[House Report 106-406]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-406

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 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED 
 AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2000, AND FOR OTHER 
                                PURPOSES

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                October 20, 1999.--Ordered to be printed

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 Mr. Regula, from the committee on conference, submitted the following

                           CONFERENCE REPORT

                        [To accompany H.R. 2466]

      The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of 
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
2466) ``making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes'', having met, after 
full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do 
recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
      That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an 
amendment, as follows:
      In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
amendment, insert:

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of 
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management


                   management of lands and resources


    For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, 
acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and 
performance of other functions, including maintenance of 
facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands 
and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
Land Management, including the general administration of the 
Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands 
pursuant to Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), 
$644,218,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$2,147,000 shall be available for assessment of the mineral 
potential of public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of 
Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall be derived from the special receipt account 
established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)); and of which $2,500,000 shall 
be available in fiscal year 2000 subject to a match by at least 
an equal amount by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 
to such Foundation for cost-shared projects supporting 
conservation of Bureau lands and such funds shall be advanced 
to the Foundation as a lump sum grant without regard to when 
expenses are incurred; in addition, $33,529,000 for Mining Law 
Administration program operations, including the cost of 
administering the mining claim fee program; to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from annual mining 
claim fees so as to result in a final appropriation estimated 
at not more than $644,218,000, and $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, from communication site rental fees 
established by the Bureau for the cost of administering 
communication site activities, and of which $2,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, is for coalbed methane 
Applications for Permits to Drill in the Powder River Basin: 
Provided, That unless there is a written agreement in place 
between the coal mining operator and a gas producer, the funds 
available herein shall not be used to process or approve 
coalbed methane Applications for Permits to Drill for well 
sites that are located within an area, which as of the date of 
the coalbed methane Application for Permit to Drill, are 
covered by: (1) a coal lease; (2) a coal mining permit; or (3) 
an application for a coal mining lease: Provided further, That 
appropriations herein made shall not be available for the 
destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in 
the care of the Bureau or its contractors.


                        wildland fire management


    For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression 
operations, emergency rehabilitation and hazardous fuels 
reduction by the Department of the Interior, $292,282,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$9,300,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of fire 
facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available for 
repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts from 
which funds were previously transferred for such purposes: 
Provided further, That unobligated balances of amounts 
previously appropriated to the ``Fire Protection'' and 
``Emergency Department of the Interior Firefighting Fund'' may 
be transferred and merged with this appropriation: Provided 
further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be 
furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds 
available from this appropriation: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or 
office of the Department of the Interior for fire protection 
rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of 
United States property, may be credited to the appropriation 
from which funds were expended to provide that protection, and 
are available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 
That not more than $58,000 shall be available to the Bureau of 
Land Management to reimburse Trinity County for expenses 
incurred as part of the July 2, 1999 Lowden Fire.


                    central hazardous materials fund


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


                              construction


    For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $11,425,000, to 
remain available until expended.


                       payments in lieu of taxes


    For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20, 
1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901-6907), $135,000,000, of which 
not to exceed $400,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That no payment shall be made to otherwise 
eligible units of local government if the computed amount of 
the payment is less than $100.


                            land acquisition


    For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 
318(d) of Public Law 94-579, including administrative expenses 
and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, 
$15,500,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund, to remain available until expended.


                   oregon and california grant lands


    For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 
development of resources and for construction, operation, and 
maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other 
improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad 
grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and 
California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent 
rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein 
including existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such 
grant lands; $99,225,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all receipts 
during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and 
California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against 
the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be 
transferred to the general fund in the Treasury in accordance 
with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the 
Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).

               forest ecosystems health and recovery fund


                   (revolving fund, special account)


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


                           range improvements


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


               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures


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


                       miscellaneous trust funds


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


                       administrative provisions


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

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service


                          resource management


    For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, for scientific and economic studies, 
conservation, management, investigations, protection, and 
utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales, 
seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-horned 
cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, general 
administration, and for the performance of other authorized 
functions related to such resources by direct expenditure, 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements andreimbursable 
agreements with public and private entities, $716,046,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2001, except as otherwise provided 
herein, of which $11,701,000 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 not less than 
$2,000,000 shall be provided to local governments in southern 
California for planning associated with the Natural Communities 
Conservation Planning (NCCP) program and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not less than $1,000,000 for high priority 
projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as 
authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $6,232,000 shall be used for implementing 
subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered 
Species Act, as amended, for species that are indigenous to the United 
States (except for processing petitions, developing and issuing 
proposed and final regulations, and taking any other steps to implement 
actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or 
(c)(2)(B)(ii): Provided further, That of the amount available for law 
enforcement, up to $400,000 to remain available until expended, may at 
the discretion of the Secretary, be used for payment for information, 
rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the 
Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
activity, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 
for solely on his certificate: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided for environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may remain 
available until expended for contaminant sample analyses: Provided 
further, That hereafter, all fines collected by the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service for violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1362-1407) and implementing regulations shall be available 
to the Secretary, without further appropriation, to be used for the 
expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 
administering activities for the protection and recovery of manatees, 
polar bears, sea otters, and walruses, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, sums provided by private 
entities for activities pursuant to reimbursable agreements shall be 
credited to the ``Resource Management'' account and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That, heretofore and 
hereafter, in carrying out work under reimbursable agreements with any 
State, local, or tribal government, the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service may, without regard to 31 U.S.C. 1341 and notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation, record obligations against 
accounts receivable from such entities, and shall credit amounts 
received from such entities to this appropriation, such credit to occur 
within 90 days of the date of the original request by the Service for 
payment: Provided further, That all funds received by the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service from responsible parties, heretofore and 
hereafter, for site-specific damages to National Wildlife Refuge System 
lands resulting from the exercise of privately-owned oil and gas rights 
associated with such lands in the States of Louisiana and Texas (other 
than damages recoverable under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (26 U.S.C. 4611 et seq.), the 
Oil Pollution Act (33 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), or section 311 of the Clean 
Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1321 et seq.)), shall be available to the 
Secretary, without further appropriation and until expended to: (1) 
complete damage assessments of the impacted site by the Secretary; (2) 
mitigate or restore the damaged resources; and (3) monitor and study 
the recovery of such damaged resources.


                              construction


    For construction and acquisition of buildings and other 
facilities required in the conservation, management, 
investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and 
wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests 
therein; $54,583,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
single procurement for the construction of facilities at the 
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge may be issued which 
includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, That 
the solicitation and the contract shall contain the clauses 
``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232.18.


                            land acquisition


    For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 
through 11), including administrative expenses, and for 
acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in 
accordance with statutory authority applicable to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, $50,513,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain 
available until expended.


            cooperative endangered species conservation fund


    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), as 
amended, $16,000,000, to be derived from the Cooperative 
Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and to remain available 
until expended.


                     national wildlife refuge fund


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


               north american wetlands conservation fund


    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101-233, 
as amended, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.


              wildlife conservation and appreciation fund


    For necessary expenses of the Wildlife Conservation and 
Appreciation Fund, $800,000, to remain available until 
expended.


                multinational species conservation fund


    For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4203, 4211-4213, 4221-4225, 
4241-4245, and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 
1997 (Public Law 105-96; 16 U.S.C. 4261-4266), and the 
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301-
5306), $2,400,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds made available under this Act, Public Law 
105-277, and Public Law 105-83 for rhinoceros, tiger, and Asian 
elephant conservation programs are exempt from any sanctions 
imposed against any country under section 102 of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2799aa-1).


              commercial salmon fishery capacity reduction


    For the Federal share of a capacity reduction program to 
repurchase Washington State Fraser River Sockeye commercial 
fishery licenses consistent with the implementation of the 
``June 30, 1999, Agreement of the United States and Canada on 
the Treaty Between the Government of the United States and the 
Government of Canada Concerning Pacific Salmon, 1985'', 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, and to be 
provided in the form of a grant directly to the State of 
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.


                       administrative provisions


    Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of 
not to exceed 70 passenger motor vehicles, of which 61 are for 
replacement only (including 36 for police-type use); repair of 
damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas 
caused by operations of the Service; options for the purchase 
of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities 
incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 
as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the 
maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other 
facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and to which 
the United States has title, and which are used pursuant to law 
in connection with management and investigation of fish and 
wildlife resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 
501, the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and 
partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing 
services from cooperators in connection with jointly produced 
publications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 
the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service 
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 
accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior may not spend any of the 
funds appropriated in this Act for the purchase of lands or 
interests in lands to be used in the establishment of any new 
unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System unless the purchase 
is approved in advance by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations in compliance with the reprogramming procedures 
contained in Senate Report 105-56.

                         National Park Service


                 operation of the national park system


    For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the 
National Park Service (including special road maintenance 
service to trucking permittees on a reimbursable basis), and 
for the general administration of the National Park Service, 
including not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects 
within the scope of the approved budget which shall be carried 
out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
1706, $1,365,059,000, of which $8,800,000 is for research, 
planning and interagency coordination in support of land 
acquisition for Everglades restoration shall remain available 
until expended, and of which not to exceed $8,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, is to be derived from the 
special fee account established pursuant to title V, section 
5201 of Public Law 100-203.


                  national recreation and preservation


    For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, 
natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership 
programs, environmental compliance and review, international 
park affairs, statutory or contractual aid for other 
activities, and grant administration, not otherwise provided 
for, $53,899,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be available to 
carry out the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), and of which $866,000 shall be 
available until expended for the Oklahoma City National 
Memorial Trust, notwithstanding 7(1) of Public Law 105-58: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
National Park Service may hereafter recover all fees derived 
from providing necessary review services associated with 
historicpreservation tax certification, and such funds shall be 
available until expended without further appropriation for the costs of 
such review services: Provided further, That no more than $150,000 may 
be used for overhead and program administrative expenses for the 
heritage partnership program.


                       historic preservation fund


    For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic 
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), and the 
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104-333), $45,212,000, to be derived from the Historic 
Preservation Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
2001, of which $10,722,000 pursuant to section 507 of Public 
Law 104-333 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the total amount provided, $30,000,000 shall be for 
Save America's Treasures for priority preservation projects, 
including preservation of intellectual and cultural artifacts, 
preservation of historic structures and sites, and buildings to 
house cultural and historic resources and to provide 
educational opportunities: Provided further, That any 
individual Save America's Treasures grant shall be matched by 
non-Federal funds: Provided further, That individual projects 
shall only be eligible for one grant, and all projects to be 
funded shall be approved by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations prior to the commitment of grant funds: Provided 
further, That Save America's Treasures funds allocated for 
Federal projects shall be available by transfer to appropriate 
accounts of individual agencies, after approval of such 
projects by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided for Save America's Treasures 
may be used for administrative expenses, and staffing for the 
program shall be available from the existing staffing levels in 
the National Park Service.


                              construction


    For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of 
physical facilities, including the modifications authorized by 
section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and 
Expansion Act of 1989, $224,493,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $885,000 shall be for realignment of the 
Denali National Park entrance road, of which not less than 
$2,000,000 shall be available for modifications to the Franklin 
Delano Roosevelt Memorial: Provided, That $3,000,000 for the 
Wheeling National Heritage Area, $3,000,000 for the Lincoln 
Library, and $3,000,000 for the Southwest Pennsylvania Heritage 
Area shall be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund 
pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 470a: Provided further, That the National 
Park Service will make available 37 percent, not to exceed 
$1,850,000, of the total cost of upgrading the Mariposa County, 
California municipal solid waste disposal system: Provided 
further, That Mariposa County will provide assurance that 
future use fees paid by the National Park Service will be 
reflective of the capital contribution made by the National 
Park Service.


                    land and water conservation fund


                              (rescission)


    The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2000 by 16 
U.S.C. 460l-10a is rescinded.


                 land acquisition and state assistance


    For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water 
Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 through 
11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of 
lands or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with the 
statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service, 
$120,700,000, to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended, of which 
$21,000,000 is for the State assistance program including 
$1,000,000 to administer the State assistance program, and of 
which $10,000,000 may be for State grants for land acquisition 
in the State of Florida: Provided, That funds provided for 
State grants for land acquisition in the State of Florida are 
contingent upon the following: (1) a signed, binding agreement 
between all principal Federal and non-Federal partners involved 
in the South Florida Restoration Initiative which provides 
specific volume, timing, location andduration of flow 
specifications and water quality measurements which will ensure 
adequate and appropriate water supply to all natural areas in southern 
Florida including all National Parks, Preserves, Wildlife Refuge lands 
and other areas to attain a restored ecosystem, and which will ensure 
that water supply systems in the region impacted by the Central and 
Southern Florida Project receive the appropriate quantity, 
distribution, quality and timing of water to be delivered from the 
operation of the Central and Southern Florida Project during, and 
subsequent to, the implementation of the Central and Southern Florida 
Project Comprehensive Review Study as set forth in section 528 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1996; (2) the submission of detailed 
legislative language to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations that accomplishes this goal; and (3) submission of a 
complete prioritized non-Federal land acquisition project list: 
Provided further, That if all principal Federal and non-Federal 
partners in the South Florida Restoration Initiative do not sign the 
binding agreement described in the preceding proviso within 180 days of 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the funds provided herein for 
State grants for land acquisition in the State of Florida may be made 
available for that purpose upon the approval of both the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations pursuant to established 
reprogramming procedures: Provided further, That after the requirements 
under this heading have been met, from the funds made available for 
State grants for land acquisition in the State of Florida the Secretary 
may provide Federal assistance to the State of Florida for the 
acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, within the 
Everglades watershed (consisting of lands and waters within the 
boundaries of the South Florida Water Management District, Florida Bay 
and the Florida Keys, including the areas known as the Frog Pond, the 
Rocky Glades and the Eight and One-Half Square Mile Area) under terms 
and conditions deemed necessary by the Secretary to improve and restore 
the hydrological function of the Everglades watershed: Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading to the State of Florida 
are contingent upon new matching non-Federal funds by the State and 
shall be subject to an agreement that the lands to be acquired will be 
managed in perpetuity for the restoration of the Everglades: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided herein $2,000,000 shall be made 
available by the National Park Service, pursuant to a grant agreement, 
to the State of Wisconsin so that the State may acquire land or 
interest in land for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided herein $500,000 shall be made 
available by the National Park Service, pursuant to a grant agreement, 
to the State of Wisconsin so that the State may acquire land or 
interest in land for the North Country National Scenic Trail: Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading to the State of 
Wisconsin are contingent upon matching funds by the State.


                       administrative provisions


    Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be 
available for the purchase of not to exceed 384 passenger motor 
vehicles, of which 298 shall be for replacement only, including 
not to exceed 312 for police-type use, 12 buses, and 6 
ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to 
the National Park Service may be used to process any grant or 
contract documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 
1913: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated to 
the National Park Service may be used to implement an agreement 
for the redevelopment of the southern end of Ellis Island until 
such agreement has been submitted to the Congress and shall not 
be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not 
including any day in which either House of Congress is not in 
session because of adjournment of more than three calendar days 
to a day certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives and the President of the Senate of a full 
and comprehensive report on the development of the southern end 
of Ellis Island, including the facts and circumstances relied 
upon in support of the proposed project.
    None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National 
Park Service for activities taken in direct response to the 
United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
    The National Park Service may distribute to operating units 
based on the safety record of each unit the costs of programs 
designed to improve workplace and employee safety, and to 
encourage employees receiving workers' compensation benefits 
pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to 
return to appropriate positions for which they are medically 
able.

                    United States Geological Survey


                 surveys, investigations, and research


    For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research 
covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the 
mineral and water resources of the United States, its 
territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 
43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their 
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to 
power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 
U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data relative to the 
foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiriesinto the economic 
conditions affecting mining and materials processing industries (30 
U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as 
authorized by law and to publish and disseminate data; $823,833,000, of 
which $60,856,000 shall be available only for cooperation with States 
or municipalities for water resources investigations; and of which 
$16,400,000 shall remain available until expended for conducting 
inquiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 
processing industries; and of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for ongoing development of a mineral and geologic data 
base; and of which $137,604,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2001 for the biological research activity and the operation of the 
Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That none of these funds provided 
for the biological research activity shall be used to conduct new 
surveys on private property, unless specifically authorized in writing 
by the property owner: Provided further, That no part of this 
appropriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost of 
topographic mapping or water resources data collection and 
investigations carried on in cooperation with States and 
municipalities.


                       administrative provisions


    The amount appropriated for the United States Geological 
Survey shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 53 
passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are for replacement only; 
reimbursement to the General Services Administration for 
security guard services; contracting for the furnishing of 
topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or other 
specialized surveys when it is administratively determined that 
such procedures are in the public interest; construction and 
maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; 
acquisition of lands for gauging stations and observation 
wells; expenses of the United States National Committee on 
Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses of persons on 
the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to represent the United 
States in the negotiation and administration of interstate 
compacts: Provided, That activities funded by appropriations 
herein made may be accomplished through the use of contracts, 
grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 
et seq.: Provided further, That the United States Geological 
Survey may hereafter contract directly with individuals or 
indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, 
without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or 
intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who 
shall be considered employees for the purposes of chapters 57 
and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 
for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be 
considered to be Federal employees for any other purposes.

                      Minerals Management Service


                royalty and offshore minerals management


    For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and 
environmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and 
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other minerals 
leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and for 
matching grants or cooperative agreements; including the 
purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; $110,682,000, of which $84,569,000 shall be 
available for royalty management activities; and an amount not 
to exceed $124,000,000, to be credited to this appropriation 
and to remain available until expended, from additions to 
receipts resulting from increases to rates in effect on August 
5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collections for Outer 
Continental Shelf administrative activities performed by the 
Minerals Management Service over and above the rates in effect 
on September 30, 1993, and from additional fees for Outer 
Continental Shelf administrative activities established after 
September 30, 1993: Provided, That to the extent $124,000,000 
in additions to receipts are not realized from the sources of 
receipts stated above, the amount needed to reach $124,000,000 
shall be credited to this appropriation from receipts resulting 
from rental rates for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect 
before August 5, 1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for 
computer acquisitions shall remain available until September 
30, 2001: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
Act shall be available for the payment of interest in 
accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided further, 
That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable 
expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine 
cleanup activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be 
available for refunds of overpayments in connection with 
certain Indian leases in which the Director of the Minerals 
Management Service concurred with the claimed refund due, to 
pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct 
prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $198,000 shall be available to carry out the 
requirements of section 215(b)(2) of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1999.


                           oil spill research


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

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


                       regulation and technology


    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 
95-87, as amended, including the purchase of not to exceed 10 
passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; $95,891,000: 
Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to 
regulations, may use directly or through grants to States, 
moneys collected in fiscal year 2000 for civil penalties 
assessed under section 518 of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands 
adversely affected by coal mining practices after August 3, 
1977, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per 
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.


                    abandoned mine reclamation fund


    For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, 
as amended, including the purchase of not more than 10 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $191,208,000, to 
be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund 
and to remain available until expended; of which up to 
$8,000,000, to be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of 
the Fund, shall be for supplemental grants to States for the 
reclamation of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage 
from coal mines, and for associated activities, through the 
Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants to 
minimum program States will be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal 
year 2000: Provided further, That of the funds herein provided 
up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency program 
authorized by section 410 of Public Law 95-87, as amended, of 
which no more than 25 percent shall be used for emergency 
reclamation projects in any one State and funds for federally 
administered emergency reclamation projects under this proviso 
shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further, That prior year 
unobligated funds appropriated for the emergency reclamation 
program shall not be subject to the 25 percent limitation per 
State and may be used without fiscal year limitation for 
emergency projects: Provided further, That pursuant to Public 
Law 97-365, the Department of the Interior is authorized to use 
up to 20 percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed 
to the United States Government to pay for contracts to collect 
these debts: Provided further, That funds made available under 
title IV of Public Law 95-87 may be used for any required non-
Federal share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal 
Government for the purpose of environmental restoration related 
to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage from abandoned 
mines: Provided further, That such projects must be consistent 
with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That, in addition to the 
amount granted to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under 
sections 402(g)(1) and 402(g)(5) of the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act (Act), an additional $300,000 will be 
specifically used for the purpose of conducting a demonstration 
project in accordance with section 401(c)(6) of the Act to 
determine the efficacy of improving water quality by removing 
metals from eligible waters polluted by acid mine drainage: 
Provided further, That the State of Maryland may set aside the 
greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants 
made available to the State under title IV of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 
U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited in 
an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund established 
under a State law, pursuant to which law the amount (together 
with all interest earned on the amount) is expended by the 
State to undertake acid mine drainage abatement and treatment 
projects, except that before any amounts greater than 10 
percent of its title IV grants are deposited in an acid mine 
drainage abatement and treatment fund, the State of Maryland 
must first complete all Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
Act priority one projects.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      operation of indian programs


    For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), 
as amended, the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001-
2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 
U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as amended, $1,637,444,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2001 except as otherwise provided 
herein, of which not to exceed $93,684,000 shall be for welfare 
assistance payments and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination 
Act of 1975, as amended, not to exceed $115,229,000 shall be 
available for payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with ongoing contracts, 
grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements entered into 
with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2000, as 
authorized by such Act, except that tribes and tribal 
organizations may use their tribalpriority allocations for 
unmet indirect costs of ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, or 
annual funding agreements and for unmet welfare assistance costs; and 
of which not to exceed $401,010,000 for school operations costs of 
Bureau-funded schools and other education programs shall become 
available on July 1, 2000, and shall remain available until September 
30, 2001; and of which not to exceed $51,991,000 shall remain available 
until expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney 
fees, litigation support, self-governance grants, the Indian Self-
Determination Fund, land records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi 
Settlement Program: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act 
of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed $42,160,000 
within and only from such amounts made available for school operations 
shall be available to tribes and tribal organizations for 
administrative cost grants associated with the operation of Bureau-
funded schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to 
a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2001, may be 
transferred during fiscal year 2002 to an Indian forest land assistance 
account established for the benefit of such tribe within the tribe's 
trust fund account: Provided further, That any such unobligated 
balances not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2002.


                              construction


    For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other 
facilities, including architectural and engineering services by 
contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and 
preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of the 
Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87-483, 
$146,884,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such amounts as may be available for the construction of 
the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be transferred to the 
Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 
percent of contract authority available to the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to 
cover the road program management costs of the Bureau: Provided 
further, That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made available on a 
nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2000, in implementing new construction or facilities 
improvement and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 
that are provided to tribally controlled grant schools under 
Public Law 100-297, as amended, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost 
Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 
as the regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such 
grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the 
Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a 
schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Provided 
further, That in considering applications, the Secretary shall 
consider whether the Indian tribe or tribal organization would 
be deficient in assuring that the construction projects conform 
to applicable building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, 
or State health and safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 
2005(a), with respect to organizational and financial 
management capabilities: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary declines an application, the Secretary shall follow 
the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f ): Provided 
further, That any disputes between the Secretary and any 
grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes 
provision in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e): Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, collections from 
the settlements between the United States and the Puyallup 
tribe concerning Chief Leschi school are made available for 
school construction in fiscal year 2000 and hereafter: Provided 
further, That in return for a quit claim deed to a school 
building on the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Indian Reservation, 
the Secretary shall pay to U.K. Development, LLC the amount of 
$375,000 from the funds made available under this heading.


 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians


    For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and individuals 
and for necessary administrative expenses, $27,256,000, to 
remain available until expended; of which $25,260,000 shall be 
available for implementation of enacted Indian land and water 
claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 101-618 and 102-575, 
and for implementation of other enacted water rights 
settlements; and of which $1,871,000 shall be available 
pursuant to Public Laws 99-264, 100-383, 103-402 and 100-580.


                 indian guaranteed loan program account


    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,500,000, as authorized 
by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended: Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $59,682,000.
     In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan programs, $508,000.


                       administrative provisions


    The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of 
Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative 
agreements, compacts and grants, either directly or in 
cooperation with States and other organizations.
    Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the 
revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee and 
insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program account) 
shall be available for expenses of exhibits, and purchase of 
not to exceed 229 passenger motor vehicles, of which not to 
exceed 187 shall be for replacement only.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
operations or pooled overhead general administration (except 
facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for 
tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements 
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the 
Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act 
of 1994 (Public Law 103-413).
    In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 
distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish 
the Federal Government's trust responsibility to that tribe, or 
the government-to-government relationship between the United 
States and that tribe, or that tribe's ability to access future 
appropriations.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided herein 
for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., 
shall be available to support the operation of any elementary 
or secondary school in the State of Alaska.
    Appropriations made available in this or any other Act for 
schools funded by the Bureau shall be available only to the 
schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996. No 
funds available to the Bureau shall be used to support expanded 
grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade structure 
in place or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each 
school in the Bureau school system as of October 1, 1995. Funds 
made available under this Act may not be used to establish a 
charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is 
defined in section 1146 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 2026)), except that a charter school that is in 
existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and that has 
operated at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, 
may continue to operate during that period, but only if the 
charter school pays to the Bureau a pro-rata share of funds to 
reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and personal 
property (including buses and vans), the funds of the charter 
school are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the 
Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter school 
programs of the State in which the school is located if the 
charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 
schools sharing a campus with a charter school and performing 
functions related to the charter school's operation and 
employees of a charter school shall not be treated as Federal 
employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ``Federal Tort Claims 
Act''). Not later than June 15, 2000, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall evaluate the effectiveness of Bureau-funded 
schools sharing facilities with charter schools in the manner 
described in the preceding sentence and prepare and submit a 
report on the finding of that evaluation to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and of the House.
    The Tate Topa Tribal School, the Black Mesa Community 
School, the Alamo Navajo School, and other Bureau-funded 
schools subject to the approval of the Secretary of the 
Interior, may use prior year school operations funds for the 
replacement or repair of Bureau of Indian Affairs education 
facilities which are in compliance with 25 U.S.C. 2005(a) and 
which shall be eligible for operation and maintenance support 
to the same extent as other Bureau of Indian Affairs education 
facilities: Provided, That any additional construction costs 
for replacement or repair of such facilities begun with prior 
year funds shall be completed exclusively with non-Federal 
funds.

                           Department Offices

                            Insular Affairs


                       assistance to territories


    For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under 
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
$67,171,000, of which: (1) $63,076,000 shall be available until 
expended for technical assistance, including maintenance 
assistance, disaster assistance, insular management controls, 
coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree snake control 
and research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for 
compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 
1661(c)); grants to the Government of American Samoa, in 
addition to current local revenues, for construction and 
support of governmental functions; grants to the Government of 
the Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the 
Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the 
Government of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law 
(Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $4,095,000 shall be 
available for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular 
Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of 
theterritorial and local governments herein provided for, including 
such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or 
used by such governments, may be audited by the General Accounting 
Office, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands 
Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to those terms of 
the Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future United States 
Financial Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by 
Public Law 104-134: Provided further, That Public Law 94-241, as 
amended, is further amended: (1) in section 4(b) by striking ``2002'' 
and inserting ``1999'' and by striking the comma after ``$11,000,000 
annually'' and inserting the following: ``and for fiscal year 2000, 
payments to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 
$5,580,000, but shall return to the level of $11,000,000 annually for 
fiscal years 2001 and 2002. In fiscal year 2003, the payment to the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be $5,420,000. Such 
payments shall be''; and (2) in section (4)(c) by adding a new 
subsection as follows: ``(4) for fiscal year 2000, $5,420,000 shall be 
provided to the Virgin Islands for correctional facilities and other 
projects mandated by Federal law.'': Provided further, That of the 
amounts provided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be 
made available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided 
further, That the funds for the program of operations and maintenance 
improvement are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 
maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure in American Samoa, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
and the Federated States of Micronesia through assessments of long-
range operations maintenance needs, improved capability of local 
operations and maintenance institutions and agencies (including 
management and vocational education training), and project-specific 
maintenance (with territorial participation and cost sharing to be 
determined by the Secretary based on the individual territory's 
commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets): Provided 
further, That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 
heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-
Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants 
provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).


                      compact of free association


    For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the 
Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 
of the Compact of Free Association, and for economic assistance 
and necessary expenses for the Republic of Palau as provided 
for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of 
Free Association, $20,545,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized by Public Law 99-239 and Public Law 99-
658.

                        Departmental Management


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses for management of the Department of 
the Interior, $62,864,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 may be 
for official reception and representation expenses and of which 
up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation 
payments and unemployment compensation payments associated with 
the orderly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines.

                        Office of the Solicitor


                         salaries and expenses


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

                      Office of Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses


                      office of inspector general


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$26,086,000.

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians


                         federal trust programs


    For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
grants, $90,025,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds for trust management improvements may be 
transferred, as needed, to the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
``Operation of Indian Programs'' account and to the 
Departmental Management ``Salaries and Expenses'' account: 
Provided further, That funds made available to Tribes and 
Tribal organizations through contracts or grants obligated 
during fiscal year 2000, as authorized by the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain 
available until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
statute of limitations shall not commence to run on any claim, 
including any claim in litigation pending on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement of 
trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian has 
been furnished with an accounting of such funds from which the 
beneficiary can determine whether there has been a loss: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly 
statement of performance for any Indian trust account that has 
not had activity for at least 18 months and has a balance of 
$1.00 or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 
an annual account statement and maintain a record of any such 
accounts and shall permit the balance in each such account to 
be withdrawn upon the express written request of the account 
holder.


                    indian land consolidation pilot


                       indian land consolidation


    For implementation of a pilot program for consolidation of 
fractional interests in Indian lands by direct expenditure or 
cooperative agreement, $5,000,000 to remain available until 
expended and which shall be transferred to the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses: Provided, That the Secretary may enter 
into a cooperative agreement, which shall not be subject to 
Public Law 93-638, as amended, with a tribe having jurisdiction 
over the pilot reservation to implement the program to acquire 
fractional interests on behalf of such tribe: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may develop a reservation-wide system for 
establishing the fair market value of various types of lands 
and improvements to govern the amounts offered for acquisition 
of fractional interests: Provided further, That acquisitions 
shall be limited to one or more pilot reservations as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That funds shall 
be available for acquisition of fractional interest in trust or 
restricted lands with the consent of its owners and at fair 
market value, and the Secretary shall hold in trust for such 
tribe all interests acquired pursuant to this pilot program: 
Provided further, That all proceeds from any lease, resource 
sale contract, right-of-way or other transaction derived from 
the fractional interest shall be credited to this 
appropriation, and remain available until expended, until the 
purchase price paid by the Secretary under this appropriation 
has been recovered from such proceeds: Provided further, That 
once the purchase price has been recovered, all subsequent 
proceeds shall be managed by the Secretary for the benefit of 
the applicable tribe or paid directly to the tribe.

           Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration


                natural resource damage assessment fund


    To conduct natural resource damage assessment activities by 
the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 
provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et 
seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (PublicLaw 
101-380), and Public Law 101-337, $5,400,000, to remain available until 
expended.


                       administrative provisions


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

             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

    Sec. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or 
office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency 
reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, 
utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or 
destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: 
Provided, That no funds shall be made available under this 
authority until funds specifically made available to the 
Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been 
exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to 
this section are hereby designated by Congress to be 
``emergency requirements'' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
and must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation which 
must be requested as promptly as possible.
    Sec. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 
transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in 
addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the 
several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention 
of forest or range fires on or threatening lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the 
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its 
jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or 
actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other 
unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage 
assessment activities related to actual oil spills; for the 
prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential 
grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in 
section 1773(b) of Public Law 99-198 (99 Stat. 1658); for 
emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of Public Law 
95-87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds available to 
the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such 
funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory 
authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out the 
regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That 
appropriations made in this title for fire suppression purposes 
shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred 
during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to 
other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, 
or other equipment in connection with their use for fire 
suppression purposes, such reimbursement to be credited to 
appropriations currently available at the time of receipt 
thereof: Provided further, That for emergency rehabilitation 
and wildfire suppression activities, no funds shall be made 
available under this authority until funds appropriated to 
``Wildland Fire Management'' shall have been exhausted: 
Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this section 
are hereby designated by Congress to be ``emergency 
requirements'' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be 
replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be 
requested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That such 
replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata 
basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred.
    Sec. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and 
similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will 
contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations 
shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other activity 
in the same manner as authorized by sections 1535 and 1536 of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided, That reimbursements for 
costs and supplies, materials, equipment, and for services 
rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the 
time such reimbursements are received.
    Sec. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the 
Interior in this title shall be available for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the Secretary, 
in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private 
residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when 
authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in 
societies or associations which issue publications to members 
only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are 
not members.
    Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the 
Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902 and D.C. Code 4-204).
    Sec. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for obligation in connection with contracts issued 
for services or rentals for periods not in excess of 12 months 
beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
    Sec. 107. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore 
leasing and related activities placed under restriction in the 
President's moratorium statement of June 26, 1990, in the areas 
of northern, central, and southern California; the North 
Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; and the eastern Gulf of Mexico 
south of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west 
longitude.
    Sec. 108. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore 
oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related 
activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin planning 
area.
    Sec. 109. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
by the Department of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and 
natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the 
eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any lands located 
outside Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer Continental 
Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997-2002.
    Sec. 110. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and natural 
gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the Mid-
Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
    Sec. 111. Advance payments made under this title to Indian 
tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia pursuant to 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 
1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) may be invested by the Indian 
tribe, tribal organization, or consortium before such funds are 
expended for the purposes of the grant, compact, or annual 
funding agreement so long as such funds are--
            (1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal 
        organization, or consortium only in obligations of the 
        United States, or in obligations or securities that are 
        guaranteed or insured by the United States, or mutual 
        (or other) funds registered with the Securities and 
        Exchange Commission and which only invest in 
        obligations of the United States or securities that are 
        guaranteed or insured by the United States; or
            (2) deposited only into accounts that are insured 
        by an agency or instrumentality of the United States, 
        or are fully collateralized to ensure protection of the 
        funds, even in the event of a bank failure.
    Sec. 112. (a) Employees of Helium Operations, Bureau of 
Land Management, entitled to severance pay under 5 U.S.C. 5595, 
may apply for, and the Secretary of the Interior may pay, the 
total amount of the severance pay to the employee in a lump 
sum. Employees paid severance pay in a lump sum and 
subsequently reemployed by the Federal Government shall be 
subject to the repayment provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) and 
(3), except that any repayment shall be made to the Helium 
Fund.
    (b) Helium Operations employees who elect to continue 
health benefits after separation shall be liable for not more 
than the required employee contribution under 5 U.S.C. 
8905a(d)(1)(A). The Helium Fund shall pay for 18 months the 
remaining portion of required contributions.
    (c) The Secretary of the Interior may provide for training 
to assist Helium Operations employees in the transition to 
other Federal or private sector jobs during the facility shut-
down and disposition process and for up to 12 months following 
separation from Federal employment, including retraining and 
relocation incentives on the same terms and conditions as 
authorized for employees of the Department of Defense in 
section 348 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1995.
    (d) For purposes of the annual leave restoration provisions 
of 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(1)(B), the cessation of helium production 
and sales, and other related Helium Program activities shall be 
deemed to create an exigency of public business under, and 
annual leave that is lost during leave years 1997 through 2001 
because of 5 U.S.C. 6304 (regardless of whether such leave was 
scheduled in advance) shall be restored to the employee and 
shall be credited and available in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 
6304(d)(2). Annual leave so restored and remaining unused upon 
the transfer of a Helium Program employee to a position of the 
executive branch outside of the Helium Program shall be 
liquidated by payment to the employee of a lump sum from the 
Helium Fund for such leave.
    (e) Benefits under this section shall be paid from the 
Helium Fund in accordance with section 4(c)(4) of the Helium 
Privatization Act of 1996. Funds may be made available to 
Helium Program employees who are or will be separated before 
October 1, 2002 because of the cessation of helium production 
and sales and other related activities. Retraining benefits, 
including retraining and relocation incentives, may be paid for 
retraining commencing on or before September 30, 2002.
    (f) This section shall remain in effect through fiscal year 
2002.
    Sec. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act 
of 1975, as amended, hereafter funds available to the 
Department of the Interior for Indian self-determination or 
self-governance contract or grant support costs may be expended 
only for costs directly attributable to contracts, grants and 
compacts pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 
and hereafter funds appropriated in this title shall not be 
available for any contract support costs or indirect costs 
associated with any contract, grant, cooperative agreement, 
self-governance compact or funding agreement entered into 
between an Indian tribe or tribal organization and any entity 
other than an agency of the Department of the Interior.
    Sec. 114. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
National Park Service shall not develop or implement a reduced 
entrance fee program to accommodate non-local travel through a 
unit. The Secretary may provide for and regulate local non-
recreational passage through units of the National Park System, 
allowing each unit to develop guidelines and permits for such 
activity appropriate to that unit.
    Sec. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, the Secretary is authorized to 
permit persons, firms or organizations engaged in commercial, 
cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined 
in section 612a of title 40, United States Code) not currently 
occupying such space to use courtyards, auditoriums, meeting 
rooms, and other space of the main and south Interior building 
complex, Washington, D.C., the maintenance, operation, and 
protection of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 
the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, and to assess 
reasonable charges therefore, subject to such procedures as the 
Secretary deems appropriate for such uses. Charges may be for 
the space, utilities, maintenance, repair, and other services. 
Charges for such space and services may be at rates equivalent 
to the prevailing commercial rate for comparable space and 
services devoted to a similar purpose in the vicinity of the 
main and south Interior building complex, Washington, D.C. for 
which charges are being assessed. The Secretary may without 
further appropriation hold, administer, and use such proceeds 
within the Departmental Management Working Capital Fund to 
offset the operation of the buildings under his jurisdiction, 
whether delegated or otherwise, and for related purposes, until 
expended.
    Sec. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Steel Industry American Heritage Area, authorized by Public Law 
104-333, is hereby renamed the Rivers of Steel National 
Heritage Area.
    Sec. 117. (a) In this section--
            (1) the term ``Huron Cemetery'' means the lands 
        that form the cemetery that is popularly known as the 
        Huron Cemetery, located in Kansas City, Kansas, as 
        described in subsection (b)(3); and
            (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        the Interior.
    (b)(1) The Secretary shall take such action as may be 
necessary to ensure that the lands comprising the Huron 
Cemetery (as described in paragraph (3)) are used only in 
accordance with this subsection.
    (2) The lands of the Huron Cemetery shall be used only--
            (A) for religious and cultural uses that are 
        compatible with the use of the lands as a cemetery; and
            (B) as a burial ground.
    (3) The description of the lands of the Huron Cemetery is 
as follows:
    The tract of land in the NW quarter of sec. 10, T. 11 S., 
R. 25 E., of the sixth principal meridian, in Wyandotte County, 
Kansas (as surveyed and marked on the ground on August 15, 
1888, by William Millor, Civil Engineer and Surveyor), 
described as follows:
            ``Commencing on the Northwest corner of the 
        Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said 
        Section 10;
            ``Thence South 28 poles to the `true point of 
        beginning';
            ``Thence South 71 degrees East 10 poles and 18 
        links;
            ``Thence South 18 degrees and 30 minutes West 28 
        poles;
            ``Thence West 11 and one-half poles;
            ``Thence North 19 degrees 15 minutes East 31 poles 
        and 15 feet to the `true point of beginning', 
        containing 2 acres or more.''.
    Sec. 118. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going basis 
from a credit card services provider under the Department of 
the Interior's charge card programs may be deposited to and 
retained without fiscal year limitation in the Departmental 
Working Capital Fund established under 43 U.S.C. 1467 and used 
to fund management initiatives of general benefit to the 
Department of the Interior's bureaus and offices as determined 
by the Secretary or his designee.
    Sec. 119. Appropriations made in this title under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special Trustee 
for American Indians and any available unobligated balances 
from prior appropriations Acts made under the same headings, 
shall be available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust 
management activities pursuant to the Trust Management 
Improvement Project High Level Implementation Plan.
    Sec. 120. All properties administered by the National Park 
Service at Fort Baker, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 
and leases, concessions, permits and other agreements 
associated with those properties, hereafter shall be exempt 
from all taxes and special assessments, except sales tax, by 
the State of California and its political subdivisions, 
including the County of Marin and the City of Sausalito. Such 
areas of Fort Baker shall remain under exclusive Federal 
jurisdiction.
    Sec. 121. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate and enter 
into agreements and leases, without regard to section 321 of 
chapter 314 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b), with 
any person, firm, association, organization, corporation, or 
governmental entity for all or part of the property within Fort 
Baker administered by the Secretary as part of Golden Gate 
National Recreation Area. The proceeds of the agreements or 
leases shall be retained by the Secretary and such proceeds 
shall be available, without future appropriation, for the 
preservation, restoration, operation, maintenance and 
interpretation and related expenses incurred with respect to 
Fort Baker properties.
    Sec. 122. Where any Federal lands included in the boundary 
of Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Area for grazing 
purposes, pursuant to a permit issued by the National Park 
Service, the person or persons so utilizing such lands shall be 
entitled to renew said permit. The National Park Service is 
further directed to manage the Lake Roosevelt National 
Recreational Area subject to grazing use in a manner that will 
protect the recreational, natural (including water quality) and 
cultural resources of the Lake Roosevelt National Recreational 
Area.
    Sec. 123. Grazing permits and leases that expire or are 
transferred, shall be renewed on the same terms and conditions 
as contained in the expiring permits or leases until the 
Secretary of the Interior completes processing these permits 
and leases in compliance with all applicable laws and 
regulations, at which time such permit or lease may be 
canceled, suspended or modified, in whole or in part, to meet 
the requirements of such applicable laws and regulations. 
Nothing in this language shall be deemed to alter the 
Secretary's statutory authority.
    Sec. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
the purpose of reducing the backlog of Indian probate cases in 
the Department of the Interior, the hearing requirements of 
chapter 10 of title 25, United States Code, are deemed 
satisfied by a proceeding conducted by an Indian probate judge, 
appointed by the Secretary without regard to the provisions of 
title 5, United States Code, governing the appointments in the 
competitive service, for such period of time as the Secretary 
determines necessary: Provided, That the Secretary may only 
appoint such Indian probate judges if, by January 1, 2000, the 
Secretary is unable to secure the services of at least 10 
qualified Administrative Law Judges on a temporary basis from 
other agencies and/or through appointing retired Administrative 
Law Judges: Provided further, That the basic pay of an Indian 
probate judge so appointed may be fixed by the Secretary 
without regard to the provisions of chapter 51, and subchapter 
III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, governing the 
classification and pay of General Schedule employees, except 
that no such Indian probate judge may be paid at a level which 
exceeds the maximum rate payable for the highest grade of the 
General Schedule, including locality pay.
    Sec. 125. (a) Loan To Be Granted.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior (hereinafter the ``Secretary''), in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, shall make available to the 
Government of American Samoa (hereinafter ``ASG''), the 
benefits of a loan in the amount of $18,600,000 bearing 
interest at a rate equal to the United States Treasury cost of 
borrowing for obligations of similar duration. Repayment of the 
loan shall be secured and accomplished pursuant to this section 
with funds, as they become due and payable to ASG from the 
Escrow Account established under the terms and conditions of 
the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (and the subsequent 
Enforcing Consent Decree) (hereinafter collectively referred to 
as ``the Agreement'') entered into by the parties November 23, 
1998, and judgment granted by the High Court of American Samoa 
on January 5, 1999 (Civil Action 119-98, American Samoa 
Government v. Philip Morris Tobacco Co., et al.).
    (b) Conditions Regarding Loan Proceeds.--Except as provided 
under subsection (e), no proceeds of the loan described in this 
section shall become available until ASG--
            (1) has enacted legislation, or has taken such 
        other or additional official action as the Secretary 
        may deem satisfactory to secure and ensure repayment of 
        the loan, irrevocably transferring and assigning for 
        payment to the Department of the Interior (or to the 
        Department of the Treasury, upon agreement between the 
        Secretaries of such departments) all amounts due and 
        payable to ASG under the terms and conditions of the 
        Agreement for a period of 26 years with the first 
        payment beginning in 2000, such repayment to be further 
        secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of 
        ASG;
            (2) has entered into an agreement or memorandum of 
        understanding described in subsection (c) with the 
        Secretary identifying with specificity the manner in 
        which approximately $14,300,000 of the loan proceeds 
        will be used to pay debts of ASG incurred prior to 
        April 15, 1999; and
            (3) has provided to the Secretary an initial plan 
        of fiscal and managerial reform as described in 
        subsection (d) designed to bring the ASG's annual 
        operating expenses into balance with projected revenues 
        for the years 2003 and beyond, and identifying the 
        manner in which approximately $4,300,000 of the loan 
        proceeds will be utilized to facilitate implementation 
        of the plan.
    (c) Procedure and Priorities for Debt Payments.--
            (1) In structuring the agreement or memorandum of 
        understanding identified in subsection (b)(2), the ASG 
        and the Secretary shall include provisions, which 
        create priorities for the payment of creditors in the 
        following order--
                    (A) debts incurred for services, supplies, 
                facilities, equipment and materials directly 
                connected with the provision of health, safety 
                and welfare functions for the benefit of the 
                general population of American Samoa 
                (including, but not limited to, health care, 
                fire and police protection, educational 
                programs grades K-12, and utility services for 
                facilities belonging to or utilized by ASG and 
                its agencies), wherein the creditor agrees to 
                compromise and settle the existing debt for a 
                payment not exceeding 75 percent of the amount 
                owed, shall be given the highest priority for 
                payment from the loan proceeds under this 
                section;
                    (B) debts not exceeding a total amount of 
                $200,000 owed to a single provider and incurred 
                for any legitimate governmental purpose for the 
                benefit of the general population of American 
                Samoa, wherein the creditor agrees to 
                compromise and settle the existing debt for a 
                payment not exceeding 70 percent of the amount 
                owed, shall be given the second highest 
                priority for payment from the loan proceeds 
                under this section;
                    (C) debts exceeding a total amount of 
                $200,000 owed to a single provider and incurred 
                for any legitimate governmental purpose for the 
                benefit of the general population of American 
                Samoa, wherein the creditor agrees to 
                compromise and settle the existing debt for a 
                payment not exceeding 65 percent of the amount 
                owed, shall be given the third highest priority 
                for payment from the loan proceeds under this 
                section;
                    (D) other debts regardless of total amount 
                owed or purpose for which incurred, wherein the 
                creditor agrees to compromise and settle the 
                existing debt for a payment not exceeding 60 
                percent of the amount owed, shall be given the 
                fourth highest priority for payment from the 
                loan proceeds under this section;
                    (E) debts described in subparagraphs (A), 
                (B), (C), and (D) of this paragraph, wherein 
                the creditor declines to compromise and settle 
                the debt for the percentage of the amount owed 
                as specified under the applicable subparagraph, 
                shall be given the lowest priority for payment 
                from the loan proceeds under this section.
            (2) The agreement described in subsection (b)(2) 
        shall also generally provide a framework whereby the 
        Governor of American Samoa shall, from time-to-time, be 
        required to give 10 business days notice to the 
        Secretary that ASG will make payment in accordance with 
        this section to specified creditors and the amount 
        which will be paid to each of such creditors. Upon 
        issuance of payments in accordance with the notice, the 
        Governor shall immediately confirm such payments to the 
        Secretary, and the Secretary shall within three 
        business days following receipt of such confirmation 
        transfer from the loan proceeds an amount sufficient to 
        reimburse ASG for the payments made to creditors.
            (3) The agreement may contain such other provisions 
        as are mutually agreeable, and which are calculated to 
        simplify and expedite the payment of existing debt 
        under this section and ensure the greatest level of 
        compromise and settlement with creditors in order to 
        maximize the retirement of ASG debt.
    (d) Fiscal and Managerial Reform Program.--
            (1) The initial plan of fiscal and managerial 
        reform, designed to bring ASG's annual operating 
        expenses into balance with projected revenues for the 
        years 2003 and beyond as required under subsection 
        (b)(3), should identify specific measures which will be 
        implemented by ASG to accomplish such goal, the 
        anticipated reduction in government operating expense 
        which will be achieved by each measure, and should 
        include a timetable for attainment of each reform 
        measure identified therein.
            (2) The initial plan should also identify with 
        specificity the manner in which approximately 
        $4,300,000 of the loan proceeds will be utilized to 
        assist in meeting the reform plan's targets within the 
        timetable specified through the use of incentives for 
        early retirement, severance pay packages, outsourcing 
        services, or any other expenditures for program 
        elements reasonably calculated to result in reduced 
        future operating expenses for ASG on a long term basis.
            (3) Upon receipt of the initial plan, the Secretary 
        shall consult with the Governor of American Samoa, and 
        shall make any recommendations deemed reasonable and 
        prudent to ensure the goals of reform are achieved. The 
        reform plan shall contain objective criteria that can 
        be documented by a competent third party, mutually 
        agreeable to the Governor and the Secretary. The plan 
        shall include specific targets for reducing the amounts 
        of ASG local revenues expended on government payroll 
        and overhead (including contracts for consulting 
        services), and may include provisions which allow 
        modest increases in support of the LBJ Hospital 
        Authority reasonably calculated to assist the Authority 
        implement reforms which will lead to an independent 
        audit indicating annual expenditures at or below annual 
        Authority receipts.
            (4) The Secretary shall enter into an agreement 
        with the Governor similar to that specified in 
        subsection (c)(2) of this section, enabling ASG to make 
        payments as contemplated in the reform plan and then to 
        receive reimbursement from the Secretary out of the 
        portion of loan proceeds allocated for the 
        implementation of fiscal reforms.
            (5) Within 60 days following receipt of the initial 
        plan, the Secretary shall approve an interim final plan 
        reasonably calculated to make substantial progress 
        toward overall reform. The Secretary shall provide 
        copies of the plan, and any subsequent modifications, 
        to the House Committee on Resources, the House 
        Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on the 
        Department of the Interior and Related Agencies, the 
        Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and 
        the Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on 
        the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies.
            (6) From time-to-time as deemed necessary, the 
        Secretary shall consult further with the Governor of 
        American Samoa, and shall approve such mutually 
        agreeable modifications to the interim final plan as 
        circumstances warrant in order to achieve the overall 
        goals of ASG fiscal and managerial reforms.
    (e) Release of Loan Proceeds.--From the total proceeds of 
the loan described in this section, the Secretary shall make 
available--
            (1) upon compliance by ASG with paragraphs (b)(1) 
        and (b)(2) of this section and in accordance with 
        subsection (c), approximately $14,300,000 in 
        reimbursements as requested from time-to-time by the 
        Governor for payments to creditors;
            (2) upon compliance by ASG with paragraphs (b)(1) 
        and (b)(3) of this section and in accordance with 
        subsection (d), approximately $4,300,000 in 
        reimbursements as requested from time-to-time by the 
        Governor for payments associated with implementation of 
        the interim final reform plan; and
            (3) notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
        subsection, at any time the Secretary and the Governor 
        mutually determine that the amount necessary to fund 
        payments under paragraph (2) will total less than 
        $4,300,000 then the Secretary may approve the amount of 
        any unused portion of such sum for additional payments 
        against ASG debt under paragraph (1).
    (f ) Exception.--Proceeds from the loan under this section 
shall be used solely for the purposes of debt payments and 
reform plan implementation as specified herein, except that the 
Secretary may provide an amount equal to not more than 2 
percent of the total loan proceeds for the purpose of retaining 
the services of an individual or business entity to provide 
direct assistance and management expertise in carrying out the 
purposes of this section. Such individual or business entity 
shall be mutually agreeable to the Governor and the Secretary, 
may not be a current or former employee of, or contractor for, 
and may not be a creditor of ASG. Notwithstanding the preceding 
two sentences, the Governor and the Secretary may agree to also 
retain the services of any semi-autonomous agency of ASG which 
has established a record of sound management and fiscal 
responsibility, as evidenced by audited financial reports for 
at least three of the past 5 years, to coordinatewith and 
assist any individual or entity retained under this subsection.
    (g) Construction.--The provisions of this section are 
expressly applicable only to the utilization of proceeds from 
the loan described in this section, and nothing herein shall be 
construed to relieve ASG from any lawful debt or obligation 
except to the extent a creditor shall voluntarily enter into an 
arms length agreement to compromise and settle outstanding 
amounts under subsection (c).
    (h) Termination.--The payment of debt and the payments 
associated with implementation of the interim final reform plan 
shall be completed not later than October 1, 2003. On such 
date, any unused loan proceeds totaling $1,000,000 or less 
shall be transferred by the Secretary directly to ASG. If the 
amount of unused loan proceeds exceeds $1,000,000, then such 
amount shall be credited to the total of loan repayments 
specified in paragraph (b)(1). With approval of the Secretary, 
ASG may designate additional payments from time-to-time from 
funds available from any source, without regard to the original 
purpose of such funds.
    Sec. 126. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and in 
consultation with the Director of the National Park Service, 
shall undertake the necessary activities to designate Midway 
Atoll as a National Memorial to the Battle of Midway. In 
pursuing such a designation the Secretary shall consult with 
organizations with an interest in Midway Atoll. The Secretary 
shall consult on a regular basis with such organizations, 
including the International Midway Memorial Foundation, Inc. on 
the management of the National Memorial.
    Sec. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any 
Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, 
to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to 
address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping 
service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies. No 
tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation 
funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 2000. Under 
circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or 
inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent 
limitation does not apply.
    Sec. 128. None of the Funds provided in this Act shall be 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Department of 
the Interior to transfer land into trust status for the 
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Clark County, Washington, unless 
and until the tribe and the county reach a legally enforceable 
agreement that addresses the financial impact of new 
development on the county, school district, fire district, and 
other local governments and the impact on zoning and 
development.
    Sec. 129. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used by the Department of the Interior to implement the 
provisions of Principle 3(C)ii and Appendix section 3(B)(4) in 
Secretarial Order 3206, entitled ``American Indian Tribal 
Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities, and the 
Endangered Species Act''.
    Sec. 130. Of the funds appropriated in title V of the 
Fiscal Year 1998 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation 
Act, Public Law 105-83, the Secretary shall provide up to 
$2,000,000 in the form of a grant to the Fairbanks North Star 
Borough for acquisition of undeveloped parcels along the banks 
of the Chena River for the purpose of establishing an urban 
greenbelt within the Borough. The Secretary shall further 
provide from the funds appropriated in title V up to $1,000,000 
in the form of a grant to the Municipality of Anchorage for the 
acquisition of approximately 34 acres of wetlands adjacent to a 
municipal park in Anchorage (the Jewel Lake Wetlands).
    Sec. 131. Funding for the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge 
and Certain Projects in the State of Ohio. Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, from the unobligated balances 
appropriated for a grant to the State of Ohio for the 
acquisition of the Howard Farm near Metzger Marsh, Ohio--
            (1) $500,000 shall be derived by transfer and made 
        available for the acquisition of land in the Ottawa 
        National Wildlife Refuge;
            (2) $302,000 shall be derived by transfer and made 
        available for the Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission, 
        Ohio; and
            (3) $198,000 shall be derived by transfer and made 
        available for a grant to the State of Ohio for the 
        preservation and restoration of the birthplace, boyhood 
        home, and schoolhouse of Ulysses S. Grant.
    Sec. 132. Conveyance to Nye County, Nevada. (a) 
Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) County.--The term ``County'' means Nye County, 
        Nevada.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director 
        of the Bureau of Land Management.
    (b) Parcels Conveyed for Use of the Nevada Science and 
Technology Center.--
            (1) In general.--For no consideration and at no 
        other cost to the County, the Secretary shall convey to 
        the County, subject to valid existing rights, allright, 
title, and interest in and to the parcels of public land described in 
paragraph (2).
            (2) Land description.--The parcels of public land 
        referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
                    (A) The portion of Sec. 13 north of United 
                States Route 95, T. 15 S., R. 49 E., Mount 
                Diablo Meridian, Nevada.
                    (B) In Sec. 18, T. 15 S., R. 50 E., Mount 
                Diablo Meridian, Nevada:
                            (i) W \1/2\ W \1/2\ NW \1/4\.
                            (ii) The portion of the W \1/2\ W 
                        \1/2\ SW \1/4\ north of United States 
                        Route 95.
            (3) Use.--
                    (A) In general.--The parcels described in 
                paragraph (2) shall be used for the 
                construction and operation of the Nevada 
                Science and Technology Center as a nonprofit 
                museum and exposition center, and related 
                facilities and activities.
                    (B) Reversion.--The conveyance of any 
                parcel described in paragraph (2) shall be 
                subject to reversion to the United States, at 
                the discretion of Secretary, if the parcel is 
                used for a purpose other than that specified in 
                subparagraph (A).
    (c) Parcels Conveyed for Other Use for a Commercial 
Purpose.--
            (1) Right to purchase.--For a period of 5 years 
        beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        County shall have the exclusive right to purchase the 
        parcels of public land described in paragraph (2) for 
        the fair market value of the parcels, as determined by 
        the Secretary.
            (2) Land description.--The parcels of public land 
        referred to in paragraph (1) are the following parcels 
        in Sec. 18, T. 15 S., R. 50 E., Mount Diablo Meridian, 
        Nevada:
                    (A) E \1/2\ NW \1/4\.
                    (B) E \1/2\ W \1/2\ NW \1/4\.
                    (C) The portion of the E \1/2\ SW \1/4\ 
                north of United States Route 95.
                    (D) The portion of the E \1/2\ W \1/2\ SW 
                \1/4\ north of United States Route 95.
                    (E) The portion of the SE \1/4\ north of 
                United States Route 95.
            (3) Use of proceeds.--Proceeds of a sale of a 
        parcel described in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) shall be deposited in the special 
                account established under section 4(e)(1)(C) of 
                the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act 
                of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345); and
                    (B) shall be available for use by the 
                Secretary--
                            (i) to reimburse costs incurred by 
                        the local offices of the Bureau of Land 
                        Management in arranging the land 
                        conveyances directed by this Act; and
                            (ii) as provided in section 4(e)(3) 
                        of that Act (112 Stat. 2346).
    Sec. 133. Conveyance of Land to City of Mesquite, Nevada. 
Section 3 of Public Law 99-548 (100 Stat. 3061; 110 Stat. 3009-
202) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Fifth Area.--
            ``(1) Right to purchase.--For a period of 12 years 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, the City 
        of Mesquite, Nevada, shall have the exclusive right to 
        purchase the parcels of public land described in 
        paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Land description.--The parcels of public land 
        referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
                    ``(A) In T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo 
                Meridian, Nevada:
                            ``(i) The portion of sec. 27 north 
                        of Interstate Route 15.
                            ``(ii) Sec. 28: NE \1/4\, S \1/2\ 
                        (except the Interstate Route 15 right-
                        of-way).
                            ``(iii) Sec. 29: E \1/2\ NE \1/4\ 
                        SE \1/4\, SE \1/4\ SE \1/4\.
                            ``(iv) The portion of sec. 30 south 
                        of Interstate Route 15.
                            ``(v) The portion of sec. 31 south 
                        of Interstate Route 15.
                            ``(vi) Sec. 32: NE \1/4\ NE \1/4\ 
                        (except the Interstate Route 15 right-
                        of-way), the portion of NW \1/4\ NE \1/
                        4\ south of Interstate Route 15, and 
                        the portion of W \1/2\ south of 
                        Interstate Route 15.
                            ``(vii) The portion of sec. 33 
                        north of Interstate Route 15.
                    ``(B) In T. 14 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo 
                Meridian, Nevada:
                            ``(i) Sec. 5: NW \1/4\.
                            ``(ii) Sec. 6: N \1/2\.
                    ``(C) In T. 13 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo 
                Meridian, Nevada:
                            ``(i) The portion of sec. 25 south 
                        of Interstate Route 15.
                            ``(ii) The portion of sec. 26 south 
                        of Interstate Route 15.
                            ``(iii) The portion of sec. 27 
                        south of Interstate Route 15.
                            ``(iv) Sec. 28: SW \1/4\ SE \1/4\.
                            ``(v) Sec. 33: E \1/2\.
                            ``(vi) Sec. 34.
                            ``(vii) Sec. 35.
                            ``(viii) Sec. 36.
            ``(3) Notification.--Not later than 10 years after 
        the date of the enactment of this subsection, the city 
        shall notify the Secretary which of the parcels of 
        public land described in paragraph (2) the city intends 
        to purchase.
            ``(4) Conveyance.--Not later than 1 year after 
        receiving notification from the city under paragraph 
        (3), the Secretary shall convey to the city the land 
        selected for purchase.
            ``(5) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing 
        rights, until the date that is 12 years after the date 
        of the enactment of this subsection, the parcels of 
        public land described in paragraph (2) are withdrawn 
        from all forms of entry and appropriation under the 
        public land laws, including the mining laws, and from 
        operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing 
        laws.
            ``(6) Use of proceeds.--The proceeds of the sale of 
        each parcel--
                    ``(A) shall be deposited in the special 
                account established under section 4(e)(1)(C) of 
                the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act 
                of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345); and
                    ``(B) shall be available for use by the 
                Secretary--
                            ``(i) to reimburse costs incurred 
                        by the local offices of the Bureau of 
                        Land Management in arranging the land 
                        conveyances directed by this Act; and
                            ``(ii) as provided in section 
                        4(e)(3) of that Act (112 Stat. 2346).
    ``(f ) Sixth Area.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
        date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
        shall convey to the City of Mesquite, Nevada, in 
        accordance with section 47125 of title 49, United 
        States Code, up to 2,560 acres of public land to be 
        selected by the city from among the parcels of land 
        described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Land description.--The parcels of land 
        referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
                    ``(A) In T. 13 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo 
                Meridian, Nevada:
                            ``(i) The portion of sec. 28 south 
                        of Interstate Route 15 (except S \1/2\ 
                        SE \1/4\).
                            ``(ii) The portion of sec. 29 south 
                        of Interstate Route 15.
                            ``(iii) The portion of sec. 30 
                        south of Interstate Route 15.
                            ``(iv) The portion of sec. 31 south 
                        of Interstate Route 15.
                            ``(v) Sec. 32.
                            ``(vi) Sec. 33: W \1/2\.
                    ``(B) In T. 14 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo 
                Meridian, Nevada:
                            ``(i) Sec. 4.
                            ``(ii) Sec. 5.
                            ``(iii) Sec. 6.
                            ``(iv) Sec. 8.
                    ``(C) In T. 14 S., R. 68 E., Mount Diablo 
                Meridian, Nevada:
                            ``(i) Sec. 1.
                            ``(ii) Sec. 12.
            ``(3) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing 
        rights, until the date that is 12 years after the date 
        of the enactment of this subsection, the parcels of 
        public land described in paragraph (2) are withdrawn 
        from all forms of entry and appropriation under the 
        public land laws, including the mining laws, and from 
        operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing 
        laws.''.
    Sec. 134. Quadricentennial Commemoration of the Saint Croix 
Island International Historic Site. (a) Findings.--The Senate 
finds that--
            (1) in 1604, one of the first European colonization 
        efforts was attempted at St. Croix Island in Calais, 
        Maine;
            (2) St. Croix Island settlement predated both the 
        Jamestown and Plymouth colonies;
            (3) St. Croix Island offers a rare opportunity to 
        preserve and interpret early interactions between 
        European explorers and colonists and Native Americans;
            (4) St. Croix Island is one of only two 
        international historic sites comprised of land 
        administered by the National Park Service;
            (5) the quadricentennial commemorative celebration 
        honoring the importance of the St. Croix 
Islandsettlement to the countries and people of both Canada and the 
United States is rapidly approaching;
            (6) the 1998 National Park Service management plans 
        and long-range interpretive plan call for enhancing 
        visitor facilities at both Red Beach and downtown 
        Calais;
            (7) in 1982, the Department of the Interior and 
        Canadian Department of the Environment signed a 
        memorandum of understanding to recognize the 
        international significance of St. Croix Island and, in 
        an amendment memorandum, agreed to conduct joint 
        strategic planning for the international commemoration 
        with a special focus on the 400th anniversary of 
        settlement in 2004;
            (8) the Department of Canadian Heritage has 
        installed extensive interpretive sites on the Canadian 
        side of the border; and
            (9) current facilities at Red Beach and Calais are 
        extremely limited or nonexistent for a site of this 
        historic and cultural importance.
    (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
that--
            (1) using funds made available by this Act, the 
        National Park Service should expeditiously pursue 
        planning for exhibits at Red Beach and the town of 
        Calais, Maine; and
            (2) the National Park Service should take what 
        steps are necessary, including consulting with the 
        people of Calais, to ensure that appropriate exhibits 
        at Red Beach and the town of Calais are completed by 
        2004.
    Sec. 135. No funds appropriated for the Department of the 
Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used to study or 
implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or to reduce the water 
level of the lake below the range of water levels required for 
the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
    Sec. 136. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act or any other provision of law, may be 
used by any officer, employee, department or agency of the 
United States to impose or require payment of an inspection fee 
in connection with the export of shipments of fur-bearing 
wildlife containing 1,000 or fewer raw, crusted, salted or 
tanned hides or fur skins, or separate parts thereof, including 
species listed under the Convention on International Trade in 
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora done at Washington, 
March 3, 1973 (27 UST 1027): Provided, That this provision 
shall for the duration of the calendar year in which the 
shipment occurs, not apply to any person who ships more than 
2,500 of such hides, fur skins or parts thereof during the 
course of such year.
    Sec. 137. No funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
expended to implement sound thresholds or standards in the 
Grand Canyon National Park until 90 days after the National 
Park Service has provided to the Congress a report describing: 
(1) the reasonable scientific basis for such sound thresholds 
or standard; and (2) the peer review process used to validate 
such sound thresholds or standard.
    Sec. 138. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands from 
the Haines Borough, Alaska, consisting of approximately 20 
acres, more or less, in four tracts identified for this purpose 
by the Borough, and contained in an area formerly known as 
``Duncan's Camp''; the Secretary shall use $340,000 previously 
allocated from funds appropriated for the Department of the 
Interior for fiscal year 1998 for acquisition of lands; the 
Secretary is authorized to convey in fee all land and interests 
in land acquired pursuant to this section without compensation 
to the heirs of Peter Duncan in settlement of a claim filed by 
them against the United States: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall not convey the lands acquired pursuant to this section 
unless and until a signed release of all claims is executed.
    Sec. 139. Funds appropriated for the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs for postsecondary schools for fiscal year 2000 shall be 
allocated among the schools proportionate to the unmet need of 
the schools as determined by the Postsecondary Funding Formula 
adopted by the Office of Indian Education Programs.
    Sec. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the authority 
provided by Public Law 104-134, as amended by Public Law 104-
208, the Secretary may accept and retain land and other forms 
of reimbursement: Provided, That the Secretary may retain and 
use any such reimbursement until expended and without further 
appropriation: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all 
activities authorized by Public Law 100-696; 16 U.S.C. 460zz.
    Sec. 141. None of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be used to issue a notice of final rulemaking with 
respect to the valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes 
until the Comptroller General reviews the issues presented by 
the rulemaking and issues a report to the Congress. Such report 
shall be issued no later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. The rulemaking must be consistent with 
existing statutory requirements.
    Sec. 142. Extension of Authority for Establishment of 
Thomas Paine Memorial. (a) In General.--Public Law 102-407 (40 
U.S.C. 1003 note; 106 Stat. 1991) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``SEC. 4. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.

    ``Notwithstanding the time period limitation specified in 
section 10(b) of the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 
1010(b)) or any other provision of law, the authority for the 
Thomas Paine National Historical Association to establish a 
memorial to Thomas Paine in the District of Columbia under this 
Act shall expire on December 31, 2003.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Applicable law.--Section 1(b) of Public Law 
        102-407 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 106 Stat. 1991) is 
        amended by striking ``The establishment'' and inserting 
        ``Except as provided in section 4, the establishment''.
            (2) Expiration of authority.--Section 3 of Public 
        Law 102-407 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 106 Stat. 1991) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or upon expiration of the 
                authority for the memorial under section 10(b) 
                of that Act,'' and inserting ``or on expiration 
                of the authority for the memorial under section 
                4,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``section 8(b)(1) of that 
                Act'' and inserting ``section 8(b)(1) of the 
                Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 
                1008(b)(1))''.
    Sec. 143. Use of National Park Service Transportation 
Service Contract Fees. Section 412 of the National Parks 
Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5961) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before 
        ``Notwithstanding''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Obligation of Funds.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, with respect to a service contract for the 
provision solely of transportation services at Zion National 
Park, the Secretary may obligate the expenditure of fees 
received in fiscal year 2000 under section 501 before the fees 
are received.''.
    Sec. 144. Extension of Deadline for Red Rock Canyon 
National Conservation Area. (a) In General.--Section 3(c)(1) of 
Public Law 103-450 (108 Stat. 4767) is amended by striking 
``the date 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act'' and 
inserting ``May 2, 2000''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
takes effect on November 1, 1999.
    Sec. 145. National Park Passport Program. Section 603(c)(1) 
of the National Park Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 
5993(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``10'' and inserting ``15''.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service


                     forest and rangeland research


    For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
authorized by law, $202,700,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                       state and private forestry

    For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing 
technical and financial assistance to States, territories, 
possessions, and others, and for forest health management, 
cooperative forestry, and education and land conservation 
activities, $187,534,000, to remain available until expended, 
as authorized by law.


                         national forest system


    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and 
utilization of the National Forest System, and for 
administrative expenses associated with the management of funds 
provided under the headings ``Forest and Rangeland Research'', 
``State and Private Forestry'', ``National Forest System'', 
``Wildland Fire Management'', ``Reconstruction and 
Maintenance'', and ``Land Acquisition'', $1,251,504,000, to 
remain available until expended, which shall include 50 percent 
of all moneys received during prior fiscal years as fees 
collected under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965, as amended, in accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 
U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated balances 
available at the start of fiscal year 2000 shall be displayed 
by extended budget line item in the fiscal year 2001 budget 
justification.


                        wildland fire management


    For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency fire 
suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under 
fire protection agreement, and for emergency rehabilitation of 
burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 
$561,354,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such funds are available for repayment of advances from 
other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such 
purposes: Provided further, That not less than 50 percent of 
any unobligated balances remaining (exclusive of amounts for 
hazardous fuels reduction) at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall 
be transferred, as repayment for past advances that have not 
been repaid, to the fund established pursuant to section 3 of 
Public Law71-319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.): Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to $4,000,000 of 
funds appropriated under this appropriation may be used for Fire 
Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science Program: Provided 
further, That all authorities for the use of funds, including the use 
of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 
the Forest Service and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also 
available in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research.
    For an additional amount to cover necessary expenses for 
emergency rehabilitation, presuppression due to emergencies, 
and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service, 
$90,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
Provided further, That these funds shall be available only to 
the extent an official budget request for a specific dollar 
amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the 
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, 
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.


                     reconstruction and maintenance


    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $398,927,000, to remain available until expended 
for construction, reconstruction, maintenance and acquisition 
of buildings and other facilities, and for construction, 
reconstruction, repair and maintenance of forest roads and 
trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 
and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That up to $15,000,000 of 
the funds provided herein for road maintenance shall be 
available for the decommissioning of roads, including 
unauthorized roads not part of the transportation system, which 
are no longer needed: Provided further, That no funds shall be 
expended to decommission any system road until notice and an 
opportunity for public comment has been provided on each 
decommissioning project: Provided further, That any unobligated 
balances of amounts previously appropriated to the Forest 
Service ``Reconstruction and Construction'' account as well as 
any unobligated balances remaining in the ``National Forest 
System'' account for the facility maintenance and trail 
maintenance extended budget line items at the end of fiscal 
year 1999 may be transferred to and merged with the 
``Reconstruction and Maintenance'' account.


                            land acquisition


    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 460l-4 through 11), including administrative expenses, 
and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in 
accordance with statutory authority applicable to the Forest 
Service, $39,575,000, to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $40,000,000 may be available for the acquisition 
of lands or interests within the tract known as the Baca 
Location No. 1 in New Mexico only upon: (1) enactment of 
legislation authorizing the acquisition of lands, or interests 
in lands, within such tract; (2) completion of a review, not to 
exceed 90 days, by the Comptroller General of the United States 
of an appraisal conforming with the Uniform Appraisal Standards 
for Federal Land Acquisition of all lands and interests therein 
to be acquired by the United States; and (3) submission of the 
Comptroller General's review of such appraisal to the Committee 
on Resources of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House and Senate: Provided, That 
subject to valid existing rights, all federally-owned lands and 
interests in lands within the New World Mining District 
comprising approximately 26,223 acres, more or less, which are 
described in a Federal Register notice dated August 19, 1997 
(62 Fed. Reg. 44136-44137), are hereby withdrawn from all forms 
of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land 
laws, and from location, entry and patent under the mining 
laws, and from disposition under all mineral and geothermal 
leasing laws.


         acquisition of lands for national forests special acts


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


            acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges


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


                         range betterment fund


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

    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

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


               administrative provisions, forest service


    Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal 
year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to exceed 110 
passenger motor vehicles of which 15 will be used primarily for 
law enforcement purposes and of which 109 shall be for 
replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger motor vehicles from 
excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; operation and 
maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to exceed three 
for replacement only, and acquisition of sufficient aircraft 
from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet at 213 
aircraft for use in Forest Service wildland fire programs and 
other Forest Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions 
of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with 
proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase 
price for the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) 
acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, pursuant to 
7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in 
the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a 
note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-
5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 
31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
    None of the funds made available under this Act shall be 
obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move or close 
any regional office for National Forest System administration 
of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture without the 
consent of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management 
appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation 
of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under its 
jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning 
conditions if and only if all previously appropriated emergency 
contingent funds under the heading ``Wildland Fire Management'' 
have been released by the President and apportioned.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for assistance to or through the Agency for International 
Development and the Foreign Agricultural Service in connection 
with forest and rangeland research, technical information, and 
assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to 
support forestry and related natural resource activities 
outside the United States and its territories and possessions, 
including technical assistance, education and training, and 
cooperation with United States and international organizations.
    None of the funds made available to the Forest Service 
under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the 
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 147b unless the 
proposed transfer is approved in advance by the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the 
reprogramming procedures contained in House Report No. 105-163.
    None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the 
procedures contained in House Report No. 105-163.
    No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of 
Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of the Forest 
Service.
    Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to 
conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000 for high priority 
projects within the scope of the approved budget which shall be 
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by 
the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93-408.
    Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is 
available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses.
    To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance with the 
Final Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest Plan, none of 
the funds available in this Act shall be used for preparation 
of timber sales using clearcutting or other forms of even-aged 
management in hardwood stands in the Shawnee National Forest, 
Illinois.
    Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-
593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$2,250,000 may be advanced in a lump sum as Federal financial 
assistance to the National Forest Foundation, without regard to 
when the Foundation incurs expenses, for administrative 
expenses or projects on or benefitting National ForestSystem 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of the 
Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no more than $400,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided further, That 
the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal 
financial assistance, private contributions to match on at least one-
for-one basis funds made available by the Forest Service: Provided 
further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a non-
Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 
obtained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided further, That 
hereafter, the National Forest Foundation may hold Federal funds made 
available but not immediately disbursed and may use any interest or 
other investment income earned (before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act) on Federal funds to carry out the purposes of 
Public Law 101-593: Provided further, That such investments may be made 
only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in 
obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United 
States.
    Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, 
$2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be available for matching funds to the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3701-3709, and 
may be advanced in a lump sum as Federal financial assistance, 
without regard to when expenses are incurred, for projects on 
or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to 
Forest Service programs: Provided, That the Foundation shall 
obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 
assistance, private contributions to match on at least one-for-
one basis funds advanced by the Forest Service: Provided 
further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a 
non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the 
recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for interactions with and providing technical assistance to 
rural communities for sustainable rural development purposes.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 percent of 
the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in the ``National 
Forest System'' and ``Reconstruction and Construction'' 
accounts and planned to be allocated to activities under the 
``Jobs in the Woods'' program for projects on National Forest 
land in the State of Washington may be granted directly to the 
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for 
accomplishment of planned projects. Twenty percent of said 
funds shall be retained by the Forest Service for planning and 
administering projects. Project selection and prioritization 
shall be accomplished by the Forest Service with such 
consultation with the State of Washington as the Forest Service 
deems appropriate.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge 
National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections 14(c)(1) and (2), 
and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99-663.
    The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into 
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements as appropriate 
with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, as well as with 
public and other private agencies, organizations, institutions, 
and individuals, to provide for the development, 
administration, maintenance, or restoration of land, 
facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey Towers 
National Historic Landmark: Provided, That, subject to such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture may 
prescribe, any such public or private agency, organization, 
institution, or individual may solicit, accept, and administer 
private gifts of money and real or personal property for the 
benefit of, or in connection with, the activities and services 
at the Grey Towers National Historic Landmark: Provided 
further, That such gifts may be accepted notwithstanding the 
fact that a donor conducts business with the Department of 
Agriculture in any capacity.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available, as determined by the Secretary, for payments to Del 
Norte County, California, pursuant to sections 13(e) and 14 of 
the Smith River National Recreation Area Act (Public Law 101-
612).
    For purposes of the Southeast Alaska Economic Disaster Fund 
as set forth in section 101(c) of Public Law 104-134, the 
direct grants provided from the Fund shall be considered direct 
payments for purposes of all applicable law except that these 
direct grants may not be used for lobbying activities: 
Provided, That a total of $22,000,000 is hereby appropriated 
and shall be deposited into the Southeast Alaska Economic 
Disaster Fund established pursuant to Public Law 104-134, as 
amended, without further appropriation or fiscal year 
limitation of which $10,000,000 shall be distributed in fiscal 
year 2000, $7,000,000 shall be distributed in fiscal year 2001, 
and $5,000,000 shall be distributed in fiscal year 2002. The 
Secretary of Agriculture shall allocate the funds to local 
communities suffering economic hardship because of mill 
closures and economic dislocation in the timber industry to 
employ unemployed timber workers and for related community 
redevelopment projects as follows:
            (1) in fiscal year 2000, $4,000,000 for the 
        Ketchikan Gateway Borough, $2,000,000 for the City of 
        Petersburg, $2,000,000 for the City and Borough of 
        Sitka, and $2,000,000 for the Metlakatla Indian 
        Community;
            (2) in fiscal year 2001, $3,000,000 for the 
        Ketchikan Gateway Borough, $1,000,000 for the City of 
        Petersburg, $1,500,000 for the City and Borough of 
        Sitka, and $1,500,000 for the Metlakatla Indian 
        Community; and
            (3) in fiscal year 2002, $3,000,000 for the 
        Ketchikan Gateway Borough, $500,000 for the City and 
        Borough of Sitka, and $1,500,000 for the Metlakatla 
        Indian Community.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service not to 
exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of the 
General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for travel 
and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC assistance or 
participation requested by the Forest Service at meetings, 
training sessions, management reviews, land purchase 
negotiations and similar non-litigation related matters. Future 
budget justifications for both the Forest Service and the 
Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 
previously transferred and the requested funding transfers.
    No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be 
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded bythis Act 
to any other agency or office of the department for more than 30 days 
unless the individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed 
by the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the 
employee for the period of assignment.
    The Forest Service shall fund overhead, national 
commitments, indirect expenses, and any other category for use 
of funds which are expended at any units, that are not directly 
related to the accomplishment of specific work on-the-ground 
(referred to as ``indirect expenditures''), from funds 
available to the Forest Service, unless otherwise prohibited by 
law: Provided, That the Forest Service shall implement and 
adhere to the definitions of indirect expenditures established 
pursuant to Public Law 105-277 on a nationwide basis without 
flexibility for modification by any organizational level except 
the Washington Office, and when changed by the Washington 
Office, such changes in definition shall be reported in budget 
requests submitted by the Forest Service: Provided further, 
That the Forest Service shall provide in all future budget 
justifications, planned indirect expenditures in accordance 
with the definitions, summarized and displayed to the Regional, 
Station, Area, and detached unit office level. The 
justification shall display the estimated source and amount of 
indirect expenditures, by expanded budget line item, of funds 
in the agency's annual budget justification. The display shall 
include appropriated funds and the Knutson-Vandenberg, Brush 
Disposal, Cooperative Work-Other, and Salvage Sale funds. 
Changes between estimated and actual indirect expenditures 
shall be reported in subsequent budget justifications: Provided 
further, That during fiscal year 2000 the Secretary shall limit 
total annual indirect obligations from the Brush Disposal, 
Cooperative Work-Other, Knutson-Vandenberg, Reforestation, 
Salvage Sale, and Roads and Trails funds to 20 percent of the 
total obligations from each fund.
    Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
may be used for necessary expenses in the event of law 
enforcement emergencies as necessary to protect natural 
resources and public or employee safety: Provided, That such 
amounts shall not exceed $500,000.
    From any unobligated balances available at the start of 
fiscal year 2000, the amount of $5,000,000 shall be allocated 
to the Alaska Region, in addition to the funds appropriated to 
sell timber in the Alaska Region under this Act, for expenses 
directly related to preparing sufficient additional timber for 
sale in the Alaska Region to establish a 3-year timber supply.
    The Forest Service is authorized through the Forest Service 
existing budget to reimburse Harry Frey, $143,406 (1997 
dollars) because his home was destroyed by arson on June 21, 
1990 in retaliation for his work with the Forest Service.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                         clean coal technology


                               (deferral)


    Of the funds made available under this heading for 
obligation in prior years, $156,000,000 shall not be available 
until October 1, 2000: Provided, That funds made available in 
previous appropriations Acts shall be available for any ongoing 
project regardless of the separate request for proposal under 
which the project was selected.

                 fossil energy research and development


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 
research and development activities, under the authority of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), 
including the acquisition of interest, including defeasible and 
equitable interests in any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting 
inquiries, technological investigations and research concerning 
the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral 
substances without objectionable social and environmental costs 
(30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), performed under the minerals and 
materials science programs at the Albany Research Center in 
Oregon, $410,025,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $24,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from unobligated 
balances in the Biomass Energy Development account: Provided, 
That no part of the sum herein made available shall be used for 
the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil 
and gas.

                      alternative fuels production


                     (including transfer of funds)


    Moneys received as investment income on the principal 
amount in the Great Plains Project Trust at the Norwest Bank of 
North Dakota, in such sums as are earned as of October 1, 1999, 
shall be deposited in this account and immediately transferred 
to the general fund of the Treasury. Moneys received as revenue 
sharing from operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant 
and settlement payments shall be immediately transferred to the 
general fund of the Treasury.

                 naval petroleum and oil shale reserves

    The requirements of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply 
to fiscal year 2000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior years 
shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil shale 
reserve activities.

                      elk hills school lands fund

    For necessary expenses in fulfilling the second installment 
payment under the Settlement Agreement entered into by the 
United States and the State of California on October 11, 1996, 
as authorized by section 3415 of Public Law 104-106, 
$36,000,000, to become available on October 1, 2000, for 
payment to the State of California for the State Teachers' 
Retirement Fund from the Elk Hills School Lands Fund.

                          energy conservation


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation 
activities, $689,242,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $25,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from 
unobligated balances in the Biomass Energy Development account: 
Provided, That $167,000,000 shall be for use in energy 
conservation programs as defined in section 3008(3) of Public 
Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4507): Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99-509, such 
sums shall be allocated to the eligible programs as follows: 
$134,000,000 for weatherization assistance grants and 
$33,000,000 for State energy conservation grants: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
fiscal year 2001 and thereafter sums appropriated for 
weatherization assistance grants shall be contingent on a cost 
share of 25 percent by each participating State or other 
qualified participant.

                          economic regulation

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

                      strategic petroleum reserve

    For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
facility development and operations and program management 
activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $159,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Energy hereafter may transfer to the SPR Petroleum Account 
such funds as may be necessary to carry out drawdown and sale 
operations of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve initiated under 
section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6241) from any funds available to the Department of 
Energy under this or any other Act: Provided further, That all 
funds transferred pursuant to this authority must be 
replenished as promptly as possible from oil sale receipts 
pursuant to the drawdown and sale.

                   energy information administration

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of 
the Energy Information Administration, $72,644,000, to remain 
available until expended.


            administrative provisions, department of energy


    Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, repair, and 
cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the General Services 
Administration for security guard services.
    From appropriations under this Act, transfers of sums may 
be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance 
of work for which the appropriation is made.
    None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or finance 
authorized price support or loan guarantee programs unless 
specific provision is made for such programs in an 
appropriations Act.
    The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, 
equipment, and other contributions from public and private 
sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other 
agencies, Federal, State, private or foreign: Provided, That 
revenues and other moneys received by or for the account of the 
Department of Energy or otherwise generated by sale of products 
in connection with projects of the department appropriated 
under this Act may be retained by the Secretary of Energy, to 
be available until expended, and used only for plant 
construction, operation, costs, and payments to cost-sharing 
entities as provided in appropriate cost-sharing contracts or 
agreements: Provided further, That the remainder of revenues 
after the making of such payments shall be covered into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That any 
contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by the 
Secretary pursuant to this authority shall not be executed 
prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any 
day in which either House of Congress is not in session because 
of adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day 
certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President of the Senate of a full 
comprehensive report on such project, including the facts and 
circumstances relied upon in support of the proposed project.
    No funds provided in this Act may be expended by the 
Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process procurement 
documents for programs or projects for which appropriations 
have not been made.
    In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act, the 
Secretary may accept fees and contributions from public and 
private sources, to be deposited in a contributed funds 
account, and prosecute projects using such fees and 
contributions in cooperation with other Federal, State or 
private agencies or concerns.
    The Secretary of Energy in cooperation with the 
Administrator of General Services Administration shall convey 
to the City of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, for no consideration, 
the approximately 15.644 acres of land comprising the former 
site of the National Institute of Petroleum Energy Research 
(including all improvements on the land) described as follows: 
All of Block 1, Keeler's Second Addition, all of Block 2, 
Keeler's Fourth Addition, all of Blocks 9 and 10, Mountain View 
Addition, all in the City of Bartlesville, Washington County, 
Oklahoma.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service


                         indian health services


    For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 
1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of 
the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health 
Service, $2,053,967,000, together with payments received during 
the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) for services 
furnished by the Indian HealthService: Provided, That funds 
made available to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, 
grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts authorized by the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant 
or contract award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or 
tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 
That $12,000,000 shall remain available until expended, for the Indian 
Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund: Provided further, That $395,290,000 
for contract medical care shall remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2001: Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 
$17,000,000 shall be used to carry out the loan repayment program under 
section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 
further, That funds provided in this Act may be used for 1-year 
contracts and grants which are to be performed in two fiscal years, so 
long as the total obligation is recorded in the year for which the 
funds are appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the authority of title 
IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available 
until expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 
applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the 
Social Security Act (exclusive of planning, design, or construction of 
new facilities): Provided further, That funding contained herein, and 
in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship programs under the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2001: Provided further, 
That amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV 
of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and 
accounted for and available to the receiving tribes and tribal 
organizations until expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, of the amounts provided herein, not to 
exceed $203,781,000 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal 
organizations for contract or grant support costs associated with 
contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding 
agreements between the Indian Health Service and a tribe or tribal 
organization pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
amended, prior to or during fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That 
funds available for the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund may be 
used, as needed, to carry out activities typically funded under the 
Indian Health Facilities account.


                        indian health facilities


    For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and 
equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including 
quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, 
and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of 
modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; and for provision 
of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as 
authorized by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses necessary to 
carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 
support activities of the Indian Health Service, $318,580,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated 
for the planning, design, construction or renovation of health 
facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be 
used to purchase land for sites to construct, improve, or 
enlarge health or related facilities: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any provision of law governing Federal 
construction, $3,000,000 of the funds provided herein shall be 
provided to the Hopi Tribe to reduce the debt incurred by the 
Tribe in providing staff quarters to meet the housing needs 
associated with the new Hopi Health Center: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health 
Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department of 
Defense for distribution to the Indian Health Service and 
tribal facilities: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Service to obtain 
ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities 
in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement between 
the Indian Health Service and the General Services 
Administration: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 
shall be placed in a Demolition Fund, available until expended, 
to be used by the Indian Health Service for demolition of 
Federal buildings: Provided further, That from within existing 
funds, the Indian Health Service may purchase up to 5 acres of 
land for expanding the parking facilities at the Indian Health 
Service hospital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

            administrative provisions, indian health service

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

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi 
Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, 
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
funds provided in this or any other appropriations Act are to 
be used to relocate eligible individuals and groups including 
evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands residents, 
those in significantly substandard housing, and all others 
certified as eligible and not included in the preceding 
categories: Provided further, That none of the funds contained 
in this or any other Act may be used by the Office of Navajo 
and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo 
family who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled 
on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or 
replacement home is provided for such household: Provided 
further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than one 
new or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office 
shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have 
selected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo 
reservation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo 
reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d-
10.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development


                        payment to the institute


    For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by title XV 
of Public Law 99-498, as amended (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), 
$2,125,000.

                        Smithsonian Institution


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as 
authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, 
science, and history; development, preservation, and 
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 
dissemination, and exchange of information and publications; 
conduct of education, training, and museum assistance programs; 
maintenance, alteration, operation, lease (for terms not to 
exceed 30 years), and protection of buildings, facilities, and 
approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to five replacement passenger vehicles; 
purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for 
employees, $372,901,000, of which not to exceed $43,318,000 for 
the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, Museum 
Support Center equipment and move, exhibition reinstallation, 
the National Museum of the American Indian, the repatriation of 
skeletal remains program, research equipment, information 
management, and Latino programming shall remain available until 
expended and of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until 
expended for the National Museum of Natural History's Arctic 
Studies Center to include assistance to other museums for the 
planning and development of institutions and facilities that 
enhance the display of collections, and including such funds as 
may be necessary to support American overseas research centers 
and a total of $125,000 for the Council of American Overseas 
Research Centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein are 
available for advance payments to independent contractors 
performing research services or participating in official 
Smithsonian presentations: Provided further, That the 
Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal appropriations 
designated in this Act for lease or rent payments for long term 
and swing space, as rent payable to the Smithsonian 
Institution, and such rent payments may be deposited into the 
general trust funds of the Institution to the extent that 
federally supported activities are housed in the 900 H Street, 
N.W. building in the District of Columbia: Provided further, 
That this use of Federal appropriations shall not be construed 
as debt service, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, 
or an obligation of, the Federal Government: Provided further, 
That no appropriated funds may be used to service debt which is 
incurred to finance the costs of acquiring the 900 H Street 
building or of planning, designing, and constructing 
improvements to such building.


          repair, rehabilitation and alteration of facilities


                     (including transfers of funds)


    For necessary expenses of repair, rehabilitation and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian 
Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 
2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), including not 
to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$47,900,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$6,000,000 is provided for repair, rehabilitation and 
alteration of facilities at the National Zoological Park: 
Provided, That contracts awarded for environmental systems, 
protection systems, and repair or rehabilitation of facilities 
of the Smithsonian Institution may be negotiated with selected 
contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor 
qualifications as well as price: Provided further, That funds 
previously appropriated to the ``Construction and Improvements, 
National Zoological Park'' account and the ``Repair and 
Restoration of Buildings'' account may be transferred to and 
merged with this ``Repair, Rehabilitation and Alteration of 
Facilities'' account.


                              construction


    For necessary expenses for construction, $19,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.


           administrative provisions, smithsonian institution


    None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to 
initiate the design for any proposed expansion of current space 
or new facility without consultation with the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees.
    The Smithsonian Institution shall not use Federal funds in 
excess of the amount specified in Public Law 101-185 for the 
construction of the National Museum of the American Indian.
    None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used for 
the Holt House located at the National Zoological Park in 
Washington, D.C., unless identified as repairs to minimize 
water damage, monitor structure movement, or provide interim 
structural support.

                        National Gallery of Art


                         salaries and expenses


    For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of 
Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and 
administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the 
Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public 
resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-
sixth Congress), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer of 
the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art 
associations or societies whose publications or services are 
available to members only, or to members at a price lower than 
to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of 
uniforms for guards, anduniforms, or allowances therefor, for 
other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); purchase or 
rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and contents 
thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and repair of 
buildings, approaches, and grounds; and purchase of services for 
restoration and repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art 
by contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or 
organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms and 
conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $61,538,000, of which not to 
exceed $3,026,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain 
available until expended.


            repair, restoration and renovation of buildings


    For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
otherwise, as authorized, $6,311,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for environmental 
systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or renovation 
of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated 
with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of 
contractor qualifications as well as price.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts


                       operations and maintenance


    For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and 
security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$14,000,000.


                              construction


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

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


                         salaries and expenses


    For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of 
the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) 
including hire of passenger vehicles and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,790,000.

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts


                       grants and administration


    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
$85,000,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for 
the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the 
arts through assistance to organizations and individuals 
pursuant to sections 5(c) and 5(g) of the Act, for program 
support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to 
remain available until expended.


                            matching grants


    To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the 
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
as amended, $13,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
the National Endowment for the Arts: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available for obligation only in such 
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
bequests, and devises of money, and other property accepted by 
the chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the 
provisions of section 10(a)(2), subsections 11(a)(2)(A) and 
11(a)(3)(A) during the current and preceding fiscal years for 
which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities


                       grants and administration


    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
$101,000,000, shall be available to the National Endowment for 
the Humanities for support of activities in the humanities, 
pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act, and for administering the 
functions of the Act, to remain available until expended.


                            matching grants


    To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the 
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
as amended, $14,700,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $10,700,000 shall be available to the National Endowment 
for the Humanities for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available for obligation only 
in such amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
bequests, and devises of money, and other property accepted by 
the chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the 
provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during 
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal amounts 
have not previously been appropriated.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

                       office of museum services


                       grants and administration


    For carrying out subtitle C of the Museum and Library 
Services Act of 1996, as amended, $24,400,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                       administrative provisions

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

                        Commission of Fine Arts

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a 
Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $1,005,000: Provided, 
That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the 
full costs of its publications, and such fees shall be credited 
to this account as an offsetting collection, to remain 
available until expended without further appropriation.

               national capital arts and cultural affairs

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

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                         salaries and expenses

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

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National 
Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71-71i), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,312,000: Provided, 
That all appointed members will be compensated at a rate not to 
exceed the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Council

                       holocaust memorial council

    For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as 
authorized by Public Law 96-388 (36 U.S.C. 1401), as amended, 
$33,286,000, of which $1,575,000 for the museum's repair and 
rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the museum's 
exhibitions program shall remain available until expended.

                             Presidio Trust

                          presidio trust fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, $24,400,000 
shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to remain available 
until expended, of which up to $1,040,000 may be for the cost 
of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 104(d) of the 
Act: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part 
of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $200,000,000. The 
Trust is authorized to issue obligations to the Secretary of 
the Treasury pursuant to section 104(d)(3) of the Act, in an 
amount not to exceed $20,000,000.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 302. No part of any appropriation under this Act shall 
be available to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and natural gas by 
noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned lands within the 
boundaries of the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois: Provided, 
That nothing herein is intended to inhibit or otherwise affect 
the sale, lease, or right to access to minerals owned by 
private individuals.
    Sec. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or 
distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote 
public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on 
which congressional action is not complete.
    Sec. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
department or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide 
a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any 
officer or employee of such department or agency except as 
otherwise provided by law.
    Sec. 306. No assessments may be levied against any program, 
budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act 
unless advance notice of such assessments and the basis 
therefor are presented to the Committees on Appropriations and 
are approved by such committees.
    Sec. 307. (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--None of 
the funds made available in this Act may be expended by an 
entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the 
entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of 
March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c; popularly known as the ``Buy 
American Act'').
    (b) Sense of the Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
            (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and 
        products.--In the case of any equipment or product that 
        may be authorized to be purchased with financial 
        assistance provided using funds made available in this 
        Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities 
        receiving the assistance should, in expending the 
        assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and 
        products.
            (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In 
        providing financial assistance using funds made 
        available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency 
        shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a 
        notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1) 
        by the Congress.
    (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined 
by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or 
any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in 
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United 
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, 
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    (d) Effective Date.--The provisions of this section are 
applicable in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter.
    Sec. 308. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified 
as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located 
on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands in 
a manner different than such sales were conducted in fiscal 
year 1999.
    Sec. 309. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated or expended by the National Park Service to enter 
into or implement a concession contract which permits or 
requires the removal of the underground lunchroom at the 
Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
    Sec. 310. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps program, 
unless the relevant agencies of the Department of the Interior 
and/or Agriculture follow appropriate reprogramming guidelines: 
Provided, That if no funds are provided for the AmeriCorps 
program by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999, then none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps programs.
    Sec. 311. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey City, New 
Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent pedestrian use of 
such bridge, when it is made known to the Federal official 
having authority to obligate or expend such funds that such 
pedestrian use is consistent with generally accepted safety 
standards.
    Sec. 312. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act 
shall be obligated or expended to accept or process 
applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim 
located under the general mining laws.
    (b) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall not 
apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the 
claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the 
Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all 
requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the 
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims 
and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes 
(30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 
of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as 
the case may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by 
that date.
    (c) Report.--On September 30, 2000, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations and the Committee on Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken by the 
department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) 
of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208).
    (d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent 
applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the 
request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party 
contractor to be selected by the Bureau of Land Management to 
conduct a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill 
sites contained in a patent application as set forth in 
subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have the 
sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party 
contractor in accordance with the standard procedures employed 
by the Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third-
party contractors.
    Sec. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts appropriated to or earmarked in committee reports for 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the IndianHealth Service by 
Public Laws 103-138, 103-332, 104-134, 104-208, 105-83, and 105-277 for 
payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract support costs 
associated with self-determination or self-governance contracts, 
grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements with the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service as funded by such Acts, are 
the total amounts available for fiscal years 1994 through 1999 for such 
purposes, except that, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and 
tribal organizations may use their tribal priority allocations for 
unmet indirect costs of ongoing contracts, grants, self-governance 
compacts or annual funding agreements.
    Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
fiscal year 2000 the Secretaries of Agriculture and the 
Interior are authorized to limit competition for watershed 
restoration project contracts as part of the ``Jobs in the 
Woods'' component of the President's Forest Plan for the 
Pacific Northwest or the Jobs in the Woods Program established 
in Region 10 of the Forest Service to individuals and entities 
in historically timber-dependent areas in the States of 
Washington, Oregon, northern California and Alaska that have 
been affected by reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands.
    Sec. 315. None of the funds collected under the 
Recreational Fee Demonstration program may be used to plan, 
design, or construct a visitor center or any other permanent 
structure without prior approval of the House and the Senate 
Committees on Appropriations if the estimated total cost of the 
facility exceeds $500,000.
    Sec. 316. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
or any other Act providing appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, the Forest Service or the Smithsonian Institution 
may be used to submit nominations for the designation of 
Biosphere Reserves pursuant to the Man and Biosphere program 
administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and 
Cultural Organization.
    (b) The provisions of this section shall be repealed upon 
the enactment of subsequent legislation specifically 
authorizing United States participation in the Man and 
Biosphere program.
    Sec. 317. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act for any fiscal year may be used to designate, or to 
post any sign designating, any portion of Canaveral National 
Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as a clothing- optional 
area or as an area in which public nudity is permitted, if such 
designation would be contrary to county ordinance.
    Sec. 318. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment 
for the Arts--
            (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
        individual if such grant is awarded to such individual 
        for a literature fellowship, National Heritage 
        Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
            (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to 
        ensure that no funding provided through a grant, except 
        a grant made to a State or local arts agency, or 
        regional group, may be used to make a grant to any 
        other organization or individual to conduct activity 
        independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing in 
        this subsection shall prohibit payments made in 
        exchange for goods and services.
            (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to 
        a group, unless the application is specific to the 
        contents of the season, including identified programs 
        and/or projects.
    Sec. 319. The National Endowment for the Arts and the 
National Endowment for the Humanities are authorized to 
solicit, accept, receive, and invest in the name of the United 
States, gifts, bequests, or devises of money and other property 
or services and to use such in furtherance of the functions of 
the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment 
for the Humanities. Any proceeds from such gifts, bequests, or 
devises, after acceptance by the National Endowment for the 
Arts or the National Endowment for the Humanities, shall be 
paid by the donor or the representative of the donor to the 
Chairman. The Chairman shall enter the proceeds in a special 
interest-bearing account to the credit of the appropriate 
endowment for the purposes specified in each case.
    Sec. 320. (a) In providing services or awarding financial 
assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, 
the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall 
ensure that priority is given to providing services or awarding 
financial assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or 
programs that serve underserved populations.
    (b) In this section:
            (1) The term ``underserved population'' means a 
        population of individuals, including urban minorities, 
        who have historically been outside the purview of arts 
        and humanities programs due to factors such as a high 
        incidence of income below the poverty line or to 
        geographic isolation.
            (2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty 
        line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
        Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 
        673(2) of the Community Services Block GrantAct (42 
        U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the size involved.
    (c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance 
under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 
1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of 
the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority 
is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance 
for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will 
encourage public knowledge, education, understanding, and 
appreciation of the arts.
    (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities 
Act of 1965--
            (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant 
        category for projects, productions, workshops, or 
        programs that are of national impact or availability or 
        are able to tour several States;
            (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 
        15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any 
        single State, excluding grants made under the authority 
        of paragraph (1);
            (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress 
        annually and by State, on grants awarded by the 
        Chairperson in each grant category under section 5 of 
        such Act; and
            (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
        grants to improve and support community-based music 
        performance and education.
    Sec. 321. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be expended or obligated to fund new revisions of 
national forest land management plans until new final or 
interim final rules for forest land management planning are 
published in the Federal Register. Those national forests which 
are currently in a revision process, having formally published 
a Notice of Intent to revise prior to October 1, 1997; those 
national forests having been court-ordered to revise; those 
national forests where plans reach the 15 year legally mandated 
date to revise before or during calendar year 2000; national 
forests within the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem study 
area; and the White Mountain National Forest are exempt from 
this section and may use funds in this Act and proceed to 
complete the forest plan revision in accordance with current 
forest planning regulations.
    Sec. 322. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be expended or obligated to complete and issue the 5-
year program under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act.
    Sec. 323. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
support Government-wide administrative functions unless such 
functions are justified in the budget process and funding is 
approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 324. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds in this Act may be used for GSA Telecommunication 
Centers or the President's Council on Sustainable Development.
    Sec. 325. None of the funds in this Act may be used for 
planning, design or construction of improvements to 
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House without the 
advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Sec. 326. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service 
or Bureau of Indian Affairs may be used to enter into any new 
or expanded self-determination contract or grant or self-
governance compact pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination 
Act of 1975, as amended, for any activities not previously 
covered by such contracts, compacts or grants. Nothing in this 
section precludes the continuation of those specific activities 
for which self-determination and self-governance contracts, 
compacts and grants currently exist or the renewal of 
contracts, compacts and grants for those activities; 
implementation of section 325 of Public Law 105-83 (111 Stat. 
1597); or compliance with 25 U.S.C. 2005.
    Sec. 327. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 1999 in the 
roads and trails fund provided for in the fourteenth paragraph 
under the heading ``FOREST SERVICE'' of the Act of March 4, 
1913 (37 Stat. 843; 16 U.S.C. 501), shall be used by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, without regard to the State in which 
the amounts were derived, to repair or reconstruct roads, 
bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands or to carry 
out and administer projects to improve forest health 
conditions, which may include the repair or reconstruction of 
roads, bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands in 
the wildland-community interface where there is an abnormally 
high risk of fire. The projects shall emphasize reducing risks 
to human safety and public health and property and enhancing 
ecological functions, long-term forest productivity, and 
biological integrity. The Secretary shall commence the projects 
during fiscal year 2000, but the projects may be completed in a 
subsequent fiscal year. Funds shall not be expended under this 
section to replace funds which would otherwise appropriately be 
expended from the timber salvage sale fund. Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to exempt any project from any 
environmental law.
    Sec. 328. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to establish a national wildlife refuge in the Kankakee 
River watershed in northwestern Indiana and northeastern 
Illinois.
    Sec. 329. None of the funds provided in this or previous 
appropriations Acts for the agencies funded by this Act or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be transferred to or used to support 
the Council on Environmental Quality or other offices in the 
Executive Office of the President for purposes related to the 
American Heritage Rivers program.
    Sec. 330. Other than in emergency situations, none of the 
funds in this Act may be used to operate telephone answering 
machines during core business hours unless such answering 
machines include an option that enables callers to reach 
promptly an individual on-duty with the agency being contacted.
    Sec. 331. Enhancing Forest Service Administration of 
Rights-of-way and Land Uses. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall develop and implement a pilot program for the purpose of 
enhancing forest service administration of rights-of-way and 
other land uses. The authority for this program shall be for 
fiscal years 2000 through 2004. Prior to the expiration of the 
authority for this pilot program, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives 
that evaluates whether the use of funds under this section 
resulted in more expeditious approval of rights-of-way and 
special use authorizations. This report shall include the 
Secretary's recommendation for statutory or regulatory changes 
to reduce the average processing time for rights-of-way and 
special use permit applications.
    (b) Deposit of Fees.--Subject to subsections (a) and (f ), 
during fiscal years 2000 through 2004, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall deposit into a special account established in 
the Treasury all fees collected by the Secretary to recover the 
costs of processing applications for, and monitoring compliance 
with, authorizations to use and occupy National Forest System 
lands pursuant to section 28(l) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 185(l)), section 504(g) of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1764(g)), section 9701 of 
title 31, United States Code, and section 110(g) of the 
National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470h-2(g)).
    (c) Use of Retained Amounts.--Amounts deposited pursuant to 
subsection (b) shall be available, without further 
appropriation, for expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture 
to cover costs incurred by the Forest Service for the 
processing of applications for special use authorizations and 
for monitoring activities undertaken in connection with such 
authorizations. Amounts in the special account shall remain 
available for such purposes until expended.
    (d) Reporting Requirement.--In the budget justification 
documents submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture in support 
of the President's budget for a fiscal year under section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary shall include a 
description of the purposes for which amounts were expended 
from the special account during the preceding fiscal year, 
including the amounts expended for each purpose, and a 
description of the purposes for which amounts are proposed to 
be expended from the special account during the next fiscal 
year, including the amounts proposed to be expended for each 
purpose.
    (e) Definition of Authorization.--For purposes of this 
section, the term ``authorizations'' means special use 
authorizations issued under subpart B of part 251 of title 36, 
Code of Federal Regulations.
    (f ) Implementation.--This section shall take effect upon 
promulgation of Forest Service regulations for the collection 
of fees for processing of special use authorizations and for 
related monitoring activities.
    Sec. 332. Hardwood Technology Transfer and Applied 
Research. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter the 
``Secretary'') is hereby and hereafter authorized to conduct 
technology transfer and development, training, dissemination of 
information and applied research in the management, processing 
and utilization of the hardwood forest resource. This authority 
is in addition to any other authorities which may be available 
to the Secretary including, but not limited to, the Cooperative 
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978, as amended (16 U.S.C. 2101 et 
seq.), and the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Act of 
1978, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1600-1614).
    (b) In carrying out this authority, the Secretary may enter 
into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements with public 
and private agencies, organizations, corporations, institutions 
and individuals. The Secretary may accept gifts and donations 
pursuant to the Act of October 10, 1978 (7 U.S.C. 2269) 
including gifts and donations from a donor that conducts 
business with any agency of the Department of Agriculture or is 
regulated by the Secretary of Agriculture.
    (c) The Secretary is hereby and hereafter authorized to 
operate and utilize the assets of the Wood Educationand 
Resource Center (previously named the Robert C. Byrd Hardwood 
Technology Center in West Virginia) as part of a newly formed 
``Institute of Hardwood Technology Transfer and Applied Research'' 
(hereinafter the ``Institute''). The Institute, in addition to the Wood 
Education and Resource Center, will consist of a Director, technology 
transfer specialists from State and Private Forestry, the Forestry 
Sciences Laboratory in Princeton, West Virginia, and any other 
organizational unit of the Department of Agriculture as the Secretary 
deems appropriate. The overall management of the Institute will be the 
responsibility of the Forest Service, State and Private Forestry.
    (d) The Secretary is hereby and hereafter authorized to 
generate revenue using the authorities provided herein. Any 
revenue received as part of the operation of the Institute 
shall be deposited into a special fund in the Treasury of the 
United States, known as the ``Hardwood Technology Transfer and 
Applied Research Fund'', which shall be available to the 
Secretary until expended, without further appropriation, in 
furtherance of the purposes of this section, including upkeep, 
management, and operation of the Institute and the payment of 
salaries and expenses.
    (e) There are hereby and hereafter authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions 
of this section.
    Sec. 333. No timber in Region 10 of the Forest Service 
shall be advertised for sale which, when using domestic Alaska 
western red cedar selling values and manufacturing costs, fails 
to provide at least 60 percent of normal profit and risk of the 
appraised timber, except at the written request by a 
prospective bidder. Program accomplishments shall be based on 
volume sold. Should Region 10 sell, in fiscal year 2000, the 
annual average portion of the decadal allowable sale quantity 
called for in the current Tongass Land Management Plan which 
provides greater than 60 percent of normal profit and risk at 
the time of the sale advertisement, all of the western red 
cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs of 
domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to 
domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States based on 
values in the Pacific Northwest as determined by the Forest 
Service and stated in the timber sale contract. Should Region 
10 sell, in fiscal year 2000, less than the annual average 
portion of the decadal allowable sale quantity called for in 
the current Tongass Land Management Plan meeting the 60 percent 
of normal profit and risk standard at the time of sale 
advertisement, the volume of western red cedar timber available 
to domestic processors at rates specified in the timber sale 
contract in the contiguous 48 United States shall be that 
volume: (1) which is surplus to the needs of domestic 
processors in Alaska; and (2) is that percent of the surplus 
western red cedar volume determined by calculating the ratio of 
the total timber volume which has been sold on the Tongass to 
the annual average portion of the decadal allowable sale 
quantity called for in the current Tongass Land Management 
Plan. The percentage shall be calculated by Region 10 on a 
rolling basis as each sale is sold (for purposes of this 
amendment, a ``rolling basis'' shall mean that the 
determination of how much western red cedar is eligible for 
sale to various markets shall be made at the time each sale is 
awarded). Western red cedar shall be deemed ``surplus to the 
needs of domestic processors in Alaska'' when the timber sale 
holder has presented to the Forest Service documentation of the 
inability to sell western red cedar logs from a given sale to 
domestic Alaska processors at a price equal to or greater than 
the log selling value stated in the contract. All additional 
western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 
United States domestic processors may be exported to foreign 
markets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska 
yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the 
election of the timber sale holder.
    Sec. 334. For fiscal year 2000, with respect to 
inventorying, monitoring, or surveying requirements for 
planning or management activities on Federal land, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may comply with part 219 of volume 36 
of the Code of Federal Regulations and a land and resource 
management plan, and the Secretary of the Interior may comply 
with a resource management plan by using currently available 
scientific data concerning any fish, wildlife, or plants not 
subject to the Endangered Species Act, and by considering the 
availability of habitat suitable for the particular species: 
Provided, That the Secretaries may at their discretion 
determine whether additional species population surveys should 
also be collected: Provided further, That a project subject to 
the Northwest Forest Plan for which the record of decision was 
signed by an agency official prior to the date of the enactment 
of this Act may, at the discretion of the Secretaries, be 
deemed to be implemented on the date the decision was signed.
    Sec. 335. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of 
the Interior shall:
            (1) prepare the report required of them by section 
        323(a) of the Fiscal Year 1998 Interior and Related 
        Agencies Appropriations Act (Public Law 105-83; 111 
        Stat. 1543, 1596-7);
            (2) distribute the report and make such report 
        available for public comment for a minimum of 120 days; 
        and
            (3) include detailed responses to the public 
        comment in any final environmental impact statement 
        associated with the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem 
        Management Project.
    Sec. 336. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or 
orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation for 
implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on 
December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference of 
the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on 
Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for 
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II, 
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and 
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the 
Protocol.
    Sec. 337. (a) Millsites Opinion.--No funds shall be 
expended by the Department of the Interior or the Department of 
Agriculture, for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, to limit the 
number or acreage of millsites based on the ratio between the 
number or acreage of millsites and the number or acreage of 
associated lode or placer claims with respect to any patent 
application grandfathered pursuant to section 113 of the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies, Appropriations 
Act, 1995; any operation or property for which a plan of 
operations has been previously approved; or any operation or 
property for which a plan of operations has been submitted to 
the Bureau of Land Management or Forest Service prior to May 
21, 1999.
    (b) No Ratification.--Nothing in this Act or the Emergency 
Supplemental Act of 1999 shall be construed as an explicit or 
tacit adoption, ratification, endorsement or approval of the 
opinion dated November 7, 1997, by the solicitor of the 
Department of the Interior concerning millsites.
    Sec. 338. The Forest Service, in consultation with the 
Department of Labor, shall review Forest Service campground 
concessions policy to determine if modifications can be made to 
Forest Service contracts for campgrounds so that such 
concessions fall within the regulatory exemption of 29 CFR 
4.122(b). The Forest Service shall offer in fiscal year 2000 
such concession prospectuses under the regulatory exemption, 
except that, any prospectus that does not meet the requirements 
of the regulatory exemption shall be offered as a service 
contract in accordance with the requirements of 41 U.S.C. 351-
358.
    Sec. 339. Pilot Program of Charges and Fees for Harvest of 
Forest Botanical Products. (a) Definition of Forest Botanical 
Product.--For purposes of this section, the term ``forest 
botanical product'' means any naturally occurring mushrooms, 
fungi, flowers, seeds, roots, bark, leaves, and other 
vegetation (or portion thereof ) that grow on National Forest 
System lands. The term does not include trees, except as 
provided in regulations issued under this section by the 
Secretary of Agriculture.
    (b) Recovery of Fair Market Value for Products.--The 
Secretary of Agriculture shall develop and implement a pilot 
program to charge and collect not less than the fair market 
value for forest botanical products harvested on National 
Forest System lands. The Secretary shall establish appraisal 
methods and bidding procedures to ensure that the amounts 
collected for forest botanical products are not less than fair 
market value.
    (c) Fees.--
            (1) Imposition and collection.--Under the pilot 
        program, the Secretary of Agriculture shall also charge 
        and collect fees from persons who harvest forest 
        botanical products on National Forest System lands to 
        recover all costs to the Department of Agriculture 
        associated with the granting, modifying, or monitoring 
        the authorization for harvest of the forest botanical 
        products, including the costs of any environmental or 
        other analysis.
            (2) Security.--The Secretary may require a person 
        assessed a fee under this subsection to provide 
        security to ensure that the Secretary receives the fees 
        imposed under this subsection from the person.
    (d) Sustainable Harvest Levels for Forest Botanical 
Products.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct 
appropriate analyses to determine whether and how the harvest 
of forest botanical products on National Forest System lands 
can be conducted on a sustainable basis. The Secretary may not 
permit under the pilot program the harvest of forest botanical 
products at levels in excess of sustainable harvest levels, as 
defined pursuant to the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 
1960 (16 U.S.C. 528 et seq.). The Secretary shall establish 
procedures and timeframes to monitor and revise the harvest 
levels established for forest botanical products.
    (e) Waiver Authority.--
            (1) Personal use.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
        shall establish a personal use harvest level for each 
        forest botanical product, and the harvest of a forest 
        botanical product below that level by a person for 
        personal use shall not be subject to charges and fees 
        under subsections (b) and (c).
            (2) Other exceptions.--The Secretary may also waive 
        the application of subsection (b) or (c)pursuant to 
        such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.
    (f ) Deposit and Use of Funds.--
            (1) Deposit.--Funds collected under the pilot 
        program in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) 
        shall be deposited into a special account in the 
        Treasury of the United States.
            (2) Funds available.--Funds deposited into the 
        special account in accordance with paragraph (1) in 
        excess of the amounts collected for forest botanical 
        products during fiscal year 1999 shall be available for 
        expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture under 
        paragraph (3) without further appropriation, and shall 
        remain available for expenditure until the date 
        specified in subsection (h)(2).
            (3) Authorized uses.--The funds made available 
        under paragraph (2) shall be expended at units of the 
        National Forest System in proportion to the charges and 
        fees collected at that unit under the pilot program to 
        pay for--
                    (A) in the case of funds collected under 
                subsection (b), the costs of conducting 
                inventories of forest botanical products, 
                determining sustainable levels of harvest, 
                monitoring and assessing the impacts of harvest 
                levels and methods, and for restoration 
                activities, including any necessary vegetation; 
                and
                    (B) in the case of fees collected under 
                subsection (c), the costs described in 
                paragraph (1) of such subsection.
            (4) Treatment of fees.--Funds collected under 
        subsections (b) and (c) shall not be taken into account 
        for the purposes of the following laws:
                    (A) The sixth paragraph under the heading 
                ``forest service'' in the Act of May 23, 1908 
                (16 U.S.C. 500) and section 13 of the Act of 
                March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Act; 
                16 U.S.C. 500).
                    (B) The fourteenth paragraph under the 
                heading ``forest service'' in the Act of March 
                4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501).
                    (C) Section 33 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm 
                Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012).
                    (D) The Act of August 8, 1937, and the Act 
                of May 24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.).
                    (E) Section 6 of the Act of June 14, 1926 
                (commonly known as the Recreation and Public 
                Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869-4).
                    (F) Chapter 69 of title 31, United States 
                Code.
                    (G) Section 401 of the Act of June 15, 1935 
                (16 U.S.C. 715s).
                    (H) Section 4 of the Land and Water 
                Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-
                6a).
                    (I) Any other provision of law relating to 
                revenue allocation.
    (g) Reporting Requirements.--As soon as practicable after 
the end of each fiscal year in which the Secretary of 
Agriculture collects charges and fees under subsections (b) and 
(c) or expends funds from the special account under subsection 
(f ), the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report 
summarizing the activities of the Secretary under the pilot 
program, including the funds generated under subsections (b) 
and (c), the expenses incurred to carry out the pilot program, 
and the expenditures made from the special account during that 
fiscal year.
    (h) Duration of Pilot Program.--
            (1) Charges and fees.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
        may collect charges and fees under the authority of 
        subsections (b) and (c) only during fiscal years 2000 
        through 2004.
            (2) Use of special account.--The Secretary may make 
        expenditures from the special account under subsection 
        (f ) until September 30 of the fiscal year following 
        the last fiscal year specified in paragraph (1). After 
        that date, amounts remaining in the special account 
        shall be transferred to the general fund of the 
        Treasury.
    Sec. 340. Title III, section 3001 of Public Law 106-31 is 
amended by inserting after ``Alabama,'' the following: ``in 
fiscal year 1999 or 2000''.
    Sec. 341. (a) The authority to enter into stewardship 
contracting demonstration pilot projects provided to the Forest 
Service in accordance with section 347 of title III of section 
101(e) of division A of Public Law 105-277 is hereby expanded 
to authorize the Forest Service to enter into an additional 
nine projects in Region One.
    (b) Section 347 of title III of section 101(e) of division 
A of Public Law 105-277 is hereby amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``, via agreement or 
                contract as appropriate,'' before ``may enter 
                into''; and
                    (B) by striking ``(28) contracts with 
                private persons and'' and inserting ``(28) 
                stewardship contracting demonstration pilot 
                projects with private persons or other public 
                or private'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``contract'' and 
        inserting ``project'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the heading, by inserting 
                ``Agreements or'' before ``Contracts'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``a contract'' and 
                        inserting ``an agreement or contract''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking ``private 
                        contracts'' and inserting ``private 
                        agreements or contracts'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting 
                ``agreement or'' before ``contracts''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (4), by inserting 
                ``agreement or'' before ``contracts'';
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``a 
                contract'' and inserting ``an agreement or 
                contract''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``a 
                contract'' and inserting ``an agreement or 
                contract''; and
            (5) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in the first sentence by striking 
                ``contract'' and inserting ``pilot project''; 
                and
                    (B) in the last sentence--
                            (i) by inserting ``agreements or'' 
                        before ``contracts''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``agreements or'' 
                        before ``contract''.
    Sec. 342. Notwithstanding section 343 of Public Law 105-83, 
increases in recreation residence fees shall be implemented in 
fiscal year 2000 only to the extent that the fiscal year 2000 
fees do not exceed the fiscal year 1999 fee by more than 
$2,000.
    Sec. 343. Federal monies appropriated for the purchase of 
land or interests in land by the United States Forest Service 
(``Forest Service'') in the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area (``CRGNSA'') shall be used by the Forest Service in 
compliance with the acquisition protocol set out in this 
section.
            (a)(1) Acquisitions.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
        (``the Secretary'') is directed to make every 
        reasonable effort to acquire on or before March 15, 
        2000, pursuant to his existing authority, land 
        acquisition projects which the Forest Service has 
        determined to have been delayed for a significant time 
        or which have not yet been completed despite past 
        direction through report language from either the House 
        or Senate Appropriations Committee (``the 
        Committees'').
            (2) For the purposes of appraising the value of the 
        lands or interests in land the Forest Service may, at 
        its discretion, apply the standard found in A-10 of the 
        Uniform Standards of Appraisal for Federal Land 
        Acquisitions as required by Public Law 91-646, as 
        amended, even if the lands or interests in land were 
        purchased by the current title holder subsequent to the 
        enactment of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic 
        Area Act (Public Law 99-663) and before the effective 
        date of this Act.
            (b) Report to Congress.--On or before February 15, 
        2000, the Secretary shall submit to the Senate and 
        House Appropriations Committees a report detailing the 
        status of the potential land acquisitions referenced 
        above as well as any other pending purchases of land or 
        interests in land in the CRGNSA. If any of the lands or 
        interests in land referenced above have not been 
        acquired by February 15, 2000, the report should detail 
        the specific issue or issues preventing the acquisition 
        or acquisitions from being completed.
            (c) Mediation.--If the Secretary's report, as 
        described in subsection (b) details issues other than 
        disagreement over fair market value which are 
        preventing acquisitions from occurring, the Secretary 
        is directed to immediately make available to the 
        prospective seller or sellers non-binding mediation in an 
        attempt to resolve these non-fair market value issues. The 
        Secretary shall submit to the Committees a report on the 
        status of any mediation on or before April 15, 2000. The 
        Secretary and prospective seller may mediate any disagreement 
        over fair market value if both the Secretary and prospective 
        seller agree mediation has the potential to resolve the fair 
        market value disagreement.
            (d) Arbitration Requirement.--Any issues concerning 
        differences between the Secretary and the owners of the 
        land or interest in land referenced in subsection 
        (a)(1) over the fair market value of these lands or 
        interests in land not resolved before April 15, 2000, 
        shall be resolved using the arbitration process set out 
        in subsections (e) through (g) of this section.
            (e) Selection of Arbitration Panel.--On or before 
        April 15, 2000, the Secretary and the prospective 
        seller each shall designate one arbitrator, and 
        instruct these two arbitrator designees to appoint 
        before May 1, 2000, a third arbitrator upon whom the 
        arbitrator designees mutually agree. At least two of 
        the three arbitrators shall be State certified 
        appraisers possessing qualifications consistent with 
        State regulatory requirements that meet the intent of 
        title XI, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and 
        Enforcement Act of 1989, shall not be employed by the 
        United States of America, the prospective seller, or 
        the prospective seller's current or former legal 
        counsel. The third arbitrator shall be a member in good 
        standing of either the bars of Washington or Oregon and 
        shall not be employed by the United States of America, 
        the prospective seller, or the prospective seller's 
        current or former legal counsel. Total compensation for 
        the arbitration panel shall not exceed $15,000.
            (f ) Written Material.--The Secretary and 
        prospective seller each may submit a maximum of 20 
        pages of argument to the arbitration panel, in a format 
        consistent with the format for submitting written 
        arguments established by the Ninth Circuit Court of 
        Appeals. Exhibits, affidavit, or declarations shall not 
        be submitted. No other written material may be 
        submitted to the arbitration panel except a copy of 
        this legislation and copies of qualified appraisals. 
        The term ``qualified appraisals'' shall be limited to 
        appraisals prepared by State-certified appraisers 
        possessing qualifications consistent with the State 
        regulatory requirements that meet the intent of title 
        XI, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and 
        Enforcement Act of 1989, and complying with the Uniform 
        Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions, 
        which were submitted to the Secretary or prepared at 
        the direction of the Secretary either prior to the 
        effective date of this legislation or between the 
        effective date and February 15, 2000. The Secretary and 
        the prospective seller may submit no more than one 
        qualified appraisal each to the arbitration panel. 
        Neither the Secretary nor the prospective seller may 
        submit to the arbitration panel any qualified appraisal 
        not provided to the Secretary or the prospective seller 
        on or before February 15, 2000. All written materials 
        must be submitted to the arbitration panel on or before 
        May 15, 2000.
            (g) Decision of the Arbitration Panel.--On or 
        before July 15, 2000, the arbitration panel shall 
        convey to the prospective seller and the Secretary one 
        of the following findings: (1) that neither qualified 
        appraisal complies with Public Law 91-646 and with the 
        Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land 
        Acquisition (1992); or (2) that at least one of the 
        qualified appraisals complies with Public Law 91-646 
        and with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal 
        Land Acquisitions (1992), together with an advisory 
        decision recommending an amount the Secretary should 
        offer the prospective seller for his or her interest in 
        real property. Upon receipt of a recommendation by the 
        arbitration panel, the Secretary shall immediately 
        notify the prospective seller and the CRGNSA of the day 
        the recommendation was received. The Secretary shall 
        make a determination to adopt or reject the arbitration 
        panel's advisory decision and notify the prospective 
        seller and the CRGNSA of his determination within 45 
        days of receipt of the advisory decision. If at least 
        one of the appraisals complies with Public Law 91-646, 
        and with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal 
        Land Acquisition, the arbitration panel shall also make 
        an advisory finding on what portion of the arbitration 
        panel's fees should be paid by the Secretary and what 
        portion of the arbitration panel's fees should be paid 
        by the prospective seller. The arbitration panel is 
        authorized to recommend these fees be borne entirely by 
        either the Secretary or the prospective seller.
            (h) Admissibility.--Neither the fact that 
        arbitration pursuant to this section has occurred nor 
        the recommendation of the arbitration panel shall be 
        admissible in any court or administrative hearing.
            (i) Expiration Date.--This section shall remain in 
        effect without respect to fiscal year limitations and 
        expire on December 31, 2000.
    Sec. 344. A project undertaken by the Forest Service under 
the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program as authorized by 
section 315 of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1996, as amended, 
shall not result in--
            (1) displacement of the holder of an authorization 
        to provide commercial recreation services on Federal 
        lands. Prior to initiating any project, the Secretary 
        shall consult with potentially affected holders to 
        determine what impacts the project may have on the 
        holders. Any modifications to the authorization shall 
        be made within the terms and conditions of the 
        authorization and authorities of the impacted agency.
            (2) the return of a commercial recreation service 
        to the Secretary for operation when such services have 
        been provided in the past by a private sector provider, 
        except when--
                    (A) the private sector provider fails to 
                bid on such opportunities;
                    (B) the private sector provider terminates 
                its relationship with the agency; or
                    (C) the agency revokes the permit for non-
                compliance with the terms and conditions of the 
                authorization.
In such cases, the agency may use the Recreation Fee 
Demonstration Program to provide for operations until a 
subsequent operator can be found through the offering of a new 
prospectus.
    Sec. 345. National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities 
Economic Diversification. (a) Findings and Purposes.--Section 
2373 of the National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities 
Economic Diversification Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6611) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                ``national forests'' and inserting ``National 
                Forest System land'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``the 
                national forests'' and inserting ``National 
                Forest System land'';
                    (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ``forest 
                resources'' and inserting ``natural 
                resources''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (6), by striking 
                ``national forest resources'' and inserting 
                ``National Forest System land resources''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``national forests'' and 
                inserting ``National Forest System land''; and
                    (B) by striking ``forest resources'' and 
                inserting ``natural resources''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 2374(1) of the National Forest-
Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act of 
1990 (7 U.S.C. 6612(1)) is amended by striking ``forestry'' and 
inserting ``natural resources''.
    (c) Rural Forestry and Economic Diversification Action 
Teams.--Section 2375(b) of the National Forest-Dependent Rural 
Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
6613(b)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``forestry'' 
        and inserting ``natural resources''; and
            (2) in the second and third sentences, by striking 
        ``national forest resources'' and inserting ``National 
        Forest System land resources''.
    (d) Action Plan Implementation.--Section 2376(a) of the 
National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic 
Diversification Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6614(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``forest resources'' and inserting 
        ``natural resources''; and
            (2) by striking ``national forest resources'' and 
        inserting ``National Forest System land resources''.
    (e) Training and Education.--Paragraphs (3) and (4) of 
section 2377(a) of the National Forest-Dependent Rural 
Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
6615(a)) are amended by striking ``national forest resources'' 
and inserting ``National Forest System land resources''.
    (f ) Loans to Economically Disadvantaged Rural 
Communities.--Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 2378(a) of the 
National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic 
Diversification Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6616(a)) are amended by 
striking ``national forest resources'' and inserting ``National 
Forest System land resources''.
    Sec. 346. Interstate 90 Land Exchange. (a) Section 604(a) 
of the Interstate 90 Land Exchange Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-
277; 112 Stat. 2681-326 (1998)) is hereby amended by adding at 
the end of the first sentence: ``except title to offered lands 
and interests in lands described in subparagraphs (Q), (R), 
(S), and (T) of section 605(c)(2) must be placed in escrow by 
Plum Creek, according to terms and conditions acceptable to the 
Secretary and Plum Creek, for a 3-year period beginning on the 
later of the date of the enactment of this Act or consummation 
of the exchange. During the period the lands are held in 
escrow, Plum Creek shall not undertake any activitieson these 
lands, except for fire suppression and road maintenance, without the 
approval of the Secretary, which shall not be unreasonably withheld''.
    (b) Section 604(b) of the Interstate 90 Land Exchange Act 
of 1998 (Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-326 (1998)) is 
hereby amended by inserting after ``offered land'' the 
following: ``as provided in section 604(a), and placement in 
escrow of acceptable title to the offered lands described in 
subparagraphs (Q), (R), (S), and (T) of section 605(c)(2)''.
    (c) Section 604(b) is further amended by adding the 
following at the end of the first sentence: ``except Township 
19 North, Range 10 East, W.M., Section 4, Township 20 North, 
Range 10 East, W.M., Section 32, and Township 21 North, Range 
14 East, W.M., W\1/2\W\1/2\ of Section 16, which shall be 
retained by the United States''. The appraisal approved by the 
Secretary of Agriculture on July 14, 1999 (the ``Appraisal'') 
shall be adjusted by subtracting the values determined for 
Township 19 North, Range 10 East, W.M., Section 4 and Township 
20 North, Range 10 East, W.M., Section 32 during the Appraisal 
process in the context of the whole estate to be conveyed.
    (d) After adjustment of the Appraisal, the values of the 
offered and selected lands, including the offered lands held in 
escrow, shall be equalized as provided in section 605(c) except 
that the Secretary also may equalize values through the 
following, including any combination thereof--
            (1) conveyance of any other lands under the 
        jurisdiction of the Secretary acceptable to Plum Creek 
        and the Secretary after compliance with all applicable 
        Federal environmental and other laws; and
            (2) to the extent sufficient acceptable lands are 
        not available pursuant to paragraph (1) of this 
        subsection, cash payments as and to the extent funds 
        become available through appropriations, private 
        sources, or, if necessary, by reprogramming.
    (e) The Secretary shall promptly seek to identify lands 
acceptable for conveyance to equalize values under paragraph 
(1) of subsection (d) and shall, not later than May 1, 2000, 
provide a report to the Congress outlining the results of such 
efforts.
    (f ) As funds or lands are provided to Plum Creek by the 
Secretary, Plum Creek shall release to the United States deeds 
for lands and interests in land held in escrow based on the 
values determined during the Appraisal process in the context 
of the whole estate to be conveyed. Deeds shall be released for 
lands and interests in lands in the exact reverse order listed 
in section 605(c)(2).
    (g) Section 606(d) is hereby amended to read as follows: 
``the Secretary and Plum Creek shall make the adjustments 
directed in section 604(b) and consummate the land exchange 
within 30 days of the enactment of the Interstate 90 Land 
Exchange Amendment, unless the Secretary and Plum Creek 
mutually agree to extend the consummation date''.
    Sec. 347. The Snoqualmie National Forest Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 1999. (a) In General.--The boundary of the 
Snoqualmie National Forest is hereby adjusted as generally 
depicted on a map entitled ``Snoqualmie National Forest 1999 
Boundary Adjustment'' dated June 30, 1999. Such map, together 
with a legal description of all lands included in the boundary 
adjustment, shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service in 
Washington, District of Columbia. Nothing in this subsection 
shall limit the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to 
adjust the boundary pursuant to section 11 of the Weeks Law of 
March 1, 1911.
    (b) Rule for Land and Water Conservation Fund.--For the 
purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the boundary of the Snoqualmie 
National Forest, as adjusted by subsection (a), shall be 
considered to be the boundary of the Forest as of January 1, 
1965.
    Sec. 348. Section 1770(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(7 U.S.C. 2276(d)) is amended by redesignating paragraph (10) 
as paragraph (11) and by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(10) section 3(e) of the Forest and Rangeland 
        Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
        1642(e));''.
    Sec. 349. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to implement or enforce any 
provision in Presidential Executive Order No. 13123 regarding 
the Federal Energy Management Program which circumvents or 
contradicts any statutes relevant to Federal energy use and the 
measurement thereof.
    Sec. 350. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used for the physical relocation of grizzly bears into the 
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness of Idaho and Montana.
    Sec. 351. Youth Conservation Corps and Related 
Partnerships. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, there shall be available for high priority projects which 
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as 
authorized by Public Law 91-378, or related partnerships with 
non-Federal youth conservationcorps or entities such as the 
Student Conservation Association, up to $1,000,000 of the funds 
available to the Bureau of Land Management under this Act, in order to 
increase the number of summer jobs available for youths, ages 15 
through 22, on Federal lands.
    (b) Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
Interior shall jointly submit a report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources 
of the House of Representatives that includes the following--
            (1) the number of youths, ages 15 through 22, 
        employed during the summer of 1999, and the number 
        estimated to be employed during the summer of 2000, 
        through the Youth Conservation Corps, the Public Land 
        Corps, or a related partnership with a State, local or 
        nonprofit youth conservation corps or other entities 
        such as the Student Conservation Association;
            (2) a description of the different types of work 
        accomplished by youths during the summer of 1999;
            (3) identification of any problems that prevent or 
        limit the use of the Youth Conservation Corps, the 
        Public Land Corps, or related partnerships to 
        accomplish projects described in subsection (a);
            (4) recommendations to improve the use and 
        effectiveness of partnerships described in subsection 
        (a); and
            (5) an analysis of the maintenance backlog that 
        identifies the types of projects that the Youth 
        Conservation Corps, the Public Land Corps, or related 
        partnerships are qualified to complete.
    Sec. 352. (a) North Pacific Research Board.--Section 401 of 
Public Law 105-83 is amended as follows:
            (1) In subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``available for 
                appropriation, to the extent provided in the 
                subsequent appropriations Acts,'' and inserting 
                ``made available'';
                    (B) by inserting ``To the extent provided 
                in the subsequent appropriations Acts,'' at the 
                beginning of paragraph (1);
                    (C) by inserting ``without further 
                appropriation'' after ``20 percent of such 
                amounts shall be made available''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (f ).
    Sec. 353. None of the funds in this Act may be used by the 
Secretary of the Interior to issue a prospecting permit for 
hardrock mineral exploration on Mark Twain National Forest land 
in the Current River/Jack's Fork River--Eleven Point Watershed 
(not including Mark Twain National Forest land in Townships 31N 
and 32N, Range 2 and Range 3 West, on which mining activities 
are taking place as of the date of the enactment of this Act): 
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used by the 
Secretary of the Interior to segregate or withdraw land in the 
Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri under section 204 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1714).
    Sec. 354. Public Law 105-83, the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of November 17, 1997, 
title III, section 331 is hereby amended by adding before the 
period: ``: Provided further, That to carryout the provisions 
of this section, the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest 
Service may establish Transfer Appropriation Accounts (also 
known as allocation accounts) as needed''.
    Sec. 355. White River National Forest.--The Forest Service 
shall extend the public comment period on the White River 
National Forest plan revision for 90 days beyond February 9, 
2000.
    Sec. 356. The first section of Public Law 99-215 (99 Stat. 
1724), as amended by section 597 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53), is further 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
        (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
        new subsections:
    ``(c) The National Capital Planning Commission shall vacate 
and terminate an Easement and Declaration of Covenants, dated 
February 2, 1989, conveyed by the owner of the adjacent real 
property pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(D) in exchange for, and 
not later than 30 days after, the vacation and termination of 
the Deed of Easement, dated January 4, 1989, conveyed by the 
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission pursuant 
to subsection (b)(1).
    ``(d) Effective on the date of the enactment of this 
subsection, the memorandum of May 7, 1985, and any amendments 
thereto, shall terminate.''.
    Sec. 357. (a) The Secretary of the Interior, as part of the 
President's budget submittal for fiscal year 2001, shall 
include a detailed plan for implementing the recommendations of 
the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council's 
study entitled ``Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands'', including 
information on the levels of funding and personnel utilized to 
administer the existing hardrock mining environmental and 
reclamation regulations of the Bureau of Land Management in 
fiscal years1999 and 2000, as well as recommended 
appropriations for fiscal year 2001 and thereafter to achieve the 
improvements in the implementation of those regulations recommended by 
the study. The Secretary's plan shall also include proposed legislation 
deemed necessary to implement any of the study's recommendations 
including proposals addressing: (1) statutory authorities for Federal 
land managing agencies to issue administrative penalties for violations 
of their regulatory requirements, subject to appropriate due process; 
and (2) appropriate modifications to existing environmental laws to 
allow and promote the cleanup of abandoned mine sites in or adjacent to 
new mine areas.
    (b) None of the funds in this Act may be used by the 
Secretary of the Interior to promulgate final rules to revise 
43 CFR subpart 3809, or to finalize the accompanying draft 
environmental impact statement.

     TITLE IV--MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL FOREST IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999

SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Mississippi National 
Forest Improvement Act of 1999''.

SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the 
        Agreement described in section 405(a).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of Agriculture.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
        Mississippi.
            (4) University.--The term ``University'' means the 
        University of Mississippi.
            (5) University land.--The term ``University land'' 
        means land described in section 404(a).

SEC. 403. CONVEYANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SITES AND SMALL PARCELS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may, under such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, sell or exchange any 
or all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to the following tracts of land in the State:
            (1) Gulfport Laboratory Site, consisting of 
        approximately 10 acres, as depicted on the map entitled 
        ``Gulfport Laboratory Site, May 21, 1998''.
            (2) Raleigh Dwelling Site No. 1, consisting of 
        approximately 0.44 acre, as depicted on the map 
        entitled ``Raleigh Dwelling Site No. 1, May 21, 1998''.
            (3) Raleigh Dwelling Site No. 2, consisting of 
        approximately 0.47 acre, as depicted on the map 
        entitled ``Raleigh Dwelling Site No. 2, May 21, 1998''.
            (4) Rolling Fork Dwelling Site, consisting of 
        approximately 0.303 acre, as depicted on the map 
        entitled ``Rolling Fork Dwelling Site, May 21, 1998''.
            (5) Gloster Dwelling Site, consisting of 
        approximately 0.55 acre, as depicted on the map 
        entitled ``Gloster Dwelling Site, May 21, 1998''.
            (6) Gloster Office Site, consisting of 
        approximately 1.00 acre, as depicted on the map 
        entitled ``Gloster Office Site, May 21, 1998''.
            (7) Gloster Work Center Site, consisting of 
        approximately 2.00 acres, as depicted on the map 
        entitled ``Gloster Work Center Site, May 21, 1998''.
            (8) Holly Springs Dwelling Site, consisting of 
        approximately 0.31 acre, as depicted on the map 
        entitled ``Holly Springs Dwelling Site, May 21, 1998''.
            (9) Isolated parcels of National Forest land 
        located in Township 5 South, Ranges 12 and 13 West, and 
        in Township 3 North, Range 12 West, sections 23, 33, 
        and 34, St. Stephens Meridian.
            (10) Isolated parcels of National Forest land 
        acquired after the date of the enactment of this Act 
        from the University of Mississippi located in George 
        and Jackson Counties.
            (11) Approximately 20 acres of National Forest land 
        and structures located in Township 6 North, Range 3 
        East, Section 30, Washington Meridian.
    (b) Consideration.--Consideration for a sale or exchange of 
land under subsection (a) may include the acquisition of land, 
existing improvements, or improvements constructed to the 
specifications of the Secretary.
    (c) Applicable Law.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, any sale or exchange of land under subsection (a) 
shall be subject to the laws (including regulations) applicable 
to the conveyance and acquisition of land for the National 
Forest System.
    (d) Cash Equalization.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary may accept a cash equalization payment in 
excess of 25 percent of the value of land exchanged under 
subsection (a).
    (e) Solicitation of Offers.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may solicit offers 
        for the sale or exchange of land under this section on 
        such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
        prescribe.
            (2) Rejection of offers.--The Secretary may reject 
        any offer made under this section if the Secretary 
        determines that the offer is not adequate or not in the 
        public interest.
    (f ) Deposit of Proceeds.--The Secretary shall deposit the 
proceeds of a sale or exchange under subsection (a) in the fund 
established under Public Law 90-171 (16 U.S.C. 484a) (commonly 
known as the ``Sisk Act'').
    (g) Use of Proceeds.--Funds deposited under subsection (f ) 
shall be available until expended for--
            (1) the construction of a research laboratory and 
        office facility at the Forest Service administrative 
        site located at the Mississippi State University at 
        Starkville, Mississippi;
            (2) the acquisition, construction, or improvement 
        of administrative facilities in connection with units 
        of the National Forest System in the State; and
            (3) the acquisition of land and interests in land 
        for units of the National Forest System in the State.

SEC. 404. DE SOTO NATIONAL FOREST ADDITION.

    (a) Acquisition.--The Secretary may acquire for fair market 
value all right, title, and interest in land owned by the 
University of Mississippi within or near the boundaries of the 
De Soto National Forest in Stone, George, and Jackson Counties, 
Mississippi, comprising approximately 22,700 acres.
    (b) Boundaries.--
            (1) In general.--The boundaries of the De Soto 
        National Forest shall be modified as depicted on the 
        map entitled ``De Soto National Forest Boundary 
        Modification--April, 1999'' to include any acquisition 
        of University land under this section.
            (2) Availability of map.--The map described in 
        paragraph (1) shall be available for public inspection 
        in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service in 
        Washington, District of Columbia.
            (3) Allocation of moneys for federal purposes.--For 
        the purpose of section 7 of the Land and Water 
        Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the 
        boundaries of the De Soto National Forest, as modified 
        by this subsection, shall be considered the boundaries 
        of the De Soto National Forest as of January 1, 1965.
    (c) Management.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall assume 
        possession and all management responsibilities for 
        University land acquired under this section on the date 
        of acquisition.
            (2) Cooperative management agreement.--For the 
        fiscal year containing the date of the enactment of 
        this Act and each of the four fiscal years thereafter, 
        the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement 
        with the University that provides for Forest Service 
        management of any University land acquired, or planned 
        to be acquired, under this section.
            (3) Administration.--University land acquired under 
        this section shall be--
                    (A) subject to the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 
                U.S.C. 480 et seq.) (commonly known as the 
                ``Weeks Act'') and other laws (including 
                regulations) pertaining to the National Forest 
                System; and
                    (B) managed in a manner that is consistent 
                with the land and resource management plan 
                applicable to the De Soto National Forest on 
                the date of the enactment of this Act, until 
                the plan is revised in accordance with the 
                regularly scheduled process for revision.

SEC. 405. FRANKLIN COUNTY LAND.

    (a) In General.--The Agreement dated April 24, 1999, 
entered into between the Secretary, the State, and the Franklin 
County School Board that provides for the Federal acquisition 
of land owned by the State for the construction of the Franklin 
Lake Dam in Franklin County, Mississippi, is ratified and the 
parties to the Agreement are authorized to implement the terms 
of the Agreement.
    (b) Federal Grant.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to reservations and 
        exceptions contained in the Agreement, there is granted 
        and quit claimed to the State all right, title, and 
        interest of the United States in the federally-owned 
        land described in Exhibit A to the Agreement.
            (2) Management.--The land granted to the State 
        under the Agreement shall be managed as school land 
        grants.
    (c) Acquisition of State Land.--
            (1) In general.--All right, title, and interest in 
        and to the 655.94 acres of land described as Exhibit B 
        to the Agreement is vested in the United States along 
        with the right of immediate possession by the 
        Secretary.
            (2) Compensation.--Compensation owed to the State 
        and the Franklin County School Board for the land 
        described in paragraph (1) shall be provided in 
        accordance with the Agreement.
    (d) Correction of Descriptions.--The Secretary and the 
Secretary of State of the State may, by joint modification of 
the Agreement, make minor corrections to the descriptions of 
the land described on Exhibits A and B to the Agreement.
    (e) Security Interest.--
            (1) In general.--Any cash equalization indebtedness 
        owed to the United States pursuant to the Agreement 
        shall be secured only by the timber on the granted land 
        described in Exhibit A of the Agreement.
            (2) Loss of security.--The United States shall have 
        no recourse against the State or the Franklin County 
        School Board as the result of the loss of the security 
        described in paragraph (1) due to fire, insects, 
        natural disaster, or other circumstance beyond the 
        control of the State or Board.
            (3) Release of liens.--On payment of cash 
        equalization as required by the Agreement, the 
        Secretary (or the Supervisor of the National Forests in 
        the State or other authorized representative of the 
        Secretary) shall release any liens on the granted land 
        described in Exhibit A of the Agreement.

SEC. 406. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS FROM LAND CONVEYANCES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall deposit any funds 
received by the United States from land conveyances authorized 
under section 405 in the fund established under Public Law 90-
171 (16 U.S.C. 484a) (commonly known as the ``Sisk Act'').
    (b) Use.--Funds deposited in the fund under subsection (a) 
shall be available until expended for the acquisition of land 
and interests in land for the National Forest System in the 
State.
    (c) Partial Distribution.--Any funds received by the United 
States from land conveyances authorized under this Act shall 
not be subject to partial distribution to the State under--
            (1) the Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations 
        for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 
        ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine'', 
        approved May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260, chapter 192; 16 
        U.S.C. 500);
            (2) section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 
        Stat. 963, chapter 186; 16 U.S.C. 500); or
            (3) any other law.

SEC. 407. PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS AND MAPS.

    Section 387 of the Act of February 16, 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1387) 
is amended in the first sentence--
            (1) by striking ``such'' the first place it appears 
        and inserting ``information such as geo-referenced data 
        from all sources,'';
            (2) by striking ``(not less than estimated cost of 
        furnishing such reproductions)''; and
            (3) by inserting after ``determine'' the following: 
        ``(but not less than the estimated costs of data 
        processing, updating, revising, reformatting, 
        repackaging and furnishing the reproductions and 
        information)''.

SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
necessary to carry out this Act.

     TITLE V--UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA COMBINED BENEFIT FUND

    Sec. 501. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an 
amount of $68,000,000 in interest credited to the fund 
established by section 401 of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231) for fiscal years 1993 
through 1995 not transferred to the Combined Fund identified in 
section 402(h)(2) of such Act shall be transferred to such 
Combined Fund within 30 days after the enactment of this Act to 
pay the amount of any shortfall in any premium account for any 
plan year under the Combined Fund. The entire amount 
transferred by this section is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000''.
    And the Senate agree to the same.
                                   Ralph Regula,
                                   Jim Kolbe,
                                   Joe Skeen,
                                   Charles H. Taylor,
                                   George R. Nethercutt, Jr.,
                                   Zach Wamp,
                                   Jack Kingston,
                                   John E. Peterson,
                                   Bill Young,
                                   John P. Murtha
                                           Except for NEA funding. Sec. 
                                               337 (millsites) and Sec. 
                                               357 (hard rock mining),
                                 Managers on the Part of the House.

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

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

      The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at 
the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on 
the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2466), making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for 
other purposes, submit the following joint statement to the 
House and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action 
agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying 
conference report.
      The conference agreement on H.R. 2466 incorporates some 
of the provisions of both the House and the Senate versions of 
the bill. Report language and allocations set forth in either 
House Report 106-222 or Senate Report 106-99 that are not 
changed by the conference are approved by the committee of 
conference. The statement of the managers, while repeating some 
report language for emphasis, does not negate the language 
referenced above unless expressly provided herein.

             Allocation of Congressional Funding Priorities

      The managers direct that when Congressional instructions 
are provided these instructions are to be closely monitored and 
followed. In this and future years, the managers direct that 
earmarks for Congressional funding priorities shall be 
allocated for those projects or programs prior to determining 
and allocating the remaining funds. Field units or programs 
should not have their allocations reduced because of earmarks 
for Congressional priorities without direction from or approval 
of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. Further, 
the managers note that it is a Congressional responsibility to 
determine the level of funds provided for Federal agencies and 
how those funds should be distributed. It is not useful or 
productive to have Administration officials refer to 
Congressional directives as condescending and encroaching on 
executive responsibility to direct agency operations.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   management of lands and resources

      The conference agreement provides $644,218,000 for 
management of lands and resources instead of $631,068,000 as 
proposed by the House and $634,321,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Increases above the House include $2,500,000 for grazing 
permits, $1,500,000 for invasive species, $750,000 for Idaho 
weed control, $50,000 for Rio Puerco, $1,000,000 for the 
Colorado plateau ecosystem study, $500,000 for the national 
laboratory grazing study, $400,000 for fisheries, $900,000 for 
salmon restoration on the Yukon River and Caribou-Poker Creek, 
$1,330,000 for recreation resource management, $400,000 for the 
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, $4,400,000 for Alaska 
Conveyance, $300,000 for the Utah wilderness study, $350,000 
for the Montana mapping project, and a $1,000,000 restoration 
of the general decrease.
      Decreases below the House include $500,000 from standards 
and guidelines, $400,000 from wildlife, and $1,330,000 from 
recreation operations.
      In addition to the increase of $2,500,000 as proposed by 
the House and provided by the managers for the processing of 
permits for coalbed methane activities, the managers have 
included bill language that makes the use of some of the 
Bureau's funds contingent upon a written agreement between the 
coal mine operator and the gas producer prior to permit 
issuance if the permitted activity is in an area where there is 
a conflict between coal mining operations and coalbed methane 
production. This restrictive language only applies to the 
additional $2,500,000.
      The managers have agreed to earmark $750,000 for the 
Couer d'Alene Basin Commission for mining related cleanup 
activities with the clear understanding that funding will be 
provided only on a one-time basis.
      The Senate bill calls for a report by USDA's Forest 
Service dealing with integration of watershed and community 
needs. The managers direct that this report be a joint Forest 
Service and Bureau of Land Management report as stated on page 
75 of Senate Report 106-99.
      The managers are concerned that the Bureau appears to be 
introducing new burdensome and questionable requirements on 
domestic oil and gas applications for permits to drill, and 
directs the Bureau to cease requiring companies to apply paint 
to ground that will be disturbed by drilling activities.
      The managers concur with the Senate report language 
providing guidance on the Southern Nevada Public Lands 
Management Act as stated in Senate Report 106-99.
      The managers have maintained the funding level for Kane 
and Garfield counties at the fiscal year 1999 level of 
$250,000.
      The managers have modified bill language in Title III as 
proposed by the Senate to allow the Bureau to use up to 
$1,000,000 for the Youth Conservation Corps.
      The managers have agreed to the Interior Columbia Basin 
Ecosystem Management Project bill language as proposed by the 
House. This language is included under Title III General 
Provisions, section 335.

                        wildland fire management

      The conference agreement provides $292,282,000 for 
wildland fire management instead of $292,399,000 as proposed by 
the House and $283,805,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Changes to the House include an increase of $57,500 to 
reimburse Trinity County for expenses incurred as part of the 
July 2, 1999, Lowden fire, and a decrease of $175,000 as an 
offset against the Weber Dam project.

                    central hazardous materials fund

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

                              construction

      The conference agreement provides $11,425,000 for 
construction instead of $11,100,000 as proposed by the House 
and $12,418,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Increases above the House include $50,000 for the La 
Puebla pit tank, $250,000 for the California Trail Interpretive 
Center, and $25,000 for uncontrollable costs.

                       payments in lieu of taxes

      The conference agreement provides $135,000,000 for 
payments in lieu of taxes as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$145,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                            land acquisition

      The conference agreement provides $15,500,000 for land 
acquisition instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$17,400,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds should be 
distributed as follows:

        State and project                                         Amount
CA--California Wilderness (Catellus property)...........      $5,000,000
AZ--Cerbat Foothills....................................         500,000
UT--Grafton Preservation................................         250,000
NM--La Cienega ACEC.....................................       1,000,000
CA--Otay Mts./Kuchamaa..................................         750,000
WA--Rock Cr. Watershed (Escure Ranch)...................         500,000
CA--Santa Rosa Mts. NSA.................................         500,000
CO--Upper Arkansas River Basin..........................       2,500,000
ID--Upper Snake/S. Fork Snake River.....................         500,000
OR--West Eugene Wetlands................................         500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................      12,000,000
Emergency/Hardships/Inholdings..........................         500,000
Acquisition Management..................................       3,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................      15,500,000

      The $250,000 provided for Grafton, Utah is for 
acquisition of a 30-acre portion of the 220-acre Stout 
property. The 30 acres are foothill land adjacent to BLM 
managed public land and are appropriate for BLM acquisition. 
The managers understand that the Grafton Heritage Project and 
the Grand Canyon Trust will be responsible for acquisition and 
management of the balance of the Stout property.
      The managers agree to provide $5,000,000 to the National 
Park Service (NPS) and $5,000,000 to the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) for land acquisition within the California 
desert. This funding is based on the understanding that the 
Wildlands Conservancy will acquire 8,000 additional acres, in 
consultation with the NPS and BLM, from willing seller and 
small private inholdings within Joshua Tree National Park and 
the Mojave National Preserve within the next year.
      The managers agree that no additional funds will be 
provided for Catellus land acquisition in future years unless 
and until the Department of the Interior and the Department of 
Defense resolve remaining issues relating to desert tortoise 
mitigation and land acquisition and expansion at the National 
Training Center for the Army at Fort Irwin, California.
      Futhermore, the managers will consider an additional 
$20,000,000 for California desert land acquisition of the 
Catellus lands up to a total of $30,000,000. Future funding 
decisions will be based upon progress made by the two 
departments on desert tortoise mitigation and land acquisition 
and expansion at the National Training Center for the Army of 
Fort Irwin.

                   oregon and california grant lands

      The conference agreement provides $99,225,000 for Oregon 
and California grant lands as proposed by the House and Senate.

                           range improvements

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

               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

      The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
appropriation for service charges, deposits, and forfeitures 
which is estimated to be $8,800,000 as proposed by the House 
and Senate.

                       miscellaneous trust funds

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

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          resource management

      The conference agreement provides $716,046,000 for 
resource management instead of $710,700,000 as proposed by the 
House and $684,569,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Changes to the House position in endangered species 
programs include an increase of $100,000 in candidate 
conservation and a decrease of $300,000 in listing. The 
managers have agreed to increases of $100,000 for the Broughton 
Ranch demonstration project and $300,000 for a coldwater fish 
HCP in Montana and a decrease of $300,000 for other program 
activities in consultation. Also included are increases of 
$3,857,000 for Washington salmon recovery, $500,000 for the 
Bruneau hot springs snail, $400,000 for the Prebles meadow 
jumping mouse, $1,500,000 for small landowner partnerships, and 
$200,000 for a Weber Dam study, and a decrease of $1,100,000 
for other program activities in recovery. The managers have 
agreed to a decrease of $1,500,000 for the small landowner 
incentive program.
      Changes to the House position in habitat conservation 
include increases of $250,000 for Hawaii ESA community 
conservation and $150,000 for Nevada biodiversity and decreases 
of $200,000 for the Washington State Department of Fish and 
Wildlife grant program and $500,000 for other program 
activities in the partners for fish and wildlife program. The 
managers have agreed to a decrease of $500,000 for FERC 
relicensing in project planning; an increase of $193,000 for 
Long Live the Kings and a decrease of $300,000 for other 
program activities in the coastal program; and a decrease of 
$500,000 for the National wetlands inventory.
      For refuge operations and maintenance changes to the 
House position include an increase of $200,000 for Spartina 
grass research at the University of Washington and decreases of 
$250,000 for coral reefs, $500,000 for the Volunteer and 
Community Partnership Act, a net decrease of $250,000 for 
tundra to tropics, leaving $250,000 specifically for Hawaii 
ecosystems and $1,000,000 for other program activities in 
refuges operations. There is also a decrease of $500,000 for 
refuge maintenance. For law enforcement there is a decrease 
from the House position of $500,000 for operations. In 
migratory bird management there is an increase over the House 
position of $400,000 for Canada geese depredation, including 
dusky Canada geese, and a decrease of $400,000 for other 
program activities.
      Changes to the House position for hatchery operations and 
maintenance include increases of $200,000 for White Sulphur 
Springs NFH, $500,000 for other hatchery operations and 
maintenance, and $3,600,000 for Washington State Hatchery 
Improvement as discussed below. Changes to the House position 
for the fish and wildlife management account include increases 
of $200,000 for Yukon River fisheries management studies, 
$100,000 for Yukon River Salmon Treaty public education 
programs, $110,000 for Caribou-Poker Creek salmon passage 
assistance, $1,018,000 for fish passage improvements in Maine, 
$600,000 for a prototype machine to mark hatchery reared salmon 
at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, $400,000 for 
Great Lakes fish and wildlife restoration, and $368,000 for a 
fisheries resource project in cooperation with the Juniata 
Valley School District in Alexandria, PA. The managers have 
agreed to a decrease of $300,000 for Atlantic salmon recovery.
      Changes to the House position in general administration 
include an increase of $200,000 for the National Conservation 
Training Center and decreases in international affairs of 
$700,000 for CITES permits and invasive species, $100,000 for 
the Russia initiative and $150,000 for neotropical migrants. 
There is also a decrease of $250,000 for the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation.
      Bill Language.--The managers agree to the following 
changes to the House passed bill. The amount of funding for 
certain endangered species listing programs may not exceed 
$6,232,000 instead of $6,532,000 as proposed by the House and 
$5,932,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The managers have made permanent the authority provided 
in the Senate bill for National Wildlife Refuges in Louisiana 
and Texas to retain funds collected from oil and gas related 
damages under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, the Oil Pollution Act and the 
Clean Water Act. The Senate provision extended the authority 
only through fiscal year 2000. The House had no similar 
provision.
      Under General Provisions, Department of the Interior, the 
managers have modified Senate Section 127 limiting the use of 
funds to implement Secretarial Order 3206. The modification 
permits implementation of the order except for two provisions. 
The first would give preferential treatment to Indian 
activities at the expense of non-Indian activities in 
determining conservation restrictions to species listed under 
the Endangered Species Act. The second would give preferential 
treatment to tribal lands at the expense of other privately 
owned lands in designating critical habitat under the 
Endangered Species Act. The House had no similar provision.
      The managers agree to the following:
      1. The Service should continue to support the Nez Perce 
Tribe's wolf monitoring efforts. The managers understand that 
this program has been very successful and believe it should be 
continued at least at the funding level provided in fiscal year 
1999.
      2. Small landowner partnerships under the ESA recovery 
program are not transferred to the landowner incentive program 
as proposed by the House, but the Service should consider 
seriously consolidating these programs in the fiscal year 2001 
budget.
      3. The $200,000 for a Weber Dam Study should be used by 
the Service, through a contract or memorandum of understanding 
with the Bureau of Reclamation, to (1) investigate alternatives 
to the modification of Weber Dam on the Walker River Paiute 
Reservation in Nevada; (2) evaluate the feasibility and 
effectiveness of the installation of a fish ladder at Weber 
Dam; and (3) evaluate opportunities for Lahontan cutthroat 
trout restoration in the Walker River Basin. Any future funding 
requirements identified for program implementation should not 
be the responsibility of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
      4. The $600,000 provided to assist with the Tongass Land 
Management Plan is included with the understanding that the 
State of Alaska should receive assistance as a partner.
      5. The Long Live the Kings salmon program is funded at 
$393,000 in the coastal program, and $171,500 of that amount is 
to be provided directly to the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement 
Group.
      6. The managers are concerned about the continuing unmet 
maintenance needs at Ohio River Islands National Wildlife 
Refuge that have not been addressed adequately in Service 
budget requests and direct the Service to ensure that: (1) the 
Refuge's maintenance requirements are fully included by Region 
9 in the Maintenance Management System and (2) future budget 
requests include sufficient funding for the Ohio River Islands 
National Wildlife Refuge to cover adequately its growing 
maintenance needs.
      7. The funding provided for Caribou-Poker Creek salmon 
restoration is for one-time fish passage assistance by the 
Service. Any future operations and maintenance costs associated 
with this project should not be borne by the Service.
      8. The funding for fish passage improvements in Maine, 
related to removal of Edwards Dam, is provided on a one-time 
basis to help address a first-year shortfall in funding for 
fish passage assistance and restoration as anticipated by the 
Lower Kennebec River Comprehensive Hydropower Settlement 
Accord, of which the Service is a partner. The Service, as a 
partner in the Accord, should consider its responsibilities 
under the Accord as it prepares future budget requests.
      9. The funding provided for the Washington Department of 
Fish and Wildlife for a prototype machine to mark hatchery 
reared salmon completes the Federal funding for this project.
      10. The strategic plan required by the House for dealing 
with over-populations of snow geese and Canada geese should 
consider lethal means, including hunting, as possible 
solutions.
      11. The managers are concerned by the Service's failure 
to gather the necessary information to delist the concho water 
snake. Before distributing the ESA recovery program increase, 
the Service should provide $300,000 for the activities required 
to process the delisting of the concho water snake. The 
managers expect the Service to proceed as quickly as possible, 
with the goal of gathering the necessary information within one 
year or as soon thereafter as possible.
      12. The managers have received several expressions of 
concern about uncooperative responses from the Carlsbad 
ecological services office in California. The Service should 
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 
actions taken to improve communications between that office and 
State and local agencies and the public. Such actions should 
not involve increases in operational funding.
      13. The increase provided for the coastal program is not 
limited to any particular coastal areas. The Senate reference 
to South Carolina and Texas is not intended to limit increased 
funding to those areas. The managers also commend the Maine 
coastal program.
      14. Within the funds provided for resource management, 
the Service should set aside $500,000 for the Blackwater NWR, 
MD nutria eradication program. The managers do not object to 
the use of carryover funds for a portion of this earmark. This 
program should serve as a prototype for nutria eradication 
throughout the country. The Service should notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of what funds will be used 
for this program within 30 days of enactment of this Act and 
prior to distribution of program increases to the field. 
Sufficient funds should be included in the fiscal year 2001 
budget request to complete this important project, the cost of 
which is being shared by several non-Federal partners.
      15. The managers are aware that the Fish and Wildlife 
Service designated critical habitat for the cactus ferruginous 
pygmy-owl on July 12, 1999, and are concerned with the impact 
this designation will have on activities in southern Arizona. 
The managers expect the Service to devote the necessary 
resources to respond adequately and efficiently to the needs of the 
people who are affected by this new rule and to conduct appropriate 
scientific studies.
      16. In 1997 Congress requested the Northwest Power 
Planning Council to conduct a review of all Federally funded 
fish hatcheries in the Columbia River Basin and to make 
recommendations for a coordinated hatchery policy. Congress 
also requested the Council to provide the direction necessary 
to implement such a policy. The Council's report, ``Artificial 
Production Review, Report and Recommendations of the Northwest 
Power Planning Council,'' identifies several immediate actions 
to begin implementation of its recommendations. The managers 
direct the Service to cooperate with the Council, the National 
Marine Fisheries Service, State fish and wildlife agencies, and 
the Columbia Basin Indian tribes to begin implementing the 
report's recommendations. The managers expect the Service to 
begin identifying the amount needed for these reforms and to 
request initial funds in its FY 2001 budget.
      17. The $100,000 provided in the ESA consultation account 
for the Broughton Ranch should be provided as a grant to the 
Washington Agriculture and Forestry Education Foundation for a 
demonstration project on the Broughton Ranch in Walla Walla, 
Washington. This project should serve as a template for how 
small private landowners can establish habitat conservation 
plans in cooperation with Federal agencies.
      18. To conserve and restore Pacific salmon, the managers 
have included $3,857,000 in the recovery program for a 
competitively awarded matching grant program in Washington 
State. The managers intend that the funds be provided in an 
advance payment of the entire amount on October 1, or as soon 
as practicable thereafter, to the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation, a Congressionally chartered, non-profit 
organization with a substantial record of leveraging Federal 
funds with non-Federal funds, coordinating private and public 
partnerships, managing peer reviewed challenge grant programs, 
and tracking the expenditure of funds. The funds will be 
available for award to community-based organizations in 
Washington State for on-the-ground projects that may include 
conservation and restoration of in-stream habitat, riparian 
zones, upland areas, wetlands, and fish passage projects. 
Within the amount provided, $451,000 is for the River CPR Puget 
Sound Drain Guard Campaign. The managers also expect the 
Foundation to work with the affected local community in the 
Methow Valley in Okanogan County, Washington, on salmon 
enhancement projects. The Foundation should give priority in 
awarding funds to cooperative projects in rural communities 
throughout the State.
      19. The funding for Washington State hatchery improvement 
activities is to support this new program as follows: The 
$3,600,000 provided for hatchery reform in Washington State 
should be deposited with the Washington State Interagency 
Council for Outdoor Recreation. The director of the Interagency 
Council for Outdoor Recreation shall ensure these funds are 
expended as specified in the report of May 7, 1999, titled 
``The Reform of Salmon and Steelhead Hatcheries in Puget Sound 
and Coastal Washington to Recover Natural Stocks While 
Providing Fisheries'', and at the direction of the Hatchery 
Scientific Review Group (as discussed below).
      Funds should be used for the improvement of hatcheries in 
the Puget Sound area and other coastal communities as follows: 
(1) $300,000 for activities associated with the Hatchery 
Scientific Review Group which will work with agencies to 
produce guidelinesand recommended actions and ensure that the 
goals of hatchery reform are carried out, identify scientific needs, 
and make recommendations on further experimentation; (2) $800,000 for 
agencies and tribes to establish a team of scientists to generate and 
maintain data bases, analyze existing data, determine and undertake 
needed experiments, purchase scientific equipment, develop technical 
support infrastructures, initiate changes to the hatcheries based on 
their findings and establish a science-based decision making process; 
(3) $1,400,000 to improve hatchery management practices to augment 
fisheries, protect genetic resources, avoid negative ecological 
interactions between wild and hatchery fish, promote recovery of 
naturally spawning populations, and employ new rearing protocols to 
improve survival and operational efficiencies; (4) $900,000 to conduct 
scientific research evaluating hatchery management operations; and (5) 
$200,000 to Long Live the Kings to facilitate co-managers' design and 
implementation of Puget Sound hatchery reform.
      The managers recognize that a leading group of scientists 
representing Federal, State, and tribal agencies has been 
meeting for the past year to discuss the role of fish 
hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest. The listing of over 10 
salmon species in the Columbia River over the past decade and 
the most recent the listing of 3 salmon species in other parts 
of the State have led many in the Northwest to question and 
challenge the role of fish hatcheries in the recovery of the 
listed wild salmon stocks.
      The managers believe hatcheries can play a positive role 
in salmon management and the recovery of wild salmon stocks. 
Scientists are testing ways hatcheries can be retrofitted and 
managed to provide hatchery stocks to maintain a vibrant 
fishery in the Pacific Northwest without significantly 
impacting precious wild stocks.
      The managers commend the efforts of the advisory team 
that has established a framework designed to guide an effort to 
reform more than 100 State, tribal, Federal, and private 
hatcheries in Puget Sound and the Washington coast. Many 
watersheds on the west coast of Washington have multiple 
hatcheries run by different agencies and tribes. Hatchery 
operations must be coordinated within logical geographical 
management units. There must be a coordinated effort among all 
levels of government to obtain the positive results expected by 
hatchery management reform. The managers believe the framework 
outlined by the advisory committee should be implemented at 
hatcheries in Puget Sound and the west coast of Washington.
      There is to be established a Hatchery Scientific Review 
Group which will serve as an independent panel. It should be 
comprised of five independent scientists selected by the 
advisory team from a pool of nine candidates nominated by the 
American Fisheries Society and four agency representatives; one 
each designated by the Washington Department of Fish and 
Wildlife, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, the 
National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service. Each of these designees should have technical 
skills in relevant fields such as fish biology or fish 
genetics. All appointments should be made no later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act. The members of the group may be 
compensated for time and travel through this appropriation. The 
chair of the Hatchery Scientific Review Group should be one of 
the independent scientists chosen from the American Fisheries 
Society nominations and should be selected by the group itself. 
Hereafter, when an independent scientist on the group steps 
down, a replacement should be selected by the group from a list 
of three nominees provided by the American Fisheries Society.
      The Hatchery Scientific Review Group should report to 
Congress by June 1, 2000, on progress made and work remaining 
in reforming Puget Sound hatcheries. Long Live the Kings should 
report to Congress by June 1, 2000, on its progress.

                              Construction

      The conference agreement provides $54,583,000 for 
construction instead of $43,933,000 as proposed by the House 
and $40,434,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds are to be 
distributed as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Project                    Description          Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
6 National Fish Hatcheries in New   Water treatment           $1,803,000
 England.                            improvements.
Alaska Maritime NWR, AK...........  Headquarters/visitor       7,900,000
                                     center.
Alchesay/Williams Creek NFH, AZ...  Environmental                373,000
                                     pollution control.
Bear River NWR, UT................  Dikes/water control          450,000
                                     structures.
Bear River NWR, UT................  Education/visitor          1,500,000
                                     center.
Brazoria NWR, TX..................  Replace Walker               277,000
                                     Bridge.
Canaan Valley NWR, WV.............  Repair office/               150,000
                                     visitor center.
Chase Lake NWR, ND................  Construct vehicle            625,000
                                     shop.
Chincoteague NWR, VA..............  Headquarters/visitor       1,000,000
                                     center.
Cross Creeks NWR, TN..............  5 bridges/water            1,500,000
                                     control structures.
Dexter NFH, NM....................  Irrigation wells....         524,000
Genoa NFH, WI.....................  Water supply system.       1,717,000
Hagerman NFH, ID..................  Replace main               1,000,000
                                     hatchery building.
Hatchie NWR,TN....................  Log Landing Slough           284,000
                                     Bridge.
Hatchie NWR,TN....................  Loop Road/Bear Creek         367,000
                                     Bridge.
Havasu NWR, AZ....................  Replace/rehabilitate         409,000
                                     3 bridges.
J.N. Ding Darling NWR, FL.........  Construction of              750,000
                                     exhibits.
Lake Thibadeau NWR, MT............  Lake Thibadeau               250,000
                                     diversion dam.
Little White Salmon NFH, WA.......  Replace upper              3,990,000
                                     raceways.
Mattamuskeet NWR, NC..............  Structural columns           600,000
                                     in Lodge.
Mattamuskeet NWR, NC..............  Refuge sewage system         400,000
McKinney Lake NFH, NC.............  Dam safety                   600,000
                                     construction.
Natchitoches NFH, LA..............  Aeration &                   750,000
                                     electrical system.
National Eagle & Wildlife           Eagle processing             176,000
 Repository, CO.                     laboratory.
National Eagle & Wildlife           Storage units.......          65,000
 Repository, CO.
Necedah NWR, WI...................  Rynearson #2 dam....       3,440,000
Neosho NFH, MO....................  Rehabilitate                 450,000
                                     deficient pond.
NFW Forensics Laboratory, OR......  Forensics laboratory         500,000
                                     expansion.
Parker River NWR, MA..............  Headquarters complex       2,130,000
Salt Plains NWR, OK...............  Wilson's Pond Bridge          74,000
San Bernard NWR, TX...............  Woods Road Bridge...          75,000
Seney NWR, MI.....................  Replace water              1,450,000
                                     control structure.
Sevilleta NWR, NM.................  Replace office/              927,000
                                     visitor building.
Silvio O. Conte NWR, VT...........  Education center....       1,500,000
Smith Island NWR, MD..............  Restoration.........         450,000
St. Marks NWR, FL.................  Otter Lake public            200,000
                                     use facilities.
St. Vincent NWR, FL...............  Repair/Replace               556,000
                                     support facilities.
Tern Island, NWR, HI..............  Rehabilitate seawall       1,800,000
Tishomingo NFH, OK................  Pennington Creek              44,000
                                     Footbridge.
Tishomingo NWR, OK................  Replace/rehabilitate          54,000
                                     2 bridges.
Upper Mississippi River NWR, IA...  Construction &             1,200,000
                                     exhibits.
White River NFH, VT...............  Replace roof/modify          600,000
                                     structures.
White Sulphur Springs NFH, WV.....  Fingerling tanks and          95,000
                                     raceways.
Wichita Mountains WR, OK..........  Road rehabilitation.       1,564,000
Wichita Mountains WR, OK..........  Replace/rehabilitate       1,537,000
                                     23 bridges.
                                                         ---------------
      Subtotal....................  ....................      46,106,000
Servicewide bridge safety           ....................         495,000
 inspections.
Servicewide dam safety inspections  ....................         545,000
Construction management...........  ....................       7,437,000
                                                         ---------------
      Total.......................  ....................      54,583,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Bill Language.--The managers have agreed to bill language 
proposed by the Senate authorizing a single procurement for 
construction of the headquarters and visitors center at the 
Alaska Maritime NWR.
      The managers agree to the following:
      1. The funding provided for construction of the 
headquarters and visitors center at Alaska Maritime NWR 
completes the Federal funding for this project by the Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
      2. The funding for the education center at the Silvio O. 
Conte NWR, VT is provided with the understanding that the 
Federal commitment will not exceed $2,900,000 and that the cost 
share will be substantially more than 50 percent.
      3. Funding for the Tern Island seawall is provided with 
the understanding that the total cost of the project will not 
exceed $12,000,000 and that project initiation will be delayed 
until appropriated funding is sufficient to provide for 
uninterrupted construction. Such an approach will avoid costly 
shut down and start up costs associated with piecemeal 
construction in this remote location. The managers are 
disappointed that the Fish and Wildlife Service's efforts to 
obtain logistical supportfrom the Navy have been, so far, 
unsuccessful. The managers encourage the Service to continue to pursue 
such support.
      4. Funding provided for the Upper Mississippi River 
Discovery Center, IA represents the full Federal funding by the 
Fish and Wildlife Service. Within the $1,200,000 provided, 
$300,000 is for construction and installation of exhibits 
detailing the mission of the Fish and Wildlife Service and 
interpreting the Upper Mississippi River NWR, IA.
      5. The $615,000 decrease to the House recommended level 
for construction management eliminates the proposed increase 
for seismic compliance. The managers believe seismic compliance 
should be incorporated into overall priorities.
      6. The managers are concerned that the Service has 
allowed the floodgates on and around Mattamuskeet NWR, North 
Carolina, to deteriorate substantially over the past 15 years, 
thus permitting saltwater intrusion onto surrounding farmlands 
of Hyde County, North Carolina. This situation has been 
exacerbated by the recent flooding in eastern North Carolina 
due to hurricanes, including Hurricane Floyd. While the 
managers are sympathetic to the legitimate concerns of the 
Service with respect to water salinity and quality on the 
refuge, the managers expect the Service to cooperate with other 
water users and landowners to ensure that their interests are 
adequately protected.

                            Land Acquisition

      The conference agreement provides $50,513,000 in new land 
acquisition funds and a reprogramming of $8,000,000 in prior 
year funds instead of $42,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$56,444,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds should be 
distributed as follows:

        State and project                                         Amount
SC--ACE Basin NWR.......................................        $500,000
LA--Atchafalaya River (LA Black Bear)...................       1,000,000
TX--Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR........................       1,000,000
VA--Back Bay NWR........................................       1,000,000
TX--Balcones Canyonlands NWR............................       1,500,000
LA--Black Bayou NWR.....................................       3,000,000
MD--Blackwater NWR......................................         500,000
NE--Boyer Chute NWR.....................................       1,000,000
AZ--Buenos Aires NWR (Leslie Canyon)....................       1,500,000
WV--Canaan Valley NWR...................................         500,000
KY--Clarks River NWR....................................         500,000
IL--Cypress Creek NWR...................................         750,000
CA--Don Edwards SF Bay NWR..............................       1,678,000
NJ--E.B. Forsythe NWR...................................         800,000
AL--Grand Bay NWR.......................................       1,000,000
MA--Great Meadows NWR...................................         500,000
NJ--Great Swamp NWR.....................................         500,000
FL--J.N. Ding Darling NWR...............................       4,000,000
NH--Lake Umbagog NWR....................................       2,750,000
TX--Lower Rio Grande NWR................................       2,000,000
ME--Moosehorn NWR.......................................       1,000,000
IA--Neal Smith NWR......................................         500,000
WA--Nisqually NWR (Black River).........................         850,000
ND--North Dakota Prairie NWR............................         500,000
MN/IA--Northern Tallgrass Prairie Project...............         500,000
HI--Oahu Forest (proposed NWR)..........................       1,000,000
WV--Ohio River Islands NWR..............................         400,000
OR--Oregon Coast NWR Complex............................         500,000
IN--Patoka River NWR....................................         500,000
FL--Pelican Island NWR..................................       2,000,000
ME--Petit Manan NWR.....................................         250,000
ME--Rachel Carson NWR...................................         750,000
VA--Rappahannock River Valley NWR.......................       1,100,000
MT--Red Rock NWR (Centennial Valley)....................       1,000,000
RI--Rhode Island Refuge Complex.........................         500,000
CA--San Diego NWR.......................................       3,100,000
MI--Shiawassee NWR......................................         835,000
CT--Stewart McKinney NWR (Calves Island)................       2,000,000
CT--Stewart McKinney NWR (Great Meadow).................         500,000
TX--Trinity River NWR...................................         500,000
SC--Waccamaw NWR........................................       1,500,000
NJ--Wallkill NWR........................................         750,000
MT--Western Montana Project.............................       1,000,000
    Reprogram FY99 Funds (Palmyra)......................      -8,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................      39,513,000
Emergencies/hardships...................................       1,000,000
Inholdings..............................................         750,000
Exchanges...............................................         750,000
Acquisition management..................................       8,500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................      50,513,000

      The managers have reprogrammed the $8,000,000 allocated 
in fiscal year 1999 for the acquisition of Palmyra Atoll 
because the non-Federal matching funds essential to purchase 
the property are not available at this time. The managers 
recognize the unique biological value of this tropical habitat 
and will provide funding in the future should the non-Federal 
share be secured.
      The managers have conducted a preliminary review of the 
Federal land management agencies' definition of acquisition 
management costs. These initial findings indicate that the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service is out of sync with the other 
agencies and the managers are concerned about several issues, 
including the fact that only 65 percent of the acquisition 
management staff of the Service is accounted for in its 
acquisition management account, and that other costs are being 
assessed against the individual projects such as 10 percent 
third party costs. The other agencies do not consider such 
costs. The managers direct the Department to prepare a complete 
analysis of land acquisition costs, which includes the Forest 
Service program, and report to the Committees no later than 
March 15, 2000, with recommendations for standardizing the 
situation.

            Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund

      The conference agreement provides $16,000,000 for the 
cooperative endangered species conservation fund instead of 
$15,000,000 as proposed by the House and $21,480,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The increase above the House is for 
habitat conservation planning land acquisition. Bill language 
is included, as proposed by the Senate, to ensure that these 
funds are derived from the cooperative endangered species 
conservation fund.

                     National Wildlife Refuge Fund

      The conference agreement provides $10,779,000 for the 
national wildlife refuge fund as proposed by the House instead 
of $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

               North American Wetlands Conservation Fund

      The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 for the 
North American wetlands conservation fund as proposed by both 
the House and the Senate.

              Wildlife Conservation and Appreciation Fund

      The conference agreement provides $800,000 for the 
wildlife conservation and appreciation fund as proposed by both 
the House and the Senate.

                Multinational Species Conservation Fund

      The conference agreement provides $2,400,000 for the 
multinational species conservation fund as proposed by the 
Senate instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the House.

              Commercial Salmon Fishery Capacity Reduction

      The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 for the 
Federal share of a salmon fishery capacity reduction program. 
The managers expect that these funds will be given as a grant 
to the State of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and 
will be used to reimburse commercial fishermen for forfeiting 
their commercial fishing licenses for Fraser River Sockeye. The 
program will support the implementation of the 1999 Pacific 
Salmon Treaty Agreement between the United States and Canada.
      The conference agreement provides $1,365,059,000 for 
operation of the National park system instead of $1,387,307,000 
as proposed by the House and $1,355,176,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The agreement provides $255,399,000 for Resources 
Stewardship instead of $265,114,000 as proposed by the House 
and $247,905,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the 
House level include decreases of $6,915,000 for special need 
parks, $500,000 to natural resources preservation, $500,000 to 
native and exotic species, $500,000 to inventory and 
monitoring, $500,000 to cultural resources preservation, 
elimination of $500,000 for the new resource protection act 
initiative, and a $300,000 decrease for collections management. 
Despite these reductions from the House position, the managers 
have still provided significant funding for the new science 
data initiative, as well as increases above the budget request 
for special need parks and increases to both cultural resource 
preservation and collections management above current year 
funding levels. The amount provided does not include funds 
specifically for the Civil War initiative as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $318,970,000 for 
Visitor Services instead of $320,558,000 as proposed by the 
House and $317,806,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to 
the House level include a $3,908,000 decrease to special need 
parks and an increase of $2,320,000 for anti-terrorism base 
costs.
      The conference agreement provides $432,923,000 for 
Maintenance instead of $442,881,000 as proposed by the House 
and $432,081,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the 
House level include decreases of $4,458,000 to special need 
parks, $3,000,000 for cyclic maintenance and $2,500,000 for 
repair and rehabilitation. Therefore, the managers have 
provided a $1,000,000 increase for cyclic maintenance and a 
$2,500,000 increase for repair and rehabilitation above the 
current year funding levels.
      The conference agreement provides $248,482,000 for park 
support instead of $248,895,000 as proposed by the House and 
$248,099,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the House 
level include an increase of $137,000 for special need parks, a 
decrease of $250,000 for partners for parks, a decrease of 
$500,000 for the challenge cost share program and an increase 
of $200,000 for cooperative agreements on the Lamprey Wild and 
Scenic River.
      The conference agreement provides $109,285,000 for 
external administrative costs as proposed by the Senate instead 
of $109,859,000 as proposed by the House. Changes to the House 
level include a decrease of $800,000 for GSA space and an 
increase of $226,000 for electronic acquisition system.
      The managers have not approved the initiation of any 
special resource studies in this bill, as the National Parks 
Omnibus Management Act of 1998 requires that such studies be 
specifically authorized.
      The managers note the success of the bear management 
program at Yosemite National Park and encourage the Park 
Service to continue this worthwhile effort.
      The managers have not provided an earmark for the Kawerak 
Eskimo Heritage Program within the funds provided for Beringia 
as proposed by the Senate.
      The managers wish to reaffirm that beneficial uses at the 
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area include historical and 
traditional agriculture, grazing, recreation and cultural uses 
pursuant to a permit issued by the Service. Pursuant to the 
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area's new general 
management plan, existing and past historical use, and 
community moorage/public access facilities permitted by the Service at 
the Area may remain permitted under Service authority until it is 
determined by the Service that the permitted facility or activity is in 
conflict with a new or expanded concession facility. At such time the 
Service may choose to terminate that specific permit.
      The managers recognize that Civil War battlefields 
throughout the country hold great significance and provide 
vital historic educational opportunities for millions of 
Americans. The managers are concerned, however, about the 
isolated existence of these Civil War battle sites in that they 
are often not placed in the proper historical context.
      The Service does an outstanding job of documenting and 
describing the particular battle at any given site, but in the 
public displays and multi-media presentations, it does not 
always do a similarly good job of documenting and describing 
the historical social, economic, legal, cultural and political 
forces and events that originally led to the larger war which 
eventually manifested themselves in specific battles. In 
particular, the Civil War battlefields are often weak or 
missing vital information about the role that the institution 
of slavery played in causing the American Civil War.
      The managers direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
encourage Civil War battle sites to recognize and include in 
all of their public displays and multi-media educational 
presentations the unique role that the institution of slavery 
played in causing the Civil War and its role, if any, at the 
individual battle sites. The managers further direct the 
Secretary to prepare a report by January 15, 2000, on the 
status of the educational information currently included at 
Civil War sites that are consistent with and reflect this 
concern.
      The managers continue to express concern over the unsafe 
conditions at the intersection of Routes 29 and 234 in Manassas 
National Battlefield, in Prince William County, Virginia which 
remain hazardous to local residents and visitors traveling 
through the intersection. The managers recognize that safety 
concerns at Routes 29 and 234 have been a long-standing problem 
for the local communities. The managers strongly encourage the 
National Park Service and the Virginia Department of 
Transportation to finalize plans to allow for construction to 
begin by March, 2000.
      The managers have not provided funding as proposed in the 
budget request for full implementation of a new maintenance 
management system. The managers have provided approval for the 
Service to pursue a pilot demonstration program for a new 
facility management system, and understand that base funds will 
be applied toward this effort during fiscal year 2000. The 
managers expect the Service to provide an update on the results 
of the pilot program before proceeding with service-wide 
implementation.
      The managers continue to monitor closely the Recreation 
Fee Demonstration program authorized in fiscal year 1996, 
particularly the National Park Service portion because of the 
size of that particular program. It is the managers' clear 
intent that all expenditures of National Park Service 
Recreation Fee Demonstration funds be submitted to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to 
any obligation of funds. This includes both the 80 percent 
projects and the 20 percent projects.
      The managers are aware of proposals to address needs in 
parks through the pursuit of non-Federal sponsors. The managers 
have been, and continue to be, supportive of partnerships that 
further the Service's mission. The managers also understand the 
need for a certain degree of flexibility in order to respond to 
private philanthropic opportunities. However, the managers 
reiterate that partnerships should be linked to the 
accomplishment of service-wide goals and not pursued strictly 
for enhancing park infrastructure.
      The managers do not intend that partnership arrangements, 
including those where no Federal funds are involved, be viewed 
as a way to bypass compliance with or adherence to existing 
policies, procedures, and approval requirements. Partnerships 
that benefit NPS sites or programs must have active involvement 
by NPS managers, and should be subject to the same review and 
approval requirements as projects funded with NPS funds. Review 
by the Development Advisory Board is expected for all 
partnership donation projects with a total cost above $500,000. 
While some projects may be proposed to be accomplished without 
any Federal funds, the operation and maintenance requirements 
are frequently assumed to be the responsibility of the Service, 
and for this reason the managers expect full review before 
commitments are made.
      The managers are aware of concerns raised over the use 
and occupancy program at the C&O Canal National Historical 
Park, MD. The managers direct the park to proceed promptly with 
a revision of its land protection plan. This plan revision 
should address protection and land management needs in the 
Potomac Fish and Game Club and the Western Maryland Sportsman's 
Club tracts, considering all options including fee acquisition, 
easement acquisition, and appropriate development controls. The 
potential for exchanges should be evaluated including exchange 
possibilities to acquire the privately held tract adjacent to 
the White's Ferry Sportman's Club.
      Within the amounts provided, not less than $500,000 is 
for maintenance activities at Isle Royale National Park to 
address infrastructure and visitor facility deterioration.
      The managers direct the National Park Service to prepare 
a General Management Plan for the Lower East Side Tenement 
National Historic Site by November 2000 pursuant to section 
104(c) of Public Law 105-378.
      South Florida.--The managers have retained bill language 
in the land acquisition and state assistance account, as 
proposed by the House, that makes the $10,000,000 grant to the 
State of Florida subject to a fifty percent match of newly 
appropriated non-Federal funds. The State may not use funds for 
land acquisition which were previously provided in another 
fiscal year as the match. These funds are also subject to an 
agreement that the lands to be acquired will be managed in 
perpetuity for the restoration of the Everglades and other 
natural areas.
      The managers have modified bill language in the land 
acquisition account which makes the release of the $10,000,000 
State grant funds subject to the Administration submitting 
legislative language that will ensure a guaranteed water supply 
to Everglades National Park and the remaining natural system 
areas located in the Everglades watershed, including but not 
limited to Big Cypress National Preserve, Biscayne National 
Park, Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and Water 
Conservation Areas 2 and 3, as well as Biscayne Bay. This 
language should include appropriate volume, flow, timing 
levels, and most importantly, water quality assurances. While 
there has been recent testimony by the other partners, 
including the Army Corps of Engineers and the Florida Water 
Management District, assuring the Congress that there will be 
adequate water supply to the natural areas, the managers want 
to ensure that this is high-quality water and not merely storm 
water runoff.
      The managers have included another provision which allows 
for State grant funds to be released after 180 days if no 
agreement has been reached. This action requires approval of 
both the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
      The managers believe that it would be useful to have a 
complete estimate of the total costs to restore the South 
Florida ecosystem. The managers believe that this new estimate 
will exceed the $7,800,000,000 estimate that has been used over 
the last five years. The managers expect this recalculated 
estimate to include all three goals of this initiative, namely, 
(1) getting the water right, (2) restoring and enhancing the 
natural habitat, and (3) transforming the built environment. 
The Congress and the American people are committed to this 
project. Over $1,300,000,000 has been appropriated to date; 
however, and the public deserves to know how much this project 
will truly cost. This information should be submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations no later than February 1, 2000, 
and should be updated biennially.
      The managers direct the Secretary of the Interior, in his 
capacity as Chair of the South Florida Restoration Task Force, 
to develop a region-wide strategic plan as recommended by the 
General Accounting Office. The plan should coordinate and 
integrate Federal and non-Federal activities necessary to 
achieve the three ecosystem restoration goals. The Secretary is 
directed to submit a progress report to the Committees on 
Appropriations in February, 2000, and the final strategic plan 
no later than July 31, 2000. This plan should be updated every 
two years.
      The managers believe that the timely resolution of 
disputes regarding South Florida ecosystem restoration is 
important to avoid cost overruns and unnecessary delays in 
attaining the goals and benefits of the initiative. The 
Secretary of the Interior is directed to develop 
recommendations for resolving the most difficult conflicts and 
submit recommendations to the Committees on Appropriations by 
February 15, 2000. These recommendations should be developed in 
consultation with the other major partners in this effort.
      The Committees, through previous appropriations, have 
supported the preparation of a new General Management Plan for 
Gettysburg NMP to enable the NPS to more adequately interpret 
the Battle of Gettysburg and to preserve the artifacts and 
landscapes that help to tell the story of this great conflict 
of the Civil War. Accordingly, the managers acknowledge the 
need for a new visitors facility and support the proposed 
public-private partnership as a unique approach to the 
interpretive needs of our National Parks.

                  national recreation and preservation

      The conference agreement provides $53,899,000 for 
National recreation and preservation instead of $49,449,000 as 
proposed by the House and $51,451,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The agreement provides $533,000 for Recreation 
programs, the same as the House and Senate. The agreement 
provides $10,090,000 for Natural programs as proposed by the 
House instead of $10,555,000 as proposed by the Senate. This 
includes a $500,000 general program increase and a $285,000 
increase for hydropower relicensing. While the managers have 
not earmarked the River and Trails Conservation Assistance 
program, consideration should be given to the 
followingprojects: Mt. Independence NHL trail work, the Back to the 
River initiative, NE, and the Harlan County coal heritage project, KY. 
The managers emphasize that this is a technical assistance program, and 
therefore it is not meant to provide for annual operating expenses or 
technical assistance beyond two years.
      The conference agreement provides $19,614,000 for 
Cultural programs instead of $19,364,000 as proposed by the 
House and $19,914,000 as proposed by the Senate. The change to 
the House level is an increase of $250,000 for a Revolutionary 
War/War of 1812 Study. The managers have not provided the 
increase of $300,000 as proposed by the Senate for a pilot 
demonstration project to provide technical preservation and 
development assistance to non-Federal National Historic 
Landmarks. However, in providing funds for this core program, 
the managers expect that the National Park Service will provide 
technical assistance to non-Federal National Historic 
Landmarks. This is the core mission of the National Historic 
Landmarks program: to identify and help protect significant 
historic properties possessing exceptional value such as the 
Weston State Hospital in West Virginia.
      The conference agreement provides $1,699,000 for 
International park affairs as proposed by the House and Senate, 
$373,000 for environmental and compliance review as proposed by 
the House and Senate and $1,819,000 for Grant administration as 
proposed by the House and Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $6,886,000 for the 
heritage partnership program as proposed by the House instead 
of $5,886,000 as proposed by the Senate. The managers have 
agreed to the following disbursements of funds: $1,000,000 each 
for the Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor, the 
Essex National Heritage Area and the Rivers of Steel National 
Heritage Area, $800,000 each for the Hudson Valley National 
Heritage Area and the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor 
and the balance of $1,400,000 for the other four areas. The 
managers have agreed to provide $886,000 for technical 
assistance, of which not more than $150,000 may be provided for 
the Service's overhead expenses and the balance of which should 
be made available to the heritage areas for technical 
assistance agreed to by both the Alliance of National Heritage 
Areas and the National Park Service.
      The conference agreement provides $10,885,000 for 
Statutory or Contractual Aid instead of $4,685,000 as proposed 
by the House and $9,172,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds 
are to be distributed as follows:

Alaska Native Cultural Center.................................  $750,000
Aleutian World War II National Historic Area..................   800,000
Automobile Heritage Area......................................   300,000
Blackstone River Corridor Heritage Commission.................   450,000
Brown Foundation..............................................   102,000
Chesapeake Bay Gateways.......................................   600,000
Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission...........................    48,000
Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal..........................   450,000
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve...........................   806,000
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor 
    Commission................................................   242,000
Johnstown Area Heritage Association...........................    50,000
Lackawanna Heritage...........................................   450,000
Mandan On-a-Slant Village.....................................   400,000
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center................................   534,000
National Constitution Center..................................   500,000
National First Ladies Library.................................   300,000
Native Hawaiian culture and arts program......................   750,000
New Orleans Jazz Commission...................................    67,000
Oklahoma City Memorial........................................   866,000
Quinebaug-Shetucket National Heritage Preservation Commission.   250,000
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission............   670,000
Sewall-Belmont House..........................................   500,000
Vancouver National Historic Reserve...........................   400,000
Wheeling National Heritage Area...............................   600,000

      The managers have agreed to provide $600,000 for a new 
Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails network and grants 
assistance program pursuant to Public Law 105-312. Of this 
amount, up to $200,000 is provided for completing a Chesapeake 
Bay Watershed-wide framework for implementing this law. The 
managers expect that this framework and the criteria and 
procedures for the proposed assistance program be completed and 
approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
prior to providing any specific grants and technical assistance 
to states, communities or other groups. The remaining $400,000 
will be available for competitive grants to meet the goals of 
the framework. As with any new initiative, the managers expect 
a report by April 1, 2000, on the framework goals and grants 
criteria and an annual end-of-year report, that details how the 
grants and technical assistance were allocated, the specific 
results of thoseindividual grants and technical assistance and 
specifically how those projects relate to the framework and goals of 
the program.
      The managers have provided on a one-time only basis 
$866,000 for the operation of the Oklahoma City Memorial, OK. 
The managers understand that there was an unexpected delay in 
the construction of the memorial museum, which is the planned 
revenue source for the memorial.
      The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for the 
Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery program instead of 
$4,000,000 as provided by the House and $1,500,000 as provided 
by the Senate.
      The managers have included language in the bill providing 
authority for the retention of fees for historic preservation 
tax certifications. Similar language was proposed by both the 
House and Senate.

                       Historic Preservation Fund

      The conference agreement provides $45,212,000 for the 
Historic preservation fund instead of $46,712,000 as proposed 
by the House and $72,412,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes 
to the House level include decreases of $500,000 for the State 
Historic Preservation Offices and $1,000,000 for Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities. The amounts provided for each 
program are increases above the fiscal year 1999 levels.
      The managers have also included $30,000,000 for the 
second and last year of the Millennium Program. These grants 
are subject to a fifty percent cost share and no single project 
may receive more than one grant from this program. The managers 
agree to fund the projects listed below. Additional project 
recommendations for funding shall be subject to formal approval 
of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees prior to any 
distribution of funds.

        Project                                                   Amount
Admiral Theatre (WA)....................................        $400,000
African American Heritage Center (KY)...................       1,000,000
Aurora Civil War Memorial (IL)..........................         300,000
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial (PA)................         300,000
Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum (NY)......................       2,500,000
Mari Sandoz Cultural Center (NE)........................         450,000
Mark Twain House (CT)...................................       2,000,000
McKinley Monument (OH)..................................         100,000
Mission San Juan Capistrano (CA)........................         320,000
Montpelier (VA).........................................       1,000,000
Mukai Farm and Garden (WA)..............................         150,000
Nathaniel Orr Pioneer Home Site (WA)....................         250,000
National First Ladies Library--City National Bank 
    Building (OH).......................................       2,500,000
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (OH)......         130,000
River Heritage Museum (KY)..............................         300,000
Saturn V Rocket, U.S. Space and Rocket Center (AL)......         700,000
Sewell Building, Dinnock Center (MA)....................         300,000
Sitka Pioneer Home (AK).................................         150,000
St. Nicholas Cathedral (FL).............................         150,000
Tacoma Art Museum (WA)..................................         600,000
Tannehill/Brierfield Ironworks Restoration Project (AL).         250,000
Thaddeus Stevens Hall at Gettysburg College (PA)........         300,000
Unalaska Aerology Building (AK).........................         100,000
Weston State Hospital (WV)..............................         750,000

                              Construction

      The conference agreement provides $224,493,000 for 
construction instead of $169,856,000 as proposed by the House 
and $223,153,000 as proposed by the Senate. The managers agree 
to the following distribution of funds:

        Project                                                   Amount
Apostle Islands NL, WI..................................        $500,000
Assateague Island NS, MD/VA.............................         973,000
Badlands NP, SD.........................................       1,572,000
Big Cypress N. Pres., FL................................       4,965,000
Black Archives (FL A&M), FL.............................       2,800,000
Blackstone River Valley NHC, MA/RI......................       1,000,000
Boston NHP, MA..........................................       1,049,000
Brown v. Board of Education NHS, KS.....................       4,300,000
Castle Clinton NM, NY...................................         460,000
Chickasaw NRA, OK.......................................       1,275,000
Colonial NHP, VA........................................         714,000
Crater Lake NP, OR......................................       1,733,000
Cumberland Island NS, GA................................       1,400,000
Cuyahoga Valley NRA, OH.................................       3,850,000
Dayton Aviation NHP, OH.................................         242,000
Death Valley NP, CA.....................................       6,335,000
Delaware Water Gap NRA, NJ..............................         500,000
Delaware Lehigh Heritage, PA............................         500,000
Denali NP&P, AK.........................................       3,200,000
Edison NHS, NJ..........................................       3,032,000
Everglades NP (water delivery), FL......................      12,000,000
Everglades NP (water treatment), FL.....................       1,288,000
Florissant Fossil Beds NM, CO...........................       1,131,000
Fort Stanwix NM, NY.....................................       1,100,000
Fort Sumter NM, SC......................................       8,250,000
Gateway NRA, NJ.........................................       1,593,000
George Washington Memorial Parkway, MD..................       1,800,000
George Washington Memorial Parkway, VA..................         500,000
Gettysburg NMP, PA......................................       1,100,000
Glacier Bay NP&P, AK....................................       2,300,000
Golden Gate NRA, CA.....................................       1,075,000
Grand Canyon NP, AZ.....................................         779,000
Harpers Ferry NHP, WV...................................         800,000
Hispanic Cultural Center, NM............................       3,000,000
Historic Preservation Training Ctr., MD.................         568,000
Home of FDR NHS, NY.....................................       1,400,000
Hot Springs NP, AR......................................       1,000,000
Hovenweep NM, UT........................................       1,000,000
Ice Age NST, WI.........................................         125,000
Indiana Dunes NL, IN....................................         500,000
Kaloko-Honokohau NHP, HI................................       1,169,000
Lake Mead NRA, AZ.......................................       3,839,000
Lewis & Clark Bicentennial..............................         500,000
Lincoln Home NHS, IL....................................         600,000
Lincoln Library, IL.....................................       3,000,000
Missouri River NRA......................................         200,000
Mount Rushmore NM, SD...................................       4,568,000
Natchez Trace Parkway, MS...............................         500,000
National Capital Region (FDR Memorial), DC..............       2,000,000
National Constitution Center, PA........................      10,000,000
National Underground R.R. Freedom Center, OH............       1,000,000
New Bedford Whaling NHP, MA.............................         800,000
New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail, NJ...................         100,000
New River Gorge NR, WV..................................         675,000
Olympic NP, WA..........................................      12,000,000
Padre Island NS, TX.....................................         823,000
Perry's Victory & IPM, OH...............................         200,000
Salem Maritime NHS, MA..................................         704,000
Sequoia & Kings Canyon NP, CA...........................       5,621,000
Shiloh NMP, TN (shore erosion)..........................       1,500,000
Shiloh NMP, MS (Corinth visitor center).................         700,000
Sitka NHP, AK...........................................       3,645,000
Southwest Penn. Heritage, PA............................       3,000,000
Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island, NY/NJ.................       1,000,000
Timucuan Reserve, FL....................................         550,000
Tonto NM, AZ............................................         703,000
Vancouver NHR, WA.......................................         817,000
Wheeling National Heritage Area, WV.....................       3,000,000
Wilson's Creek NB, MO...................................         500,000
Yellowstone NP, WY......................................       5,715,000
Yosemite NP, CA.........................................       1,850,000
Zion NP, UT.............................................       1,800,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
     Subtotal, line-item projects.......................     154,788,000
Emerg/unscheduled housing...............................       3,500,000
Dam safety..............................................       1,440,000
Equipment replacement...................................      18,000,000
General management plans................................       9,225,000
Construction planning...................................      15,940,000
Pre-planning & supplementary............................       4,500,000
Construction program management.........................      17,100,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
 Total..................................................     224,493,000

      The managers recommend $15,940,000 for planning, which 
includes the budget request of $10,195,000, as well as 
adjustments between the planning and line-item activities. The 
increases are provided for the following projects:

Chickasaw NRA...........................................        $286,000
Cuyahoga Valley NRA.....................................         150,000
Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP............................         186,000
Delaware Water Gap NRA..................................          64,000
Denali NP&P (front country).............................         450,000
Fort Stanwix NM.........................................         250,000
Great Smoky Mountains NP................................         450,000
Lincoln Home NHS (Morse House)..........................          92,000
Mammoth Cave NP (water system)..........................         221,000
Mojave National Preserve................................         731,000
Mount Rainier NP:
    Paradise Visitor Center.............................       1,400,000
    Guide House.........................................         170,000
National Constitution Center............................          30,000
Shiloh NMP (erosion control)............................         360,000
Shiloh NMP (Corinth visitor center).....................         300,000
Timucuan Reserve (boat docks)...........................          55,000
Washita Battlefield NHS.................................         250,000
Vancouver NHR...........................................         100,000
Yosemite NP.............................................         200,000

      Bill Language.--The managers have not included bill 
language as proposed by the House permitting Ellis Island to 
retain 100 percent of franchise fees subject to a requirement 
that these revenues be matched with non-Federal funds in fiscal 
year 2001.
      The managers have earmarked $885,000 for realignment of 
the Denali National Park and Preserve entrance road instead of 
$1,100,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The managers have provided authority for the use of 
$2,000,000 for the FDR Memorial instead of $3,500,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The Service is directed to modify the 
scope of the project to accomplish the same goal of providing 
an appropriate space for the privately funded new sculpture.
      The managers have not earmarked funds for planning and 
development of interpretive sites at Saint Croix Island NHS as 
proposed in the Senate bill. Funds for this purpose should be 
derived from available planning funds.
      The managers have provided $500,000, subject to 
authorization, for studies on the preservation of certain Civil 
War battlefields along the Vicksburg Campaign Trail instead of 
$1,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The managers have provided $3,000,000 for the Wheeling 
National Heritage Area construction instead of $5,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The managers have included language that provides one-
year authorization of funding for the Lincoln Library and the 
Southwest Pennsylvania Heritage Area.
      The managers have included language in Title I, General 
Provisions providing the National Park Service with authority 
to obligate certain fees for transportation services at Zion 
National Park in advance of the receipt of such fees.
      The managers have provided $4,300,000 for the Brown v. 
Board of Education NHS in Kansas. These funds are to complete 
the rehabilitation of the building and for exhibit planning. 
The amount provided is based on a revised estimate of 
obligations in fiscal year 2000.
      The managers have not provided funds for rehabilitation 
of sewer systems at Glacier National Park. The National Park 
Service has determined that the existing system cannot be 
upgraded sufficiently to meet state standards, and that 
therefore a replacement system likely will be required. Due to 
the additional time required to redesign the project, 
construction funds for this project cannot be obligated in 
fiscal year 2000.
      The managers have provided $2,300,000 for Glacier Bay 
National Park and Preserve in Alaska. It is the managers' 
intent that $1,400,000 be expended on the clean-up of 
contaminated soils at the site of the proposed visitor center. 
Another $400,000 is provided for the Secretary to enter into a 
memorandum of understanding with the park concessionaire to 
design a visitor center that will be co-managed and co-operated 
by the Service and the concessionaire. Design costs are to be 
shared equally between the Service and the concessionaire 
except that the concessionaire may use in-kind services, cash, 
or a combination of both, as its share. The facility is 
expected to be at least 6,500 square feet and reserve an 
appropriate amount of space for non-exclusive use by the Hoonah 
Indian Association. In 1998, Congress approved the Glacier Bay 
National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-317), 
the purpose of which was to establish a process that could lead 
to the construction of a hydroelectric facility to provide 
power to Gustavus, Alaska. The managers believe the 
hydroelectric project to be built andconnected to the Park 
would protect the environment and be more consistent with the purposes 
of the Park than the Park's use of diesel generators for power. 
Accordingly, the managers intend that $500,000 be made available as a 
grant to Gustavus Electric Company to pay for studies required by the 
Act.
      The managers have provided a total of $3,650,000 for 
Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. These funds are 
intended for the following projects: $2,015,000 for site work, 
$885,000 for road realignment, $175,000 for the South Denali/
CIRI plan, $125,000 for wildlife inventories and $450,000 for 
planning for Phase I. The managers direct funding of $175,000 
for the further development of plans to site National Park 
Service visitor services in facilities on Native lands near 
Talkeetna, Alaska.
      The managers have not earmarked planning funds 
specifically for Kenai Fjords National Park. To the extent 
funds previously appropriated for this project are not 
sufficient to continue planning through fiscal year 2000, the 
Service should seek to provide any necessary funds from 
available planning funds.
      The managers have provided $500,000 for the G.W. Memorial 
Parkway in Virginia. Of this total, $400,000 is available for a 
temporary alternative route at the Humpback Bridge, and 
$100,000 is to conduct and complete a study to extend the Mt. 
Vernon multi-use trail north to I-495 in Virginia.
      The managers have included $1,000,000 for the National 
Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati subject to a 
non-Federal match and the enactment of authorization.
      While the managers have provided $3,000,000 in funds for 
a new Lincoln Library in Springfield, Illinois, $3,000,000 for 
Southwest Pennsylvania Heritage and $3,000,000 for construction 
at the Wheeling National Heritage Area in West Virginia in 
fiscal year 2000, any future funding for these projects will be 
contingent on enacted authorization.
      The managers have provided a total of $500,000 for the 
research library administrative annex at Wilson's Creek 
National Battlefield Visitor Center in Missouri. This completes 
the federal share of this project.
      The managers have provided an appropriation of $675,000 
for the New River Gorge National River, West Virginia, for 
various construction projects. The managers are aware that 
$500,000 in unobligated prior year funds are available to the 
New River Gorge for construction and direct that these funds be 
added to the $675,000 in new appropriations (for a total of 
$1,175,000) to carry out the highest priority construction 
needs of the New River Gorge National River for fiscal year 
2000 as identified in Senate Report 106-99.
      The managers have not provided funds for unscheduled 
housing because the unobligated balance in this account exceeds 
$22,000,000. The Committees have not agreed to release these 
funds until the Park Service agrees on a consistent new housing 
policy and standard construction designs that will be used for 
all trailer replacement units. The Service was supposed to 
present a complete package to the Committees on Appropriations 
in September 1999. As of October 8, 1999, no such proposal had 
been forwarded. The managers strongly encourage the Service to 
submit the information to the Committees on Appropriations for 
approval so that these funds can be released.
      The managers provide $12,000,000 for the Olympic National 
Park Elwha dam removal project. Within the funds provided, the 
National Park Service is directed to use up to $5,500,000 to 
plan and design water supply mitigation measures for the City 
of Port Angeles. The National Park Service shall report final 
recommendations to the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees no later than September 30, 2000. The Park Service 
shall also reimburse the City for current and future sunk costs 
reasonably incurred in studying and preparing water supply 
mitigation options associated with removing the Elwha dams up 
to $500,000. The managers urge the Park Service to enter into a 
memorandum of understanding with the City of Port Angeles and 
other regional stakeholders setting forth the federal 
government's specific obligation with regard to the design, 
construction, operation, and maintenance of the domestic and 
industrial water mitigation measures as required by the Elwha 
River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act of 1992. The MOU 
should also define the specific roles of relevant federal 
agencies, the City of Port Angeles, and/or other regional 
stakeholders in the development and operation of the necessary 
water mitigation measures. The managers encourage Port Angeles 
to pursue an appropriate share of the costs related to 
upgrading its water system from the Environmental Protection 
Agency.
      The managers urge the National Park Service to acquire 
title to the Elwha and Glines Canyon Dams by February 29, 2000, 
subject to agreement between the owners and the National Park 
Service on the details of the transfer. Pending completion of 
planning, design, and engineering work for removal of the dams, 
the Secretary may cease power production if he determines that 
such production is not cost effective.

                    land and water conservation fund

                              (rescission)

      The conference agreement rescinds the contract authority 
provided for fiscal year 2000 by 16 U.S.C. 460l-10a as proposed 
by both the House and the Senate.

                 Land Acquisition and State Assistance

      The conference agreement provides $120,700,000 for land 
acquisition including stateside grants instead of $132,000,000 
as proposed by the House and $107,725,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Funds should be distributed as follows:

        State and Project                                         Amount
MD--Antietam NB.........................................      $2,000,000
WI--Apostle Islands NL..................................         250,000
FL--Big Cypress N Pres..................................      11,300,000
FL--Biscayne NP.........................................         600,000
MA--Boston Harbor Islands NRA...........................       2,000,000
PA--Brandywine Battlefield..............................       5,000,000
MA--Cape Cod NS.........................................         500,000
MD--Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP.......................         800,000
OH--Cuyahoga Valley NRA.................................       1,000,000
WA--Ebey's Landing NH Res...............................       1,000,000
FL--Everglades NP.......................................      20,000,000
VA--Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP.................       2,000,000
WV--Gauley River NRA....................................         750,000
PA--Gettysburg NMP......................................       1,600,000
FL--Grant to State of FL................................      10,000,000
HI--Haleakala NP........................................       1,500,000
HI--Hawaii Volcanoes NP.................................       1,500,000
WI--Ice Age National Scenic Trail.......................       2,000,000
IN--Indiana Dunes NL....................................       1,200,000
MI--Keweenaw NHP........................................       1,700,000
VA--Manassas NB.........................................         400,000
CA--Mojave NP&P (Catellus property).....................       5,000,000
MD--Monocacy NB.........................................         500,000
WV--New River Gorge NR..................................         250,000
WI--North Country NST...................................         500,000
PA--Paoli Battlefield...................................       1,250,000
NM--Pecos NHP...........................................       1,800,000
NM--Petroglyph NP.......................................       3,000,000
AZ--Saguaro NP..........................................       2,800,000
CA--Santa Monica NRA....................................       2,000,000
TN--Stones River NB.....................................       1,500,000
VI--Virgin Islands NP (St. John's)......................       1,000,000
GU--War in the Pacific NHP..............................         500,000
CT--Weir Farm NHS.......................................       2,000,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................      84,700,000
Emergencies/hardships...................................       3,000,000
Inholdings and Exchanges................................       2,000,000
Acq. Management.........................................      10,000,000
Stateside Land Acquisition Grants.......................      20,000,000
State Grants Administration.............................       1,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................     120,700,000

      The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 to purchase 
the final island as part of the Boston Harbor Islands National 
Recreation Area in Massachusetts. The release of these funds is 
contingent upon a $3,000,000 match by the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts. These funds are subject to authorization.
      The managers agree to provide $5,000,000 to the National 
Park Service (NPS) and $5,000,000 to the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) for land acquisition within the California 
desert. This funding is based on the understanding that the 
Wildlands Conservancy will acquire 8,000 additional acres, in 
consultation with the NPS and BLM, from willing sellers and 
small private inholdings within Joshua Tree National Park and 
the Mojave National Preserve during the next year.
      The managers agree that no additional funds will be 
provided for Catellus land acquisition in future years unless 
and until the Department of Interior (DOI) and Department of 
Defense (DOD) resolve remaining issues relating to desert 
tortoise mitigation and land acquisition and expansion at the 
National Training Center for the Army at Fort Irwin in 
California.
      Furthermore, the managers will consider an additional 
$20,000,000 for California desert land acquisition up to a 
total of $30,000,000. Future funding decisions will be based 
upon progress made by DOI and DOD on desert tortoise mitigation 
and land acquisition and expansion at the National Training 
Center for the Army at Fort Irwin.
      The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for land 
purchases at the Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania National Military 
Park in Virginia. The managers are concerned that nearly 
$2,000,000 in previously appropriated funds have not been 
obligated. The managers strongly urge the Park to obligate 
fully the funds provided in fiscal years 1999 and 2000. Future 
funding will not be provided until these funds are expended.
      The managers have provided an additional $1,600,000 for 
the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. This 
amount together with the $4,500,000 in unobligated balances 
from prior fiscal years will complete the purchase of the Brown 
Ranch and provide for the acquisition of the Tower. The 
managers understand that the Tower was appraised at $3,000,000.
      The managers agree to the following: Lands shall not be 
acquired for more than the provided appraised value (as 
addressed in section 301(3) of Public Law 91-646) except for 
condemnations and declarations of taking and tracts with an 
appraised value of $50,000 or less, unless such acquisitions 
are submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for approval 
in compliance with established procedures.
      The managers have included funds for Paoli and Brandywine 
Battlefields contingent upon authorization and a fifty percent 
non-Federal match.
      The managers have provided the full $31,900,000 to 
complete the land acquisition needs of the Everglades National 
Park, Biscayne National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. 
Also provided is $10,000,000 for grants to Florida which are 
subject to a fifty percent match of newly appropriated non-
Federal funds. The managers have adjusted the House bill 
language to make release of the grant funds to Florida subject 
to an agreement between Federal and non-Federal partners which 
clearly sets out a guaranteed water supply to the National 
Parks and other natural areas including Florida Bay.
      The managers have also provided the additional $1,000,000 
requested in the budget for acquisition management costs in 
Southern Florida but have incorporated this amount in the total 
acquisition management account. The managers saw no need to 
provide a separate line for this purpose.
      The managers have provided bill language to allow the 
State of Wisconsin to receive grants for the purchase of lands 
for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail and North Country 
National Scenic Trail.

                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

      The conference agreement provides $823,833,000 for 
surveys, investigations, and research instead of $820,444,000 
as proposed by the House and $813,093,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Increases above the House include $250,000 for the 
Hawaiian volcano program, $2,000,000 for minerals at risk, 
$500,000 for the Great Lakes mapping coalition project, 
$998,000 for watershed modeling, $100,000 for the endocrine 
disrupter study in the Las Vegas Wash, $500,000 for a 
monitoring well in Hawaii, $200,000 for a hydrologic study of 
Noyes Slough, $140,000 for the Southern Maryland ground water 
study, $180,000 for a Yukon River salmon study, $250,000 (for a 
total of $500,000) for repairs to the Leetown science center, 
and $500,000 for the Great Lakes boat restoration.
      Decreases below the House include $729,000 for 
technological efficiencies, $500,000 for the real time hazards 
program in the water resources division, $500,000 for amphibian 
research, and $500,000 for the cooperative research units.
      The managers have agreed to approve in part the Survey's 
proposed budget restructuring by establishing new ``science 
support'' and ``facilities'' budget line items. The managers 
support this action because it will improve the Survey's 
business practices and its relationship with its customers, and 
because these efforts represent truth in budgeting. However, 
the managers disallow the Survey's proposal to establish a new 
``integrated science'' budget activity. The managers see the 
need for and importance of an integrated approach to science, 
but believe that establishing such a policy is primarily a 
management issue and not a function of the structure of the 
budget. The managers encourage the Director to employ the 
appropriate management, operational, fiscal, and programmatic 
means at the Director's disposal in order to achieve the goal 
of establishing an integrated science approach where 
appropriate.
      Because of the severe budget constraints imposed on the 
appropriations process, the managers have not provided any 
additional funds for new programs that were proposed in this 
year's budget. Therefore, no funds were provided for the 
community information partnership initiative or for the 
disaster information network.
      The managers strongly recommend that the Survey give 
priority consideration to the installation of water gages on 
the Alabama, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Apalachicola, Chattachoochee 
and Flint Rivers.
      The managers have agreed to restore $3,500,000 for 
coastal and marine geology programs. The managers agree that a 
total of $1,250,000 is designated for continuationof the joint 
Survey-Sea Grant Consortium South Carolina/Georgia Coastal Erosion 
Study as outlined in the Phase II Study Plan, of which $250,000 is 
provided for the South Carolina coastal erosion monitoring program. 
Further, the managers expect the Survey to continue its other high 
priority coastal and marine research programs, such as major studies of 
the Louisiana barrier islands, wetlands, hypoxia, and Lake Ponchartrain 
with the remaining available funds.
      The managers have provided $1,600,000 for the purchase of 
seismographic equipment as proposed by the House. The managers 
expect that these funds will be allocated as indicated in the 
budget estimate.

                      Minerals Management Service

                Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management

      The conference agreement provides $110,682,000 for 
royalty and offshore minerals management as proposed by the 
Senate instead of $110,082,000 as proposed by the House.
      The $600,000 increase above the House is for the Center 
for Marine Resources and the Environmental Technology program.
      Within the funds provided the managers have provided 
$1,400,000 to the Offshore Technology Resource Center at Texas 
A&M University for high-priority offshore research associated 
with deepwater development.

                           Oil Spill Research

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

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

                       Regulation and Technology

      The conference agreement provides $95,891,000 for 
regulation and technology as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$95,693,000 as proposed by the House. Funding for the 
activities should follow the Senate recommendation.

                    Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund

      The conference agreement provides $191,208,000 for the 
abandoned mine reclamation fund instead of $196,458,000 as 
proposed by the House and $185,658,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The agreement provides $176,019,000 for the 
environmental restoration activity, an increase of $5,879,000 
above the fiscal year 1999 funding level. Funding for the other 
activities follows the House recommendation. The managers have 
agreed on the House proposal to designate $300,000 for the 
western Pennsylvania water quality demonstration project. The 
managers have also agreed to authorize up to $8,000,000 for the 
Appalachian clean streams initiative as proposed by the House. 
The agreement includes the Senate proposed language allowing 
all funds from Title IV of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act to be used as non-Federal cost shares.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      Operation of Indian Programs

      The conference agreement provides $1,637,444,000 for the 
operation of Indian programs instead of $1,631,050,000 as 
proposed by the House and $1,633,296,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Increases above the House include $320,000 for new 
tribes, $1,000,000 for student transportation, $1,000,000 for 
fisheries enhancement, $500,000 for tribal resource management, 
$3,000,000 for environmental management, $10,000,000 for law 
enforcement, $250,000 for the Crownpoint Institute of 
Technology, and $600,000 for post secondary schools.
      Decreases below the House include $5,000,000 for the 
Indian self determination fund, $100,000 for Alaska legal 
services, $108,000 for the United Sioux Tribe Development 
Corporation, $3,573,000 for probate backlog, and $1,495,000 for 
land records improvement.
      Over the past several years, the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and the Department of the Interior 
have been concerned with improving the management of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs which has consistently been criticized for 
organizational shortcomings. During this period, a number of 
reforms have been put in place which were designed to improve 
the Bureau's effectiveness and accountability. To the Bureau's 
credit it has made substantial progress in addressing its 
management problems. However, to truly address these issues one 
needs an analysis of the structure of the Bureau, how its 
management has changed over time due to increased tribal 
contracting and compacting, and the lack of concurrent shifts 
in the Bureau's management structure to these changing 
circumstances. To this end, the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees working with the Department of the Interior 
commissioned a study of the Bureau by the National Academy of 
Public Administration (NAPA). The NAPA study was tasked with 
providing recommendations for improving the quality, 
efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of the Bureau's operations.
      The managers have received copies of the NAPA report 
titled, ``A Study of Management and Administration: the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs''. The managers believe that the report 
provides some excellent recommendations to improve the 
administrativeactivities of the Bureau and managerial control 
over the Bureau. The most startling finding of the NAPA study was that 
some of the basic administrative functions that are necessary for 
effective management, and that exist in other organizations, are absent 
in the Bureau. This finding led NAPA to conclude that Bureau personnel 
are hard working dedicated employees who are not provided with the 
tools to effectively do their jobs. For example, NAPA concluded that, 
``there is no existing capability to provide budget, human resources, 
policy, and other types of assistance to the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs and the Bureau.'' Even prior to the NAPA report, the 
managers were aware that the Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs did not have the capability to develop and analyze policy 
recommendations. Therefore, the managers have provided $250,000 under 
central office general administration as part of the fiscal year 2000 
budget for the establishment of an office of policy analysis and 
planning in support of NAPA-related program reform efforts.
      Consequently, it is the recommendation of the managers 
that the Bureau proceed with implementation of the NAPA report. 
In addition, the Bureau should incorporate the NAPA 
recommendations as part of the Bureau's fiscal year 2001 
budget. The managers understand that implementation of the NAPA 
recommendations will likely result in the transfer of functions 
from Central Office West to Central Office East. Before this 
reorganization is implemented, the Bureau should coordinate 
this reorganization with the appropriate Congressional 
delegation. The managers recognize that implementation of the 
NAPA recommendations may require a reprogramming of funds. The 
Committees on Appropriations will look favorably on such 
requests and will try to expedite their approval. Lastly, the 
managers direct the Bureau and the Department to keep the 
Committees on Appropriations fully informed as to the progress 
being made in implementing the NAPA recommendations.
      The managers have provided $592,000 for the Gila River 
Farms project with the understanding that the funding completes 
this multi-year agriculture project.
      The managers direct that within the funds provided for 
the Indian Arts and Crafts Board $290,000 is earmarked for 
enforcement and compliance activities.
      In recognition of the many pressing needs in public 
safety and justice and in order to allow the tribes and the 
Bureau to determine the priorities among those needs, the 
managers have not earmarked funds for animal welfare and 
control efforts within the funds provided for law enforcement. 
The managers are concerned, however, about the growing problems 
related to animal welfare and control on reservations and 
encourage the Bureau and the tribes to work with the Indian 
Health Service to determine if funding to address these 
problems should be included in future budget requests.

                              Construction

      The conference agreement provides $146,884,000 for 
construction as proposed by the Senate instead of $126,023,000 
as proposed by the House.
      Changes to the House number include an increase of 
$22,374,000 for replacement school construction and decreases 
of $500,000 for employee housing and $1,013,000 from the safety 
of dams program. For replacement school construction, the 
managers agree to the distribution stated on page 54 of Senate 
Report 106-99.
      The managers remain troubled over the growing number of 
requests to use unobligated prior year school operations funds 
for replacement or repair of Bureau funded schools. The 
Congress has increased school operations funding every year for 
the past five years based on analysis by the Department, the 
Bureau, and the tribes showing that school operation funds 
remain well below the per student national average. Based on 
this analysis the managers are not convinced that any school 
should have carryover operations funds at the end of the school 
year. Nevertheless, the managers have included bill language to 
allow the Tate Topa Tribal School, the Black Mesa Community 
School, and the Alamo Navajo School to use prior year 
operations funds for repair and replacement purposes. However, 
to ensure that the additional flexibility provided by this 
language does not create an incentive for schools to divert 
scarce operations dollars, any future requests require approval 
by the Secretary of the Interior. In addition, the managers 
direct that if this authority is used, the Secretary should 
certify in writing to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations that this request will not negatively impact the 
school's academic standards.
      The managers have included bill language as proposed by 
the Senate to provide $375,000 to the U.K. Development L.L.C. 
in return for a quit claim deed to the Lac Courte Oreilles 
Ojibwe school.

 Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to 
                                Indians

      The conference agreement provides $27,256,000 for Indian 
land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
Indians instead of $25,901,000 as proposed by the House and 
$27,131,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Increases above the House level include $1,000,000 for 
Aleutian Pribilof church repairs, $230,000 for the Truckee 
River, and $125,000 for the Walker River Paiute Tribe.

                 Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account

      The conference agreement provides $5,008,000 for the 
Indian guaranteed loan program as proposed by the House instead 
of $5,004,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                       Administrative Provisions

      The managers have included bill language under the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs Administrative Provisions as proposed by the 
Senate that allows the use of prior year school operations 
funds to be used for replacement or repair of Bureau schools if 
approved by the Secretary.
      The managers have modified Senate proposed bill language 
included under the Bureau of Indian Affairs Administrative 
Provisions which clarifies that Bureau funded schools may share 
their campus with other schools that do not receive Bureau 
funding and have expanded grades, provided that any additional 
costs be provided by non-Federal sources.
      The managers have modified Senate proposed bill language 
under Title I General Provisions to direct that the allocation 
of funds to post secondary schools during fiscal year 2000 be 
determined by the post secondary funding formula adopted by the 
Office of Indian Education.
      The managers have modified Senate proposed bill language 
under Title I General Provisions to allow the Secretary to 
redistribute Tribal Priority Allocation funds to address unmet 
needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas, or 
inaccurate distribution methodologies.

                          Departmental Offices

                            insular affairs

                       assistance to territories

      The conference agreement provides $67,171,000 for 
assistance to territories instead of $62,320,000 as proposed by 
the House and $67,325,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
managers have agreed to follow the funding levels proposed by 
the Senate for the activities, except that the managers have 
included a decrease of $154,000 from the level proposed by the 
Senate for the Office of Insular Affairs. The managers have 
included funding, as suggested by the Senate, for the Compact 
renegotiation process. The conference agreement also includes 
the language proposed by the Senate deferring part of the 
Covenant mandatory payment to the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands. The deferred funds are allocated to the Virgin 
Islands for federal mandates as directed by the Senate report. 
The managers agree that the Secretary should ensure that 
representatives of Hawaii are consulted during the upcoming 
compact renegotiation process so the impact to Hawaii of 
migrating citizens from the freely associated states is 
appropriately considered.

                      compact of free association

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

                        Departmental Management

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement provides $62,864,000 for 
Departmental Management as proposed by the House instead of 
$62,203,000 as proposed by the Senate. The managers agree to 
the following distribution of funds:

Departmental direction..................................     $11,665,000
Management and coordination.............................      22,780,000
Hearings and appeals....................................       8,047,000
Central services........................................      19,527,000
Bureau of Mines workers compensation/unemployment.......         845,000

                        Office of the Solicitor

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement provides $40,196,000 for the 
Office of the Solicitor instead of $36,784,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate. The managers agree to the following 
distribution of funds:

Legal services..........................................     $33,630,000
General administration..................................       6,566,000

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement provides $26,086,000 for the 
Office of Inspector General as proposed by the House instead of 
$26,614,000 as proposed by the Senate. The managers agree to 
the following distribution of funds:

Audit...................................................     $15,266,000
Investigations..........................................       4,940,000
Administration..........................................       5,880,000

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians

                         federal trust programs

      The conference agreement provides $90,025,000 for Federal 
trust programs as proposed by the House instead of $73,836,000 
as proposed by the Senate.
      The managers direct that prior to the Department 
deploying the Trust Asset and Accounting Management System 
(TAAMS) in any Bureau of Indian Affairs Area Office,with the 
exception of locations in the Billings area, the Secretary should 
advise the Committees on Appropriations that, based on the Secretary's 
review and analysis, such systems meet TAAMS contract requirements and 
user requirements.
      The managers have modified House proposed bill language 
under Title I General Provisions to allow the Department to 
hire individuals other than administrative law judges (ALJ) to 
hear Indian probate cases, and to allow the Department to 
secure the services of ALJs from other Federal agencies as a 
means of reducing the Indian probate backlog.

                    Indian Land Consolidation Pilot

      The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 for the 
Indian land consolidation pilot as proposed by the House and 
Senate.
      The managers have included a technical correction to the 
bill language to allow funds to be transferred to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs for the administration of the consolidation 
pilot.

           Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration

                Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund

      The conference agreement provides $5,400,000 for the 
natural resource damage assessment fund as proposed by the 
House instead of $4,621,000 as proposed by the Senate.

             General Provisions, Department of the Interior

      The conference agreement includes sections 101 through 
112 and sections 114 and 115 from the Senate bill which 
continue provisions carried in past years.
      Section 113 contains a technical correction to the Senate 
language dealing with contract support costs paid by the 
Department of the Interior on Indian self-determination 
contracts and self-governance compacts as proposed by the 
House.
      Section 116 changes the name of the Steel Industry 
American Heritage Area to the ``Rivers of Steel National 
Heritage Area'' as proposed by the House. The Senate had no 
similar provision.
      Section 117 retains the text of section 116 as proposed 
by the Senate and provides for the protection of lands of the 
Huron Cemetery for religious and cultural uses and as a burial 
ground. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 118 retains the text of section 114 as proposed 
by the House and section 118 as proposed by the Senate which 
permits the retention of rebates from credit card services for 
deposit to the Departmental Working Capital Fund.
      Section 119 retains the text of section 115 as proposed 
by the House and section 119 as proposed by the Senate which 
permits the transfer of funds between the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians 
for the Trust Management Improvement Project High Level 
Implementation Plan.
      Section 120 makes permanent the exemption from certain 
taxes and special assessments for properties at Fort Baker, 
Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The Senate had provided 
the exemption for one year.
      Section 121 retains the text of section 117 as proposed 
by the House and section 121 as proposed by the Senate which 
permits the retention of proceeds from agreements and leases at 
Fort Baker, Golden Gate National Recreation Area for 
preservation, restoration, operation, maintenance, 
interpretation and related activities.
      Section 122 retains the text of section 118 of the House 
bill which requires the renewal of grazing permits in the Lake 
Roosevelt National Recreation Area and directs the National 
Park Service to manage grazing use to protect recreational, 
natural and cultural resources. Senate section 124 contained a 
similar provision.
      Section 123 modifies language of the House and Senate 
regarding the issuance of grazing permits. This modification 
requires analysis of grazing activities using sound, proven 
science. The managers are concerned with the existing backlog 
incurred from the renewal process of expiring permits and 
leases. The managers expect the Department to develop and 
implement a schedule to address and alleviate this backlog as 
soon as possible, and have provided an additional $2,500,000 to 
expedite the grazing permit and lease renewal process. The 
managers expect these renewals to be completed so that they 
will not need to continue to address this issue on an annual 
basis.
      Section 124 modifies House section 120 and allows the 
Department to hire individuals other than administrative law 
judges and to secure the services of administrative law judges 
from other Federal agencies to address the Indian probate 
backlog. The Senate had no similar provision.
      Section 125 retains the text of section 121 as proposed 
by the House allowing American Samoa to receive a loan which 
will be repaid from its proceeds from a settlement agreement 
with tobacco manufacturers. The Senate had no similar 
provision. The managers remain very concerned about the fiscal 
situation in American Samoa. The managers have agreed to the 
Senate proposal that the Secretary should not release certain 
funds withheld in fiscal year 1999 until the Secretary 
certifies that American Samoa implements activities regarding 
repayment for health care in Hawaii. The managersexpect that 
the substantial loan will be used effectively by American Samoa to 
provide a long-lasting fiscal remedy and economic development. The 
managers strongly encourage the government to use some of these new 
funds for health care repayments which remain outstanding. The managers 
direct the Secretary to craft the final loan agreement so that the 
principal of $18,600,000, and interest calculated at the Congressional 
Budget Office's estimate of 5.4 percent, be fully repaid through the 
assignment of the tobacco lawsuit settlement funds over the next 26 
years. At such time as these costs have been fully repaid the Secretary 
should act promptly to restore the tobacco settlement payments directly 
to American Samoa. The managers also encourage the Secretary and the 
American Samoa government to work cooperatively to identify and bring 
economic development to the Territory. The managers encourage the 
Secretary to consult with other Federal departments and agencies in 
this effort and make use of the recently established President's 
Interagency Group on Insular Areas to help achieve this goal.
      The managers have not agreed to language proposed by the 
Senate in section 122 prohibiting the use of funds for the 
removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams.
      Section 126 modifies language as proposed by the Senate 
on a feasibility study for designating Midway Atoll as a 
National Memorial. The modification directs the Secretary, 
acting through the Fish and Wildlife Service in coordination 
with the National Park Service, to pursue designation of Midway 
Atoll as a National Memorial to the Battle of Midway. It 
requires no study before establishment of the designation. The 
House had no similar provision. The managers note that the Fish 
and Wildlife Service has an aggressive program underway at 
Midway relating to historic site protection, restoration and 
interpretation, and the managers fully support that effort.
      Section 127 modifies section 125 as proposed by the 
Senate and provides the Secretary one year to redistribute 
Tribal Priority Allocation funds to address unmet needs, dual 
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
distribution methodologies. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 128 retains the text of section 126 as proposed 
by the Senate prohibiting the use of funds to transfer land 
into trust status for the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Clark 
County, Washington, until the tribe and county reach agreement 
on development issues. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 129 modifies section 127 as proposed by the 
Senate and limits the use of funds to implement Secretarial 
Order 3206 regarding the administration of the Endangered 
Species Act on Indian tribal lands. The modification permits 
implementation of the order except for two provisions. The 
first provision, which may not be implemented, would give 
preferential treatment to Indian activities at the expense of 
non-Indian activities in determining conservation restrictions 
to species listed under the Endangered Species Act. The second 
would give preferential treatment to tribal lands at the 
expense of other privately owned lands in designating critical 
habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The House had no 
similar provision.
      Section 130 retains the text of section 128 as proposed 
by the Senate providing authority for the Bureau of Land 
Management to provide land acquisition grants to two local 
governments in Alaska. The House had no similar provision.
      The managers have not included section 129 as proposed by 
the Senate dealing with alternatives for the modification of 
Weber Dam. The projects listed in the section, however, have 
been funded and incorporated in the appropriate accounts. The 
House had no similar provision.
      Section 131 retains the text of section 130 as proposed 
by the Senate redirecting $1,000,000 from fiscal year 1999 
appropriated funds for acquisition of the Howard Farm near 
Metzger Marsh, Ohio. The House had no similar provision.
      The managers have not included language proposed in 
section 131 of the Senate bill to place a moratorium on the 
issuance of final procedures for class III Indian gaming. The 
managers have taken this action based on assurances from the 
Secretary that he will not implement final procedures until the 
Federal courts have ruled on this issue.
      Section 132 retains the text of section 132 as proposed 
by the Senate conveying certain lands to Nye County, Nevada. 
The House had no similar provision.
      Section 133 retains the text of section 133 as proposed 
by the Senate conveying certain lands to the City of Mesquite, 
Nevada. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 134 clarifies that section 134 as proposed by the 
Senate expresses the Sense of the Senate regarding exhibits 
commemorating the quadricentennial of European settlement at 
St. Croix Island IHS.
      Section 135 retains the text of section 135 as proposed 
by the Senate prohibiting the Department of the Interior from 
studying or implementing any plan to drain Lake Powell or 
reduce water levels below levels required for the operation of 
Glen Canyon Dam. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 136 modifies section 136 as proposed by the 
Senate dealing with the prohibition of inspection fees on 
certain exported hides and skins. Themodification specifies 
that the prohibition on fees does not apply to any person who ships 
more than 2,500 hides, skins or parts during the course of one year. 
The House had no similar provision.
      Section 137 retains the text of section 138 as proposed 
by the Senate prohibiting the implementation of sound 
thresholds at Grand Canyon National Park until 90 days after 
the National Park Service has provided a report detailing the 
scientific basis for such thresholds. The House had no similar 
provision.
      Section 138 modifies language as proposed by the Senate 
regarding funds appropriated in fiscal year 1998 for land 
acquisition in Haines Borough, Alaska.
      Section 139 modifies section 142 as proposed by the 
Senate so that funds appropriated for Bureau of Indian Affairs 
Post Secondary Schools for fiscal year 2000 shall be allocated 
by the Post Secondary Funding Formula adopted by the Office of 
Indian Education Programs. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 140 clarifies section 143 as proposed by the 
Senate that land and other reimbursement the Secretary may 
receive in the conveyance of the Twin Cities Research Center 
must be used for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System in Minnesota and for activities authorized by Public Law 
104-134. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 141 modifies section 144 as proposed by the 
Senate regarding oil valuation regulations. The managers 
instruct the Comptroller General to review the issues raised by 
the Minerals Management Service oil valuation rule-making and 
to issue a report within six months. The section also requires 
that the rule be consistent with existing statutory 
requirements (Mineral Lands Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. Sec. 226(b) 
and Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1337).
      The managers expect that the GAO report will examine and 
evaluate the proposed rule and its consistency with statutory 
requirements, lease agreements, and historic practices of 
valuing oil for royalty purposes at the lease. The managers 
intend that the Comptroller General will take into 
consideration all official comments submitted during the rule-
making. Specifically, the managers expect the following issues 
to be examined and reported upon: criteria for arms length 
transactions for valuation purposes; methodologies for 
determining values in non-arms length transactions; proper 
adjustments and allowances of expenses when the valuation 
process begins away from the lease; and acceptance of arms 
length market transactions.
      The managers urge and expect the MMS to review thoroughly 
the Comptroller General's report and to ensure that oil royalty 
valuation rules are consistent with existing law. Nothing in 
this conference report would prevent MMS from reproposing the 
rule. In fact, the managers encourage them to do so.
      Section 142 extends through 2003 the authority of the 
Thomas Paine National Historical Association to establish a 
memorial to Thomas Paine in the District of Columbia.
      Section 143 provides new contract authority regarding 
transportation concessions at Zion NP, Utah.
      Section 144 provides an extension of the deadline for Red 
Rock Canyon National Conservation Area to allow the Bureau of 
Land Management sufficient time to process a pending rights-of-
way application.
      Section 145 increases to 15 percent the amount of funds 
that may be used by the National Park Foundation to administer 
the National Park Passport program.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       Department of Agriculture

                             Forest Service

                     Forest and Rangeland Research

      The conference agreement provides $202,700,000 for forest 
and rangeland research instead of $204,373,000 as proposed by 
the House or $187,444,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
managers have agreed to the Senate proposal to direct $250,000 
to study hydrological and biological impacts of lead and zinc 
mining on the Mark Twain National Forest, MO. The managers have 
moved the bill language that concerns prospecting permits and 
land withdrawals on this national forest to Title III. The 
managers have agreed to a funding decrease of $2,574,000 from 
lower priority research but the managers have not agreed to the 
Senate proposal to reduce non-forest health and productivity 
research specifically; nor are funds included for 
uncontrollable fixed cost support as proposed by the House.
      The managers have agreed to the House proposed funding 
level for the forest inventory and analysis program. This 
program should focus on cost share opportunities with state 
partners and give first priority to those states that have 
demonstrated a commitment to achieving the 20 percent annual 
plot measurement objective through cash or in-kind 
contributions.
      The managers have included the funding for the activities 
at Mount St. Helens proposed by the House. The Pacific 
Northwest (PNW) research station should collaboratewith the 
National Monument staff and non-Federal scientists to assemble, 
summarize and archive long-term data sets on 20 years of biological 
responses at Mount St. Helens. The PNW should convene scientists with 
past or future involvement with ecological studies at Mount St. Helens 
to synthesize current knowledge and promote future studies.
      The managers have provided no funding in the research 
account for the University of Washington landscape ecology 
study; rather, funds for this activity have been provided in 
the State and Private Forestry appropriation to maintain this 
effort at the fiscal year 1999 level.
      The managers have agreed to the Senate proposal for a 
funding increase at the Sitka, AK, forest center and have 
agreed to a $300,000 increase above the fiscal year 1999 level 
for the Purdue University hardwood center. Funding for the 
Sitka facility should be included in the fiscal year 2001 
budget justification.
      The managers do not agree to the Senate proposal for the 
University of Montana research nor the Senate proposed 
expansion of the CROP program, but the managers agree to 
maintain the CROP program at the fiscal year 1999 level at the 
Colville National Forest, WA.
      The managers have moved $1,000,000 from the national 
forest system account for the PNW station to fund the 
demonstration of ecosystem management options (DEMO) program; 
if additional funds are needed, they should be taken from the 
national allocation to research. The managers agree with the 
Senate colloquy that projects at West Virginia, Vermont, and 
the Forest Products lab should be funded at the fiscal year 
1999 level as should the Coweeta and Bent Creek projects as 
proposed by the House. The managers also agree that funding for 
the forest science laboratory in Juneau, AK, should be 
maintained at the fiscal year 1999 level.
      The managers direct that up to $500,000 from the national 
allocation should be used, in a cost-share effort, to revise 
and update the Forest Service publication, ``Carbon Changes in 
U.S. Forests''. The updated publication should include all 
documentation of assumptions and methodologies used in 
estimating and projecting carbon sequestration using the forest 
carbon accounting model (FORCARB). A final draft of the updated 
publication should be presented to an accredited forestry 
school for scientific peer review by June 30, 2000, and an 
updated publication should be completed by September 30, 2000, 
and submitted to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
      The managers have agreed to revised instructions 
regarding services provided by Forest Service scientists in 
support of National Forest System (NFS) projects. The managers 
expect that scientists will be available to support NFS project 
implementation as an important aspect of their professional 
public service and technology transfer responsibilities. The 
managers also encourage the Forest Service to increase their 
efforts at extramural research and pursue additional cost-
sharing for the full scope of forest and rangeland research.

                       State and Private Forestry

      The conference agreement provides $187,534,000 for State 
and private forestry instead of $181,464,000 as proposed by the 
House and $190,793,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The agreement provides $38,825,000 for Federal lands 
forest health management and $21,850,000 for cooperative lands 
forest health management. The managers have agreed to the House 
proposal on Asian long-horned beetle work in urban areas and 
the Senate proposal for the Vermont forest cooperative. The 
agreement fully funds the gypsy moth slow-the-spread program. 
The managers have agreed to redirect the Senate proposal for 
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK, assistance to the state fire 
assistance activity. The conference agreement directs the 
Forest Service to improve the control or eradication of the 
pine beetles in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States; 
to conduct a study of the causes and effects of, and solutions 
for, the infestation of pine beetles in the Rocky Mountain 
region of the United States; and to submit to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations a report on the results of 
the study within six months of enactment of this Act.
      The conference agreement includes $24,760,000 for state 
fire assistance, including a special allocation of $250,000 for 
the Senate-proposed project for wildfire training and equipment 
in Kentucky and $2,000,000 for hazardous tree removal resulting 
from spruce bark beetle infestations in the Kenai Peninsula 
Borough, AK. The managers agree to the Senate direction 
concerning a direct lump sum payment to the Kenai Peninsula 
Borough and other direction concerning this funding. The 
conference agreement includes $3,250,000 for volunteer fire 
assistance, an increase of $1,250,000 above the fiscal year 
1999 funding level.
      The conference agreement includes $29,430,000 for forest 
stewardship as proposed by the House. This funding includes the 
House-proposed funding for the New York City watershed and the 
NE Pennsylvania community forestry program and the Senate 
proposed funding for the Chesapeake Bay program. The conference 
agreement includes $10,000,000 for the forest legacy program of 
which $1,500,000 is directed forthe Jefferson and Randolph, NH, 
project as proposed by the Senate. The managers encourage the Forest 
Service and the States to develop forest legacy selection criteria that 
emphasize projects which enhance federal lands, federal investments, or 
past federal assistance efforts. The conference agreement includes 
$31,300,000 for the urban and community forestry program which includes 
the House-proposed increase for the NE Pennsylvania forestry program 
and $500,000 for the Senate-proposed Salt Lake City Olympic tree 
program. The managers encourage the Forest Service to work with and 
help support the Chicago green streets program for urban forestry. The 
managers do not agree to the Senate direction concerning headquarters 
staffing for the urban and community forestry program, but the managers 
encourage greater cost savings to be achieved at headquarters and 
regional office levels. In addition, the managers direct the Forest 
Service to commission an independent study or panel to assess the 
feasibility and potential for enhanced efficiency by block-granting all 
or portions of the cooperative forestry program. This evaluation should 
be done in consultation with the state foresters, the Society of 
American Foresters, and other interested professional or citizens 
groups.
      The conference agreement includes the following funding 
for the economic action program and the Pacific Northwest 
assistance program:

Economic Action Program

Economic recovery.......................................      $4,900,000
Rural development through forestry......................       6,000,000
Forest product conservation and recycling...............       1,900,000
Wood in transportation..................................       1,205,000
    Program subtotal....................................      14,005,000
Special projects:
    NY City watershed...................................         500,000
    Lake Tahoe erosion control grants...................       1,000,000
    Hood River beach facilities OR......................         275,000
    The Dalles riverfront trail OR......................       1,169,000
    Columbia River Gorge county payment.................         280,000
    Hawaii forestry workers training....................         100,000
    Princeton WV hardwood center increase...............         975,000
    Four Corners sustainable forestry initiative 
      increase..........................................         500,000
    Skamania County Drano Lake project WA...............         515,000
    UW landscape ecology (moved from research)..........         300,000
    Nordic Ski Center rehab, Chugach NF, AK.............         500,000
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      Projects subtotal.................................       6,114,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
        Economic Action Program total...................      20,119,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
    Pacific Northwest Assistance program:...............
    Base program........................................       6,500,000
    Forks WA training center............................         600,000
    UW and WSU technology transfer extension............         900,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
        Pacific Northwest Assistance program total......       8,000,000

      The conference agreement directs that within the funds 
provided for the rural development through forestry program at 
least 50 percent is directed for the Northeast-Midwest area. 
The managers have included $500,000 for the Northern Forest 
Heritage Park, NH, within the available funds for the economic 
recovery program but the managers stipulate that this will be 
the final Forest Service commitment for this effort and that 
this funding shall come from the allocation otherwise available 
to the Northeastern area.
      The managers have provided an increase of $100,000 in 
addition to the $100,000 for the Hawaii forests and communities 
initiative within the economic action program as requested by 
the Administration. The managers have provided an increase of 
$975,000 for the Princeton, WV, hardwood center in addition to 
$1,520,000 included in the forest products conservation and 
recycling activity within the economic action program as 
requested by the administration. This brings the Princeton 
hardwood center funding to the FY 1999 level. The managers have 
also provided an increase of $500,000 for the Four Corners 
sustainable forestry initiative which is in addition to 
$500,000 that the managers have included within the rural 
development through forestry activity as requested by the 
administration; this latter $500,000 should come from the 
region's allocation. The managers concur with the Senate 
direction on lump sum payments with respect to the Forks, WA, 
Training Center.
      The managers have revised instructions proposed by the 
House concerning the American Heritage Rivers initiative. The 
managers direct that the Forest Service may allocate up to 
$300,000 for this effort. This funding should be used entirely 
for field activities, and no funds should be transferred to or 
used to support the Council on Environmental Quality or 
national interdepartmental coordination or training efforts. 
The managers have also included language in Title III 
concerning this matter. The managers do not object to the 
Forest Service continuing to provide headquarters and regional 
administrative or technical support for this effort as they 
would for any program, but no staff at regional, headquarters 
or departmental levels should be substantially dedicated to 
this initiative. The managers encourage the Forest Service to 
develop cost-share efforts for this initiative to the maximum 
extent feasible.

                         National Forest System

      The conference agreement provides $1,251,504,000 for the 
national forest system instead of $1,254,434,000 as proposed by 
the House and $1,239,051,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds 
should be distributed as follows:

Land management planning................................     $40,000,000
Inventory and monitoring................................      81,350,000
Recreation management...................................     155,500,000
Wilderness management...................................      30,151,000
Heritage resources......................................      13,214,000
Wildlife habitat management.............................      32,561,000
Inland fish habitat management..........................      19,341,000
Anadromous fish habitat management......................      23,091,000
TE&S species habitat management.........................      26,932,000
Grazing management......................................      28,982,000
Rangeland vegetation management.........................      29,850,000
Timber sales management.................................     224,500,000
Forestland vegetation management........................      63,340,000
Soil, water and air operations..........................      26,932,000
Watershed improvements..................................      32,850,000
Minerals and geology management.........................      37,200,000
Real estate management..................................      47,554,000
Land line location......................................      15,468,000
Law enforcement operations..............................      67,288,000
General administration..................................     250,000,000
Land Between the Lakes NRA..............................       5,400,000
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      Total, NFS........................................   1,251,504,000

      The conference agreement includes the following 
congressional priorities: recreation management includes a 
$500,000 increase for the Monongahela National Forest, WV, as 
proposed by the Senate; rangeland vegetation management 
includes $300,000 for noxious weed control on the Okanogan NF, 
WA, as proposed by the Senate and $400,000 for Region 5 grazing 
monitoring as proposed by the House; timber sales management 
includes $2,000,000 for the aspen program in Colorado as 
proposed by the Senate; forestland vegetation management 
includes $240,000 for pinelands work on the Mark Twain NF, MO, 
and $500,000 for spruce budworm work on the Gifford Pinchot NF, 
WA, proposed by the Senate and $300,000 for the CROP project on 
the Colville NF, WA, and $300,000 for Cradle of Forestry, NC, 
environmental education as proposed by the House. The managers 
have provided no funds for the newly proposed forest ecosystem 
restoration and improvement activity but have included 
$2,000,000 in the forestland vegetation management activity for 
work of this nature and $1,000,000 for the Blue Ridge project 
on the Apache-Sitgreaves NF that the Senate had proposed 
funding within the forest ecosystem restoration and improvement 
activity. The managers encourage the Forest Service to consider 
enhancing the ecosystem restoration program, including the use 
of partnerships, in Region 3. The conference agreement also 
includes $1,000,000 for the Wayne NF, OH, acid mine drainage 
work as proposed by the House; $750,000 for Lake Tahoe basin 
watershed improvements proposed by the Senate; and $750,000 for 
the Weyerhauser-Huckleberry land exchange supplemental 
environmental impact statement in Washington state as proposed 
by the Senate.
      The managers have modified bill language proposed by the 
House to require the display of unobligated balances by 
extended budget line items in the fiscal year 2001 budget 
justification.
      The managers have provided funding in the timber sales 
management activity sufficient to maintain the same total 
timber sale volume as was proposed for fiscal year 1999; the 
managers direct that the total sale volume for fiscal year 2000 
be no less than the volume in fiscal year 1999. The managers 
request that the report proposed by the Senate concerning 
timber growth, inventory and mortality be submitted to the 
House and Senate Committees within 180 days of enactment. The 
managers have provided funding to maintain the drug law 
enforcement effort in Kentucky at the 1999 level. The managers 
encourage the Forest Service to cooperate with the City of 
Fredonia, AZ, on standards for facilities for the North Kaibab 
ranger station and to consider entering into an agreement with 
the city to occupy the facilities upon completion.
      The managers have revised instructions proposed by the 
House and direct the Forest Service and the Department of 
Agriculture to present a clear exposition in their budget 
justifications on their respective responsibilities and funding 
concerning fiscal, budget and related business activities. The 
managers also request the Forest Service to provide a report to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 180 
days of enactment that describes the public affairs and 
communications programs and outlines objectives, performance 
measures and expected costs for this effort. The managers 
concur with House recommended language concerning the Knutson-
Vandenburg reforestation fund, salvage sale and brush disposal 
funds except that these funds may be used for national 
commitments within the Forest Service if the project relates to 
the fund's administration, management or authorized activity.
      The managers concur with the House language that directs 
that no funds be used for the natural resource agenda or 
conservation education national commitment categories until a 
detailed, agency-wide spending plan, including funding sources 
and expected results, is approved by the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations. The managers acknowledge the 
early receipt of the report requested by the House concerning 
the conservation education program. The managers also direct 
that no funds be used for the construction of a national museum 
or visitor center in the Sidney R. Yates building without the 
review and approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations. The managers do not request the GSA report 
requested by the Senate concerning alternative office space for 
the Washington Office at this time.
      Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area--The 
managers note that the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 2000, does not include funding for 
operation of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation 
Area, KY and TN. Therefore, the management of this area will be 
transferred from the Tennessee ValleyAuthority to the U.S. 
Forest Service as directed by the Land Between the Lakes Protection Act 
of 1998 Title V of Sec. 101(e) of Public Law 105-277). The managers 
expect that Land Between the Lakes (LBL) will be managed as part of the 
national forest system for recreation in a manner consistent with the 
multiple use mandate of the Forest Service and the original 1972 LBL 
mission statement. The managers also expect an orderly transfer of 
management from the Tennessee Valley Authority to the Forest Service. 
The managers direct that the previously published guidelines for the 
transfer be followed; these are delineated on pages 1246 and 1247 of 
House Report 105-825 accompanying P.L. 105-277, the Omnibus 
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 1999. The managers have included a total of $7,000,000 for the 
operation of LBL; this includes $5,400,000 in the national forest 
system appropriation, $1,300,000 in the reconstruction and maintenance 
appropriation and $300,000 in the wildland fire management 
appropriation account.
      The managers recommend that the Forest Service wilderness 
management policy should consider the need for mitigating the 
adverse effect of human impact on vegetation, soil, water and 
wildlife. The managers suggest that the policy should consider 
solitude as one among a number of qualities valuable to a 
wilderness experience but recognize that the 1964 Wilderness 
Act does not require solitude on every trail. The managers feel 
that the Forest Service should not impose a wilderness-wide 
blanket of determining use by social encounters (solitude).
      The managers are aware of the structural problems of the 
Long Park Dam in Daggett County, Utah. Recognizing the unique 
circumstances of the dam, its proximity to the Flaming Gorge 
National Recreation Area, and its significant contribution to 
the local economy of Daggett County, Utah, the managers 
encourage the Secretary of Agriculture to make repair of the 
dam a priority within the Department of Agriculture's 
appropriation funding. The managers understand that the State 
of Utah is participating in the project on a 50/50 cost share 
basis. Should budgetary adjustments be necessary to provide for 
the federal share, the Secretary shall do so in consultation 
with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

                        Wildland Fire Management

      The conference agreement provides $651,354,000 for 
wildland fire management instead of $561,354,000 as proposed by 
the House and $650,980,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conference agreement includes funding for fire operations and 
preparedness (including Land Between the Lakes NRA) as proposed 
by the House and contingent emergency funding as proposed by 
the Senate. The managers concur with the Senate direction 
concerning acquisition of a high band radio system for the 
Monongahela NF, WV. The agreement calls for about $70,000,000 
to be reserved for hazardous fuel operations of which $500,000 
is designated for hazardous tree removal on the Chugach 
National Forest, AK, and $1,500,000 is for implementing the 
Quincy Library group project as proposed by the Senate. The 
managers do not specify any set amount of funding for 
particularly severe forest health areas as proposed by the 
House, but the managers expect the Forest Service to follow 
other House and Senate instructions concerning this program, 
including a report within 120 days and full integration of this 
program with other vegetation, habitat management and watershed 
improvement programs. The managers have included bill language 
proposed by the House which requires the transfer of not less 
than 50 percent of the unobligated balances remaining atthe end 
of fiscal year 1999 to pay back funds previously advanced from the 
Knutson-Vandenburg reforestation fund during severe emergencies. The 
managers note that this fund is still owed $392,871,000 that was 
advanced for emergency wildfire fighting during previous years. The 
managers again encourage the administration to make efforts to repay 
this important environmental restoration and protection fund.

                     Reconstruction and Maintenance

      The conference agreement provides $398,927,000 for 
reconstruction and maintenance instead of $396,602,000 as 
proposed by the House and $362,095,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The conference agreement provides for the following 
distribution of funds:

               Facilities Reconstruction and Construction

                                                                  Amount
Research facilities:
    Auburn University research facility AL..............      $4,000,000
    Inst. Pacific Islands Forestry HI...................         400,000
    Admin. request projects.............................       7,510,000
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        Subtotal: Research facilities...................      11,910,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
Fire, admin, other facilities:
    Marienville RS consolidation PA.....................       1,140,000
    Black Hills NF fire training facility SD............         800,000
    Wayne NF supervisors office completion OH...........         475,000
    Admin. request projects.............................      22,946,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal: FAO facilities........................      25,361,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
Recreation facilities:
    Allegheny NF rec facilities PA......................         400,000
    Angeles NF toilet and water system rehab CA.........       1,200,000
    Badin Lake campground NC............................         400,000
    Boone NF Rockcastle and Noe's Dock boat ramp KY.....         425,000
    Chugach NF, Begich Boggs visitor center AK..........       1,400,000
    Cradle of Forestry NC...............................       1,078,000
    Franklin County dam MS..............................       2,000,000
    Ocoee boater put-in and Thunder Rock campgd TN......         600,000
    Sacajewea education center, Salmon ID...............          75,000
    San Bernardino NF Dogwood campground CA.............       1,125,000
    Santa Inez First Crossing recreation area CA........         950,000
    Talladega NF Pinhoti trail bridge AL................          30,000
    Waldo Lake sanitation OR............................         700,000
    Admin. request projects.............................      32,949,000
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        Subtotal: Recreation facilities.................      43,332,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal facilities reconstruction and 
          construction..................................      80,603,000
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                    ____________________________________________________

                  Trail Reconstruction and Construction

Continental Divide trail (various)......................         500,000
Florida National Scenic Trail...........................         250,000
Taft Tunnel ID..........................................         750,000
Winding Stair Mt NRWA OK................................         130,000
Ocoee river trail system TN.............................         300,000
VA Creeper trail repair VA..............................         500,000
Admin. request projects.................................      12,979,000
Other trail reconstruction base program.................      14,173,000
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        Subtotal trails reconstruction and construction.      29,582,000
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                    ____________________________________________________

                  Road Reconstruction and Construction

Boone NF Tunnel Ridge road KY,..........................       1,000,000
Increase for timber support.............................       2,091,000
Monongahela NF landslide damage WV......................         641,000
Olympic NF Hamma Hamma road WA..........................         800,000
Admin. request projects.................................      96,468,000
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        Subtotal road reconstruction and construction...     101,000,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
    Reconstruction and construction subtotal............     211,185,000
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                    ____________________________________________________

                               Maintenance

Facilities..............................................      54,813,000
Road maintenance and decommissioning....................     111,184,000
Trails..................................................      20,445,000
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      Maintenance subtotal..............................     186,442,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
Land Between the Lakes, maintenance, repairs............       1,300,000
      Total reconstruction and maintenance..............     398,927,000

      The conference agreement has included bill language as 
proposed by the Senate that requires the Forest Service to 
provide an opportunity for public comment on each road 
decommissioning project. The conference agreement has provided 
sufficient road reconstruction and construction funding to 
allow the timber sales program to offer the same level of 
harvest as in fiscal year 1999. The managers point out that 
funds will not beused for the direct construction of new timber 
access roads; rather, the timber purchasers will provide for the actual 
construction, although the Forest Service will continue to provide all 
needed engineering support and project guidance. The managers have not 
agreed to the Senate recommendation that road reconstruction decreases 
would come from the Region 10 funding. The agreement includes $100,000 
for Noe's Dock boat ramp and $325,000 for the Rockcastle project on the 
Daniel Boone NF, KY, and directs that the $300,000 in the budget 
request originally designated for the Region 9 office move shall be 
used for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems at the 
Forest Products Lab, WI. The managers emphasize that the funding 
authorization for the Auburn University forestry school construction 
project requires the University to provide the Forest Service with 
rent-free use of space for the life of the building for collaborative 
research.

                            Land Acquisition

      The conference agreement provides $79,575,000 in new land 
acquisition funds and a reprogramming of $40,000,000 in prior 
year funds instead of a total of $1,000,000 as proposed by the 
House and $36,370,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds should 
be distributed as follows:

        State and project                                         Amount
CA--Angeles NF (Pacific Crest Trail)....................      $1,500,000
NM--BACA................................................      40,000,000
CA--Big Sur Ecosystem (Los Padres NF)...................       4,000,000
MT--Bitterroot NF (Rye Creek)...........................       3,500,000
UT--Bonneville Shoreline Trail..........................         750,000
WI--Chequamegon-Nicolet NF..............................       1,500,000
TN--Cherokee NF (Gulf Tract)............................       3,500,000
AZ--Coconino NF (Bar-T-Bar Ranch).......................       5,000,000
AZ--Coconino NF (Sedona)................................       3,500,000
Multi.--Continental Divide Trail........................         700,000
KY--Daniel Boone NF.....................................       1,500,000
SC--Francis Marion NF...................................       3,000,000
VT--Green Mtn. NF.......................................       3,000,000
ID--Hells Canyon NRA....................................         600,000
IN--Hoosier NF..........................................         750,000
NV/CA--Lake Tahoe Basin.................................       3,000,000
MT--Lindbergh Lake (Flathead NF)........................       3,000,000
MO--Mark Twain NF.......................................       1,000,000
WV--Monongahela NF (Elk River)..........................         275,000
WA--Mountains To Sound Greenway.........................       2,500,000
NC--Nantahala/Pisgah NF (Lake Logan)....................       1,000,000
FL--Osceola NF (N. FL. Wildlife Corridor)...............       1,000,000
WA--Pacific NW Streams..................................       3,000,000
CA--San Bernardino NF...................................       2,500,000
NM--Santa Fe NF (Jemez R.)..............................       1,000,000
ID--Sawtooth NRA........................................       1,000,000
MS--Univ. of Mississippi................................      12,000,000
OH--Wayne NF............................................       1,000,000
NH--White Mt. NF (Pond of Safety Tract).................       1,500,000
NH--White Mt. NF (Scenic Areas).........................       1,000,000
    Reprogram FY99 Funds (Baca Ranch)...................     -40,000,000
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      Subtotal..........................................      67,575,000
Acquisition Management..................................       8,500,000
Cash Equalization.......................................       1,500,000
Emergency Acquisitions..................................       1,500,000
Wilderness Protection...................................         500,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................     $79,575,000

      The managers have provided $1,000,000 for the Osceola 
National Forest, FL, to acquire black bear habitat. The 
managers have made these funds contingent on an equal match 
from non-Federal sources. The project need is in excess of 
$100,000,000. The managers hope that the State of Florida will 
partner with the Federal government on this and other projects 
which are under serious development threat. The managers are 
aware that the State's annual land acquisition budget exceeds 
that of the Federal program and that the managers are providing 
Stateside land and water grants within the National Park 
Service appropriation for the first time in five years.
      The managers have provided $3,000,000 for the Pacific 
Northwest Streams initiative. Of this amount, $2,000,000 is 
available for the Bowe Ranch, WA, and $1,000,000 for the 
Bonanza Queen Mine, WA.
      Senate Report 105-56, which accompanied the Fiscal Year 
1999 Interior and Related Agencies Act, included a limitation 
on the purchase price for the acquisition of certain lands in 
the Columbia River Gorge NSA (CRGNSA), and also required a 
donation of a 40-acre tract adjacent to the CRGNSA. Both of 
these directives are hereby rescinded. The Forest Service shall 
notify the Committees before finalizing the acquisition of 
these properties if the combined value of the acquisition of 
the Cannard Tract and the adjacent 40-acre parcel totals more 
than $625,000. The managers have included $40,000,000 for 
acquisition of the BACA Ranch subject to a specific 
authorization.

         Acquisition of Lands for National Forests Special Acts

      The conference agreement provides $1,069,000 for the 
acquisition of lands for national forests special acts as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate.

            Acquisition of Lands to Complete Land Exchanges

      The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
appropriation estimated to be $210,000 for the acquisition of 
lands to complete land exchanges as proposed by both the House 
and the Senate.

                         Range Betterment Fund

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

    Gifts, Donations and Bequests for Forest and Rangeland Research

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

               Administrative Provisions, Forest Service

      The managers have not included language proposed by the 
House concerning Committee approval of organizational 
restructuring. However, the managers are concerned that the 
Forest Service is not doing all that is practicable to see that 
the maximum amount of funding gets to the field where there is 
so much need for management action and public service. In 
addition, the managers are concerned that the Forest Service 
has established new staff units within the Washington Office 
with very little Congressional consultation. While the managers 
concur that additional resources may be necessary to improve 
agency accountability, such increases should be strictly 
limited in order to assure maximum availability of funds for 
program accomplishment. The managers direct the Forest Service 
to consult the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
prior to establishing new units in the Washington Office where 
such units report to Associate Deputy Chiefs or above and for 
major reorganizations in the field where there is a significant 
deviation from the current organizational structure. Such 
deviation would be significant if the reorganizations involve a 
net increase in administrative support needs or where groups of 
employees are geographically relocated.
      The managers have not included language proposed by the 
House allowing the Secretary to use any available funds during 
wildland fire emergencies; the conference agreement continues 
the previous procedures as proposed by the Senate. The managers 
have included House language which allows the release of non-
wildland fire management funds for wildland emergencies only 
when all previously appropriated emergency contingent wildland 
fire funds have been released by the President and apportioned. 
The managers remain concerned that this Administration has been 
overly anxious to spend the KV reforestation fund on wildland 
fire emergencies and not sufficiently interested in paying the 
KV fund back. This fund provides for vital environmental 
restoration and protection activities including tree planting, 
watershed restoration, and wildlife and fish habitat 
enhancement.
      The managers have not included language proposed by the 
House preventing the transfer of Forest Service funds to the 
USDA working capital fund without advance Committee approval. 
The managers expect to see clear statements in future budget 
justifications concerning these and other departmental charges; 
the Forest Service should not be charged for Department of 
Agriculture administrative activities which should be funded by 
the Agriculture appropriations bill. In addition to the display 
contained in the agency budget justification, the managers 
expect the agency to inform the Committees immediately if the 
estimated total amount of funds to be transferred during the 
fiscal year differs from the agency estimate by more than 10 
percent. The managers further instruct the Secretary to provide 
the Committees with a plan no later than March 31, 2000, for 
reduction of total charges against the agency beginning in 
fiscal year 2000.
      The managers have included language proposed by the 
Senate concerning clearcutting on the Shawnee National Forest, 
IL; this language was carried in previous bills. The conference 
agreement includes the Senate proposed funding level for the 
National Forest Foundation and includes the House proposed 
language concerning the payment to the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation. The agreement includes bill language 
proposed by the Senate concerning the definition of overhead 
and indirect expenses and limiting indirect expenses to 20 
percent for certain trust funds and cooperative work funds. The 
managers have included the House language allowing up to 
$500,000 to be transferred to the Office of the General Counsel 
for certain travel and related expenses; the Senate had 
included similar language. The managers have modified language 
proposed by the Senate allowing any funds available to the 
Forest Service to be used for law enforcement during 
emergencies; the modified language allows any funds to be used 
up to a maximum of $500,000 per year. The managers expect that 
this authority will only be used during real emergencies and 
that every effort will be made to pay back the borrowed funds 
promptly during subsequent years. The managers concur with the 
House direction regarding the International Forestry program. 
The managers have included the Senate provision authorizing use 
of Forest Service funds to pay a certain employee for part of 
the cost of his house and possessions which were destroyed by 
arson because this arson appears to be retaliation for him 
performing his official job duties.
      The managers have included bill language directing that 
$5,000,000 be allocated to the Alaska Region from fiscal year 
1999 unobligated balances (excluding unobligated balances from 
the Alaska region) in addition to the $20,600,000 appropriated 
to sell timber in the normal base program for fiscal year 2000. 
The funds provided from unobligated balances, plus $5,100,000 
from the base program, shall be used to prepare and make 
available timber sales to establish a three year timber supply 
for operators on the Tongass National Forest. Sales are to be 
prepared which have a high probability of being sold in order 
to facilitate a reliable Federal timber supply and transition 
to value added processing for the forest products industry in 
Southeast Alaska.
      The managers have also included bill language which 
appropriates $22,000,000 to the Southeast Alaska economic 
disaster fund to be distributed over three years to 
theKetchikan Gateway Borough, the City of Petersburg, the City and 
Borough of Sitka and the Metlakatla Indian Community. These funds are 
to be provided as direct lump sum payments and are to be used to employ 
unemployed timber workers and for related community redevelopment 
projects.
      The managers have received the report from the National 
Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) on the Forest Service 
financial systems and budget structures. The managers are 
currently reviewing this important study and have assurances 
from the Secretary that he and the Forest Service will provide, 
by October 31, 1999, a report outlining specific steps, with 
deadlines, that the Forest Service will take to evaluate and 
implement NAPA recommendations as appropriate. The managers are 
concerned with the Academy's findings that the Forest Service 
has shown a substantial lack of leadership concerning 
managerial accountability. The managers expect the Forest 
Service and the Secretary to continue consultation with the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations concerning 
changes required to respond to this NAPA study. The managers 
remain concerned that the Forest Service budget formulation and 
allocation processes do not provide sufficient linkage between 
on-the-ground needs and funding priority work. The Service must 
also address the consequences of inadequate performance. 
Development and implementation of sound performance measures 
will be needed before major budget restructuring is likely to 
be accepted by the Committees. The managers are also concerned 
about the Forest Service granting approval to expand greatly 
the chief financial officer's staffing at headquarters: the 
Forest Service should pay close attention to NAPA 
recommendations concerning this matter and organizational 
structure.

                          Department of Energy

                         Clean Coal Technology

                               (Deferral)

      The conference agreement provides for the deferral of 
$156,000,000 in previously appropriated funds for the clean 
coal technology program as proposed by the Senate instead of a 
deferral of $256,000,000 as proposed by the House. The managers 
agree that up to $14,400,000 may be used for program direction.

                 Fossil Energy Research and Development

                     (including transfer of funds)

      The conference agreement provides $410,025,000 for fossil 
energy research and development instead of $280,292,000 as 
proposed by the House and $390,975,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Of the amount provided, $24,000,000 is derived by 
transfer from the biomass energy development account.
      Changes to the House position in advanced clean fuels 
research include increases of $300,000 for coal preparation/
carbon extraction from coal and $250,000 for indirect 
liquefaction and a decrease of $1,475,000 for direct 
liquefaction. For the advanced clean efficient power system 
program there is a decrease of $1,000,000 for low emissions 
boiler systems and an increase of $1,500,000 for Vision 21.
      For natural gas programs there are increases to the House 
position in exploration and production of $375,000 for arctic 
research and $1,000,000 for methane hydrates; increases in 
advanced turbine systems of $800,000 for mid-size turbines, 
$2,500,000 for ramgen technology (coalbed methane), and 
$41,008,000 for the utility turbines program that the House had 
proposed to transfer to the Energy Conservation account; and 
increases in emerging process technology of $1,000,000 for gas-
to-liquids/ITM Syngas and $2,000,000 for coal mine methane.
      Changes to the House position in the oil technology 
program include increases of $375,000 for arctic research and 
$250,000 for reservoir characterization/northern mid-continent 
atlas in exploration and production; an increase of $750,000 
for risk based data management systems and a decrease of 
$2,000,000 for preferred petroleum upstream management in 
recovery field demonstrations; and an increase of $3,500,000 
for diesel biodesulfurization in Alaska.
      Other changes to the House position include increases of 
$600,000 for cooperative research and development, $2,400,000 
for federal energy technology center program direction, 
$600,000 for general plant projects, and $79,000,000 which 
eliminates a general reduction to fossil energy programs. There 
is also a decrease of $4,000,000 which assumes the use of prior 
year unobligated and uncosted balances.
      The managers agree to the following:
      1. The black liquor gasification program should include 
the active involvement of the appropriate officials within the 
industries of the future program in energy conservation.
      2. The funds provided for laser drilling may be used for 
other innovative technologies in addition to laser drilling.
      3. Within the methane hydrate program, the Department is 
encouraged to consider the expertise of the Gulf of Mexico 
Hydrate Research Consortium in safety-related research.
      4. The managers are aware of a proposal to enhance the 
quality of low-grade sub-bituminous coal from the Powder River 
Basin by permanently removing moisture from the coal. This 
proposal also would provide economic development benefits for 
the Crow Nation. The managers urge the Department to evaluate 
this proposal and to consider providing technical assistance or 
other funding support to the extent the project represents a 
significant advance in coal dewatering technology, is 
consistent with the goals and objectives of the fossil energy 
program, and involves an appropriate degree of cost sharing.
      5. The Department's PM 2.5 monitoring and research 
efforts should focus on developing data that respond to the 
fine particulate research needs identified in the 
Congressionally-mandated ``National Research Council Priorities 
for Airborne Particulate Matter.'' To the extent feasible, the 
Department should coordinate with industry, State and 
university research efforts to clarify the uncertainties in the 
current understanding of fine particulate matter concentration, 
chemical composition and the relationship between personal 
exposure and ambient air quality. Research results should help 
Federal and State environmental regulators design plans that 
comply with the PM 2.5 ambient air standard and protect the 
public health.

                      Alternative Fuels Production

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

      The conference agreement provides, as proposed by both 
the House and the Senate, for the deposit of investment income 
earned as of October 1, 1999, on principal amounts in a trust 
fund established as part of the sale of the Great Plains 
Gasification Plant in Beulah, ND, and immediate transfer of the 
funds to the General Fund of the Treasury. The amount available 
as of October 1, 1999, is estimated to be $1,000,000.

                 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

      The conference agreement provides no new funding for the 
Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate. Unobligated funds from previous fiscal 
years should be sufficient to continue necessary operations in 
fiscal year 2000.

                      Elk Hills School Lands Fund

      The conference agreement provides $36,000,000 for the 
second payment from the Elk Hills school lands fund as proposed 
by the House instead of no funding as proposed by the Senate. 
The managers have agreed to delay this payment until October 1, 
2000, and expect the payment to be made on that date or as soon 
thereafter as possible.

                          Energy Conservation

                     (including transfer of funds)

      The conference agreement includes $689,242,000 for energy 
conservation instead of $731,822,000 as proposed by the House 
and $684,817,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the amount 
provided, $25,000,000 is derived by transfer from the biomass 
energy development account.
      Changes to the House position in building research and 
standards include an increase of $201,000 for building America 
and a decrease of $300,000 for industrialized housing in 
residential buildings; an increase of $200,000 for commercial 
buildings research and development; and increases of $470,000 
for lighting research and development, $2,250,000 for space 
conditioning and refrigeration, $1,000,000 for cogeneration/
fuel cells and $297,000 for lighting and appliance standards in 
equipment, materials and tools. For the building technology and 
assistance program there is an increase of $1,000,000 for the 
weatherization assistance program. For management and planning 
there is a decrease of $300,000 in support for State and local 
grants.
      Changes to the House position in industry programs 
include increases of $2,000,000 for reciprocating engines and 
$2,000,000 for characterization of oxidation behavior and a 
decrease of $3,000,000 for industrial turbines in distributed 
generation; an increase of $300,000 for technical assistance/
integrated delivery; a decrease of $41,008,000 for utility 
turbines that the House had proposed to transfer from the 
fossil energy account; and decreases of $550,000 for NICE \3\, 
$100,000 for inventions and innovations, $200,000 for 
industrial assessment centers, $400,000 for motors and 
compressed air, and $250,000 for steam challenge.
      Changes to the House position for transportation 
programs/vehicle technology include an increase of $3,000,000 
for advanced power electronics and a decrease of $2,900,000 in 
hybrid systems; increases of $400,000 for fuel cell systems, 
$1,600,000 for stock components, and $120,000 for fuel 
processing and storage in fuel cell research and development; 
decreases of $500,000 each for light truck engines and for 
heavy truck engines in the advanced combustion engine program; 
and increases of $800,000 each for CARAT and GATE in 
cooperative research. For fuels utilization there are increases 
of $600,000 for advanced petroleum fuels for heavy trucks and 
$1,000,000 for alternative fuels for automobiles/light trucks. 
For technology deployment there is a decrease of $10,000 for 
advanced vehicle competitions. In policy and management there 
is an increase of $1,000,000 for a National Academy of Sciences 
review of fossil fuel and conservation research efforts as 
described below and decreases of $100,000 for theheadquarters 
working capital fund, $300,000 for international market development 
programs, and $200,000 for information and communications. There is 
also a decrease of $11,000,000 that assumes the use of prior year 
unobligated and uncosted balances.
      Bill Language.--The managers have modified bill language 
proposed by the House that requires a 25 percent State cost 
share for the weatherization assistance program. The 
modification delays the cost-sharing requirement until fiscal 
year 2001 and thereafter to allow sufficient time for the 
States to prepare for this new requirement. The managers also 
agree that the cost share must be non-Federal for each State or 
other qualified participant but is not strictly limited to 
funds appropriated by each State or other qualified 
participant.
      The managers agree to the following:
      1. While the managers have not included language in the 
bill earmarking funds for grants to municipal governments as 
proposed by the Senate, the managers urge the Department to 
continue working closely with municipal governments and with 
the States to address municipal and community energy 
challenges. The managers encourage the Department to support 
worthy project proposals that address these issues within the 
amount provided for the buildings, industry and transportation 
programs.
      2. The direction in the House report with respect to 
continuing fiscal year 1999 programs does not preclude the 
program eliminations and consolidations proposed in the budget 
request unless expressly identified to the contrary.
      3. In addition to the development project identified in 
the Senate report, the amount provided for fuel cells for 
buildings includes $750,000 to continue the partnership 
established with Materials and Electrochemical Research 
Corporation to work on polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel 
cells in collaboration with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
      4. Within the funds provided for the Industries of the 
Future petroleum program, the managers encourage the Department 
to continue support for research on the biocatalytic 
desulfurization of gasoline.
      5. The reciprocating engine program should include the 
active involvement of the appropriate officials within the 
fossil energy program.
      6. The increase for characterization of oxidation 
behavior is for rig testing in the turbine program, and the 
managers suggest that the Oak Ridge National Laboratory should 
be involved in this effort.
      7. The managers understand the high priority the 
Department has placed on combustion and aftertreatment in the 
transportation program and have provided an increase in that 
program area. The managers are willing to consider a 
reprogramming request for additional funds if acceptable 
offsets are identified.
      8. The managers expect the Department to support hybrid-
electric buses by funding integration and refinement of advance 
hybrid-electric drive trains by bus makers and propulsion teams 
that have demonstrated the successful application of hybrid-
electric drive trains in actual transit programs.
      9. The managers encourage the Department to use the 
expertise of the Consortium for Advanced Transportation 
Technologies and its streamlined competitive, cost-shared 
procurement process across the various transportation programs.
      10. The managers are encouraged by continued industry 
support for the hybrid lighting partnership and expect the 
Department to continue the program in fiscal year 2000.
      11. The managers are concerned by reports that cost 
accounting standards and cost principles in the Federal 
Acquisition Regulations may be hindering contracting with 
certain commercial entities and expect the Department to submit 
a report by December 15, 1999 detailing problems in this area 
and making recommendations for addressing these problems in the 
future.
      12. The $1,000,000 provided for a National Academy of 
Sciences study is for a retrospective examination of the costs 
and benefits of Federal research and development technologies 
in the areas of fossil energy and energy efficiency. The study 
should identify improvements that have occurred because of 
Federal funding for: (1) fossil energy production with regard 
to performance aspects such as efficiency of conversion into 
electricity, lower emissions to the environment and cost 
reduction; and (2) energy efficiency technologies with regard 
to more efficient use of energy, reductions in emissions and 
cost impacts in the industrial, transportation, commercial and 
residential sectors. If the full amount provided is not needed 
for this study, the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations should be notified of the available balance. 
None of these funds may be used to fund overhead costs or other 
energy conservation programs. The managers understand that the 
Department has an arrangement with the National Academy of 
Sciences that will streamline the procurement process and 
expect the Department to expedite the necessary paperwork to 
get this study underway within 30 days of enactment of this 
Act.

                          Economic Regulation

      The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for economic 
regulation as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                      Strategic Petroleum Reserve

      The conference agreement provides $159,000,000 for the 
strategic petroleum reserve as proposed by the Senate instead 
of $146,000,000 as proposed by the House. The managers have 
included bill language dealing with borrowing authority in the 
event of an SPR drawdown under this account as proposed by the 
Senate rather than addressing this provision under 
Administrative Provisions, Department of Energy as proposed by 
the House.

                   Energy Information Administration

      The conference agreement provides $72,644,000 for the 
energy information administration as proposed by the House 
instead of $70,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

            Administrative Provisions, Department of Energy

      The managers have included bill language directing the 
Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with the Administrator of 
the General Services Administration, to transfer the site of 
the former National Institute of Petroleum Energy Research to 
the city of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The managers understand 
that the Department agrees that this is an appropriate way to 
dispose of this property that is no longer needed by the 
Department because of the privatization of NIPER.

                Department of Health and Human Services

                         Indian Health Service

                         Indian Health Services

      The conference agreement provides $2,053,967,000 for 
Indian health services instead of $2,085,407,000 as proposed by 
the House and $2,138,001,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Changes to the House position in hospital and clinic 
programs include increases of $2,440,000 for the operation of 
Alaska facilities and $200,000 for epidemiology centers and 
decreases of $1,000,000 for the health care improvement fund 
and $110,000 for Shoalwater Bay infant mortality prevention.
      There are also increases of $1,500,000 for dental 
services and $1,030,000 for public health nursing and a 
decrease of $500,000 for mental health services. For contract 
support costs, there are decreases of $5,000,000 for new and 
expanded contracts and $30,000,000 for existing contracts.
      Bill Language.--The managers have included language 
permitting the use of Indian Health Care Improvement Fund 
monies for activities typically funded under the Indian Health 
Facilities account. The managers expect the Service to notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the 
distribution and use of these funds. A total of $10,000,000 has 
been provided.
      The managers agree to the following:
      1. The $4,000,000 provided for the Alaska telemedicine 
project is for the Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network.
      2. The increase provided for epidemiology centers 
includes a $100,000 increase for the Portland, OR center. The 
managers are pleased with the state-of-the-art work done by 
this center and encourage the Service to use the expertise at 
the Portland center to assist the other epidemiology centers.
      3. At least $1,000,000 of the program increase for dental 
health should be used to develop four clinical and preventive 
dental support centers.
      4. Within the program increase for public health nursing, 
the Service should hire a nurse for the Havasupai, AZ clinic.
      5. The managers continue to be concerned about the lack 
of a resolution to the contract support costs distribution 
disparity in IHS and the larger issue of whether tribes have an 
entitlement to full funding of these costs. The managers note 
the inherent conflict in the authorizing statute, which implies 
a 100 percent funding requirement while, at the same time, 
making these funds subject to appropriation. The Service is 
strongly encouraged to continue its work with the tribes and 
the legislative committees of jurisdiction in an effort to 
resolve the legislative discrepancies that exist currently and 
ensure that these costs can be funded fairly. The managers 
agree that it is irresponsible to continue to leave the Federal 
government vulnerable to litigation on this issue. Further, the 
managers believe strongly that any resolution to the issue 
should not be made at the expense of funding for medical 
services and facilities for non-contracting and non-compacting 
tribes.
      6. With respect to the House language on distribution of 
funds, the managers agree that fixed cost increases should be 
distributed equitably across all Service-operated and tribally-
operated programs. Other program increases should not 
automatically be distributed on a pro-rata basis. For example, 
a $1,000,000 program increase distributed across all health 
programs would give each program an insignificant amount of 
additional funding. In such a case, the managers encourage the 
Service to select a very limited number of projects so that 
demonstrable results can be achieved. The managers suggestthat 
the Service develop objective criteria for evaluating project proposals 
prior to the distribution of program-specific increases that are 
unrelated to fixed costs.
      7. The managers are concerned about fetal alcohol 
syndrome and its impact on Indian families and Indian 
communities and believe there is a need for more collaborative 
efforts to address this important health problem. The managers 
suggest that the University of Washington's fetal alcohol 
syndrome research program should consider a partnership with 
the Northwest Portland Indian Health Board to provide more 
direct services to the American Indian and Alaska Native 
communities through training and consultation and collaborative 
analysis of the data surrounding fetal alcohol syndrome and 
fetal alcohol effect.
      8. The managers encourage the Service to ensure that 
adequate funding is provided to support IHS and tribal 
epidemiological activities related to the surveillance and 
monitoring of AIDS/HIV and other communicable and infectious 
diseases.

                        Indian Health Facilities

      The conference agreement provides $318,580,000 for Indian 
health facilities instead of $312,478,000 as proposed by the 
House and $189,252,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Changes to the House position include increases of 
$1,500,000 for sanitation construction, $2,942,000 for the 
Parker, AZ clinic construction and $1,000,000 for Fort 
Defiance, AZ hospital construction and a decrease of $1,745,000 
for the Pawnee, OK clinic design. There is also an increase of 
$2,405,000 for facilities and environmental health support.
      Bill Language.--The managers have included several 
provisions to ensure that the facilities program is able to 
take advantage of certain purchase opportunities from other 
agencies and that construction projects can be successfully 
completed.
      Language is included to assist the Hopi Tribe with the 
debt associated with the construction of staff quarters that is 
being financed with tribal funds.
      Language is included permitting the use of up to $500,000 
to purchase equipment from the Department of Defense and 
permitting the use of up to $500,000 to purchase ambulances, 
including medical equipment, from the General Services 
Administration.
      Language is included permitting the use of up to $500,000 
for demolition of Federal facilities.
      Language is included permitting the purchase of up to 5 
acres to expand the parking facilities at the IHS hospital in 
Tahlequah, OK.
      The managers agree to the following:
      1. The funds provided for Fort Defiance, AZ, hospital 
construction do not include staff quarters construction which 
is subject to the guidance provided in item number five below.
      2. The funds for staff quarters at Zuni are for uniform 
building code approved modular housing.
      3. The program increase provided for facilities and 
environmental health support is not specifically earmarked for 
individual programs; however, it is the expectation of the 
managers that a portion of the total increase will be dedicated 
to injury prevention efforts. The Service should notify the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on how the 
Service proposes to distribute these funds.
      4. Within the funds provided for maintenance and 
improvement, $1,000,000 is to be used for environmental 
remediation at Talihina, OK.
      5. The Service needs to develop a standardized 
methodology for construction of staff quarters. That 
methodology should assume the use of uniform building code 
approved modular housing unless there is a compelling reason 
why such housing is not appropriate. The methodology should be 
applied fairly to all quarters projects on the priority list 
and should encourage tribal funding and alternative financing. 
The managers expect the Service to address the new methodology 
in their 2001 budget request.
      6. The Service may use up to $5,000,000 in sanitation 
funding for projects to clean up and replace open dumps on 
Indian lands pursuant to the Indian Lands Open Dump Cleanup Act 
of 1994.
      7. The managers expect the Service to work closely with 
the tribes and the Administration to make needed revisions to 
the facilities construction priority system. Given the extreme 
need for new and replacement hospitals and clinics, there 
should be a base funding amount, which serves as a minimum 
annual amount in the budget request. Issues which need to be 
examined in revising the current system include, but are not 
limited to, projects funded primarily by the tribes, anomalies 
such as extremely remote locations like Havasupai, recognition 
of projects that involve no or minimal increases in operational 
costs such as the Portland area pilot project, and alternative 
financing and modular construction options. It is the managers' 
intent that in asking the Service to re-examine the current 
system for construction of health facilities, a more flexible 
and responsive program can be developed that will more readily 
accommodate the wide variances in tribal needs and 
capabilities.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                         Salaries and Expenses

      The conference agreement provides $8,000,000 for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 
as proposed by the Senate instead of $13,400,000 as proposed by 
the House.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development

                        Payment to the Institute

      The conference agreement provides $2,125,000 for payment 
to the institute instead of the $4,250,000 proposed by the 
Senate and zero funding as proposed by the House.
      The managers have provided $2,125,000 to the institute 
with the understanding that these funds are subject to a one-
to-one match from non-Federal sources. In addition, the 
managers note that this is the last year that Federal funding 
will be provided for institute operations.

                        Smithsonian Institution

                         Salaries and Expenses

      The conference agreement provides $372,901,000 for 
salaries and expenses instead of $371,501,000 as proposed by 
the House and $367,062,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included 
in this amount is $18,329,000 to fund fully the estimated cost 
increases associated with pay and benefits, utilities, 
communications and postage, rental space, and implementation of 
the Panama Canal Treaty at the Tropical Research Institute. A 
revised estimate of utilities costs by the Smithsonian has 
resulted in a decrease of $1,100,000 from the original budget 
submission and is reflected in the foregoing total. In 
agreement with the House, an additional amount of $5,000,000 is 
provided to the National Museum of the American Indian to meet 
anticipated expenses that will be incurred in moving staff and 
collections from New York City to the Cultural Resources Center 
in Suitland, Maryland. An additional amount of $2,500,000 is 
provided to the National Museum of Natural History's Arctic 
Studies Center. A provision included in the House bill that 
would allow federal appropriations designated for lease or rent 
payments to be used as rent payable to the Smithsonian and 
deposited in the Institution's general trust fund account has 
been retained in the conference report.

          Repair, Rehabilitation and Alteration of Facilities

                     (Including Transfers of Funds)

      The conference agreement provides an amount of 
$47,900,000 to fund activities in this account, as proposed by 
the House and agreed to by the Senate. Within this total, 
$6,000,000 is provided specifically for repairs and 
improvements at the National Zoological Park. The managers have 
agreed to the proposal put forward by the Smithsonian to 
consolidate their previous budget structure, whereby separate 
accounts for Zoo Construction and Improvements, Repair and 
Restoration of Buildings, as well as the Alterations and 
Modifications portion of the Construction account, have been 
merged to one broad account designated as Repair, 
Rehabilitation and Alteration of Facilities. In agreeing to the 
proposal, the managers want to underscore the Institution's 
responsibility for ensuring that future budget estimates 
provided to the Committees on Appropriations contain 
sufficiently detailed information for the various activities 
covered by this new account. In addition, the managers direct 
the Smithsonian Institution to provide the Committees on 
Appropriations with a report to be submitted annually by 
December 1, which details expenditures, obligations and 
remaining balances for this account from the previous fiscal 
year.

                              Construction

      The conference agreement provides $19,000,000 for 
construction as proposed by both the House and the Senate. With 
this appropriation, the Congress has fulfilled its commitment 
to provide Federal funding for construction of the National 
Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in 
Washington, D.C.

           Administrative Provisions, Smithsonian Institution

      The conference agreement includes a modification of 
language included in the House bill that will permit the 
Smithsonian to make minimal necessary repairs to the Holt 
House.

                        National Gallery of Art

                         Salaries and Expenses

      The conference agreement provides $61,538,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the National Gallery of Art as 
proposed by the House instead of $61,438,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

            Repair, Restoration and Renovation of Buildings

      The conference agreement provides $6,311,000 for repair, 
restoration and renovation of buildings as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                       Operations and Maintenance

      The conference agreement provides $14,000,000 for 
operations and maintenance as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$12,441,000 as proposed by the House.

                              Construction

      The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for 
construction as proposed by both the House and Senate.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                         Salaries and Expenses

      The conference agreement provides $6,790,000 for salaries 
and expenses of the Wilson Center instead of $7,040,000 as 
proposed by the House and $6,040,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
Funds should be distributed as follows:

Fellowship program......................................        $983,000
Scholar support.........................................         705,000
Public service..........................................       1,897,000
Administration..........................................       1,796,000
Smithsonian fee.........................................         135,000
Conference/Outreach.....................................       1,109,000
Building requirements...................................         165,000

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       Grants and Administration

      The conference agreement provides $85,000,000 for grants 
and administration instead of $83,500,000 as proposed by the 
House and $90,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The managers 
have agreed to the Senate proposal to redirect $1,500,000 from 
matching grants to program grants.

                            Matching Grants

      The conference agreement provides $13,000,000 for 
matching grants as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$14,500,000 as proposed by the House. The managers have agreed 
to the Senate proposal to redirect $1,500,000 from matching 
grants to program grants.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities

                       Grants and Administration

      The conference agreement provides $101,000,000 for grants 
and administration as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$96,800,000 as proposed by the House. The managers note the 
National Endowment for the Humanities has for several years 
supported important efforts to preserve disintegrating books, 
periodicals and other published materials. While the Endowment 
acknowledges that other elements of our culture and heritage--
such as films and sound recordings--are also at risk, its 
efforts in these areas have been considerably less. The 
managers are concerned that much of the musical heritage of the 
nation--as represented by early sound recordings--is 
irrevocably lost with each passing year. Consequently, the 
managers strongly encourage the National Endowment for the 
Humanities to strengthen and expand its support of efforts to 
preserve the rich and important heritage of early sound 
recordings. Within this effort, the NEH is encouraged to place 
emphasis on such traditional music forms as folk, jazz and the 
blues. The managers request that the National Endowment for the 
Humanities provide a report to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations by March 30, 2000, detailing the state by 
state distribution of the various grants and other NEH funding.

                            Matching Grants

      The conference agreement provides $14,700,000 for 
matching grants as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$13,900,000 as proposed by the House.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

                       Office of Museum Services

                       Grants and Administration

      The conference agreement provides $24,400,000 for the 
Office of Museum Services as proposed by the House instead of 
$23,905,000 as proposed by the Senate. The managers agree to 
the funding proposed by the House for program administration 
and agree that the remaining funding increase above that 
provided in fiscal year 1999 should be designated for national 
leadership grants for museums.

                         Salaries and Expenses

      The conference agreement provides $1,005,000 for the 
Commission of Fine Arts instead of $935,000 as proposed by the 
House and $1,078,000 as proposed by the Senate. The managers 
have agreed to the House proposal to provide one-year authority 
for the Commission to charge fees to cover publication costs 
and use the fees without subsequent appropriation. The managers 
agree to all House report language.

               National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs

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

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                         Salaries and Expenses

      The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 as proposed 
by the House instead of $2,906,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         Salaries and Expenses

      The conference agreement provides $6,312,000 as proposed 
by both the House and the Senate. The managers have agreed to 
the Senate proposal to provide one-year authority for appointed 
members of the Commission to be compensated in a manner similar 
to other Federal boards and commissions.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Council

                       Holocaust Memorial Council

      The conference agreement provides $33,286,000 for the 
Holocaust Memorial Council as proposed by both the House and 
the Senate.
      The United States Holocaust Memorial Council was 
established in 1980 to support the planning and construction of 
a permanent, living memorial museum to the victims of the 
Holocaust. Having opened in 1993, the United States Holocaust 
Memorial Museum has achieved remarkable success. Following 
these first six years of operation, the House Appropriations 
Committee requested the National Academy of Public 
Administration (NAPA) to conduct a review of the Council and 
the Museum. NAPA has completed its report and included a number 
of recommendations to improve the operation and management of 
the two entities that will set them on a strong course to 
ensure future success. The managers strongly support the NAPA 
findings and recommendations and urge the entities to include 
those reforms that require statutory changes in a 
reauthorization bill to the Congress by the opening of the 
second session of the 106th Congress. Further, the managers 
expect the organizations to implement fully the administrative 
changes recommended in the report by February 15, 2000 and to 
report to the Committees on Appropriations on the completion of 
their implementation by March 1, 2000.

                             Presidio Trust

                          Presidio Trust Fund

      The conference agreement provides $44,400,000 for the 
Presidio Trust as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      The conference agreement includes sections 301 through 
306, sections 308 through 319, section 321 and section 325 from 
the Senate bill, which continue provisions carried in past 
years. Section 314 adds a reference to Alaska for the Jobs-in-
the-Woods program as proposed by the Senate.
      Section 307 makes permanent the provision on compliance 
with the Buy American Act, which was included in the House bill 
as section 306. The Senate had extended the provision for one 
year.
      Section 320 continues the provision contained in the bill 
in previous years regarding outreach efforts to rural and 
underserved communities by the NEA, as amended by the House to 
include urban minorities.
      Section 322 continues the limitation on funding for 
completion and issuance of the five-year program under the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act as 
proposed by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 323 prohibits the use of funds to support 
government-wide administrative functions unless they are in the 
budget justification and approved by the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations as proposed by the House. The 
Senate had no similar provision.
      Section 324 modifies a provision proposed by the House 
prohibiting the use of funds for certain programs. The 
modification retains the limitation on the use of funds for 
General Services Administration Telecommunications Centers and 
for the President's Council on Sustainable Development and 
deletes the limitation dealing with the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration. The Senate 
had no similar provision.
      Section 326 continues the moratorium on new or expanded 
Indian self-determination and self-governance contracts and 
compacts with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health 
Service as proposed by the Senate in section 324. The House had 
no similar provision.
      Section 327 retains the text of section 324 as proposed 
by the House and section 325 as proposed by the Senate which 
permits the Forest Service to use the roads and trails fund for 
backlog maintenance and priority forest health treatments.
      Section 328 prohibits the establishment of a national 
wildlife refuge in the Kankakee watershed in northwestern 
Indiana and northeastern Illinois as proposed by the House in 
section 325. The Senate had no similar provision.
      Section 329 modifies language proposed by the House in 
Section 326 concerning the American Heritage Rivers initiative. 
The modified language still specifically prevents funds from 
being transferred or used to support the Council on 
EnvironmentalQuality for purposes related to this program, but 
the language no longer prevents headquarters or departmental activities 
for these purposes. The managers note that the Council on Environmental 
Quality, as part of the Executive Office of the President, is funded 
through a different appropriations bill to cover all of its program 
needs, including those associated with the American Heritage Rivers 
initiative. The managers do not object to the agencies covered by this 
bill from participating in this initiative if it is a normal part of 
their programs. In fact, the technical assistance programs funded in 
this bill are intended to help respond to local initiatives and needs. 
The managers encourage maximum cost-sharing and expect the agencies to 
emphasize field-level accomplishments rather than headquarters or 
regional office bureaucratic efforts.
      Section 330 modifies language proposed by the House in 
section 327 restricting the use of answering machines during 
core business hours except in case of emergency. The 
modification requires that there be an option that permits the 
caller to reach immediately another individual. The American 
taxpayer deserves to receive personal attention from public 
servants. The Senate had no similar provision.
      Section 331 modifies a provision proposed by the House 
concerning Forest Service administration of rights-of-way and 
land uses. The Senate had no similar provision. The 
modification retains most of the language proposed by the 
House, with technical modifications, but the provision now 
makes this a five-year pilot program and requires annual 
reports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
summarizing activities and funds involved during the previous 
year. The managers direct the Forest Service to follow the 
instructions proposed by the House regarding this provision. 
The managers and the authorizing committees of jurisdiction 
will review this pilot program and determine subsequently if it 
warrants permanent authority.
      Section 332 modifies a provision included in the fiscal 
year 1999 act regarding the Institute of Hardwood Technology 
Transfer and Applied Research to make the related authorities 
permanent as proposed by the Senate in section 326. The House 
had no similar provision.
      Section 333 continues a program by which Alaska's surplus 
western red cedar is made available preferentially to U.S. 
domestic mills outside Alaska, prior to export abroad as 
proposed by the Senate in section 327. The House had no similar 
provision.
      Section 334 modifies the Senate-proposed section 328 
concerning Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management 
inventorying, monitoring and surveying requirements. The House 
had no similar provision. The modification makes it clear that 
the extent of inventory, monitoring and surveying required for 
the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to comply 
with their planning regulations is solely at the discretion of 
the respective Secretaries. The modified language does not 
require either agency to engage in any particular activities. 
The modified language concerning the definition of record-of-
decision implementation is consistent with the arguments made 
by this Administration in recent litigation.
      Section 335 includes language regarding reports on the 
feasibility and cost of implementing the Interior Columbia 
Basin Ecosystem Management Project as proposed by the House in 
section 329. The Senate proposed similar language in section 
330.
      The conference agreement does not include section 330 as 
proposed by the House which would have provided authority for 
breastfeeding in the National Park Service, the Smithsonian, 
the John F. Kennedy Center, the Holocaust Memorial Museum and 
the National Gallery of Art. A separate appropriations bill 
funding general government programs includes a similar 
provision, but one that is broader in its application. The 
Senate bill had no similar provision.
      Section 336 prohibits the use of funds to propose or 
issue rules, regulations, decrees or orders for implementing 
the Kyoto Protocol prior to Senate ratification as proposed by 
the House in section 331. The Senate had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement does not include House proposed 
bill language included under section 333 prohibiting the use of 
funds to directly construct timber access roads in the National 
Forest System. The Senate had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement does not include either the 
across the board cut proposed by the House in section 333 or 
the across the board cut proposed by the Senate in section 348.
      Section 337 modifies language proposed by the House in 
section 334 and the Senate in section 335 regarding patent 
applications. The modification exempts from the Solicitor's 
opinion of November 7, 1997 grandfathered patent applications, 
mining operations with approved plans of operation, and 
operations with approved plans that are seeking modifications 
or amendment to those plans. The managers strongly feel that it 
is inequitable to apply the Solicitor's millsite opinion to 
those properties since the Department of the Interior and the 
Forest Service have been approving and modifying plans of 
operations routinely for years without raising an issue with 
operators about the ratio of millsites to claims. The 
Departments of the Interior and Agriculture may not implement 
the millsite opinion for existing or planned operations that 
need to amend ormodify their plans of operation. Further, the 
managers direct that the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture 
not reopen decisions already made and relied upon by stakeholders when 
approving these plans. Lastly, for clarity, the managers note that the 
term property as used in this section is intended to encompass the 
specific geographic area included within a plan of operation that has 
been approved on, or submitted prior to May 21, 1999, regardless of the 
type of claim or millsite.
      The managers have not included language proposed by the 
House in section 335 prohibiting certain uses of leghold traps 
and neck snares within the National Wildlife Refuge system.
      The managers have not included language as proposed by 
the House in section 336 that would prohibit implementation of 
certain portions of the Gettysburg NMP general management plan.
      Section 338 modifies a Senate provision in section 330 
concerning consistency among federal land managing agencies for 
the exemption to the Service Contract Act for concession 
contracts. The modified language deals only with the Forest 
Service and applies only in fiscal year 2000. The House had no 
similar provision.
      Section 339 modifies section 331 as proposed by the 
Senate regarding the establishment of a five-year pilot program 
for the Forest Service to collect fair market value for forest 
botanical products. The House had no similar provision. The 
provision is modified to clarify the definition of forest 
botanical products, to ensure that the harvest of such products 
will be sustainable, to exempt some personal use harvest from 
fee collection at the discretion of the agency, and to return a 
portion of the funds collected to the national forest unit at 
which they are generated. The managers want to encourage the 
development of appropriate small-scale industries but also 
ensure that the Forest Service carefully manages this program 
so that plants and fungi are not over-collected. This provision 
has been modified so that the funds which exceed the level 
collected in fiscal year 1999 can be used right away rather 
than delaying expenditure of the funds until fiscal year 2001 
as proposed by the Administration and the Senate. Fees will be 
returned to the forest unit where they are generated and will 
be used to provide for program administration, inventory, 
monitoring, sustainable harvest level and impact of harvest 
determination and restoration activities. The Forest Service is 
encouraged to develop harvest guidelines that cover species 
ranges so sharing of fees among units may be required to 
properly deal with wide-ranging species.
      Section 340 includes the Senate-proposed section 
extending the authorization for the Forest Service to provide 
funds to Auburn University, AL, for construction of a non-
federal building. The House bill had no similar provision.
      Section 341 modifies the Senate-proposed section 333 
dealing with Forest Service stewardship end-results 
contracting. The modification retains the Senate proposal to 
provide the Northern region with nine additional projects. The 
modified provision also includes technical changes to the 
language which authorized the pilot program. These changes make 
it clear that the Forest Service can enter into a contract or 
agreement with either a public or private entity; that an 
agreement as opposed to a contract can be the primary vehicle 
for implementing a pilot project; and there is a national limit 
on projects, as opposed to contracts. This will allow, if 
necessary, use of more than one contract to implement a 
project. The House bill had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement does not include Senate proposed 
bill language included under section 335 that provides that 
residents living within the boundaries of the White Mountain 
National Forest are exempt from certain user fees. The House 
bill had no similar provision.
      Section 342 modifies the Senate-proposed section 336 
dealing with special use fees paid for recreation residences on 
Forest Service managed lands. This provision supersedes section 
343 of P.L. 105-83 and limits fee increases during fiscal year 
2000 to $2,000 per permit. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 343 modifies language in section 337 of the 
Senate bill to provide a protocol designed to facilitate the 
acquisition of lands within the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area by encouraging the Secretary of Agriculture to 
consummate certain land acquisitions that have been delayed by 
issues other than disagreement over fair market value. On 
potential acquisitions that have been delayed because of a 
disagreement over fair market value, the Secretary shall engage 
willing landowners in an arbitration process that is designed 
to be completed before July 15, 2000.
      Section 344 provides that the Forest Service may not use 
the Recreation Fee Demonstration program to supplant existing 
recreation contracts on the national forests as proposed by the 
Senate in section 338. The House bill had no similar provision.
      Section 345 amends the National Forest-Dependent Rural 
Communities Economic Diversification Act, as proposed by the 
Senate in section 339, to make Forest Service grasslands 
eligible for economic recovery funding. The House bill had no 
similar provision.
      Section 346 amends the Interstate 90 Land Exchange Act of 
1998 to place the title to certain lands in Plum Creek, 
Washington, in escrow for a three-year period pending the 
outcome of an appraisal process as proposed by the Senate in 
section 340. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 347 adjusts the boundary of the Snoqualmie 
National Forest as proposed by the Senate in section 341. The 
House had no similar provision.
      Section 348 amends the Food Security Act to protect the 
confidentiality of Forest Inventory and Analysis data on 
private lands as proposed by the Senate in section 342. The 
House bill had no similar provision.
      Section 349 provides, as proposed by the Senate in 
section 343, that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to implement or enforce 
any provision in Presidential Executive Order 13123 regarding 
the Federal Energy Management Program which circumvents or 
contradicts any statutes relevant to Federal energy use and the 
measurement thereof. The managers expect the Department to 
adhere to existing law governing energy conservation and 
efficiency in implementing the Federal Energy Management 
Program. The House had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement does not include Senate proposed 
bill language included under section 344 directing the Forest 
Service to use funds to improve the control or eradication of 
pine beetles in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. 
The managers have provided direction on this matter under the 
Forest Service heading.
      The conference agreement does not include Senate proposed 
bill language included under section 346 prohibiting the use of 
funds for certain activities on the Shawnee National Forest, 
IL.
      Section 350 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
the act for the physical relocation of grizzly bears into the 
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness of Idaho and Montana as proposed 
by the Senate in section 345. The House bill had no similar 
provision. The managers understand that this provision will not 
interfere with the Fish and Wildlife Service's plans for the 
program in fiscal year 2000.
      Section 351 directs that up to $1,000,000 of Bureau of 
Land Management funds be used to fund high priority projects to 
be conducted by the Youth Conservation Corps as proposed by the 
Senate in section 347. The House bill had no similar provision.
      Section 352 makes a permanent appropriation for the North 
Pacific Research Board. To date, these funds have been subject 
to appropriation.
      Section 353 prohibits the withdrawal of certain lands on 
the Mark Twain NF, MO, from mining activities and prohibits the 
issuance of new prospecting permits. The House had no similar 
provision.
      Section 354 makes a minor technical modification to a 
previously established pilot program; this modification 
authorizes the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service 
to establish transfer appropriation accounts in order to 
facilitate efficient inter-agency fund transfers. The managers 
support the pilot effort of the two agencies to accomplish 
mutually beneficial management of respective lands and request 
that the agencies provide a combined report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on the use of these 
accounts by June 30, 2000.
      Section 355 provides for an extension of the public 
comment period for the White River National Forest, CO, forest 
plan revision for ninety days past the February 9, 2000, 
deadline currently in place.
      Section 356 provides direction to the National Capital 
Planning Commission concerning a certain easement and other 
matters regarding the National Harbor project, MD.
      Section 357 directs the Department of the Interior to 
provide a detailed plan for implementation of the National 
Academy of Sciences report on hard rock mining regulations, and 
continues the moratorium on issuing final hard rock mining 
regulations through fiscal year 2000.

                                TITLE IV

      The conference agreement includes the Mississippi 
National Forest Improvement Act of 1999. This new bill language 
provides for the sale of surplus Forest Service research 
property and other surplus administrative sites in Mississippi; 
facilitates a cooperative agreement between the Forest Service 
and the University of Mississippi; and facilitates a land 
exchange on the Homochitto National Forest for the Franklin 
County Dam.

                                TITLE V

          United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund

      Title V provides an emergency transfer of interest earned 
by the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to the United Mine 
Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund. The Abandoned Mine 
Reclamation Fund was established by the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231). The Abandoned 
Mine Land Reclamation Act of 1990 provides for the investment 
of the unappropriated balances of the fund and the crediting of 
earned interest to the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. The 
Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 (26 U.S.C. 
9701-9722) was included as part of the Energy Policy Act of 
1992 and provides for an annual transfer of part of the 
interest earned by the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to the 
United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund.
      The transfer of funds provided by this title is in 
response to rising health care costs and recent court decisions 
which have combined to seriously erode the solvency of the 
United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund. 
Consequently, the Trustees of the Fund have determined that 
without the relief provided by this section, cuts in health 
care benefits to the more than 66,000 retired miners and their 
dependents throughout the nation are imminent.
      The managers recognize that the emergency transfer 
provided by this title is not the long-term answer to the 
financial problems associated with the United Mine Workers of 
America Combined Benefit Fund. The managers expect that the 
legislation necessary to remedy the financial problems of the 
United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund will be 
taken up by the legislative committees of jurisdiction and will 
be enacted into law in a timely manner. The managers urge the 
committees of jurisdiction to work with miners and the 
contributing companies in ensuring the long-term solvency of 
the fund. The managers firmly believe that the best long-term 
solution to the financial problems associated with the fund 
must include a review of and action on appropriate adjustments 
to private sector contributions to the fund, including 
contributions currently being made by the so-called ``reach 
back'' companies. At the same time, the managers also recognize 
that the long-term solution for the fund should cover all 
eligible retired miners and their dependents, including the 
unassigned beneficiaries, as provided for in current law.
      The more than 66,000 elderly retired miners and their 
dependents should not again be brought to the precipice, not 
knowing whether the Federal Government will continue to meet 
fully its commitment to provide their health care benefits, as 
provided in the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefits Act of 
1992.


                   CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2000 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 1999 amount, the 2000 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2000 
follow:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1999...     $14,297,803
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2000...........................................      15,266,137
House bill, fiscal year 2000............................      13,934,609
Senate bill, fiscal year 2000...........................      14,055,710
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2000..................      14,533,911
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      1999..............................................        +236,108
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2000..................................        -732,226
    House bill, fiscal year 2000........................        +599,302
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2000.......................        +478,201

                                   Ralph Regula,
                                   Jim Kolbe,
                                   Joe Skeen,
                                   Charles H. Taylor,
                                   George R. Nethercutt, Jr.,
                                   Zach Wamp,
                                   Jack Kingston,
                                   John E. Peterson,
                                   Bill Young,
                                   John P. Murtha
                                           (Except for NEA funding, 
                                               Sec. 337 (millsites) and 
                                               Sec. 357 (hard rock 
                                               mining),
                                 Managers on the Part of the House.

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

                                  
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