user fee, the Secretary shall--
       (1) require full payment of the new base cabin user fee in 
     the first year following completion of the fee determination 
     procedure if the increase in the amount of the new base cabin 
     user fee is not more than 100 percent of the current base 
     cabin user fee; or
       (2) phase in the increase over the current base cabin user 
     fee in approximately equal increments over 3 years if the 
     increase in the amount of the new base cabin user fee is more 
     than 100 percent of the current base cabin user fee.

      SEC. 610. RIGHT OF SECOND APPRAISAL.

       (a) Right of Second Appraisal.--On receipt of notice from 
     the Secretary of the determination of a new base cabin user 
     fee, the cabin owner--
       (1) not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
     notice is received, may notify the Secretary of the intent of 
     the cabin owner to obtain a second appraisal; and
       (2) may obtain, within 1 year following the date of receipt 
     of the notice under this subsection, at the expense of the 
     cabin owner, a second appraisal of the typical lot on which 
     the initial appraisal was conducted.
       (b) Conduct of Second Appraisal.--In conducting a second 
     appraisal, the appraiser selected by the cabin owner shall--
       (1) have qualifications equivalent to the appraiser that 
     conducted the initial appraisal in accordance with section 
     606(a)(4);
       (2) use the appraisal guidelines used in the initial 
     appraisal in accordance with section 606(a)(5);
       (3) consider all relevant factors in accordance with this 
     title (including guidelines developed under section 
     606(a)(3)); and
       (4) notify the Secretary of any material differences of 
     fact or opinion between the initial appraisal conducted by 
     the agency and the second appraisal.
       (c) Request for Reconsideration of Base Cabin User Fee.--A 
     cabin owner shall submit to the Secretary any request for 
     reconsideration of the base cabin user fee, based on the 
     results of the second appraisal, not later than 60 days after 
     the receipt of the report for the second appraisal.
       (d) Reconsideration of Base Cabin User Fee.--On receipt of 
     a request from the cabin owner under subsection (c) for 
     reconsideration of a base cabin user fee, not later than 60 
     days

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     after the date of receipt of the request, the Secretary 
     shall--
       (1) review the initial appraisal of the agency;
       (2) review the results and commentary from the second 
     appraisal;
       (3) determine a new base cabin user fee in an amount that 
     is--
       (A) equal to the base cabin user fee determined by the 
     initial or the second appraisal; or
       (B) within the range of values, if any, between the initial 
     and second appraisals; and
       (4) notify the cabin owner of the amount of the new base 
     cabin user fee.

      SEC. 611. RIGHT OF APPEAL AND JUDICIAL REVIEW.

       (a) Right of Appeal.--Notwithstanding any action of a cabin 
     owner to exercise rights in accordance with section 610, the 
     Secretary shall by regulation grant the cabin owner the right 
     to an administrative appeal of the determination of a new 
     base cabin user fee.
       (b) Judicial Review.--A cabin owner that is adversely 
     affected by a final decision of the Secretary under this 
     title may bring a civil action in United States district 
     court.

      SEC. 612. CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER LAW AND RIGHTS.

       (a) Consistency With Rights of the United States.--Nothing 
     in this title limits or restricts any right, title, or 
     interest of the United States in or to any land or resource.
       (b) Special Rule for Alaska.--In determining a cabin user 
     fee in the State of Alaska, the Secretary shall not establish 
     or impose a cabin user fee or a condition affecting a cabin 
     user fee that is inconsistent with 1303(d) of the Alaska 
     National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3193(d)).

      SEC. 613. REGULATIONS.

       Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
     title, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry 
     out this title.

     SEC. 614. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.

       (a) Assessment of Annual Fees.--For the period of time 
     determined under subsection (b), the Secretary shall charge 
     each cabin owner an annual fee as follows:
       (1) Lots not appraised since september 30, 1995.--For a lot 
     that has not been appraised since September 30, 1995, the 
     annual fee shall be equal to the amount of the annual fee in 
     effect on the date of enactment of this title, adjusted 
     annually to reflect changes in the Implicit Price Deflator-
     Gross National Product Index.
       (2) Lots appraised on or after september 30, 1995.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     for a lot that has been appraised on or after September 30, 
     1995, the annual fee shall be equal to the amount of the fee 
     in effect on the date of enactment of this title, adjusted 
     annually to reflect changes in the Implicit Price Deflator-
     Gross National Product Index.
       (B) Appraisals resulting in base fee increase.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), for a 
     lot that has been appraised on or after September 30, 1995, 
     for which the appraisal resulted in an increase of the base 
     fee by an amount greater than $3,000, the annual fee shall be 
     equal to the sum of $3,000 plus the amount of the annual fee 
     in effect on October 1, 1996, adjusted annually to reflect 
     the percentage change in the Implicit Price Deflator-Gross 
     National Product Index.
       (ii) Fees paid after request of new appraisal or peer 
     review.--If--

       (I) the cabin owner of a lot described in clause (i) 
     requests a new appraisal or peer review under subsection (c); 
     and
       (II) the base cabin user fee established as a result of the 
     appraisal or peer review is determined to be an amount that 
     is 90 percent or more of the fee in effect for the lot as 
     determined by an appraisal conducted on or after September 
     30, 1995;

     the Secretary shall charge the cabin owner, in addition to 
     the annual fee that would otherwise have been due under 
     section 609, the difference between the base cabin user fee 
     determined through the conduct of the new appraisal or peer 
     review and the annual fee that would otherwise have been due 
     under section 609, to be assessed retroactively for each year 
     beginning with the year in which the previous appraisal was 
     conducted, and to be paid in 3 equal annual installments.
       (b) Term.--
       (1) Lots not appraised since september 30, 1995.--For a lot 
     that has not been appraised since September 30, 1995, the 
     Secretary shall charge fees in accordance with subsection 
     (a)(2)(A) until--
       (A) a base cabin user fee is determined in accordance 
     with--
       (i) this title; or
       (ii) regulations and policies in effect on the date of 
     enactment of this title; and
       (B) the right of the cabin owner to a second appraisal 
     under section 610 is exhausted.
       (2) Lots appraised on or after september 30, 1995.--For a 
     lot that has been appraised on or after September 30, 1995, 
     the Secretary shall charge fees under subsection (a)(2) 
     until--
       (A) the cabin owner requests a new appraisal or peer 
     review, and a base cabin user fee is established, under 
     subsection (c); or
       (B) in the absence of a request for a peer review or a new 
     appraisal under subsection (c), the date that is 2 years 
     after the date on which the Forest Service promulgates 
     regulations and policies and develops appraisal guidelines 
     under this title.
       (c) Request For New Appraisal Under New Law.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the 
     promulgation of final regulations and policies and the 
     development of appraisal guidelines in accordance with 
     section 606(a)(5), cabin owners that are subject to 
     appraisals completed after September 30, 1995, but before the 
     date of promulgation of final regulations under section 613, 
     may request, in accordance with paragraph (2), that the 
     Secretary--
       (A) conduct a new appraisal and determine a new base cabin 
     user fee in accordance with this title; or
       (B) commission a peer review of the existing appraisals in 
     accordance with paragraph (4).
       (2) Appraisal groupings by typical lot.--A request for a 
     new appraisal or for a peer review of existing appraisals 
     under paragraph (1) shall be made by a majority of the cabin 
     owners in a group of cabins represented in the appraisal 
     process by a typical lot.
       (3) Conduct of new appraisal.--On receipt of a request for 
     an appraisal and fee determination in accordance with 
     paragraph (2), the Secretary shall conduct the new appraisal 
     and fee determination in accordance with this title.
       (4) Peer review of existing appraisals.--
       (A) In general.--On receipt of a request for peer review in 
     accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary shall obtain 
     from an independent professional appraisal organization a 
     review of the appraisal (including any report on the 
     appraisal) that was used to establish the estimated fee 
     simple value of the lots within the subject grouping.
       (B) Inconsistency.--If peer review described in 
     subparagraph (A) results in a determination that an appraisal 
     or appraisal report includes provisions or procedures that 
     were implemented or conducted in a manner inconsistent with 
     this title, the Secretary shall, as appropriate and in 
     accordance with this title--
       (i) revise an existing base cabin user fee; or
       (ii) subject to an agreement with the cabin owners, conduct 
     a new appraisal and fee determination.
       (5) Payment of costs.--Cabin owners and the Secretary shall 
     share, in equal proportion, the payment of all reasonable 
     costs of any new appraisal or peer review.
       (d) Assumption of New Base Cabin User Fee.--In the absence 
     of a request under subsection (c) for a new appraisal and fee 
     determination from a cabin owner whose cabin user fee was 
     determined as a result of an appraisal conducted after 
     September 30, 1995, but before the date of promulgation of 
     final regulations under section 613, the Secretary may 
     consider the base cabin user fee resulting from the appraisal 
     conducted between September 30, 1995 and the date of 
     promulgation of the final regulations under section 613 to be 
     the base cabin user fee that complies with this section.

        TITLE VII--TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR MINER BENEFITS

       Sec. 701. (a) Reallocation of Interest.--Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, interest credited to the fund 
     established by section 401 of the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231) for fiscal years 
     1992 through 1995 not transferred to the Combined Fund 
     identified in section 402(h)(2) of such Act prior to the date 
     of enactment of this Act shall be transferred to such 
     Combined Fund--
       (1) in such amounts as estimated by the trustees of such 
     Fund to offset the amount of any deficit in net assets in the 
     Combined Fund through August 31, 2001;
       (2) in the amount of $2,200,000 for the purpose of the 
     Combined Fund providing a refund of any premium (as described 
     in section 9704(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1988), on 
     a proportional basis, to those signatory operators or any 
     related persons to such operators (as defined in section 
     9701(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1988) who have been 
     denied such refunds as the result of final judgments or 
     settlements if prior to the date of enactment of this Act 
     such signatory operator (or any related persons to such 
     operator)--
       (A) had all of its beneficiary assignments made under 
     section 9706 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 voided by 
     the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration;
       (B) was subject to a final judgment or final settlement of 
     litigation adverse to a claim by such operator that the 
     assignment of beneficiaries under section 9706 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 was unconstitutional as applied 
     to it; and
       (C) paid to the Combined Fund any premium amount that had 
     not been refunded; and
       (3) in such amounts as necessary for the purpose of the 
     Combined Fund providing a monthly refund of any premium (as 
     described in section 9704(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986) paid by an assigned operator (as defined by section 
     9701(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) commencing 
     with the first monthly premium due date after the date of 
     enactment of this Act and ending August 31, 2001, if 
     according to the records of the Combined Fund such operator 
     (or any related persons of such operator)--
       (A) was not a signatory to the 1981 or later National 
     Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement or any ``me too'' agreement 
     related to such Coal Wage Agreement;
       (B) reported credit hours to the UMWA 1974 Pension Plan on 
     fewer than ten classified mine workers in every month during 
     its last year of operations under the National Bituminous 
     Coal Wage Agreement of 1978 or any ``me too'' agreement 
     related to such Coal Wage Agreement;
       (C) has had not more than 60 beneficiaries, including 
     eligible dependents of retired miners, assigned to it under 
     section 9706 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 not 
     including beneficiary assignments relieved by the Social 
     Security Administration;
       (D) was assessed premiums by the Combined Fund in October 
     1999, made payments pursuant to that assessment and has no 
     delinquency as of September 30, 2000; and
       (E) is not directly engaged in the production or sale of 
     coal and has no related person engaged in the production of 
     coal as of September 30, 2000.

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       (b) Separability Clause.--If any provision of this title or 
     the application thereof to any person or circumstances is 
     held invalid, the remainder of the title and the application 
     of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not 
     be affected thereby.

    TITLE VIII--LAND CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE 
                              IMPROVEMENT

       For activities authorized by law for the acquisition, 
     conservation, and maintenance of Federal and non-Federal 
     lands and resources, and for Payments in Lieu of Taxes, in 
     addition to the amounts provided under previous titles of 
     this Act, $686,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     of which $179,000,000 is for the acquisition of lands or 
     interests in lands; and of which $50,000,000 is for 
     ``National Park Service, Land Acquisition and State 
     Assistance'' for the state assistance program; and of which 
     $20,000,000 is for ``Forest Service, National Forest System'' 
     for inventory and monitoring activities and planning; and of 
     which $78,000,000 is for ``United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Cooperative Endangered Species Fund''; and of which 
     $20,000,000 is for ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     North American Wetlands Conservation Fund''; and of which 
     $20,000,000 is for ``United States Geological Survey, 
     Surveys, Investigations, and Research'' for science and 
     cooperative programs; and of which $30,000,000 is for 
     ``Forest Service, State and Private Forestry'' for the Forest 
     Legacy program; and of which $50,000,000 is for ``United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service, State Wildlife Grants''; 
     and of which $20,000,000 is for ``National Park Service, 
     Urban Park and Recreation Fund''; and of which $15,000,000 is 
     for ``National Park Service, Historic Preservation Fund'' for 
     grants to states and Indian tribes; and of which $4,000,000 
     is for ``Forest Service, State and Private Forestry'' for 
     urban and community forestry programs; and of which 
     $50,000,000 is for ``Bureau of Land Management, Payments in 
     Lieu of Taxes''; and of which $150,000,000 is for ``Federal 
     Infrastructure Improvement'' for the deferred maintenance 
     needs of the Federal land management agencies: Provided, That 
     of the funds provided under this heading for the acquisition 
     of lands or interests in lands, $130,000,000 shall be 
     available to the Department of the Interior and $49,000,000 
     shall be available to the Department of Agriculture, Forest 
     Service: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
     under this heading for the acquisition of lands or interests 
     in lands shall be available until the House Committee on 
     Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appropriations 
     provide to the Secretaries, in writing, a list of specific 
     acquisitions to be undertaken with such funds: Provided 
     further, That of the funds provided under this heading for 
     ``Federal Infrastructure Improvement'' for the deferred 
     maintenance needs of the Federal land management agencies, 
     $25,000,000 shall be for the Bureau of Land Management, 
     $25,000,000 shall be for the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, $50,000,000 shall be for the National Park Service 
     and $50,000,000 shall be for the Forest Service.
       Sec. 801. (a) Categories.--Section 251(c) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(c)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (6), by--
       (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``and'' after the 
     semicolon; and
       (C) adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) for the conservation spending category: 
     $1,760,000,000, in new budget authority and $1,232,000,000 in 
     outlays;'';
       (2) in paragraph (7), by--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) for the conservation spending category: 
     $1,920,000,000, in new budget authority and $1,872,000,000 in 
     outlays;''; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
       ``(8) with respect to fiscal year 2004 for the conservation 
     spending category: $2,080,000,000, in new budget authority 
     and $2,032,000,000 in outlays;
       ``(9) with respect to fiscal year 2005 for the conservation 
     spending category: $2,240,000,000, in new budget authority 
     and $2,192,000,000 in outlays;
       ``(10) with respect to fiscal year 2006 for the 
     conservation spending category: $2,400,000,000, in new budget 
     authority and $2,352,000,000 in outlays;
       ``(11) with respect to each fiscal year 2002 through 2006 
     for the Federal and State Land and Water Conservation Fund 
     sub-category of the conservation spending category: 
     $540,000,000 in new budget authority and the outlays flowing 
     therefrom;
       ``(12) with respect to each fiscal year 2002 through 2006 
     for the State and Other Conservation sub-category of the 
     conservation spending category: $300,000,000 in new budget 
     authority and the outlays flowing therefrom;
       ``(13) with respect to each fiscal year 2002 through 2006 
     for the Urban and Historic Preservation sub-category of the 
     conservation spending category: $160,000,000 in new budget 
     authority and the outlays flowing therefrom;
       ``(14) with respect to each fiscal year 2002 through 2006 
     for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes sub-category of the 
     conservation spending category: $50,000,000 in new budget 
     authority and the outlays flowing therefrom;
       ``(15) with respect to each fiscal year 2002 through 2006 
     for the Federal Deferred Maintenance sub-category of the 
     conservation spending category: $150,000,000 in new budget 
     authority and the outlays flowing therefrom;
       ``(16) with respect to fiscal year 2002 for the Coastal 
     Assistance sub-category of the conservation spending 
     category: $440,000,000 in new budget authority and the 
     outlays flowing therefrom; with respect to fiscal year 2003 
     for the Coastal Assistance sub-category of the conservation 
     spending category: $480,000,000 in new budget authority and 
     the outlays flowing therefrom; with respect to fiscal year 
     2004 for the Coastal Assistance sub-category of the 
     conservation spending category: $520,000,000 in new budget 
     authority and the outlays flowing therefrom; with respect to 
     fiscal year 2005 for the Coastal Assistance sub-category of 
     the conservation spending category: $560,000,000 in new 
     budget authority and the outlays flowing therefrom; and with 
     respect to fiscal year 2006 for the Coastal Assistance sub-
     category of the conservation spending category: $600,000,000 
     in new budget authority and the outlays flowing therefrom;''.
       (b) Addition to Discretionary Spending Limits.--Section 
     251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(H) Conservation spending.--(i) If a bill or resolution 
     making appropriations for any fiscal year appropriates an 
     amount for the conservation spending category that is less 
     than the limit for the conservation spending category as 
     specified in subsection (c), then the adjustment for new 
     budget authority and outlays for the following fiscal year 
     for that category shall be the amount of new budget authority 
     and outlays that equals the difference between the amount 
     appropriated and the amount of that category specified in 
     subsection (c).
       ``(ii) If a bill or resolution making appropriations for 
     any fiscal year appropriates an amount for any conservation 
     spending sub-category that is less than the limit for that 
     conservation spending sub-category as specified in 
     subsections (c)(11)-(c)(16), then the adjustment for new 
     budget authority for the following fiscal year for that sub-
     category shall be the amount of new budget authority that 
     equals the difference between the amount appropriated and the 
     amount of that sub-category specified in subsection (c)(11)-
     (c)(16).
       ``(iii) The total amount provided for any conservation 
     activity within the conservation spending category may not 
     exceed any authorized ceiling for that activity.''.
       (c) Categories Defined.--Section 250(c)(4) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     900(c)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(E) The term `conservation spending category' means 
     discretionary appropriations for conservation activities in 
     the following budget accounts or portions thereof providing 
     appropriations to preserve and protect lands, habitat, 
     wildlife, and other natural resources, to provide 
     recreational opportunities, and for related purposes:
       ``(i) 14-5033 Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition.
       ``(ii) 14-5020 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition.
       ``(iii) 14-5035 National Park Service Land Acquisition and 
     State Assistance.
       ``(iv) 12-9923 Forest Service Land Acquisition.
       ``(v) 14-5143 Fish and Wildlife Service Cooperative 
     Endangered Species Conservation Fund.
       ``(vi) 14-5241 Fish and Wildlife Service North American 
     Wetlands Conservation Fund.
       ``(vii) 14-1694 Fish and Wildlife Service State Wildlife 
     Grants.
       ``(viii) 14-0804 United States Geological Survey Surveys, 
     Investigations, and Research, the State Planning Partnership 
     programs: Community/Federal Information Partnership, Urban 
     Dynamics, and Decision Support for Resource Management.
       ``(ix) 12-1105 Forest Service State and Private Forestry, 
     the Forest Legacy Program, Urban and Community Forestry, and 
     Smart Growth Partnerships.
       ``(x) 14-1031 National Park Service Urban Park and 
     Recreation Recovery program.
       ``(xi) 14-5140 National Park Service Historic Preservation 
     Fund.
       ``(xii) Youth Conservation Corps.
       ``(xiii) 14-1114 Bureau of Land Management Payments in Lieu 
     of Taxes.
       ``(xiv) Federal Infrastructure Improvement (as established 
     in title VIII of the Department of the Interior and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001).
       ``(xv) 13-1460 NOAA Procurement Acquisition and 
     Construction, the National Marine Sanctuaries and the 
     National Estuarine Research Reserve Systems.
       ``(xvi) 13-1450 NOAA Operations, Research, and Facilities, 
     the Coastal Zone Management Act programs, the National Marine 
     Sanctuaries, the National Estuarine Research Reserve Systems, 
     and Coral Restoration programs.
       ``(xvii) 13-1451 NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery.
       ``(F) The term `Federal and State Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund sub-category' means discretionary 
     appropriations for activities in the accounts described in 
     (E)(i)-(E)(iv) or portions thereof.
       ``(G) The term `State and Other Conservation sub-category' 
     means discretionary appropriations for activities in the 
     accounts described in (E)(v)-(E)(ix), with the exception of 
     Urban and Community Forestry as described in (E)(ix), or 
     portions thereof.
       ``(H) The term `Urban and Historic Preservation sub-
     category' means discretionary appropriations for activities 
     in the accounts described in (E)(ix)-(E)(xii), with the 
     exception of Forest Legacy and Smart Growth Partnerships as 
     described in (E)(ix), or portions thereof.
       ``(I) The term `Payments in Lieu of Taxes sub-category' 
     means discretionary appropriations for activities in the 
     account described in (E)(xiii) or portions thereof.

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       ``(J) The term `Federal Deferred Maintenance sub-category' 
     means discretionary appropriations for activities in the 
     account described in (E)(xiv) or portions thereof.
       ``(K) The term `Coastal Assistance sub-category' means 
     discretionary appropriations for activities in the accounts 
     described in (E)(xv)-(E)(xvii) or portions thereof.''.

                                TITLE IX

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                       Bureau of the Public Debt

      gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt

       For deposit of an additional amount into the account 
     established under section 3113(d) of title 31, United States 
     Code, to reduce the public debt, $5,000,000,000.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001''.

       And the Senate agree to the same.
     Ralph Regula,
     Jim Kolbe,
     Joe Skeen,
     Charles H. Taylor,
     George R. Nethercutt, Jr.,
     Zack Wamp,
     Jack Kingston,
     John E. Peterson,
     Bill Young,
     Norman Dicks,
     John P. Murtha,
     James P. Moran,
     Bud Cramer,
     Maurice D. Hinchey,
     David R. Obey,
                                Managers on the part of the House.

     Slade Gorton,
     Ted Stevens,
     Thad Cochran,
     Pete V. Domenici,
     Conrad Burns,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Judd Gregg,
     Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Patrick Leahy,
     Fritz Hollings,
     Harry Reid,
     Byron L. Dorgan,
     Herb Kohl,
     Dianne Feinstein,
                               Managers on the part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4578), making 
     appropriations for the Department of the Interior and Related 
     Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and 
     for other purposes, submit the following joint statement to 
     the House and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the 
     action agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the 
     accompanying conference report.
       The conference agreement on H.R. 4578 incorporates some of 
     the provisions of both the House and the Senate versions of 
     the bill. Report language and allocations set forth in either 
     House Report 106-646 or Senate Report 106-312 that are not 
     changed by the conference are approved by the committee of 
     conference. The statement of the managers, while repeating 
     some report language for emphasis, does not negate the 
     language referenced above unless expressly provided herein.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management


                   MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

       The conference agreement provides $709,733,000 for 
     management of lands and resources instead of $670,571,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $689,133,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Increases above the House for land resources include 
     $1,500,000 for noxious weeds, $500,000 for the national 
     laboratory grazing study, $500,000 for Montana State 
     University weed program, $750,000 for Idaho weed control, 
     $50,000 for petroglyphs protection and $4,000,000 for the 
     horse and burro program.
       Increases above the House for wildlife and fisheries 
     include $900,000 for Yukon River salmon and $500,000 for the 
     National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
       Increases above the House for threatened and endangered 
     species include $2,000,000 for the sagebrush and prairie 
     grasslands.
       Increases above the House for recreation management include 
     $1,000,000 for Missouri River activities associated with the 
     Lewis and Clark Bicentennial celebration, $500,000 for the 
     Missouri River undaunted stewardship program and $8,000,000 
     for public land treasures.
       The managers have provided an additional $8,000,000 for 
     public land treasures under recreation resources management, 
     of which $5,000,000 is for National conservation areas and 
     $3,000,000 is for National historic trails and scenic rivers. 
     These funds should be allocated to the appropriate activities 
     and subactivities as proposed in the Bureau's budget request.
       Increases above the House for energy and minerals include 
     $1,000,000 for the minerals at risk program, $700,000 for the 
     development of a mining claim information system in Alaska, 
     and $500,000 for a coalbed methane EIS in Montana.
       Increases above the House for realty and ownership 
     management include $847,000 for uncontrollable costs, 
     $145,000 for rights of way backlog, $650,000 for the Montana 
     cadastral project, $300,000 for the Utah geographic reference 
     project, and $2,400,000 for Alaska conveyance.
       Increases above the House for resources protection and 
     maintenance include $130,000 for additional personnel, 
     $10,000,000 for updating land management plans, and a 
     $750,000 addition to the base program.
       Increases above the House level for transportation and 
     facilities maintenance include an increase of $1,540,000 for 
     deferred maintenance.
       Increases above the House level for mining law 
     administration include $799,000 for uncontrollable costs and 
     $163,000 for program delivery.
       The managers have provided a total increase of $19,000,000 
     for land use planning. At the request of the Bureau, the 
     managers have agreed to place the entire amount in the land 
     use planning subactivity instead of distributing these funds 
     across numerous subactivities as was presented in the budget 
     request. This should allow for a simpler accounting, fund 
     distribution, and management of these funds within the 
     Bureau. However, the managers expect the Bureau to inform the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to making 
     any significant changes from the land use priorities 
     presented in the budget request. It is expected that these 
     funds will be allocated primarily to those plans at greatest 
     risk of legal challenge.
       Instead of $500,000 within available funds for the Montana 
     Bureau of Mines and Geology, Montana Tech University to 
     perform an assessment of coal bed methane (CBM) development 
     on water resources in the Powder River Basin as proposed 
     by the Senate, the managers have included an additional 
     $500,000 to prepare an EIS for future CBM and conventional 
     oil and gas development in the Montana portion of the 
     Powder River Basin. The managers expect that this EIS will 
     address the impacts of CBM development on water resources 
     in the Basin and that the agency will contract with 
     entities such as Montana Tech University who have existing 
     agreements with the agency for work of this nature.
       The managers have provided $500,000 for the Undaunted 
     Stewardship program, which will allow for local input and 
     participation in grants to protect historic sites along the 
     Lewis and Clark Trail. This program is designed to provide 
     educational courses, develop best management practices, and 
     establish conservation easements. This program is to be 
     cooperatively administered by the Bureau and Montana State 
     University.
       The managers have provided an additional $9,000,000 for the 
     implementation of the Bureau's new horse and burro strategy 
     to achieve appropriate management levels of wild horse and 
     burro populations on all herd management areas by 2005. This 
     is the first time the Bureau has developed a scientific 
     strategy with detailed program cost analysis based on 
     extensive use of a wild horse and burro population model. 
     This population model has been validated by the university 
     community and the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. 
     Geological Survey. The Managers direct that as part of the 
     Bureau's annual budget request to the Congress, the Bureau 
     provide an annual report on its progress towards achieving 
     appropriate management levels.
       The managers have clarified language contained in House 
     report 106-646 dealing with wilderness reinventory efforts by 
     the Bureau. The House language was meant to apply only to the 
     State of Utah where the Bureau has already completed its 
     wilderness reinventory. The managers urge the Bureau to brief 
     the Congress, as appropriate, prior to commencing any new 
     large-scale wilderness inventory in Utah.
       The managers are pleased with the work the land managing 
     agencies are doing in the area of bat conservation. The 
     managers understand that the North American Strategic Plan 
     for Bat Conservation is on the verge of completion. The 
     managers recommend that the land management agencies 
     cooperatively review this plan and are encouraged to develop 
     implementation strategies when it is finalized. In addition, 
     the agencies should continue to develop and implement 
     cooperative cost-sharing bat conservation efforts with the 
     States, Mexico and Canada, as well as non-governmental 
     partners. Lastly, the agencies are encouraged to fund jointly 
     a Federal bat coordinator position to help oversee the vast 
     array of Federal and non-Federal bat conservation projects.
       The managers encourage the Bureau to work with the Waste 
     Management Education and Research Consortium (WERC) at New 
     Mexico State University in addressing the problem of 
     abandoned mine sites in the western United States. WERC can 
     assist the Bureau by helping to establish a science-based 
     inventory of abandoned mine sites and recommend priorities 
     for remediation.
       The managers encourage the BLM to conduct a full 
     investigation, including review of documents and evidence 
     provided by the Voisin family to determine if the government 
     transferred the ownership of Last Island, Louisiana while the 
     property was owned by ancestors of the Voisin family. Should 
     the BLM determine that the property was transferred 
     inappropriately, the report shall include recommendations for 
     the resolution of this issue.

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                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

       The conference agreement provides $625,513,000 for wildland 
     fire management instead of $292,197,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $292,679,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Changes to the House included increases of $132,834,000 for 
     preparedness and $482,000 for an Alaska rural fire 
     suppression program. The managers have also included a 
     contingent emergency appropriation of $200,000,000 as an 
     emergency contingency reserve to ensure adequate funding is 
     available to fund critical fire programs in fiscal year 2001.
       The managers recognize that the severity of the 2000 fire 
     season is attributable to a variety of factors including 
     unusual weather conditions and accumulated wildland fuels 
     that overwhelmed available Federal agency resources. To 
     prepare better for fires in 2001 and beyond, the managers 
     propose significant improvements to preparedness, 
     fuels treatments, and other aspects of fire management. 
     For the Department of the Interior, the managers provide a 
     total of $979,253,000 in both emergency and non-emergency 
     funds for: the Department's revised calculation for normal 
     year readiness and certain one-time improvements to 
     preparedness capability; a greatly expanded fuels 
     treatment program that places primary emphasis on 
     community protection; stabilization and rehabilitation of 
     burned areas; and community assistance programs that may 
     be used to develop local capability and homeowner 
     education. The following discussion includes instructions 
     pertaining to both the title I wildfire funds as well as 
     title IV wildfire funds.
       The managers have provided $625,513,000 in Title I for 
     wildland fire management, of which $315,406,000 in non-
     emergency funds for preparedness, an increase of $133,316,000 
     over the budget request. The conference agreement includes a 
     $200,000,000 emergency contingency reserve, to ensure that 
     adequate funds are immediately available to fund these 
     critical programs in FY 2001. The managers have included in 
     title IV for wildland fire management an emergency 
     appropriation of $353,740,000 which includes $116,611,000 for 
     wildfire suppression, $142,129,000 for hazardous fuels, 
     $85,000,000 for emergency stabilization and rehabilitation, 
     and $10,000,000 for a new rural fire assistance program. The 
     managers strongly believe that this FY 2001 funding will only 
     be of value in increasing the Nation's firefighting 
     capability and ability to protect communities if it is 
     sustained in future years.
       The managers direct the Departments of the Interior and 
     Agriculture to continue to work together to formulate 
     complementary budget requests that reflect the same 
     principles and budget organization. In addition, the managers 
     expect the agencies to seek the advice of governors and local 
     and tribal government representatives in setting priorities 
     for fuels treatments, burned area rehabilitation, and public 
     outreach and education.

                       Wildland fire preparedness

       For wildland fire preparedness, the managers provide 
     $315,406,000 as a non-emergency appropriation in title I, 
     $132,834,000 above the Senate, including: $254,838,000 for 
     readiness and program management, $8,000,000 for fire 
     sciences, $30,000,000 for deferred maintenance and capital 
     improvement, $22,086,000 for one-time capital investments, 
     and $482,000 for a rural Alaska fire suppression program.
       The managers understand that the increased scope and 
     intensity of the 1999 and 2000 fire seasons, as well as the 
     increased frequency and severity of fires over the preceding 
     decade, have led Federal fire managers to reassess the 
     assumptions underlying an average fire season. Based on 
     actual experience, especially over the past two years, 
     Federal fire managers have concluded that the variables used 
     to determine the optimal level of preparedness need to be 
     revised. Numerous variables, including changing assumptions 
     about fire personnel, deployment strategies and other factors 
     affecting cost calculations underlie the recommendations in 
     the agencies' recent report to the President. For example, 
     the duration of the average fire season has steadily 
     increased--by two to three months--over the past several 
     years. The expanded fire season increases the duration of the 
     season for which fire employees are paid and results in 
     increased personnel costs.
       The managers support the conclusions of wildfire managers 
     that initial attack capability should be increased to address 
     the number and severity of wildfires that have burned the 
     landscape over the past few years. To address this revised 
     assumption, the managers support full funding for: eight new 
     hotshot crews that will be used for both initial attack on 
     small fires and extended attack on larger fires; twenty new 
     smokejumpers that serve as the primary initial attack force 
     in remote areas; and additional air resources.
       Recent experience dictates the need to increase staffing 
     for engines from the current level of five days a week to 
     seven days a week to combat the increasingly volatile fire 
     season. Fire managers have also concluded that more of the 
     firefighting workforce should be permanent seasonal, an 
     employment status that entitles workers to benefits not 
     earned by temporary employees. The managers support the 
     recommendation to convert more than 1,000 positions to 
     permanent seasonal status, as a retention incentive to ensure 
     that a sustained cadre of professional firefighters is 
     available when needed. This increase in overall readiness 
     costs should prove beneficial in the long run to the 
     government's ability to address fire readiness, overall 
     program management, and reduce overall costs by putting out 
     wildfires when they are small.
       It is the managers' understanding that readiness and 
     program management cost calculations have increased due to 
     changes in resource objectives such as protection of newly 
     discovered cultural artifacts and new land ownership 
     patterns. In recent years costs associated with human 
     settlement into the urban-wildland interface have risen 
     faster than models could accurately describe and are 
     underrepresented in average cost calculations. The 
     managers also understand that additional wildfire 
     management personnel will require additional equipment and 
     appropriate work environments, and that work conditions 
     must emphasize firefighter and public safety. Therefore, 
     the managers have included within the preparedness 
     activity sufficient resources to provide the equipment, 
     office, and storage space necessary to provide safe and 
     efficient operations. Additional funds provided under this 
     appropriation for facilities are to be used to fund the 
     highest priority health and safety needs, as identified in 
     the Department's five-year plan for deferred maintenance 
     and capital improvements.
       The managers support an acceleration of research activities 
     and expanded emphasis for the Joint Fire Science Program and 
     have provided an additional $4,000,000 respectively to the 
     Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to support the 
     recommendations regarding scientific support for fuels 
     treatments and other science needs beyond hazardous fuels. 
     These funds are in addition to the $4,000,000 provided for 
     each agency as part of the Administration's original budget 
     request. Additional funds should be used for such efforts as 
     increased rapid response projects to ensure necessary 
     resources are available for testing and evaluation of post-
     fire rehabilitation, assessment of post-fire and fire 
     behavior effects, use of aircraft-based remote sensing 
     operations, implementation of protocols for evaluating post-
     fire stabilization and rehabilitation, and the development of 
     effective means for collecting and disseminating information 
     about treatment techniques. The managers expect the increased 
     funds to be made available to the Joint Fire Science 
     activities of the Departments for the direct benefit of fire 
     management programs, including burned area rehabilitation.
       One means of directly benefiting wildfire management 
     programs is to address locally and regionally important 
     science and technology needs associated with wildfire 
     management and suppression, fuels management, and post-fire 
     rehabilitation without requiring national-level requests for 
     proposals. Thus, the managers expect the Joint Fire Sciences 
     Governing Board to make a significant portion of the 
     increased funds directly available to the fire management 
     programs of the Agriculture and Interior Departments to fund 
     projects that directly address locally and regionally 
     important science and technology needs associated with fire 
     management and suppression, fuels management, and post-fire 
     rehabilitation. The managers further expect the Departments 
     to ensure that these programs are implemented within existing 
     structures without new program management or other overhead 
     activities that might reduce the direct benefit of funds 
     provided.
       The January 1998 Joint Fire Science Plan developed by the 
     two Departments and submitted to the Congress included 
     provisions for a Stakeholder Advisory Group of technical 
     experts from land management organizations, private industry, 
     academia, other Federal agencies, and the public to formulate 
     recommendations for program priorities and advise the Joint 
     Fire Science Program Governing Board. This Group is to be 
     established under the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
     Committee Act. The managers are concerned that nearly three 
     years have passed without establishment of this group. The 
     managers direct the Secretaries to establish the group by 
     December 31, 2000.

                        Wildland fire operations

       For wildland fire operations, the managers provide 
     $468,847,000 of which $353,740,000 is funded in title IV as 
     an emergency appropriation. This funding level includes 
     $153,447,000 to cover costs of the ten-year average of 
     suppression, $195,400,000 for hazardous fuels reduction, and 
     $85,000,000 for rehabilitation of burned areas.
       The managers encourage continued emphasis on safety as a 
     priority in the suppression program. Funding provided under 
     this appropriation is expected to provide for the most 
     efficient and safe strategy for the protection of life, 
     property, and resources. Funding is included to cover the 
     projected 10-year average of suppression expenditures for the 
     Department.
       The managers have provided $195,000,000 for hazardous fuels 
     management activities. These funds are to support activities 
     on Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal lands, which reduce 
     the risks and consequences of wildfire, both in and around 
     communities and in wildland areas. Treatment methods include 
     application of prescribed fire, mechanical removal, mulching, 
     and application of chemicals. In many areas a combination of 
     these methods will be necessary over a period of several 
     years to reduce risks and to maintain healthy and viable 
     forests and rangelands. The increased funding included in 
     this appropriation will expand the existing fuels 
     management program to reduce

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     risks to communities and risks to natural resources in 
     high-risk areas. As proposed by the Senate, the managers 
     have included $120,300,000 for the Department of the 
     Interior to accelerate treatments, planning efforts, and 
     collaborative projects with non-Federal partners in the 
     wildland-urban interface. This funding is provided as part 
     of the Department's ongoing fuels treatment program, but 
     must be dedicated to projects within the urban-wildland 
     interface.
       The managers understand that fuels treatment 
     accomplishments have been constrained by a lack of funding to 
     conduct planning, assessments, clearances, consultation, and 
     environmental analyses necessary for the land management and 
     regulatory agencies to ensure that fuels treatments are 
     accomplished quickly and in an environmentally sound manner. 
     The managers agree that additional funding should be made 
     available from this appropriation to conduct such assessments 
     and clearances, in the interests of expediting fuels 
     treatments in an environmentally sound manner. Funds may be 
     used directly by the Bureau of Land Management, or on a 
     reimbursable basis with National Park Service, Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, or National 
     Marine Fisheries Service, to provide for appropriate planning 
     and clearances. Funding will also be available for supporting 
     community-based efforts to address defensible space and fuels 
     management issues and to support outreach and education 
     efforts associated with fuels management and risk reduction 
     activities. In conducting treatments, local contract 
     personnel are to be used wherever possible. The managers 
     expect the Department to show planned and actual funding and 
     accomplishments for fuels management activities in future 
     budget requests to Congress. The managers understand that 
     actual amounts may differ from planned levels and agree that 
     the agencies have the ability to fund additional projects and 
     amounts based on actual needs.
       Within the amounts provided for wildland-urban treatments, 
     $8,800,000 is to be made available to the Ecological 
     Restoration Institute (ERI) of Northern Arizona University, 
     through a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Land 
     Management, to support new and existing ecologically-based 
     forest restoration activities in ponderosa pine forests. The 
     managers' goal is to develop a scientifically based model 
     that will promote restoration of the ecological health of 
     forests in the southwest, while reducing the threat of 
     wildfire to forest communities. Under this agreement, the 
     managers expect that ERI will: (1) research, develop, 
     monitor, and conduct fuels treatments in partnership with all 
     Federal, Tribal, State, and private landowners to demonstrate 
     the feasibility of restoration-based fuels treatments on a 
     community-level; (2) conduct an adaptive ecosystem analysis 
     of ponderosa pine and related forests as a prototype for 
     larger ecosystem analyses, and to fill the gap between 
     project or district/forest level analyses and regional 
     analyses to support future operational scale treatments; (3) 
     develop options and recommendations for developing markets 
     for by-products of fuels treatment activities; (4) hold 
     community workshops to design suitable treatments, training 
     and information transfer to land managers, and information 
     development and transfer to inform the public and land 
     managers about ecologically-based treatments. Recognizing the 
     importance of cooperative agreements, the managers request 
     that the Bureau place a priority on timely negotiation and 
     implementation of this agreement to ensure the prompt 
     availability of funding pursuant to it, and that the Bureau 
     conduct negotiations at the national level. The agreement 
     shall not include funding for facilities or capital equipment 
     like buildings and vehicles.
       Included within the amounts for wildland fire operations is 
     increased funding for burned area rehabilitation to address 
     short term and long-term detrimental consequences of 
     wildfires. The managers note that wildland fires burning 
     under the right conditions, are beneficial and even essential 
     to the health of forests and rangelands. However, some severe 
     wildfires can trigger a wide array of detrimental impacts, 
     ranging from short term floods, debris flow, and loss of 
     water quality to longer term invasion by non-native species 
     and loss of productivity of the land. The increased funding 
     for burned area rehabilitation is designed to prevent further 
     degradation of resources following wildland fire through (1) 
     short-term stabilization activities to protect life and 
     property, protect municipal watersheds, and prevent 
     unacceptable degradation of critical natural and cultural 
     resources, and (2) longer-term rehabilitation activities to 
     repair and improve lands unlikely to recover naturally from 
     severe fire damage. The managers direct the agencies to 
     develop a long-term program to manage and supply native plant 
     materials for use in various Federal land management 
     restoration and rehabilitation needs. The managers recommend 
     that the interagency native plant conservation initiative 
     lead this effort.
       It is essential to monitor over the long-term various 
     wildfire operations and rehabilitation activities and use 
     this evaluation to alter future activities where 
     indicated. The managers expect that funding for burned 
     area rehabilitation will be available from this 
     appropriation for only a limited period of time, after 
     which ongoing site maintenance must be funded from the 
     land management bureaus' appropriate operating accounts. 
     In conducting stabilization and rehabilitation treatments, 
     local contract personnel should be used wherever possible. 
     The managers expect the Department to show planned and 
     actual funding and accomplishments for stabilization and 
     rehabilitation activities in future budget requests to 
     Congress. The managers understand that actual amounts may 
     differ from planned levels, and agree that the agencies 
     have the ability to fund additional projects and amounts 
     based on actual needs.
       The managers direct the Departments of the Interior and 
     Agriculture to report to the Appropriations Committees, by 
     December 1, 2000, on criteria for rehabilitation projects to 
     be funded from this appropriation.
     Rural fire assistance
       For rural fire assistance, the managers provide $10,000,000 
     for the Department of the Interior in a pilot effort to 
     enhance the fire protection capability of rural fire 
     districts. Training, equipment purchase, and prevention 
     activities are to be conducted on a cost-shared basis. The 
     managers recognize that safe and effective protection in the 
     urban-wildland interface demands close coordination between 
     local, State, Tribal, and Federal firefighting resources. 
     When large Interior landholdings are present, the managers 
     support an expanded relationship between the Interior 
     Department and other governments for purposes of developing 
     local fire prevention capability on a cost-shared basis.


                    central hazardous materials fund

       The conference agreement provides $10,000,000 for the 
     central hazardous materials fund as proposed by the House and 
     Senate.


                              construction

       The conference agreement provides $16,860,000 for 
     construction instead of $5,300,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $15,360,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                  Increases Above the House by Project


        Project                                                    Cost
Rock Springs admin. Building.................................$3,000,000
Caliente admin. Building......................................1,605,000
Susie Creek bridge..............................................295,000
Hult Pond dam...................................................400,000
Margie's Cove trail..............................................95,000
Muskrat Springs water system.....................................70,000
Dutch Joe road..................................................235,000
Escalante science center......................................1,000,000
Coldfoot visitor center.......................................3,760,000
Fort Benton visitor center......................................400,000
California Trail interpretive center............................200,000
Blackwell Island facility.......................................500,000

       The managers encourage the Bureau to work with the town of 
     Escalante and Garfield County, UT to ensure that the 
     construction of the science center is consistent with the 
     Escalante Center master plan.


                       payments in lieu of taxes

       The conference agreement provides $150,000,000 for payments 
     in lieu of taxes instead of $144,385,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $148,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                            land acquisition

       The conference agreement provides $31,100,000 for land 
     acquisition instead of $19,000,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $10,600,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds should be 
     distributed as follows:

        Area (State)                                             Amount
Cerbat Foothills (AZ)..........................................$750,000
El Dorado County (native plant preserve) (CA).................5,000,000
Gunnison Basin ACEC (CO)......................................2,000,000
Lower Salmon River ACEC (ID)..................................2,000,000
North Platte River (WY).........................................250,000
Organ Mtns. (NM)..............................................2,000,000
Otay Mountain/Kuchamaa HCP (CA)...............................1,000,000
Potomac River (MD)............................................1,000,000
Potrero Creek (CA)............................................2,000,000
San Pedro Ecosystem (easements only) (AZ).....................3,000,000
Sandy River (OR)................................................750,000
Santa Rosa Mtns. NSA (CA).....................................1,000,000
Snake River Birds of Prey NCA (ID)..............................500,000
Upper Crab Creek (WA).........................................2,000,000
Upper Snake/S. Fork Snake R. (ID).............................2,000,000
West Eugene Wetlands (OR).....................................1,350,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal.................................................26,600,000
Emergency/hardship/inholding..................................1,500,000
Acquisition management........................................3,000,000
  Total......................................................31,100,000

       The amounts provided for the Santa Rosa Mountains and the 
     Potomac River complete the Federal investment in these areas.
       The managers have included $2,000,000 for acquisition of 
     the Potrero Creek property in Southern California. These 
     funds may not be expended until the BLM has completed an 
     appraisal using accepted and standard government land 
     appraisal techniques. The managers direct the BLM to begin 
     work on the appraisal within 30 days of enactment of this 
     Act.


                   OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

       The conference agreement provides $104,267,000 for Oregon 
     and California grant lands as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $100,467,000 as proposed by the House.
       Increases above the House include $350,000 for 
     uncontrollable costs, $3,000,000 for survey and manage, and 
     $350,000 for annual maintenance.

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                           RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

       The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
     appropriation for range improvements of not less than 
     $10,000,000 as proposed by the House and Senate.


               SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

       The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
     appropriation for service charges, deposits, and forfeitures 
     which is estimated to be $7,500,000 as proposed by the House 
     and Senate.


                       MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

       The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
     appropriation of $7,700,000 for miscellaneous trust funds as 
     proposed by the House and Senate.

                 United States Fish and Wildife Service


                          RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

       The conference agreement provides $776,595,000 for resource 
     management instead of $731,400,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $763,442,000 as proposed by the Senate. The numerical 
     changes described below are to the House recommended level.
       In the endangered species listing program, there is a 
     decrease of $40,000 for the borderlands program. In 
     consultation, there are increases of $18,000 for forest 
     planning, $2,000 for Everglades, $1,500,000 for cold water 
     fish in Montana and Idaho, $270,000 for the California/Nevada 
     desert resource initiative, $1,000,000 for Central Valley and 
     Southern California habitat conservation planning, $500,000 
     for bighorn sheep conservation in Nevada and a general 
     increase of $1,000,000 for other consultations.
       Increases in the recovery program include $5,000,000 for 
     matching grants for Pacific salmon conservation and 
     restoration in Washington, $100,000 for the Citizens' 
     Management Committee as defined by alternative one of the 
     final EIS for grizzly bear recovery in the Bitterroot 
     ecosystem, $288,000 for wolf recovery in Idaho, $100,000 for 
     wolf monitoring by the Nez Perce tribe, $600,000 for eider 
     research at the Alaska SeaLife Center, $600,000 for Lahontan 
     cutthroat trout restoration and $500,000 for the black capped 
     vireo in Texas. Decreases in the recovery program include 
     $498,000 for the Bruneau Hot Springs snail and $398,000 for 
     the Prebles meadow jumping mouse.
       In habitat conservation, increases include $1,400,000 for 
     Washington salmon enhancement, $4,000 for bull trout recovery 
     in Washington, $500,000 for private lands conservation 
     efforts in Hawaii, $50,000 for rehabilitation of the White 
     River in Indiana in response to a recent fish kill, $252,000 
     in project planning for the Middle Rio Grande Bosque program 
     and $350,000 for Long Live the Kings and Hood Canal Salmon 
     Enhancement Group.
       In the environmental contaminants program, there is an 
     increase of $400,000 for baseline data on subsistence foods 
     in Alaska.
       Changes in refuge operations and maintenance include a 
     general increase of $314,000 for refuge operations and a 
     decrease of $445,000 for the borderlands program.
       In migratory bird management, increases include $575,000 to 
     reduce sea bird by-catch in Alaska, $2,050,000 for joint 
     ventures, subject to the distribution described below, and a 
     general increase of $1,000,000.
       Law enforcement operations increases include $7,000,000 to 
     fill vacancies and to train and equip new personnel and 
     $360,000 for staffing and operations associated with the new 
     port of entry designation in Anchorage, Alaska.
       Increases in hatchery operations and maintenance include 
     $5,000,000 for the Washington Hatchery Improvement Project, 
     $184,000 for marking of hatchery salmon in Washington and 
     $400,000 for the hatchery restoration/recovery program 
     proposed in the budget request. In fish and wildlife 
     management, there are increases of $8,000 for whirling 
     disease research to be distributed as proposed by the Senate, 
     $50,000 for the Regional Mark Processing Center, $11,051,000 
     for the Alaska subsistence program, $750,000 for the Klamath 
     River flow study, $500,000 for Trinity River restoration, 
     $200,000 for Yukon River fisheries management studies and 
     $100,000 for Yukon River Salmon Treaty education efforts.
       The $5,000,000 proposed by the Senate as an emergency 
     appropriation for Atlantic salmon restoration is addressed in 
     the emergency title of the conference agreement.
       In general administration, increases include $100,000 in 
     international affairs for the tundra to tropics program, 
     $500,000 for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and 
     $2,000,000 for Pingree Forest non-development easements in 
     Maine to be handled through the National Fish and Wildlife 
     Foundation.
       Bill Language.--The conference agreement earmarks 
     $1,000,000 for the Youth Conservation Corps as proposed by 
     the House instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     The earmark for endangered species listing programs is 
     $6,355,000 as proposed by the Senate rather than $6,395,000 
     as proposed by the House. The Senate proposal to provide 
     $5,000,000 in emergency funding for Atlantic salmon 
     restoration in Maine has been modified to require a cost 
     share and included in the emergency appropriations title.
       The managers agree to the following:
       1. The increase provided in consultation for cold water 
     fish in Montana and Idaho are for preparation and 
     implementation of plans, programs, or agreements identified 
     by the States of Idaho and Montana that will address habitat 
     for freshwater aquatic species on non-Federal lands. These 
     funds will supplement funds that have already been allocated 
     by the States and will only be expended for landowners that 
     are voluntarily enrolled in such plans, programs, or 
     agreements. The amount provided is to be split equally 
     between Montana and Idaho.
       2. While there is no specific earmark for the Prebles 
     meadow jumping mouse in the recovery program, the managers 
     expect the Service to continue work in this area.
       3. The increase proposed by the Senate in habitat 
     conservation for an Alaska Village Initiative for a 
     commercial management program is not included in this account 
     but is addressed under the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
       4. While there is no specific increase for alien species 
     control in the refuge operations and maintenance account, the 
     Service is encouraged to place a priority on these activities 
     in the refuge operating needs system.
       5. The Service, within its fixed cost increases should 
     ensure that a base increase is provided to cover the recently 
     hired maintenance worker at the Ohio River Islands NWR, WV. 
     The cost for fiscal year 2001 is estimated to be $45,000. The 
     Service should ensure that the annualized costs for new 
     personnel are adequately reflected in its fixed cost increase 
     budget estimates each year.
       6. Any future funding for the Klamath River flow study and 
     the Trinity River restoration study will only be considered 
     after the Administration has clearly identified the full 
     estimated costs for these programs and the appropriate 
     amounts to be budgeted by the various agencies involved for 
     each year. The fiscal year 2002 budget justification should 
     include an interagency crosscut table for each of these 
     programs.
       7. The managers have not agreed to the Senate language 
     requiring ``conclusive evidence'' that the recovery zone can 
     support grizzly bears prior to their relocation in Idaho and 
     Montana. The managers, however, agree that no funds 
     appropriated in this Act should be spent on the physical 
     relocation of grizzly bears into the Selway-Bitterroot 
     Ecosystem in Idaho and Montana prior to the completion of a 
     peer review of the habitat study, and a conclusion based upon 
     the best available scientific data that the recovery zone can 
     adequately support the proposed grizzly population.
       8. The managers have not agreed to the Senate language 
     requiring that wolves that stray into Oregon be removed. The 
     managers, however, expect the Service to learn from the 
     mistakes made in the New Mexico wolf introduction program and 
     to coordinate extensively with the public at every stage of 
     the wolf reintroduction and recovery program. The protocols 
     to be followed should be developed in close consultation with 
     the public.
       9. The managers are concerned by the Service's failure to 
     conduct population estimation, population reassessment, and 
     desert tortoise monitoring as described in the 1994 Desert 
     Tortoise Recovery Plan. The managers expect the Service to 
     undertake such work in fiscal year 2001. The methodology to 
     be used in conducting the monitoring should be designed to 
     permit correlation with the data gathered between 1980 and 
     2000.
       10. General increases have been provided for refuge 
     operations and maintenance. These increases should be 
     distributed in accordance with the priorities set forth in 
     the refuge operating needs system and the maintenance 
     management system.
       11. The increase provided in the environmental contaminants 
     program is to develop baseline data on contaminants 
     identified by the Arctic Council as threats in wildlife that 
     are subsistence foods in Alaska. The funding also may be used 
     to sample, in partnership with scientists employed by local 
     governments, wildlife remains found in sudden, unexpected 
     die-offs.
       12. The projects proposed by the Senate for the Canaan 
     Valley NWR, WV, and the Kealia Pond NWR, HI are addressed in 
     the construction account.
       13. The Service should follow the direction in the Senate 
     report with respect to the release of prokelisia to control 
     Spartina grass in conjunction with mowing and spraying.
       14. The September 1, 2000 reprogramming request submitted 
     by the Service to address administrative cost realignments, 
     rental cost increases and increased administrative costs is 
     approved. The Service should ensure that all necessary base 
     adjustments are made in the 2002 budget within the fixed 
     cost category to reflect correctly these 
     ``uncontrollable'' costs.
       15. The managers have recently become aware of a General 
     Accounting Office review of procedures in the Carlsbad, CA, 
     ecological services office. In particular, the managers are 
     concerned by reports from GAO that automated systems are 
     inadequate. The fiscal year 2002 budget request should 
     address this problem.
       Joint Ventures.--Funds for joint venture programs are to be 
     distributed in fiscal year 2001 as shown in the following 
     table. In addition, the managers expect the Service to phase 
     in additional funding over the next three years to achieve 
     the levels specified in the table for fiscal year 2004. To 
     the extent that the funding specified for 2004 is 
     insufficient, the managers do not object to a proposal for 
     higher funding levels for joint ventures. The Service is 
     urged to re-evaluate all their ``optimal'' funding 
     calculations and, in particular, the sea duck joint venture 
     calculation and report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations if any of those amounts should be raised. The 
     managers note that the joint venture programs

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     have leveraged a small amount of Federal funding many times 
     over to accomplish much needed habitat improvements 
     throughout the country.

                         JOINT VENTURES FUNDING
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Target level
                                          Fiscal year      fiscal year
                                              2001             2004
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Atlantic Coast........................         $380,000         $800,000
Lower Mississippi.....................          502,000          750,000
Upper Mississippi.....................          240,000          650,000
Prairie Pothole.......................        1,185,000        1,400,000
Gulf Coast............................          340,000          700,000
Playa Lakes...........................          225,000          700,000
Rainwater Basin.......................          225,000          400,000
Intermountain West....................          240,000        1,000,000
Central Valley........................          360,000          550,000
Pacific Coast.........................          240,000          700,000
San Francisco Bay.....................          225,000          370,000
Sonoran...............................          225,000          400,000
Arctic Goose..........................          140,000          370,000
Black Duck............................          110,000          370,000
Sea Duck..............................          250,000          550,000
Administration........................          599,000          750,000
                                       ---------------------------------
      Total...........................        5,486,000       10,460,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              CONSTRUCTION

       The conference agreement provides $63,015,000 for 
     construction instead of $48,395,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $54,803,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Funds are to be distributed as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Project                     Description          Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alaska Maritime NWR, AK............  Headquarters/Visitor       $593,000
                                      Center.
Alchesay/Williams Creek NFH, AZ....  Environmental               927,000
                                      Pollution Control--
                                      Phase II (c).
Anahuac NWR, TX....................  Bridge Rehab/               673,000
                                      Replacement--Phase I
                                      (p/d/ic).
Bear River NWR, UT.................  Water management            500,000
                                      facilities (c).
Bear River NWR, UT.................  Education Center (c).     3,600,000
Blackwater NWR, MD.................  Carpentry/Auto Shop..       300,000
Bozeman FTC, MT....................  Laboratory/               1,600,000
                                      Administration
                                      Building--Phase II
                                      (c).
Bridge Safety Inspection...........  .....................       495,000
Cabo Rojo NWR, PR..................  Replace Office              500,000
                                      Building (Seismic)--
                                      Phase I (p/d).
Canaan Valley NWR, WV..............  Heavy equipment             350,000
                                      replacement.
Chincoteague NWR, VA...............  Headquarters &            3,500,000
                                      Visitor Center--
                                      Phase II (c).
Clarks River NWR, KY...............  Garage and visitor          500,000
                                      access.
Coleman NFH, CA....................  Seismic Safety Rehab        301,000
                                      of 3 buildings--
                                      Phase I (p/d).
Dam Safety Inspection..............  .....................       570,000
Ennis NFH, MT......................  Raceway Enclosure--       1,000,000
                                      Phase II (c).
Great Dismal Swamp NWR, VA.........  Planning and public         250,000
                                      use.
Hagerman NWR, TX...................  Bridge                      368,000
                                      Rehabilitation--Phas
                                      e I (p/d).
Jackson NFH, WY....................  Seismic Safety Rehab        373,000
                                      of 2 Buildings--
                                      Phase I (p/d).
John Heinz NWR, PA.................  Administrative wing..       800,000
Kealia Pond NWR, HI................  Water control               700,000
                                      structures.
Kodiak NWR, AK.....................  Visitor Center/             180,000
                                      planning.
Lake Thibadeau NWR, MT.............  Lake Thibadeau              450,000
                                      Diversion Dam--Phase
                                      II (c).
Leavenworth NFH, WA................  Nada Dam--Phase II          300,000
                                      SEED Study.
Mason Neck NWR, VA.................  ADA accessibility (c)       130,000
Mason Neck NWR, VA.................  Non-motorized trail..       600,000
Nat'l Eagle Repository, CO.........  Relocation of               400,000
                                      National Eagle
                                      Repository--Phase II
                                      (d/c).
Nat'l Wildlife Repository, CO......  Renovation of               950,000
                                      National Wildlife
                                      Property Repository--
                                      Phase II (d/c).
Nat'l Conservation Training Ctr, WV  Fourth Dormitory (p/d/   12,750,000
                                      c).
NFW Forensics Lab, OR..............  Forensics Laboratory      1,838,000
                                      Expansion--Phase II
                                      (d/ic).
Noxubee NWR, MS....................  Visitor Center (c)...     2,000,000
Parker River NWR, MA...............  Headquarters Complex      1,230,000
                                      (c).
Pittsford NFH, VT..................  Planning and design/        300,000
                                      hatchery
                                      rehabilitation.
San Pablo Bay NWR, CA..............  Renovate Office--           275,000
                                      Phase I (p/d).
Seatuck & Sayville NWRs, NY........  Visitor facilities...       115,000
Silvio O. Conte NWR, VT............  Education Center.....     1,512,000
Six NFHs...........................  Water Treatment           2,500,000
                                      Improvement--Phase
                                      II (c).
Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR, CA......  Seismic Safety Rehab         55,000
                                      of 1 Building--Phase
                                      I (p/d).
Tern Island NWR, HI................  Rehabilitate Seawall--    8,600,000
                                      Phase III (c).
Tishomingo NFH, OK.................  Pennington Creek Foot       229,000
                                      Bridge--Phase II (c).
White River NWR, AR................  Visitor Center            1,100,000
                                      construction.
White Sulphur Springs NFH, WV......  Holding and                 350,000
                                      propagation.
White Sulphur Springs NFH, WV......  Office renovations...        20,000
                                                           -------------
      Subtotal: Line item            .....................    53,784,000
       Construction.
                                                           =============
Nationwide Engineering Services:
    Demolition Fund................  .....................     1,389,000
    Env. Compliance................  .....................     1,860,000
    Seismic Safety Program.........  .....................       200,000
    Other Engineering Services.....  .....................     5,782,000
                                                           -------------
      Subtotal: Engineering          .....................     9,231,000
       Services.
                                                           =============
      Grant total..................  .....................    63,015,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The managers agree to the following:
       1. Funds for the Clarks River NWR, KY, garage and visitor 
     contact station complete the project.
       2. The Downeast Heritage Center, ME, project proposed by 
     the Senate is addressed in the National Park Service.
       3. The administrative wing at the John Heinz NWR, PA, will 
     eliminate the need for rent associated with temporary office 
     space. The managers note that the John Heinz refuge has done 
     an admirable job in raising private funds for visitors' 
     center construction.
       4. The Service should pursue cost-sharing opportunities for 
     the Kealia Pond NWR, HI, water control structure project.
       5. The total cost for the Kodiak NWR, AK, Administrative 
     and Visitors' Center should not exceed $10 million of which 
     the Fish and Wildlife Service maximum share is $7 million and 
     the cost share is $3 million.
       6. The funding provided for a fourth dormitory at the 
     National Conservation Training Center, WV, will complete the 
     dormitory project and fully fund the connection of the 
     facility to the city water supply.
       7. Funds for the Noxubee NWR, MS, Administrative and 
     Visitors' Center will complete the Fish and Wildlife Service 
     commitment to the project.
       8. The Service should, as soon as possible, notify the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, of the total 
     estimated cost for the Pittsford NFH, VT, hatchery 
     rehabilitation project.
       9. Funds for the Silvio O. Conte NWR, VT, Education Center 
     will complete the Fish and Wildlife Service commitment to the 
     project. Any additional funding requirements should be 
     accommodated with non-Department of the Interior funds.
       10. No funds are included for the Waccamaw NWR, SC, 
     Visitors' Center. This refuge has not yet been opened. The 
     managers urge the Service to include this project, as 
     appropriate, in their priority system for future 
     consideration.
       11. Funds for the White River NWR, AR, Administrative and 
     Visitors' Center, in combination with previously appropriated 
     funds, will complete the Fish and Wildlife Service commitment 
     to the project. The remaining $600,000 required for the 
     visitors' center portion of the project should be 
     accommodated with non-Department of Interior funds.
       12. Funds for the holding and propagation facility at the 
     White Sulphur Springs NFH, WV, will complete the project.
       Bill Language.--The conference agreement includes bill 
     language directing the release of previously appropriated 
     funds for exhibits at the Ding Darling NWR, FL.


                            LAND ACQUISITION

       The conference agreement provides $62,800,000 for land 
     acquisition instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $46,100,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds should be 
     distributed as follows:

        Area (State)                                             Amount
Archie Carr NWR (FL).........................................$2,000,000
Back Bay NWR (VA)...............................................500,000
Balcones Canyonlands NWR (TX).................................1,750,000
Big Muddy NWR (MO)............................................1,000,000
Bon Secour NWR (AL)...........................................1,000,000
Buenos Aires NWR (AZ).........................................1,000,000
Canaan Valley NWR (WV)..........................................500,000
Cat Island NWR (LA)...........................................1,500,000
Centennial Valley NWR (MT)....................................1,750,000
Clarks River NWR (KY)...........................................500,000
Dakota Tallgrass Prairie Project (SD).........................2,100,000
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (NJ)....................................1,000,000
Grand Bay NWR (AL)............................................1,150,000
Great Meadows Complex (MA)....................................1,000,000
Hakalau Forest NWR (HI).......................................1,000,000
Lake Umbagog NWR (NH).........................................1,500,000
Leslie Canyon NWR (AZ)........................................2,000,000
Louisiana Black Bear NWR (LA).................................1,000,000
Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR (TX)................................500,000
Minnesota Valley NWR (MN).......................................500,000
Montezuma NWR (NY)............................................2,000,000
Neal Smith NWR (IA).............................................600,000
North Dakota Prairie Project (ND)...............................800,000
Northern Tallgrass NWR (MN)...................................1,000,000
Ohio River Islands NWR (WV).....................................500,000
Palmyra Atoll/Kingman Reef (HI)...............................1,000,000
Patoka River NWR (IN)...........................................800,000
Pelican Island NWR (Lear tract) (FL)..........................3,200,000
Prime Hook NWR (DE)...........................................1,300,000
Rachel Carson NWR (ME)........................................1,000,000
Rappahannock River NWR (VA)...................................1,000,000
Rhode Island NWR Complex (RI).................................1,500,000
San Diego NWR (CA)............................................3,000,000
Silvio O. Conte NWR (CT/MA/NH/VT)...............................750,000
Stewart B. McKinney NWR (CT)..................................1,500,000
Waccamaw NWR (SC).............................................1,000,000
Walkill River NWR (NJ)........................................1,000,000
Wertheim NWR (NY).............................................2,000,000
Western Montana Project (MT)..................................1,000,000
Whittlesey Creek NWR (WI).......................................500,000
Willapa NWR (WA)..............................................2,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal.................................................50,700,000
Emergencies/Hardships...........................................750,000
Exchanges.......................................................850,000
Inholdings....................................................1,000,000
Acquisition Management........................................9,500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total.....................................................$62,800,000


            COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

       The conference agreement provides $26,925,000 for the 
     cooperative endangered species conservation fund as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $23,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The increase above the House is for habitat 
     conservation planning land acquisition.


                     NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

       The conference agreement provides $11,439,000 for the 
     National wildlife refuge fund instead of $10,439,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $10,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The managers urge the Service to request increased 
     funds for this account in future budget requests commensurate 
     with increases in land acquisition.


               NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

       The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the North 
     American wetlands conservation fund instead of $15,499,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $16,500,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Within this amount,

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     $19,200,000 is for wetlands conservation and $800,000 is for 
     administration.


              WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND

       The conference agreement provides $797,000 for the wildlife 
     conservation and appreciation fund as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate.


                MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

       The conference agreement provides $2,500,000 for the 
     multinational species conservation fund as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $2,391,000 as proposed by the House.

                         National Park Service


                 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

       The conference agreement provides $1,389,144,000 for the 
     operation of the National park system instead of 
     $1,426,476,000 as proposed by the House and $1,367,554,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate (excluding U.S. Park Police funding, 
     which is included in a new appropriations account). The 
     agreement provides $283,465,000 for Resource Stewardship 
     instead of $275,124,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $279,375,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the House 
     level include $900,000 for Learning Centers, $1,107,000 for 
     native and exotic species management, $1,034,000 for Alaska 
     subsistence fisheries, $1,750,000 for vegetation mapping, 
     $825,000 for water resources restoration and protection, 
     $1,275,000 for water quality monitoring, $500,000 for the 
     Everglades Task Force, $250,000 for museum management, 
     $400,000 for Vanishing Treasures and $300,000 for the ongoing 
     Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Partnership. These funds are 
     not intended to be used to initiate any portion of the 
     proposed digitization initiative in the budget.
       The conference agreement provides $279,871,000 for Visitor 
     Services as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the House 
     level include $1,000,000 for the 2001 Presidential Inaugural 
     and $235,000 for Regional office park support.
       The conference agreement provides $78,048,000 for the U.S. 
     Park Police in a new appropriations account that follows this 
     account.
       The conference agreement provides $469,703,000 for 
     maintenance instead of $446,661,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $449,203,000 as proposed by the Senate. Increases to the 
     House level include $20,000,000 for additional maintenance 
     and operational needs of the Service. Following enactment of 
     the Bill, the National Park Service should make the necessary 
     adjustments to align these additional funds for the purposes 
     approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     with the proper budget subactivity. Two specific needs 
     provided for in this increase are $975,000 for the 9 National 
     Trails and a $2,300,000 base increase for Harpers Ferry 
     Design Center.
       In addition, the managers have provided increases of 
     $42,000 for regional office park support, $2,000,000 for 
     facility management software and $1,000,000 for condition 
     assessments. The conference agreement does not include the 
     general increase for maintenance as proposed by the House. 
     Although the managers have provided funds for the maintenance 
     management system and building condition assessments, the 
     managers remain concerned that the improvements provided by 
     these efforts will take too long to implement and may still 
     not fully document the complete maintenance backlog of the 
     Service, as required by the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and by statute, within the next few years. 
     Therefore, by April 2001, a report is to be provided to the 
     Committees that describes how and when the Service will 
     provide a park by park comprehensive listing, with cost 
     estimates, of deferred maintenance affecting all facilities 
     in the National Park Service, including buildings, historic 
     structures, roads, trails, utility systems, campgrounds, 
     picnic areas and all other items requiring maintenance and 
     repair. The Service should also address the issue raised by 
     the Committees concerning why large parks cannot conduct 
     their own condition assessment internally and without 
     additional funds.
       Within in the amounts provided for repair and 
     rehabilitation, the managers earmark the following projects: 
     $350,000 to repair the lighthouse at Fire Island NS (this 
     amount is not intended to initiate planning for a new visitor 
     center), $75,000 to repair the Ocean Beach Pavilion at Fire 
     Island, NS, $309,000 for repairs of the Bachlott House and 
     $100,000 for the Alberty House which are both located at 
     Cumberland Island NS, and $500,000 for maintenance projects 
     at the Ozark National Scenic Riverways Park.
       The conference agreement provides $259,178,000 for Park 
     Support instead of $254,628,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $262,178,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the House 
     level include $500,000 for regional office park support, 
     $750,000 for mid-level management intake training program, 
     $100,000 for Wild and Scenic Rivers (existing partnership 
     rivers), $200,000 for a wilderness study at Apostle Islands 
     NL and $3,000,000 for the Challenge cost share program for 
     activities related to the anniversary of the Lewis and Clark 
     expedition. The amount provided for Lewis and Clark related 
     activities are for the purposes described in the Senate 
     report, but include $2,000,000 for a major national traveling 
     exhibition that will include more than 200 Lewis and Clark 
     original artifacts, artworks and manuscripts. This funding 
     must be matched by private sources.
       The conference agreement provides $96,927,000 for External 
     Administrative Costs as proposed by the Senate. Changes to 
     the House include $2,000,000 for GSA rental space needs. The 
     conference agreement does not include the $66,500,000 general 
     increase proposed by the House.
       Through a combination of appropriated funds, recreational 
     fee demonstration project revenues, partnerships, and other 
     sources, the National Park system has unprecedented levels of 
     funding available to it to address critical resource 
     protection and visitor service requirements. The managers 
     emphasize the importance of applying prudent and sound 
     financial management practices to ensure the integrity of 
     these funding sources, particularly with regard to tracking 
     for accountability purposes. Consistent with Comptroller 
     General opinions, appropriations are not to be augmented with 
     other funding sources. Projects that are identified to be 
     completed for an identified amount of funding, regardless of 
     fund source, are to be completed as proposed. Any additional 
     resources to be applied to a project constitute a 
     reprogramming and are subject to the established guidelines. 
     The managers are particularly concerned about construction 
     projects for which bids come in above estimates, and the 
     proposed solution is to defer exhibits and to fund the 
     remaining elements at a later date using a different fund 
     source, such as fees. This is not an appropriate use of the 
     fee program.
       The managers direct that the National Park Service make 
     sufficient funds available to assure that signs marking the 
     Lewis and Clark route in the State of North Dakota are 
     adequate to meet National Park Service standards.
       The managers support the decision of the Ozark National 
     Scenic Riverways to retain the carpentry and maintenance 
     positions. The managers recognize the urgent needs at ONSR 
     for key carpentry and maintenance personnel who have 
     specialized skills in properly maintaining park facilities. 
     The managers expect that these positions will be retained at 
     ONSR.
       The managers are aware of a recommendation by the National 
     Park Service's National Leadership Council to consolidate 
     funding for all aspects of the ongoing intake program into a 
     centralized program. Currently, the salary costs are paid by 
     the parks, regions, and program offices participating in the 
     program. The managers have no objection to the internal 
     reprogramming necessary (not to exceed $1,106,000) to allow 
     for centralized funding for this important program. This 
     approach results in no net change in costs and should allow 
     for greater participation in the program by more parks 
     throughout the system.
       The managers are aware that the EPA, through cooperative 
     agreements with the National Park Service, has maintained a 
     long-term environmental and air quality monitoring site in 
     the Great Smoky Mountains National Park through the 
     demonstration intensive site project and sites in wilderness 
     areas of the Nantahala National Forest and Pisgah National 
     Forest. The managers are concerned, however, by reports that 
     the EPA may be considering terminating funding support for 
     these monitoring sites. Because of the wealth of information 
     provided to Federal, State and local stakeholders by the 
     sites, the managers expect the EPA to continue its monitoring 
     partnerships with the Great Smoky Mountains NP and both 
     national forests. The managers are also aware of the vital 
     role played by the Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative 
     (SAMI), through the EPA, in studying the effects of air 
     pollutants on the Great Smoky Mountains NP and nearby 
     forests.
       The managers wish to reiterate the concern expressed by the 
     Senate with respect to the lack of adequate ambulance service 
     at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Systems. The managers 
     therefore direct that, within the amounts provided for 
     operation of the National Park System, the Service shall 
     provide the necessary funds, not to exceed $350,000, for the 
     Federal share of the cooperative effort to provide emergency 
     medical services in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. This 
     support should be in addition to the Park's base operating 
     funds.
       The managers are aware that legislation currently under 
     consideration would authorize the inclusion of the Wills 
     House within Gettysburg National Military Park. Should such 
     legislation be enacted, the managers encourage the Service to 
     initiate rehabilitation of the House within available repair 
     and rehabilitation funds.
       The managers expect that funding for the First Ladies 
     National Historic Site will be included in the fiscal year 
     2002 Park Service request and in all future budget requests.

                       United States Park Police

       The conference agreement provides $78,048,000 for the 
     United States Park Police as a new appropriations account 
     instead of $75,641,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $76,441,000 as proposed by the Senate under the operation of 
     the National park system account.
       The increases to the budget request are associated only 
     with the Washington Monument and several other nationally 
     recognized park sites in Washington, D.C. and in certain 
     cases represent one time only costs. The increases include 
     $235,000 for design costs associated with a visitor screening 
     facility and x-ray machine at the Washington Monument, 
     $275,000 for design of a parkwide key system, $997,000 to 
     design and install closed circuit television and alarm 
     systems at five specific

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     monuments and $100,000 for planning for a parkwide 
     communication system. Plans for any of these items that 
     require additional appropriations should be carefully 
     reviewed by the leadership of the National Park Service as 
     well as the Development Advisory Board to ensure that the 
     scope and costs are carefully and frugally estimated. The 
     managers have also included $800,000 for the 2001 
     Presidential Inaugural.
       The managers note that funds available for U.S. Park Police 
     (USPP) operations have grown at a rate well above nearly 
     every account in the Interior appropriations bill. Since 
     fiscal year 1987, the USPP operating account has increased 
     nearly 80 percent above inflation. By comparison, over the 
     same period, the operating accounts for several large 
     national parks grew by lesser amounts. The entire operation 
     of the national park system account grew by 50 percent during 
     this period, while accommodating the requirements of 43 new 
     park areas. Despite the growth during this period, the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations have continued to 
     receive requests for items that have been funded in prior 
     years, such as anti- and counter-terrorism, drug enforcement, 
     recruit classes, and equipment replacement. The 
     recommendations which follow are intended to improve 
     accountability and oversight of the USPP budget.
       To strengthen fund controls that apply to the USPP, the 
     managers have established a separate appropriation account 
     for USPP activities. The only extent to which USPP will be 
     able to draw on the operation of the national park system 
     account is limited to the funds contained in that 
     appropriation account for ongoing USPP activities at the 
     Statue of Liberty and Gateway National Recreation Area and 
     the purposes identified below. Bill language is included in 
     the Operations account. The establishment of this separate 
     appropriations account, to be managed as discussed below, 
     will preclude funds from being transferred from the USPP to 
     other park purposes, and vice versa.
       This account covers the operational costs of the United 
     States Park Police, including those costs for uniformed and 
     civilian staff assigned to the USPP, supplies, materials, 
     utilities, equipment, and pension costs for retired officers. 
     The USPP may receive additional funds on a reimbursable basis 
     from non-NPS entities. No other funds are to be used to 
     augment the USPP operational budget.
       As stated above, the funding recommended for this 
     appropriation activity in fiscal year 2001 is $78,048,000, 
     which represents the budget request and additional funds to 
     cover the four specific items detailed above. The only other 
     funds which may be allocated to the park police are for those 
     USPP costs assumed in the ONPS budget as continuing in the 
     park bases of the Statue of Liberty and Gateway National 
     Recreation Area, to respond to approved emergency law and 
     order incidents and to maintain and repair USPP 
     administrative facilities. When the Director has 
     determined the appropriate amounts of the funding of these 
     two units that should be devoted to USPP purposes, and the 
     level of service that the USPP must continue to provide 
     with those resources, the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations should be informed. In developing the 
     fiscal year 2002 budget, the Service should make the 
     necessary adjustments to show these funding increments 
     entirely in the USPP appropriation account.
       The managers are concerned about the ongoing reports of 
     financial shortfalls and funding discrepancies involving the 
     USPP budget. The managers expect the USPP to prepare a 
     detailed financial plan on the proposed use of the fiscal 
     year 2001 funds appropriated in the separate account as well 
     as to be made available from ONPS, within 30 days of 
     enactment of this Act. The financial plan should include 
     information such as existing and planned staffing levels, pay 
     and benefits, overtime pay, recruitment classes, planned 
     expenditures for equipment, and complete object class data 
     for each USPP program. Once the financial plan has been 
     reviewed and approved by the regional director for the 
     National Capital Region, the National Park Service's 
     comptroller, and the National Academy of Public 
     Administration, it is to be followed.
       The budget function for the USPP is to be carefully 
     controlled by the regional director's office. Any proposed 
     deviation from the financial plan must be approved in advance 
     by the regional director, and if it constitutes a 
     reprogramming pursuant to the reprogramming guidelines, must 
     come before the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     for approval. The USPP is directed to manage its expenditures 
     using the same financial management system as the rest of the 
     National Park Service, and should cease use of other systems 
     immediately. The managers expect the USPP to engage in the 
     same budget formulation, execution, and reporting practices 
     as the rest of the Service.
       With regard to recruitment classes, the funding level 
     recommended by the managers continues the $2,361,000 provided 
     in fiscal year 2000 for the conduct of two recruit classes 
     (each with a class size of 24 recruits). These funds cover 
     salary costs for the 48 recruits as well as their training 
     costs, travel, lodging, initial uniform, equipment, applicant 
     physicals, and background checks. At the end of training, 
     these recruits will fill existing funded vacancies. It is the 
     managers' expectation that two recruit classes will be 
     conducted in fiscal year 2001. This assumption should be 
     reflected in the financial plan; any proposed reallocation of 
     funds from recruit classes to other operating expenses is 
     considered a reprogramming and must be approved by the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       In addition to the financial controls imposed above, the 
     managers also expect the USPP to identify the necessary funds 
     to pay for an independent review of the structure and 
     financial plan of the USPP. This funding should be reflected 
     in the financial plan. The managers direct the National Park 
     Service to contract with the National Academy of Public 
     Administration for this assessment within 30 days of 
     enactment of this Act. The assessment should include: (1) an 
     evaluation of the mission and goals of the USPP in accordance 
     with statutory and regulatory requirements, (2) an assessment 
     of the USPP mission vis-a-vis other Federal agencies and law 
     enforcement entities, including a review of the extent to 
     which the USPP is involved in supporting law enforcement 
     functions which go beyond the mission of the National Park 
     Service, including estimated costs associated with these 
     activities, (3) an evaluation of current and future staffing 
     requirements to meet mission and goals, and an examination of 
     the methodology used by the USPP to determine staffing needs, 
     and (4) an analysis of the spending patterns of the USPP over 
     the last three fiscal years, with particular regard to the 
     extent to which actual expenditures tracked against approved 
     financial plans, the adequacy of budget projections for items 
     such as overtime and special deployments versus actual 
     expenses, the extent to which the USPP assessed the costs of 
     new activities before committing personnel, a review of the 
     operating costs for the helicopters for NPS purposes versus 
     other jurisdictions, and an assessment of the expenditures 
     for equipment replacement against an identified plan.

                  National Recreation and Preservation


                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conference agreement provides $58,359,000 for National 
     recreation and preservation instead of $47,956,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $61,249,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate (excluding urban parks funding, which is included in a 
     separate appropriations account). The agreement provides 
     $542,000 for recreation programs as proposed by the House and 
     Senate. The agreement provides $10,805,000 for natural 
     programs instead of $11,205,000 proposed by the House and 
     $10,505,000 as proposed by the Senate. This includes 
     increases of $300,000 for the Rivers and Trails program 
     and $300,000 for hydro relicensing. While the managers 
     have not earmarked the River and Trails program, 
     consideration should be given to groups involved in hiking 
     and biking trails in southeastern Michigan and the Service 
     is encouraged to work cooperatively with groups in this 
     area.
       The conference agreement includes $20,753,000 for cultural 
     programs instead of $19,853,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $20,253,000 as proposed by the Senate. This includes $250,000 
     for the ongoing Revolutionary War/War of 1812 study, and 
     increases of $100,000 for Gettysburg NMP technical 
     assistance, $250,000 for the National Center for Preservation 
     Technology and $300,000 for Heritage Preservation, Inc.
       The managers are aware of efforts to commemorate and 
     interpret underground railroad sites in Wilmington, Delaware, 
     and the surrounding area, and encourage the National Park 
     Service to provide technical assistance and such other 
     support for these efforts as is consistent with the National 
     Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act and other 
     appropriate Service programs.
       The conference agreement includes $10,307,000 for Heritage 
     Partnership Programs instead of $9,420,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $9,787,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds are to 
     be distributed as follows:

America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership....................$500,000
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area............................700,000
Automobile National Heritage Area...............................338,000
Cache La Poudre River Corridor...................................50,000
Cane River National Heritage Area...............................400,000
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor..................600,000
Essex National Heritage Area..................................1,000,000
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area......................902,000
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor..........240,000
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corrido600,000
Lackawanna Heritage Area........................................500,000
National Coal Heritage..........................................245,000
Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Center..................1,000,000
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor515,000
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area........................1,000,000
Schuykill National Heritage Center..............................200,000
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District.......400,000
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor.....................1,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Project total............................................10,190,000
Overhead/fixed costs............................................117,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total...................................................$10,307,000


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       The managers have reallocated the technical assistance 
     funds requested in the budget to the individual heritage 
     areas, which are in a better position to decide their needs. 
     These funds are for technical assistance to local governments 
     and partner organizations to help implement locally supported 
     projects consistent with the overall plans for these 
     designated areas. These funds may be used to contract for 
     government or private sector services to respond to local 
     requests for assistance. Within the total provided, the 
     managers have included $17,000 for fixed costs and $100,000 
     for administrative overhead.
       The managers direct that implementation funds for the 
     Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area are contingent 
     upon National Park Service approval of the management and 
     interpretive plans that are currently being developed.
       The conference agreement provides $12,296,000 for Statutory 
     or Contractual Aid instead of $3,280,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $16,506,000 as proposed by the Senate. The funds 
     are to be distributed as follows:

Alaska Native Cultural Center..................................$742,000
Aleutian World War II National Historic Area....................100,000
Brown Foundation................................................101,000
Chesapeake Bay Gateways.......................................2,300,000
Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission.............................300,000
Four Corners Interpretive Center..............................2,250,000
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve.............................798,000
Johnstown Area Heritage Association..............................49,000
Lamprey River...................................................500,000
Mandan On-a-Slant Village.......................................500,000
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center..................................529,000
National First Ladies Library...................................500,000
Native Hawaiian culture and arts program........................742,000
New Orleans Jazz Commission......................................66,000
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission..............730,000
Route 66 National Historic Highway..............................500,000
Sewall-Belmont House............................................495,000
Vancouver National Historic Reserve.............................400,000
Wheeling National Heritage Area.................................594,000
Women's Progress Commission.....................................100,000

       The managers have provided $2,300,000 for the Chesapeake 
     Bay Gateway program. Within this amount is $800,000 for 
     grants and technical assistance and $1,500,000 for the 
     purchase of the Holly Farm Beach property requested in the 
     President's budget. The acquisition dollars are subject to at 
     least an equal match by State or private funds. Should the 
     $1,500,000 not be expended for the purchase of the Holly Farm 
     Beach property, the Service should submit a reprogramming for 
     other needs within the National Park Service. These funds 
     will not be made available in addition to the $800,000 
     provided for the base program. The managers have not provided 
     $2,000,000 for the Urban Parks Program in the account as 
     proposed by the House and Senate. A total of $10 million 
     is provided in a separate account.
       The managers have included language in the bill providing 
     for the transfer to this account of $1,595,000 previously 
     appropriated for the acquisition of Ferry Farm, George 
     Washington's Boyhood Home. Since an easement on this property 
     has been acquired at the appraised fair market value, these 
     funds are not required for further acquisition. The 
     transferred funds are to be provided as a grant to the George 
     Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation for the conduct of 
     archaeological investigations at the site, research into the 
     life of George Washington's family at Ferry Farm, development 
     of interactive education programs, development of visitor 
     programs, and other activities that complement the National 
     Park Service's programs and mission in the Fredericksburg 
     area.


                     URBAN PARK AND RECREATION FUND

       The conference agreement provides $10,000,000 for the urban 
     park and recreation fund instead of the $2,000,000 proposed 
     by the House and Senate as part of the National recreation 
     and preservation account.


                       HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

       The conference agreement provides $79,347,000 for the 
     historic preservation fund instead of $41,347,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $44,347,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Changes to the House level include $3,000,000 for State 
     Historic Preservation Offices as proposed by the Senate.
       The managers have also provided $35,000,000 for Save 
     America's Treasures. These funds are subject to a fifty 
     percent cost share, and no single project may receive more 
     than one grant from this program. The funds are to be 
     distributed as follows:

Alexandria Academy, VA.........................................$200,000
Arlington House, VA.............................................150,000
Ashland Depot, WI...............................................500,000
Athens State Founders Hall, AL..................................100,000
Belle of Louisville, KY.........................................500,000
Berman Museum, PA...............................................250,000
Bodie Lighthouse, NC............................................200,000
Boston Symphony Hall, MA........................................200,000
Darwin Martin House, NY.......................................1,000,000
Delf Norona Museum, WV..........................................500,000
Durst-Taylor House, TX..........................................275,000
First Avenue National Register District (Fairbanks), AK.........300,000
Grays Harbor County Courthouse, WA..............................500,000
Barre Heritage Museum, VT.......................................950,000
Hopewell Museum, KY.............................................250,000
Huntsville Depot, AL.............................................75,000
Old Danforth Street Bridge, MA..................................500,000
Lewes Maritime Park, DE.......................................1,000,000
Liberty Theater, OR.............................................400,000
Lincoln Pond/Colonial Theatre, FL...............................837,000
Loudoun House, KY...............................................750,000
Marine Science Center Historic site, WA.........................150,000
Mark Twain House (annex), Hartford, CT........................1,000,000
Mary O'Keefe Cultural Center for Arts and Education, MS.........300,000
Monitor Barns project, VT.......................................200,000
Museo de las Americas, CO.......................................110,000
New Bedford Whaling NHP (Corson Building), MA...................150,000
Ochre Court, RI.................................................300,000
Ohio Company of Associations papers, OH.........................200,000
Old Dutch Church National Historic Site, NY.....................300,000
Osceola Courthouse, FL..........................................500,000
Point Retreat Lighthouse, AK....................................300,000
Pond Spring, AL.................................................363,000
Princess Theater, AL............................................125,000
Rice Museum (Brown's Ferry), SC.................................250,000
Rosa Parks Museum, AL...........................................405,000
Rowan Oak, MS...................................................300,000
Shaker Village Museum, NY.......................................750,000
Southside Sportsman Club, NY....................................400,000
Titan Missile Museum, AZ........................................200,000
Truman Memorial, MO.............................................250,000
Voting Rights Museum, GA........................................250,000
Vulcan statue, AL.............................................1,500,000
Wausau Grand Theater, WI........................................400,000
Wheeler Block Building, VT......................................175,000
Woodward Opera House, OH........................................900,000
Yokut Tribe Heritage Center, CA.................................275,000
York Farmers' Market, PA........................................260,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal.................................................20,000,000
Undistributed................................................15,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total....................................................35,000,000

       Additional project recommendations for funding shall be 
     subject to formal approval of the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations prior to any distribution of funds. Within 
     the undistributed funds provided, the managers have no 
     objection to the project identified in the budget request.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       The conference agreement provides $242,174,000 for 
     construction instead of $141,004,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $204,450,000 as proposed by the Senate. The funds are to 
     be distributed as follows:

                         [Dollars in thousands]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Project                     Planning       Construction
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Antietam NB, MD (stabilize/restore      ...............              500
 battlefield structures)..............
Apostle Islands NL, WI (erosion         ...............            1,360
 control).............................
Apostle Islands NL, WI (rehab Outer     ...............              600
 Island lighthouse)...................
Arches NP, UT (visitor center)........              514  ...............
Big Bend NP, TX (rehabilitate water     ...............              770
 system)..............................
Canaveral NS, FL (Seminole Rest)......              300              300
Cape Cod NS, MA (rehabilitate visitor   ...............            2,753
 center)..............................
Castillo San Marcos NM, FL (stabilize   ...............              828
 and restore fort)....................
Chiricahua NM, AZ (replace water        ...............            1,128
 system)..............................
Colonial NHP, VA (erosion control)....  ...............            3,064
Corinth NB, MS (construct visitor       ...............            4,000
 center)..............................
Cumberland Island NS, GA (St. Mary's                779  ...............
 visitor center)......................
Cuyahoga NRA, OH (stabilize riverbank)  ...............            3,000
Dayton Aviation NHP, OH (east           ...............            1,300
 exhibits)............................
Delaware Water Gap NRA, PA/NJ (Depew                114  ...............
 site)................................
Down East Heritage Center, ME.........              350  ...............
Dry Tortugas NP, FL (stabilize and      ...............              500
 restore fort)........................

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Edison NHS, NJ (preserve historic                   129            1,175
 buildings and museum collections)....
Everglades NP, FL (modified water       ...............            9,000
 delivery system).....................
Fire Island NS, NY (rehabilitate and    ...............            1,933
 protect beach facilities, dunes,
 wetlands)............................
Ft. Stanwix NM, NY (completes           ...............            1,500
 rehabilitation)......................
Ft. Washington Park, MD (repair                     386  ...............
 masonry wall)........................
Gateway NRA, NY/NJ (preservation of                 300  ...............
 artifacts at Sandy Hook unit)........
George Washington Memorial Parkway, MD/ ...............            2,200
 VA (rehabilitate Glen Echo
 facilities)..........................
George Washington Memorial Parkway, MD/             100  ...............
 VA (Belle Haven).....................
George Washington Memorial Parkway, MD/ ...............              300
 VA (Mt. Vernon trail)................
Gettysburg NMP, PA (install fire        ...............            1,323
 suppression).........................
Glacier NP, MT (rehabilitate sewage     ...............            4,544
 treatment system)....................
Grand Portage NM, MN (heritage center)              511  ...............
Harpers Ferry NHP, WV (rehabilitate                 153            1,086
 maintenance building)................
Hispanic Cultural Center, NM            ...............            1,500
 (construct cultural center)..........
Hot Springs NP, AR (rehabilitation)...  ...............            3,000
Independence NHP, PA (rehabilitate      ...............            7,250
 Merchant's Exchange building)........
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley  ...............            2,500
 NHC, RI/MA...........................
Kenai Fjords NP, AK (completes                      795  ...............
 interagency visitor center design)...
Kendall Courthouse, IL (restoration)..  ...............              300
Keweenaw NHP, MI (restore historic                  400  ...............
 Calumett, Hecla and Union building)..
Lake Champlain NHLs, VT (including Mt.  ...............              650
 Independence)........................
Lincoln Library, IL...................  ...............           10,000
Lincoln Home NHS, IL (restore historic              290  ...............
 structures)..........................
Longfellow NHS, MA (carriage barn)....  ...............              487
Maggie Walker NHS, VA (stabilize and    ...............            1,867
 restore historic structures).........
Mammoth Cave NP, KY (resolve OSHA       ...............            3,650
 violations/resource deterioration)...
Manzanar NHS, CA (establish             ...............            5,124
 interpretive center and headquarters)
Minute Man NHP, MA (restore Battle      ...............              818
 Road Trail historic structures)......
Missouri Recreation River Research &                193            2,350
 Education Center, NE (Ponca State
 Park)................................
Morristown NHP, NJ....................              500  ...............
Morris Thompson Visitor and Cultural                500  ...............
 Center, AK (planning)................
Mt. Rainier NP, WA (exhibit planning                150  ...............
 and film)............................
National Capital Parks--Central, DC     ...............              936
 (preserve Jefferson Memorial)........
National Constitution Center, PA        ...............           10,000
 (Federal contribution)...............
National Underground RR Freedom         ...............            6,000
 Center, OH...........................
New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail, NJ   ...............              338
 (exhibits, signage)..................
New River Gorge NR, WV (repair                      445              800
 retaining wall, visitor facilities,
 technical support)...................
North Cascades NP, WA (stabilize and    ...............            2,370
 repair visitor center)...............
Olympic NP, WA (removal of Elwha dam &  ...............           15,000
 related facilities; water protection
 facilities)..........................
Palace of the Governors, NM (build      ...............           10,000
 museum)..............................
Palo Alto Battlefield NHS, TX                       203            1,614
 (completes visitor center)...........
Petersburg NB, VA (preserve historic    ...............              666
 earthen forts).......................
Redwood NP, CA (remove failing roads).  ...............              713
Salem Maritime NHP, MA (rehabilitate    ...............            1,002
 historic Polish Club)................
Santa Monica Mountains NRA, CA          ...............            1,345
 (rehabilitate unsafe facilities).....
Sequoia NP, CA (remove facilities and   ...............            8,381
 restore Giant Forest)................
Shiloh NMP, TN (erosion control)......  ...............            1,000
Southwest Pennsylvania Heritage, PA     ...............            3,000
 (rehabilitation).....................
St. Croix NSR, WI (planning for VC/                 240              330
 headquarters; rehabilitate river
 launch site).........................
St. Gaudens NHS, NH (collections                     20              445
 building, fire suppression)..........
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, NY/             340            2,000
 NJ (ferry terminal utilities)........
Tuskegee Airmen NHS, AL (stabilization              500  ...............
 planning)............................
U.S. Grant Boyhood Home, OH             ...............              365
 (rehabilitation).....................
Vancouver NHR, WA (exhibits,            ...............            2,000
 rehabilitation)......................
Vicksburg NMP, MS (various)...........              739              550
Washita Battlefield NHS, OK (visitor                788  ...............
 center planning).....................
Wheeling Heritage Area, WV............  ...............            4,000
Wilson's Creek NB, MO (complete         ...............               38
 library).............................
Wright Brothers NM, NC (planning for                200  ...............
 visitor center restoration)..........
Yellowstone NP, WY (replace water and   ...............            5,077
 wastewater treatment facilities).....
                                       ---------------------------------
    Subtotal..........................            9,939          160,630
Line-item projects (from above).......  ...............          160,630
Emergency or Unscheduled Projects.....  ...............            3,500
Housing replacement...................  ...............            5,000
Dam safety............................  ...............            1,440
Equipment replacement.................  ...............           18,000
Construction planning (PB 10,840 plus   ...............           20,779
 amounts from above for add-ons)......
Pre-design and supplementary services.  ...............            4,500
Construction program management and     ...............           17,100
 operations...........................
General management planning...........  ...............           11,225
                                       ---------------------------------
    Total, NPS Construction...........  ...............          242,174
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The managers have provided $1,500,000 to complete the 
     Federal investment at Fort Stanwix NM in New York.
       The managers expect the Service to provide the necessary 
     funds, within the amounts provided for Equipment Replacement, 
     to replace the landing craft at Cumberland Island NS and 
     replace the airplane at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
       Within the amounts provided for special resource studies 
     are funds to initiate a Lincoln Highway Study ($300,000), to 
     initiate a study to define the cultural significance and 
     value to the Nation of the Congaree Creek site in Lexington 
     County, SC, as part of the Congaree National Swamp Monument, 
     and a study for a national heritage area in the Upper 
     Housatonic Valley in Northwest Connecticut. These three 
     studies are subject to separate authorizations.
       The managers support continuation of research activities 
     initiated as part of the Women's Rights (NHP) trail study and 
     direct the Service to continue this effort throughout fiscal 
     year 2001. It is the managers' understanding that prior to 
     any discussions about implementation of the plan, this 
     project must be authorized by the appropriate House and 
     Senate legislative committees.
       The managers are aware that the Service is in the process 
     of drafting a new management plan for the Niobrara National 
     Scenic River. The managers firmly believe that this plan 
     should embody a strong and central role for a local 
     management council as envisioned in the Niobrara Scenic River 
     Designation Act of 1991, and as recommended by the Niobrara 
     Scenic River Advisory Commission established pursuant to the 
     Act. The Council should be a full partner with the National 
     Park Service in managing the Niobrara National Scenic River, 
     and this relationship should be reflected in the General 
     Management Plan.
       The managers are aware of a proposal by the National Park 
     Service regarding the use of $2.6 million in unobligated 
     funds remaining for the visitor transportation system at 
     Grand Canyon National Park. Approximately $7.4 million was 
     appropriated in recent years for improvements to the existing 
     visitor transportation system at Grand Canyon. The funds were 
     provided to meet equipment needs to expand the loop system 
     available to South Rim visitors; to retrofit buses to natural 
     gas; to purchase both electric and natural gas buses; and to 
     conduct planning associated with the proposed new visitor 
     transit system from outside the park. The managers have no 
     objections to the use of the balance of the funds to purchase 
     new bus trailer units as well as to install a permanent 
     natural gas fueling station.
       The managers are aware of serious information technology 
     requirements facing the Service, and urge the Service to 
     prioritize the necessary investments in order to foster 
     improved management of information and business practices 
     across the Service. Towards that end, the managers have no 
     objection to the recommendation of the National Leadership 
     Council that the IT equipment replacement funds appropriated 
     herein ($1,985,000) be used to address information 
     infrastructure costs associated with the new network design. 
     In addition, $2,700,000 of the $20,000,000 added by the 
     managers in the ONPS account for maintenance should be used 
     for this purpose. Improvements to the NPS bandwidth 
     capability should improve the ability of parks, however 
     remote, to use

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     systems such as the Project Management Information System, 
     ParkNet, the Operations Formulation System, the Interior 
     Department Electronic Acquisition System, and the Project 
     Management Development System.
       As part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) directed 
     in last year's conference agreement, the managers urge the 
     City of Port Angeles and the Park Service to agree on the 
     water supply facilities necessary to mitigate the impact of 
     Elwha River dam removal. If the City and Park Service cannot 
     agree on the type and scope of new water supply facilities by 
     March 1, 2001 (or within a reasonable time prior to designing 
     the facilities), the managers direct that the water supply 
     facilities included in the MOU minimally meet the water 
     quality standards mandated by, and be acceptable to, the 
     Washington State Department of Health.


                    land and water conservation fund

                              (rescission)

       The conference agreement rescinds the contract authority 
     provided for fiscal year 2001 by 16 U.S.C. 460l-10a as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.


                 land acquisition and state assistance

       The conference agreement provides $110,540,000 for land 
     acquisition and State assistance instead of $104,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $87,140,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Funds should be distributed as follows:

        Area (State)                                             Amount
Apostle Islands NL (WI)........................................$200,000
Appalachian NST (Ovoka Farm) (VA).............................1,200,000
Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP/Curecanti NRA (CO)............1,300,000
Brandywine Battlefield (PA)...................................1,000,000
Cape Cod NS (MA)................................................500,000
Chickamauga/Chattanooga NMP (TN)..............................1,200,000
Cumberland Gap NHP-Tunnel (TN)...................................40,000
Cuyahoga Valley NRA (OH)......................................1,500,000
Delaware Water Gap NRA (PA)...................................1,000,000
Ebey's Landing NHR (WA).......................................3,250,000
Everglades--Grant to the State of Florida....................12,000,000
Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania NMP (VA)..........................2,500,000
Gettysburg NMP (PA)...........................................2,000,000
Gulf Islands NS (Cat Island) (MS).............................2,000,000
Harpers Ferry NHP (WV)........................................2,000,000
Homestead NHS (NE)..............................................400,000
Ice Age NST (Wilke Tract) (WI)................................2,000,000
Indiana Dunes NL (IN).........................................2,000,000
Mississippi National River RA (Lower Phalen Creek) (MN).......1,300,000
Manassas NB (VA)..............................................1,000,000
Petroglyph NM (NM)............................................2,700,000
Piscataway Park (MD)............................................200,000
Saguaro NP (AZ)...............................................2,200,000
Santa Monica Mountains NRA (CA)...............................2,000,000
Shenendoah NHA (VA)...........................................1,000,000
Sitka NHP (Sheldon Jackson College) (AK)......................1,300,000
Sleeping Bear Dunes NL (MI)...................................1,100,000
Stones River NB (TN)..........................................1,500,000
Vicksburg NMP (MS)..............................................150,000
Wrangell-St. Elias NP & Pres. (AK)............................1,500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal.................................................52,040,000
Emergency & Hardship..........................................4,000,000
Inholdings & Exchanges........................................2,500,000
Acquisition Management.......................................11,500,000
Stateside Grants.............................................39,000,000
Administrative Assistance to States...........................1,500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total...................................................110,540,000

       The managers have not included additional funds for 
     acquisition at Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida due to 
     a prior year unobligated balance of $11,000,000. The managers 
     understand that these funds cannot be obligated in fiscal 
     year 2001 due to a lack of willing sellers.
       The conference agreement provides $1,300,000 for the Black 
     Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and for the Curecanti 
     National Recreation Area, located in Colorado. The managers 
     direct the Service to use the funds to complete the 
     acquisition project in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP 
     and to purchase the Fitti parcel in the Curecanti NRA.
       The $1.2 million identified for the purchase of a portion 
     of the Ovoka Farm for inclusion within the Appalachian 
     National Scenic Trail shall not be expended until an 
     agreement with the United States is signed for the purchase 
     of four tracts containing 75.14 acres within the current 
     boundary of the Appalachian NST and owned by Phillip S. 
     Thomas. The price to be paid by the National Park Service for 
     these tracts and for the portion of Ovoka farm shall not 
     exceed the approved appraised value as established by the 
     National Park Service. The acquisition of these tracts and a 
     portion of Ovoka Farm shall be subject only to restrictions 
     the Park Service finds acceptable.
       The $2 million identified for the purchase of Cat Island, 
     MS, is subject to authorization.
       The $1,000,000 included for the Shenandoah Valley 
     Battlefields National Historic District is contingent upon 
     the final approval by the Secretary of the Interior of the 
     Commission plan and the establishment of the management 
     entity to manage and administer the district as authorized by 
     Public Law 104-333. The funds are to be used only for land 
     acquisitions as authorized in Public Law 104-333.
       The $1,100,000 included for the Sleeping Bear Dunes 
     National Lakeshore are for the following parcels: #34-127 
     (160 acres), and #34-169 (31 acres). Seven acres of parcel 
     #34-169 as negotiated are to remain with the current owner.
       In fiscal year 2000, Congress provided $1,500,000 for land 
     acquisition at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The 
     managers are aware that the negotiations have stalled with 
     the seller of the Great Crack property, which was the 
     Service's intended purchase with these funds. The managers 
     are also aware of the Park's long standing interest in 
     acquiring the Kahuku Ranch, which is contiguous to the Park 
     and that the owners of the Kahuku Ranch have offered the 
     ranch for sale. The managers, therefore, direct that the 
     $1,500,000 provided in fiscal year 2000 be used toward the 
     purchase of the Kahuku Ranch for an addition to Hawaii 
     Volcanoes National Park. The current authorizing language, 
     however, puts a restriction on lands added to ``round out'' 
     the park. The restriction only allows these additions to the 
     Park through donation of land or purchase with donated funds. 
     As such, the above direction is subject to the removal of 
     this restriction from the authorizing language. The managers 
     further direct the Service to conduct a full review and 
     public scoping process with respect to adding Kahuku Ranch to 
     Hawaii Volcanoes National Park prior to expending any of 
     these funds for purchase of the Kahuku property.
       The managers have provided $1.5 million for the intended 
     purchase of patented mining claims in Wrangell-St. Elias 
     National Park by the National Park Service. The managers note 
     that the Director of the National Park Service recently 
     announced that an appraisal on certain patented claims will 
     commence in October, 2000. It is the express intent of the 
     managers that the National Park Service works with the 
     holders of mining claims in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 
     in order to reach a purchase price that is objectively fair 
     and equitable, both to the citizens of the United States and 
     to the affected claim owners. To that end, and in order to 
     facilitate the acquisition process, the managers instruct the 
     National Park Service to consult with claim owners to attempt 
     to select property appraisers who will be mutually agreeable. 
     Upon completion of any appraisal in anticipation of the 
     acquisition of the mining claims in Wrangell-St. Elias 
     National Park, the National Park Service is further 
     instructed to negotiate with the claim owners in a good faith 
     effort to arrive at a price for the purchase of the claims 
     that is acceptable to all parties.
       Language is included in the bill which allows $50,000,000, 
     in unexpended Everglades land acquisition funds appropriated 
     in fiscal years 1994 and 2000, to be used for the 
     implementation of the Modified Water Deliveries project, 
     including implementation of the Recommended Plan for the 8.5 
     square mile area component of the project. The managers also 
     agree to the Department's proposal to redirect $3,796,000 in 
     unexpended land acquisition funds appropriated originally for 
     the construction of the Modified Water Deliveries project, 
     but later transferred for land acquisition projects pursuant 
     to discretionary authority granted to the Secretary in Public 
     Law 103-219, for the Modified Water Deliveries Project. The 
     Modified Water Deliveries Project provides a base upon which 
     further hydrologic improvements for the park will be made in 
     the form of the proper quantity, quality, timing, and 
     distribution of water to the park as anticipated under the 
     Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.
       Language is also included in the bill, as proposed by the 
     Senate which prohibits Stateside land and water funds from 
     being used to establish a reserve or contingency fund.

                    United States Geological Survey


                 surveys, investigations, and research

       The conference agreement provides $862,046,000 for surveys, 
     investigations, and research instead of $816,676,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $848,396,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Changes to the House funding level for the national mapping 
     program include increases of $2,096,000 for uncontrollable 
     costs, $500,000 for the national atlas, and $3,400,000 for 
     Landsat operations, and a decrease of $100,000 for 
     hyperspectral remote sensing.
       Increases above the House for geologic hazards, resources 
     and processes include $4,296,000 for uncontrollable costs, 
     $1,000,000 for earthquake hazards, $250,000 for the Hawaiian 
     volcano program, $1,525,000 for minerals at risk, $475,000 
     for Yukon Flats geology surveys, $1,200,000 for the Nevada 
     gold study, $500,000 for geologic mapping, and $300,000 for 
     Lake Mead/Mojave research.
       Changes to the House level for water resources include 
     increases of $5,292,000 for uncontrollable costs, $1,370,000 
     for real time hazards, $300,000 for the Lake Champlain toxic 
     study, $450,000 for Hawaiian water monitoring, $2,000,000 for 
     the ground water program, and $300,000 for the Southern 
     Maryland aquifer study, and a decrease of $500,000 from the 
     Molokai well project.
       Increases above the House for biological research include 
     $3,177,000 for uncontrollable costs, $400,000 for the 
     cooperative research

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     units, $180,000 for a Yukon River chum salmon study, 
     $8,000,000 for science center funding, $500,000 for ballast 
     water research, $500,000 for sea otter research for the Fish 
     and Wildlife Service, $4,000,000 for the National Biological 
     Information Infrastructure and $750,000 for the continuation 
     of the Mark Twain National Forest mining study to be 
     accomplished in cooperation with the water resources division 
     and the Forest Service.
       The managers recognize the importance of the National 
     Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), which can 
     provide valuable information to assist private and 
     governmental entities in developing cost-effective responses 
     to problems of environmental pollution, natural disasters, 
     and many other issues. Therefore, the managers have provided 
     $4,000,000 to create NBII ``nodes'' to work in conjunction 
     with private and public partners to provide increased access 
     to and organization of information to address these and other 
     challenges. These funds are to be used to create a nationwide 
     network covering the following regions: Pacific Basin, 
     Hawaii, $350,000; Southwest, Texas, $1,000,000; Southern 
     Appalachian, Tennessee, $1,000,000; Pacific Northwest, 
     Washington, $200,000; Central Region, Ohio, $250,000; North 
     American Avian Conservation, Maryland, $200,000; Network 
     Standards and Technology, Colorado, $250,000; Fisheries Node, 
     Virginia and Pennsylvania, $400,000; California/Southwest 
     Ecosystems Node, California, $200,000; Greater Yellowstone 
     Ecosystem Node, Montana, $150,000.
       Increases above the House for science support include 
     $1,791,000 for uncontrollable costs. Increases above the 
     House for facilities include $1,418,000 for uncontrollable 
     costs.
       The managers have provided $500,000 to the Western 
     Fisheries Research Center to conduct a pilot project on the 
     pre- and post-treatment of ballast water for biological 
     activity. The center should develop a protocol for the 
     sampling/monitoring of discharge of exchanged ballast water; 
     develop an attainable standard for treated ballast water that 
     can be effectively monitored; evaluate the treatment 
     effectiveness; and develop and publish a report of the 
     project results.
       The managers have included an additional $500,000 for the 
     continued development of the National Geologic Map Data Base 
     as authorized by the National Geologic Mapping Act. With the 
     development of the prototype data base, the managers expect 
     the Survey to work with State geological surveys in 
     converting maps to digital format.
       The managers direct that within available funds, the 
     Leetown Science Center should begin to conduct drug 
     efficiency research. In addition, of the $920,000 earmarked 
     in Senate report 106-312 for the Leetown Science Center, 
     $300,000 is for engineering and design and $620,000 is for 
     the repair and rehabilitation of heating, ventilation, and 
     air conditioning and other activities outlined in the budget 
     request.
       Within the funds provided for the Biological Research 
     Division, the managers have earmarked $3,400,000 for mission-
     critical science support for the Fish and Wildlife Service 
     (FWS). The managers reiterate that these funds are for 
     research needs solely identified by FWS and, as such, are 
     provided to establish a parallel program similar to the 
     Natural Resources Preservation program in the National Park 
     Service.
       The managers support the expansion of the Gateway to the 
     Earth program to other organizations across the country as 
     provided in House report 106-646. Further, the managers 
     encourage the Ohio View consortium to provide leadership and 
     expertise to the new program participants.
       The managers have maintained funding for light distancing 
     and ranging (LIDAR) technology to assist with recovery of 
     Chinook Salmon and Summer Chum Salmon under the Endangered 
     Species Act. These funds should be used in Mason County, WA, 
     to contract for the continued mapping of drainage systems and 
     stream systems, and to identify potentially unstable slopes.
       The managers commend the progress the Survey has made to 
     date in increasing the use of private sector services in the 
     conduct of its work, as well as developing ongoing dialogue 
     with the private sector. The managers continue to encourage 
     that, where appropriate, the Survey make use of private 
     sector services in all areas including scientific research, 
     technical support, and administrative activities, to achieve 
     an appropriate balance to best meet the mission of the 
     Survey.
       The managers endorse the concept that the Department of the 
     Interior, as primary steward of the Nation's public lands, is 
     the appropriate agency to manage the Landsat program in 
     partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration. As such the managers have provided an 
     additional $3,400,000 for Landsat 7 operations.
       With respect to USGS at-cost pricing of Landsat 7 products, 
     as called for by the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992, 
     the managers realize that this creates a perception of 
     competition with private sector operators of remote-sensing 
     satellites. Therefore, the managers are pleased to learn that 
     the Survey has taken steps at the highest levels to improve 
     communication with the private sector and to work toward 
     mutually beneficial partnerships wherever feasible. The 
     managers urge the Survey to increase and sustain such 
     efforts.

                      Minerals Management Service


                royalty and offshore minerals management

       The conference agreement provides $133,410,000 for royalty 
     and offshore minerals management instead of $127,200,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $134,010,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The total amount available for this account is 
     $240,820,000, which includes $107,410,000 in offsetting 
     receipts, which offset partially the 2001 funding 
     requirements for the royalty and offshore minerals management 
     program.
       Changes to the House include an increase of $6,620,000 for 
     uncontrollable costs. In addition, the managers have agreed 
     to an increase in offsetting receipts of $410,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       The managers have modified language proposed by the House 
     for the continuation of the royalty-in-kind pilot programs. 
     The modification allows the Service to pay transportation not 
     only to wholesale market centers but also to upstream pooling 
     points.
       The managers have again provided $1,400,000 to the Offshore 
     Technology Research Center (OTRC) for research in support of 
     the Bureau's offshore minerals program. The managers expect 
     the full amount to be spent on the OTRC in College Station, 
     TX. The managers note that this research effort is to be a 
     cooperative one in which OTRC and MMS work together to 
     develop projects that meet the Bureau's critical research 
     needs, and the new technical, safety, and environmental 
     challenges the nation faces as offshore drilling moves into 
     deeper water. As such, OTRC is expected to work closely with 
     MMS to develop an appropriate list of projects that meet the 
     Bureau's critical research needs.
       Within the funds provided for royalty and offshore minerals 
     management, the managers have included $600,000 for the 
     Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology.


                           OIL SPILL RESEARCH

       The conference agreement provides $6,118,000 for oil spill 
     research as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


                       REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

       The conference agreement provides $100,801,000 for 
     regulation and technology as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $97,478,000 as proposed by the House. Funding for the 
     activities should follow the Senate recommendation. An 
     additional $275,000 is estimated to be available for use from 
     performance bond forfeitures.


                    ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

       The conference agreement provides $202,438,000 for the 
     abandoned mine reclamation fund instead of $197,873,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $201,438,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Funding for technology development, financial 
     management and executive direction should follow the Senate 
     recommended levels. The managers have also included the 
     Senate recommended funding level for the Appalachian Clean 
     Streams Initiative which increases the cap to $10,000,000. 
     The managers have also included the Senate proposed bill 
     language for minimum program States and bill language 
     included in previous years dealing with certain aspects of 
     the State of Maryland program. The conference agreement does 
     not provide the Senate recommended funding in this 
     appropriation for a reforestation demonstration in Kentucky 
     although funding for this activity is included in the Forest 
     Service, State and Private forestry appropriation. The 
     managers have also provided separate funding for the House 
     recommended program on priority abandoned mine reclamation 
     and acid mine remediation in the anthracite region of 
     Pennsylvania in the Title I general provisions.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

       The conference agreement provides $1,741,212,000 for the 
     operation of Indian programs instead of $1,657,446,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $1,704,620,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Increases above the House for tribal priority allocations 
     include $11,175,000 for uncontrollable costs, $5,000,000 for 
     the Indian self determination fund, $11,000,000 for the 
     housing improvement program $1,600,000 for general trust 
     revenues, $2,571,000 for real estate services, and $1,089,000 
     for real estate appraisals.
       Increases above the House for other recurring programs 
     include $10,910,000 for uncontrollable costs, $3,575,000 for 
     the FACE program, $2,925,000 for the model, therapeutic 
     residential $1,000,000 for administrative cost grants, 
     $500,000 for Alaska subsistence, $176,000 for the Reindeer 
     Herders Association, and $1,891,000 for the tribally 
     controlled community colleges.
       Increases above the above the House for non recurring 
     programs include $555,000 for uncontrollable costs, 
     $2,300,000 for real estates services, $1,000,000 for a 
     distance learning, telemedicine, fiber optic pilot program in 
     Montana, $146,000 for Alaska legal services, $200,000 for 
     forest inventory for the Uintah and Ouray tribes, and 
     $300,000 for a tribal guiding program in Alaska.
       Increases above the House for central office operations 
     include $727,000 for uncontrollable costs and $500,000 for 
     trust services.
       Increases above the House for regional office operations 
     include $899,000 for uncontrollable costs $1,400,000 for 
     general trust services, $2,500,000 for real estate services, 
     $1,040,000 for land title records, $1,000,000 for land record 
     improvements, and $500,000 for general trust services.

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       Increases above the House for special programs and pooled 
     overhead include $7,637,000 for uncontrollable costs, 
     $9,000,000 for the law enforcement initiative, and $650,000 
     for the Crownpoint Institute.
       The managers continue to support the Tribally Controlled 
     Community Colleges (TCCC) and the technical schools of United 
     Tribes Technical College (UTTC) and the Crownpoint Institute 
     of Technology (CIT). To understand better how the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations can further assist the 
     TCCCs and technical schools, the managers direct the TCCCs, 
     UTTC, and CIT to provide a report that describes the 
     programs and services of each institution. The report will 
     also include all sources of funding that support each 
     institution's operations and facilities, and the amount of 
     funding by source for the school's most recent fiscal 
     year, the past fiscal year, and any proposed program 
     expansion or changes in operations for the budget year. 
     This report should be submitted to the Bureau of Indian 
     Affairs by December 31st each year. The Bureau is directed 
     to provide a consolidated summary of the reports in 
     conjunction with its annual budget submission to the 
     Congress.
       The managers have provided $1,000,000 for the distance 
     learning project on the Crow, Fort Peck, and Northern 
     Cheyenne reservations. These funds are for a fiber optic 
     system to benefit these communities in a broad array of areas 
     from health care to education and will eventually provide 
     many new opportunities for reservation residents. The Rocky 
     Mountain Technology Foundation will oversee the expenditure 
     of these funds and is expected to provide a cost share to the 
     project using in-kind or monetary donations from private and 
     public sources. The Foundation is directed to provide an 
     annual report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The 
     report will describe the complete proposal for this Distance 
     Learning Project, its relationship to other similar projects, 
     and what has been accomplished to date with these funds.
       The managers have been informed that severe seepage may 
     occur when the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes complete the first 
     fill protocols on the reservation's newly renovated Washaki 
     Dam next spring. The managers direct the Bureau to assess the 
     condition of the dam by February 1, 2001, and determine 
     whether funds are needed to pro-actively address the 
     situation. If it is determined that funds are needed, the 
     Bureau should submit a reprogramming request if funds are 
     available.
       A number of concerns have been raised concerning whether 
     tribes have been complying with the Single Audit Act. To 
     address this potentially serious issue, the managers direct 
     the Department to report back to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations detailing to what extent tribes 
     in the lower 48 States, as well as those tribes in Alaska, 
     have been in compliance with the requirements of this Act. If 
     it is found that the tribes are not conforming with these 
     audit requirements, the Secretary shall provide 
     recommendations to the Committees that could be put in place 
     to ensure that tribes comply with the Single Audit Act.
       The managers have restored funding for the housing 
     improvement program as proposed by the Senate. The managers 
     direct the Bureau to maintain the current distribution of 
     funds between repair and rehabilitation and construction of 
     new housing stock.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       The conference agreement provides $357,404,000 for 
     construction instead of $184,404,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $341,004,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Increases above the House for education construction 
     include $395,000 for uncontrollable costs, $79,690,000 for 
     replacement school construction, $7,000,000 for a new tribal 
     school construction demonstration program as discussed below, 
     $5,000,000 for advance planning and design, $593,000 for 
     employee housing, and $80,109,000 for facilities improvement 
     and repair.
       Changes to the House for public safety and justice include 
     an increase of $4,000 for uncontrollable costs.
       Changes to the House for resources management include an 
     increase of $72,000 for uncontrollable costs.
       Changes to the House for general administration include an 
     increase of $137,000 for uncontrollable costs.
       The Administration's request for replacement school 
     construction assumed full funding for all school replacement 
     construction projects in the budget year based on guidance 
     from the Office of Management and Budget. The managers note 
     that the Lummi Tribal school was short funded by $8,400,000 
     in the President's budget. The managers have corrected this 
     error. The conference agreement provides full funding for the 
     next six schools on the BIA priority list.
       As mentioned above, the managers provide an additional 
     $7,000,000 to establish a new tribal school construction 
     demonstration program. This new program will allow tribes to 
     cost share 50 percent of the cost for replacement schools. 
     Under this new demonstration program the Secretary is 
     directed to give priority consideration to those tribes that 
     are on the BIA priority list for construction of a 
     replacement school.


 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO 
                                INDIANS

       The conference agreement provides $37,526,000 for Indian 
     land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments 
     to Indians instead of $34,026,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $35,276,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Increases above the House include $1,250,000 for Aleutian 
     Pribilof church repairs, which completes this program as 
     authorized, $50,000 for Walker River (Weber Dam), $200,000 
     for Pyramid Lake and $2,000,000 for the Great Lakes Fishing 
     Settlement.
       The managers understand that an agreement has finally been 
     reached between the tribes, the State of Michigan and the 
     Federal government in United States v. Michigan, Case No. 
     2:73 CV 26. Pursuant to the consent agreement entered by the 
     Court in this case, the managers provide $2,000,000 as part 
     of the Federal government's obligation. The managers direct 
     the Bureau to include the Great Lakes Fisheries settlement 
     agreement in its fiscal year 2002 budget request. The 
     managers intend to address the remaining Federal government 
     obligations under the consent agreement in the fiscal year 
     2002 appropriation.


                 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conference agreement provides $4,988,000 for the Indian 
     guaranteed loan program account as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $4,985,000 as proposed by the House.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       The managers have agreed to a technical change in language 
     relating to charter schools as proposed by the Senate.

                          Departmental Offices


                            INSULAR AFFAIRS

                       ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

       The conference agreement provides $75,471,000 for 
     assistance to territories, instead of $69,471,000 proposed by 
     the House and $68,471,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     managers have agreed to follow the funding levels proposed by 
     the House for the activities except additional funds which 
     have been provided for compact input in the technical 
     assistance activity. The managers have also included bill 
     language recommended by the House directing a $300,000 
     payment to the Virgin Islands for disaster assistance loans 
     and $700,000 for the Prior Service Benefits Fund. The 
     managers direct that funding for the Close-Up Foundation 
     activities should be maintained at least at the fiscal year 
     1999 level. The managers have added compact impact assistance 
     funding of $5,000,000 for Guam and $1,000,000 for the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Marian Islands.
       In fiscal year 1999, language was included in the 
     conference agreement concerning the withholding of American 
     Samoa construction funds in the amount of $2,000,000. These 
     funds were to be withheld until issues associated with unpaid 
     island medical bills were resolved. The managers understand 
     that the American Samoa government has taken significant 
     steps to address this problem and, therefore, direct the 
     Department to release these funds.


                      COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

       The conference agreement provides $20,745,000 for the 
     Compact of Free Association as proposed by the House instead 
     of $20,545,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                        DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $64,319,000 for salaries 
     and expenses for departmental management, instead of 
     $62,406,000 as proposed by the House and $64,019,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Funds should be distributed as 
     follows:

Departmental direction......................................$12,241,000
Management and coordination..................................23,798,000
Hearings and appeals..........................................8,288,000
Central services.............................................19,104,000
Bureau of Mines workers compensation/unemployment...............888,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total.....................................................$64,319,000

       Language is included in the bill directing that funds be 
     provided to Alaska Pacific University for development of an 
     ANILCA training curriculum as described in section 347 of the 
     Senate bill. Within the total for Departmental direction, 
     $300,000 is included to implement this provision.
       One of the highest priorities of the Department and the 
     managers has been reducing the backlog of maintenance needs 
     in the Department. Congress and the Department have worked 
     together to institute an aggressive Safe Visits to Public 
     Lands Initiative and thereby improve management and 
     accountability for the Department's infrastructure, and focus 
     maintenance and construction funding on the highest priority 
     health and safety and resource protection needs.
       The managers are pleased that the National Park Service has 
     made progress in developing a comprehensive maintenance 
     management system that will provide consistent and reliable 
     maintenance information tools for local staff to carry out 
     day-to-day maintenance of public assets efficiently as well 
     as to provide information to managers and Congress. To that 
     end, the managers have provided the requested funds to 
     continue this initiative.
       In addition, the Secretary is directed to work with the 
     Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Geological Survey, and 
     the Fish and Wildlife Service to evaluate the adoption and 
     implementation of the core system used by NPS. The Managers 
     believe that it is critical

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     that the Department coordinate the development and use of 
     consistent facilities management and condition assessment 
     systems Department-wide.

                        Office of the Solicitor


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $40,196,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the Office of the Solicitor as proposed by 
     the House instead of $39,206,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Funds should be distributed as follows:

Legal services..............................................$33,630,000
General administration........................................6,566,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total......................................................40,196,000

                      Office of Inspector General


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $27,846,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the Office of Inspector General as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $26,086,000 as proposed by the 
     House. Funds should be distributed as follows:

Audit.......................................................$15,809,000
Investigations................................................5,566,000
Administration................................................6,471,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total......................................................27,846,000

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians


                         FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

       The conference agreement provides $82,628,000 for Federal 
     trust programs as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $82,428,000 as proposed by the House.
       The managers have provided $27,600,000 in emergency 
     appropriations (in title V) to address trust fund reform 
     issues that could not be anticipated prior to the submission 
     of the fiscal year 2001 budget request. These funds will: 
     support work to address the breaches of trust identified in 
     the recent District Court decision; allow the government to 
     begin preparation for the second trial relating to an 
     accounting for Individual Indian Money Accounts (IIM); and 
     address critical trust fund reform shortfalls.
       The Department of the Interior has announced its intention 
     to explore the use of sampling as the best, most cost 
     effective approach to provide an accounting for IIM 
     beneficiaries. While the Indian Trust Fund Reform Act 
     contemplated that such an accounting would sometime occur, 
     the managers have been concerned for years about the 
     potential cost and effectiveness of any approach that might 
     be used. After investing $20 million over five years in a 
     tribal account reconciliation process, there has been no 
     resolution of issues surrounding tribal accounts. The cost 
     of a similar accounting for the approximately three 
     hundred thousand IIM account holders could conceivably 
     cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
       Therefore while approving the request to begin an IIM 
     sampling approach, the managers direct the Department to 
     develop a detailed plan for the sampling methodology it 
     adopts, its costs and benefits, and the degree of confidence 
     that can be placed on the likely results. This plan must be 
     provided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     prior to commencing a full sampling project. Finally, the 
     determination of the use of funds for sampling or any other 
     approach for reconciling a historical IIM accounting must be 
     done within the limits of funds made available by the 
     Congress for such purposes.
       Ultimately, the managers believe that resolution of the 
     long standing issues of the performance of the Department of 
     the Interior's management of Indian trusts is best worked out 
     through a negotiation and settlement process, and not by 
     spending millions of dollars for accountants to reconcile 
     relatively small sums of funds over decades. If the sampling 
     approach provides a reasonable basis for settlement of these 
     claims or can provide a basis for a greater level of 
     confidence on the part of beneficiaries about the past, this 
     investment will be useful. Given the tremendous needs in 
     Indian country for public services from education to health 
     care, the managers will be extremely judicious in allocating 
     funds for an historical accounting or sampling study.


                       INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION

       The conference agreement provides $9,000,000 for Indian 
     land consolidation programs instead of $5,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

           Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration


                NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

       The conference agreement provides $5,403,000 for the 
     natural resource damage assessment fund as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $5,374,000 as proposed by the House.

             General Provisions, Department of the Interior

       The conference agreement includes sections 101 through 112 
     and section 117 which were identical in both the House and 
     the Senate bills. These sections continue provisions carried 
     in past years.
       Section 113 retains the text of section 113 as proposed by 
     the House which makes permanent a provision permitting the 
     retention of rebates from credit card services for deposit to 
     the Department Working Capital Fund. Section 113 proposed by 
     the Senate continued the provision carried last year 
     providing the exemption for one year.
       Section 114 modifies the text of section 114 as proposed by 
     both the House and the Senate to make a technical correction 
     for funds transfer authority.
       Section 115 retains the text of section 115 as proposed by 
     the House which makes permanent a provision permitting the 
     retention of proceeds from agreements and leases at Fort 
     Baker, Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Section 115 
     proposed by the Senate continued the provision carried last 
     year providing the exemption for one year.
       Section 116 retains the language included in last year's 
     Interior Appropriations Act regarding grazing permit 
     extensions as proposed by the Senate. The House had identical 
     language with the exception of the use of the word ``may'' in 
     the House bill versus ``shall'' in the Senate bill.
       Section 118 retains the text of section 118 as proposed by 
     the House which permits the redistribution of Tribal Priority 
     Allocation and tribal base funds to alleviate funding 
     inequities. The Senate had no similar provision.
       Section 119 retains the text of section 119 as proposed by 
     the House which requires a written certification of 
     consistency from the Corps of Engineers prior to 
     establishment of a Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge in 
     Indiana and Illinois. This language is identical to that 
     included in last year's Interior Appropriations Act. The 
     Senate language on this issue required submission of a plan 
     consistent with an April 16, 1999 partnership agreement 
     between the Service and the Corps prior to refuge 
     establishment.
       Section 120 retains the text of section 120 as proposed by 
     the House which renames the Great Marsh Trail at the Mason 
     Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia the ``Joseph V. 
     Gartlan, Jr. Great Marsh Trail.'' The Senate had no similar 
     provision.
       Section 121 retains the text of section 121 as proposed by 
     the House and section 124 as proposed by the Senate which 
     continues a provision carried last year requiring the 
     allocation of Bureau of Indian Affairs postsecondary schools 
     funds consistent with unmet needs.
       Section 122 modifies the text of section 118 as proposed by 
     the Senate which prohibits distribution of Tribal Priority 
     Allocation (TPA) funds to tribes in the State of Alaska with 
     memberships of less than 25 individuals living in the village 
     and provides for the redistribution of funds that would have 
     been provided to such tribes. The modification adds the 
     requirement that at least 25 members reside in the service 
     area of any tribe which remains eligible to receive TPA 
     funding directly.
       Section 123 retains the text of section 120 as proposed by 
     the Senate which continues a provision carried last year 
     protecting lands at Huron Cemetery in Kansas for religious 
     and cultural uses and as a burial ground. The House had no 
     similar provision.
       Section 124 retains the text of section 121 as proposed by 
     the Senate which continues a provision carried last year 
     prohibiting the use of funds to transfer land into trust 
     status for the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Clark County, 
     Washington, until the tribe and the county reach agreement on 
     development issues. The House had no similar provision.
       Section 125 retains the text of section 122 as proposed by 
     the Senate, which continues a provision from last year's 
     Interior Appropriations Act with regard to two provisions in 
     Secretarial Order 3206 regarding Indian tribes and the 
     Endangered Species Act. The House had no similar provision.
       Section 126 retains the text of section 123 as proposed by 
     the Senate which continues a provision carried last year 
     prohibiting studies or implementation of a plan to drain Lake 
     Powell in Arizona and Utah. The House had no similar 
     provision.
       Section 127 retains the text of section 126 as proposed by 
     the Senate which permits the Secretary of the Interior to 
     retain and use land and other forms of reimbursement 
     associated with the previously authorized conveyance of the 
     Twin Cities Research Center for the benefit of the National 
     Wildlife Refuge System in Minnesota. The House had no similar 
     provision. This is a repetition of language included in last 
     year's Interior Appropriations Act.
       Section 128 retains the text of section 127 as proposed by 
     the Senate which protects historic rights associated with 
     pre-ANILCA entry permits. The House had no similar provision.
       Section 129 retains the text of section 128 as proposed by 
     the Senate which designates Anchorage, Alaska, as a port of 
     entry for purposes of the Endangered Species Act. The House 
     had no similar provision. Funding for operation of this port 
     of entry is included under the Fish and Wildlife Service 
     resource management account.
       Section 130 retains the text of section 129 as proposed by 
     the Senate which adjusts the boundaries of Sitka National 
     Historic Park in Alaska. The House had no similar provision.
       Section 131 makes technical changes to language proposed by 
     the Senate in section 130 regarding the treatment of proceeds 
     from certain lease sales in the National Petroleum Reserve-
     Alaska. The House had no similar provision.
       Section 132 retains the text of section 131 as proposed by 
     the Senate which conveys land in Alaska to Harvey R. Redmond. 
     The House had no similar provision.
       Section 133 modifies the text of section 132 as proposed by 
     the Senate, which clarifies the terms and conditions of a 
     land conveyance to Nye County, Nevada, which was authorized 
     in the FY 2000 Interior and Related

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     Agencies Appropriations Act. This section allows the County, 
     notwithstanding any provision of the Recreation and Public 
     Purposes Act, to lease the land to a non-profit organization, 
     so that the organization could then construct, own, and 
     operate the Nevada Science and Technology Center. The County 
     would retain title to the conveyed lands and the organization 
     would own the facilities, but could only build facilities for 
     public, non-commercial purposes. In effect, the lands would 
     still be used for a public function, consistent with the 
     purposes of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, but the 
     County would be contracting this function out to the non-
     profit organization.
       Section 134 modifies the text of section 133 as proposed by 
     the Senate which requires a land exchange regarding the 
     Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The House had no 
     similar provision. The modification extends the time period 
     by 60 days and specifies that the area in question is a 150 
     foot wide strip.
       Section 135 retains the text of section 134 as proposed by 
     the Senate which expresses the sense of the Senate regarding 
     repayment of Indian judgment claims. The House had no similar 
     provision.
       Section 136 provides authority for the Fish and Wildlife 
     Service to charge fees including, as appropriate, fees to 
     foreign countries for forensics services provided by the 
     National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Oregon. 
     These fees are to be retained for operational expenses of the 
     lab.
       Section 137 adjusts the boundaries of the Argus Wilderness 
     Area in California.
       Section 138 authorizes a land exchange in Washington 
     between the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Othello Housing 
     Authority.
       Section 139 continues a provision carried last year 
     providing contract authority regarding transportation at Zion 
     National Park in Utah.
       Section 140 authorizes the National Park Service to enter 
     into a cooperative agreement with the Golden Gate National 
     Parks Association to provide fee-based education, 
     interpretive and visitor service functions within the Crissy 
     Field and Fort Point areas of the Presidio.
       Section 141 names the visitor's center and administrative 
     building at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in 
     Virginia the ``Herbert H. Bateman Educational and 
     Administrative Center''.
       Section 142 allows the Bureau of Land Management to retain 
     revenues derived from the sale of surplus seedlings.
       Section 143 makes a technical change to P.L. 105-83 to 
     allow the completion of construction of the Cibecue Community 
     School in Arizona.
       Section 144 clarifies title conveyances of land transfers 
     related to abandoned railroad rights-of-way in Valley City, 
     ND.
       Section 145 authorizes the establishment of the First 
     Ladies National Historic Site in Canton, Ohio, to provide 
     unique opportunities for education and study into the impact 
     of first ladies on our nation's history.
       Section 146 authorizes the establishment of an interpretive 
     center in Springfield, Illinois, to preserve and make 
     available to the public materials related to the life of 
     President Abraham Lincoln.
       Section 147 authorizes the Palace of the Governors in New 
     Mexico.
       Section 148 authorizes the Southwestern Pennsylvania 
     Heritage Preservation Commission, which provides the region 
     with the ability to tell its nationally significant stories 
     to a broad audience.
       Section 149 renames the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation 
     Area in Ohio the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
       Section 150 authorizes the establishment of the National 
     Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, that 
     will house an interpretive center, museum, educational and 
     research facilities all dedicated to communicating the 
     importance of the quest for human freedom which provided the 
     foundation of the Underground Railroad.
       Section 151 provides for priority abandoned mine 
     reclamation and acid mine remediation activities. Funding of 
     $12,000,000 is provided to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
     for its large backlog in the anthracite region. Projects 
     should use the standard cost-sharing mechanisms of the 
     Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as 
     amended. These funds are derived from the portion of AML fees 
     allocated to the RAMP program and will not affect other 
     normal State allocations for abandoned mine reclamation. The 
     provision also provides $600,000 to continue a priority 
     demonstration project in Pennsylvania to determine the 
     efficacy of improving water quality by removing metals from 
     waters polluted by acid mine drainage.
       Section 152 provides for the use of previously appropriated 
     funds for the Nisqually Indian Tribe to acquire land for the 
     Nisqually NWR, WA, and to manage those lands for refuge 
     purposes.
       Section 153 establishes a cost-shared tribal school 
     construction program. This item is discussed in more detail 
     under the Bureau of Indian Affairs construction account.
       Section 154 permits the sale of improvements and equipment 
     at the White River Oil Shale Mine in Utah, and the retention 
     and use of those funds by the Bureau of Land Management and 
     the General Services Administration.
       Section 155 names the Blue Ridge Parkway headquarters 
     building the ``Gary E. Everhardt Headquarters Building''.
       Section 156 allows the Bureau of Land Management to 
     promulgate new hardrock mining regulations that are not 
     inconsistent with the National Research Council Report 
     entitled ``Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands.'' This provision 
     reinstates a requirement that was included in Public Law 106-
     113. In that Act, Congress authorized changes to the hardrock 
     mining regulations that are ``not inconsistent with'' the 
     Report. The statutory requirement was based on a consensus 
     reached among Committee Members and the Administration. On 
     December 8, 1999, the Interior Solicitor wrote an opinion 
     concluding that this requirement applies only to a few lines 
     of the Report, and that it imposes no significant 
     restrictions on the Bureau's rulemaking authority. The 
     Committee does not agree with the solicitor's opinion, and 
     does not intend the language in this section to constitute 
     any ratification of or agreement with that opinion.
       Section 157 authorizes the Wheeling National Heritage Area 
     in West Virginia.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the House in section 122 regarding National Park Service 
     construction in Florida and in section 123 regarding 
     limitations in Title III general provisions, and by the 
     Senate in section 125 regarding Caspian Tern nesting at Rice 
     Island. The managers however, note that they agree with the 
     House and Senate report language regarding Caspian terns.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       Department of Agriculture

                             Forest Service


                     FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

       The conference agreement provides $229,616,000 for forest 
     and rangeland research instead of $224,966,000 as proposed by 
     the House or $221,966,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     managers have agreed to the Senate proposal to direct 
     $1,400,000 to the Northeast ecosystem research cooperative 
     program and $250,000 to the University of Washington 
     silviculture effort at the Olympic Natural Resource Center. 
     The managers have also agreed with Senate direction 
     concerning funding levels for the wood utilization laboratory 
     in Sitka, AK, and for operations of the Forest Research 
     Laboratories located in Princeton, Parsons, and Morgantown, 
     WV, and funds for the CROP study on the Colville National 
     Forest, WA. The managers have provided funding for the U.S. 
     Geological Survey to study hydrological and biological 
     impacts of lead and zinc mining on the Mark Twain National 
     Forest, MO, rather than the Forest Service as was proposed by 
     the Senate. The managers have not agreed to the Senate 
     proposals to reduce funding for fixed costs or for a general 
     program reduction. The managers have included $3,000,000 in 
     funding for small diameter tree and low-value resource 
     research. The managers would support the Forest Service 
     looking for other additional funding for this latter effort. 
     The managers have not agreed to the Senate proposal to 
     increase funding in this account for the Forest Inventory and 
     Analysis program; however the managers have agreed to the 
     House proposal to provide $5,000,000 in new funding for this 
     program within the State and private forestry program. The 
     managers expect that given the additional money provided in 
     the State and private forestry account on a matching basis 
     the research program will attempt to adjust, to the extent 
     practicable, its funding allocations to address the needs of 
     States which are unable to meet this matching requirement. 
     The managers direct the Forest Service to provide total 
     operational funding of $750,000 to the Rapid City, SD, lab; 
     the funds and the funding increase above the fiscal year 2000 
     level should come out of the national allocation and should 
     be used to hire a range scientist to work on invasive plants 
     and other range ecology and management issues. The conference 
     agreement does not include a special allocation recommended 
     by the Senate for small diameter research at the Princeton, 
     WV, lab nor are new funds provided for the Northern Forest 
     Research Cooperative, although the managers would support 
     both of these efforts if additional funding became available. 
     The managers direct the Forest Service to provide $502,000 in 
     appropriated funds for the Wind River canopy crane, WA.


                       STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

       The conference agreement provides $250,955,000 for State 
     and private forestry instead of $197,337,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $226,266,000 as proposed by the Senate. These 
     funds include $12,500,000 as contingent emergency funds for 
     priority pest management on Federal, State and private lands. 
     These funds were not included in the House or Senate bills, 
     nor in the Administration request. These funds should assist 
     efforts to combat a variety of pests, including southern pine 
     beetle, gypsy moth, bark beetle, Douglas-fir tussock moth, 
     and several fungal pests.
       The agreement provides non-emergency funding of $41,383,000 
     for Federal lands forest health management and $22,561,000 
     for cooperative lands forest health management. The managers 
     have agreed to the House proposal on Asian long-horn beetle 
     work in urban areas and the Senate proposal for the Vermont 
     forest cooperative. The managers direct the Forest Service to 
     keep the insect and disease maps up-to-date and publicly 
     available, such as on the agency web-site, and submit them to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations annually.
       The conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for State 
     fire assistance as recommended by the House. Additional 
     priority

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     emergency funds for State and volunteer assistance are 
     included in title IV. The managers have agreed to redirect 
     the Senate proposal for Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK, 
     assistance to the emergency wildfire management provisions 
     included in title IV. The managers have not included the 
     Senate proposal for a special allocation for Kentucky though 
     the additional funds provided in title IV may assist these 
     needs. The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for 
     volunteer fire assistance as recommended by both the House 
     and the Senate; this is more than double the administration 
     request. The managers do not agree to the Senate report 
     language concerning volunteer fire assistance allocations and 
     fuel loads.
       The conference agreement includes $32,854,000 for forest 
     stewardship instead of $31,454,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $30,454,000 as proposed by the Senate. This funding 
     includes the House proposed funding for the New York City 
     watershed and the Senate proposed funding for Utah technical 
     education and State of Washington stewardship activities. The 
     managers have also added an additional $750,000 for an update 
     of the cooperative study on the New York-New Jersey highlands 
     area.
       The conference agreement includes $30,000,000 for the 
     forest legacy program as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $10,000,000 proposed by the House. The managers agree to the 
     Senate proposal of directing $1,400,000 to the Ossippee 
     Mountain conservation, easement NH, and also to direct no 
     less than $2,000,000 to the Great Mountain, CT, easement, and 
     no less than $2,000,000 for the West Branch, ME, project. The 
     managers also acknowledge the importance of forest protection 
     in South Carolina and encourage the Forest Service to work 
     with the appropriate State agencies to ensure continuation of 
     these much needed protections.
       The conference agreement includes $31,721,000 for the urban 
     and community forestry program instead of $31,521,000 
     proposed by the House and $31,021,000 proposed by the Senate. 
     The managers agree to the House proposal for the NE 
     Pennsylvania forestry program and the Senate proposal for the 
     Chicago, IL, wilderness program. In addition, the managers 
     agree to provide $500,000 for cooperative activities in 
     Forest Park in St. Louis, MO, and to a general reduction 
     below the House proposed level of $1,000,000. The managers do 
     not agree to the Senate direction concerning the funding 
     allocation process or State funding limits for the urban and 
     community forestry program. The managers have modified bill 
     language proposed by the House concerning the urban resources 
     partnership. The conference agreement maintains a one-year 
     moratorium on funding this program, but the managers 
     encourage funding of inner-city activities through the normal 
     urban and forestry competitive grants program. The managers 
     await communication from the Inspector General's office 
     regarding any progress in this area and hope that the Forest 
     Service can rectify the many concerns published by the 
     Inspector General.
       The conference agreement includes the following 
     distribution of funds for the economic action programs:


        Economic Action Programs                             Conference
Project:
  Economic recovery base program.............................$3,642,000
  Rural development base program..............................2,192,000
  NE & Midwest allocation.....................................2,500,000
  Forest Prod. Cons. & Recycling..............................1,080,000
  Wood in transportation........................................922,000
Special Projects:
  4 Corners forestry..........................................1,000,000
  Graham County, NC econ. Plan...................................10,000
  Hawaii training...............................................200,000
  NY City watershed rural development...........................300,000
  NY City watershed enhancement.................................500,000
  Brevard College, NC Cradle of Forestry........................300,000
  Mosier beach, Col. Riv Gorge NSA..............................500,000
  Lake Tahoe erosion grants (CA, NV)..........................2,000,000
  Univ. of WA landscape ecology.................................300,000
  Travelers' Rest-Lewis & Clark Trail, MT.......................500,000
  Grand Canyon Forests Foundation, AZ.................................0
  Wind River-Skamania County, WA................................200,000
  Ketchikan Wood Tech Center et al, AK..........................750,000
  Envi Sci-Public Policy Research Inst, ID............................0
  Michigan St. Univ. Victor Center..............................150,000
  Kiln facilities, AK.........................................2,000,000
  Sealaska Corp ethanol biomass, AK...........................2,000,000
  Wood educ. & resource center (WV)...........................2,500,000
  Little Applegate river, OR....................................500,000
  State of KY reforestation on mine lands.....................1,000,000
  NC recreational lake economic study............................40,000
  United Fisherman of AK ed prog................................250,000
  Kake land exchange, AK......................................5,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total....................................................30,336,000

       The conference agreement provides $250,000 in a direct lump 
     sum payment for the United Fisherman of Alaska to implement 
     an educational program to deal with subsistence management 
     and other fisheries issues; these funds may not be used for 
     any lobbying activities affecting Federal or State 
     regulations or legislation. While the managers have fully 
     funded the base operating budget for the Wood Education and 
     Resource Center, the managers encourage the Center's efforts 
     to generate income and hope that such income can be used to 
     offset operating expenses in the near future. The managers 
     have also included $5,000,000 to assist a land transfer for 
     Kake, AK; these funds are contingent upon an authorization 
     bill being enacted. The conference agreement also includes 
     $2,000,000 to cost-share kiln-drying facilities in southeast 
     and south-central Alaska. The managers expect that the funds 
     provided for reforestation on abandoned mine lands in 
     Kentucky are to be matched with funds provided in this bill 
     to the Department of Energy for carbon sequestration 
     research, as well as other non-federal funds.
       The conference agreement includes $9,600,000 for Pacific 
     Northwest Assistance instead of $6,822,000 proposed by the 
     House and $9,880,000 proposed by the Senate. This funding 
     includes Senate-proposed allocations of $900,000 for the 
     University of Washington and Washington State University 
     extension forestry effort and $1,878,000 for Columbia River 
     Gorge economic development in the States of Washington and 
     Oregon. The agreement does not include funding proposed by 
     the Senate concerning payments for counties in the Columbia 
     River Gorge because the managers understand that there are 
     significant unobligated balances available for this purpose 
     which are more than enough to meet the needs for this fiscal 
     year. The managers expect to be informed if additional funds 
     are necessary.
       The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for forest 
     resource information and analysis as proposed by the House; 
     the Senate had no similar provision. This funding should aid 
     the forest inventory and analysis program as directed by the 
     House by enhancing cooperation with the States. The 
     conference agreement also includes $5,000,000 for the 
     International program as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $4,500,000 proposed by the House.


                         national forest system

       The conference agreement provides $1,280,693,000 for the 
     National forest system instead of $1,207,545,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $1,232,814,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Funds should be distributed as follows:

Land Management Planning....................................$68,907,000
Inventory and Monitoring....................................163,852,000
Vegetation & watershed management...........................182,034,000
Wildlife & Fish habitat Management..........................129,028,000
Recreation, Heritage & wilderness...........................230,270,000
Forest Products.............................................255,844,000
Grazing Management...........................................33,856,000
Landownership Management.....................................86,609,000
Minerals and Geology Management..............................47,945,000
Law Enforcement Operations...................................74,358,000
Quincy Library Group, CA......................................2,000,000
Valles Caldera, NM operations...................................990,000
Tongass timber pipeline, AK...................................5,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total.................................................1,280,693,000

       The managers have modified language contained in the Senate 
     report regarding limiting the size of the land management 
     planning and inventory and monitoring expenditures in the 
     Washington Office as well as language specific to the Natural 
     Resource Information System. The managers concur that funds 
     used for National Commitments and other headquarters 
     expenditures are excessive. The managers expect priority for 
     funding allocations in these budget line items to emphasize 
     field efforts to revise, maintain, and amend forest plans and 
     for conducting appropriate inventory and monitoring 
     activities at the field level in order to assure multiple use 
     management on national forest lands. Technology investments 
     that support these activities should be pursued over a 
     timeframe that minimizes impacts on accomplishing field level 
     work. The managers note the potential benefits of the Natural 
     Resource Information system and encourage its continued 
     development and implementation. The managers expect a 
     thorough agency review to assure this system is consistent 
     with strategic objectives. This review should assess the 
     effectiveness of implementation that results in efficient 
     management of information through the use of standardized 
     methods of collecting and using data to evaluate natural 
     resource conditions on National Forest System lands.
       The conference agreement includes the following 
     congressional priorities in the vegetation and watershed 
     management activity: $300,000 for the CROP project on the 
     Colville NF, WA; $1,000,000 for acid mine clean-up on the 
     Wayne NF, OH; $360,000 for the Rubio Canyon waterline 
     analysis on the Angeles NF, CA; $1,500,000 increase for 
     aquatic restoration in Washington and Oregon; $1,250,000 
     increase for Lake Tahoe watershed protection; and $300,000 
     for invasive weed programs

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     on the Okanogan NF and other eastern Washington national 
     forests with no more than five percent of these funds to be 
     assessed as indirect costs. The wildlife and fisheries 
     habitat funding includes $200,000 proposed by the Senate for 
     the Batten Kill River, VT, project; the Alaska State payment 
     proposed by the Senate is not funded and the funding for the 
     Little Applegate project, OR is included in the State and 
     private forestry account. The recreation, heritage and 
     wilderness activity includes: $700,000 for operations of the 
     Continental Divide trail; $100,000 for the Monongahela 
     Institute effort at Seneca Rocks, WV; $120,000 for the 
     Monongahela NF, Cheat Mountain assessment, WV; $100,000 for 
     cooperative recreational site planning on the Wayne NF, OH; 
     $100,000 for cooperative efforts regarding radios for use at 
     Tuckerman's Ravine on the White Mountain NF, NH; and $68,000 
     for the Talimena scenic byway which the Senate had included 
     in the vegetation management activity. The managers direct 
     the Forest Service to conduct a feasibility study on 
     constructing a recreational lake on the Bienville NF in 
     Smith County, MS. The managers agree to the House report 
     direction concerning national scenic and historic trails 
     and Region 5 grazing monitoring. The managers do not agree 
     to the Senate report direction concerning allocation of 
     funds for the Washington office and national commitments 
     in the inventory and monitoring activity or the land 
     management planning activity. The forest products activity 
     includes $700,000 proposed by the Senate for the State of 
     Alaska to monitor log transfer facilities as well as the 
     $790,000 proposed by the Senate for forestry treatments on 
     the Apache-Sitgreaves NF, AZ. The House proposal for 
     $250,000 for a Pacific Crest trail lands team is funded. 
     The managers have added $500,000 to the law enforcement 
     activity for the special needs caused by methamphetamine 
     dumps and $500,000 for special needs on the Pisgah and 
     Nantahala NFs. The conference agreement also includes 
     additional funds for Senate proposals of $2,000,000 for 
     the Quincy Library Group project, CA, $5,000,000 for 
     Tongass NF, AK, timber pipeline, and $990,000 for Valles 
     Caldera, NM, management.
       The managers have provided $255,844,000, an increase of 
     $10,700,000 above the House and $10,000,000 above the Senate 
     for the forest products activity. The total funds provided 
     for the timber sales program in combination with the increase 
     provided for engineering support within the capital 
     improvement and maintenance appropriation should be more than 
     sufficient to attain the 3.6 billion board foot offer level 
     using the agency's own unit cost estimates. Accordingly, the 
     managers urge the agency to offer no less than 3.6 billion 
     board feet for sale in fiscal year 2001. The conference 
     agreement does not include bill language proposed by the 
     Senate concerning mandatory reprogramming of funds to attain 
     the Congressionally directed sale offer level.
       The managers have included an additional $500,000 in the 
     minerals and geology management activity to support necessary 
     administrative duties related to the Kensington Mine in 
     southeast Alaska, including completion of a supplemental 
     environmental impact statement.
       The managers are generally pleased with the Land Between 
     the Lakes National Recreation Area management transition from 
     the Tennessee Valley Authority to the Forest Service. The 
     managers direct the administration to use the environmental 
     education trust fund established in the authorization of this 
     area strictly for the authorized purposes and not for general 
     operations of the NRA.


                        wildland fire management

       The conference agreement provides $1,265,129,000 for 
     wildland fire management instead of $618,343,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $767,629,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     managers note that this funding total includes $426,000,000 
     in contingent emergency appropriations which will repay 
     previously advanced sums as well as establish an available 
     contingency fund for future emergencies. This emergency 
     contingency funding includes the $150,000,000 in the Senate 
     passed bill as well as $276,000,000 recommended in the 
     Administration's wildfire report. The managers have also 
     addressed other priority wildfire needs in title IV where an 
     additional $619,274,000 for the Forest Service is provided 
     for a variety of emergency needs. The managers have not 
     included additional funds above the request for acquisition 
     of a high band radio system at the Monogahela NF, WV, as 
     proposed by the Senate because funds for this project were 
     included in the request.
       The following discussion includes instructions pertaining 
     both to the title II funds as well the Title IV funds 
     provided for the Forest Service.
       The managers recognize that the severity of the 2000 fire 
     season is attributable to a combination of unusual weather 
     conditions and accumulated wildland fuels that overwhelmed 
     available Federal agency resources. To prepare better for 
     fires in 2001 and beyond, the managers propose significant 
     improvements to preparedness, fuels treatments, and other 
     aspects of fire management. The managers expect the agencies 
     to work closely with States and local communities to maximize 
     benefits to the environment and to local communities.
       The conference agreement has responded to special needs and 
     the Administration's recent wildfire report with additional 
     funding here and in title IV for additional emergency funds. 
     The conference agreement includes funding for all of the 
     Administration's supplemental request as well as strategic 
     enhancements for certain priority activities. Overall, for 
     the Forest Service, the managers provide $1,884,403,000 to 
     fund: repayment of previously advanced funds, additional 
     wildfire suppression activities; the agency's revised 
     calculation for normal year readiness; certain one-time 
     improvements to preparedness capability; an expanded fuels 
     treatment program that places primary emphasis on 
     community protection; stabilization, rehabilitation, and 
     restoration of burned areas; assistance to State and local 
     governments for enhanced protection of communities; 
     control and eradication of invasive species; development 
     of new technologies and businesses to economically harvest 
     small diameter forest products; and community assistance 
     programs that may be used to develop local capability and 
     homeowner education. The managers have funded 
     $1,045,274,000 as ``emergency'', including $426,000,000 in 
     title II to ensure that adequate funds are immediately 
     available if needed to fund suppression activities in 
     fiscal year 2001, and to repay funds borrowed from agency 
     trust funds during the fiscal year 2000 season. The 
     remaining $619,274,000 in emergency funding is included in 
     title IV for a variety of items needed to protect lands 
     and communities.
       The managers strongly believe this FY 2001 funding will 
     only be of value in increasing the Nation's firefighting 
     capability and ability to protect communities if it is 
     sustained in future years. Accordingly, the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations expect that the fiscal year 2002 
     budget request will continue initiatives begun under this 
     appropriation that ensure a significant commitment to these 
     programs. The managers also direct the Departments of the 
     Interior and Agriculture to continue to work together to 
     formulate complementary budget requests that reflect the same 
     principles and budget organization. In addition, the managers 
     expect the agencies to seek the advice of governors, and 
     local and tribal government representatives in setting 
     priorities for fuels treatments, burned area rehabilitation, 
     and public outreach and education.

                           Fire preparedness

       For fire preparedness, the managers provide $612,490,000, 
     $208,147,000 above the initial request and $204,147,000 above 
     the House passed level. This funding includes $574,890,000 to 
     enhance wildfire readiness by attaining a most efficient 
     level of 100 percent, $4,000,000 for joint fire sciences, 
     $12,000,000 for the development of new systems and 
     technology, and $17,000,000 to restructure the agency 
     workforce to respond better to future fire preparedness, 
     operations, and suppression needs. In addition, $600,000 is 
     provided for cooperative research and technology development 
     between Federal fire research and fire management agencies 
     and the University of Montana National Center for Landscape 
     Fire Analysis. These activities should be funded through 
     normal Joint Fire Science Program peer review procedures and 
     focus on developing remote sensing and other landscape scale 
     applications for fire management in areas of fuel mapping, 
     fire and smoke monitoring, and fire modeling and prediction 
     in order to support and enhance existing efforts in these 
     areas by the Forest Service, Department of the Interior, 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration, universities, 
     and other agency researchers and collaborators.
       The managers understand that the increased scope and 
     intensity of the 1999 and 2000 fire seasons, as well as the 
     increased frequency and severity of fires over the preceding 
     decade, have led Federal fire managers to reassess the 
     assumptions underlying an average fire season. Variables, 
     addressed in the Administration's Report on Managing Impacts 
     of Wildfires on Communities and the Environment, including 
     changing assumptions about fire personnel, deployment 
     strategies, duration of the average fire season, needs for 
     new technologies for rapid response, coordinated response 
     needs with State and local agencies, and other factors, will 
     require a major adjustment in funding strategies for the 
     preparedness program. The managers expect future budget 
     requests for this line item will reflect this new level of 
     agency preparedness.
       The managers concur that initial attack capability should 
     be increased to address the number and severity of fires that 
     have burned the landscape over the past few years and have 
     included full funding for approximately: 2,800 additional 
     firefighters, 412 engines, and other resources necessary to 
     achieve a 100 percent most efficient level.
       Within the funds provided is $17,000,000 to facilitate 
     restructuring of the agency's firefighting workforce. The 
     managers concur with recommendations for conversion of 
     temporary seasonal employees to permanent seasonal status in 
     order to encourage workforce retention. The managers expect 
     the Departments to devote resources necessary to increase 
     staffing for engines from the current level of five days a 
     week to seven days a week to combat increasingly volatile 
     fire seasons. Additionally the managers support agency plans 
     to increase potentially permanent staffing by approximately 
     500 to respond to projected retirements and other changes in 
     the workforce.
       The managers support an acceleration of research activities 
     and expanded emphasis for the Joint Fire Science Program and 
     have

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     provided an additional $4,000,000, respectively, to the 
     Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to support the 
     recommendations regarding scientific support for fuels 
     treatments and other programs contained in the report to the 
     President. These funds are in addition to the $4,000,000 
     provided for each agency as part of the Administration's 
     original budget request. The funds provided are to be used 
     for such efforts as increased rapid response projects to 
     assure necessary resources are available for testing and 
     evaluation of post-fire rehabilitation, assessment of post-
     fire and fire behavior effects, use of aircraft-based remote 
     sensing operations, implementation of protocols for 
     evaluating post-fire stabilization and rehabilitation, and 
     the development of effective means for collecting and 
     disseminating information about treatment techniques. The 
     managers expect the increased funds to be made available to 
     the Joint Fire Science activities of the Departments for the 
     direct benefit of fire management programs, including burned 
     area rehabilitation.
       The managers expect the Joint Fire Sciences Governing Board 
     to make a significant portion of the increased funds directly 
     available to the fire management programs of the Agriculture 
     and Interior Departments to fund projects that directly 
     address locally and regionally important science and 
     technology needs associated with fire management and 
     suppression, fuels management, and post-fire rehabilitation. 
     The managers further expect the Departments to assure that 
     these programs are implemented within existing structures 
     with a minimum of new program management or other overhead 
     activities that might reduce the direct benefit of funds 
     provided. The January 1998 Joint Fire Science Plan developed 
     by the two Departments and submitted to the Congress included 
     provisions for a Stakeholder Advisory Group of technical 
     experts from land management organizations, private industry, 
     academia, other Federal agencies, and the public to formulate 
     recommendations for program priorities and advise the Joint 
     Fire Science Program Governing Board. This Group is to be 
     established under the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
     Committee Act. The managers are concerned that nearly three 
     years have passed without establishment of this group. The 
     managers direct the Secretaries to establish the group by 
     December 31, 2000.
       In addition to funds provided for the Joint Fire Sciences 
     Program, $12,000,000 is provided for development of systems 
     to support financial and logistic support to fire operations 
     and technologies to support such activities as fire 
     management planning, additional research for measurement, 
     technology transfer, and remote sensing, and funds for 
     improving and validating models for fire weather, fire 
     hazard, behavior, emissions and smoke dispersion.
     Fire operations
       The conference agreement provides $226,639,000 for fire 
     operations in the normal title II non-emergency program, 
     which is $16,639,000 above the House passed level and 
     $10,610,000 above the original Administration request. This 
     funding includes $141,029,000 for wildfire suppression 
     activities and $85,610,000 for the non-emergency hazardous 
     fuels program. The conference agreement provides for the 
     following Congressional priorities within the hazardous fuels 
     program: $263,000 for Apache-Sitgreaves NF, AZ, urban 
     interface; $1,000,000 for the Quincy Library Group project, 
     CA; $6,947,000 for windstorm damage in Minnesota; $1,500,000 
     for the Lake Tahoe basin; and $2,400,000 for work on the 
     Giant Sequoia National Monument and Sequoia National Forests. 
     The managers have also provided $426,000,000 in title II as 
     an emergency contingent appropriation for future emergency 
     fire suppression needs and for repayment of funds borrowed 
     from agency trust funds in fiscal year 2000.
       The conference agreement also provides $619,274,000 in 
     emergency funds for wildfire operations in title IV for a 
     variety of needs including: $179,000,000 in additional funds 
     to cover annual suppression costs based on the ten-year 
     average; $120,000,000 in additional funds for hazardous fuels 
     reduction; $142,000,000 for rehabilitation and restoration of 
     burned areas; $16,000,000 to support wildfire related 
     research and development; $44,000,000 for immediate 
     reconstruction of severely deficient wildfire facilities; 
     $50,494,000 for State fire assistance to support State and 
     local fire readiness and fuel treatment activities; 
     $8,280,000 in additional funds for priority volunteer fire 
     assistance; $12,000,000 in additional funds for forest health 
     treatments to help control and eradicate invasive species; 
     $12,500,000 in additional funds for priority projects and 
     incentives for economic use of small diameter forest 
     products; and $35,000,000 for community and private land fire 
     assistance.
       The funding included in title IV, fire operations for 
     hazardous fuels management activities is $25,000,000 above 
     the level included in the Administration's wildfire report; 
     the total includes $11,500,000 for analysis, monitoring and 
     planning activities. The managers direct that the increased 
     funding provided be dedicated to projects within the 
     wildland-urban interface on Federal lands or adjacent non-
     Federal lands. These funds are to support activities 
     necessary to reduce the risks and consequences of wildfire, 
     both in and around communities and in wildland areas. 
     Treatment methods include application of prescribed fire, 
     mechanical removal, mulching, and application of chemicals. 
     In many areas a combination of these methods will be 
     necessary over a period of several years to reduce risks and 
     to maintain healthy and viable forests and rangelands. The 
     increased funding included in this appropriation will expand 
     the existing fuels management program to reduce risks to 
     communities and natural resources in high-risk areas. The 
     managers understand that fuels treatment accomplishments have 
     been constrained by lack of funding to conduct planning, 
     assessments, clearances, consultation, and environmental 
     analyses necessary for the land management and regulatory 
     agencies to ensure that fuels treatments are accomplished 
     quickly and in an environmentally sound manner. In conducting 
     treatments, local contract personnel are to be used wherever 
     possible. The managers expect the agency to show planned and 
     actual funding and accomplishments for fuels management 
     activities in future budget requests to Congress. The 
     managers understand that actual amounts may differ from 
     planned levels. The managers expect the agencies to work 
     closely with States and local communities in implementing 
     this program in an effective and efficient manner.
       The managers intend that $15 million of the additional 
     funding provided for fuels reduction in title IV be used to 
     carry out and implement the Quincy Library Group plan. This 
     will be in addition to other funding appropriated in title 
     II.
       The managers have included $142,000,000 within wildfire 
     operations for rehabilitation and restoration; this is 
     $97,000,000 above the total in the Administration's wildfire 
     report. These funds are needed for priority burned area 
     rehabilitation and restoration to address short term and 
     longer term detrimental consequences of wildfires. The 
     managers are disturbed that the Administration failed to 
     propose sufficient funding for this activity in view of the 
     catastrophic damage which occurred in burned areas. 
     Accordingly, a total of $142,000,000 for restoration 
     activities is provided. The managers note that wildland fires 
     burning at the right times and places, and under the right 
     burning conditions, are beneficial or even essential to the 
     health of forests and rangelands. However, some severe 
     wildfires can trigger a wide array of detrimental impacts, 
     ranging from short-term floods, debris flow, and loss of 
     water quality to longer-term invasion by non-native species 
     and loss of productivity of the land. The increased funding 
     for burned area rehabilitation and restoration is designed to 
     prevent further degradation of resources following wildland 
     fire through (1) short-term stabilization and rehabilitation 
     activities to protect life and property, protect municipal 
     watersheds, and prevent unacceptable degradation of critical 
     natural and cultural resources, and (2) longer-term 
     restoration activities to repair and improve lands unlikely 
     to recover naturally from severe fire damage. The managers 
     direct the agencies to develop a long-term program to manage 
     and supply native plant materials for use in various Federal 
     land management restoration and rehabilitation needs. The 
     managers recommend that the interagency native plant 
     conservation initiative lead this effort.
       Long-term monitoring of treatment effectiveness and 
     dissemination of results are essential components of 
     successful restoration in order to develop better treatment 
     plans for future fires. Longer-term projects may include 
     replacement and repair of facilities or reforestation 
     activities if such facilities or reforestation is part of a 
     previously approved land management plan. The managers expect 
     that funding for these activities will be available from this 
     appropriation only concurrent with this emergency situation 
     and in the future will be requested within the agency's 
     existing budget structure. In conducting rehabilitation and 
     restoration activities, local contract personnel should be 
     used wherever possible. The managers expect the agency to 
     show planned and actual funding and accomplishments for 
     stabilization and rehabilitation activities in future budget 
     requests to Congress. The managers understand that actual 
     amounts may differ from planned levels, and agree that the 
     agencies have the ability to fund additional projects and 
     amounts based on actual needs. The managers direct the 
     Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to report to the 
     House and Senate Appropriations Committees, by December 1, 
     2000, on criteria for restoration projects to be funded from 
     this appropriation.
       The managers have provided funds for emergency 
     reconstruction and maintenance of the agency's rapidly 
     deteriorating fire facilities. The managers note that the 
     Administration failed to request adequate funding to support 
     these critical infrastructure needs. Accordingly, the 
     managers have included on a one-time basis, $44,000,000 for 
     this purpose. Included in the amount is $12,000,000 for 
     reconstruction and repair of air tanker bases and $32,000,000 
     for reconstruction and repair of additional fire related 
     facilities. The managers direct that the fiscal year 2002 
     budget justification contain an exhibit which shows project 
     specific information on the accomplishments with these funds. 
     The managers have provided funding for these activities from 
     this appropriation only concurrent with this emergency 
     situation. In the future the managers expect the agency to 
     request such funds within the agency's existing budget 
     structure.
       Within the title IV funding for fire operations, the 
     managers have included

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     $16,000,000 to support basic and applied wildfire related 
     research and development. Funding is provided for such 
     activities as developing new strategies to reduce fuels in 
     wildland urban interface areas, improve capability to 
     monitor, predict, prevent and decrease invasive species in 
     burned areas, study impacts of alternative fire regimes and 
     management activities, and study the interactions between 
     fire, land management treatments and other disturbances. The 
     managers have provided funding for these activities from this 
     appropriation only concurrent with this emergency situation. 
     In the future the managers expect the agency to request such 
     funds within the agency's existing budget structure.
       The managers have provided $118,274,000 within title IV for 
     emergency activities consistent with the authorizations the 
     agency has to support State and private forestry programs. 
     The managers have provided funding for these activities from 
     this appropriation only concurrent with this emergency 
     situation and in the future expect the agency to request such 
     funds within the agency's existing budget structure.
       The managers concur that effective management of fire 
     related issues in the wildland urban interface requires 
     strong commitment and resources from State, tribal, and local 
     governments. Fire readiness capability must be on an equal 
     par between State, local and Federal organizations, including 
     availability of resources, adequacy of planning, and 
     commitment to training. Of the amount provided for State and 
     private related activities, $50,494,000 is designated for 
     State fire assistance, including support for the FIREWISE 
     program and the use of cost share incentives. The managers 
     expect cost sharing incentives to use one-to-one cost 
     sharing, not three-to-one Federal to State as recommended by 
     the Administration. Of the State fire assistance funding, 
     $7,500,000 is a direct lump sum payment to the Kenai 
     Peninsula Borough to complete the activities outlined in the 
     spruce bark beetle task force action plan. Ten percent of 
     these funds shall be made available to the Cook Inlet Tribal 
     Council for reforestation on Native inholdings and Federal 
     lands identified by the task force. In order to improve the 
     ability of rural volunteer fire fighting departments to 
     respond to wildfire, the managers have provided $8,280,000 
     within funds designated for State and private type activities 
     to improve the capability and readiness of these critical 
     front line firefighting resources. The managers note that 
     this funding, coupled with the $5,000,000 provided for 
     volunteer fire assistance in title II, equals the 
     Administration's request for these activities.
       The managers have included $59,500,000 in title IV within 
     funds provided for other State and private type activities; 
     this includes $12,000,000 for the management and control of 
     invasive species in cooperation with State and tribal 
     governments; $12,500,000 to provide technical and financial 
     assistance through the development and expansion of markets 
     for traditionally underutilized wood products to enhance 
     utilization of materials removed during hazardous fuels 
     management activities; and $35,000,000 for community and 
     private land fire assistance.
       The community and private land fire assistance funds are 
     provided because the managers recognize the serious impacts 
     of wildfires on State and private lands. These funds are 
     additional funds beyond the Administration's request for 
     programs which assist State and private groups in addressing 
     damage caused by fire. This additional $35,000,000 for 
     community and private land fire assistance should be 
     allocated primarily to Western States such as Montana and 
     Idaho which have had the most severe fire damage. The 
     managers are particularly concerned that many miles of 
     fencing in Montana were burned and the Departments of 
     Agriculture and of the Interior have generally only 
     reimbursed persons who have constructed these fences the 
     depreciated value, even though authority exists to provide 
     replacement value. The managers direct that up to $9,000,000 
     be made available to reimburse affected parties at 
     replacement value. The managers expect that the allocation of 
     some of these funds for longer term restoration of facilities 
     such as roads and trails should take into account the severe 
     impacts of fire in particular States such as Idaho and 
     Montana which sustained serious damage to miles of roads and 
     trails and other similar facilities.
       Furthermore, the managers are especially concerned about 
     the potential impacts of invasive species and insects on 
     Federal, State, and private lands that have been severely 
     burned. The managers understand that in some States suffering 
     the most severe fire damage, such as Montana, that the spread 
     of pine beetle infestations has increased as much as 
     threefold. With the funds provided for cooperative forestry 
     health management the managers encourage the agency to work 
     through the use of cooperative agreements with State and 
     private groups which can enhance accomplishments on the 
     ground in the efforts to combat the spread of invasive 
     species and insect and disease problems. In Western States 
     severely impacted by fire such as Idaho and Montana, the 
     managers are particularly concerned that highly rural, 
     dispersed populations may lack adequately equipped volunteer 
     fire departments and State firefighting resources which may 
     have contributed to the severity of fires and resulting 
     damage. Accordingly, the managers direct the agency to 
     consider these factors in making allocations to the States 
     for State fire assistance and for volunteer fire assistance.


                  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

       The conference agreement provides $468,568,000 for capital 
     improvement and maintenance instead of $434,466,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $448,312,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement provides for the following 
     distribution of funds:


        Project                                              Conference
Facilities:
  Maintenance...............................................$73,306,000
Capital Improvement requested program                        74,535,000
  Allegheny NF Marienville RS (PA)............................1,000,000
  Allegheny NF visitor services (PA)............................500,000
  Angeles NF water & sewer rehab (CA)...........................900,000
  Big Bear Lake center, phase II (CA).........................1,300,000
  Cedar Lake rec area (OK)......................................740,000
  Coweeta research rehab (NC)...................................110,000
  Cradle of Forestry projects (NC)..............................380,000
  Franklin County Lake project (MS)...........................2,000,000
  Gladie Creek center (KY)....................................1,250,000
  Grey Towers NHS site rehab (PA)...............................500,000
  Hardwood research center plan (IN)............................300,000
  Hubbard Brook (NH)............................................600,000
  Indian Boundary cmp rehab, (TN)...............................350,000
  Inst. of Pacific Island Forestry (HI).......................2,000,000
  Lake Sherwood rec area (WV)...................................150,000
  Mount Tabor Work Center (VT)..................................175,000
  Mt Baker Snoqualmie NF cmpgrnd..............................2,000,000
  Nantahala NF Fontana Lake (NC)................................600,000
  Ocoee River sites and cons. Center (TN).......................800,000
  Ouachita NF Albert rec area (AR)..............................600,000
  Ouachita NF Camp Clearfolk (AR)...............................400,000
  Uwharrie NF Badin Lake (NC)...................................400,000
  Uwharrie NF Kings Mtn Pt (NC).................................900,000
  Waldo Lake rehab (OR).........................................500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total facilities.......................................$166,296,000
                                                       ================

Roads:
  Maintenance...............................................130,000,000
  Lake Tahoe Basin (CA-NV)....................................1,500,000
  Beartooth Highway snow removal......................................0
  Capital improvement requested prog........................103,447,000
  Highland Scenic Hiway (WV)....................................600,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total roads..............................................$235,547,000
                                                       ================

Trails:
  Maintenance................................................31,000,000
  Capital improvement requested prog.........................34,025,000
  FL National scenic trail......................................500,000
  Virginia Creeper Trail........................................200,000
  Continental Divide Trail line...............................1,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total trails............................................$66,725,000
                                                       ================

    Total Cap Improvement and Maintenance...................468,568,000

       The conference agreement does not include funding proposed 
     by the Senate for snow removal and repairs on the Beartooth 
     Highway near Yellowstone National Park; existing funding is 
     not rescinded as was proposed by the Senate. The managers 
     expect the Forest Service to follow Senate directions 
     concerning the roads program. The managers emphasize the need 
     for a cost-share for the Grey Towers, PA, funding; the Forest 
     Service is encouraged to work with Tulare County, CA, on 
     plans for recreational facilities. The conference agreement 
     includes $2,000,000 for the Forest Service to develop a 
     campground in the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley in the Mt. 
     Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, WA. The managers expect 
     that the preliminary planning, environmental and ecological 
     analysis necessary to design and locate the campground will 
     occur in conjunction with the reconstruction of King County's 
     Lake Dorothy Highway and Forest Service Road 56. The managers 
     understand that the new road will terminate at mile post 12 
     at the Taylor River Bridge and an existing trailhead parking 
     lot. The managers expect that the campground will be located 
     adjacent to these existing facilities.


                            LAND ACQUISITION

       The conference agreement provides $102,205,000 for land 
     acquisition instead of $52,000,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $76,320,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds should be 
     distributed as follows:

        Area (State)                                             Amount
Angeles NF (CA)..............................................$2,000,000
Arapaho NF (Beaver Brook Watershed) (CO)......................2,000,000
Black Hills NF (Spearfish Canyon) (SD)........................1,000,000
Bonneville Shoreline Trail (UT)...............................2,500,000

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Chattooga WSR (GA/NC/SC)......................................2,000,000
Chugach NF (Seward multi-agency ctr.) (AK)....................1,630,000
Coconino NF (Bar T Bar Ranch ) (AZ)...........................3,200,000
Coconino NF (Sedona Red Rock) (AZ)............................3,000,000
Daniel Boone NF (KY)..........................................2,000,000
DeSoto NF (U. of Mississippi) (MS)...........................10,800,000
Dry Lake (AZ)...................................................750,000
Florida National Scenic Trail (FL)............................5,000,000
Francis Marion NF (Tibwin Forests & Waterways) (SC)...........2,000,000
Green Mountain NF (VT)........................................2,000,000
Hoosier NF (Unique Areas) (IN)................................1,000,000
I-90/Plum Creek escrow lands (WA).............................8,600,000
Lake Tahoe Ecosystem (CA/NV)..................................4,000,000
Lewis and Clark Historic Trail (ID/MT)........................2,000,000
Los Padres NF (Big Sur Ecosystem) (CA)........................3,000,000
Mark Twain NF (Ozark Mt. Streams & Rivers) (MO)...............1,500,000
Monongahela NF (WV).............................................925,000
Mountains to Sound (WA).......................................5,000,000
Pacific Crest Trail (CA/OR/WA)................................3,000,000
Pacific Northwest Streams (OR/WA).............................1,500,000
Pisgah NF (Lake James) (NC)...................................4,000,000
Rye Creek (MT)................................................2,800,000
San Bernardino NF (CA)........................................2,500,000
Sawtooth NF (Sawtooth NRA) (ID)...............................2,000,000
Wayne NF (Sunday Creek) (OH)..................................4,000,000
White Mountain NF (NH)........................................2,000,000
Wisconsin Wild Waterways (WI).................................2,500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal.................................................90,205,000
Forest Inholdings.............................................1,500,000
Wilderness Protection...........................................500,000
Cash Equalization.............................................1,500,000
Acquisition Management........................................8,500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total..................................................$102,205,000

       The managers have provided $2,000,000 to purchase non-
     development scenic easements in Pingree Forest, ME, in 
     cooperation with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
     under the resource management account in the U.S. Fish and 
     Wildlife Service.
       The managers are concerned with the urban lot purchase 
     program at the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. The role of 
     the Forest Service in acquiring, administering and 
     maintaining the urban lots appears inappropriate and often 
     ineffective. Considering the mission of the Forest Service 
     and limited operating funds, opportunities should be explored 
     to transfer the urban lots currently administered by the 
     Forest Service to State and local governments for their 
     management and protection.
       None of the funding provided for Federal land acquisition 
     shall be used to acquire additional lots. Acquisition of 
     larger resource lands adjacent to National Forest System land 
     to protect watershed values and provide recreation 
     opportunities should be the focus of the Forest Service land 
     acquisition program at Lake Tahoe.
       The managers direct the Forest Service to provide a report 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by April 
     30, 2001. The report should provide a detailed view of past 
     Federal and State acquisitions at the Lake Tahoe Basin 
     Management Unit, the costs and challenges of managing these 
     fragmented properties, and legislative options for the 
     Federal government to turn over this program to State and 
     local authorities.
       The managers note that the conference agreement has 
     provided substantial resources in other activities to help 
     protect Lake Tahoe. This funding includes $2,000,000 for 
     cooperative erosion grants in State and private forestry, 
     $1,250,000 for the NFS vegetation and watershed activity to 
     enhance restoration of sensitive watersheds, $1,500,000 in 
     capital improvement and maintenance to help fix the ailing 
     road system, and $1,500,000 in wildfire management funding 
     to enhance forest health by reducing hazardous fuel.
       The Forest Service should acquire land in Spearfish Canyon, 
     SD, but it should have flexibility and responsibility to make 
     selections that would provide the highest and best beneficial 
     public use for the expenditure.
       The managers have not provided specific funding in land 
     acquisition for the Craig, AK, and Kake, AK, projects as was 
     proposed by the Senate. Funding for the Kake, AK, land 
     transfer is included in State and private forestry, 
     contingent upon authorization, and funding for Craig, AK, is 
     provided in the southeast Alaska economic disaster fund. Bill 
     language and funding for the Umpqua land exchange project is 
     included in title III.


         ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS

       The conference agreement provides $1,069,000 for the 
     acquisition of lands for national forests special acts, an 
     increase of $1,000 above the House and the Senate proposals.


            ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

       The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
     appropriation estimated to be $234,000 for the acquisition of 
     lands to complete land exchanges as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate.


                         RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

       The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
     appropriation estimated to be $3,300,000 for the range 
     betterment fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate.


    GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

       The conference agreement provides $92,000 for gifts, 
     donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.


        MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES

       The conference agreement provides $5,500,000 for management 
     of national forest system lands for subsistence uses in 
     Alaska as proposed by the Senate. No funding was proposed by 
     the House. The managers do not agree to the Senate proposal 
     to transfer a portion of these funds to the State of Alaska 
     for this program. Funds are provided in State and private 
     forestry for educational efforts of the United Fishermen 
     proposed by the Senate.


                SOUTHEAST ALASKA ECONOMIC DISASTER FUND

       The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 for the 
     Southeast Alaska Economic Disaster fund; this was not 
     included in the Senate or House proposals. These funds should 
     be used for Craig, AK, to assist with economic development.


               ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

       The managers have included bill language proposed by the 
     Senate concerning the National Forest Foundation and the 
     National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The conference 
     agreement includes: the Senate proposal to increase the limit 
     on funding advances for law enforcement emergencies; the 
     House language providing certain contracting procedures 
     during the transition phase at the Land Between the Lakes 
     NRA; the Senate proposal to reimburse a former employee for 
     certain expenses; the Senate proposal to allow certain 
     activities on the Green Mountain National Forest, VT, 
     concerning the sale of excess buildings; and technical 
     changes to language concerning definitions of indirect costs. 
     The Forest Service is encouraged to give priority to projects 
     for the Alaska jobs-in-the-woods program that enhance the 
     southeast Alaska economy, such as the Southeast Alaska 
     Intertie.
       The managers are concerned about reports that certain 
     Forest Service officials have spent large sums when 
     purchasing new vehicles to get them painted to the agency 
     standard green color. The managers expect the agency to 
     acquire its vehicles in the most cost effective manner 
     possible. The managers direct the agency to change its policy 
     to prevent such expensive purchases. The managers have not 
     included section 501 of the House passed bill which 
     legislatively required all vehicles purchased to be white. 
     With the exception of specific vehicles, such as are used for 
     law enforcement and fire prevention, where a specific color 
     is an essential element of agency recognition and public 
     safety, the managers expect vehicle paint standards to 
     emphasize economical acquisitions.
       The managers remain extremely concerned about the size of 
     the headquarters office and emphasize the need to get funding 
     to field units. The managers expect full adherence, as was 
     directed by both the House and the Senate, to the National 
     Academy of Public Administration report dealing with staffing 
     size limits for the Chief Financial Officer. If the workload 
     proves too pressing for the existing staff, the managers 
     encourage the use of contractors to accomplish short term 
     efforts. The Congress has provided substantial resources and 
     many technical reforms, such as the major simplification of 
     the budget structure in this Act, which aid the financial 
     management reform effort. The managers expect to continue to 
     receive regular updates on progress in agency accountability 
     and financial management.


                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

       The managers encourage the Department to work with State 
     and Federal environmental and energy organizations to 
     integrate energy and environmental policies, programs and 
     regulations. In particular strategies should be developed to 
     reduce multiple pollutants, improve energy efficiency and 
     enhance reliability. The Department should work with the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, the Environmental Council of 
     the States, The State and Territorial Air Pollution 
     Prevention Administrators/Association of Local Air Pollution 
     Control Officials, The National Association of State Energy 
     Officials and the National Association of Regulatory Utility 
     Commissioners. This effort should be directed at avoiding 
     contradictory programs, duplicative activities and related 
     problems.


                         CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY

                               (DEFERRAL)

       The conference agreement provides for the deferral of 
     $67,000,000 in previously appropriated funds for the clean 
     coal technology program as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     a deferral of $89,000,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     managers also have agreed, under the fossil energy research 
     and development account, to transfer $95,000,000 in 
     previously appropriated clean coal technology funding

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     to the fossil energy research and development account for a 
     power plant improvement initiative. This initiative is 
     particularly timely, given the current electricity shortages 
     in certain parts of the country and the changing make-up of 
     the industry as electric power deregulation is implemented.
       The managers agree that a report required by the Senate 
     dealing with a potential new round of clean coal technology 
     projects is not necessary. This issue should be addressed in 
     the context of the power plant improvement initiative funded 
     under the fossil energy research and development account.


                 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides a total of $540,653,000 
     for fossil energy research and development instead of 
     $365,439,000 as proposed by the House and $401,338,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Of the amount provided, $433,653,000 
     is new budget authority, $95,000,000 is derived by transfer 
     from previously appropriated funds from the clean coal 
     technology account for a power plant improvement initiative 
     and $12,000,000 is derived by transfer from the SPR petroleum 
     account in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The numerical 
     changes described below are to the House recommended level.
       In central, systems increases include $1,000,000 for the 
     international clean energy initiative, $1,000,000 for a study 
     of the use of clean coal alternatives for replacement of the 
     Capitol power plant and $2,000,000 for electro-catalytic 
     oxidation technology.
       In the indirect fired cycle program there is a decrease of 
     $1,000,000. In the turbine program there is an increase of 
     $3,000,000 for ramgen technology. In the fuel cell program a 
     one-time increase of $2,000,000 is provided for a 
     demonstration of solid oxide technology in Nuiqsut, Alaska, 
     and there is an increase of $8,000,000 for the solid state 
     energy conversion alliance. In the innovative concepts 
     program there is a decrease of $1,500,000, which leaves an 
     increase above fiscal year 2000 of $2,000,000 for multi-layer 
     ceramic technology. In the transportation fuels and chemicals 
     program there is an increase of $500,000 for the 
     international clean energy initiative.
       In advanced fuels research there are increases of $839,000 
     for hydrogen enabling science, $1,000,000 for advanced 
     concepts/Vision 21 and $1,000,000 for advanced separation 
     technology and decreases of $650,000 for molecular modeling 
     and catalyst development and $489,000 for C-1 chemistry. In 
     the technology crosscut program there is an increase of 
     $30,000 for the National Energy Technology Laboratory center 
     of excellence for computational energy science.
       In natural gas programs there is an increase of $7,000,000 
     for the methane hydrates program.
       For oil exploration and production research there is an 
     increase of $1,000,000 for sonication technology for oil 
     recovery and a decrease of $500,000 for analysis and 
     planning. For emerging processing technology applications 
     there is an increase of $2,600,000 for biodesulfurization of 
     diesel fuel. There is also a decrease of $12,000,000, which 
     reflects the use of previously appropriated Strategic 
     Petroleum Reserve funds from the SPR petroleum account.
       In other programs there is an increase of $700,000 for 
     cooperative research and development; $951,000 for 
     headquarters program direction fixed costs; $3,833,000 for 
     fixed costs at energy technology centers, including 
     $1,933,000 for salaries and benefits and $1,900,000 for 
     contractor services; $1,900,000 for general plant projects, 
     of which $1,300,000 is for National Energy Technology Center 
     renovation projects; and $45,000,000, which reverses a 
     general reduction adopted in House floor action.
       The managers agree to the following:
       1. The materials research program under the central systems 
     activity should focus on hazardous air pollutants in general 
     and mercury in particular.
       2. Future funding for the Capitol power plant is the 
     responsibility of the Architect of the Capitol and the 
     $1,000,000 provided for a study of clean coal alternatives 
     completes the funding commitment through Interior and Related 
     Agencies appropriations.
       3. Emphasis in the indirect fired cycle program should be 
     placed on co-production, novel hybrid cycles and systems 
     integration to complement the Vision 21 program. In fiscal 
     year 2001 the program should move towards hybrid 
     gasification/combustion technology.
       4. The Department should continue and expand the advanced 
     separation technology initiative in its fiscal year 2002 and 
     later budget requests.
       5. Within the methane hydrates program, the Department is 
     strongly encouraged to consider the expertise of the Gulf of 
     Mexico Hydrate Research Consortium, as well as the expertise 
     of the Center for Marine Resources and Environmental 
     Technology in gas hydrate research related to geohazard and 
     sea floor stability in the Gulf of Mexico.
       6. The ultra clean fuels initiative should not exclude 
     coal-based fuels.
       7. The report required by the House dealing with financial 
     incentives for reducing emissions from existing coal-fired 
     plants is not necessary. This issue should be addressed in 
     the context of the power plant improvement initiative.
       8. Research on the biodesulfurization of gasoline should be 
     continued within this account and coordinated with programs 
     in this area in the petroleum industries of the future 
     program in the energy conservation account.
       Power plant improvement initiative.--In the coming years, 
     the surge in U.S. demand for electric power shows no signs of 
     abating. Yet, in many regions, our expanding 21st century 
     economy is being powered by an out-of-date and undersized 
     electric power system. The result has been an increasing 
     frequency of power supply disruptions and sharp increases in 
     the electric bills of many Americans. For the sick and the 
     elderly, access to reliable electricity can be a matter of 
     life and death. Without reliable and affordable electric 
     power, commercial and industrial businesses can grind to a 
     halt. We risk short-circuiting the continued expansion of 
     digital commerce and e-business that are integral to economic 
     prosperity.
       More than half of our nation's electricity is currently 
     supplied by coal, and for decades into the future, plentiful 
     American coal will continue to provide low cost and reliable 
     electricity. Coal-fired electric power is fundamental to the 
     U.S. economy and domestic energy security. As the U.S. 
     electric industry transitions to a new and competitive 
     business structure, the demands on the existing fleet of 
     coal-based electric generating facilities are changing. Power 
     plants must operate in a fashion that reduces environmental 
     impacts, achieves greater efficiency in operation, reduces 
     carbon dioxide and other emissions, remains cost-competitive, 
     and responds quickly to changing customer demand. By 
     achieving greater efficiency, these generating plants will be 
     capable of supplying more electricity, which is needed in 
     today's economy and for the future.
       The managers have agreed to fund a power plant improvement 
     initiative that will demonstrate advanced coal-based 
     technologies applicable to existing and new power plants 
     including co-production plants, for example, plants that 
     produce heat, electric power and liquid fuels, and new 
     technologies such as the introduction of coal fines into fuel 
     streams at power plants. The managers expect that there will 
     be at least a 50 percent industry cost share for each of 
     these projects and that the program will focus on technology 
     that can be commercialized over the next few years. Such 
     demonstrations must advance the efficiency, environmental 
     controls and cost-competitiveness of coal-fired capacity well 
     beyond that which is in operation now or has been 
     demonstrated to date.
       The managers have included bill language that provides for 
     a request for proposals 120 days after enactment of this Act. 
     The Department should circulate a draft for comment and 
     receive input from outside groups and industry before issuing 
     the final request for proposals. The language provides for 
     obligation of funds after September 30, 2001, and 
     incorporates the governing provisions of previous 
     demonstration programs for the expenditure of funds, 
     including repayment of government contributions that are to 
     be retained for future demonstration projects.
       The managers expect the Department of Energy to use the 
     draft solicitation and public review process to specify the 
     criteria for the technical and financial evaluation of 
     projects. The criteria should include as a minimum: (1) the 
     approximate size of a commercial scale project to ensure a 
     commercially viable demonstration and, if intended for 
     existing facilities, applicability to a large portion of 
     existing capacity and (2) the increase in performance 
     factors, such as efficiency, cost-competitiveness, and/or 
     emissions removal required for both existing and new 
     facilities.
       Bill Language.--The conference agreement includes language, 
     as proposed by the Senate, transferring $12,000,000 from the 
     SPR petroleum account to offset partially fossil energy 
     research and development funding requirements for fiscal year 
     2001. Language also is included transferring $95,000,000 from 
     the clean coal technology account for a power plant 
     improvement initiative. The conference agreement also 
     includes Senate proposed language permitting the use of up to 
     4 percent of National Energy Technology Center program 
     direction funds to support other Department of Energy 
     activities. Language also is included under title III--
     General Provisions requiring the National Energy Technology 
     Laboratory to establish an advisory group under the same 
     terms and conditions as such groups at other National 
     Laboratories.


                      ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION

                              (RESCISSION)

       The conference agreement provides for the rescission of 
     $1,000,000 in unobligated balances from the alternative fuels 
     production account as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate.


                 NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

       The conference agreement provides $1,600,000 in new funding 
     for the Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves for an 
     advanced oil recovery program at Naval Petroleum Reserve 
     Number 3. No funds are provided, as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate, for ongoing operations at the Reserves 
     because unobligated balances from previous fiscal years 
     should be sufficient to continue necessary operations in 
     fiscal year 2001. The $7,000,000 rescission proposed by the 
     Senate is not agreed to. The $1,600,000 is for engineering 
     studies to determine project scope, cost, revenue projections 
     and a timetable for demonstration of technology that has the 
     potential to increase significantly oil production at NPR-3, 
     extend the life of the field and increase revenues to the 
     Federal government. If the results of the engineering studies 
     are acceptable to the Department, it may

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     enter into an agreement with a non-Federal entity to develop 
     a cost shared demonstration project for below-the-reservoir 
     production at NPR-3.


                      ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND

       The conference agreement provides $36,000,000 for the third 
     payment from the Elk Hills school lands fund as proposed by 
     both the House and the Senate. The managers have agreed to 
     delay this payment until October 1, 2001, and expect the 
     payment to be made on that date or as soon thereafter as 
     possible.


                          ENERGY CONSERVATION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement includes $816,940,000 for energy 
     conservation instead of $649,672,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $763,937,000 as proposed by the Senate, including 
     $2,000,000 to be derived by transfer from the biomass energy 
     development account. The numerical changes described below 
     are to the House recommended level.
       In technology roadmaps and competitive research and 
     development for buildings there is an increase of $762,000 
     for roadmaps and a decrease of $500,000 for competitive R&D. 
     Increases in residential buildings integration include 
     $750,000 for Building America and $100,000 for residential 
     building codes. In commercial buildings integration there are 
     increases of $600,000 for research and development and 
     $100,000 for commercial building energy codes.
       In equipment, materials and tools there are increases of 
     $300,000 for lighting research and development to increase 
     the base budget for the hybrid lighting partnership, 
     $1,645,000 for residential absorption heat pumps, $3,000,000 
     for desiccants and chillers, $1,000,000 for refrigeration, 
     $1,950,000 for cogeneration/fuel cells, $500,000 for 
     appliances and emerging technology research and development, 
     $500,000 for windows research and $1,000,000 for lighting and 
     appliance standards.
       There are also increases of $13,000,000 for the 
     weatherization assistance program and $1,000,000 for the 
     State energy conservation program.
       In the Federal energy management program increases include 
     $1,000,000 for program activities and $300,000 for program 
     direction. The managers expect the Department to incorporate 
     the use of distributed generation into the Federal energy 
     management program. Onsite power options should be considered 
     for all Federal facility power needs based on a balance 
     between economic and environmental considerations. 
     Distributed generation technologies can provide improved 
     reliability, quality of power, total cost of ownership, 
     environmental benefits and remote power needed to achieve 
     Federal missions. The Department of Energy should set the 
     example immediately in its own facilities and report to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 90 days 
     of enactment of this Act with a plan for doing so at DOE 
     sites in fiscal year 2001 and throughout the Federal 
     government in fiscal year 2001 and beyond.
       For industries of the future (specific) programs increases 
     include $178,000 for aluminum, $30,000 for glass, $250,000 
     for mining, $2,000,000 for agriculture and $1,800,000 for 
     supporting industries. In industries of the future 
     (crosscutting) there are increases of $450,000 for inventions 
     and innovations and $3,000,000 for distributed generation and 
     a decrease of $450,000 for the National Competitiveness 
     through Energy, Environment and Economics grants program. In 
     management and planning for industry sector programs there is 
     an increase of $590,000 for fixed costs in program direction 
     and a decrease of $390,000 in evaluation and planning.
       In transportation hybrid systems increases include 
     $4,000,000 for high power energy storage and $4,000,000 for 
     heavy vehicle propulsion. For fuel cell programs there are 
     increases of $1,600,000 for systems work and $4,500,000 for 
     fuel processor/storage work. In the advanced combustion 
     engine program increases include $3,000,000 for combustion 
     and after treatment, $1,000,000 for heavy truck engine 
     research, and $1,000,000 for health impacts of fuels. Other 
     vehicle technology research and development increases include 
     $1,500,000 for cooperative automotive research for advanced 
     technologies, $500,000 for heavy vehicles/truck safety and 
     $1,000,000 for a cost shared program on engine boosting 
     technology for light trucks and sport utility vehicles.
       In fuels utilization there are increases of $500,000 for 
     petroleum based fuels and, in the alternative fuels program, 
     $500,000 for medium trucks, $500,000 for heavy trucks and 
     $500,000 for environmental impacts. There is also a decrease 
     of $1,000,000 for health impacts of fuels because this 
     program has been funded in the vehicle technology/advanced 
     combustion engine activity.
       Other changes in transportation programs include increases 
     of $2,900,000 in materials technology for heavy vehicle high 
     strength weight reduction, $2,300,000 for the clean cities 
     program in technology deployment and $126,500,000, which 
     reverses the House floor action that eliminated funding for 
     the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles program.
       There is also a decrease of $21,500,000, which reverses a 
     general increase adopted in House floor action. That increase 
     has been spread across various programs.
       Finally, in policy and management there are increases of 
     $225,000 for the working capital fund and $278,000 for the 
     Golden, CO, field office and a decrease of $1,000,000 for the 
     one-time cost associated with the National Academy of 
     Sciences study funded in last year's Act.
       The managers agree to the following:
       1. The recently approved reorganization to separate 
     distributed generation functions into a new office should be 
     appropriately shown in future budget requests as should the 
     realignment of management support services.
       2. The Department should evaluate ambient temperature cure 
     glass technology for air conditioning, which has the 
     potential to reduce energy use for air conditioning, and 
     incorporate that technology, as appropriate, in the Federal 
     Energy Management Program.
       3. Given the increases provided in the conference 
     agreement, projects at the Northwest Alliance for 
     Transportation Technologies should be funded at substantially 
     higher levels than previous years.
       4. Work with and at the National Transportation Research 
     Center should also be continued and expanded.
       5. The report required by the House dealing with engine 
     boosting technology is not necessary. This issue should be 
     addressed in the new program on this subject which is funded 
     in the vehicle technology research and development activity.
       6. With respect to the House direction on Postal Service 
     vehicles, no funds should be used for electric vehicle 
     purchases. Such purchases are the responsibility of the 
     Postal Service and the cooperating States.
       7. The managers are aware of recent technological advances 
     that may increase opportunities for the application of 
     homogenous charge combustion ignition technologies in mobile 
     systems. This technology has the potential to reduce 
     dramatically NOX and particulate emissions. The 
     managers direct the Office of Energy Efficiency to submit a 
     report that outlines recent developments in this technology, 
     describes related research being performed with Federal 
     support, and discusses potential future directions for 
     research and development. This report should be submitted by 
     April 1, 2001. The managers further urge the Department to 
     work with the National Research Council to address the 
     potential of homogenous charge combustion ignition technology 
     in its next annual review of the PNGV program.
       8. Research on the biodesulfurization of gasoline should be 
     continued in the petroleum industries of the future program 
     and coordinated with programs in this area in Fossil Energy.
       Bill Language.--The conference agreement earmarks a total 
     of $191,000,000 for energy conservation programs of which 
     $153,000,000 is earmarked for weatherization assistance 
     grants and $38,000,000 is earmarked for State energy 
     conservation grants. The conference agreement modifies 
     language proposed by the Senate permitting the waiver of cost 
     sharing for weatherization assistance grants. Such waivers 
     can be granted no more than twice. The modification specifies 
     that such waivers can be granted for no more than 50 percent 
     of the required cost share. In addition, the cost-sharing 
     requirement for direct grants for weatherization assistance 
     to Indian tribes is permanently waived.


                          ECONOMIC REGULATION

       The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for economic 
     regulation as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,992,000 as 
     proposed by the House.


                      STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides a total of $165,000,000 
     for the strategic petroleum reserve, including the transfer 
     of $4,000,000 from the SPR petroleum account. The increase 
     above the House is $8,000,000 for the maintenance of a 
     Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve. The House did not include 
     the transfer from the SPR petroleum account. The Senate 
     proposed a transfer of $3,000,000 from the SPR petroleum 
     account and a $1,000,000 transfer from the Naval petroleum 
     and oil shale reserves account to pay for the Northeast Home 
     Heating Oil Reserve.


                   ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

       The conference agreement provides $75,675,000 for the 
     Energy Information Administration instead of $70,368,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $74,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The increase above the House level includes 
     $4,632,000 to continue core programs and $675,000 for 
     petroleum data improvements, of which $150,000 is for an 
     outlet level sampling frame for gasoline and diesel fuels, 
     $125,000 is to expand the current gasoline sample to allow 
     the weekly publication of gasoline prices for key States and 
     cities, $100,000 is to upgrade the weekly petroleum 
     information system to improve the reliability and accuracy of 
     the data and $300,000 is to institute a biweekly survey of 
     companies during the heating season to monitor interruptible 
     natural gas contracts.

                Department of Health and Human Services

                         Indian Health Service


                         INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

       The conference agreement provides $2,240,658,000 for Indian 
     health services instead of $2,106,178,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $2,184,421,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     numerical changes described below are to the House 
     recommended level.
       In hospital and clinic programs there are increases of 
     $32,106,000 for pay costs, $8,100,000 for staffing of new 
     facilities, $30,000,000 for the Indian health care 
     improvement fund, $225,000 for the Shoalwater

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     Bay infant mortality prevention program, $500,000 for 
     technology improvements and AIDS research at epidemiology 
     centers, $5,000,000 for loan repayment with emphasis on 
     critical shortage specialties such as pharmacists, dentists 
     and podiatrists, $220,000 for the pharmacy residents program, 
     $1,000,000 for emergency medical services, $1,000,000 to hire 
     podiatrists and $3,000,000 for technology upgrades.
       For dental health programs, increases include $2,365,000 
     for pay costs, $792,000 for staffing of new facilities and 
     $8,000,000 for increased dental services. Increases in mental 
     health programs include $1,488,000 for pay costs and $384,000 
     for staffing of new facilities. There is an increase of 
     $3,717,000 for pay costs associated with alcohol and 
     substance abuse programs and a program increase of 
     $40,000,000 for contract health services. Increases of 
     $1,099,000 for pay costs and $643,000 for staffing of new 
     facilities are provided for public health nursing.
       Health education programs are increased by $326,000 for pay 
     costs and $134,000 for staffing of new facilities. The 
     community health representative program is increased by 
     $1,787,000 for pay costs. Increases for the Alaska 
     immunization program include $70,000 for pay costs and $2,000 
     for additional immunizations.
       Increases for urban health programs include $1,096,000 for 
     pay costs and $1,000,000 to incorporate the Southwest Indian 
     Polytechnic Institute dental program into the urban Indian 
     health program in the Albuquerque, NM, area. The urban 
     program for that area is funded pursuant to title V of the 
     Indian Health Care Improvement Act and run by First Nations 
     Community HealthSources. With these additional funds, dental 
     services will be available for the large urban Indian 
     population in the Albuquerque, NM, area.
       Other pay cost increases include $62,000 for Indian health 
     professions, $2,075,000 for direct operations and $294,000 
     for self-governance. Contract support costs increases include 
     up to $10,000,000 for new and expanded contracts and 
     $10,000,000 for existing contracts.
       Finally, there are decreases of $10,005,000 for staffing of 
     new facilities because these costs have been spread among the 
     appropriate accounts and $22,000,000, which was a general 
     increase in House floor action that has been spread among 
     various accounts in the conference agreement.
       The managers agree to the following:
       1. The Service needs to do a better job of estimating 
     costs, including the distribution of pay cost increases. 
     These numbers should not be a ``moving target'' that changes 
     substantially and continuously after the budget submission as 
     was the case this year.
       2. The Service should distribute the Indian health care 
     improvement fund in accordance with the level of need 
     methodology to ensure that the most underfunded tribes are 
     funded at more equitable levels. There should be no set-aside 
     of a portion of these funds to be distributed under an 
     alternative methodology. The managers recognize that the LNF 
     methodology may need some improvements and the Service should 
     continue to make the necessary refinements.
       3. The Service should report to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations prior to finalizing any policy 
     on the distribution of the Indian health care improvement 
     fund for fiscal year 2001. The managers urge the Service to 
     establish a minimum level of funds to be provided to 
     individual service units. The Service also should provide a 
     report on how the fiscal year 2000 funds were used to improve 
     services to Indians and Alaska Natives.
       4. Despite the reprimand in the House report, the Service 
     has still not provided the required plan of action to augment 
     and strengthen its podiatric care program. Because of the 
     pressing need in this area, the managers have taken actions 
     in this conference report to address the problem. The report 
     is still required as requested last year, and the managers 
     expect that the directed consultation with outside groups 
     will be fully and clearly explained in that report.
       5. The Service should accept the offer from the American 
     Podiatric Medical Association to assist in the recruitment 
     and screening of candidates to fill podiatry positions in the 
     Service. The APMA deserves credit for pursuing much needed 
     improvements in the podiatry programs at IHS and has an 
     excellent record with respect to prevention of diabetic 
     amputations. The Service should consult with APMA on both the 
     use of the $1,000,000 increase provided to hire additional 
     podiatrists and the use of the loan repayment program for 
     podiatrists.
       6. The Senate-required report on the proposed distribution 
     of the general funding increase is not necessary because the 
     increase has been distributed across the various programs in 
     the conference agreement.
       7. The Senate requirement to investigate possible 
     inequities in funding allocations applies not only to the 
     Ponca and the Salish and Kootenai tribes but to all tribes. 
     The House has received several complaints from Oklahoma 
     tribes. This investigation should be done in the context of 
     the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund and the level of need 
     methodology and does not require a separate report.
       8. Within the funding provided for contract health 
     services, the Indian Health Service should allocate an 
     increase to the Ketchikan Indian Corporation's (KIC) 
     recurring budget for hospital-related services for patients 
     of KIC and the Organized Village of Saxman (OVS) to help 
     implement the agreement reached by the Indian Health Service, 
     KIC, OVS and the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Corporation 
     on September 12, 2000. The additional funding will enable KIC 
     to purchase additional related services at the local 
     Ketchikan General Hospital. The managers remain concerned 
     that the viability of Alaska Native regional entities must be 
     preserved. The accommodation by the managers of the September 
     12, 2000 agreement in no way is intended to imply that 
     similar requests for similar arrangements will be encouraged 
     or supported elsewhere in Alaska.
       Bill Language.--The conference agreement does not include 
     language proposed by the Senate preventing contract health 
     payments in excess of Medicare and Medicaid rates. The 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services has authority to 
     address this issue through the regulatory process. The 
     conference agreement does not include language proposed by 
     the Senate giving tribes access to prime vendor rates that 
     are available to the Service. This authority was enacted 
     earlier this year. Language is included raising the amount 
     for the Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund from $12,000,000 
     to $15,000,000 and raising the cap for the loan repayment 
     program from $17,000,000 to $22,000,000.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate providing up to $10,000,000 for contract support costs 
     associated with new and expanded self-determination contracts 
     and self-governance compacts. The managers note that, unlike 
     the Bureau of Indian Affairs, that funds all contract support 
     cost requirements at the same rate, the Service has a varying 
     scale. The managers urge the Office of Management and Budget 
     to work with the BIA and the IHS to address discrepancies 
     between the two bureaus with respect to the calculation and 
     distribution of contract support costs. At present, the IHS 
     pays many more categories of costs than does BIA, and the 
     rate of contract support cost payments relative to the level 
     of need is higher in IHS than in BIA. These discrepancies 
     should be addressed, and the managers suggest that the Office 
     of Management and Budget is the appropriate organization to 
     do so.


                        INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

       The conference agreement provides $363,904,000 for Indian 
     health facilities instead of $336,423,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $349,350,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     numerical changes described below are to the House 
     recommended level.
       In maintenance and improvement, increases include 
     $2,000,000 to address the maintenance backlog and $1,000,000 
     for the Northwest Portland area AMEX program with the 
     understanding that AMEX includes cost sharing in excess of 50 
     percent and there will be no increase for base funding 
     requirements for these projects. Increases for sanitation 
     facilities include $206,000 for pay costs and a program 
     increase of $1,500,000.
       For hospital and clinic construction, there are increases 
     of $118,000 for the Parker, AZ, clinic, $5,000,000 for small 
     ambulatory facilities with the understanding that there will 
     be no additional operating funds associated with these 
     projects, $5,000,000 for staff quarters in Bethel, AK, 
     $5,000,000 for joint ventures and $2,000,000 for Hopi, AZ, 
     staff quarters.
       For facilities and environmental health support, increases 
     include $3,657,000 for pay costs and $1,665,000 for staffing 
     of new facilities. There is also an increase of $2,000,000 
     for equipment to raise the total annual funding available for 
     equipment at tribally built facilities from $3 million to $5 
     million and a decrease of $1,665,000 for staffing of new 
     facilities because this amount has been included in the 
     facilities and environmental health support activity.
       The managers agree to the following:
       1. The Service is urged to package together several staff 
     quarters projects whenever possible to attract more bidders 
     for construction projects and to lower costs. The various 
     projects on the priority list for Navajo and other tribes in 
     the area should be reviewed as potential candidates for 
     packaging as should staff quarters projects in other areas 
     where such projects can be combined to attract additional 
     interest and achieve savings.
       2. For the joint venture program, up to 3 projects may be 
     funded, at least 2 of which are replacement facilities.
       3. Any funds not needed for completion of individual 
     construction projects should be reported to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations as soon as identified. 
     These funds should subsequently be used to offset 
     requirements for other projects on the priority list. To the 
     extent that such funds become available in fiscal year 2001, 
     they may be used for clinic design for the next three 
     facilities on the outpatient priority list.
       Bill Language.--The conference agreement includes language, 
     as proposed by the Senate, directing funds to the Yukon-
     Kuskokwim Health Corporation for construction of the Bethel, 
     AK, staff quarters and earmarking $5,000,000 for the joint 
     venture program with specific instructions on program 
     implementation. The House had no similar provisions. Language 
     also is included increasing the earmark for funds to be 
     provided to the Hopi Tribe from $240,000 to $2,240,000 to 
     reduce the debt incurred by the Tribe in providing staff 
     quarters associated with the new Hopi Health Center. Language 
     also is included permitting the use of contracts for small 
     ambulatory facilities.

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                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 
     Relocation as proposed by the Senate instead of $8,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development


                        PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

       The conference agreement provides $4,125,000 for payment to 
     the institute as proposed by the Senate instead of zero 
     funding as proposed by the House.

                        SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $387,755,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the Smithsonian Institution as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $375,230,000 as proposed by the House.


            REPAIR, RESTORATION AND ALTERATION OF FACILITIES

       The conference agreement provides $57,600,000 for repair, 
     restoration and alteration of facilities as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $47,900,000 as proposed by the House. Of 
     this amount, $50,000,000 is provided to address repair and 
     rehabilitation work required throughout the Smithsonian 
     complex and $7,600,000 is provided for similar activities at 
     the National Zoo. In addition, the managers instruct the Zoo 
     to dedicate the remainder of funds previously designated for 
     an aquatics exhibit to higher priority safety and security 
     work referred to in the fiscal year 2001 budget estimate.
       In 1995, the Smithsonian's Commission on the Future issued 
     a report indicating that an amount of $50,000,000 annually, 
     applied to repair and renovation work over the next decade, 
     would eliminate the Institution's $500,000,000 maintenance 
     backlog. In the five fiscal years following the issuance of 
     that report, Congress appropriated approximately $200,000,000 
     for repair and rehabilitation.
       In recent months, as Smithsonian officials have brought 
     renewed attention to the poor physical condition of their 
     buildings, the managers have been concerned by statements 
     that still point to a $500,000,000 maintenance backlog 
     despite an increased appropriation. Further, the agency has 
     now pointed to the need for a funding level in the 
     neighborhood of $100 million annually--approximately twice 
     the current amount--although the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations have received no additional documentation 
     to substantiate this request. The managers do not doubt that 
     there is a considerable maintenance backlog at the 
     Smithsonian and have made a significant effort to assist the 
     Institution in this area. However, the apparent lack 
     of progress, the large unobligated carryover balances in 
     past years, a commitment of funds to projects of lower 
     priority, the absense of a detailed plan for 
     implementation of a coordinated maintenance program and 
     grossly underestimated projects such as the Patent Office 
     Building, which has tripled in cost, all are issues that 
     should be explained prior to any substantial increase in 
     funding.
       In light of the above, the managers direct the Smithsonian 
     to contract with the National Academy of Public 
     Administration (NAPA) in order to provide the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations with a better 
     understanding of the expenditure of Federal funds to date, 
     the strides that have been made since 1996 and the task that 
     lies ahead. In addition, the Academy is directed to review 
     carefully any future plan submitted by the Smithsonian to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for additional 
     dollars for critical maintenance backlog. This should be done 
     on a building-by-building basis for the needed facilities 
     improvements during the next eight to ten years. Any planned 
     expenditures for building maintenance in conjunction with the 
     National Museum of the American Indian, the Patent Office 
     Building and the extension of the Air and Space Museum should 
     also be reviewed by the Academy.


                              construction

       The conference agreement provides $9,500,000 for 
     construction instead of $4,500,000 as proposed by the Senate 
     and no funding as proposed by the House. Within the amount 
     recommended, $4,500,000 is provided for construction of the 
     Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's facility at Hilo, 
     Hawaii and $5,000,000 is provided for construction of an 
     American Agriculture exhibit at the National Zoo. This 
     exhibit has been in the planning stages for several years. 
     The Hilo funds are subject to authorization.

                        national gallery of art


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides $64,781,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the National Gallery of Art as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $61,279,000 as proposed by the House. 
     The managers agree that the government-wide reduction in 
     fiscal year 2000 should be spread appropriately across the 
     various Gallery programs in future budget submissions.


            repair, restoration and renovation of buildings

       The conference agreement provides $10,871,000 for repair, 
     restoration and renovation of buildings as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $8,903,000 as proposed by the House.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts


                       Operations and maintenance

       The conference agreement provides $14,000,000 for 
     operations and maintenance of the Kennedy Center as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $13,947,000 as proposed by the 
     House.


                              construction

       The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for 
     construction as proposed by the Senate instead of $19,924,000 
     as proposed by the House.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides $7,310,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for 
     Scholars as proposed by the Senate instead of $6,763,000 as 
     proposed by the House. Funds should be distributed as 
     follows:

Fellowship program...........................................$1,169,000
Scholar support.................................................643,000
Public service................................................2,217,000
General administration........................................1,522,000
Smithsonian fee.................................................135,000
Conference planning...........................................1,459,000
Space...........................................................165,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total.......................................................7,310,000

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts


                       grants and administration

       The conference agreement includes $98,000,000 for grants 
     and administration of the National Endowment for the Arts as 
     proposed by the House instead of $105,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities


                       grants and administration

       The conference agreement provides $104,604,000 for grants 
     and administration as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $100,604,000 as proposed by the House.


                            matching grants

       The conference agreement provides $15,656,000 for matching 
     grants as proposed by the Senate instead of $14,656,000 as 
     proposed by the House.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services


                       office of museum services

                       grants and administration

       The conference agreement provides $24,907,000 for grants 
     and administration of the Office of Museum Services as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $24,307,000 as proposed by 
     the House.

                      Challenge America Arts Fund


                        challenge america grants

       The conference agreement includes $7,000,000 for the 
     Challenge America Arts Fund, a new account, to provide 
     additional funding for arts education and outreach activities 
     for rural and underserved areas. These funds should be used 
     for matching grants that expand service to more of the Nation 
     and enhance arts education and community activities. This 
     account will be administered by the National Endowment for 
     the Arts following all previous authorized requirements 
     including prohibitions on obscenity and restrictions on 
     grants to individuals, subgrants and grants for seasonal 
     support. The managers direct the NEA to provide a detailed 
     report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     describing the use of these funds.
       The managers note that in recent years the Congress has 
     instituted several reforms concerning arts funding for 
     obscene materials. The managers emphasize that the reforms to 
     the NEA established by Congress are retained in title III of 
     the bill. In addition to underscoring the need to serve rural 
     and underserved communities, these reforms include 
     restrictions on grants to individuals, subgrants and grants 
     for seasonal support; a cap on the funds provided to any one 
     State in a given year; an emphasis on grants that encourage 
     public knowledge, education, understanding and appreciation 
     of the arts; the appointment of six Members of Congress to 
     the National Council on the Arts; and a provision allowing 
     the NEA to solicit and invest private funds for arts support.

                        Commission of Fine Arts


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides $1,078,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $1,021,000 as proposed by the House.

               National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs

       The conference agreement provides $7,000,000 for National 
     Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $6,973,000 as proposed by the House.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides $3,189,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 
     as proposed by the Senate instead of $2,989,000 as proposed 
     by the House.

                  National Capital Planning Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides $6,500,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $6,288,000 as proposed by 
     the House.

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                United States Holocaust Memorial Council


                       holocaust memorial council

       The conference agreement provides $34,439,000 for the 
     Holocaust Memorial Council as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $33,161,000 as proposed by the House.

                             Presidio Trust


                          presidio trust fund

       The conference agreement provides $33,400,000 for the 
     Presidio Trust Fund as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       The conference agreement includes sections 301 through 306 
     that were identical in both the House and the Senate bills. 
     These sections continue provisions carried in past years.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the House in section 307 concerning compliance with ``Buy 
     American'' procedures. This provision was made permanent in 
     the fiscal year 2000 Interior Appropriations Act.
       The conference agreement includes sections 307 through 310, 
     314, 316 through 319, 321 through 327, and 329 as proposed by 
     the Senate. Identical language was proposed by the House in 
     sections 308 through 311, 315, 317 through 320, 322 through 
     328, and 330. These sections continue provisions carried in 
     past years.
       Section 311 retains the text of section 312 as proposed by 
     the House, which continues the mining patent moratorium 
     provision carried last year. The text of section 311 as 
     proposed by the Senate differed only in the use of 
     capitalization.
       Section 312 retains the text of section 313 as proposed by 
     the House which continues a provision carried last year 
     limiting BIA and IHS liability for prior year contract 
     support costs through 2000. Section 312 proposed by the 
     Senate continued this provision through 2001.
       Section 313 modifies the text of section 313 as proposed by 
     the Senate and section 314 as proposed by the House which 
     continues a provision carried last year concerning the Jobs-
     in-the-Woods program. The modified text encourages the 
     agencies to consider various factors when awarding contracts.
       Section 315 retains the text of section 316 as proposed by 
     the House, which makes permanent a provision exempting the 
     Presidio Trust from State and local taxes and assessments. 
     Section 315 proposed by the Senate continued the provision 
     for one year.
       Section 320 establishes an advisory commission to provide 
     recommendations concerning payments to counties having 
     Federal forest lands. This section was in neither the House 
     or Senate passed bills. The commission will have 18 months 
     after enactment to provide to the Congress recommendations 
     concerning long-term funding for forest counties and other 
     matters. The commission will terminate three years after 
     enactment.
       Section 328 retains the text of section 328 as proposed by 
     the Senate, which continues a provision carried last year 
     regulating the export of Western red cedar from National 
     Forest System lands in Alaska. The text of section 329 as 
     proposed by the House differed only in the numbering 
     convention used.
       Section 330 modifies the text of section 332 as proposed by 
     the House which allows the Forest Service and the Bureau of 
     Land Management to pilot test the ``Service First'' 
     initiative. The Senate had no similar provision. The managers 
     are encouraged by these interdepartmental efforts and expect 
     that this provision will assist the expansion of these 
     efforts in many more areas of the agencies involved. The 
     managers have clarified the language proposed by the House to 
     make it clear that this authority may be used agency-wide.
       Section 331 retains the text of section 333 as proposed by 
     the House establishing a four-year program between the Forest 
     Service and the State of Colorado for cooperative watershed 
     protection and restoration. The Senate had no similar 
     provision. The managers will watch the implementation of this 
     program carefully to determine if this authority provides 
     enhanced coordination and cooperation between Federal and 
     State interests. A cooperative effort will greatly enhance 
     efforts to reduce fuel loadings and provide greater safety to 
     communities in the wildland urban interface.
       Section 332 modifies the text of section 334 as proposed by 
     the House addressing the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem 
     Management Project. The managers instruct the agencies to 
     review the environmental analyses and documents regarding the 
     Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project and 
     bring this analysis and documentation into full conformance 
     with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
     Act requirements when new information or conditions arise, 
     including procedures when there are significant new 
     circumstances or information relevant to environmental 
     concerns and bearing on the proposed action or its impacts. 
     Such analysis and documentation should include the summer 
     2000 wildfires and the President's initiative for managing 
     the impact of wildfires on communities and the environment. 
     None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
     this Act may be used to issue a record of decision for the 
     Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Plan until this 
     analysis is completed and included in a report submitted to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       Section 333 retains the text of section 330 as proposed by 
     the Senate allowing the Forest Service, in consultation with 
     the Department of Labor, to modify concession contracts for 
     campgrounds. The House had no similar provision.
       Section 334 retains the text of section 331 as proposed by 
     the Senate prohibiting the Forest Service from using the 
     recreation fee demonstration program to supplant existing 
     recreation concessions.
       Section 335 retains the text of section 332 as proposed by 
     the Senate raising the reporting threshold for energy savings 
     performance contracts through the Department of Energy's 
     Federal Energy Management Program. The House had no similar 
     provision.
       Section 336 retains the text of section 334 as proposed by 
     the Senate extending the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program 
     for one additional year. The managers are greatly encouraged 
     by the progress being made in this effort and expect the four 
     land management agencies to continue emphasis on this 
     program. The House had no similar provision.
       Section 337 retains the text of section 335 as proposed by 
     the Senate which continues a provision carried last year 
     limiting mining and prospecting on the Mark Twain National 
     Forest in Missouri. The House had no similar provision.
       Section 338 retains the text of section 336 as proposed by 
     the Senate authorizing the Forest Service to enter into 
     additional stewardship contracts in Regions 1 and 6. The 
     House had no similar provision.
       Section 339 retains the text of section 337 as proposed by 
     the Senate which limits cost recovery for special use permits 
     issued by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest 
     Service. The House had no similar provision.
       Section 340 modifies the text of section 339 as proposed by 
     the Senate prohibiting fee increases for fiberoptic cable 
     rights-of-way. The House had no similar provision. The 
     managers are concerned that the Forest Service needs to work 
     closely with the Department of the Interior to establish 
     common practices concerning the determination of rental fees 
     for fiberoptic cable rights-of-way uses on Federal lands. The 
     conference agreement stops the Forest Service from 
     implementing rental fee direction in a letter issued on May 
     2, 2000, which, in some cases, resulted in large increases in 
     rental fees by using a case-by-case appraisal process. The 
     conference agreement prevents the issuance of a final rule 
     during fiscal year 2001 although the managers expect the 
     Secretaries to continue their work on a common, updated 
     rental fee schedule and procedure. The managers encourage the 
     two departments to issue common regulations using the 
     accepted rule-making process. This will ensure full 
     opportunity for public comment and allow time for appropriate 
     Congressional attention to this important issue.
       Section 341 includes the text of section 340 as proposed by 
     the Senate limiting competition for fire and fuel treatment 
     and watershed restoration contracts in California. The House 
     had no similar provision.
       Section 344 retains the text of section 345 as proposed by 
     the Senate, which makes available $4 million in prior year 
     funding for the National Energy Technology Laboratory. The 
     House had no similar provision.
       Section 345 modifies the text of section 348 as proposed by 
     the Senate prohibiting the closure of backcountry landing 
     strips. The House had no similar provision. The managers have 
     modified the Senate proposed language so that public notice 
     and consent of the Federal Aviation Administration, in 
     consultation with appropriate State and Federal aviation 
     officials, is made before permanently closing aircraft 
     landing strips. Landing strips, which are deemed hazardous 
     for use by general aviation, may be closed temporarily until 
     repairs are made; landing strips which are known to 
     contribute to illegal activities may be closed temporarily as 
     deemed necessary to support law enforcement efforts; landing 
     strips damaging soil and water resources or impeding agency 
     compliance with existing laws and/or regulations may be 
     closed following appropriate public notice, consultation and 
     consent. Short-term closures are not affected by this 
     provision.
       Section 346 amends the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic 
     Area Act (CRGNSA) to expedite the acquisition of critical 
     lands within the NSA. The purpose of this section is to 
     address the land appraisal assumptions utilized by the Forest 
     Service to acquire land within the Columbia River Gorge 
     National Scenic Area. Among other things, Public Law 99-663 
     authorized the Forest Service to acquire land within the 
     CRGNSA for the fair market value of the land as determined by 
     an appraisal. In the CRGNSA, the application of zoning to the 
     determination of value has led to local anomalies in the 
     Federal appraisal process.
       The practical effect of this section is that privately-held 
     property in the CRGNSA offered for Federal acquisition after 
     March 31, 2001, will be appraised taking into account all 
     zoning and other land use restrictions in the affected States 
     and counties. For lands offered for sale to the Forest 
     Service on or before March 31, 2001, fair market value will 
     be appraised as set out in section 9(e)(2) by not 
     considering the impacts on value of zoning enacted 
     pursuant to Public Law 99-663. This will take into account 
     land use restrictions that would be in effect but for the 
     passage of the scenic area act, including but not limited 
     to land use restrictions resulting

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     from the Washington State Growth Management Act or Oregon 
     statewide land use program.
       The language used in this section is prospective only and 
     intended to address explicitly the question of appraisal 
     procedures to be used for future CRGNSA land acquisitions by 
     the Forest Service in a way that provides an administrative 
     framework for important land acquisitions to occur. Given the 
     managers' intent, this language should not be construed to 
     apply generally to Federal land acquisitions elsewhere in the 
     Nation, nor change the intent and interpretation of the 
     Uniform Relocation Assistance and Land Acquisition Policies 
     Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-646).
       The section also modifies the application of section 8(o) 
     of Public Law 99-663 which provides, in part, for landowners 
     to offer their land for purchase by the Forest Service and 
     the nonapplicability of certain zoning restrictions if the 
     land is not purchased after three years. As modified by this 
     section, persons who own land as of September 1, 2000, may 
     offer to sell their land to the Forest Service by March 31, 
     2001, and still be afforded the rights under section 8(o). 
     The Secretary should continue the practice to treat all 
     landowners' written offers to sell as bona fide and, 
     therefore, as efforts to initiate the three-year period for 
     Forest Service acquisition unless a landowner refuses to 
     cooperate with the Forest Service. Examples of refusing to 
     cooperate would be withholding permission for Forest Service 
     staff to access the offered property or rejecting a purchase 
     for fair market value. Another example would be an attempt by 
     a landowner to revoke a previously provided written offer to 
     initiate the three-year section 8(o) process.
       Nothing in this section is intended to modify the basic 
     structure or operation of the land use regime established 
     with the 1986 enactment of Public Law 99-663, nor is anything 
     intended to affect any exposure of the Federal, State or 
     local governments to claims arising under the Fifth Amendment 
     of the Constitution for the taking of private property for 
     public purposes. The managers believe that the Gorge 
     Commission and the Secretary should exercise their 
     administrative authorities in a manner which reduces the 
     possibility of taking claims including modifications of the 
     management plan if necessary.
       Subsection (c) of this section provides for the Forest 
     Service to provide notice to the communities and landowners 
     of the amendments to the CRGNSA Act contained in this 
     section. Specifically, the Forest Service will contact 
     private landowners in the Special Management Areas by first-
     class mail based on ownership records provided by the 
     counties located in the CRGNSA. The counties are urged to 
     provide such records to the Forest Service as soon as 
     possible. Such cooperation will provide private landowners 
     the opportunity to consider the acquisition opportunities 
     made available by these amendments. The mailing by the Forest 
     Service to those landowners listed by the counties will 
     provide constructive notice to landowners, but the Forest 
     Service is not required to provide proof of receipt by 
     addressee.
       The managers expect a considerable, but temporary, increase 
     in the workload of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic 
     Area office of the Forest Service as a result of this 
     amendment. The managers expect the Secretary to dedicate the 
     requisite level of resources to this office to process 
     section 8(o) offers. Further, the managers understand the 
     Secretary has adequate appropriated funds to clear the 
     current backlog of properties ready for acquisition in FY 
     2001. The managers are aware, however, that the demand for 
     appropriations for acquisitions may increase on a temporary 
     basis over the next three years to respond to offers made 
     under the auspices of this section.
       Section 347 authorizes a land exchange, which conveys 
     Forest Service property in Kern County in California in 
     exchange for county lands suitable for inclusion in the 
     Sequoia National Forest.
       Section 348 requires the Department of Energy to establish 
     an advisory committee for the National Energy Technology 
     Laboratory under the same terms and conditions as such groups 
     at other National laboratories.
       Section 349 provides the framework for the development of 
     an Environmental Impact Statement and Habitat Conservation 
     Plan for the Umpqua Land Exchange Project, comprising 675,000 
     acres in the Coast Range-Umpqua Basin in Douglas County, 
     Oregon. The project will be managed by the Voluntary Land 
     Exchanges Foundation in cooperation with the Bureau of Land 
     Management. The conference agreement provides $4,300,000 for 
     the development of the EIS and HCP, and the managers expect 
     the private landowners to bear their full cost of any future 
     supplemental EIS.
       Section 350 provides authority for contract health services 
     funding increases in the Indian Health Service for the 
     Ketchikan Indian Corporation and the Organized Village of 
     Saxman in Alaska.
       Section 351 permits the sale of the Forest Service Boise, 
     ID, laboratory site, occupied by the Rocky Mountain Research 
     Station, and the use of the proceeds to purchase interests in 
     a multi-agency facility at the University of Idaho.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the House in section 331 prohibiting new or expanded 
     Indian self-determination contracts or self-governance 
     compacts, nor does it include section 335 as proposed by the 
     House concerning national monuments (superseded by House 
     section 123). The Senate had no similar provisions.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate in section 320 restricting National Forest 
     planning, in section 333 rescinding funding for the Beartooth 
     Highway in Montana, in section 338 exempting residents in the 
     White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire from the 
     recreation fee demonstration program, in section 341 
     concerning the White River National Forest in Colorado, in 
     section 342 concerning roadless area in the White Mountain 
     National Forest in New Hampshire, in section 343 concerning 
     the release of funds appropriated in fiscal year 1999 for the 
     Department of Energy, in section 344 concerning funding for 
     tribally controlled community colleges, in section 346 
     concerning Indian gaming procedures, in section 347 
     concerning providing a grant to Alaska Pacific University, 
     and in section 349 prohibiting the use of certain pesticides 
     by the Department of the Interior. The House had no similar 
     provisions.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the House in section 501 regarding the color of Forest 
     Service vehicles, in section 502 concerning the Federal 
     wildland fire policy and controlled burns, and in section 503 
     concerning national monuments. The Senate had no similar 
     provisions. The painting issue is addressed in detail under 
     the Forest Service Administrative Provisions heading. The 
     wildland fire policy is discussed in detail, along with other 
     urgent hazardous fuels management issues, in title IV.

            TITLE IV--WILDLAND FIRE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS

                       Department of the Interior

                       Bureau of Land Management


                        wildland fire management

       The conference agreement provides $353,740,000 for wildland 
     fire management instead of $120,300,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Detailed instructions for these funds are provided 
     below under the Forest Service heading and also under the 
     title I heading for this account.

                             Related Agency

                       Department of Agriculture

                             Forest Service


                        Wildland Fire Management

       The conference agreement provides $619,274,000 for wildland 
     fire management instead of $120,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Detailed instructions for these funds are provided 
     below and also under the title II heading for this account.
       General instructions.--The following instructions apply to 
     both the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service. 
     The managers are providing substantial resources for priority 
     emergency needs. The Administration has submitted a report 
     including requests for an additional $1,578,376,000 for 
     activities at both the Forest Service and the Department of 
     the Interior. The conference agreement includes 
     $1,803,116,000 responding to these needs by protecting 
     communities and lands.
       The following table summarizes the funding provided under 
     this Title. Additional funds are provided under title I and 
     title II.


                Summary of Allocations for Wildland Fire


                                                      Conference action
BLM title IV emergency operations:
  Wildfire suppression.....................................$116,611,000
  Hazardous fuels...........................................142,129,000
  Rehabilitation.............................................85,000,000
  Rural fire assistance......................................10,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    BLM emergency title IV subtotal.........................353,740,000
Forest Service title IV emergency operations:
  Wildfire suppression......................................179,000,000
  Hazardous fuels...........................................120,000,000
  Rehabilitation............................................142,000,000
  Fire facilities backlog....................................44,000,000
  Research & development.....................................16,000,000
 
State fire assistance........................................50,494,000
Volunteer fire assistance.....................................8,280,000
Forest health................................................12,000,000
Economic action..............................................12,500,000
Community and private land fire assistance...................35,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  FS title IV subtotal......................................619,274,000
                                                       ================

Total wildland fire emergency in title IV...................973,014,000
Other wildfire emergency funds added to Title I, II.........626,000,000
Wildfire preparedness funds added to titles I, II...........341,463,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Grand total...........................................1,940,477,000

       The managers have included detailed instructions for the 
     allocations and activities for these funds within the 
     statement of the managers text for wildland fire management 
     accounts for the Department of the Interior and the Forest 
     Service. The managers encourage the Secretaries to recognize 
     the need to maximize the use of streamlined administrative 
     procedures and systems in recognition of the exigent 
     circumstances, and direct the Departments to ensure that all

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     procedures available on a government-wide basis for 
     acquisition and employment in emergency situations are 
     utilized to assure prompt action without burden of 
     additional, unnecessary internal requirements.
       The managers responded to the emergency situation using the 
     best available data. The managers recognize that additional 
     fire, State and community assistance may still be needed. The 
     managers direct the Secretaries to work with Governors of the 
     affected States to submit a report summarizing additional 
     needs, if warranted. The Secretaries should also work with 
     the Governors on a long-term strategy to deal with the 
     wildland fire and hazardous fuels situation, as well as needs 
     for habitat restoration and rehabilitation in the Nation. The 
     managers expect that a collaborative structure, with the 
     States and local governments as full partners, will be the 
     most efficient and effective way of implementing a long term 
     program.
       The managers are very concerned that the agencies need to 
     work closely with the affected States, including Governors, 
     county officials and other citizens. Successful 
     implementation of this program will require close 
     collaboration among citizens and governments at all levels. 
     The managers direct the Secretaries to engage Governors in a 
     collaborative structure to cooperatively develop a 
     coordinated, National ten-year comprehensive strategy with 
     the States as full partners in the planning, decision making, 
     and implementation of the plan. Key decisions should be made 
     at local levels.
       The managers have agreed to modified language from the 
     Senate bill relating to hazardous fuels reduction in the 
     urban wildland interface. This provision has been altered to 
     make clear that the contracting authorities provided to the 
     Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
     are those associated with hazardous fuels reduction 
     activities. Other significant modifications have also been 
     made. Waivers from government procurement and contracting 
     laws provided in paragraph (1) which were permanent in the 
     Senate proposal are now available only until the sums for 
     hazardous fuels reduction in this title have been obligated. 
     The managers expect that, in expending these funds, the 
     Secretaries shall recognize the needs in certain States 
     that have been most impacted by fires, such as those 
     states in Regions 1, 3, and 4 of the Forest Service.
       The purpose of paragraph (1) is to provide the Secretaries 
     with the flexibility to provide employment and training 
     opportunities to people in rural communities. The managers 
     direct the Secretaries to give preference to local workers 
     and youth groups such as the Youth Conservation Corps, in 
     developing projects under this section to the maximum extent 
     feasible consistent with funding limitations. The provisions 
     of this section are not intended to expand the number of 
     stewardship contracts authorized by section 347 of the FY 
     1999 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     (Public Law 105-277, section 347).
       Consistent with paragraph (3) and accompanying Senate 
     instruction, the managers direct the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, to 
     publish in the Federal Register the Forest Service's cohesive 
     strategy for protecting fire-adapted ecosystems and an 
     explanation of any differences between the strategy and other 
     related ongoing policymaking activities including: revising 
     regulations for the national forest system transportation 
     policy; roadless area protection; the Interior Columbia Basin 
     Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; and the 
     Sierra Nevada Framework/Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Draft 
     Environmental Impact Statement. The Secretary shall also 
     provide 30 days for public comment on the cohesive strategy 
     and accompanying explanation. The managers expect that, as 
     appropriate, input received will be considered in other 
     appropriate ongoing policymaking activities in the related 
     rulemakings listed in this section.
       The managers expect the Secretaries to report jointly to 
     Congress, by May 1, 2001, with recommendations for additional 
     funding needs; an inventory of communities at risk that 
     require hazardous fuel reduction treatments; and additional 
     authorities needed, if any, to increase the amount of fuel 
     reduction treatments in high fire risk urban wildland 
     interface areas.
       Paragraph (4) modifies language in the original Senate bill 
     concerning publication of the Forest Service's Cohesive 
     Strategy for Protecting People and Sustaining Resources in 
     Fire-Adapted Ecosystems, and explaining any differences 
     between this strategy and certain rulemaking and planning 
     efforts of the agency. The language as modified by the 
     conference agreement provides that documentation required by 
     section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act 
     which accompanies the rulemakings and planning activities 
     identified in paragraph (4) must contain an analysis of any 
     differences between the Cohesive Strategy and the policies 
     and rulemaking listed in this paragraph.
       Paragraph (5) has been added to the original Senate 
     proposal. It requires the Secretaries of Commerce, the 
     Interior and Agriculture and the Chairman of the Council on 
     Environmental Quality, to evaluate the need for revised or 
     expected environmental compliance procedures. These officials 
     must then report to Congress within 60 days of enactment to 
     apprise the Congress of their decision whether to develop any 
     expedited procedures, or to adapt or recommend any other 
     measures. Paragraph (5) also provides discretionary authority 
     for priority to be given to consultations or conferencing 
     under the Endangered Species Act for hazardous fuels 
     reduction projects. The managers emphasize that nothing in 
     paragraph (5) is intended to override any existing 
     environmental laws.
       The managers are also especially concerned that the 
     agencies perform. Accordingly, the managers provide the 
     following instructions to facilitate effective and 
     efficient use of these resources. The managers direct that 
     not more than 20 percent of the total funds appropriated 
     by this section may be spent on indirect costs as defined 
     in this Act for the Forest Service and in Department of 
     the Interior directives. Furthermore, the managers direct 
     that all funds appropriated in this section are to be used 
     only for the purposes outlined in the detailed discussions 
     included in the title I and title II wildland fire 
     management accounts. None of these funds may be diverted 
     to other uses, including but not limited to, roadless area 
     policy formulation, national monument designation, or 
     other agency rulemakings not directly related to the 
     purposes for which these funds are appropriated. The 
     managers encourage the Secretaries to use all expedited 
     NEPA procedures allowed under current law or regulation in 
     order to ensure that projects funded by these 
     appropriations are completed in the most timely fashion 
     possible. The managers expect that as much of this work as 
     possible will be completed with the use of local 
     contractors. The managers also stress that they expect the 
     normal, every-day programs of these agencies will also be 
     implemented.
       Accountability.--In order to ensure accountability for the 
     funds appropriated under this title, the managers require 
     that the Secretary of the Interior and Agriculture provide 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the 
     Resources Committee of the House and the Energy and Natural 
     Resources Committee in the Senate, within 90 days of 
     enactment, a financial plan and an action plan as follows:
       Financial Plan.--Not more than 90 days from the enactment 
     of this act, the Secretaries shall deliver a financial plan 
     showing how they intend to spend all of the funds included 
     under this title. It is essential that the Congress and the 
     public be informed and consulted as implementation proceeds. 
     None of the funds should be retained by either Secretary's 
     office. The Financial Plan shall include the following 
     information separately for each Program Component described 
     in the above table as follows:
       Total funds allocated to each Agency within each 
     Department;
       Within each Agency, total funds retained by the National or 
     Headquarters Office and total funds to be used to repay 
     accounts used to cover suppression costs during the 2000 fire 
     season, by account;
       Within each Agency, total funds allocated to each 
     administrative level of each Agency. For the Forest Service, 
     this will include allocations to each region, national 
     forest, research station, area, and State. For the Interior 
     Department, this will include each Regional and State Office.
       Action Plan.--Within ninety days of enactment, the 
     Secretaries shall deliver an action plan describing in detail 
     the work proposed to be accomplished with each of the various 
     funding allocations described in the table. This Action Plan 
     will include at a minimum the following items:
       Preparedness.--Estimates of the number of personnel to be 
     hired; description of any equipment to be purchased or 
     leased; description of services to be contracted; 
     descriptions of research projects funded, by research work 
     unit.
       Operations/Fuels Management.--Estimated number of acres to 
     be treated, by treatment type (prescribed fire alone, 
     mechanical treatment alone, mechanical plus fire, and other); 
     and which portions of those treatments are considered to be 
     in the wildland urban interface.
       Operations/Burned Area Rehabilitation.--Estimated number of 
     acres previously burned to be treated, by type of treatment; 
     and which portions of those treatments are considered to be 
     in the wildland urban interface.
       State and Volunteer Assistance (FS only).--Estimated acres 
     to be treated on State and private lands, by State. The 
     Secretaries should acquire these data from the affected 
     States.
       Rural Fire Assistance (DOI only).--Estimated number of 
     rural fire communities assisted and the distribution of funds 
     by State.
       Forest Health Management (FS only).--Estimated number of 
     acres which will be treated to manage and control invasive 
     species and which portions of those treatments are considered 
     to be in the wildland urban interface.
       Economic Action Program (FS only).--A summary of 
     anticipated projects by State.
       In addition, the managers direct the Secretaries to provide 
     a performance report not more than 90 days following the end 
     of the fiscal year covered by this appropriation for all 
     activities covered by this title. The performance report 
     shall include:
       An updated financial report following the same format as 
     the financial plan described above showing final expenditures 
     for each item included in the original financial plan, plus 
     any additional expenditures for items not included in the 
     financial plan, by the same administrative and program 
     component categories.
       2. An updated action report following the same format as 
     the action plan described

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     above showing final accomplishments for each item included in 
     the original financial plan, with maps for each national 
     forest and for each State showing where hazardous fuel 
     treatments were accomplished, plus any additional 
     accomplishments for items not included in the action plan, by 
     the same administrative and program component categories.

             TITLE V--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

                       Department of the Interior

                       Bureau of Land Management


                   MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

       The conference agreement provides $17,172,000 for 
     management of lands and resources, of which $15,687,000 is to 
     address the consequences of the 1999 fire season on the lands 
     managed by the Bureau. These funds are provided to restore 
     damaged biotic resources and infrastructure to prevent a 
     decline in fish and wildlife habitat. Accordingly, the 
     managers provide these funds for restoration activities, 
     including but not limited to, fence replacement, wild horse 
     removal, tree and shrub seedling purchase and planting, and 
     cheatgrass control. The managers also recognize the severity 
     of the grasshopper and Mormon cricket infestation on lands 
     managed by the Bureau and have provided $1,485,000 to address 
     this problem. The managers expect coordination with State, 
     local and other Federal entities in addressing these efforts.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service


                          resource management

       The conference agreement provides $6,500,000 for resource 
     management, of which $1,500,000 are to be expended for the 
     preparation and implementation of plans, programs, or 
     agreements identified by the State of Idaho that will address 
     habitat for freshwater aquatic species on non-Federal lands 
     in the State. These funds will supplement funds that have 
     already been allocated by the State and will only be expended 
     for landowners that are voluntarily enrolled in such plans, 
     programs, or agreements. The remaining $5,000,000 is for the 
     conservation and restoration of Atlantic salmon in the Gulf 
     of Maine.
       The condition of the Atlantic salmon population is at a 
     critical point, and the decision regarding the listing of the 
     Atlantic salmon under the Endangered Species Act appears 
     imminent. Therefore, the funds are needed to assist in the 
     prevention of the listing of the Atlantic salmon. The funds 
     will support efforts to acquire lands and conservation 
     easements to benefit Atlantic salmon, to address adverse 
     effects on salmon habitat, and to develop and phase in 
     enhanced aquaculture cages to minimize escape of salmon. The 
     funds provided for the Atlantic Salmon Commission for salmon 
     restoration and conservation will support the installation 
     and upgrading of weirs and fish collection facilities, the 
     conduct of risk assessments, fish marking, salmon genetics 
     studies and testing, and the development of enhanced 
     aquaculture cages. Funds are also provided for the National 
     Academy of Sciences study on Atlantic salmon. Funds 
     administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation are 
     subject to cost sharing.


                              construction

       The conference agreement provides $8,500,000 for 
     construction to repair Service facilities damaged by 
     hurricanes and winter storms. The managers understand that 
     these funds will used for repairs to Service property in the 
     States of Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, 
     Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington.

                         National Park Service


                              construction

       The conference agreement provides $5,300,000 for 
     construction to repair or replace visitor facilities, 
     equipment, roads and trails, visitor facilities, and cultural 
     sites and artifacts at national park units damaged by 
     hurricanes, tropical storms, ice storms, lightning, and 
     floods.

                    United States Geological Survey


                 surveys, investigations, and research

       The conference agreement provides $2,700,000 for surveys, 
     investigations, and research, to repair or replace stream 
     monitoring equipment and facilities damaged by storms, 
     floods, and hurricanes. Within this amount, the managers have 
     provided $900,000 to repair the storm damaged roof at the 
     EROS Data Center. The managers understand that the remaining 
     funds will be used for repairs in Alaska, Colorado, 
     Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland-Delaware-
     Washington, D.C., Massachusetts-Rhode Island, Nevada, New 
     Hampshire-Vermont, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, 
     North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, and 
     Virginia.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      operation of indian programs

       The conference agreement provides $1,200,000 for the 
     operation of Indian programs to repair portions of the Yakama 
     Nation's Signal Peak Road. The Yakama Nation shall provide 
     $645,750 towards completion of road repairs, of which 
     $100,000 have already been spent by the tribe. These funds 
     are necessary to repair portions of the road that were 
     significantly damaged in the past year due to a massive 
     increase in traffic resulting from efforts to combat a spruce 
     budworm infestation and to salvage timber in the infested 
     area.

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians


                         federal trust programs

       The conference agreement provides $27,600,000 for Federal 
     trust programs to address trust fund reform efforts that were 
     unanticipated prior to the submission of the Administration's 
     budget request. Of this amount, $2,900,000 is provided to 
     address breaches of trust, $10,000,000 is to begin the 
     process of providing an accounting of Individual Indian Money 
     accounts, $4,000,000 is provided for trial preparation, and 
     $10,700,000 is provided for trust fund reform program 
     shortfalls.

                             Related Agency

                       Department of Agriculture

                             Forest Service


                       state and private forestry

       The conference agreement provides $11,294,000 for State and 
     private forestry for emergency needs of the Alaska Railroad 
     caused by avalanches in the Chugach National Forest. The 
     managers are aware that at least 19 avalanches occurred in 
     the national forest and other public lands which caused train 
     derailments resulting in a serious oil spill and the death of 
     an Alaska Railroad employee. The President declared the area 
     a disaster on February 17, 2000, pursuant to the Stafford 
     Act, but no funds are available under that declaration to 
     clean up the oil spill to prevent contamination of the 
     Susitna River watershed. Of these funds, $2,000,000 is 
     directed to the Forest Service, State and private forestry, 
     to establish an avalanche prevention program in the Chugach 
     National Forest and nearby public lands.


                         national forest system

       The conference agreement provides $7,249,000 to the 
     National forest system for damage caused by severe windstorms 
     in the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The fallen timber 
     caused by these storms in the National forests has caused 
     serious environmental and other damage which must be 
     addressed as soon as possible.

                                TITLE VI

       User Fees Under Forest System Recreation Residence Program

       The conference agreement includes the ``Cabin User Fee 
     Fairness Act of 2000''.

                               TITLE VII

             Treatment of Certain Funds for Miner Benefits

       Title VII provides for transfers of certain interest earned 
     by the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to the United Mine 
     Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund for the purpose of 
     supplementing the amount of interest transferred under 
     existing law in such amounts as the trustees of the Combined 
     Benefit Fund estimate are necessary to pay the amount of any 
     deficit in net assets in the Combined Fund through August 31, 
     2001. The managers note that the transfers may take place at 
     any time between October 1, 2000 and August 31, 2001. The 
     provision also provides for two other relatively minor 
     transfers of interest to the Combined Benefit Fund for the 
     purpose of making certain refunds.
       As a general manager, the managers note that it has been 
     the practice for the amount of the annual interest transfers 
     under current law to be based on a calculation which 
     multiplies the number of unassigned beneficiaries by that 
     year's per beneficiary premium rate established by the Social 
     Security Administration (SSA) with adjustments made later 
     (normally two years after the initial transfer) to reflect 
     the Combined Benefit Fund's actual expenditures for 
     unassigned beneficiaries. This practice has an adverse effect 
     on the Combined Benefit Fund's cash flow and is contributing 
     to its financial difficulties. Further, there is no basis in 
     the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 for the 
     annual transfer to be based on the SSA established 
     beneficiary premium rate. The managers believe that the 
     interest transfer at the beginning of each fiscal year should 
     be based on the Combined Benefit Fund trustee's estimate of 
     the year's expenditures for unassigned beneficiaries which 
     may be adjusted to the actual amount of those expenditures at 
     a later time if the initial transfer provides to be either 
     too high or too low. This approach is completely consistent 
     with the underlying statutory provision found in section 
     402(h) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
     1977 which provides that the amount of interest transferred 
     ``shall not exceed the amount of expenditures that the 
     trustees of the Combined Fund estimate will be debited 
     against the unassigned beneficiaries premium account. * * *'' 
     [emphasis added].
       The managers are extremely frustrated that the issue of the 
     long term solvency of the Combined Benefit Fund has not been 
     addressed by the Committees of jurisdiction over the past 
     year as the managers had requested in the fiscal year 2000 
     conference report (106-479). The managers reiterate that it 
     is not the responsibility of the Committees on Appropriations 
     to provide health care benefits to the retired mine workers, 
     their spouses and dependents through an annual transfer of 
     interest from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. The 
     managers are providing this funding to the Combined Benefit 
     Fund with the full expectation that this is the final time 
     the Interior will provide funds to the Combined Benefit Fund. 
     The managers strongly urge all of the parties associated with 
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     including the so-called ``super reach back'' companies, the 
     ``reach back'' companies, the United Mine Workers of America 
     and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association to work 
     together to rectify this situation.
       The managers note that the Office of Surface Mining 
     estimates that over $3 billion worth of priorities one and 
     two reclamation program needs remain in the inventory of 
     abandoned mined land problems nationwide. The Abandoned Mine 
     Reclamation Fund should be conserved, to the extent possible, 
     in order to fund these necessary projects as well as other 
     authorized uses of interest earned by this fund.

                               TITLE VIII

     Land Conservation, Preservation and Infrastructure Improvement

       The conference agreement inserts a new title to the bill 
     creating a six-year Land Conservation, Preservation and 
     Infrastructure Improvement program within the Federal budget 
     and provides increased funding for the first year of this 
     program, fiscal year 2001. This action recognizes land 
     conservation and related activities as critical National 
     priorities and provides a mechanism to guarantee 
     significantly increased funding for critical land acquisition 
     and other land protection programs. The program is not 
     mandatory and does not guarantee annual appropriations. The 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations have discretion 
     in the amounts to be appropriated each year, subject to 
     certain maximum amounts as described herein. The program is 
     authorized for a period of six years. Extension beyond six 
     years is a decision that is left to future Congresses.
       The new program created by this title, in addition to 
     augmenting funding for land conservation and preservation 
     tools, also recognizes the need to address critical 
     maintenance problems on our Federal lands and permits the use 
     of a portion of fiscal year 2001 funding and future years' 
     funding for the most critical problems in our parks, refuges, 
     forests and other public lands. Likewise, a portion of 
     funding for payments in lieu of taxes are permitted and these 
     funds are in addition to base funding under the Bureau of 
     Land Management in title I.
       The managers believe that, when acquiring new lands, the 
     Federal government has a responsibility to provide funding 
     for the maintenance of those lands and for payments in lieu 
     of taxes to the local communities where those lands are 
     located. The funds for maintenance and payments in lieu of 
     taxes, provided by the Land Conservation, Preservation and 
     Infrastructure Improvement program are in addition to 
     baseline funding for maintenance and payments in lieu of 
     taxes provided in the operational accounts of the land 
     management agencies funded in this Act.
       Part A: Fiscal year 2001 funding.--The conference agreement 
     provides for total maximum funding of $1,600,000,000 for the 
     first year of the six-year Land Conservation, Preservation 
     and Infrastructure Improvement program. It includes 
     appropriations totaling $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 
     for programs in the Departments of the Interior and 
     Agriculture. The $1,200,000,000 is approximately triple the 
     historic funding for such activities. This includes 
     $686,000,000 for activities in this title to augment the 
     $514,000,000 for such activities provided in other titles of 
     the Interior bill.
       The remaining $400,000,000, which is authorized herein, is 
     for programs under the jurisdiction of the Commerce-Justice-
     State Appropriations Subcommittee, including the Pacific 
     Coastal Salmon Recovery program, and will be considered in 
     that bill.
       The specific amounts provided for the Departments of the 
     Interior and Agriculture for these programs in fiscal year 
     2001 are as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Program category                   This title               Other titles           Total this bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal and State LWCF programs.....  $229 million............  $311 million...........  $540 million.
State and other conservation          $218 million............  $82 million............  $300 million.
 programs.
Urban & historic preservation         $39 million.............  $121 million...........  $160 million.
 programs.
Additional funding for maintenance..  $150 million............  NA.....................  +$150 million.
Additional funding for payments in    $50 million.............  NA.....................  +$50 million.
 lieu of taxes.
Coastal programs (NOAA).............  NA......................  NA.....................  Commerce/State/Justice
                                                                                          bill.
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................  $686 million............  $514 million...........  $1.2 billion.
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       The distribution of the funds for fiscal year 2001 among 
     the land management agencies and the U.S. Geological Survey 
     is specified in the bill. The managers have not, however, 
     mandated a distribution of individual land acquisition 
     projects or Forest Service Forest legacy funds. These 
     decisions are left to the Committees on Appropriations in 
     consultation with the land management agencies. The final 
     distribution will be based on programmatic needs and will be 
     determined by the Committees during fiscal year 2001.
       In making funding distributions for maintenance projects, 
     the managers expect the agencies to address critical 
     maintenance backlogs. These additional funds are for repair 
     and rehabilitation of existing facilities or roads and may 
     not be used for new and expanded facilities or roads.
       The managers expect the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to 
     develop a cost-shared, competitively-awarded, project-based 
     program for the use of State wildlife grant funding and to 
     present their proposal to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations for review and approval prior to the use of 
     any funds for these grants. The funds should not be 
     distributed on a formula basis and every effort should be 
     made to leverage Federal funding to the maximum extent 
     possible. The managers point to the joint venture program as 
     a good model to pursue.
       The managers expect the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to 
     work with the States to develop wildlife conservation plans. 
     The managers do not object to the use of a portion of the 
     funds provided for State wildlife grants for such required 
     plans, subject to cost sharing by the States. Each State plan 
     should meet requirements that are eastblished by the Service. 
     Each plan should provide for the conservation of the State's 
     full array of wildlife and their habitats, with emphasis 
     placed on those species conservation efforts that are most 
     underfunded and have the greatest conservation need. The 
     Service shall not provide a grant to any State unless the 
     State has, or commits to develop by a mutually agreed date 
     certain, the required plan.
       The specific amounts for programs within each category for 
     the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture are shown in 
     the following table:

       LAND CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
                         [Dollars in thousands]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Other       Total in
        Program categories          This title     titles     this bill
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Dept. of the Interior Land            $130,000     $163,940     $293,940
 Acquisition.....................
US Forest Service Land                  49,000      106,505      155,505
 Acquisition.....................
State Land Acquisition and              50,000       40,500       90,500
 Assistance......................
                                  --------------------------------------
      Federal and State LWCF.....      229,000      310,945      539,945
                                  ======================================
FWS--Cooperative Endangered             78,000       26,925      104,925
 Species Fund....................
FWS--State Wildlife Grants.......       50,000            0       50,000
FWS--N. American Wetlands               20,000       20,000       40,000
 Conservation....................
USGS--Science Programs...........       20,000        5,000       25,000
FS--Forest Legacy................       30,000       30,000       60,000
FS--additional planning/inventory/      20,000           NA       20,000
 monitoring......................
                                  --------------------------------------
      State and Other                  218,000       81,925      299,925
       Conservation Programs.....
                                  ======================================
NPS--Urban Parks Restoration and        20,000       10,000       30,000
 Recovery........................
NPS--Historic Preservation.......       15,000       73,347       88,347
FS--Urban & Community Forestry...        4,000       31,721       35,721
Youth Conservation Corps.........            0        6,000        6,000
                                  --------------------------------------
      Urban and Historic                39,000      121,068      160,068
       Preservation..............
Additional funding for                 150,000           NA      150,000
 Maintenance.....................
Additional funding--Payments in         50,000           NA       50,000
 Lieu of Taxes...................
Coastal Programs (NOAA programs             NA           NA        (\1\)
 to be addressed in Commerce-
 State-Justice bill).............
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total......................     $686,000     $513,938   $1,199,938
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ C/J/S Bill.

       The $78,000,000 provided for the cooperative endangered 
     species conservation fund includes $28,000,000 for grants to 
     the States and $50,000,000 for habitat conservation planning 
     land acquisition.
       The $20,000,000 provided in this title for science programs 
     in the U.S. Geological Survey includes $7,000,000 for 
     national mapping of which $5,000,000 is for national 
     cooperative geologic mapping and $2,000,000 is for earth 
     science information management and delivery, $5,000,000 for 
     water resources/stream gauges, $3,000,000 for biological 
     research of which $2,000,000 is to initiate aquatic GAP 
     analysis and $1,000,000 is to accelerate GAP analysis in the 
     contiguous 48 States, and $5,000,000 for science support/
     accessible data transfer.
       The additional $20,000,000 for Forest Service planning, 
     inventory and monitoring should be used to address high 
     priority needs for these activities within the National 
     Forest System.
       The $15,000,000 provided in this title for historic 
     preservation includes $12,000,000 for State historic 
     preservation offices and $3,000,000 for tribal grants.
       The additional $150,000,000 provided in this title for 
     maintenance includes $25,000,000 for the Bureau of Land 
     Management, $25,000,000 for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
     service, $50,000,000 for the National Park Service and 
     $50,000,000 for the Forest Service.
       Part B: Land Conservation, Preservation and Infrastructure 
     Improvement Trust Fund.--Part

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     B of this title establishes the Land Conservation, 
     Preservation and Infrastructure Improvement program budget 
     mechanism which provides a six-year funding priority within 
     the Federal budget for land conservation activities by 
     setting aside funds each year over and above the amounts 
     available under Congressional Budget Resolutions for all 
     other discretionary activities of the government. The amounts 
     for each year are as follows:

Fiscal year:
  2001...................................................$1,600,000,000
  2002....................................................1,760,000,000
  2003....................................................1,920,000,000
  2004....................................................2,080,000,000
  2005....................................................2,240,000,000
  2006....................................................2,400,000,000

       These amounts are set aside and automatically available 
     under the Budget Resolution each year for Land Conservation, 
     Preservation and Infrastructure Improvement programs but are 
     subject to annual appropriations. The exact amount and the 
     distribution among programs will be set in annual 
     appropriation bills based on need and program performance. 
     The language provides a ``fencing'' mechanism, however, so 
     that funds are only available for the specific set of budget 
     activities and accounts listed in the Land Conservation, 
     Preservation and Infrastructure Improvement program. The text 
     of the language in Part B follows the model established in 
     1995 for the Violent Crime Trust Fund.
       There are six identified program categories for each year. 
     Each category has an identified ``fenced cap'' for each 
     fiscal year. The amount of each cap does not assure 
     appropriations for that amount but does assure that funds 
     from within one category are not shifted to another category. 
     The caps by category are shown in the following table:

        Program category                                     Fenced cap
Federal and State LWCF.....................................$540,000,000
State and other conservation programs.......................300,000,000
Urban and historic preservation programs....................160,000,000
Additional funding for maintenance..........................150,000,000
Additional funding for payments in lieu of taxes.............50,000,000
Coastal programs (Department of Commerce/NOAA...............400,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total.................................................1,600,000,000

       Any funds not appropriated within the caps will be 
     available in the next fiscal year for appropriation for 
     activities within the same program category. In addition, 
     each year, the total amount available for appropriation is 
     increased by $160,000,000 for the Land Conservation, 
     Preservation and Infrastructure Improvement Program. That 
     increase is not subject to the ``fenced caps'', but is 
     available for the eligible programs herein, in addition to 
     the capped amounts. The House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations have the discretion to determine the extent to 
     which these funds will be appropriated. The additional, 
     ``unfenced'' amount available will be $160,000,000 in fiscal 
     year 2002, $320,000,000 in fiscal year 2003, $480,000,000 in 
     fiscal year 2004, $640,000,000 in fiscal year 2005 and 
     $800,000,000 in fiscal year 2006.
       Eligible programs include:

     Federal land acquisition
     State land and water conservation grants
     Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program
     Backlog maintenance (land management agencies)
     Payments in Lieu of Taxes
     Historic Preservation
     Youth Conservation Corps
     U.S. Geological Survey's State Planning Partnership programs, 
           Community/Federal Information Partnership, Urban 
           Dynamics, and Decision Support for Resource Management
     U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's North American Wetlands 
           Conservation Fund, Cooperative Endangered Species 
           Conservation Fund, and State Wildlife Grants
     Forest Service's State and Private Forestry, Forest Legacy 
           Program, Urban and Community Forestry, Smart Growth 
           Partnerships and additional funding for planning, 
           inventory and monitoring
     Department of Commerce/NOAA's Pacific Coastal Salmon 
           Recovery, NOAA Operations, Research, and Facilities, 
           the Coastal Zone Management Act programs, the National 
           Marine Sanctuaries, the National Estuarine Research 
           Reserve Systems, Coral Restoration programs, Coastal 
           Impact Assistance and the Pacific Coastal Salmon 
           Recovery Program

                                TITLE IX

                       Department of the Treasury

                       Bureau of the Public Debt


      gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt

       The conference agreement provides $5 billion to be used to 
     reduce the amount of debt held by the public.

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                   CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2001 
     follow:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000.......$14,911,650
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year16,319,772
House bill, fiscal year 2001.................................14,959,420
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001................................15,772,342
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001.......................18,768,117
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000......+3,856,467
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal ye+2,448,345
  House bill, fiscal year 2001...............................+3,808,697
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2001..............................+2,995,775

     Ralph Regula,
     Jim Kolbe,
     Joe Skeen,
     Charles H. Taylor,
     George R. Nethercutt, Jr.,
     Zach Wamp,
     Jack Kingston,
     John E. Peterson,
     Bill Young,
     Norman Dicks,
     John P. Murtha,
     James P. Moran,
     Bud Cramer,
     Maurice D. Hinchey,
     David R. Obey,
                                Managers on the part of the House.

     Slade Gorton,
     Ted Stevens,
     Thad Cochran,
     Pete V. Domenici,
     Conrad Burns,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Judd Gregg,
     Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Patrick Leahy,
     Fritz Hollings,
     Harry Reid,
     Byron L. Dorgan,
     Herb Kohl,
     Dianne Feinstein,
     Managers on the part of the Senate.

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