[Senate Report 104-319]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 495
104th Congress Report
SENATE
2d Session 104-319
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL,
1997
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July 16, 1996.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Gorton, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3662]
The Committee on Appropriations to which was referred the
bill (H.R. 3662) making appropriations for the Department of
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997, and for other purposes, reports the same to
the Senate with amendments and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass.
Amounts in new budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1997
Amount of bill passed by House.......................... $12,282,111,000
Amount of increase by Senate............................ 372,243,000
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Total of bill as reported to Senate................. 12,654,354,000
Estimates considered by House........................... 12,924,643,000
Estimates considered by Senate.......................... 12,924,643,000
Below the budget estimate, 1997..................... 270,289,000
Above appropriations, 1996.......................... 114,462,000
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C O N T E N T S
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Summary of bill.................................................. 4
Revenue generated by agencies in bill............................ 4
Major changes recommended in the bill............................ 5
Overview......................................................... 6
Efficiencies and improvements.................................... 7
Recreational Fee Demonstration Program........................... 8
Title I--Department of the Interior:
Land and water resources: Bureau of Land Management.......... 9
Fish and wildlife and parks:
Fish and Wildlife Service................................ 15
National Park Service.................................... 23
Energy and minerals:
U.S. Geological Survey................................... 34
Minerals Management Service.............................. 37
Bureau of Mines.......................................... 39
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement..... 39
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.......................... 40
Indian affairs: Bureau of Indian Affairs..................... 41
Departmental offices:
Insular affairs.......................................... 51
Departmental management.................................. 53
Office of the Solicitor.................................. 54
Office of Inspector General.............................. 54
National Indian Gaming Commission........................ 54
Office of Special Trustee for American Indians........... 54
Title II--Related agencies:
Department of Agriculture: Forest Service.................... 59
Department of Energy......................................... 73
Department of Health and Human Services: Health Resources and
Services Administration.................................... 88
Department of Education: Office of Elementary and Secondary
Educa- tion................................................ 92
Other related agencies:
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.............. 92
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture
and Arts Development................................... 93
Smithsonian Institution.................................. 93
National Gallery of Art.................................. 95
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts........... 96
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars......... 96
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities:
National Endowment for the Arts...................... 97
National Endowment for the Humanities................ 98
Commission of Fine Arts.................................. 99
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation................ 100
National Capital Planning Commission..................... 100
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission............ 100
Holocaust Memorial Council............................... 101
Title III--General provisions.................................... 102
Limitations and legislative provisions........................... 105
Compliance with paragraph 7, rule XVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 105
Compliance with paragraph 7(c), rule XXVI of the Standing Rules
of the Senate.................................................. 105
Compliance with paragraph 12, rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 106
Summary of Bill
For this bill, estimates totaling $12,924,643,000 in new
obligational authority were considered by the Committee for the
programs and activities of the agencies and bureaus of the
Department of the Interior, except the Bureau of Reclamation,
and the following related agencies:
Department of Agriculture:
Forest Service.
Department of Energy:
Clean coal technology.
Fossil energy.
Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves.
Conservation (except energy storage systems).
Economic Regulatory Administration.
Emergency preparedness.
Strategic petroleum reserve.
SPR petroleum account.
Energy Information Administration.
Department of Health and Human Services:
Indian Health Service.
Department of Education:
Indian education.
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and
Arts Development.
Smithsonian Institution.
National Gallery of Art.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities:
National Endowment for the Arts.
National Endowment for the Humanities.
Institute of Museum Services.
Commission of Fine Arts.
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
National Capital Planning Commission.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission.
Holocaust Memorial Council.
Revenue Generated by Agencies in Bill
Oil and gas leasing and other mineral leasing activities,
the timber and range programs, and oil production from the
naval petroleum reserves will generate income to the Government
in excess of $8,048,902,000 in fiscal year 1997. These
estimated receipts, for agencies under the subcommittee's
jurisdiction, are tabulated below:
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Fiscal year--
Item -----------------------------------------------------
1995 1996 1997
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Department of the Interior................................ $5,128,071,000 $5,494,603,000 $6,831,270,000
Forest Service............................................ 758,328,000 815,476,000 810,430,000
Naval petroleum reserves.................................. 412,144,000 462,955,000 407,202,000
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Total receipts...................................... 6,298,543,000 6,773,034,000 8,048,902,000
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Major Changes Recommended in the Bill
In an effort to honor congressional spending limitations,
the Committee has developed substantial revisions to both the
budget estimate and House allowance for the 1997 fiscal year.
A comparative summary of funding in the bill by agency is
shown by agency or principal program in the following table:
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Committee recommendation compared
Committee with--
recommendation -----------------------------------
Budget estimate House allowance
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Title I--Department of the Interior:
Bureau of Land Management............................. $1,117,061,000 +$21,252,000 +$39,944,000
Fish and Wildlife Service............................. 666,849,000 +6,776,000 +38,218,000
National Park Service................................. 1,416,705,000 -194,537,000 +90,228,000
Geological Survey..................................... 737,040,000 -9,340,000 +6,877,000
Minerals Management Service........................... 165,995,000 -23,439,000 -23,000,000
Bureau of Mines....................................... 2,000,000 +2,000,000 +2,000,000
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.. 273,757,000 -400,000 +3,098,000
Bureau of Indian Affairs.............................. 1,581,780,000 -194,710,000 +44,085,000
Territorial Affairs................................... 88,826,000 +100,000 +100,000
Departmental offices.................................. 156,211,000 +30,000 +22,747,000
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Total, title I--Department of the Interior.......... 6,206,224,000 -392,363,000 +224,202,000
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Title II--Related agencies:
Forest Service........................................ 2,611,101,000 +264,518,000 +414,209,000
Department of Energy.................................. 983,801,000 +102,164,000 -311,264,000
Indian Health......................................... 2,052,793,000 -121,399,000 +45,531,000
Indian Education...................................... 52,500,000 -29,000,000 ................
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation........... 19,345,000 -5,655,000 -1,000,000
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture
and Arts Development................................. 5,500,000 ................ ................
Smithsonian Institution............................... 371,582,000 -12,134,000 +4,190,000
National Gallery of Art............................... 59,841,000 ................ ................
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts....... 19,875,000 ................ ................
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars...... 5,840,000 ................ ................
National Endowment for the Arts....................... 99,494,000 -36,506,000 ................
National Endowment for the Humanities................. 99,494,000 -36,506,000 -5,000,000
Institute of Museum Services.......................... 21,000,000 -2,000,000 ................
Commission of Fine Arts............................... 867,000 ................ ................
National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs............ 6,000,000 -733,000 ................
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation............. 2,500,000 ................ ................
National Capital Planning Commission.................. 5,390,000 -495,000 ................
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission......... 500,000 +375,000 +375,000
Holocaust Memorial Council............................ 30,707,000 +555,000 +1,000,000
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Total, title II--Related agencies................... 6,448,130,000 +122,074,000 +148,041,000
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Grand total......................................... 12,654,354,000 -270,289,000 +372,243,000
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SUMMARY TABLE--LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
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Budget House Senate
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Bureau of Land Management.................................... $12,800,000 $10,000,000 $14,060,000
Fish and Wildlife Service.................................... 36,900,000 39,000,000 50,802,000
National Park Service:
State grants............................................. 1,500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000
Federal acquisitions..................................... 34,800,000 29,000,000 46,915,000
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Subtotal, National Park Service........................ 36,300,000 30,000,000 48,415,000
Forest Service............................................... 41,200,000 30,000,000 39,660,000
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Total.................................................. 127,200,000 100,000,000 152,937,000
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Overview
general statement
The recommendations provided in the Senate report to
accompany H.R. 3662 are made by the Committee with the goal of
meeting the highest priorities of the bill in areas such as
natural resource management, Indian programs, fossil energy,
energy conservation, and cultural activities. Budget
constraints continue to have a significant impact on the vast
majority, if not all, of the agencies funded through the
Interior appropriations bill and each has the challenge and
responsibility for carrying out its mandate within these
restrictions.
Agency restructuring and consolidation efforts, which began
this fiscal year, will continue in fiscal year 1997. Important
programs for the American Indians and Alaska Natives are funded
to meet health, education, and trust fund concerns. Funds are
provided to balance the multiple uses of natural resources and
the protection of those resources; to continue important
research in the areas of minerals, geology, biological science,
forest, and range; and to address agency operations and
maintenance shortfalls. In response to critical forest health
problems and wildfire suppression needs, related programs have
received additional funds. In recognition of the need to move
forward on high-priority land acquisition and construction
projects, a small increase over the current funding levels for
those programs is proposed by the Committee.
Efficiencies and Improvements
Agency efforts to restructure, consolidate, downsize, and
review programs and projects must continue in fiscal year 1997.
Current limitations on domestic discretionary spending
reinforce the necessity for additional management efficiencies
in order to direct scarce resources to program work rather than
administrative functions wherever possible.
The Committee is particularly concerned about the numerous
organizational layers that continue to exist between National,
State, and regional office structures of many agencies. As a
consequence, decisionmaking processes now take weeks and
months, and should be streamlined to produce a leaner, more
efficient system that provides for a thorough, but not
duplicative, review. The widely expanded capabilities provided
by available telecommunications equipment should be used to the
maximum extent in order to further expedite this process. The
Committee notes that enhanced communications capability should
also reduce the need for national and regional meetings,
thereby providing an additional savings in employee time and
the substantial travel expenses that would be incurred
otherwise.
Another area where the Committee sees the potential for
savings is in the large number of employees and high level of
expenses involved in relocation and transfer of station within
agencies. Based on information provided by the land management
agencies to the Committee, approximately $65,000,000 was spent
in fiscal year 1995 and approximately $62,000,000 will be spent
in fiscal year 1996 on relocating employees. Therefore, the
Committee directs each land management agency to reduce the
number of employees it relocates by 10 percent in fiscal year
1997 and to prepare to reduce the number by an additional 10
percent in fiscal year 1998, using the average of fiscal years
1994 and 1995 as a base. Based on the $62,000,000 estimate, a
minimum of a 20-percent reduction from this level could provide
an additional $12,000,000 in critical operating funds to the
land management agencies. All other agencies are encouraged to
reduce and limit these costs also.
Agencies are expected to determine the most cost-efficient
means of transferring employees, as well. For instance,
agencies now rely primarily on the contractor-guaranteed home
sale service or relocation contractors to assist employees in
selling their residences. The fee for this contract service
ranges from approximately 20 to 25 percent of the selling price
of a residence without limitation on the fee amount. An
alternative method is the direct reimbursement to an employee
for the authorized expense of selling his or her residence,
which normally is in the range of 8 to 10 percent of the
selling price of a residence subject to 10 percent of the sales
price or $22,398 (as of fiscal year 1996), whichever is less.
The Committee directs the agencies to examine their practices
for administering the expenses for relocation of employees and
to reduce their expenditures in fiscal year 1997.
Finally, the Committee is concerned about the level of
agency expenditures for employee uniforms. While the Committee
recognizes that uniforms are appropriate for particular
occupations and can be useful to the general public in
identifying Government personnel, agency policies should be
reexamined in light of the current fiscal climate. Agencies are
requested to review their policies for furnishing uniforms and
discontinue uniform allowances for employees unless they have
significant contact with the public. In addition, agencies
should review their current requirements for the number of
necessary uniform components in an effort to reduce uniform
allowance expenditures by 10 percent in fiscal year 1997 and
plan for a reduction of an additional 10 percent in fiscal year
1998 using the average of fiscal years 1994 and 1995 as a base.
RECREATIONAL FEE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
In the fiscal year 1996 appropriations bill, the Congress
provided the four major Federal land management agencies the
authority to establish a demonstration program to test the
collection, retention, and reinvestment of new admission and
user fees. Through innovative and cost-effective methods,
developed by the agencies, admission fees would be collected at
up to 50 sites per agency.
These fees will be returned to the agencies to improve the
quality of visitor experiences at public recreational areas,
enhance the protection of natural resources, and offset the fee
collection costs. Like the House, the Committee is encouraged
by some of the actions taken by the agencies, most notably the
Forest Service and also the Bureau of Land Management. However,
the Committee is very concerned about the lack of serious
effort by the National Park Service. The Committee agrees with
the House that all the land management agencies should
intensify their efforts to implement this program, and provide
a full report to the Committees by December 31, 1996, on the
status of implementation and plans for this program in fiscal
year 1997. The Committee expects that the fiscal year 1998
budget request for each of the agencies contain a complete and
detailed explanation of the plans, accomplishments, and
proposals for further implementation.
The Committee agrees that the fee demonstration period
should be extended for 1 year due to the late signing of the
appropriations act. In addition, the Committee also recommends
that the number of sites be increased from 50 per agency to
100. This will provide the agencies with an even greater
ability to accomplish a needed resource influx to more
recreational areas. Taking advantage of this program
demonstrates the agencies are taking serious their need for
more funding resources, understanding the seriousness of the
budget situation, and demonstrating their desire to help the
situation through increased fees. Congress is not able to fund
all of the recreation activities requirements. Future overall
budget funding levels are expected to decrease. Collection of
these modest fees is one method to assist in meeting the
growing operations and maintenance needs for these programs.
The land management agencies currently compose approximately 42
percent of the Interior bill and there are other demands within
the bill that must be met as well.
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
LAND AND WATER RESOURCES
Bureau of Land Management
management of land and resources
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $567,453,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 575,892,000
House allowance......................................... 566,514,000
Committee recommendation
578,692,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $578,692,000,
an increase of $2,800,000 above the budget estimate and
$12,178,000 above the House allowance. A comparison of the
Committee recommendations with the budget estimate is as
follows:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Land resources:
Soil, water, and air management.......................... $22,091,000 $21,141,000 -$950,000
Range management......................................... 52,252,000 52,252,000 ...............
Forestry management...................................... 5,530,000 5,530,000 ...............
Riparian management...................................... 15,578,000 16,078,000 +500,000
Cultural resources management............................ 12,059,000 12,059,000 ...............
Wild horse and burro management.......................... 15,925,000 15,925,000 ...............
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Subtotal, land resources............................... 123,435,000 122,985,000 -450,000
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Wildlife and fisheries:
Wildlife management...................................... 20,101,000 20,101,000 ...............
Fisheries management..................................... 7,133,000 7,133,000 ...............
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Subtotal, wildlife and fisheries....................... 27,234,000 27,234,000 ...............
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Threatened and endangered species............................ 16,581,000 16,500,000 -81,000
Recreation management:
Wilderness management.................................... 15,072,000 15,072,000 ...............
Recreation resources management.......................... 27,772,000 28,772,000 +1,000,000
Recreation operations (fees)............................. 3,020,000 3,020,000 ...............
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Subtotal, recreation management........................ 45,864,000 46,864,000 +1,000,000
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Energy and minerals:
Oil and gas.............................................. 52,056,000 52,056,000 ...............
Coal management.......................................... 6,853,000 6,853,000 ...............
Other mineral resources.................................. 8,584,000 8,584,000 ...............
Alaska minerals.......................................... 2,010,000 2,010,000 ...............
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Subtotal, energy and minerals.......................... 69,503,000 69,503,000 ...............
Realty and ownership management:
Alaska conveyance........................................ 28,125,000 31,000,000 +2,875,000
Cadastral survey......................................... 11,053,000 11,053,000 ...............
Land and realty management............................... 28,522,000 28,822,000 +300,000
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Subtotal, realty and ownership manage- ment........... 67,700,000 70,875,000 +3,175,000
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Resource protection and maintenance:
Resource management planning............................. 8,544,000 6,500,000 -2,044,000
Facilities maintenance................................... 32,754,000 33,954,000 +1,200,000
Resource protection and law enforcement.................. 10,254,000 10,254,000 ...............
Hazardous materials management........................... 15,076,000 15,076,000 ...............
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Subtotal, resource protection and maintenance.......... 66,628,000 65,784,000 -844,000
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Automated land and minerals records system................... 42,207,000 42,207,000 ...............
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Mining law administration:
Administration........................................... 27,300,000 27,300,000 ...............
Fee collection........................................... 5,000,000 5,000,000 ...............
Offsetting fees.......................................... -32,300,000 -32,300,000 ...............
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Subtotal, mining law administration.................... ............... ............... ...............
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Work force and organizational support:
Information systems operations........................... 14,630,000 14,630,000 ...............
Administrative support................................... 45,944,000 45,944,000 ...............
Bureauwide fixed costs................................... 56,166,000 56,166,000 ...............
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Subtotal, work force and organization.................. 116,740,000 116,740,000 ...............
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Total, management of lands and resource................ 575,892,000 578,692,000 +2,800,000
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Land resources.--The Committee recommends $122,985,000 for
land resources, which is $450,000 below the budget request and
$10,157,000 above the fiscal year 1996 funding level. The net
decrease below the budget request includes a decrease of
$950,000 for soil, water, and air management, and an increase
of $500,000 for riparian management. The Committee recommends
an increase of $50,000 for a total of $350,000 within soil,
water, and air management to continue restoration efforts on
the Rio Puerco Watershed Area in New Mexico. For the abandoned
mineland and stormwater management activities, the Committee
recommends a decrease of $1,000,000 below the budget request.
The Committee recommends an increase of $500,000 for Wood River
wetland restoration within riparian management.
Wildlife and fisheries.--The Committee recommends
$27,234,000, the same as the budget request. The Committee
recommendation concurs in the distribution of funding increases
as proposed in the budget. Funds used in support of activities
benefiting the bureau that are conducted by another agency
should be included in the base budget of the host agency in
fiscal year 1998.
Threatened and endangered species.--The Committee
recommends $16,500,000 for threatened and endangered species,
the same as the fiscal year 1996 level.
Recreation management.--The Committee recommends
$46,864,000 for recreation management, which is $1,000,000
above the budget request. The additional funding is for
recreation resources management.
The Committee is encouraged by some of the actions taken by
the land management agencies, including the Bureau of Land
Management to establish a pilot fee demonstration program. The
Committee agrees with the House that all the land management
agencies should intensify their efforts to implement this
program, and provide a full report to the Committees by
December 31, 1996, on the status of implementation and plans
for this program in fiscal year 1997. The Committee expects
that the fiscal year 1998 budget shall contain a complete and
detailed explanation of the plans, accomplishments, and
proposals for further implementation.
Realty and ownership management.--The Committee recommends
$70,875,000 for realty and ownership management, which is an
increase of $3,175,000 above the budget request and $1,508,000
above the fiscal year 1996 funding level. The Committee
recommends $31,000,000 for Alaska conveyance (which includes
Alaska cadastral surveys), which is an increase of $2,875,000
above the budget request and $1,019,000 above the fiscal year
1996 funding level. The Committee recommends $28,822,000 for
land and realty management, which is an increase of $300,000
above the budget request. The additional funds are to support
additional land exchange activities, which the Committee
supports. In particular, $100,000 is provided to conduct
species and resource surveys on the Longview Fibre/Mount Hood
corridor land exchange.
Resource protection and maintenance.--The Committee
recommends $65,784,000 for resource protection and maintenance,
a decrease of $844,000 below the budget request and an increase
of $1,983,000 above the fiscal year 1996 funding level. For
resource management planning, the Committee recommends
$6,500,000, which is a decrease of $2,044,000 below the budget
request and $2,000,000 below the fiscal year 1996 funding
level. For facilities maintenance, the Committee recommends
$33,954,000, which is an increase of $1,200,000 above the
budget request. The additional funds should be used to address
existing maintenance backlogs of the Bureau and to improve
conditions at high use recreational facilities. The Committee
supports the total of $300,000 available for repairs at Yuba
Lake, UT.
Other.--The Committee is concerned about the duplication of
State and Federal regulation of oil and gas activities and
directs BLM to proceed with the evaluation of Federal oil and
gas regulatory activities for possible future transfer to the
States. Such transfers could streamline regulatory programs
which will result in the reduction of costs to the taxpayers.
The Committee strongly encourages BLM to work closely with the
authorizing committee and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact
Commission to draft a proposal to implement the transfer of
these programs. BLM should submit to the Committee their
evaluation of the potential activities to be transferred to the
States no later than February 1, 1997.
The Bureau of Land Management [BLM] is directed to evaluate
the equity of its State budget allocations and submit a report
with its findings to the Committee by April 4, 1997. The report
should evaluate the advantages and/or disadvantages of various
methods to determine equity. At a minimum, this report should
evaluate factors such as dollars per acre of public land, acres
of public land managed per FTE, dollars per FTE, and provide a
comparison of these factors for each State office.
Bill language.--Bill language has been included to
facilitate the transfer of the former Bureau of Mines facility
in Salt Lake City, UT, to the University of Utah. Such language
is necessary because BLM still holds the land on which the
facility, which will now be operated by the State, is located.
Such direction is consistent with other research locations that
have been defederalized.
The Committee intends that moneys appropriated to the
Bureau's mining law administration program be used only in
carrying out management responsibilities under this program.
The funds are not to be used for other agency activities,
programs, or initiatives unrelated to the minerals, geology, or
mining programs. Costs proposed to be passed on to project
proponents should not be done so without their concurrence on a
project-by-project basis.
wildland fire management
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $235,924,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 247,924,000
House allowance......................................... 247,924,000
Committee recommendation
264,609,000
The Committee recommends $264,609,000 for wildland fire
management, an increase of $16,685,000 above the budget request
and $28,685,000 above the fiscal year 1996 funding level.
Within the funds provided, $156,842,000 is provided for
preparedness and fire use, which is an increase of $16,685,000
above the request. The additional funding will provide a
maximum efficient level of approximately 94 percent for
presuppression activities and will provide approximately 88
percent of the 10-year average actual costs for presuppression
activities.
Within the funds provided, the Committee recommends
$925,000 to continue a partnership project involving the
Northern Arizona University School of Forestry and the
Department of the Interior. The Committee understands that the
funding will support forest ecosystem health restoration
efforts.
central hazmat fund
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $10,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 20,500,000
House allowance......................................... 12,000,000
Committee recommendation
12,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,000,000
for the central hazardous materials fund, which is a decrease
of $8,500,000 below the budget estimate and the same as the
House allowance. The Committee expects the Department to fund
the highest priority, ongoing, or emergency projects within
this funding level. The Department should not start any new
nonemergency projects.
construction
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $3,115,000
Emergency appropriation, 1996....................... 5,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 3,103,000
House allowance......................................... 3,103,000
Committee recommendation
4,333,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,333,000, an
increase of $1,230,000 above the budget estimate and the House
allowance. The Committee expects the Bureau to fund the
highest-priority contruction needs in the order stated in the
budget justifications. The Committee has included $900,000 for
completion of the Baker City Flagstaff Hill Interpretive
Center.
The Committee has included $330,000 for the acquisition of
the Maiden Rock Bridge in Montana. Of this amount, $80,000 is
provided to paint the bridge. This bridge is owned by a private
company and has provided access to BLM lands for sportsmen. The
purchase of the bridge would eliminate and current liability
issues which can impact the public access to this important
bridge.
payments in lieu of taxes
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $113,500,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 101,500,000
House allowance......................................... 113,500,000
Committee recommendation
115,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $115,000,000,
an increase of $13,500,000 above the budget estimate and
$1,500,000 above the House allowance.
land acquisition
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $12,800,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 12,800,000
House allowance......................................... 10,000,000
Committee recommendation
14,060,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $14,060,000
for land acquisition, an increase of $1,260,000 above the
budget estimate and an increase of $4,060,000 above the House
allowance.
The following table shows the Committee's recommendations:
Committee
recommendation
Lake Fork of the Gunnison, CO........................... $1,700,000
Santa Rosa Mountains, CA................................ 1,000,000
Upper Huerfano River, CO................................ 610,000
Washington County desert tortoise HCP, Utah............. 4,500,000
West Eugene wetlands, OR................................ 1,000,000
West Riverside County, CA............................... 1,000,000
Acquisition management.................................. 3,250,000
Emergencies, inholdings................................. 1,000,000
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Total
14,060,000
The Secretary is requested to prepare a report that
provides the extent of lands in New Mexico suitable for
disposal, a description of the activities necessary to dispose
of the land, a projection of fiscal impacts to local
governments, a projection of impacts to current users of the
land, a recommended timeframe for orderly disposal, and the
projected total costs of disposal. The Secretary is encouraged
to continue with the disposal of lands suitable for disposal as
appropriate under current authorities.
oregon and california grant lands
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $97,452,000
Emergency appropriation, 1996....................... 35,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 108,379,000
House allowance......................................... 98,365,000
Committee recommendation
102,656,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $102,656,000,
a decrease of $5,723,000 below the budget estimate and an
increase of $4,291,000 when compared to the House allowance.
When compared to the current level, the Committee is providing
an increase of $4,777,000, as requested in the budget for
forest plan activities in resources management; a decrease of
$573,000 for facility maintenance; and an increase of
$1,000,000 for jobs in the woods. The Committee commends the
Bureau of Land Management for moving forward with the pilot fee
project and has provided funds to assist with implementing the
fee collection activities at the Yaquina Head Outstanding
Natural Area.
Within the funds provided to the State of Oregon's share of
jobs in the woods funding, the Bureau of Land Management should
give priority consideration to timber dependent communities in
the Santiam Canyon, OR.
range improvements
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $9,113,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 9,113,000
House allowance......................................... 9,113,000
Committee recommendation
9,113,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,113,000 for
range improvements, the same as the budget estimate and the
House allowance.
service charges, deposits, and forfeitures
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $8,993,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 8,993,000
House allowance......................................... 8,993,000
Committee recommendation
8,993,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,993,000,
the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance.
miscellaneous trust funds
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $7,605,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 7,605,000
House allowance......................................... 7,605,000
Committee recommendation
7,605,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,605,000,
the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance.
FISH AND WILDLIFE AND PARKS
Fish and Wildlife Service
resource management
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $501,010,000
Emergency appropriation, 1996....................... 1,600,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 540,372,000
House allowance......................................... 520,519,000
Committee recommendation
529,527,000
The Committee recommends $529,527,000 for resource
management, an increase of $9,008,000 over the House level and
an increase of $28,517,000 over the fiscal year 1996 funding
level. The following table shows the amounts provided by
activity as compared to the budget estimate.
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Ecological services:
Endangered species:
Candidate conservation............................... $5,237,000 $5,000,000 -$237,000
Listing.............................................. 7,483,000 5,000,000 -2,483,000
Consultation......................................... 23,997,000 20,000,000 -3,997,000
Recovery............................................. 46,359,000 40,500,000 -5,859,000
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Subtotal, endangered species....................... 83,076,000 70,500,000 -12,576,000
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Habitat conservation..................................... 53,808,000 57,272,000 +3,464,000
Environmental contaminants............................... 8,821,000 8,821,000 ...............
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Subtotal, ecological services.......................... 145,705,000 136,593,000 -9,112,000
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Refuges and wildlife:
Refuge operations and maintenance........................ 179,237,000 177,737,000 -1,500,000
Law enforcement operations............................... 35,265,000 35,265,000 ...............
Migratory bird management................................ 15,255,000 15,255,000 ...............
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Subtotal, refuges and wildlife......................... 229,757,000 228,257,000 -1,500,000
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Fisheries:
Hatchery operations and maintenance...................... 36,902,000 36,902,000 ...............
Lower Snake River compensation fund...................... 11,557,000 11,557,000 ...............
Fish and wildlife management............................. 20,639,000 18,489,000 -2,150,000
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Subtotal, fisheries.................................... 69,098,000 66,948,000 -2,150,000
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General administration:
Central office administration............................ 13,528,000 13,445,000 -83,000
International affairs.................................... 5,300,000 5,300,000 ...............
Regional office administration........................... 23,000,000 22,000,000 -1,000,000
National Education and Training Center................... 8,928,000 8,928,000 ...............
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.................... ............... 5,000,000 +5,000,000
Servicewide administrative support....................... 45,056,000 43,056,000 -2,000,000
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Subtotal, general administration....................... 95,812,000 97,729,000 +1,917,000
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Total, resource management............................. 540,372,000 529,527,000 -10,845,000
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Endangered species.--The Committee recommends $70,500,000
for endangered species activities, an increase of $4,200,000
over the House and $10,200,000 over the fiscal year 1996
enacted level. Given the fact that authorization for the
Endangered Species Act expired in 1992, attempting to fund the
large increases requested for these programs by the
administration has been extremely difficult. The Committee is
gravely disappointed that the administration has still not put
forth a reauthorization proposal, and that it has not played a
more productive role in efforts to reauthorize the act.
However, the Committee remains hopeful that a reauthorization
bill will be enacted in this Congress. Should such legislation
place additional demands on the endangered species program, the
Committee would consider a reprogramming or supplemental budget
request to meet those needs.
Within the funds provided for candidate species
conservation, the Committee has provided $400,000 to implement
the conservation plan for freshwater sturgeon in the Alabama
River in cooperation with the Alabama Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources. Within the funds provided
for listing activities, $500,000 is earmarked for downlistings,
delistings, and withdrawal notices.
In the recovery program, the Service should maintain
funding at no less than the fiscal year 1996 level for the
Upper Colorado River Basin Endangered Fish Recovery Program,
and for the Peregrine Fund for activities related to the
California condor. An amount of $750,000 is provided for the
Virgin River Integrated Management Recovery Program. Within the
additional amount provided, the Service should consider
increasing support for the spectacled eider recovery plan, and
for research on gray wolf interaction with mountain lions and
large ungulates.
While recognizing that the program does not represent a
perpetual obligation, the Committee encourages the Service to
provide at least as much support to the Natural Communities
Conservation Planning [NCCP] Program as was provided in fiscal
year 1996. These funds are to be matched by private
contributions, and shall be allocated by joint decision of the
Service and the State of California.
In allocating funds for the wolf recovery program in
Montana and central Idaho, the Service should provide for an
adequate wolf monitoring program for all locations and areas
associated with wolf recovery, and reimbursement to cooperating
State, Federal, or tribal agencies for reasonable expenses
incurred by such agencies for their participation in the wolf
recovery program. In addition, the Service should provide
public information programs on the location of wolves released
under the wolf recovery program, and public participation in
all activities involving the capture, transportation, and
release of wolves to the area.
Habitat conservation.--The Committee recommends $57,272,000
for habitat conservation, an increase of $2,744,000 over the
House and $3,460,000 over the fiscal year 1996 enacted level.
For the Partners for Wildlife Program, the Committee has
provided an increase of $2,664,000 over the budget request.
Within the total amount provided, the allowance includes
$3,725,000 for habitat restoration work in the upper Klamath
basin, of which not more than $400,000 is to be used for base
program funding. Also included in the amount provided are
increases of $500,000 for jobs in the woods, $100,000 for the
Vermont partners program, and $64,000 for Missouri Chutes/
Sandhills; $1,000,000 is included for the Reno Biodiversity
initiative, of which not less than $100,000 will be available
to the Nevada Division of Water Planning for use in
coordinating efforts toward returning the Walker River to a
naturally functioning ecosystem.
Within the funds provided to the State of Oregon's share of
jobs in the woods funding, the Fish and Wildlife Service should
give priority consideration to timber dependent communities in
the Santiam Canyon, OR.
The Committee has provided an increase over the budget
request of $600,000 for project planning, including increases
of $200,000 for Platte River studies and $400,000 for permits
and licenses. Funding for the Rio Grande Bosque study and
Portland Greenspaces will remain at the fiscal year 1996 level;
$741,000 is provided for Chicago wetlands.
An increase of $200,000 over the budget request is provided
in coastal ecosystems for the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement
Group and Long Live the Kings.
Environmental contaminants.--The Committee recommends
$8,821,000 for the environmental contaminants program, the same
as the House level and the budget request.
Refuges and wildlife.--The Committee recommends
$228,257,000 for refuges and wildlife, $1,500,000 below the
budget request and $818,000 below the House level. The amount
provided includes $177,737,000 for refuge operations and
maintenance, $35,265,000 for law enforcement and $15,255,000
for migratory bird management. The increase for refuge
operations and maintenance is provided to help the Service
reduce its $259,000,000 maintenance backlog, and to complete
priority habitat projects. The Committee understands that
$33,000 of this increase is for the Everglades.
The Committee also urges the Service to consider increasing
the level of funding provided for the law enforcement program
in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands if justified by workload.
The Committee expects the Fish and Wildlife Service to
continue funding for Lake Champlain programs at the current
level.
Fisheries.--The Committee recommends $66,948,000 for
fisheries, which is $1,389,000 over the House level and
$2,150,000 below the budget request. Within the amount provided
for fish and wildlife management assistance, an increase over
the request of $900,000 has been provided for fish disease
research, for a total of $1,900,000. The increase provided is
for whirling disease research at the National Center on
Management of Wild and Native Cold Water Fisheries.
An increase of $50,000 is also included for the regional
mark processing center, and an increase of $500,000 is included
for the marine mammals program to initiate cooperative
activities with the Alaska Polar Bear Commission, the Eskimo
Walrus Commission, the Alaska Sea Otter Commission, and the
Rural Alaska Community Action Program as authorized by section
199 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The Committee has not
included the $3,400,000 requested to revitalize recreational
fisheries. It is premature to include such increases in the
fisheries program until further consensus is reached regarding
the hatchery closure issue, and the Committee has had an
opportunity to review the strategic plan for the entire
fisheries program.
In the fiscal year 1996 budget request, the administration
proposed to close or transfer to the States 11 fish hatcheries.
The Committee rejected this proposal, and directed the Service
to seek greater stakeholder participation in planning changes
to the hatchery system. However, the Committee also clearly
stated its recognition that funding available for hatchery
operations would likely continue to fall well short of actual
needs. This situation has not changed. The Committee,
therefore, encourages the Service to continue working with
States to negotiate the transfer of hatcheries that are not
required to perform critical Federal functions. The Service
should not, however, initiate any hatchery closures without the
consent of the host State prior to completion of the strategic
plan currently being drafted by the Sportfishing and Boating
Partnership Council. Upon completion of the strategic plan and
following thorough review of the plan by the Director of the
Fish and Wildlife Service, the Service may propose hatchery
closures provided that such closures are consistent with the
strategic plan. Any such proposal should be submitted to the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees for approval
pursuant to the reprogramming guidelines contained in Senate
Report 103-294. The Committee is providing this guidance for
fiscal year 1997 only, and makes no assumptions about the
operation and management of the hatchery system in future
fiscal years.
General administration.--The Committee recommends
$97,729,000 for general administration, an increase of
$1,917,000 over the budget request. Changes from the budget
request include an increase of $5,000,000 for the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation, and reductions of $83,000 for central
office administration, $1,000,000 for regional office
administration, and $2,000,000 for administrative support.
Language has been included in the bill permanently
authorizing the National Education and Training Center to
charge fees for the direct costs of providing training, and to
use such fees to cover training costs.
A number of entities engaged in cooperative arrangements
with the Service have complained to this Committee about
excessive or rapidly increasing contract administration charges
and other assessments against funds intended for on-the-ground
work. The Committee urges the Service in the strongest possible
terms to keep such assessments to a minimum.
To the extent feasible within funds available for
administration of the sport fish restoration program, the
Committee urges the Service to consider working with the States
organization for boating access and other relevant stakeholder
groups to conduct a national boat access needs assessment.
General.-- The Committee is concerned about the lack of
action by some of the land management agencies to implement the
pilot fee demonstration program. The Committee agrees with the
House that all the land management agencies should intensify
their efforts to implement this program, and provide a full
report to the Committees by December 31, 1996, on the status of
implementation and plans for this program in fiscal year 1997.
The Committee expects that the fiscal year 1998 budget shall
contain a complete and detailed explanation of the plans,
accomplishments, and proposals for further implementation. The
Committee has included language in the bill authorizing the
Fish and Wildlife Service to retain 100 percent of the fees it
collects for the use of refuge resources and facilities. The
Service is currently authorized to retain only 30 percent of
user fees, while the remaining 70 percent is disbursed to the
migratory bird conservation fund. This 30-percent cap serves as
a disincentive to collect reasonable fees, as the amount
retained by the Service is less than the cost of collection.
Removal of the cap will enable the Service to address critical
operations and maintenance priorities. The amendment will
reduce by only $1,700,000 the total amount available to the
migratory bird conservation fund (estimated to be $44,900,000
in fiscal year 1996).
Funding for the Pacific Northwest forest plan and the
Everglades initiative should be maintained at least at the
fiscal year 1996 level unless otherwise noted in this section
of the report. To the extent increases are provided for
programs that support forest plan and Everglades activities,
funding for such activities should be increased in proportion
to the overall program increase.
The Committee understands that language regarding
scientific studies at Glen Canyon Dam will be included in the
report accompanying the Senate Energy and Water Development
bill. The Committee agrees with this language as it applies to
agencies funded in this bill.
construction
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $37,655,000
Supplemental, 1996.................................. 37,300,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 37,587,000
House allowance......................................... 38,298,000
Committee recommendation
45,306,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $45,306,000,
an increase of $7,719,000 above the budget estimate and
$7,008,000 above the House allowance. The Committee
recommendation includes $39,760,000 for line-item construction,
$4,474,000 for construction management, $272,000 for emergency
projects, and $800,000 for contract claims.
The following table shows the projects included in the
budget estimate, the House allowance, and the Committee
recommendation.
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Budget House Committee
Site, description estimate allowance recommendation
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ACE Basin National Wildlife
Refuge--Grove Plantation
rehabilitation............. ............ ............ $360,000
Alamosa/Monte Vista National
Wildlife Refuge--Chicago
Ditch Dam.................. $1,450,000 $1,450,000 1,450,000
Audubon Center--research
facilities................. ............ ............ 4,000,000
Bear River National Wildlife
Refuge--dike repair........ ............ 611,000 611,000
Blackwater National Wildlife
Refuge--administrative
building................... ............ ............ 500,000
Bridge safety--inspection/
structural analysis........ 495,000 495,000 495,000
Crab Orchard National
Wildlife Refuge--Little
Wolf Creek Bridge.......... 550,000 550,000 550,000
Craig Brook National Fish
Hatchery--station
rehabilitation............. 4,810,000 4,810,000 4,810,000
Creston National Fish
Hatchery--Jessup Mill Pond
Dam........................ 850,000 850,000 850,000
Dam safety--inspection of
dams....................... 495,000 495,000 495,000
Elkins field office--
planning and design........ ............ ............ -503,000
Ennis National Fish
Hatchery--spring water
cover...................... 300,000 300,000 300,000
Innoko National Wildlife
Refuge--aircraft hangar.... 630,000 630,000 ..............
Mason Neck National Wildlife
Refuge--Woodbridge research
facility reuse plan........ ............ 100,000 ..............
McDowell National Fish
Hatchery--hatchery
feasibility study......... ............ ............ -730,000
Missisquoi National Wildlife
Refuge--storage building,
signage, access............ ............ ............ 50,000
Mississippi refuges--road
construction, storage, and
fencing, office............ ............ ............ 570,000
Moosehorn National Wildlife
Refuge (Loring Air Force
Base)--office/maintenance
facility................... ............ ............ 400,000
National Education and
Training Center--
construction............... 10,028,000 10,028,000 10,028,000
Ouray endangered fish
facility--ponds/water reuse 1,725,000 1,725,000 1,725,000
Parker River National
Wildlife Refuge--cleanup
savings.................... ............ ............ -2,300,000
Patuxent National Wildlife
Refuge--Cash Lake Dam...... 485,000 485,000 485,000
Quivira National Wildlife
Refuge--engineering study,
water supply............... ............ ............ 600,000
Region 4 bridges--bridge
replacement................ 800,000 800,000 800,000
Sacramento National Wildlife
Refuge--water delivery sys-
tem....................... 500,000 500,000 500,000
Silvio O. Conte National
Wildlife Refuge--
educational displays....... ............ ............ 850,000
Southeast Louisiana refuges--
health and safety (various) ............ 500,000 ..............
Southwest Fisheries
Technology Center:
Construct Mora hatchery. 961,000 961,000 961,000
Rehabilitate Dexter
hatchery............... 2,705,000 2,705,000 2,705,000
Squaw Creek National
Wildlife Refuge--Davis
Creek bridge.............. 550,000 550,000 550,000
Stillwater National Wildlife
Refuge:
Water rights purchase... 2,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000
Water gauging station... 300,000 300,000 300,000
Tulana Farms Ranch--habitat
restoration................ ............ ............ 3,000,000
White River National
Wildlife Refuge--Big Island
chute bridge............... 300,000 300,000 300,000
Wichita Mountains National
Wildlife Refuge:
Road rehabilitation..... 2,048,000 2,048,000 2,048,000
Grama Lake and Comanche
dams, including early
warning system......... 700,000 700,000 1,000,000
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Total, line item
construction....... 32,682,000 33,393,000 39,760,000
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The Committee has provided $3,000,000 for the restoration,
operation, and maintenance in perpetuity of ecologically
important wetlands habitats on the Tulana Farms tract in the
Upper Klamath basin. Within 30 days of enactment, these funds
shall be transferred in their entirety to a nonprofit entity
with expertise in fish and wildlife management to hold them in
an interest-bearing account and disburse them as appropriate to
other private entities to accomplish the project purposes.
natural resource damage assessment fund
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $4,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 4,000,000
House allowance......................................... 4,000,000
Committee recommendation
4,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,000,000 for
the natural resources damage assessment and restoration fund,
the same as the budget request and the House allowance.
land acquisition
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $36,900,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 36,900,000
House allowance......................................... 30,000,000
Committee recommendation
50,802,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $50,802,000,
an increase of $13,902,000 above the budget estimate and an
increase of $20,802,000 above the House allowance.
The following table shows the Committee's recommendations:
Committee
recommendation
Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge, NY................. $2,000,000
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, VA................... 2,500,000
Back to the River, Nebraska............................. 2,000,000
Block Island National Wildlife Refuge, RI............... 2,000,000
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, WV.............. 2,000,000
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge, KY............... 3,000,000
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge, IL.............. 750,000
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge, IL.................... 1,000,000
E.B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.............. 3,000,000
Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge (Kona Forest), HI...... 2,700,000
Lake Wales National Wildlife Refuge, FL................. 500,000
Lake Woodruff (Wekiva-Ocala connector), FL.............. 1,000,000
Lower Rio Grande National Wildlife Refuge, TX........... 3,250,000
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, MA.................... 1,582,000
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, MN........... 1,000,000
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge, WV......... 1,000,000
Oregon coastal refuges (Nestucca Bay/Siletz Bay), OR.... 500,000
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge/MA, IN............ 500,000
Petit Manon National Wildlife Refuge, ME................ 850,000
San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, CA.................. 2,700,000
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, CA.......... 1,000,000
Stewart McKinney National Wildlife Refuge (Great
Meadows), CT........................................ 1,700,000
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, OR............. 1,500,000
Western Montana project, Montana........................ 1,270,000
Acquisition management.................................. 8,500,000
Emergency and hardships................................. 1,000,000
Exchanges............................................... 1,000,000
Inholdings.............................................. 1,000,000
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Total............................................. 50,802,000
The Committee has included funding to establish the Clarks
River National Wildlife Refuge, the only wildlife refuge solely
in Kentucky. The funds provided may be used only to acquire
land through purchases from willing sellers, donations, or
exchanges. The Secretary is authorized to include hunting and
fishing in the development of outdoor activities. The Committee
expects the Secretary to ensure that no activity carried out in
the refuge will result in the obstruction of the flow of water
so as to affect any private land adjacent to the refuge and
that the operations of the refuge will not restrict agriculture
and silviculture on private lands. Funding is provided to
complete acquisition of the Kai Malino ranch property at the
Kona Forest unit of the Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge.
cooperative endangered species conservation fund
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $8,085,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 16,085,000
House allowance......................................... 14,085,000
Committee recommendation
14,085,000
The Committee recommends $14,085,000 for the cooperative
endangered species conservation fund, the same as the House,
and an increase of $6,000,000 over the fiscal year 1996 level.
The increase provided is for grants to States for land
acquisition related to habitat conservation plans. The
Committee notes that the land acquisition grants represent a
significant expansion of section 6 activities, and feels that
explicit authorization for this program should be considered in
the context of the reauthorization of the Endangered Species
Act. The Committee expects to be briefed on grant criteria
prior to the disbursement of any funds.
In allocating funding for the land acquisition grants, the
Committee notes that some habitat conservation plan land
acquisitions are funded as line items in the various land
acquisition accounts. To the extent particular areas have
received funding from the land and water conservation fund
accounts, the funds in this account should be allocated to
other areas to assist in HCP implementation efforts.
national wildlife refuge fund
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $10,779,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 10,779,000
House allowance......................................... 10,779,000
Committee recommendation
10,779,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,779,000
for the national wildlife refuge fund, the same as the fiscal
year 1996 level and the House allowance. These funds are used
to make payments to counties in which Service lands are based,
in order to compensate the local units of government for lost
tax revenues.
rewards and operations
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $600,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 600,000
House allowance......................................... 1,000,000
Committee recommendation
600,000
The Committee recommends $600,000 for African elephant
conservation, which is $400,000 below the House allowance and
the same as the fiscal year 1996 level. The Committee concurs
with the House that these funds should be matched by non-
Federal funding to as great an extent possible.
north american wetlands conservation fund
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $6,750,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 11,750,000
House allowance......................................... 7,750,000
Committee recommendation
10,750,000
The Committee recommends $10,750,000 for the North American
wetlands conservation fund, which is $3,000,000 above the House
and $4,000,000 above the fiscal year 1996 level. The Committee
notes that the fund has generated $2 in cost sharing for every
one Federal dollar expended from the fund. The Committee also
notes that $32,800,000 is estimated to become available to the
fund in fiscal year 1997 through permanent appropriations.
rhinoceros and tiger conservation fund
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $200,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 200,000
House allowance......................................... 400,000
Committee recommendation
200,000
The Committee recommends $200,000 for the rhinoceros and
tiger conservation fund, which is the same as the budget
request and $200,000 below the House level. The Committee
concurs with the House that these funds should be matched by
non-Federal funding to as great an extent possible.
wildlife conservation and appreciation fund
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $800,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 800,000
House allowance......................................... 800,000
Committee recommendation
800,000
The Committee recommends $800,000 for the wildlife
conservation and appreciation fund, which is the same as the
House and the fiscal year 1996 level. Pursuant to
reauthorization of the Partnerships for Wildlife Act, the
Committee has deleted language included in the House bill
regarding matching funds. Deletion of this language will give
the Fish and Wildlife Service more flexibility in leveraging
non-Federal funds, but will not eliminate the matching
requirement.
National Park Service
operation of the national park system
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $1,082,481,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 1,173,304,000
House allowance......................................... 1,135,139,000
Committee recommendation
1,156,784,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$1,156,784,000. This is a decrease of $16,520,000 below the
budget estimate, $21,645,000 above the House allowance, and
$74,303,000 above the fiscal year 1996 enacted level. The
following table provides a comparison of Committee
recommendations to the budget estimate:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Park management:
Resource stewardship..................................... $209,410,000 $193,060,000 -$16,350,000
Visitor services......................................... 270,177,000 270,177,000 ...............
Maintenance.............................................. 366,001,000 369,001,000 +3,000,000
Park support............................................. 234,324,000 231,154,000 -3,170,000
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Subtotal, park management.............................. 1,079,912,000 1,063,392,000 -16,520,000
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External administrative costs................................ 93,392,000 93,392,000 ...............
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Total, operation of the National Park Sys- tem........ 1,173,304,000 1,156,784,000 -16,520,000
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As requested in the budget, the Committee has included
$35,864,000 in additional funding for park base operations,
assuring at least a 3-percent across-the-board increase for
each National Park System unit as well as targeted increases at
selected parks and increased funding to address legislated
changes in law enforcement salaries and benefits. Money is
provided for a special parks initiative as outlined in the
budget request for addressing new responsibilities due to such
things as new parks, change of visitation patterns, new
operation requirements, enhanced resource protection, land
acquisition, and boundary expansions. Additional increases are
included for additional funding assistance to parks with
special needs, for natural and cultural resources prevention
programs in parks, for preventive and rehabilitative
maintenance, and for park support as described under each
budget activity section.
The Committee expects the Service to allocate the increased
funding for park operations consistent with the budget
justification. While by no means an inclusive list, this will
allow the parks identified to respond to their enhanced
operational requirements, including park units such as
Andersonville National Historic Site, Cane River Creole
National Historical Park, Cape Cod National Seashore, Gateway
National Recreation Area (Fort Wadsworth), Harpers Ferry
National Historical Park, Joshua Tree National Monument, Mojave
National Park in the California desert, Marsh-Billings National
Historical Park, Salem Maritime National Historical Park, and
Zion National Park.
Resource stewardship.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $193,060,000, an increase of $21,701,000 from
the current year. Included within the increase is $6,674,000
for a 3-percent across-the-board adjustment for all park units,
for an enhanced across-the-board adjustment for parks with
added requirements, and to help meet retirement benefit
requirements for law enforcement rangers. The special parks
initiative is to receive $2,077,000. Other increases in
resource stewardship include $2,000,000 for inventory and
monitoring activities, $900,000 for air resources monitoring,
$700,000 for the geographic information systems, $2,250,000 for
the natural resources preservation program, $3,000,000 for the
south Florida restoration project, $100,000 for the Pacific
Northwest ecosystem office, $500,000 for the Department of the
Interior museum property program, $1,000,000 for the cyclic
maintenance for historic properties, and $2,500,000 for the
cultural resources preservation program.
Within resource stewardship, the Committee has provided
additional funds for natural resources management. The
Committee is concerned that additional resources may be
necessary to manage the effects of mining operations within
park areas. Because of the potential effects that can result
from these operations, the Service should direct some of these
additional funds, below the reprogramming threshold, to carry
out effective analysis and management of mining impacts on park
levels.
Visitor services.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $270,177,000, an increase of $18,622,000 from
the current year. Included within the increase is $13,093,000
for a 3-percent across-the-board adjustment for all park units,
for an enhanced across-the-board adjustment for parks with
added requirements, and to help meet retirement benefit
requirements for law enforcement rangers. The special parks
initiative is to receive $4,693,000. Included within the
increase above the fiscal year 1996 level are the Presidential
inaugural ceremonies for $600,000 and the William O. Douglas
Center for $236,000.
Maintenance.--The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$369,001,000, an increase of $19,721,000 from the current year.
Included within the increase is $10,878,000 for a 3-percent
across-the-board adjustment for all park units, for an enhanced
across-the-board adjustment for targeted parks, and to help
meet retirement benefit requirements for law enforcement
rangers. The special parks initiative is to receive $5,340,000.
An increase of $400,000 is provided for the Presidential
inaugural ceremonies. In order to continue operations of the
four Washington metropolitan area parkways, the Committee is
restoring the $1,000,000 that were not included in the budget
request. Cyclic maintenance is increased $2,000,000 above the
current level. An increase of $103,000 is provided for safety
training.
The Committee is aware of concerns regarding local impacts
associated with the timeliness of maintenance along the
Beartooth Highway, which provides access to Yellowstone
National Park. The Committee encourages the Park Service to
work within the resources provided to continue its prior
cooperative role along this roadway, particularly with regard
to snow removal.
Park support.--The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$231,154,000, an increase of $10,479,000 from the current year.
Included within the increase is $5,219,000 for a 3-percent
across-the-board adjustment for all park units, for an enhanced
across-the-board adjustment for targeted parks, and to help
meet retirement benefit requirements for law enforcement
rangers. The special parks initiative is to receive $890,000.
In addition, the increase includes $320,000 for the workers'
compensation initiative, $500,000 for communication upgrades,
$800,000 for financial management improvements, and $2,000,000
for employee training.
Within the funds provided, $350,000 is provided for
Kalaupapa National Historic Park, HI, and $400,000 for the
National Park of Samoa for annual lease payments for lands
included in the parks. These funds were requested in the ``Land
acquisition'' account, but are more appropriately funded
through the ``Operations'' account. The National Park Service
should include these projects in its base funding in future
years.
Within the funds provided for training, the Committee
expects the Service to work closely with the Fish and Wildlife
Service as the programs are developed for the National
Education and Training Center [NETC]. The Committee is
concerned particularly that NPS not duplicate some of the
efforts already underway at NETC, and that NPS take full
advantage of the services and resources that will be available
at NETC. The National Park Service should not use any of the
funds provided to establish and staff a multimedia training
unit. The Committee expects the National Park Service to
fulfill the Department's expectation of providing $500,000 to
address operating requirements at the National Education and
Training Center.
External administrative costs.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $93,392,000, an increase of $3,780,000 from
the current year. This level of funding provides for costs such
as employee compensation payments, unemployment compensation
payments, telephones, and space.
General.--The U.S. Park Police is a full-service police
department, administered by the National Park Service and
deployed in the urban national parks in Washington, DC, (22
percent of the land mass); the Gateway National Recreation Area
in New York, NY; and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area
in San Francisco, CA. The Park Police manages more than 5,000
demonstrations and special events annually, with many crowds
totally in the hundreds of thousands. The Committee is
concerned that the increased pension requirements have eroded
the base funding of the Park Police and has provided funding to
address these requirements. In looking at future budget needs
for the parks, the Service should also give consideration to
the demands facing the Park Police, including personnel
shortages, communication system updating, and equipment needs.
The Committee recognizes the high priority of the National
Park Service. The pilot fee program contained in the fiscal
year 1996 bill was provided to assist the land management
agencies with meeting the growing maintenance backlog and the
increasing operations requirements. The Committee agrees that
the fee demonstration period should be extended for 1 year due
to the late signing of the appropriations act. In addition, the
Committee also recommends that the number of sites be increased
from 50 per agency to 100. This will provide the agencies with
an even greater ability to take care of park needs. However,
the Committee is very concerned about the lack of serious
effort to date by the National Park Service to implement this
program. The Committee agrees with the House that all the land
management agencies should intensify their efforts to implement
this program, and provide a full report to the Committees by
December 31, 1996, on the status of implementation and plans
for this program in fiscal year 1997. The Committee expects
that the fiscal year 1998 budget request contains a complete
and detailed explanation of the plans, accomplishments, and
proposals for further implementation.
The National Park Service should continue to pursue
opportunities for the restoration of the Mississippi Monument
at Vicksburg National Military Park.
The National Park Service should continue its water
monitoring efforts with the State of Montana and provide
priority consideration to contracting with the State to perform
new ground water monitoring tasks.
The Committee is troubled that the National Park Service
may be creating official or defacto buffer zones or heritage
areas around national park units. The Service should not
promote the creation of such areas unless explicitly authorized
by law.
The Committee continues to encourage active public-private
partnerships to fund activities in our National Park System.
However, the Service should not encourage private fundraising
activities in order to pursue activities contrary to directions
set by Congress.
Within the funds provided for the Great Basin National
Park, funds are included for water quality tests that would be
required to provide visitors with potable water at campgrounds.
A considerable funding increase has been provided for
operations of national park units. While a portion of this
increase benefits all parks, there are particular needs that
cannot be addressed solely on an across-the-board basis. This
is particularly true for newer park units just getting
established as well as older units facing new facility
requirements. The Service should pay particular attention to
the added requirements confronting some units more than others.
Visitor use, acres managed, public accessibility, new and
rehabilitated facilities, and the hours open to the public
should be taken into consideration. For example, the funding
level for Weir Farm should be examined to consider the
possibility of expanding the park hours and keeping the park
open to the public on weekends.
There are many important battle sites within the State of
Mississippi that are attracting visitors who are interested in
the Civil War. The battles of Corinth and Brices' Crossroads
are two that the National Park Service should consider
commemorating with federally funded projects to ensure an
accurate and interesting description for the information of
visitors to those sites.
The newly paved road that passes through Hovenweep National
Monument is expected to increase visitations to the park. The
National Park Service is encouraged to take this into
consideration when allocating funds to the park.
national recreation and preservation
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $37,649,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 40,218,000
House allowance......................................... 36,476,000
Committee recommendation
39,476,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $39,476,000, a
decrease of $742,000 below the budget estimate and an increase
of $3,000,000 above the House allowance.
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Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Recreation programs.......................................... $494,000 $494,000 ...............
Natural programs............................................. 11,434,000 8,871,000 -$2,563,000
Cultural programs............................................ 18,469,000 20,019,000 +1,550,000
International park affairs................................... 1,906,000 1,677,000 -229,000
Environmental and compliance review.......................... 338,000 338,000 ...............
Grant administration......................................... 1,676,000 1,676,000 ...............
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Statutory or contractual aid for other activities:
Alaska Native Cultural Center............................ ............... 750,000 +750,000
Blackstone River corridor................................ 324,000 324,000 ...............
Brown Foundation......................................... 102,000 102,000 ...............
Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission...................... 48,000 48,000 ...............
Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal..................... 329,000 329,000 ...............
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve...................... 806,000 806,000 ...............
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
Commission.............................................. 238,000 238,000 ...............
Johnstown Area Heritage Association...................... 50,000 50,000 ...............
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center........................... 534,000 534,000 ...............
National Constitution Center............................. 236,000 236,000 ...............
Native Hawaiian culture and arts program................. 1,000,000 750,000 -250,000
New Orleans Jazz Commission.............................. 67,000 67,000 ...............
Quinebaug-Shetucket National Heritage Corridor Commission 200,000 200,000 ...............
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission....... 650,000 650,000 ...............
Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation
Commission.............................................. 758,000 758,000 ...............
Steel industry heritage.................................. 379,000 379,000 ...............
Wheeling National Heritage Area.......................... 180,000 180,000 ...............
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Subtotal, statutory or contractual aid................. 5,901,000 6,401,000 +500,000
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Total, National recreation and preservation............ 40,218,000 39,476,000 -742,000
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Natural programs.--The Committee continues to support the
Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance Program and provides
$200,000 above the current funding level. The Committee is
providing an additional $200,000 for the National Park
Service's Chesapeake Bay Program Office. The National Park
Service should continue its study efforts associated with the
White Clay Creek Watershed. The multipurpose pathway system in
Aiken, SC, should be given consideration for funding. Funding
of $250,000 for the Lake Champlain initiative and funding of
$150,000 for the Connecticut River partnerships is provided.
Funds are not included for the new heritage partnership
initiative because it is not yet authorized.
Cultural programs.--The Committee recommends $1,500,000
above the current year. The Underground Railroad should be
given consideration for funding.
International park affairs.--The Committee provides the
same level of funding as the current year.
historic preservation fund
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $36,212,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 38,290,000
House allowance......................................... 36,212,000
Committee recommendation
36,612,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $36,612,000
for the historic preservation fund in fiscal year 1997,
$1,678,000 below the budget estimate, and $400,000 above the
House allowance.
Within the appropriation, $32,712,000 is provided for the
grants-in-aid program and $3,900,000 is provided for the
National Trust for Historic Preservation which includes
$3,500,000 for the base program and $400,000 for disaster
assistance as described below.
The Committee recommends $400,000 for historic preservation
activities needed as a result of a recent tornado that severely
damaged the commercial historic district in Fort Smith, AR. The
funds are to be transferred to the city of Fort Smith and will
be used for stabilization, repairs, rehabilitation, and other
activities related to the historic properties. It is the
Committee's understanding that four buildings in the historic
district sustained major damage and others sustained minor
damage.
The Committee continues to be supportive of the National
Trust's program to expand its membership and its fundraising
activities and to become self-sufficient.
construction
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $143,225,000
C&O Canal........................................... 2,000,000
Emergency appropriation, 1996....................... 47,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 143,225,000
House allowance......................................... 119,745,000
Committee recommendation
165,418,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $165,418,000,
an increase of $22,193,000 above the budget estimate and an
increase of $45,673,000 above the House allowance.
The following table shows projects contained in the budget
estimate, the House allowance, and the Committee
recommendation:
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSTRUCTION
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Committee
Budget request House allowance recommendation
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Acadia National Park, ME (rehabilitation of carriage roads).. $1,700,000 ............... $800,000
Amistad National Recreation Area, TX (sewage treatment
facilities)................................................. 1,100,000 ............... 650,000
Blackstone River Valley National Historic Commission, MA/RI
(interpretive project)...................................... ............... $460,000 460,000
Blue Ridge Parkway, NC (headquarters)........................ ............... 4,400,000 ...............
Blue Ridge Parkway, Fisher Peak, NC (music cen- ter)........ 4,000,000 ............... ...............
Cane River Creole National Historical Park, LA (preservation
and stabilization).......................................... ............... ............... 5,570,000
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM (replace elevators)....... ............... 1,400,000 ...............
Chamizal National Memorial, TX (rehabilitation).............. ............... 200,000 ...............
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, GA
(highway relocation)........................................ ............... ............... 3,500,000
Chickasaw National Recreation Area, OK (campground
rehabilitation)............................................. ............... ............... 2,600,000
Cuyahoga National Recreation Area, OH (site and structure
rehabilitation)............................................. ............... 3,000,000 ...............
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, PA (trails
rehabilitation)............................................. ............... 1,200,000 ...............
Denali National Park and Preserve, AK (electrical switch gear
and rehabilitate powerhouse)................................ ............... ............... 1,550,000
Edison National Historic Site, NJ (concrete and masonry
repairs).................................................... ............... ............... 720,000
Everglades National Park, FL:
Water delivery system modification....................... 5,000,000 2,800,000 4,750,000
Fort Jefferson rehabilitation............................ ............... ............... 250,000
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, CO (shelters)...... ............... 37,000 ...............
Fort Larned National Historic Site, KS (stabilization,
restoration, and interpretation)............................ ............... ............... 1,465,000
Fort McHenry National Monument, MD (rehabilita- tion)....... 2,500,000 ............... 1,600,000
Fort Necessity National Battlefield, PA (design)............. ............... 400,000 ...............
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, NC (rehabilitation)..... ............... ............... 1,000,000
Fort Scott National Historic Site (water delivery system and
access)..................................................... ............... ............... 1,115,000
Fort Smith National Historic Site, AR (rehabilita- tion).... ............... ............... 2,000,000
Fort Sumter National Monument, SC (site development)......... ............... ............... 3,600,000
Gateway National Recreation Area, NY (Jacob Riis Park
rehabilitation)............................................. 4,300,000 ............... 855,000
General Grant National Memorial, NY (restore memorial
facilities and grounds)..................................... 1,200,000 1,200,000 975,000
George Washington Memorial Parkway, MD (Glen Echo Park
utilities).................................................. 2,100,000 2,100,000 2,100,000
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ (transportation vehicles)..... 4,900,000 2,000,000 2,000,000
Great Basin National Park, NV (Lehman Caves National Monument
trail rehabilitation)....................................... ............... ............... 350,000
Gulf Islands National Seashore, MS (erosion con- trol)...... ............... ............... 2,000,000
Hot Springs National Park, AR (stabilization/lead paint)..... ............... 500,000 500,000
Independence National Historical Park, PA (rehabilitate
utility systems)............................................ 13,300,000 13,300,000 13,300,000
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, IN (demolition)............ ............... 500,000 ...............
Kings Canyon National Park, CA (Cedar Grove wastewater
treatment plant)............................................ 2,900,000 2,900,000 2,900,000
Lackawanna Valley, PA (technical assistance)................. ............... 650,000 ...............
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, NV (rehabilitate
wastewater and water systems)............................... 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000
Little River Canyon National Preserve, AL (health and safety) ............... 550,000 ...............
Minute Man National Historical Park, MA (visitor access to
Battle Road)................................................ 2,000,000 ............... ...............
Mount Rainer National Park, WA (flood repair)................ ............... ............... 170,000
Natchez Trace Parkway, MS.................................... ............... ............... 8,000,000
National Capital Parks--Central, DC:
Washington Monument rehabilitation....................... 1,900,000 1,900,000 1,900,000
Jefferson Memorial rehabilitation........................ 4,500,000 1,300,000 4,500,000
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, LA (development).. ............... ............... 5,000,000
New River Gorge National River, WV (access, trails, and
stabilization).............................................. ............... ............... 1,725,000
Olympic National Park, WA (Elwha fish restoration)........... ............... ............... 270,000
Oregon Caves National Monument, OR (trail construction and
rewiring)................................................... ............... ............... 750,000
President's Park, DC:
Electrical system........................................ 5,300,000 1,000,000 5,300,000
Replace HVAC............................................. 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000
Rock Creek Meridian Park, DC (rehabilitation)................ ............... 100,000 ...............
Roosevelt/Vanderbilt, NY (rehabilitation of Franklin D.
Roosevelt Home, Hyde Park).................................. ............... 1,700,000 1,700,000
St. Gaudens National Historic Site, NH (construct maintenance
facility)................................................... 900,000 ............... 900,000
Saratoga National Historical Park, NY (rehabilita- tion).... ............... 1,000,000 ...............
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, MA (rehabilitation) ............... 200,000 ...............
Sequoia National Park, CA:
Replace giant sequoia facilities......................... 5,200,000 3,000,000 3,000,000
Install underground utilities, General's High- way...... 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, PA (various projects).. ............... 2,000,000 ...............
Stones River National Battlefield, TN:
Redoubt.................................................. ............... 190,000 ...............
Trail construction....................................... ............... 300,000 ...............
Thomas Stone National Historic Site, MD (rehabilitation)..... ............... 250,000 ...............
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, MO (rehabilitation). ............... 670,000 670,000
Vicksburg National Military Park, MS (rehabilita- tion)..... ............... ............... 2,000,000
Wind Cave National Park, SD (replace elevators).............. 1,300,000 1,300,000 ...............
Zion National Park, UT (buses)............................... 5,100,000 ............... 5,100,000
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Subtotal, line-item construction....................... 82,200,000 65,507,000 110,595,000
Emergency, unscheduled, housing.............................. 14,600,000 14,973,000 13,973,000
Planning..................................................... 18,760,000 17,000,000 18,760,000
Equipment replacement........................................ 19,940,000 14,365,000 14,365,000
General management plans..................................... 6,600,000 6,600,000 6,600,000
Special resource studies..................................... 825,000 1,000,000 825,000
Strategic planning office.................................... 300,000 300,000 300,000
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Total.................................................. 143,225,000 119,745,000 165,418,000
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The Committee has included $180,000 to initiate the study
for the development of the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation
Area general management plan. The Committee believes that local
participation is critical to the development of successful
management plans, and directs the NPS to consult thoroughly
with affected local government representatives in the
development of the management plan for the Lake Roosevelt
National Recreation Area.
The National Park Service is encouraged to submit
expeditiously the request to reprogram fiscal year 1996
construction funds intended for Mississippi for redirection to
the Intermodal Transportation Center. The Committee would
consider a formal reprogramming request favorably.
It is the Committee's understanding that $100,000 is
included within the special resources studies for the
commemoration and interpretation of the underground railroad.
The Committee has appropriated $270,000 to fund activities
related to restoration of spawning gravel in the lower Elwha
River, habitat improvement projects on Elwha River tributaries,
and general fish restoration activities on the Elwha River.
The Committee encourages the National Park Service to
continue planning and design work on section 3P-3 in order that
construction on the Ridgeland site of the Natchez Trace Parkway
could begin in fiscal year 1998.
The Committee has included bill language that allows funds
previously provided to the city of Hot Springs, AR, to be used
for rehabilitation of the federally constructed Hot Springs
Creek arch.
The Committee has included $150,000 to conduct a special
resources study for Blood Run National Historic Landmark, SD.
land and water conservation fund
(rescission)
The Committee recommends a rescission of $30,000,000 in
annual contract authority provided by 16 U.S.C. 4601-10a. This
authority has not been used in recent years and there are no
plans to use it in fiscal year 1997.
land acquisition and state assistance
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $49,100,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 36,300,000
House allowance......................................... 30,000,000
Committee recommendation
48,415,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $48,415,000,
an increase of $12,115,000 above the budget estimate and an
increase of $18,415,000 above the House allowance.
The following table shows the Committee recommendation:
Committee
recommendation
Appalachian Trail....................................... $4,000,000
Aztec Ruins National Monument, NM....................... 1,000,000
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, GA........ 2,000,000
Colonial National Historic Park (Colonial Parkway), VA.. 915,000
Denali National Park, AK................................ 800,000
Everglades ecosystem (Big Cypress/Everglades National
Park), FL........................................... 12,000,000
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, CA................ 3,000,000
Olympic National Park (Elwha Dam), WA................... 4,000,000
Petroglyph National Monument, NM........................ 2,000,000
Pinelands National Reserve, NJ.......................... 1,500,000
Piscataway Park, MD..................................... 500,000
Sterling Forest, NJ/NY.................................. 2,500,000
Acquisition management.................................. 6,700,000
Emergency and hardships................................. 3,000,000
Inholdings.............................................. 3,000,000
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Subtotal, Federal................................. 46,915,000
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Assistance to States: Administrative expenses........... 1,500,000
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Total............................................. 48,415,000
In fiscal year 1996, the Committee directed interested
parties for the Elwha Dam and the Glines Dam to determine a
less costly solution to removal of the two dams than the
proposal advocated by the administration. The President's
fiscal year 1997 budget request included $111,000,000 in budget
authority for the acquisition and removal of the two dams.
However, the President's request for all programs under the
jurisdiction of the subcommittee was far greater than the
actual funding allocated to the subcommittee for fiscal year
1997. As a result, the Committee has included bill language
under title I, general provisions, amending Public Law 102-495,
the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act, to
allow the State of Washington, in which the Elwha and Glines
Dams are located, the option to purchase the two dams upon
acquisition of the dams by the Federal Government. The
Committee believes that the State of Washington is in the best
position to represent the views of the people most directly
affected by the retention or removal of the two dams. The
Committee recommends $4,000,000 toward the total of $29,500,000
required for acquisition of the dams. This is in addition to
the $4,000,000 appropriated in fiscal year 1996 for the
project.
The Committee has included $12,000,000 for land acquisition
within the Everglades ecosystem to purchase land for the
Everglades National Park or the Big Cypress National Park in
Florida, an increase of $4,000,000 above the fiscal year 1996
funding level.
The Committee has included bill language to facilitate a
land exchange between the Corrections Corporation of America
and the National Park Service for land located in Oxon Cove
Park in Prince Georges County, MD.
The funds available for acquisitions within the Sterling
Forest are available subject to authorization.
everglades restoration fund
Appropriations, 1996....................................................
Budget estimate, 1997................................... $100,000,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation
...........................
The Committee has not included the $100,000,000 included in
the President's budget request for a separate Everglades
restoration fund. The $100,000,000 requested by the
administration is approximately the same level as was
appropriated for land acquisition nationwide for the Department
of the Interior for fiscal year 1996. The administration's
request for all programs within the jurisdiction of the
Committee far exceeded the actual funding allocated to the
Committee. As a result, the subcommittee has been unable to
provide the level of funds requested by the administration for
the Everglades and other initiatives.
The Committee remains committed to efforts underway to
restore the Everglades and, consistent with prior years'
appropriations, has included additional funding to support the
base program and scientific efforts associated with Everglades
restoration, including an increase of $4,000,000 for these
purposes in fiscal year 1997. In terms of project specific
Federal land acquisition, the fiscal year 1997 amount is
$4,000,000 above last year's level for the Everglades
ecosystem.
fixed asset acquisitions
Appropriations, 1996....................................................
Budget estimate, 1997................................... $111,000,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation
...........................
The Committee has not included the $111,000,000 included in
the President's budget request for a separate ``Fixed asset
acquisitions'' account to acquire and remove the Elwha and
Glines Dams. The Committee has included $4,000,000 for this
purpose in the National Park Service ``Land acquisition and
State assistance'' account.
administrative provisions
The Committee has included language, as in prior years,
precluding redevelopment of the southern end of Ellis Island
until Congress has an opportunity to renew the plan.
Bill language is included precluding the expenditure of NPS
funds for United Nations biodiversity initiatives.
ENERGY AND MINERALS
U.S. Geological Survey
surveys, investigations, and research
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $730,163,000
Emergency appropriation, 1996....................... 2,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 746,380,000
House allowance......................................... 730,163,000
Committee recommendation
737,040,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $737,040,000,
a reduction of $9,340,000 below the budget estimate and
$6,877,000 above the House allowance. The following table
provides a comparison of the Committee's fiscal year 1997
recommendations with the budget estimate:
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Budget estimate recommendation Change
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National mapping, geography, and surveys:
National map and digital data production................. $63,666,000 $63,666,000 ...............
Information and data systems............................. 20,853,000 15,853,000 -$5,000,000
Research and technology.................................. 23,261,000 23,261,000 ...............
Advanced cartographic systems............................ 23,977,000 24,364,000 +387,000
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Subtotal, national mapping, geography, and surveys..... 131,757,000 127,144,000 -4,613,000
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Geologic and mineral resource surveys and mapping:
Earthquake hazards reduction............................. 46,122,000 48,122,000 +2,000,000
Volcano hazards.......................................... 18,842,000 19,342,000 +500,000
Landslide hazards........................................ 2,305,000 2,305,000 ...............
National geologic mapping................................ 21,882,000 21,882,000 ...............
Deep continental studies................................. 2,848,000 2,848,000 ...............
Magnetic field monitoring and charting................... 1,784,000 1,784,000 ...............
Marine and coastal geologic surveys...................... 39,172,000 39,172,000 ...............
Global change and climate history........................ 9,687,000 9,687,000 ...............
Mineral resource surveys................................. 59,136,000 59,136,000 ...............
Energy resource surveys.................................. 25,252,000 25,252,000 ...............
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Subtotal, geologic and mineral resource surveys and
mapping............................................... 227,030,000 229,530,000 +2,500,000
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Water resources investigations:
Federal program.......................................... 125,102,000 123,894,000 -1,208,000
Federal-State program.................................... 66,683,000 65,809,000 -874,000
Water resources research institutes...................... ............... 4,553,000 +4,553,000
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Subtotal, water resources investigations............... 191,785,000 194,256,000 +2,471,000
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Biological research.......................................... 145,000,000 137,750,000 -7,250,000
General administration....................................... 27,981,000 25,533,000 -2,448,000
Facilities................................................... 22,827,000 22,827,000 ...............
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Total, surveys, investigations, and re- search........ 746,380,000 737,040,000 -9,340,000
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National mapping, geography, and surveys.--The Committee
recommends $127,144,000 for national mapping, geography, and
surveys, which is a decrease of $4,613,000 below the budget
request and an increase of $1,209,000 above the fiscal year
1996 level of funding. The Committee does not recommend the
additional funds requested for the national data base
management program. The Committee has restored funding for
advanced cartographic systems to the fiscal year 1996 level.
The Committee has provided the additional $1,000,000 to begin
production of the new digital national atlas.
The Committee is supportive of the goals of the MEDEA
project. The Committee believes that the USGS should work with
the agencies who will benefit from the use of the proposed
upgraded infrastructure to obtain reimbursable agreements for
the necessary funding.
Geologic and mineral resource surveys and mapping.--For
geologic and mineral resource surveys and mapping, the
Committee recommends $229,530,000, which is an increase of
$2,500,000 above the budget request and $1,311,000 above the
fiscal year 1996 level of funding. The Committee recognizes
that university research plays a unique role in the National
Hazards Reduction Program, and has provided an increase of
$2,000,000 for university-based earthquake research. Within the
funds provided for this program, the Committee expects
consideration be given to inclusion of the intermountain
seismic belt, which extends from Montana and Idaho through Utah
into Arizona. The Committee recommends $19,342,000 for volcano
hazards research, which is an increase of $500,000 above the
budget request. The Committee recommends $59,136,000 for
mineral resource surveys, including $16,000,000 for minerals
statistics and information activities transferred from the
Bureau of Mines in fiscal year 1996. The Committee expects the
Survey to report to the Committee no later than March 31, 1996,
on the full scope of the geophysical, geologic, and natural
resources data collection and storage issues in Alaska. The
Survey should work with the University of Alaska, the State of
Alaska, the Alaska Federation of Natives, and other interested
parties.
Water resources investigations.--The Committee recommends
$194,256,000 for water resources investigations, which is an
increase $2,471,000 above the budget request. The Committee
recommends a decrease of $1,208,000 for the Federal program and
a decrease of $874,000 for the Federal-State program. As
requested, $3,513,000 is included to support the assessment of
the water resources of the middle Rio Grande basin. The
Committee expects the USGS to continue funding for Lake
Champlain programs at the current level.
For the Water Resources Research Institute Program, the
Committee recommends $4,553,000. The Committee has not provided
funding for the recently authorized regional program. These
funds are for the State water resources research institute in
each State to assist the individual States in solving their
water resources problems. These funds are to be matched on a 2-
to-1 basis. The USGS shall ensure that the funds allocated to
each institute are to support a program of research, education,
and information and technology transfer that has been developed
in close collaboration with the institute's advisory panel and
that is consistent with its share of the appropriated funds.
This program should be administered in accordance with the
recently enacted reauthorization legislation (Public Law 104-
141).
Biological research.--The Committee recommends $137,750,000
for the biological research program, which is an increase of
$750,000 above the fiscal year 1996 level of funding and a
decrease of $7,250,000 below the budget request. The additional
funding is to provide needed support for the cooperative
research units. These funds are provided to fill vacancies at
existing units, not to create new units. The Committee believes
these units are an important component of the biological
research conducted by the Survey and recommends that these
activities remain with the Survey.
The Committee has funded the Biological Research Division
at the current level, which will preclude the Survey from
having to make further changes that would affect staffing or
base operations at the various field centers and science
centers of the division. If resource reallocations or changes
to field unit operations are contemplated, the Survey should
submit a reprogramming request.
General administration.--For general administration, the
Committee recommends $25,533,000, which is a decrease of
$2,448,000 below the budget request. The Committee recommends
the $2,000,000 requested for reimbursements to the Department
of Labor for reimbursement of costs associated with the former
employees of the Bureau of Mines be funded through the ``Bureau
of Mines'' account since these are not costs to the Survey.
Minerals Management Service
The Minerals Management Service is responsible for managing
offshore energy and mineral resources, as well as collecting,
distributing, accounting, and auditing of mineral leases on
Federal and Indian lands. In fiscal year 1997, it is estimated
that MMS will collect and distribute $5,100,000,000 from over
107,000 Federal and Indian leases.
royalty and offshore minerals management
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $182,555,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 182,994,000
House allowance......................................... 182,555,000
Committee recommendation
159,555,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $159,555,000,
a decrease of $23,439,000 from the budget estimate, and a
decrease of $23,000,000 below the House allowance. The
Committee recommendations compared to the budget estimates are
shown in the following table:
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Outer Continental Shelf lands:
Leasing and environmental program........................ $26,967,000 $27,567,000 +$600,000
Resource evaluation...................................... 16,382,000 16,982,000 +600,000
Regulatory program....................................... 32,849,000 34,249,000 +1,400,000
Information management program........................... 922,000 922,000 ...............
Office of Management Support............................. 3,000,000 2,700,000 -300,000
TIMS adjustment.......................................... ............... -25,600,000 -25,600,000
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Subtotal, Outer Continental Shelf lands................ 80,120,000 56,820,000 -23,300,000
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Royalty management:
Valuation and operations................................. 33,022,000 33,022,000 ...............
Compliance............................................... 34,326,000 34,326,000 ...............
Indian allottee refunds.................................. 15,000 15,000 ...............
Program Services Office.................................. 2,742,000 2,700,000 -42,000
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Subtotal, royalty management........................... 70,105,000 70,063,000 -42,000
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General administration:
Executive direction...................................... 3,416,000 3,416,000 ...............
Policy and management improvement........................ 3,812,000 3,812,000 ...............
Administrative operations................................ 11,065,000 11,065,000 ...............
General support services................................. 14,476,000 14,476,000 ...............
General reduction........................................ ............... -97,000 -97,000
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Subtotal, general administration....................... 32,769,000 32,672,000 -97,000
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Total, royalty and offshore minerals management........ 182,994,000 159,555,000 -23,439,000
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The general reduction proposed in the Outer Continental
Shelf lands program is offset by an increase in the amount of
fees that the Minerals Management Service is authorized to
retain and apply to the OCS program. These fees are available
as a result of increased rental receipts realized from the
recent highly successful sales in the western Gulf of Mexico.
Increases above the budget request include $700,000 for the
increased cost of platform inspections; $900,000 for the
increased workload associated with performing geological and
geophysical evaluations for leases issued under provisions of
the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act, Public Law 104-58; $600,000
for the costs of performing environmental studies identified
during the development of the new 5-year program and for
postlease activities; and $400,000 for the increased workload
associated with the OCS Sand, Gravel, and Shell Resource Act,
Public Law 103-426.
The Committee does not agree with the $4,000,000 general
reduction in the OCS Lands Program proposed by the House. Such
a large reduction would impede the ability of the Government to
obtain fair market value for lease sales.
The Committee shares the concern expressed by the House
regarding the large portion of the MMS program resources and
staff devoted to administration. The Committee agrees to the
decreases proposed by the House of $300,000 in the OCS Lands
Program for the Office of Management Support, $42,000 in the
royalty management program for the Program Services Office, and
$97,000 as a general reduction to headquarters administration.
While the Committee shares the concern of the House
regarding underpayment of royalties for minerals produced on
Federal lands, due to overall budget constraints the Committee
does not agree to the $4,000,000 increase in the audit
compliance program proposed by the House.
The Committee understands that as a result of the
experience gained since the initiation of net receipts sharing,
the Service has revised the calculation formula and should now
be using the total derived from the cost method as the
Services' net receipts sharing base to be allocated to States.
The Committee also expects that as additional experience is
gained, the Service will, in consultation with the States, make
additional adjustments and refinements to the net receipts
sharing formula.
Following MMS review of previous pilot projects and
consultation with industry and the States, the Committee
expects MMS to consider conducting two additional pilot
projects for taking oil and/or gas in kind. One pilot program
should include leases under section 8(g) of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act. The other program should be
conducted onshore. States that share in the royalty revenues
should be involved in making the decision as to which areas are
included and how the pilots are conducted. In doing so, the
Service should coordinate with the legislative committees of
jurisdiction.
Bill language.--As requested by the administration, bill
language has again been included under general provisions,
Department of the Interior to prohibit the use of funds for
Outer Continental Shelf [OCS] leasing and development
activities in several areas. This language is the same as
language included in the fiscal year 1996 bill, and covers the
areas placed under moratoria by President Bush--northern,
central, and southern California, the North Atlantic,
Washington-Oregon, and Florida south of 26 degrees north
latitude--as well as the Mid and South Atlantic, the eastern
Gulf of Mexico north of 26 degrees, and the North Aleutian
basin in Alaska. Later this year the administration will issue
a 5-year leasing plan pursuant to the requirements of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act. This plan will govern offshore oil
and gas development activities until the year 2002. Once this
plan is issued, additional leasing activity during the span of
the 5-year plan will be virtually impossible in those areas not
identified as eligible for leasing in the plan itself. This
likely will include most or all of the areas currently included
in the congressional moratoria. As such, the Committee strongly
urges the administration to consider removing the legislative
moratoria in the fiscal year 1998 budget request. The Committee
continues to feel that such major OCS development issues should
be addressed through the processes established in relevant
authorizing legislation, not in annual appropriations bills.
oilspill research
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $6,440,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 6,440,000
House allowance......................................... 6,440,000
Committee recommendation
6,440,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,440,000,
the same as the House allowance and the budget estimate.
Bureau of Mines
Mines and Minerals
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $64,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997...................................................
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation
2,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,000,000 to
pay ongoing costs associated with closure of the Bureau of
Mines. Funds were provided in fiscal year 1996 to conduct the
closure. Additional costs will be incurred in fiscal year 1997
to pay the Department of Labor for workers compensation
payments and unemployment compensation payments for former
employees of the Bureau of Mines.
The Department of the Interior has no discretion in the
payment of these costs. These funds were included by the
administration in the budget request for the U.S. Geological
Survey, and the Committee recommends that the costs be
reflected accurately as part of the termination costs of the
Bureau of Mines.
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
regulation and technology
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $95,970,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 94,772,000
House allowance......................................... 94,772,000
Committee recommendation
94,672,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $94,672,000, a
decrease of $100,000 below the budget estimate and the House
allowance. A comparison of the budget estimates and the
Committee recommendation is as follows:
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State regulatory program grants.............................. $50,676,000 $50,676,000 ...............
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Federal regulatory programs:
Regulatory program operations............................ 13,660,000 13,660,000 ...............
Technical services, training, and research............... 13,881,000 13,881,000 ...............
Assessments and collections.............................. 4,786,000 4,786,000 ...............
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Subtotal, Federal regulatory programs.................. 32,327,000 32,327,000 ...............
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Civil penalties.............................................. 500,000 500,000 ...............
General administration....................................... 11,269,000 11,169,000 -$100,000
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Total, regulation and technology....................... 94,772,000 94,672,000 -100,000
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The Committee notes that funding and staffing levels for
the Office of Surface Mining have been reduced significantly in
the last several years. Total FTE's have been reduced by nearly
40 percent since fiscal year 1993, with the bulk of this
reduction being taken from Federal regulatory programs. More
than 180 employees were separated in the last fiscal year alone
at a cost of more than $3,200,000. The Committee commends the
Office for its ability to manage this downsizing while
continuing to perform its statutory mission.
While the Committee has generally enjoyed a cooperative
working relationship with the Office of Surface Mining, the
Committee is extremely disappointed that some OSM employees
have violated this relationship by deliberately releasing
confidential information. The Committee notes that such actions
are not in the long-term best interests of the agency.
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
(Definite, Trust Fund)
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $173,887,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 179,385,000
House allowance......................................... 175,887,000
Committee recommendation
179,085,000
The Committee recommends $179,085,000 for the abandoned
mine reclamation fund, which is $3,198,000 over the House
funding level and $300,000 less than the budget request. A
comparison of the Committee recommendation and the budget
estimate is as follows:
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Budget estimate recommendation Change
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State reclamation program grants............................. $144,300,000 $144,000,000 -$300,000
Donations.................................................... ............... ............... ...............
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Federal reclamation programs:
Fee compliance........................................... 5,562,000 5,562,000 ...............
Reclamation program operations........................... 23,145,000 23,145,000 ...............
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Subtotal, Federal reclamation programs................. 28,707,000 28,707,000 ...............
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Small operator assistance.................................... 1,500,000 1,500,000 ...............
General administration....................................... 4,878,000 4,878,000 ...............
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Total, abandoned mine land fund........................ 179,385,000 179,085,000 -300,000
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The Committee has increased funding for State reclamation
program grants by $4,000,000 above the fiscal year 1996 level
to fund the Appalachian clean streams initiative. The Committee
notes that these additional funds could be used for high-
priority reclamation projects not related to acid mine drainage
if added to the regular AML grant program rather than the clean
streams initiative. The Office of Surface Mining should work
with stakeholders to ensure that projects selected under the
initiative are at least as high a priority as those projects
that would otherwise receive funding.
The Committee has also provided the $1,500,000 requested
for the Small Operator Assistance Program [SOAP]. This program
was funded in fiscal year 1996 with carryover balances, but
such balances are not available to fund the program in fiscal
year 1997.
A March 1996 Office of Inspector General audit report found
that the Office of Surface Mining did not charge debtors an
administrative fee sufficient to recover the cost of processing
delinquent debt as required by Federal and departmental
regulations. The Committee urges the Office to adjust its fees
accordingly, and to maintain debt collection staffing at a
level consistent with workload.
Bill language.--The Committee has included language
contained in the House bill that maintains the Federal
emergency reclamation program and limits emergency expenditures
in any one State to 25 percent of the total appropriated for
emergency programs. States would be allowed to use prior-year
carryover funds without being subject to the 25-percent
limitation. This language has been carried in the bill for
several years. Language is also included allowing AML funds
made available to States to be used as non-Federal match for
programs related to the treatment or abatement of acid mine
drainage. Language is also included authorizing $4,000,000 for
the Appalachian clean streams initiative and maintaining the
minimum State grant at $1,500,000.
INDIAN AFFAIRS
Bureau of Indian Affairs
operation of indian programs
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $1,384,434,000
Emergency appropriation, 1996....................... 500,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 1,579,423,000
House allowance......................................... 1,381,623,000
Committee recommendation
1,418,606,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$1,418,606,000, a decrease of $160,817,000 below the budget
estimate, an increase of $36,983,000 above the House allowance,
and $34,172,000 above the fiscal year 1996 level.
The following table provides a comparison of the budget
estimate with the Committee recommendations:
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Budget estimate recommendation Change
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TRIBAL BUDGET SYSTEM
Tribal priority allocations:
Tribal government..................................... $304,979,000 $249,160,000 -$55,819,000
Human services........................................ 152,679,000 125,840,000 -26,839,000
Education............................................. 59,464,000 48,694,000 -10,770,000
Public safety and justice............................. 100,100,000 81,325,000 -18,775,000
Community development................................. 66,427,000 54,298,000 -12,129,000
Resources management.................................. 63,828,000 52,246,000 -11,582,000
Other trust services.................................. 31,256,000 25,245,000 -6,011,000
General administration................................ 27,962,000 21,112,000 -6,850,000
Small tribes distribution............................. 5,000,000 4,000,000 -1,000,000
General increase...................................... ................ 14,700,000 +14,700,000
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Subtotal, tribal priority allocations............... 811,695,000 676,620,000 -135,075,000
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Other recurring programs:
Tribal government..................................... 5,000,000 5,000,000 ................
Education:
School operations:
Forward funding............................... 367,243,000 344,711,000 -22,532,000
Other school operations....................... 85,094,000 82,607,000 -2,487,000
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Subtotal, school operations................. 452,337,000 427,318,000 -25,019,000
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Continuing education.............................. 27,411,000 27,411,000 ................
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Subtotal, education............................. 479,748,000 454,729,000 -25,019,000
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Community development................................. 16,372,000 16,235,000 -137,000
Resources management.................................. 35,891,000 35,302,000 -589,000
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Subtotal, other recurring programs.................. 537,011,000 511,266,000 -25,745,000
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Nonrecurring programs:
Tribal government..................................... 2,931,000 2,931,000 ................
Public safety and justice............................. 584,000 584,000 ................
Resources management.................................. 31,065,000 30,968,000 -97,000
Other trust services.................................. 31,418,000 28,959,000 -2,459,000
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Subtotal, nonrecurring programs..................... 65,998,000 63,442,000 -2,556,000
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Total, tribal budget system......................... 1,414,704,000 1,251,328,000 -163,376,000
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BIA OPERATIONS
Central office operations:
Tribal government..................................... 2,666,000 2,653,000 -13,000
Human services........................................ 722,000 720,000 -2,000
Public safety and justice............................. 3,163,000 3,154,000 -9,000
Community development................................. 1,010,000 1,005,000 -5,000
Resources management.................................. 3,160,000 3,142,000 -18,000
Other trust services.................................. 5,912,000 1,573,000 -4,339,000
General administration:
Assistant Secretary for Indian Af- fairs......... 3,793,000 3,263,000 -530,000
Education program management...................... 2,128,000 2,112,000 -16,000
Other general administration...................... 29,541,000 30,729,000 +1,188,000
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Subtotal, general administration................ 37,878,000 36,104,000 -1,774,000
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Subtotal, central office operations............. 54,511,000 48,351,000 -6,160,000
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Area office operations:
Tribal government..................................... 1,101,000 1,158,000 +57,000
Human services........................................ 682,000 874,000 +192,000
Public safety and justice............................. 499,000 581,000 +82,000
Community development................................. 3,014,000 3,025,000 +11,000
Resources management.................................. 2,680,000 3,099,000 +419,000
Other trust services.................................. 6,913,000 7,207,000 +294,000
General administration................................ 21,672,000 23,588,000 +1,916,000
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Subtotal, area office operation..................... 36,561,000 39,532,000 +2,971,000
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Special programs and pooled overhead:
Education............................................. 13,720,000 13,720,000 ................
Public safety and justice............................. 2,656,000 2,644,000 -12,000
Community development................................. 3,399,000 3,391,000 -8,000
Resources management.................................. 1,320,000 1,320,000 ................
Trust services........................................ ................ 2,319,000 +2,319,000
General administration................................ 52,552,000 51,001,000 -1,551,000
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Subtotal, special programs.......................... 73,647,000 74,395,000 +748,000
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Total, BIA operations............................... 164,719,000 162,278,000 -2,441,000
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Total, operation of Indian programs................. 1,579,423,000 1,413,606,000 -165,817,000
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Tribal priority allocations.--The Committee recommends
$676,620,000 for tribal priority allocations, an increase of
$22,468,000 above the fiscal year 1996 level of funding and
$12,468,000 above the House allowance. The Committee's
recommendations allow the transfers included in the budget
request. The Committee recommends an increase of $4,000,000 for
small and needy tribes and a general increase of $14,700,000.
Within the $249,160,000 for tribal government activities,
$5,033,000 is provided for new tribes funding. No funding has
been provided for tribes whose Federal recognition is pending,
consistent with Committee practices for other programs. The
Committee expects that in the future the Bureau will request
funding only for those tribes where formal recognition has
occurred. The Committee recommends $91,379,000 for contract
support, an increase of $550,000 above the fiscal year 1996
funding level. Within the funds provided for water resources,
$399,000 is for the Seminole and Miccousukee Tribes' water
studies in support of the Everglades initiative.
Other recurring programs.--The Committee recommends
$521,966,000 for other recurring programs, an increase of
$28,469,000 above the fiscal year 1996 funding level and
$18,908,000 above the House allowance.
For school operations, the Committee recommends
$427,318,000, an increase of $18,432,000 above the fiscal year
1996 funding level and $8,871,000 above the House allowance.
The increase above the fiscal year 1996 funding level includes
$10,000,000 for the Indian school equalization formula funds
[ISEP], $1,500,000 for student transportation, $2,500,000 for
administrative cost grants, $300,000 for institutionalized
handicapped, $3,363,000 for facilities operations and
maintenance, $69,000 for area and agency technical support, and
$700,000 for the school statistics ADP package.
The Committee commends the efforts being made by some
Bureau-funded schools to work cooperatively with adjacent
public school systems to make the operations of each school
system more efficient and cost effective. The Committee expects
the Bureau to encourage all BIA-funded schools to engage in
these efforts, particularly in the areas of textbooks, library
materials, and student transportation. The Committee continues
to be concerned about the process used for determining
enrollment levels and the process for allocating funding to
individual schools, particularly at a time when the overall
funding allocations for the Committee continue to decline. The
Committee notes that only approximately 75 of the more than 550
federally recognized tribes operate Bureau-funded schools,
while the funding for operating these schools accounts for
approximately 30 percent of the funding for the entire
``Operations of Indian programs'' account.
As requested, the Committee recommends $700,000 for a
school statistics ADP package. The Committee remains concerned
about the inability of the Bureau to estimate and report
accurately on the enrollment at Bureau-funded schools. The
Committee is also concerned by the Bureau's inability to track
accurately students who transfer between Bureau-funded schools.
The Committee believes that the school statistics package is a
necessary tool for the BIA to implement reforms in the process
for determining enrollment levels.
The Committee recommends $35,302,000 for resources
management, a decrease of $427,000 below the fiscal year 1996
funding level. The Committee has assumed transfers that were
included in the budget request and assumed absorption of pay
costs. The Committee recommends $639,000 for the InterTribal
Bison Cooperative. For irrigation operations and maintenance,
the Committee recommends a general increase of $500,000.
The Committee is concerned about the longstanding problems
associated with the Wapato irrigation project. The Committee is
aware of that past inspector general reports have identified
significant problems associated with the operation and
maintenance of the project. The Committee is aware that the
Bureau has established a power and irrigation reconciliation
team [PIRT] to reconcile the debts and inventory facilities at
irrigation projects nationwide and has such a team examining
operations at Wapato. The Committee further understands than an
interim report is expected to be issued by the end of 1996. The
Committee expects the Bureau to make this report available to
the Committees on Appropriations and the authorizing
committees. Until the reconciliation effort is complete and the
report has been issued, the Committee expects that no further
enforcement actions regarding delinquent accounts be carried
out.
The Committee directs GAO to conduct an audit and provide
recommendations on the Bureau of Indian Affairs' operation and
management of the Wapato irrigation project by March 31, 1997,
on the following issues: (1) the primary and underlying causes
of the operation and maintenance deficits; (2) problems
associated with the collection of operation and management
assessments from all the project's assessable acreage; (3) the
net effect of the growing operation and management deficits on
the assessment rates imposed on land owners; (4) the net effect
of the operation and maintenance deficits on the ability of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs to provide adequate operation and
maintenance services to customers of the Wapato Irrigation
District; (5) the amount of idle trust lands within the Wapato
irrigation project, including the identification of the primary
reasons why those lands remain idle. Recommendations on this
issue shall include long-term strategies for returning the idle
trust lands to a productive status including reasonable and
efficient land leasing practices. To the extent that the
problems of the project can be identified and overcome, the
Committee would expect that rates assessed users of the project
would be likely to remain stable or decrease in the future.
Nonrecurring programs.--The Committee recommends
$63,442,000, a decrease of $2,556,000 below the budget request
and $2,779,000 below the fiscal year 1996 funding level. For
water rights negotiation and litigation, the Committee
recommends $12,000,000, an increase of $28,000 above the fiscal
year 1996 level of funding and a decrease of $2,383,000 below
the budget request. Other changes to the requested level
reflect absorption of pay costs. Within the funds recommended
for water management within resources management, $150,000 is
to be provided to the U.S. Geological Survey to operate and
maintain water measurement gauges on the Walker River Paiute
Reservation.
Central office operations.--For central office operations,
the Committee recommends $48,351,000, a decrease of $6,160,000
below the requested level. The Committee has transferred
funding for land records improvement to special programs and
pooled overhead. The Committee recommends $1,147,000 for the
Office of Self-Governance, an increase of $300,000 above the
fiscal year 1996 funding level.
The Committee has agreed with the Bureau's request that
funds associated with personnel services be provided for the
central and area office operations. The Committee believes that
savings can be achieved in personnel and recommends $1,207,000
for personnel services, a reduction of $302,000 below the
budget request. The Committee recommends $1,933,000 for
education personnel services, a reduction of $499,000 below the
budget request. Transfers to the Office of Special Trustee
include $218,000 from central office financial management and
$75,000 from ADP central program management.
Area office operations.--The Committee recommends
$39,532,000, an increase of $2,971,000 above the budget request
and $2,839,000 above the House allowance. For personnel
services, the Committee recommends $3,650,000, a decrease of
$1,120,000 below the budget request. The Committee does not
concur with the transfer of funding for the Navajo area office
operations to tribal priority allocations. The Committee
expects the Bureau to submit such a proposal once agreement has
been reached to close the area office and provision has been
made to provide funding necessary for inherently Federal
functions associated with the Navajo Nation.
Special programs and pooled overhead.--The Committee
recommends $74,395,000 for special programs and pooled
overhead, an increase of $748,000 above the budget request. The
Committee recommends $2,319,000 for land records improvement,
an increase of $500,000 above the fiscal year 1996 funding
level. The Committee expects the Bureau to work closely with
the special trustee in developing a strategy for improving the
lands record system. Prior to use of the additional funding,
the Committee expects the Bureau to submit such a strategy to
the Committee for approval.
The Committee recommends $12,383,000 for postsecondary
schools. The Committee recommends $7,907,000 for Haskell Indian
Junior College, an increase of $401,000 above the fiscal year
1996 funding level, and $4,476,000 for Southwestern Indian
Polytechnic Institute, an increase of $250,000 above the fiscal
year 1996 funding level. The Committee recommends $950,000 to
continue operations of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
For general administration, the Committee recommends
$51,001,000, a decrease of $1,551,000 below the budget request.
The Committee recommends transfer of funding to the Office of
Special Trustee, including FFS ($78,000), PAY/PERS ($62,000),
postage ($347,000), GSA rentals ($500,000), and unemployment
compensation ($209,000).
Bill language.--The Committee has continued the fiscal year
1996 bill language that limits the number of schools to be
funded to those in the Bureau of Indian Affairs school system
as of September 1, 1995. Bill language is also continued to
prohibit the use of Bureau funds for any additional grades
beyond the grade structure in place or approved by the
Secretary at each school or dormitory as of October 1, 1995.
Bill language is also included to allow BIA-operated schools to
adjust the salaries of all education positions, including
teachers and counselors, as well as nonteaching staff. This
authority applies only to staff appointed after June 30, 1997.
This grandfather provision will protect current BIA employees
who remain at the same position at the same school from salary
adjustments below their current base level.
construction
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $100,833,000
Emergency appropriation, 1996....................... 16,500,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 122,824,000
House allowance......................................... 85,831,000
Committee recommendation
93,933,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $93,933,000, a
decrease of $28,891,000 below the budget estimate, an increase
of $8,102,000 above the House allowance, and a decrease of
$6,900,000 below the fiscal year 1996 level.
The following table provides a comparison of the budget
estimate with the Committee recommendation:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Education.................................................... $44,016,000 $30,016,000 -$14,000,000
Public safety and justice.................................... 14,500,000 4,400,000 -10,100,000
Resources management......................................... 53,968,000 51,246,000 -2,722,000
General administration....................................... 10,340,000 8,271,000 -2,069,000
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Total, construction.................................... 122,824,000 93,933,000 -28,891,000
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Education.--The Committee recommends $30,016,000 for
construction of education facilities, which is a decrease of
$14,000,000 below the budget request and $12,523,000 below the
fiscal year 1996 funding level. For new school construction,
the Committee recommends $4,000,000 to complete construction of
the Chief Leschi School. The Committee recommendation includes
$1,800,000 for demolition and reduction of excess space. The
Committee expects the January 15, 1997, semi-annual report on
the facilities program to include the specific buildings that
the Bureau expects to demolish or reduce. The Committee does
not intend for these funds to be transferred for use for other
education facilities needs.
Within the $23,016,000 provided for education facilities
improvement and repair, the Committee has included the
$1,280,000 requested for asbestos abatement and roof
replacement at the Navajo Community College Building No. 1228
in Shiprock, NM. This funding is provided contingent upon an
agreement with the Navajo Nation to transfer ownership and
responsibility for the building to the tribe.
The Committee has included the $2,000,000 requested for the
fourth phase of portable classroom acquisition as requested by
the Bureau. The Committee notes that the provision of portable
classrooms is a temporary solution to the facilities needs for
Bureau-funded schools. The Committee expects the Bureau to
ensure that the portable classrooms procured with the funds
provided, either directly by the Bureau or by the tribes
through Public Law 93-638 contracts or Public Law 100-297
grants, meet appropriate standards and that appropriate
maintenance activities occur. With the limited funds available
for facilities repair and replacement, it is critical that
funding for temporary facilities be used in the most cost-
effective manner possible and not lead to greater facilities
costs in the long term.
The Committee has included the $2,000,000 requested for the
backlog validation project, as requested by the Bureau. Prior
to the obligation of any funding, the Committee expects the
Bureau to submit to the Committee a detailed plan for the use
of the funding and the total projects cost. Again, the
Committee is concerned that these funds could be used to
provide repair or replacement for existing facilities at a time
of limited resources. In addition, the Committee is concerned
about whether this system and other improvements the Bureau is
implementing will actually improve facilities management within
the Bureau.
The Committee urges the BIA to continue its efforts to
settle the dispute over funding for facilities improvement and
repair at the Santa Clara Day School.
Public safety and justice.--The Committee recommends
$4,400,000 for construction of public safety and justice
facilities, a decrease of $10,100,000 below the budget request
and $1,600,000 below the fiscal year 1996 funding level.
For fiscal year 1996, specific funding was provided in the
central office operations, public safety, and justice program
to establish a BIA fire safety coordinator with
responsibilities for structural fire protection and prevention
programs. In addition, funding was provided in the
``Construction'' account for the installation of fire
protection and prevention equipment in dormitories and other
BIA facilities. An inventory of all facilities fire protection
requirements is to be completed in fiscal year 1996. The
Committee expects a status report on this program, including
accomplishments on installation of fire protection and
prevention equipment, estimates of future equipment
requirements and other pertinent information on this program
should also be included in the semi-annual report.
Resources management.--For resources management, the
Committee recommends $51,246,000, which is a decrease of
$2,722,000 below the budget request and $4,001,000 above the
fiscal year 1996 funding level. For the Navajo Indian
irrigation project, $25,500,000 is recommended. In addition to
funds identified in Public Law 104-134, the Committee
recommends $5,000,000 to repair the Wapato irrigation project
in areas where flood damage occurred. These funds are provided
on a nonreimbursable basis. The Committee recommends $1,751,000
for engineering and supervision, a decrease of $216,000 below
the budget request and the same as the fiscal year 1996 funding
level. For survey and design, the Committee recommends
$1,000,000, which is $3,999,000 below the budget request and
$501,000 above the fiscal year 1996 funding level. For safety
of dams, the Committee recommends the fiscal year 1996 funding
level of $17,995,000.
General administration.--The Committee recommends
$8,271,000 for general administration, a decrease of $2,069,000
below the budget request and an increase of $3,222,000 above
the fiscal year 1996 funding level. The Committee recommends
the transfer of construction management from the central office
operations and recommends a funding level of $6,192,000, which
includes an increase of $1,100,000 to begin replacement of the
current FACCOM system. The Committee expects the Bureau to
provide a detailed system replacement and implementation plan
including total cost requirements on how these funds will be
spent. The Bureau must receive approval of the plan from the
Committee prior to the obligation of any of these funds. The
Committee's recommendation includes $200,000 for the demolition
and reduction of excess space. The Committee expects
information for these projects to be included in the demolition
report for facilities. The Committee does not intend for these
funds to be transferred for use for other facilities needs.
Other.--The Committee supports the continued utilization of
the current BIA new school and detention center construction
priority ranking lists to determine which replacement schools
and detention centers should receive funds. While these
priority lists will be used as a basis for determining the
order in which facilities are to receive funding, the BIA is
reminded that based on its own testimony, schedules for design
of these facilities must not outdistance the ability of the
Congress to appropriate funds in this period of diminishing
resources. With limited resources available, the Committee
cannot afford to provide funding for the redesign of these
facilities.
The Committee expects BIA estimates of construction costs
to be based on the provision of only the necessary space and
related fixed equipment to provide for the education or law
enforcement program as contained in current BIA space
guidelines. All Federal facility construction programs must use
the most efficient energy conservation initiatives available in
order to construct a facility that meets program requirements
and is cost effective to maintain. The Committee expects any
space, equipment, or other requirements that do not meet these
BIA guidelines and energy efficient measures to be provided and
maintained by non-Federal funding sources.
There continue to be multiphased facility repair projects,
or single projects that require additional funds over 2 or 3
fiscal years. This often results from inaccurate project
requirements and descriptions from the inception of the
project. The Committee expects the Bureau to continue to use
the existing health and safety criteria-based priority ranking
system to determine project ranking. At the same time, the
Committee expects the Bureau to revise the process used to
determine the scope of an FI&R project, so that all required
code and safety repairs on a particular building are
accomplished as a single, economical repair project, rather
than through multiple projects over a period of years.
Consideration should be given to establishing the total repair
requirements at each school or law enforcement location. The
Committee expects project requirements to be established and
reviewed by facilities engineers and architects to ensure that
these projects address code and safety requirements and have
accurate cost estimates.
The Bureau should distinguish clearly in project
descriptions the differences between repairing a facility and
replacing a facility. Expansions of existing facilities to meet
existing enrollment should be addressed through the new school
replacement program, unless the additional space needed is
within the current Bureau guidelines for facility repair.
The semi-annual report on the facilities program provided
by the BIA to the Committee shall be due on January 15 and July
15 and include the status and plans for the following issues:
--A status report on new school and detention center
construction. The report should include all the current
information contained in the current status report on
new school construction and detention facilities.
--A specific plan for accomplishment of excess space
reduction. The plan should identify the specific
buildings and funding necessary for buildings to be
excessed/demolished as part of the Excess Space/
Demolition Program. With numerous buildings in the
Bureau's inventory which have been determined to be
unneeded, are unoccupied, and are not maintained, these
buildings need to be removed to avoid becoming a
further health and safety hazard.
--A status report on employee housing repairs. The plan
should identify the specific employee housing units to
be repaired, the status of these repairs, and the
status of the implementation of the recommendations of
the employee housing study that was approved by the
Bureau. Recommendations included in the study included
the repair and transfer of housing units to tribes,
which is not being accomplished.
--A status report on the fire protection program as outlined
in the public safety and justice activity.
indian land and water claims settlements and miscellaneous payments to
indians
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $80,645,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 69,241,000
House allowance......................................... 65,241,000
Committee recommendation
69,241,000
The Committee recommends $69,241,000 for Indian land and
water claims settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians,
the same level as the budget request and a decrease of
$11,404,000 below the fiscal year 1996 funding level. Funding
is provided for the following settlements:
Committee
recommendation
Catawba................................................. $8,000,000
Fallon water rights settlements......................... 8,000,000
Northern Cheyenne....................................... 15,400,000
Pyramid Lake water rights settlements................... 12,000,000
Ute Indian rights settlements........................... 25,000,000
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Total............................................. 68,400,000
The Committee allowance also includes $841,000, as proposed
in the budget, for miscellaneous payments to Indians pursuant
to various legislative settlements.
technical assistance of indian enterprises
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $500,000
Budget estimate, 1997...................................................
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation
...........................
The Committee recommends no appropriation for technical
assistance of Indian enterprises, the same as the budget
request and the House allowance.
indian guaranteed loan program account
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $5,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 5,002,000
House allowance......................................... 5,000,000
Committee recommendation
5,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,000,000, a
decrease of $2,000 below the budget request and the same level
as the House allowance for the ``Indian Guaranteed Loan
Program'' account.
The Committee is aware of the crisis facing Aleut fishermen
participating in the red salmon fisheries of the Alaska
Peninsula/Aleutian Island region. Extreme weather has resulted
in a harvest of salmon 70 percent below average. These
fishermen are facing the loss of their vessels and fishing
permits as a result of the fishery failure, which in turn would
eliminate Aleut participation in their traditional fisheries
and make these indigenous people wards of the State.
The Committee desires to avoid this scenario and,
therefore, encourages the Bureau to work cooperatively with
Native leaders and local tribal councils to provide emergency
loan guarantees to refinance existing vessel mortgages and to
provide additional credit for operating debt as part of any
refinancing.
Departmental Offices
Insular Affairs
assistance to territories
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $65,188,000
Emergency appropriation, 1996....................... 13,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 65,188,000
House allowance......................................... 65,088,000
Committee recommendation
65,388,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $65,388,000,
an increase of $200,000 over the budget estimate and $300,000
over the House allowance.
The amounts recommended by the Committee compared to the
budget estimates are shown in the following table:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Territorial assistance:
Office of Insular Affairs................................ $3,849,000 $3,849,000 ...............
Technical assistance..................................... 6,200,000 6,200,000 ...............
Maintenance assistance fund.............................. 2,320,000 2,320,000 ...............
Brown tree snake......................................... 595,000 795,000 +$200,000
Insular management controls.............................. 1,458,000 1,458,000 ...............
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Subtotal, territorial assistance....................... 14,422,000 14,622,000 +200,000
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American Samoa: Operations grants............................ 23,046,000 23,046,000 ...............
Northern Mariana Islands: Covenant grants.................... 27,720,000 27,720,000 ...............
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Total, assistance to territories....................... 65,188,000 65,388,000 +200,000
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Territorial assistance.--The Committee recommends
$14,622,000 for territorial assistance, which is $200,000 above
the request and $300,000 above the House level. The increase
above the request is to help implement the brown tree snake
control plan that has been drafted pursuant to the
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Control Act of 1990.
American Samoa.--The Committee recommends $23,046,000 for
operations grants to American Samoa, the same as the House and
the budget request.
The Committee remains concerned about poor fiscal
management in American Samoa and the relatively slow pace of
reform. The Committee feels that the recommendations developed
by the joint working group and included in the financial
recovery plan are reasonable and prudent. The Committee also
feels strongly that the recommendations included in the
immediate term financial recovery plan should be implemented
immediately. As such, $2,000,000 of the funds provided for
construction grants shall be withheld by the Secretary of the
Interior until the Secretary certifies that the recommendations
in the immediate term financial plan have been substantially
implemented, or that there is a compelling reason why such
recommendations cannot be substantially implemented.
CNMI/covenant grants.--The Committee recommends $27,720,000
for covenant grants, the same as the House and the budget
request. The Fiscal Year 1996 Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act included a provision authorizing the
reallocation of the covenant grants. Consistent with that
provision and the fiscal year 1997 budget request, the
Committee has provided $11,000,000 for CNMI construction,
$4,580,000 for impact aid to Guam, $6,140,000 for American
Samoa construction, $3,000,000 for the College of the Northern
Marianas, and $3,000,000 for the CNMI immigration, labor, and
law enforcement initiative. Bill language has also been
included to allow all covenant grant recipients to use covenant
grant funds to meet local matching requirements for other
Federal grants. This authority is available to the Northern
Marianas under the covenant.
With respect to the CNMI college, funds provided are for
the land grant endowment authorized in section 305 of Public
Law 102-247. With respect to the immigration, labor, and law
enforcement initiative, the Committee notes that the task
force's second annual report strongly recommends that the CNMI
use covenant funds to construct prison and detention
facilities. The Committee urges agencies participating in the
task force to work closely with the CNMI to develop a plan for
the construction of such facilities, and urges the CNMI to
commit funds for this purpose.
The Committee also reiterates its opposition to the release
of funds for the construction of a hospital in American Samoa
until an independent hospital authority with rate-setting power
is established.
Guam.--Consistent with the budget request and the
provisions of the fiscal year 1996 appropriations act, the
Committee has provided $4,580,000 to mitigate the impact of the
Compact of Free Association. Such funds are derived from the
reallocation of CNMI/covenant grants.
Virgin Islands.--While no special funds are provided for
the Virgin Islands, the Committee notes that the fiscal year
1996 appropriations act included $13,000,000 in emergency funds
in response to Hurricane Marilyn. The Committee shares the
House's interest in how these funds will be used, and expects
periodic reports on recovery efforts.
compact of free association
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $24,938,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 23,538,000
House allowance......................................... 23,638,000
Committee recommendation
23,438,000
Federal services assistance.--The Committee recommends
$6,964,000 for Federal services assistance, the same as the
House and the budget request.
Program grant assistance.--The Committee recommends
$13,500,000 for Federal services assistance, the same as the
House and the budget request. The $1,400,000 reduction from
fiscal year 1996 is consistent with the annual funding levels
included in the Compact of Free Association with the Republic
of Palau.
Enewetak support.--The Committee recommends $1,091,000 for
Enewetak support. The Committee recognizes the importance of
the support program to the people of Enewetak, and understands
that the relevant authorizing committees are considering
extending and expanding the program. While sympathetic to the
need for further agricultural development to sustain a growing
population, the Committee notes that the support program was
established as a temporary program. The Committee will continue
to consider funding requirements on a year-by-year basis.
Rongelap Atoll.--The Committee recommends $1,883,000 for
Rongelap resettlement, $100,000 below the House and the budget
request. While the Committee recognizes the need to provide
adequate funding for resettlement, it will not continue to
appropriate funds on an annual basis in the absence of a
binding and final resettlement agreement between the United
States and the Government of Rongelap. The Committee strongly
urges both parties to reach such an agreement as soon as
possible.
Departmental Management
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $56,912,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 59,196,000
House allowance......................................... 53,691,000
Committee recommendation
58,991,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $58,991,000
for fiscal year 1997. This is a reduction of $205,000 below the
budget request and an increase of $5,300,000 above the House
allowance. The Committee notes that funding for the
``Departmental management'' account is not out of line with
other Cabinet agencies. Interior spends less than 10 of the 12
other domestic Cabinet agencies, 7 of which spend over
$100,000,000 a year for departmental management activities.
Thus, when considering the size of the work force at the
Department of the Interior, these administrative expenses are
fare lower than othe Cabinet agencies with fewer employees and
less diversity in the breadth of their programs.
Included within the recommendation is $95,000 for payment
to the Office of Aircraft Services to cover the deficit in
operating costs for aircraft N789.
The Committee notes that while there is a necessary
transition period required to separate operational activities
from policy activities, continued efforts need to be made to
reduce GSA space, administrative, and overhead costs. The
reduction of $300,000 from the budget estimate is to be applied
to these costs within the central services activity.
Office of the Solicitor
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $34,427,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 35,208,000
House allowance......................................... 35,208,000
Committee recommendation
35,443,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $35,443,000
for fiscal year 1997. This is an increase of $235,000 above the
budget request and the House allowance.
The workload of the Office of the Solicitor continues to
increase, and, in fact, several functions have been absorbed by
the Office without added resources. The Committee is encouraged
by the various efforts undertaken by the Solicitor's Office to
reduce costs, streamline operations, and to take an active role
in reducing regulations. The Committee has provided an increase
of $235,000 above the budget request level, specifically to
provide for the Solicitor's Honors Program. It is the
Committee's understanding that this increase is sufficient to
provide for a class of five new attorneys. While the Committee
would like to have provided more for this worthwhile program,
due to the needs of other programs in the bill that is not
possible. The Committee anticipates that the Department will
provide adequate resources for the Solicitor's Honors Program
in future budget requests.
Office of Inspector General
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $23,939,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 24,439,000
House allowance......................................... 24,439,000
Committee recommendation
24,439,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $24,439,000
for fiscal year 1997. This is the same level as the budget
request and the House allowance.
National Indian Gaming Commission
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $1,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 1,000,000
House allowance......................................... 1,000,000
Committee recommendation
1,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,000,000,
the same as the House allowance and the budget estimate.
Office of Special Trustee for American Indians
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $16,338,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 36,338,000
House allowance......................................... 19,126,000
Committee recommendation
36,338,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $36,338,000
for the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, the
same level as the budget request and $17,212,000 more the House
allowance.
General.--The Committee continues to support the creation
of the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians as a
means of resolving the longstanding material weaknesses that
have plagued the financial trust activities of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs. The Committee expects the special trustee to
develop and present his strategic plan to Congress as quickly
as possible to ensure that the purposes for which funds are
made available are consistent with a long-range, comprehensive
strategy for resolving weaknesses in trust fund management. In
future years it is unlikely that the Committee will provide the
current level of funding, much less the significant increases
that are envisioned by the special trustee, unless a strategic
plan is in place that has been approved by Congress.
The Committee expects the strategic plan to include details
on the level of compacting and contracting by the tribes for
activities within the Office of Special Trustee and the funding
required for these activities. Future budget requests should
clearly articulate the amount of funding required to support
these activities.
Program operations, support, and improvements.--The
Committee recommends $34,660,000, a decrease of $128,000 from
the budget request, an increase of $19,098,000 above the fiscal
year 1996 funding level, and $16,310,000 above the House
allowance. The Committee recommends $8,830,000 for the Office
of Trust Funds Management, the same as the request and the
House allowance and an increase of $1,412,000 above the fiscal
year 1996 funding level. For area and field operations, the
Committee recommends $5,471,000, the same as the budget request
and the House allowance and an increase of $57,000 above the
fiscal year 1996 funding level. For administrative support, the
Committee recommends $3,000,000, the same as the budget
request. The Committee continues to encourage the Office of the
Special Trustee to use reimbursable agreements to obtain
administrative services from other bureaus rather than building
a separate infrastructure for administrative activities.
The Committee recommends $426,000 for past reconciliation
activities, as requested. For improvement initiatives, the
Committee recommends $16,933,000, a decrease of $128,000 below
the budget request and an increase of $16,900,000 above the
fiscal year 1996 funding level. The Committee expects the
Office of Special Trustee to ensure that these funds are
allocated to activities which will be consistent with the
strategic plan being developed by the special trustee.
Executive direction.--The Committee recommends $1,678,000
for executive direction, an increase of $128,000 above the
budget request and an increase of $902,000 above the fiscal
year 1996 funding level. For the Immediate Office of the
Special Trustee, the Committee recommends $1,228,000, the same
as the budget request and an increase of $702,000 above the
fiscal year 1996 funding level. The additional funds should
allow the special trustee to hire qualified individuals with
the expertise needed to assist in resolving the trust fund
problems.
The Committee recommends $200,000 for the Special Trustee's
Advisory Board, an increase of $39,000 above the budget
request. For the InterTribal Monitoring Association [ITMA], the
Committee recommends $250,000, an increase of $89,000 above the
budget request and the same as the fiscal year 1996 level of
funding. The Committee expects the special trustee to include a
detailed report on the activities and funding for the advisory
board and ITMA in the fiscal year 1998 budget justifications.
General Provisions
department of the interior
The Committee has included in ``General Provisions,
Department of the Interior'' a number of provisions carried in
previous years in the appropriations act for the Department of
the Interior and Related Agencies. Included among these are the
following:
Sec. 101. Provides secretarial authority to transfer
program funds for expenditures in cases of emergency when all
other emergency funds are exhausted.
Sec. 102. Provides for expenditure or transfer of funds by
the Secretary to help suppress or prevent forest or range
fires, take emergency action in case of earthquake and volcano
eruption, action related to oilspills, and provide assistance
in case of a surface mine reclamation emergency.
Sec. 103. Provides for use of appropriated funds for
operation of garages, shops, warehouses, and similar
facilities.
Sec. 104. Provides for use of appropriated funds for
contracts, rental cars and aircraft, certain library
memberships, and certain telephone expenses.
Sec. 105. Provides for the use of appropriated funds to
purchase uniforms or to provide a uniform allowance.
Sec. 106. Provides that contracts issued by the General
Services Administration for services and rentals are in effect
for a period not to exceed 12 months.
Sec. 107. Deletes House language regarding the transfer of
funds between the Department of the Interior land acquisition
accounts. Specific projects are delineated for each account,
thus obviating the need for transfers.
Sec. 108. Restricts the Secretary of the Interior from
obligating any more than one-twelfth of the fiscal year's
appropriation in any month for the Presidio operations and
allows the Secretary to transfer funds to the trust to initiate
leasing and other authorized activities. The provision expires
December 31, 1996.
Sec. 109. Deletes House language precluding the Secretary
of the Interior from developing, promulgating, and implementing
a rule concerning rights-of-way under section 2477 of the
revised statutes. Inserts Senate language that no final rule or
regulation pertaining to the recognition, management, or
validity of a right-of-way pursuant to revised statute 2477
shall take effect unless expressly authorized by an act of
Congress. This language is identical to the bipartisan proposal
reported by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
(Senate bill 1475).
Secs. 110-113. Restricts use of funds provided in the act
for offshore leasing and certain preleasing and leasing
activities as proposed by the administration in the budget.
Sec. 114. Establishes a franchise pilot program within the
Department of the Interior. The Committee expects the fund to
be used principally to provide administrative support services
on a competitive basis to agencies other than the Department
and that it will result in an overall savings in administrative
support costs for the Government.
Sec. 115. Inserts language amending Public Law 102-495.
This provision is discussed in more detail under the National
Park Service ``Land acquisition'' account.
Sec. 116. Extends the Blackstone River Valley National
Heritage Commission for 1 year.
Sec. 117. The Committee has included bill language to
facilitate the transfer of the former Bureau of Mines facility
in Salt Lake City, UT, to the University of Utah. Such language
is necessary because BLM still holds the land on which the
facility, which will now be operated by the State, is located.
Such direction is consistent with other research locations that
have been defederalized.
Sec. 118. Bill language has been included to require the
Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress by February 28,
1997, a formula to distribute funding for certain activities to
Indian tribes, with the exception of funding provided for
education, reimbursable programs and funding received from
allocations from other Departments, and programs benefiting
Alaska Natives. Funding and the structure for programs for
Alaska Natives shall continue in their present form. The Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act is amended to
increase the number of new tribes who may participate in self-
governance each year to 50.
Sec. 119. The Committee has included bill language to
permit the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to collect fees and
raise revenues in order to transition from Federal funding.
Sec. 120. Language is included to facilitate a transfer of
buildings in Battle Mountain, NV, to Lander County, NV, from
the Bureau of Land Management. Language is also included to
facilitate a transfer to the State of Nevada a surplus BLM
building in Winnemucca, NV.
Sec. 121. The purpose of the amendment is to clarify that
Cook Inlet Region, Inc., is to remain a federally recognized
Indian tribal entity for the purposes of administering Federal
programs and to reinstate Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to the
Secretary of the Interior's list of federally recognized tribes
and tribal entities. This legislation also recognizes that some
services may be appropriately provided for on a village basis,
and it does not preclude other tribal entities within the
region from providing village-based services.
Alaska Natives are eligible for benefits under various
Federal assistance and social service programs because of their
status as Indians. Program funding and administration are often
delegated by the Federal agency which oversees the particular
program to a tribal authority within the area in which services
are to be provided. Recently some confusion has arisen as to
the proper tribal organization to which authority for a
particular program should be delegated.
Cook Inlet Region, Inc., an Alaska Native regional
corporation established under the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act, has for many years been recognized as a tribal
entity eligible to administer Federal programs.
In carrying out its programs, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., has
provided services, through the use of special nonprofit
organizations, on a regional basis to its Alaska Native
shareholders as well as to those Alaska Native shareholders
from other regions and American Indians who reside in and
around the Anchorage area.
Clarifying the role of Cook Inlet Regions, Inc., as a
provider of health and social services and other Federal
assistance programs in the region is essential to maintaining
cost-efficient, nonduplicative, and regionally based services
for south-central Alaska. This would include services in the
municipality of Anchorage, which has been called the largest of
Alaska's Native villages. In addition, this amendment would
recognize the uniqueness of Cook Inlet region's shareholder
base, where four-fifths of the region's shareholders are not
enrolled to a village corporation and, therefore, must rely on
the region's status for services.
Sec. 122. Provides language directing the transfer of
aircraft No. N789 to the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum in
Anchorage, AK.
Sec. 123. Language is included which amends the Mesquite
Lands Act of 1988, Public Law 99-548, to permit the city of
Mesquite, NV, to purchase from the Bureau of Land Management
certain tracts of land surrounding the city.
Sec. 124. Language is included to transfer from the BLM
certain buildings and land near Silver City, NM, to the St.
Vincent DePaul Parish in Silver City, NM.
TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
forest and rangeland research
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $178,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 179,786,000
House allowance......................................... 179,000,000
Committee recommendation
180,200,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $180,200,000,
an increase of $414,000 above the budget estimate and
$1,200,000 above the House allowance.
The Committee is concerned that the recent Forest Service
research efforts may have failed to address the needs of its
land managers. Considering the limited resources, the Forest
Service should involve the land managers in identifying the
Forest Service research priorities and move toward
implementation of adaptive management.
The Committee is encouraged by use of adaptive management
techniques; $300,000 is provided for implementing and
evaluating controlled silvicultural treatment in designated
fire-generated, overstocked, small-diameter, stagnated forest
crop stands or other stands designated by the Secretary as
having crop characteristics on the Colville National Forest.
The Forest Service should prepare and submit to Congress, not
later than September 30, 1997, a research plan, prepared by the
forest and rangeland research branch, and supporting
environmental documents that provide for implementing this
program. The Committee recommends that the Service begin one or
more initial demonstration projects based on a preliminary
draft of the research plan as soon as practicable in an area of
approximately 10,000 acres.
The hardwoods industry is a diverse, diffused entity,
consisting of many small, independent businesses in remote
areas. The ability of these interests to compete in the
hardwoods market is dependent on access to timely and thorough
information regarding wood processing and efficiencies,
technology development, economics, and market analysis. The
research laboratory at Princeton, WV, is a primary provider of
such information. Funds of $900,000 above the budget request
are provided for hardwoods market and economic analysis at
Princeton.
In line with the Committee's serious concern for forest
health conditions, $300,000 is provided to participate in the
partnership project involving the Northern Arizona University
School of Forestry and the Department of the Interior.
The Committee has included funding to continue the
International Institute of Tropical Forestry and the Institute
of Pacific Islands Forestry.
The Committee is aware of the necessity for accurate and
timely forest inventory data in making sound natural resources
policy decisions. The Forest Inventory and Analysis Program
data has been especially helpful in evaluation and
decisionmaking for the forest health situations. The Committee
encourages the Forest Service to continue its efforts to reduce
the forest inventory cycle in all of its regions.
Due to the budget constraints faced by the Committee, the
Forest Service will have to determine the best means to
continue conducting its valuable research with limited
resources. The Committee believes no forest and range
experiment station, research program, or research project
should be protected from funding adjustments. However, it is
important to work closely with Congress to provide an
understanding of what reductions are proposed.
In conjunction with its fiscal year 1997 budget, the Forest
Service provided information regarding funding allocations by
research work unit. The Committee expects the Forest Service to
follow those distributions, with the adjustments recommended
herein. The Committee understands that the Forest Service
research budget, which the Committee has not reduced, will
continue the fiscal year 1996 level at the Starkville, MS,
laboratory in fiscal year 1997.
state and private forestry
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $136,884,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 164,000,000
House allowance......................................... 148,884,000
Committee recommendation
156,811,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $156,811,000,
a decrease of $7,189,000 below the budget estimate, $7,927,000
above the House allowance, and $19,927,000 above the fiscal
year 1996 level.
The following table provides a comparison of the budget
estimate with the Committee recommendations:
[In thousands of dollars]
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1996 Budget Committee Change from
enacted estimate recommendation enacted
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Forest health management:
Federal lands forest health management............... $25,165 $25,000 $33,165 +$8,000
Cooperative lands forest health management........... 7,806 15,000 15,000 +7,194
Cooperative lands fire management.................... 17,001 17,000 18,001 +1,000
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Subtotal, forest health management................. 49,972 57,000 66,166 +16,194
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Cooperative forestry:
Forest stewardship................................... 23,378 30,000 23,378 ...........
Stewardship Incentive Program........................ 4,500 20,000 4,500 ...........
Forest Legacy Program................................ 3,000 3,000 3,000 ...........
Urban and community forestry......................... 25,505 26,000 25,505 ...........
Economic action programs............................. 14,517 15,000 18,250 +3,733
Pacific Northwest assistance programs................ 16,012 13,000 16,012 ...........
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Subtotal, cooperative forestry..................... 86,912 107,000 90,645 +3,733
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Total, State and private forestry.................. 136,884 164,000 156,811 +19,927
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Forest health management.--The Committee recommends
$66,166,000 for forest health management, which is $9,166,000
above the request.
The objectives of the Federal forest health management
program are to detect and evaluate insect and disease epidemics
on Federal lands; to maintain healthy, productive forest
environments by preventing and suppressing damaging insects and
diseases; and to improve the capacity to protect forest health
by developing new and improved technology for use in survey,
technical assistance, prevention, and suppression activities.
This program provides for professional forest health
assistance, detection surveys, and evaluations on all Federal
forested lands, including the National Forest System, the
National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Fish and Wildlife Service, Corps of Engineers,
Bureau of Reclamation, Smithsonian Institution, and the
Department of Defense installations.
The cooperative lands forest health management program
provides assistance to State and private landowners in
detecting and evaluating insect and disease outbreaks and in
prevention and suppression of insects and diseases. Additional
funds above the enacted level have been provided to maintain
approximate current levels of effort for pest suppression due
to the exhaustion of prior-year carryover balances.
The existence of widespread forest health issues has become
a recognized fact in recent years. The need to mount
aggressively forest health restoration measures is the next
step. Insect and disease management is a critical component of
the forest health problem. The Committee is providing an
additional $8,000,000 above the current year for the Federal
forest health management program and an additional $7,194,000
above the current year for the cooperative lands forest health
management program. The Forest Service is encouraged to use a
greater portion of the cooperative lands forest health moneys
for educational purposes, than in previous years. As budgets
decline, the State and private sector should become more
informed in forest health issues and be encouraged to accept
more responsibility for treatment of their lands.
The Committee further suggests that the forest health
efforts should take a comprehensive view of all pest problems,
including efforts to manage noxious, exotic, and alien weeds on
forest lands.
The Committee is providing $18,001,000 for cooperative
lands fire management, which is $1,000,000 above the current
level.
Cooperative forestry.--The Committee recommends $90,645,000
for the cooperative forestry program, which is $3,733,000 above
the current level and $10,262,000 above the House allowance.
Included are $23,378,000 for forest stewardship, $4,500,000 for
the stewardship incentive program, $3,000,000 for forest
legacy, $25,505,000 for urban and community forestry, and
$16,012,000 for Pacific Northwest assistance programs.
The Forest Service should focus the stewardship incentive
program [SIP] as an effective tool where the Federal investment
in forest resource management on non-Federal land is critical
to achieve economic growth, to offset future Federal cost of
restoring degraded resources, and to maintain a healthy State
and nonindustrial private forest landscape. To further refine
the delivery system, the Forest Service will, in consultation
with State foresters, use the SIP State plans to identify and
assess forest resource concerns and focus project selection to
meet national objectives, including enhanced forest health,
cost-effective commodity production, economic growth at the
State and local level, and conservation benefits. The Committee
believes it is the responsibility of the landowner to meet
State law and regulations to reforest lands and that it is not
the responsibility of the Federal Government.
The Committee directs the Forest Service to allocate
limited funding appropriated for the Forest Legacy Program to
those projects that are closest to completion.
The Committee urges the Forest Service to continue the
fiscal year 1996 funding level for the agroforestry research at
the National Agroforestry Center at Lincoln, NE, and the
Chesapeake Bay watershed project.
Funding of $18,250,000 is included for economic action
programs. This funding level provides $4,000,000 for the
continuation of economic development grants as authorized in
the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Act. Funding at the
fiscal year 1996 level is included for the forest products
conservation and recycling program, the economic recovery
program, and the rural development program. The Committee is
including $250,000 for the annual Columbia River Gorge payments
to counties, $1,500,000 for continuing the wood in
transportation/timber bridge initiative, $1,000,000 for the
Doetsch Ranch in Washington, and $200,000 for the northeastern
area to strengthen the role of the Forest Service in assisting
the Hardwoods Training Center in Princeton as it seeks to
become economically self-sustaining. Funding of $500,000 is
included to support the effort to coordinate actions by
Federal, State, and private partners building upon the Hawaii
tropical forest recovery task force report and to provide
economic opportunities through forestry.
The Committee continues to be aware of the importance of
the rural development through forestry program to the
Northeast-Midwest region.
national forest system
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $1,257,057,000
Emergency appropriation, 1996....................... 26,600,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 1,291,553,000
House allowance......................................... 1,258,057,000
Committee recommendation
1,285,881,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$1,285,881,000, a decrease of $5,672,000 from the budget
estimate and $27,824,000 above the House allowance.
The distribution of the Committee's recommendations are as
follows:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Land management planning, inventory, and monitoring.......... $145,000,000 $130,088,000 -$14,912,000
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Recreation use:
Recreation management.................................... 164,000,000 167,314,000 +3,314,000
Wilderness management.................................... 33,000,000 33,267,000 +267,000
Heritage resources....................................... 14,000,000 13,570,000 -430,000
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Subtotal, recreation use............................... 211,000,000 214,151,000 +3,151,000
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Wildlife and fish management:
Wildlife habitat management.............................. 30,100,000 28,263,000 -1,837,000
Inland fish habitat management........................... 14,500,000 14,506,000 +6,000
Anadromous fish habitat management....................... 24,650,000 21,029,000 -3,621,000
Threatened, endangered, and sensitive species habitat
management.............................................. 21,750,000 21,763,000 +13,000
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Subtotal, wildlife and fish manage- ment............ 91,000,000 85,561,000 -5,439,000
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Rangeland management:
Grazing management....................................... 20,000,000 24,006,000 +4,006,000
Rangeland vegetation management.......................... 11,000,000 17,006,000 +6,006,000
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Subtotal, rangeland management......................... 31,000,000 41,012,000 +10,012,000
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Forest land management:
Timber sales management.................................. 190,000,000 196,000,000 +6,000,000
Forest land vegetation management........................ 52,000,000 53,768,000 +1,768,000
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Subtotal, forestland management........................ 242,000,000 249,768,000 +7,768,000
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Soil, water, and air management:
Soil, water, and air operations.......................... 22,000,000 22,011,000 +11,000
Watershed improvements................................... 26,000,000 20,003,000 -5,997,000
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Subtotal, soil, water, and air manage- ment........... 48,000,000 42,014,000 -5,986,000
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Minerals and geology management.............................. 35,000,000 35,017,000 +17,000
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Land ownership management:
Real estate management................................... 43,000,000 43,047,000 +47,000
Landline location........................................ 14,000,000 14,006,000 +6,000
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Subtotal, land ownership management.................... 57,000,000 57,053,000 +53,000
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Infrastructure management:
Road maintenance......................................... 84,000,000 82,519,000 -1,481,000
Facility maintenance..................................... 23,000,000 24,508,000 +1,508,000
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Subtotal, infrastructure management.................... 107,000,000 107,027,000 +27,000
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Law enforcement operations................................... 60,000,000 59,637,000 -363,000
General administration....................................... 264,553,000 264,553,000 ...............
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Total, National Forest System.......................... 1,291,553,000 1,285,881,000 -5,672,000
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Land management planning, inventory, and monitoring.--The
Committee recommends $130,088,000 for the land management
planning, inventory, and monitoring activities, which is the
same as the current year. The current planning, inventory, and
monitoring functions provide for a comprehensive, integrated
approach to the management of the National Forest System. This
should contribute to the overall effectiveness of management.
At the same time, the Committee believes that considerable
information is needed to support and evaluate various programs
and projects. The Committee continues to be concerned that
accountability is being lost in land management planning and
ecosystem management. Unlike the House, the Committee is
maintaining the integrated approach, but expects resource
specialists from various program areas to participate actively
in these activities.
Recreation use.--The Committee recommends $214,151,000 for
recreation use, which is $3,151,000 above the budget estimate
and $5,000,000 below the House allowance. The Summit House
Building in Pike National Forest, CO, is in poor condition.
Noting its importance as a unique and popular visitor center,
the Forest Service is directed to review the condition of the
building and report back to the Committee by January 1, 1997.
The report on the Summit House should include the Forest
Service's recommendation and a detailed cost estimate on
rehabilitation and replacement. Within the increase is an
additional $56,000 above the budget estimate of $754,000 for
preparation and planning tasks for the 2002 Olympics, Utah.
The pilot fee program contained in the fiscal year 1996
bill was provided to assist the land management agencies with
meeting the growing maintenance backlog and the increasing
operations requirements. The Committee agrees with the House
that the fee demonstration period should be extended for 1 year
due to the late signing of the appropriations act. In addition,
the Committee also recommends that the number of sites be
increased from 50 per agency to 100. This will provide the
agencies with an even greater ability to take care of
recreation needs. The Forest Service is commended for its
efforts to move forward quickly on implementation of the pilot
program. The Committee agrees with the House that all the land
management agencies should intensify their efforts to implement
this program, and provide a full report to the Committees by
December 31, 1996, on the status of implementation and plans
for this program in fiscal year 1997. The Committee expects
that the fiscal year 1998 budget request contains a complete
and detailed explanation of the plans, accomplishments, and
proposals for further implementation.
Wildlife and fish management.--The Committee recommends
$85,561,000 for wildlife and fish management, which is the same
as the current year.
Range management.--The Committee recommends $41,012,000 for
range management, which is $10,012,000 above the budget
allowance and $3,000,000 below the House allowance. The
Rescission Act of 1995 requires the Forest Service to determine
the national forest allotments that need National Environmental
Policy Act [NEPA] analysis and documentation to support the
continuation of permitted grazing activity, to develop a
schedule for completion of the NEPA analysis, to limit the
completion of the NEPA analysis and decisions to not more than
20 percent of the allotments through fiscal year 1996, and to
adhere to the schedule. The forest allotment schedules are
complete. A total of 6,886 analyses and decisions are scheduled
for the next 15 years. In providing this funding increase, the
Committee recognizes that the adherence to the multiyear
strategy depends on a more adequately funded range management
program. If additional funds are required, the Forest Service
is encouraged to submit expeditiously a reprogramming request
to the Committees for consideration.
Noxious weed continues to be of great concern to the
Committee. The Forest Service should increase its efforts and
work with other Federal agencies to control the spread of
noxious weeds to prevent the loss of land productivity. The
Committee understands that efforts to control the spread of
noxious weeds on non-Federal land in the area of the Okanogan
National Forest have been frustrated by inadequate resources
directed to controlling noxious weeds on Forest Service lands.
The Committee directs the Forest Service to allocate the
appropriate resources to the Okanogan National Forest in order
to control noxious weeds on its lands.
Forestland management.--The Committee recommends
$249,768,000 for forestland management, which is $7,768,000
above the budget estimate. In recognition of the depleted green
sale preparation pipeline and the need to continue the long-
term rebuilding of the timber sale program, the Committee is
providing an additional $6,000,000. In addition, funds are
provided for forestland vegetative management, including
reforestation, timber stand improvement, genetic resource
operations, and nursery operations.
The Committee appreciates the challenges faced by the
Forest Service with regard to appeals, litigation, and the
resulting changes to timber sale schedules. All of these
factors have contributed to unit costs increases charged to the
timber program, but which are not covered by timber sale
receipts. In addition, the Forest Service has been placed in
the difficult situation of downsizing the organization due to
budget reductions only to be expected to prepare timber sales
without the necessary skills and to meet the changing and
sometimes conflicting expectations of Congress and the various
interest groups. The Committee seeks to put the timber program
on a path toward stability, wherein sufficient timber sales
preparation work will be completed to avert timber program
disruptions. The Committee has provided pipeline funding, to be
used only to prepare future sales. These funds are not to be
used as a supplement to the timber program funding requested in
the budget. The Committee is concerned about the Forest
Service's handling of funds appropriated in prior years for
pipeline, and expects the agency to track more carefully, and
explain fully, the progress of volume through the pipeline.
When volume in the pipeline is removed or its status changed
due to challenges or other reasons, such adjustments should be
explained.
In prior years, the Committee has expressed its concern
about the Forest Service's ability to use its timber pipeline
funds to produce the expected shelf volume. For instance, in
Alaska, funds were provided to establish a reserve pipeline of
timber to offset enjoined or otherwise unavailable annual
sales. These funds were provided to ensure that there would be
a dependable, annual timber level. During the period of 1992
through 1994 region 10 met only 80 percent of its timber
target, spent all of its money, and did not produce a reserve
of environmentally cleared timber sales.
The Committee expects the Forest Service to use the
additional $6,000,000 only to prepare timber sales to replenish
the timber sale pipeline. The Committee directs the agency to
report to the Appropriations Committees on their progress on
the pipeline timber sale volume associated with the additional
funds. The regional allocations should be developed and
reported to the Committees within 45 days of enactment, taking
into account the need for pipeline activity, certainty of the
timber base, meeting all of the legal requirements, market
demand, and the need for advance work. This report should
identify anticipated accomplishments through gates 2 and 3 by
region.
The Committee urges the Forest Service to provide adequate
funds to ensure the prompt completion of the ongoing adaptive
management strategy study being conducted at various Northeast
Forest Service facilities, which is vital to enhancing the
regeneration of hardwood timber stands within the Allegheny
National Forest.
On June 14, 1996, the ninth circuit court of appeals ruled
that section 2001(k)(2) of the 1995 Rescissions Act prohibits
release of all timber sale units found to be occupied by a
marbled murrelet under the Pacifice Seabird Protocol. The
Committee understands that a petition for rehearing en banc has
been filed with the ninth circuit court of appeals. Based upon
prevailing case law, the Committee expects that the companies
holding the contracts in question will be entitled to relief,
equitable or otherwise, sufficient to carry out the intent of
Congress with regard to this section.
The Committee finds the Forest Service decision to do away
with an administrative appeals procedure for the Small Business
Administration [SBA] timber sale set-aside program is
unacceptable and directs the agency to reinstate an appeals
process before December 31, 1996. This process should
facilitate appeals related to decisions concerning
recomputations of SBA shares, structural recomputations of SBA
shares, or changes in policies impacting the SBA timber sale
set-aside program. As in the past, decisions related to the
designation of the sales to be set aside will not be open for
appeal. Questions concerning the size classification of
individual companies are already adequately addressed in
regulations previously promulgated by the Small Business
Administration.
The Committee is concerned with the agency's shift away
from its forest plan goals for sawtimber sold. Since the forest
plans are not being adhered to, the agency should move toward
using net products sold. The ratio of sawtimber to nonsawtimber
products sold will conform with the existing forest plans. The
Committee continues to be concerned about the accomplishments
of the Forest Service timber sale program for both green sales
and salvage sales. The Committee expects the Forest Service to
continue with its quarterly report on the timber sales program.
In addition to the information already provided, the report
should include detailed information on the status of the timber
sale pipeline and identification of the volume offered, sold,
and harvested, categorized as net a merchantable product sold
and transferred to purchasers.
Soil, water, and air management.--The Committee recommends
$42,014,000 for soil, water, and air management, which is the
same as the current level. Within the amount provided is
$35,000 for the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, NV, to be
used to operate and maintain, in conjunction with the
Geological Survey, five gauges in the upper Walker River basin.
Minerals and geology management.--The Committee recommends
$35,017,000 for minerals and geology management, which is the
same as the current level.
The Committee intends that moneys appropriated to the
Service's minerals and geology program be used only in carrying
out management responsibilities under this program. The funds
are not to be used for other agency activities, programs, or
initiatives unrelated to the minerals, geology, or mining
programs. Costs proposed to be passed on to project proponents
should not be done so without their concurrence on a project-
by-project basis.
Land ownership management.--The Committee recommends
$57,053,000 for land ownership management, which is the same as
the current level.
Infrastructure management.--The Committee recommends
$107,027,000 for infrastructure management, which is $27,000
above the budget estimate and $1,000,000 above the House
allowance. This funding level is provided to reduce the
increasing backlog of infrastructure maintenance.
Law enforcement.--The Committee recommends $59,637,000 for
law enforcement, which is $363,000 below the budget estimate
and the same as the House allowance. The Committee continues to
encourage the Forest Service to use the cooperative law
agreements more extensively during fiscal year 1997. The
Committee expects the Forest Service to complete the study as
outlined in Senate Report 104-125 by March 1, 1997. The
Committee recognizes the law enforcement challenges faced by
the Forest Service with the illegal immigration enforcement
activities along the border of Mexico. The Forest Service
should assure that all of its activities are in support of
protecting the National Forest System resources and facilities.
General administration.--The Committee recommends
$264,553,000, which is the same as the budget estimate.
General.--Massive wildfire and extensive forest health
problems such as the southern pine beetle and the gypsy moth
have resulted in large volumes of dead and dying timber on both
public and private lands. The Committee encourages the agency
to use the full breadth of silvicultural prescriptions
available to land managers, including the use of salvage
harvesting, prescriptive fire, and integrated pest management,
where applicable, to improve the health and productivity of the
National Forest System.
The Committee encourages the Forest Service to continue
working with the Quincy Library Group.
Within the funds provided to the State of Oregon's share of
jobs in the woods funding, the Forest Service should give
priority consideration to timber dependent communities in the
Santiam Canyon, OR.
The Committee expects the Forest Service to examine the
best means to provide leadership in international forestry
activities and meet essential representation and liaison
responsibilities with foreign governments and international
organizations, especially in intergovernmental discussions and
negotiations related to sustainable development. The Committee
recognizes the need for the Forest Service to maintain a
noticeable presence in the international forestry community and
encourages the agency to continue to do so whenever possible.
The Committee recommends $4,000,000 out of the benefiting
appropriations, which is the same level of authority as the
current year.
Funds are not provided to supplement the Department of
Agriculture's hazardous waste management program. The
Department of Agriculture's and the Department of the
Interior's central accounts provide funding for hazardous
materials cleanup. The Committee believes it is the
responsibility of each Department to coordinate and to fund
these activities out of the appropriations accounts that have
been specifically established by Congress for hazardous
material activities. The Committee expects the Forest Service
to notify the Appropriations Committees immediately of any
deviation from this direction.
The Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture are
reminded of section 306 of this bill, which states no
assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity,
subactivity, or project, without the approval of the
Appropriations Committees. The Committee is concerned that the
Department of Agriculture may be assessing the Forest Service
to fund departmental initiatives without getting the required
approval.
wildland fire management
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $385,485,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 385,485,000
Emergency contingency............................... (109,531,000)
House allowance......................................... 411,485,000
Committee recommendation................................ 661,485,000
Emergency contingency
(109,531,000)
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$771,016,000 for wildland fire management. This recommendation
represents an increase of $335,531,000 above the amount
appropriated in fiscal year 1996 for Forest Service
firefighting activities. The recommendation consists of the
following components:
Base program (presuppression/suppression)............... $411,485,000
Repayments for prior-year firefighting.................. 250,000,000
Emergency contingency
109,531,000
The increase of $26,000,000 provided for the base program
allows for enhanced attention to presuppression, fuels
management, and forest health-related activities. These funds
are recommended in the hopes of managing better the fuel load
presently found on the national forests. Recent dry fire
seasons, combined with continued pest infestations, have
resulted in expensive fire seasons in recent years. These funds
will help address the fire situation so that preventive
measures might be taken before massive wildfires ignite and
cause vast destruction.
Additional appropriations have been provided, and fully
offset, as a supplemental to restore partial funding for fire
expenditures in prior years. At present, approximately
$371,000,000 is owed to the Knutsen-Vandenberg reforestation
trust fund [K-V]. Under present funding arrangements, if the
annual appropriations for firefighting are insufficient to
address immediate requirements as the fire season progresses,
the Forest Service uses its emergency transfer authority and
temporarily moves funds from the K-V account. The K-V account
must then be replenished in subsequent appropriations to repay
the timber sale deposits borrowed for fire purposes. The K-V
fund collects deposits from timber purchasers for reforestation
and other forest health activities on harvested areas of
National Forest System lands. Failure to repay K-V is not an
option.
Finally, the Committee has included the emergency
contingency for firefighting as requested by the
administration. These funds will be used to address fire
suppression requirements as necessary. Based on projections for
the calendar year 1996 fire season, a shortfall of fire-related
funding may occur in fiscal year 1997. There have already been
significant wildfires in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and
California this year. The Committee has addressed this
partially through the additional $26,000,000 discussed
previously. Provision of this contingency would also preclude
the need to borrow again from K-V immediately after the
Committee has begun to repay that account for previous
expenditures.
The Committee acknowledges the severity of recent wildfires
in the Southwest, including those on the Mescalero Apache
Indian Reservation. With the proximity of the reservation land
to the Lincoln National Forest, the Committee is concerned
about the risk of further fire damage due to the inability of
the tribe to carry out its annual forest debris removal program
due to dry conditions throughout the year. The Committee
expects the Forest Service to assist the Mescalero Tribe in
removing this forest debris at the earliest possible date and
to assist with necessary reforestation activities as
appropriate.
reconstruction and construction
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $163,600,000
Emergency appropriation, 1996....................... 60,800,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 169,662,000
House allowance......................................... 164,100,000
Committee recommendation
172,167,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $172,167,000,
an increase of $2,505,000 above the budget estimate and an
increase of $8,067,000 above the House allowance. The budget
estimate and the Committee recommendation are compared in the
following table:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Facilities................................................... $52,662,000 $57,667,000 +$5,005,000
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Roads and trails:
Direct road construction................................. 91,000,000 92,500,000 +1,500,000
Trail construction....................................... 26,000,000 22,000,000 -4,000,000
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Subtotal, roads and trails............................. 117,000,000 114,500,000 -2,500,000
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Timber receipts transfer to general fund..................... ...............
Timber purchaser credits..................................... (50,000,000) (50,000,000) ...............
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Total, construction.................................... 169,662,000 172,167,000 +2,505,000
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Facilities.--The Committee has included $2,000,000 for
research reconstruction and construction.
The Committee has included $6,225,000 for fire,
administration, and other [FA&O] facilities. Within the funds,
the Committee has provided funds of $225,000 for an interagency
office at Burns, OR.
The Committee has included $49,442,000 for recreation
facilities. The Committee has provided $800,000 to complete the
visitor center at Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, WV;
$1,362,000 for Gum Springs Recreation Area, LA; $887,000 for
the Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness
Area, OK; $225,000 for Kyl Canyon and Lee Canyon water systems
in the Toyiabe National Forest, NV; $1,000,000 for recreation
facilities that were damaged by recent floods on the Mount
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest; and $506,000 for the 2002
Olympics, Utah. As identified in the budget request, $367,000
is included for the Newberry Caldera Portal project, OR, and
$677,000 is included for the 2002 Olympics, Utah.
Roads and trails.--The Committee has included $92,500,000
for roads and $22,000,000 for trails. This includes $62,000,000
for timber roads, $23,500,000 for recreation roads, and
$7,000,000 for general purpose roads. Within the amount
provided $338,000 is for road and trail activities in the
Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area,
OK; $450,000 for the Taft Tunnel Bicycle Trail, ID; $125,000
for Palmetto Trail on the Francis Marion and Sumter National
Forests, SC; and $248,000 for road and trail activities in
preparation for the 2002 Olympics, Utah.
As identified in the budget estimate, $875,000 is included
for various projects at Maroon Lake and Maroon Valley, CO.
land acquisition
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $39,400,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 41,200,000
House allowance......................................... 30,000,000
Committee recommendation
39,660,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $39,660,000, a
decrease of $1,540,000 below the budget estimate and $9,660,000
above the House allowance.
The Committee recommendation is shown in the following
table:
Committee
recommendation
Allegheny National Forest, PA........................... $250,000
Appalachian Trail....................................... 2,000,000
Chattooga Wild and Scenic River, GA/NC/SC............... 2,000,000
Cibola National Forest (Tres Pistoles), NM.............. 200,000
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, OR........... 6,085,000
Francis Marion National Forest (Tibwin Plantation), SC.. 750,000
Green Mountain National Forest, VT...................... 4,000,000
Hoosier National Forest, IN............................. 500,000
Los Padres National Forest (Big Sur), CA................ 1,500,000
Mark Twain National Forest (Ozark Mountain Streams), MO. 500,000
Ouachita National Forest (inholdings), AR............... 500,000
Ozark National Forest (Mulberry Wild and Scenic River),
AR.................................................. 700,000
Pacific Northwest streams, OR........................... 2,500,000
Running Creek Ranch, ID................................. 1,400,000
San Bernadino National Forest (Garner Ranch and Deep
Creek), CA.......................................... 1,500,000
Santa Fe National Forest (Jemez corridor tract), NM..... 500,000
Sumter National Forest (Jocassee Gorge tracts), SC...... 1,000,000
Wasatch-Cache National Forest (Bonneville Shoreline
Trail), UT.......................................... 550,000
White Mountain National Forest, NH...................... 2,000,000
Acquisition management.................................. 7,500,000
Cash equalization....................................... 1,725,000
Emergency acquisition................................... 1,500,000
Wilderness protection................................... 500,000
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Total............................................. 39,660,000
The Committee encourages the use of land exchanges as a way
in which to protect important recreational or environmentally
significant lands, in lieu of direct acquisition by the Federal
Government. The Committee believes that land exchanges
represent a more cost-effective way in which to do business and
encourages the Forest Service to give priority to those
exchanges either nearing completion or where land management
decisions are made particularly difficult due to a checkerboard
pattern of ownership.
The Committee has included bill language to modify the
boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest to facilitate a land
exchange between the Weyerhaeuser Co. and the Forest Service.
The Committee is aware of the concerns of the gateway community
and urges the affected communities to fully participate in the
public comment process. Bill language is included to facilitate
a land exchange between the Forest Service and the Chelan
County Public Utility District [PUD] in Washington State. The
land exchange will consolidate land for a wastewater treatment
facility onto Chelan County PUD land. The Chelan County PUD
would in turn own and operate the wastewater treatment
facility, which serves both the Forest Service and some of the
local community.
The Committee has included bill language to permit a land
exchange between Sugarbush Resort Holdings, Inc. and the Forest
Service.
acquisition of lands for national forests, special acts
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $1,069,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 1,069,000
House allowance......................................... 1,069,000
Committee recommendation
1,069,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,069,000,
the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance.
Congress has enacted several special laws which authorize
appropriations from the receipts of specified national forests
for the purchase of lands to minimize erosion and flood damage
to critical watersheds needing soil stabilization and
vegetative cover within these national forests.
acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $210,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 210,000
House allowance......................................... 210,000
Committee recommendation
210,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $210,000, the
same as the budget estimate and the House allowance. These
funds are to be used for acquisition of lands to complete land
exchanges under the act of December 4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a).
Under the act, deposits made by public school districts or
public school authorities to provide for cash equalization of
certain land exchanges can be appropriated to acquire similar
lands suitable for National Forest System purposes in the same
State as the national forest lands conveyed in the exchanges.
range betterment fund
(Special Fund, Indefinite)
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $3,976,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 3,995,000
House allowance......................................... 3,995,000
Committee recommendation
3,995,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,995,000,
the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance. These
funds are to be derived from grazing receipts from the national
forest (Public Law 94-579, as amended) and to be used for range
rehabilitation, protection, and improvements including seeding,
reseeding, fence construction, weed control, water development
and fish and wildlife habitat enhancement in 16 Western States.
gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $92,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 92,000
House allowance......................................... 92,000
Committee recommendation
92,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $92,000, the
same as the budget estimate and the House allowance.
Administrative Provisions
The Committee has continued many of the same administrative
provisions as provided in prior years. Provisions are included
regarding approval of reorganization proposals and the
retrofitting of Mare Island facilities.
Language is included to allow the Forest Service to match
up to $1,000,000 in private contributions on a 1-for-1 basis
for projects on National Forest System lands or related to
Forest Service programs.
Language is included to allow the Forest Service to make
payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National
Scenic Area.
Language is included requiring a review of the Tongass land
management plan [TLMP] by the General Accounting Office [GAO]
before implementing the TLMP revision. The Committee is aware
of the critique by timber dependent communities that the
current Tongass land management plan revision planning process
may not be in accordance with National Forest Management Act,
Tongass Timber Reform Act of 1990, and National Environmental
Policy Act regulations governing that process. The cost of
potential litigation, should the plan be found to have
significant process deficiencies, warrants reasonable
preventative measures, including third-party review. Therefore,
the Committee recommends certification by the General
Accounting Office that the planning process complies with
applicable laws and regulations, and that the process was
followed, and further encourages GAO to render such
certification so as not to delay unnecessarily implementation
of the plan.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
clean coal technology
The Committee recommends a rescission of $150,000,000 in
clean coal funding. The rescission is predicated on the
Department of Energy's assessment that there will be clean coal
projects that will not proceed to construction due to a variety
of factors, including siting, financing, and power purchase
agreements. Further rescissions and deferrals, as proposed by
the administration, are not achievable at this time because of
the number of projects that remain in active status.
The bill language recommended by the Committee provides
maximum flexibility as to the application of the rescission
against projects selected in different competitive rounds of
the clean coal program.
The Committee does not object to the use of up to
$16,000,000 in available funds for administration of the clean
coal program in fiscal year 1997.
fossil energy research and development
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $417,018,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 348,508,000
House allowance......................................... 354,754,000
Committee recommendation
367,504,000
The Committee recommends $367,504,000 for fossil energy
research and development, an increase of $18,966,000 over the
budget request and $12,750,000 over the House level. The
amounts recommended by the Committee as compared to the budget
request are shown in the table below:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Coal:
Advanced clean fuels research:
Coal preparation.................................. $5,099,000 $5,099,000 ................
Direct liquefaction............................... 5,857,000 5,557,000 -$300,000
Indirect liquefaction............................. 4,252,000 4,252,000 ................
Advanced research and environmental technology.... 746,000 2,446,000 +1,700,000
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Subtotal, advanced clean fuels research....... 15,954,000 17,354,000 +1,400,000
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Advanced clean/efficient power systems:
Advanced pulverized coal-fired powerplant......... 5,500,000 6,500,000 +1,000,000
Indirect fired cycle.............................. 11,005,000 10,005,000 -1,000,000
High efficiency:
Integrated gasified combined cycle............ 22,500,000 22,500,000 ................
Pressurized fluidized bed..................... 18,000,000 17,850,000 -150,000
Advanced research and environmental technology.... 9,802,000 9,402,000 -400,000
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Subtotal, advanced clean/efficient power
systems...................................... 66,807,000 66,257,000 -550,000
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Advanced research and technology development.......... 19,868,000 17,968,000 -1,900,000
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Subtotal, coal.................................... 102,629,000 101,579,000 -1,050,000
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Oil technology:
Exploration and production supporting research........ 34,023,000 31,673,000 -2,350,000
Recovery field demonstration.......................... 6,096,000 5,896,000 -200,000
Exploration and production environmental research..... 6,456,000 5,856,000 -600,000
Processing research and downstream operations......... 5,962,000 5,662,000 -300,000
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Subtotal, oil technology.......................... 52,537,000 49,087,000 -3,450,000
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Gas:
Natural gas research:
Resource and extraction........................... 15,000,000 14,000,000 -1,000,000
Delivery and storage.............................. 1,000,000 1,000,000 ................
Advanced turbine systems.......................... 31,600,000 45,600,000 +14,000,000
Utilization....................................... 4,841,000 5,841,000 +1,000,000
Environmental research/regulatory impact analysis. 4,650,000 3,150,000 -1,500,000
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Subtotal, natural gas research................ 57,091,000 69,591,000 +12,500,000
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Fuel cells:
Advanced research................................. 1,218,000 1,218,000 ................
Molten carbonate systems.......................... 32,899,000 36,399,000 +3,500,000
Advanced concepts................................. 12,500,000 12,500,000 ................
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Subtotal, fuel cells............................ 46,617,000 50,117,000 +3,500,000
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Subtotal, gas................................... 103,708,000 119,708,000 +16,000,000
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Cooperative research and development...................... 4,000,000 6,200,000 +2,200,000
Fossil energy environmental restoration................... 15,027,000 13,027,000 -2,000,000
Fuels conversion, natural gas, and electricity............ 2,188,000 2,188,000 ................
Headquarters program direction............................ 14,901,000 13,901,000 -1,000,000
Energy Technology Center program direction................ 45,214,000 54,314,000 +9,100,000
Equipment not related to construction..................... 1,000,000 500,000 -500,000
General plant projects.................................... 2,304,000 2,000,000 -304,000
Materials partnerships.................................... 5,000,000 5,000,000 ................
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Total, fossil energy research and development....... 348,508,000 367,504,000 +18,996,000
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Coal.--The Committee recommends $101,579,000 for coal
research, a decrease of $1,050,000 from the budget request and
$3,300,000 from the House level. Changes to the budget request
are shown below:
Coal research
Change from
budget estimate
Advanced clean fuels research:
Direct liquefaction/innovative process concepts..... -$300,000
Advanced research and environmental technology/
consortium for fossil fuel liquefaction technology +1,700,000
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Subtotal, advanced clean fuels research......... +1,400,000
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Advanced clean/efficient power systems:
Advanced pulverized coal-fired powerplant/AFB
hospital waste project............................ +1,000,000
Indirect fired cycle/HIPPS.......................... -1,000,000
High efficiency-pressurized fluidized bed/
environmental and efficiency performance research. -150,000
Advanced research and environmental technology/super
clean systems..................................... -400,000
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Subtotal, advanced clean/efficient power systems -550,000
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Advanced research and technology development:
Coal technology export.............................. -200,000
University coal research............................ -1,000,000
Materials and components............................ -200,000
Technical and economic analysis..................... -100,000
International program support....................... -200,000
HBCU's, education, and training..................... -200,000
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Subtotal, advanced research and technology
development....................................... -1,900,000
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Total, coal research.............................. -1,050,000
The increase provided for the advanced pulverized coal-
fired powerplant program is to both complete the AFB hospital
waste project and to continue development of small-scale,
fluidized bed combustion technology for the burning of coal and
municipal solid waste at remote sites.
Within the amount provided for advanced sorbents
development and hot gas cleanup in the high-efficiency
integrated gasification combined cycle program, the Department
may use a portion of the increase from fiscal year 1996 to
complete construction of the novel fluid-bed/transport-bed
desulfurizer.
Natural gas.--The Committee recommends $119,708,000 for
natural gas research, an increase of $16,000,000 over the
budget request and a decrease of $2,400,000 below the House
level. Changes to the budget request are shown below:
Natural gas research
Change from
budget estimate
Resource and extraction/coalbed methane................. -$1,000,000
Advanced turbine systems................................ +14,000,000
Utilization/ion transport membranes..................... +1,000,000
Environmental and regulatory analysis/technology
development......................................... -1,500,000
Fuel cells/molten carbonate systems..................... +3,500,000
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Total, natural gas research....................... +16,000,000
In the gas-to-liquids program, the Committee urges the
Department to continue utilizing the expertise of the
University of Oklahoma.
Oil technology.--The Committee recommends $49,087,000 for
oil technology research, a decrease of $3,450,000 from the
budget request and an increase of $6,650,000 over the House
level. Changes to the budget request are shown below:
Oil technology research
Change from
budget estimate
Exploration and production supporting research:
Exploration and drilling............................ -$1,000,000
National laboratory/industry partnership............ -2,000,000
Domestic kerogen value enhancement (complete
project).......................................... +650,000
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Subtotal, exploration and production supporting
research.......................................... -2,350,000
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Recovery field demonstrations: Increase production from
marginal wells...................................... -200,000
Exploration and production environmental research:
Produced water research............................. -600,000
Processing research and downstream operations:
Environmental compliance............................ -300,000
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Total, oil technology research.................... -3,450,000
Within the funds provided for the national laboratory
partnership program, the Department may complete high-priority
advanced computational projects, such as subsalt imaging.
Within the funds provided for reservoir characterization,
$350,000 is for the gypsy field project and $500,000 is for the
northern midcontinent digital atlas. The Committee also urges
the Department to consider working with the Integrated
Petroleum Environmental Consortium to the extent the
consortium's expertise complements the goals and priorities of
the oil research program.
Cooperative research and development.--The Committee
recommends $6,200,000 for cooperative research and development,
an increase of $2,200,000 over the budget request and the House
level. Included in the amount provided is $40,000 for technical
and program management support.
Fuels program.--The Committee recommends $2,188,000 for the
fuels program, the same as the budget request and the House
level.
Environmental restoration, program direction, and capital
projects.--The Committee recommends $13,027,000 for
environmental restoration, which is $2,000,000 below the budget
request and the same as the House level. The Committee
recommends $13,901,000 for headquarters program direction,
which is $1,000,000 below the budget request and the same as
the House level. For plant and capital equipment, the Committee
has provided $2,500,000.
The Committee recommends $54,314,000 for energy technology
center program direction, which is a reduction of $962,000
below the fiscal year 1996 enacted level. In allocating the
program direction dollars among the field units, the Committee
directs the Department to follow the same ratios as used in
fiscal year 1996, and not to fund activities out of the program
direction line item that have been funded in prior years out of
program line items.
Changes to the budget request for these accounts are
detailed in the table below:
Program direction, environmental restoration, and capital projects
Change from
budget estimate
Program direction and management support:
Headquarters program direction:
Salaries and benefits........................... -$500,000
Travel.......................................... -100,000
Contract services............................... -400,000
Energy technology center program direction:
Salaries and benefits........................... +2,100,000
Contract services............................... +13,000,000
M&O contractor at BPO........................... -6,000,000
Capital equipment....................................... -500,000
General plant projects at energy technology centers..... -304,000
Environmental restoration............................... -2,000,000
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Total, program direction, environmental
restoration, and .................................
capital projects................................ +5,296,000
The Committee concurs with the House recommendation that
the Department should make every effort to use fully the
Federal Energy Technology Center by encouraging its use by
other programs in which the technical skills at Morgantown,
Pittsburgh, and Bartlesville can offer expertise in
nontraditional fossil energy areas.
Other.--On April 2, 1996, the Department of Energy proposed
to reorganize the fossil energy program in furtherance of the
Secretary's strategic alignment initiative. Because of the need
to achieve budgetary savings and greater efficiencies in the
conduct of the fossil energy research and development program,
the Committee believes it is prudent to proceed with both the
headquarters reorganization and field center consolidation. The
Committee directs the Department to proceed with the
reorganization in the manner identified below, which is
consistent with the current guidance being provided to all
fossil energy employees.
The objective of the proposed consolidation of the field
functions of the fossil energy program should be to achieve
greater efficiencies in administrative and program oversight in
order to allow as much funding as possible to remain for
program execution in a time of declining budgets. The Committee
does not object to the reorganization of headquarters
functions, with the understanding that in its interactions with
the field, headquarters should be responsible for policy,
budgets, and strategic direction, and the field responsible for
implementation activities. This arrangement is consistent with
the Department of Energy's own strategic alignment initiative.
The Committee concurs in the consolidation of the field
implementation functions under one director and one
administrative structure. In proceeding in this regard,
however, the Committee expects that:
--The Secretary will select the director of the combined
center, using input from the appropriate program
directors within the Department, including the
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, the Assistant
Secretary for Environmental Management, and the
Associate Deputy Secretary for Field Management.
Responsibility for selection should not be delegated.
The position should be a career civil service
appointment.
--A working group of field employees should prepare an
implementation report for proceeding with
consolidation, which builds from previously developed
merger plans to the extent appropriate. This working
group is already being established consistent with the
Deputy Secretary's July 9, 1996, memorandum. The
Secretary should submit this report to the Committee
within 60 days. No conclusions should be imposed on the
working group. The working group should seek to achieve
equity between the Pittsburgh and Morgantown centers in
such matters as the distribution of senior level
positions, balancing of workload and program
responsibility, and support services between the two
sites. Neither center shall be designated as the lead
center for the combined organization.
--Consistent with the Department's direction, there is to be
no relocation of Morgantown natural gas exploration and
production programs or personnel. With respect to the
METC/PETC consolidation, there should be no costly,
unnecessary movement of people, and transfer of
programs or people between the sites should be
addressed by the implementation working group.
--Subsequent to completion of the implementation plan, the
Department should conduct an evaluation of the
advantages and/or disadvantages of consolidation of the
fossil energy field sites into the field management
structure of DOE. This report is separate from the
implementation plan, and it should take a longer-term
view of the role of the fossil energy program within
the Department of Energy.
Concerns remain that the field entities of the fossil
energy program should be handled similarly to the other
field functions of the Department of Energy. It is
possible that such treatment would help achieve budget
efficiencies and organizational effectiveness. The
requested analysis should involve employees from
Pittsburgh, Morgantown, and the headquarters offices of
fossil energy, field management, and environmental
management. The study should consider the possible
effects of a change in reporting relationships on:
opportunities for broader participation in Department
of Energy activities; overall departmental
organizational effectiveness including administrative
support functions; and cost and budget. In addition to
evaluating the field management arrangement, the
analysis should also weigh the merits of other
alternatives for the future of these programs. This
report should be submitted within 90 days after the
completion of the implementation report.
--Reductions in Federal and contractor employees which affect
the energy technology centers should not exceed any
reductions which occur at headquarters, unless there is
a substantial programmatic justification.
The Committee believes these recommendations are consistent
with the Department's proposal and will not cause delay in
achieving the objectives of the headquarters reorganization and
field center consolidation. Once the directed actions are
completed, the fossil energy program will be positioned better
to achieve the desired administrative savings and management
efficiencies. The consolidation is intended to strengthen both
the Pittsburgh and Morgantown energy technology centers as the
fossil energy program prepares to enter the next century.
alternative fuels production
(including transfer and rescission of funds)
Appropriations, 1996.................................... -$2,400,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... -4,000,000
House allowance......................................... -4,000,000
Committee recommendation
-4,000,000
The Committee concurs with the House proposal to transfer
$1,500,000 from this account to the general funds of the
Treasury. The funds to be transferred represent investment
income earned as of October 1, 1996, on principal amounts that
are in a trust fund established as part of the sale of the
Great Plains Gasification Plant in Beulah, ND. The Committee
also recommends a rescission of $2,500,000 in unobligated
balances.
naval petroleum and oil shale reserves
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $148,786,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 149,500,000
House allowance......................................... 132,022,000
Committee recommendation
133,000,000
The Committee recommends $133,000,000 for the naval
petroleum and oil shale reserves, $16,500,000 below the budget
request. The amounts recommended by the Committee are shown in
the following table:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Oil reserves:
Naval Petroleum Reserves Nos. 1 and 2.................... $132,000,000 $117,500,000 -$14,500,000
Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3............................ 8,400,000 7,400,000 -1,000,000
Program direction (headquarters)......................... 7,700,000 7,000,000 -700,000
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Subtotal, oil reserves................................. 148,100,000 131,900,000 -16,200,000
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Shale oil development program: Shale reserves development.... 1,400,000 1,100,000 -300,000
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Total, naval petroleum and oil shale re- serves....... 149,500,000 133,000,000 -16,500,000
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The Committee regrets not being able to provide the
requested amount for operation of the reserves. Although the
largest of the reserves (NPR-1) may be sold in fiscal year 1998
pursuant to the Fiscal Year 1996 Defense Authorization Act, the
value of the asset must be maintained pending that sale in
order for the Federal Government to receive the maximum
possible return. The Committee hopes that further improvements
in operating efficiency, use of any remaining carryover
balances, and other economies will allow the reserves to
operate in a manner that does not reduce the $407,000,000 in
receipts that the reserves are estimated to generate for the
Treasury in fiscal year 1997.
Because funds are not provided for the purchase of oil for
the strategic petroleum reserve, the Committee has again
included bill language waiving the statutory requirement that
oil from NPR-1 be sold at prices equivalent to SPR purchase
prices. Identical language is included in the House bill.
energy conservation
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $553,189,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 735,363,000
House allowance......................................... 523,444,000
Committee recommendation
570,452,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $570,452,000,
an increase of $33,263,000 in new budget authority above the
1996 level, a decrease of $164,911,000 below the budget
estimate, and an increase of $47,008,000 above the House
allowance. Of this amount, an indefinite portion is to be
derived from the excess amount for fiscal year 1997 as
determined under section 3003(d) of the Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1987. This amount is from oil overcharge funds, and is
estimated to be $20,000,000. A comparison of the Committee
recommendations with the budget estimates is shown on the
following table:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Building technology:
State and community sector:
Building systems design.............................. $36,751,000 $22,361,000 -$14,390,000
Building equipment and materials..................... 41,183,000 25,903,000 -15,280,000
Codes and standards.................................. 23,850,000 14,650,000 -9,200,000
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Subtotal, State and community sec- tor............ 101,784,000 62,914,000 -38,870,000
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State and local partnerships:
Weatherization assistance program.................... 155,500,000 131,500,000 -24,000,000
State energy program................................. 38,400,000 27,400,000 -11,000,000
Municipal energy management.......................... 1,600,000 1,000,000 -600,000
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Subtotal, State and local partner- ships.......... 195,500,000 159,900,000 -35,600,000
==================================================
Management and planning.................................. 21,787,000 17,862,000 -3,925,000
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Subtotal, building technology.......................... 319,071,000 240,676,000 -78,395,000
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Federal Emergency Management Program:
Program activities....................................... 28,700,000 18,200,000 -10,500,000
Program direction........................................ 3,100,000 1,800,000 -1,300,000
Capital equipment........................................ 100,000 ............... -100,000
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Subtotal, Federal Emergency Management Program......... 31,900,000 20,000,000 -11,900,000
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Industry sector:
Industries of the future (specific)...................... 74,448,000 42,448,000 -32,000,000
Industries of the future (crosscutting).................. 39,350,000 38,350,000 -1,000,000
Technology access........................................ 37,836,000 25,050,000 -12,786,000
Management............................................... 7,800,000 7,000,000 -800,000
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Subtotal, industry sector.............................. 159,434,000 112,848,000 -46,586,000
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Transportation:
Alternative fueled vehicles.............................. 25,303,000 23,273,000 -2,030,000
Electric drive vehicle technologies...................... 130,370,000 92,120,000 -38,250,000
Transportation materials technologies.................... 38,860,000 33,710,000 -5,150,000
Combustion engine research and develop- ment............ 17,575,000 13,975,000 -3,600,000
Implementation and program management.................... 9,200,000 7,700,000 -1,500,000
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Subtotal, transportation............................... 221,308,000 170,778,000 -50,530,000
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Policy and management........................................ 28,350,000 26,150,000 -2,200,000
Use of prior-year funds...................................... -15,000,000 ............... +15,000,000
Unidentified adjustment to equal budget appendix............. -9,700,000 ............... +9,700,000
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Subtotal, energy conservation.......................... 735,363,000 570,452,000 -164,911,000
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Offsetting reductions: Use of nonappropriated escrow funds... (-20,000,000) (-20,000,000) ...............
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Total, energy conservation............................. 735,363,000 570,452,000 -164,911,000
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The Committee has attempted to preserve core research and
development programs at the fiscal year 1996 level, while
providing reasonable increases for priority programs. However,
the Committee was unable and unwilling to fund the huge
increases included in the budget request. The Committee found
the request to be poorly justified, and doubts whether such a
large increase could be spent effectively. The Committee also
points out that the amounts requested for individual programs
in the budget justification are misleadingly high, as the
Department has proposed to use nearly $25,000,000 in prior-year
carryover funds and unspecified offsets to equal the actual
budget request. While the Committee supports the identification
and use of prior-year carryover balances to reduce the need for
new budget authority, such large amounts of carryover should be
spread to at least the program level.
Buildings.--The Committee recommends $240,676,000 for
building technology, $29,374,000 over the House level and
$78,395,000 below the budget request. Included in the amount
provided are $131,500,000 for weatherization and $27,400,000
for State energy programs. Changes to the budget estimate are
shown in the table below:
Building technology, State, and community sector
Building systems design:
Residential buildings:
Building America................................ -$2,000,000
Advanced housing technology program............. -400,000
Residential energy efficiency program........... -2,290,000
Commercial buildings:
Rebuild America................................. -3,100,000
Affordable homes for low-income housing......... -2,100,000
Commercial/multifamily research and development. -1,150,000
Best practices:
Design for best practices--energy tools......... -1,000,000
Indoor air quality.............................. -350,000
Technology transfer, information, and outreach.. -1,000,000
Advanced architectural design................... -1,000,000
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Subtotal, building systems design............. -14,390,000
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Building equipment and materials:
Space conditioning research and development:
Computer-aided design....................... -400,000
Advanced desiccant technology............... 500,000
Advanced refrigeration/component technology. -1,000,000
Refrigerants, materials, and lubricants..... -300,000
Fuel cell building microgeneration.......... -500,000
Lighting and appliance research and development:
Very high frequency light sources........... -300,000
Electronics................................. -200,000
Fixtures/distribution systems............... -100,000
New concepts................................ -200,000
Lighting collaboratives..................... -800,000
Emerging technology introduction............ -2,100,000
Technology marketing partnerships........... -3,700,000
Volume purchases............................ -1,230,000
Materials and structures research and
development:
Building materials.......................... -200,000
High reflectivity surfaces.................. -1,000,000
Windows and glazings research and development:
Electrochromic research..................... -1,000,000
Superwindow collaborative................... -1,750,000
Advanced glazing............................ -1,000,000
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Subtotal, building equipment and materials -15,280,000
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Codes and standards:
Building standards and guidelines:
Update State codes.............................. -4,000,000
Home energy rating systems...................... -2,700,000
Lighting and appliance standards:
Residential appliances.......................... -1,500,000
Commercial appliances........................... -1,000,000
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Subtotal, codes and standards................. -9,200,000
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State and local partnership programs:
Weatherization assistance........................... -24,000,000
State energy program................................ -11,000,000
Municipal energy management......................... -600,000
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Subtotal, State and community grants.............. -35,600,000
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Management and planning:
Evaluation and planning:
Technology and sector data...................... -200,000
Modeling and tools.............................. -25,000
Analytical studies and planning support......... -600,000
State and local grant program management........ -2,100,000
Program direction................................... -250,000
Capital equipment................................... -750,000
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Total, management and planning.................... -3,925,000
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Total, building technology........................ -78,395,000
Within the amount recommended for the home energy rating
system [HERS], funds are provided to continue existing pilot
programs in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Mississippi, Vermont, and Virginia. The Committee reminds both
the Department and participating States that the pilot program
is for temporary technical assistance, and that funding
constraints are such that expansion of the program to other
States will likely require a reallocation of funds currently
spent in pilot States. The Committee urges the Department to
propose such reallocations as soon as individual pilot States
are reasonably capable of assuming responsibility for
implementation of the HERS program.
The Committee also understands that the Department will
soon issue revisions to the proposed HERS guidelines, and that
such revisions will reflect concerns expressed during the
public comment period regarding rating system anomalies that
could be misleading to consumers.
The Committee shares the concern expressed by the House
regarding the codes and standards program, and agrees that the
Department should seek consensus before issuing new or revised
standards in fiscal year 1997. However, the Committee commends
the Department for recognizing problems within the program, and
for working with stakeholders to improve the standards
development process. The Committee understands that these
process improvements will soon be incorporated into a formal
rulemaking. In light of these improvements, the Committee has
not extended the moratorium on the issuance of new and revised
standards. Should further adjustments in this complex program
be necessary, such adjustments should be made by the relevant
authorizing committees.
The Committee also notes that the codes and standards
program complements many of the energy research and development
programs funded by this appropriation. Both are important, and
related, components of our national energy strategy. To the
extent industry, the Department of Energy, and other
stakeholders are unable to reach consensus on codes and
standards issues, it will be difficult for the Committee to
justify continued investment in the complementary research and
development programs.
The Committee urges the Department to assess the lighting
research program, and to consider whether there is sufficient
balance among the various advanced lighting technologies being
developed.
Federal energy management program.--The Committee
recommends $20,000,000 for the Federal energy management
program, $2,200,000 over the House level and $11,900,000 below
the budget request. Changes to the budget estimate are shown in
the table below:
Federal energy management program
Project financing:
Energy savings performance contracts................ -$3,000,000
Partnerships for technology introduction, project
implementation.................................... -2,000,000
Partnerships for technology introduction, technical
assistance........................................ -1,000,000
Technical guidance and assistance: Technology
introduction........................................ -3,000,000
Planning, reporting, and evaluation: Interagency
coordination/information transfer................... -1,500,000
Capital equipment....................................... -100,000
Program direction....................................... -1,300,000
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Total, Federal energy management program.......... -11,900,000
The Committee encourages the Department to use the
expertise that exists in the private sector to help train
Federal agency energy managers through the creation of public-
private training programs.
Industry.--The Committee recommends $112,848,000 for
industry sector programs, $3,309,000 over the House level and
$46,586,000 below the budget request.
Industry sector
Industries of the future (specific):
Forest and paper products........................... -$2,000,000
Steel............................................... -4,000,000
Aluminum............................................ -3,000,000
Metal casting....................................... -2,000,000
Glass............................................... -3,000,000
Chemicals........................................... -3,000,000
Petroleum refining.................................. -3,000,000
Textiles partnerships............................... -12,000,000
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Subtotal, industries of the future (specific)..... -32,000,000
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Industries of the future (crosscutting):
Cogeneration (advanced turbine systems)........... -1,000,000
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Technology access:
Industrial assessment centers....................... -750,000
Partnership for technology introduction............. -936,000
Motor challenge..................................... -2,200,000
NICE-3.............................................. -7,000,000
Climate wise........................................ -1,500,000
Inventions and innovations.......................... -400,000
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Subtotal, technology access....................... -12,786,000
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Management and planning:
Evaluation and planning............................. -100,000
Program direction................................... -700,000
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____________________________________________________
Subtotal, management and planning................. -800,000
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____________________________________________________
Total, industry sector............................ -46,586,000
Within the amount provided for the petroleum vision, the
Committee encourages the Department to work with industry to
incorporate biocatalytic desulfurization technology into the
petroleum research program, provided such research is
consistent with industry priorities.
In metal casting, the Committee urges the Department to
emphasize technology to small- and medium-sized foundries.
The Committee also urges the Department to continue efforts
to ensure that the industrial and utility turbine programs are
coordinated to the greatest extent possible.
Transportation.--The Committee recommends $170,778,000 for
transportation technology programs, $11,325,000 over the House
and $50,530,000 below the budget request.
Transportation sector
Alternative fueled vehicles:
Alternative fueled vehicle research and development/
systems optimization:
Onboard storage for natural gas vehicles........ $500,000
Engine optimization for natural gas vehicles.... 400,000
Alternative fueled vehicle research and development/
student competitions.............................. -930,000
Alternative fueled vehicle deployment:
EPACT titles III, IV, V implementation.......... -1,000,000
EPACT title VI implementation/electric vehicle
field operations.............................. -200,000
Technical information and outreach.............. -500,000
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Subtotal, alternative fueled vehicles......... -1,730,000
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Electric drive vehicle technologies:
Electric vehicle research and development........... -2,000,000
Hybrid vehicle research and development............. -26,800,000
Fuel cell research and development.................. -9,000,000
Capital equipment................................... -750,000
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____________________________________________________
Subtotal, electric drive vehicle technology....... -38,550,000
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Transportation materials technologies:
Propulsion system materials/heavy vehicle materials. 300,000
Lightweight vehicle materials....................... -5,000,000
Heavy vehicle materials technology.................. -300,000
Capital equipment (HTML support).................... -150,000
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Subtotal, transportation materials technology..... -5,150,000
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Combustion engine research and development:
Light-duty engine research and development.......... -2,500,000
Heavy-duty engine research and development.......... -1,000,000
Capital equipment/heavy-duty combustion and emission
equipment......................................... -100,000
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Subtotal, combustion engine research and
development................................... -3,600,000
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Implementation and program management:
Evaluation, planning, and analysis.................. -300,000
Program direction................................... -1,200,000
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____________________________________________________
Subtotal, implementation and program management... -1,500,000
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____________________________________________________
Total, transportation............................. -50,530,000
Within the amounts provided, the Committee urges the
Department to continue its cooperative work with the Trucking
Research Institute. While working directly with relevant
manufacturers is an important part of the transportation
research program, the Committee feels it is also important to
maintain a close relationship to the end users of the actual
product.
The Committee further recommends that within the
partnership for new generation vehicles, the distribution of
funds should be more balanced among industry, national
laboratories, and universities, and that the strategic alliance
on lightweight materials should be given a high priority.
The Department is directed to develop for the Committee's
review prior to March 31, 1997, a comprehensive program plan
for natural gas vehicle research. The Department is expected to
develop this plan in cooperation with industry and to use the
National Research Center for Coal and Energy as a host site and
a coordinator for a consortium of industry, governmental,
university, and other parties interested in promoting natural
gas vehicles and supporting infrastructure. Funding for the
consortium's operations shall be provided from the non-Federal
participants.
Policy and management.--The Committee recommends
$26,150,000 for policy and management, $800,000 over the House
level and $2,200,000 below the budget request.
Policy and management
Golden Field Office:
Salaries and related expenses....................... -$200,000
Contract services................................... -200,000
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Subtotal, Golden Field Office..................... -400,000
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International market development.................... -300,000
Information and communications program.............. -1,500,000
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____________________________________________________
Total, policy and management...................... -2,200,000
General.--Like the House, the Committee has provided funds
within this appropriation for work to be performed by the
Energy Information Administration. The Committee expects these
activities to be funded at the request level.
economic regulation
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $6,297,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 2,725,000
House allowance......................................... 2,725,000
Committee recommendation
2,725,000
The Committee recommends $2,725,000 for economic
regulation, the same as the House and the budget request, and a
reduction of $3,572,000 from the fiscal year 1996 level. The
decrease in funding is due to the termination of the Economic
Regulatory Administration and the transfer of its functions to
the Office of the General Counsel.
The amount provided is for those activities of the Office
of Hearings and Appeals that are specifically related to
programs funded in this bill. The Committee reiterates
direction provided in last year's Committee reports that other
work conducted by the Office be funded on a reimbursable basis
by the programs generating the workload. The Office is urged to
notify the Committee if departmental programs are not
responsive to this direction.
strategic petroleum reserve
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $287,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 221,300,000
House allowance......................................... 220,000,000
Committee recommendation
220,000,000
The Committee recommends $220,000,000 for operation of the
strategic petroleum reserve, the same as the House and
$1,300,000 below the budget request. Reductions from the budget
request include $711,000 from facilities development and
operation and $589,000 from management.
The entire amount provided is to be offset by transfers
from the SPR fund established in the bill. Deposits into the
fund will consist of proceeds from the sale of SPR oil. While
the Committee is disappointed that SPR operations must be
financed by oil sales in fiscal year 1997, spending constraints
and the precedent set by both the President's budget request
and House action make appropriation of new budget authority for
SPR operations impossible.
The Committee recommends no funds for the purchase of
petroleum for the strategic petroleum reserve.
The Committee has again included language in the bill that
allows normal operations at NPR-1 even though the fill rate of
the strategic petroleum reserve is less than 75,000 barrels per
day. The Committee also recommends a limitation of $5,000,000
on all outlays from this petroleum account. Both provisions are
identical to language in the House bill.
energy information administration
(including transfer of funds)
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $72,266,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 66,120,000
House allowance......................................... 66,120,000
Committee recommendation
64,120,000
The Committee recommends $64,120,000 for the Energy
Information Administration, $2,000,000 below the budget request
and the House level. The Committee recognizes that EIA's budget
request was itself 9 percent below the fiscal year 1996 level
and 22 percent below the fiscal year 1995 level, and commends
the EIA for its efforts to prioritize programs, streamline data
collection, and reduce staffing levels. The Committee regrets
that fiscal constraints necessitate further budget reductions
in fiscal year 1997, and that such reductions will likely
result in a significant reduction in force.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Language is included in the bill to enable departmental
programs to accept fees and contributions from other sources
for use in cooperative projects. This language was also
included in the House bill. Enabling programs to accept
contributed funds will help facilitate cooperative research by
the Federal Energy Technology Center, the materials
partnerships transferred from the Bureau of Mines, and other
departmental programs.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
indian health services
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $1,747,842,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 1,898,941,000
House allowance......................................... 1,779,561,000
Committee recommendation
1,800,836,000
The Committee recommends $1,800,836,000 for Indian health
services, an increase of $21,275,000 over the House level and
$52,924,000 over the fiscal year 1996 level. The amount
provided includes the requested increases for phased staffing
of new facilities in Kotzebue, AK; Anchorage, AK; Shiprock, NM;
Hays, MT; Harlem, MT; and White Earth, MN. The Committee was
able to provide funding to cover 50 percent of increased pay
costs, but has not provided increases to cover other
uncontrollable cost increases, new tribes, or population
growth. The Committee concurs with the House that any
reductions from the budget request should be applied equitably
to tribes regardless of their self-governance status.
The amounts recommended by the Committee as compared to the
budget estimate are shown in the following table:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Clinical services:
IHS and tribal health delivery:
Hospital and health clinic programs............... $930,534,000 $886,385,000 -$44,149,000
Dental health program............................. 64,238,000 62,889,000 -1,349,000
Mental health program............................. 39,782,000 38,882,000 -900,000
Alcohol and substance abuse pro- gram............ 93,019,000 91,914,000 -1,105,000
Contract care......................................... 369,533,000 365,128,000 -4,405,000
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Subtotal, clinical services..................... 1,497,106,000 1,445,198,000 -51,908,000
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Preventive health:
Public health nursing................................. 26,508,000 25,911,000 -597,000
Health education...................................... 8,933,000 8,754,000 -179,000
Community health representatives program.............. 44,984,000 44,477,000 -507,000
Immunization (Alaska)................................. 1,352,000 1,328,000 -24,000
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Subtotal, preventive health......................... 81,777,000 80,470,000 -1,308,000
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Urban health projects..................................... 26,933,000 24,372,000 -2,561,000
Indian health professions................................. 28,955,000 28,300,000 -656,000
Tribal management......................................... 2,350,000 2,348,000 -2,000
Direct operations......................................... 51,539,000 50,374,000 -1,166,000
Self-governance........................................... 9,326,000 9,114,000 -212,000
Contract support costs.................................... 200,955,000 160,660,000 -40,295,000
Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements: Hospital and clinic
accreditation (est. collecting).......................... (185,716,000) (185,716,000) ................
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Total, Indian Health Services....................... 1,898,941,000 1,800,836,000 -98,105,000
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Hospitals and health clinics.--The Committee recommends
$886,385,000 for hospitals and health clinics. This amount
includes increases above the fiscal year 1996 enacted level of
$22,284,000 for the staffing of new facilities and $11,666,000
for pay costs.
The Committee remains concerned about the adequacy of
health care service being provided to the Utah Navajo
population. The Committee urges the IHS to work with the Navajo
Nation, State and local governments, and the local health care
community to ensure that the health care needs of the Utah
Navajo population are met in an equitable and fiscally
responsible fashion.
Dental health.--The Committee recommends $62,889,000 for
dental health. This amount includes increases above the fiscal
year 1996 enacted level of $2,103,000 for the staffing of new
facilities and $1,106,000 for pay costs.
Mental health.--The Committee recommends $38,882,000 for
mental health. This amount includes increases over the fiscal
year 1996 enacted level of $751,000 for the staffing of new
facilities and $570,000 for pay costs.
Alcohol and substance abuse.--The Committee recommends
$91,914,000 for alcohol and substance abuse. This amount
includes an increase above the fiscal year 1996 enacted level
of $248,000 for pay costs.
Contract health services.--The Committee recommends
$365,128,000 for contract health services. This amount includes
an increase above the fiscal year 1996 enacted level of
$29,000,000 for pay costs.
Public health nursing.--The Committee recommends
$25,911,000 for public health nursing. This amount includes
increases above the fiscal year 1996 enacted level of
$1,136,000 for the staffing of new facilities and $464,000 for
pay costs.
Health education.--The Committee recommends $8,754,000 for
health education. This amount includes increases above the
fiscal year 1996 enacted level of $254,000 for the staffing of
new facilities and $79,000 for pay costs.
Community health representatives.--The Committee recommends
$44,477,000 for community health representatives. This amount
includes increases above the fiscal year 1996 enacted level of
$18,000 for the staffing of new facilities, $1,000 for pay
costs, and $500,000 to alleviate the backlog in training
services for the Community Health Aide Program in Alaska. In
formulating its fiscal year 1998 budget request, the Indian
Health Service should consider the need to update the community
health aides/practitioners manual.
Alaska immunization.--The Committee recommends $1,328,000
for the Alaska immunization program, the same as the House and
the fiscal year 1996 enacted level.
Urban health.--The Committee recommends $24,372,000 for
urban health. This amount includes increases above the fiscal
year 1996 enacted level of $12,000 for pay costs and $1,000,000
to partially fund the urban health initiative proposed in the
budget request. The Service is encouraged to use a portion of
the increase to improve administrative efficiency, as proposed
in the budget request.
Indian health professions.--The Committee recommends
$28,300,000 for Indian health professions. This amount includes
increases over the fiscal year 1996 enacted level of $29,000
for pay costs and $2,000,000 to restore a one-time reduction
included in the fiscal year 1996 appropriations act for lapsed
positions; $500,000 of the increase provided is for the Indians
into Psychology Program.
Tribal management.--The Committee recommends $2,348,000 for
tribal management, the same as the House and the fiscal year
1996 enacted level.
Direct operations.--The Committee recommends $50,374,000
for direct operations. This amount includes increases over the
fiscal year 1996 enacted level of $1,114,000 pay costs.
Self-governance.--The Committee recommends $9,114,000 for
self-governance. This amount includes an increase over the
fiscal year 1996 enacted level of $10,000 for pay costs.
Contract support costs.--The Committee recommends
$160,660,000 for contract support. This amount includes
increases over the fiscal year 1996 enacted level of $120,000
for the staffing of new facilities and $7,500,000 for the
Indian self-determination fund. The Committee agrees with the
House regarding the need for IHS to continue to work with
tribes to contain growth of contract support costs. The
Committee hopes that the revised contract support guidelines
recently issued by the IHS are helpful in this regard.
indian health facilities
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $238,958,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 275,251,000
House allowance......................................... 227,701,000
Committee recommendation
251,957,000
The Committee has provided $251,957,000 for Indian health
facilities, an increase of $24,256,000 over the House and
$12,999,000 over the fiscal year 1996 enacted level. The
amounts recommended by the Committee as compared to the budget
estimate are shown in the following table:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Maintenance and improvement.................................. $38,334,000 $38,334,000 ...............
Construction facilities...................................... 2,900,000 17,400,000 +$14,500,000
Equipment.................................................... 12,975,000 14,505,000 +1,530,000
Sanitation facilities........................................ 127,889,000 89,889,000 -38,000,000
Facilities and environmental health support.................. 92,671,000 91,347,000 -1,324,000
Contract support............................................. 482,000 482,000 ...............
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Total, Indian health facilities........................ 275,251,000 251,957,000 -23,294,000
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Maintenance and improvement.--The Committee recommends
$38,334,000 for maintenance and improvement, the same as the
House and the fiscal year 1996 enacted level.
Construction of facilities.--The Committee recommends
$17,400,000 for construction of facilities. Included in the
amount provided are $2,900,000 to complete priority list
designs as proposed in the budget request, $1,000,000 for
modular dental units, and $13,500,000 for construction of a
replacement facility at Lame Deer, MT.
While fiscal constraints generally are such that the
Committee has been unable to initiate facility construction in
recent years, an exception has been made due to the recent,
tragic burning of the Northern Cheyenne Health Center at Lame
Deer. The Committee understands that the IHS has made every
effort to minimize the cost of the replacement facility, and
that the program justification document is consistent with the
health facilities planning manual. The Committee remains
strongly committed to the health care facility construction
priority system.
The Talahina, OK, hospital is ranked sixth on the IHS
health facilities priority list for inpatient facilities. The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has developed a financing plan for a
replacement facility for the Talahina hospital, and proposes to
use various funding sources to construct a community-based
medical services hospital. The Committee directs the Indian
Health Service to work with the Choctaw Nation to identify
resources necessary to staff, equip, and operate the newly
constructed facility. The Committee will consider these
operational needs in the context of current budget constraints.
Equipment.--The Committee recommends $14,505,000 for
equipment, an increase of $1,530,000 over the House and fiscal
year 1996 level. The increase provided will fund partially
equipment costs for the Anchorage Native Primary Care Center.
This facility is being constructed with non-Federal funds to
meet a growing demand for health care services among the Alaska
Native population, a demand which already exceeds the capacity
of the nearly completed Anchorage Native Medical Center.
Sanitation facilities.--The Committee recommends
$89,889,000 for sanitation facilities, an increase of
$5,000,000 over the House and fiscal year 1996 level. The
Committee notes that there is a $630,000,000 backlog of
projects that would address sanitation deficiencies, and
recognizes the positive impact reducing this backlog would have
on Indian health.
Funds for sanitation facilities for new and renovated
housing shall be used to serve housing provided by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs Housing Improvement Program, new homes, and
homes renovated to like-new condition. Onsite sanitation
facilities may also be provided for homes occupied by the
disabled or sick who have physician referrals indicating an
immediate medical need for adequate sanitation facilities in
their home.
IHS project funds shall not be used to provide sanitation
facilities for new homes funded by the housing programs of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Up to $3,000,000 of the amounts appropriated for sanitation
facilities construction may be used for projects to assess open
dumps pursuant to the Indian Lands Open Dump Cleanup Act of
1994.
Facilities and environmental health support.--The Committee
recommends $91,347,000 for facilities and environmental health
support. This amount includes increases over the fiscal year
1996 enacted level of $42,000 for the staffing of new
facilities and $1,324,000 for pay costs.
Contract support.--The Committee recommends $482,000 for
contract support, the same as the House and the fiscal year
1996 level.
Administrative provisions.--The Committee has deleted
language from the bill that prohibits the Indian Health
Service, without explicit direction from Congress, from billing
or charging Indians who may have the economic means to pay.
This language has been carried in the bill for a number of
years. In the interest of reducing the amount of recurring
legislative provisions in the bill, and since the Committee is
not aware of any proposal that necessitates retention of this
language, the provision has been removed.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
indian education
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $52,500,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 81,500,000
House allowance......................................... 52,500,000
Committee recommendation
52,500,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $52,500,000,
which is the same as the fiscal year 1996 enacted level and the
House allowance. The entire $52,500,000 is provided for grants
to local education agencies. The Committee expects the Office
of Indian Education to keep costs associated with administering
the program to a minimum.
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $20,345,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 25,000,000
House allowance......................................... 20,345,000
Committee recommendation
19,345,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $19,345,000, a
decrease of $5,655,000 from the budget estimate and $1,000,000
below the House allowance.
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
Development
payments to the institute
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $5,500,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 5,500,000
House allowance......................................... 5,500,000
Committee recommendation
5,500,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,500,000,
the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance.
Funding is provided with the understanding that Federal
funding will be phased out for the Institute.
Smithsonian Institution
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $311,188,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 328,716,000
House allowance......................................... 317,188,000
Committee recommendation
317,582,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $317,582,000,
a decrease of $11,134,000 below the budget estimate and
$394,000 above the House allowance. The following table
provides a comparison of the budget estimates with the
Committee recommendation:
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Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Museums and research institutes.............................. $168,552,000 $161,876,000 -$6,676,000
Program support and outreach................................. 35,952,000 35,202,000 -750,000
Administration............................................... 32,622,000 31,539,000 -1,083,000
Facilities services.......................................... 91,590,000 88,965,000 -2,625,000
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Total.................................................. 328,716,000 317,582,000 -11,134,000
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The Committee recommendation represents an increase of
$6,394,000 above the fiscal year 1996 enacted level. Within
this allowance, the Committee has included funding for two of
the Institution's priority program enhancements: $720,000 for
the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory to fund initial
operations of the Hilo, HI, field station for the submillimeter
array, and $649,000 for procurement of the voice system and a
portion of the data system for the National Museum of Natural
History's East Court Building. Support for uncontrollable
expenses is provided in an amount of $5,025,000 above the prior
year to fund the fiscal year 1997 pay raise. In addition, the
Committee has retained in the base $3,000,000, which was
appropriated last year for one-time expenses associated with
the buyout, in order for the Smithsonian to meet the estimated
increase in other uncontrollable costs such as postage,
utilities, and communications ($2,000,000), and rental space
($1,000,000). Savings that will be derived from the buyout
authority provided in fiscal year 1996 should further assist
the Smithsonian with its operating requirements and fixed-cost
increases. The Committee is providing an amount of $200,000
above the budget estimate to the Center for Folklife Programs
and Cultural Studies, with the understanding that it will be
used for the Mississippi Delta program at the 1997 Festival of
American Folklife. The Committee notes that Mississippi will
contribute $250,000 to this effort, as well.
construction and improvements, national zoological park
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $3,250,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 4,000,000
House allowance......................................... 3,250,000
Committee recommendation
4,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,000,000 for
construction and improvements at the National Zoological Park,
the same as the budget estimate and $750,000 above the House
allowance.
An amount of $150,000 above the prior year is provided to
meet in full the zoo's request of $3,400,000 for repair,
renovation, and improvements projects at both the Rock Creek
and Front Royal facilities. In addition, the Committee has
included $600,000 for the Grasslands exhibit. Phase I, the
American Prairie, can be completed with this appropriation,
thereby allowing the zoo to relocate animals currently housed
in substandard facilities. No additional operating costs will
be required for staffing the exhibit. The Committee cautions
the zoo that it cannot be optimistic that funds will be
available in the near future to address phases II and III.
repair and restoration of buildings
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $33,954,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 38,000,000
House allowance......................................... 39,954,000
Committee recommendation
38,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $38,000,000,
the same as the budget estimate and $1,954,000 below the House
allowance.
Last year, this Committee recognized the need to provide
adequate Federal funding for the Smithsonian Institution to
address its extensive backlog of repair and renovation work by
increasing its appropriation for this activity in an amount of
$10,000,000. This year, in continuing to meet the Institution's
needs for critical maintenance of its museum facilities, the
Committee recommends the budget estimate, an amount of
$38,000,000, which provides an increase of $4,046,000 above the
prior-year level.
construction
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $27,700,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 13,000,000
House allowance......................................... 7,000,000
Committee recommendation
12,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,000,000, a
decrease of $1,000,000 below the budget estimate and an
increase of $5,000,000 above the House allowance.
As requested in the fiscal year 1997 budget estimate,
$4,000,000 is provided to complete planning and design of the
National Museum of the American Indian [NMAI] Mall Museum, and
$5,000,000 for continued planning and design of the National
Air and Space Museum extension. An amount of $3,000,000, the
fiscal 1996 level, is included for alterations and
modifications, a decrease of $1,000,000 below the budget
estimate and the House allowance.
Since 1990, Congress has appropriated $54,182,000 for
planning, design, and construction of the three components of
the National Museum of the American Indian: the Custom House in
New York ($8,000,000), the Suitland Cultural Center
($40,915,000), and the Mall Museum ($5,267,000). In addition,
the appropriation for salaries and operating expenses of the
NMAI has risen from $4,000,000 in 1990 to $11,515,000 in fiscal
year 1996, with continued increases anticipated.
The Federal appropriation required for construction of the
NMAI Mall Museum is an additional $64,000,000. The
Institution's current funding proposal is to request
$32,000,000 in fiscal year 1998, $26,000,000 in fiscal year
1999, and a final amount of $6,000,000 for equipment in fiscal
year 2000. According to estimates provided to the Committee by
the Smithsonian last year in conjunction with its budget
review, additional move costs and one-time startup costs
associated with the Cultural Center and Mall Museum will be
close to $34,000,000 spread over fiscal years 1998 through
2001. Upon completion, the projected initial operating costs
for the two new facilities and the Custom House would total
$40,800,000 annually, establishing this museum complex as one
of the largest of the Institution.
The Committee outlines the above both as evidence of its
commitment to the NMAI and as a graphic description of the
funding difficulties that it and the Institution will face in
the near future. The Committee has serious reservations about
initiating a project of this size at a time when there are
severe limitations on domestic discretionary spending that have
necessitated reductions in force, program shrinkage, and office
closures for other agencies funded through the Interior bill.
In light of these considerations, the Committee does not
take the view that construction of the NMAI Mall Museum can
proceed without question immediately upon completion of
planning and design work. The Smithsonian must look carefully
at the timetable it has devised for construction of this
facility and consider the fiscal climate within which decisions
need to be made. Alternative suggestions for the phasing,
scope, and funding of the project need to be examined carefully
and all possible options reviewed. Throughout the process, the
Smithsonian is expected to work closely with the Committee in
order to reach a mutually agreeable solution to this issue.
Under no circumstance should the Institution move forward with
any commitment to begin construction under the assumption that
the current timetable is still viable.
National Gallery of Art
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $51,844,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 53,899,000
House allowance......................................... 53,899,000
Committee recommendation
53,899,000
The Committee recommends $53,899,000, the same as the
budget estimate and the House allowance.
repair, restoration, and renovation of buildings
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $6,442,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 5,942,000
House allowance......................................... 5,942,000
Committee recommendation
5,942,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,942,000,
the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance.
Included in this amount is $4,500,000 for replacement of
skylights, roofing, and flashing of the West Building, and
$750,000 for a fire protection system for art storage rooms and
gallery spaces in both the East and West Buildings. These sums
will allow the gallery to continue work on its two critical
renovation projects. An amount of $692,000 is included for
other ongoing renovation projects.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
operations and maintenance
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $10,323,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 10,875,000
House allowance......................................... 10,875,000
Committee recommendation
10,875,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,875,000,
the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance, for
operation and maintenance of the Kennedy Center. The
``Operations and maintenance'' account consists of day-to-day
upkeep activities for the Kennedy Center's building and the
surrounding grounds. These activities include maintenance,
security, visitor information about the memorial,
interpretation, janitorial services, and repair of the physical
plant.
construction
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $8,983,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 9,000,000
House allowance......................................... 9,000,000
Committee recommendation
9,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,000,000,
the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance, for
repair, restoration, and renovation projects at the Kennedy
Center. This amount will be used for restoration of the
building's exterior; for fire alarm and security systems; for
interior repairs, including theater access projects for persons
with disabilities and exhaust and ventilation problems; and for
repair of basic building systems.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $5,840,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 5,840,000
House allowance......................................... 5,840,000
Committee recommendation
5,840,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,840,000,
the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance.
The table below shows the Committee recommendation and the
budget estimate.
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Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Fellowship program........................................... $1,724,000 $1,724,000 ...............
Scholar support.............................................. 615,000 615,000 ...............
Public service............................................... 748,000 748,000 ...............
General administration....................................... 1,272,000 1,272,000 ...............
Smithsonian fee.............................................. 130,000 130,000 ...............
Conference planning/outreach................................. 887,000 887,000 ...............
Space........................................................ 464,000 464,000 ...............
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Total.................................................. 5,840,000 5,840,000 ...............
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In June of this year, the Committee gave its approval to
the Wilson Center to execute a lease agreement that had been
negotiated with GSA waiving all rent at the Federal Triangle
building, the proposed site for relocation of the Center's
offices. Previously, the Committee had expressed concern that
occupancy of the new office quarters would result in additional
operating expenses and thereby jeopardize the Center's program
activities. The Committee continues to have reservations in
this regard and wishes to stress again its expectation that
every measure will be taken by the Wilson Center to ensure that
Federal program funds are protected from absorbing these costs,
at such time as the lease is executed and plans for relocation
are defined in more detail.
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts
grants and administration
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $82,259,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 115,000,000
House allowance......................................... 82,734,000
Committee recommendation
82,734,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $82,734,000, a
decrease of $32,266,000 below the budget estimate and the same
as the House allowance.
The following table provides a comparison of the budget
estimates and the Committee recommendations:
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Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Grants: Program grants....................................... $62,939,000 $37,435,000 -$25,504,000
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State programs:
State grants............................................. 26,629,000 22,250,000 -4,379,000
State set-aside.......................................... 7,262,000 6,069,000 -1,193,000
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Subtotal, State programs............................... 33,891,000 28,319,000 -5,572,000
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Subtotal, grants....................................... 96,830,000 65,754,000 -31,076,000
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Administrative areas:
Policy planning and research............................. 450,000 440,000 -10,000
Administration........................................... 17,020,000 15,880,000 -1,140,000
Computer replacement..................................... 700,000 660,000 -40,000
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Subtotal, administrative areas......................... 18,170,000 16,980,000 -1,190,000
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Total, grants and administration....................... 115,000,000 82,734,000 -32,266,000
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The Committee concurs with bill language included by the
House that would allow appropriated funds to remain available
until expended, in an effort to provide greater flexibility to
the Endowment in administering its grants.
As noted in the statement of the managers accompanying the
conference report on the fiscal year 1996 appropriation for the
National Endowment for the Arts, the Senate supports continued
funding for the NEA and expects the authorizing issues to be
resolved by the legislative committees in the House and Senate.
matching grants
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $17,235,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 21,000,000
House allowance......................................... 16,760,000
Committee recommendation
16,760,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $16,760,000, a
decrease of $4,240,000 below the budget estimate and the same
as the House allowance.
National Endowment for the Humanities
grants and administration
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $94,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 118,250,000
House allowance......................................... 92,994,000
Committee recommendation
87,994,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $87,994,000,
$30,256,000 below the budget request and $5,000,000 below the
House allowance. The following table provides a comparison of
the budget estimate and the Committee recommendation:
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Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Grants:
Program grants........................................... $49,500,000 $31,000,000 -$18,500,000
State programs........................................... 30,150,000 26,500,000 -3,650,000
Office of Preservation................................... 21,000,000 15,000,000 -6,000,000
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Subtotal, grants....................................... 100,650,000 72,500,000 -28,150,000
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Administrative areas: Administration......................... 17,600,000 15,494,000 -2,106,000
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Total, grants and administration....................... 118,250,000 87,994,000 -30,256,000
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The Committee concurs with bill language included by the
House that would allow appropriated funds to remain available
until expended, in an effort to provide greater flexibility to
the Endowment in administering its grants.
As noted in the statement of the managers accompanying the
conference report on the fiscal year 1996 appropriation for the
National Endowment for the Humanities, the Senate supports
continued funding for the NEH and expects the authorizing
issues to be resolved by the legislative committees in the
House and Senate.
matching grants
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $16,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 17,750,000
House allowance......................................... 11,500,000
Committee recommendation
11,500,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $11,500,000,
$6,250,000 below the budget request and the same as the House
allowance. Included in this mark is $7,500,000 for challenge
grants and $4,000,000 in Treasury funds for matching grants.
Institute of Museum Services
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $21,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 23,000,000
House allowance......................................... 21,000,000
Committee recommendation
21,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,000,000,
$2,000,000 below the budget request and the same as the House
allowance.
The Committee concurs with bill language included by the
House that would allow appropriated funds to remain available
until expended, in an effort to provide greater flexibility to
the Institute in administering its grants.
Commission of Fine Arts
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1996.......................................... $834,000
Budget estimate, 1997......................................... 867,000
House allowance............................................... 867,000
Committee recommendation
867,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $867,000, the
same as the budget estimate and the House allowance.
national capital arts and cultural affairs
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $6,000,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 6,733,000
House allowance......................................... 6,000,000
Committee recommendation
6,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,000,000,
$733,000 below the budget estimate and the same as the House
allowance.
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $2,500,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 2,500,000
House allowance......................................... 2,500,000
Committee recommendation
2,500,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,500,000,
the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance.
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation provides
review, coordination, mediation, education, and advice on
historic preservation matters. It does not have responsibility
for designating historic properties, providing financial
assistance, overriding other Federal agencies' decisions, or
controlling actions taken by property actions. The Advisory
Council works closely with Federal agencies and State historic
preservation officers.
The Committee expects that the services performed by the
Council should be paid by the benefiting departments and
agencies through reimbursable agreements. The funding level
provided relates to the gradual reduction of the dependency on
the Interior appropriations bill.
National Capital Planning Commission
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $5,090,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 5,885,000
House allowance......................................... 5,390,000
Committee recommendation
5,390,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,390,000, a
decrease of $495,000 below the budget estimate and the same as
the House allowance.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1996.......................................... $147,000
Budget estimate, 1997......................................... 125,000
House allowance............................................... 125,000
Committee recommendation
500,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $500,000,
$375,000 above the budget estimate and the House allowance.
An additional amount of $375,000 above the budget estimate
is provided to fund costs associated with the 2-day dedication
ceremonies that will be planned to follow completion of the
memorial in early May 1997. With closure of the Commission
offices later in fiscal year 1997, no future appropriations are
anticipated.
Holocaust Memorial Council
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1996.................................... $28,707,000
Budget estimate, 1997................................... 31,262,000
House allowance......................................... 29,707,000
Committee recommendation
30,707,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $30,707,000,
$555,000 below the budget estimate and $1,000,000 above the
House allowance.
An increase above the House recommendation will enable the
Council to meet its uncontrollable expenses in full and address
several other unfunded museum priorities, such as essential
maintenance, collections care, and archival/cataloging needs.
The Committee directs the United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum to supply a written report to the Committee on its
activities in cooperation with the United States Senate Banking
Committee with regard to that Committee's ongoing inquiry into
the status of Jewish assets placed in Swiss banks before and
during the Second World War.
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Committee has recommended inclusion of several general
provisions in the bill including the following:
Sec. 301. Provides that contracts which provide consulting
services are a matter of public record and available for public
review, except where otherwise provided by law.
Sec. 302. Provides a restriction on noncompetitive bidding
in the Shawnee National Forest, IL.
Sec. 303. Provides that appropriations available in the
bill shall not be used to produce literature or otherwise
promote public support of a legislative proposal on which
legislative action is not complete.
Sec. 304. Provides that appropriations made available in
this bill will not remain available beyond the current fiscal
year unless otherwise provided.
Sec. 305. Provides that appropriations made available in
this bill cannot be used to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other
personal servants.
Sec. 306. Provides for a restriction on departmental
assessments unless approved by the Committees on
Appropriations.
Sec. 307. Continues Buy American provisions and
requirements included in previous years.
Sec. 308. Limits the sale of giant sequoia trees by the
Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. Any sales are to
be conducted in the same manner as used in fiscal year 1995.
Sec. 309. Prohibits the National Park Service from
implementing a concession contract which permits or requires
the removal of the underground lunchroom at Carlsbad Caverns
National Park.
Sec. 310. Provides that when construction projects which
are managed pursuant to specified laws are completed at a lower
cost than estimated, the difference shall be expended in a
manner determined by the appropriate Secretary after
consultation with the tribes.
Sec. 311. Provides that quarterly payments to tribes under
annual funding agreements pursuant to Public Law 93-638, as
amended, may be made on the first business day following the
first day of a fiscal quarter.
Sec. 312. Restricts the use of any funds in the bill for
the AmeriCorps program unless reprogramming guidelines are
followed and the program is funded in the VA-HUD appropriations
bill.
Sec. 313. Prohibits the use of funds to demolish the bridge
between Jersey City, NJ, and Ellis Island or prevent the
pedestrian use of such bridge when it is made known that such
use is consistent with generally accepted safety standards.
Sec. 314. Retains mining patent moratorium carried in the
fiscal year 1996 appropriations act.
Sec. 315. Prohibits the use of funds for the acquisition of
lands in the counties of Lawrence, Monroe, or Washington, OH,
for the Wayne National Forest.
Sec. 316. Includes language restricting the types of grant
awards that can be made by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sec. 317. Deems approval of a telescope site on Mount
Graham consistent with the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act.
Sec. 318. Limits the use of funds for issuing a final
rulemaking on jurisdiction over subsistence fishing in Alaska.
Sec. 319. The Committee has included bill language,
essentially the same as language included in the fiscal year
1996 Interior bill, relating to Public Law 101-382. The
language keeps in place regulations and interim rules
implementing the law that were in effect prior to September 8,
1995, (36 CFR 223.48, 36 CFR 223.87, 36 CFR 223 subpart D, 36
CFR 223 subpart F, and 36 CFR 261.6) governing the export of
State and Federal timber in the Western United States. The
language prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture or the
Secretary of the Interior from reviewing or making
modifications to existing sourcing areas. The language
prohibits either Secretary from enforcing or implementing
regulations promulgated on September 8, 1995, at 36 CFR part
223. The bill language also directs the Secretary of Commerce
to continue the 100-percent ban on the export of logs that
originate from Washington State-owned public lands.
Sec. 320. Extends the pilot recreation fee demonstration
program for 1 year and increases the numbers of sites from 50
to 100 sites for the land management agencies in this bill.
Sec. 321. Prohibits the use of funds for activities in
connection with a scenic drive in Pictured Rocks National
Lakeshore.
Sec. 322. Transfers the Bend Silviculture Lab to the
Central Oregon Community College.
Sec. 323. Includes language, once again, terminating the
Office of Forestry and Economic Assistance, or any successor
office. The Committee is greatly concerned by the fact that the
administration flagrantly violated language put in the fiscal
year 1996 Interior bill directing that the Office of Forestry
and Economic Development in Portland, OR, be terminated on
December 31, 1995--the termination date advocated by the
administration. In order to circumvent this law, the
administration elected to change the name of the Office in
order to keep it operational.
Sec. 324. Includes language to facilitate a land exchange
between the Corrections Corporation of America and the National
Park Service for land located in Oxon Cove Park in Prince
Georges County, MD.
Sec. 325. Inserts language limiting funds for employee
relocation or transfer of duty costs for selected agencies.
Sec. 326. The Committee has included language to facilitate
a land exchange between the Forest Service and the Chelan
County Public Utility District [PUD] in Washington State. The
land exchange will consolidate land for a wastewater treatment
facility onto Chelan County PUD land. The Chelan County PUD
would, in turn, own and operate the wastewater treatment
facility, which serves both the Forest Service and some of the
local community.
Sec. 327. The Committee has included language to modify the
boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest to facilitate a land
exchange between the Weyerhaeuser Co., and the Forest Service.
Sec. 328. The Committee has included bill language to
facilitate a land transfer between Sugarbush Resort Holdings,
Inc., and the Forest Service.
BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
AMENDED
[In millions of dollars]
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Committee Amount of Committee Amount of
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
to its subcommittees of amounts in the First Concurrent
Resolution for 1997: Subcommittee on Interior and Related
Agencies:
Defense discretionary................................... ........... ........... ........... ...........
Nondefense discretionary................................ 12,618 12,618 13,320 \1\ 13,306
Violent crime reduction fund............................ ........... ........... ........... ...........
Mandatory............................................... 59 58 62 62
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:
1997.................................................... ........... ........... ........... \2\ 8,477
1998.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 3,195
1999.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 756
2000.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 209
2001 and future year.................................... ........... ........... ........... 71
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 1997
in bill.................................................... NA 846 NA 406
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\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
NA: Not applicable.
LIMITATIONS AND LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Rule XVI, paragraph 7 requires that every report on a
general appropriation bill filed by the Committee must identify
each recommended amendment which proposes an item of
appropriation which is not made to carry out the provisions of
an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution
previously passed by the Senate during that session.
Those items are as follows:
--$578,692,000 for management of lands and resources, Bureau
of Land Management;
--$4,333,000 for construction and access, Bureau of Land
Management;
--$264,609,000 for wildland fire management, Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management;
--$9,113,000 for range improvements, Bureau of Land
Management;
--Such amounts as may be collected in service charges,
deposits, and forfeitures, Bureau of Land Management;
--Such amounts as may be contributed in miscellaneous trust
funds, Bureau of Land Management;
--Unspecified amounts for the Bureau of Land Management to
assist in the protection of lands in Alaska, on a
reimbursable basis;
--$84,185,000 for endangered species program functions, Fish
and Wildlife Service;
--Such sums as become available in alternative fuels
production, Department of Energy;
--$2,725,000 for economic regulation, Department of Energy;
--$63,120,000 for Energy Information Administration,
Department of Energy;
--$99,494,000 for the National Endowment for the Arts;
--$99,494,000 for the National Endowment for the Humanities;
--$21,000,000 for the Institute of Museum Services.
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, the accompanying
bill was ordered reported from the Committee, subject to
amendment and subject to the subcommittee allocation, by
recorded vote of 28-0.
Yeas Nays
Chairman Hatfield
Mr. Stevens
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. Gorton
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Mack
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Jeffords
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
Mr. Johnston
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Bumpers
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mr. Kerrey
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee report on
a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or
part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or
part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a
comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution
making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof
proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and
italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical
devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the
bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by
the committee.''
In compliance with this rule, the following changes in
existing law proposed to be made by the bill are shown as
follows: existing law to be omitted is enclosed in black
brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and existing law in
which no change is proposed is shown in roman.
48 United States Code 1681 is amended as follows:
Section 703. (a) The United States will make available to
the Northern Mariana Islands the full range of federal programs
and services available to the territories of the United States.
Funds provided under Section 702 will be considered to be local
revenues [of the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands]
when used as the local share required to obtain federal
programs and services.
Section 201 of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986
(16 U.S.C. 3911) is amended as follows:
(a) Sale of admission permits
(1) Notwithstanding the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.), in order to provide
additional revenues for the conservation of wetland resources
of the Nation and for the operation and maintenance of
refuges--
(A) the Secretary of the Interior may, at units of
the National Wildlife Refuge System designated by the
Secretary under paragraph (2)--
(i) charge fees for admission permits;
(ii) sell Golden Eagle passports and Golden
Age passports;
(iii) issue at no charge lifetime admission
permits as authorized in section 4(a)(5) of the
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
(16 U.S.C. 460l-4--460l-11) [16 U.S.C.A.
Sec. 460l-6a(a)(5)];
(B) the amounts collected by the Secretary as a
result of the activities described in subparagraph (A)
shall be [distributed] used as provided in subsection
(c) of this section.
(2) The Secretary shall designate a unit of the National
Wildlife Refuge System for purposes of this chapter if the
Secretary determines, with respect to such unit, that--
(A) The level of visitation for recreational purposes
is high enough to justify the collection of fees for
admission permits for economic reasons.
(B) There is a practical mechanism in existence for
implementing and operating a system of collecting fees
for admission permits.
(C) Imposition of a fee for admission permits is not
likely to result in undue economic hardship for a
significant number of visitors to the unit.
* * * * * * *
(c) Distribution of amounts collected
Amounts collected from the sale of admission permits under
this section and from fees collected at any unit of the
National Wildlife Refuge System under subsections (b) and (c)
of section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of
1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(b), (c)) [shall be distributed as
follows:
(A) Thirty per centum shall be available to the
Secretary of the Interior until expended. The Secretary
shall use such amount--] shall be used by the
Secretary--
[(i)] (1) first, to defray the cost of
collection;
[(ii)] (2) next, for operation and
maintenance of the collecting unit; and
[(iii)] (3) next, for operation and
maintenance of all units within the National
Wildlife Refuge System, except those units
created, expanded, or modified by Public Law
96-487.
[(B) Seventy percent shall be deposited into the migratory
bird conservation fund established under section 718d of this
title.]
Section 7 of Public Law 99-647 is amended as follows:
SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.
The Commission shall terminate on [November 10, 1996]
November 10, 1997.
Subsection (b) and (f) of section 315 of section 101(c) of
Public Law 104-134 is amended as follows:
Sec. 315. (b) In carrying out the pilot program established
pursuant to this section, the appropriate Secretary shall
select from areas under the jurisdiction of each of the four
agencies referred to in subsection (a) no fewer than 10, but as
many as [50] 100, areas, sites or projects for fee
demonstration.
Sec. 315. (f) The authority to collect fees under this
section shall commence on October 1, 1995, and end on
[September 30, 1998] September 30, 1999. Funds in accounts
established shall remain available through [September 30, 2001]
September 30, 2002.
Public Law 102-495 is amended by adding the following new
section:
``SEC. 10. WASHINGTON STATE REMOVAL OPTION.
(a) Upon appropriation of $29,500,000 by the Federal
government to acquire the Elwha and Glines dams in
Washington State, the State of Washington may, upon the
submission to Congress of a binding agreement to remove
the two dams within a reasonable period of time,
purchase the two dams from the Federal government for
$2.
(b) Upon receipt of the payment pursuant to
subsection (a), the Federal government shall relinquish
ownership and title of dams to the State of Washington.
(c) Upon the purchase of the dams by the State of
Washington, Public Law 102-495 is hereby repealed.''
Section 402 of Public Law 103-413 is amended as follows:
SEC. 402. SELECTION OF PARTICIPATING INDIAN TRIBES.
(a) Continuing Participation.--Each Indian tribe that is
participating in the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration
Project at the Department of the Interior under title III on
the date of enactment of this title shall thereafter
participate in Self-Governance under this title and cease
participation in the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration
Project under title III with respect to the Department of the
Interior.
(b) Additional Participants.--(1) In addition to those
Indian tribes participating in Self-Governance under subsection
(a), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office
of Self-Governance, may select up to [20] 50 new tribes per
year from the applicant pool described in subsection (c) to
participate in Self-Governance.
(2) If each tribe requests, two or more otherwise eligible
Indian tribes may be treated as a single Indian tribe for the
purpose of participating in Self-Governance as a consortium.
(c) Applicant Pool.--The qualified applicant pool for Self-
Governance shall consist of each tribe that--
(1) successfully completes the planning phase
described in subsection (d);
(2) has requested participation in Self-Governance by
resolution or other official action by the tribal
governing body; and
(3) has demonstrated, for the previous three fiscal
years, financial stability and financial management
capability as evidenced by the tribe having no material
audit exceptions in the required annual audit of the
self-determination contracts of the tribe.
(d) Planning Phase.--Each Indian tribe seeking to begin
participation in Self-Governance shall complete a planning
phase in accordance with this subsection. The tribe shall be
eligible for a grant to plan and negotiate participation in
Self-Governance. The planning phase shall include--
(1) legal and budgetary research; and
(2) internal tribal government planning and
organizational preparation.
Section 3 of Public Law 99-548 is amended as follows:
SEC 3. NOTIFICATION AND SALE PERIODS.
(a) First Area.--(1) No later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the City of Mesquite shall notify the
Secretary as to which if any of the public lands within the
area specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection the city
wishes to purchase.
(2) For the period of one year after the date of enactment
of this Act, the city shall have the exclusive right to
purchase public lands within the area identified on the map as
``Area One''.
(b) Second Area.--(1) No later than three years after the
date of enactment of this Act, the City of Mesquite shall
notify the Secretary as to which if any of the public lands
within the area specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection
the city wishes to purchase.
(2) For a period of four years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the city shall have the exclusive right to
purchase public lands within the area identified on the map as
``Area Two''.
(c) Third Area.--(1) No later than five years after the
date of enactment of this Act, the City of Mesquite shall
notify the Secretary as to which if any of the public lands
within the area specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection
the city wishes to purchase.
(2) For a period of six years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the city shall have the exclusive right to
purchase public lands within the area identified on the map as
``Area Three''.
``(d) Fourth Area.--(1) No later than ten years
after the date of enactment of this Act, the City of
Mesquite shall notify the Secretary as to which if any
of the public lands identified in paragraph (2) of this
subsection the city wishes to purchase.
``(2) For a period of twelve years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the city shall have exclusive
right to purchase the following parcels of public lands:
``Parcel A--East \1/2\ Sec. 6, T. 13 S., R. 71
E., Mount Diablo Meridian; Sec. 5, T. 13 S., R.
71 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; West \1/2\ Sec. 4,
T. 13 S., R. 71 E, Mount Diablo Meridian; East
\1/2\, West \1/2\ Sec. 4, T. 13 S., R. 71 E.,
Mount Diablo Meridian.
``Parcel B--North \1/2\ Sec. 7, T. 13 S., R. 71
E., Mount Diablo Meridian; South East \1/4\ Sec.
12, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian;
East \1/2\, North East \1/4\ Sec. 12, T. 13 S.,
R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; East \1/2\,
West \1/2\, North East \1/4\ Sec. 12, T. 13 S.,
R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian.
``Parcel C--West \1/2\ Sec. 6, T. 13 S., R. 71
E., Mount Diablo Meridian; Sec. 1, T. 13 S., R.
70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; West \1/2\, West
\1/2\, North East \1/4\ Sec. 12, T. 13 S., R. 70
E., Mount Diablo Meridian; North West \1/4\ Sec.
13, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian;
West \1/2\ Sec. 12, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount
Diablo Meridian; East \1/2\, South East \1/4\,
Sec. 11, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian; East \1/2\ North East \1/4\, Sec. 14,
T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian.
``Parcel D--South \1/2\ Sec. 14, T. 13 S., R.
70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; South West \1/4\,
Sec. 13, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian; Portion of section 23, North of
Interstate 15, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian; Portion of section 24, North of
Interstate 15, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian; Portion of section 26, North of
Interstate 15, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian.''
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
YEAR 1997
[In thousands of dollars]
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Senate Committee recommendation compared with
(+ or -)
Item 1996 Budget House Committee -----------------------------------------------
appropriation estimate allowance recommendation 1996 Budget House
appropriation estimate allowance
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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Management of Lands and Resources
Land Resources:
Soil, water and air management...... 17,000 22,091 18,591 21,141 +4,141 -950 +2,550
Range management.................... 49,983 52,252 52,252 52,252 +2,269 .............. ..............
Forestry management................. 5,500 5,530 5,530 5,530 +30 .............. ..............
Riparian management................. 14,500 15,578 16,078 16,078 +1,578 +500 ..............
Cultural resources management....... 11,000 12,059 12,059 12,059 +1,059 .............. ..............
Wild horse and burro management..... 14,845 15,925 15,925 15,925 +1,080 .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Land Resources.......... 112,828 123,435 120,435 122,985 +10,157 -450 +2,550
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Wildlife and Fisheries:
Wildlife management................. 19,000 20,101 20,601 20,101 +1,101 .............. -500
Fisheries management................ 6,100 7,133 7,633 7,133 +1,033 .............. -500
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Subtotal, Wildlife and Fisheries.. 25,100 27,234 28,234 27,234 +2,134 .............. -1,000
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Threatened and endangered species....... 16,500 16,581 16,500 16,500 .............. -81 ..............
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Recreation Management:
Wilderness management............... 14,000 15,072 15,072 15,072 +1,072 .............. ..............
Recreation resources management..... 26,139 27,772 27,772 28,772 +2,633 +1,000 +1,000
Recreation operations (fees)........ 4,000 3,020 3,020 3,020 -980 .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Recreation Management... 44,139 45,864 45,864 46,864 +2,725 +1,000 +1,000
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Energy and Minerals:
Oil and gas......................... 51,800 52,056 52,056 52,056 +256 .............. ..............
Coal management..................... 6,819 6,853 6,853 6,853 +34 .............. ..............
Other mineral resources............. 8,542 8,584 8,584 8,584 +42 .............. ..............
Alaska minerals (transfer from
Bureau of Mines)................... 2,000 2,010 2,010 2,010 +10 .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Energy and Minerals..... 69,161 69,503 69,503 69,503 +342 .............. ..............
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Realty and Ownership Management:
Alaska conveyance................... 29,981 28,125 29,981 31,000 +1,019 +2,875 +1,019
Cadastral survey.................... 11,000 11,053 11,053 11,053 +53 .............. ..............
Land and realty management.......... 28,386 28,522 28,522 28,822 +436 +300 +300
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Subtotal, Realty and Ownership
Management....................... 69,367 67,700 69,556 70,875 +1,508 +3,175 +1,319
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Resource Protection and Maintenance:
Resource management planning........ 8,500 8,544 .............. 6,500 -2,000 -2,044 +6,500
Facilities maintenance.............. 30,100 32,754 32,754 33,954 +3,854 +1,200 +1,200
Resource protection and law
enforcement........................ 10,201 10,254 10,254 10,254 +53 .............. ..............
Hazardous materials management...... 15,000 15,076 15,076 15,076 +76 .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Resource Protection and
Maintenance...................... 63,801 66,628 58,084 65,784 +1,983 -844 +7,700
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Automated land and mineral records
system................................. 51,000 42,207 42,207 42,207 -8,793 .............. ..............
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Mining Law Administration:
Administration...................... 27,650 27,300 27,300 27,300 -350 .............. ..............
Fee collection...................... 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 .............. .............. ..............
Offsetting fees..................... -32,650 -32,300 -32,300 -32,300 +350 .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Mining Law
Administration................... .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. ..............
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Workforce and Organizational Support:
Information systems operations...... 14,500 14,630 14,630 14,630 +130 .............. ..............
Administrative support.............. 44,891 45,944 45,335 45,944 +1,053 .............. +609
Bureauwide fixed costs.............. 56,166 56,166 56,166 56,166 .............. .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Workforce and
Organizational Support........... 115,557 116,740 116,131 116,740 +1,183 .............. +609
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Total, Management of Lands and
Resources........................ 567,453 575,892 566,514 578,692 +11,239 +2,800 +12,178
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Wildland Fire Management
Preparedness and fire use............... 130,931 140,157 140,157 156,842 +25,911 +16,685 +16,685
Suppression operations.................. 104,993 107,767 107,767 107,767 +2,774 .............. ..............
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Total, Wildland Fire Management... 235,924 247,924 247,924 264,609 +28,685 +16,685 +16,685
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Central Hazardous Materials Fund
Bureau of Land Management............... 10,000 20,500 12,000 12,000 +2,000 -8,500 ..............
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Construction and Access
Construction............................ 3,115 3,103 3,103 4,333 +1,218 +1,230 +1,230
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-
134)................................... 5,000 .............. .............. .............. -5,000 .............. ..............
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Total, Construction and Access.... 8,115 3,103 3,103 4,333 -3,782 +1,230 +1,230
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Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Payments to local governments........... 113,500 101,500 113,500 115,000 +1,500 +13,500 +1,500
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Land Acquisition
Land Acquisition:
Acquisitions........................ 9,550 9,550 7,500 10,810 +1,260 +1,260 +3,310
Acquisition management.............. 3,250 3,250 2,500 3,250 .............. .............. +750
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Total, Land Acquisition........... 12,800 12,800 10,000 14,060 +1,260 +1,260 +4,060
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Oregon and California Grant Lands
Western Oregon resources management..... 75,962 80,739 79,948 80,739 +4,777 .............. +791
Western Oregon information and resource
data systems........................... 2,148 2,148 2,148 2,148 .............. .............. ..............
Western Oregon facilities maintenance... 11,281 9,208 8,208 10,708 -573 +1,500 +2,500
Western Oregon construction and
acquisition............................ 284 284 284 284 .............. .............. ..............
Jobs-in-the-woods....................... 7,777 16,000 7,777 8,777 +1,000 -7,223 +1,000
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-
134)................................... 35,000 .............. .............. .............. -35,000 .............. ..............
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Total, Oregon and California Grant
Lands............................ 132,452 108,379 98,365 102,656 -29,796 -5,723 +4,291
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Range Improvements
Improvement to public lands............. 7,649 7,649 7,649 7,649 .............. .............. ..............
Farm Tenant Act lands................... 864 864 864 864 .............. .............. ..............
Administrative expenses................. 600 600 600 600 .............. .............. ..............
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Total, Range Improvements......... 9,113 9,113 9,113 9,113 .............. .............. ..............
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Service Charges, Deposits, and
Forfeitures
Rights-of-way processing................ 3,859 3,859 3,859 3,859 .............. .............. ..............
Adopt-a-horse program................... 799 799 799 799 .............. .............. ..............
Repair of damaged lands................. 1,307 1,307 1,307 1,307 .............. .............. ..............
Cost recoverable realty cases........... 608 608 608 608 .............. .............. ..............
Timber purchaser expenses............... 806 806 806 806 .............. .............. ..............
Copy fees............................... 1,614 1,614 1,614 1,614 .............. .............. ..............
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Total, Service Charges, Deposits
and Forfeitures.................. 8,993 8,993 8,993 8,993 .............. .............. ..............
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Miscellaneous Trust Funds
Current appropriations.................. 7,605 7,605 7,605 7,605 .............. .............. ..............
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Total, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.. 1,105,955 1,095,809 1,077,117 1,117,061 +11,106 +21,252 +39,944
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U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Resource Management
Ecological Services:
Endangered species:
Candidate conservation.......... 3,800 5,237 4,800 5,000 +1,200 -237 +200
Listing......................... 4,000 7,483 5,000 5,000 +1,000 -2,483 ..............
Consultation.................... 16,000 23,997 18,000 20,000 +4,000 -3,997 +2,000
Recovery........................ 36,500 46,359 38,500 40,500 +4,000 -5,859 +2,000
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Subtotal, Endangered species.. 60,300 83,076 66,300 70,500 +10,200 -12,576 +4,200
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Habitat conservation.................... 53,812 53,808 54,528 57,272 +3,460 +3,464 +2,744
Environmental contaminants.............. 8,821 8,821 8,821 8,821 .............. .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Ecological Services..... 122,933 145,705 129,649 136,593 +13,660 -9,112 +6,944
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Refuges and Wildlife:
Refuge operations and maintenance... 169,558 179,237 178,558 177,737 +8,179 -1,500 -821
Law enforcement operations.......... 35,279 35,265 35,265 35,265 -14 .............. ..............
Migratory bird management........... 15,252 15,255 15,252 15,255 +3 .............. +3
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Subtotal, Refuges and Wildlife.... 220,089 229,757 229,075 228,257 +8,168 -1,500 -818
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Fisheries:
Hatchery operations and maintenance. 37,094 36,902 36,902 36,902 -192 .............. ..............
Lower Snake River compensation fund. 11,557 11,557 11,557 11,557 .............. .............. ..............
Fish and wildlife management........ 16,100 20,639 17,100 18,489 +2,389 -2,150 +1,389
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Subtotal, Fisheries............... 64,751 69,098 65,559 66,948 +2,197 -2,150 +1,389
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General Administration:
Central office administration....... 13,445 13,528 13,445 13,445 .............. -83 ..............
International affairs............... 5,301 5,300 5,300 5,300 -1 .............. ..............
Regional office administration...... 21,000 23,000 22,000 22,000 +1,000 -1,000 ..............
National Education and Training
Center............................. 6,478 8,928 7,478 8,928 +2,450 .............. +1,450
Servicewide administrative support.. 43,013 45,056 43,013 43,056 +43 -2,000 +43
National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation......................... 4,000 .............. 5,000 5,000 +1,000 +5,000 ..............
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Subtotal, General Administration.. 93,237 95,812 96,236 97,729 +4,492 +1,917 +1,493
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Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-
134)................................... 1,600 .............. .............. .............. -1,600 .............. ..............
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Total, Resource Management........ 502,610 540,372 520,519 529,527 +26,917 -10,845 +9,008
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Construction
Construction and rehabilitation:
Line item construction.............. 32,655 32,682 33,393 39,760 +7,105 +7,078 +6,367
Construction management............. 4,000 4,633 4,633 4,474 +474 -159 -159
Emergency projects.................. 1,000 272 272 272 -728 .............. ..............
Contract claims..................... .............. .............. .............. 800 +800 +800 +800
Emergency appropriations (Public Law
104-134)........................... 37,300 .............. .............. .............. -37,300 .............. ..............
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Total, Construction............... 74,955 37,587 38,298 45,306 -29,649 +7,719 +7,008
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Natural Resource Damage Assessment and
Restoration Fund
Damage assessments...................... 3,166 3,166 3,166 3,166 .............. .............. ..............
Program management...................... 834 834 834 834 .............. .............. ..............
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Total, Natural Resource Damage
Assessment and Restoration Fund.. 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 .............. .............. ..............
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Land Acquisition
Fish and Wildlife Service:
Acquisitions--Federal refuge lands.. 25,900 19,200 19,500 39,302 -13,402 +20,102 +19,802
Inholdings.......................... 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 .............. .............. ..............
Emergency and hardship.............. 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 .............. .............. ..............
Acquisition management.............. 8,000 9,700 7,500 8,500 +500 -1,200 +1,000
Exchanges........................... 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 .............. .............. ..............
National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation......................... .............. 5,000 .............. .............. .............. -5,000 ..............
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Total, Land Acquisition........... 36,900 36,900 30,000 50,802 +13,902 +13,902 +20,802
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Cooperative Endangered Species
Conservation Fund
Grants to States........................ 7,600 9,120 7,600 7,600 .............. -1,520 ..............
HCP land acquisition.................... .............. 6,000 6,000 6,000 +6,000 .............. ..............
Administration.......................... 485 965 485 485 .............. -480 ..............
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Total, Cooperative Endangered
Species Fund..................... 8,085 16,085 14,085 14,085 +6,000 -2,000 ..............
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National Wildlife Refuge Fund
Payments in lieu of taxes............... 10,779 10,779 10,779 10,779 .............. .............. ..............
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Rewards and Operations
Conservation projects................... 568 582 982 582 +14 .............. -400
Administration.......................... 32 18 18 18 -14 .............. ..............
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Total, African Elephant--Rewards
and Operations................... 600 600 1,000 600 .............. .............. -400
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North American Wetlands Conservation
Fund
Habitat management...................... 6,250 11,280 7,280 10,280 +4,030 -1,000 +3,000
Administration.......................... 500 470 470 470 -30 .............. ..............
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Total, North American Wetlands
Conservation Fund................ 6,750 11,750 7,750 10,750 +4,000 -1,000 +3,000
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Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish
and Wildlife Fund
Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake fish
and wildlife fund...................... 152 .............. .............. .............. -152 .............. ..............
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Rhinoceros and tiger conservation fund.. 200 200 400 200 .............. .............. -200
Wildlife Conservation and Appreciation
Fund
Wildlife conservation and appreciation
fund................................... 800 800 800 800 .............. .............. ..............
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Total, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE
SERVICE.......................... 645,831 659,073 627,631 666,849 -21,018 +7,776 +39,218
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Operation of the National Park System
Park Management:
Resource stewardship................ 171,359 209,410 188,482 193,060 +21,701 -16,350 +4,578
Visitor services.................... 251,555 270,177 260,843 270,177 +18,622 .............. +9,334
Maintenance......................... 349,280 366,001 369,565 369,001 +19,721 +3,000 -564
Park support........................ 220,675 234,324 223,590 231,154 +10,479 -3,170 +7,564
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Subtotal, Park Management......... 992,869 1,079,912 1,042,480 1,063,392 +70,523 -16,520 +20,912
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External administrative costs........... 89,612 93,392 92,659 93,392 +3,780 .............. +733
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Total, Operation of the National
Park System...................... 1,082,481 1,173,304 1,135,139 1,156,784 +74,303 -16,520 +21,645
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National Recreation and Preservation
Recreation programs..................... 494 494 494 494 .............. .............. ..............
Natural programs........................ 8,671 11,434 8,871 8,871 +200 -2,563 ..............
Cultural programs....................... 18,519 18,469 18,519 20,019 +1,500 +1,550 +1,500
International park affairs.............. 1,677 1,906 1,677 1,677 .............. -229 ..............
Environmental and compliance review..... 338 338 338 338 .............. .............. ..............
Grant administration.................... 1,676 1,676 1,676 1,676 .............. .............. ..............
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Statutory or Contractual Aid for Other
Activities:
Alaska Native Cultural Center....... .............. .............. .............. 750 +750 +750 +750
Blackstone River Corridor........... 324 324 324 324 .............. .............. ..............
Brown Foundation.................... 102 102 102 102 .............. .............. ..............
Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission. 48 48 48 48 .............. .............. ..............
Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal 329 329 329 329 .............. .............. ..............
Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Orthodox Church.................... 200 .............. .............. .............. -200 .............. ..............
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve. 766 806 806 806 +40 .............. ..............
Illinois and Michigan Canal National
Heritage Corridor Commission....... 238 238 238 238 .............. .............. ..............
Johnstown Area Heritage Association. 50 50 50 50 .............. .............. ..............
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center...... 534 534 534 534 .............. .............. ..............
National Constitution Center, PA.... 236 236 236 236 .............. .............. ..............
Native Hawaiian culture and arts
program............................ 1,000 1,000 .............. 750 -250 -250 +750
New Orleans Jazz Commission......... 67 67 67 67 .............. .............. ..............
Quinebaug-Shetucket National
Heritage Preservation Commission... 200 200 200 200 .............. .............. ..............
Roosevelt Campobello International
Park Commission.................... 627 650 650 650 +23 .............. ..............
Southwestern Penn. Heritage
Preservation Commission............ 758 758 758 758 .............. .............. ..............
Steel Industry Heritage............. 379 379 379 379 .............. .............. ..............
Wheeling National Heritage Area..... 180 180 180 180 .............. .............. ..............
William O. Douglas Outdoor Education
Center, CA......................... 236 .............. .............. .............. -236 .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Statutory or Contractual
Aid.............................. 6,274 5,901 4,901 6,401 +127 +500 +1,500
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Total, National Recreation and
Preservation..................... 37,649 40,218 36,476 39,476 +1,827 -742 +3,000
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Historic Preservation Fund
Grants-in-aid........................... 32,712 33,290 32,712 32,712 .............. -578 ..............
National trust for historic preservation 3,500 5,000 3,500 3,900 +400 -1,100 +400
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Total, Historic Preservation Fund. 36,212 38,290 36,212 36,612 +400 -1,678 +400
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Construction
Buildings and Utilities:
Emergency and unscheduled (lump sum)
projects........................... 13,973 14,600 14,973 13,973 .............. -627 -1,000
Equipment replacement............... 14,365 19,940 14,365 14,365 .............. -5,575 ..............
Planning, construction.............. 17,000 18,760 17,000 18,760 +1,760 .............. +1,760
C&O Canal (Public Law 104-99)... 2,000 .............. .............. .............. -2,000 .............. ..............
Planning, general management plans.. 7,725 7,725 7,900 7,725 .............. .............. -175
Line item construction projects..... 90,162 82,200 65,507 110,595 +20,433 +28,395 +45,088
Emergency appropriations (Public Law
104-134)........................... 47,000 .............. .............. .............. -47,000 .............. ..............
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Total, Construction............... 192,225 143,225 119,745 165,418 -26,807 +22,193 +45,673
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Land and Water Conservation Fund
(Rescission of contract authority)...... -30,000 -30,000 -30,000 -30,000 .............. .............. ..............
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Land Acquisition and State Assistance
Assistance to States: Administrative
expenses............................... 1,500 1,500 1,000 1,500 .............. .............. +500
National Park Service:
Acquisitions........................ 40,400 27,600 16,800 34,215 -6,185 +6,615 +17,415
Emergencies and hardships........... .............. .............. 3,000 3,000 +3,000 +3,000 ..............
Acquisition management.............. 7,200 7,200 7,200 6,700 -500 -500 -500
Inholdings.......................... .............. .............. 2,000 3,000 +3,000 +3,000 +1,000
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Land Acquisition and State
Assistance....................... 49,100 36,300 30,000 48,415 -685 +12,115 +18,415
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Everglades Restoration Fund
Land acquisition........................ .............. 98,000 .............. .............. .............. -98,000 ..............
Land acquisition administration......... .............. 2,000 .............. .............. .............. -2,000 ..............
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Total, Everglades Restoration Fund .............. 100,000 .............. .............. .............. -100,000 ..............
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Fixed Asset Acquisitions (sec. 621)
Elwha and Glines Dams................... .............. 111,000 .............. .............. .............. -111,000 ..............
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Total, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE...... 1,367,667 1,612,337 1,327,572 1,416,705 +49,038 -195,632 +89,133
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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Surveys, Investigations, and Research
National Mapping, Geography and Surveys:
National map and digital data
production......................... 61,416 63,666 61,416 63,666 +2,250 .............. +2,250
Information and data systems........ 17,894 20,853 15,734 15,853 -2,041 -5,000 +119
Research and technology............. 22,261 23,261 22,261 23,261 +1,000 .............. +1,000
Advanced cartographic systems....... 24,364 23,977 24,364 24,364 .............. +387 ..............
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Subtotal, National Mapping,
Geography and Surveys............ 125,935 131,757 123,775 127,144 +1,209 -4,613 +3,369
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Geologic and Mineral Resource Surveys
and Mapping:
Earthquake hazards reduction........ 46,122 46,122 48,122 48,122 +2,000 +2,000 ..............
Volcano and geothermal
investigations..................... 20,031 18,842 18,842 19,342 -689 +500 +500
Landslide hazards................... 2,305 2,305 2,305 2,305 .............. .............. ..............
National cooperative geologic
mapping............................ 21,882 21,882 21,882 21,882 .............. .............. ..............
Deep continental studies............ 2,848 2,848 2,848 2,848 .............. .............. ..............
Magnetic field monitoring and
charting........................... 1,784 1,784 1,784 1,784 .............. .............. ..............
Marine and coastal geologic surveys. 39,172 39,172 39,172 39,172 .............. .............. ..............
Global change and climate history... 9,687 9,687 9,687 9,687 .............. .............. ..............
Mineral resource surveys............ 59,136 59,136 59,136 59,136 .............. .............. ..............
Energy resource surveys............. 25,252 25,252 25,252 25,252 .............. .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Geologic and Mineral
Surveys and Mapping.............. 228,219 227,030 229,030 229,530 +1,311 +2,500 +500
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Water Resources Investigations:
Federal program..................... 124,474 125,102 123,394 123,894 -580 -1,208 +500
Federal-State program............... 62,130 66,683 64,559 65,809 +3,679 -874 +1,250
Water resources research institutes. 4,553 .............. 4,553 4,553 .............. +4,553 ..............
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Subtotal, Water Resources
Investigations................... 191,157 191,785 192,506 194,256 +3,099 +2,471 +1,750
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Biological research..................... 137,000 145,000 137,000 137,750 +750 -7,250 +750
General administration.................. 25,033 27,981 25,033 25,533 +500 -2,448 +500
Facilities.............................. 22,819 22,827 22,819 22,827 +8 .............. +8
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-
134)................................... 2,000 .............. .............. .............. -2,000 .............. ..............
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Total, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY........................... 732,163 746,380 730,163 737,040 +4,877 -9,340 +6,877
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MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management
OCS Lands:
Leasing and environmental program... 26,967 26,967 26,967 27,567 +600 +600 +600
Resource evaluation................. 16,710 16,382 16,382 16,982 +272 +600 +600
Regulatory program.................. 33,485 32,849 32,849 34,249 +764 +1,400 +1,400
Information management program...... 3,258 922 922 922 -2,336 .............. ..............
Offshore management support......... -300 3,000 2,700 2,700 +3,000 -300 ..............
General reduction................... .............. .............. -4,000 .............. .............. .............. +4,000
TMIS adjustment..................... .............. .............. .............. -25,600 -25,600 -25,600 -25,600
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Subtotal, OCS Lands............... 80,120 80,120 75,820 56,820 -23,300 -23,300 -19,000
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Royalty Management:
Valuation and operations............ 35,644 33,022 33,022 33,022 -2,622 .............. ..............
Compliance.......................... 34,746 34,326 38,326 34,326 -420 .............. -4,000
Indian allottee refunds............. 15 15 15 15 .............. .............. ..............
Program services office............. -300 2,742 2,700 2,700 +3,000 -42 ..............
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Subtotal, Royalty Management...... 70,105 70,105 74,063 70,063 -42 -42 -4,000
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General Administration:
Executive direction................. 3,416 3,416 3,416 3,416 .............. .............. ..............
Policy and management improvement... 3,812 3,812 3,812 3,812 .............. .............. ..............
Administrative operations........... 11,065 11,065 11,065 11,065 .............. .............. ..............
General support services............ 14,476 14,476 14,476 14,476 .............. .............. ..............
General reduction (HQ
administration).................... -439 .............. -97 -97 +342 -97 ..............
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Subtotal, General Administration.. 32,330 32,769 32,672 32,672 +342 -97 ..............
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Total, Royalty and Offshore
Minerals Management.............. 182,555 182,994 182,555 159,555 -23,000 -23,439 -23,000
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Oil Spill Research
Oil spill research...................... 6,440 6,440 6,440 6,440 .............. .............. ..............
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Total, MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE 188,995 189,434 188,995 165,995 -23,000 -23,439 -23,000
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BUREAU OF MINES
Mines and Minerals
Termination and environmental cleanup... 64,000 .............. .............. 2,000 -62,000 +2,000 +2,000
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OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND
ENFORCEMENT
Regulation and Technology
State regulatory program grants......... 50,762 50,676 50,676 50,676 -86 .............. ..............
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Federal Regulatory Programs:
Regulatory program operations....... 16,087 13,660 13,660 13,660 -2,427 .............. ..............
Technical services, training and
research........................... 11,597 13,881 13,881 13,881 +2,284 .............. ..............
Assessments and collections......... 5,735 4,786 4,786 4,786 -949 .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Federal Regulatory
Programs......................... 33,419 32,327 32,327 32,327 -1,092 .............. ..............
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General Administration:
Executive direction................. 1,729 1,711 1,711 1,711 -18 .............. ..............
Administrative support.............. 3,962 3,960 3,960 3,860 -102 -100 -100
General services.................... 5,598 5,598 5,598 5,598 .............. .............. ..............
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Subtotal, General Administration.. 11,289 11,269 11,269 11,169 -120 -100 -100
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Subtotal, Regulation and
Technology....................... 95,470 94,272 94,272 94,172 -1,298 -100 -100
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Civil penalties......................... 500 500 500 500 .............. .............. ..............
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Total, Regulation and Technology.. 95,970 94,772 94,772 94,672 -1,298 -100 -100
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Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
State reclamation program grants........ 140,000 144,300 142,000 144,000 +4,000 -300 +2,000
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Federal Reclamation Programs:
Fee compliance...................... 6,000 5,562 6,000 5,562 -438 .............. -438
Reclamation program operations...... 23,000 23,145 23,000 23,145 +145 .............. +145
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Subtotal, Federal Reclamation
Programs......................... 29,000 28,707 29,000 28,707 -293 .............. -293
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Small operator assistance............... .............. 1,500 .............. 1,500 +1,500 .............. +1,500
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General Administration:
Executive direction................. 699 689 699 689 -10 .............. -10
Administrative support.............. 1,703 1,704 1,703 1,704 +1 .............. +1
General services.................... 2,485 2,485 2,485 2,485 .............. .............. ..............
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Subtotal, General Administration.. 4,887 4,878 4,887 4,878 -9 .............. -9
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Total, Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Fund............................. 173,887 179,385 175,887 179,085 +5,198 -300 +3,198
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Total, OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT...... 269,857 274,157 270,659 273,757 +3,900 -400 +3,098
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BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Operation of Indian Programs
Tribal Budget System
Tribal Priority Allocations:
Tribal government................... 239,800 304,979 239,800 249,160 +9,360 -55,819 +9,360
Human services...................... 126,660 152,679 126,660 125,840 -820 -26,839 -820
Education........................... 50,505 59,464 50,505 48,694 -1,811 -10,770 -1,811
Public safety and justice........... 81,511 100,100 81,511 81,325 -186 -18,775 -186
Community development............... 54,593 66,427 54,593 54,298 -295 -12,129 -295
Resources management................ 53,489 63,828 53,489 52,246 -1,243 -11,582 -1,243
Trust services...................... 25,960 31,256 25,960 25,245 -715 -6,011 -715
General administration.............. 21,634 27,962 21,634 21,112 -522 -6,850 -522
Small and needy tribes distribution. .............. 5,000 .............. 4,000 +4,000 -1,000 +4,000
General increase.................... .............. .............. 10,000 14,700 +14,700 +14,700 +4,700
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Subtotal, Tribal Priority
Allocations...................... 654,152 811,695 664,152 676,620 +22,468 -135,075 +12,468
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Other Recurring Programs:
Tribal government................... 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 .............. .............. ..............
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Education:
School operations:
Forward-funded.............. 330,711 367,243 339,709 344,711 +14,000 -22,532 +5,002
Other school operations..... 78,175 85,094 78,738 82,607 +4,432 -2,487 +3,869
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Subtotal, School
operations............... 408,886 452,337 418,447 427,318 +18,432 -25,019 +8,871
Continuing education............ 27,411 27,411 27,411 27,411 .............. .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Education........... 436,297 479,748 445,858 454,729 +18,432 -25,019 +8,871
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Community development............... 16,235 16,372 16,235 16,235 .............. -137 ..............
Resources management................ 35,965 35,891 35,965 35,302 -663 -589 -663
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Subtotal, Other Recurring Programs 493,497 537,011 503,058 511,266 +17,769 -25,745 +8,208
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Non-Recurring Programs:
Tribal government................... 3,765 2,931 3,765 2,931 -834 .............. -834
Public safety and justice........... 584 584 584 584 .............. .............. ..............
Community development............... 1,750 .............. .............. .............. -1,750 .............. ..............
Resources management................ 31,395 31,065 31,395 30,968 -427 -97 -427
Trust services...................... 28,727 31,418 26,755 28,959 +232 -2,459 +2,204
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Subtotal, Non-Recurring Programs.. 66,221 65,998 62,499 63,442 -2,779 -2,556 +943
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Total, Tribal Budget System....... 1,213,870 1,414,704 1,229,709 1,251,328 +37,458 -163,376 +21,619
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BIA Operations
Central Office Operations:
Tribal government................... 2,653 2,666 2,653 2,653 .............. -13 ..............
Human services...................... 720 722 720 720 .............. -2 ..............
Public safety and justice........... 3,154 3,163 3,154 3,154 .............. -9 ..............
Community development............... 1,005 1,010 1,005 1,005 .............. -5 ..............
Resources management................ 3,142 3,160 3,142 3,142 .............. -18 ..............
Trust services...................... 3,392 5,912 3,392 1,573 -1,819 -4,339 -1,819
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General administration:
Education program management.... 2,112 2,128 2,112 2,112 .............. -16 ..............
Other general administration.... 34,343 35,750 33,692 33,992 -351 -1,758 +300
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Subtotal, General
administration............... 36,455 37,878 35,804 36,104 -351 -1,774 +300
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General reduction................... .............. .............. -5,052 .............. .............. .............. +5,052
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Subtotal, Central Office
Operations....................... 50,521 54,511 44,818 48,351 -2,170 -6,160 +3,533
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Area Office Operations:
Tribal government................... 1,181 1,101 1,181 1,158 -23 +57 -23
Human services...................... 888 682 888 874 -14 +192 -14
Public safety and justice........... 588 499 588 581 -7 +82 -7
Community development............... 3,106 3,014 3,106 3,025 -81 +11 -81
Resources management................ 3,165 2,680 3,165 3,099 -66 +419 -66
Trust services...................... 7,343 6,913 7,343 7,207 -136 +294 -136
General administration.............. 20,443 21,672 24,093 23,588 +3,145 +1,916 -505
General reduction................... .............. .............. -3,671 .............. .............. .............. +3,671
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Subtotal, Area Office Operations.. 36,714 36,561 36,693 39,532 +2,818 +2,971 +2,839
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Special Programs and Pooled Overhead:
Human services...................... 866 .............. .............. .............. -866 .............. ..............
Education........................... 13,069 13,720 13,069 13,720 +651 .............. +651
Public safety and justice........... 2,644 2,656 2,644 2,644 .............. -12 ..............
Community development............... 3,403 3,399 2,441 3,391 -12 -8 +950
Resources management................ 1,470 1,320 1,320 1,320 -150 .............. ..............
Trust services...................... .............. .............. .............. 2,319 +2,319 +2,319 +2,319
General administration.............. 61,877 52,552 50,929 51,001 -10,876 -1,551 +72
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Subtotal, Special Programs and
Pooled Overhead.................. 83,329 73,647 70,403 74,395 -8,934 +748 +3,992
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Total, BIA Operations............. 170,564 164,719 151,914 162,278 -8,286 -2,441 +10,364
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Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-
134)................................... 500 .............. .............. .............. -500 .............. ..............
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Total, Operation of Indian
Programs......................... 1,384,934 1,579,423 1,381,623 1,413,606 +28,672 -165,817 +31,983
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BIA SPLITS
Natural resources....................... (128,626) (137,944) (128,476) (126,077) (-2,549) (-11,867) (-2,399)
Forward-funding......................... (330,711) (367,243) (339,709) (344,711) (+14,000) (-22,532) (+5,002)
Education............................... (171,272) (187,817) (171,835) (174,544) (+3,272) (-13,273) (+2,709)
Community development................... (754,325) (886,419) (741,603) (768,274) (+13,949) (-118,145) (+26,671)
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Total, BIA splits................. (1,384,934) (1,579,423) (1,381,623) (1,413,606) (+28,672) (-165,817) (+31,983)
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Construction
Education............................... 42,539 44,016 28,039 30,016 -12,523 -14,000 +1,977
Public safety and justice............... 6,000 14,500 4,400 4,400 -1,600 -10,100 ..............
Resources management.................... 47,245 53,968 46,246 51,246 +4,001 -2,722 +5,000
General administration.................. 3,549 10,340 2,146 8,271 +4,722 -2,069 +6,125
Construction management................. 1,500 .............. 5,000 .............. -1,500 .............. -5,000
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-
134)................................... 16,500 .............. .............. .............. -16,500 .............. ..............
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Total, Construction............... 117,333 122,824 85,831 93,933 -23,400 -28,891 +8,102
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Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements
and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians
White Earth Land Settlement Act (Admin). 596 606 606 606 +10 .............. ..............
Program administration.................. 216 .............. .............. .............. -216 .............. ..............
Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund............. 233 235 235 235 +2 .............. ..............
Fallon water rights settlement.......... 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 .............. .............. ..............
Pyramid Lake water rights settlement.... 10,000 12,000 8,000 12,000 +2,000 .............. +4,000
Ute Indian water rights settlement...... 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 .............. .............. ..............
Jicarilla settlement act................ 2,000 .............. .............. .............. -2,000 .............. ..............
Trust fund deficiencies................. 1,000 .............. .............. .............. -1,000 .............. ..............
Northern Cheyenne....................... 25,600 15,400 15,400 15,400 -10,200 .............. ..............
Catawba................................. 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 .............. .............. ..............
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Total, Miscellaneous Payments to
Indians.......................... 80,645 69,241 65,241 69,241 -11,404 .............. +4,000
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Technical Assistance of Indian
Enterprises
Technical assistance of Indian
enterprises............................ 500 .............. .............. .............. -500 .............. ..............
Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account
Indian guaranteed loan program account.. 5,000 5,002 5,000 5,000 .............. -2 ..............
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Total, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS... 1,588,412 1,776,490 1,537,695 1,581,780 -6,632 -194,710 +44,085
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DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
Insular Affairs
Assistance to Territories
Territorial Assistance:
Office of Territorial Affairs....... 3,527 3,849 3,849 3,849 +322 .............. ..............
Technical assistance................ 5,650 6,200 6,100 6,200 +550 .............. +100
Maintenance assistance fund......... 2,400 2,320 2,320 2,320 -80 .............. ..............
Disaster fund....................... 750 .............. .............. .............. -750 .............. ..............
Brown tree snake.................... 595 595 595 795 +200 +200 +200
Insular management controls......... 1,500 1,458 1,458 1,458 -42 .............. ..............
Emergency appropriations (Public Law
104-134)........................... 13,000 .............. .............. .............. -13,000 .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Territorial Assistance.. 27,422 14,422 14,322 14,622 -12,800 +200 +300
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American Samoa: Operations grants....... 23,046 23,046 23,046 23,046 .............. .............. ..............
Northern Marianas: Covenant grants...... 27,720 27,720 27,720 27,720 .............. .............. ..............
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Total, Assistance to Territories.. 78,188 65,188 65,088 65,388 -12,800 +200 +300
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Compact of Free Association
Compact of Free Association............. 6,964 6,964 6,964 6,964 .............. .............. ..............
Mandatory payments.................. 14,900 13,500 13,500 13,500 -1,400 .............. ..............
Enewetak support........................ 1,091 1,091 1,191 1,091 .............. .............. -100
Rongelap Atoll cleanup and resettlement. 1,983 1,983 1,983 1,883 -100 -100 -100
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Total, Compact of Free Association 24,938 23,538 23,638 23,438 -1,500 -100 -200
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Total, Insular Affairs............ 103,126 88,726 88,726 88,826 -14,300 +100 +100
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Departmental Management
Departmental direction.................. 9,572 10,806 7,797 10,806 +1,234 .............. +3,009
Management and coordination............. 21,420 21,011 20,920 21,011 -409 .............. +91
Hearings and appeals.................... 7,039 7,339 7,039 7,339 +300 .............. +300
Central services........................ 18,881 20,040 17,935 19,835 +954 -205 +1,900
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Total, Departmental Management.... 56,912 59,196 53,691 58,991 +2,079 -205 +5,300
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Office of the Solicitor
Legal services.......................... 29,167 29,690 29,690 29,925 +758 +235 +235
General administration.................. 5,441 5,518 5,518 5,518 +77 .............. ..............
General reduction....................... -181 .............. .............. .............. +181 .............. ..............
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Total, Office of the Solicitor.... 34,427 35,208 35,208 35,443 +1,016 +235 +235
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Office of Inspector General
Audit................................... 14,294 14,320 14,320 14,320 +26 .............. ..............
Investigations.......................... 4,041 4,641 4,641 4,641 +600 .............. ..............
Administration.......................... 5,604 5,478 5,478 5,478 -126 .............. ..............
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Total, Office of Inspector General 23,939 24,439 24,439 24,439 +500 .............. ..............
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Construction Management
Salaries and expenses................... 500 .............. .............. .............. -500 .............. ..............
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Office of Special Trustee for American
Indians
Program operations, support, and
improvements........................... 15,891 34,788 18,350 34,660 +18,769 -128 +16,310
Executive direction..................... 447 1,550 776 1,678 +1,231 +128 +902
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Total, Office of Special Trustee
for American Indians............. 16,338 36,338 19,126 36,338 +20,000 .............. +17,212
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National Indian Gaming Commission
National Indian Gaming Commission....... 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 .............. .............. ..............
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Total, DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES....... 236,242 244,907 222,190 245,037 +8,795 +130 +22,847
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Total, TITLE I, DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR......................... 6,199,122 6,598,587 5,982,022 6,206,224 +7,102 -392,363 +224,202
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TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
Forest and Rangeland Research
Forest and rangeland research........... 178,000 179,786 179,000 180,200 +2,200 +414 +1,200
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State and Private Forestry
Forest Health Management:
Federal lands forest health
management......................... 25,165 25,000 33,165 33,165 +8,000 +8,165 ..............
Cooperative lands forest health
management......................... 7,806 15,000 16,335 15,000 +7,194 .............. -1,335
Cooperative lands fire management... 17,001 17,000 19,001 18,001 +1,000 +1,001 -1,000
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Subtotal, Forest Health Management 49,972 57,000 68,501 66,166 +16,194 +9,166 -2,335
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Cooperative Forestry:
Forest stewardship.................. 23,378 30,000 23,378 23,378 .............. -6,622 ..............
Stewardship incentives program...... 4,500 20,000 4,500 4,500 .............. -15,500 ..............
Forest legacy program............... 3,000 3,000 .............. 3,000 .............. .............. +3,000
Urban and community forestry........ 25,505 26,000 25,505 25,505 .............. -495 ..............
Economic action programs............ 14,517 15,000 13,000 18,250 +3,733 +3,250 +5,250
Pacific Northwest assistance
programs........................... 16,012 13,000 14,000 16,012 .............. +3,012 +2,012
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Subtotal, Cooperative Forestry.... 86,912 107,000 80,383 90,645 +3,733 -16,355 +10,262
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Total, State and Private Forestry. 136,884 164,000 148,884 156,811 +19,927 -7,189 +7,927
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Emergency Pest Suppression Fund
Pest suppression (emergency
appropriations)........................ (16,661) .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. ..............
International Forestry
International forestry.................. (4,000) (4,000) (2,000) (4,000) .............. .............. ..............
National Forest System
Land management planning................ 130,088 145,000 77,088 130,088 .............. -14,912 +53,000
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Recreation Use:
Recreation management............... 164,314 164,000 170,314 167,314 +3,000 +3,314 -3,000
Wilderness management............... 33,267 33,000 34,267 33,267 .............. +267 -1,000
Heritage resources.................. 13,570 14,000 14,570 13,570 .............. -430 -1,000
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Subtotal, Recreation Use.......... 211,151 211,000 219,151 214,151 +3,000 +3,151 -5,000
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Wildlife and Fish Management:
Wildlife habitat management......... 28,263 30,100 32,263 28,263 .............. -1,837 -4,000
Inland fish habitat management...... 14,506 14,500 18,506 14,506 .............. +6 -4,000
Anadromous fish habitat management.. 21,029 24,650 22,529 21,029 .............. -3,621 -1,500
TE&S species habitat management..... 21,763 21,750 23,263 21,763 .............. +13 -1,500
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Subtotal, Wildlife and Fish
Management....................... 85,561 91,000 96,561 85,561 .............. -5,439 -11,000
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Rangeland Management:
Grazing management.................. 16,006 20,000 26,006 24,006 +8,000 +4,006 -2,000
Rangeland vegetation management..... 11,006 11,000 18,006 17,006 +6,000 +6,006 -1,000
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Subtotal, Rangeland Management.... 27,012 31,000 44,012 41,012 +14,000 +10,012 -3,000
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Forestland Management:
Timber sales management............. 188,641 190,000 198,641 196,000 +7,359 +6,000 -2,641
Forestland vegetation management.... 51,768 52,000 61,768 53,768 +2,000 +1,768 -8,000
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Subtotal, Forestland Management... 240,409 242,000 260,409 249,768 +9,359 +7,768 -10,641
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Soil, Water and Air Management:
Soil, water and air operations...... 22,011 22,000 25,511 22,011 .............. +11 -3,500
Watershed improvements.............. 20,003 26,000 23,503 20,003 .............. -5,997 -3,500
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Subtotal, Soil, Water and Air
Management....................... 42,014 48,000 49,014 42,014 .............. -5,986 -7,000
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Minerals and geology management......... 35,017 35,000 35,017 35,017 .............. +17 ..............
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Land Ownership Management:
Real estate management.............. 43,047 43,000 43,047 43,047 .............. +47 ..............
Landline location................... 14,006 14,000 14,006 14,006 .............. +6 ..............
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Subtotal, Land Ownership
Management....................... 57,053 57,000 57,053 57,053 .............. +53 ..............
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Infrastructure Management:
Road maintenance.................... 81,019 84,000 83,019 82,519 +1,500 -1,481 -500
Facility maintenance................ 23,008 23,000 23,008 24,508 +1,500 +1,508 +1,500
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Subtotal, Infrastructure
Management....................... 104,027 107,000 106,027 107,027 +3,000 +27 +1,000
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Law enforcement operations.............. 59,637 60,000 59,637 59,637 .............. -363 ..............
General administration.................. 265,088 264,553 254,088 264,553 -535 .............. +10,465
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-
134)................................... 26,600 .............. .............. .............. -26,600 .............. ..............
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Total, National Forest System..... 1,283,657 1,291,553 1,258,057 1,285,881 +2,224 -5,672 +27,824
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Wildland Fire Management
Preparedness and fire use............... 295,315 297,300 321,315 321,315 +26,000 +24,015 ..............
Suppression operations.................. 90,170 88,185 90,170 90,170 .............. +1,985 ..............
Prior year repayment.................... .............. .............. .............. 250,000 +250,000 +250,000 +250,000
Emergency contingent appropriations..... .............. 109,531 .............. 109,531 +109,531 .............. +109,531
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Total, Wildland Fire Management... 385,485 495,016 411,485 771,016 +385,531 +276,000 +359,531
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Reconstruction and Construction
Facilities.............................. 48,529 52,662 47,029 57,667 +9,138 +5,005 +10,638
Roads and trails:
Direct road construction............ 95,062 91,000 97,062 92,500 -2,562 +1,500 -4,562
Trail construction.................. 20,009 26,000 20,009 22,000 +1,991 -4,000 +1,991
Timber receipts transfer to General Fund (-44,548) .............. .............. (+44,548) (+44,548) .............. ..............
Timber purchaser credits................ (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) .............. .............. ..............
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-
134)................................... 60,800 .............. .............. .............. -60,800 .............. ..............
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Total, Reconstruction and
Construction..................... 224,400 169,662 164,100 172,167 -52,233 +2,505 +8,067
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Land Acquisition
Forest Service:
Acquisitions........................ 28,275 33,700 18,875 28,435 +160 -5,265 +9,560
Acquisition management.............. 7,400 7,500 7,400 7,500 +100 .............. +100
Cash equalization................... 1,725 .............. 1,725 1,725 .............. +1,725 ..............
Emergency acquisition............... 1,500 .............. 1,500 1,500 .............. +1,500 ..............
Wilderness protection............... 500 .............. 500 500 .............. +500 ..............
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Total, Land Acquisition........... 39,400 41,200 30,000 39,660 +260 -1,540 +9,660
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Acquisition of Lands for National
Forests, Special Acts
Base program............................ 1,069 1,069 1,069 1,069 .............. .............. ..............
Acquisition of Lands to Complete Land
Exchanges
Base program............................ 210 210 210 210 .............. .............. ..............
Range Betterment Fund
Base program............................ 3,976 3,995 3,995 3,995 +19 .............. ..............
Gifts, Donations and Bequests for Forest
and Rangeland Research
Miscellaneous trust fund................ 92 92 92 92 .............. .............. ..............
Southeast Alaska Economic Disaster Fund
Base program............................ 110,000 .............. .............. .............. -110,000 .............. ..............
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Total, FOREST SERVICE............. 2,363,173 2,346,583 2,196,892 2,611,101 +247,928 +264,518 +414,209
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Clean Coal Technology
Appropriated in prior years (#4)........ (100,000) (32,000) (32,000) (32,000) (-68,000) .............. ..............
Appropriated in prior years (#5)........ (100,000) (255,879) (255,879) (255,879) (+155,879) .............. ..............
Rescission.............................. .............. -325,000 .............. -150,000 -150,000 +175,000 -150,000
Deferral................................ .............. -312,879 .............. .............. .............. +312,879 ..............
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Total, Clean Coal Technology...... .............. -637,879 .............. -150,000 -150,000 +487,879 -150,000
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Fossil Energy Research and Development
Coal:
Advanced Clean Fuels Research:
Coal preparation................ 4,666 5,099 5,099 5,099 +433 .............. ..............
Direct liquefaction............. 5,580 5,857 5,057 5,557 -23 -300 +500
Indirect liquefaction........... 5,836 4,252 4,252 4,252 -1,584 .............. ..............
Advanced research and
environmental technology....... 3,546 746 746 2,446 -1,100 +1,700 +1,700
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Subtotal, Advanced Clean Fuels
Research..................... 19,628 15,954 15,154 17,354 -2,274 +1,400 +2,200
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Advanced Clean/Efficient Power
Systems:
Advanced pulverized coal-fired
powerplant..................... 10,600 5,500 10,500 6,500 -4,100 +1,000 -4,000
Indirect fired cycle............ 11,900 11,005 11,005 10,005 -1,895 -1,000 -1,000
High-efficiency integrated
gasified combined cycle........ 22,000 22,500 22,500 22,500 +500 .............. ..............
High-efficiency pressurized
fluidized bed.................. 19,500 18,000 18,000 17,850 -1,650 -150 -150
Advanced research and
environmental technology....... 14,284 9,802 9,402 9,402 -4,882 -400 ..............
Kalina Cycle.................... 2,000 .............. .............. .............. -2,000 .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Advanced Clean/
Efficient Power Sys- tems... 80,284 66,807 71,407 66,257 -14,027 -550 -5,150
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Advanced research and technology
development............................ 21,353 19,868 18,318 17,968 -3,385 -1,900 -350
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Subtotal, Coal.................... 121,265 102,629 104,879 101,579 -19,686 -1,050 -3,300
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Oil Technology:
Exploration and production
supporting research................ 33,483 34,023 26,023 31,673 -1,810 -2,350 +5,650
Recovery field demonstrations....... 11,075 6,096 5,596 5,896 -5,179 -200 +300
Exploration and production
environmental research............. 5,456 6,456 5,456 5,856 +400 -600 +400
Processing research and downstream
operations......................... 5,700 5,962 5,362 5,662 -38 -300 +300
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Subtotal, Oil Technology.......... 55,714 52,537 42,437 49,087 -6,627 -3,450 +6,650
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Gas:
Natural Gas Research:
Exploration and production...... 14,162 15,000 14,000 14,000 -162 -1,000 ..............
Delivery and storage............ 1,071 1,000 1,000 1,000 -71 .............. ..............
Advanced turbine systems........ 36,770 31,600 46,600 45,600 +8,830 +14,000 -1,000
Utilization..................... 4,774 4,841 6,741 5,841 +1,067 +1,000 -900
Environmental research and
regulatory analysis............ 2,945 4,650 2,650 3,150 +205 -1,500 +500
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Subtotal, Natural Gas Research 59,722 57,091 70,991 69,591 +9,869 +12,500 -1,400
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Fuel Cells:
Advanced research............... 1,317 1,218 1,218 1,218 -99 .............. ..............
Molten carbonate systems........ 38,067 32,899 36,399 36,399 -1,668 +3,500 ..............
Advanced concepts............... 13,080 12,500 13,500 12,500 -580 .............. -1,000
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Subtotal, Fuel Cells.......... 52,464 46,617 51,117 50,117 -2,347 +3,500 -1,000
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Subtotal, Gas................. 112,186 103,708 122,108 119,708 +7,522 +16,000 -2,400
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Cooperative R&D......................... 6,295 4,000 4,000 6,200 -95 +2,200 +2,200
Fossil energy environmental restoration. 14,919 15,027 13,027 13,027 -1,892 -2,000 ..............
Fuels conversion, natural gas, and
electricity............................ 2,687 2,188 2,188 2,188 -499 .............. ..............
Headquarters program direction.......... 11,170 14,901 13,901 13,901 +2,731 -1,000 ..............
Energy Technology Center program
direction.............................. 55,276 45,214 45,214 54,314 -962 +9,100 +9,100
Equipment not related to construction... 1,701 1,000 .............. 500 -1,201 -500 +500
General plant projects.................. 2,304 2,304 2,000 2,000 -304 -304 ..............
Use of prior year funds................. -6,499 .............. .............. .............. +6,499 .............. ..............
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Mining:
Health and safety research.......... 35,000 .............. .............. .............. -35,000 .............. ..............
Materials partnerships.............. 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 .............. .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Mining.................. 40,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 -35,000 .............. ..............
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Total, Fossil Energy Research and
Development...................... 417,018 348,508 354,754 367,504 -49,514 +18,996 +12,750
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Alternative Fuels Production
Transfer to Treasury.................... -2,400 -4,000 -4,000 -4,000 -1,600 .............. ..............
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Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves
Oil Reserves:
Naval petroleum reserves Nos. 1 and
2.................................. 126,586 132,000 127,000 117,500 -9,086 -14,500 -9,500
Naval petroleum reserve No. 3....... 15,600 8,400 8,400 7,400 -8,200 -1,000 -1,000
Program direction (headquarters).... 6,600 7,700 6,986 7,000 +400 -700 +14
General reduction................... .............. .............. -11,764 .............. .............. .............. +11,764
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Subtotal, Oil Reserves............ 148,786 148,100 130,622 131,900 -16,886 -16,200 +1,278
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Shale oil development program: Shale
reserves development................... .............. 1,400 1,400 1,100 +1,100 -300 -300
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Total, Naval Petroleum and Oil
Shale Reserves................... 148,786 149,500 132,022 133,000 -15,786 -16,500 +978
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Energy Conservation
Building Technology:
State and community sector:
Building systems design......... 21,837 36,751 17,551 22,361 +524 -14,390 +4,810
Building equipment and materials 26,230 41,183 23,785 25,903 -327 -15,280 +2,118
Codes and standards............. 14,231 23,850 14,115 14,650 +419 -9,200 +535
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Subtotal, State and community
sector....................... 62,298 101,784 55,451 62,914 +616 -38,870 +7,463
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State and local partnerships:
Weatherization assistance
program........................ 111,764 155,500 111,764 131,500 +19,736 -24,000 +19,736
State energy program............ 25,936 38,400 25,000 27,400 +1,464 -11,000 +2,400
Municipal energy management..... 1,804 1,600 1,600 1,000 -804 -600 -600
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Subtotal, State and local
partnerships................. 139,504 195,500 138,364 159,900 +20,396 -35,600 +21,536
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Management and planning............. 13,724 21,787 17,487 17,862 +4,138 -3,925 +375
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Subtotal, Building Technology..... 215,526 319,071 211,302 240,676 +25,150 -78,395 +29,374
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Federal Emergency Management Program:
Program activities.................. 16,747 28,700 16,000 18,200 +1,453 -10,500 +2,200
Program direction................... 1,702 3,100 1,800 1,800 +98 -1,300 ..............
Capital equipment................... 74 100 .............. .............. -74 -100 ..............
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Subtotal, Federal Emergency
Management program............... 18,523 31,900 17,800 20,000 +1,477 -11,900 +2,200
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Industry Sector:
Industries of the future (specific). 42,194 74,448 42,039 42,448 +254 -32,000 +409
Industries of the future
(crosscutting)..................... 39,243 39,350 37,350 38,350 -893 -1,000 +1,000
Municipal solid wastes.............. 195 .............. .............. .............. -195 .............. ..............
Technology access................... 26,873 37,836 23,150 25,050 -1,823 -12,786 +1,900
Management.......................... 7,150 7,800 7,000 7,000 -150 -800 ..............
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Subtotal, Industry Sector......... 115,655 159,434 109,539 112,848 -2,807 -46,586 +3,309
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Transportation:
Alternative fueled vehicles......... 29,003 25,303 24,073 23,573 -5,430 -1,730 -500
Electric drive vehicle technologies. 94,043 130,370 86,620 91,820 -2,223 -38,550 +5,200
Transportation materials
technologies....................... 34,720 38,860 29,160 33,710 -1,010 -5,150 +4,550
Combustion engine research and
development........................ 10,970 17,575 12,200 13,975 +3,005 -3,600 +1,775
Implementation and program
management......................... 7,832 9,200 7,400 7,700 -132 -1,500 +300
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Subtotal, Transportation.......... 176,568 221,308 159,453 170,778 -5,790 -50,530 +11,325
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Policy and management................... 26,917 28,350 25,350 26,150 -767 -2,200 +800
Use of prior year funds................. .............. -15,000 .............. .............. .............. +15,000 ..............
Unidentified adjustment to equal budget
appendix............................... .............. -9,700 .............. .............. .............. +9,700 ..............
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Subtotal, Energy Conservation..... 553,189 735,363 523,444 570,452 +17,263 -164,911 +47,008
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Transfer from Biomass................... -16,000 .............. .............. .............. +16,000 .............. ..............
Offsetting Reductions: Use of
nonappropriated escrow funds........... (-17,000) (-20,000) (-20,000) (-20,000) (-3,000) .............. ..............
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Total, Energy Conservation........ 537,189 735,363 523,444 570,452 +33,263 -164,911 +47,008
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Economic Regulation
Economic regulatory administration...... 3,625 .............. .............. .............. -3,625 .............. ..............
Office of Hearings and Appeals.......... 2,672 2,725 2,725 2,725 +53 .............. ..............
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Total, Economic Regulation........ 6,297 2,725 2,725 2,725 -3,572 .............. ..............
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Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Storage facilities development and
operations............................. 270,173 204,711 204,000 204,000 -66,173 -711 ..............
Management.............................. 16,827 16,589 16,000 16,000 -827 -589 ..............
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Subtotal, Stratgic Petroleum
Reserve.......................... 287,000 221,300 220,000 220,000 -67,000 -1,300 ..............
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Use of SPR petroleum receipts........... -187,000 .............. .............. .............. +187,000 .............. ..............
Proceeds from sale of SPR oil........... -100,000 .............. .............. -220,000 -120,000 -220,000 -220,000
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Total, Strategic Petroleum Reserve .............. 221,300 220,000 .............. .............. -221,300 -220,000
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Energy Information Administration
National Energy Information System...... 72,266 66,120 66,120 64,120 -8,146 -2,000 -2,000
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Total, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY....... 1,179,156 881,637 1,295,065 983,801 -195,355 +102,164 -311,264
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Indian Health Services
Clinical Services:
IHS and tribal health delivery:
Hospital and health clinic
programs....................... 852,435 930,534 878,168 886,385 +33,950 -44,149 +8,217
Dental health program........... 59,680 64,238 62,134 62,889 +3,209 -1,349 +755
Mental health program........... 37,561 39,782 38,500 38,882 +1,321 -900 +382
Alcohol and substance abuse
program........................ 91,666 93,019 91,796 91,914 +248 -1,105 +118
Contract care....................... 365,099 369,533 365,125 365,128 +29 -4,405 +3
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Subtotal, Clinical Services....... 1,406,441 1,497,106 1,435,723 1,445,198 +38,757 -51,908 +9,475
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Preventive Health:
Public health nursing............... 24,311 26,508 25,493 25,911 +1,600 -597 +418
Health education.................... 8,421 8,933 8,590 8,754 +333 -179 +164
Community health representatives
program............................ 43,958 44,984 43,958 44,477 +519 -507 +519
Immunization (Alaska)............... 1,328 1,352 1,328 1,328 .............. -24 ..............
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Subtotal, Preventive Health....... 78,018 81,777 79,369 80,470 +2,452 -1,307 +1,101
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Urban health projects................... 23,360 26,933 23,360 24,372 +1,012 -2,561 +1,012
Indian health professions............... 26,271 28,955 26,297 28,300 +2,029 -655 +2,003
Tribal management....................... 2,348 2,350 2,348 2,348 .............. -2 ..............
Direct operations....................... 49,260 51,539 50,260 50,374 +1,114 -1,165 +114
Self-governance......................... 9,104 9,326 9,104 9,114 +10 -212 +10
Contract support costs.................. 153,040 200,955 153,100 160,660 +7,620 -40,295 +7,560
Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursements:
Hospital and clinic accreditation (Est.
collecting)............................ (176,536) (185,716) (185,716) (185,716) (+9,180) .............. ..............
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Total, Indian Health Services..... 1,747,842 1,898,941 1,779,561 1,800,836 +52,994 -98,105 +21,275
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Indian Health Facilities
Maintenance and improvement............. 38,334 38,334 38,334 38,334 .............. .............. ..............
Construction facilities................. 12,297 2,900 .............. 17,400 +5,103 +14,500 +17,400
Equipment............................... 12,975 12,975 12,975 14,505 +1,530 +1,530 +1,530
Sanitation facilities................... 84,889 127,889 84,889 89,889 +5,000 -38,000 +5,000
Contract support costs.................. 482 482 482 482 .............. .............. ..............
Facilities and environmental health
support................................ 89,981 92,671 91,021 91,347 +1,366 -1,324 +326
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Total, Indian Health Facilities... 238,958 275,251 227,701 251,957 +12,999 -23,294 +24,256
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Total, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE...... 1,986,800 2,174,192 2,007,262 2,052,793 +65,993 -121,399 +45,531
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION
Indian Education
Grants to local education agencies...... 52,500 61,200 52,500 52,500 .............. -8,700 ..............
Special programs for Indian children.... .............. 12,000 .............. .............. .............. -12,000 ..............
Special programs for Indian adults...... .............. 5,000 .............. .............. .............. -5,000 ..............
Administration.......................... .............. 3,300 .............. .............. .............. -3,300 ..............
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Total, INDIAN EDUCATION........... 52,500 81,500 52,500 52,500 .............. -29,000 ..............
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OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN
RELOCATION
Salaries and expenses................... 20,345 25,000 20,345 19,345 -1,000 -5,655 -1,000
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA
NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT
Payment to the Institute................ 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 .............. .............. ..............
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Salaries and Expenses
Museum and Research Institutes:
Anacostia Museum.................... 1,593 1,669 1,618 1,618 +25 -51 ..............
Archives of American Art............ 1,501 1,591 1,531 1,531 +30 -60 ..............
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/Freer
Gallery of Art..................... 5,483 5,768 5,576 5,576 +93 -192 ..............
Center for Folklife Program and
Cultural Studies................... 1,430 1,285 1,447 1,447 +17 +162 ..............
Conservation Analytical Laboratory.. 2,862 3,016 2,913 2,913 +51 -103 ..............
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design
Museum............................. 2,413 2,535 2,453 2,453 +40 -82 ..............
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture
Garden............................. 4,121 4,348 4,195 4,195 +74 -153 ..............
National Air and Space Museum....... 11,717 12,490 11,978 11,978 +261 -512 ..............
National Museum of African Art...... 4,096 4,284 4,157 4,157 +61 -127 ..............
National Museum of American Art..... 7,830 8,246 7,966 7,966 +136 -280 ..............
National Museum of American History. 17,970 19,108 18,358 18,358 +388 -750 ..............
National Museum of the American
Indian............................. 11,515 12,581 11,667 11,667 +152 -914 ..............
National Museum of Natural History.. 35,938 39,077 36,908 37,277 +1,339 -1,800 +369
National Portrait Gallery........... 5,034 5,332 5,132 5,132 +98 -200 ..............
National Zoological Park............ 18,260 19,378 18,639 18,639 +379 -739 ..............
Astrophysical Observatory........... 15,657 17,124 16,620 16,620 +963 -504 ..............
Environmental Research Center....... 2,558 2,693 2,603 2,603 +45 -90 ..............
Tropical Research Institute......... 7,604 8,027 7,746 7,746 +142 -281 ..............
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Subtoal, Museums and Research
Institutes....................... 157,582 168,552 161,507 161,876 +4,294 -6,676 +369
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Program Support and Outreach:
Communications and educational
programs........................... 5,780 6,087 5,882 5,882 +102 -205 ..............
Institution-wide programs........... 4,733 4,733 4,733 4,733 .............. .............. ..............
Office of Exhibits Central.......... 2,042 2,186 2,091 2,091 +49 -95 ..............
Major scientific instrumentation.... 7,244 7,244 7,244 7,244 .............. .............. ..............
Museum Support Center............... 4,774 4,909 4,818 4,818 +44 -91 ..............
Smithsonian Institution Archives.... 1,232 1,308 1,258 1,258 +26 -50 ..............
Smithsonian Institution Libraries... 6,377 6,709 6,488 6,488 +111 -221 ..............
Traveling exhibition service........ 2,643 2,776 2,688 2,688 +45 -88 ..............
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Subtotal, Program Support and
Outreach......................... 34,825 35,952 35,202 35,202 +377 -750 ..............
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Administration.......................... 31,024 32,622 31,539 31,539 +515 -1,083 ..............
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Facilities Services:
Office of Protection Services....... 29,582 31,479 30,223 30,223 +641 -1,256 ..............
Office of Physical Plant............ 55,175 60,111 58,717 58,742 +3,567 -1,369 +25
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Subtotal, Facilities Services..... 84,757 91,590 88,940 88,965 +4,208 -2,625 +25
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Employee buy-outs....................... 3,000 .............. .............. .............. -3,000 .............. ..............
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Total, Salaries and Expenses...... 311,188 328,716 317,188 317,582 +6,394 -11,134 +394
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Construction and Improvements National
Zoological Park
Base program............................ 3,250 4,000 3,250 4,000 +750 .............. +750
Repair and Restoration of Buildings
Base program............................ 33,954 38,000 39,954 38,000 +4,046 .............. -1,954
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Construction
National Museum of the American Indian.. 15,000 4,000 .............. 4,000 -11,000 .............. +4,000
Air and Space Museum extension.......... 1,000 5,000 3,000 5,000 +4,000 .............. +2,000
Natural History East Court Building..... 8,700 .............. .............. .............. -8,700 .............. ..............
Minor construction, alterations and
modifications.......................... 3,000 4,000 4,000 3,000 .............. -1,000 -1,000
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Total, Construction............... 27,700 13,000 7,000 12,000 -15,700 -1,000 +5,000
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Total, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.... 376,092 383,716 367,392 371,582 -4,510 -12,134 +4,190
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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
Salaries and Expenses
Care and utilization of art collections. 20,991 21,307 21,307 21,307 +316 .............. ..............
Operation and maintenance of buildings
and grounds............................ 11,324 12,117 12,117 12,117 +793 .............. ..............
Protection of buildings, grounds and
contents............................... 10,862 11,516 11,516 11,516 +654 .............. ..............
General administration.................. 8,667 8,959 8,959 8,959 +292 .............. ..............
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Total, Salaries and Expenses...... 51,844 53,899 53,899 53,899 +2,055 .............. ..............
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Repair, Restoration and Renovation of
Buildings
Base program............................ 6,442 5,942 5,942 5,942 -500 .............. ..............
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Total, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.... 58,286 59,841 59,841 59,841 +1,555 .............. ..............
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JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS
Operations and maintenance.............. 10,323 10,875 10,875 10,875 +552 .............. ..............
Construction............................ 8,983 9,000 9,000 9,000 +17 .............. ..............
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Total, JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR
THE PERFORMING ARTS.............. 19,306 19,875 19,875 19,875 +569 .............. ..............
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WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
SCHOLARS
Salaries and Expenses
Fellowship program...................... 1,724 1,724 1,724 1,724 .............. .............. ..............
Scholar support......................... 615 615 615 615 .............. .............. ..............
Public service.......................... 748 748 748 748 .............. .............. ..............
General administration.................. 1,272 1,272 1,272 1,272 .............. .............. ..............
Smithsonian fee......................... 130 130 130 130 .............. .............. ..............
Conference planning..................... 887 887 887 887 .............. .............. ..............
Space................................... 464 464 464 464 .............. .............. ..............
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Total, WOODROW WILSON CENTER...... 5,840 5,840 5,840 5,840 .............. .............. ..............
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND
HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Arts
Grants and Administration
Grants:
Program grants...................... 37,435 62,939 37,435 37,435 .............. -25,504 ..............
State programs:
State grants.................... 22,442 26,629 22,250 22,250 -192 -4,379 ..............
State set-aside................. 6,122 7,262 6,069 6,069 -53 -1,193 ..............
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Subtotal, State programs...... 28,564 33,891 28,319 28,319 -245 -5,572 ..............
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Subtotal, Grants.............. 65,999 96,830 65,754 65,754 -245 -31,076 ..............
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Administrative Areas:
Policy planning and research........ 420 450 440 440 +20 -10 ..............
Administration...................... 14,940 17,020 15,880 15,880 +940 -1,140 ..............
Computer replacement................ 900 700 660 660 -240 -40 ..............
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Subtotal, Administrative Areas.... 16,260 18,170 16,980 16,980 +720 -1,190 ..............
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Total, Grants and Administration.. 82,259 115,000 82,734 82,734 +475 -32,266 ..............
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Matching Grants
Matching grants......................... 9,735 21,000 16,760 16,760 +7,025 -4,240 ..............
Challenge grants........................ 7,500 .............. .............. .............. -7,500 .............. ..............
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Total, Matching Grants............ 17,235 21,000 16,760 16,760 -475 -4,240 ..............
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Total, Arts....................... 99,494 136,000 99,494 99,494 .............. -36,506 ..............
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Grants and Administration
Grants:
Program grants...................... 36,000 49,500 33,400 31,000 -5,000 -18,500 -2,400
State programs...................... 28,000 30,150 26,500 26,500 -1,500 -3,650 ..............
Office of Preservation.............. 17,041 21,000 16,900 15,000 -2,041 -6,000 -1,900
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Subtotal, Grants.................. 81,041 100,650 76,800 72,500 -8,541 -28,150 -4,300
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Administrative Areas: Administration.... 15,453 17,600 16,194 15,494 +41 -2,106 -700
General reduction....................... -2,494 .............. .............. .............. +2,494 .............. ..............
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Total, Grants and Administration.. 94,000 118,250 92,994 87,994 -6,006 -30,256 -5,000
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Matching Grants
Treasury funds.......................... 6,000 6,250 4,000 4,000 -2,000 -2,250 ..............
Challenge grants........................ 10,000 11,500 7,500 7,500 -2,500 -4,000 ..............
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Total, Matching Grants............ 16,000 17,750 11,500 11,500 -4,500 -6,250 ..............
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Total, Humanities................. 110,000 136,000 104,494 99,494 -10,506 -36,506 -5,000
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Institute of Museum Services
Grants to Museums:
Support for operations.............. 16,169 17,103 15,610 15,560 -609 -1,543 -50
Support for conservation............ 2,492 2,910 2,730 2,630 +138 -280 -100
Services to the profession.......... 1,009 1,360 1,260 1,210 +201 -150 -50
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Subtotal, Grants to Museums....... 19,670 21,373 19,600 19,400 -270 -1,973 -200
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Program administration.................. 1,330 1,627 1,400 1,600 +270 -27 +200
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Total, Institute of Museum
Services......................... 21,000 23,000 21,000 21,000 .............. -2,000 ..............
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Total, NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND HUMANITIES.............. 230,494 295,000 224,988 219,988 -10,506 -75,012 -5,000
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COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
Salaries and expenses................... 834 867 867 867 +33 .............. ..............
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL
AFFAIRS
Grants.................................. 6,000 6,733 6,000 6,000 .............. -733 ..............
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
Salaries and expenses................... 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 .............. .............. ..............
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
Salaries and expenses................... 5,090 5,885 5,390 5,390 +300 -495 ..............
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
COMMISSION
Salaries and expenses................... 147 125 125 500 +353 +375 +375
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UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
Holocaust Memorial Council.............. 28,707 31,262 29,707 30,707 +2,000 -555 +1,000
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Total, TITLE II, RELATED AGENCIES. 6,340,770 6,326,056 6,300,089 6,448,130 +107,360 +122,074 +148,041
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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management............... 1,105,955 1,095,809 1,077,117 1,117,061 +11,106 +21,252 +39,944
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.......... 645,831 659,073 627,631 666,849 +21,018 +7,776 +39,218
National Park Service................... 1,367,667 1,612,337 1,327,572 1,416,705 +49,038 -195,632 +89,133
United States Geological Survey......... 732,163 746,380 730,163 737,040 +4,877 -9,340 +6,877
Minerals Management Service............. 188,995 189,434 188,995 165,995 -23,000 -23,439 -23,000
Bureau of Mines......................... 64,000 .............. .............. 2,000 -62,000 +2,000 +2,000
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement............................ 269,857 274,157 270,659 273,757 +3,900 -400 +3,098
Bureau of Indian Affairs................ 1,588,412 1,776,490 1,537,695 1,581,780 -6,632 -194,710 +44,085
Departmental Offices.................... 236,242 244,907 222,190 245,037 -8,795 +130 +22,847
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Total, Title I--Department of the
Interior......................... 6,199,122 6,598,587 5,982,022 6,206,224 -7,102 -392,363 +224,202
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TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES
Forest Service.......................... 2,363,173 2,346,583 2,196,892 2,611,101 +247,928 +264,518 +414,209
Department of Energy.................... (1,179,156) (881,637) (1,295,065) (983,801) (-195,355) (+102,164) (-311,264)
Clean Coal Technology............... .............. -637,879 .............. -150,000 -150,000 +487,879 -150,000
Fossil Energy Research and
Development........................ 417,018 348,508 354,754 367,504 -49,514 +18,996 +12,750
Alternative Fuels Production........ -2,400 -4,000 -4,000 -4,000 -1,600 .............. ..............
Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale
Reserves........................... 148,786 149,500 132,022 133,000 -15,786 -16,500 +978
Energy Conservation................. 537,189 735,363 523,444 570,452 +33,263 -164,911 +47,008
Economic Regulation................. 6,297 2,725 2,725 2,725 -3,572 .............. ..............
Strategic Petroleum Reserve......... .............. 221,300 220,000 .............. .............. -221,300 -220,000
Energy Information Administration... 72,266 66,120 66,120 64,120 -8,146 -2,000 -2,000
Indian Health Service................... 1,986,800 2,174,192 2,007,262 2,052,793 +65,993 -121,399 +45,531
Indian Education........................ 52,500 81,500 52,500 52,500 .............. -29,000 ..............
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian
Relocation............................. 20,345 25,000 20,345 19,345 -1,000 -5,655 -1,000
Institute of American Indian and Alaska
Native Culture and Arts Development.... 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 .............. .............. ..............
Smithsonian Institution................. 376,092 383,716 367,392 371,582 -4,510 -12,134 +4,190
National Gallery of Art................. 58,286 59,841 59,841 59,841 +1,555 .............. ..............
John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts........................ 19,306 19,875 19,875 19,875 +569 .............. ..............
Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars............................... 5,840 5,840 5,840 5,840 .............. .............. ..............
National Endowment for the Arts......... 99,494 136,000 99,494 99,494 .............. -36,506 ..............
National Endowment for the Humanities... 110,000 136,000 104,494 99,494 -10,506 -36,506 -5,000
Institute of Museum Services............ 21,000 23,000 21,000 21,000 .............. -2,000 ..............
Commission of Fine Arts................. 834 867 867 867 +33 .............. ..............
National Capital Arts and Cultural
Affairs................................ 6,000 6,733 6,000 6,000 .............. -733 ..............
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation........................... 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 .............. .............. ..............
National Capital Planning Commission.... 5,090 5,885 5,390 5,390 +300 -495 ..............
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Commission............................. 147 125 125 500 +353 +375 +375
Holocaust Memorial Council.............. 28,707 31,262 29,707 30,707 +2,000 -555 +1,000
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Total, Title II--Related Agencies. 6,340,770 6,326,056 6,300,089 6,448,130 +107,360 +122,074 +148,041
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Grand total, ALL TITLES........... 12,539,892 12,924,643 12,282,111 12,654,354 +114,462 -270,289 +372,243
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