[Senate Report 105-56]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                       Calendar No. 122

105th Congress                   SENATE                          Report
 1st Session                                                     105-56
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 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 
                                  1998

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                 July 22, 1997.--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. 2107]

    The Committee on Appropriations to which was referred the 
bill (H.R. 2107) making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1998, 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 1998

Amount of bill passed by House.......................... $12,952,829,000
Amount of increase by Senate............................     803,521,000
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    Total of bill as reported to Senate.................  13,756,350,000
Estimates considered by House...........................  13,099,946,000
Estimates considered by Senate..........................  13,799,946,000
    Below the budget estimate, 1998.....................      43,596,000
    Above appropriations, 1997 (including emergencies)..     241,915,000
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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
The budget agreement.............................................     6
Government Performance and Results Act...........................     7
Reprogramming Guidelines.........................................     7
Title I--Department of the Interior:
    Land and water resources: Bureau of Land Management..........    11
    Fish and wildlife and parks:
        Fish and Wildlife Service................................    19
        National Park Service....................................    29
    Energy and minerals:
        U.S. Geological Survey...................................    40
        Minerals Management Service..............................    44
        Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.....    46
        Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund..........................    47
    Indian affairs: Bureau of Indian Affairs.....................    48
    Departmental offices:
        Insular affairs..........................................    57
        Departmental management..................................    59
        Office of the Solicitor..................................    60
        Office of Inspector General..............................    60
        National Indian Gaming Commission........................    61
        Office of Special Trustee for American Indians...........    61
Title II--Related agencies:
    Department of Agriculture: Forest Service....................    65
    Department of Energy.........................................    83
    Department of Health and Human Services: Indian Health 
      Service....................................................    94
    Department of Education: Office of Elementary and Secondary 
      Education..................................................    98
    Other related agencies:
        Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation..............    99
        Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
          and Arts Development...................................    99
        Smithsonian Institution..................................    99
        National Gallery of Art..................................   101
        John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts...........   102
        Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.........   102
        National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities:
            National Endowment for the Arts......................   103
            National Endowment for the Humanities................   104
            Institute of Museum and Library Services.............   105
        Commission of Fine Arts..................................   105
        Advisory Council on Historic Preservation................   106
        National Capital Planning Commission.....................   106
        Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission............   106
        Holocaust Memorial Council...............................   107
Title III--General provisions....................................   108
Title IV--Deficit reduction lock box.............................   114
Title V--Priority land acquisition and exchanges.................   115
Title VI--Forest resources conservation and shortage relief......   117
Limitations and legislative provisions...........................   119
Compliance with paragraph 7, rule XVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   119
Compliance with paragraph 7(c), rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
  of the Senate..................................................   119
Compliance with paragraph 12, rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   120


                            Summary of Bill

    For this bill, estimates totaling $13,799,946,000 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.
    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 and Library Services.
    Commission of Fine Arts.
    Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
    National Capital Planning 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 $9,600,000,000 in fiscal year 1998. These 
estimated receipts, for agencies under the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction, are tabulated below:

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                                                                                Fiscal year--                   
                           Item                            -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                  1996              1997              1998      
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Department of the Interior................................    $6,441,167,000    $7,172,255,000    $8,551,975,000
Forest Service............................................       713,623,000       763,045,000       775,823,000
Naval petroleum reserves..................................       419,000,000       500,000,000       280,000,000
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      Total receipts......................................     7,573,790,000     8,435,300,000     9,607,798,000
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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 1998 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.............................    $1,135,123,000      +$13,584,000       +$6,585,000
    Fish and Wildlife Service.............................       729,716,000       +41,793,000        +4,590,000
    National Park Service.................................     1,598,089,000          -811,000       +34,027,000
    Geological Survey.....................................       758,160,000       +12,772,000        +2,365,000
    Minerals Management Service...........................       141,840,000       -22,200,000        -3,899,000
    Bureau of Mines.......................................  ................  ................  ................
    Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement..       275,061,000        +4,004,000  ................
    Bureau of Indian Affairs..............................     1,700,427,000       -31,352,000       +16,509,000
    Departmental offices..................................       242,677,000        -3,548,000        +2,724,000
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      Total, title I--Department of the Interior..........     6,581,093,000       +14,242,000       +62,901,000
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Title II--Related agencies:                                                                                     
    Forest Service........................................     2,494,969,000      +126,374,000      -139,596,000
    Department of Energy..................................     1,061,351,000       -96,782,000       +21,407,000
    Indian Health.........................................     2,126,736,000        +4,736,000       +40,418,000
    Indian education......................................  ................  ................  ................
    Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation...........        15,000,000        -4,345,000        -3,345,000
    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture                                                      
     and Arts Development.................................         5,500,000  ................        +2,500,000
    Smithsonian Institution...............................       402,558,000       -25,849,000       +14,151,000
    National Gallery of Art...............................        61,779,000        +1,938,000          -500,000
    John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts........        20,375,000  ................  ................
    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars......         5,840,000  ................        +4,840,000
    National Endowment for the Arts.......................       100,060,000       -35,940,000      +100,060,000
    National Endowment for the Humanities.................       110,700,000       -25,300,000          +700,000
    Institute of Museum and Library Services..............        22,290,000        -3,710,000        -1,100,000
    Commission of Fine Arts...............................           907,000           +40,000  ................
    National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs............         7,000,000        +1,000,000        +1,000,000
    Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.............         2,745,000  ................           +45,000
    National Capital Planning Commission..................         5,740,000  ................           +40,000
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission.........  ................  ................  ................
    Holocaust Memorial Council............................        31,707,000  ................  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total, title II--Related agencies...................     6,475,257,000       -57,838,000       +40,620,000
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Title V: Priority land acquisitions and exchanges.........       700,000,000  ................      +700,000,000
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      Grand total.........................................    13,756,350,000       -43,596,000      +803,521,000
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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....................................       $9,900,000      $12,000,000       $9,400,000
Fish and Wildlife Service....................................       44,560,000       53,000,000       57,292,000
National Park Service:                                                                                          
    State grants (administration of prior year projects).....        1,000,000        1,000,000  ...............
    Federal acquisitions.....................................       70,800,000      128,000,000      125,690,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, National Park Service........................       70,900,000      129,000,000      125,690,000
Forest Service...............................................       41,057,000       45,000,000       49,176,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, base program....................................      166,417,000      239,000,000      241,558,000
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Title V: Priority land acquisitions and exchanges............      700,000,000  ...............      700,000,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Grand total, LWCF......................................      866,417,000      239,000,000      941,558,000
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                          The Budget Agreement

    The Committee's fiscal year 1998 recommendations 
incorporate a number of elements of the balanced budget 
agreement entered into by the President and the leadership of 
the Congress. The bill funds four protected domestic 
discretionary priorities at or above the fiscal year 1998 
request level: Operation of the National Park System, National 
Park Service land acquisition and State assistance, the 
components of the Everglades restoration fund, and tribal 
priority allocations within the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The 
bill also includes an additional $700,000,000 for priority land 
acquisitions and exchanges. While these increases do not 
necessarily reflect the spending priorities of the Committee, 
they have been provided in recognition of the fact that 
preservation of the balanced budget agreement as a whole will 
benefit all programs funded in the Interior bill over the long 
term.
    The Committee notes, however, that within the limits of the 
Interior subcommittee's 602(b) allocation, increases provided 
for protected programs necessarily come at the expense of 
other, less visible programs funded in this bill. The 
operational maintenance backlog for the four land management 
agencies alone is estimated to approach $8,000,000,000. The 
maintenance backlog for Indian Health Service health and 
sanitation facilities is nearly $1,000,000,000, and the backlog 
for the Smithsonian, National Gallery and Kennedy Center is 
over $350,000,000. These figures do not include the billions of 
dollars worth of new and replacement facility construction 
already identified on agency priority lists. The accumulation 
of these large backlogs translates into diminished health care 
services for native Americans, fewer trails, campgrounds and 
boat ramps open for recreation, and inadequate protection of 
our Nation's cultural resources. While the budget agreement 
will provide more funds to address these needs than would be 
available in the absence of the agreement, the long-term budget 
outlook for agencies funded in this bill remains austere.

                 Government Performance and Results Act

    The subcommittee has been working with the various Interior 
bureaus and the other agencies under the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction in their efforts to comply with the Government 
Performance and Results Act [GPRA], Public Law 103-62. Given 
the vast diversity of agency missions and responsibilities 
which lie with the Interior bill agencies, the Committee 
recognizes that flexibility is important as each agency seeks 
to develop their GPRA plans and documents. The Committee wishes 
to reiterate to the agencies that success will be linked in 
large part to the extent the vast field network of offices, 
land management units, research locations, and other satellite 
locations are involved in the early stages of GPRA and buy-in 
to the process. Establishment of objectives and goals that are 
not easily measured or evaluated at the field unit level will 
make it difficult to obtain a product that is then useful at 
the policy and budget decisionmaking level. Similarly, however, 
all levels of the Departments and agencies should recognize 
that GPRA is required by law, and compliance is not optional.
    By September 30, 1997, all governmental agencies are 
required to have completed the first Results Act strategic 
plan, including agency outcome goals and measures. Thorough and 
useful implementation of the Results Act is an ongoing process 
which requires each agency to examine its functions, 
responsibilities, and internal and external relationships.
    Integral to success of the Results Act are the ongoing 
congressional/agency consultations first held in conjunction 
with developing the strategic plans. The Committee looks 
forward to continued dialog during fiscal year 1998 as the 
fiscal year 1999 annual performance plans are developed, and in 
the future when outcomes are measured and strategic plans are 
revisited.

                        Reprogramming Guidelines

    The Committee has revised the reprogramming guidelines to 
eliminate some of the exceptions included in fiscal year 1995, 
which was the last time the guidelines were changed. The 
Committee believes that some of those revisions gave too broad 
latitude to certain agencies to make changes without 
sufficiently involving the Committee. The newly revised 
guidelines are printed below. The reprogramming threshold is 
standardized for all agency programs, projects, and activities 
at $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is lower. The only 
exception is the tribal priority allocations activity in the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
    The Committee has not concurred with the administration's 
proposal to provide maximum flexibility to the Forest Service 
in its expenditure of appropriated funds. The Committee is 
concerned about instances in recent years where the Forest 
Service has submitted reprogrammings either on the last day of 
the fiscal year or after the money had already been spent. Such 
disregard for the proper role of congressional oversight by the 
Appropriations Committees is not acceptable, and until such 
time as the Forest Service is able to account better for its 
programs and establish priorities that are reflected in the 
budget request, the Committee does not agree with providing 
additional flexibility.
    The Committee remains concerned about the lack of detailed 
information in the budget justification regarding how the 
Forest Service intends to spend its funding. Funding increases 
or decreases may be proposed, but the budget fails to provide 
sufficient information or details regarding the impact of the 
proposed change, where the funds would be expended, how and 
where any decreases would affect the base programs, and other 
such information. Meanwhile, the administration reallocates 
funding to initiatives that were not necessarily identified to 
the Committee as a priority as part of the budget, and for 
which the Committee might not have recommended increased 
funding because of the tradeoffs involved.
    While the Committee recognizes that the Forest Service is a 
large organization that has many field units, the Committee is 
concerned that the Forest Service has failed to take sufficient 
steps to streamline decisionmaking, reduce levels of review, 
link the budget process closer to forest plans and on-the-
ground objectives, and ensure that appropriated funds are 
allocated to the field units in a more timely manner. Progress 
in this regard is necessary before the Committee will consider 
changes for the Forest Service in the reprogramming guidelines.
    The following are revised procedures governing 
reprogramming actions for programs and activities funded in the 
Interior Appropriations Act:
    Definition.--Reprogramming, as defined in these procedures, 
includes the reallocation of funds from one budget activity to 
another. In cases where either Committee report displays an 
allocation of an appropriation below the activity level, that 
more detailed level shall be the basis for reprogramming. For 
construction accounts, a reprogramming constitutes the 
reallocation of funds from one construction project identified 
in the justifications to another. A reprogramming shall also 
consist of any significant departure from the program described 
in the agency's budget justifications. This includes proposed 
reorganizations even without a change in funding.
    Guidelines for reprogramming.--A reprogramming should be 
made only when an unforeseen situation arises; and then only if 
postponement of the project or the activity until the next 
appropriation year would result in actual loss or damage. Mere 
convenience or desire should not be factors for consideration.
    Any project or activity which may be deferred through 
reprogramming shall not later be accomplished by means of 
further reprogramming; but, instead, funds should again be 
sought for the deferred project or activity through the regular 
appropriations process.
    Reprogramming should not be employed to initiate new 
programs or to change allocations specifically denied, limited 
or increased by the Congress in the act or the report. In cases 
where unforeseen events or conditions are deemed to require 
such changes, proposals shall be submitted in advance to the 
Committee, regardless of amounts involved, and be fully 
explained and justified.
    Reprogramming proposals submitted to the Committee for 
prior approval shall be considered approved after 30 calendar 
days if the Committee has posed no objection. However, agencies 
will be expected to extend the approval deadline if 
specifically requested by either Committee.
    Criteria and exception.--Any proposed reprogramming must be 
submitted to the Committee in writing prior to implementation 
if it exceeds $500,000 annually or results in an increase or 
decrease of more than 10 percent annually in affected programs, 
with the following exception:
    With regard to the tribal priority allocations activity of 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ``Operations of Indian programs'' 
account, there is no restriction on reprogrammings among the 
programs within this activity. However, the Bureau shall report 
on all reprogrammings made during the first 6 months of the 
fiscal year by no later than May 1 of each year, and shall 
provide a final report of all reprogrammings for the previous 
fiscal year by no later than November 1 of each year.
    Quarterly reports.--All reprogrammings shall be reported to 
the Committee quarterly and shall include cumulative totals.
    Any significant shifts of funding among object 
classifications also should be reported to the Committee.
    Administrative overhead accounts.--For all appropriations 
where costs of overhead administrative expenses are funded in 
part from assessments of various budget activities within an 
appropriation, the assessments shall be shown in justifications 
under the discussion of administrative expenses.
    Contingency accounts.--For all appropriations where 
assessments are made against various budget activities or 
allocations for contingencies, the Committee expects a full 
explanation, separate from the justifications. The explanation 
shall show the amount of the assessment, the activities 
assessed, and the purpose of the fund. The Committee expects 
reports each year detailing the use of these funds. In no case 
shall a fund be used to finance projects and activities 
disapproved or limited by Congress or to finance new permanent 
positions or to finance programs or activities that could be 
foreseen and included in the normal budget review process. 
Contingency funds shall not be used to initiate new programs.
    Declarations of taking.--The Committee directs the Bureau 
of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the 
National Park Service, and the Forest Service to seek Committee 
approval in advance of filing declarations of taking.
    Report language.--Any limitation, directive, or earmarking 
contained in either the House or Senate report which is not 
contradicted by the other report nor specifically denied in the 
conference report shall be considered as having been approved 
by both Houses of Congress.
    Forest Service.--The following procedures shall apply to 
the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture:
    The Forest Service shall not change the boundaries of any 
region, abolish any region, move or close any regional office 
for research, State and private forestry, or National Forest 
System administration, without the consent of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the House Committee 
on Agriculture, in compliance with these reprogramming 
procedures.
    The appropriation structure for the Forest Service shall 
not be altered without advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.
    Provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of 
Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) and of 7 U.S.C. 
147b shall apply to appropriations available to the Forest 
Service only to the extent that the proposed transfer is 
approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
in compliance with these reprogramming procedures.
    Assessments.--No assessments shall be levied against any 
program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by the 
Interior Appropriations Act unless such assessments, and the 
basis, therefore, are presented to the Committees on 
Appropriations and are approved by such Committees, in 
compliance with these procedures.
    Land acquisitions.--Lands shall not be acquired for more 
than the approved appraised value (as addressed in section 
301(3) of Public Law 91-646) except for condemnations and 
declarations of taking, unless such acquisitions are submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations for approval in compliance 
with these procedures.
    Land exchanges.--Land exchanges shall not be consummated 
until the Committees on Appropriations have had a 30-day period 
in which to examine the proposed exchange.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                        LAND AND WATER RESOURCES

                       Bureau of Land Management

                    management of land and resources

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $575,664,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     587,495,000
House allowance.........................................     581,591,000
Committee recommendation................................     578,851,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $578,851,000, 
a decrease of $8,644,000 below the budget estimate, an increase 
of $3,187,000 above the fiscal year 1997 funding level, and 
$2,740,000 below 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..........................      $24,201,000      $21,201,000      -$3,000,000
    Range management.........................................       54,342,000       54,342,000  ...............
    Forestry management......................................        5,652,000        5,652,000  ...............
    Riparian management......................................       16,473,000       16,473,000  ...............
    Cultural resources management............................       13,122,000       13,222,000         +100,000
    Wild horse and burro management..........................       18,640,000       11,197,000       -7,443,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, land resources...............................      132,430,000      122,087,000      -10,343,000
                                                              ==================================================
Wildlife and fisheries:                                                                                         
    Wildlife management......................................       20,460,000       20,960,000         +500,000
    Fisheries management.....................................        7,318,000        7,318,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, wildlife and fisheries.......................       27,778,000       28,278,000         +500,000
                                                              ==================================================
Threatened and endangered species............................       16,795,000       17,145,000         +350,000
Recreation management:                                                                                          
    Wilderness management....................................       16,236,000       15,505,000         -731,000
    Recreation resources management..........................       31,333,000       31,833,000         +500,000
    Recreation operations (fees).............................        3,020,000        2,520,000         -500,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, recreation management........................       50,589,000       49,858,000         -731,000
                                                              ==================================================
Energy and minerals:                                                                                            
    Oil and gas..............................................       52,470,000       55,070,000       +2,600,000
    Coal management..........................................        7,017,000        7,017,000  ...............
    Other mineral resources..................................        8,776,000        8,776,000  ...............
    Alaska minerals..........................................        2,043,000        2,743,000         +700,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, energy and minerals..........................       70,306,000       73,606,000       +3,300,000
Realty and ownership management:                                                                                
    Alaska conveyance........................................       28,114,000       30,448,000       +2,334,000
    Cadastral survey.........................................       11,236,000       11,236,000  ...............
    Land and realty management...............................       29,395,000       29,395,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, realty and ownership management..............       68,745,000       71,079,000       +2,334,000
                                                              ==================================================
Resource protection and maintenance:                                                                            
    Resource management planning.............................        6,292,000        6,292,000  ...............
    Facilities maintenance...................................       36,097,000       34,097,000       -2,000,000
    Resource protection and law enforcement..................       12,620,000       10,566,000       -2,054,000
    Hazardous materials management...........................       15,301,000       15,301,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, resource protection and maintenance..........       70,310,000       66,256,000       -4,054,000
                                                              ==================================================
Automated land and minerals records system...................       33,961,000       33,961,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
Mining law administration:                                                                                      
    Administration...........................................       27,650,000       27,650,000  ...............
    Fee collection...........................................        5,000,000        5,000,000  ...............
    Offsetting fees..........................................      -32,650,000      -32,650,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, mining law administration....................  ...............  ...............  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
Work force and organizational support:                                                                          
    Information systems operations...........................       15,073,000       15,073,000  ...............
    Administrative support...................................       44,637,000       44,637,000  ...............
    Bureauwide fixed costs...................................       56,871,000       56,871,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, work force and organization..................      116,581,000      116,581,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, management of lands and resource................      587,495,000      578,851,000       -8,644,000
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    Land resources.--The Committee recommends $122,087,000 for 
land resources. The amount provided includes increases over the 
fiscal year 1997 level of $1,000,000 for the abandoned mine 
land program, $1,330,000 for the Grand Staircase-Escalante 
National Monument, $1,000,000 for noxious weed control, 
$500,000 for cultural resources site stabilization and 
restoration and for challenge cost share projects, $100,000 for 
projects in consultation with the Alaska Gold Rush Centennial 
Task Force, and $2,172,000 for fixed costs. The Committee 
recommends a decrease of $4,669,000 below the fiscal year 1997 
funding level for the wild horse and burro program. The 
Committee has provided fixed costs associated with the wild 
horse and burro program.
    The Committee is concerned about BLM's attention to 
management of rangeland resources. Contentious relationships 
have been allowed to develop between rangeland permittees and 
adjacent landowners. The Committee expects the BLM, in 
conjunction with the Forest Service, to work more closely with 
lessees, permittees, and landowners in the development and 
revision of allotment management plans in compliance with the 
Public Rangelands Improvement Act.
    Wildlife and fisheries.--The Committee recommends 
$28,278,000 for wildlife and fisheries. The amount provided 
includes increases over the fiscal year 1997 level of $300,000 
for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, $500,000 
for a joint land cover mapping project with the Department of 
Defense in Alaska with the goal of developing habitat 
mitigation plans, and $494,000 for fixed costs. In providing 
the administration's requested program increase of $250,000 for 
the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument within the 
wildlife management subactivity, the Committee also accepts the 
requested program decrease of $250,000 for other, unspecified 
wildlife management activities.
    Threatened and endangered species.--The Committee 
recommends $17,145,000 for threatened and endangered species. 
The amount provided includes increases over the fiscal year 
1997 funding level of $270,000 for the Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument, $275,000 for fixed costs, and 
$350,000 for the Virgin River Basin integrated resource 
management recovery plan. The Committee accepts the 
administration's requested program decrease of $250,000 for 
other threatened and endangered activities.
    Recreation management.--The Committee recommends 
$49,858,000 for recreation management. The amount provided 
includes increases over the fiscal year 1997 funding level of 
$1,150,000 for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 
$2,500,000 for recreation resource management, and $844,000 for 
fixed costs. Within the additional funding provided for 
recreation resource management, $1,000,000 is to be used by the 
BLM for challenge cost share projects and $400,000 is provided 
for the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and other 
projects related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which will 
soon be celebrating its bicentennial. Within the additional 
funding for recreation resources management, $500,000 
represents an adjustment requested by the Bureau after the 
budget estimate was sent to Congress. The Committee also 
recommends the corresponding requested adjustment of a $500,000 
decrease for recreation operations. This adjustment reflects a 
more accurate estimation of anticipated fee collections in 
fiscal year 1998.
    Energy and minerals.--The Committee recommends $73,606,000 
for energy and minerals, including Alaska minerals. The amount 
provided includes increases over the fiscal year 1997 funding 
level of $150,000 for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National 
Monument, $2,100,000 for oil and gas management, and $1,153,000 
for fixed costs.
    The budget estimate proposed a program decrease of $500,000 
that would result in the halting of processing of oil and gas 
lease applications that are low priority for the BLM in Alaska, 
Arizona and Idaho. In addition, the budget estimate did not 
include any funding for fiscal year 1998 for the Bureau's 
activities as the lead Federal agency responsible for the 
development of an integrated activity plan and environmental 
impact statement related to the planned development of the 
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska [NPRA]. The Committee 
recommends restoring the $500,000 decrease to allow the BLM to 
continue its efforts to process oil and gas lease applications 
in Alaska, Arizona and Idaho, and has provided $2,100,000 that 
the BLM identified it will need for its efforts on the NPRA in 
fiscal year 1998. The Committee expects the BLM to request 
funds for NPRA activities for fiscal year 1999 if funding is 
needed.
    In response to a directive in the Senate report 
accompanying the fiscal year 1997 Interior appropriations bill, 
the USGS, jointly with the BLM and numerous other interested 
parties, including the Alaska Federation of Natives, Alaska 
Miners Association, State of Alaska, University of Alaska, and 
Forest Service, prepared a report on the status of mineral 
collection and storage issues in Alaska. The need for the 
report arises from the growing interest in Alaska's mineral 
resources. For example, the Red Dog Mine in northwestern Alaska 
is now the largest zinc deposit in the world, and the Greens 
Creek Mine near Juneau is the largest silver mine in the United 
States.
    The report identified five information issues considered 
critical for improving the quality of and accessibility to 
minerals information in Alaska: streamlining, networking, and 
coordinating library resources; updating data bases; preserving 
physical samples; establishing an electronic mining claim 
information system; and acquiring basic geologic mapping.
    The Committee has included $700,000 for the BLM to provide 
additional library support to the Alaska Resources Library and 
Information Services Consortium to develop digital online 
library resources and data bases in conjunction with libraries 
in Fairbanks and Juneau; develop and implement a plan in 
cooperation with the State to protect and preserve at risk 
records at the Geologic Material Center in Eagle River; and 
develop in coordination with the State a single digital data 
base that integrates both Federal and State mining claims.
    The interaction and cooperation of the Federal agencies is 
critical to the success of the project. The Committee urges the 
Federal working group participants to continue to work closely 
together, and with the other individuals, companies, 
professional organizations, and State agencies. To the maximum 
extent feasible and desirable, the minerals-at-risk project 
should coordinate and consolidate its library resources with 
the Alaska Resources Library.
    Realty and ownership management.--The Committee recommends 
$71,079,000 for realty and ownership management. The amount 
provided includes increases over the fiscal year 1997 funding 
level of $300,000 for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National 
Monument and $1,123,000 for fixed costs. Funding at the fiscal 
year 1997 level plus fixed costs is provided for the Alaska 
conveyance and lands budget item (which includes Alaska 
cadastral surveys). The BLM is directed to maintain the fiscal 
year 1997 full-time equivalent employee level for the Alaska 
cadastral survey work, which is a prerequisite to the 
completion of the statutorily required transfer by BLM of more 
than 155 million acres of Federal lands in Alaska to the State, 
Native corporations, and individuals.
    Resource protection and maintenance.--The Committee 
recommends $66,256,000 for resource protection and maintenance. 
The amount provided includes increases over the fiscal year 
1997 level funding of $1,050,000 for the Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument and $1,122,000 for fixed costs.
    Automated land and mineral records system.--The Committee 
recommends $33,961,000 for the automated land and mineral 
records system, the same as the budget estimate.
    Mining law administration.--The Committee recommends 
$32,650,000 for mining law administration, the same as the 
budget estimate. This activity is supported by offsetting fees 
equal to the amount made available in this bill.
    Work force and organizational support.--The Committee 
recommends $116,581,000 for work force and organizational 
support, which is the same as the House allowance and the 
budget estimate.
    Trading post.--The Committee supports efforts of the land 
management agencies to consolidate activities and facilities at 
the field level as a means of achieving savings and providing 
improved services to the public. The Committee supports the 
joint BLM-Forest Service trading post pilot program, which 
allows the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to make 
reciprocal delegations of authorities, duties and 
responsibilities to promote customer service and efficiency, 
with the understanding that nothing will change the 
applicability of any public law or regulation to lands 
administered by the BLM or the Forest Service. The necessary 
bill language in support of these efforts is contained in the 
bill under the title III general provisions.
    Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.--The Committee 
recommendations include a total of $6,400,000 for enhanced 
activities associated with planning and management of the Grand 
Staircase-Escalante National Monument, which was established in 
September 1996. The amount of $5,000,000 is in new budget 
authority. These funds are provided across 20 different budget 
line items in the ``Management of lands and resources'' 
account. These funds are as follows:

        Subactivity                                               Amount

Soil, water, and air..........................................  $300,000
Rangeland.....................................................   400,000
Forestry......................................................    50,000
Riparian......................................................   180,000
Cultural resource.............................................   400,000
Wildlife......................................................   250,000
Fisheries.....................................................    50,000
Threatened and endangered species.............................   270,000
Wilderness....................................................   150,000
Recreation resource........................................... 1,000,000
Oil and gas...................................................    50,000
Coal..........................................................    50,000
Other mineral resources.......................................    50,000
Land and realty...............................................   300,000
Resource management planning..................................   150,000
Facilities maintenance........................................   750,000
Resource protection and law enforcement.......................   150,000
Information systems operations................................   200,000
Administrative support........................................   200,000
Fixed costs...................................................    50,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Total................................................... 5,000,000

    While the Committee has not established a separate line-
item for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the 
BLM is to allocate all of the funds recommended herein to the 
Utah State office and the on-the-ground project office assigned 
planning and management responsibility for the monument. None 
of the funds are to be assessed for Washington or headquarters 
functions. The Committee expects the BLM to report by October 
1, 1997, on a detailed budget for the monument, including 
specific proposed expenditures, such as personnel costs, fixed 
costs for space and supplies, any major contracts for 
inventories, equipment, geographic information systems, or 
other similar support costs.
    The Committee will expect the BLM to provide quarterly 
reporting of its obligations and provide detailed information 
in future budget justifications as to the proposed use of 
funds. If expenditures are no longer needed for particular 
activities in subsequent years of the planning process, the 
Committee expects the BLM to reallocate these funds to other 
monument purposes, specifically those associated with the 
provision of visitor services. The Committee would be strongly 
opposed to any efforts to reprogram funds within the line items 
to purposes not associated with the Grand Staircase-Escalante 
National Monument.
    In total, the funds recommended include $3,000,000 for 
operations of the new monument, $1,000,000 for scientific and 
historic studies, and $2,400,000 for development of the 
management plan. The operational funds are intended to support 
approximately 40 to 50 full-time equivalent employees and 
management functions for the 1.7-million-acre monument and the 
surrounding areas. The foremost operational concern and primary 
use of these funds should be addressing the impact of visitors 
and accommodating their expectations when they visit this 
remote area, while also providing for continued operations and 
management functions. The Committee urges the BLM to refrain 
from deferring actions necessary to deal with growing 
visitation until the management plan is complete. Rather, the 
BLM should work cooperatively with Kane and Garfield Counties, 
and the State of Utah, and use existing cooperative agreement 
authorities as much as possible to address the public use 
aspects of the monument and the impacts on local communities. 
The Committee sees no need for an expansive Federal presence 
when cooperative agreements and other assistance can be used to 
address important functions such as visitor safety, education, 
access, and upkeep and maintenance of the areas most frequented 
by the public.
    The planning funds are to be used toward the prompt 
completion of a management plan in conjunction with the 
affected counties and the State of Utah, which is also 
participating in this effort. The Committee expects the 
management plan to be completed within the 3-year time period 
proposed by the President when he established the monument on 
September 18, 1996. The BLM should plan its activities so that 
the 3-year period includes sufficient time to provide ample 
opportunity for public review and comment.
    The Committee is also aware of concerns that the Department 
may be undervaluing the school trust lands encompassed within 
the monument boundaries. The Committee expects the Department 
to take such steps as are necessary to initiate the land 
exchange process in order to fulfill the President's commitment 
``* * * to resolve reasonable differences in valuation in favor 
of the school trust * * *.'' In considering land exchanges, the 
Department should address the potential budget impacts and 
allocate sufficient resources to prepare for the exchanges 
necessary to protect the future of Utah's schoolchildren.

                        wildland fire management

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $352,042,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     280,103,000
House allowance.........................................     280,103,000
Committee recommendation................................     282,728,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $282,728,000 
for wildland fire management, which is a decrease of 
$69,314,000 from the fiscal year 1997 level, which included an 
emergency appropriation of $100,000,000, and $2,625,000 over 
the House allowance and the budget estimate.
    The appropriation includes $156,728,000 for preparedness, 
within which $700,000 is provided to fund the startup and first 
year of operating costs for a type I hotshot crew in Alaska. 
This crew, the Tazlina Hotshots, is to be managed by the Alaska 
Fire Service as an intertribal, interagency hotshot crew. Of 
the funding provided for the hotshot crew, $200,000 is provided 
on a one-time basis for equipment and training. Also within the 
funding provided for preparedness, $1,925,000 is included for 
redevelopment of the temporary and obsolete Interior 
interagency fire operations center in Billings, MT. The amount 
provided funds construction of the base taxiway, air tanker 
loading site, and operations. The recommendation includes 
$126,000,000 for suppression operations.

                          central hazmat fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $12,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      14,900,000
House allowance.........................................      12,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,900,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $14,900,000 
for the central hazardous materials fund, the same as the 
budget estimate and $2,900,000 above the House allowance.

                              construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $4,333,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       3,154,000
House allowance.........................................       3,254,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,154,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,154,000, 
which is $1,179,000 less than the fiscal year 1997 funding 
level, the same as the budget estimate, and $100,000 less than 
the House allowance.

                       payments in lieu of taxes

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $113,500,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     101,500,000
House allowance.........................................     113,500,000
Committee recommendation................................     120,000,000

    The Payments in Lieu of Taxes [PILT] Program provides 
payments to local units of Government containing certain 
federally owned lands that cannot be taxed or, in many cases, 
developed by the local Governments. Thus, PILT is a critical 
source of local government funding in the public land States of 
the West.
    The Committee recommends $120,000,000 for PILT, which is 
$6,500,000 over the fiscal year 1997 funding level and the 
House allowance. The increase is included to address the higher 
PILT levels authorized in Public Law 103-379; and, amendments 
to the act providing for PILT in 1996 which authorized PILT 
payments to the unorganized borough of Alaska, where almost 60 
percent of the Federal land of Alaska is located.
    The Committee is aware that certain of Alaska's eligible 
units of general local Government did not receive PILT for the 
years 1983-95. The amount by which BLM failed to pay eligible 
local governments in Alaska totals $565,673. The Committee 
appreciates the Bureau's efforts to resolve promptly this 
issue, and directs the Bureau to pay the local units of 
government for the years 1983-95 from within the funds 
appropriated.
    The Committee notes that PILT is but one of many programs 
under this subcommittee's jurisdiction for which increased or 
new authorization levels have been enacted in recent years and 
which constrained spending levels affect the subcommittee's 
ability to fund fully.

                            land acquisition

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $10,410,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       9,900,000
House allowance.........................................      12,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,400,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,400,000 for 
land acquisition, a decrease of $500,000 below the budget 
estimate and a decrease of $2,600,000 below the House 
allowance.
    The following table shows the Committee's recommendations:

                                                               Committee
        Area and State                                    recommendation

Lake Fork of the Gunnison, CO...........................        $900,000
Otay Mountains/Kuchamaa, CA.............................       1,000,000
Santa Rosa Mountains, CA................................       1,000,000
Washington County desert tortise, UT....................       2,000,000
Western Riverside County, CA............................       1,000,000
Acquisition management..................................       3,000,000
Emergencies/inholdings..................................         500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................       9,400,000

                   oregon and california grant lands

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $103,015,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     101,406,000
House allowance.........................................     101,406,000
Committee recommendation................................     101,406,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $101,406,000, 
the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance.

                 FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY

                   (REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)

    The Committee recommends the expansion of the BLM's 
flexibility to complete forest ecosystem health projects and 
has included language to allow activities such as release from 
competition and density control treatments designed to improve 
structure, protect and restore desirable forest conditions, and 
reduce the risk of catastrophic loss. The scope of the original 
language limits the BLM's authority to planning and preparing 
salvage timber sales without a clear distinction between 
salvage timber and other forest ecosystem health initiatives. 
Any receipts derived from treatments funded by this account 
shall be deposited into the forest ecosystem health and 
recovery fund.

                           range improvements

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $9,113,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       7,510,000
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 fiscal year 1997 level and 
the House allowance. The Committee understands that the budget 
request did not reflect accurately the receipt estimates to be 
used for this activity, as required by law.

               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $7,966,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       7,966,000
House allowance.........................................       7,966,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,966,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,966,000, 
the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance.

                       miscellaneous trust funds

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $7,605,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       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, 1997....................................    $526,047,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     561,614,000
House allowance.........................................     591,042,000
Committee recommendation................................     585,064,000

    The Committee recommends $585,064,000 for resource 
management, an increase of $23,450,000 over the budget estimate 
and a decrease of $5,978,000 below the House 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    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ecological services:                                                                                            
    Endangered species:                                                                                         
        Candidate conservation...............................       $4,903,000       $5,303,000        +$400,000
        Listing..............................................        5,190,000        5,190,000  ...............
        Consultation.........................................       26,528,000       24,528,000       -2,000,000
        Recovery.............................................       42,160,000       42,160,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, endangered species.......................       78,781,000       77,181,000       -1,600,000
                                                              ==================================================
    Habitat conservation.....................................       56,998,000       58,198,000       +1,200,000
    Environmental contaminants...............................        9,074,000        9,074,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, ecological services..........................      144,853,000      144,453,000         -400,000
                                                              ==================================================
Refuges and wildlife:                                                                                           
    Refuge operations and maintenance........................      191,951,000      211,951,000      +20,000,000
    Law enforcement operations...............................       35,964,000       35,964,000  ...............
    Migratory bird management................................       17,107,000       17,607,000         +500,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, refuges and wildlife.........................      245,022,000      265,522,000      +20,500,000
                                                              ==================================================
Fisheries:                                                                                                      
    Hatchery operations and maintenance......................       37,859,000       38,859,000       +1,000,000
    Lower Snake River compensation fund......................       11,612,000       11,612,000  ...............
    Fish and wildlife management.............................       19,729,000       20,879,000       +1,150,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, fisheries....................................       69,200,000       71,350,000       +2,150,000
                                                              ==================================================
General administration:                                                                                         
    Central office administration............................       13,669,000       13,669,000  ...............
    International affairs....................................        5,610,000        5,810,000         +200,000
    Regional office administration...........................       22,693,000       22,693,000  ...............
    National Conservation Training Center....................       13,063,000       13,063,000  ...............
    Servicewide administrative support.......................       42,504,000       42,504,000  ...............
    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation....................        5,000,000        6,000,000       +1,000,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, general administration.......................      102,539,000      103,739,000       +1,200,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, resource management.............................      561,614,000      585,064,000      +23,450,000
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    Endangered species.--The Committee recommends $77,181,000 
for endangered species, a decrease of $1,600,000 from the 
budget request and $1,100,000 over the House level.
    Within the amount provided for candidate conservation, 
$400,000 is provided for Alabama sturgeon conservation efforts 
in cooperation with the Alabama Department of Conservation and 
Natural Resources.
    The amount provided for consultation includes $560,000 for 
the Iron County habitat conservation plan. The Committee 
understands the Service will seek matching funds for this 
activity.
    The Committee has also included $300,000 to initiate an 
environmental impact statement on the reintroduction of wolves 
to Olympic National Park. The Committee expects the EIS to 
address thoroughly the potential impact of wolves on the people 
and communities that would be directly affected by 
reintroduction. Specifically, the EIS should include a detailed 
assessment of the potential interaction between the wolves and 
the people who live, work, or recreate in the park, national 
forest, and surrounding lands. The Committee is interested in 
both a scientific analysis of the frequency and impact of 
potential wolf-human interactions, and a review of the opinions 
and attitudes regarding wolf introduction of those who live in 
the immediate area and would be most likely to have direct 
contact with the wolves. The EIS should also address any 
potential impacts that wolf introduction may have on hunting on 
the Olympic Peninsula. The Committee notes that agreement to 
allocate funds for the EIS should not be interpreted as an 
endorsement of wolf introduction. A decision to proceed or not 
to proceed with introduction will be made following a thorough 
review of the EIS, and an assessment of available funding 
versus the needs of other priority programs in this bill. The 
Committee also notes that it does not intend to support wolf 
introduction unless it is clearly demonstrated in the EIS that 
such introduction has the support of a majority of the people 
who live or work in the immediate introduction area, and whose 
families, livestock, and pets would be most likely to encounter 
the wolves if introduced.
    Within the amount provided for recovery, the Committee 
expects the Service to continue to monitor wolf populations in 
both Yellowstone National Park and the Frank Church River of No 
Return Wilderness Area, and to work with local communities to 
ensure timely reporting of wolf movements. The Committee has 
provided $300,000 for the Nez Perce Tribe for continued 
assistance in monitoring efforts. The Committee also expects 
the Service to continue its participation in the wolf predation 
reimbursement program in cooperation with the Department of 
Agriculture and non-Federal entities.
    The Committee has also provided $75,000 for a habitat-based 
population viability assessment for grizzly bear reintroduction 
in the Bitterroot-Selway Wilderness Area.
    The Committee has provided the same level of funding as 
provided in fiscal year 1997 for the Virgin River integrated 
resource management plan, the Colorado River Basin Recovery 
Program, the Natural Communities Conservation Planning [NCCP] 
Program, and the Peregrine Fund for continued activities in 
support of California condor recovery. The Committee also urges 
the Service to consider allocating funding for water table 
studies for use in any future listing decisions regarding the 
Bruneau Hot Spring snail.
    Within the increased funds provided for endangered species 
recovery and refuge operations and maintenance, the Service is 
encouraged to consider additional funding for emergency bird 
and plant recovery and habitat mitigation needs in Hawaii, 
particularly for the endangered po'ouli and palila birds.
    The Committee is concerned about continued delays in the 
issuance of captive bred wildlife permit regulations. The 
Department is directed to issue such regulations not later the 
January 1, 1998.
    Habitat conservation.--The Committee recommends $58,198,000 
for habitat conservation, an increase of $1,200,000 over the 
budget request. Within the amount provided, $23,689,000 is for 
project planning, including $600,000 for the Middle Rio Grande 
(Bosque) Program, $200,000 for Platte River studies, $100,000 
to establish the Cedar City ecological services office, and 
$1,131,000 for the Chicago Wetlands Office. The amount provided 
also includes the requested funding for coastal ecosystems and 
the national wetlands inventory. The amount provided for 
Partners for Wildlife includes $750,000 for regional fisheries 
enhancement groups in cooperation with the Washington State 
Department of Fish and Wildlife and $200,000 for the partners 
program in Vermont. The Reno biodiversity initiative, the 
Klamath basin working group and Missouri Chutes studies are 
continued at the fiscal year 1997 level.
    The Committee is concerned that permitting for new oil and 
gas projects in Alaska not be delayed and that permits for 
these projects be processed in a timely and expeditious 
fashion. Given the importance of these new developments to the 
State of Alaska and the Nation, the Committee expects that the 
budget for the Fish and Wildlife Service accounts for the 
increased demand on permitting resources. Should the Fish and 
Wildlife Service not be able to meet permit time lines for new 
developments in a timely and expeditious fashion, the Committee 
expects to receive from the agency a report and reprogramming 
request to make necessary funds available to meet timely permit 
processing milestones.
    Environmental contaminants.--The Committee recommends 
$9,074,000 for environmental contaminants, the same as the 
budget request.
    Refuges and wildlife.--The Committee recommends 
$265,522,000 for refuges and wildlife, an increase of 
$20,500,000 over the budget request and a decrease of 
$8,828,000 below the House level. The amount provided includes 
increases over the request of $20,000,000 for refuge operations 
and maintenance and $500,000 for the North American waterfowl 
management plan to provide base funding for the Pacific coast 
and intermountain wetlands joint ventures.
    The Committee has provided the significant increase for 
refuge operations and maintenance to help the Service undertake 
high-priority projects in its maintenance management system, 
and to address operating shortfalls at refuges around the 
country. The Committee expects the Service to use a portion of 
this increase to establish operating bases at the Clarks River 
National Wildlife Refuge and at the Canaan Valley National 
Wildlife Refuge, including establishing a presence in the 
valley itself. The Committee also encourages the Service to 
enhance alien species control efforts in the Hawaii refuges, 
and to give a high priority to activities at the Rocky Mountain 
Arsenal Refuge.
    The Committee directs the Service to complete all action on 
the double-crested cormorant depredation order so that this 
document will be functional before the fall 1997 migration of 
cormorants. Subsequently, necessary steps shall be undertaken 
jointly by the Service and the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service [APHIS] animal damage control program to 
evaluate and implement population management strategies for 
fish eating bird species at nesting, roosting, and wintering 
sites when depredating on commercial, sport, or forage fish, or 
when causing or about to cause other problems.
    The Committee is concerned about the severe overgrazing 
problem created by improper management of the Rocky Mountain 
bighorn sheep located on the Confederated Salish and Kootenai 
Reservations. While the herd is perhaps one of the finest in 
North America, its dramatic population increase jeopardizes the 
economic stability of surrounding private ranches. Testing has 
demonstrated that disease will eventually lead to a dramatic 
die off of the herd due to overgrazing and poor management. The 
Committee urges the tribe to consider alternative management 
techniques, including transportation to other tribal lands or 
States whose governments have requested animals to rebuild 
their herds. The expertise of the Foundation for North American 
Wild Sheep could assist the tribe in improving their big game 
management measures. At a time when the Confederated Salish and 
Kootenai Tribes desire to take over all responsibilities of 
managing the Moise National Bison Range, the Committee is 
skeptical of such a management transfer given the mismanagement 
of the bighorn sheep.
    Of the funds provided for the Office of Migratory Bird 
Management, the Committee directs the Fish and Wildlife Service 
to conduct a study of the effects of hunting season framework 
extensions on migratory waterfowl populations. This study 
should include, but not be limited to, Mississippi, Alabama, 
Louisiana, and Minnesota.
    The Committee is concerned that harvest restrictions on 
dusky Canada geese have led to increasing agricultural 
depredation by the broader goose population in southwest 
Washington and Oregon. Economic losses are estimated to be in 
the millions of dollars. The Committee directs the Service to 
submit to the Committee by March 15, 1998, a report that 
describes the Service's response to this problem to date, 
additional actions that could be taken to combat the problem, 
and the costs associated with the various options.
    Fisheries.--The Committee recommends $71,350,000 for 
fisheries, an increase of $2,150,000 over the budget request. 
The increase provided over the request includes $1,000,000 for 
hatchery operations and maintenance. The Committee expects the 
Service to target this increase to endangered species recovery 
work to be performed at the Mora hatchery and other locations. 
The recommended amount also includes increases of $200,000 for 
Yukon River escapement monitoring and research, $400,000 for 
Atlantic salmon conservation, and $50,000 for the regional mark 
processing center. A $500,000 increase is provided for whirling 
disease research. The Committee understands that $750,000 of 
the funds provided for this research will be allocated for work 
with the National Partnership on the Management of Wild and 
Native Cold Water Fisheries.
    The Committee notes that the amount provided for fisheries 
includes increases over the fiscal year 1997 level of $500,000 
for aquatic nuisance species control and $578,000 for the Great 
Lakes initiative.
    Recent declines in mainland caribou herds on the Alaska 
Peninsula have forced State game managers to eliminate the 
subsistence hunt for the region's villages. The Committee is 
interested in determining whether the Adak caribou population 
may serve as a dedicated source of broodstock for 
transplantation of discrete caribou herds on islands of Alaska. 
The Committee is requesting a report from the Fish and Wildlife 
Service whether suitable habitat exists for such translocation 
on islands outside of the public domain. The Fish and Wildlife 
Service should prepare a report for the Committee to determine 
whether suitable habitat exists for such translocation outside 
of the public domain. The report should be prepared in 
consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies and the 
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and should include 
preliminary cost estimates for the various translocation 
options included in the study.
    General administration.--The Committee recommends 
$103,739,000 for general administration, an increase of 
$1,200,000 over the budget request. The increase provided 
includes $1,000,000 for the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation and $200,000 for the Caddo Lake Institute.
    General.--To the extent general increases are provided for 
programs that include a forest plan component, the Committee 
expects the Service to provide an increase for forest plan 
activities that is proportional to the general increase 
provided.
    The Committee is concerned about the Service's recent 
proposal to create a new regional office. The Committee directs 
the Service not to proceed with establishment of the new office 
pending congressional approval consistent with existing 
reprogramming procedures. The reprogramming request should 
identify in detail both the immediate and long-term costs of 
the proposed office, the impact on Service personnel in the 
region, and the expected benefits in terms of program delivery.
    The Committee is very concerned about a secretarial order 
recently issued by the Department of the Interior and the 
Department of Commerce regarding the administration of the 
Endangered Species Act [ESA] in relation to Indian tribal 
lands. Although this order has no force of law, it purports to 
change the administration of the ESA in ways that are flatly 
inconsistent with the statute.
    For example, the order provides that conservation 
restrictions to protect a listed species shall not be directed 
at a tribal activity unless the conservation purpose of the 
restriction cannot be achieved by reasonable regulation of non-
Indian activities. In other words, if an Indian and non-Indian 
are engaged in exactly the same activity, the order says that 
the activity by the non-Indian will be curtailed first, and 
that the activity by the Indian will be curtailed, if at all, 
only as a last resort. Nothing in the law supports this 
preferential treatment for Indian activities.
    In the designation of critical habitat, the order directs 
the Departments to engage in the same sort of preferential 
treatment. The appendix to the order provides that in 
designating critical habitat, the Services shall evaluate and 
document the extent to which the conservation needs of the 
listed species can be achieved by limiting the designation to 
other lands. Again, nothing in the law supports burdening 
private land with a critical habitat designation while sparing 
adjacent tribal land.
    The Committee believes strongly that Indian lands should be 
treated no differently with respect to the Endangered Species 
Act. Nothing in the current version of the Endangered Species 
Act authorizes treating Indian lands differently from non-
Indian lands, both public and private. If the administration 
believes that the ESA should be rewritten to achieve the 
results purportedly required by this order, it should propose 
legislation to accomplish this goal. Until such legislation is 
enacted, however, the Committee expects the Department to 
adhere to the ESA as written.
    Bill language.--Bill language is included which provides a 
technical correction for the fee authority of the National 
Conservation Training Center and which provides that the funds 
are available until expended.
    Bill language is included prohibiting the Service from 
charging any overhead on moneys transferred from the Bureau of 
Reclamation for the Upper Colorado River Recovery Program.

                              construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $59,256,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      35,921,000
House allowance.........................................      40,256,000
Committee recommendation................................      43,053,000

    The Committee recommends $43,053,000 for construction, an 
increase of $7,132,000 over the budget request and $2,797,000 
over the House level. The amount provided includes $5,910,000 
for construction management, $1,000,000 for emergency projects, 
and $36,143,000 for line item construction projects.
    The Committee recommends the following distribution of 
funds:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee   
          Project/description           Budget estimate   recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge,                                  
 HI: Assessment/site investigation....         $250,000         $250,000
Bear River National Wildlife Refuge,                                    
 UT: Dike repair......................  ...............          600,000
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge,                                    
 MD: Administrative building..........  ...............          335,000
Bozeman Fish Technology Center, MT:                                     
 Planning and design..................          606,000          606,000
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge,                                  
 IL: Rehabilitate sewage treatment                                      
 facilities...........................        1,659,000        1,659,000
Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery,                                     
 ME: Station rehabilitation...........        3,900,000        3,500,000
Creston National Fish Hatchery, MT:                                     
 Jessup Mill Pond Dam.................        1,500,000        1,500,000
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge,                                   
 NJ: Green Village disposal assessment/                                 
 site investigation...................          250,000          250,000
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, WI:                                   
 Replace boardwalk....................  ...............          425,000
John Hay Estate, NH: Rehabilitation...  ...............        1,000,000
Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, HI:                                   
 Complete construction................  ...............        1,000,000
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, AK:                                     
 Access trail and public use facility                                   
 rehabilitation.......................  ...............          480,000
Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife                                       
 Complex, AK: Construct aircraft                                        
 hangar at Galena.....................          915,000  ...............
Merced National Wildlife Refuge, CA:                                    
 Water distribution center............        2,548,000        2,548,000
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, MO:                                     
 Replace bridges......................  ...............          702,000
National Black Footed Ferret                                            
 Conservation Center: Phase I planning                                  
 and design...........................          250,000          250,000
National Elk Refuge, WY: Replace                                        
 irrigation system....................  ...............          400,000
Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery, SC:                                  
 Rehabilitate drainage canal..........          833,000          833,000
Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge, MD:                                  
 Cash Lake Dam........................        2,515,000        2,515,000
Region 2, OK-TX-AZ-NM: Solid waste                                      
 cleanup..............................          445,000          445,000
Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge,                                   
 FL: Replace six bridges..............          469,000          469,000
Saint Vincent National Wildlife                                         
 Refuge, FL: Replace the Outlet Creek                                   
 Bridge...............................          186,000          186,000
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge,                                     
 TX: Road rehabilitation..............        1,208,000        1,208,000
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge,                                    
 MI: Rehabilitate Houlihan Road Bridge          520,000          520,000
Southwest Fisheries Technology Center,                                  
 NM: Mora hatchery....................  ...............        2,000,000
Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge,                                   
 WA: Trail construction and access....  ...............          840,000
Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge,                                     
 TN:                                                                    
    Rehabilitate public access road                                     
     through Duck River unit..........        2,500,000        2,500,000
    Replace two bridges...............          139,000          139,000
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, AK:                                    
 Construct four-plex residence at                                       
 Dillingham...........................          335,000  ...............
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, WA:                                  
 Maintenance building.................          843,000          843,000
Upper Mississippi River NW&FR, IL:                                      
 Construct administrative facility....          510,000          510,000
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, OK:                                  
    Grama Lake and Comanche Dams......        4,800,000        4,800,000
    Road rehabilitation...............        1,840,000        1,840,000
Other (nonspecific):                                                    
    Bridge safety inspections.........          495,000          495,000
    Dam safety inspections............          495,000          495,000
                                       ---------------------------------
      Project total...................       30,011,000       36,143,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The funds provided for Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge 
are for a trail project in cooperation with the U.S. Forest 
Service. Funds are included also in the Forest Service 
``Construction'' account for this purpose.
    The Committee has no objection to the proposed 
reprogramming which would provide $672,000 for replacement of 
the burned headquarters/administration building at Arapaho 
National Wildlife Refuge, CO.
    In allocating the funds provided for rehabilitation of the 
John Hay Estate, the Committee urges the Fish and Wildlife 
Service to work with the John Hay Commission.

                natural resource damage assessment fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $4,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       4,628,000
House allowance.........................................       4,128,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,328,000

    The Committee recommends $4,328,000 for natural resource 
damage assessments, a decrease of $300,000 from the budget 
request. While the Committee does not object to the 
Department's efforts to streamline management of the NRDA 
program, budget constraints prevent the Committee from 
providing the substantial increase requested by the 
administration.
    The Committee has also included language in the bill to 
allow proceeds from past liquidation of stocks and other 
noncash payments to remain available until expended. This 
language was requested by the administration. Bill language is 
also included which will clarify that the Department may make 
transfers to any trustee, Federal or non-Federal, participating 
in negotiated legal settlements.

                            land acquisition

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $44,479,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      44,560,000
House allowance.........................................      53,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      57,292,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $57,292,000, 
an increase of $12,732,000 above the budget estimate, an 
increase of $4,292,000 above the House allowance, and an 
increase of $12,813,000 above the fiscal year 1997 level.
    The following table shows the Committee's recommendations:

                                                               Committee
        Area and State                                    recommendation

Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge (Shadmoor), NY......      $2,500,000
Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, FL................       2,000,000
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, TX...       1,000,000
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, VA...................       2,000,000
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, TX.......         700,000
Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, MO.........       1,000,000
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, AL.................       3,000,000
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, WV..............       4,000,000
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge, NJ...................       3,000,000
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge, KY...............       3,000,000
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, FL.............         400,000
Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge, CA (Bair Island)..       2,000,000
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ..........       2,000,000
Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge, WA........         300,000
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, AK.....................         600,000
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, TX....         900,000
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, MA....................         332,000
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge (Black River unit), 
    WA..................................................       1,500,000
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge, WV-KY-OH...       1,000,000
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge, IN...............         500,000
Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge, ME................       1,000,000
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, ME..............       1,100,000
Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge, VA..       2,000,000
Rhode Island complex, Rhode Island......................         500,000
San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, CA..................       3,000,000
Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge (including 
    Pondicherry), CT-MA-NH-VT...........................       2,000,000
Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, CT........       1,100,000
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, NV.................       1,000,000
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, SC...................       2,000,000
Western Montana project, MT.............................       1,000,000
Acquisition management..................................       8,860,000
Emergency and hardships.................................       1,000,000
Exchanges...............................................       1,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................      57,292,000

    Funds for the Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge, KY, 
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.
    With regard to the funds provided for the Silvio O. Conte 
National Wildlife Refuge, lands within the State of New 
Hampshire should be acquired from willing sellers only, or 
through donation or exchange.

            cooperative endangered species conservation fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $14,085,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      14,000,000
House allowance.........................................      14,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,000,000

    The Committee recommends $14,000,000 for the cooperative 
endangered species conservation fund, the same as the House and 
the budget estimate.

                     national wildlife refuge fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $10,779,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      10,000,000
House allowance.........................................      10,000,000
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 1997 level and an increase of $779,000 over the budget 
estimate and the House level. 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, 1997....................................      $1,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       1,000,000
House allowance.........................................       1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,000,000

    The Committee recommends $1,000,000 for African elephant 
conservation, the same as the House allowance and the budget 
estimate. These funds should be matched by non-Federal funding 
to as great an extent as possible.

               north american wetlands conservation fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $9,750,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      15,000,000
House allowance.........................................      10,500,000
Committee recommendation................................      13,000,000

    The Committee recommends $13,000,000 for the North American 
wetlands conservation fund, which is $2,500,000 above the House 
and $3,250,000 above the fiscal year 1997 level. The Committee 
notes that the fund has generated $2.30 in cost sharing for 
every one Federal dollar expended from the fund. The Committee 
also notes that $31,000,000 is estimated to become available to 
the fund in fiscal year 1998 through permanent appropriations.

                 rhinoceros and tiger conservation fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................        $400,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................         400,000
House allowance.........................................         400,000
Committee recommendation................................         400,000

    The Committee recommends $400,000 for the rhinoceros and 
tiger conservation fund, which is the same as the budget 
request and the House level. These funds should be matched by 
non-Federal funding to as great an extent possible.

              wildlife conservation and appreciation fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................        $800,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................         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 budget request.

                         National Park Service

                 operation of the national park system

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $1,154,611,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   1,220,325,000
House allowance.........................................   1,232,325,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,249,409,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$1,249,409,000. The Committee's recommendation is an increase 
of $94,798,000 above the fiscal year 1997 enacted level, 
$29,084,000 above the budget estimate, and $17,084,000 above 
the House allowance.
    The following table provides a comparison of Committee 
recommendations to the budget estimate:

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                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Park management:                                                                                                
    Resource stewardship.....................................     $211,158,000     $219,692,000      +$8,534,000
    Visitor services.........................................      287,599,000      291,080,000       +3,481,000
    Maintenance..............................................      381,310,000      400,203,000      +18,893,000
    Park support.............................................      241,815,000      240,891,000         -924,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, park management..............................    1,121,882,000    1,151,866,000      +29,984,000
                                                              ==================================================
External administrative costs................................       98,443,000       97,543,000         -900,000
                                                              ==================================================
      Total, operation of the National Park System...........    1,220,325,000    1,249,409,000      +29,084,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The amount provided includes $8,000,000 for a 1-percent 
across-the-board base increase for all park units, as proposed 
in the budget request. The Committee has also included 
$24,800,000 for a park operations initiative focused on park 
units with critical health and safety deficiencies, shortfalls 
in visitor services, and inadequate resource protection 
capabilities. A portion of these funds will also be allocated 
to newly created units. The amount provided for the park 
operations initiative is an increase of $8,500,000 over the 
budget request. The allocation of the funds provided above the 
request is to be consistent with information previously 
provided to the Committee.
    The Committee has not recommended the establishment of a 
separate Everglades restoration fund as proposed by the 
administration. However, funding for Everglades activities is 
provided in the regular appropriations accounts at levels 
consistent with the budget agreement. The Committee continues 
to be impressed by the degree of interagency and 
interjurisdictional cooperation in the Everglades, but sees no 
compelling reason to forward fund the work being performed. The 
Committee will continue to evaluate funding needs on a year-to-
year basis.
    The Committee is aware of proposals to use surplus Wherry 
Housing units at the Presidio for the purpose of providing 
housing for the homeless. That use is inconsistent with the 
general management plan, and is inconsistent with the mission 
of the Park Service. While the Committee does not object to the 
movement of Wherry Housing units to a location outside of the 
Presidio for alternative uses, the Committee will not approve 
the use of Park Service funds for this purpose for any costs 
above that which the Park Service might incur if the units were 
simply removed from the site.
    The Committee supports the efforts of the 11th Mississippi 
Memorial Committee to establish a memorial at the Gettysburg 
National Military Park honoring the 11th Mississippi Infantry 
Regiment. The Committee expects the Park Service to provide 
necessary assistance in this endeavor within the context and 
intent of the Park Service's established policy for 
consideration and approval of the erection of additional 
monuments at Gettysburg National Military Park.
    The Committee recognizes the important role national parks 
play in community sponsored activities on Federal lands. The 
Committee appreciates the support provided in the past by the 
Park Service to community organizations that sponsor 
recreational activities such as bicycle races, foot races, and 
charity events, including the Rim Rock Run in the Colorado 
National Monument near Grand Junction, CO, while preserving the 
integrity of the parks and providing for the safety of the 
participants. However, the Committee is concerned with recent 
indications that the Park Service may be narrowly interpreting 
its policies with regard to support of such activities. The 
Committee was disappointed to learn of the Secretary's decision 
to cancel such an event on the George Washington Memorial 
Parkway earlier this spring. The Committee urges the Park 
Service to continue its support of community sponsored 
activities within the national parks, including the Rim Rock 
Run, while taking reasonable steps to ensure the integrity of 
the parks and provide for the safety of the participants.
    Resource stewardship.--The Committee recommends 
$219,692,000 for resource stewardship, an increase of 
$26,382,000 over the fiscal year 1997 level and $8,534,000 over 
the budget request. Changes from the fiscal year 1997 level 
include increases of $1,245,000 for a 1-percent across-the-
board increase; $7,693,000 for the park operations initiative; 
$500,000 for the abandoned mine lands program; $580,000 for the 
desert mining program; $700,000 for air quality monitoring, 
including $100,000 for PM-10 research; $1,000,000 for inventory 
and monitoring; and $100,000 for the Northwest ecosystem 
office. The amount recommended also includes an increase of 
$12,000,000 for Everglades science activities reflecting the 
Committee's decision not to establish a separate Everglades 
restoration fund as proposed by the administration. The 
Committee has provided $1,500,000 for the new vanishing 
treasures initiative, which is focused on protection of ancient 
ruins and historic structures in the intermountain field area. 
The Committee has also provided an increase of $2,000,000 for 
historic structures stabilization, an increase of $873,000 for 
cataloging at the 291 park units that manage museum 
collections, $1,000,000 for cyclic maintenance, $1,458,000 for 
6(c) retirement back pay and associated costs, and $2,933,000 
for uncontrollable cost increases. Within the amounts provided, 
the Park Service should allocate $80,500 for rehabilitation of 
the George Washington Carver National Monument.
    The Committee recommends that the Park Service use a 
portion of the increase provided for inventory and monitoring 
to continue and enhance groundwater monitoring at Yellowstone 
and to continue administration of the Yellowstone Controlled 
Ground Water Area in cooperation with the State of Montana.
    The Committee has not provided the requested increase of 
$2,400,000 for cooperative research units. The Committee finds 
this request inconsistent with the Department's frequently 
stated position that core research capabilities for the 
Department are to be maintained within the Biological Resources 
Division of the U.S. Geological Survey.
    The Committee understands that the amounts provided will 
enable the Park Service to carry out its responsibilities under 
the various settlement agreements relating to the relicensing 
of hydroelectric projects in the Ross Lake National Recreation 
Area.
    Visitor services.--The Committee recommends $291,080,000 
for visitor services, an increase of $19,103,000 over the 
fiscal year 1997 level and $3,481,000 over the budget request. 
Changes from the fiscal year 1997 level include increases of 
$2,422,000 for a 1-percent across-the-board increase, 
$8,802,000 for the park operations initiative, $2,878,000 for 
6(c) retirement back pay and associated costs, and $5,601,000 
for uncontrollable cost increases. A reduction of $600,000, as 
proposed in the budget, has been taken for one time costs 
associated with the Presidential inaugural.
    Maintenance.--The Committee recommends $400,203,000 for 
maintenance, an increase of $32,505,000 over the fiscal year 
1997 level and $18,893,000 over the budget request. Changes 
from the fiscal year 1997 level include increases of $2,681,000 
for a 1-percent across-the-board increase, $7,044,000 for the 
park operations initiative, $103,000 for safety training, 
$16,865,000 for a transfer in of the equipment replacement 
program from construction, and $6,212,000 for uncontrollable 
costs increases. A reduction of $400,000, as proposed in the 
budget, has been taken for one time costs associated with the 
Presidential inaugural.
    Park support.--The Committee recommends $240,891,000 for 
park support, an increase of $11,924,000 over the fiscal year 
1997 level and a reduction of $924,000 from the budget request. 
Changes from the fiscal year 1997 level include increases of 
$1,712,000 for a 1-percent across-the-board increase, 
$1,261,000 for the park operations initiative; $320,000 for a 
workers compensation initiative to provide retraining and 
reduce fraud and abuse; $970,000 for financial management 
improvements; $500,000 for information management upgrades; 
$963,000 to establish information management capabilities at 
seven park units; $300,000 for education programs; $300,000 for 
wild and scenic rivers as proposed in the budget; and 
$4,476,000 for uncontrollable costs increases. The Committee 
has also provided an increase of $422,000 for social science 
programs critical to the implementation of the Government 
Performance and Results Act.
    An increase of $700,000 has been provided for the national 
trails system, of which $100,000 is for the Park Service trails 
office in support of Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail 
activities, and $400,000 of which is for technical assistance 
and challenge cost share grants related to sites, activities 
and events along the length of the Lewis and Clark National 
Historic Trail. The Park Service is encouraged to work with the 
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Council in allocating the funds 
provided. The remaining $200,000 is provided as proposed in the 
budget, including support for the Selma to Montgomery National 
Historic Trail and the California and Pony Express National 
Historic Trails.
    External administrative costs.--The Committee recommends 
$97,543,000 for external administrative costs, an increase of 
$4,884,000 over the fiscal year 1997 level and a reduction of 
$900,000 from the budget request. Changes from the fiscal year 
1997 level include increases of $700,000 for electronic 
acquisition systems, $1,000,000 for telecommunications, and 
$3,184,000 for uncontrollable costs.
    The Committee notes the May 1997 GAO report titled: 
``Telecommunications Management: More Effort Needed by Interior 
and the Forest Service to Achieve Savings.'' The report 
concluded that, while the Department of the Interior has 
undertaken a number of telecommunications initiatives that have 
resulted in significant financial savings, the Department is 
not systematically identifying and acting on other 
opportunities to consolidate and optimize telecommunications 
resources within and among its bureaus or its 2,000-plus field 
locations. Until the Department can demonstrate that it is 
responding to the recommendations contained in this report, the 
Committee will remain reluctant to approve significant 
investments in telecommunications programs and equipment.
    Other.--Within the funds provided for planning, the Park 
Service should work with the National Center for Accessibility 
to conduct an accessibility study of the Natchez National 
Historical Park. The report should include estimates of the 
costs to implement the report's recommendations, and should be 
submitted to the Committee by January 30, 1997.
    Within 90 days of passage of this act, the National Park 
Service shall report to the Committee on the status of the 
establishment of the Family History Center at the Ellis Island 
National Monument. The report shall include a plan detailing 
the milestones, costs, fundraising targets, and the proposed 
operation and management of the Family History Center, 
including accessing historical documents such as immigrant ship 
manifests.
    Within the amounts provided in the park operations 
initiative for Alaska parks, the Park Service is directed to 
use at least $100,000 to establish a Katmai National Park and 
Preserve satellite office on Kodiak Island.

                  national recreation and preservation

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $37,976,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      42,063,000
House allowance.........................................      43,934,000
Committee recommendation................................      45,284,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $45,284,000, 
an increase of $3,221,000 above the budget estimate, an 
increase of $1,350,000 above the House allowance, and an 
increase of $7,308,000 above the fiscal year 1997 level.

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                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recreation programs..........................................         $506,000         $506,000  ...............
Natural programs.............................................        9,984,000        9,984,000  ...............
Cultural programs............................................       18,699,000       19,199,000        +$500,000
International park affairs...................................        1,658,000        1,658,000  ...............
Environmental and compliance review..........................          350,000          350,000  ...............
Grant administration.........................................        1,715,000        1,715,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
Heritage Partnership Programs:                                                                                  
    Commissions and grants...................................        3,908,000        4,500,000         +592,000
    Technical support........................................        1,250,000          850,000         -400,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal...............................................        5,158,000        5,350,000         +192,000
                                                              ==================================================
Statutory or contractual aid for other activities:                                                              
    Alaska Native Cultural Center............................          750,000  ...............         -750,000
    Aleutian World War II National Historic Area.............  ...............          100,000         +100,000
    Blackstone River Corridor Heritage Commission............  ...............          324,000         +324,000
    Brown Foundation.........................................          102,000          102,000  ...............
    Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission......................           48,000           48,000  ...............
    Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal.....................  ...............          829,000         +829,000
    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  ...............
    Lower Mississippi Delta..................................  ...............           65,000          +65,000
    Martin Luther King, Jr. Center...........................          534,000          534,000  ...............
    National Constitution Center.............................          236,000          236,000  ...............
    Native Hawaiian culture and arts program.................          750,000          750,000  ...............
    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
    Vancouver National Historic Reserve......................  ...............          285,000         +285,000
    Wheeling National Heritage Area..........................  ...............          480,000         +480,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, statutory or contractual aid.................        3,993,000        6,522,000       +2,529,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, National recreation and preservation............       42,063,000       45,284,000       +3,221,000
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    Recreation programs.--The Committee recommends an increase 
over the fiscal year 1997 level of $12,000 for uncontrollable 
cost increases.
    Natural programs.--The Committee recommends increases over 
the fiscal year 1997 level of $113,000 for uncontrollable cost 
increases and $1,000,000 for the Rivers and Trails Conservation 
Assistance Program [RTCA]. The Committee expects the increase 
for the RTCA Program to be applied to activities within the 
scope of the existing program, and not to be applied to new 
initiatives. Within the amounts provided for natural programs, 
the Committee recommendation includes $250,000 to continue the 
Lake Champlain program and $150,000 for ongoing support of the 
Connecticut River conservation partnerships.
    The Committee understands that funding is included in the 
budget request and in this bill to continue the Old Spanish 
Trail study.
    Cultural programs.--The Committee recommends increases over 
the fiscal year 1997 level of $135,000 for uncontrollable cost 
increases and $500,000 for the native American graves 
protection and repatriation program.
    International park affairs.--The Committee recommends an 
increase over the fiscal year 1997 level of $26,000 for 
uncontrollable cost increases.
    Environmental compliance.--The Committee recommends an 
increase over the fiscal year 1997 level of $12,000 for 
uncontrollable cost increases.
    Grant administration.--The Committee recommends an increase 
over the fiscal year 1997 level of $39,000 for uncontrollable 
cost increases.
    Heritage partnerships.--The Committee recommends $5,350,000 
for the heritage partnerships program. Within this amount is 
$850,000 for technical support and $4,500,000 for grants to 
heritage areas and historic districts consistent with Public 
Law 104-333. The Committee has not earmarked funds for 
particular heritage areas within this amount. The Park Service 
should evaluate proposals based upon consistency with the 
authorizing statute, the cost constraints of the overall 
program, the level of cost-sharing proposed, threats to 
historic resources, the degree to which planning has been 
completed, the extent to which projects are ready to be 
implemented, technical feasibility, and other factors that the 
Park Service may deem appropriate.
    Statutory or contractual aid.--The Committee recommends 
$6,522,000 for statutory or contractual aid.
    Funds provided for the Lower Mississippi Delta are for an 
archaeological study at Eaker Air Force Base. The study should 
build on existing feasibility studies, and should explore 
potential funding sources outside the Park Service for any 
recommended archaeological research or display facilities.
    The increase provided for the Delaware and Lehigh 
Navigation Canal is for work at Two Rivers Landing.
    Funds requested for the Alaska Native Cultural Center have, 
for fiscal year 1998, been transferred to the construction 
account to offset the costs of construction of the Alaska 
Native Heritage Center.

                       historic preservation fund

Appropriations, 1996....................................     $36,612,000
Budget estimate, 1997...................................      45,612,000
House allowance.........................................      40,412,000
Committee recommendation................................      39,812,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $39,812,000 
for the historic preservation fund, an increase of $3,200,000 
above the fiscal year 1997 level, a decrease of $5,800,000 
below the budget estimate, and a decrease of $600,000 below the 
House allowance.
    The amount provided includes $36,312,000 for grants-in-aid 
to States, Indian tribes, and historically black colleges and 
universities, and $3,500,000 for the National Trust for 
Historic Preservation. This will be the final year of 
appropriations to the Trust.
    Within the amount provided is an increase over the fiscal 
year 1997 level of $400,000 for grants to Indian tribes seeking 
to assume historic preservation responsibilities on reservation 
lands, as proposed in the budget.
    The Committee has provided $4,622,000 for restoration of 
historic buildings at historically black colleges and 
universities. The amount provided includes $1,422,000 to 
continue base funding for projects identified by the field 
assessment team pursuant to Executive Order 12677. An 
additional $3,200,000 is provided for restoration projects 
authorized under section 507 of Public Law 104-333, the Omnibus 
Parks Act of 1996. Based upon information provided to the 
Committee, this is the maximum amount for which non-Federal 
matching funds are likely to be raised during the fiscal year. 
The Park Service shall select projects to be funded in fiscal 
year 1998 based upon the condition of the structure, the 
urgency of the work to be performed, the readiness of 
institution to perform the work, the historic significance of 
the structure, and the degree of non-Federal cost sharing that 
can be achieved. No single facility should be granted more than 
$1,000,000 of the funds provided. Within the amount provided, 
$200,000 is for the Park Service to prepare a comprehensive 
assessment of the condition of the colleges authorized in the 
Omnibus Parks Act of 1996. This information will be used by the 
Committee in making funding decisions in future years.
    In order to assure that funds are expended prudently 
pursuant to the required condition assessment, bill language is 
included which provides that these funds are to remain 
available until expended.

                              construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $182,744,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     150,000,000
House allowance.........................................     148,391,000
Committee recommendation................................     167,894,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $167,894,000, 
an increase of $17,894,000 above the budget estimate and an 
increase of $19,503,000 above the House allowance.
    The following table shows projects contained in the budget 
estimate and the Committee recommendation:

                   NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSTRUCTION                   
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee   
                                         Budget request   recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Acadia National Park, ME:                                               
    Restore historic carriage roads...       $1,200,000  ...............
    Upgrade utilities and facilities..        5,300,000       $5,300,000
Alaska Native Heritage Center, AK                                       
 (construct center)...................  ...............        2,200,000
Amistad National Recreation Area, TX                                    
 (construct sewage treatment                                            
 facilities)..........................          750,000          750,000
Blackstone River Valley National                                        
 Historic Commission, MA/RI                                             
 (directional signs, et cetera).......  ...............          500,000
Blue Ridge Parkway, TN (repair Sims                                     
 Pond Dam)............................        1,100,000        1,100,000
Boston National Historical Park, MA                                     
 (replace elevators, State Street                                       
 building)............................        1,600,000        1,600,000
Cape Hatteras National Seashore, NC                                     
 (move lighthouse)....................  ...............        2,000,000
Center for Archeological Studies, AL                                    
 (construct storage facility).........  ...............          500,000
C&O Canal National Historical Park, MD                                  
 (design and engineering).............  ...............          500,000
Darwin Martin House, NY (restoration).  ...............          500,000
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation                                  
 Area, PA (repair Hidden Lake Dam)....          900,000          900,000
Denali National Park and Preserve, AK                                   
 (rehabilitate Riley Creek utilities).        4,150,000        4,150,000
Dry Tortugas National Park, FL (Fort                                    
 Jefferson rehabilitation)............  ...............          250,000
El Malpais National Monument, NM                                        
 (multiagency center with BLM)........  ...............        3,000,000
Everglades National Park, FL:                                           
    Modified water delivery...........   \1\ 11,900,000       11,900,000
    Replace Flamingo water system.....        3,000,000        3,000,000
Fort McHenry National Monument, MD                                      
 (rehabilitate historic fort walls)...        1,800,000        1,800,000
Fort Smith National Historic Site, AR                                   
 (rehabilitation).....................  ...............        3,400,000
Fort Sumter National Monument, SC                                       
 (site development)...................  ...............        2,860,000
Gateway National Recreation Area, NY                                    
 (rehabilitate Jacob Riis Park).......        4,500,000        3,100,000
Gateway National Recreation Area, NJ                                    
 (protect entrance road)..............        4,800,000        4,800,000
Gauley National Recreation Area, WV                                     
 (facilities planning)................  ...............          750,000
General Grant National Monument, NY                                     
 (restore memorial and grounds).......          900,000          900,000
Gettysburg National Military Park, PA                                   
 (rehabilitate facilities, monuments).  ...............          700,000
Glacier Bay National Park and                                           
 Preserve, AK (wastewater treatment)..  ...............        1,731,000
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ                                          
 (transportation vehicles)............        2,900,000        2,900,000
Hispanic Cultural Center, NM (arts                                      
 center)..............................  ...............        3,000,000
Hot Springs National Park, AR                                           
 (stabilization, lead paint)..........  ...............          500,000
Independence National Historical Park,                                  
 PA (rehabilitate/replace utilities)..        6,300,000        4,300,000
Isle Royale National Park, MI                                           
 (rehabilitate park vessel Ranger III                                   
 )....................................        2,300,000        2,300,000
Katmai National Park and Preserve                                       
 (rehabilitation).....................  ...............          200,000
Kenai Fjords National Park, AK                                          
 (interagency facility)...............  ...............          300,000
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, NV                                  
 (rehabilitate waste water and water                                    
 systems).............................        4,700,000        4,700,000
Manzanar National Historic Site, CA                                     
 (repair fence).......................  ...............          310,000
Marsh-Billings National Historical                                      
 Park, VT (rehabilitate historic                                        
 carriage house)......................        2,400,000        2,400,000
Minute Man National Historical Park,                                    
 MA (historic Battle Road trail)......        2,000,000        2,000,000
Mount Rainier National Park, WA                                         
 (construct Paradise Valley employee                                    
 dorm)................................        2,452,000        2,452,000
Natchez Trace Parkway, MS (road                                         
 construction)........................  ...............        8,000,000
National Capital Parks--Central, DC:                                    
    Jefferson Memorial rehabilitation.        4,500,000        4,500,000
    Washington Monument rehabilitation        3,500,000        1,000,000
New Bedford Whaling National                                            
 Historical Park, MA (roof repair,                                      
 access)..............................  ...............          153,000
New River Gorge National River, WV                                      
 (access, trails stabilization).......  ...............        2,525,000
Oklahoma City Memorial, OK                                              
 (construction).......................  ...............        1,000,000
Penn Center, SC (rehabilitation)......  ...............          500,000
President's Park, DC (replace HVAC)...       11,500,000       11,500,000
Sequoia National Park, CA (replace                                      
 giant sequoia facilities)............        6,000,000        3,000,000
Shiloh National Military Park, MS                                       
 (Corinth Battlefield interpretive                                      
 center)..............................  ...............        1,000,000
Timpanogos Cave National Monument, UT                                   
 (joint administrative facility with                                    
 Forest Service)......................  ...............          510,000
Trail of Tears National Historic                                        
 Trail, NC (produce exhibits for                                        
 museum)..............................          600,000  ...............
Trail of Tears National Historic                                        
 Trail, OK (produce exhibits for                                        
 museum)..............................          600,000          600,000
Vancouver National Historical Reserve,                                  
 WA (planning, compliance,                                              
 restoration).........................  ...............        2,223,000
Vicksburg National Military Park, MS                                    
 (rehabilitation).....................  ...............        2,595,000
Wind Cave National Park, SD (replace                                    
 cave system elevators)...............        1,400,000        1,400,000
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and                                    
 Preserve, AK (design interpretive                                      
 center)..............................  ...............          400,000
Zion National Park, UT (purchase                                        
 buses)...............................        6,850,000        3,210,000
                                       ---------------------------------
      Subtotal, line-item projects....       99,902,000      127,669,000
Emergency, unscheduled, housing.......       15,808,000       15,000,000
Planning..............................       20,600,000       17,500,000
Equipment.............................       17,865,000  ...............
General management plans..............        6,900,000        6,900,000
Special resource studies..............          825,000          825,000
                                       ---------------------------------
      Grand total, construction.......  \1\ 161,900,000      167,894,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ For comparison purposes, Everglades modified water delivery         
  ($11,900,000) is shown in the budget estimate column even though the  
  funds were requested in a different account.                          

    The Committee has provided funds to plan and prepare for 
the relocation of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, which is 
imminently threatened by continued erosion of the coastline. 
The lighthouse is a national landmark and an important symbol 
for the people of North Carolina, and a significant amount of 
Federal and non-Federal funds have been expended for its 
protection. The Committee is committed to completion of this 
project in a timely manner in order to preserve this historic 
structure.
    Initial funding has also been provided for the Oklahoma 
City Bombing Memorial. These funds are provided subject to 
appropriate authorization.
    While the Committee understands the 10-year development 
plan for the Blackstone Heritage corridor should be completed 
by the end of the current fiscal year, the funds provided for 
Blackstone should not be expended until such plan is complete.
    Within the funds provided for general management plans, 
$150,000 should be provided for a study to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of designating Central High School 
in Little Rock, AR, as a unit of the National Park System due 
to its importance in interpreting the development of the civil 
rights movement in the United States.
    Funds provided for Gettysburg National Military Park are to 
supplement, not displace, other increases that would be 
available for Gettysburg within the park operations initiative, 
the increase for historic structures stabilization, or other 
accounts.
    With respect to funds provided for work at Wrangell-St. 
Elias and Glacier Bay, the Park Service is expected to 
coordinate with the local Alaska native corporations pursuant 
to section 1307 of the ANILCA. The Committee also understands 
that planning for better access to Wrangell-St. Elias is 
underway, and is the subject of an agreement with the State of 
Alaska. The Committee recommends substantial improvements to 
and along existing State roads in the park area shall, at 
minimum, proceed in parallel with the design and construction 
of the visitor center.
    Within the funds provided for design, sufficient funding 
should be available to update plans for the Riley Creek utility 
upgrades at Denali National Park.
    The Committee understands that the Park Service intends to 
allocate $2,800,000 in fiscal year 1997 to continue work on the 
Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park highway road 
relocation project, and that additional funds will be allocated 
in fiscal year 1999 from Federal Highway Lands Program funds. 
The Committee supports efforts to complete this project in 
fiscal year 1999.
    Funds provided for the Penn Center, SC, and the Darwin 
Martin House in Buffalo, NY, are to be derived pursuant to the 
Historic Preservation Fund Act.
    Funds provided for the Hispanic Cultural Center are 
provided subject to appropriate authorization.
    The Committee expects the National Park Service to be of 
assistance to the city of Ridgeland and Madison County, MS, in 
addressing the needs for bridge replacement on Rice Road and 
Old Canton Roads, which span the Natchez Trace Parkway.
    The Committee does not agree with the Park Service's 
proposal to move Brooks River Lodge in Katmai National Park and 
has prohibited the use of any funds to do so. The Committee 
expects the Park Service to find alternative means to manage 
increased day use through the improvement or expansion of 
existing facilities, boardwalks and boat landings, without 
instituting or utilizing a quota system on visitors. The 
Committee recommends $200,000 for design of such work.
    The Committee is aware that continued erosion of the banks 
of the Tennessee River threatens important archeological and 
cultural resources at Shiloh National Military Park. In 
developing its fiscal year 1999 budget request, the National 
Park Service should consider, consistent with NPS construction 
priorities, the various mitigation options being developed by 
the Corps of Engineers as part of its ongoing feasibility 
study.
    The Committee is aware increased park visitation and the 
accompanying vehicle traffic on the unimproved privately owned 
one lane road providing access to the Congaree Swamp National 
Monument has resulted in significant deterioration, rutting, 
and washboarding of the roads surface. This problem has 
persisted since the parks creation in 1976 and is the source of 
increased frustration with the roads private owners. The 
Committee directs the National Park Service to provide it with 
a report, no later than January 1, 1998, on options available 
for providing public access to the monument without using a 
privately owned road and what the cost options would be for 
alternative access.
    The Committee is aware that the National Park Service has 
recently completed a flood recovery plan for the C&O Canal 
National Historical Park. The plan identifies $55,000,000 in 
damages resulting from two major floods in 1996. The Committee 
has, in prior emergency appropriations, provided over 
$20,000,000 in funding for repairs to the park. If additional 
funds are needed to restore the C&O Canal National Historical 
Park to functional, preflood conditions, the National Park 
Service should include a request for such funds in its future 
budgets to complete unfunded high priority projects consistent 
with the NPS construction priority system.
    The Committee has recommended transfer of the ``Equipment 
replacement'' account to the maintenance activity in the 
``Operating'' account to reflect the annual nature of these 
expenditures.

                    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 1998.

                 land acquisition and state assistance

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $53,915,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      70,900,000
House allowance.........................................     129,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     125,690,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $125,690,000, 
an increase of $54,790,000 above the budget estimate and a 
decrease of $3,310,000 below the House allowance.
    The following table shows the Committee recommendation:

                                                               Committee
        Area and State                                    recommendation

Appalachian National Scenic Trail, multiple States......      $4,200,000
Arkansas Post National Memorial (Menard/Hodges site), AR         440,000
Aztec Ruins National Monument, NM.......................         600,000
Big Cypress National Preserve/south Florida, FL.........      10,000,000
Channel Islands National Park, CA.......................       1,000,000
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, GA........       1,000,000
Denali National Park and Preserve, AK...................       2,000,000
Everglades National Park/south Florida, FL..............      66,000,000
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, 
    VA..................................................       3,500,000
Gauley National Recreation Area, WV.....................       1,750,000
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Giacomini Ranch), 
    CA..................................................       3,000,000
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, ID..............         800,000
Haleakala National Park, HI.............................       1,000,000
Minute Man National Historical Park, MA.................         500,000
National Western Trails Historical Center (complete), IA         650,000
New River Gorge National River (including Eades Mill), 
    WV..................................................       2,900,000
Olympic National Park, WA (Elwha).......................       3,000,000
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site............         900,000
Petroglyph National Monument, NM........................       2,000,000
Saguaro National Park, AZ...............................       2,000,000
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, TX.......       2,000,000
Santa Monica Mountains National Park, CA................       3,000,000
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve 
    (Kennicott), AK.....................................       3,000,000
Acquistion management...................................       7,450,000
Emergencies/hardships/deficiency/relocation.............       3,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................     125,690,000

    Funds provided for land acquisition at New River Gorge 
National River may be used within the Bluestone River National 
Scenic River.
    Language has been included in general provisions, title I 
of the bill relating to the expenditure of funds for Kantishna 
mining claims.

                      everglades restoration fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................................
Budget estimate, 1998...................................    $100,000,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee has not established an Everglades restoration 
fund as proposed by the administration. Funding for Everglades 
restoration activities have instead been included in the 
regular appropriations accounts, at levels consistent with the 
budget agreement.

                          ENERGY AND MINERALS

                         U.S. Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $740,051,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     745,388,000
House allowance.........................................     755,795,000
Committee recommendation................................     758,160,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $758,160,000 
for surveys, investigations, and research of the U.S. 
Geological Survey [USGS]. This amount is $12,772,000 above the 
budget request, $18,109,000 above the fiscal year 1997 level, 
and $2,365,000 above the House allowance. The following table 
provides a comparison of the Committee's fiscal year 1998 
recommendations with the budget estimate:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Mapping Program:                                                                                       
    National data collection and integration.................      $60,916,000      $62,096,000      +$1,180,000
    Earth science information management and delivery........       32,711,000       33,146,000         +435,000
    Geographic research and applications.....................       37,298,000       37,543,000         +245,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, National Mapping Program.....................      130,925,000      132,785,000       +1,860,000
                                                              ==================================================
Geologic hazards, resource and processes:                                                                       
    Geologic hazards assessments.............................       73,303,000       75,032,000       +1,729,000
    Geologic landscape and coastal assessments...............       70,515,000       72,986,000       +2,471,000
    Geologic resource assessments............................       83,888,000       87,157,000       +3,269,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, geologic hazards, resource and processes.....      227,706,000      235,175,000       +7,469,000
                                                              ==================================================
Water resources investigations:                                                                                 
    Water resources assessment and research..................      103,444,000       95,851,000       -7,593,000
    Water data collection and management.....................       25,868,000       28,247,000       +2,379,000
    Federal-State coop program...............................       63,345,000       66,231,000       +2,886,000
    Water Resources Research Act program.....................        1,750,000        4,553,000       +2,803,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, water resources investigations...............      194,407,000      194,882,000         +475,000
                                                              ==================================================
Biological research:                                                                                            
    Biological research and monitoring.......................      122,680,000      124,815,000       +2,135,000
    Biological information management and delivery...........       11,390,000       11,145,000         -245,000
    Cooperative research units...............................       10,390,000       11,199,000         +269,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, biological research..........................      145,000,000      147,159,000       +2,159,000
                                                              ==================================================
General administration.......................................       24,805,000       25,584,000         +779,000
Facilities...................................................       22,545,000       22,575,000          +30,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, surveys, investigations, and research...........      745,388,000      758,160,000      +12,772,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    National Mapping Program.--The Committee recommends 
$132,785,000 for the National Mapping Program. When compared 
with the fiscal year 1997 level, this amount includes an 
increase of $1,860,000 for uncontrollable cost increases and a 
decrease of $850,000 in geographic research and applications 
programs. The Committee agrees with the proposal to redirect 
$1,200,000 within existing funds for a new urban dynamics 
initiative. The Committee continues to support the national 
atlas project and expects that the current funding level will 
be maintained in fiscal year 1998.
    The Committee recognizes that our Nation has made a 
substantial investment in the collection, management, and 
distribution of Landsat Earth observation satellite data and 
commends the USGS for taking the lead, as delegated by the 
Department of the Interior, under the Land Remote Sensing 
Policy Act of 1992, Public Law 102-555, to establish the 
national satellite land remote sensing data archive. This 
archive ensures proper storage, preservation, and timely access 
to these data for long-term monitoring and global environmental 
studies. In 1998, two new satellites--Landsat 7 and EOS--become 
operational and will acquire unprecedented amounts of data. 
Current data volumes in the archive will increase tenfold (from 
about 100 terabytes to over 1,000 terabytes) by the year 2000. 
Availability of these data will greatly increase the 
effectiveness of short- and long-term natural resource, natural 
disaster, environmental, and economic analyses. The Committee 
encourages the USGS to plan for the expanded capacity needed to 
both preserve and ensure the availability of these data. USGS 
should consider the funding requirements for these activities 
in the development of its fiscal year 1999 budget and beyond to 
maintain this continually growing, permanent record of the 
Earth.
    Geologic hazards, resources, and processes.--The Committee 
recommends $235,175,000 for geologic hazards, resources, and 
processes programs. When compared with the fiscal year 1997 
level, this amount includes increases of $2,743,000 for 
uncontrollable costs, $3,000,000 for continued development of 
the Global Seismic Network, and $1,000,000 for enhancements in 
seismic, geodetic, geochemical, and remote-sensing monitoring 
at hazardous volcanoes in Hawaii, Alaska, and elsewhere in the 
United States. The Committee concurs with the reduction of 
$2,848,000 to the continental surveys program proposed in the 
budget request with the understanding that any of its vital 
functions will be absorbed by other appropriate programs within 
the division. The Committee does not agree with the proposed 
budget reduction of $1,726,000 to the national cooperative 
geologic mapping program and has restored those funds to the 
program.
    Last year, in response to a directive in the Senate report 
accompanying the fiscal year 1997 Interior appropriations bill, 
the Geological Survey undertook a study of the full scope of 
the geophysical, geologic, and natural resources data 
collection and storage issues in Alaska. The findings of that 
study were provided to the Committee in a report issued earlier 
this year. Among its recommendations, the Committee believes 
that two, in particular, merit funding by the Survey in fiscal 
year 1998. Therefore, the Committee has included $2,000,000 for 
the minerals at risk project, which will enable work to begin 
on both the development of a mineral and geologic data base, 
and the assembly of existing library materials into a 
coordinated, streamlined network. Further, the Committee 
directs the USGS to report to the Committee, not later than 120 
days after enactment of this bill, additional funding 
requirements necessary to implement other recommendations 
contained in the report, and to recommend the fair allocation 
of this amount among the participants and beneficiaries of the 
study on a cost-shared basis.
    The Committee has supported the first phase of the South 
Carolina coastal erosion study, a joint USGS and South Carolina 
sea grant consortium effort to develop a regional sediment 
inventory which will provide the basis for improved prediction 
of shoreline changes and cost-effective mitigation of future 
erosion. The Committee is aware that the second phase of this 
study would expand the investigations to cover the remaining 
South Carolina coast and parts of Georgia. The USGS should 
provide, by April 1, 1998, a detailed research program with 
budget projections for this second 5-year phase. The Committee 
encourages the administration to consider the funding 
requirements for the second phase in the fiscal year 1999 
budget request.
    Water resources investigations.--The Committee recommends 
$194,882,000 for water resources investigations programs. When 
compared with the fiscal year 1997 level, this amount includes 
an increase of $3,801,000 for uncontrollable costs and a 
decrease of $1,425,000 from the Water Information Delivery 
Program. In addition, the Committee has restored $1,657,000 for 
continuation of the Acid Rain Program, which was proposed for 
elimination as a separate monitoring effort.
    The Committee does not agree with proposed budget 
reductions to either the Federal-State cooperative water 
partnership or the Water Resources Research Act Program. The 
Committee recommends restoring funds for both programs to their 
current levels and has included an additional amount for 
uncontrollable cost increases. The Committee expects that the 
State Water Resources Research Institutes Programs will be 
administered in accordance with the provisions of section 
104(b) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984, as amended 
by Public Law 104-147.
    The Committee anticipates funding to continue on the work 
plan for the Middle Rio Grande basin as set forth in the budget 
request. In addition, funding for Lake Champlain monitoring 
programs is expected to be maintained at current levels.
    The Committee agrees with the Survey's proposal to dedicate 
$900,000 to the Great Salt Lake basins study unit of the NAWQA 
program in fiscal year 1998. Within these funds, the Committee 
expects a plan to be developed and undertaken for collection of 
water quality data throughout the Bear River basin (including 
Bear Lake), one of three major river systems entering the Great 
Salt Lake. In developing and completing this data collection 
plan, the Survey is directed to include the Bear River Compact 
Commission to the maximum extent possible, particularly where 
cost savings and efficiencies can be achieved.
    Biological research.--The Committee recommends $147,159,000 
for the Biological Research Division. When compared with the 
fiscal year 1997 level, this amount includes an increase of 
$2,659,000 for uncontrollable costs; $3,000,000 for science 
support for management of Federal lands; $1,000,000 for 
restoration of the Great Lakes fisheries and habitats; $500,000 
for coastal habitats studies; $500,000 for Pacific salmon 
studies; $1,000,000 for endocrine disruption research; and 
$1,000,000 for the cooperative research units.
    As outlined in the budget estimate, the Committee 
understands that additional resources provided for science 
support for management of Federal lands will be used for the 
following research activities: $1,200,000 for weeds in the 
West; $750,000 for exotic species in the East; $800,000 for 
integrated monitoring; and $250,000 for air quality impacts of 
biological resources. The Committee encourages the Division to 
explore the feasibility of including the Lake Champlain 
watershed in its research into exotic species in the East.
    In providing funds to meet both uncontrollable costs and 
programmatic increases of the Division, the Committee expects 
that, at a minimum, current base budgets will be maintained for 
each of the science centers, including the Leetown facility, 
and other field unit operations. Where proposed changes in 
funding for any of these facilities might result in reductions 
to current funding levels, the Committee expects that its 
approval will be sought prior to final action being taken by 
the Division.
    The $1,000,000 increase for the cooperative research units 
is provided in order to fill some of the 20 position vacancies 
that now exist at established units. The Committee concurs with 
the Division's intention to give priority to those units that 
have carried vacancies for the greatest length of time and have 
unit leader vacancies.
    The Survey may provide Fish and Wildlife Service funded 
payment in lieu of taxes [PILT] to local entities for 
properties being transferred to the Survey from the Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
    The Committee is aware of a project in Hawaii to use 
advanced information and remote sensing technologies to aid in 
assessing, planning for, and addressing the loss of species and 
natural habitat. To the extent funds are available and 
cooperation on this project would be a priority for the 
Biological Resources Division, the Committee has no objection 
to USGS/BRD working with other partners on this effort.
    General administration.--The Committee recommends 
$25,584,000 for general administration. This amount includes an 
increase of $779,000 above the budget estimate for 
uncontrollable costs.
    Facilities.--The Committee recommends $22,575,000 for 
facilities. This amount includes an increase of $30,000 above 
the budget estimate for uncontrollable costs.

                      Minerals Management Service

    The Minerals Management Service [MMS] 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 1998, it is 
estimated that MMS will collect and distribute $6,700,000,000 
from over 107,000 Federal and Indian leases.

                royalty and offshore minerals management

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $156,955,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     157,922,000
House allowance.........................................     139,621,000
Committee recommendation................................     135,722,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $135,722,000, 
a decrease of $22,200,000 from the budget estimate and a 
decrease of $3,899,000 below the House allowance. The Committee 
recommendations compared to the budget estimates are shown in 
the following table:

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                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outer Continental Shelf lands:                                                                                  
    Leasing and environmental program........................      $30,095,000      $30,095,000  ...............
    Resource evaluation......................................       21,121,000       22,921,000      +$1,800,000
    Regulatory program.......................................       36,277,000       36,277,000  ...............
    Information management program...........................       13,941,000       13,941,000  ...............
    Use of receipts..........................................      -41,000,000      -65,000,000      -24,000,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Outer Continental Shelf lands................       60,434,000       38,234,000      -22,200,000
                                                              ==================================================
Royalty management:                                                                                             
    Valuation and operations.................................       31,284,000       31,284,000  ...............
    Compliance...............................................       32,312,000       32,312,000  ...............
    Indian allottee refunds..................................           15,000           15,000  ...............
    Program services office..................................        2,564,000        2,564,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, royalty management...........................       66,175,000       66,175,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
General administration:                                                                                         
    Executive direction......................................        1,815,000        1,815,000  ...............
    Policy and management improvement........................        3,628,000        3,628,000  ...............
    Administrative operations................................       12,118,000       12,118,000  ...............
    General support services.................................       13,752,000       13,752,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, general administration.......................       31,313,000       31,313,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, royalty and offshore minerals management........      157,922,000      135,722,000      -22,200,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The general reduction proposed in the Outer Continental 
Shelf [OCS] Lands Program is offset by an increase in the 
amount of fees that the Minerals Management Service is 
authorized to retain and apply to its programs. These fees are 
available as a result of increased rental receipts realized 
from the continuing highly successful sales in the western Gulf 
of Mexico. An increase above the budget request of $1,800,000 
is provided in the Resource Evaluation Program specifically for 
the Marine Minerals Resource Center Program to contribute to 
the responsible exploration and sustainable development of 
seabed minerals.
    The Committee notes the significant reductions in the 
Royalty Management Program in the budget request, and the 
agency's contention that these reductions are attributable to 
operational efficiencies; not reductions in effectiveness. The 
Committee urges the agency to evaluate the effects of these 
reductions as implemented to ensure that the integrity of the 
royalty audit and collections programs is not compromised. 
While the Committee is concerned about the reductions proposed 
by MMS, it has approved the reductions, based on MMS 
indications that program effectiveness will be retained at 
historic levels.
    The Committee notes that a feasibility study is near 
completion regarding the taking of oil and/or gas in-kind. In 
consideration of this study and the several public meetings on 
the subject, the Committee expects the MMS to continue testing 
and evaluation of such a program through use of pilot tests, 
should the study indicate the program can be a viable tool for 
royalty collection efficiency. It is expected that at least one 
such test will be initiated during fiscal year 1998.
    The Committee is concerned about the development of an 
annual audit plan, and expects the MMS to continue plan 
development and to report quarterly on actual audit activity as 
specified by the House.
    The Minerals Management Service has proposed new 
regulations on oil valuation for the purpose of determining 
royalties owed to the Federal Government and the States. The 
Committee is aware that MMS has received expressions of concern 
from the oil industry and affected States about the proposed 
new regulations. The MMS should work diligently to address 
these concerns during the rulemaking process. MMS is encouraged 
to ensure that the Federal Government and States receive all 
the royalties to which they are entitled.
    Bill language.--Pursuant to the administration's request, 
the Committee has reluctantly included bill language 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 
similar to that included in previous appropriations acts, but 
is changed to conform to the 5-year OCS development plan. The 
Committee notes that development activities outside of approved 
areas identified in the 5-year plan is not permitted under law. 
As such, the moratoria language requested by the administration 
is redundant and largely irrelevant. The Committee strongly 
urges the administration to stand by its own 5-year plan and 
discontinue its request for moratoria beginning in the fiscal 
year 1999 budget request.
    The Committee recognizes the need to acquire additional 
computer equipment for the royalty management program, and has 
increased the authorization for use of carryover funds for this 
purpose to $3,000,000.

                           oilspill research

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $6,440,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       6,118,000
House allowance.........................................       6,118,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,118,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,118,000, 
the same as the House allowance and the budget estimate.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

    The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
[OSMRE], through its ``Regulation and technology'' account, 
regulates surface coal mining operations to ensure that the 
environment is protected during those operations and that the 
land is adequately reclaimed once mining is completed. The 
OSMRE accomplishes this mission by providing grants to those 
States and tribes that maintain their own regulatory and 
reclamation programs and by conducting oversight of State 
programs. Further, the OSMRE administers the regulatory 
programs in the States and for the tribes that do not have 
their own programs and on Federal lands.
    Through its ``Abandoned mine reclamation fund'' account, 
the OSMRE provides environmental restoration at abandoned coal 
mines using tonnage-based fees collected from current coal 
production operations. In their unreclaimed condition these 
abandoned sites may endanger public health and safety or 
prevent the beneficial use or land and water resources.

                       regulation and technology

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $94,672,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      93,709,000
House allowance.........................................      95,437,000
Committee recommendation................................      97,437,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $97,437,000, 
an increase of $3,728,000 above the budget estimate and 
$2,000,000 above the House allowance. A comparison of the 
budget estimates and the Committee recommendation is as 
follows:

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                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Environmental restoration....................................          $90,000          $96,000          +$6,000
Environmental protection.....................................       72,353,000       73,053,000         +700,000
Technology development and transfer..........................        9,502,000       12,006,000       +2,504,000
Financial management.........................................          738,000          746,000           +8,000
Executive direction..........................................       10,526,000       11,036,000         +510,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, regulation and technology....................       93,209,000       96,937,000       +3,728,000
                                                              ==================================================
Civil penalties..............................................          500,000          500,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, regulation and technology.......................       93,709,000       97,437,000       +3,728,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee has included an increase of $1,728,000 to 
cover a portion of fixed cost increases. Also included is 
$2,000,000 specifically for an acid mine drainage technology 
initiative. The Committee expects OSMRE to pursue cooperative 
efforts involving the National Mine Land Reclamation Center, 
other appropriate Federal agencies, and the National Mining 
Association. The purpose of this effort is to identify, 
evaluate, and develop technologies that will reduce the 
formation of acid pollutants that can drain into streams and 
rivers.
    The Committee notes that interim final rules were published 
on April 21, 1997, to rectify problems with the permitting 
process relative to the applicant violator system. The U.S. 
Court of Appeals invalidated previous rules as inconsistent 
with the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. 
Implementation of final rules is essential for consistent long-
term understanding of the permit application and evaluation 
process. The Committee expects OSMRE to give high priority to 
involvement by industry and interest groups in the development 
of final rules, and to pursue implementation of the rules 
promptly.

                    Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund

                         (Definite, Trust Fund)

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $177,085,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     177,348,000
House allowance.........................................     179,624,000
Committee recommendation................................     177,624,000

    The Committee recommends $177,624,000 for the abandoned 
mine reclamation fund, which is $2,000,000 under the House 
funding level and $276,000 above the budget request. A 
comparison of the Committee recommendation and the budget 
estimate is as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Environmental restoration....................................     $165,573,000     $165,849,000        +$276,000
Technology development and transfer..........................        1,746,000        1,746,000  ...............
Financial management.........................................        5,312,000        5,312,000  ...............
Executive direction..........................................        4,717,000        4,717,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................      177,348,000      177,624,000         +276,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee has included a modest increase of $276,000 to 
cover a portion of fixed cost increases. The Committee has 
included $5,000,000, as requested, for the Appalachian clean 
streams initiative to address acid mine drainage problems. The 
Committee has received expressions of concern that projects 
funded under the Appalachian clean streams initiative may not 
be as high a priority as other projects regularly funded 
through the AML grant program. The Committee expects OSMRE to 
evaluate carefully projects to ensure that the work to be 
accomplished is at least as high a priority as those funded 
through the grant program.
    Bill language.--As in prior years, the bill includes 
language related to the conduct of the AML program. The 
Committee has included language that maintains the Federal 
emergency reclamation program and limits expenditures in any 
one State to 25 percent of the total appropriated for Federal 
and State-run emergency programs. Bill language is also 
included to permit States to use prior-year carryover funds 
from the emergency program without being subject to the 25-
percent statutory limitation per State. The Committee has also 
recommended bill language which would fund minimum program 
State grants at $1,500,000 per State and bill language which 
provides $5,000,000 to be used for projects in the Appalachian 
clean streams initiative.
    The Committee has also included language specific to the 
State of Maryland authorizing the State to set aside the 
greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants 
made available to the State under title IV of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, subject to specific 
provisions identified in the bill language.

                             INDIAN AFFAIRS

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      operation of indian programs

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $1,443,502,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   1,542,305,000
House allowance.........................................   1,526,815,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,527,024,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,527,024,000 
a decrease of $15,281,000 below the budget estimate, an 
increase of $209,000 above the House allowance, and $83,522,000 
above the fiscal year 1997 level.
    The following table provides a comparison of the budget 
estimate with the Committee recommendations:

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                                                                                  Committee                     
                                                             Budget estimate   recommendation        Change     
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                
                   TRIBAL BUDGET SYSTEM                                                                         
                                                                                                                
Tribal priority allocations:                                                                                    
    Tribal government.....................................      $303,117,000      $303,117,000  ................
    Human services........................................       134,928,000       134,928,000  ................
    Education.............................................        50,933,000        50,933,000  ................
    Public safety and justice.............................        94,795,000        94,795,000  ................
    Community development.................................        56,507,000        56,507,000  ................
    Resources management..................................        57,772,000        57,772,000  ................
    Other trust services..................................        29,969,000        29,969,000  ................
    General administration................................        21,327,000        21,327,000  ................
    Small and needy tribes distribution...................         8,000,000         8,000,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, tribal priority allocations...............       757,348,000       757,348,000  ................
                                                           =====================================================
Other recurring programs:                                                                                       
    Tribal government.....................................         5,000,000         5,000,000  ................
    Education:                                                                                                  
        School operations:                                                                                      
            Forward funding...............................       380,909,000       374,290,000       -$6,619,000
            Other school operations.......................        86,097,000        86,097,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
              Subtotal, school operations.................       467,006,000       460,387,000        -6,619,000
                                                           =====================================================
        Continuing education..............................        30,411,000        28,411,000        -2,000,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, education.............................       497,417,000       488,798,000        -8,619,000
                                                           =====================================================
    Community development.................................        16,371,000        16,371,000  ................
    Resources management..................................        38,377,000        38,377,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, other recurring programs..................       557,165,000       548,546,000        -8,619,000
                                                           =====================================================
Nonrecurring programs:                                                                                          
    Tribal government.....................................         2,375,000         2,375,000  ................
    Public safety and justice.............................           584,000           584,000  ................
    Resources management..................................        31,220,000        31,220,000  ................
    Other trust services..................................        30,750,000        26,000,000        -4,750,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, nonrecurring programs.....................        64,929,000        60,179,000        -4,750,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total, tribal budget system.........................     1,379,442,000     1,366,073,000       -13,369,000
                                                           =====================================================
                      BIA OPERATIONS                                                                            
                                                                                                                
Central office operations:                                                                                      
    Tribal government.....................................         2,605,000         2,605,000  ................
    Human services........................................           704,000           704,000  ................
    Public safety and justice.............................         2,487,000         2,487,000  ................
    Community development.................................           984,000           984,000  ................
    Resources management..................................         3,082,000         3,082,000  ................
    Other trust services..................................         1,549,000         1,549,000  ................
    General administration:                                                                                     
        Education program management......................         2,074,000         2,074,000  ................
        Other general administration......................        34,254,000        33,854,000          -400,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, general administration................        36,328,000        35,928,000          -400,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, central office operations.............        47,739,000        47,339,000          -400,000
                                                           =====================================================
Area office operations:                                                                                         
    Tribal government.....................................         1,336,000         1,336,000  ................
    Human services........................................           969,000           969,000  ................
    Public safety and justice.............................           568,000           568,000  ................
    Community development.................................         3,086,000         3,086,000  ................
    Resources management..................................         3,157,000         3,157,000  ................
    Other trust services..................................        10,761,000         8,563,000        -2,198,000
    General administration................................        23,207,000        23,207,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, area office operation.....................        43,084,000        40,886,000        -2,198,000
                                                           =====================================================
Special programs and pooled overhead:                                                                           
    Education.............................................        14,019,000        14,019,000  ................
    Public safety and justice.............................         3,264,000         3,264,000  ................
    Community development.................................         3,451,000         4,137,000          +686,000
    Resources management..................................         1,320,000         1,320,000  ................
    Trust services........................................           504,000           504,000  ................
    General administration................................        49,482,000        49,482,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, special programs..........................        72,040,000        72,726,000          +686,000
                                                           =====================================================
      Total, BIA operations...............................       162,863,000       160,951,000        -1,912,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total, operation of Indian programs.................     1,542,305,000     1,527,024,000       -15,281,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Tribal priority allocations.--The Committee recommends 
$757,348,000 for the tribal priority allocations activity 
[TPA], the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance. 
Tribes cite TPA as their highest budget priority, and in 1998, 
TPA will comprise almost one-half of the BIA's operating budget 
(49 percent).
    The Committee is aware of the substantial need for 
replacement and repair construction of tribal schools. The 
Committee's available funding for tribal school construction, 
however, is limited and largely restricted to only those 
schools which are on the BIA's school construction priority 
list. Due to the overwhelming number of requests and the clear 
need for school construction and repair of tribal schools which 
are not on the BIA's school priority list, the Committee has 
included a provision which would provide tribal governments the 
authority to use TPA funds for the design and construction of 
replacement schools in the BIA system if they so wish. Tribal 
governments which place a high priority on the replacement of 
schools should not be restricted from using TPA funds for this 
purpose. Due to BIA concerns that the uncontrolled construction 
of additional schools will create significant pressure in the 
future for additional funding to support such facilities, 
future funding for the subsequent replacement of school 
facilities that are developed with funds other than designated 
BIA school construction funds will need to be provided from 
non-Federal funding sources.
    A provision is included in title I, general provisions, 
regarding TPA and waiver of tribal sovereign immunity.
    The TPA budget activity was created in 1993 toward 
fulfilling goals of Indian self-determination, in response to 
recommendations of the BIA/DOI/tribal joint task force on 
reorganization. The Committee applauds efforts of the tribes 
and the BIA toward Indian self-determination. However, the 
Committee does not believe that the current pro rata 
distribution of TPA funds is an appropriate method. About 70 
percent of TPA funds are distributed on this pro rata basis 
among all tribes as the following table shows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                       Fiscal year           Dollars per        
                                     Number                              1998 TPA  -----------------------------
               Area                    of     Population  Trust acres      base                                 
                                     tribes                              funding     Indian   Acre      Tribe   
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen..........................       16      128,412    5,997,355  $52,525,500   $409.0    $8.8   $3,282,800
Albuquerque.......................       24       59,598    4,392,358   27,616,500    463.4     6.3    1,150,700
Anadarko..........................       23       45,535      476,427   19,514,300    428.6    41.0      848,400
Billings..........................        7       42,427    6,468,477   29,782,000    702.0     4.6    4,254,600
Eastern...........................       27       50,272      442,584   25,286,100    501.0    56.9      932,800
Juneau............................      226       85,259      884,131   49,660,000    582.5    56.2      219,700
Minneapolis.......................       34       76,883    1,208,384   35,712,500    464.5    29.6    1,050,400
Muskogee..........................       18      284,740      660,920   29,593,900    103.9    44.8    1,644,100
Navajo............................        1      225,668   15,432,171   48,993,800    217.1     3.2   48,993,800
Phoenix...........................       43      100,854   12,560,571   60,376,300    598.7     4.8    1,404,100
Portland..........................       42      104,841    4,663,947   81,288,100    775.3    17.4    1,935,400
Sacramento........................       95       55,717      446,473   22,866,200    410.4    51.2      240,700
                                   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total.....................      556    1,260,206   53,633,798  483,115,200    383.4     9.0      868,900
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The BIA has been unable to provide the Committee with 
satisfactory information on the basis for this pro rata 
distribution of about 70 percent of TPA, except to say that it 
is historical in nature. To continue allocating Federal funds 
under the current formula, which fails to consider the economic 
situation of each tribe and provides alarmingly unequal 
funding, increases the economic disparity among Indian tribes 
and undermines self-sufficiency and self-determination. 
Economic self-sufficiency leads to self-determination. Those 
tribes that have substantial business income should be, in part 
or in whole, self-supporting.
    The Committee believes that TPA funding should be 
distributed to tribes in order of economic need, all toward the 
agreed upon goal of self-determination. The Committee supports 
providing the most needy Indian tribes a preference for funding 
from the TPA account for all programs. Indian tribes that are 
most economically disadvantaged should receive the majority of 
funds provided in the TPA account. The Committee recognizes 
that the BIA would not be able to implement such a distribution 
method for fiscal year 1998 because it does not have the 
business income information it needs from the tribes on which 
to make distributions based on economic need. The Committee has 
included a provision directing the tribes to provide, and 
authorizing the BIA to collect, information on tribal business 
income with a goal of implementing the new distribution formula 
for fiscal year 1999.
    The Committee directs the BIA, in consultation with the 
House and Senate Appropriations Committees, to develop several 
options for changing the current funding formula for the TPA 
account to take into consideration all tribal business revenue, 
including gaming revenues, license fees and royalties, 
including pass-through payments of tribal business income to 
shareholders based on tribal membership. Payments by a 
corporation to individual shareholders based on stock ownership 
and not tribal membership are not considered tribal business 
revenue unless the corporation is operated by a tribe.
    The BIA is directed to submit its recommendations for 
formula-driven distribution of TPA, which shall include several 
options for the consideration of the Appropriations Committees, 
to the Committees by January 1, 1998.
    The BIA should provide assistance to the tribes upon the 
tribes' request, especially the small and needy tribes, in the 
compilation and submission of tribal business revenue to the 
BIA. Tribes which do not submit information to the BIA by 
November 1, 1997, for the purpose of aiding the Bureau in its 
determination of a new need-based formula, and by April 15 of 
every subsequent year, shall not receive TPA funding for the 
next fiscal year, as it will not be possible for the BIA to 
determine their need-based share of TPA.
    The Committee notes that, currently, about 30 percent of 
TPA funds are already distributed by formula to tribes meeting 
certain criteria. The activities representing these funds are 
the following: the Indian Child Welfare Act [ICWA] program; new 
tribes; Johnson-O'Malley education assistance; housing 
improvement [HIP]; road maintenance; contract support; welfare 
assistance; and certain wildlife and parks funds that were 
specifically identified to tribes.
    Although they are included in the TPA activity account, new 
tribes, HIP, road maintenance, contract support, and welfare 
assistance funds are distributed each year by formula in 
accordance with specific criteria, so they are not included in 
what is referred to as TPA base funding. The Committee 
recognizes that the BIA has been consulting with tribes on 
whether to discontinue the current formula-driven distribution 
process for these programs. The Committee directs the continued 
allocation of these funds based on need in accordance with 
specific criteria.
    The Committee concurs with the House recommendation that up 
to $3,400,000 may be used for additional employee displacement 
costs.
    The Committee recommends that, within funds appropriated 
for TPA, $5,000,000 shall be for tribes in any State in which 
the caseload for those tribes in fiscal year 1995 for the Aid 
to Families With Dependent Children Program under part A of 
title IV of the Social Security Act exceeded 50 percent of the 
total of the caseload for that State. The appropriated amount 
is to remain available until expended for the tribes. Funds are 
to be paid directly to each such tribe in the same proportion 
as the amount of State funds provided to each tribe for the 
program in the same fiscal year, but only if the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services has approved a tribal family 
assistance plan for the tribe under section 412 of the Social 
Security Act.
    The funds are for tribes that intend to run their own 
welfare programs. Funds would be used for both benefits and 
administrative expenses.
    Other recurring programs.--The Committee recommends 
$548,546,000 for other recurring programs, an increase of 
$14,380,000 above the fiscal year 1997 funding level and 
$750,000 above the House allowance. This amount includes an 
increase over the fiscal year 1997 level of $7,697,000 for 
fixed costs and a decrease of $3,067,000 for internal 
transfers.
    The Committee recommends increases over the fiscal year 
1997 funding level of $5,000,000 for the Indian self-
determination fund, $2,000,000 for Indian School Equalization 
Program [ISEP] funds, $1,000,000 for student transportation, 
and $1,000,000 for tribally controlled community colleges.
    The Committee recommendation includes increases in 
resources management over the fiscal year 1997 level of 
$500,000 for irrigation operations and maintenance and $250,000 
toward fulfillment of the terms of the Northwest Tribes Fishing 
Access Sites Memorandum of Agreement [MOA] of June 1995 for 
construction of fishing access sites along the Columbia River 
and the Bonneville Dam Pool. The Secretary of the Army is 
required, in accordance with Public law 100-581, to acquire, 
develop, and improve land and facilities for 30 fishing access 
sites as necessary for four treaty tribes along the Columbia 
River. The cost for the U.S. Army exceeds $50,000,000. The BIA 
is required, through the terms of the implementing MOA with the 
U.S. Army, to contribute at least $250,000 annually for law 
enforcement activities, mainly enforcing the fishing use 
regulations imposed on the sites. Within funding provided for 
tribal management, $600,000 is included for the Bering Sea 
Fishermen's Association, $639,000 for the InterTribal Bison 
Cooperative, and $69,000 for the Alaska Sea Otter Commission.
    The Committee understands BIA has initiated an evaluation 
of the unleased lands within the Wapato irrigation project 
[WIP]. The Committee expects the BIA to complete the WIP 
unleased lands evaluation and submit it to the Committee by May 
1, 1998. The Committee expects this evaluation to include an 
identification of all lands within the Yakama Indian 
Reservation that were inappropriately included in the operation 
and maintenance assessment roll of the WIP and that should be 
considered for removal from such assessment roll, as well as 
all lands that should or could be added to the assessment roll.
    The Committee is concerned that the BIA's process for 
appraising the rental value of Indian lands fails to appraise 
accurately such lands at the present fair annual rental value. 
A recent GAO study reported that the BIA's appraisals of the 
rental values of idle lands within the Yakama Indian 
Reservation were unrealistically high. The Committee feels such 
appraisals undermine the ability of Indian tribes wishing to 
rent lands to market such lands at competitive prices. 
Furthermore, such appraisals and appraisal practices may place 
unwarranted financial hardships on the lessees of such land. 
The Committee directs GAO to conduct an audit and provide 
recommendations on the BIA's method of appraising the rent 
value of Indian lands by April 1, 1998. Such audit, at the 
least, should include the following: (1) an evaluation of the 
BIA's current appraisal method of the rent value of Indian 
lands and any recent attempts to improve the effectiveness or 
accuracy of such appraisals; (2) a comparison of the BIA's 
appraisal process to the appraisal process used by other 
Federal agencies and the private sector; (3) input of 
individuals from the private sector who lease Indian lands as 
to impairments to leasing; and (4) an analysis of alternative 
ways to provide appraisals of Indian land, such as relying on 
the private sector or transferring the BIA's appraisal function 
to another Federal agency, including any changes in Federal 
laws and regulations that may be necessary to implement various 
alternatives.
    The Committee is concerned about the continuing 
accumulation of operations and maintenance [O&M] assessment 
balances at the Wapato irrigation project.
    In addition, the Committee notes that an inspector 
general's audit of the project included several recommendations 
to resolve the many problems plaguing the Wapato irrigation 
project including the development of adequate assessment rates, 
the billing of landowners or water users of project lands for 
annual O&M charges, the collection of delinquent O&M charges 
owed the project, and the enforcement of debt collection 
procedures and termination of water deliveries to lands with 
delinquent charges. It is the Committee's understanding that 
the BIA has established a task force to implement these 
recommendations. The Committee notes that it is imperative that 
fiscal solvency of the project be achieved as quickly as 
possible. The Committee, therefore, directs the BIA to 
prioritize the task force's activities and continue 
implementation of the inspector general recommendations as 
quickly as possible, taking into consideration the unleased 
lands evaluation and GAO audit of the appraisal process 
requested above. The task force should include, at the earliest 
date possible, a representative from the private sector who 
leases Indian lands if one is not already included.
    Nonrecurring programs.--The Committee recommends 
$60,179,000 for nonrecurring programs. The amount provided 
includes an increase of $405,000 for fixed costs and a decrease 
of $2,668,000 for internal transfers.
    Central office operations.--The Committee recommends 
$47,339,000 for central office operations. The amount provided 
includes increases of $940,000 for fixed costs and $500,000 for 
trust-related records management, and a decrease of $600,000 
for internal transfers.
    Area office operations.--The Committee recommends 
$40,886,000 for area office operations. This amount includes 
increases over the fiscal year 1997 level of $893,000 for fixed 
costs and $1,200,000 for trust-related records management, and 
a decrease of $68,000 for internal transfers.
    Special programs and pooled overhead.--The Committee 
recommends $72,726,000 for special programs and pooled 
overhead, an increase of $686,000 over the budget request. This 
amount includes increases over the fiscal year 1997 funding 
levels of $383,000 for fixed costs, $2,000,000 for employee 
displacement costs, and $728,000 for the United Tribes 
Technical College, located in Bismarck, ND; and decreases of 
$1,569,000 for trust services transferred to the Office of the 
Special Trustee for American Indians, and $2,801,000 for 
internal transfers.

                              construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $100,531,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     125,118,000
House allowance.........................................     110,751,000
Committee recommendation................................     125,051,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $125,051,000, 
a decrease of $67,000 below the budget estimate, an increase of 
$14,300,000 above the House allowance, and an increase of 
$24,520,000 above the fiscal year 1997 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....................................................      $49,179,000      $54,379,000      +$5,200,000
Public safety and justice....................................       16,500,000       14,500,000       -2,000,000
Resources management.........................................       51,321,000       48,321,000       -3,000,000
General administration.......................................        2,146,000        2,146,000  ...............
Construction management......................................        5,972,000        5,705,000         -267,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, construction....................................      125,118,000      125,051,000          -67,000
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    Education.--The Committee recommends $54,379,000 for 
construction of education facilities, which is $23,240,000 
above the fiscal year 1997 funding level. The amount provided 
includes increases of $40,000 for fixed costs; $8,000,000 for 
facilities improvement and repair; $14,000,000 for the 
construction of Many Farms High School in Arizona, which is the 
next school on the priority list; $1,800,000 for preliminary 
site work for Pyramid Lake High School in Nevada, which is the 
next school after Many Farms on the priority list ready for 
construction; $1,600,000 for preliminary site work for Sac and 
Fox Settlement School in Iowa; and $1,800,000 for completion of 
rebuilding the WaHeLut School in Washington. While the 
Committee concurs with the policy of the Bureau in adhering to 
the replacement school priority list, the Committee remains 
extremely concerned about the $682,000,000 backlog of BIA 
school repair and replacement work. Design of the Pyramid Lake 
High School has been completed for over 1 year, and the 
Committee is concerned that continued delay may result in an 
obsolete design. The Committee expects the Bureau to request 
funds to complete the Pyramid Lake School in fiscal year 1999. 
The WaHeLut School was destroyed by flooding in February 1996, 
and was designated one of five lead projects by the 
administration in reinventing the school construction process, 
which is supposed to reduce by 50 percent the time it takes to 
deliver a completed school. The groundbreaking for construction 
was on May 1, 1997, and construction is targeted for completion 
in November 1997.
    The Committee is aware of assistance that has been provided 
in prior years for the Marty Indian School, South Dakota. To 
the extent that there are additional high-priority requirements 
identified for the facilities which service the elementary 
grades at this location, the Bureau should give consideration 
to these needs through the emergency or minor repair programs 
within the educational facility improvement and repair program.
    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.
    The Committee is aware of health and safety concerns that 
exist at Ojibwa and Standing Rock Elementary Schools in North 
Dakota. To the extent that there are high-priority requirements 
identified for these facilities, the Bureau should give 
consideration to these needs through the emergency or minor 
repair programs within the educational facility improvement and 
repair program.
    The BIA is again reminded that, based on its own testimony, 
requests for design funding must not continue to outdistance 
the ability of the Congress to appropriate funds in this period 
of diminishing resources.
    Public safety and justice.--The Committee recommends 
$14,500,000 for construction of public safety and justice 
facilities. The amount provided includes increases of 
$1,000,000 for facilities improvement and repair and $9,100,000 
for construction of the Ute Mountain Ute Detention Center in 
Colorado.
    Resources management.--The Committee recommends $48,321,000 
for construction of resources management projects. The amount 
provided includes increases over the fiscal year 1997 level of 
$75,000 for fixed costs and $2,000,000 for safety of dams.
    General administration.--The Committee recommends 
$7,851,000 for general administration, which includes an 
increase over the fiscal year 1997 level of $105,000 for fixed 
costs.

indian land and water claims settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $69,241,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      59,352,000
House allowance.........................................      41,352,000
Committee recommendation................................      43,352,000

    The Committee recommends $43,352,000 for Indian land and 
water claims settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians, 
a decrease of $16,000,000 below the budget request, an increase 
of $2,000,000 above the House allowance, and a decrease of 
$25,889,000 below the fiscal year 1997 level. Funding is 
provided for the following settlements:


                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation

Catawba.................................................      $8,000,000
Northern Cheyenne.......................................       5,500,000
Pyramid Lake water rights settlement....................       3,500,000
Ute Indian rights settlement............................      25,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................      42,000,000

    The Committee allowance also includes $1,352,000 for 
miscellaneous payments to Indians pursuant to various 
legislative settlements, an increase of $500,000 over the House 
allowance and the budget estimate. The increase is for 
restoration of churches on the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands 
destroyed or raided during World War II. The appropriate bill 
language has also been included which authorizes these payments 
pursuant to Public Laws 100-383 and 103-402.

                 indian guaranteed loan program account

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $5,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       5,004,000
House allowance.........................................       5,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,000,000, a 
decrease of $4,000 below the budget request and the same level 
as the House allowance for the ``Indian Guaranteed Loan 
Program'' account.

                          Departmental Offices

                            Insular Affairs

                       assistance to territories

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $65,188,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      67,214,000
House allowance.........................................      68,214,000
Committee recommendation................................      67,214,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $67,214,000, 
the same as the budget estimate, a decrease of $1,000,000 below 
the House allowance, and an increase of $2,026,000 above the 
fiscal year 1997 level.
    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..............................        3,300,000        3,300,000  ...............
    Brown tree snake.........................................        1,600,000        1,600,000  ...............
    Insular management controls..............................        1,491,000        1,491,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, territorial assistance.......................       16,440,000       16,440,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
American Samoa: Operations grants............................       23,054,000       23,054,000  ...............
Northern Mariana Islands: Covenant grants....................       27,720,000       27,720,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
      Total, assistance to territories.......................       67,214,000       67,214,000  ...............
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    Territorial assistance.--The Committee recommends 
$16,440,000 for territorial assistance, the same as the budget 
request. The recommended amount includes an increase of 
$1,005,000 over the current year level to implement the 
recommendations of the Brown Tree Snake Control Committee. The 
Committee recommends that $800,000 of the amount provided for 
brown tree snake control be transferred to the Biological 
Research Division of the U.S. Geological Survey for eradication 
and control research. The recommended amount also includes an 
increase over the current year level for maintenance assistance 
to provide limited exceptions or reductions to local matching 
requirements. While the Committee recognizes that adjustments 
to matching requirements may in some cases be appropriate, 
either to protect prior Federal investment in insular 
facilities or to ensure continued delivery of critical services 
in the insular areas, the Committee expects the Department to 
be judicious in making such adjustments. The Committee will 
closely monitor the use of these funds in considering whether 
the increase should be maintained as part of the program base.
    The Committee is concerned about reports that Hawaii 
medical facilities are carrying multimillion dollar unpaid 
balances for medical care provided to patients from the Pacific 
insular areas. The Committee directs the Department to review 
carefully this matter and make recommendations as to how the 
insular area patients and their governments will begin a 
payment plan of any delinquent medical bills.
    American Samoa.--The Committee recommends $23,054,000 for 
operations grants to American Samoa, the same as the budget 
request.
    The Committee is encouraged that the American Samoa 
Government has expressed a strong commitment to improving its 
fiscal management practices. The Committee urges the Government 
to work aggressively to implement the recommendations of the 
joint working group, and hopes to see progress when reviewing 
the joint working group's semiannual report. While cognizant of 
the time required by a new administration to evaluate existing 
governmental policies and develop new initiatives, the 
Committee will continue to oppose release of currently withheld 
infrastructure funds in the absence of significant progress on 
fiscal reform. Such progress will be closely monitored during 
the current fiscal year, and will be a critical factor in 
allocating funds in fiscal year 1999.
    The Committee also understands that the American Samoa 
Government is developing a proposal to improve management of 
island health care facilities. While the Committee will 
encourage the Department to consider carefully any such 
proposal, the Committee will continue to oppose the release of 
Federal funds for new hospital construction in the absence of a 
sound management plan that will ensure adequate protection of 
the Federal investment in health care facilities.
    CNMI/covenant grants.--The Committee recommends $27,720,000 
for covenant grants, the same as 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 1998 budget request, the Committee has provided 
$11,000,000 for CNMI construction, $4,580,000 for impact aid to 
Guam, $10,140,000 for American Samoa construction, and 
$2,000,000 for the CNMI immigration, labor and law enforcement 
initiative.
    Guam.--Of the funds provided for covenant grants, 
$4,580,000 is for Guam to mitigate the impacts of the 
implementation of the compacts of free association.

                      compact of free association

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $23,538,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      20,445,000
House allowance.........................................      20,445,000
Committee recommendation................................      20,545,000

    The Committee recommends $20,545,000 for compact of free 
association, an increase of $100,000 over the budget estimate, 
an increase of $100,000 above the House allowance, and 
$2,993,000 below the fiscal year 1997 level.

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                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact of free association--Federal services................       $7,354,000       $7,354,000  ...............
Mandatory payments--Program grant assistance.................       12,000,000       12,000,000  ...............
Enewetak support.............................................        1,091,000        1,191,000        +$100,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, compact of free association.....................       20,445,000       20,545,000         +100,000
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    Federal services assistance.--The Committee recommends 
$7,354,000 for Federal services assistance, the same as the 
budget request.
    Program grant assistance.--The Committee recommends 
$12,000,000 for program grant assistance, the same as the 
budget request. The reduction from fiscal year 1997 is 
consistent with the annual funding schedule included in the 
compact of free association with the Republic of Palau.
    Enewetak support.--The Committee recommends $1,191,000 for 
Enewetak support, an increase of $100,000 over the current year 
level to offset a portion of fixed cost increases. 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 September 19, 1996, agreement between 
the Governments of the United States and Rongelap Atoll 
represents a full and final settlement of United States 
obligations with regard to resettlement assistance. As such, 
the Committee recommends no funds for this purpose.
    Bill language.--The Committee has included language under 
``General Provisions, Department of the Interior'' that raises 
the cap on funds available from the resettlement trust fund for 
the people of Bikini for projects on Kili or Ejit. This 
provision also allows the cap to be adjusted annually for 
inflation.

                        Departmental Management

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $58,286,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      58,286,000
House allowance.........................................      58,286,000
Committee recommendation................................      58,286,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $58,286,000 
for fiscal year 1998, the same as the budget estimate and the 
House level.
    The Committee directs that the Secretary and agency heads 
carefully assess the land exchange on Alaska's North Slope 
proposed by the Arctic Slope Regional Corp. The review of this 
proposed land exchange should proceed concurrently with the 
Department's current planning effort with respect to the 
proposed lease sale in the northeastern area of the National 
Petroleum Reserve-Alaska [NPR-A]. If concluded, this proposed 
exchange would expand conservation system units such as the 
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. This review 
should also address any related North Slope exchange proposed 
by the State of Alaska. Any costs associated with this land 
exchange review should not come from any funds provided for and 
attendant to preparing and conducting the proposed lease sale 
in the northeastern area of NPR-A. The Committee intends that 
this land exchange review not result in any delay in the 
preparation or issuance of the draft environmental impact 
statement, final environmental impact statement nor the timing 
for the proposed NPR-A lease sale. The Committee directs the 
Secretary to submit a report on the status of the proposed land 
exchanges by the end of this fiscal year.
    The Secretary is directed to provide to the congressional 
committees of jurisdiction the detailed economic data used to 
make recommendations and the rationale used for making those 
recommendations to FERC concerning project No. 5-021 license.

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                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Departmental direction.......................................      $10,836,000      $10,836,000  ...............
Management and coordination..................................       20,574,000       20,574,000  ...............
Hearings and appeals.........................................        7,039,000        7,039,000  ...............
Central services.............................................       18,637,000       18,637,000  ...............
Bureau of Mines workers compensation/unemployment............        1,200,000        1,200,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................       58,286,000       58,286,000  ...............
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                        Office of the Solicitor

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $35,443,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      35,443,000
House allowance.........................................      35,443,000
Committee recommendation................................      35,443,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $35,443,000 
for fiscal year 1998, the same as the budget estimate and the 
House level.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $24,439,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      24,500,000
House allowance.........................................      24,439,000
Committee recommendation................................      24,500,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $24,500,000 
for fiscal year 1998, the same as the budget estimate and an 
increase of $61,000 over the House level and the fiscal year 
1997 level.

                   National Indian Gaming Commission

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $1,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       1,000,000
House allowance.........................................       1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,000,000

    The Committee has amended the language that recommends an 
appropriation of $1,000,000, the same as the House allowance 
and the budget estimate.
    The Commission continues to operate without a permanent 
chair. The Committee cannot encourage the administration enough 
to appoint a permanent chair of the Commission, preferably 
someone with experience in the monitoring and regulation of 
gaming. As established by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the 
Commission's objectives are to regulate and monitor gaming on 
Indian lands in order to protect Indian gaming as a means of 
generating Indian tribal revenues.

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians

                            FEDERAL PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $32,126,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      39,337,000
House allowance.........................................      32,126,000
Committee recommendation................................      35,689,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $35,689,000 
for the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, 
$3,648,000 below the budget estimate, and $3,563,000 more than 
the House allowance and the fiscal year 1997 level.
    The increase over the House level ensures that the same 
level of resources are available for Indian trust management 
improvements as in fiscal year 1997. The increase reflects the 
movement in 1998 of $1,569,000 for land records systems 
improvements from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Office of 
Special Trustee; and the additional resources made available to 
the Office of Special Trustee over its regular appropriation, 
through a transfer in fiscal year 1997, of $1,994,000 of 
unobligated balances in the Indian land and water claims 
settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians 
appropriation.
    The Committee understands that the demands placed on the 
Office of the Special Trustee to support activities related to 
settlement efforts and ongoing tribal and IIM litigation are 
significant. These activities are critical to ensuring that the 
Federal Government appropriately addresses its past management 
of Indian trust accounts. Accordingly, the Committee has 
allocated funding for settlement and litigation support at the 
base level of $1,624,000. However, the costs to support such 
activities are often unpredictable, and the Committee expects 
the Office to use effectively the reprogramming flexibility 
provided by the Committee to meet any unanticipated costs. The 
Office is further expected to keep the Committee apprised of 
settlement and litigation activities through its semiannual 
reports to the Committee.

                           General Provisions

                       department of the interior

    The Committee has included in ``General Provisions, 
Department of the Interior'' various legislative provisions 
affecting the Department of the Interior. Several of these 
provisions have been carried in previous years and others are 
proposed new this year. The provisions are:
    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 in the event of actual or potential emergencies 
including forest fires, range fires, earthquakes, floods, 
volcanic eruptions, storms, oilspills, grasshopper and Mormon 
cricket outbreaks, and surface mine reclamation emergencies.
    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 use of appropriated funds to 
purchase uniforms or to provide a uniform allowance.
    Sec. 106. Provides that contracts issued for services and 
rentals with appropriated funds be in effect for a period not 
to exceed 12 months.
    Sec. 107. Strikes House language relating to revised 
statute 2477.
    Secs. 108-111. Restricts use of funds provided in the act 
for certain offshore leasing and related activities pursuant to 
the revised 5-year plan for Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas 
leasing.
    Sec. 112. Strikes House language which provides that 
advance payments under the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act may be invested only in obligations of 
the United States or in instruments that are guaranteed or 
insured by the United States, or may be deposited into accounts 
that are insured by an agency or instrumentality of the United 
States; and inserts in lieu thereof language that provides that 
advance payments under the Indian Self Determination and 
Education Assistance Act may be (1) invested only in 
obligations of the United States, or in obligations or 
securities that are guaranteed or insured by the United States, 
or mutual (or other) funds registered with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission and which only invest in obligations of the 
United States or securities that are guaranteed or insured by 
the United States; or (2) deposited only into accounts that are 
insured by an agency or instrumentality of the United States, 
or are fully collateralized to ensure protection of the funds, 
even in the event of a bank failure.
    Sec. 113. Includes language that provides for lump sum 
payments of severance pay, continued health benefits, job 
training for private sector employment, and restoration of 
unused annual leave to Federal helium operations employees who 
are separated as a result of the closure of the Federal helium 
program. The Senate provision modifies the House language with 
the inclusion of terms on job training and annual leave. No 
additional appropriation is necessary, as all costs will be 
paid from the helium fund.
    Sec. 114. Deletes House-proposed language limiting 
establishment of a new regional office for the Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
    Sec. 115. Includes language conveying the Bowden National 
Fish Hatchery, located in Randolph County, WV, to the State of 
West Virginia for the sole use of the fish culture program by 
the Wildlife Resources Section of the West Virginia Division of 
Natural Resources. The property reverts to the United States if 
it is used by any other party or for any other purpose.
    Sec. 116. Includes language amending section 115 of Public 
Law 103-332 allowing incremental funding of cooperative 
research agreements with funds provided by other Federal 
agencies through reimbursable or other agreements pursuant to 
the Economy Act. Previously the section allowed only for funds 
from the Department of the Interior to be used in such a 
manner.
    Sec. 117. Modifies Public Law 100-446 to change the annual 
amount that can be expended for Kili and Ejit at Bikini Atoll, 
and provides for subsequent inflation adjustments.
    Sec. 118. Includes language directing the BIA to develop a 
new formula for distribution of tribal priority allocation 
funding on the basis of need, taking into consideration tribal 
business revenue. The provision is explained within the BIA 
section of this report.
    Sec. 119. Includes language which amends section 116 of the 
Omnibus Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to complete the 
transfer of the Bureau of Mines facility in Salt Lake City, UT, 
to the University of Utah. The language is necessary because 
BLM still holds the land on which the facility, which was shut 
down in 1995, is located.
    Sec. 120. Includes a provision regarding tribal sovereign 
immunity. The provision would require any tribe receiving 
tribal priority allocation funds to waive any claim of immunity 
in civil actions in Federal courts. In addition, the provision 
would allow non-Indians to bring civil actions against Indian 
tribes in Federal courts.
    The legal doctrine of sovereign immunity permits a 
government to protect itself from legal challenges or suit. 
Over the course of the last century, Federal, State, and local 
governments have either abolished or severely restricted the 
doctrine of sovereign immunity. Only Indian tribes in the 
United States use this doctrine to assert complete immunity.
    The Committee is concerned that the right to due process, 
which is guaranteed to all citizens of the United States under 
the fifth amendment to the Constitution, is denied in civil 
disputes between Indian tribes and non-Indians because Indian 
tribes continue to use the doctrine of sovereign immunity to 
shield themselves and their actions from legal review in 
neutral courts. This matter is of particular concern in issues 
concerning individual private property rights.
    Citizens of the United States have the inherent right to 
have their disputes decided by a neutral court or arbiter. This 
right is significantly diminished for non-Indian citizens of 
the United States who live or work on or near Indian 
reservations and who find themselves in civil disputes with an 
Indian tribe. According to the 1990 census, there are over 
300,000 non-Indians living on fee land within the exterior 
boundaries of the reservation. These 300,000 Americans 
currently lack the right to have their civil claims against an 
Indian tribe heard before a Federal court. This provision will 
guarantee that the due process rights of all American citizens 
and their right to be heard before a neutral legal entity is 
protected.
    Sec. 121. Includes language providing for an equitable and 
expeditious means to transfer inholdings in the Kantishna 
region of Denali National Park and Preserve to the Park 
Service. The Committee believes that the inholdings in the 
Kantishna area transferred to the Park Service pursuant to this 
section are to be managed in the same manner as contiguous park 
lands, pursuant to the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act. By including a prohibition on unauthorized 
use of any property transferred pursuant to this section, the 
Committee does not intend the Secretary to prohibit any party 
with rights of access to cross any transferred lands from 
thereafter enjoying such rights.
    Sec. 122. Extends the limitations period for the filing of 
claims by Alaska Native corporations against the Department of 
the Interior with respect to the land conveyance dispute 
involving lands within Lake Clark National Park which are the 
subject of the Deficiency Agreement dated August 31, 1976.
    Sec. 123. Provides that the fair market value for the 
initial computation of the payment to the Kodiak Island Borough 
pursuant to the Refuge Revenue Sharing Act shall be based on 
the purchase price of parcels acquired from the specified 
parties.
    Sec. 124. Authorizes the Park Service to assist the city of 
Berlin, NH, in identifying and studying the historic and 
cultural assets of the Androscoggin River Valley.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                     forest and rangeland research

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $179,786,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     179,781,000
House allowance.........................................     187,644,000
Committee recommendation................................     188,644,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $188,644,000, 
an increase of $8,863,000 above the budget estimate, an 
increase of $1,000,000 over the House allowance, and $8,858,000 
above the fiscal year 1997 level.
    The Committee feels increased emphasis on conducting the 
forest inventory and analysis is essential, particularly in the 
South and Southeastern States. The Committee encourages the 
collection of forest inventory information from outside 
sources, such as contracts and other innovative approaches 
which are being accomplished in the southern station. An 
additional $3,000,000 is provided to accelerate the inventory 
process with specific attention to States where maximum 
contributions are provided through State, industry, and citizen 
partnerships. The Forest Service is encouraged to pursue a 
reduction of the inventory cycle to 5 years in all regions 
through increased use of such partnerships.
    An additional $3,000,000 is being provided to the Pacific 
Northwest Station for research operations. The production of 
commodity outputs from national forest land is dropping 
dramatically. The Committee is concerned that research project 
priorities may not reflect the need to evaluate improved 
methods of increasing commodity production in an 
environmentally acceptable manner.
    The presence of significant loadings of hazardous fuels and 
the potential for catastrophic fire is a concern to the 
Committee. This problem is particularly acute in northern 
Arizona and New Mexico. The Committee has provided $700,000 for 
the Rocky Mountain Station, with $400,000 to be used for 
studies of the economic utilization of materials removed for 
fuels reduction purposes, and to inventory fuel conditions in 
pilot areas. The remaining $300,000 is provided for studies of 
management options for fuels removal and prescribed fire, and 
the effects of these options on insect and disease problems. 
Prior to expenditure of these funds, the Rocky Mountain Station 
is expected to submit a plan of research for this work no later 
than December 31, 1997, to the Senate Energy and Natural 
Resources Committee and the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees.
    The Committee has also provided $1,000,000 for the Rocky 
Mountain Research Station for monitoring and research to 
support Region 3 southwest wildland ecosystem-restoration 
projects, as developed by a joint region-station project team, 
that will also include appropriate expertise from other 
organizations.
    The Committee has not included funds, which were provided 
in fiscal year 1997, to continue the partnership for forest 
health projects with Northern Arizona School of Forestry and 
the Department of the Interior. The Committee has provided 
funding for the National Agroforestry Center in Lincoln, NE, 
and directs the Forest Service to maintain current funding for 
agroforestry research at this center.
    The Committee supports the functions of the Institute of 
Pacific Islands Forestry, and has provided an additional 
$450,000 above the request to maintain the fiscal year 1997 
funding level. The Forest Service is directed to assure that 
the institute's funding is maintained at fiscal year 1997 
levels.
    Funds are included to support the activities of Forest 
Service research locations at Princeton, Parsons, and 
Morgantown, WV, at fiscal year 1997 levels with adjustments 
allowed for fixed costs. The Committee expects funds will not 
be reallocated away from these programs to other initiatives or 
programs.
    The Committee has included $500,000 as a cooperative share 
in the establishment of a fine hardwoods tree improvement and 
regeneration center at Purdue University in partnership with 
the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, the university, 
and other sources.
    In light of the continuous reduction in timber harvest from 
Federal lands, the Committee is concerned about maximizing the 
use of forest products and assuring the use of the most 
efficient and ecologically sound harvesting equipment. A 
substantial economic impact has occurred in southeast Alaska 
and the western regions as a result of the reduced harvesting. 
Also, newer land management plans are concentrating on 
ecosystem management principles which involve increased 
thinnings and harvest of other low-quality material. 
Accordingly, the Committee directs the Forest Service to 
initiate a feasibility study regarding the establishment of a 
harvesting and wood utilization laboratory in Sitka, AK. The 
laboratory's charter would include the testing and development 
of timber harvest equipment and technology which promotes the 
ecologically sensitive harvesting of timber, and to identify 
new types of value-added timber products which can be processed 
from low-grade, small-sized timber harvested throughout the 
West. The Forest Service is directed to complete this 
feasibility study no later than June 1, 1998. The study should 
include an analysis of opportunities to cooperate in research 
and share costs with other Federal agencies, the State, local 
communities, and private industry. The study should also 
include other options for accomplishing the research objectives 
such as utilizing existing facilities and obtaining cooperative 
expertise from specialists in southeast Alaska.

                       state and private forestry

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $155,461,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     156,408,000
House allowance.........................................     157,922,000
Committee recommendation................................     162,668,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $162,668,000, 
an increase of $6,260,000 above the budget estimate, $4,246,000 
above the House allowance, and $7,207,000 above the fiscal year 
1997 level.
    The following table provides a comparison of the budget 
estimate with the Committee recommendations:

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                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
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Forest health management:                                                                                       
    Federal lands forest health management...................      $36,690,000      $36,690,000  ...............
    Cooperative lands forest health management...............       16,300,000       16,800,000        +$500,000
    Cooperative lands fire management........................       18,002,000       20,152,000       +2,150,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, forest health management.....................       70,992,000       73,642,000       +2,650,000
                                                              ==================================================
Cooperative forestry:                                                                                           
    Forest stewardship.......................................       23,380,000       23,380,000  ...............
    Stewardship Incentive Program............................       10,230,000        8,500,000       -1,730,000
    Forest Legacy Program....................................        4,006,000        6,006,000       +2,000,000
    Urban and community forestry.............................       25,500,000       25,500,000  ...............
    Economic action programs.................................        9,000,000       11,540,000       +2,540,000
    Pacific Northwest assistance programs....................       13,300,000       14,100,000         +800,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, cooperative forestry.........................       85,416,000       89,026,000       +3,610,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, State and private forestry......................      156,408,000      162,668,000       +6,260,000
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    Forest health management.--The Committee recommends 
$73,642,000 for forest health management, which is $2,650,000 
above the budget 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 those managed by the Forest Service, 
National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Corps of 
Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, Smithsonian Institution, and 
Department of Defense. The Committee recognizes the critical 
need for cooperation among Federal agencies in improving 
overall forest health on Federal lands, and has provided 
$36,6900,000 in fiscal year 1998, which is an increase of 
$3,525,000 above the fiscal year 1997 level.
    The cooperative lands forest health management program 
provides assistance to State and private landowners in 
detecting and evaluating insect and disease outbreaks and the 
prevention and suppression of insects and diseases. Additional 
funds above the fiscal year 1997 enacted level have been 
provided in the amount of $1,800,000 to continue these 
important cooperative efforts. The Committee expects the Forest 
Service to allocate a portion of these increased funds to the 
Vermont Forest Monitoring Cooperative for the purpose of 
carrying out work on acid deposition, ozone pollution, air 
quality impacts, and other projects critical to downwind 
States.
    In light of the responsibility of the Forest Service for 
forest health, the Committee directs the agency to establish, 
in cooperation with Kenai and other affected boroughs, a 
multiparty task force to prepare an action plan to manage 
spruce bark beetle infestations in Alaska and rehabilitate the 
infested areas. This task force shall include representatives 
of the Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of 
Land Management, State of Alaska Department of Natural 
Resources, State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game, State 
of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the Kenai 
Borough, representatives from the timber industry, and the 
Native, environmental, tourism, and recreational communities. 
The Committee has included bill language to exempt this task 
force from requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
The Committee directs that the task force produce a report and 
action plan no later than June 30, 1998. The Committee has 
provided $500,000 for this task force, which includes funds for 
travel and related expenses of participants from the affected 
boroughs.
    The Committee is very concerned about potentially 
catastrophic fires on national forest and adjacent private 
lands. With increased hazardous fuel loadings and the 
encroachment of urban development adjacent to Federal lands in 
many parts of the United States, there is a critical need for 
improved cooperative relationships with State foresters and 
local authorities in fire suppression and fire preparedness. 
The Committee supports an improved effort in cooperative fire 
lands management, and provides $2,150,000 above the request 
level for this program.
    Cooperative forestry.--The Committee recommends $89,026,000 
for cooperative forestry, which is $3,610,000 above the budget 
request.
    The Committee has provided $8,500,000 for the Stewardship 
Incentives Program, which is $4,000,000 above the fiscal year 
1997 level. The Forest Service is expected to manage the 
program in a manner that gives priority to the greatest amount 
of sustained commodity production from private lands and/or to 
mitigate the effects of commodity production from Federal 
lands. Within funds made available for the Stewardship 
Incentive Program, the Forest Service is expected to provide 
$200,000 to continue support for forestry programs in the 
Chesapeake Bay watershed.
    The Committee has provided $23,380,000 for the Forest 
Stewardship Program, which is equal to the budget request. 
Within this program, the Committee directs that the fiscal year 
1997 funding level for the Agroforestry Center at Lincoln, NE, 
be retained.
    The Committee has provided $6,006,000 for the Forest Legacy 
Program, which is $2,000,000 above the budget request. Of the 
total provided for the Legacy Program, no less than $2,000,000 
is to be provided for the Mountains to Sound greenway project.
    The Economic Action Program has been provided $11,540,000, 
which is $2,540,000 above the budget request. Included in the 
Committee's recommendation is $5,500,000 to retain the Rural 
Development Through Forestry Program, including the Northeast-
Midwest program at the fiscal year 1997 level. Also included is 
$1,200,000 to retain the Wood in Transportation Program at the 
fiscal year 1997 level. The northeastern area is provided 
$200,000, the same as the fiscal year 1997 level, to strengthen 
the role of the Forest Service in assisting the Hardwoods 
Training Center in Princeton as it seeks to become economically 
self-sustaining. The Committee has provided $215,000 for annual 
Columbia River Gorge payments to counties.
    The Committee urges the Forest Service to continue the 
support begun in fiscal year 1997 for the Hawaii forestry and 
communities initiative to build upon the Hawaii Tropical 
Forestry Recovery Act (Public Law 102-574).
    The Pacific Northwest assistance program is provided 
$14,100,000, which is $800,000 above the budget estimate 
specifically for pursuit of land exchanges between willing 
public and private owners in the Umpqua River basin, OR. Bill 
language is included associated with this initiative.

                         national forest system

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $1,278,176,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   1,325,672,000
House allowance.........................................   1,364,480,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,346,215,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$1,346,215,000, an increase of $20,543,000 from the budget 
estimate, $18,265,000 below the House allowance, and 
$68,539,000 above the fiscal year 1997 level.
    The distribution of the Committee's recommendations are as 
follows:

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                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land management planning.....................................     $133,997,000      $35,174,000     -$98,823,000
    Inventory and monitoring.................................  ...............       96,823,000      +96,823,000
                                                              ==================================================
Recreation use:                                                                                                 
    Recreation management....................................      168,318,000      176,596,000       +8,278,000
    Wilderness management....................................       34,069,000       34,069,000  ...............
    Heritage resources.......................................       13,906,000       13,906,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, recreation use...............................      216,293,000      224,571,000       +8,278,000
                                                              ==================================================
Wildlife and fisheries habitat management:                                                                      
    Wildlife habitat management..............................       29,998,000       31,263,000       +1,265,000
    Inland fish habitat management...........................       17,157,000       18,157,000       +1,000,000
    Anadromous fish habitat management.......................       22,521,000       22,521,000  ...............
    Threatened, endangered, and sensitive species habitat                                                       
     management..............................................       27,218,000       27,218,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, wildlife and fisheries habitat management..       96,894,000       99,159,000       +2,265,000
                                                              ==================================================
Rangeland management:                                                                                           
    Grazing management.......................................       29,581,000       29,581,000  ...............
    Rangeland vegetation management..........................       15,807,000       17,807,000       +2,000,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, rangeland management.........................       45,388,000       47,388,000       +2,000,000
                                                              ==================================================
Forest land management:                                                                                         
    Timber sales management..................................      208,000,000      208,000,000  ...............
    Forest land vegetation management........................       61,765,000       65,765,000       +4,000,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, forestland management........................      269,765,000      273,765,000       +4,000,000
                                                              ==================================================
Soil, water, and air management:                                                                                
    Soil, water, and air operations..........................       24,645,000       24,645,000  ...............
    Watershed improvements...................................       25,084,000       25,084,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, soil, water, and air management..............       49,729,000       49,729,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
Minerals and geology management..............................       35,335,000       35,335,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
Land ownership management:                                                                                      
    Real estate management...................................       44,047,000       46,047,000       +2,000,000
    Landline location........................................       15,006,000       15,006,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, land ownership management....................       59,053,000       61,053,000       +2,000,000
                                                              ==================================================
Infrastructure management:                                                                                      
    Road maintenance.........................................       82,974,000       84,974,000       +2,000,000
    Facility maintenance.....................................       24,277,000       24,277,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, infrastructure management....................      107,251,000      109,251,000       +2,000,000
                                                              ==================================================
Law enforcement operations...................................       61,967,000       63,967,000       +2,000,000
General administration.......................................      250,000,000      250,000,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Forest System..........................        1,325,672    1,346,215,000      +20,543,000
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    Land management planning.--The Committee recommends 
$35,174,000 for national forest and grassland planning, 
including plan amendments, revisions, and updates. The 
Committee is extremely concerned about the Forest Service's 
commitment to responsible land management planning. The 
planning process is broken and in desperate need of overhaul. 
Recent problems with the Tongass land management plan and the 
Columbia basin ecosystem assessments lend strong credence to 
the premise that when the Forest Service nears completion of a 
plan, it will in most circumstances become burdened by 
organizational doubt; stop the plan, and begin anew. This 
premise is strongly enforced by the General Accounting Office 
[GAO] report, ``Forest Service Decision-Making: a Framework for 
Improvement,'' in particular a finding by the General 
Accounting Office that the Forest Service either did not 
implement findings of its own internal task force on forest 
planning, or phased implementation over a period of 10 years. 
Meanwhile the Forest Service has been revising its planning 
regulations since 1990 and has twice been at the point of 
issuing final proposed regulations, only to withdraw them at 
the last minute. The Committee expects these planning 
regulations to be issued promptly, and has included appropriate 
bill language which prohibits the expenditure of funds for 
revision of national forest land management plans until the 
regulations are released.
    The Committee has separated inventory and monitoring 
functions from forest planning functions to improve the ability 
of Congress to track planning costs.
    The Committee is concerned that the conduct of large 
ecoregion assessments may be in violation of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act and if so, may have resulted in the 
wasted expenditure of a significant amount of Federal funds. 
Legislation is currently being considered which could address 
this problem. The Committee directs the Forest Service not to 
initiate any new large-scale ecoregion or other multiforest 
assessments pending enactment of such legislation. The 
Committee is also concerned about the astronomical costs 
associated with implementation of recommendations included in 
the Columbia basin ecosystem assessments. The Committee notes 
that the Forest Service did not propose funds in fiscal year 
1998 for implementation of decisions from the Columbia basin 
ecosystem assessments. The Committee directs the Forest Service 
not to use any funds for such implementation, absent an 
approved reprogramming request. The Committee will not 
entertain any reprogramming request which does not clearly and 
fully identify what the effect of the reprogramming would be on 
the base programs of the agency. In particular, the Committee 
expects the Forest Service to explain which projects and 
activities would not be accomplished (within and/or outside of 
the Interior Columbia basin region) due to any reprogramming. 
The Committee further expects the Forest Service to provide a 
detailed plan in the fiscal year 1999 budget justification 
which specifically addresses how the Forest Service intends to 
meet program budget requirements identified in the assessments, 
and from what programs these funds will be proposed for 
allocation.
    The Committee is aware of the intense local interest in the 
preferred alternative for the draft environmental impact 
statement for the Interior Columbia basin ecosystem study. 
Because of this interest and the large amount of documentation 
for the public to study since this project's inception 4 years 
ago, the Committee directs the interagency team to extend the 
current 120 day comment period to June 6, 1998.
    Inventory and monitoring.--The Committee recommends 
$96,823,000 for inventory and monitoring activities. These 
activities are essential for successful implementation of 
forest plan revisions and for assessment of management actions 
prescribed in forest plans.
    Recreation use.--The Committee recommends $224,571,000 for 
recreation use, which is $8,278,000 above the budget request. 
The Committee applauds the initiatives taken by the Forest 
Service in several recreation programs, including 
implementation of the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program, 
attention to universal accessibility for recreation facilities, 
and establishment of partnerships for development and 
management of the recreation program. The Committee continues 
to believe that the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program can 
play a significant role in reducing the size of the maintenance 
backlog. The Forest Service is encouraged to ensure adequate 
attention is given to the collection of fees in recreation 
demonstration areas in order to make the public fully cognizant 
of the reasons fees are needed and the projects which such fees 
will finance. Modern collection methods, including the use of 
credit and debit cards is encouraged in high-use areas. The 
Committee is encouraged by past efforts to showcase universal 
access sites and encourages continued application of universal 
access standards in new sites where possible.
    Within the recommended program, the Committee has provided 
$300,000 for the intermountain region to complete the Great 
Western Trail feasibility study and related activities, and 
$3,500,000 above the budget request for trail maintenance 
activities in the Pacific Northwest region.
    The Committee has included $100,000 for the 1998 Alaska 
Gold Rush Centennial. The Committee notes the Alaska 
Legislature's official recognition of the Alaska gold rush task 
force as the group responsible for the organization of a 
centennial celebration throughout the State, and in conjunction 
with Canada and the State of Washington. Within the $100,000 
increase is $50,000 to prepare, in consultation with the Alaska 
gold rush centennial task force, rotating exhibits for Alaska 
public lands information centers and $50,000 to prepare and 
conduct, in consultation with the Alaska gold rush task force, 
interpretation and living history on the Alaska ferries.
    Within the increases provided for region 6, the Committee 
directs the Forest Service to complete an environmental 
analysis for maintenance and reconstruction on sections of the 
Juniper Ridge and Langille Ridge trails on the Gifford Pinchot 
National Forest.
    The Committee is concerned about Forest Service regulation 
and policy which attempt to control the concept of solitude in 
wilderness within our national forests. The Committee believes 
that a primary focus of the Forest Service in wilderness areas 
is the protection of the physical environment and ecosystems of 
the wilderness resource. However, the agency's land managers 
have developed regulations that attempt to bring wilderness 
into compliance with social standards, which are subjective, 
and which artificially set numbers of allowable encounters per 
day between human beings. The regulations limit the number of 
people who are allowed to use a given trail on a given day, 
purportedly to achieve solitude in the wilderness. Rather than 
regulating solitude by limiting the number of encounters on a 
given trail and the number of tents seen from a given point 
with a view, the Committee strongly recommends that the Forest 
Service consider the on-the-ground impacts such as trampled 
vegetation, human waste, uncontrolled fire pits, and soil 
erosion, with a view to protecting the resource and mitigating 
damage.
    Wildlife and fish management.--The Committee recommends 
$99,159,000 for wildlife and fish management, which is an 
increase of $2,265,000 above the request level. The Committee 
urges continued emphasis on habitat restoration and improvement 
for wildlife and inland fish. The Committee encourages 
continued cooperation with the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation and the challenge cost share program in order to 
encourage quality interagency programs and private party 
partnerships.
    Rangeland management.--The Committee recommends $47,388,000 
for the rangeland management program, which is $2,000,000 above 
the budget request.
    The Committee is very concerned about the apparent lack of 
funds being distributed at the ranger district level for on-
the-ground management of rangeland resources. While total 
funding for the rangeland management program has increased in 
past years, it is apparent these funds are being diverted for 
land management planning and other purposes. This lack of 
funding and management attention to on-the-ground resources has 
led to a contentious relationship with many permittees and 
adjacent landowners. The Committee expects the Forest Service 
to work closely with lessees, permittees, and landowners in the 
development and revision of allotment management plans and 
further expects the agency to do so in full compliance with 
provisions of the Public Rangelands Improvement Act.
    Continued progress is expected by the Committee regarding 
NEPA analysis of the remaining allotments. The Committee fully 
expects the Forest Service to accomplish analysis of a minimum 
of 1,200 allotments in fiscal year 1998.
    The Committee is aware of and concerned about attempts 
within region 6 to penalize ranchers in perpetuity for alleged 
grazing violations. While the Committee recognizes the need to 
impose sanctions on those who routinely and blatantly violate 
permit conditions, the Committee discourages the practice of 
imposing unlimited penalties in all but the most extreme cases. 
The Committee recommends that grazing permit penalties on 
Forest Service lands be limited to 1 year, at which time an 
agency review of the alleged violations should be undertaken to 
determine if the penalty is still necessary.
    The spread of noxious weeds 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 has recommended an additional 
$2,000,000 for this purpose.
    The Committee is also specifically concerned about the 
outbreak of noxious weeds on the Okanogan National Forest, 
which is losing over 7,000 acres of grazing land annually. The 
Committee is also aware of the adverse impact the current lack 
of success in controlling this outbreak on Federal lands is 
having on adjacent private lands. Therefore, the Committee 
urges the Okanogan National Forest to work closely with the 
Okanogan County Noxious Weed Control Board to develop 
meaningful and effective solutions relating to noxious weed 
control.
    Within the funds provided, the Committee encourages region 
6 to fund the Okanogan National Forest's activities targeted at 
the eradication of noxious weeds. The region is encouraged to 
commit funds necessary to develop and complete an environmental 
assessment on spraying, which is required in order to ensure 
that a herbicide may be used to effectively deal with the 
problem over the long term.
    Forestland management.--The Committee recommends 
$273,765,000 for forestland management activities. Included in 
the Committee recommendation is $208,000,000 for timber sales 
management functions, which is equal to the budget request, and 
$65,765,000 for forestland vegetation management, which is 
$4,000,000 above the budget request. These additional funds are 
to be used to improve timber stand health.
    The Committee has funded the timber sales management 
program to produce a total sale offer of 3.8 billion board feet 
[BBF], consisting of 2.525 BBF of green sales, and 1.275 BBF of 
salvage sales. The funding should be allocated in a manner 
which will optimize forest plan outputs, and to those forests 
which have the highest likelihood of attaining forest plan 
goals, objectives, and targets. The Committee expects the 
Forest Service to continue with its quarterly report on the 
timber sales program. 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 merchantable product sold and transferred to 
purchasers.
    Accomplishment of timber offer volumes specified in the 
President's plan for the Pacific Northwest is a major issue of 
importance to the Committee. The President's request includes 
$14,600,000 specifically to accomplish timber offer targets. 
With this funding the Committee expects full accomplishment of 
harvest levels specified in the President's plan.
    The harvest level funded in this bill is significantly 
lower than historic levels. This has resulted in major impacts 
to local economies with high dependency on the availability of 
Federal timber. These economies cannot withstand further 
reductions in the amount and type of timber and timber products 
offered. The Committee feels strongly that the ratio of 
sawtimber to other forest products offered be maintained at no 
less than recent historic levels. The Committee is also 
concerned about the quality of timber sale offerings as 
evidenced by the increasing amount of volume offered, but not 
sold for fiscal years 1994 through 1996. The Committee expects 
the Forest Service to offer timber sales with a maximum 
probability for sale and cost-effective harvest, and to ensure 
that the volume funded by Congress for offer by the Forest 
Service maintains a high probability of sale. The Committee is 
also concerned about the cost of preparing timber sales and the 
disparity in costs between Forest Service regions. The Forest 
Service is encouraged to examine all possible avenues for 
reducing overall timber sale preparation costs.
    The Committee remains concerned about timber harvest 
accountability and the attention given by the Forest Service to 
timber theft prevention. Statements continue to be made that 
the Forest Service is not serious about timber theft 
prevention. Priority should be given to training program 
development for timber theft prevention and detection. The 
Committee notes that a recent study has been completed on 
methods for timber measurement and payment. Continued progress 
is encouraged in the transition to the tree measurement method 
of payment. Where payment by timber scale continues to occur, 
adequate attention must be given to assuring the scale process 
occurs in full compliance with Forest Service policy for check 
scaling, including obtaining the required amount of remote 
check scales.
    The orderly preparation of timber sale volume in the 
pipeline for later offering is of critical importance to 
accomplishment of annual sale offering goals. The Committee is 
aware that the ability to accomplish the fiscal year 1998 sale 
offering program is tenuous based on the relatively small 
percentage of volume which has been prepared through the NEPA 
process. With establishment of the pipeline restoration fund in 
fiscal year 1996, the Committee expects the Forest Service to 
accomplish its goal of achieving a minimum of 70 percent of the 
next year sale offering volume fully prepared by the close of 
the prior fiscal year.
    Soil, water, and air management.--The Committee recommends 
$49,729,000 for soil, water, and air management activities, 
which is equal to the budget request.
    Minerals and geology management.--The Committee recommends 
$35,335,000 for minerals and geology management activities, 
which is equal to the budget request.
    Land ownership management.--The Committee recommends 
$61,053,000 for land ownership management, which is $2,000,000 
above the budget request. The Committee expects the Forest 
Service to use the additional funds to improve public services 
and agency responsiveness.
    Infrastructure management.--The Committee recommends 
$109,251,000 for infrastructure management, which is $2,000,000 
above the budget request. The Committee has provided this 
increase for road maintenance activities to offset reductions 
in road maintenance due to decreased timber harvest. Included 
in the increase is $68,400 for the purpose of creating and 
maintaining scenic vistas through vegetation management along 
the Talimena Scenic Byway.
    Law enforcement operations.--The Committee recommends 
$63,967,000 for law enforcement operations, which is an 
increase of $2,000,000 above the budget request. The increase 
is provided in recognition of increased operational costs and 
demands for public and employee safety and protection of 
natural resources. The Committee is very concerned about the 
conduct of law enforcement operations which are not directly 
related to national forest activities on the Cleveland National 
Forest. The Committee directs the Forest Service to maintain no 
more than the level of law enforcement employees on the 
Cleveland National Forest, including permanent and temporarily 
assigned employees, that existed prior to the initiation of 
Operation Gatekeeper by the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service. The Committee encourages continued emphasis on timber 
theft prevention, detection, and investigation, and supports 
the incorporation of investigative activities under the direct 
supervision of regional special agents in charge.
    The Committee takes note of the recent independent review 
of the law enforcement structure including findings relative to 
national priorities, maintenance of a Forest Service management 
perspective within the law enforcement organization, the 
significant benefits from cooperative law enforcement 
relationships, and the need for funding flexibility for 
national priorities. The Committee is concerned about the cost 
of large resource protection and public safety operations 
associated with protests, large group gatherings, and 
unanticipated events, and the related impacts to the local 
national forest law enforcement program. The Committee urges 
the Forest Service to continue to use cooperative law 
enforcement agreements in fiscal year 1998 including use of 
these agreements to provide services for protests, large group 
gatherings, and unplanned events.
    General administration.--The Committee recommends 
$250,000,000, which is equal to the budget request. The 
Committee is concerned about the ability of the organization to 
provide adequate administrative support and management funding 
to the organization in its traditional decentralized manner 
while reducing administrative staffing and making the necessary 
changes to remedy its financial management weaknesses. The 
Forest Service is encouraged to reduce overall administrative 
costs through centralization of processes and use of service 
centers to perform administrative operations. The Committee 
does not support the concept that administrative functions must 
be under the direct control of local forest supervisors. The 
Forest Service is encouraged to continue the integration of 
project 615 computer equipment, and to maintain all avenues of 
flexibility for upgrading equipment to take advantage of new 
technology which can promote efficiency. The Committee urges 
increased centralization of personnel offices, and financial 
accounting and procurement functions as a way of reducing 
overall costs.
    General.--The Committee has not provided specific funding 
for international forestry activities, similar to the past 2 
years. The Committee recommends that the Forest Service may 
spend up to $4,000,000 from benefiting functions to cover vital 
international activities of benefit to those programs. From 
these funds, the Committee directs the Forest Service to 
allocate an additional $230,000 for international forestry 
activities by the Institute of Pacific Island Forestry.
    The Committee notes that release of the required 5-year 
national resource program review, as required under the 
Renewable Resources Planning Act, has been delayed. This 
release was required in 1995, and is currently 2 years late, 
rendering its utility as a 5-year program questionable. The 
Government Performance Results Act requires development of a 
strategic plan which in many ways is duplicative of 
requirements for the 5-year national resource program review. 
The Committee is concerned about the potential for wasteful 
spending through duplicate efforts, and has included bill 
language which prohibits the expenditure of funds for the 
development of the Resources Planning Act 5-year program.
    Substantial reductions have occurred in timber volume 
offered from the Alaska region. Release of the draft Tongass 
land management plan assures that this reduced level will 
continue to bring hardship to local communities and the forest 
products industry. In light of these reductions, the Committee 
expects the Forest Service to modify its organization in 
accordance with the expected workload in the Tongass land 
management plan, and align its administrative presence in a 
manner which places forest supervisors and the regional 
foresters in areas where plan priorities have been identified 
and acceptable levels of public service can best be maintained. 
Accordingly, the Committee directs the Forest Service to 
relocate the regional office in Alaska from Juneau to 
Ketchikan, and eliminate the forest supervisor's office in 
Petersburg. The Committee further directs the Forest Service to 
establish in Wrangell, any zone positions made necessary by the 
move of the regional office and closing of the Petersburg 
office. The Committee further directs that the Ketchikan Area 
forest supervisor's office be colocated with the regional 
office, that all administrative services formerly provided by 
the supervisor's office be performed by regional office staff, 
and all other technical or resource management services be 
consolidated between the two offices. The Committee directs the 
Forest Service to submit a plan for the Committee's approval no 
later than March 1, 1998, which will describe the following: 
(a) Costs of implementing this direction; (b) availability of 
facilities; (c) any zone or other positions (including a 
description of planned responsibilities) which may be 
established in Wrangell; and (d) a description of the phases 
necessary to implement all relocations no later than March 1, 
1999.
    The Committee commends the Forest Service's efforts to 
leverage its funds with non-Federal partners through its 
challenge cost share program. In order to assure that a maximum 
of funds be available for matching partners at the field level, 
the Committee directs that a cap of 10 percent be placed on 
administrative support charges against challenge cost share 
funds. This cap shall not apply to essential activities 
associated with resource assessment analysis functions which 
are required prior to implementation.
    The Committee is concerned that release of the required 5-
year national resource program review, as required under the 
Renewable Resources Planning Act has been delayed. This release 
was required in 1995, and is currently 2 years late, rendering 
its utility as a 5-year program questionable. The Government 
Performance Results Act requires development of a strategic 
plan which in many ways is duplicative of requirements for the 
5-year national resource program review. The Committee is 
concerned about the potential for wasteful spending through 
duplicate efforts, and has included bill language which 
prohibits the expenditure of funds for the development of the 
Resources Planning Act 5-year program.

                        wildland fire management

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $1,080,016,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     514,311,000
House allowance.........................................     591,715,000
Committee recommendation................................     582,715,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$582,715,000 for wildland fire management. This recommendation 
represents an increase of $68,404,000 above the budget request 
and a decrease of $9,000,000 below the House allowance.
    The recommended amount includes $319,315,000 for 
preparedness and fire use functions, an increase of $16,004,000 
over the budget request. The recommended amount also includes 
$263,400,000 for suppression operations, an increase of 
$52,400,000. The Committee notes that the budget request 
presumed that additional forest firefighting expenses would be 
addressed through the multiagency contingency fund for disaster 
assistance which has not been funded.
    The Committee is very concerned about the buildup of 
hazardous fuels and has recommended $50,000,000 for fuel 
reduction. The Committee notes the lack of specificity 
concerning fuel inventory data and the ability to display 
adequately a priority for fuel treatment on a nationwide basis. 
In determining priority for expenditure of funds for fuels 
treatment, emphasis should be placed on reducing the threat to 
local communities and the protection of health and safety.
    Despite the increased funding provided, the Committee is 
concerned about the prospect for renewed borrowing from the 
Knutson-Vandenberg [KV] cooperative trust fund for future fire 
emergencies. Funds provided in the 1997 appropriations acts to 
repay funds previously borrowed have not been released by the 
Office of Management and Budget to the Forest Service. The 
Committee expects the administration to make these funds 
available for critical reforestation and improvement 
activities.
    The Committee is concerned by the lack of specificity in 
information regarding the status of the brush disposal fund. 
The Committee directs the Forest Service to provide a complete 
report no later than January 31, 1998, which addresses such 
factors as cash on hand, cash to be received through 
collections, and the cost of performing current inventory of 
projects from past timber sales not yet treated, as well as the 
cost of performing work on sales currently under contract.
    The Committee commends the renewed emphasis on fire 
preparedness as an essential responsibility of all Forest 
Service employees and the use of the fire 21 strategy to 
develop a safe and more effective wildland fire protection 
program.

                    reconstruction and construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $180,184,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     146,084,000
House allowance.........................................     154,522,000
Committee recommendation................................     160,269,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $160,269,000, 
an increase of $14,185,000 above the budget estimate, an 
increase of $5,747,000 above the House allowance, and a 
decrease of $19,915,000 below the fiscal year 1997 level. The 
budget estimate and the Committee recommendation are compared 
in the following table:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Facilities:                                                                                                     
    Research.................................................      $2,560,000       $2,737,000         +$177,000
    Fire, administrative, other..............................       8,196,000        8,596,000          +400,000
    Recreation...............................................      21,526,000       32,013,000       +10,487,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, facilities...................................      32,282,000       43,346,000       +11,064,000
                                                              ==================================================
Roads:                                                                                                          
    Timber roads.............................................      47,400,000       47,400,000   ...............
    Recreation roads.........................................      26,600,000       26,600,000   ...............
    General purpose roads....................................      12,294,000       13,294,000        +1,000,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, roads........................................      86,294,000       87,294,000        +1,000,000
                                                              ==================================================
Trail construction...........................................      27,508,000       29,629,000        +2,121,000
Timber purchaser credits.....................................  ...............                                  
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, reconstruction and construction.................     146,084,000      160,269,000       +14,185,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Facilities.--The Committee has included $2,737,000 for 
research reconstruction and construction. Within the funds 
recommended, $360,000 is provided for planning an office and 
laboratory facility to house the Institute of Pacific Islands 
Forestry research and public outreach program.
    The Committee has included $8,596,000 for fire, 
administrative, and other facility reconstruction and 
construction.
    The Committee considers reconstruction of the Oakridge 
ranger station on the Willamette National Forest to be a high 
priority. The destruction of this facility through an act of 
arson is intolerable. The Committee approves the reprogramming 
of $4,000,000 for reconstruction of this facility. Such funds 
shall be derived from funds provided in fiscal year 1996 in the 
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions Appropriations Act that are 
not required for emergency activities.
    The Committee has provided $32,013,000 for reconstruction 
and construction of recreation facilities, which is an increase 
of $10,487,000 above the budget request. Included in the 
recommended amount is $1,200,000 for the Federal share of 
construction of the Pikes Peak Summit House. The Committee 
expects that State, local, and other sources will be able to 
raise all additional funds needed to construct this facility. 
Also included is $427,000 for construction of restroom 
facilities at Lee Canyon and Tahoe Meadows, and for 
construction of facilities at a boat takeout on the East Fork 
of the Carson River, on the Toiyabe National Forest. Also 
included is $80,000 for repair of the Spruce Knob tower on the 
Monongahela National Forest. The Committee has included 
$205,000 for construction of equestrian camp facilities in 
Oklahoma. Also included is $445,000 for construction of a 
visitor contact station and administrative site on the Choctaw 
ranger district of the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma, 
$725,000 for reconstruction of infrastructure facilities at 
Waldo Lake on the Willamette National Forest, $100,000 for the 
interagency facility in Seward, AK, $150,000 for campground 
sanitation projects on the Olympic National Forest, and $50,000 
for upgrades to the water system at Klahowya campground on the 
Olympic National Forest.
    The Committee has included $1,214,000 for construction of 
new facilities and the rehabilitation of existing facilities 
near the venues of the 2002 Winter Olympic games.
    Road reconstruction and construction.--The Committee 
recommends $87,294,000 for reconstruction and construction of 
roads, an increase of $1,000,000 above the budget request. The 
increase is for reconstruction and upgrade of the Hamma Hamma 
Road on the Olympic National Forest.
    The Committee notes the significant economic impact 
attributed to the loss of timber receipts in southeast Alaska, 
particularly affecting the community of Wrangell which has no 
road access to any other communities. Existing roads across 
Forest Service lands do provide access to Canadian road 
infrastructure, except for approximately 15 miles. The 
Committee directs the Forest Service to prepare a report, to be 
finalized not later than 120 days after enactment, which 
addresses the feasibility of providing road access from 
Wrangell to Canada and to Ketchikan. The report shall contain 
cost estimates for conducting the appropriate environmental 
analysis, preparation of an environmental impact statement, 
road improvements, and road construction, based on full 
utilization of existing infrastructure.
    Timber purchaser road credits.--The Committee is concerned 
about the impact of the administration's request to eliminate 
timber purchaser road credits on local counties. These counties 
have already suffered significantly from the reduced timber 
sale program. Accordingly, the Committee directs the Forest 
Service to continue the timber purchaser credit program without 
change. The Committee has not specified a ceiling for the 
amount of purchaser credits which can be offered.
    Trails.--The Committee recommends $29,629,000 for 
reconstruction and construction, which is an increase of 
$2,121,000 above the budget request. Increases over the request 
include $150,000 for construction of the Forest Service portion 
of trail and trailhead facilities providing access at 
Steigerwald Lake in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic 
Area. This is a cooperative project with the Fish and Wildlife 
Service. Also included in the recommended amount is $750,000 
for construction and repairs of trail facilities at the Taft 
Tunnel bicycle trail in Idaho, $76,000 for construction of foot 
bridges on the Cedar Lake Trail on the Ouachita National Forest 
in Oklahoma, $20,000 for reconstruction of the north/south twin 
trailhead facilities on the Tonapah ranger district in Nevada, 
$125,000 for construction of portions of the Palmetto Trail on 
the Sumter and Francis Marion National Forests in South 
Carolina, and $1,300,000 for construction of portions of the 
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail in Colorado.

                            land acquisition

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $40,575,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      41,057,000
House allowance.........................................      45,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      49,176,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $49,176,000, 
an increase of $8,119,000 above the budget estimate, $4,176,000 
above the House allowance, and $8,601,000 above the fiscal year 
1997 level.
    The Committee recommendation is shown in the following 
table:

                                                               Committee
        Area and State                                    recommendation

Appalachian National Scenic Trail (multiple States).....      $3,000,000
Arapaho National Forest (wedge tract), CO...............         350,000
California wilderness (inholdings), CA..................       1,500,000
Chattooga watershed, GA, NC, SC.........................       1,000,000
Chequamegon and Nicolet National Forests, WI............       2,000,000
Cleveland National Forest (Rutherford Ranch), CA........       1,000,000
Columbia River Gorge national scenic area, WA...........       8,000,000
Gallatin National Forest, MT............................       1,000,000
Green Mountain National Forest (Taconic Crest and 
    Vermont Rivers), VT.................................       3,000,000
Hoosier National Forest, IN.............................         500,000
Lake Tahoe Basin (including Martis Peak), CA-NV.........         900,000
Los Padres National Forest (Big Sur), CA................       1,000,000
Mark Twain National Forest, MO..........................         500,000
Michigan lakes and streams, MI..........................         250,000
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, WA..............         700,000
Nantahala National Forest (Thompson River), NC..........       1,200,000
New Mexico National Forests, NM.........................         750,000
Ouachita National Forest (Cossotot River), AR...........       1,000,000
Ozark National Forest (Richland Creek), AR..............         326,000
Pacific Northwest streams (including Sam's River), WA-OR       2,500,000
Sawtooth National Forest and National Recreation Area, 
    ID..................................................       1,800,000
Sumter National Forest (Lake Jocassee), SC..............       3,250,000
Wasatch-Cache National Forest (Bonneville Trail), UT....         500,000
White Mountain National Forest (Lake Tarleton), NH......       2,650,000
White River National Forest (Warren Lakes), CO..........         700,000
Acquisition management..................................       7,500,000
Cash equalization.......................................       1,800,000
Wilderness protection...................................         500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................      49,176,000

    The funds provided for the Columbia River Gorge include not 
more than $625,000 for acquisition of the Cannard tract. Funds 
for acquisition of this tract shall not be obligated until an 
agreement is reached between the Forest Service and the 
property owner regarding the donation of an additional, 
adjacent tract to the Forest Service for inclusion in the 
scenic area.
    The Committee directs the Forest Service to report on the 
feasibility and cost of purchasing forest lands, now owned by 
the University of Mississippi, as an addition to the DeSoto 
National Forest. The report should also explore possible 
partnerships with non-Federal entities, the potential for using 
land exchanges to accomplish all or a portion of the 
acquisition, and the extent to which the acquisition is 
consistent with Forest Service priorities.

        acquisition of lands for national forests, special acts

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $1,069,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       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.

            acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

Appropriations, 1997....................................        $210,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................         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.

                         range betterment fund

                       (Special Fund, Indefinite)

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $3,995,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       3,811,000
House allowance.........................................       3,811,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,811,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,811,000, 
the same as the budget estimate and the House allowance.

    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

Appropriations, 1997....................................         $92,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................          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.

          midewin national tallgrass prairie restoration fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................................
Budget estimate, 1998...................................        $100,000
House allowance.........................................         100,000
Committee recommendation................................         100,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $100,000, the 
same as the budget request and the House allowance.

                    cooperative work, forest service

Appropriations, 1997....................................................
Budget estimate, 1998...................................................
House allowance.........................................    $128,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee has not included funding for the cooperative 
work account, consistent with the budget request.

               Administrative Provisions, Forest Service

    The Committee has continued many of the same administrative 
provisions as provided in prior years.
    Language is included to allow the Forest Service to match 
up to $2,500,000 in private contributions on a 1-for-1 basis 
for projects on National Forest System lands or related to 
Forest Service programs. Based on Forest Service assurances 
that Federal funding for administrative expenses of the 
foundations will be phased out totally by fiscal year 2000, the 
Committee has authorized up to $1,000,000 of the Federal funds 
provided may be used for administrative expenses of the 
foundation.
    Language is included which increases funds available for 
the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to $2,000,000 on a 1-
for-1 matching basis with private contributions for projects on 
or benefiting National Forest System lands.
    The Committee has included an exception to normal 
reprogramming procedures for the move of the region 10 regional 
office and related office closures and restructuring.
    The Committee has included language authorizing the use of 
funds available to the Forest Service for retrofitting the 
commanding officer's building to accommodate relocation of the 
forest supervisor's office for the San Bernardino National 
Forest.
    The Committee has directed that a task force be established 
to study the spruce bark beetle problem in Alaska, and has 
included bill language which exempts this task force from 
requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
    The Committee is concerned about the need to mitigate 
inefficient, overcrowded, or unsafe conditions in Forest 
Service facilities, and has included bill language authorizing 
up to $250,000 for minor construction and reconstruction 
projects with requirements for reporting to Congress on such 
projects.
    The Committee feels continued preservation of the Grey 
Towers National Historic Landmark and continuation of its 
programs is important. Language has been included in 
administrative provisions which authorizes the Secretary of 
Agriculture to enter into grants, contracts, and cooperative 
agreements as appropriate with the Pinchot Institute for 
Conservation and other public or private groups to provide for 
management, maintenance, restoration, and other activities at 
Grey Towers.
    Language is placed in administrative provisions which 
authorizes payments to Del Norte County, CA, pursuant to the 
Smith River National Recreation Area Act.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                         clean coal technology

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $101,000,000 for 
clean coal technology. The funds proposed for rescission are 
available due to the termination or modification of previously 
selected clean coal projects.
    The Committee has not approved the advance appropriation 
proposed for the purpose of initiating a clean coal program 
targeting the China market. The Department should instead focus 
on successfully completing ongoing projects in the current 
program. The Committee does not object to the use of up to 
$15,000,000 in available funds for administration of the clean 
coal program.

                 fossil energy research and development

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $364,704,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     346,408,000
House allowance.........................................     313,153,000
Committee recommendation................................     363,969,000

    The Committee recommends $363,969,000 for fossil energy 
research and development, an increase of $17,561,000 over the 
budget request and $50,816,000 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     
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coal:                                                                                                           
    Advanced clean fuels research:                                                                              
        Coal preparation..................................        $5,064,000        $5,064,000  ................
        Direct liquefaction...............................         5,816,000         5,816,000  ................
        Indirect liquefaction.............................         4,223,000         4,223,000  ................
        Advanced research and environmental technology....           741,000         1,741,000       +$1,000,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, advanced clean fuels research.......        15,844,000        16,844,000        +1,000,000
                                                           =====================================================
    Advanced clean/efficient power systems:                                                                     
        Advanced pulverized coal-fired powerplant.........         5,462,000        10,462,000        +5,000,000
        Indirect fired cycle..............................        10,927,000         4,927,000        -6,000,000
        High efficiency:                                                                                        
            Integrated gasified combined cycle............        22,342,000        22,342,000  ................
            Pressurized fluidized bed.....................        17,875,000        17,875,000  ................
        Advanced research and environmental technology....         9,734,000         9,734,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, advanced clean/efficient power                                                            
             systems......................................        66,340,000        65,340,000        -1,000,000
                                                           =====================================================
    Advanced research and technology development..........        19,729,000        18,289,000        -1,440,000
    Transfer to cooperative R&D...........................        -1,864,000  ................        +1,864,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, coal....................................       100,049,000       100,473,000          +424,000
                                                           =====================================================
Oil technology:                                                                                                 
    Exploration and production supporting research........        33,785,000        31,585,000        -2,200,000
    Recovery field demonstration..........................         6,053,000         6,053,000  ................
    Exploration and production environmental research.....         6,411,000         6,286,000          -125,000
    Processing research and downstream operations.........         5,920,000         5,820,000          -100,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, oil technology..........................        52,169,000        49,744,000        -2,425,000
                                                           =====================================================
Gas:                                                                                                            
    Natural gas research:                                                                                       
        Exploration and production........................        14,895,000        13,932,000          -963,000
        Delivery and storage..............................           993,000           993,000  ................
        Advanced turbine systems..........................        31,379,000        45,000,000       +13,621,000
        Utilization.......................................         4,808,000         6,308,000        +1,500,000
        Environmental research/regulatory impact analysis.         4,617,000         4,017,000          -600,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, natural gas research................        56,692,000        70,250,000       +13,558,000
                                                           =====================================================
    Fuel cells:                                                                                                 
        Advanced research.................................         1,210,000         1,210,000  ................
        Molten carbonate systems..........................        32,669,000        32,669,000  ................
        Advanced concepts.................................        12,412,000        12,412,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, fuel cells............................        46,291,000        46,291,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, gas...................................       102,983,000       116,541,000       +13,558,000
                                                           =====================================================
Cooperative research and development......................         5,836,000         5,840,000            +4,000
Fossil energy environmental restoration...................        12,935,000        12,935,000  ................
Fuels conversion, natural gas, and electricity............         2,173,000         2,173,000  ................
Headquarters program direction............................        14,659,000        14,659,000  ................
Energy Technology Center program direction................        48,107,000        52,107,000        +4,000,000
General plant projects....................................         2,532,000         2,532,000  ................
Mining and materials partnerships.........................         4,965,000         6,965,000        +2,000,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total, fossil energy research and development.......       346,408,000       363,969,000       +17,561,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Coal.--The Committee recommends $100,473,000 for coal 
research, an increase of $424,000 over the budget request. The 
amounts provided for particular activities as compared to the 
budget request are shown in the following table:

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Coal-derived liquids--Consortium for Fossil Fuel 
    Liquefaction Science................................     +$1,000,000
Advanced pulverized coal-fired powerplant--downselect to 
    one contract........................................      +4,000,000
AFB hospital waste project (complete testing)...........      +1,000,000
Indirect fired cycle....................................      -6,000,000
Advanced research and technology development:
    Coal technology export..............................        -200,000
    University coal research............................        -700,000
    Undergraduate internships...........................         -50,000
    Technical and economic analysis.....................        -200,000
    International program support.......................        -100,000
    HBCU's..............................................        -190,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, Advanced research and technology 
      development.......................................      -1,440,000

    The Committee again notes with dismay the inconsistencies 
between the administration's budget proposal for the fossil 
program and its public pronouncements with regard to global 
climate change, air pollution, particulate matter, and related 
issues. Despite increases in efficiency and expanded use of 
renewable energy sources, by any reasonable estimate fossil 
fuels will continue to comprise the vast majority of domestic 
energy consumption well into the next century. At the same 
time, fossil fuel use in developing countries is expected to 
increase dramatically, and will wipe out domestic gains in 
emissions reduction unless advanced technologies are developed 
to the point where they are reasonably priced and sufficiently 
reliable to meet the needs of those countries. It is absolutely 
clear that to attain the particulate matter, CO2 and 
other emissions standards contemplated by the administration, 
advanced fossil fuel technologies, including coal technologies, 
will be necessary. A narrow policy of regulation alone may 
ultimately enable the United States to attain these standards, 
but will do little to address the global emissions problem and 
will be far more costly than a strategy that emphasizes 
technology development. The Committee strongly urges the 
administration to pursue a more balanced policy in this regard, 
and to recognize the fossil program's important role within 
that policy.
    The Committee has not agreed to the proposed transfer of 
$1,864,000 from coal research to the ``Cooperative research and 
development'' account. While the Committee encourages 
facilities that currently receive cooperative research and 
development funding to compete for coal and other research 
program funds, the Committee will continue to address base 
funding for those facilities in the cooperative research and 
development budget activity.
    Natural gas research.--The Committee recommends 
$116,541,000 for natural gas and fuel cell research, an 
increase of $13,558,000 over the budget request. The amounts 
provided for particular activities as compared to the budget 
request are shown in the following table:

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Exploration and production--coal mine methane...........       -$963,000
Advanced turbine systems................................     +13,621,000
    Utilization--gas-to-liquids.........................      +1,500,000
Environmental and regulatory analysis:
    Technology development..............................        -500,000
    Outreach and technology transfer....................        -100,000

    The Committee has provided additional funding for the 
turbines program to reduce overall costs and enable completion 
of the program by the year 2000. The Committee hopes the 
administration will allocate sufficient resources in its fiscal 
year 1999 budget to continue the program on this schedule.
    The Committee has provided the requested amount for fuel 
cells. While the Committee does not direct a down selection to 
two fuel cell contracts at this time, the Committee urges the 
Department to explore opportunities to phase or schedule the 
existing contracts in a manner that will enable completion of 
the contracts within anticipated funding constraints.
    Oil technology.--The Committee recommends $49,744,000 for 
oil technology research, a decrease of $2,425,000 from the 
budget request. The amounts provided for particular activities 
as compared to the budget request are shown in the following 
table:

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Exploration and production supporting research:
    Analysis and planning...............................       -$200,000
    Impact oversight analysis...........................        -250,000
    Extraction..........................................        -550,000
    Reservoir characterization..........................        +600,000
    Exploration and drilling............................        -800,000
    Laboratory/industry partnership.....................      -1,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, exploration and production supporting 
      research..........................................      -2,200,000
Exploration and production environmental research--
    program planning and analysis.......................        -125,000
Processing research and downstream operations--upgrading 
    technology development..............................        -100,000

    The increase provided for reservoir characterization 
includes $350,000 for the Gypsy field project and $250,000 for 
the northern midcontinent digital atlas.
    Cooperative research and development.--The Committee 
recommends $5,840,000 for the cooperative research and 
development program, an increase of $4,000 over the budget 
request. The amount provided includes $40,000 for program 
direction. Remaining funds should be split equally between the 
participating sites.
    Environmental restoration.--The Committee recommends 
$12,935,000 for environmental restoration, the same as the 
budget request.
    Fuels program.--The Committee recommends $2,173,000 for the 
fuels conversion, natural gas, and electricity program, the 
same as the budget request.
    Headquarters program direction.--The Committee recommends 
$14,659,000 for headquarters program direction, the same as the 
budget request.
    Energy technology center program direction.--The Committee 
recommends $52,107,000 for energy technology center program 
direction, an increase of $4,000,000 over the budget request 
and the same as the House allowance. The Committee expects the 
Department not to fund activities out of the program direction 
line item that have been funded in prior years out of the 
program line items. The Committee has encouraged the Department 
to use FETC's expertise more broadly. To foster these efforts, 
the Committee recommends that program direction funds allocated 
to FETC be available for use to support activities 
Departmentwide.
    General plant projects.--The Committee recommends 
$2,532,000 for general plant projects, the same as the budget 
request.
    Mining.--The Committee recommends $6,965,000 for mining 
programs, an increase of $2,000,000 over the request. The 
increase provided is for the Intermountain Center for Mining 
Research and Development.

                      alternative fuels production

                     (including transfer of funds)

Appropriations, 1997....................................     -$4,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      -1,500,000
House allowance.........................................      -1,500,000
Committee recommendation................................      -1,500,000

    The Committee recommends that moneys received as investment 
income on the principal amount in the Great Plains Project 
Trust, as of October 1, 1997, shall be deposited in this 
account and immediately transferred to the general fund of the 
Treasury. This amount is estimated to be $1,500,000.

                 naval petroleum and oil shale reserves

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $143,786,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     117,000,000
House allowance.........................................     115,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     107,000,000

    The Committee recommends $107,000,000 for the naval 
petroleum and oil shale reserves, a decrease of $10,000,000 
from the budget request, $8,000,000 below the House level, and 
$36,786,000 below the fiscal year 1997 level. The amounts 
recommended by the Committee as compared to the budget estimate 
are shown in the table below:

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                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oil reserves:                                                                                                   
    Naval Petroleum Reserves Nos. 1 and 2....................      $99,500,000      $89,500,000     -$10,000,000
    Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3............................        8,500,000        8,500,000  ...............
    Program direction (headquarters).........................        7,800,000        7,800,000  ...............
    Naval oil shale reserves.................................        1,200,000        1,200,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, naval petroleum and oil shale reserves..........      117,000,000      107,000,000      -10,000,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee recommendation reflects the minimum amount 
necessary to continue the profitable operation of the all the 
reserves, while allowing the Department to proceed with 
preparations for the sale of Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 
during fiscal year 1998. However, the Committee expects the 
Department not to proceed with the sale of NPR-1 in the event 
the minimum requirements for sale included in the authorizing 
statute are not met. For this reason, the Committee has 
included language in the bill allowing the Department to use 
excess receipts from NPR-1 to operate the field for the 
remainder of the fiscal year should the sale not be executed.
    The Committee has also included language in the bill 
waiving the statutory requirement to sell NPR-1 oil at prices 
equivalent to strategic petroleum reserve purchase prices. This 
requirement is not appropriate since the Committee has not 
recommended an appropriation for the purchase of oil for the 
strategic petroleum reserve.
    Language has also been included in the bill to resolve a 
technical issue with regard to accounting for certain naval 
petroleum reserve revenues.

                          energy conservation

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $569,762,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     707,700,000
House allowance.........................................     644,766,000
Committee recommendation................................     627,357,000

    The amounts recommended for energy conservation, as 
compared to the budget estimate, are shown in the following 
table:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Building technology:                                                                                            
    State and community sector:                                                                                 
        Building systems design..............................     $32,841,000      $24,056,000       -$8,785,000
        Building equipment and materials.....................      37,151,000       31,071,000        -6,080,000
        Codes and standards..................................      20,573,000       16,173,000        -4,400,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, State and community sector...............      90,565,000       71,300,000       -19,265,000
                                                              ==================================================
    State and local partnerships:                                                                               
        Weatherization assistance program....................     154,100,000      129,000,000       -25,100,000
        State energy program.................................      37,000,000       31,100,000        -5,900,000
        Municipal energy management..........................       1,600,000        1,600,000   ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, State and local partnerships.............     192,700,000      161,700,000       -31,000,000
                                                              ==================================================
    Management and planning..................................      19,150,000       17,850,000        -1,300,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, building technology..........................     302,415,000      250,850,000       -51,565,000
                                                              ==================================================
Federal Emergency Management Program:                                                                           
    Program activities.......................................      29,000,000       19,700,000        -9,300,000
    Program direction........................................       3,100,000        1,800,000          -300,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Federal Emergency Management Program.........      31,100,000        21,500,00        -9,600,000
                                                              ==================================================
Industry sector:                                                                                                
    Industries of the future (specific)......................      55,660,000       52,412,000        -3,248,000
    Industries of the future (crosscutting)..................      39,120,000       48,120,000        +9,000,000
    Technology access........................................      37,079,000       25,299,000       -11,780,000
    Management...............................................       7,700,000        7,700,000   ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, industry sector..............................     139,559,000      133,531,000        -6,028,000
                                                              ==================================================
Transportation:                                                                                                 
    Technology deployment....................................      17,000,000       13,300,000        -3,700,000
    Advanced automotive technologies.........................     129,046,000      114,496,000       -14,550,000
    Advanced heavy vehicle technologies......................      18,000,000       22,500,000        +4,500,000
    Transportation materials technologies....................      30,500,000       34,500,000        +4,000,000
    Implementation and program management....................       8,700,000        7,600,000        -1,100,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, transportation...............................     203,246,000      192,396,000       -10,850,000
                                                              ==================================================
Policy and management........................................      31,380,000       29,080,000        -2,300,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, energy conservation..........................     707,700,000      627,357,000       -80,343,000
                                                              ==================================================
Offsetting reductions: Use of nonappropriated escrow funds...    (-20,000,000)    (-20,000,000)  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
      Total, energy conservation.............................     707,700,000      627,357,000       -80,343,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee recommends $627,357,000 for energy 
conservation, a decrease of $80,343,000 from the budget 
estimate, a decrease of $17,409,000 below the House allowance, 
and an increase of $92,448,000 over the fiscal year 1997 level. 
Of this amount, an indefinite portion is to be derived from the 
excess amount for fiscal year 1998 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.
    Buildings.--The Committee recommends $250,850,000 for 
building technologies, State and community sector, a decrease 
below the budget request of $51,565,000. Included in the 
amounts provided are $129,000,000 for weatherization assistance 
and $31,100,000 for State energy programs; increases from 
fiscal year 1997 levels of $8,155,000 and $2,100,000, 
respectively. Changes to the request are shown in the table 
below:

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Building systems design:
    Building America....................................     -$2,100,000
    Advanced housing technology.........................        -400,000
    Industrialized housing..............................        -500,000
    Residential energy efficiency.......................      -1,000,000
    Affordable homes for low-income housing.............      -1,000,000
    Rebuild America.....................................        -580,000
    Commercial/multifamily R&D..........................      -1,150,000
    Best practices......................................      -2,055,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, building systems design.................      -8,785,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Building equipment and materials:
    Hi-cool heat pump...................................      -1,050,000
    Advanced desiccant technology.......................         500,000
    PEM fuel cell research (SIRTI)......................       2,000,000
    Fuel cell building microgeneration..................        -700,000
    VHF light sources...................................        -800,000
    Lighting applications and impacts...................        -500,000
    Lighting collaborative..............................        -580,000
    Emerging technology introduction....................      -1,100,000
    Volume purchases....................................      -1,500,000
    Building materials..................................        -200,000
    Roofs, walls and foundations........................        -300,000
    High reflectivity surfaces..........................        -300,000
    Electrochromic research.............................        -600,000
    Superwindow collaborative...........................        -250,000
    Advanced glazing....................................        -700,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, building equipment and materials...........      -6,080,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Codes and standards.....................................      -4,400,000
Weatherization assistance...............................     -25,100,000
State Energy Program....................................      -5,900,000
Management and planning:
    Technology and sector data..........................        -200,000
    Analytical studies and planning support.............        -500,000
    State and local grants..............................        -600,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, evaluation and planning.................      -1,300,000

    Funds provided for updating State codes should not be used 
as a substitute for State funding in cases where States have 
been unable or unwilling to devote sufficient resources to code 
programs.
    With regard to the home energy rating system program, the 
Committee expects the Department to continue its scheduled 
cooperative work with pilot States. However, the Committee 
understands that ongoing State pilots will be terminated after 
the pilot States are provided an adequate opportunity to assume 
full responsibility for their rating systems. Consistent with 
the budget request, some of this reallocation will occur in 
fiscal year 1998. This will allow the limited resources 
available to the HERS program to be reallocated to additional 
States. The Committee expects the Department's fiscal year 1999 
budget request to include a discussion of the status of the 
various pilot programs.
    Federal Energy Management Program.--The Committee 
recommends $21,500,000 for Federal energy management, a 
decrease of $9,600,000 below the budget request. Changes to the 
request are shown in the table below:

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Innovative financing....................................     -$3,000,000
Technical assistance....................................      -3,700,000
Interagency coordination/information transfer...........      -2,600,000
Program direction.......................................        -300,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, Federal energy management program.......      -9,600,000

    The Committee has included language in the bill that will 
allow the Department to accept funds from other agencies in 
return for assisting agencies in improving energy efficiency in 
Federal facilities and operations through the use of private 
financing mechanisms. Such funds shall be retained by the 
Department and be used only for the purpose of assisting 
Federal agencies with further efficiency projects through 
private financing mechanisms.
    The Committee supports a more aggressive initiative by all 
Federal agencies to capture the energy cost savings available 
through energy conservation retrofit of buildings owned or 
leased by the Federal Government. The Committee expects that 
the Energy Policy Act and other relevant laws will be applied 
such that energy conservation services are acquired from 
utility or nonutility providers in a competitive manner.
    Industry.--The Committee recommends $133,351,000 for 
industry programs, a decrease of $6,028,000 below the budget 
request. Changes to the request are shown in the table below:

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Industries of the future (specific):
    Forest and paper products...........................       -$300,000
    Steel...............................................        -666,000
    Aluminum............................................        -400,000
    Glass...............................................        -882,000
    Chemicals...........................................      -1,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, industries of the future (specific).....      -3,248,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Industrial turbines.....................................       9,000,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Technology access:
    Industrial assessment centers.......................      -1,000,000
    Motor challenge.....................................      -1,000,000
    NICE-3..............................................      -6,000,000
    Climate wise........................................      -3,780,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, technology access.......................     -11,780,000

    The Committee commends the industry program for the manner 
in which it has cooperated with industry groups to consolidate 
and prioritize efficiency research needs. However, the 
Committee encourages the Department to remain focused on 
research efforts whose primary focus is energy efficiency, and 
to not allow the industry program to become a catchall program 
for research projects in which energy savings are a minor, 
secondary benefit.
    The Committee is aware of a November 2, 1995, memorandum of 
understanding between the Departments of Energy and Agriculture 
and the recently established multilaboratory agriculture team 
within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. To 
the extent implementation is a priority for the affected 
Departments and programs, this should be reflected in a funding 
proposal contained in the budget request. If either Department 
does not believe it has existing statutory authority for such a 
program, then a legislative proposal should also be submitted.
    The Committee also urges the Department to identify in its 
fiscal year 1999 budget request the crosscutting work being 
done in the industries of the future program relating to 
combustion systems.
    The increase provided for the turbine program is intended 
to be sufficient to allow program completion by the year 2000.
    Transportation.--The Committee recommends $192,396,000 for 
transportation technologies, a decrease of $10,850,000 below 
the budget request. Changes to the request are shown in the 
table below:

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Technology deployment:
    Clean cities........................................       -$600,000
    Infrastructure, systems, and safety.................      -2,000,000
    EPACT replacement fuels.............................        -100,000
    Vehicle field test/evaluation.......................        -500,000
    Technical information development...................        -500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, Technology deployment...................      -3,700,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Advanced automotive technologies:
    Student competitions................................        -150,000
    Advanced battery development........................        -400,000
    Hybrid propulsion systems...........................      -3,000,000
    High power energy storage...........................      -5,000,000
    Fuel cell R&D.......................................      -6,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, advanced automotive technology..........     -14,550,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Advanced heavy vehicle technologies:
    High efficiency engine R&D..........................       1,000,000
    Heavy vehicle alternative fuels R&D.................       3,500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, advanced heavy vehicle technology.......       4,500,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Transportation materials technologies:
    Automotive materials technology:
        Propulsion materials............................       2,000,000
        Lightweight materials...........................       2,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
          Subtotal, transportation materials technology.       4,000,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Implementation and program management:
    Evaluation, planning and analysis...................        -600,000
    Program direction...................................        -500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, implementation and program management...      -1,100,000

    Within the amount provided for systems optimization, the 
Committee expects the Department to expand its work with the 
Gas Research Institute on onboard storage technologies for 
natural gas vehicles. The Committee also encourages the 
Department to make use of gas utilization expertise at the 
University of Oklahoma.
    With the increase provided for lightweight materials 
research, the Committee expects the Department to continue and 
expand its work with the Northwest Alliance for Transportation 
Technologies [NATT]. The Committee further encourages the 
Department to work with NATT in implementing its heavy vehicle 
systems research and development program. The Department should 
also continue and expand its cooperative work with trucking 
manufacturers and the Trucking Research Institute.
    Within the funds provided for student competitions, the 
Department is encouraged to initiate a comparable program for 
precollege students and teachers focused on the science and 
engineering features of the partnership for a new generation of 
vehicles program.
    The Committee supports the Department of Energy's 
interstate clean transportation corridor efforts in 
coordination with the Clean Cities Program. The Committee is 
aware of a proposal to reduce particulate emissions and to 
build an advanced transportation industry program by the 
advanced transportation technology consortium, CALSTART. To the 
extent this proposal is consistent with the Department's own 
plans for this program, the Department is encouraged to work 
with CALSTART on ways that it can help to advance the clean 
cities program, particularly in the proposed Nonattainment 
Rural Community Natural Gas Vehicle Pilot Program in San 
Bernardino County, CA.
    Within the amount provided for technology deployment, the 
Committee urges the Department to make a greater effort to 
provide funds for ethanol vehicle infrastructure.
    Policy and management.--The Committee recommends 
$29,080,000 for policy and management, a decrease of $2,300,000 
below the budget request. Changes to the request are shown in 
the table below:

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Headquarters contractual services.......................       -$500,000
Golden field office contractual services................        -300,000
Information and communications program..................      -1,500,000

                          economic regulation

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $2,725,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       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. The 
``Economic regulation'' account funds the Office of Hearings 
and Appeals, which is responsible for all departmental 
adjudicatory processes except those under the jurisdiction of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

                      strategic petroleum reserve

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $209,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     209,000,000
House allowance.........................................     209,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     207,500,000

    The Committee recommends $207,500,000 for operation of the 
strategic petroleum reserve, a decrease of $1,500,000 below 
both the budget estimate and the House level. The Committee 
expects the Department to offset this decrease by using funds 
currently allocated for completion of a reserve expansion 
study. The Committee will consider again appropriating funds 
for this purpose at such time as further expansion of the 
reserve appears likely.
    The amount recommended for SPR operations is to be repaid 
from the SPR operating fund established in the bill to receive 
proceeds from the sale of SPR oil. While the Committee is 
disappointed that SPR operations must be financed by oil sales 
in fiscal year 1998, spending constraints and other high-
priority programs within this bill prevent the Committee from 
appropriating new budget authority for SPR operations.

                         SPR Petroleum Account

    The Committee does not recommend appropriations for the 
acquisition of oil for the strategic petroleum reserve.
    The Committee has again included language in the bill that 
allows normal operations at Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 (Elk 
Hills) 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 the 
petroleum account. Identical provisions were included in the 
fiscal year 1997 bill.

                   energy information administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $66,120,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      62,800,000
House allowance.........................................      66,800,000
Committee recommendation................................      62,800,000

    The Committee recommends $62,800,000 for the Energy 
Information Administration, the same as the budget request, 
$4,000,000 below the House level, and $3,320,000 below the 
fiscal year 1997 level.
    While recognizing the degree to which the Energy 
Information Administration's budget has been cut over the past 
several years, the Committee is concerned about the reduction 
in State-level data collection on fuel use and pricing. The 
Committee urges the EIA to include in its fiscal year 1999 
budget request a discussion of its ongoing work in this area, 
as well as an estimate of the additional resources required to 
upgrade its State-level data collection capabilities.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

                         indian health services

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $1,806,269,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   1,835,465,000
House allowance.........................................   1,829,008,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,958,235,000

    The Committee recommends $1,958,235,000 for Indian health 
services, an increase of $122,770,000 above the budget 
estimate, an increase of $129,227,000 over the House level, and 
$151,966,000 over the fiscal year 1997 level.
    The Committee recommends an additional $19,976,000 to 
offset partially fixed cost increases that the budget estimate 
did not include. The Committee is concerned that, for the last 
several years, the IHS budget estimate has not included true 
figures for its uncontrollable increases for pay costs, 
population growth, and inflation. As a result, important health 
services may be threatened as program dollars are needed to pay 
the uncontrollable costs. The Committee encourages the IHS to 
forward more accurate figures for its fixed costs to the 
Committee in its budget estimates.
    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     
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clinical services:                                                                                              
    IHS and tribal health delivery:                                                                             
        Hospital and health clinic programs...............     $898,022,000      $916,874,000       +$18,852,000
        Dental health program.............................       64,737,000        66,177,000         +1,440,000
        Mental health program.............................       39,034,000        39,770,000           +736,000
        Alcohol and substance abuse program...............       91,677,000        91,991,000           +314,000
    Contract care.........................................      374,348,000       374,375,000            +27,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, clinical services.........................    1,467,818,000     1,489,187,000        +21,369,000
                                                           =====================================================
Preventive health:                                                                                              
    Public health nursing.................................       27,994,000        28,607,000           +613,000
    Health education......................................        8,855,000         8,932,000            +77,000
    Community health representatives program..............       44,311,000        44,312,000             +1,000
    Immunization (Alaska).................................        1,328,000         1,328,000   ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, preventive health.........................       82,488,000        83,179,000           +691,000
                                                           =====================================================
Urban health projects.....................................       25,777,000        25,288,000           -489,000
Indian health professions.................................       28,293,000        29,320,000         +1,027,000
Tribal management.........................................        2,348,000         2,348,000   ................
Direct operations.........................................       46,924,000        48,311,000         +1,387,000
Self-governance...........................................        9,097,000         9,106,000             +9,000
Contract support costs....................................      172,720,000       168,702,000         -4,018,000
Facilities and environmental health support...............  ................      102,794,000       +102,794,000
Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements: Hospital and clinic                                                           
 accreditation (est. collecting)..........................     (247,397,000)     (247,397,000)  ................
                                                           =====================================================
      Total, Indian Health Services.......................    1,835,465,000     1,958,235,000       +122,770,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Hospitals and health clinics.--The Committee recommends 
$916,874,000 for hospitals and health clinics. This amount 
includes increases above the fiscal year 1997 enacted level of 
$24,480,000 for fixed costs and $6,370,000 for staffing new 
facilities, and a decrease of $7,800,000, which is a transfer 
to the facilities account to consolidate all utility costs.
    The Committee has included $3,000,000 for the establishment 
of an initiative to provide grants to tribes and Indian 
organizations to support community-based efforts to reduce the 
incidence of diabetes among American Indians and Alaska 
Natives.
    The Committee understands that legal challenges are not yet 
resolved with respect to the emergency services at the Wagner, 
SD, health care facility. In the interim, the Committee 
understands that IHS continues to provide such services at this 
location, and the Committee expects IHS to continue this 
practice in fiscal year 1998 within the total funds provided.
    Dental health.--The Committee recommends $66,177,000 for 
dental health. This amount includes increases above the fiscal 
year 1997 enacted level of $2,336,000 for fixed costs and 
$1,058,000 for staffing new facilities.
    Mental health.--The Committee recommends $39,770,000 for 
mental health. This amount includes increases over the fiscal 
year 1997 enacted level of $1,195,000 for fixed costs and 
$234,000 for staffing new facilities.
    Alcohol and substance abuse.--The Committee recommends 
$91,991,000 for alcohol and substance abuse prevention and 
treatment. This amount includes an increase above the fiscal 
year 1997 enacted level of $509,000 for fixed costs.
    Contract health services.--The Committee recommends 
$374,375,000 for contract health services. This amount includes 
an increase above the fiscal year 1997 enacted level of $50,000 
for fixed costs and a program increase of $6,000,000, with a 
portion of this increase for new tribes.
    Public health nursing.--The Committee recommends 
$28,607,000 for public health nursing. This amount includes 
increases above the fiscal year 1997 enacted level of $995,000 
for fixed costs and $936,000 for staffing new facilities.
    Health education.--The Committee recommends $8,932,000 for 
health education. This amount includes increases above the 
fiscal year 1997 enacted level of $143,000 for fixed costs and 
$157,000 for staffing new facilities.
    Community health representatives.--The Committee recommends 
$44,312,000 for community health representatives. This amount 
includes increases over the fiscal year 1997 enacted level of 
$1,000 for fixed costs and $338,000 for staffing new 
facilities.
    Alaska immunization.--The Committee recommends $1,328,000 
for the Alaska Immunization Program, the same as the House and 
the fiscal year 1997 enacted level.
    Urban health.--The Committee recommends $25,288,000 for 
urban health. This amount includes increases over the fiscal 
year 1997 enacted level of $20,000 for fixed costs and $500,000 
for programs.
    Indian health professions.--The Committee recommends 
$29,320,000 for Indian health professions. This amount includes 
increases over the fiscal year 1997 enacted level of $50,000 
for fixed costs and $1,000,000 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 
1997 enacted level.
    Direct operations.--The Committee recommends $48,311,000 
for direct operations. This amount includes an increase over 
the fiscal year 1997 enacted level of $2,252,000 for fixed 
costs and a decrease of $2,650,000 in downsizing savings.
    Self-governance.--The Committee recommends $9,106,000 for 
self-governance. This amount includes an increase over the 
fiscal year 1997 enacted level of $16,000 for fixed costs.
    Contract support costs.--The Committee recommends 
$168,702,000 for contract support. This amount includes 
increases over the fiscal year 1997 enacted level of $7,500,000 
for the Indian self-determination fund for new and expanded 
contracts and $482,000 as a transfer from the ``Facilities'' 
account.
    Facilities and environmental health support.--The Committee 
recommends $102,794,000 for facilities and environmental health 
support. This amount includes increases over the fiscal year 
1997 enacted level of $3,065,000 for fixed costs, $907,000 for 
staffing new facilities, and a transfer of $7,800,000 from the 
services account to consolidate utility costs.
    Funds provided for the facilities program are to be 
distributed in accordance with a methodology that addresses the 
fluctuating annual workload and maintains parity among IHS 
areas and the tribes as the workload shifts.
    Reimbursables.--The Committee has provided language that 
authorizes the Indian Health Service to provide goods and 
services on a reimbursable basis in a manner consistent with 
the change in law enacted in the 1997 Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act (Public Law 105-18).
    Alaska Native Medical Center.--The Committee has included 
language in title III, general provisions regarding the 
governance of the Alaska Native Medical Center.
    Contracting and compacting in Alaska.--The Committee has 
provided language in title III, general provisions regarding 
the submission of a GAO report on the regional health care 
system in Alaska.
    Funding parity.--The Committee is aware that there are a 
number of tribes whose funding is well below their level of 
need, including the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewas. 
The Committee urges the Indian Health Service to work within 
its allocation to begin to rectify funding inequities. The 
Committee requests that IHS prepare in a timely fashion a 
report on IHS' progress in bringing parity to those tribes 
whose level of need is funded below 60 percent and what actions 
might be possible to address such situations, including 
associated costs.

                        indian health facilities

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $247,731,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     286,535,000
House allowance.........................................     257,310,000
Committee recommendation................................     168,501,000

    The Committee has provided $168,501,000 for Indian health 
facilities, a decrease of $118,034,000 below the budget 
request, a decrease of $88,809,000 below the House, and 
$79,230,000 below the fiscal year 1997 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    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maintenance and improvement..................................      $39,334,000      $39,434,000        +$100,000
Construction facilities......................................       38,900,000       26,900,000      -12,000,000
Sanitation facilities........................................       90,042,000       89,162,000         -880,000
Facilities and environmental health support..................      104,772,000  ...............     -104,722,000
Equipment....................................................       13,005,000       13,005,000  ...............
Contract support.............................................          482,000  ...............         -482,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, Indian health facilities........................      286,535,000      168,501,000     -118,034,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Maintenance and improvement.--The Committee recommends 
$39,434,000 for maintenance and improvement, $100,000 over the 
House allowance, the budget request, and the fiscal year 1997 
enacted level.
    The Committee is aware of ongoing efforts by the Indian 
Health Service to provide medical services to the Navajo Nation 
in the vicinity of Red Mesa, AZ, and Montezuma Creek, UT. The 
Committee has provided $100,000 to the Utah Navajo trust fund 
to be used for planning and rehabilitation of the Montezuma 
Creek Health Clinic in Montezuma Creek, UT. These funds will be 
matched dollar for dollar by the State of Utah and the Utah 
Navajo trust fund. The Committee does not intend for any of 
these funds to be used for facility or program expansion, but 
rather, for improvement of existing conditions. The Committee 
does not support any facility improvement that will require 
additional dollars to support and maintain beyond what is 
presently provided at Montezuma Creek.
    Sanitation facilities.--The Committee recommends 
$89,162,000 for sanitation facilities. This amount includes an 
increase over the fiscal year 1997 enacted level of $273,000 
for fixed costs and a program increase of $1,000,000. Like the 
House, the Committee has not specified the amount of sanitation 
funds to be used for new and renovated homes or for addressing 
the backlog of need for existing homes. The Committee notes 
that there is a backlog of Indian sanitation facilities 
deficiencies that, at the end of fiscal year 1995, totaled 
$630,000,000 and recognizes the positive impact that reducing 
this backlog would have on Indian health.
    Construction of facilities.--The Committee recommends 
$26,900,000 for construction of facilities. Included in the 
amount provided is $13,900,000 to begin construction of the 
Hopi Health Center in Polacca, AZ, and $13,000,000 to initiate 
work on the Fort Defiance, AZ, hospital.
    Facilities and environmental health support.--The Committee 
has shifted the facilities and environmental health support 
activity to the ``Indian health services'' account.
    Equipment.--The Committee recommends $13,005,000 for 
equipment, a decrease from the fiscal year 1997 enacted level 
of $1,500,000 that reflects nonrecurring equipment costs.
    Contract support costs.--The Committee has transferred 
$482,000 to the services account to consolidate all contract 
support costs.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

              Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

                            indian education

    Funding for this program now falls within the jurisdiction 
of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
Subcommittee.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $19,345,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      19,345,000
House allowance.........................................      18,345,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $15,000,000, a 
decrease of $4,345,000 from the budget estimate, $3,345,000 
below the House allowance, and $4,345,000 below the fiscal year 
1997 level.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development

                       payments to the institute

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $5,500,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       5,500,000
House allowance.........................................       3,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,500,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,500,000, 
the same as the budget estimate and $2,500,000 above the House 
allowance.

                        Smithsonian Institution

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $318,492,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     334,557,000
House allowance.........................................     334,557,000
Committee recommendation................................     333,708,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $333,708,000 
for salaries and expenses of the Smithsonian Institution. This 
amount is an increase of $15,216,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
level and a decrease of $849,000 below the budget estimate and 
the House allowance. The following table provides a comparison 
of the budget estimate with the Committee recommendation:

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                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Museums and research institutes..............................     $171,710,000     $171,572,000        -$138,000
Program support and outreach.................................       36,099,000       36,099,000  ...............
Administration...............................................       32,893,000       32,893,000  ...............
Facilities services..........................................       93,855,000       93,144,000         -711,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................      334,557,000      333,708,000         -849,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Increases above the fiscal year 1997 level include the 
following: $9,942,000 to meet the uncontrollable costs 
associated with items such as salaries, utilities, 
communications, and rent; $1,225,000 for the final increment of 
operating funds for the submillimeter array at the Smithsonian 
Astrophysical Observatory; $3,924,000 for new facilities 
support; and $960,000 for collection information systems. In 
addition, $100,000 of the $935,000 in emergency funds 
appropriated to the Institution in fiscal year 1997 for 
enhanced security measures has been retained in the base to 
meet continuing requirements.
    Funds provided for new facilities support include increases 
of $2,996,000 for the National Museum of Natural History East 
Court project; $593,000 for the National Museum of the American 
Indian Cultural Resources Center; and $335,000 for the 
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
    The variance between the budget estimate and the 
Committee's recommendation is the result of discussions with 
the Smithsonian Institution and their subsequent identification 
of reductions based on reestimates and construction schedule 
changes.

        construction and improvements, national zoological park

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $3,850,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       3,850,000
House allowance.........................................       3,850,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,850,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,850,000 for 
construction and improvements at the National Zoological Park, 
the same as the budget estimate, the fiscal year 1997 level, 
and the House allowance.

                  repair and restoration of buildings

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $39,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      32,000,000
House allowance.........................................      50,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      32,000,000

                         Repair and Restoration

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $32,000,000 
for the repair and restoration of buildings. This amount is the 
same as the budget estimate, $7,000,000 below the fiscal year 
1997 level, and $18,000,000 below the House allowance. The 
Committee remains concerned about the Institution's maintenance 
backlog and has recommended a funding level that will provide 
the Institution with sufficient resources to continue to 
address its most pressing needs. However, given the budgetary 
constraints faced by the Committee and its obligation to fund 
other significant projects, such as construction of the 
National Museum of the American Indian Mall Museum, additional 
resources are not available to supplement the budget request.

                              construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $10,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      58,000,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................      33,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $33,000,000, a 
decrease of $25,000,000 below the budget estimate and an 
increase of $33,000,000 above the House allowance.
    The Committee's recommendation includes $29,000,000 to 
begin the first phase of construction for the National Museum 
of the American Indian Mall Museum and $4,000,000 to complete 
funding for planning and design of the Dulles extension of the 
National Air and Space Museum. Bill language is included 
allowing for a single procurement for the NMAI facility, 
subject to the availability of funds.

                        National Gallery of Art

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $54,281,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      53,899,000
House allowance.........................................      55,837,000
Committee recommendation................................      55,837,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $55,837,000 
for salaries and expenses at the National Gallery of Art. This 
amount is an increase of $1,938,000 above the budget request, 
$1,556,000 above the fiscal year 1997 enacted level and the 
same as the House allowance. The following table provides a 
comparison of the budget estimate with the Committee 
recommendation:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Care and utilization of art collections......................      $20,921,000      $22,066,000      +$1,145,000
Operation and maintenance of buildings and grounds...........       12,262,000       12,648,000         +386,000
Protection of buildings, grounds, and contents...............       11,663,000       11,933,000         +270,000
General administration.......................................        9,053,000        9,190,000         +137,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................       53,899,000       55,837,000       +1,938,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Funds above the request level are provided to the gallery 
in order for uncontrollable cost increases to be met without 
significant reductions to the current program base that were 
assumed in the budget estimate.

            repair, restoration, and renovation of buildings

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $5,942,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       5,942,000
House allowance.........................................       6,442,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,942,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,942,000 for 
the repair, restoration, and renovation of the gallery's 
buildings. This amount is the same as the budget request and 
the 1997 base allocation, and a decrease of $500,000 from the 
House allowance. Funds provided will allow the gallery to 
proceed with two ongoing major renovation projects critical to 
the protection of collections and public safety: replacement of 
the West Building skylights, and installation of a new fire 
protection system. Funds for necessary ongoing minor repair and 
renovation work are also included within the recommended 
amount.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                       operations and maintenance

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $12,475,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      11,375,000
House allowance.........................................      11,375,000
Committee recommendation................................      11,375,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $11,375,000 
for the operations and maintenance of the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts. This amount is the same as the 
budget request, $500,000 above the fiscal year 1997 base 
allocation, and the same as the House allowance. In fiscal year 
1997, an additional amount of $1,600,000 in emergency funding 
was appropriated to the Center for increased security. The 
proposed funding level for fiscal year 1998 retains a portion 
of those funds in the base so that the Center can continue to 
meet the costs of those measures put in place under Public Law 
104-208, as well as to meet fixed cost increases and address 
additional maintenance and repair needs.

                              construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $12,400,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       9,000,000
House allowance.........................................       9,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,000,000 for 
the Kennedy Center's capital repair and rehabilitation needs. 
This amount meets the budget request and is the same as the 
fiscal year 1997 base allocation and the House allowance. 
Appropriated funds will be used to continue work on stage I of 
the comprehensive building plan, which addresses a number of 
critical remedial actions, including life safety and 
accessibility projects required to bring the structure up to 
current standards and codes.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $5,840,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       5,840,000
House allowance.........................................       1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,840,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,840,000 for 
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. This 
amount is the same as the budget estimate and the fiscal year 
1997 level and an increase of $4,840,000 above the House 
allowance.
    The Committee notes that in accordance with a directive 
included in the House report accompanying last year's Interior 
appropriations bill, the Wilson Center's operations and 
management were reviewed by the National Academy of Public 
Administration [NAPA]. Among the recommendations provided in 
that recently issued report were a realignment of funds among 
the Center's various activities and the active participation of 
the Board of Trustees in refining the Center's mission. In 
light of these proposals, the Committee has not allocated funds 
among the Center's various divisions, as it has in the past, 
but rather has apportioned the appropriation into two broader 
categories: $4,593,000 for program operations and $1,247,000 
for general administration. This action by the Committee is 
designed to provide the Wilson Center's leadership with the 
flexibility to consult with its Board of Trustees and consider 
NAPA's recommendations before submitting a proposed allocation 
of its fiscal year 1998 Federal resources to the Committee for 
its approval in the form of a reprogramming request.

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       grants and administration

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $82,734,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     119,240,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................      83,300,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $83,300,000 
for grants and administration of the National Endowment for the 
Arts. This amount is $35,940,000 below the budget estimate, 
$566,000 above the fiscal year 1997 level, and $83,300,000 
above the House allowance.
    The following table provides a comparison of the budget 
estimates and the Committee recommendations:

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                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grants: Program grants.......................................      $65,339,000      $37,435,000     -$27,904,000
                                                              ==================================================
State programs:                                                                                                 
    State grants.............................................       27,643,000       22,250,000       -5,393,000
    State set-aside..........................................        7,539,000        6,069,000       -1,470,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, State programs...............................       35,182,000       28,319,000       -6,863,000
                                                              ==================================================
      Subtotal, grants.......................................      100,521,000       65,754,000      -34,767,000
                                                              ==================================================
Administrative areas:                                                                                           
    Policy planning and research.............................          450,000          440,000          -10,000
    Administration...........................................       17,569,000       16,446,000       -1,123,000
    Computer replacement.....................................          700,000          660,000          -40,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, administrative areas.........................       18,719,000       17,546,000       -1,173,000
                                                              ==================================================
      Total, grants and administration.......................      119,240,000       83,300,000      -35,940,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The proposed increase above the current budget level will 
allow the Endowment to meet its uncontrollable cost increases 
without further erosion to the program budget. In addition, the 
Committee has included bill language that provides the Chairman 
of the NEA with specific authority to solicit and invest funds. 
The Committee believes that it is appropriate to provide the 
agency with this ability, particularly in light of recent 
program reductions and discussions within Congress of alternate 
funding mechanisms designed to create an independent endowment. 
However, in providing this authority the Committee wants to 
make clear its recognition that private resources can only 
enhance but not replace Federal funding. The Committee opposes 
House action aimed at eliminating the Endowment and remains 
strongly supportive of its work and the provision of a Federal 
appropriation to continue its mission.

                            matching grants

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $16,760,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      16,760,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................      16,760,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $16,760,000, 
the same amount as the budget estimate and the fiscal year 1997 
level. The House included no funds for this activity.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities

                       grants and administration

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $96,100,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     118,250,000
House allowance.........................................      96,100,000
Committee recommendation................................      96,800,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $96,800,000 
for grants and administration of the National Endowment for the 
Humanities. This amount is $21,450,000 below the budget 
estimate and $700,000 above the fiscal year 1997 level and the 
House allowance.
    The following table provides a comparison of the budget 
estimates and the Committee recommendations:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee                    
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grants:                                                                                                         
    Program grants...........................................      $50,300,000      $34,000,000     -$16,300,000
    State programs...........................................       30,150,000       28,000,000       -2,150,000
    Office of Preservation...................................       21,000,000       18,000,000       -3,000,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, grants.......................................      101,450,000       80,000,000      -21,450,000
                                                              ==================================================
Administrative areas: Administration.........................       16,800,000       16,800,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
      Total, grants and administration.......................      118,250,000       96,800,000      -21,450,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The proposed increase above the current budget level will 
allow the Endowment to meet its uncontrollable cost increases 
without further erosion to the program budget. In addition, the 
Committee has included bill language that provides the Chairman 
of the NEH with specific authority to solicit and invest funds. 
The Committee believes that it is appropriate to provide the 
agency with this ability, particularly in light of recent 
program reductions and discussions within Congress of alternate 
funding mechanisms designed to create an independent endowment. 
However, in providing this authority the Committee wants to 
make clear its recognition that private resources can only 
enhance, but not replace Federal funding. The Committee remains 
strongly supportive of the Endowment's work and the provision 
of a Federal appropriation to continue its mission.

                            matching grants

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $13,900,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      17,750,000
House allowance.........................................      13,900,000
Committee recommendation................................      13,900,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $13,900,000, a 
decrease of $3,850,000 from the budget estimate and the same as 
the fiscal year 1997 level and the House allowance.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

                       Office of Museum Services

                       grants and administration

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $22,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      26,000,000
House allowance.........................................      23,390,000
Committee recommendation................................      22,290,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $22,290,000 
for the Office of Museum Services. This amount is $3,710,000 
below the budget estimate, $290,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
enacted level, and $1,100,000 below the House allowance. The 
proposed increase above the current appropriation meets the 
Office of Museum Services' request for additional 
administrative dollars to fund uncontrollable cost increases. 
It also supports proposed organizational changes stipulated in 
the authorization passed by the Congress last year (Public Law 
104-208), which merged the Institute for Museum Services with 
the Office of Library Sciences, U.S. Department of Education 
into one independent agency. Programs of the Office of Library 
Sciences will continue to be funded through the Labor, Health 
and Human Services appropriations bill.

                        Commission of Fine Arts

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1996..........................................  $867,000
Budget estimate, 1997.........................................   867,000
House allowance...............................................   907,000
Committee recommendation......................................   907,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $907,000 for 
the Commission of Fine Arts. This amount is $40,000 above the 
budget estimate and the fiscal year 1997 enacted level and the 
same as the House allowance. The proposed level includes 
additional funds to meet anticipated uncontrollable costs 
increases.

               national capital arts and cultural affairs

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $6,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       6,000,000
House allowance.........................................       6,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,000,000 for 
the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program. This 
amount is an increase of $1,000,000 above the budget estimate, 
the fiscal year 1997 enacted level, and the House allowance. 
Additional funds will provide enhanced grant support to 
cultural institutions within the District of Columbia, which 
lack access to the State and local resources typically 
available to similar organizations throughout the United 
States.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $2,500,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       2,745,000
House allowance.........................................       2,700,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,745,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,745,000, 
the same as the budget estimate and $45,000 over the House 
allowance. The increase provided over the current year level is 
for implementation of streamlined regulations under section 106 
of the National Historic Preservation Act, and for upgrade of 
the Council's computer system.

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $5,390,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       5,740,000
House allowance.........................................       5,700,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,740,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,740,000 for 
the National Capital Planning Commission. This amount is the 
same as the budget estimate, $350,000 above the fiscal year 
1997 level, and $40,000 above the House allowance. At the 
recommended level, the Commission can fulfill its current 
responsibilities, meet its fixed costs increases, and implement 
several key proposals included in the first initiatives program 
of the monumental core framework plan. The Committee supports 
the Washington geographic information system project and 
concurs with House action authorizing the Commission to charge 
fees to cover the full costs of its products and services, with 
receipts credited to this account as an offsetting collection. 
The Committee notes that salaries for the two FTE's requested 
to support GIS work will be derived from these receipts and not 
covered by appropriated funds.

             Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1996....................................        $500,000
Budget estimate, 1997...................................................
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................................

    With the completion and dedication of the Franklin Delano 
Roosevelt Memorial, the operations of the Commission will no 
longer be in effect in fiscal year 1998. Bill language 
addressing the orderly closedown and transfer of the 
Commission's functions is addressed under title III, general 
provisions.

                       Holocaust Memorial Council

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $31,707,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      31,707,000
House allowance.........................................      31,707,000
Committee recommendation................................      31,707,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $31,707,000 
for the Holocaust Memorial Council. This amount is the same as 
the budget request, the fiscal year 1997 level, and the House 
allowance. An amount of $1,000,000 provided for security 
enhancements in fiscal year 1997 has been retained in the 
fiscal year 1998 base in order for the Holocaust Museum to meet 
the continuing salary costs of the two new security positions, 
as well as to fund uncontrollable pay costs and address small 
maintenance projects. The Committee concurs with the 
organizational restructuring proposed in the budget and gives 
approval to the museum to begin implementation in the last 
quarter of fiscal year 1997.

                     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 be 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 restrictions 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 actions of the Forest Service and the 
Bureau of Land Management with regard to the sale of giant 
sequoia trees to a manner consistent with such sales as were 
conducted 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 contracts 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 affected tribe.
    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 the reprogramming guidelines are 
followed and the program is funded in the VA-HUD appropriations 
bill.
    Sec. 313. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated in the 
bill to demolish the bridge between Jersey City, NJ, and Ellis 
Island or to 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 
previous years.
    Sec. 315. Prohibits the use of funds for the acquisition of 
lands in the counties of Gallia, Lawrence, Monroe, or 
Washington, OH, for the Wayne National Forest.
    Sec. 316. Strikes House language that limits the use of 
funds to prepare, promulgate, implement, or enforce any interim 
or final rule or regulation on jurisdiction over subsistence 
fishing in Alaska.
    Sec. 317. Deletes language relating to Public Law 101-382, 
concerning the export of State and Federal timber in the 
Western United States. This issue is addressed in title VI.
    Sec. 318. Includes language restricting the use of funds 
appropriated in this bill for the western director and special 
assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture unless the 
expenditure is approved in advance by the Appropriations 
Committees in compliance with the reprogramming procedures 
contained in this report.
    Sec. 319. Includes language allowing competition for 
watershed restoration projects through the ``Jobs in the 
Woods'' component of the President's forest plan for the 
Pacific Northwest to be limited to individuals and entities in 
historically timber-dependent areas covered by the plan and 
makes the provision permanent.
    Sec. 320. Deletes House language amending the recreation 
fee demonstration program.
    Sec. 321. Includes language requiring prior approval by the 
Appropriations Committees before commencing planning, design, 
or construction of any project funded with recreation fee 
demonstration moneys when the estimated total project cost is 
greater than $500,000.
    Sec. 322. Amends Public Law 96-451 (16 U.S.C 1606a(d)(1)), 
to allow obligations from the reforestation trust fund to fund 
forest stand improvement activities related to forest health 
enhancement and reduction of hazardous fuel loads in the 
National Forest System.
    Sec. 323. Deletes House language concerning the Interior 
Columbia basin ecosystem management project and the upper 
Columbia River basin ecosystem management strategy.
    Sec. 324. Amends Public Law 104-333 to allow the Hudson 
River Valley National Heritage Area to include areas previously 
excluded if the governing body of the jurisdiction wishes to be 
included in the heritage area, and demonstrates so through a 
resolution to be forwarded to the Secretary of the Interior and 
the management entities for the Heritage Area.
    Sec. 325. Deletes House language precluding funds 
appropriated to the Indian Health Service from being used to 
restructure the funding of Indian health care delivery systems 
to Alaskan Natives and inserts alternative language relating to 
a consortium for the provision of health services through the 
Alaska Native Medical Center and the IHS Alaska area office.
    The Committee is addressing the issue of governance of the 
new Alaska Native Medical Center to ensure efficient, 
experienced Alaska Native management and control when 
responsibility for its operation is transferred from the Indian 
Health Service to Alaska Native management. Management of the 
Alaska Native Medical Center and the Alaska area office will be 
the largest self-governance contract yet to be negotiated under 
Public Law 93-638, with an annual operating budget approaching 
$100,000,000. In an era of limited funding for the Indian 
Health Service, the Committee considers it imperative that 
scarce funds available to meet the health needs of Alaska 
Natives be professionally and prudently managed to provide the 
maximum amount of high quality health services to Alaska 
Natives.
    The Committee is aware that in over 2 years of negotiations 
among Alaska Native entities, the existence of over 200 
recognized tribes, regional entities, and various other 
concerned organizations, has made consensus around a particular 
governing structure exceptionally difficult to achieve.
    The Committee intends in this section to lay out a 
framework for Alaska Native governance of the Alaska Native 
Medical Center and for the Alaska area office, including the 
Office of Environmental Health and Engineering. To draw on the 
existing expertise of the Alaska Native regional health 
entities now managing extensive regional health networks in 
Alaska, the Committee bill calls for formation of a new 
consortium made up of representatives of each of Alaska's 
regional Native health entities, the Metlakatla Indian 
Community, and representatives from villages and subregional 
health organizations, and governed by a board of directors.
    The Committee further intends, by these provisions, to keep 
the statewide services of the Alaska Native Medical Center and 
the Alaska area office intact in Anchorage and managed by the 
new consortium, with the exception of primary care services. 
The Committee bill directs Cook Inlet Region, Inc., through 
Southcentral Foundation, or any lawfully designated health care 
entity of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to enter into a funding 
agreement with the Indian health service to provide all primary 
health care services now being provided by the Alaska Native 
Primary Care Center and the Alaska Native Medical Center, 
including through satellite clinics, in order to encourage the 
efficient management of primary care services provided by both 
the ANPCC and the ANMC.
    The Committee expects Cook Inlet Region, Inc., through 
Southcentral Foundation (or any lawfully designated health care 
entity) to form an advisory committee representative of persons 
eligible to receive primary care services who do not reside 
within the Cook Inlet region to assure the equitable delivery 
of such services. Members of the committee should be appointed 
by the other regional health entities within the Anchorage 
service unit. The Committee intends that the consortium and 
Cook Inlet Region, Inc., through Southcentral Foundation (or 
any lawfully designated health care entity) shall maintain a 
written agreement governing distribution of statewide third 
party reimbursement designed to ensure the continued financial 
stability of the Alaska Native Medical Center.
    Sec. 326. Inserts language precluding any funds not already 
included in contracts or compacts in Alaska from being 
disbursed to any Alaska Native village or Native village 
corporation within a geographic area served by an Alaska Native 
regional health entity. Several Alaska Native villages and 
Alaska Native village corporations across the State of Alaska 
have announced plans to take their share of funds out of Alaska 
Native regional corporation health care entities in order to 
provide their own health services. Under Public Law 93-638 
Alaska Native villages or Alaska Native village corporations 
may remove funds previously allocated to an Alaska Native 
regional corporation health care entity by giving 90 days 
advance notice to the Indian Health Service. The removal of 
these funds undermines the cost-effective nature of the 
regional corporation health care entities, diminishing the 
quality of service for all Alaska Natives served by that entity 
and creating further strains on already limited Indian Health 
Service funds. The regional health care concept has been 
developed over the past 20 years in Alaska and has served the 
Native community well. This amendment will prevent further 
removals until Congress has an opportunity to review the report 
that this section requires the General Accounting Office to 
submit by June 1, 1998. The Committee intends to address this 
matter further in a future appropriations Act.
    Sec. 327. Strikes House language relating to expenditures 
for the Man and Biosphere Program and the World Heritage 
Program administered by the United Nations Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Organization [UNESCO]. The Committee 
understands that designation under these programs imposes no 
land use restrictions on lands included in the program. 
Agencies participating do so through existing statutory 
authorities. These programs cede absolutely no authority to the 
United Nations or other international organizations to control 
land use decisions in the United States. International site 
recognitions defer all land use decisions to Federal, State, or 
local governments; tribes; or private property owners, subject 
to domestic law. The Committee expects the agencies to involve 
the public fully in deliberations over possible designations.
    Sec. 328. Includes language permanently prohibiting the use 
of funds in this or any other act from being used to designate, 
or post any sign designating, any portion of Canaveral National 
Seashore in Brevard County, FL, as a clothing-optional area, if 
such designation would be contrary to county ordinance.
    Sec. 329. Includes language defining the grantmaking 
capabilities and responsibilities of the National Endowment of 
the Arts. Grants to individuals may be made only for literature 
fellowships, national heritage fellowships, or American jazz 
masters fellowships. The Chairperson of the Endowment will 
establish procedures to ensure that grants made, except those 
to a State or local arts agency, will not be used to make a 
further grant to any other organization or individual to 
conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient.
    Sec. 330. Includes language allowing the National Endowment 
for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities to 
raise funds and receive gifts, to deposit such in an interest-
bearing account for the appropriate Endowment, and to use such 
to further the functions of the respective Endowments in 
accordance with the specified intent of the donors.
    Sec. 331. Includes language allowing the Secretaries of the 
Interior and Agriculture to make reciprocal delegations of 
authority, duties, and responsibilities in order to further 
joint pilot programs to promote customer service and efficiency 
between the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in 
the management of public lands and forests, provided that there 
is no extension or altering of existing applicable public laws 
or regulations regarding the management of such lands.
    Sec. 332. Prohibits the use of appropriations for any 
activities associated with the revision of national forest land 
management plans until such time that the administration 
publishes new final rules in the Federal Register.
    Sec. 333. Prohibits the use of appropriations to fund any 
activities associated with the issuance of the 5-year program 
under the Resources Planning Act. Strategic planning activities 
carried out for that act should now be completed as part of the 
agency's compliance with the Government Performance and Results 
Act, Public Law 103-62.
    Sec. 334. Includes language authorizing the Secretary of 
Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements with willing 
private landowners and State and local governments for the 
protection, restoration, and enhancement of fish and wildlife 
habitat, and other resources on public or private land that 
benefits these resources within the watershed.
    Sec. 335. Includes language providing for the termination 
of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Commission and the transfer of 
any remaining, unexpended Commission funds and coin revenues to 
a nonprofit organization. Any funds transferred are to be used 
in support of maintenance and repair of the Memorial and public 
interpretation and education.
    Sec. 336. Includes language facilitating land exchanges 
between the States of Oregon and Washington within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area.
    Sec. 337. Includes language making a minor adjustment in 
the boundaries of the Wenatchee National Forest to facilitate a 
land exchange proposed by the Bureau of Land Management. 
Identical language has been passed by the House of 
Representatives.
    Sec. 338. Includes language precluding the use of any funds 
provided in this act for the Center of Excellence for 
Sustainable Development unless a budget request has been 
submitted and approved by the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
    Sec. 339. The Committee has included provisions prohibiting 
the use of funds to amend or replace the BLM regulations on 
surface mining found at 43 C.F.R. 3809, or to prepare a draft 
environmental impact statement on any such proposal, until the 
Secretary of the Interior establishes a Committee which 
prepares and submits a report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Natural 
Resources, and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources. The Committee shall be composed of representatives 
from the Department and a representative appointed by the 
Governor of each State that contains public lands open to 
location under the general mining laws. The report shall (1) 
contain consensus recommendations on the appropriate 
relationship of States and Federal land management agencies in 
environmental, land management and regulation of activities 
subject to surface mining regulations, (2) identify current and 
proposed State environmental, land management and reclamation 
laws regulations, performance standards and policies applicable 
to such activities; (3) explain how these State laws, 
regulations, performance standards and policies are coordinated 
with Federal surface management efforts; and (4) contain 
consensus recommendations for how Federal and State 
coordination can be maximized in the future.
    Sec. 340. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey 
the Wind River nursery site on the Gifford Pinchot National 
Forest, to Skamania County, WA, for 120 acres of county 
property located within the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area, subject to specific provisions contained in the 
bill language.
    Sec. 341. Exempts residents who reside within the 
boundaries of units of local government which receive payments 
under the payments in lieu of taxes [PILT] program from paying 
user fees in fiscal year 1998, under the Recreation Fee 
Demonstration Program, for access to the White Mountain 
National Forest. The Committee directs the Forest Service not 
to supplement White Mountain National Forest recreation 
programs which would otherwise be financed with these receipts, 
from other funds.
    Sec. 342. Prohibits use of funds for the introduction of 
the grizzly bear, or for endangered species consultations 
affecting the grizzly bear population in the Selway-Bitteroot 
area of Idaho and adjacent Montana, except that funds may be 
expended for the purpose of receiving public comments on the 
July 1997 draft environmental impact statement, and for 
conducting a habitat-based population viability study.

                  TITLE IV--DEFICIT REDUCTION LOCK BOX

    The Committee has deleted House language establishing a new 
title creating a deficit reduction lock box. Because this title 
amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, it falls within 
the jurisdiction of the Budget Committee.

           TITLE V--PRIORITY LAND ACQUISITIONS AND EXCHANGES

    In addition to the amounts included elsewhere in this bill 
for land acquisition by the four land management agencies, the 
Committee has included an additional $700,000,000 for land 
acquisition pursuant to the provisions of the balanced budget 
agreement between the administration and the leadership of 
Congress. The Committee recognizes that Federal acquisition of 
certain lands is necessary and desirable for the protection of 
important biological, cultural, historical, recreational and 
scenic resources, and to eliminate inholdings and consolidate 
Federal ownership to allow for more efficient management of 
public lands. However, the $700,000,000 provided under this 
heading represents $700,000,000 that is not available for other 
programs, including the operating accounts of the agencies 
funded in this bill. Given the significant maintenance backlogs 
and operational shortfalls that exist within these agencies, 
the Committee questions whether the allocation of an additional 
$700,000,000 for land acquisition at this time represents a 
proper setting of priorities.
    The Committee notes that while the budget agreement 
provides for an additional $700,000,000 for land acquisition, 
it does not make any specific provision for the future costs of 
habitat restoration, rehabilitation activities, or other 
general management of the lands to be acquired. Nor does the 
agreement provide for the cost of payments in lieu of taxes 
that must be paid on many of those lands. As such, the 
Committee strongly urges the administration to focus its 
specific acquisition proposals on purchases that will lessen 
the costs of public land management by consolidating Federal 
ownership and eliminating inholdings. The Committee believes 
there are many acquisition opportunities that will accomplish 
this goal while providing for the protection of important 
biological, cultural, historical, recreational, and scenic 
resources. Due to the availability of the funds provided under 
this heading, and the expectation that they will be used in 
part to acquire critical inholdings and respond to emergencies, 
the Committee has reduced the inholding and emergency accounts 
in the regular land acquisition accounts.
    The Committee further believes that resource protection is 
not solely the responsibility nor domain of the Federal 
Government, and that States can in many cases extract greater 
value from moneys appropriated from Land and Water Conservation 
Fund. For this reason the Committee has allocated $100,000,000 
of the funds provided for the stateside grant program 
established under section 6 of the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act. Such funds are to be allocated over a 4-year period 
at a rate of $25,000,000 per year, consistent with established 
grant procedures. A minimal portion of these funds may be used 
for administration of the grant program, but not for other 
acquisition management purposes. The Committee notes that these 
funds are provided on a one-time basis to maintain the State 
grant program while a permanent funding source can be 
identified. The Committee will likely be unable to fund the 
stateside program in future years within the parameters of the 
regular land acquisition accounts and the anticipated 
constraints of the budget agreement.
    The Committee has also included language in the bill that 
is necessary to facilitate the acquisition of the New World 
Mine site and the Headwaters Forest. However, expenditure of 
funds for these two acquisitions is made subject to enactment 
of specific legislation authorizing the purchases. The 
Committee feels strongly that such a provision is warranted by 
the magnitude of the proposed acquisitions, the complexity of 
the agreements that precipitated the acquisition proposals, and 
the almost complete failure of the administration to consult 
the appropriate committees prior to committing such a large 
amount of Federal resources. The Committee notes that these 
proposals follow several other large administration initiatives 
in the natural resource area that have expensive price tags, 
and for which additional funding has come at the expense of the 
core mission functions of the agencies. Examples include the 
Pacific Northwest forest plan, Everglades/south Florida 
ecosystem restoration, designation of the Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument, the California Bay-Delta 
initiative, and other initiatives not yet known. If executed, 
the Headwaters and New World Mine purchases would consume 
$315,000,000 of the $700,000,000 appropriated under this 
heading for land acquisition. This amount is more than the 
total amount provided in this bill for land acquisition in the 
last 2 years combined.
    The allocation of the remainder of the funds provided is to 
be determined through consultations between the administration 
and Congress, and confirmed through written approval by the 
House and Senate Appropriations Committees of a project list to 
be submitted by the administration for review. No funds may be 
expended until a final list is approved by the Committees. The 
Committee intends to work closely with the various agencies in 
developing a list of projects that reflects the general 
priorities described above.
    Language is included in the bill allowing a portion of the 
funds provided to be used for acquisition of the Sterling 
Forest and the Elwha dams. Both of these acquisitions are 
ongoing and have previously been authorized, but are included 
under this account due to the expense of the projects.

      TITLE VI--FOREST RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND SHORTAGE RELIEF

    The Committee has included in title VI of this bill, timber 
processing provisions to modify the Forest Resources 
Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 [FRCSRA] by: (1) 
making the Washington State log export ban a complete and 
permanent ban on log exports from Washington's public lands; 
(2) making it clear that FRCSRA does not restrict the domestic 
movement and processing of private timber, except in the State 
of Idaho; (3) protecting the ability of Washington's private 
tree farmers to choose to market freely their private timber; 
(4) making some timber processing facilities located in western 
Washington more competitive for timber harvest from private and 
Federal lands; (5) providing the Secretaries concerned with 
discretion to impose reasonable timber marking, branding, and 
report requirements and to waive such requirements when 
appropriate; and (6) clarifying other enforcement and due 
process provisions in the act.
    The primary purpose of FRCSRA is to encourage domestic 
processing of timber. It is necessary to amend the act with the 
language in this title in order to clarify and preserve the 
intent of Congress to optimize the domestic processing of 
timber in Western States and to avoid the imposition of 
restrictions on the domestic transportation and processing of 
some timber harvested on western private property.
    On September 8, 1995, USDA issued and made effective 
immediately the final rule to implement the act. Because of the 
unintended consequences and adverse impact this rule would have 
on the western forest products industry, particularly in 
Washington State where Federal timber harvests have fallen from 
1.5 billion board feet prior to enactment of the act to less 
than 100 million board feet in 1996, Congress suspended the 
final rule and maintained the Washington State log export ban 
at 100 percent.
    The timber processing provisions in this bill are the 
result of the efforts of many in Congress and the western 
forest products industry to resolve the problems caused by the 
September 8, 1995, rule and by changes in western timber 
markets since this act was enacted in 1990.

                                            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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                                                                  Budget authority               Outlays        
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                               Committee    Amount of    Committee    Amount of 
                                                               allocation      bill      allocation      bill   
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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................................       13,000       13,699       13,472   \1\ 13,690
    Violent crime reduction fund............................  ...........                                       
    Mandatory...............................................           55           55           50           50
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:                                                      
    1998....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........    \2\ 9,074
    1999....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        3,582
    2000....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          929
    2001....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          248
    2002 and future year....................................  ...........  ...........  ...........           39
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 1998                                                    
 in bill....................................................           NA          931           NA          462
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\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.                                                          
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.                                                          
                                                                                                                
NA: Not applicable.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                
Note.--Consistent with the funding recommended in the bill for certain Federal land acquisitions and exchanges, 
  and in accordance with section 205 of H. Con. Res. 84, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
  1998, the Committee anticipates that the Budget Committee will file a revised section 602(a) allocation for   
  the Committee on Appropriations reflecting an upward adjustment of $700,000,000 in budget authority and       
  $257,000,000 in outlays.                                                                                      


                 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:
  --$578,151,000 for management of lands and resources, Bureau 
        of Land Management;
  --$3,154,000 for construction and access, Bureau of Land 
        Management;
  --$282,728,000 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;
  --$93,181,000 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;
  --$62,800,000 for Energy Information Administration, 
        Department of Energy;
  --$100,600,000 for the National Endowment for the Arts;
  --$110,700,000 for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, the Committee 
ordered reported en bloc H.R. 2107, the Interior appropriations 
bill, 1998, and S. 1048, an original Transportation 
appropriations bill, 1998, subject to amendment and subject to 
appropriate scoring, by a recorded vote of 28-0, a quorum being 
present. The vote was as follows:

        Yeas                          Nays
Chairman Stevens
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. Gorton
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Craig
Mr. Faircloth
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Bumpers
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Boxer

 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.

                        69 Stat. 694 As Amended

                            Joint Resolution

To establish a commission to formulate plans for a memorial to Franklin 
                           Delano Roosevelt.

    Whereas the American people feel a deep debt of gratitude 
to Franklin Delano Roosevelt for his leadership in America's 
struggle for peace, well-being, and human dignity: Therefore be 
it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is 
hereby established a commission, to be known as the ``Franklin 
Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission'' (hereinafter referred to 
as the ``Commission''), for the purpose of considering and 
formulating plans for the design, construction, and location of 
a permanent memorial to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the city 
of Washington, District of Columbia, or in its immediate 
environs. The Commission shall be composed of twelve 
Commissioners appointed as follows: Four persons to be 
appointed by the President of the United States, four Senators 
by the President of the Senate, and four Members of the House 
of Representatives by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives. The Commissioners shall serve without 
compensation, but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred by 
them in carrying out the duties of the Commission. The 
Commission shall submit a final report to the President and 
Congress prior to termination. The Commission shall report such 
plans, together with its recommendations, to the President and 
Congress at the earliest practicable date, and in the interim 
shall make annual reports of its progress to the President and 
the Congress.
    Sec. 2. The Commission is authorized to--
          (a) make such expenditures for personal services and 
        otherwise for the purpose of carrying out the 
        provisions of this joint resolution as it may deem 
        advisable from funds appropriated or received as gifts 
        for such purpose;
          (b) accept gifts to be used in carrying out the 
        provisions of this joint resolution or to be used in 
        connection with the construction or other expenses of 
        such Memorial;
          (c) hold hearings, organize contests, enter into 
        contracts for personal services and otherwise, and do 
        such other things as may be necessary to carry out the 
        provisions of this joint resolution; and
          (d) avail itself of the assistance and advice of the 
        Commission of Fine Arts, the National Capital Planning 
        Commission, and the National Capital Regional Planning 
        Council, and such Commissions and Council shall, upon 
        request, render such assistance and advice.
    Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, upon 
the request of the Commission, to participate in the planning 
and design of the memorial.
    Sec. 4. Termination of the Commission.
          (a) In general.--The Commission shall terminate on 
        the earlier of--
                  (1) December 31, 1997; or
                  (2) the date that the Commission reports to 
                the President and the Congress that the 
                Commission's work is complete.
          (b) Commission funds.--
                  (1) Designation.--Before the termination of 
                the Commission, the Commission shall designate 
                a nonprofit organization to collect, manage, 
                and expend Commission funds after its 
                termination.
                  (2) Transfer of funds.--Before termination 
                the Commission shall transfer all Commission 
                funds to the entity designated under paragraph 
                (1).
                  (3) Amounts collected after termination.--The 
                entity designated under paragraph (1) shall 
                have the right to collect any amounts accruing 
                to the Commission after the Commission's 
                termination, including amounts--
                          (A) given to the Commission as a gift 
                        or bequest; or
                          (B) raised from the sale of coins 
                        issued under the United States 
                        Commemorative Coin Act of 1996 (110 
                        Stat. 4005; 31 U.S.C. 5112 note).
                  (4) Uses of funds.--The Commission may 
                specify uses for any funds made available under 
                this section to the entity designated under 
                paragraph (1), including--
                          (A) to provide for the support, 
                        maintenance, and repair of the 
                        Memorial; and
                          (B) to interpret and educate the 
                        public about the Memorial.
                  (5) Negotiation and contract.--The Commission 
                may negotiate and contract with a nonprofit 
                organization before designating the 
                organization under paragraph (1).
    Sec. [4] 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this joint resolution.
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Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Act of 1980, as 
                      Amended (Public Law 96-451)

SEC. 303. REFORESTATION TRUST FUND.

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    (d) Obligations From Trust Fund.--The Secretary of 
Agriculture is hereafter authorized to obligate such sums as 
are available in the Trust Fund (including any amounts not 
obligated in previous fiscal years) for--
          (1) reforestation and timber stand improvement as 
        specified in section 3(d) of the Forest and Rangeland 
        Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
        1601(d)) and other forest stand improvement activities 
        to enhance forest health and reduce hazardous fuel 
        loads of forest stands in the National Forest System; 
        and
          (2) properly allocable administrative costs of the 
        Federal Government for the activities specified above.
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Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations, Fiscal 
                     Year 1989 (Public Law 100-446)

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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                 Territorial and International Affairs

          * * * * * * *

                      COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

    For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the 
Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 
of the Compact of Free Association, $32,360,000, including 
$2,500,000 for the Enjebi Community Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended, as authorized by Public Law 99-239: 
Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of Public Laws 
99-500 and 99-591, the effective date of the Palau Compact for 
purposes of economic assistance pursuant to the Palau Compact 
of Free Association, Public Law 99-658, shall be the effective 
date of the Palau Compact as determined pursuant to section 
101(d) of Public Law 99-658: Provided further, That in full 
satisfaction of the obligation of the United States to provide 
funds to assist in the resettlement and rehabilitation of 
Bikini Atoll by the People of Bikini, to which the fail faith 
and credit of the United States is pledged pursuant to section 
103(l) of Public Law 99-239, the United States shall deposit 
$90,000,000 into the Resettlement Trust Fund for the People of 
Bikini established pursuant to Public Law 97-257, and governed 
pursuant to the terms of such trust instrument, such deposit to 
be installments of $5,000,000 on October 1, 1988; $22,000,000 
on October 1, 1989; $21,000,000 on October 1, 1990; $21,000,000 
on October 1, 1991; and $21,000,000 on October 1, 1992: 
Provided further, That the terms of such Resettlement Trust 
Fund are hereby modified to provide that corpus and income may 
be expended for rehabilitation and resettlement of Bikini 
Atoll, except that the Secretary may approve expenditures not 
to exceed [$2,000,000] $2,500,000 in any year from income for 
projects on Kili or Ejit, and commencing on October 1, 1998 and 
every year thereafter, this dollar amount shall be changed to 
reflect any fluctuation occurring during the previous twelve 
(12) months in the Consumer Price Index, as determined by the 
Secretary of Labor: Provided further, That one year prior to 
completion of the rehabilitation and resettlement program, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall report to Congress on future 
funding needs on Bikini Atoll. Unless otherwise determined by 
Congress, following completion of the rehabilitation and 
resettlement program, funds remaining in the Resettlement Trust 
Fund in excess of the amount identified by the Secretary as 
required for future funding needs shall be deposited in the 
United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Upon 
completion of those needs, the Resettlement Trust Fund shall be 
extinguished and all remaining funds shall be deposited in the 
United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The payment 
and use of funds in accordance herewith is for the sole purpose 
of implementing and fulfilling the terms of the Section 177 
Agreement referred to in section 462(d) of the Compact of Free 
Association between the United States and the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, including Article VI, section 1, and Articles 
X and XII, thereof. Payments pursuant hereto shall be made only 
upon: One, voluntary dismissal with prejudice of Juda et al. v. 
the United States, No. 88-1206 (Fed. Cir.); and two, submission 
of written notice to the United States and the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, executed by duly authorized representatives 
acting on their behalf, that the People of Bikini accept the 
obligations and undertaking of the United States to make the 
payments prescribed by this Act, together with the other 
payments, rights, entitlements and benefits provided for under 
the Section 177 Agreement, as full satisfaction of all claims 
of the People of Bikini related in any way to the United States 
nuclear testing program in accordance with the terms of the 
Section 177 Agreement.
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  Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
                       1994 (Public Law 103-138)

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

          * * * * * * *

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

          * * * * * * *

        Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund

    To conduct natural resource damage assessments and 
restoration activities by the Department of the Interior 
necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.), Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.), the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-380), and the Act of July 
27, 1990 (Public Law 101-337); $6,700,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any amounts appropriated or credited in 
fiscal year 1992 and thereafter, may be transferred to any 
account, including transfers to Federal trustees and payments 
to non-Federal trustees, to carry out the provisions of 
negotiated legal settlements or other legal actions for 
restoration activities and to carry out the provisions of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.), Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251, et 
seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-380), and 
the Act of July 27, 1990 (Public Law 101-337) for damage 
assessment activities: Provided further, That sums provided by 
any party are not limited to monetary payments and may include 
stocks, bonds or other personal or real property, which may be 
retained, liquidated or otherwise disposed of by the Secretary 
and such sums or properties shall be utilized for the 
restoration of injured resources, and to conduct new damage 
assessment activities.
          * * * * * * *
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  Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
                       1995 (Public Law 103-332)

             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

          * * * * * * *
    Sec. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, appropriations made to the 
Department of the Interior in this title or provided from other 
Federal agencies through reimbursable or other agreements 
pursuant to the Economy Act may be used to fund incrementally 
research work orders for cooperative agreements with colleges 
and universities, State agencies, and nonprofit organizations 
that overlap fiscal years: Provided, That such cooperative 
agreements shall contain a statement that ``the obligation of 
funds for future incremental payments shall be subject to the 
availability of funds.''.
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   Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208)

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

          * * * * * * *

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          resource management

    For expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies, 
conservation, management, investigations, protection, and 
utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales, 
seals, and sea lions, and for the performance of other 
authorized functions related to such resources; for the general 
administration of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; 
for maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle on the 
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge; and not less than $1,000,000 
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved 
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation 
Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended, 
$523,947,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998, of 
which $11,557,000 shall remain available until expended for 
operation and maintenance of fishery mitigation facilities 
constructed by the Corps of Engineers under the Lower Snake 
River Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1976, to compensate for loss of fishery 
resources from water development projects on the Lower Snake 
River, and of which $2,000,000 shall be provided to local 
governments in southern California for planning associated with 
the Natural Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
hereafter, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701, the Secretary shall 
charge reasonable fees for the full costs of providing training 
by the National [Education and] Conservation Training Center, 
to be credited to this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
for the [direct] full costs of providing such training, to 
remain available until expended.
          * * * * * * *

             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

          * * * * * * *
    Sec. 116. The Congress of the United States hereby 
designates and ratifies the assignment to the University of 
Utah as successor to, and beneficiary of, all the existing 
assets, revenues, funds and rights granted to the State of Utah 
under the [Miners Hospital Grant] Miners Hospital Grants 
[(February 20, 1929, 45 Stat. 1252)] (July 16, 1894, 28 Stat. 
110 and February 20, 1929, 45 Stat. 1252) and the School of 
Mines Grant [(July 26, 1894, 28 Stat. 110)] (July 16, 1894, 28 
Stat. 110). Further, the Secretary of the Interior is 
authorized and directed to accept such relinquishment of all 
remaining and unconveyed entitlement for quantity grants owed 
the State of Utah for the [Miners Hospital Grant] Miners 
Hospital Grants [(February 20, 1929, 45 Stat. 1252)] (July 16, 
1894, 28 Stat. 110 and February 20, 1929, 45 Stat. 1252) and 
any unconveyed entitlement that may remain for the University 
of Utah School of Mines Grant [(July 26, 1894, 28 Stat. 110)] 
(July 16, 1894, 28 Stat. 110).
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 Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
                                  333)

          * * * * * * *

SEC. 1034. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any of the 
Alaska Native Village Corporations of Tyonek Native 
Corporation, Ninilchik Native Association, Inc., Knikatnu Inc., 
Seldovia Native Association, Inc., Chikaloon Moose Creek Native 
Association, Inc., and the Alaska Native Regional Corporation, 
Cook Inlet Region, Inc. may commence litigation [at any time 
within 12 months of enactment of this Act] on or before October 
1, 1998 in Federal District Court for Alaska to challenge any 
determination by the Department of the Interior that such 
native corporations will not receive conveyance of lands 
described in ``Appendix C'' of the Deficiency Agreement dated 
August 31, 1976.
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  COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL 
                                                                        YEAR 1998                                                                       
                                                                [In thousands of dollars]                                                               
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                                                                                                           Senate Committee recommendation compared with
                                                                                                                             (+ or -)                   
                  Item                         1997           Budget           House         Committee   -----------------------------------------------
                                           appropriation     estimate        allowance    recommendation       1997           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......         19,518          24,201          23,351          21,201          +1,683          -3,000          -2,150 
    Range management....................         52,059          54,342          54,342          54,342          +2,283   ..............  ..............
    Forestry management.................          5,510           5,652           5,652           5,652            +142   ..............  ..............
    Riparian management.................         16,018          16,473          16,473          16,473            +455   ..............  ..............
    Cultural resources management.......         12,014          13,122          12,622          13,222          +1,208            +100            +600 
    Wild horse and burro management.....         15,866          18,640          18,640          11,197          -4,669          -7,443          -7,443 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Land Resources..........        120,985         132,430         131,080         122,087          +1,102         -10,343          -8,993 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Wildlife and Fisheries:                                                                                                                                 
    Wildlife management.................         20,101          20,460          20,960          20,960            +859            +500   ..............
    Fisheries management................          7,133           7,318           7,818           7,318            +185   ..............           -500 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Wildlife and Fisheries..         27,234          27,778          28,778          28,278          +1,044            +500            -500 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Threatened and endangered species.......         16,500          16,795          16,795          17,145            +645            +350            +350 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Recreation Management:                                                                                                                                  
    Wilderness management...............         15,072          16,236          15,736          15,505            +433            -731            -231 
    Recreation resources management.....         27,772          31,333          30,333          31,833          +4,061            +500          +1,500 
    Recreation operations (fees)........          3,020           3,020           3,020           2,520            -500            -500            -500 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Recreation Management...         45,864          50,589          49,089          49,858          +3,994            -731            +769 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Energy and Minerals:                                                                                                                                    
    Oil and gas.........................         52,056          52,470          52,470          55,070          +3,014          +2,600          +2,600 
    Coal management.....................          6,853           7,017           7,017           7,017            +164   ..............  ..............
    Other mineral resources.............          8,584           8,776           8,776           8,776            +192   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Energy and Minerals.....         67,493          68,263          68,263          70,863          +3,370          +2,600          +2,600 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Alaska minerals.........................          2,010           2,043           2,043           2,743            +733            +700            +700 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Realty and Ownership Management:                                                                                                                        
    Alaska conveyance...................         29,981          28,114          28,114          30,448            +467          +2,334          +2,334 
    Cadastral survey....................         11,053          11,236          11,236          11,236            +183   ..............  ..............
    Land and realty management..........         28,622          29,395          29,395          29,395            +773   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Realty and Ownership                                                                                                                    
       Management.......................         69,656          68,745          68,745          71,079          +1,423          +2,334          +2,334 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Resource Protection and Maintenance:                                                                                                                    
    Resource management planning........          6,000           6,292           6,292           6,292            +292   ..............  ..............
    Facilities maintenance..............         32,754          36,097          35,097          34,097          +1,343          -2,000          -1,000 
    Resource protection and law                                                                                                                         
     enforcement........................         10,254          12,620          11,566          10,566            +312          -2,054          -1,000 
    Hazardous materials management......         15,076          15,301          15,301          15,301            +225   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Resource Protection and                                                                                                                 
       Maintenance......................         64,084          70,310          68,256          66,256          +2,172          -4,054          -2,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Automated land and mineral records                                                                                                                      
 system.................................         42,207          33,961          31,961          33,961          -8,246   ..............         +2,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Mining Law Administration:                                                                                                                              
    Administration......................         27,300          27,650          27,300          27,650            +350   ..............           +350 
    Fee collection......................          5,000           5,000           5,000           5,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Offsetting fees.....................        -32,300         -32,650         -32,300         -32,650            -350   ..............           -350 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Mining Law                                                                                                                              
       Administration...................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Workforce and Organizational Support:                                                                                                                   
    Information systems operations......         14,630          15,073          15,073          15,073            +443   ..............  ..............
    Administrative support..............         45,335          44,637          44,637          44,637            -698   ..............  ..............
    Bureauwide fixed costs..............         56,166          56,871          56,871          56,871            +705   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Workforce and                                                                                                                           
       Organizational Support...........        116,131         116,581         116,581         116,581            +450   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-                                                                                                               
 208)...................................          3,500   ..............  ..............  ..............         -3,500   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Management of Lands and                                                                                                                    
       Resources........................        575,664         587,495         581,591         578,851          +3,187          -8,644          -2,740 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
        Wildland Fire Management                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
Preparedness and fire use...............        144,275         154,103         154,103         156,728         +12,453          +2,625          +2,625 
Suppression operations..................        107,767         126,000         126,000         126,000         +18,233   ..............  ..............
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-                                                                                                               
 208)...................................        100,000   ..............  ..............  ..............       -100,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Wildland Fire Management...        352,042         280,103         280,103         282,728         -69,314          +2,625          +2,625 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Central Hazardous Materials Fund                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Bureau of Land Management...............         12,000          14,900          12,000          14,900          +2,900   ..............         +2,900 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
              Construction                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Construction............................          4,333           3,154           3,254           3,154          -1,179   ..............           -100 
                                                                                                                                                        
        Payments in Lieu of Taxes                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Payments to local governments...........        113,500         101,500         113,500         120,000          +6,500         +18,500          +6,500 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
            Land Acquisition                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Land Acquisition:                                                                                                                                       
    Acquisitions........................          7,910           6,900           7,450           5,900          -2,010          -1,000          -1,550 
    Emergencies and hardships...........  ..............  ..............          1,550             500            +500            +500          -1,050 
    Acquisition management..............          2,500           3,000           3,000           3,000            +500   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition...........         10,410           9,900          12,000           9,400          -1,010            -500          -2,600 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Oregon and California Grant Lands                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Western Oregon resources management.....         80,348          81,078          81,078          81,078            +730   ..............  ..............
Western Oregon information and resource                                                                                                                 
 data systems...........................          2,148           2,180           2,180           2,180             +32   ..............  ..............
Western Oregon facilities maintenance...          9,458           9,354           9,354           9,354            -104   ..............  ..............
Western Oregon construction and                                                                                                                         
 acquisition............................            284             288             288             288              +4   ..............  ..............
Jobs in the woods.......................          8,277           8,506           8,506           8,506            +229   ..............  ..............
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-                                                                                                               
 208)...................................          2,500   ..............  ..............  ..............         -2,500   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Oregon and California Grant                                                                                                                
       Lands............................        103,015         101,406         101,406         101,406          -1,609   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
           Range Improvements                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Improvements to public lands............          7,649           6,046           7,649           7,649   ..............         +1,603   ..............
Farm Tenant Act lands...................            864             864             864             864   ..............  ..............  ..............
Administrative expenses.................            600             600             600             600   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Range Improvements.........          9,113           7,510           9,113           9,113   ..............         +1,603   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
     Service Charges, Deposits, and                                                                                                                     
               Forfeitures                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Rights-of-way processing................          3,750           3,750           3,750           3,750   ..............  ..............  ..............
Adopt-a-horse program...................            700             700             700             700   ..............  ..............  ..............
Repair of damaged lands.................          1,300           1,300           1,300           1,300   ..............  ..............  ..............
Cost recoverable realty cases...........            416             416             416             416   ..............  ..............  ..............
Timber purchaser expenses...............            300             300             300             300   ..............  ..............  ..............
Copy fees...............................          1,500           1,500           1,500           1,500   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Service Charges, Deposits                                                                                                                  
       and Forfeitures..................          7,966           7,966           7,966           7,966   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
        Miscellaneous Trust Funds                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Current appropriations..................          7,605           7,605           7,605           7,605   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Bureau of Land Management..      1,195,648       1,121,539       1,128,538       1,135,123         -60,525         +13,584          +6,585 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
     U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
           Resource Management                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Ecological Services:                                                                                                                                    
    Endangered species:                                                                                                                                 
        Candidate conservation..........          4,800           4,903           4,903           5,303            +503            +400            +400 
        Listing.........................          5,000           5,190           5,190           5,190            +190   ..............  ..............
        Consultation....................         17,949          26,528          23,828          24,528          +6,579          -2,000            +700 
        Recovery........................         39,636          42,160          42,160          42,160          +2,524   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Endangered species..         67,385          78,781          76,081          77,181          +9,796          -1,600          +1,100 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Habitat conservation................         55,132          56,998          58,798          58,198          +3,066          +1,200            -600 
    Environmental contaminants..........          8,796           9,074           9,074           9,074            +278   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Ecological Services.....        131,313         144,853         143,953         144,453         +13,140            -400            +500 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Refuges and Wildlife:                                                                                                                                   
    Refuge operations and maintenance...        178,740         191,951         220,500         211,951         +33,211         +20,000          -8,549 
    Law enforcement operations..........         36,743          35,964          36,743          35,964            -779   ..............           -779 
    Migratory bird management...........         15,274          17,107          17,107          17,607          +2,333            +500            +500 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Refuges and Wildlife....        230,757         245,022         274,350         265,522         +34,765         +20,500          -8,828 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Fisheries:                                                                                                                                              
    Hatchery operations and maintenance.         36,902          37,859          37,859          38,859          +1,957          +1,000          +1,000 
    Lower Snake River compensation fund.         11,557          11,612          11,612          11,612             +55   ..............  ..............
    Fish and wildlife management........         17,789          19,729          20,729          20,879          +3,090          +1,150            +150 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Fisheries...............         66,248          69,200          70,200          71,350          +5,102          +2,150          +1,150 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
General Administration:                                                                                                                                 
    Central office administration.......         13,445          13,669          13,669          13,669            +224   ..............  ..............
    International affairs...............          5,300           5,610           5,610           5,810            +510            +200            +200 
    Regional office administration......         22,000          22,693          22,693          22,693            +693   ..............  ..............
    National Conservation Training                                                                                                                      
     Center.............................          8,928          13,063          12,063          13,063          +4,135   ..............         +1,000 
    Servicewide administrative support..         43,056          42,504          42,504          42,504            -552   ..............  ..............
    National Fish and Wildlife                                                                                                                          
     Foundation.........................          5,000           5,000           6,000           6,000          +1,000          +1,000   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, General Administration..         97,729         102,539         102,539         103,739          +6,010          +1,200          +1,200 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Resource Management........        526,047         561,614         591,042         585,064         +59,017         +23,450          -5,978 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
              Construction                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Construction and rehabilitation:                                                                                                                        
    Line item construction..............         37,660          30,011          34,346          36,143          -1,517          +6,132          +1,797 
    Construction management.............          4,633           5,910           5,910           5,910          +1,277   ..............  ..............
    Emergency projects..................            272   ..............  ..............          1,000            +728          +1,000          +1,000 
    Contract claims.....................            800   ..............  ..............  ..............           -800   ..............  ..............
    Emergency appropriations (Public Law                                                                                                                
     104-208)...........................         15,891   ..............  ..............  ..............        -15,891   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Construction...............         59,256          35,921          40,256          43,053         -16,203          +7,132          +2,797 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Damage assessments......................          3,166           3,166           3,166           3,166   ..............  ..............  ..............
Program management......................            834           1,462             962           1,162            +328            -300            +200 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Natural Resource Damage                                                                                                                    
       Assessment Fund..................          4,000           4,628           4,128           4,328            +328            -300            +200 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
            Land Acquisition                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Fish and Wildlife Service:                                                                                                                              
    Acquisitions--Federal refuge lands..         32,979          32,700          41,140          46,432         +13,453         +13,732          +5,292 
    Inholdings..........................          1,000           1,000           1,000   ..............         -1,000          -1,000          -1,000 
    Emergency and hardship..............          1,000           1,000           1,000           1,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Acquisition management..............          8,500           8,860           8,860           8,860            +360   ..............  ..............
    Exchanges...........................          1,000           1,000           1,000           1,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition...........         44,479          44,560          53,000          57,292         +12,813         +12,732          +4,292 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
     Cooperative Endangered Species                                                                                                                     
            Conservation Fund                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Grants to States........................          7,600           7,515           7,515           7,515             -85   ..............  ..............
HCP land acquisition....................          6,000           6,000           6,000           6,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
Administration..........................            485             485             485             485   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Cooperative Endangered                                                                                                                     
       Species Fund.....................         14,085          14,000          14,000          14,000             -85   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      National Wildlife Refuge Fund                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Payments in lieu of taxes...............         10,779          10,000          10,000          10,779   ..............           +779            +779 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
         Rewards and Operations                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Conservation projects...................            982             982             982             982   ..............  ..............  ..............
Administration..........................             18              18              18              18   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, African Elephant--Rewards                                                                                                                  
       and Operations...................          1,000           1,000           1,000           1,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
  North American Wetlands Conservation                                                                                                                  
                  Fund                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Habitat management......................          9,280          14,400          10,000          12,500          +3,220          -1,900          +2,500 
Administration..........................            470             600             500             500             +30            -100   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, North American Wetlands                                                                                                                    
       Conservation Fund................          9,750          15,000          10,500          13,000          +3,250          -2,000          +2,500 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Rhinoceros and tiger conservation fund..            400             400             400             400   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                                                                                                                                        
 Wildlife Conservation and Appreciation                                                                                                                 
                  Fund                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Wildlife conservation and appreciation                                                                                                                  
 fund...................................            800             800             800             800   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, U.S. Fish and Wildlife                                                                                                                     
       Service..........................        670,596         687,923         725,126         729,716         +59,120         +41,793          +4,590 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
          NATIONAL PARK SERVICE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
  Operation of the National Park System                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Park Management:                                                                                                                                        
    Resource stewardship................        193,310         211,158         222,411         219,692         +26,382          +8,534          -2,719 
    Visitor services....................        271,977         287,599         291,849         291,080         +19,103          +3,481            -769 
    Maintenance.........................        367,698         381,310         381,310         400,203         +32,505         +18,893         +18,893 
    Park support........................        228,967         241,815         239,012         240,891         +11,924            -924          +1,879 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Park Management.........      1,061,952       1,121,882       1,134,582       1,151,866         +89,914         +29,984         +17,284 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
External administrative costs...........         92,659          98,443          97,743          97,543          +4,884            -900            -200 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Operation of the National                                                                                                                  
       Park System......................      1,154,611       1,220,325       1,232,325       1,249,409         +94,798         +29,084         +17,084 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
  National Recreation and Preservation                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Recreation programs.....................            494             506             506             506             +12   ..............  ..............
Natural programs........................          8,871           9,984           8,984           9,984          +1,113   ..............         +1,000 
Cultural programs.......................         18,564          18,699          18,899          19,199            +635            +500            +300 
International park affairs..............          1,632           1,658           1,658           1,658             +26   ..............  ..............
Environmental and compliance review.....            338             350             350             350             +12   ..............  ..............
Grant administration....................          1,676           1,715           1,715           1,715             +39   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Heritage Partnership Programs:                                                                                                                          
    Commissions and grants..............  ..............          3,908           4,500           4,500          +4,500            +592   ..............
    Technical support...................  ..............          1,250             850             850            +850            -400   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Heritage Partnership                                                                                                                    
       Programs.........................  ..............          5,158           5,350           5,350          +5,350            +192   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Statutory or Contractual Aid:                                                                                                                           
    Alaska Native Cultural Center.......            750             750             750   ..............           -750            -750            -750 
    Aleutian World War II Historic Area.  ..............  ..............  ..............            100            +100            +100            +100 
    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             829            +500            +829            +500 
    Ice Age National Scientific Reserve.            806             806             806             806   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Illinois and Michigan Canal National                                                                                                                
     Heritage Corridor Commission.......            238   ..............            238             238   ..............           +238   ..............
    Johnstown Area Heritage Association.             50              50              50              50   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Lackawanna Heritage.................  ..............  ..............            450   ..............  ..............  ..............           -450 
    Lower Mississippi Delta.............  ..............  ..............  ..............             65             +65             +65             +65 
    Martin Luther King, Jr. Center......            534             534             534             534   ..............  ..............  ..............
    National Constitution Center, PA....            236             236             236             236   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Native Hawaiian culture and arts                                                                                                                    
     program............................            750             750             750             750   ..............  ..............  ..............
    New Orleans Jazz Commission.........             67              67              67              67   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Quinebaug-Shetucket National                                                                                                                        
     Heritage Preservation Commission...            200   ..............            200             200   ..............           +200   ..............
    Roosevelt Campobello International                                                                                                                  
     Park Commission....................            650             650             650             650   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Southwestern Penn. Heritage                                                                                                                         
     Preservation Commission............            758   ..............            758             758   ..............           +758   ..............
    Steel Industry Heritage.............            379   ..............  ..............  ..............           -379   ..............  ..............
    Vancouver National Historic reserve.  ..............  ..............  ..............            285            +285            +285            +285 
    Wheeling National Heritage Area.....            180   ..............            180             480            +300            +480            +300 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Statutory or Contractual                                                                                                                
       Aid..............................          6,401           3,993           6,472           6,522            +121          +2,529             +50 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, National Recreation and                                                                                                                    
       Preservation.....................         37,976          42,063          43,934          45,284          +7,308          +3,221          +1,350 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       Historic Preservation Fund                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Grants-in-aid...........................         32,712          42,112          36,912          36,312          +3,600          -5,800            -600 
National trust for historic preservation          3,900           3,500           3,500           3,500            -400   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Historic Preservation Fund.         36,612          45,612          40,412          39,812          +3,200          -5,800            -600 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
              Construction                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Buildings and Utilities:                                                                                                                                
    Emergency and unscheduled (lump sum)                                                                                                                
     projects...........................         14,673          15,808          15,000          15,000            +327            -808   ..............
    Equipment replacement...............         14,365          17,865          17,865   ..............        -14,365         -17,865         -17,865 
    Planning, construction..............         18,000          20,600          17,500          17,500            -500          -3,100   ..............
    Planning, general management plans..          7,725           7,725           7,725           7,725   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Line item construction projects.....        108,681          88,002          90,301         127,669         +18,988         +39,667         +37,368 
    Emergency appropriations (Public Law                                                                                                                
     104-208)...........................          9,300   ..............  ..............  ..............         -9,300   ..............  ..............
    Supplemental appropriations (Public                                                                                                                 
     Law 105-18)........................         10,000   ..............  ..............  ..............        -10,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Construction...............        182,744         150,000         148,391         167,894         -14,850         +17,894         +19,503 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Land and Water Conservation Fund                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
(Rescission of contract authority)......        -30,000         -30,000         -30,000         -30,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
  Land Acquisition and State Assistance                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Assistance to States: Administrative                                                                                                                    
 expenses...............................          1,500           1,000           1,000           1,000            -500   ..............  ..............
National Park Service:                                                                                                                                  
    Acquisitions........................         39,715          56,700         115,050         114,240         +74,525         +57,540            -810 
    Emergencies and hardships...........          3,000           3,000           3,000           3,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Acquisition management..............          7,200           7,200           7,450           7,450            +250            +250   ..............
    Inholdings..........................          2,500           3,000           2,500   ..............         -2,500          -3,000          -2,500 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition and State                                                                                                                 
       Assistance.......................         53,915          70,900         129,000         125,690         +71,775         +54,790          -3,310 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       Everglades Restoration Fund                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Science.................................  ..............         12,000   ..............  ..............  ..............        -12,000   ..............
Construction of modified water                                                                                                                          
 deliveries.............................  ..............         11,900   ..............  ..............  ..............        -11,900   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Land acquisition:                                                                                                                                       
    Federal.............................  ..............         12,000   ..............  ..............  ..............        -12,000   ..............
    Non-federal.........................  ..............         63,600   ..............  ..............  ..............        -63,600   ..............
    Administration......................  ..............            500   ..............  ..............  ..............           -500   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Land acquisition........  ..............         76,100   ..............  ..............  ..............        -76,100   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Everglades restoration fund  ..............        100,000   ..............  ..............  ..............       -100,000   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, National Park Service......      1,435,858       1,598,900       1,564,062       1,598,089        +162,231            -811         +34,027 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
     UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
  Surveys, Investigations, and Research                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
National Mapping Program:                                                                                                                               
    National data collection and                                                                                                                        
     integration........................         60,916          60,916          65,096          62,096          +1,180          +1,180          -3,000 
    Earth science information management                                                                                                                
     and delivery.......................         32,711          32,711          33,146          33,146            +435            +435   ..............
    Geographic research and applications         38,148          37,298          37,543          37,543            -605            +245   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, National Mapping Program        131,775         130,925         135,785         132,785          +1,010          +1,860          +3,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Geologic Hazards, Resource and                                                                                                                          
 Processes:                                                                                                                                             
    Geologic hazards assessments........         70,303          73,303          71,032          75,032          +4,729          +1,729          +4,000 
    Geologic landscape and coastal                                                                                                                      
     assessments........................         75,089          70,515          72,986          72,986          -2,103          +2,471   ..............
    Geologic resource assessments.......         83,888          83,888          85,157          87,157          +3,269          +3,269          +2,000 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Geologic Hazards,                                                                                                                       
       Resource and Processes...........        229,280         227,706         229,175         235,175          +5,895          +7,469          +6,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Water Resources Investigations:                                                                                                                         
    Water resources assessment and                                                                                                                      
     research...........................         94,444         103,444          95,851          95,851          +1,407          -7,593   ..............
    Water data collection and management         28,950          25,868          28,247          28,247            -703          +2,379   ..............
    Federal-State program...............         64,559          63,345          66,231          66,231          +1,672          +2,886   ..............
    Water resources research institutes.          4,553           1,750           4,553           4,553   ..............         +2,803   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Water Resources                                                                                                                         
       Investigations...................        192,506         194,407         194,882         194,882          +2,376            +475   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Biological Research:                                                                                                                                    
    Biological research and monitoring..        116,680         122,680         122,450         124,815          +8,135          +2,135          +2,365 
    Biological information management                                                                                                                   
     and delivery.......................         10,890          11,390          11,645          11,145            +255            -245            -500 
    Cooperative research units..........          9,930          10,930          13,699          11,199          +1,269            +269          -2,500 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Biological Research.....        137,500         145,000         147,794         147,159          +9,659          +2,159            -635 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
General administration..................         25,033          24,805          25,584          25,584            +551            +779   ..............
Facilities..............................         22,819          22,545          22,575          22,575            -244             +30   ..............
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-                                                                                                               
 208)...................................          1,138   ..............  ..............  ..............         -1,138   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, United States Geological                                                                                                                   
       Survey...........................        740,051         745,388         755,795         758,160         +18,109         +12,772          +2,365 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
OCS Lands:                                                                                                                                              
    Leasing and environmental program...         28,093          30,095          30,095          30,095          +2,002   ..............  ..............
    Resource evaluation.................         18,193          21,121          21,121          22,921          +4,728          +1,800          +1,800 
    Regulatory program..................         34,012          36,277          37,277          36,277          +2,265   ..............         -1,000 
    Information management program......         12,222          13,941          13,941          13,941          +1,719   ..............  ..............
    Offshore management support.........          2,700   ..............  ..............  ..............         -2,700   ..............  ..............
    Use of receipts.....................        -41,000         -41,000         -65,000         -65,000         -24,000         -24,000   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, OCS Lands...............         54,220          60,434          37,434          38,234         -15,986         -22,200            +800 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Royalty Management:                                                                                                                                     
    Valuation and operations............         33,022          31,284          33,376          31,284          -1,738   ..............         -2,092 
    Compliance..........................         34,326          32,312          34,919          32,312          -2,014   ..............         -2,607 
    Indian allottee refunds.............             15              15              15              15   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Program services office.............          2,700           2,564           2,564           2,564            -136   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Royalty Management......         70,063          66,175          70,874          66,175          -3,888   ..............         -4,699 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
General Administration:                                                                                                                                 
    Executive direction.................          3,416           1,815           1,815           1,815          -1,601   ..............  ..............
    Policy and management improvement...          3,812           3,628           3,628           3,628            -184   ..............  ..............
    Administrative operations...........         11,065          12,118          12,118          12,118          +1,053   ..............  ..............
    General support services............         14,476          13,752          13,752          13,752            -724   ..............  ..............
    General reduction (HQ                                                                                                                               
     administration)....................            -97   ..............  ..............  ..............            +97   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, General Administration..         32,672          31,313          31,313          31,313          -1,359   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Royalty and Offshore                                                                                                                       
       Minerals Management..............        156,955         157,922         139,621         135,722         -21,233         -22,200          -3,899 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
           Oil Spill Research                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Oil spill research......................          6,440           6,118           6,118           6,118            -322   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Minerals Management Service        163,395         164,040         145,739         141,840         -21,555         -22,200          -3,899 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND                                                                                                                
               ENFORCEMENT                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
        Regulation and Technology                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Environmental restoration...............             90              90              96              96              +6              +6   ..............
Environmental protection................         72,653          72,353          73,053          73,053            +400            +700   ..............
Technology development and transfer.....          9,634           9,502          10,006          12,006          +2,372          +2,504          +2,000 
Financial management....................            876             738             746             746            -130              +8   ..............
Executive direction.....................         10,919          10,526          11,036          11,036            +117            +510   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Regulation and                                                                                                                          
       Technology.......................         94,172          93,209          94,937          96,937          +2,765          +3,728          +2,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Civil penalties.........................            500             500             500             500   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Regulation and Technology..         94,672          93,709          95,437          97,437          +2,765          +3,728          +2,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
     Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Environmental restoration...............        164,945         165,573         167,849         165,849            +904            +276          -2,000 
Technology development and transfer.....          1,700           1,746           1,746           1,746             +46   ..............  ..............
Financial management....................          5,562           5,312           5,312           5,312            -250   ..............  ..............
Executive direction.....................          4,878           4,717           4,717           4,717            -161   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Abandoned Mine Reclamation                                                                                                                 
       Fund.............................        177,085         177,348         179,624         177,624            +539            +276          -2,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Office of Surface Mining                                                                                                                   
       Reclamation and Enforcement......        271,757         271,057         275,061         275,061          +3,304          +4,004   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
        BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
      Operation of Indian Programs                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
          Tribal Budget System                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Tribal Priority Allocations:                                                                                                                            
    Tribal government...................        258,948         303,117         303,117         303,117         +44,169   ..............  ..............
    Human services......................        127,297         134,928         134,928         134,928          +7,631   ..............  ..............
    Education...........................         49,431          50,933          50,933          50,933          +1,502   ..............  ..............
    Public safety and justice...........         84,515          94,795          94,795          94,795         +10,280   ..............  ..............
    Community development...............         54,702          56,507          56,507          56,507          +1,805   ..............  ..............
    Resources management................         53,972          57,772          57,772          57,772          +3,800   ..............  ..............
    Trust services......................         26,187          29,969          29,969          29,969          +3,782   ..............  ..............
    General administration..............         21,809          21,327          21,327          21,327            -482   ..............  ..............
    Small and needy tribes distribution.          4,000           8,000           8,000           8,000          +4,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Tribal Priority                                                                                                                         
       Allocations......................        680,861         757,348         757,348         757,348         +76,487   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Other Recurring Programs:                                                                                                                               
    Tribal government...................          5,000           5,000           5,000           5,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Education:                                                                                                                                          
        School operations:                                                                                                                              
            Forward-funded..............        365,124         380,909         374,290         374,290          +9,166          -6,619   ..............
            Other school operations.....         85,094          86,097          86,097          86,097          +1,003   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Subtotal, School                                                                                                                          
               operations...............        450,218         467,006         460,387         460,387         +10,169          -6,619   ..............
        Continuing education............         27,411          30,411          28,411          28,411          +1,000          -2,000   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Education...........        477,629         497,417         488,798         488,798         +11,169          -8,619   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Community development...............         16,235          16,371          16,371          16,371            +136   ..............  ..............
    Resources management................         35,302          38,377          37,627          38,377          +3,075   ..............           +750 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Other Recurring Programs        534,166         557,165         547,796         548,546         +14,380          -8,619            +750 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Non-Recurring Programs:                                                                                                                                 
    Tribal government...................          2,931           2,375           2,375           2,375            -556   ..............  ..............
    Public safety and justice...........            584             584             584             584   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Resources management................         30,968          31,220          31,647          31,220            +252   ..............           -427 
    Trust services......................         27,959          30,750          26,000          26,000          -1,959          -4,750   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Non-Recurring Programs..         62,442          64,929          60,606          60,179          -2,263          -4,750            -427 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Tribal Budget System.......      1,277,469       1,379,442       1,365,750       1,366,073         +88,604         -13,369            +323 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
             BIA Operations                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Central Office Operations:                                                                                                                              
    Tribal government...................          2,568           2,605           2,605           2,605             +37   ..............  ..............
    Human services......................            697             704             704             704              +7   ..............  ..............
    Public safety and justice...........          3,052           2,487           2,487           2,487            -565   ..............  ..............
    Community development...............            972             984             984             984             +12   ..............  ..............
    Resources management................          3,040           3,082           3,082           3,082             +42   ..............  ..............
    Trust services......................          1,523           1,549           1,549           1,549             +26   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    General administration:                                                                                                                             
        Education program management....          2,044           2,074           2,074           2,074             +30   ..............  ..............
        Other general administration....         32,603          34,254          33,854          33,854          +1,251            -400   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, General                                                                                                                             
           administration...............         34,647          36,328          35,928          35,928          +1,281            -400   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
          Subtotal, Central Office                                                                                                                      
           Operations...................         46,499          47,739          47,339          47,339            +840            -400   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Area Office Operations:                                                                                                                                 
    Tribal government...................          1,138           1,336           1,336           1,336            +198   ..............  ..............
    Human services......................            859             969             969             969            +110   ..............  ..............
    Public safety and justice...........            571             568             568             568              -3   ..............  ..............
    Community development...............          2,974           3,086           3,086           3,086            +112   ..............  ..............
    Resources management................          3,046           3,157           3,157           3,157            +111   ..............  ..............
    Trust services......................          7,086          10,761           9,363           8,563          +1,477          -2,198            -800 
    General administration..............         23,187          23,207          23,207          23,207             +20   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Area Office Operations..         38,861          43,084          41,686          40,886          +2,025          -2,198            -800 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Special Programs and Pooled Overhead:                                                                                                                   
    Education...........................         13,720          14,019          14,019          14,019            +299   ..............  ..............
    Public safety and justice...........          2,644           3,264           3,264           3,264            +620   ..............  ..............
    Community development...............          3,391           3,451           3,451           4,137            +746            +686            +686 
    Resources management................          1,320           1,320           1,320           1,320   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Trust services......................          2,069             504             504             504          -1,565   ..............  ..............
    General administration..............         50,929          49,482          49,482          49,482          -1,447   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Special Programs and                                                                                                                    
       Pooled Overhead..................         74,073          72,040          72,040          72,726          -1,347            +686            +686 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, BIA Operations.............        159,433         162,863         161,065         160,951          +1,518          -1,912            -114 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-                                                                                                               
 208)...................................          6,600   ..............  ..............  ..............         -6,600   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Operation of Indian                                                                                                                        
       Programs.........................      1,443,502       1,542,305       1,526,815       1,527,024         +83,522         -15,281            +209 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
               BIA SPLITS                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Natural resources.......................       (127,648)       (134,928)       (134,605)       (134,928)        (+7,280)  ..............          (+323)
Forward-funding.........................       (365,124)       (380,909)       (374,290)       (374,290)        (+9,166)        (-6,619)  ..............
Education...............................       (177,700)       (183,534)       (181,534)       (181,534)        (+3,834)        (-2,000)  ..............
Community development...................       (773,030)       (842,934)       (836,386)       (836,272)       (+63,242)        (-6,662)          (-114)
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, BIA splits.................     (1,443,502)     (1,542,305)     (1,526,815)     (1,527,024)       (+83,522)       (-15,281)          (+209)
                                         ===============================================================================================================
              Construction                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Education...............................         31,139          49,179          49,179          54,379         +23,240          +5,200          +5,200 
Public safety and justice...............          4,400          16,500           5,400          14,500         +10,100          -2,000          +9,100 
Resources management....................         51,246          51,321          48,321          48,321          -2,925          -3,000   ..............
General administration..................          2,146           2,146           2,146           2,146   ..............  ..............  ..............
Construction management.................          5,600           5,972           5,705           5,705            +105            -267   ..............
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-                                                                                                               
 208)...................................          6,000   ..............  ..............  ..............         -6,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Construction...............        100,531         125,118         110,751         125,051         +24,520             -67         +14,300 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements                                                                                                                
  and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
White Earth Land Settlement Act (Admin).            606             612             612             612              +6   ..............  ..............
Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund.............            235             240             240             240              +5   ..............  ..............
Fallon water rights settlement..........          8,000   ..............  ..............  ..............         -8,000   ..............  ..............
Pyramid Lake water rights settlement....         12,000           3,500           2,000           3,500          -8,500   ..............         +1,500 
Ute Indian water rights settlement......         25,000          41,500          25,000          25,000   ..............        -16,500   ..............
Northern Cheyenne.......................         15,400           5,500           5,500           5,500          -9,900   ..............  ..............
Catawba.................................          8,000           8,000           8,000           8,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
Aleutian-Pribilof (repairs).............  ..............  ..............  ..............            500            +500            +500            +500 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Miscellaneous Payments to                                                                                                                  
       Indians..........................         69,241          59,352          41,352          43,352         -25,889         -16,000          +2,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Indian guaranteed loan program account..          5,000           5,004           5,000           5,000   ..............             -4   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Bureau of Indian Affairs...      1,618,274       1,731,779       1,683,918       1,700,427         +82,153         -31,352         +16,509 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
          DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
             Insular Affairs                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
        Assistance to Territories                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Territorial Assistance:                                                                                                                                 
    Office of Insular Affairs...........          3,849           3,849           3,849           3,849   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Technical assistance................          6,200           6,200           7,200           6,200   ..............  ..............         -1,000 
    Maintenance assistance fund.........          2,320           3,300           3,300           3,300            +980   ..............  ..............
    Brown tree snake....................            595           1,600           1,600           1,600          +1,005   ..............  ..............
    Insular management controls.........          1,458           1,491           1,491           1,491             +33   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Territorial Assistance..         14,422          16,440          17,440          16,440          +2,018   ..............         -1,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
American Samoa: Operations grants.......         23,046          23,054          23,054          23,054              +8   ..............  ..............
Northern Marianas: Covenant grants......         27,720          27,720          27,720          27,720   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Assistance to Territories..         65,188          67,214          68,214          67,214          +2,026   ..............         -1,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       Compact of Free Association                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Compact of Free Association--Federal                                                                                                                    
 services...............................          6,964           7,354           7,354           7,354            +390   ..............  ..............
    Mandatory payments--program grant                                                                                                                   
     assistance.........................         13,500          12,000          12,000          12,000          -1,500   ..............  ..............
Enewetak support........................          1,091           1,091           1,091           1,191            +100            +100            +100 
Rongelap Atoll cleanup and resettlement.          1,983   ..............  ..............  ..............         -1,983   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Compact of Free Association         23,538          20,445          20,445          20,545          -2,993            +100            +100 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Insular Affairs............         88,726          87,659          88,659          87,759            -967            +100            -900 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
         Departmental Management                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
Departmental direction..................         10,306          10,836          10,836          10,836            +530   ..............  ..............
Management and coordination.............         20,432          20,574          20,574          20,574            +142   ..............  ..............
Hearings and appeals....................          7,039           7,039           7,039           7,039   ..............  ..............  ..............
Central services........................         18,509          18,637          18,637          18,637            +128   ..............  ..............
Bureau of Mines workers compensation/                                                                                                                   
 unemployment...........................          2,000           1,200           1,200           1,200            -800   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Departmental Management....         58,286          58,286          58,286          58,286   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
         Office of the Solicitor                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
Legal services..........................         29,925          29,925          29,925          29,925   ..............  ..............  ..............
General administration..................          5,518           5,518           5,518           5,518   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of the Solicitor....         35,443          35,443          35,443          35,443   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       Office of Inspector General                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Audit...................................         14,320          14,363          14,320          14,363             +43   ..............            +43 
Investigations..........................          4,641           4,653           4,641           4,653             +12   ..............            +12 
Administration..........................          5,478           5,484           5,478           5,484              +6   ..............             +6 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of Inspector General         24,439          24,500          24,439          24,500             +61   ..............            +61 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    National Indian Gaming Commission                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
National Indian Gaming Commission.......          1,000           1,000           1,000           1,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 Office of Special Trustee for American                                                                                                                 
                 Indians                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Program operations, support, and                                                                                                                        
 improvements...........................         30,500          37,676          30,500          34,063          +3,563          -3,613          +3,563 
Executive direction.....................          1,626           1,661           1,626           1,626   ..............            -35   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of Special Trustee                                                                                                                  
       for American Indians.............         32,126          39,337          32,126          35,689          +3,563          -3,648          +3,563 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Departmental offices.......        240,020         246,225         239,953         242,677          +2,657          -3,548          +2,724 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, title I, Department of the                                                                                                                 
       Interior.........................      6,335,599       6,566,851       6,518,192       6,581,093        +245,494         +14,242         +62,901 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
             FOREST SERVICE                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
      Forest and Rangeland Research                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Forest and rangeland research...........        179,786         179,781         187,644         188,644          +8,858          +8,863          +1,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       State and Private Forestry                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Forest Health Management:                                                                                                                               
    Federal lands forest health                                                                                                                         
     management.........................         33,165          36,690          36,690          36,690          +3,525   ..............  ..............
    Cooperative lands forest health                                                                                                                     
     management.........................         15,000          16,300          16,300          16,800          +1,800            +500            +500 
    Cooperative lands fire management...         18,001          18,002          22,002          20,152          +2,151          +2,150          -1,850 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Forest Health Management         66,166          70,992          74,992          73,642          +7,476          +2,650          -1,350 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Cooperative Forestry:                                                                                                                                   
    Forest stewardship..................         23,378          23,380          23,880          23,380              +2   ..............           -500 
    Stewardship incentives program......          4,500          10,230           4,500           8,500          +4,000          -1,730          +4,000 
    Forest legacy program...............          2,000           4,006           2,000           6,006          +4,006          +2,000          +4,006 
    Urban and community forestry........         25,505          25,500          26,750          25,500              -5   ..............         -1,250 
    Economic action programs............         17,150           9,000          11,000          11,540          -5,610          +2,540            +540 
    Pacific Northwest assistance                                                                                                                        
     programs...........................         16,762          13,300          14,800          14,100          -2,662            +800            -700 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Cooperative Forestry....         89,295          85,416          82,930          89,026            -269          +3,610          +6,096 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, State and Private Forestry.        155,461         156,408         157,922         162,668          +7,207          +6,260          +4,746 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
         International Forestry                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
International forestry..................         (3,000)         (3,000)         (3,000)         (4,000)        (+1,000)        (+1,000)        (+1,000)
                                                                                                                                                        
         National Forest System                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Land management planning................        130,088         133,997          36,174          35,174         -94,914         -98,823          -1,000 
Inventory and monitoring................  ..............  ..............         90,964          96,823         +96,823         +96,823          +5,859 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Recreation Use:                                                                                                                                         
    Recreation management...............        164,314         168,318         170,318         176,596         +12,282          +8,278          +6,278 
    Wilderness management...............         33,267          34,069          34,069          34,069            +802   ..............  ..............
    Heritage resources..................         13,570          13,906          13,906          13,906            +336   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Recreation Use..........        211,151         216,293         218,293         224,571         +13,420          +8,278          +6,278 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Wildlife, Fish and Rare Plant Habitat:                                                                                                                  
    Wildlife habitat management.........         28,263          29,998          31,263          31,263          +3,000          +1,265   ..............
    Inland fish habitat management......         14,756          17,157          19,157          18,157          +3,401          +1,000          -1,000 
    Anadromous fish habitat management..         21,029          22,521          21,521          22,521          +1,492   ..............         +1,000 
    TE&S species habitat management.....         21,763          27,218          25,763          27,218          +5,455   ..............         +1,455 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Wildlife, Fish and Rare                                                                                                                 
       Plant Habitat....................         85,811          96,894          97,704          99,159         +13,348          +2,265          +1,455 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Rangeland Management:                                                                                                                                   
    Grazing management..................         22,506          29,581          25,506          29,581          +7,075   ..............         +4,075 
    Rangeland vegetation management.....         15,506          15,807          17,807          17,807          +2,301          +2,000   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Rangeland Management....         38,012          45,388          43,313          47,388          +9,376          +2,000          +4,075 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Forestland Management:                                                                                                                                  
    Timber sales management.............        196,000         208,000         210,000         208,000         +12,000   ..............         -2,000 
    Forestland vegetation management....         55,768          61,765          65,765          65,765          +9,997          +4,000   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Forestland Management...        251,768         269,765         275,765         273,765         +21,997          +4,000          -2,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Soil, Water and Air Management:                                                                                                                         
    Soil, water and air operations......         22,111          24,645          26,645          24,645          +2,534   ..............         -2,000 
    Watershed improvements..............         20,003          25,084          26,084          25,084          +5,081   ..............         -1,000 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Soil, Water and Air                                                                                                                     
       Management.......................         42,114          49,729          52,729          49,729          +7,615   ..............         -3,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Minerals and geology management.........         35,767          35,335          36,767          35,335            -432   ..............         -1,432 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Land Ownership Management:                                                                                                                              
    Real estate management..............         43,047          44,047          48,047          46,047          +3,000          +2,000          -2,000 
    Landline location...................         14,006          15,006          15,006          15,006          +1,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Land Ownership                                                                                                                          
       Management.......................         57,053          59,053          63,053          61,053          +4,000          +2,000          -2,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Infrastructure Management:                                                                                                                              
    Road maintenance....................         81,019          82,974          84,974          84,974          +3,955          +2,000   ..............
    Facility maintenance................         23,008          24,277          24,277          24,277          +1,269   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Infrastructure                                                                                                                          
       Management.......................        104,027         107,251         109,251         109,251          +5,224          +2,000   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Law enforcement operations..............         59,637          61,967          63,967          63,967          +4,330          +2,000   ..............
General administration..................        259,353         250,000         276,500         250,000          -9,353   ..............        -26,500 
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-                                                                                                               
 208)...................................          3,395   ..............  ..............  ..............         -3,395   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, National Forest System.....      1,278,176       1,325,672       1,364,480       1,346,215         +68,039         +20,543         -18,265 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
        Wildland Fire Management                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
Preparedness............................        319,315         303,311         319,315         319,315   ..............        +16,004   ..............
Fire operations.........................        210,701         211,000         272,400         263,400         +52,699         +52,400          -9,000 
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-                                                                                                               
 208)...................................        550,000   ..............  ..............  ..............       -550,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Wildland Fire Management...      1,080,016         514,311         591,715         582,715        -497,301         +68,404          -9,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
     Reconstruction and Construction                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Facilities:                                                                                                                                             
    Research............................          2,000           2,560           2,560           2,737            +737            +177            +177 
    Fire, administrative, other.........          9,974           8,196          12,996           8,596          -1,378            +400          -4,400 
    Recreation..........................         48,000          21,526          29,466          32,013         -15,987         +10,487          +2,547 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Facilities..............         59,974          32,282          45,022          43,346         -16,628         +11,064          -1,676 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Roads:                                                                                                                                                  
    Timber roads........................         59,000          47,400          47,400          47,400         -11,600   ..............  ..............
    Recreation roads....................         24,500          26,600          25,600          26,600          +2,100   ..............         +1,000 
    General purpose roads...............          9,500          12,294          10,500          13,294          +3,794          +1,000          +2,794 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Roads...................         93,000          86,294          83,500          87,294          -5,706          +1,000          +3,794 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Trail construction......................         22,000          27,508          26,000          29,629          +7,629          +2,121          +3,629 
Timber purchaser credits................        (50,000)  ..............        (25,000)  ..............       (-50,000)  ..............       (-25,000)
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-                                                                                                               
 208)...................................          5,210   ..............  ..............  ..............         -5,210   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Reconstruction and                                                                                                                         
       Construction.....................        180,184         146,084         154,522         160,269         -19,915         +14,185          +5,747 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
            Land Acquisition                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Forest Service:                                                                                                                                         
    Acquisitions........................         28,850          29,250          33,200          39,376         +10,526         +10,126          +6,176 
    Acquisition management..............          7,500           7,500           7,500           7,500   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Cash equalization...................          1,725           1,807           1,800           1,800             +75              -7   ..............
    Emergency acquisition...............          2,000           2,000           2,000   ..............         -2,000          -2,000          -2,000 
    Wilderness protection...............            500             500             500             500   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition...........         40,575          41,057          45,000          49,176          +8,601          +8,119          +4,176 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Acquisition of lands for national                                                                                                                       
 forests, special acts..................          1,069           1,069           1,069           1,069   ..............  ..............  ..............
Acquisition of lands to complete land                                                                                                                   
 exchanges..............................            210             210             210             210   ..............  ..............  ..............
Range betterment fund...................          3,995           3,811           3,811           3,811            -184   ..............  ..............
Gifts, donations and bequests for forest                                                                                                                
 and rangeland research.................             92              92              92              92   ..............  ..............  ..............
Midewin tall grass prairie restoration                                                                                                                  
 fund...................................  ..............            100             100             100            +100   ..............  ..............
Cooperative work, Forest Service (KV                                                                                                                    
 trust fund)............................  ..............  ..............        128,000   ..............  ..............  ..............       -128,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Forest Service.............      2,919,564       2,368,595       2,634,565       2,494,969        -424,595        +126,374        -139,596 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
          Clean Coal Technology                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Appropriated in prior years (#4)........        (32,000)  ..............  ..............  ..............       (-32,000)  ..............  ..............
Appropriated in prior years (#5)........       (255,879)  ..............  ..............  ..............      (-255,879)  ..............  ..............
Rescission..............................       -123,000        -153,000        -101,000        -101,000         +22,000         +52,000   ..............
Deferral................................  ..............       -133,000   ..............  ..............  ..............       +133,000   ..............
Rescission (Public Law 105-18)..........        -17,000   ..............  ..............  ..............        +17,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Clean Coal Technology......       -140,000        -286,000        -101,000        -101,000         +39,000        +185,000   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 Fossil Energy Research and Development                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Coal:                                                                                                                                                   
    Advanced Clean Fuels Research:                                                                                                                      
        Coal preparation................          5,099           5,064           5,064           5,064             -35   ..............  ..............
        Direct liquefaction.............          5,057           5,816           5,816           5,816            +759   ..............  ..............
        Indirect liquefaction...........          4,252           4,223           4,223           4,223             -29   ..............  ..............
        Advanced research and                                                                                                                           
         environmental technology.......          1,746             741             741           1,741              -5          +1,000          +1,000 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Advanced Clean Fuels                                                                                                                
           Research.....................         16,154          15,844          15,844          16,844            +690          +1,000          +1,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Advanced Clean/Efficient Power                                                                                                                      
     Systems:                                                                                                                                           
        Advanced pulverized coal-fired                                                                                                                  
         powerplant.....................          9,500           5,462          15,462          10,462            +962          +5,000          -5,000 
        Indirect fired cycle............         10,005          10,927           4,927           4,927          -5,078          -6,000   ..............
        High-efficiency integrated                                                                                                                      
         gasified combined cycle........         22,500          22,342          22,342          22,342            -158   ..............  ..............
        High-efficiency pressurized                                                                                                                     
         fluidized bed..................         17,850          17,875          17,875          17,875             +25   ..............  ..............
        Advanced research and                                                                                                                           
         environmental technology.......          9,414           9,734          12,734           9,734            +320   ..............         -3,000 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Advanced Clean/                                                                                                                     
           Efficient Power Systems......         69,269          66,340          73,340          65,340          -3,929          -1,000          -8,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Advanced research and technology                                                                                                                    
     development........................         17,623          19,729          17,579          18,289            +666          -1,440            +710 
    Transfer to Cooperative R&D.........  ..............         -1,864   ..............  ..............  ..............         +1,864   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Subtotal, Coal....................        103,046         100,049         106,763         100,473          -2,573            +424          -6,290 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Gas:                                                                                                                                                    
    Natural Gas Research:                                                                                                                               
        Exploration and production......         14,123          14,895          13,932          13,932            -191            -963   ..............
        Delivery and storage............          1,000             993             993             993              -7   ..............  ..............
        Advanced turbine systems........         46,600          31,379   ..............         45,000          -1,600         +13,621         +45,000 
        Utilization.....................          5,841           4,808           6,808           6,308            +467          +1,500            -500 
        Environmental research and                                                                                                                      
         regulatory analysis............          2,650           4,617           2,617           4,017          +1,367            -600          +1,400 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Natural Gas Research         70,214          56,692          24,350          70,250             +36         +13,558         +45,900 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Fuel Cells:                                                                                                                                         
        Advanced research...............          1,218           1,210           1,210           1,210              -8   ..............  ..............
        Molten carbonate systems........         36,399          32,669   ..............         32,669          -3,730   ..............        +32,669 
        Advanced concepts...............         12,500          12,412   ..............         12,412             -88   ..............        +12,412 
        Fuel cell systems...............  ..............  ..............         37,000   ..............  ..............  ..............        -37,000 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Fuel Cells..........         50,117          46,291          38,210          46,291          -3,826   ..............         +8,081 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
          Subtotal, Gas.................        120,331         102,983          62,560         116,541          -3,790         +13,558         +53,981 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Oil Technology:                                                                                                                                         
    Exploration and production                                                                                                                          
     supporting research................         29,523          33,785          31,385          31,585          +2,062          -2,200            +200 
    Recovery field demonstrations.......          5,596           6,053           6,053           6,053            +457   ..............  ..............
    Exploration and production                                                                                                                          
     environmental research.............          5,456           6,411           6,561           6,286            +830            -125            -275 
    Processing research and downstream                                                                                                                  
     operations.........................          5,362           5,920           5,420           5,820            +458            -100            +400 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Oil Technology..........         45,937          52,169          49,419          49,744          +3,807          -2,425            +325 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Cooperative R&D.........................          5,566           5,836           5,040           5,840            +274              +4            +800 
Fossil energy environmental restoration.         13,027          12,935          12,935          12,935             -92   ..............  ..............
Fuels conversion, natural gas, and                                                                                                                      
 electricity............................          2,188           2,173           2,173           2,173             -15   ..............  ..............
Headquarters program direction..........         14,396          14,659          14,659          14,659            +263   ..............  ..............
Energy Technology Center program                                                                                                                        
 direction..............................         54,314          48,107          52,107          52,107          -2,207          +4,000   ..............
General plant projects..................          2,000           2,532           2,532           2,532            +532   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Mining: Materials partnerships..........          5,000           4,965           4,965           6,965          +1,965          +2,000          +2,000 
User of prior year balances.............         -1,101   ..............  ..............  ..............         +1,101   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Fossil Energy Research and                                                                                                                 
       Development......................        364,704         346,408         313,153         363,969            -735         +17,561         +50,816 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Alternative Fuels Production                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Transfer to Treasury....................         -4,000          -1,500          -1,500          -1,500          +2,500   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Oil Reserves:                                                                                                                                           
    Naval petroleum reserves Nos. 1 and                                                                                                                 
     2..................................        117,950          99,500          97,500          89,500         -28,450         -10,000          -8,000 
    Naval petroleum reserve No. 3.......          7,910           8,500           8,500           8,500            +590   ..............  ..............
    Program direction (headquarters)....         23,126           7,800           7,800           7,800         -15,326   ..............  ..............
    Naval oil shale reserves............            500           1,200           1,200           1,200            +700   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Oil Reserves............        149,486         117,000         115,000         107,000         -42,486         -10,000          -8,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Shale oil development program: Shale                                                                                                                    
 reserves development (prior year                                                                                                                       
 balances)..............................         -5,700   ..............  ..............  ..............         +5,700   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Naval Petroleum and Oil                                                                                                                    
       Shale Reserves...................        143,786         117,000         115,000         107,000         -36,786         -10,000          -8,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
           Energy Conservation                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Building Technology:                                                                                                                                    
    State and community sector:                                                                                                                         
        Building systems design.........         22,051          32,841          21,651          24,056          +2,005          -8,785          +2,405 
        Building equipment and materials         26,535          37,151          27,921          31,071          +4,536          -6,080          +3,150 
        Codes and standards.............         13,650          20,573          13,673          16,173          +2,523          -4,400          +2,500 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, State and community                                                                                                                 
           sector.......................         62,236          90,565          63,245          71,300          +9,064         -19,265          +8,055 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    State and local partnerships:                                                                                                                       
        Weatherization assistance                                                                                                                       
         program........................        120,845         154,100         123,845         129,000          +8,155         -25,100          +5,155 
        State energy program............         29,000          37,000          30,000          31,100          +2,100          -5,900          +1,100 
        Municipal energy management.....          1,600           1,600           1,600           1,600   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, State and local                                                                                                                     
           partnerships.................        151,445         192,700         155,445         161,700         +10,255         -31,000          +6,255 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Management and planning.............         17,362          19,150          13,450          17,850            +488          -1,300          +4,400 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Building Technology.....        231,043         302,415         232,140         250,850         +19,807         -51,565         +18,710 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Federal Energy Management Program:                                                                                                                      
    Program activities..................         18,000          29,000          18,000          19,700          +1,700          -9,300          +1,700 
    Program direction...................          1,800           2,100           1,800           1,800   ..............           -300   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Federal Energy                                                                                                                          
       Management Program...............         19,800          31,100          19,800          21,500          +1,700          -9,600          +1,700 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Industry Sector:                                                                                                                                        
    Industries of the future (specific).         46,266          55,660          51,781          52,412          +6,146          -3,248            +631 
    Industries of the future                                                                                                                            
     (crosscutting).....................         39,350          39,120          94,120          48,120          +8,770          +9,000         -46,000 
    Technology access...................         24,950          37,079          26,699          25,299            +349         -11,780          -1,400 
    Management..........................          7,000           7,700           7,400           7,700            +700   ..............           +300 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Industry Sector.........        117,566         139,559         180,000         133,531         +15,965          -6,028         -46,469 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Transportation:                                                                                                                                         
    Alternative fueled vehicles.........         26,423   ..............  ..............  ..............        -26,423   ..............  ..............
    Electric drive vehicle technologies.         93,820   ..............  ..............  ..............        -93,820   ..............  ..............
    Combustion engine research and                                                                                                                      
     development........................         14,700   ..............  ..............  ..............        -14,700   ..............  ..............
    Technology deployment...............  ..............         17,000          10,400          13,300         +13,300          -3,700          +2,900 
    Advanced automotive technology......  ..............        129,046         104,796         114,496        +114,496         -14,550          +9,700 
    Advanced heavy vehicle technologies.  ..............         18,000          28,400          22,500         +22,500          +4,500          -5,900 
    Transportation materials                                                                                                                            
     technologies.......................         32,860          30,500          33,000          34,500          +1,640          +4,000          +1,500 
    Implementation and program                                                                                                                          
     management.........................          7,400           8,700           7,600           7,600            +200          -1,100   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Transportation..........        175,203         203,246         184,196         192,396         +17,193         -10,850          +8,200 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Policy and management...................         26,150          31,380          28,630          29,080          +2,930          -2,300            +450 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Energy Conservation.....        569,762         707,700         644,766         627,357         +57,595         -80,343         -17,409 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Offsetting Reductions: Use of                                                                                                                           
 nonappropriated escrow funds...........       (-20,000)       (-20,000)       (-20,000)       (-20,000)  ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Energy Conservation........        569,762         707,700         644,766         627,357         +57,595         -80,343         -17,409 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
           Economic Regulation                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Office of Hearings and Appeals..........          2,725           2,725           2,725           2,725   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       Strategic Petroleum Reserve                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Storage facilities development and                                                                                                                      
 operations.............................        204,000         193,000         193,000         191,500         -12,500          -1,500          -1,500 
Management..............................         16,000          16,000          16,000          16,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
Rescission (Public Law 105-18)..........        -11,000   ..............  ..............  ..............        +11,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Strategic Petroleum                                                                                                                     
       Reserve..........................        209,000         209,000         209,000         207,500          -1,500          -1,500          -1,500 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Proceeds from sale of SPR oil...........       -220,000   ..............       -209,000        -207,500         +12,500        -207,500          +1,500 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Strategic Petroleum Reserve        -11,000         209,000   ..............  ..............        +11,000        -209,000   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Energy Information Administration                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
National Energy Information System......         66,120          62,800          66,800          62,800          -3,320   ..............         -4,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Department of Energy.......        992,097       1,158,133       1,039,944       1,061,351         +69,254         -96,782         +21,407 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
          INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
         Indian Health Services                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Clinical Services:                                                                                                                                      
    IHS and tribal health delivery:                                                                                                                     
        Hospital and health clinic                                                                                                                      
         programs.......................        890,824         898,022         898,765         916,874         +26,050         +18,852         +18,109 
        Dental health program...........         62,783          64,737          65,037          66,177          +3,394          +1,440          +1,140 
        Mental health program...........         38,341          39,034          39,034          39,770          +1,429            +736            +736 
        Alcohol and substance abuse                                                                                                                     
         program........................         91,482          91,677          91,677          91,991            +509            +314            +314 
    Contract care.......................        368,325         374,348         371,348         374,375          +6,050             +27          +3,027 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Clinical Services.......      1,451,755       1,467,818       1,465,861       1,489,187         +37,432         +21,369         +23,326 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Preventive Health:                                                                                                                                      
    Public health nursing...............         26,676          27,994          27,994          28,607          +1,931            +613            +613 
    Health education....................          8,632           8,855           8,855           8,932            +300             +77             +77 
    Community health representatives                                                                                                                    
     program............................         43,973          44,311          44,311          44,312            +339              +1              +1 
    Immunization (Alaska)...............          1,328           1,328           1,328           1,328   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Preventive Health.......         80,609          82,488          82,488          83,179          +2,570            +691            +691 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Urban health projects...................         24,768          25,777          25,277          25,288            +520            -489             +11 
Indian health professions...............         28,270          28,293          28,293          29,320          +1,050          +1,027          +1,027 
Tribal management.......................          2,348           2,348           2,348           2,348   ..............  ..............  ..............
Direct operations.......................         48,709          46,924          46,924          48,311            -398          +1,387          +1,387 
Self-governance.........................          9,090           9,097           9,097           9,106             +16              +9              +9 
Facilities and Environmental Health                                                                                                                     
 Support................................  ..............  ..............  ..............        102,794        +102,794        +102,794        +102,794 
Contract support costs..................        160,720         172,720         168,720         168,702          +7,982          -4,018             -18 
Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursements:                                                                                                                       
 Hospital and clinic accreditation (Est.                                                                                                                
 collecting)............................       (247,397)       (247,397)       (247,397)       (247,397)  ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Indian Health Services.....      1,806,269       1,835,465       1,829,008       1,958,235        +151,966        +122,770        +129,227 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
        Indian Health Facilities                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
Maintenance and improvement.............         39,334          39,334          39,334          39,434            +100            +100            +100 
Construction facilities.................         14,500          38,900          14,900          26,900         +12,400         -12,000         +12,000 
Sanitation facilities...................         87,889          90,042          89,042          89,162          +1,273            -880            +120 
Facilities and environmental health                                                                                                                     
 support................................         91,021         104,772         101,029   ..............        -91,021        -104,772        -101,029 
Equipment...............................         14,505          13,005          13,005          13,005          -1,500   ..............  ..............
Contract support costs..................            482             482   ..............  ..............           -482            -482   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Indian Health Facilities...        247,731         286,535         257,310         168,501         -79,230        -118,034         -88,809 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Indian Health Service......      2,054,000       2,122,000       2,086,318       2,126,736         +72,736          +4,736         +40,418 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
   OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY                                                                                                                   
                EDUCATION                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
            Indian Education                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Grants to local education agencies......         61,000   ..............  ..............  ..............        -61,000   ..............  ..............
                                                                                                                                                        
         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
    OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN                                                                                                                    
               RELOCATION                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...................         19,345          19,345          18,345          15,000          -4,345          -4,345          -3,345 
                                                                                                                                                        
 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA                                                                                                                
   NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Payment to the Institute................          5,500           5,500           3,000           5,500   ..............  ..............         +2,500 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
         SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
          Salaries and Expenses                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Museum and Research Institutes:                                                                                                                         
    Anacostia Museum....................          1,664           1,696           1,696           1,696             +32   ..............  ..............
    Archives of American Art............          1,529           1,571           1,571           1,571             +42   ..............  ..............
    Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/Freer                                                                                                                     
     Gallery of Art.....................          5,567           5,698           5,698           5,698            +131   ..............  ..............
    Center for Folklife Program and                                                                                                                     
     Cultural Studies...................          1,633           1,662           1,662           1,662             +29   ..............  ..............
    Conservation Analytical Laboratory..          2,908           2,976           2,976           2,976             +68   ..............  ..............
    Cooper-Hewitt, National Design                                                                                                                      
     Museum.............................          2,449           2,504           2,504           2,504             +55   ..............  ..............
    Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture                                                                                                                      
     Garden.............................          4,234           4,332           4,332           4,332             +98   ..............  ..............
    National Air and Space Museum.......         11,960          12,303          12,303          12,303            +343   ..............  ..............
    National Museum of African Art......          4,151           4,228           4,228           4,228             +77   ..............  ..............
    National Museum of American Art.....          7,967           8,148           8,148           8,148            +181   ..............  ..............
    National Museum of American History.         18,391          18,873          18,873          18,873            +482   ..............  ..............
    National Museum of the American                                                                                                                     
     Indian.............................         11,687          11,882          11,882          11,882            +195   ..............  ..............
    National Museum of Natural History..         37,473          41,510          41,510          41,372          +3,899            -138            -138 
    National Portrait Gallery...........          5,122           5,250           5,250           5,250            +128   ..............  ..............
    National Zoological Park............         18,685          19,193          19,193          19,193            +508   ..............  ..............
    Astrophysical Observatory...........         16,595          18,139          18,139          18,139          +1,544   ..............  ..............
    Environmental Research Center.......          2,949           3,018           3,018           3,018             +69   ..............  ..............
    Tropical Research Institute.........          8,194           8,727           8,727           8,727            +533   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Museums and Research                                                                                                                    
       Institutes.......................        163,158         171,710         171,710         171,572          +8,414            -138            -138 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Program Support and Outreach:                                                                                                                           
    Communications and educational                                                                                                                      
     programs...........................          4,953           5,072           5,072           5,072            +119   ..............  ..............
    Institution-wide programs...........          4,733           5,693           5,693           5,693            +960   ..............  ..............
    Office of Exhibits Central..........          2,088           2,151           2,151           2,151             +63   ..............  ..............
    Major scientific instrumentation....          7,244           7,244           7,244           7,244   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Museum Support Center...............          4,811           4,875           4,875           4,875             +64   ..............  ..............
    Smithsonian Institution Archives....          1,286           1,322           1,322           1,322             +36   ..............  ..............
    Smithsonian Institution Libraries...          6,478           6,954           6,954           6,954            +476   ..............  ..............
    Traveling exhibition service........          2,725           2,788           2,788           2,788             +63   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Program Support and                                                                                                                     
       Outreach.........................         34,318          36,099          36,099          36,099          +1,781   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Administration..........................         32,135          32,893          32,893          32,893            +758   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Facilities Services:                                                                                                                                    
    Office of Protection Services.......         29,206          30,240          30,240          30,240          +1,034   ..............  ..............
    Office of Physical Plant............         58,740          63,615          63,615          62,904          +4,164            -711            -711 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Facilities Services.....         87,946          93,855          93,855          93,144          +5,198            -711            -711 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-                                                                                                               
 208)...................................            935   ..............  ..............  ..............           -935   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and Expenses......        318,492         334,557         334,557         333,708         +15,216            -849            -849 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 Construction and Improvements, National                                                                                                                
             Zoological Park                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Base program............................          3,850           3,850           3,850           3,850   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                                                                                                                                        
   Repair and Restoration of Buildings                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Base program............................         39,000          32,000          50,000          32,000          -7,000   ..............        -18,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
              Construction                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
National Museum of the American Indian..          4,000          58,000   ..............         29,000         +25,000         -29,000         +29,000 
Air and Space Museum extension..........          3,000   ..............  ..............          4,000          +1,000          +4,000          +4,000 
Minor construction, alterations and                                                                                                                     
 modifications..........................          3,000   ..............  ..............  ..............         -3,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Construction...............         10,000          58,000   ..............         33,000         +23,000         -25,000         +33,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Smithsonian Institution....        371,342         428,407         388,407         402,558         +31,216         -25,849         +14,151 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
         NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
          Salaries and Expenses                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Care and utilization of art collections.         21,307          20,921          22,066          22,066            +759          +1,145   ..............
Operation and maintenance of buildings                                                                                                                  
 and grounds............................         12,117          12,262          12,648          12,648            +531            +386   ..............
Protection of buildings, grounds and                                                                                                                    
 contents...............................         11,516          11,663          11,933          11,933            +417            +270   ..............
General administration..................          8,959           9,053           9,190           9,190            +231            +137   ..............
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 104-                                                                                                               
 208)...................................            382   ..............  ..............  ..............           -382   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and Expenses......         54,281          53,899          55,837          55,837          +1,556          +1,938   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
  Repair, Restoration and Renovation of                                                                                                                 
                Buildings                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Base program............................          5,942           5,942           6,442           5,942   ..............  ..............           -500 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Gallery of Art....         60,223          59,841          62,279          61,779          +1,556          +1,938            -500 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
     JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE                                                                                                                     
             PERFORMING ARTS                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Operations and maintenance..............         10,875          11,375          11,375          11,375            +500   ..............  ..............
    Emergency appropriations (Public Law                                                                                                                
     104-208)...........................          1,600   ..............  ..............  ..............         -1,600   ..............  ..............
Construction............................          9,000           9,000           9,000           9,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Emergency appropriations (Public Law                                                                                                                
     104-208)...........................          3,400   ..............  ..............  ..............         -3,400   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, John F. Kennedy Center for                                                                                                                 
       the Performing Arts..............         24,875          20,375          20,375          20,375          -4,500   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR                                                                                                                
                SCHOLARS                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
          Salaries and Expenses                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Fellowship program......................          1,724           1,724   ..............  ..............         -1,724          -1,724   ..............
Scholar support.........................            615             634   ..............  ..............           -615            -634   ..............
Public service..........................            748             712   ..............  ..............           -748            -712   ..............
General administration..................          1,272           1,247   ..............          1,247             -25   ..............         +1,247 
Smithsonian fee.........................            130             139   ..............  ..............           -130            -139   ..............
Conference planning.....................            887             909   ..............  ..............           -887            -909   ..............
Space...................................            464             475   ..............  ..............           -464            -475   ..............
Operations..............................  ..............  ..............          1,000           4,593          +4,593          +4,593          +3,593 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Woodrow Wilson Center......          5,840           5,840           1,000           5,840   ..............  ..............         +4,840 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
   NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND                                                                                                                  
               HUMANITIES                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
     National Endowment for the Arts                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
        Grants and Administration                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Grants:                                                                                                                                                 
    Program grants......................         37,435          65,339   ..............         37,435   ..............        -27,904         +37,435 
    State programs:                                                                                                                                     
        State grants....................         22,250          27,643   ..............         22,250   ..............         -5,393         +22,250 
        State set-aside.................          6,069           7,539   ..............          6,069   ..............         -1,470          +6,069 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, State programs......         28,319          35,182   ..............         28,319   ..............         -6,863         +28,319 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
          Subtotal, Grants..............         65,754         100,521   ..............         65,754   ..............        -34,767         +65,754 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Administrative Areas:                                                                                                                                   
    Policy planning and research........            440             450   ..............            440   ..............            -10            +440 
    Administration......................         15,880          17,569   ..............         16,446            +566          -1,123         +16,446 
    Computer replacement................            660             700   ..............            660   ..............            -40            +660 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Administrative Areas....         16,980          18,719   ..............         17,546            +566          -1,173         +17,546 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Grants and Administration..         82,734         119,240   ..............         83,300            +566         -35,940         +83,300 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
             Matching Grants                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Matching grants.........................         16,760          16,760   ..............         16,760   ..............  ..............        +16,760 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Arts.......................         99,494         136,000   ..............        100,060            +566         -35,940        +100,060 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
  National Endowment for the Humanities                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
        Grants and Administration                                                                                                                       
Grants:                                                                                                                                                 
    Program grants......................         34,000          50,300          34,000          34,000   ..............        -16,300   ..............
    State programs......................         28,000          30,150          28,000          28,000   ..............         -2,150   ..............
    Office of Preservation..............         18,000          21,000          18,000          18,000   ..............         -3,000   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Grants..................         80,000         101,450          80,000          80,000   ..............        -21,450   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Administrative Areas: Administration....         16,100          16,800          16,100          16,800            +700   ..............           +700 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Grants and Administration..         96,100         118,250          96,100          96,800            +700         -21,450            +700 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
             Matching Grants                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Treasury funds..........................          4,000           6,000           4,000           4,000   ..............         -2,000   ..............
Challenge grants........................          9,900          11,750           9,900           9,900   ..............         -1,850   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Matching Grants............         13,900          17,750          13,900          13,900   ..............         -3,850   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Humanities.................        110,000         136,000         110,000         110,700            +700         -25,300            +700 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Institute of Museum Services                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Grants to Museums:                                                                                                                                      
    Support for operations..............         16,060          17,060          16,060          16,060   ..............         -1,000   ..............
    Support for conservation............          3,130           4,850           3,240           3,130   ..............         -1,720            -110 
    Services to the profession..........          1,210           2,200           2,200           1,210   ..............           -990            -990 
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Grants to Museums.......         20,400          24,110          21,500          20,400   ..............         -3,710          -1,100 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Program administration..................          1,600           1,890           1,890           1,890            +290   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Institute of Museum                                                                                                                        
       Services.........................         22,000          26,000          23,390          22,290            +290          -3,710          -1,100 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, National Foundation on the                                                                                                                 
       Arts and Humanities..............        231,494         298,000         133,390         233,050          +1,556         -64,950         +99,660 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
         COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...................            867             867             907             907             +40             +40   ..............
                                                                                                                                                        
   NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL                                                                                                                   
                 AFFAIRS                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Grants..................................          6,000           6,000           6,000           7,000          +1,000          +1,000          +1,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
      ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC                                                                                                                      
              PRESERVATION                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...................          2,500           2,745           2,700           2,745            +245   ..............            +45 
                                                                                                                                                        
  NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...................          5,390           5,740           5,700           5,740            +350   ..............            +40 
                                                                                                                                                        
   FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL                                                                                                                   
               COMMISSION                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...................            500   ..............  ..............  ..............           -500   ..............  ..............
                                                                                                                                                        
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Holocaust Memorial Council..............         30,707          31,707          31,707          31,707          +1,000   ..............  ..............
    Emergency appropriations (Public Law                                                                                                                
     104-208)...........................          1,000   ..............  ..............  ..............         -1,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, title II, related agencies.      6,792,244       6,533,095       6,434,637       6,475,257        -316,987         -57,838         +40,620 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
   TITLE III--EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 105-                                                                                                               
 18)....................................        386,592   ..............  ..............  ..............       -386,592   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 TITLE V--PRIORITY LAND ACQUISITIONS AND                                                                                                                
                EXCHANGES                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Priority land acquisitions and exchanges  ..............        700,000   ..............        700,000        +700,000   ..............       +700,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
   TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Bureau of Land Management...............      1,195,648       1,121,539       1,128,538       1,135,123         -60,525         +13,584          +6,585 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service..........        670,596         687,923         725,126         729,716         +59,120         +41,793          +4,590 
National Park Service...................      1,435,858       1,598,900       1,564,062       1,598,089        +162,231            -811         +34,027 
United States Geological Survey.........        740,051         745,388         755,795         758,160         +18,109         +12,772          +2,365 
Minerals Management Service.............        163,395         164,040         145,739         141,840         -21,555         -22,200          -3,899 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and                                                                                                                
 Enforcement............................        271,757         271,057         275,061         275,061          +3,304          +4,004   ..............
Bureau of Indian Affairs................      1,618,274       1,731,779       1,683,918       1,700,427         +82,153         -31,352         +16,509 
Departmental Offices....................        240,020         246,225         239,953         242,677          +2,657          -3,548          +2,724 
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      Total, Title I--Department of the                                                                                                                 
       Interior.........................      6,335,599       6,566,851       6,518,192       6,581,093        +245,494         +14,242         +62,901 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Forest Service..........................      2,919,564       2,368,595       2,634,565       2,494,969        -424,595        +126,374        -139,596 
Department of Energy....................       (992,097)     (1,158,133)     (1,039,944)     (1,061,351)       (+69,254)       (-96,782)       (+21,407)
    Clean Coal Technology...............       -140,000        -286,000        -101,000        -101,000         +39,000        +185,000   ..............
    Fossil Energy Research and                                                                                                                          
     Development........................        364,704         346,408         313,153         363,969            -735         +17,561         +50,816 
    Alternative Fuels Production........         -4,000          -1,500          -1,500          -1,500          +2,500   ..............  ..............
    Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale                                                                                                                       
     Reserves...........................        143,786         117,000         115,000         107,000         -36,786         -10,000          -8,000 
    Energy Conservation.................        569,762         707,700         644,766         627,357         +57,595         -80,343         -17,409 
    Economic Regulation.................          2,725           2,725           2,725           2,725   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Strategic Petroleum Reserve.........        -11,000         209,000   ..............  ..............        +11,000        -209,000   ..............
    Energy Information Administration...         66,120          62,800          66,800          62,800          -3,320   ..............         -4,000 
Indian Health Service...................      2,054,000       2,122,000       2,086,318       2,126,736         +72,736          +4,736         +40,418 
Indian Education........................         61,000   ..............  ..............  ..............        -61,000   ..............  ..............
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian                                                                                                                        
 Relocation.............................         19,345          19,345          18,345          15,000          -4,345          -4,345          -3,345 
Institute of American Indian and Alaska                                                                                                                 
 Native Culture and Arts Development....          5,500           5,500           3,000           5,500   ..............  ..............         +2,500 
Smithsonian Institution.................        371,342         428,407         388,407         402,558         +31,216         -25,849         +14,151 
National Gallery of Art.................         60,223          59,841          62,279          61,779          +1,556          +1,938            -500 
John F. Kennedy Center for the                                                                                                                          
 Performing Arts........................         24,875          20,375          20,375          20,375          -4,500   ..............  ..............
Woodrow Wilson International Center for                                                                                                                 
 Scholars...............................          5,840           5,840           1,000           5,840   ..............  ..............         +4,840 
National Endowment for the Arts.........         99,494         136,000   ..............        100,060            +566         -35,940        +100,060 
National Endowment for the Humanities...        110,000         136,000         110,000         110,700            +700         -25,300            +700 
Institute of Museum Services............         22,000          26,000          23,390          22,290            +290          -3,710          -1,100 
Commission of Fine Arts.................            867             867             907             907             +40             +40   ..............
National Capital Arts and Cultural                                                                                                                      
 Affairs................................          6,000           6,000           6,000           7,000          +1,000          +1,000          +1,000 
Advisory Council on Historic                                                                                                                            
 Preservation...........................          2,500           2,745           2,700           2,745            +245   ..............            +45 
National Capital Planning Commission....          5,390           5,740           5,700           5,740            +350   ..............            +40 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial                                                                                                                      
 Commission.............................            500   ..............  ..............  ..............           -500   ..............  ..............
Holocaust Memorial Council..............         30,707          31,707          31,707          31,707          +1,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Title II--Related Agencies.      6,792,244       6,533,095       6,434,637       6,475,257        -316,987         -57,838         +40,620 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
   TITLE III--EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 105-                                                                                                               
 18)....................................        386,592   ..............  ..............  ..............       -386,592   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 TITLE V--PRIORITY LAND ACQUISITIONS AND                                                                                                                
                EXCHANGES                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Priority land acquisitions and exchanges  ..............        700,000   ..............        700,000        +700,000   ..............       +700,000 
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Grand total, all titles...........     13,514,435      13,799,946      12,952,829      13,756,350        +241,915         -43,596        +803,521 
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