[House Report 106-914]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-914

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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED 
  AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2001, AND FOR OTHER 
  PURPOSES

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               September 29, 2000.--Ordered to be printed

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

                           CONFERENCE REPORT

                        [To accompany H.R. 4578]

      The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of 
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
4578) ``making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes'', having met, after 
full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do 
recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
      That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an 
amendment, as follows:
      In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
amendment, insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of 
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management


                   management of lands and resources


    For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, 
acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and 
performance of other functions, including maintenance of 
facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands 
and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
Land Management, including the general administration of the 
Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands 
pursuant to Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), 
$709,733,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$3,898,000 shall be available for assessment of the mineral 
potential of public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of 
Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall be derived from the special receipt account 
established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)); and of which $3,000,000 shall 
be available in fiscal year 2001 subject to a match by at least 
an equal amount by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 
to such Foundation for cost-shared projects supporting 
conservation of Bureau lands and such funds shall be advanced 
to the Foundation as a lump sum grant without regard to when 
expenses are incurred; in addition, $34,328,000 for Mining Law 
Administration program operations, including the cost of 
administering the mining claim fee program; to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from annual mining 
claim fees so as to result in a final appropriation estimated 
at not more than $709,733,000, and $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, from communication site rental fees 
established by the Bureau for the cost of administering 
communication site activities: Provided, That appropriations 
herein made shall not be available for the destruction of 
healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in the care of the 
Bureau or its contractors.


                        wildland fire management


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


                    central hazardous materials fund


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


                              construction


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


                       payments in lieu of taxes


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


                            land acquisition


    For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 
318(d) of Public Law 94-579, including administrative expenses 
and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, 
$31,100,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund, to remain available until expended.


                   oregon and california grant lands


    For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 
development of resources and for construction, operation, and 
maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other 
improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad 
grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and 
California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent 
rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein 
including existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such 
grant lands; $104,267,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all receipts 
during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and 
California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against 
the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be 
transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance 
with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the 
Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).


               forest ecosystems health and recovery fund


                   (revolving fund, special account)


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


                           range improvements


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


               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures


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


                       miscellaneous trust funds


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


                       administrative provisions


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

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service


                          resource management


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


                              construction


    For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of 
buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, 
management, investigation, protection, and utilization of 
fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands 
and interests therein; $63,015,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any provision of law 
or regulation, funds appropriated in Public Law 106-113 for 
exhibits at the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge 
Education Center in Florida shall be transferred immediately to 
the Ding Darling Wildlife Society for the purpose of 
constructing the exhibits.

                            land acquisition

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


            cooperative endangered species conservation fund


    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), as 
amended, $26,925,000, to be derived from the Cooperative 
Endangered Species Conservation Fund, to remain available until 
expended.

                     national wildlife refuge fund

    For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $11,439,000.


               north american wetlands conservation fund


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


              wildlife conservation and appreciation fund


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


                multinational species conservation fund


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

                       administrative provisions

    Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of 
not to exceed 79 passenger motor vehicles, of which 72 are for 
replacement only (including 41 for police-type use); repair of 
damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas 
caused by operations of the Service; options for the purchase 
of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities 
incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 
as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the 
maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other 
facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and to which 
the United States has title, and which are used pursuant to law 
in connection with management and investigation of fish and 
wildlife resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 
501, the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and 
partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing 
services from cooperators in connection with jointly produced 
publications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 
the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service 
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 
accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior may not spend any of the 
funds appropriated in this Act for the purchase of lands or 
interests in lands to be used in the establishment of any new 
unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System unless the purchase 
is approved in advance by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations in compliance with the reprogramming procedures 
contained in Senate Report 105-56.

                         National Park Service


                 operation of the national park system


    For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the 
National Park Service (including special road maintenance 
service to trucking permittees on a reimbursable basis), and 
for the general administration of the National Park Service, 
including not less than $2,000,000 for high priority projects 
within the scope of the approved budget which shall be carried 
out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
1706, $1,389,144,000, of which $9,227,000 for research, 
planning and interagency coordination in support of land 
acquisition for Everglades restoration shall remain available 
until expended, and of which not to exceed $7,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, is to be derived from the 
special fee account established pursuant to title V, section 
5201 of Public Law 100-203: Provided, That the only funds in 
this account which may be made available to support United 
States Park Police operations are those needed to continue 
services at the same level as was provided in fiscal year 2000 
at the Statue of Liberty and Gateway National Recreation Area, 
and those funds approved for emergency law and order incidents 
pursuant to established National Park Service procedures and 
those funds needed to maintain and repair United States Park 
Police administrative facilities.


                       united states park police


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

                  national recreation and preservation


                     (including transfer of funds)


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


                     urban park and recreation fund


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


                       historic preservation fund


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


                              construction


    For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of 
physical facilities, including the modifications authorized by 
section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and 
Expansion Act of 1989, $242,174,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $650,000 for Lake Champlain National 
Historic Landmarks, $300,000 for the Kendall County Courthouse, 
and $365,000 for the U.S. Grant Boyhood Home National Historic 
Landmark shall be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund 
pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 470a.


                    land and water conservation fund


                              (rescission)


    The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2001 by 16 
U.S.C. 460l-10a is rescinded.


                 land acquisition and state assistance


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


                       administrative provisions


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

                    United States Geological Survey


                 surveys, investigations, and research


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


                       administrative provisions


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

                      Minerals Management Service

                royalty and offshore minerals management

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

                           oil spill research

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

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


                       regulation and technology


    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 
95-87, as amended, including the purchase of not to exceed 10 
passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; $100,801,000: 
Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to 
regulations, may use directly or through grants to States, 
moneys collected in fiscal year 2001 for civil penalties 
assessed under section 518 of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands 
adversely affected by coal mining practices after August 3, 
1977, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per 
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.


                    abandoned mine reclamation fund


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

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      operation of indian programs


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


                              construction


    For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other 
facilities, including architectural and engineering services by 
contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and 
preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of the 
Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87-483, 
$357,404,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such amounts as may be available for the construction of 
the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be transferred to the 
Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 
percent of contract authority available to the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to 
cover the road program management costs of the Bureau: Provided 
further, That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made available on a 
nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2001, in implementing new construction or facilities 
improvement and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 
that are provided to tribally controlled grant schools under 
Public Law 100-297, as amended, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost 
Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 
as the regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such 
grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the 
Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a 
schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Provided 
further, That in considering applications, the Secretary shall 
consider whether the Indian tribe or tribal organization would 
be deficient in assuring that the construction projects conform 
to applicable building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, 
or State health and safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 
2005(a), with respect to organizational and financial 
management capabilities: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary declines an application, the Secretary shall follow 
the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided 
further, That any disputes between the Secretary and any 
grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes 
provision in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e).


 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians


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


                 indian guaranteed loan program account


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


                       administrative provisions


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

                          Departmental Offices

                            Insular Affairs


                       assistance to territories


    For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under 
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
$75,471,000, of which: (1) $71,076,000 shall be available until 
expended for technical assistance, including maintenance 
assistance, disaster assistance, insular management controls, 
coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree snake control 
and research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for 
compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 
1661(c)); grants to the Government of American Samoa, in 
addition to current local revenues, for construction and 
support of governmental functions; grants to the Government of 
the Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the 
Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the 
Government of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law 
(Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $4,395,000 shall be 
available for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular 
Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of the 
territorial and local governments herein provided for, 
including such transactions of all agencies or 
instrumentalities established or used by such governments, may 
be audited by the General Accounting Office, at its discretion, 
in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: 
Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 
funding shall be provided according to those terms of the 
Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future United 
States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands 
approved by Public Law 104-134: Provided further, That of the 
amounts provided for technical assistance, not to exceed 
$300,000 may be made available for transfer to the Disaster 
Assistance Direct Loan Program Account of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency for the purpose of covering the cost of 
forgiving a portion of the obligation of the Government of the 
Virgin Islands to pay interest which has accrued on Community 
Disaster Loan 841 during fiscal year 2000, as required by 
section 504 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended 
(2 U.S.C. 661c): Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be made 
available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided 
further, That of the amounts provided for technical assistance, 
the amount of $700,000 shall be made available to the Prior 
Service Benefits Trust Fund for its program of benefit payments 
to individuals: Provided further, That none of this amount 
shall be used for administrative expenses of the Prior Service 
Benefits Trust Fund: Provided further, That the funds for the 
program of operations and maintenance improvement are 
appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 
maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure in American 
Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic 
of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia 
through assessments of long-range operations maintenance needs, 
improved capability of local operations and maintenance 
institutions and agencies (including management and vocational 
education training), and project-specific maintenance (with 
territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined by 
the Secretary based on the individual territory's commitment to 
timely maintenance of its capital assets): Provided further, 
That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 
heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used 
as non-Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard 
mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5170c).

                      compact of free association

    For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the 
Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 
of the Compact of Free Association, and for economic assistance 
and necessary expenses for the Republic of Palau as provided 
for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of 
Free Association, $20,745,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized by Public Law 99-239 and Public Law 99-
658.

                        Departmental Management


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses for management of the Department of 
the Interior, $64,319,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 may be 
for official reception and representation expenses, of which up 
to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation 
payments and unemployment compensation payments associated with 
the orderly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines, and 
of which $300,000 shall be for a grant to Alaska Pacific 
University for the development of an ANILCA training 
curriculum.

                        Office of the Solicitor


                         salaries and expenses


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

                      Office of Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses


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

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians


                         federal trust programs


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


                       indian land consolidation


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

           Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration

                natural resource damage assessment fund

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


                       administrative provisions


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

             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

    Sec. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or 
office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency 
reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, 
utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or 
destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: 
Provided, That no funds shall be made available under this 
authority until funds specifically made available to the 
Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been 
exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to 
this section are hereby designated by Congress to be 
``emergency requirements'' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
and must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation which 
must be requested as promptly as possible.
    Sec. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 
transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in 
addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the 
several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention 
of wildland fires on or threatening lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the 
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its 
jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or 
actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other 
unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage 
assessment activities related to actual oil spills; for the 
prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential 
grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in 
section 1773(b) of Public Law 99-198 (99 Stat. 1658); for 
emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of Public Law 
95-87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds available to 
the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such 
funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory 
authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out the 
regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That 
appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations 
shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred 
during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to 
other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, 
or other equipment in connection with their use for wildland 
fire operations, such reimbursement to be credited to 
appropriations currently available at the time of receipt 
thereof: Provided further, That for wildland fire operations, 
no funds shall be made available under this authority until the 
Secretary determines that funds appropriated for ``wildland 
fire operations'' shall be exhausted within thirty days: 
Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this section 
are hereby designated by Congress to be ``emergency 
requirements'' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be 
replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be 
requested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That such 
replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata 
basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred.
    Sec. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and 
similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will 
contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations 
shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other activity 
in the same manner as authorized by sections 1535 and 1536 of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided, That reimbursements for 
costs and supplies, materials, equipment, and for services 
rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the 
time such reimbursements are received.
    Sec. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the 
Interior in this title shall be available for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the Secretary, 
in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private 
residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when 
authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in 
societies or associations which issue publications to members 
only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are 
not members.
    Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the 
Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902 and D.C. Code 4-204).
    Sec. 106. Annual appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for obligation in connection with contracts issued 
for services or rentals for periods not in excess of 12 months 
beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
    Sec. 107. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore 
leasing and related activities placed under restriction in the 
President's moratorium statement of June 26, 1990, in the areas 
of northern, central, and southern California; the North 
Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; and the eastern Gulf of Mexico 
south of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west 
longitude.
    Sec. 108. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore 
oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related 
activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin planning 
area.
    Sec. 109. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
by the Department of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and 
natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the 
eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any lands located 
outside Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer Continental 
Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997-2002.
    Sec. 110. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and natural 
gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the Mid-
Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
    Sec. 111. Advance payments made under this title to Indian 
tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia pursuant to 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 
1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) may be invested by the Indian 
tribe, tribal organization, or consortium before such funds are 
expended for the purposes of the grant, compact, or annual 
funding agreement so long as such funds are--
            (1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal 
        organization, or consortium only in obligations of the 
        United States, or in obligations or securities that are 
        guaranteed or insured by the United States, or mutual 
        (or other) funds registered with the Securities and 
        Exchange Commission and which only invest in 
        obligations of the United States or securities that are 
        guaranteed or insured by the United States; or
            (2) deposited only into accounts that are insured 
        by an agency or instrumentality of the United States, 
        or are fully collateralized to ensure protection of the 
        funds, even in the event of a bank failure.
    Sec. 112. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
National Park Service shall not develop or implement a reduced 
entrance fee program to accommodate non-local travel through a 
unit. The Secretary may provide for and regulate local non-
recreational passage through units of the National Park System, 
allowing each unit to develop guidelines and permits for such 
activity appropriate to that unit.
    Sec. 113. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going basis 
from a credit card services provider under the Department of 
the Interior's charge card programs, hereafter may be deposited 
to and retained without fiscal year limitation in the 
Departmental Working Capital Fund established under 43 U.S.C. 
1467 and used to fund management initiatives of general benefit 
to the Department of the Interior's bureaus and offices as 
determined by the Secretary or his designee.
    Sec. 114. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special Trustee 
for American Indians and any available unobligated balances 
from prior appropriations Acts made under the same headings, 
shall be available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust 
management activities pursuant to the Trust Management 
Improvement Project High Level Implementation Plan.
    Sec. 115. Notwithstanding any provision of law, hereafter 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate and 
enter into agreements and leases, without regard to section 321 
of chapter 314 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b), 
with any person, firm, association, organization, corporation, 
or governmental entity for all or part of the property within 
Fort Baker administered by the Secretary as part of Golden Gate 
National Recreation Area. The proceeds of the agreements or 
leases shall be retained by the Secretary and such proceeds 
shall be available, without future appropriation, for the 
preservation, restoration, operation, maintenance and 
interpretation and related expenses incurred with respect to 
Fort Baker properties.
    Sec. 116. A grazing permit or lease that expires (or is 
transferred) during fiscal year 2001 shall be renewed under 
section 402 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1752) or if applicable, section 510 
of the California Desert Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 410aaa-50). 
The terms and conditions contained in the expiring permit or 
lease shall continue in effect under the new permit or lease 
until such time as the Secretary of the Interior completes 
processing of such permit or lease in compliance with all 
applicable laws and regulations, at which time such permit or 
lease may be canceled, suspended or modified, in whole or in 
part, to meet the requirements of such applicable laws and 
regulations. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter 
the Secretary's statutory authority.
    Sec. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
the purpose of reducing the backlog of Indian probate cases in 
the Department of the Interior, the hearing requirements of 
chapter 10 of title 25, United States Code, are deemed 
satisfied by a proceeding conducted by an Indian probate judge, 
appointed by the Secretary without regard to the provisions of 
title 5, United States Code, governing the appointments in the 
competitive service, for such period of time as the Secretary 
determines necessary: Provided, That the basic pay of an Indian 
probate judge so appointed may be fixed by the Secretary 
without regard to the provisions of chapter 51, and subchapter 
III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, governing the 
classification and pay of General Schedule employees, except 
that no such Indian probate judge may be paid at a level which 
exceeds the maximum rate payable for the highest grade of the 
General Schedule, including locality pay.
    Sec. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any 
Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, 
to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to 
address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping 
service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies. No 
tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation 
funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 2001. Under 
circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or 
inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent 
limitation does not apply.
    Sec. 119. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
establish a new National Wildlife Refuge in the Kankakee River 
basin that is inconsistent with the United States Army Corps of 
Engineers' efforts to control flooding and siltation in that 
area. Written certification of consistency shall be submitted 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to 
refuge establishment.
    Sec. 120. The Great Marsh Trail at the Mason Neck National 
Wildlife Refuge in Virginia is hereby named for Joseph V. 
Gartlan, Jr. and shall hereafter be referred to in any law, 
document, or records of the United States as the ``Joseph V. 
Gartlan, Jr. Great Marsh Trail''.
    Sec. 121. Funds appropriated for the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs for postsecondary schools for fiscal year 2001 shall be 
allocated among the schools proportionate to the unmet need of 
the schools as determined by the Postsecondary Funding Formula 
adopted by the Office of Indian Education Programs.
    Sec. 122. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
with respect to amounts made available for tribal priority 
allocations in Alaska, such amounts shall only be provided to 
tribes the membership of which on June 1, 2000 is composed of 
at least 25 individuals who are Natives (as such term is 
defined in section 3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act) who reside in the area generally known as the village for 
such tribe.
    (b) Amounts that would have been made available for tribal 
priority allocations in Alaska but for the limitation contained 
in subsection (a) shall be provided to the respective Alaska 
Native regional nonprofit corporation (as listed in section 
103(a)(2) of Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2159) for the 
respective region in which a tribe subject to subsection (a) is 
located, notwithstanding any resolution authorized under 
federal law to the contrary.
    Sec. 123. (a) In this section--
            (1) the term ``Huron Cemetery'' means the lands 
        that form the cemetery that is popularly known as the 
        Huron Cemetery, located in Kansas City, Kansas, as 
        described in subsection (b)(3); and
            (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        the Interior.
    (b)(1) The Secretary shall take such action as may be 
necessary to ensure that the lands comprising the Huron 
Cemetery (as described in paragraph (3)) are used only in 
accordance with this subsection.
    (2) The lands of the Huron Cemetery shall be used only--
            (A) for religious and cultural uses that are 
        compatible with the use of the lands as a cemetery; and
            (B) as a burial ground.
    (3) The description of the lands of the Huron Cemetery is 
as follows:
    The tract of land in the NW quarter of sec. 10, T. 11 S., 
R. 25 E., of the sixth principal meridian, in Wyandotte County, 
Kansas (as surveyed and marked on the ground on August 15, 
1888, by William Millor, Civil Engineer and Surveyor), 
described as follows:
            ``Commencing on the Northwest corner of the 
        Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said 
        Section 10;
            ``Thence South 28 poles to the `true point of 
        beginning';
            ``Thence South 71 degrees East 10 poles and 18 
        links;
            ``Thence South 18 degrees and 30 minutes West 28 
        poles;
            ``Thence West 11 and one-half poles;
            ``Thence North 19 degrees 15 minutes East 31 poles 
        and 15 feet to the `true point of beginning', 
        containing 2 acres or more.''.
    Sec. 124. None of the Funds provided in this Act shall be 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Department of 
the Interior to transfer land into trust status for the 
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Clark County, Washington, unless 
and until the tribe and the county reach a legally enforceable 
agreement that addresses the financial impact of new 
development on the county, school district, fire district, and 
other local governments and the impact on zoning and 
development.
    Sec. 125. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used by the Department of the Interior to implement the 
provisions of Principle 3(C)ii and Appendix section 3(B)(4) in 
Secretarial Order 3206, entitled ``American Indian Tribal 
Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities, and the 
Endangered Species Act''.
    Sec. 126. No funds appropriated for the Department of the 
Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used to study or 
implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or to reduce the water 
level of the lake below the range of water levels required for 
the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
    Sec. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the authority 
provided by Public Law 104-134, as amended by Public Law 104-
208, the Secretary may accept and retain land and other forms 
of reimbursement: Provided, That the Secretary may retain and 
use any such reimbursement until expended and without further 
appropriation: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all 
activities authorized by Public Law 100-696; 16 U.S.C. 460zz.
    Sec. 128. Section 112 of Public Law 103-138 (107 Stat. 
1399) is amended by striking ``permit LP-GLBA005-93'' and 
inserting ``permit LP-GLBA005-93 and in connection with a 
corporate reorganization plan, the entity that, after the 
corporate reorganization, holds entry permit CP-GLBA004-00 
each''.
    Sec. 129. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall designate Anchorage, Alaska, as 
a port of entry for the purpose of section 9(f)(1) of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1538(f)(1)).
    Sec. 130. (a) The first section of Public Law 92-501 (86 
Stat. 904) is amended by inserting after the first sentence 
``The park shall also include the land as generally depicted on 
the map entitled `subdivision of a portion of U.S. Survey 407, 
Tract B, dated May 12, 2000' ''.
    (b) Section 3 of Public Law 92-501 is amended to read as 
follows: ``There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
are necessary to carry out the terms of this Act.''.
    Sec. 131. (a) All proceeds, including bonuses, rents, and 
royalties, of Oil and Gas Lease sale 991, held by the Bureau of 
Land Management on May 5, 1999, or subsequent lease sales in 
the National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska (hereafter ``proceeds'') 
attributable to the area subject to withdrawal for Kuukpik 
Corporation's selection under section 22(j)(2) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, Public Law 92-203 (85 Stat. 688), 
shall be deposited into a separate fund of the Treasury 
(hereafter ``fund'').
    (b) Within 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the 
General Fund to the fund an amount determined by the Secretary 
of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Interior, to be equal to the amount of interest income that 
would have been credited in the fund between May 5, 1999 and 
the date of enactment of this Act. For the purposes of this 
subsection (b), the Secretary of the Treasury shall calculate 
the interest income using a yield for a 52-week Treasury bill 
issued on or about May 5, 1999.
    (c) On the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall request the Secretary of the Treasury to 
invest such portion of the fund as is not, in the Secretary of 
the Interior's judgment, required to meet current payment 
requirements from the fund as determined under subsection (d). 
Such investments shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury 
in public debt securities with maturities suitable to the needs 
of the fund, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, 
and bearing interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, taking into consideration current market yields 
on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of 
comparable maturity.
    (d) Hereafter, amounts in the fund shall be available to 
the Secretary of the Interior, without fiscal year limitation, 
and the Secretary of the Interior shall pay to Arctic Slope 
Regional Corporation and the State of Alaska the amount of 
their entitlement when determined in accordance with applicable 
law, together with interest, as calculated by the Secretary of 
the Interior, from the date of receipt of the proceeds by the 
United States to the date of payment on the proportionate share 
of the fund distributed. Any remainder shall revert to the 
General Fund of the Treasury.
    Sec. 132. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall convey to Harvey R. Redmond of 
Girdwood, Alaska, at no cost, all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to United States Survey No. 12192, 
Alaska, consisting of 49.96 acres located in the vicinity of T. 
9N., R., 3E., Seward Meridian, Alaska.
    Sec. 133. Clarification of Terms of Conveyance to Nye 
County, Nevada. Section 132(b)(3) of the Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (113 
Stat. 1535, 1501A-165), is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
        subparagraph (C); and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
        following:
                    ``(B) Lease.--Notwithstanding any provision 
                of the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as 
                the `Recreation and Public Purposes Act') (43 
                U.S.C. 869 et seq.), the county may enter into 
                a long-term lease of any of the parcels 
                described in paragraph (2) with a nonprofit 
                organization under which the nonprofit 
                organization would own and operate the Nevada 
                Science and Technology Center for public, non-
                commercial purposes.''.
    Sec. 134. Mississippi River Island No. 228, Iowa, Land 
Exchange. (a) Identification of Land To Be Received in 
Exchange.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary''), shall 
provide Dubuque Barge & Fleeting Services, Inc. (referred to in 
this section as ``Dubuque''), a notice that identifies parcels 
of land or interests in land--
            (1) that are of a value that is approximately equal 
        to the value of a parcel comprising a 150-foot wide 
        strip of land on the west side of the northern half of 
        Mississippi River Island No. 228, as determined through 
        an appraisal conducted in conformity with the Uniform 
        Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition; and
            (2) that the Secretary would consider acceptable in 
        exchange for all right, title, and interest of the 
        United States in and to that parcel.
    (b) Land for Wildlife and Fish Refuge.--Land or interests 
in land that the Secretary may consider acceptable for the 
purposes of subsection (a) include land or interests in land 
that would be suitable for inclusion in the Upper Mississippi 
River Wildlife and Fish Refuge.
    (c) Exchange.--Not later than 180 days after Dubuque offers 
land or interests in land identified in the notice under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall convey all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the parcel 
described in subsection (a) in exchange for the land or 
interests in land offered by Dubuque, and shall permanently 
discontinue barge fleeting at the Mississippi River island, 
Tract JO-4, Parcel A, in the W/2 SE/4, Section 30, T.29N., 
R.2W., Jo Daviess County, Illinois, located between miles #578 
and #579, commonly known as Pearl Island.
    Sec. 135. (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following 
findings--
            (1) in 1990, pursuant to the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA), 25 
        U.S.C. 450 et seq., a class action lawsuit was filed by 
        Indian tribal contractors and tribal consortia against 
        the United States, the Secretary of the Interior and 
        others seeking money damages, injunctive relief, and 
        declaratory relief for alleged violations of the ISDEAA 
        (Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Lujan, 112 F.3d 1455 (10th 
        Cir. 1997));
            (2) the parties negotiated a partial settlement of 
        the claim totaling $76,200,000, plus applicable 
        interest, which was approved by the court on May 14, 
        1999;
            (3) the partial settlement was paid by the United 
        States in September 1999, in the amount of $82,000,000;
            (4) the Judgment Fund was established to pay for 
        legal judgments awarded to plaintiffs who have filed 
        suit against the United States;
            (5) the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 requires that 
        the Judgment Fund be reimbursed by the responsible 
        agency following the payment of an award from the Fund; 
        and
            (6) the shortfall in contract support payments 
        found by the Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in 
        Ramah resulted primarily from the non-payment or 
        underpayment of indirect costs by agencies other than 
        the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health 
        Service.
    (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
that--
            (1) repayment of the Judgment Fund for the partial 
        settlement in Ramah from the accounts of the Bureau of 
        Indian Affairs and Indian Health Service would 
        significantly reduce funds appropriated to benefit 
        tribes and individual Native Americans; and
            (2) the Secretary of the Interior should work with 
        the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to 
        secure funding for repayment of the judgment in Ramah 
        within the budgets of the agencies that did not pay 
        indirect costs to plaintiffs during the period 1988 to 
        1993 or paid indirect costs at less than rates provided 
        under the Indian Self-Determination Act during such 
        period.
    Sec. 136. In fiscal year 2001 and thereafter and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service shall establish and implement a fee 
schedule to permit a return to the Service for forensic 
laboratory services provided to non-Department of the Interior 
entities. Fees shall be collected as determined appropriate by 
the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service and shall be 
credited to this appropriation and be available for expenditure 
without further appropriation until expended.
    Sec. 137. Boundary Adjustment to Exclude Private Land and 
Access Road, Argus Range Wilderness, California Desert 
Conservation Area. (a) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundary of 
the Argus Range Wilderness in the California Desert 
Conservation Area, as designated by section 102(a)(1) of the 
California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-433; 
16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is adjusted to exclude from the area 
encompassed by the wilderness--
            (1) a parcel of private property located in the 
        southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 
        35, township 21 south, range 42 east, Mount Diablo 
        meridian, Inyo County, California; and
            (2) the roadway described in subsection (b) that is 
        used to access the private property.
    (b) Description of Roadway.--The roadway referred to in 
subsection (a) means--
            (1) the main stem of the road running east and west 
        through sections 35 and 36, township 21 south, range 42 
        east, and section 31, township 21 south, range 43 east, 
        Mount Diablo meridian, to the point where the main stem 
        first divides into two branches to provide access to 
        the parcel of private property described in subsection 
        (a) from the east and the north; and
            (2) each of the two branches of that road, as 
        described in paragraph (1).
    (c) Legal Description of Excluded Area.--The exact acreage 
and legal description of the area to be excluded from the 
wilderness area pursuant to subsection (a) shall be determined 
by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The cost of the 
survey shall be borne by the Secretary. In connection with the 
main stem of the roadway described in subsection (b)(1), the 
Secretary shall exclude, at a minimum, all lands within 30 feet 
of the center line of the roadway.
    Sec. 138. (a) Pursuant to the provisions of section 4(a)(3) 
of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act (16 
U.S.C. 668dd(a)(3)), the Secretary of the Interior is directed 
to remove from the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge all right, 
title and interest of the United States in and to the following 
described properties:

            Lots 1 and 2 of Block 144, in Othello Land 
        Company's First Addition to Othello according to the 
        recorded plat thereof, together with all lands 
        presently or formerly occupied by public thoroughfares 
        or rights of way abutting or adjoining the above 
        described land, in the County of Adams, State of 
        Washington, T.16 N., R.29E., W.M.

and to transfer said property without compensation to the City 
of Othello, Washington.
    (b) The property conveyed under this section shall be used 
for public housing or other public purpose, and all right, 
title and interest in and to such property shall revert to the 
United States if it is used for any other purpose.
    (c) The City of Othello shall hold the United States 
harmless, and shall indemnify the United States, for all 
claims, costs, damages, and judgements arising out of any act 
or omission relating to the property conveyed under this 
section.
    Sec. 139. Section 412(b) of the National Parks Omnibus 
Management Act of 1998, as amended (16 U.S.C. 5961) is amended 
by striking ``2000'' and inserting ``2001''.
    Sec. 140. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the 
National Park Service may authorize, through cooperative 
agreement, the Golden Gate National Parks Association to 
provide fee-based education, interpretive and visitor service 
functions within the Crissy Field and Fort Point areas of the 
Presidio.
    Sec. 141. The building housing the visitors center within 
the boundaries of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on 
Assateague Island, Virginia, shall be known and designated as 
the ``Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative 
Center'' and shall hereafter be referred to in any law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States as the ``Herbert H. Bateman Educational and 
Administrative Center''.
    Sec. 142. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b), sums received 
by the Bureau of Land Management for the sale of seeds or 
seedlings including those collected in fiscal year 2000, may be 
credited to the appropriation from which funds were expended to 
acquire or grow the seeds or seedlings and are available 
without fiscal year limitation.
    Sec. 143. Public Law 105-83 (111 Stat. 1556) is amended as 
follows: Under the heading ``Operation of Indian Programs'' in 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs strike ``non-Federal'' in the last 
proviso and insert in lieu thereof ``non-Department of the 
Interior''.
    Sec. 144. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and subject to subsections (b) and (c), all conveyances to the 
city of Valley City, a municipal corporation of Barnes County, 
North Dakota, of lands described in subsection (b), heretofore 
or hereafter made directly by The Burlington Northern and Santa 
Fe Railway Company or its successors, are hereby validated to 
the extent that the conveyances would be legal and valid if all 
right, title, and interest of the United States, except 
minerals, were held by The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company.
    (b) Lands Described.--The lands referred to in subsection 
(a) are the land that formed part of the railroad right-of-way 
granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, a predecessor 
to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, by an 
Act of Congress on July 2, 1864, specifically a 400-foot wide 
right-of-way, being 200 feet wide on each side of the 
centerline of the rail track as originally located and 
constructed between milepost 69.05 and milepost 61.10 within 
Barnes County, North Dakota, as shown and described on the map 
entitled ``City of Valley City--Railroad Parcels'' dated 
September 1, 2000. Such map shall be placed on file and 
available for inspection in the offices of the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management.
    (c) Access and Mineral Rights.--
            (1) Preservation of rights of access.--Nothing in 
        this section shall impair any rights of access in favor 
        of the public or any owner of adjacent lands over, 
        under, or across the lands described in section 2.
            (2) Minerals.--The United States reserves any 
        federally owned mineral rights in the lands described 
        in subsection (b), except that the United States 
        disclaims any and all right of surface entry to the 
        mineral estate of such lands.
    Sec. 145. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as 
the ``First Ladies National Historic Site Act of 2000''.
     (b) First Ladies National Historic Site.--
            (1) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
                    (A) Throughout the history of the United 
                States, First Ladies have had an important 
                impact on our Nation's history.
                    (B) Little attention has been paid to the 
                role of First Ladies and their impact on our 
                Nation's history.
                    (C) Establishment of the First Ladies 
                National Historic Site will provide unique 
                opportunities for education and study into the 
                impact of First Ladies on our history.
            (2) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are the 
        following:
                    (A) To preserve and interpret the role and 
                history of First Ladies for the benefit, 
                inspiration, and education of the people of the 
                United States.
                    (B) To interpret the impact of First Ladies 
                on the history of the United States.
                    (C) To provide to school children and 
                scholars access to information about the 
                contributions of First Ladies through both a 
                physical educational facility and an electronic 
                virtual library.
                    (D) To establish the First Ladies National 
                Historic Site in Canton, Ohio, the home of 
                First Lady Ida Saxton McKinley.
                    (E) To create a public-private partnership 
                between the National Park Service and the 
                National First Ladies Library.
            (3) Establishment of first ladies national historic 
        site.--
                    (A) Establishment.--There is established in 
                Canton, Ohio, the First Ladies National 
                Historic Site.
                    (B) Description.--The historic site shall 
                consist of--
                            (i) the land and improvements 
                        comprising the National Park Service 
                        property located at 331 Market Avenue 
                        South in Canton, Ohio, known as the Ida 
                        Saxton McKinley House; and
                            (ii) if acquired under subsection 
                        (b)(4), National Park Service property 
                        located at 205 Market Avenue South in 
                        Canton, Ohio, known as the City 
                        National Bank Building.
            (4) Acquisition of city national bank building.--
        The Secretary may acquire by donation, for inclusion in 
        the historic site, the property located at 205 Market 
        Avenue South in Canton, Ohio, known as the City 
        National Bank Building.
            (5) Administration of the historic site.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall 
                administer the historic site in accordance with 
                this section and the provisions of law 
                generally applicable to units of the National 
                Park System, including the Act entitled ``An 
                Act to establish a National Park Service, and 
                for other purposes'', approved August 25, 1916 
                (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act of August 
                21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666, chapter 593; 16 U.S.C. 
                461 et seq.).
                    (B) Cooperative agreements.--
                            (i) To further the purposes of this 
                        section, the Secretary may enter into a 
                        cooperative agreement with the National 
                        First Ladies Library (a nonprofit 
                        corporation established under the laws 
                        of the District of Columbia) under 
                        which the National First Ladies Library 
                        may operate and maintain the site.
                            (ii) To further the purposes of 
                        this section, the Secretary may enter 
                        into cooperative agreements with other 
                        public and private organizations.
                    (C) Assistance.--The Secretary may provide 
                to the National First Ladies Library--
                            (i) technical assistance for the 
                        preservation of historic structures of, 
                        the maintenance of the cultural 
                        landscape of, and local preservation 
                        planning for, the historic site; and
                            (ii) subject to the availability of 
                        appropriations, financial assistance 
                        for the operation and maintenance of 
                        the historic site.
                    (D) Admission fees.--The Secretary may 
                authorize the National First Ladies Library 
                to--
                            (i) charge fees for admission to 
                        the historic site; and
                            (ii) retain and use for the 
                        historic site amounts paid as such 
                        fees.
                    (E) Management of property.--The Secretary 
                may authorize the National First Ladies 
                Library--
                            (i) to manage any property within 
                        the historic site;
                            (ii) to lease to other public or 
                        private entities any property managed 
                        under subparagraph (i) by the National 
                        First Ladies Library; and
                            (iii) to retain and use for the 
                        historic site amounts received under 
                        such leases.
            (6) General management plan.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than the last 
                day of the third full fiscal year beginning 
                after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
                Secretary shall, in consultation with the 
                officials described in paragraph (B), prepare a 
                general management plan for the historic site.
                    (B) Consultation.--In preparing the general 
                management plan, the Secretary shall consult 
                with an appropriate official of--
                            (i) the National First Ladies 
                        Library; and
                            (ii) appropriate political 
                        subdivisions of the State of Ohio that 
                        have jurisdiction over the area where 
                        the historic site is located.
                    (C) Submission of plan to congress.--Upon 
                the completion of the general management plan, 
                the Secretary shall submit a copy of the plan 
                to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
                Resources of the House of Representatives.
            (7) Definitions.--In this section:
                    (A) Historic site.--The term ``historic 
                site'' means the First Ladies National Historic 
                Site established by subsection (b)(3).
                    (B) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' 
                means the Secretary of the Interior.
    Sec. 146. (a) Contributions Toward Establishment of Abraham 
Lincoln Interpretive Center.--
            (1) Grants authorized.--Subject to subsections 
        (a)(2) and (a)(3), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        make grants to contribute funds for the establishment 
        in Springfield, Illinois, of an interpretive center to 
        preserve and make available to the public materials 
        related to the life of President Abraham Lincoln and to 
        provide interpretive and educational services which 
        communicate the meaning of the life of Abraham Lincoln.
            (2) Plan and design.--
                    (A) Submission.--Not later than 18 months 
                after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
                the entity selected by the Secretary of the 
                Interior to receive grants under subsection 
                (a)(1) shall submit to the Secretary a plan and 
                design for the interpretive center, including a 
                description of the following:
                            (i) The design of the facility and 
                        site.
                            (ii) The method of acquisition.
                            (iii) The estimated cost of 
                        acquisition, construction, operation, 
                        and maintenance.
                            (iv) The manner and extent to which 
                        non-Federal entities will participate 
                        in the acquisition, construction, 
                        operation, and maintenance of the 
                        center.
                    (B) Consultation and cooperation.--The plan 
                and design for the interpretive center shall be 
                prepared in consultation with the Secretary of 
                the Interior and the Governor of Illinois and 
                in cooperation with such other public, 
                municipal, and private entities as the 
                Secretary considers appropriate.
            (3) Conditions on grant.--
                    (A) Matching requirement.--A grant under 
                subsection (a)(1) may not be made until such 
                time as the entity selected to receive the 
                grant certifies to the Secretary of the 
                Interior that funds have been contributed by 
                the State of Illinois or raised from non-
                Federal sources for use to establish the 
                interpretive center in an amount equal to at 
                least double the amount of that grant.
                    (B) Relation to other lincoln-related sites 
                and museums.--The Secretary of the Interior 
                shall further condition the grant under 
                subsection (a)(1) on the agreement of the grant 
                recipient to operate the resulting interpretive 
                center in cooperation with other Federal and 
                non-Federal historic sites, parks, and museums 
                that represent significant locations or events 
                in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Cooperative 
                efforts to promote and interpret the life of 
                Abraham Lincoln may include the use of 
                cooperative agreements, cross references, cross 
                promotion, and shared exhibits.
            (4) Prohibition on contribution of operating 
        funds.--Grant amounts may not be used for the 
        maintenance or operation of the interpretive center.
            (5) Non-federal operation.--The Secretary of the 
        Interior shall have no involvement in the actual 
        operation of the interpretive center, except at the 
        request of the non-Federal entity responsible for the 
        operation of the center.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior a total of 
$50,000,000 to make grants under subsection (a)(1). Amounts so 
appropriated shall remain available for expenditure through 
fiscal year 2006.
    Sec. 147. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as 
the ``Palace of the Governors Annex Act''.
    (b) Construction of Palace of the Governors Annex, Santa 
Fe, New Mexico.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
                    (A) the United States has a rich legacy of 
                Hispanic influence in politics, government, 
                economic development, and cultural expression;
                    (B) the Palace of the Governors--
                            (i) has been the center of 
                        administrative and cultural activity 
                        over a vast region of the Southwest 
                        since its construction as New Mexico's 
                        second capitol in Santa Fe by Governor 
                        Pedro de Peralta in 1610;
                            (ii) is the oldest continuously 
                        occupied public building in the 
                        continental United States, having been 
                        occupied for 390 years; and
                            (iii) has been designated as a 
                        National Historic Landmark;
                    (C) since its creation, the Museum of New 
                Mexico has worked to protect and promote 
                Southwestern, Hispanic, and Native American 
                arts and crafts;
                    (D) the Palace of the Governors houses the 
                history division of the Museum of New Mexico;
                    (E) the Museum has an extensive, priceless, 
                and irreplaceable collection of--
                            (i) Spanish Colonial paintings 
                        (including the Segesser Hide Paintings, 
                        paintings on buffalo hide dating back 
                        to 1706);
                            (ii) pre-Columbian Art; and
                            (iii) historic artifacts, 
                        including--
                                    (I) helmets and armor worn 
                                by the Don Juan de Onate 
                                expedition conquistadors who 
                                established the first capital 
                                in the territory that is now 
                                the United States, San Juan de 
                                los Caballeros, in July 1598;
                                    (II) the Vara Stick used to 
                                measure land grants and other 
                                real property boundaries in 
                                Dona Ana County, New Mexico;
                                    (III) the Columbus, New 
                                Mexico Railway Station clock 
                                that was shot, stopping the 
                                pendulum, freezing for all 
                                history the moment when Pancho 
                                Villa's raid began;
                                    (IV) the field desk of 
                                Brigadier General Stephen Watts 
                                Kearny, who was posted to New 
                                Mexico during the Mexican War 
                                and whose Army of the West 
                                traveled the Santa Fe trail to 
                                occupy the territories of New 
                                Mexico and California; and
                                    (V) more than 800,000 other 
                                historic photographs, guns, 
                                costumes, maps, books, and 
                                handicrafts;
                    (F) the Palace of the Governors and its 
                contents are included in the Mary C. Skaggs 
                Centennial Collection of America's Treasures;
                    (G) the Palace of the Governors and the 
                Segesser Hide paintings have been declared 
                national treasures by the National Trust for 
                Historic Preservation; and
                    (H) time is of the essence in the 
                construction of an annex to the Palace of the 
                Governors for the exhibition and storing of the 
                collection described in paragraph (E), 
                because--
                            (i) the existing facilities for 
                        exhibiting and storing the collection 
                        are so inadequate and unsuitable that 
                        existence of the collection is 
                        endangered and its preservation is in 
                        jeopardy; and
                            (ii) 2010 marks the 400th 
                        anniversary of the continuous 
                        occupation and use of the Palace of the 
                        Governors and is an appropriate date 
                        for ensuring the continued viability of 
                        the collection.
            (2) Definitions.--In this section:
                    (A) Annex.--The term ``Annex'' means the 
                annex for the Palace of the Governors of the 
                Museum of New Mexico, to be constructed behind 
                the Palace of the Governors building at 110 
                Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
                    (B) Office.--The term ``Office'' means the 
                State Office of Cultural Affairs.
                    (C) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' 
                means the Secretary of the Interior.
                    (D) State.--The term ``State'' means the 
                State of New Mexico.
            (3) Grant.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to the 
                availability of appropriations, the Secretary 
                shall make a grant to the Office to pay 50 
                percent of the costs of the final design, 
                construction, management, inspection, 
                furnishing, and equipping of the Annex.
                    (B) Requirements.--Subject to the 
                availability of appropriations, to receive a 
                grant under this paragraph (A), the Office 
                shall--
                            (i) submit to the Secretary a copy 
                        of the architectural blueprints for the 
                        Annex; and
                            (ii) enter into a memorandum of 
                        understanding with the Secretary under 
                        subsection (b)(4).
            (4) Memorandum of understanding.--At the request of 
        the Office, the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum 
        of understanding with the Office that--
                    (A) requires that the Office award the 
                contract for construction of the Annex after a 
                competitive bidding process and in accordance 
                with the New Mexico Procurement Code; and
                    (B) specifies a date for completion of the 
                Annex.
            (5) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of 
        the costs of the final design, construction, 
        management, inspection, furnishing, and equipping of 
        the Annex--
                    (A) may be in cash or in kind fairly 
                evaluated, including land, art and artifact 
                collections, plant, equipment, or services; and
                    (B) shall include any contribution received 
                by the State (including contributions from the 
                New Mexico Foundation and other endowment 
                funds) for, and any expenditure made by the 
                State for, the Palace of the Governors or the 
                Annex, including--
                            (i) design;
                            (ii) land acquisition (including 
                        the land at 110 Lincoln Avenue, Santa 
                        Fe, New Mexico);
                            (iii) acquisitions for and 
                        renovation of the library;
                            (iv) conservation of the Palace of 
                        the Governors;
                            (v) construction, management, 
                        inspection, furnishing, and equipping 
                        of the Annex; and
                            (vi) donations of art collections 
                        and artifacts to the Museum of New 
                        Mexico on or after the date of 
                        enactment of this section.
            (6) Use of funds.--The funds received under a grant 
        awarded under subsection (b)(3) shall be used only for 
        the final design, construction, management, inspection, 
        furnishing and equipment of the Annex.
            (7) Authorization of appropriations.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to paragraph (B), 
                subject to the availability of appropriations, 
                there is authorized to be appropriated to the 
                Secretary to carry out this section 
                $15,000,000, to remain available until 
                expended.
                    (B) Condition.--Paragraph (A) authorizes 
                sums to be appropriated on the condition that--
                            (i) after the date of enactment of 
                        this section and before January 1, 
                        2010, the State appropriate at least 
                        $8,000,000 to pay the costs of the 
                        final design, construction, management, 
                        inspection, furnishing, and equipping 
                        of the Annex; and
                            (ii) other non-Federal sources 
                        provide sufficient funds to pay the 
                        remainder of the 50 percent non-Federal 
                        share of those costs.
    Sec. 148. (a) Section 104 of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
establish in the Department of the Interior the Southwestern 
Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission, and for other 
purposes'', approved November 19, 1988 (Public Law 100-698) is 
amended--
            (1) in the flush material at the end of subsection 
        (a), by striking ``10 years'' and inserting ``20 
        years''; and
            (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``10 years'' and 
        inserting ``20 years''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 105 of the 
Act entitled ``An Act to establish in the Department of the 
Interior the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation 
Commission, and for other purposes'', approved November 19, 
1988 (Public Law 100-698) is amended by inserting ``for each of 
fiscal years 2001 through 2010'' after ``$3,000,000''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by section 1 shall 
be deemed to have taken effect on November 18, 1998.
    Sec. 149. Redesignation of Cuyahoga Valley National 
Recreation Area as Cuyahoga Valley National Park. (a) 
Redesignation.--The Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area is 
redesignated as Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area is deemed to be a 
reference to Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--The Act entitled ``An Act to 
provide for the establishment of the Cuyahoga Valley National 
Recreation Area'' (Public Law 93-555; 16 U.S.C. 460ff et seq.), 
approved December 27, 1974, is amended--
            (1) in section 1 by striking ``National Recreation 
        Area'' and inserting ``National Park''; and
            (2) by striking ``recreation area'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``park''.
    (d) Clerical Amendments.--Section 5 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
460ff-4) is repealed, and section 6 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
460ff-5) is redesignated as section 5.
    Sec. 150. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as 
the ``National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Act''.
    (b) Findings and Purposes.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
                    (A) the National Underground Railroad 
                Freedom Center (hereinafter ``Freedom Center'') 
                is a nonprofit organization incorporated under 
                the laws of the State of Ohio in 1995;
                    (B) the objectives of the Freedom Center 
                are to interpret the history of the Underground 
                Railroad through development of a national 
                cultural institution in Cincinnati, Ohio, that 
                will house an interpretive center, including 
                museum, educational, and research facilities, 
                all dedicated to communicating to the public 
                the importance of the quest for human freedom 
                which provided the foundation for the historic 
                and inspiring story of the Underground 
                Railroad;
                    (C) the city of Cincinnati has granted 
                exclusive development rights for a prime 
                riverfront location to the Freedom Center;
                    (D) the Freedom Center will be a national 
                center linked through state-of-the-art 
                technology to Underground Railroad sites and 
                facilities throughout the United States and to 
                a constituency that reaches across the United 
                States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and 
                beyond; and
                    (E) the Freedom Center has reached an 
                agreement with the National Park Service to 
                pursue a range of historical and educational 
                cooperative activities related to the 
                Underground Railroad, including but not limited 
                to assisting the National Park Service in the 
                implementation of the National Underground 
                Railroad Network to Freedom Act.
            (2) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
                    (A) to promote preservation and public 
                awareness of the history of the Underground 
                Railroad;
                    (B) to assist the Freedom Center in the 
                development of its programs and facilities in 
                Cincinnati, Ohio; and
                    (C) to assist the National Park Service in 
                the implementation of the National Underground 
                Railroad Network to Freedom Act (112 Stat. 679; 
                16 U.S.C. 469l and following).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior.
            (2) Project budget.--The term ``project budget'' 
        means the total amount of funds expended by the Freedom 
        Center on construction of its facility, development of 
        its programs and exhibits, research, collection of 
        informative and educational activities related to the 
        history of the Underground Railroad, and any 
        administrative activities necessary to the operation of 
        the Freedom Center, prior to the opening of the Freedom 
        Center facility in Cincinnati, Ohio.
            (3) Federal share.--The term ``Federal share'' 
        means an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the project 
        budget and shall include all amounts received from the 
        Federal Government under this legislation and any other 
        Federal programs.
            (4) Non-federal share.--The term ``non-Federal 
        share'' means all amounts obtained by the Freedom 
        Center for the implementation of its facilities and 
        programs from any source other than the Federal 
        Government, and shall not be less than 80 percent of 
        the project budget.
            (5) The freedom center facility.--The term ``the 
        Freedom Center facility'' means the facility, including 
        the building and surrounding site, which will house the 
        museum and research institute to be constructed and 
        developed in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the site described in 
        subsection (d)(3).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) Program authorized.--From sums appropriated 
        pursuant to the authority of subsection (d)(4) in any 
        fiscal year, the Secretary is authorized and directed 
        to provide financial assistance to the Freedom Center, 
        in order to pay the Federal share of the cost of 
        authorized activities described in subsection (e).
            (2) Expenditure on non-federal property.--The 
        Secretary is authorized to expend appropriated funds 
        under subsection (d)(1) of this section to assist in 
        the construction of the Freedom Center facility and the 
        development of programs and exhibits for that facility 
        which will be funded primarily through private and non-
        Federal funds, on property owned by the city of 
        Cincinnati, Hamilton County, and the State of Ohio.
            (3) Description of the freedom center facility 
        site.--The facility referred to in subsections (d)(1) 
        and (d)(2) will be located on a site described as 
        follows: a 2-block area south of new South Second, west 
        of Walnut Street, north of relocated Theodore M. Berry 
        Way, and east of Vine Street in Cincinnati, Ohio.
            (4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated $16,000,000 for the 4 
        fiscal year period beginning October 1, 1999. Funds not 
        to exceed that total amount may be appropriated in 1 or 
        more of such fiscal years. Funds shall not be disbursed 
        until the Freedom Center has commitments for a minimum 
        of 50 percent of the non-Federal share.
            (5) Availability of funds.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, funds appropriated to carry out 
        the provisions of this section shall remain available 
        for obligation and expenditure until the end of the 
        fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which the 
        funds were appropriated.
            (6) Other provisions.--Any grant made under this 
        section shall provide that--
                    (A) no change or alteration may be made in 
                the Freedom Center facility except with the 
                agreement of the property owner and the 
                Secretary;
                    (B) the Secretary shall have the right of 
                access at reasonable times to the public 
                portions of the Freedom Center facility for 
                interpretive and other purposes; and
                    (C) conversion, use, or disposal of the 
                Freedom Center facility for purposes contrary 
                to the purposes of this section, as determined 
                by the Secretary, shall result in a right of 
                the United States to compensation equal to the 
                greater of--
                            (i) all Federal funds made 
                        available to the grantee under this 
                        section; or
                            (ii) the proportion of the 
                        increased value of the Freedom Center 
                        facility attributable to such funds, as 
                        determined at the time of such 
                        conversion, use, or disposal.
    (e) Authorized Activities.--
            (1) In general.--The Freedom Center may engage in 
        any activity related to its objectives addressed in 
        subsection (b)(1), including, but not limited to, 
        construction of the Freedom Center facility, 
        development of programs and exhibits related to the 
        history of the Underground Railroad, research, 
        collection of information and artifacts and educational 
        activities related to the history of the Underground 
        Railroad, and any administrative activities necessary 
        to the operation of the Freedom Center.
            (2) Priorities.--The Freedom Center shall give 
        priority to--
                    (A) construction of the Freedom Center 
                facility;
                    (B) development of programs and exhibits to 
                be presented in or from the Freedom Center 
                facility; and
                    (C) providing assistance to the National 
                Park Service in the implementation of the 
                National Underground Railroad Network to 
                Freedom Act (16 U.S.C. 469l).
    (f) Application.--
            (1) In General.--The Freedom Center shall submit an 
        application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
        manner, and containing or accompanied by such 
        information as the Secretary may reasonably require. 
        Each application shall--
                    (A) describe the activities for which 
                assistance is sought;
                    (B) provide assurances that the non-Federal 
                share of the cost of activities of the Freedom 
                Center shall be paid from non-Federal sources, 
                together with an accounting of costs expended 
                by the Freedom Center to date, a budget of 
                costs to be incurred prior to the opening of 
                the Freedom Center facility, an accounting of 
                funds raised to date, both Federal and non-
                Federal, and a projection of funds to be raised 
                through the completion of the Freedom Center 
                facility.
            (2) Approval.--The Secretary shall approve the 
        application submitted pursuant to subsection (f)(1) 
        unless such application fails to comply with the 
        provisions of this section.
    (g) Reports.--The Freedom Center shall submit an annual 
report to the appropriate committees of the Congress not later 
than January 31, 2000, and each succeeding year thereafter for 
any fiscal year in which Federal funds are expended pursuant to 
this section. The report shall--
            (1) include a financial statement addressing the 
        Freedom Center's costs incurred to date and projected 
        costs, and funds raised to date and projected 
        fundraising goals;
            (2) include a comprehensive and detailed 
        description of the Freedom Center's activities for the 
        preceding and succeeding fiscal years; and
            (3) include a description of the activities taken 
        to assure compliance with this section.
    (h) Amendment to the National Underground Railroad Network 
to Freedom Act of 1998.--The National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 679; 16 U.S.C. 469l 
and following) is amended by adding at the end the following:

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

    ``(a) Authority to Make Grants.--The Secretary of the 
Interior may make grants in accordance with this section for 
the preservation and restoration of historic buildings or 
structures associated with the Underground Railroad, and for 
related research and documentation to sites, programs, or 
facilities that have been included in the national network.
    ``(b) Grant Conditions.--Any grant made under this section 
shall provide that--
            ``(1) no change or alteration may be made in 
        property for which the grant is used except with the 
        agreement of the property owner and the Secretary;
            ``(2) the Secretary shall have the right of access 
        at reasonable times to the public portions of such 
        property for interpretive and other purposes; and
            ``(3) conversion, use, or disposal of such property 
        for purposes contrary to the purposes of this Act, as 
        determined by the Secretary, shall result in a right of 
        the United States to compensation equal to all Federal 
        funds made available to the grantee under this Act.
    ``(c) Matching Requirement.--The Secretary may obligate 
funds made available for a grant under this section only if the 
grantee agrees to match, from funds derived from non-Federal 
sources, the amount of the grant with an amount that is equal 
to or greater than the grant. The Secretary may waive the 
requirement of the preceding sentence with respect to a grant 
if the Secretary determines that an extreme emergency exists or 
that such a waiver is in the public interest to assure the 
preservation of historically significant resources.
    ``(d) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary for purposes of this section $2,500,000 for 
fiscal year 2001 and each subsequent fiscal year. Amounts 
authorized but not appropriated in a fiscal year shall be 
available for appropriation in subsequent fiscal years.''.
    Sec. 151. Priority Abandoned Mine and Acid Mine 
Remediation. For expenses necessary to reclaim abandoned coal 
mine sites and for acid mine drainage remediation caused by 
past coal mining practices in the anthracite region of 
Pennsylvania and other purposes consistent with title IV of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 
95-87, as amended, to be granted to the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania in addition to the amount granted under sections 
402(g)(1) and 402(g)(5) of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act, $12,600,000, to be derived from funds pursuant 
to section 402(g)(2) of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of these funds, $600,000 will be specifically used to 
continue a demonstration project funded in Public Law 106-113, 
in accordance with section 401(c)(6) of the Act to determine 
the efficacy of improving water quality by removing metals from 
eligible waters polluted by acid mine drainage.
    Sec. 152. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
the unobligated balances derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund appropriated in fiscal year 2000 for 
acquisition of land at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge 
(Black River), $850,000, together with other sums as may become 
available, is for the Nisqually Indian Tribe to acquire the fee 
title to the Kenneth W. Braget farm under the terms and 
conditions of the existing Purchase and Sale Agreement. The 
Nisqually Indian Tribe shall enter into a 25 year cooperative 
agreement/renewable lease with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service to manage those lands within the approved refuge 
boundary as part of the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. 
Such lands within the approved refuge boundary shall be managed 
in perpetuity for refuge purposes.
    Sec. 153. Tribal School Construction Demonstration Program. 
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Construction.--The term ``construction'', with 
        respect to a tribally controlled school, includes the 
        construction or renovation of that school.
            (2) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has 
        the meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the 
        Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
        (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior.
            (4) Tribally controlled school.--The term 
        ``tribally controlled school'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 5212 of the Tribally Controlled 
        Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2511).
            (5) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
        Department of the Interior.
            (6) Demonstration program.--The term 
        ``demonstration program'' means the Tribal School 
        Construction Demonstration Program.
    (b) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a 
demonstration program to provide grants to Indian tribes for 
the construction of tribally controlled schools.
            (1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
        appropriations, in carrying out the demonstration 
        program under subsection (b), the Secretary shall award 
        a grant to each Indian tribe that submits an 
        application that is approved by the Secretary under 
        paragraph (2). The Secretary shall ensure that an 
        eligible Indian tribe currently on the Department's 
        priority list for constructing of replacement 
        educational facilities receives the highest priority 
        for a grant under this section.
            (2) Grant applications.--An application for a grant 
        under the section shall--
                    (A) include a proposal for the construction 
                of a tribally controlled school of the Indian 
                tribe that submits the application; and
                    (B) be in such form as the Secretary 
                determines appropriate.
            (3) Grant agreement.--As a condition to receiving a 
        grant under this section, the Indian tribe shall enter 
        into an agreement with the Secretary that specifies--
                    (A) the costs of construction under the 
                grant;
                    (B) that the Indian tribe shall be required 
                to contribute towards the cost of the 
                construction a tribal share equal to 50 percent 
                of the costs; and
                    (C) any other term or condition that the 
                Secretary determines to be appropriate.
            (4) Eligibility.--Grants awarded under the 
        demonstration program shall only be for construction on 
        replacement tribally controlled schools.
    (c) Effect of Grant.--A grant received under this section 
shall be in addition to any other funds received by an Indian 
tribe under any other provision of law. The receipt of a grant 
under this section shall not affect the eligibility of an 
Indian tribe receiving funding, or the amount of funding 
received by the Indian tribe, under the Tribally Controlled 
Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) or the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 
et seq.).
    Sec. 154. White River Oil Shale Mine, Utah. (a) Sale.--The 
Administrator of General Services (referred to in this section 
as the ``Administrator'') shall sell all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the improvements and 
equipment described in subsection (b) that are situated on the 
land described in subsection (c) (referred to in this section 
as the ``Mine'').
    (b) Description of Improvements and equipment.-- The 
improvements and equipment referred to in subsection (a) are 
the following improvements and equipment associated with the 
Mine:
            (1) Mine Service Building.
            (2) Sewage Treatment Building.
            (3) Electrical Switchgear Building.
            (4) Water Treatment Building/Plant.
            (5) Ventilation/Fan Building.
            (6) Water Storage Tanks.
            (7) Mine Hoist Cage and Headframe.
            (8) Miscellaneous Mine-related equipment.
    (c) Description of Land.--The land referred to in 
subsection (a) is the land located in Uintah County, Utah, 
known as the ``White River Oil Shale Mine'' and described as 
follows:
            (1) T. 10 S., R 24 E., Salt Lake Meridian, sections 
        12 through 14, 19 through 30, 33, and 34.
            (2) T. 10 S., R. 25 E., Salt Lake Meridian, 
        sections 18 and 19.
    (d) Use of Proceeds.--The proceeds of the sale under 
subsection (a)--
            (1) shall be deposited in a special account in the 
        Treasury of the United States; and
            (2) shall be available until expended, without 
        further Act of appropriation--
                    (A) first, to reimburse the Administrator 
                for the direct costs of the sale; and
                    (B) second, to reimburse the Bureau of Land 
                Management Utah State Office for the costs of 
                closing and rehabilitating the Mine.
    (e) Mine Closure and Rehabilitation.--The closing and 
rehabilitation of the Mine (including closing of the mine 
shafts, site grading, and surface revegetation) shall be 
conducted in accordance with--
            (1) the regulatory requirements of the State of 
        Utah, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and 
        the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and
            (2) other applicable law.
    Sec. 155. Blue Ridge Parkway. (a) The Blue Ridge Parkway 
headquarters building located at 199 Hemphill Knob in 
Asheville, North Carolina, shall be known and designated as the 
``Gary E. Everhardt Headquarters Building''.
    (b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the headquarters 
building referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a 
reference to the ``Gary E. Everhardt Headquarters Building''.
    Sec. 156. None of the funds in this Act or any other Act 
shall be used, by the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate 
final rules to revise 43 C.F.R. subpart 3809, except that the 
Secretary, following the public comment period required by 
section 3002 of Public Law 106-31, may issue final rules to 
amend 43 C.F.R. subpart 3809 which are not inconsistent with 
the recommendations contained in the National Research Council 
report entitled ``Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands'' so long as 
these regulations are also not inconsistent with existing 
statutory authorities. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to expand the existing statutory authority of the 
Secretary.
    Sec. 157. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as 
the ``Wheeling National Heritage Area Act of 2000''.
    (b) Findings and Purposes.--
                    (1) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
                    (A) the area in an around Wheeling, West 
                Virginia, possesses important historical, 
                cultural, and natural resources, representing 
                major heritage themes of transportation, 
                commerce and industry, and Victorian culture in 
                the United States;
                    (B) the City of Wheeling has played an 
                important part in the settlement of this 
                country by serving as--
                            (i) the western terminus of the 
                        National Road of the early 1800's;
                            (ii) the ``Crossroads of America'' 
                        throughout the nineteenth century;
                            (iii) one of the few major inland 
                        ports in the nineteenth century; and
                            (iv) the site for the establishment 
                        of the Restored State of Virginia, and 
                        later the State of West Virginia, 
                        during the Civil War and as the first 
                        capital of the new State of West 
                        Virginia;
                    (C) the City of Wheeling has also played an 
                important role in the industrial and commercial 
                heritage of the United States, through the 
                development and maintenance of many industries 
                crucial to the Nation's expansion, including 
                iron and steel, textile manufacturing, boat 
                building, glass manufacturing, and stogie and 
                chewing tobacco manufacturing facilities, many 
                of which are industries that continue to play 
                an important role in the national economy;
                    (D) the city of Wheeling has retained its 
                national heritage themes with the designations 
                of the old custom house (now Independence Hall) 
                and the historic suspension bridge as National 
                Historic Landmarks; with five historic 
                districts; and many individual properties in 
                the Wheeling area listed or eligible for 
                nomination to the National Register of Historic 
                Places;
                    (E) the heritage themes and number and 
                diversity of Wheeling's remaining resources 
                should be appropriately retained, enhanced, and 
                interpreted for the education, benefit, and 
                inspiration of the people of the United States; 
                and
                    (F) in 1992 a comprehensive plan for the 
                development and administration of the Wheeling 
                National Heritage Area was completed for the 
                National Park Service, the City of Wheeling, 
                and the Wheeling National Task Force, 
                including--
                            (i) an inventory of the national 
                        and cultural resources in the City of 
                        Wheeling;
                            (ii) criteria for preserving and 
                        interpreting significant natural and 
                        historic resources;
                            (iii) a strategy for the 
                        conservation, preservation, and reuse 
                        of the historical and cultural 
                        resources in the City of Wheeling and 
                        the surrounding region; and
                            (iv) an implementation agenda by 
                        which the State of West Virginia and 
                        local governments can coordinate their 
                        resources as well as a complete 
                        description of the management entity 
                        responsible for implementing the 
                        comprehensive plan.
            (2) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
                    (A) to recognize the special importance of 
                the history and development of the Wheeling 
                area in the cultural heritage of the Nation;
                    (B) to provide a framework to assist the 
                City of Wheeling and other public and private 
                entities and individuals in the appropriate 
                preservation, enhancement, and interpretation 
                of significant resources in the Wheeling area 
                emblematic of Wheeling's contributions to the 
                Nation's cultural heritage;
                    (C) to allow for limited Federal, State and 
                local capital contributions for planning and 
                infrastructure investments to complete the 
                Wheeling National Heritage Area, in partnership 
                with the State of West Virginia, the City of 
                Wheeling, and other appropriate public and 
                private entities; and
                    (D) to provide for an economically self-
                sustaining National Heritage Area not dependent 
                on Federal financial assistance beyond the 
                initial years necessary to establish the 
                heritage area.
    (c) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            (1) the term ``city'' means the City of Wheeling;
            (2) the term ``heritage area'' means the Wheeling 
        National Heritage Area established in subsection (d);
            (3) the term ``plan'' means the ``Plan for the 
        Wheeling National Heritage Area'' dated August, 1992;
            (4) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        the Interior; and
            (5) the term ``State'' means the State of West 
        Virginia.
    (d) Wheeling National Heritage Area.--
            (1) Establishment.--In furtherance of the purposes 
        of this section, there is established in the State of 
        West Virginia the Wheeling National Heritage Area, as 
        generally depicted on the map entitled ``Boundary Map, 
        Wheeling National Heritage Area, Wheeling, West 
        Virginia'' and dated March, 1994. The map shall be on 
        file and available for public inspection in the 
        appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
            (2) Management entity.--
                    (A) The management entity for the heritage 
                area shall be the Wheeling National Heritage 
                Corporation, a non-profit corporation chartered 
                in the State of West Virginia.
                    (B) To the extent consistent with this 
                section, the management entity shall manage the 
                heritage area in accordance with the plan.
    (e) Duties of the Management Entity.--
            (1) Mission.--
                    (A) The primary mission of the management 
                entity shall be--
                            (i) to implement and coordinate the 
                        recommendations contained in the plan;
                            (ii) ensure integrated operation of 
                        the heritage area; and
                            (iii) conserve and interpret the 
                        historic and cultural resources of the 
                        heritage area.
                    (B) The management entity shall also direct 
                and coordinate the diverse conservation, 
                development, programming, educational, and 
                interpretive activities within the heritage 
                area.
            (2) Recognition of plan.--The management entity 
        shall work with the State of West Virginia and local 
        governments to ensure that the plan is formally adopted 
        by the City and recognized by the State.
            (3) Implementation.--To the extent practicable, the 
        management entity shall--
                    (A) implement the recommendations contained 
                in the plan in a timely manner pursuant to the 
                schedule identified in the plan;
                    (B) coordinate its activities with the 
                City, the State, and the Secretary;
                    (C) ensure the conservation and 
                interpretation of the heritage area's 
                historical, cultural, and natural resources, 
                including--
                            (i) assisting the City and the 
                        State in the preservation of sites, 
                        buildings, and objects within the 
                        heritage area which are listed or 
                        eligible for listing on the National 
                        Register of Historic Places;
                            (ii) assisting the City, the State, 
                        or a nonprofit organization in the 
                        restoration of any historic building in 
                        the heritage area;
                            (iii) increasing public awareness 
                        of and appreciation for the natural, 
                        cultural, and historic resources of the 
                        heritage area;
                            (iv) assisting the State or City in 
                        designing, establishing, and 
                        maintaining appropriate interpretive 
                        facilities and exhibits in the heritage 
                        area;
                            (v) assisting in the enhancement of 
                        public awareness and appreciation for 
                        the historical, archaeological, and 
                        geologic resources and sites in the 
                        heritage area; and
                            (vi) encouraging the City and other 
                        local governments to adopt land use 
                        policies consistent with the goals of 
                        the plan, and to take actions to 
                        implement those policies;
                    (D) encourage intergovernmental cooperation 
                in the achievement of these objectives;
                    (E) develop recommendations for design 
                standards within the heritage area; and
                    (F) seek to create public-private 
                partnerships to finance projects and 
                initiatives within the heritage area.
            (4) Authorities.--The management entity may, for 
        the purposes of implementing the plan, use Federal 
        funds made available by this section to--
                    (A) make grants to the State, City, or 
                other appropriate public or private 
                organizations, entities, or persons;
                    (B) enter into cooperative agreements with, 
                or provide technical assistance to Federal 
                agencies, the State, City or other appropriate 
                public or private organizations, entities, or 
                persons;
                    (C) hire and compensate such staff as the 
                management entity deems necessary;
                    (D) obtain money from any source under any 
                program or law requiring the recipient of such 
                money to make a contribution in order to 
                receive such money;
                    (E) spend funds on promotion and marketing 
                consistent with the resources and associated 
                values of the heritage area in order to promote 
                increased visitation; and
                    (F) contract for goods and services.
            (5) Acquisition of real property.--
                    (A) Except as provided in paragraph (B), 
                the management entity may not acquire any real 
                property or interest therein within the 
                heritage area, other than the leasing of 
                facilities.
                    (B)(i) Subject to subparagraph (ii), the 
                management entity may acquire real property, or 
                an interest therein, within the heritage area 
                by gift or devise, or by purchase from a 
                willing seller with money which was donated, 
                bequeathed, appropriated, or otherwise made 
                available to the management entity on the 
                condition that such money be used to purchase 
                real property, or interest therein, within the 
                heritage area.
                    (ii) Any real property or interest therein 
                acquired by the management entity pursuant to 
                this paragraph shall be conveyed in perpetuity 
                by the management entity to an appropriate 
                public or private entity, as determined by the 
                management entity. Any such conveyance shall be 
                made as soon as practicable after acquisition, 
                without consideration, and on the condition 
                that the real property or interest therein so 
                conveyed shall be used for public purposes.
            (6) Revision of plan.--Within 18 months after the 
        date of enactment, the management entity shall submit 
        to the Secretary a revised plan. Such revision shall 
        include, but not be limited to--
                    (A) a review of the implementation agenda 
                for the heritage area;
                    (B) projected capital costs; and
                    (C) plans for partnership initiatives and 
                expansion of community support.
    (f) Duties of the Secretary.--
            (1) Interpretive support.--The Secretary may, upon 
        request of the management entity, provide appropriate 
        interpretive, planning, educational, staffing, 
        exhibits, and other material or support for the 
        heritage area, consistent with the plan and as 
        appropriate to the resources and associated values of 
        the heritage area.
            (2) Technical assistance.--The Secretary may upon 
        request of the management entity and consistent with 
        the plan, provide technical assistance to the 
        management entity.
            (3) Cooperative agreements and grants.--The 
        Secretary may, in consultation with the management 
        entity and consistent with the management plan, make 
        grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with 
        the management entity, the State, City, non-profit 
        organization or any person.
            (4) Plan amendments.--No amendments to the plan may 
        be made unless approved by the Secretary. The Secretary 
        shall consult with the management entity in reviewing 
        any proposed amendments.
    (g) Duties of Other Federal Agencies.--Any Federal 
department, agency, or other entity conducting or supporting 
activities directly affecting the heritage area shall--
            (1) consult with the Secretary and the management 
        entity with respect to such activities.
            (2) cooperate with the Secretary and the management 
        entity in carrying out their duties under this Act, and 
        to the extent practicable, coordinate such activities 
        directly with the duties of the Secretary and the 
        management entity.
            (3) to the extent practicable, conduct or support 
        such activities in a manner which the management entity 
        determines will not have an adverse effect on the 
        heritage area.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000, 
        except that not more than $1,000,000 may be 
        appropriated to carry out this section for any fiscal 
        year.
            (2) Matching funds.--Federal funding provided under 
        this section shall be matched at least 25 percent by 
        other funds or in-kind services.
    (i) Sunset.--The Secretary may not make any grant or 
provide any assistance under this section after September 30, 
2015.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service


                     forest and rangeland research


    For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
authorized by law, $229,616,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                       state and private forestry

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


                         national forest system


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

                        wildland fire management

    For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency fire 
suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under 
fire protection agreement, and for emergency rehabilitation of 
burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 
$839,129,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such funds are available for repayment of advances from 
other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such 
purposes: Provided further, That not less than 50 percent of 
any unobligated balances remaining (exclusive of amounts for 
hazardous fuels reduction) at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall 
be transferred, as repayment for post advances that have not 
been repaid, to the fund established pursuant to section 3 of 
Public Law 71-319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.): Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to 
$8,600,000 of funds appropriated under this appropriation may 
be used for Fire Science Research in support of the Joint Fire 
Science Program: Provided further, That all authorities for the 
use of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and 
cooperative agreements, available to execute the Forest Service 
and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in the 
utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research.
    For an additional amount to cover necessary expenses for 
emergency rehabilitation, presuppression due to emergencies, 
and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service, 
$426,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended: Provided further, That these funds shall be available 
only to the extent an official budget request for a specific 
dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount 
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                  capital improvement and maintenance

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

                            land acquisition

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


         acquisition of lands for national forests special acts


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


            acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges


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

                         range betterment fund

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

    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

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


        management of national forest lands for subsistence uses


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


                southeast alaska economic disaster fund


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


               administrative provisions, forest service


    Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal 
year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to exceed 132 
passenger motor vehicles of which 13 will be used primarily for 
law enforcement purposes and of which 129 shall be for 
replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger motor vehicles from 
excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; operation and 
maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to exceed six for 
replacement only, and acquisition of sufficient aircraft from 
excess sources to maintain the operable fleet at 192 aircraft 
for use in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other 
Forest Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of 
law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with 
proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase 
price for the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) 
acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, including 
the Oscoda-Wurtsmith land exchange in Michigan, pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the 
National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a 
note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-
5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 
31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
    None of the funds made available under this Act shall be 
obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move or close 
any regional office for National Forest System administration 
of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture without the 
consent of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management 
appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation 
of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under its 
jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning 
conditions if and only if all previously appropriated emergency 
contingent funds under the heading ``Wildland Fire Management'' 
have been released by the President and apportioned.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for assistance to or through the Agency for International 
Development and the Foreign Agricultural Service in connection 
with forest and rangeland research, technical information, and 
assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to 
support forestry and related natural resource activities 
outside the United States and its territories and possessions, 
including technical assistance, education and training, and 
cooperation with United States and international organizations.
    None of the funds made available to the Forest Service 
under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the 
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 147b unless the 
proposed transfer is approved in advance by the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the 
reprogramming procedures contained in House Report No. 105-163.
    None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the 
procedures contained in House Report No. 105-163.
    No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of 
Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of the Forest 
Service.
    Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to 
conduct a program of not less than $2,000,000 for high priority 
projects within the scope of the approved budget which shall be 
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by 
the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93-408.
    Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is 
available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses.
    Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-
593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$2,250,000 may be advanced in a lump sum as Federal financial 
assistance to the National Forest Foundation, without regard to 
when the Foundation incurs expenses, for administrative 
expenses or projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of 
the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no more 
than $400,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: 
Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end 
of the period of Federal financial assistance, private 
contributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds made 
available by the Forest Service: Provided further, That the 
Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal 
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 
obtained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided further, That 
hereafter, the National Forest Foundation may hold Federal 
funds made available but not immediately disbursed and may use 
any interest or other investment income earned (before, on, or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act) on Federal funds 
to carry out the purposes of Public Law 101-593: Provided 
further, That such investments may be made only in interest-
bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations 
guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United 
States.
    Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, 
$2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be available for matching funds to the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3701-3709, and 
may be advanced in a lump sum as Federal financial assistance, 
without regard to when expenses are incurred, for projects on 
or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to 
Forest Service programs: Provided, That the Foundation shall 
obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 
assistance, private contributions to match on at least one-for-
one basis funds advanced by the Forest Service: Provided 
further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a 
non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the 
recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for interactions with and providing technical assistance to 
rural communities for sustainable rural development purposes.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 percent of 
the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in the ``National 
Forest System'' and ``Capital Improvement and Maintenance'' 
accounts and planned to be allocated to activities under the 
``Jobs in the Woods'' program for projects on National Forest 
land in the State of Washington may be granted directly to the 
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for 
accomplishment of planned projects. Twenty percent of said 
funds shall be retained by the Forest Service for planning and 
administering projects. Project selection and prioritization 
shall be accomplished by the Forest Service with such 
consultation with the State of Washington as the Forest Service 
deems appropriate.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge 
National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections 14(c)(1) and (2), 
and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99-663.
    The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into 
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements as appropriate 
with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, as well as with 
public and other private agencies, organizations, institutions, 
and individuals, to provide for the development, 
administration, maintenance, or restoration of land, 
facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey Towers 
National Historic Landmark: Provided, That, subject to such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture may 
prescribe, any such public or private agency, organization, 
institution, or individual may solicit, accept, and administer 
private gifts of money and real or personal property for the 
benefit of, or in connection with, the activities and services 
at the Grey Towers National Historic Landmark: Provided 
further, That such gifts may be accepted notwithstanding the 
fact that a donor conducts business with the Department of 
Agriculture in any capacity.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available, as determined by the Secretary, for payments to Del 
Norte County, California, pursuant to sections 13(e) and 14 of 
the Smith River National Recreation Area Act (Public Law 101-
612).
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service not to 
exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of the 
General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for travel 
and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC assistance or 
participation requested by the Forest Service at meetings, 
training sessions, management reviews, land purchase 
negotiations and similar non-litigation related matters. Future 
budget justifications for both the Forest Service and the 
Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 
previously transferred and the requested funding transfers.
    No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be 
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this 
Act to any other agency or office of the department for more 
than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or office 
is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the 
salary and expenses of the employee for the period of 
assignment.
    The Forest Service shall fund indirect expenses, that is 
expenses not directly related to specific programs or to the 
accomplishment of specific work on-the-ground, from any funds 
available to the Forest Service: Provided, That the Forest 
Service shall implement and adhere to the definitions of 
indirect expenditures established pursuant to Public Law 105-
277 on a nationwide basis without flexibility for modification 
by any organizational level except the Washington Office, and 
when changed by the Washington Office, such changes in 
definition shall be reported in budget requests submitted by 
the Forest Service: Provided further, That the Forest Service 
shall provide in all future budget justifications, planned 
indirect expenditures in accordance with the definitions, 
summarized and displayed to the Regional, Station, Area, and 
detached unit office level. The justification shall display the 
estimated source and amount of indirect expenditures, by 
expanded budget line item, of funds in the agency's annual 
budget justification. The display shall include appropriated 
funds and the Knutson-Vandenberg, Brush Disposal, Cooperative 
Work-Other, and Salvage Sale funds. Changes between estimated 
and actual indirect expenditures shall be reported in 
subsequent budget justifications: Provided, That during fiscal 
year 2001 the Secretary shall limit total annual indirect 
obligations from the Brush Disposal, Knutson-Vandenberg, 
Reforestation, Salvage Sale, and Roads and Trails funds to 20 
percent of the total obligations from each fund. Obligations in 
excess of 20 percent which would otherwise be charged to the 
above funds may be charged to appropriated funds available to 
the Forest Service subject to notification of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate.
    Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
may be used for necessary expenses in the event of law 
enforcement emergencies as necessary to protect natural 
resources and public or employee safety: Provided, That such 
amounts shall not exceed $750,000.
    Section 551 of the Land Between the Lakes Protection Act of 
1998 (16 U.S.C. 460lll-61) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(c) Transition.--Until September 30, 2002, the Secretary 
of Agriculture may expend amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available to carry out this title in a manner consistent 
with the authorities exercised by the Tennessee Valley 
Authority, before the transfer of the Recreation Area to the 
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary, regarding 
procurement of property, services, supplies, and equipment.''.
    The Secretary of Agriculture shall pay $4,449 from 
available funds to Joyce Liverca as reimbursement for various 
expenses incurred as a Federal employee in connection with 
certain high priority duties performed for the Forest Service.
    The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the sale of 
excess buildings, facilities, and other properties owned by the 
Forest Service and located on the Green Mountain National 
Forest, the revenues of which shall be retained by the Forest 
Service and available to the Secretary without further 
appropriation and until expended for maintenance and 
rehabilitation activities on the Green Mountain National 
Forest.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                         clean coal technology


                               (deferral)


    Of the funds made available under this heading for 
obligation in prior years, $67,000,000 shall not be available 
until October 1, 2001: Provided, That funds made available in 
previous appropriations Acts shall be available for any ongoing 
project regardless of the separate request for proposal under 
which the project was selected.


                 fossil energy research and development


                     (including transfers of funds)


    For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 
research and development activities, under the authority of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), 
including the acquisition of interest, including defeasible and 
equitable interests in any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting 
inquiries, technological investigations and research concerning 
the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral 
substances without objectionable social and environmental costs 
(30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), performed under the minerals and 
materials science programs at the Albany Research Center in 
Oregon $540,653,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $12,000,000 for oil technology research shall be derived 
by transfer from funds appropriated in prior years under the 
heading ``Strategic Petroleum Reserve, SPR Petroleum Account'' 
and of which $95,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from 
funds appropriated in prior years under the heading ``Clean 
Coal Technology'', such funds to be available for a general 
request for proposals for the commercial scale demonstration of 
technologies to assure the reliability of the Nation's energy 
supply from existing and new electric generating facilities for 
which the Department of Energy upon review may provide 
financial assistance awards: Provided, That the request for 
proposals shall be issued no later than one hundred and twenty 
days following enactment of this Act, proposals shall be 
submitted no later than ninety days after the issuance of the 
request for proposals, and the Department of Energy shall make 
project selections no later than one hundred and sixty days 
after the receipt of proposals: Provided further, That no funds 
are to be obligated for selected proposals prior to September 
30, 2001: Provided further, That funds provided shall be 
expended only in accordance with the provisions governing the 
use of funds contained under the heading under which they were 
originally appropriated: Provided further, That provisions for 
repayment of government contributions to individual projects 
shall be identical to those included in the Program Opportunity 
Notice (Solicitation Number DE-PS01-89FE 61825), issued by the 
Department of Energy on May 1, 1989, except that repayments 
from sale or licensing of technologies shall be from both 
domestic and foreign transactions: Provided further, That such 
repayments shall be deposited in this account to be retained 
for future projects: Provided further, That any project 
approved under this program shall be considered a Clean Coal 
Technology Demonstration Project, for the purposes of Chapters 
51, 52, and 60 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations: 
Provided further, That no part of the sum herein made available 
shall be used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in 
the recovery of oil and gas: Provided further, That up to 4 
percent of program direction funds available to the National 
Energy Technology Laboratory may be used to support Department 
of Energy activities not included in this account.


                      alternative fuels production


                              (rescission)


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

                 naval petroleum and oil shale reserves

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


                      elk hills school lands fund


    For necessary expenses in fulfilling installment payments 
under the Settlement Agreement entered into by the United 
States and the State of California on October 11, 1996, as 
authorized by section 3415 of Public Law 104-106, $36,000,000, 
to become available on October 1, 2001 for payment to the State 
of California for the State Teachers' Retirement Fund from the 
Elk Hills School Lands Fund.


                          energy conservation


                     (including transfer of funds)


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


                          economic regulation


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


                      strategic petroleum reserve


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
facility development and operations and program management 
activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $165,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall be 
derived by transfer of unobligated balances of funds previously 
appropriated under the heading ``SPR Petroleum Account'', and 
of which $8,000,000 shall be available for maintenance of a 
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve.


                   energy information administration


    For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of 
the Energy Information Administration, $75,675,000, to remain 
available until expended.

            administrative provisions, department of energy

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

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service


                         indian health services


    For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 
1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of 
the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health 
Service, $2,240,658,000, together with payments received during 
the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) for services 
furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds 
made available to tribes and tribal organizations through 
contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or 
compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be 
deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract 
award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or 
tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Provided 
further, That $15,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund: 
Provided further, That $431,756,000 for contract medical care 
shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2002: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to $22,000,000 
shall be used to carry out the loan repayment program under 
section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 
further, That funds provided in this Act may be used for one-
year contracts and grants which are to be performed in two 
fiscal years, so long as the total obligation is recorded in 
the year for which the funds are appropriated: Provided 
further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services under the authority of title IV of the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available until 
expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 
applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX 
of the Social Security Act (exclusive of planning, design, or 
construction of new facilities): Provided further, That funding 
contained herein, and in any earlier appropriations Acts for 
scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2002: Provided further, That amounts 
received by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and 
accounted for and available to the receiving tribes and tribal 
organizations until expended: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amounts 
provided herein, not to exceed $248,781,000 shall be for 
payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract or 
grant support costs associated with contracts, grants, self-
governance compacts or annual funding agreements between the 
Indian Health Service and a tribe or tribal organization 
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
amended, prior to or during fiscal year 2001, of which not to 
exceed $10,000,000 may be used for such costs associated with 
new and expanded contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or 
annual funding agreements: Provided further, That funds 
available for the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund may be 
used, as needed, to carry out activities typically funded under 
the Indian Health Facilities account.


                        indian health facilities


    For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and 
equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including 
quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, 
and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of 
modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; and for provision 
of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as 
authorized by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses necessary to 
carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 
support activities of the Indian Health Service, $363,904,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated 
for the planning, design, construction or renovation of health 
facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be 
used to purchase land for sites to construct, improve, or 
enlarge health or related facilities: Provided further, That 
from the funds appropriated herein, $5,000,000 shall be 
designated by the Indian Health Service as a contribution to 
the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) to start a 
priority project for the acquisition of land, planning, design 
and construction of 79 staff quarters at Bethel, Alaska, 
subject to a negotiated project agreement between the YKHC and 
the Indian Health Service: Provided further, That this project 
shall not be subject to the construction provisions of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act and 
shall be removed from the Indian Health Service priority list 
upon completion: Provided further, That the Federal Government 
shall not be liable for any property damages or other 
construction claims that may arise from YKHC undertaking this 
project: Provided further, That the land shall be owned or 
leased by the YKHC and title to quarters shall remain vested 
with the YKHC: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
provision of law governing Federal construction, $2,240,000 of 
the funds provided herein shall be provided to the Hopi Tribe 
to reduce the debt incurred by the Tribe in providing staff 
quarters to meet the housing needs associated with the new Hopi 
Health Center: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the purpose of funding joint 
venture health care facility projects authorized under the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, as amended: Provided 
further, That priority, by rank order, shall be given to tribes 
with outpatient projects on the existing Indian Health Services 
priority list that have Service-approved planning documents, 
and can demonstrate by March 1, 2001, the financial capability 
necessary to provide an appropriate facility: Provided further, 
That joint venture funds unallocated after March 1, 2001, shall 
be made available for joint venture projects on a competitive 
basis giving priority to tribes that currently have no existing 
Federally-owned health care facility, have planning documents 
meeting Indian Health Service requirements prepared for 
approval by the Service and can demonstrate the financial 
capability needed to provide an appropriate facility: Provided 
further, That the Indian Health Service shall request 
additional staffing, operation and maintenance funds for these 
facilities in future budget requests: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health 
Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department of 
Defense for distribution to the Indian Health Service and 
tribal facilities: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Service to obtain 
ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities 
in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement between 
the Indian Health Service and the General Services 
Administration: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 
shall be placed in a Demolition Fund, available until expended, 
to be used by the Indian Health Service for demolition of 
Federal buildings: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
provisions of title III, section 306, of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act (Public Law 94-437, as amended), construction 
contracts authorized under title I of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, as amended, 
may be used rather than grants to fund small ambulatory 
facility construction projects: Provided further, That if a 
contract is used, the IHS is authorized to improve municipal, 
private, or tribal lands, and that at no time, during 
construction or after completion of the project will the 
Federal Government have any rights or title to any real or 
personal property acquired as a part of the contract.


            administrative provisions, indian health service


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

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation


                         salaries and expenses


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

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development


                        payment to the institute


    For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by title XV 
of Public Law 99-498, as amended (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), 
$4,125,000.

                        Smithsonian Institution


                         salaries and expenses


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


            repair, restoration and alteration of facilities


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


                              construction


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

           administrative provisions, smithsonian institution

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

                        National Gallery of Art


                         salaries and expenses


    For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of 
Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and 
administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the 
Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public 
resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-
sixth Congress), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer of 
the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art 
associations or societies whose publications or services are 
available to members only, or to members at a price lower than 
to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of 
uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for 
other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); 
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, 
improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 
and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works of 
art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without 
advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such 
rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the 
Gallery may deem proper, $64,781,000, of which not to exceed 
$3,026,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain 
available until expended.


            repair, restoration and renovation of buildings


    For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
otherwise, as authorized, $10,871,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for 
environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair 
or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may 
be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the 
basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts


                       operations and maintenance


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


                              construction


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

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


                         salaries and expenses


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

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts


                       grants and administration


    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
$98,000,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for 
the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the 
arts through assistance to organizations and individuals 
pursuant to sections 5(c) and 5(g) of the Act, for program 
support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
previously appropriated to the National Endowment for the Arts 
``Matching Grants'' account may be transferred to and merged 
with this account.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities


                       grants and administration


    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
$104,604,000, shall be available to the National Endowment for 
the Humanities for support of activities in the humanities, 
pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act, and for administering the 
functions of the Act, to remain available until expended.


                            matching grants


    To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the 
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
as amended, $15,656,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $11,656,000 shall be available to the National Endowment 
for the Humanities for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available for obligation only 
in such amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
bequests, and devises of money, and other property accepted by 
the chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the 
provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during 
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal amounts 
have not previously been appropriated.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

                       office of museum services


                       grants and administration


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


                       administrative provisions


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

                      Challenge America Arts Fund


                        challenge america grants


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

                        Commission of Fine Arts


                         salaries and expenses


    For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a 
Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $1,078,000: Provided, 
That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the 
full costs of its publications, and such fees shall be credited 
to this account as an offsetting collection, to remain 
available until expended without further appropriation.


               national capital arts and cultural affairs


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

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation


                         salaries and expenses


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

                  National Capital Planning Commission


                         salaries and expenses


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

                United States Holocaust Memorial Council


                       holocaust memorial council


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

                             Presidio Trust


                          presidio trust fund


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

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 302. No part of any appropriation under this Act shall 
be available to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and natural gas by 
noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned lands within the 
boundaries of the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois: Provided, 
That nothing herein is intended to inhibit or otherwise affect 
the sale, lease, or right to access to minerals owned by 
private individuals.
    Sec. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or 
distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote 
public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on 
which congressional action is not complete.
    Sec. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
department or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide 
a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any 
officer or employee of such department or agency except as 
otherwise provided by law.
    Sec. 306. No assessments may be levied against any program, 
budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act 
unless advance notice of such assessments and the basis 
therefor are presented to the Committees on Appropriations and 
are approved by such committees.
    Sec. 307. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified 
as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located 
on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands in 
a manner different than such sales were conducted in fiscal 
year 2000.
    Sec. 308. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated or expended by the National Park Service to enter 
into or implement a concession contract which permits or 
requires the removal of the underground lunchroom at the 
Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
    Sec. 309. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps program, 
unless the relevant agencies of the Department of the Interior 
and/or Agriculture follow appropriate reprogramming guidelines: 
Provided, That if no funds are provided for the AmeriCorps 
program by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2001, then none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps programs.
    Sec. 310. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey City, New 
Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent pedestrian use of 
such bridge, when it is made known to the Federal official 
having authority to obligate or expend such funds that such 
pedestrian use is consistent with generally accepted safety 
standards.
    Sec. 311. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act 
shall be obligated or expended to accept or process 
applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim 
located under the general mining laws.
    (b) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall not 
apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the 
claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the 
Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all 
requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the 
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims 
and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes 
(30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 
of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as 
the case may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by 
that date.
    (c) Report.--On September 30, 2001, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations and the Committee on Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken by the 
Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) 
of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208).
    (d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent 
applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the 
request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party 
contractor to be selected by the Bureau of Land Management to 
conduct a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill 
sites contained in a patent application as set forth in 
subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have the 
sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party 
contractor in accordance with the standard procedures employed 
by the Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third-
party contractors.
    Sec. 312. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts appropriated to or earmarked in committee reports for 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service by 
Public Laws 103-138, 103-332, 104-134, 104-208, 105-83, 105-
277, and 106-113 for payments to tribes and tribal 
organizations for contract support costs associated with self-
determination or self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, 
or annual funding agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
or the Indian Health Service as funded by such Acts, are the 
total amounts available for fiscal years 1994 through 2000 for 
such purposes, except that, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal priority 
allocations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing contracts, 
grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding agreements.
    Sec. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
fiscal year 2001 the Secretaries of Agriculture and the 
Interior are authorized to limit competition for watershed 
restoration project contracts as part of the ``Jobs in the 
Woods'' component of the President's Forest Plan for the 
Pacific Northwest or the Jobs in the Woods Program established 
in Region 10 of the Forest Service to individuals and entities 
in historically timber-dependent areas in the States of 
Washington, Oregon, northern California and Alaska that have 
been affected by reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands. 
The Secretaries shall consider the benefits to the local 
economy in evaluating bids and designing procurements which 
create economic opportunities for local contractors.
    Sec. 314. None of the funds collected under the 
Recreational Fee Demonstration program may be used to plan, 
design, or construct a visitor center or any other permanent 
structure without prior approval of the House and the Senate 
Committees on Appropriations if the estimated total cost of the 
facility exceeds $500,000.
    Sec. 315. All interests created under leases, concessions, 
permits and other agreements associated with the properties 
administered by the Presidio Trust, hereafter shall be exempt 
from all taxes and special assessments of every kind by the 
State of California and its political subdivisions.
    Sec. 316. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act for any fiscal year may be used to designate, or to 
post any sign designating, any portion of Canaveral National 
Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as a clothing-optional 
area or as an area in which public nudity is permitted, if such 
designation would be contrary to county ordinance.
    Sec. 317. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment 
for the Arts--
            (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
        individual if such grant is awarded to such individual 
        for a literature fellowship, National Heritage 
        Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
            (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to 
        ensure that no funding provided through a grant, except 
        a grant made to a State or local arts agency, or 
        regional group, may be used to make a grant to any 
        other organization or individual to conduct activity 
        independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing in 
        this subsection shall prohibit payments made in 
        exchange for goods and services.
            (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to 
        a group, unless the application is specific to the 
        contents of the season, including identified programs 
        and/or projects.
    Sec. 318. The National Endowment for the Arts and the 
National Endowment for the Humanities are authorized to 
solicit, accept, receive, and invest in the name of the United 
States, gifts, bequests, or devises of money and other property 
or services and to use such in furtherance of the functions of 
the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment 
for the Humanities. Any proceeds from such gifts, bequests, or 
devises, after acceptance by the National Endowment for the 
Arts or the National Endowment for the Humanities, shall be 
paid by the donor or the representative of the donor to the 
Chairman. The Chairman shall enter the proceeds in a special 
interest-bearing account to the credit of the appropriate 
endowment for the purposes specified in each case.
    Sec. 319. (a) In providing services or awarding financial 
assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, 
the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall 
ensure that priority is given to providing services or awarding 
financial assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or 
programs that serve underserved populations.
    (b) In this section:
            (1) The term ``underserved population'' means a 
        population of individuals, including urban minorities, 
        who have historically been outside the purview of arts 
        and humanities programs due to factors such as a high 
        incidence of income below the poverty line or to 
        geographic isolation.
            (2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty 
        line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
        Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 
        673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
        U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the size 
        involved.
    (c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance 
under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 
1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of 
the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority 
is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance 
for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will 
encourage public knowledge, education, understanding, and 
appreciation of the arts.
    (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities 
Act of 1965--
            (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant 
        category for projects, productions, workshops, or 
        programs that are of national impact or availability or 
        are able to tour several States;
            (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 
        15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any 
        single State, excluding grants made under the authority 
        of paragraph (1);
            (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress 
        annually and by State, on grants awarded by the 
        Chairperson in each grant category under section 5 of 
        such Act; and
            (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
        grants to improve and support community-based music 
        performance and education.
    Sec. 320. Advisory Committee on Forest Counties Payments.
    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Advisory committee.--The term ``Advisory 
        Committee'' means the Forest Counties Payments 
        Committee established by this section.
            (2) Committees of jurisdiction.--The term 
        ``committees of jurisdiction'' means the Committee on 
        Agriculture, the Committee on Resources, and the 
        Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
        Nutrition, and Forestry, the Committee on Energy and 
        Natural Resources, and the Committee on Appropriations 
        of the Senate.
            (3) Eligible county.--The term ``eligible county'' 
        means a county that, for one or more of the fiscal 
        years 1986 through 1999, received--
                    (A) a payment under title II of the Act of 
                August 28, 1937 (chapter 876; 50 Stat. 875; 43 
                U.S.C. 1181f), or the Act of May 24, 1939 
                (chapter 144; 53 Stat. 753; 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 
                et seq.); or
                    (B) a portion of an eligible State's 
                payment, as described in paragraph (4).
            (4) Eligible state.--The term ``eligible State'' 
        means a State that, for one or more of the fiscal years 
        1986 through 1999, received a payment under the sixth 
        paragraph under the heading of ``FOREST SERVICE'' in 
        the Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260; 16 U.S.C. 500), 
        or section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 
        963; 16 U.S.C. 500).
            (5) Federal lands.--The term ``Federal lands'' 
        means the following:
                    (A) Lands within the National Forest 
                System, as defined in section 11(a) of the 
                Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
                Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)), 
                exclusive of the National Grasslands and land 
                utilization projects designated as National 
                Grasslands administered pursuant to the Act of 
                July 22, 1937 (7 U.S.C. 1010-1012).
                    (B) Such portions of the Oregon and 
                California Railroad grant lands revested in the 
                United States by the Act of June 9, 1916 
                (chapter 137; 39 Stat. 218), and the Coos Bay 
                Wagon Road grant lands reconveyed to the United 
                States by the Act of February 26, 1919 (chapter 
                47; 40 Stat. 1179), as are or may hereafter 
                come under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
                the Interior, which have heretofore or may 
                hereafter be classified as timberlands, and 
                power-site lands valuable for timber, that 
                shall be managed, except as provided in the 
                former section 3 of the Act of August 28, 1937 
                (50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181c), for permanent 
                forest production.
            (6) Sustainable forestry.--The term ``sustainable 
        forestry'' means the practice of meeting the forest 
        resource needs and values of the present without 
        compromising the similar capability of future 
        generations.
    (b) Establishment of Advisory Committee.--
            (1) Establishment required.--There is hereby 
        established an advisory committee, to be known as the 
        Forest Counties Payments Committee, to develop 
        recommendations, consistent with sustainable forestry, 
        regarding methods to ensure that States and counties in 
        which Federal lands are situated receive adequate 
        Federal payments to be used for the benefit of public 
        education and other public purposes.
            (2) Members.--The Advisory Committee shall be 
        composed of the following members:
                    (A) The Chief of the Forest Service, or a 
                designee of the Chief who has significant 
                expertise in sustainable forestry.
                    (B) The Director of the Bureau of Land 
                Management, or a designee of the Director who 
                has significant expertise in sustainable 
                forestry.
                    (C) The Director of the Office of 
                Management and Budget, or the Director's 
                designee.
                    (D) Two members who are elected members of 
                the governing branches of eligible counties; 
                one such member to be appointed by the 
                President pro tempore of the Senate (in 
                consultation with the chairmen and ranking 
                members of the committees of jurisdiction of 
                the Senate) and one such member to be appointed 
                by the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
                (in consultation with the chairmen and ranking 
                members of the committees of jurisdiction of 
                the House of Representatives) within 60 days of 
                the date of the enactment of this Act.
                    (E) Two members who are elected members of 
                school boards for, superintendents from, or 
                teachers employed by, school districts in 
                eligible counties; one such member to be 
                appointed by the President pro tempore of the 
                Senate (in consultation with the chairmen and 
                ranking members of the committees of 
                jurisdiction of the Senate) and one such member 
                to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
                Representatives (in consultation with the 
                chairmen and ranking members of the committees 
                of jurisdiction of the House of 
                Representatives) within 60 days of the date of 
                the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Geographic representation.--In making 
        appointments under subparagraphs (D) and (E) of 
        paragraph (2), the President pro tempore of the Senate 
        and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall 
        seek to ensure that the Advisory Committee members are 
        selected from geographically diverse locations.
            (4) Organization of advisory committee.--
                    (A) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the 
                Advisory Committee shall be selected from among 
                the members appointed pursuant to subparagraphs 
                (D) and (E) of paragraph (2).
                    (B) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the 
                membership of the Advisory Committee shall be 
                filled in the same manner as required by 
                paragraph (2). A vacancy shall not impair the 
                authority of the remaining members to perform 
                the functions of the Advisory Committee under 
                this section.
                    (C) Compensation.--The members of the 
                Advisory Committee who are not officers or 
                employees of the United States, while attending 
                meetings or other events held by the Advisory 
                Committee or at which the members serve as 
                representatives of the Advisory Committee or 
                while otherwise serving at the request of the 
                Chairperson of the Advisory Committee, shall 
                each be entitled to receive compensation at a 
                rate not in excess of the maximum rate of pay 
                for grade GS-15, as provided in the General 
                Schedule, including traveltime, and while away 
                from their homes or regular places of business, 
                shall each be reimbursed for travel expenses, 
                including per diem in lieu of subsistence as 
                authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United 
                States Code, for persons in Government service 
                employed intermittently.
            (5) Staff and rules.--
                    (A) Executive director.--The Advisory 
                Committee shall have an Executive Director, who 
                shall be appointed by the Advisory Committee 
                and serve at the pleasure of the Advisory 
                Committee. The Executive Director shall report 
                to the Advisory Committee and assume such 
                duties as the Advisory Committee may assign. 
                The Executive Director shall be paid at a rate 
                not in excess of the maximum rate of pay for 
                grade GS-15, as provided in the General 
                Schedule.
                    (B) Other staff.--In addition to authority 
                to appoint personnel subject to the provisions 
                of title 5, United States Code, governing 
                appointments to the competitive service, and to 
                pay such personnel in accordance with the 
                provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
                chapter 53 of such title relating to 
                classification and General Schedule pay rates, 
                the Advisory Committee shall have authority to 
                enter into contracts with private or public 
                organizations which may furnish the Advisory 
                Committee with such administrative and 
                technical personnel as may be necessary to 
                carry out the functions of the Advisory 
                Committee under this section. To the extent 
                practicable, such administrative and technical 
                personnel, and other necessary support 
                services, shall be provided for the Advisory 
                Committee by the Chief of the Forest Service 
                and the Director of the Bureau of Land 
                Management.
                    (C) Committee rules.--The Advisory 
                Committee may establish such procedural and 
                administrative rules as are necessary for the 
                performance of its functions under this 
                section.
            (6) Federal agency cooperation.--The heads of the 
        departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the 
        executive branch of the Federal Government shall 
        cooperate with the Advisory Committee in the 
        performance of its functions under this section and 
        should furnish, as practicable, to the Advisory 
        Committee information which the Advisory Committee 
        deems necessary to carry out such functions.
    (c) Functions of Advisory Committee.--
            (1) Development of recommendations.--
                    (A) In general.--The Advisory Committee 
                shall develop recommendations for policy or 
                legislative initiatives (or both) regarding 
                alternatives for, or substitutes to, the 
                payments required to be made to eligible States 
                and eligible counties under the provisions of 
                law referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of 
                subsection (a) in order to provide a long-term 
                method to generate annual payments to eligible 
                States and eligible counties.
                    (B) Reporting requirements.--Not later than 
                18 months after the date of the enactment of 
                this Act, the Advisory Committee shall submit 
                to the committees of jurisdiction a final 
                report containing the recommendations developed 
                under this subsection. The Advisory Committee 
                shall submit semiannual progress reports on its 
                activities and expenditures to the committees 
                of jurisdiction until the final report has been 
                submitted.
            (2) Guidance for committee.--In developing the 
        recommendations required by paragraph (1), the Advisory 
        Committee shall--
                    (A) evaluate the method by which payments 
                are made to eligible States and eligible 
                counties under the provisions of law referred 
                to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a), 
                and related laws, and the use of such payments;
                    (B) consider the impact on eligible States 
                and eligible counties of revenues derived from 
                the historic multiple use of the Federal lands.
                    (C) evaluate the economic, environmental, 
                and social benefits which accrue to counties 
                containing Federal lands, including recreation, 
                natural resources industries, and the value of 
                environmental services that result from Federal 
                lands; and
                    (D) evaluate the expenditures by counties 
                on activities on Federal lands which are 
                Federal responsibilities.
            (3) Monitoring and related reporting activities.--
        The Advisory Committee shall monitor the payments made 
        to eligible States and eligible counties under the 
        provisions of law referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) 
        of subsection (a), and related laws, and submit to the 
        committees of jurisdiction an annual report describing 
        the amounts and sources of such payments and containing 
        such comments as the Advisory Committee may have 
        regarding such payments.
            (4) Testimony.--The Advisory Committee shall make 
        itself available for testimony or comments on the 
        reports required to be submitted by the Advisory 
        Committee and on any legislation or regulations to 
        implement any recommendations made in such reports in 
        any congressional hearings or any rulemaking or other 
        administrative decision process.
    (d) Federal Advisory Committee Act Requirements.--The 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.) shall apply to the Advisory Committee.
    (e) Termination of Advisory Committee.--The Advisory 
Committee shall terminate three years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (f) Funding Source.--At the request of the Executive 
Director of the Advisory Committee, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall provide funds from any account available to 
the Secretary, not to exceed $200,000 in fiscal year 2001, for 
the work of the Advisory Committee necessary to meet the 
requirements of this section.
    Sec. 321. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be expended or obligated to complete and issue the 5-
year program under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act.
    Sec. 322. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
support Government-wide administrative functions unless such 
functions are justified in the budget process and funding is 
approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 323. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds in this Act may be used for GSA Telecommunication 
Centers or the President's Council on Sustainable Development.
    Sec. 324. None of the funds in this Act may be used for 
planning, design or construction of improvements to 
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House without the 
advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Sec. 325. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 2000 in the 
roads and trails fund provided for in the fourteenth paragraph 
under the heading ``FOREST SERVICE'' of the Act of March 4, 
1913 (37 Stat. 843; 16 U.S.C. 501), shall be used by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, without regard to the State in which 
the amounts were derived, to repair or reconstruct roads, 
bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands or to carry 
out and administer projects to improve forest health 
conditions, which may include the repair or reconstruction of 
roads, bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands in 
the wildland-community interface where there is an abnormally 
high risk of fire. The projects shall emphasize reducing risks 
to human safety and public health and property and enhancing 
ecological functions, long-term forest productivity, and 
biological integrity. The Secretary shall commence the projects 
during fiscal year 2001, but the projects may be completed in a 
subsequent fiscal year. Funds shall not be expended under this 
section to replace funds which would otherwise appropriately be 
expended from the timber salvage sale fund. Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to exempt any project from any 
environmental law.
    Sec. 326. None of the funds provided in this or previous 
appropriations Acts for the agencies funded by this Act or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be transferred to and used to fund 
personnel, training, or other administrative activities of the 
Council on Environmental Quality or other offices in the 
Executive Office of the President for purposes related to the 
American Heritage Rivers program.
    Sec. 327. Other than in emergency situations, none of the 
funds in this Act may be used to operate telephone answering 
machines during core business hours unless such answering 
machines include an option that enables callers to reach 
promptly an individual on-duty with the agency being contacted.
    Sec. 328. No timber sale in Region 10 shall be advertised 
if the indicated rate is deficit when appraised under the 
transaction evidence appraisal system using domestic Alaska 
values for western red cedar: Provided, That sales which are 
deficit when appraised under the transaction evidence appraisal 
system using domestic Alaska values for western red cedar may 
be advertised upon receipt of a written request by a 
prospective, informed bidder, who has the opportunity to review 
the Forest Service's cruise and harvest cost estimate for that 
timber. Program accomplishments shall be based on volume sold. 
Should Region 10 sell, in fiscal year 2001, the annual average 
portion of the decadal allowable sale quantity called for in 
the current Tongass Land Management Plan in sales which are not 
deficit when appraised under the transaction evidence appraisal 
system using domestic Alaska values for western red cedar, all 
of the western red cedar timber from those sales which is 
surplus to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska, shall be 
made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 
United States at prevailing domestic prices. Should Region 10 
sell, in fiscal year 2001, less than the annual average portion 
of the decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the 
current Tongass Land Management Plan in sales which are not 
deficit when appraised under the transaction evidence appraisal 
system using domestic Alaska values for western red cedar, the 
volume of western red cedar timber available to domestic 
processors at prevailing domestic prices in the contiguous 48 
United States shall be that volume: (i) which is surplus to the 
needs of domestic processors in Alaska; and (ii) is that 
percent of the surplus western red cedar volume determined by 
calculating the ratio of the total timber volume which has been 
sold on the Tongass to the annual average portion of the 
decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the current 
Tongass Land Management Plan. The percentage shall be 
calculated by Region 10 on a rolling basis as each sale is sold 
(for purposes of this amendment, a ``rolling basis'' shall mean 
that the determination of how much western red cedar is 
eligible for sale to various markets shall be made at the time 
each sale is awarded). Western red cedar shall be deemed 
``surplus to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska'' when 
the timber sale holder has presented to the Forest Service 
documentation of the inability to sell western red cedar logs 
from a given sale to domestic Alaska processors at price equal 
to or greater than the log selling value stated in the 
contract. All additional western red cedar volume not sold to 
Alaska or contiguous 48 United States domestic processors may 
be exported to foreign markets at the election of the timber 
sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 
export prices at the election of the timber sale holder.
    Sec. 329. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or 
orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation for 
implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on 
December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference of 
the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on 
Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for 
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II, 
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and 
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the 
Protocol.
    Sec. 330. In fiscal years 2001 through 2005, the 
Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture may pilot test 
agency-wide joint permitting and leasing programs, subject to 
annual review of Congress, and promulgate special rules as 
needed to test the feasibility of issuing unified permits, 
applications, and leases. The Secretaries of the Interior and 
Agriculture may make reciprocal delegations of their respective 
authorities, duties and responsibilities in support of the 
``Service First'' initiative agency-wide to promote customer 
service and efficiency. Nothing herein shall alter, expand or 
limit the applicability of any public law or regulation to 
lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management or the 
Forest Service.
    Sec. 331. Federal and State Cooperative Watershed 
Restoration and Protection in Colorado. (a) Use of Colorado 
State Forest Service.--Until September 30, 2004, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, via cooperative agreement or contract 
(including sole source contract) as appropriate, may permit the 
Colorado State Forest Service to perform watershed restoration 
and protection services on National Forest System lands in the 
State of Colorado when similar and complementary watershed 
restoration and protection services are being performed by the 
State Forest Service on adjacent State or private lands. The 
types of services that may be extended to National Forest 
System lands include treatment of insect infected trees, 
reduction of hazardous fuels, and other activities to restore 
or improve watersheds or fish and wildlife habitat across 
ownership boundaries.
    (b) State as Agent.--Except as provided in subsection (c), 
a cooperative agreement or contract under subsection (a) may 
authorize the State Forester of Colorado to serve as the agent 
for the Forest Service in providing all services necessary to 
facilitate the performance of watershed restoration and 
protection services under subsection (a). The services to be 
performed by the Colorado State Forest Service may be conducted 
with subcontracts utilizing State contract procedures. 
Subsections (d) and (g) of section 14 of the National Forest 
Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a) shall not apply to 
services performed under a cooperative agreement or contract 
under subsection (a).
    (c) Retention of NEPA Responsibilities.--With respect to 
any watershed restoration and protection services on National 
Forest System lands proposed for performance by the Colorado 
State Forest Service under subsection (a), any decision 
required to be made under the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) may not be delegated to the 
State Forester of Colorado or any other officer or employee of 
the Colorado State Forest Service.
    Sec. 332. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to issue a record of decision 
implementing the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management 
Project until the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior 
submit to Congress a report evaluating, for the area to be 
covered by the project, both the effect of the year 2000 
wildfires and the President's initiative for managing the 
impact of wildfires on communities and the environment.
    Sec. 333. The Forest Service, in consultation with the 
Department of Labor, shall review Forest Service campground 
concessions policy to determine if modifications can be made to 
Forest Service contracts for campgrounds so that such 
concessions fall within the regulatory exemption of 29 CFR 
4.122(b). The Forest Service shall offer in fiscal year 2001 
such concession prospectuses under the regulatory exemption, 
except that, any prospectus that does not meet the requirements 
of the regulatory exemption shall be offered as a service 
contract in accordance with the requirements of 41 U.S.C. 351-
358.
    Sec. 334. A project undertaken by the Forest Service under 
the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program as authorized by 
section 315 of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1996, as amended, 
shall not result in--
            (1) displacement of the holder of an authorization 
        to provide commercial recreation services on Federal 
        lands. Prior to initiating any project, the Secretary 
        shall consult with potentially affected holders to 
        determine what impacts the project may have on the 
        holders. Any modifications to the authorization shall 
        be made within the terms and conditions of the 
        authorization and authorities of the impacted agency.
            (2) the return of a commercial recreation service 
        to the Secretary for operation when such services have 
        been provided in the past by a private sector provider, 
        except when--
                    (A) the private sector provider fails to 
                bid on such opportunities;
                    (B) the private sector provider terminates 
                its relationship with the agency; or
                    (C) the agency revokes the permit for non-
                compliance with the terms and conditions of the 
                authorization.
In such cases, the agency may use the Recreation Fee 
Demonstration Program to provide for operations until a 
subsequent operator can be found through the offering of a new 
prospectus.
    Sec. 335. Section 801 of the National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended by 
striking ``$750,000'' and inserting ``$10,000,000''.
    Sec. 336. In section 315(f) of title III of section 101(c) 
of Public Law 104-134 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a note), as amended, 
strike ``September 30, 2001'' and insert ``September 30, 
2002'', and strike ``September 30, 2004'' and insert 
``September 30, 2005''.
    Sec. 337. None of the funds in this Act may be used by the 
Secretary of the Interior to issue a prospecting permit for 
hardrock mineral exploration on Mark Twain National Forest land 
in the Current River/Jack's Fork River--Eleven Point Watershed 
(not including Mark Twain National Forest land in Townships 31N 
and 32N, Range 2 and Range 3 West, on which mining activities 
are taking place as of the date of the enactment of this Act): 
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used by the 
Secretary of the Interior to segregate or withdraw land in the 
Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri under section 204 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1714).
    Sec. 338. The authority to enter into stewardship and end 
result contracts provided to the Forest Service in accordance 
with section 347 of title III of section 101(e) of division A 
of Public Law 105-825 is hereby expanded to authorize the 
Forest Service to enter into an additional 28 contracts subject 
to the same terms and conditions as provided in that section: 
Provided, That of the additional contracts authorized by this 
section at least 9 shall be allocated to Region 1 and at least 
3 to Region 6.
    Sec. 339. Any regulations or policies promulgated or 
adopted by the Departments of Agriculture or the Interior 
regarding recovery of costs for processing authorizations to 
occupy and use Federal lands under their control shall adhere 
to and incorporate the following principle arising from Office 
of Management and Budget Circular, A-25; no charge should be 
made for a service when the identification of the specific 
beneficiary is obscure, and the service can be considered 
primarily as benefiting broadly the general public.
    Sec. 340. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
Agriculture to implement a final rule for estimating fair 
market value land use rental fees for fiberoptic communications 
rights-of-way on Federal lands that amends or replaces the 
linear right-of-way rental fee schedule published on July 8, 
1987 (43 CFR 2803.1-2(c)(1)(I)). In determining rental fees for 
fiberoptic rights-of-way, the Secretaries shall use the rates 
contained in the linear right-of-way rental fee schedules in 
place on May 1, 2000.
    Sec. 341. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
limit competition for fire and fuel treatment and watershed 
restoration contracts in the Giant Sequoia National Monument 
and the Sequoia National Forest. Preference for employment 
shall be given to dislocated and displaced workers in Tulare, 
Kern and Fresno Counties, California, for work associated with 
the establishment of the Giant Sequoia National Monument.
    Sec. 344. From funds previously appropriated under the 
heading ``DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, fossil energy research and 
development'', $4,000,000 is available for computational 
services at the National Energy Technology Laboratory.
    Sec. 345. Backcountry Landing Strip Access. (a) In 
General.--Funds made available by this Act shall not be used to 
permanently close aircraft landing strips, officially 
recognized by State or Federal aviation officials, without 
public notice, consultation with cognizant State and Federal 
aviation officials and the consent of the Federal Aviation 
Administration.
    (b) Aircraft Landing Strips.--An aircraft landing strip 
referred to in subsection (a) is a landing strip on Federal 
land administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the 
Secretary of Agriculture that is commonly known, and is 
consistently used for aircraft landing and departure 
activities.
    (c) Permanent Closure.--For the purposes of subsection (a), 
an aircraft landing strip shall be considered to be closed 
permanently if the intended duration of the closure is more 
than 180 days in any calendar year.
    Sec. 346. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. (a) 
Land Acquisition.--Section 9 of the Columbia River Gorge 
National Scenic Area Act (16 U.S.C. 544g) is amended:
            (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
        (g); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the 
        following:
    ``(e) Appraisals.--
            ``(1) Definition of landowner.--In this subsection, 
        the term `landowner' means the owner of legal or 
        equitable title as of September 1, 2000.
            ``(2) Appraisal standards.--Except as provided in 
        paragraph (3), land acquired or conveyed by purchase or 
        exchange under this section shall be appraised in 
        conformity with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 
        Federal Land Acquisitions.
            ``(3) Special management areas.--
                    ``(A) Before april 1, 2001.--Land within a 
                special management area for which the 
                landowner, before April 1, 2001, makes a 
                written bona fide offer to convey to the 
                Secretary for fair market value shall be 
                appraised--
                            ``(i) without regard to the effect 
                        of any zoning or land use restriction 
                        made in response to this Act; but
                            ``(ii) subject to any other current 
                        zoning or land use restriction imposed 
                        by the State or locality in which the 
                        land is located on the date of the 
                        offer.
                    ``(B) On or after april 1, 2001.--Land 
                within a special management area for which the 
                landowner, on or after April 1, 2001, makes a 
                written bona fide offer to convey to the 
                Secretary for fair market value shall be 
                appraised subject to--
                            ``(i) any zoning or land use 
                        restriction made in response to this 
                        Act; and
                            ``(ii) any other current zoning or 
                        land use restriction that applies to 
                        the land on the date of the offer.
    ``(f) Authorization for Certain Land Exchanges.--
            ``(1) In general.--To facilitate priority land 
        exchanges through which land within the boundaries of 
        the White Salmon Wild and Scenic River or within the 
        scenic area is conveyed to the United States, the 
        Secretary may accept title to such land as the 
        Secretary determines to be appropriate within the 
        States, regardless of the State in which the land 
        conveyed by the Secretary in exchange is located, in 
        accordance with land exchange authorities available to 
        the Secretary under applicable law.
            ``(2) Special rule for land certain exchanges.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
                    ``(A) any exchange described in paragraph 
                (1) for which an agreement to initiate has been 
                executed as of September 30, 2000, shall 
                continue; and
                    ``(B) any timber stumpage proceeds 
                collected under the exchange shall be retained 
                by the Forest Service to complete the 
                exchange.''.
    (b) Administration of Special Management Areas.--Section 
8(o) of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act (16 
U.S.C. 544f) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Any ordinance'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--Any ordinance'';
            (2) in the first sentence, by striking ``the 
        Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land 
        Acquisitions (Interagency Land Acquisition Conference, 
        1973).'' and inserting ``section 9(e).''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Applicability.--This subsection shall not 
        apply to any land offered to the Secretary for 
        acquisition after March 31, 2001.''.
    (c) Publication of Notice.--
            (1) Not later than November 1, 2000, the Secretary 
        of Agriculture shall provide notice of the provisions 
        contained in the amendments made by subsections (a) and 
        (b) through--
                    (A) publication of a notice in the Federal 
                Register and in newspapers of general 
                circulation in the counties in the Columbia 
                River Gorge National Scenic Area; and
                    (B) posting of a notice in each facility of 
                the United States Postal Service located in 
                those counties.
            (2) If the counties wherein special management 
        areas are located provide the Forest Service 
        administrator of the Columbia River Gorge National 
        Scenic Area lists of the names and addresses of 
        landowners within the special management areas as of 
        September 1, 2000, the Forest Service shall send to 
        such names and addresses by certified first class mail 
        notice of the provisions contained in the amendments 
        made by subsections (a) and (b);
                    (A) The mailing shall occur within twenty 
                working days of the receipt of the list; and
                    (B) The mailing shall constitute 
                constructive notice to landowners, and proof of 
                receipt by the addressee shall not be required.
    (d) Designation of Special Management Areas.--Section 
4(b)(2) of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act 
(16 U.S.C. 544b(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``in this 
        section'' and inserting ``by paragraph (1)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Modification of boundaries.--The boundaries 
        of the special management areas are modified as 
        depicted on a map dated September 20, 2000, which shall 
        be on file and available for public inspection in the 
        office of the Chief of the Forest Service in 
        Washington, District of Columbia, and copies shall be 
        available in the office of the Commission, and the 
        headquarters of the scenic area.''.
    (e) Payments to Local Governments.--Section 14(c)(3) of the 
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act (16 U.S.C. 
544l(c)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(3) No payment'' and inserting 
        the following:
            ``(3) Limitation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), no payment'';
            (2) by striking ``fifth'' and inserting ``eighth''; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Continuation of certain payments.--
                For any land or interest in land for which the 
                Secretary is making a payment in fiscal year 
                2000, such payment shall be continued for a 
                total of eight fiscal years.''.
    Sec. 347. (a) Exchange Required.--In exchange for the non-
Federal lands and the additional consideration described in 
subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey to 
Kern County, California, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to four parcels of land under the 
jurisdiction of the Forest Service in Kern County, as follows:
            (1) Approximately 70 acres known as Camp Owen as 
        depicted on the map entitled ``Camp Owen'', dated June 
        15, 2000.
            (2) Approximately 4 acres known as Wofford Heights 
        Park as depicted on the map entitled ``Wofford Heights 
        Park'', dated June 15, 2000.
            (3) Approximately 4 acres known as the French Gulch 
        maintenance yard as depicted on the map entitled 
        ``French Gulch Maintenance Yard'', dated June 15, 2000.
            (4) Approximately 14 acres known as the Kernville 
        Fish Hatchery as depicted on the map entitled 
        ``Kernville Fish Hatchery'', dated June 15, 2000.
    (b) Consideration.--
            (1) Conveyance of non-federal lands.--As 
        consideration for the conveyance of the Federal lands 
        referred to in subsection (a), Kern County shall convey 
        to the Secretary a parcel of land for fair market value 
        consisting of approximately 52 acres as depicted on the 
        map entitled ``Greenhorn Mountain Park'', located in 
        Kern County, California, dated June 18, 2000.
            (2) Replacement facility.--As additional 
        consideration for the conveyance of the storage 
        facility located at the maintenance yard referred to in 
        subsection (a)(3), Kern County shall provide a 
        replacement storage facility of comparable size and 
        condition, as acceptable to the Secretary, at the 
        Greenhorn Ranger District Lake Isabella Maintenance 
        Yard property.
            (3) Cash equalization payment.--As additional 
        consideration for the conveyance of the Federal lands 
        referred to in subsection (a), Kern County shall tender 
        a cash equalization payment specified by the Secretary. 
        The cash equalization payment shall be based upon an 
        appraisal performed at the option of the Forest Service 
        pursuant to section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy 
        and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)).
    (c) Conditions on Acceptance.--Title to the non-Federal 
lands to be conveyed under this section must be acceptable to 
the Secretary, and the conveyance shall be subject to valid 
existing rights of record. The non-Federal lands shall conform 
with the title approval standards applicable to Federal land 
acquisitions.
    (d) Time for Conveyance.--Subject to subsection (c), the 
Secretary shall complete the conveyance of the Federal lands 
under subsection (a) within 3 months after Kern County tenders 
to the Secretary the consideration required by subsection (b).
    (e) Status of Acquired Lands.--Upon approval and acceptance 
of title by the Secretary, the non-Federal lands conveyed to 
the United States under this section shall become part of 
Sequoia National Forest, and the boundaries of the national 
forest shall be adjusted to include the acquired lands. The 
Secretary shall manage the acquired lands for recreational 
purposes in accordance with the laws and regulations pertaining 
to the National Forest System. For purposes of section 7 of the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-
9), the boundaries of the national forest, as adjusted pursuant 
to this section, shall be considered to be the boundaries of 
the national forest as of January 1, 1965.
    (f) Relationship to Environmental Liability.--In connection 
with the conveyances under this section, the Secretary may 
require such additional terms and conditions related to 
environmental liability as the Secretary considers appropriate 
to protect the interests of the United States.
    (g) Legal Descriptions.--The exact acreage and legal 
description of the real property to be exchanged under this 
section shall be determined by a survey or surveys satisfactory 
to the Secretary. The costs of any such survey, as well as 
other administrative costs incurred to execute the land 
exchange (other than costs incurred by Kern County to comply 
with subsection (h)), shall be divided equally between the 
Secretary and Kern County.
    (h) Treatment of Existing Utility Lines at Camp Owen.--Upon 
receipt of the Federal lands described in subsection (a)(1), 
Kern County shall grant an easement, and record the easement in 
the appropriate office, for permitted or licensed uses of those 
lands that are unrecorded as of the date of the conveyance.
    (i) Applicable Law.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, any exchange of National Forest System land under this 
section shall be subject to the laws (including regulations) 
applicable to the conveyance and acquisition of land for the 
National Forest System.
    Sec. 348. (a) Establishment.--Not later than March 1, 2001, 
the Secretary shall cause to be established an advisory group 
to provide continuing expert advice and counsel to the Director 
of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) with 
respect to the research and development activities NETL 
conducts and manages.
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) In general.--The advisory group shall be 
        composed of--
                    (A) a balanced group of--
                            (i) representatives of academia;
                            (ii) representatives of industry;
                            (iii) representatives of non-
                        governmental organizations; and
                            (iv) representatives of energy 
                        regulatory agencies;
                    (B) a representative of the DOE's Office of 
                Fossil Energy;
                    (C) a representative of the DOE's Office of 
                Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy;
                    (D) a representative of the DOE's Office of 
                Science; and
                    (E) others, as appropriate.
    (c) Duties.--The advisory group shall provide advice, 
information, and recommendations to the Director--
            (1) on management and strategic issues affecting 
        the laboratory; and
            (2) on the scientific and technical direction of 
        the laboratory's R&D program;
    (d) Compensation; Support; Procedures.--
            (1) Compensation and travel.--Members of the 
        advisory group who are not officers or employees of the 
        United States, while attending conferences or meetings 
        of the group or otherwise engaged in its business, or 
        while serving away from their homes or regular places 
        of business, may be allowed travel expenses, including 
        per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by 
        section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for 
        persons in the Government service employed 
        intermittently.
            (2) Administrative support.--The NETL shall furnish 
        to the advisory group clerical and administrative 
        support.
            (3) Procedures and requirements.--In carrying out 
        its functions, the advisory group shall comply with the 
        procedures and requirements that apply to similar 
        groups providing advice and counsel to entities 
        operating other Department of Energy laboratories 
        rather than the procedures and requirements that apply 
        to such a group providing advice directly to a Federal 
        entity.
    Sec. 349. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Umpqua 
Land Exchange Project (ULEP) and previous Congressional 
appropriations therefor, there is hereby appropriated the sum 
of $4,300,000 to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund. Such amount shall be available to the 
Foundation for Voluntary Land Exchanges (``Foundation'') 
working in conjunction with the Secretary of the Interior, and 
with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as the lead Federal 
agency, to complete a Final Land Ownership Adjustment Plan 
(``Plan'') for the area (``Basin''), comprising approximately 
675,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Coast 
Range-Umpqua River Basin,'' dated August 2000. No more than 15 
percent of this appropriation shall be used by the agency for 
defraying administrative overhead.
    (b) In preparing the Plan, the Secretary shall identify, no 
later than March 31, 2001, those lands or interests in land 
with willing sellers which merit emergency purchase by the 
United States due to critical environmental values or 
possibility of imminent development. For lands or interests in 
land so identified, the Secretary and the Foundation shall 
arrange with landowners to complete appraisals and purchase 
clearances required by law so that the Secretary may thereafter 
consummate purchases as soon as funds therefor are appropriated 
by the Congress.
    (c) Pursuant to the funding and direction of subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall, in cooperation with the Foundation, 
no later than December 31, 2002, complete the Plan utilizing 
the Multi-Resource Land Allocation Model (``Model'') developed 
for the ULEP. The Plan shall identify: (1) non-Federal Lands or 
interests in land in the Basin which, with the concurrence of 
willing non-Federal landowners, are recommended for acquisition 
or exchange by the United States; (2) Federal lands or 
interests in land in the Basin recommended for disposal into 
non-Federal ownership in exchange for the acquired lands of 
equal value; and (3) specific land exchanges or purchases to 
implement the Plan. In addition, no later than December 31, 
2002, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Foundation, shall 
complete a draft Habitat Conservation Plan (``HCP'') covering 
the lands to be disposed of by the United States and consistent 
with the Plan, a comprehensive Final Environmental Impact 
Statement covering the Plan, and a comprehensive Biological 
Opinion analyzing the net impacts of the Plan at Plan scale 
over time in 5 year increments, taking into consideration all 
expected benefits to be achieved by the Plan and HCP, and any 
consistency determinations or amendments to any applicable 
Federal land management plans. The HCP shall cover all species 
analyzed in the Model (including species under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary of Commerce).
    (d) No later than March 31, 2002, the Secretary and the 
Foundation shall submit to the Committee on Resources of the 
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the United States Senate, and the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, a joint report summarizing the 
Plan and the land exchanges or purchases identified to 
implement the Plan, and outlining: (1) any Fiscal Year 2003 
funding needed for land purchases; (2) any recommendations for 
actions to expedite or facilitate the specific land exchanges 
or purchases identified to implement the Plan, or the HCP; and 
(3) an action Plan for making the Model publicly available for 
additional land exchanges or other purposes upon completion of 
the exchanges.
    (e) No later than June 15, 2003: (1) the Secretary with the 
Foundation and the financial participation and commitment of 
willing private landowners shall complete appraisals and other 
land purchase or exchange clearances required by law, including 
those pertaining to cultural and historic resources and 
hazardous materials and (2) the Secretary shall consummate with 
willing non-Federal landowners the specific land exchanges 
previously identified in subsection (c) to implement the Plan, 
and together with the Secretary of Commerce, shall issue the 
HCP.
    Sec. 350. Notwithstanding section 351 of section 101(e) of 
division A, Public Law 105-277, the Indian Health Service is 
authorized to provide additional contract health service funds 
to Ketchikan Indian Corporation's recurring budget for 
hospital-related services for patients of Ketchikan Indian 
Corporation and the Organized Village of Saxman.
    Sec. 351. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as 
the ``Boise Laboratory Replacement Act of 2000''.
    (b) Findings and Purpose.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
                    (A) the existing facilities of the Rocky 
                Mountain Research Station Boise laboratory are 
                outdated and no longer serve as a modern 
                research facility;
                    (B) the Boise laboratory site is in the 
                heart of a Boise city redevelopment zone, and 
                the existing laboratory facilities detract from 
                community improvement efforts;
                    (C) it is desirable to colocate the Boise 
                laboratory with 1 of the State institutions of 
                higher learning in the Boise metropolitan 
                area--
                            (i) to facilitate communications 
                        and sharing of research data between 
                        the agency and the Idaho scientific 
                        community;
                            (ii) to facilitate development and 
                        maintenance of the Boise laboratory as 
                        a modern, high quality research 
                        facility; and
                            (iii) to reduce costs, better use 
                        assets, and better serve the public; 
                        and
                    (D) it is desirable to make the Boise 
                laboratory site available for inclusion in a 
                planned facility that is being developed on 
                adjacent property by the University of Idaho or 
                the University of Idaho Foundation, a not-for-
                profit corporation acting on behalf of the 
                University of Idaho, as a multiagency research 
                and education facility to serve various 
                agencies and educational institutions of the 
                United States and the State.
            (2) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to 
        authorize the Secretary--
                    (A) to sell or exchange the land and 
                improvements currently occupied by the Boise 
                laboratory site; and
                    (B) to acquire land, facilities, or 
                interests in land and facilities, including 
                condominium interests, to colocate the Rocky 
                Mountain Research Station Boise laboratory with 
                1 of the State institutions of higher learning 
                in the Boise metropolitan area, using--
                            (i) funds derived from sale or 
                        exchange of the existing Boise 
                        laboratory site; and
                            (ii) to the extent the funds 
                        received are insufficient to carry out 
                        the acquisition of replacement research 
                        facilities, funds subsequently made 
                        available by appropriation for the 
                        acquisition, construction, or 
                        improvement of the Rocky Mountain 
                        Research Station Boise laboratory.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Boise laboratory site.--The term ``Boise 
        laboratory site'' means the approximately 3.26 acres of 
        land and all improvements in section 10, T. 3 N., R. 2 
        E., Boise Meridian, as depicted on that Plat of Park 
        View Addition to Boise, Ada County, Idaho, labeled 
        ``Boise Lab Site--May 22, 2000'', located at 316 East 
        Myrtle Street, Boise, Idaho.
            (2) Condominium interest.--The term ``condominium 
        interest'' means an estate in land consisting of (in 
        accordance with law of the State)--
                    (A) an undivided interest in common of a 
                portion of a parcel of real property; and
                    (B) a separate fee simple interest in 
                another portion of the parcel.
            (3) Fair market value.--The term ``fair market 
        value'' means the cash value of land on a specific 
        date, as determined by an appraisal acceptable to the 
        Secretary and prepared in accordance with the Uniform 
        Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of Agriculture.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
        Idaho.
    (d) Sale or Exchange of Boise Laboratory Site.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may, under such 
        terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe and 
        subject to valid existing rights, sell or exchange any 
        or all right, title, and interest of the United States 
        in and to the Boise laboratory site.
            (2) Right of first refusal.--
                    (A) In general.--After a determination of 
                fair market value of the Boise laboratory site 
                is approved by the Secretary, the University of 
                Idaho or the University of Idaho Foundation, a 
                not-for-profit organization acting on behalf of 
                the University of Idaho, shall be allowed 210 
                days from the effective date of value to 
                exercise a right of first refusal to purchase 
                the Boise laboratory site at fair market value.
                    (B) Cooperative development.--If the 
                University of Idaho or the University of Idaho 
                Foundation exercises the right of first refusal 
                under paragraph (A), to accomplish the purpose 
                described in section (b)(2)(B), the Secretary 
                shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
                cooperate with the University of Idaho in the 
                development of a multiagency research and 
                education facility on the Boise laboratory site 
                and adjacent property.
            (3) Solicitation of offers.--If the right of first 
        refusal described in subsection (d)(2) is not 
        exercised, the Secretary may solicit offers for 
        purchase through sale or competitive exchange of any 
        and all right, title, and interest of the United States 
        in and to the Boise laboratory site.
            (4) Consideration.--Consideration for sale or 
        exchange of land under this subsection--
                    (A) shall be at least equal to the fair 
                market value of the Boise laboratory site; and
                    (B) may include land, existing 
                improvements, or improvements to be constructed 
                to the specifications of the Secretary, 
                including condominium interests, and cash, 
                notwithstanding section 206(b) of Federal Land 
                Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
                1716(b)).
            (5) Rejection of offers.--The Secretary may reject 
        any offer made under this subsection if the Secretary 
        determines that the offer is not adequate or not in the 
        public interest.
    (e) Disposition of Funds.--
            (1) Deposit of proceeds.--The Secretary shall 
        deposit the proceeds of a sale or exchange under 
        subsection (d) in the fund established under Public Law 
        90-171 (16 U.S.C. 484a) (commonly known as the ``Sisk 
        Act'').
            (2) Use of proceeds.--Funds deposited under 
        subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary, 
        without further Act of appropriation, for--
                    (A) the acquisition of or interest in land, 
                or the acquisition of or construction of 
                facilities, including condominium interests--
                            (i) to colocate the Boise 
                        laboratory with 1 of the State 
                        institutions of higher learning in the 
                        Boise metropolitan area; and
                            (ii) to replace other functions of 
                        the Boise laboratory; and
                    (B) to the extent the funds are not 
                necessary to carry out paragraph (A), the 
                acquisition of other land or interests in land 
                in the State.

            TITLE IV--WILDLAND FIRE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management


                        wildland fire management


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

                             RELATED AGENCY

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service


                        wildland fire management


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

             TITLE V--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management


                   management of lands and resources


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

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service


                          resource management


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


                              construction


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

                         National Park Service


                              construction


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

                    United States Geological Survey


                 surveys, investigations, and research


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

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      operation of indian programs


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

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians


                         federal trust programs


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

                             RELATED AGENCY

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service


                       state and private forestry


    For an additional amount for the Forest Service, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $9,294,000 for the 
Alaska Railroad for:
            (1) safety related track repair, damage, and 
        control costs from avalanches, hurricane force winds, 
        and severe winter storms, and
            (2) oil spill clean-up, recovery, and remediation 
        arising out of the related train derailments
during the period of winter blizzards beginning December 21, 
1999 for which the President declared a disaster on February 
17, 2000 pursuant to the Stafford Act, as amended, (FEMA DR-
1316-AK) as a direct lump sum payment and an additional 
$2,000,000 for an avalanche prevention program in the Chugach 
National Forest, Kenai National Park, Kenai National Wildlife 
Refuge and nearby public lands to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                         national forest system


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

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

SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 602. FINDINGS.

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

SEC. 603. PURPOSES.

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

SEC. 604. DEFINITIONS.

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

 SEC. 605. ADMINISTRATION OF RECREATION RESIDENCE PROGRAM.

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

 SEC. 606. APPRAISALS.

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

        during the completion of which the Secretary shall 
        presume that a cabin owner, or a predecessor of the 
        owner, has paid for the capital costs of any utility, 
        access, or facility serving the lot being appraised, 
        unless the Forest Service produces evidence that the 
        agency or a third party has paid for the capital costs;
            (2) establish an appraisal process to determine the 
        market value of the fee simple estate of a typical lot 
        or lots considered to be in a natural, native state, 
        subject to subsection (b)(4)(A);
            (3) enter into a contract with an appropriate 
        professional appraisal organization to manage the 
        development of specific appraisal guidelines in 
        accordance with subsection (b), subject to public 
        comment and congressional review;
            (4) require that an appraisal be performed by a 
        State-certified general real estate appraiser, selected 
        by the Secretary and licensed to practice in the State 
        in which the lot is located;
            (5) provide the appraiser with appraisal guidelines 
        developed in accordance with this title;
            (6) notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
        require the appraiser to coordinate the appraisal 
        closely with affected parties by seeking information, 
        cooperation, and advice from cabin owners and tract 
        associations;
            (7) require that the appraiser perform the 
        appraisal in compliance with--
                    (A) the most current edition of the Uniform 
                Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice in 
                effect on the date of the appraisal;
                    (B) the most current edition of the Uniform 
                Appraisal Standards for Federal Land 
                Acquisitions that is in effect on the date of 
                the appraisal; and
                    (C) the specific appraisal guidelines 
                developed in accordance with this title;
            (8) require that the appraisal report--
                    (A) be a full narrative report, in 
                compliance with the reporting standards of the 
                Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal 
                Practice; and
                    (B) comply with the reporting guidelines 
                established by the Uniform Appraisal Standards 
                for Federal Land Acquisitions; and
            (9) before accepting any appraisal, conduct a 
        review of the appraisal to ensure that the guidelines 
        made available to the appraiser have been followed and 
        that the appraised values are properly supported.
    (b) Specific Appraisal Guidelines.--In the development of 
specific appraisal guidelines in accordance with subsection 
(a)(3), the instructions to an appraiser shall require, at a 
minimum, the following:
            (1) Appraisal of a typical lot.--
                    (A) In general.--In conducting an appraisal 
                under this section, the appraiser--
                            (i) shall not appraise each 
                        individual lot;
                            (ii) shall appraise a typical lot 
                        or lots, selected by the cabin owners 
                        and the agency in a manner consistent 
                        with the policy of the program; and
                            (iii) shall be provided, and give 
                        appropriate consideration to, any 
                        information contained in the inventory 
                        of improvements relating to the lot 
                        being appraised.
                    (B) Estimate of market value of typical 
                lot.--
                            (i) In general.--The appraiser 
                        shall estimate the market value of a 
                        typical lot in accordance with this 
                        title.
                            (ii) Equivalence to legally 
                        subdivided lot.--In selecting a 
                        comparable sale under this title, the 
                        appraiser shall recognize that the 
                        typical lot will not usually be 
                        equivalent to a legally subdivided lot.
            (2) Exception for certain sales of land.--In 
        conducting an appraisal under this title, the 
        appraiser--
                    (A) shall not select sales of comparable 
                land that are sales of land within developed 
                urban areas; and
                    (B) should not, in most circumstances, 
                select a sale of comparable land that includes 
                land that is encumbered by a conservation or 
                recreational easement that is held by a 
                government or institution, except land that is 
                limited to use as a site for 1 home.
            (3) Adjustments for typical value influences.--
                    (A) In general.--The appraiser shall 
                consider, and adjust as appropriate, the price 
                of sales of comparable land for all typical 
                value influences described in subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Value influences.--The typical value 
                influences referred to in subparagraph (A) 
                include--
                            (i) differences in the locations of 
                        the parcels;
                            (ii) accessibility, including 
                        limitations on access attributable to--
                                    (I) weather;
                                    (II) the condition of roads 
                                or trails;
                                    (III) restrictions imposed 
                                by the agency; or
                                    (IV) other factors;
                            (iii) the presence of marketable 
                        timber;
                            (iv) limitations on, or the absence 
                        of, services such as law enforcement, 
                        fire control, road maintenance, or snow 
                        plowing;
                            (v) the condition and regulatory 
                        compliance of any site improvements; 
                        and
                            (vi) any other typical value 
                        influences described in standard 
                        appraisal literature.
            (4) Adjustments to sales of comparable parcels.--
                    (A) Utilities, access, or facilities.--
                            (i) Agency.--Utilities, access, or 
                        facilities serving a lot that are 
                        provided by the agency shall be 
                        included as features of the lot being 
                        appraised.
                            (ii) Cabin owners.--Utilities, 
                        access, or facilities serving a lot 
                        that are provided by the cabin owner 
                        (or a predecessor of the cabin owner) 
                        shall not be included as a feature of 
                        the lot being appraised.
                            (iii) Third parties.--Utilities, 
                        access, or facilities serving a lot 
                        that are provided by a third party 
                        shall not be included as a feature of 
                        the lot being appraised unless, in 
                        accordance with subsection (a)(1), the 
                        agency determines that the capital 
                        costs have not been or are not being 
                        paid by the cabin owner (or a 
                        predecessor of the cabin owner).
                            (iv) Withdrawal of utility or 
                        access by agency.--If, during the term 
                        of an authorization, the agency or an 
                        act of God creates a substantial and 
                        materially adverse change in--
                                    (I) the provision or 
                                maintenance of any utility or 
                                access; or
                                    (II) a qualitative feature 
                                of the lot or immediate 
                                surroundings;
                        the cabin owner shall have the right to 
                        request, and, at the discretion of the 
                        Secretary, obtain a new determination 
                        of the base cabin user fee at the 
                        expense of the agency.
                    (B) Adjustment for exclusion.--In a case in 
                which any comparable sale includes utilities, 
                access, or facilities that are to be excluded 
                in the appraisal of the subject lot, the price 
                of the comparable sale shall be adjusted, as 
                appropriate.
                    (C) Adjustment process.--
                            (i) In general.--The appraiser 
                        shall consider and adjust, as 
                        appropriate, the price of each sale of 
                        a comparable parcel for all nonnatural 
                        features referred to in subparagraph 
                        (A)(ii) that--
                                    (I)(aa) are present at, or 
                                add value to, the comparable 
                                parcel; but
                                    (bb) are not present at the 
                                lot being appraised; or
                                    (II) are not included in 
                                the appraisal as described in 
                                subparagraph (A).
                            (ii) Adjustments.--
                                    (I) In general.--In a case 
                                in which the price of a parcel 
                                sold is to be adjusted in 
                                accordance with subparagraph 
                                (B), the adjustment may be 
                                based on an analysis of market 
                                or cost information or both.
                                    (II) Cost information.--If 
                                cost information is used as the 
                                basis of an adjustment under 
                                subclause (I), the cost 
                                information shall be supported 
                                by direct market evidence.
                            (iii) Analysis of cost 
                        information.--An analysis of cost 
                        information under clause (ii)(I) should 
                        include allowances, as appropriate, if 
                        the allowances are consistent with--
                                    (I) the Uniform Standards 
                                of Professional Appraisal 
                                Practice in effect on the date 
                                of the analysis; and
                                    (II) the Uniform Appraisal 
                                Standards for Federal Land 
                                Acquisition.
                    (D) Reappraisal for and recalculation of 
                base cabin user fee.--Periodically, but not 
                less often than once every 10 years, the 
                Secretary shall recalculate the base cabin user 
                fee (including conducting any reappraisal 
                required to recalculate the base cabin user 
                fee).

 SEC. 607. CABIN USER FEES.

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

 SEC. 608. ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF CABIN USER FEE.

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

 SEC. 609. PAYMENT OF CABIN USER FEES.

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

 SEC. 610. RIGHT OF SECOND APPRAISAL.

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

 SEC. 611. RIGHT OF APPEAL AND JUDICIAL REVIEW.

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

 SEC. 612. CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER LAW AND RIGHTS.

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

 SEC. 613. REGULATIONS.

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

SEC. 614. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.

    (a) Assessment of Annual Fees.--For the period of time 
determined under subsection (b), the Secretary shall charge 
each cabin owner an annual fee as follows:
            (1) Lots not appraised since september 30, 1995.--
        For a lot that has not been appraised since September 
        30, 1995, the annual fee shall be equal to the amount 
        of the annual fee in effect on the date of enactment of 
        this title, adjusted annually to reflect changes in the 
        Implicit Price Deflator-Gross National Product Index.
            (2) Lots appraised on or after september 30, 
        1995.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), for a lot that has been 
                appraised on or after September 30, 1995, the 
                annual fee shall be equal to the amount of the 
                fee in effect on the date of enactment of this 
                title, adjusted annually to reflect changes in 
                the Implicit Price Deflator-Gross National 
                Product Index.
                    (B) Appraisals resulting in base fee 
                increase.--
                            (i) In general.--Except as provided 
                        in clause (ii), for a lot that has been 
                        appraised on or after September 30, 
                        1995, for which the appraisal resulted 
                        in an increase of the base fee by an 
                        amount greater than $3,000, the annual 
                        fee shall be equal to the sum of $3,000 
                        plus the amount of the annual fee in 
                        effect on October 1, 1996, adjusted 
                        annually to reflect the percentage 
                        change in the Implicit Price Deflator-
                        Gross National Product Index.
                            (ii) Fees paid after request of new 
                        appraisal or peer review.--If--
                                    (I) the cabin owner of a 
                                lot described in clause (i) 
                                requests a new appraisal or 
                                peer review under subsection 
                                (c); and
                                    (II) the base cabin user 
                                fee established as a result of 
                                the appraisal or peer review is 
                                determined to be an amount that 
                                is 90 percent or more of the 
                                fee in effect for the lot as 
                                determined by an appraisal 
                                conducted on or after September 
                                30, 1995;
                        the Secretary shall charge the cabin 
                        owner, in addition to the annual fee 
                        that would otherwise have been due 
                        under section 609, the difference 
                        between the base cabin user fee 
                        determined through the conduct of the 
                        new appraisal or peer review and the 
                        annual fee that would otherwise have 
                        been due under section 609, to be 
                        assessed retroactively for each year 
                        beginning with the year in which the 
                        previous appraisal was conducted, and 
                        to be paid in 3 equal annual 
                        installments.
    (b) Term.--
            (1) Lots not appraised since september 30, 1995.--
        For a lot that has not been appraised since September 
        30, 1995, the Secretary shall charge fees in accordance 
        with subsection (a)(2)(A) until--
                    (A) a base cabin user fee is determined in 
                accordance with--
                            (i) this title; or
                            (ii) regulations and policies in 
                        effect on the date of enactment of this 
                        title; and
                    (B) the right of the cabin owner to a 
                second appraisal under section 610 is 
                exhausted.
            (2) Lots appraised on or after september 30, 
        1995.--For a lot that has been appraised on or after 
        September 30, 1995, the Secretary shall charge fees 
        under subsection (a)(2) until--
                    (A) the cabin owner requests a new 
                appraisal or peer review, and a base cabin user 
                fee is established, under subsection (c); or
                    (B) in the absence of a request for a peer 
                review or a new appraisal under subsection (c), 
                the date that is 2 years after the date on 
                which the Forest Service promulgates 
                regulations and policies and develops appraisal 
                guidelines under this title.
    (c) Request For New Appraisal Under New Law.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the 
        promulgation of final regulations and policies and the 
        development of appraisal guidelines in accordance with 
        section 606(a)(5), cabin owners that are subject to 
        appraisals completed after September 30, 1995, but 
        before the date of promulgation of final regulations 
        under section 613, may request, in accordance with 
        paragraph (2), that the Secretary--
                    (A) conduct a new appraisal and determine a 
                new base cabin user fee in accordance with this 
                title; or
                    (B) commission a peer review of the 
                existing appraisals in accordance with 
                paragraph (4).
            (2) Appraisal groupings by typical lot.--A request 
        for a new appraisal or for a peer review of existing 
        appraisals under paragraph (1) shall be made by a 
        majority of the cabin owners in a group of cabins 
        represented in the appraisal process by a typical lot.
            (3) Conduct of new appraisal.--On receipt of a 
        request for an appraisal and fee determination in 
        accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary shall 
        conduct the new appraisal and fee determination in 
        accordance with this title.
            (4) Peer review of existing appraisals.--
                    (A) In general.--On receipt of a request 
                for peer review in accordance with paragraph 
                (2), the Secretary shall obtain from an 
                independent professional appraisal organization 
                a review of the appraisal (including any report 
                on the appraisal) that was used to establish 
                the estimated fee simple value of the lots 
                within the subject grouping.
                    (B) Inconsistency.--If peer review 
                described in subparagraph (A) results in a 
                determination that an appraisal or appraisal 
                report includes provisions or procedures that 
                were implemented or conducted in a manner 
                inconsistent with this title, the Secretary 
                shall, as appropriate and in accordance with 
                this title--
                            (i) revise an existing base cabin 
                        user fee; or
                            (ii) subject to an agreement with 
                        the cabin owners, conduct a new 
                        appraisal and fee determination.
            (5) Payment of costs.--Cabin owners and the 
        Secretary shall share, in equal proportion, the payment 
        of all reasonable costs of any new appraisal or peer 
        review.
    (d) Assumption of New Base Cabin User Fee.--In the absence 
of a request under subsection (c) for a new appraisal and fee 
determination from a cabin owner whose cabin user fee was 
determined as a result of an appraisal conducted after 
September 30, 1995, but before the date of promulgation of 
final regulations under section 613, the Secretary may consider 
the base cabin user fee resulting from the appraisal conducted 
between September 30, 1995 and the date of promulgation of the 
final regulations under section 613 to be the base cabin user 
fee that complies with this section.

        TITLE VII--TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR MINER BENEFITS

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

    TITLE VIII--LAND CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE 
                              IMPROVEMENT

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

                                TITLE IX

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                       Bureau of the Public Debt

      gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt

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

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

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

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

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

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   management of lands and resources

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

                        wildland fire management

      The conference agreement provides $625,513,000 for 
wildland fire management instead of $292,197,000 as proposed by 
the House and $292,679,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Changes to the House included increases of $132,834,000 
for preparedness and $482,000 for an Alaska rural fire 
suppression program. The managers have also included a 
contingent emergency appropriation of $200,000,000 as an 
emergency contingency reserve to ensure adequate funding is 
available to fund critical fire programs in fiscal year 2001.
      The managers recognize that the severity of the 2000 fire 
season is attributable to a variety of factors including 
unusual weather conditions and accumulated wildland fuels that 
overwhelmed available Federal agency resources. To prepare 
better for fires in 2001 and beyond, the managers propose 
significant improvements to preparedness, fuels treatments, and 
other aspects of fire management. For the Department of the 
Interior, the managers provide a total of $979,253,000 in both 
emergency and non-emergency funds for: the Department's revised 
calculation for normal year readiness and certain one-time 
improvements to preparedness capability; a greatly expanded 
fuels treatment program that places primary emphasis on 
community protection; stabilization and rehabilitation of 
burned areas; and community assistance programs that may be 
used to develop local capability and homeowner education. The 
following discussion includes instructions pertaining to both 
the title I wildfire funds as well as title IV wildfire funds.
      The managers have provided $625,513,000 in Title I for 
wildland fire management, of which $315,406,000 in non-
emergency funds for preparedness, an increase of $133,316,000 
over the budget request. The conference agreement includes a 
$200,000,000 emergency contingency reserve, to ensure that 
adequate funds are immediately available to fund these critical 
programs in FY 2001. The managers have included in title IV for 
wildland fire management an emergency appropriation of 
$353,740,000 which includes $116,611,000 for wildfire 
suppression, $142,129,000 for hazardous fuels, $85,000,000 for 
emergency stabilization and rehabilitation, and $10,000,000 for 
a new rural fire assistance program. The managers strongly 
believe that this FY 2001 funding will only be of value in 
increasing the Nation's firefighting capability and ability to 
protect communities if it is sustained in future years.
      The managers direct the Departments of the Interior and 
Agriculture to continue to work together to formulate 
complementary budget requests that reflect the same principles 
and budget organization. In addition, the managers expect the 
agencies to seek the advice of governors and local and tribal 
government representatives in setting priorities for fuels 
treatments, burned area rehabilitation, and public outreach and 
education.
Wildland fire preparedness
      For wildland fire preparedness, the managers provide 
$315,406,000 as a non-emergency appropriation in title I, 
$132,834,000 above the Senate, including: $254,838,000 for 
readiness and program management, $8,000,000 for fire sciences, 
$30,000,000 for deferred maintenance and capital improvement, 
$22,086,000 for one-time capital investments, and $482,000 for 
a rural Alaska fire suppression program.
      The managers understand that the increased scope and 
intensity of the 1999 and 2000 fire seasons, as well as the 
increased frequency and severity of fires over the preceding 
decade, have led Federal fire managers to reassess the 
assumptions underlying an average fire season. Based on actual 
experience, especially over the past two years, Federal fire 
managers have concluded that the variables used to determine 
the optimal level of preparedness need to be revised. Numerous 
variables, including changing assumptions about fire personnel, 
deployment strategies and other factors affecting cost 
calculations underlie the recommendations in the agencies' 
recent report to the President. For example, the duration of 
the average fire season has steadily increased--by two to three 
months--over the past several years. The expanded fire season 
increases the duration of the season for which fire employees 
are paid and results in increased personnel costs.
      The managers support the conclusions of wildfire managers 
that initial attack capability should be increased to address 
the number and severity of wildfires that have burned the 
landscape over the past few years. To address this revised 
assumption, the managers support full funding for: eight new 
hotshot crews that will be used for both initial attack on 
small fires and extended attack on larger fires; twenty new 
smokejumpers that serve as the primary initial attack force in 
remote areas; and additional air resources.
      Recent experience dictates the need to increase staffing 
for engines from the current level of five days a week to seven 
days a week to combat the increasingly volatile fire season. 
Fire managers have also concluded that more of the firefighting 
workforce should be permanent seasonal, an employment status 
that entitles workers to benefits not earned by temporary 
employees. The managers support the recommendation to convert 
more than 1,000 positions to permanent seasonal status, as a 
retention incentive to ensure that a sustained cadre of 
professional firefighters is available when needed. This 
increase in overall readiness costs should prove beneficial in 
the long run to the government's ability to address fire 
readiness, overall program management, and reduce overall costs 
by putting out wildfires when they are small.
      It is the managers' understanding that readiness and 
program management cost calculations have increased due to 
changes in resource objectives such as protection of newly 
discovered cultural artifacts and new land ownership patterns. 
In recent years costs associated with human settlement into the 
urban-wildland interface have risen faster than models could 
accurately describe and are underrepresented in average cost 
calculations. The managers also understand that additional 
wildfire management personnel will require additional equipment 
and appropriate work environments, and that work conditions 
must emphasize firefighter and public safety. Therefore, the 
managers have included within the preparedness activity 
sufficient resources to provide the equipment, office, and 
storage space necessary to provide safe and efficient 
operations. Additional funds provided under this appropriation 
for facilities are to be used to fund the highest priority 
health and safety needs, as identified in the Department's 
five-year plan for deferred maintenance and capital 
improvements.
      The managers support an acceleration of research 
activities and expanded emphasis for the Joint Fire Science 
Program and have provided an additional $4,000,000 respectively 
to the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to support 
the recommendations regarding scientific support for fuels 
treatments and other science needs beyond hazardous fuels. 
These funds are in addition to the $4,000,000 provided for each 
agency as part of the Administration's original budget request. 
Additional funds should be used for such efforts as increased 
rapid response projects to ensure necessary resources are 
available for testing and evaluation of post-fire 
rehabilitation, assessment of post-fire and fire behavior 
effects, use of aircraft-based remote sensing operations, 
implementation of protocols for evaluating post-fire 
stabilization and rehabilitation, and the development of 
effective means for collecting and disseminating information 
about treatment techniques. The managers expect the increased 
funds to be made available to the Joint Fire Science activities 
of the Departments for the direct benefit of fire management 
programs, including burned area rehabilitation.
      One means of directly benefiting wildfire management 
programs is to address locally and regionally important science 
and technology needs associated with wildfire management and 
suppression, fuels management, and post-fire rehabilitation 
without requiring national-level requests for proposals. Thus, 
the managers expect the Joint Fire Sciences Governing Board to 
make a significant portion of the increased funds directly 
available to the fire management programs of the Agriculture 
and Interior Departments to fund projects that directly address 
locally and regionally important science and technology needs 
associated with fire management and suppression, fuels 
management, and post-fire rehabilitation. The managers further 
expect the Departments to ensure that these programs are 
implemented within existing structures without new program 
management or other overhead activities that might reduce the 
direct benefit of funds provided.
      The January 1998 Joint Fire Science Plan developed by the 
two Departments and submitted to the Congress included 
provisions for a Stakeholder Advisory Group of technical 
experts from land management organizations, private industry, 
academia, other Federal agencies, and the public to formulate 
recommendations for program priorities and advise the Joint 
Fire Science Program Governing Board. This Group is to be 
established under the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act. The managers are concerned that nearly three 
years have passed without establishment of this group. The 
managers direct the Secretaries to establish the group by 
December 31, 2000.
Wildland fire operations
      For wildland fire operations, the managers provide 
$468,847,000 of which $353,740,000 is funded in title IV as an 
emergency appropriation. This funding level includes 
$153,447,000 to cover costs of the ten-year average of 
suppression, $195,400,000 for hazardous fuels reduction, and 
$85,000,000 for rehabilitation of burned areas.
      The managers encourage continued emphasis on safety as a 
priority in the suppression program. Funding provided under 
this appropriation is expected to provide for the most 
efficient and safe strategy for the protection of life, 
property, and resources. Funding is included to cover the 
projected 10-year average of suppression expenditures for the 
Department.
      The managers have provided $195,000,000 for hazardous 
fuels management activities. These funds are to support 
activities on Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal lands, 
which reduce the risks and consequences of wildfire, both in 
and around communities and in wildland areas. Treatment methods 
include application of prescribed fire, mechanical removal, 
mulching, and application of chemicals. In many areas a 
combination of these methods will be necessary over a period of 
several years to reduce risks and to maintain healthy and 
viable forests and rangelands. The increased funding included 
in this appropriation will expand the existing fuels management 
program to reduce risks to communities and risks to natural 
resources in high-risk areas. As proposed by the Senate, the 
managers have included $120,300,000 for the Department of the 
Interior to accelerate treatments, planning efforts, and 
collaborative projects with non-Federal partners in the 
wildland-urban interface. This funding is provided as part of 
the Department's ongoing fuels treatment program, but must be 
dedicated to projects within the urban-wildland interface.
      The managers understand that fuels treatment 
accomplishments have been constrained by a lack of funding to 
conduct planning, assessments, clearances, consultation, and 
environmental analyses necessary for the land management and 
regulatory agencies to ensure that fuels treatments are 
accomplished quickly and in an environmentally sound manner. 
The managers agree that additional funding should be made 
available from this appropriation to conduct such assessments 
and clearances, in the interests of expediting fuels treatments 
in an environmentally sound manner. Funds may be used directly 
by the Bureau of Land Management, or on a reimbursable basis 
with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, or National Marine Fisheries Service, to 
provide for appropriate planning and clearances. Funding will 
also be available for supporting community-based efforts to 
address defensible space and fuels management issues and to 
support outreach and education efforts associated with fuels 
management and risk reduction activities. In conducting 
treatments, local contract personnel are to be used wherever 
possible. The managers expect the Department to show planned 
and actual funding and accomplishments for fuels management 
activities in future budget requests to Congress. The managers 
understand that actual amounts may differ from planned levels 
and agree that the agencies have the ability to fund additional 
projects and amounts based on actual needs.
      Within the amounts provided for wildland-urban 
treatments, $8,800,000 is to be made available to the 
Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI) of Northern Arizona 
University, through a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of 
Land Management, to support new and existing ecologically-based 
forest restoration activities in ponderosa pine forests. The 
managers' goal is to develop a scientifically based model that 
will promote restoration of the ecological health of forests in 
the southwest, while reducing the threat of wildfire to forest 
communities. Under this agreement, the managers expect that ERI 
will: (1) research, develop, monitor, and conduct fuels 
treatments in partnership with all Federal, Tribal, State, and 
private landowners to demonstrate the feasibility of 
restoration-based fuels treatments on a community-level; (2) 
conduct an adaptive ecosystem analysis of ponderosa pine and 
related forests as a prototype for larger ecosystem analyses, 
and to fill the gap between project or district/forest level 
analyses and regional analyses to support future operational 
scale treatments; (3) develop options and recommendations for 
developing markets for by-products of fuels treatment 
activities; (4) hold community workshops to design suitable 
treatments, training and information transfer to land managers, 
and information development and transfer to inform the public 
and land managers about ecologically-based treatments. 
Recognizing the importance of cooperative agreements, the 
managers request that the Bureau place a priority on timely 
negotiation and implementation of this agreement to ensure the 
prompt availability of funding pursuant to it, and that the 
Bureau conduct negotiations at the national level. The 
agreement shall not include funding for facilities or capital 
equipment like buildings and vehicles.
      Included within the amounts for wildland fire operations 
is increased funding for burned area rehabilitation to address 
short term and long-term detrimental consequences of wildfires. 
The managers note that wildland fires burning under the right 
conditions, are beneficial and even essential to the health of 
forests and rangelands. However, some severe wildfires can 
trigger a wide array of detrimental impacts, ranging from short 
term floods, debris flow, and loss of water quality to longer 
term invasion by non-native species and loss of productivity of 
the land. The increased funding for burned area rehabilitation 
is designed to prevent further degradation of resources 
following wildland fire through (1) short-term stabilization 
activities to protect life and property, protect municipal 
watersheds, and prevent unacceptable degradation of critical 
natural and cultural resources, and (2) longer-term 
rehabilitation activities to repair and improve lands unlikely 
to recover naturally from severe fire damage. The managers 
direct the agencies to develop a long-term program to manage 
and supply native plant materials for use in various Federal 
land management restoration and rehabilitation needs. The 
managers recommend that the interagency native plant 
conservation initiative lead this effort.
      It is essential to monitor over the long-term various 
wildfire operations and rehabilitation activities and use this 
evaluation to alter future activities where indicated. The 
managers expect that funding for burned area rehabilitation 
will be available from this appropriation for only a limited 
period of time, after which ongoing site maintenance must be 
funded from the land management bureaus' appropriate operating 
accounts. In conducting stabilization and rehabilitation 
treatments, local contract personnel should be used wherever 
possible. The managers expect the Department to show planned 
and actual funding and accomplishments for stabilization and 
rehabilitation activities in future budget requests to 
Congress. The managers understand that actual amounts may 
differ from planned levels, and agree that the agencies have 
the ability to fund additional projects and amounts based on 
actual needs.
      The managers direct the Departments of the Interior and 
Agriculture to report to the Appropriations Committees, by 
December 1, 2000, on criteria for rehabilitation projects to be 
funded from this appropriation.
Rural fire assistance
      For rural fire assistance, the managers provide 
$10,000,000 for the Department of the Interior in a pilot 
effort to enhance the fire protection capability of rural fire 
districts. Training, equipment purchase, and prevention 
activities are to be conducted on a cost-shared basis. The 
managers recognize that safe and effective protection in the 
urban-wildland interface demands close coordination between 
local, State, Tribal, and Federal firefighting resources. When 
large Interior landholdings are present, the managers support 
an expanded relationship between the Interior Department and 
other governments for purposes of developing local fire 
prevention capability on a cost-shared basis.

                    central hazardous materials fund

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

                              construction

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

Increases Above the House by Project

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

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

                       payments in lieu of taxes

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

                            land acquisition

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

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

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

                   OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

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

                           RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

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

               SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

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

                       MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

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

                 United States Fish and Wildife Service

                          RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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

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

                              CONSTRUCTION

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

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

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

                            LAND ACQUISITION

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

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

            COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

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

                     NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

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

               NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

      The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the 
North American wetlands conservation fund instead of 
$15,499,000 as proposed by the House and $16,500,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Within this amount, $19,200,000 is for 
wetlands conservation and $800,000 is for administration.

              WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND

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

                MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

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

                         National Park Service

                 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

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

                       United States Park Police

      The conference agreement provides $78,048,000 for the 
United States Park Police as a new appropriations account 
instead of $75,641,000 as proposed by the House and $76,441,000 
as proposed by the Senate under the operation of the National 
park system account.
      The increases to the budget request are associated only 
with the Washington Monument and several other nationally 
recognized park sites in Washington, D.C. and in certain cases 
represent one time only costs. The increases include $235,000 
for design costs associated with a visitor screening facility 
and x-ray machine at the Washington Monument, $275,000 for 
design of a parkwide key system, $997,000 to design and install 
closed circuit television and alarm systems at five specific 
monuments and $100,000 for planning for a parkwide 
communication system. Plans for any of these items that require 
additional appropriations should be carefully reviewed by the 
leadership of the National Park Service as well as the 
Development Advisory Board to ensure that the scope and costs 
are carefully and frugally estimated. The managers have also 
included $800,000 for the 2001 Presidential Inaugural.
      The managers note that funds available for U.S. Park 
Police (USPP) operations have grown at a rate well above nearly 
every account in the Interior appropriations bill. Since fiscal 
year 1987, the USPP operating account has increased nearly 80 
percent above inflation. By comparison, over the same period, 
the operating accounts for several large national parks grew by 
lesser amounts. The entire operation of the national park 
system account grew by 50 percent during this period, while 
accommodating the requirements of 43 new park areas. Despite 
the growth during this period, the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations have continued to receive requests for items 
that have been funded in prior years, such as anti- and 
counter-terrorism, drug enforcement, recruit classes, and 
equipment replacement. The recommendations which follow are 
intended to improve accountability and oversight of the USPP 
budget.
      To strengthen fund controls that apply to the USPP, the 
managers have established a separate appropriation account for 
USPP activities. The only extent to which USPP will be able to 
draw on the operation of the national park system account is 
limited to the funds contained in that appropriation account 
for ongoing USPP activities at the Statue of Liberty and 
Gateway National Recreation Area and the purposes identified 
below. Bill language is included in the Operations account. The 
establishment of this separate appropriations account, to be 
managed as discussed below, will preclude funds from being 
transferred from the USPP to other park purposes, and vice 
versa.
      This account covers the operational costs of the United 
States Park Police, including those costs for uniformed and 
civilian staff assigned to the USPP, supplies, materials, 
utilities, equipment, and pension costs for retired officers. 
The USPP may receive additional funds on a reimbursable basis 
from non-NPS entities. No other funds are to be used to augment 
the USPP operational budget.
      As stated above, the funding recommended for this 
appropriation activity in fiscal year 2001 is $78,048,000, 
which represents the budget request and additional funds to 
cover the four specific items detailed above. The only other 
funds which may be allocated to the park police are for those 
USPP costs assumed in the ONPS budget as continuing in the park 
bases of the Statue of Liberty and Gateway National Recreation 
Area, to respond to approved emergency law and order incidents 
and to maintain and repair USPP administrative facilities. When 
the Director has determined the appropriate amounts of the 
funding of these two units that should be devoted to USPP 
purposes, and the level of service that the USPP must continue 
to provide with those resources, the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations should be informed. In developing 
the fiscal year 2002 budget, the Service should make the 
necessary adjustments to show these funding increments entirely 
in the USPP appropriation account.
      The managers are concerned about the ongoing reports of 
financial shortfalls and funding discrepancies involving the 
USPP budget. The managers expect the USPP to prepare a detailed 
financial plan on the proposed use of the fiscal year 2001 
funds appropriated in the separate account as well as to be 
made available from ONPS, within 30 days of enactment of this 
Act. The financial plan should include information such as 
existing and planned staffing levels, pay and benefits, 
overtime pay, recruitment classes, planned expenditures for 
equipment, and complete object class data for each USPP 
program. Once the financial plan has been reviewed and approved 
by the regional director for the National Capital Region, the 
National Park Service's comptroller, and the National Academy 
of Public Administration, it is to be followed.
      The budget function for the USPP is to be carefully 
controlled by the regional director's office. Any proposed 
deviation from the financial plan must be approved in advance 
by the regional director, and if it constitutes a reprogramming 
pursuant to the reprogramming guidelines, must come before the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval. The 
USPP is directed to manage its expenditures using the same 
financial management system as the rest of the National Park 
Service, and should cease use of other systems immediately. The 
managers expect the USPP to engage in the same budget 
formulation, execution, and reporting practices as the rest of 
the Service.
      With regard to recruitment classes, the funding level 
recommended by the managers continues the $2,361,000 provided 
in fiscal year 2000 for the conduct of two recruit classes 
(each with a class size of 24 recruits). These funds cover 
salary costs for the 48 recruits as well as their training 
costs, travel, lodging, initial uniform, equipment, applicant 
physicals, and background checks. At the end of training, these 
recruits will fill existing funded vacancies. It is the 
managers' expectation that two recruit classes will be 
conducted in fiscal year 2001. This assumption should be 
reflected in the financial plan; any proposed reallocation of 
funds from recruit classes to other operating expenses is 
considered a reprogramming and must be approved by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
      In addition to the financial controls imposed above, the 
managers also expect the USPP to identify the necessary funds 
to pay for an independent review of the structure and financial 
plan of the USPP. This funding should be reflected in the 
financial plan. The managers direct the National Park Service 
to contract with the National Academy of Public Administration 
for this assessment within 30 days of enactment of this Act. 
The assessment should include: (1) an evaluation of the mission 
and goals of the USPP in accordance with statutory and 
regulatory requirements, (2) an assessment of the USPP mission 
vis-a-vis other Federal agencies and law enforcement entities, 
including a review of the extent to which the USPP is involved 
in supporting law enforcement functions which go beyond the 
mission of the National Park Service, including estimated costs 
associated with these activities, (3) an evaluation of current 
and future staffing requirements to meet mission and goals, and 
an examination of the methodology used by the USPP to determine 
staffing needs, and (4) an analysis of the spending patterns of 
the USPP over the last three fiscal years, with particular 
regard to the extent to which actual expenditures tracked 
against approved financial plans, the adequacy of budget 
projections for items such as overtime and special deployments 
versus actual expenses, the extent to which the USPP assessed 
the costs of new activities before committing personnel, a 
review of the operating costs for the helicopters for NPS 
purposes versus other jurisdictions, and an assessment of the 
expenditures for equipment replacement against an identified 
plan.

                  National Recreation and Preservation

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership.............        $500,000
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area....................         700,000
Automobile National Heritage Area.......................         338,000
Cache La Poudre River Corridor..........................          50,000
Cane River National Heritage Area.......................         400,000
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor..........         600,000
Essex National Heritage Area............................       1,000,000
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area..............         902,000
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor..         240,000
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage 
    Corridor............................................         600,000
Lackawanna Heritage Area................................         500,000
National Coal Heritage..................................         245,000
Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Center............       1,000,000
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage 
    Corridor............................................         515,000
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area..................       1,000,000
Schuykill National Heritage Center......................         200,000
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic 
    District............................................         400,000
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor...............       1,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Project total.....................................      10,190,000
Overhead/fixed costs....................................         117,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................      10,307,000

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

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

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

                     URBAN PARK AND RECREATION FUND

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

                       HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

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

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

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

                              CONSTRUCTION

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

                         [Dollars in thousands]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Project                     Planning       Construction
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Antietam NB, MD (stabilize/restore      ...............              500
 battlefield structures)..............
Apostle Islands NL, WI (erosion         ...............            1,360
 control).............................
Apostle Islands NL, WI (rehab Outer     ...............              600
 Island lighthouse)...................
Arches NP, UT (visitor center)........              514  ...............
Big Bend NP, TX (rehabilitate water     ...............              770
 system)..............................
Canaveral NS, FL (Seminole Rest)......              300              300
Cape Cod NS, MA (rehabilitate visitor   ...............            2,753
 center)..............................
Castillo San Marcos NM, FL (stabilize   ...............              828
 and restore fort)....................
Chiricahua NM, AZ (replace water        ...............            1,128
 system)..............................
Colonial NHP, VA (erosion control)....  ...............            3,064
Corinth NB, MS (construct visitor       ...............            4,000
 center)..............................
Cumberland Island NS, GA (St. Mary's                779  ...............
 visitor center)......................
Cuyahoga NRA, OH (stabilize riverbank)  ...............            3,000
Dayton Aviation NHP, OH (east           ...............            1,300
 exhibits)............................
Delaware Water Gap NRA, PA/NJ (Depew                114  ...............
 site)................................
Down East Heritage Center, ME.........              350  ...............
Dry Tortugas NP, FL (stabilize and      ...............              500
 restore fort)........................
Edison NHS, NJ (preserve historic                   129            1,175
 buildings and museum collections)....
Everglades NP, FL (modified water       ...............            9,000
 delivery system).....................
Fire Island NS, NY (rehabilitate and    ...............            1,933
 protect beach facilities, dunes,
 wetlands)............................
Ft. Stanwix NM, NY (completes           ...............            1,500
 rehabilitation)......................
Ft. Washington Park, MD (repair                     386  ...............
 masonry wall)........................
Gateway NRA, NY/NJ (preservation of                 300  ...............
 artifacts at Sandy Hook unit)........
George Washington Memorial Parkway, MD/ ...............            2,200
 VA (rehabilitate Glen Echo
 facilities)..........................
George Washington Memorial Parkway, MD/             100  ...............
 VA (Belle Haven).....................
George Washington Memorial Parkway, MD/ ...............              300
 VA (Mt. Vernon trail)................
Gettysburg NMP, PA (install fire        ...............            1,323
 suppression).........................
Glacier NP, MT (rehabilitate sewage     ...............            4,544
 treatment system)....................
Grand Portage NM, MN (heritage center)              511  ...............
Harpers Ferry NHP, WV (rehabilitate                 153            1,086
 maintenance building)................
Hispanic Cultural Center, NM            ...............            1,500
 (construct cultural center)..........
Hot Springs NP, AR (rehabilitation)...  ...............            3,000
Independence NHP, PA (rehabilitate      ...............            7,250
 Merchant's Exchange building)........
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley  ...............            2,500
 NHC, RI/MA...........................
Kenai Fjords NP, AK (completes                      795  ...............
 interagency visitor center design)...
Kendall Courthouse, IL (restoration)..  ...............              300
Keweenaw NHP, MI (restore historic                  400  ...............
 Calumett, Hecla and Union building)..
Lake Champlain NHLs, VT (including Mt.  ...............              650
 Independence)........................
Lincoln Library, IL...................  ...............           10,000
Lincoln Home NHS, IL (restore historic              290  ...............
 structures)..........................
Longfellow NHS, MA (carriage barn)....  ...............              487
Maggie Walker NHS, VA (stabilize and    ...............            1,867
 restore historic structures).........
Mammoth Cave NP, KY (resolve OSHA       ...............            3,650
 violations/resource deterioration)...
Manzanar NHS, CA (establish             ...............            5,124
 interpretive center and headquarters)
Minute Man NHP, MA (restore Battle      ...............              818
 Road Trail historic structures)......
Missouri Recreation River Research &                193            2,350
 Education Center, NE (Ponca State
 Park)................................
Morristown NHP, NJ....................              500  ...............
Morris Thompson Visitor and Cultural                500  ...............
 Center, AK (planning)................
Mt. Rainier NP, WA (exhibit planning                150  ...............
 and film)............................
National Capital Parks--Central, DC     ...............              936
 (preserve Jefferson Memorial)........
National Constitution Center, PA        ...............           10,000
 (Federal contribution)...............
National Underground RR Freedom         ...............            6,000
 Center, OH...........................
New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail, NJ   ...............              338
 (exhibits, signage)..................
New River Gorge NR, WV (repair                      445              800
 retaining wall, visitor facilities,
 technical support)...................
North Cascades NP, WA (stabilize and    ...............            2,370
 repair visitor center)...............
Olympic NP, WA (removal of Elwha dam &  ...............           15,000
 related facilities; water protection
 facilities)..........................
Palace of the Governors, NM (build      ...............           10,000
 museum)..............................
Palo Alto Battlefield NHS, TX                       203            1,614
 (completes visitor center)...........
Petersburg NB, VA (preserve historic    ...............              666
 earthen forts).......................
Redwood NP, CA (remove failing roads).  ...............              713
Salem Maritime NHP, MA (rehabilitate    ...............            1,002
 historic Polish Club)................
Santa Monica Mountains NRA, CA          ...............            1,345
 (rehabilitate unsafe facilities).....
Sequoia NP, CA (remove facilities and   ...............            8,381
 restore Giant Forest)................
Shiloh NMP, TN (erosion control)......  ...............            1,000
Southwest Pennsylvania Heritage, PA     ...............            3,000
 (rehabilitation).....................
St. Croix NSR, WI (planning for VC/                 240              330
 headquarters; rehabilitate river
 launch site).........................
St. Gaudens NHS, NH (collections                     20              445
 building, fire suppression)..........
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, NY/             340            2,000
 NJ (ferry terminal utilities)........
Tuskegee Airmen NHS, AL (stabilization              500  ...............
 planning)............................
U.S. Grant Boyhood Home, OH             ...............              365
 (rehabilitation).....................
Vancouver NHR, WA (exhibits,            ...............            2,000
 rehabilitation)......................
Vicksburg NMP, MS (various)...........              739              550
Washita Battlefield NHS, OK (visitor                788  ...............
 center planning).....................
Wheeling Heritage Area, WV............  ...............            4,000
Wilson's Creek NB, MO (complete         ...............               38
 library).............................
Wright Brothers NM, NC (planning for                200  ...............
 visitor center restoration)..........
Yellowstone NP, WY (replace water and   ...............            5,077
 wastewater treatment facilities).....
                                       ---------------------------------
    Subtotal..........................            9,939          160,630
Line-item projects (from above).......  ...............          160,630
Emergency or Unscheduled Projects.....  ...............            3,500
Housing replacement...................  ...............            5,000
Dam safety............................  ...............            1,440
Equipment replacement.................  ...............           18,000
Construction planning (PB 10,840 plus   ...............           20,779
 amounts from above for add-ons)......
Pre-design and supplementary services.  ...............            4,500
Construction program management and     ...............           17,100
 operations...........................
General management planning...........  ...............           11,225
                                       ---------------------------------
    Total, NPS Construction...........  ...............          242,174
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      The managers have provided $1,500,000 to complete the 
Federal investment at Fort Stanwix NM in New York.
      The managers expect the Service to provide the necessary 
funds, within the amounts provided for Equipment Replacement, 
to replace the landing craft at Cumberland Island NS and 
replace the airplane at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
      Within the amounts provided for special resource studies 
are funds to initiate a Lincoln Highway Study ($300,000), to 
initiate a study to define the cultural significance and value 
to the Nation of the Congaree Creek site in Lexington County, 
SC, as part of the Congaree National Swamp Monument, and a 
study for a national heritage area in the Upper Housatonic 
Valley in Northwest Connecticut. These three studies are 
subject to separate authorizations.
      The managers support continuation of research activities 
initiated as part of the Women's Rights (NHP) trail study and 
direct the Service to continue this effort throughout fiscal 
year 2001. It is the managers' understanding that prior to any 
discussions about implementation of the plan, this project must 
be authorized by the appropriate House and Senate legislative 
committees.
      The managers are aware that the Service is in the process 
of drafting a new management plan for the Niobrara National 
Scenic River. The managers firmly believe that this plan should 
embody a strong and central role for a local management council 
as envisioned in the Niobrara Scenic River Designation Act of 
1991, and as recommended by the Niobrara Scenic River Advisory 
Commission established pursuant to the Act. The Council should 
be a full partner with the National Park Service in managing 
the Niobrara National Scenic River, and this relationship 
should be reflected in the General Management Plan.
      The managers are aware of a proposal by the National Park 
Service regarding the use of $2.6 million in unobligated funds 
remaining for the visitor transportation system at Grand Canyon 
National Park. Approximately $7.4 million was appropriated in 
recent years for improvements to the existing visitor 
transportation system at Grand Canyon. The funds were provided 
to meet equipment needs to expand the loop system available to 
South Rim visitors; to retrofit buses to natural gas; to 
purchase both electric and natural gas buses; and to conduct 
planning associated with the proposed new visitor transit 
system from outside the park. The managers have no objections 
to the use of the balance of the funds to purchase new bus 
trailer units as well as to install a permanent natural gas 
fueling station.
      The managers are aware of serious information technology 
requirements facing the Service, and urge the Service to 
prioritize the necessary investments in order to foster 
improved management of information and business practices 
across the Service. Towards that end, the managers have no 
objection to the recommendation of the National Leadership 
Council that the IT equipment replacement funds appropriated 
herein ($1,985,000) be used to address information 
infrastructure costs associated with the new network design. In 
addition, $2,700,000 of the $20,000,000 added by the managers 
in the ONPS account for maintenance should be used for this 
purpose. Improvements to the NPS bandwidth capability should 
improve the ability of parks, however remote, to use systems 
such as the Project Management Information System, ParkNet, the 
Operations Formulation System, the Interior Department 
Electronic Acquisition System, and the Project Management 
Development System.
      As part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) directed 
in last year's conference agreement, the managers urge the City 
of Port Angeles and the Park Service to agree on the water 
supply facilities necessary to mitigate the impact of Elwha 
River dam removal. If the City and Park Service cannot agree on 
the type and scope of new water supply facilities by March 1, 
2001 (or within a reasonable time prior to designing the 
facilities), the managers direct that the water supply 
facilities included in the MOU minimally meet the water quality 
standards mandated by, and be acceptable to, the Washington 
State Department of Health.

                    land and water conservation fund

                              (rescission)

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

                 land acquisition and state assistance

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

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

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

                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

      The conference agreement provides $862,046,000 for 
surveys, investigations, and research instead of $816,676,000 
as proposed by the House and $848,396,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Changes to the House funding level for the national 
mapping program include increases of $2,096,000 for 
uncontrollable costs, $500,000 for the national atlas, and 
$3,400,000 for Landsat operations, and a decrease of $100,000 
for hyperspectral remote sensing.
      Increases above the House for geologic hazards, resources 
and processes include $4,296,000 for uncontrollable costs, 
$1,000,000 for earthquake hazards, $250,000 for the Hawaiian 
volcano program, $1,525,000 for minerals at risk, $475,000 for 
Yukon Flats geology surveys, $1,200,000 for the Nevada gold 
study, $500,000 for geologic mapping, and $300,000 for Lake 
Mead/Mojave research.
      Changes to the House level for water resources include 
increases of $5,292,000 for uncontrollable costs, $1,370,000 
for real time hazards, $300,000 for the Lake Champlain toxic 
study, $450,000 for Hawaiian water monitoring, $2,000,000 for 
the ground water program, and $300,000 for the Southern 
Maryland aquifer study, and a decrease of $500,000 from the 
Molokai well project.
      Increases above the House for biological research include 
$3,177,000 for uncontrollable costs, $400,000 for the 
cooperative research units, $180,000 for a Yukon River chum 
salmon study, $8,000,000 for science center funding, $500,000 
for ballast water research, $500,000 for sea otter research for 
the Fish and Wildlife Service, $4,000,000 for the National 
Biological Information Infrastructure and $750,000 for the 
continuation of the Mark Twain National Forest mining study to 
be accomplished in cooperation with the water resources 
division and the Forest Service.
      The managers recognize the importance of the National 
Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), which can provide 
valuable information to assist private and governmental 
entities in developing cost-effective responses to problems of 
environmental pollution, natural disasters, and many other 
issues. Therefore, the managers have provided $4,000,000 to 
create NBII ``nodes'' to work in conjunction with private and 
public partners to provide increased access to and organization 
of information to address these and other challenges. These 
funds are to be used to create a nationwide network covering 
the following regions: Pacific Basin, Hawaii, $350,000; 
Southwest, Texas, $1,000,000; Southern Appalachian, Tennessee, 
$1,000,000; Pacific Northwest, Washington, $200,000; Central 
Region, Ohio, $250,000; North American Avian Conservation, 
Maryland, $200,000; Network Standards and Technology, Colorado, 
$250,000; Fisheries Node, Virginia and Pennsylvania, $400,000; 
California/Southwest Ecosystems Node, California, $200,000; 
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Node, Montana, $150,000.
      Increases above the House for science support include 
$1,791,000 for uncontrollable costs. Increases above the House 
for facilities include $1,418,000 for uncontrollable costs.
      The managers have provided $500,000 to the Western 
Fisheries Research Center to conduct a pilot project on the 
pre- and post-treatment of ballast water for biological 
activity. The center should develop a protocol for the 
sampling/monitoring of discharge of exchanged ballast water; 
develop an attainable standard for treated ballast water that 
can be effectively monitored; evaluate the treatment 
effectiveness; and develop and publish a report of the project 
results.
      The managers have included an additional $500,000 for the 
continued development of the National Geologic Map Data Base as 
authorized by the National Geologic Mapping Act. With the 
development of the prototype data base, the managers expect the 
Survey to work with State geological surveys in converting maps 
to digital format.
      The managers direct that within available funds, the 
Leetown Science Center should begin to conduct drug efficiency 
research. In addition, of the $920,000 earmarked in Senate 
report 106-312 for the Leetown Science Center, $300,000 is for 
engineering and design and $620,000 is for the repair and 
rehabilitation of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning 
and other activities outlined in the budget request.
      Within the funds provided for the Biological Research 
Division, the managers have earmarked $3,400,000 for mission-
critical science support for the Fish and Wildlife Service 
(FWS). The managers reiterate that these funds are for research 
needs solely identified by FWS and, as such, are provided to 
establish a parallel program similar to the Natural Resources 
Preservation program in the National Park Service.
      The managers support the expansion of the Gateway to the 
Earth program to other organizations across the country as 
provided in House report 106-646. Further, the managers 
encourage the Ohio View consortium to provide leadership and 
expertise to the new program participants.
      The managers have maintained funding for light distancing 
and ranging (LIDAR) technology to assist with recovery of 
Chinook Salmon and Summer Chum Salmon under the Endangered 
Species Act. These funds should be used in Mason County, WA, to 
contract for the continued mapping of drainage systems and 
stream systems, and to identify potentially unstable slopes.
      The managers commend the progress the Survey has made to 
date in increasing the use of private sector services in the 
conduct of its work, as well as developing ongoing dialogue 
with the private sector. The managers continue to encourage 
that, where appropriate, the Survey makes use of private sector 
services in all areas including scientific research, technical 
support, and administrative activities, to achieve an 
appropriate balance to best meet the mission of the Survey.
      The managers endorse the concept that the Department of 
the Interior, as primary steward of the Nation's public lands, 
is the appropriate agency to manage the Landsat program in 
partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration. As such the managers have provided an 
additional $3,400,000 for Landsat 7 operations.
      With respect to USGS at-cost pricing of Landsat 7 
products, as called for by the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act 
of 1992, the managers realize that this creates a perception of 
competition with private sector operators of remote-sensing 
satellites. Therefore, the managers are pleased to learn that 
the Survey has taken steps at the highest levels to improve 
communication with the private sector and to work toward 
mutually beneficial partnerships wherever feasible. The 
managers urge the Survey to increase and sustain such efforts.

                      Minerals Management Service

                royalty and offshore minerals management

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

                           OIL SPILL RESEARCH

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

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

                       REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

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

                    ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

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

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement provides $1,741,212,000 for the 
operation of Indian programs instead of $1,657,446,000 as 
proposed by the House and $1,704,620,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Increases above the House for tribal priority allocations 
include $11,175,000 for uncontrollable costs, $5,000,000 for 
the Indian self determination fund, $11,000,000 for the housing 
improvement program $1,600,000 for general trust revenues, 
$2,571,000 for real estate services, and $1,089,000 for real 
estate appraisals.
      Increases above the House for other recurring programs 
include $10,910,000 for uncontrollable costs, $3,575,000 for 
the FACE program, $2,925,000 for the model, therapeutic 
residential $1,000,000 for administrative cost grants, $500,000 
for Alaska subsistence, $176,000 for the Reindeer Herders 
Association, and $1,891,000 for the tribally controlled 
community colleges.
      Increases above the House for non recurring programs 
include $555,000 for uncontrollable costs, $2,300,000 for real 
estates services, $1,000,000 for a distance learning, 
telemedicine, fiber optic pilot program in Montana, $146,000 
for Alaska legal services, $200,000 for forest inventory for 
the Uintah and Ouray tribes, and $300,000 for a tribal guiding 
program in Alaska.
      Increases above the House for central office operations 
include $727,000 for uncontrollable costs and $500,000 for 
trust services.
      Increases above the House for regional office operations 
include $899,000 for uncontrollable costs $1,400,000 for 
general trust services, $2,500,000 for real estate services, 
$1,040,000 for land title records, $1,000,000 for land record 
improvements, and $500,000 for general trust services.
      Increases above the House for special programs and pooled 
overhead include $7,637,000 for uncontrollable costs, 
$9,000,000 for the law enforcement initiative, and $650,000 for 
the Crownpoint Institute.
      The managers continue to support the Tribally Controlled 
Community Colleges (TCCC) and the technical schools of United 
Tribes Technical College (UTTC) and the Crownpoint Institute of 
Technology (CIT). To understand better how the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations can further assist the TCCCs and 
technical schools, the managers direct the TCCCs, UTTC, and CIT 
to provide a report that describes the programs and services of 
each institution. The report will also include all sources of 
funding that support each institution's operations and 
facilities, and the amount of funding by source for the 
school's most recent fiscal year, the past fiscal year, and any 
proposed program expansion or changes in operations for the 
budget year. This report should be submitted to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs by December 31st each year. The Bureau is 
directed to provide a consolidated summary of the reports in 
conjunction with its annual budget submission to the Congress.
      The managers have provided $1,000,000 for the distance 
learning project on the Crow, Fort Peck, and Northern Cheyenne 
reservations. These funds are for a fiber optic system to 
benefit these communities in a broad array of areas from health 
care to education and will eventually provide many new 
opportunities for reservation residents. The Rocky Mountain 
Technology Foundation will oversee the expenditure of these 
funds and is expected to provide a cost share to the project 
using in-kind or monetary donations from private and public 
sources. The Foundation is directed to provide an annual report 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The report will describe the 
complete proposal for this Distance Learning Project, its 
relationship to other similar projects, and what has been 
accomplished to date with these funds.
      The managers have been informed that severe seepage may 
occur when the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes complete the first 
fill protocols on the reservation's newly renovated Washaki Dam 
next spring. The managers direct the Bureau to assess the 
condition of the dam by February 1, 2001, and determine whether 
funds are needed to pro-actively address the situation. If it 
is determined that funds are needed, the Bureau should submit a 
reprogramming request if funds are available.
      A number of concerns have been raised concerning whether 
tribes have been complying with the Single Audit Act. To 
address this potentially serious issue, the managers direct the 
Department to report back to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations detailing to what extent tribes in the lower 48 
States, as well as those tribes in Alaska, have been in 
compliance with the requirements of this Act. If it is found 
that the tribes are not conforming with these audit 
requirements, the Secretary shall provide recommendations to 
the Committees that could be put in place to ensure that tribes 
comply with the Single Audit Act.
      The managers have restored funding for the housing 
improvement program as proposed by the Senate. The managers 
direct the Bureau to maintain the current distribution of funds 
between repair and rehabilitation and construction of new 
housing stock.

                              CONSTRUCTION

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

 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO 
                                INDIANS

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

                 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

                          Departmental Offices

                            INSULAR AFFAIRS

                       ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

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

                      COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

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

                        DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

                        Office of the Solicitor

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

                      Office of Inspector General

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians

                         FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

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

                       INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION

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

           Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration

                NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

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

             General Provisions, Department of the Interior

      The conference agreement includes sections 101 through 
112 and section 117 which were identical in both the House and 
the Senate bills. These sections continue provisions carried in 
past years.
      Section 113 retains the text of section 113 as proposed 
by the House which makes permanent a provision permitting the 
retention of rebates from credit card services for deposit to 
the Department Working Capital Fund. Section 113 proposed by 
the Senate continued the provision carried last year providing 
the exemption for one year.
      Section 114 modifies the text of section 114 as proposed 
by both the House and the Senate to make a technical correction 
for funds transfer authority.
      Section 115 retains the text of section 115 as proposed 
by the House which makes permanent a provision permitting the 
retention of proceeds from agreements and leases at Fort Baker, 
Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Section 115 proposed by 
the Senate continued the provision carried last year providing 
the exemption for one year.
      Section 116 retains the language included in last year's 
Interior Appropriations Act regarding grazing permit extensions 
as proposed by the Senate. The House had identical language 
with the exception of the use of the word ``may'' in the House 
bill versus ``shall'' in the Senate bill.
      Section 118 retains the text of section 118 as proposed 
by the House which permits the redistribution of Tribal 
Priority Allocation and tribal base funds to alleviate funding 
inequities. The Senate had no similar provision.
      Section 119 retains the text of section 119 as proposed 
by the House which requires a written certification of 
consistency from the Corps of Engineers prior to establishment 
of a Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge in Indiana and Illinois. 
This language is identical to that included in last year's 
Interior Appropriations Act. The Senate language on this issue 
required submission of a plan consistent with an April 16, 1999 
partnership agreement between the Service and the Corps prior 
to refuge establishment.
      Section 120 retains the text of section 120 as proposed 
by the House which renames the Great Marsh Trail at the Mason 
Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia the ``Joseph V. 
Gartlan, Jr. Great Marsh Trail.'' The Senate had no similar 
provision.
      Section 121 retains the text of section 121 as proposed 
by the House and section 124 as proposed by the Senate which 
continues a provision carried last year requiring the 
allocation of Bureau of Indian Affairs postsecondary schools 
funds consistent with unmet needs.
      Section 122 modifies the text of section 118 as proposed 
by the Senate which prohibits distribution of Tribal Priority 
Allocation (TPA) funds to tribes in the State of Alaska with 
memberships of less than 25 individuals living in the village 
and provides for the redistribution of funds that would have 
been provided to such tribes. The modification adds the 
requirement that at least 25 members reside in the service area 
of any tribe which remains eligible to receive TPA funding 
directly.
      Section 123 retains the text of section 120 as proposed 
by the Senate which continues a provision carried last year 
protecting lands at Huron Cemetery in Kansas for religious and 
cultural uses and as a burial ground. The House had no similar 
provision.
      Section 124 retains the text of section 121 as proposed 
by the Senate which continues a provision carried last year 
prohibiting the use of funds to transfer land into trust status 
for the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Clark County, 
Washington, until the tribe and the county reach agreement on 
development issues. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 125 retains the text of section 122 as proposed 
by the Senate, which continues a provision from last year's 
Interior Appropriations Act with regard to two provisions in 
Secretarial Order 3206 regarding Indian tribes and the 
Endangered Species Act. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 126 retains the text of section 123 as proposed 
by the Senate which continues a provision carried last year 
prohibiting studies or implementation of a plan to drain Lake 
Powell in Arizona and Utah. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 127 retains the text of section 126 as proposed 
by the Senate which permits the Secretary of the Interior to 
retain and use land and other forms of reimbursement associated 
with the previously authorized conveyance of the Twin Cities 
Research Center for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System in Minnesota. The House had no similar provision. This 
is a repetition of language included in last year's Interior 
Appropriations Act.
      Section 128 retains the text of section 127 as proposed 
by the Senate which protects historic rights associated with 
pre-ANILCA entry permits. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 129 retains the text of section 128 as proposed 
by the Senate which designates Anchorage, Alaska, as a port of 
entry for purposes of the Endangered Species Act. The House had 
no similar provision. Funding for operation of this port of 
entry is included under the Fish and Wildlife Service resource 
management account.
      Section 130 retains the text of section 129 as proposed 
by the Senate which adjusts the boundaries of Sitka National 
Historic Park in Alaska. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 131 makes technical changes to language proposed 
by the Senate in section 130 regarding the treatment of 
proceeds from certain lease sales in the National Petroleum 
Reserve-Alaska. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 132 retains the text of section 131 as proposed 
by the Senate which conveys land in Alaska to Harvey R. 
Redmond. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 133 modifies the text of section 132 as proposed 
by the Senate, which clarifies the terms and conditions of a 
land conveyance to Nye County, Nevada, which was authorized in 
the FY 2000 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. 
This section allows the County, notwithstanding any provision 
of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, to lease the land to 
a non-profit organization, so that the organization could then 
construct, own, and operate the Nevada Science and Technology 
Center. The County would retain title to the conveyed lands and 
the organization would own the facilities, but could only build 
facilities for public, non-commercial purposes. In effect, the 
lands would still be used for a public function, consistent 
with the purposes of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, 
but the County would be contracting this function out to the 
non-profit organization.
      Section 134 modifies the text of section 133 as proposed 
by the Senate which requires a land exchange regarding the 
Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The House had no 
similar provision. The modification extends the time period by 
60 days and specifies that the area in question is a 150 foot 
wide strip.
      Section 135 retains the text of section 134 as proposed 
by the Senate which expresses the sense of the Senate regarding 
repayment of Indian judgment claims. The House had no similar 
provision.
      Section 136 provides authority for the Fish and Wildlife 
Service to charge fees including, as appropriate, fees to 
foreign countries for forensics services provided by the 
National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Oregon. 
These fees are to be retained for operational expenses of the 
lab.
      Section 137 adjusts the boundaries of the Argus 
Wilderness Area in California.
      Section 138 authorizes a land exchange in Washington 
between the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Othello Housing 
Authority.
      Section 139 continues a provision carried last year 
providing contract authority regarding transportation at Zion 
National Park in Utah.
      Section 140 authorizes the National Park Service to enter 
into a cooperative agreement with the Golden Gate National 
Parks Association to provide fee-based education, interpretive 
and visitor service functions within the Crissy Field and Fort 
Point areas of the Presidio.
      Section 141 names the visitor's center and administrative 
building at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in 
Virginia the ``Herbert H. Bateman Educational and 
Administrative Center''.
      Section 142 allows the Bureau of Land Management to 
retain revenues derived from the sale of surplus seedlings.
      Section 143 makes a technical change to P.L. 105-83 to 
allow the completion of construction of the Cibecue Community 
School in Arizona.
      Section 144 clarifies title conveyances of land transfers 
related to abandoned railroad rights-of-way in Valley City, ND.
      Section 145 authorizes the establishment of the First 
Ladies National Historic Site in Canton, Ohio, to provide 
unique opportunities for education and study into the impact of 
first ladies on our nation's history.
      Section 146 authorizes the establishment of an 
interpretive center in Springfield, Illinois, to preserve and 
make available to the public materials related to the life of 
President Abraham Lincoln.
      Section 147 authorizes the Palace of the Governors in New 
Mexico.
      Section 148 authorizes the Southwestern Pennsylvania 
Heritage Preservation Commission, which provides the region 
with the ability to tell its nationally significant stories to 
a broad audience.
      Section 149 renames the Cuyahoga Valley National 
Recreation Area in Ohio the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
      Section 150 authorizes the establishment of the National 
Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, that 
will house an interpretive center, museum, educational and 
research facilities all dedicated to communicating the 
importance of the quest for human freedom which provided the 
foundation of the Underground Railroad.
      Section 151 provides for priority abandoned mine 
reclamation and acid mine remediation activities. Funding of 
$12,000,000 is provided to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 
its large backlog in the anthracite region. Projects should use 
the standard cost-sharing mechanisms of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended. These funds 
are derived from the portion of AML fees allocated to the RAMP 
program and will not affect other normal State allocations for 
abandoned mine reclamation. The provision also provides 
$600,000 to continue a priority demonstration project in 
Pennsylvania to determine the efficacy of improving water 
quality by removing metals from waters polluted by acid mine 
drainage.
      Section 152 provides for the use of previously 
appropriated funds for the Nisqually Indian Tribe to acquire 
land for the Nisqually NWR, WA, and to manage those lands for 
refuge purposes.
      Section 153 establishes a cost-shared tribal school 
construction program. This item is discussed in more detail 
under the Bureau of Indian Affairs construction account.
      Section 154 permits the sale of improvements and 
equipment at the White River Oil Shale Mine in Utah, and the 
retention and use of those funds by the Bureau of Land 
Management and the General Services Administration.
      Section 155 names the Blue Ridge Parkway headquarters 
building the ``Gary E. Everhardt Headquarters Building''.
      Section 156 allows the Bureau of Land Management to 
promulgate new hardrock mining regulations that are not 
inconsistent with the National Research Council Report entitled 
``Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands.'' This provision reinstates 
a requirement that was included in Public Law 106-113. In that 
Act, Congress authorized changes to the hardrock mining 
regulations that are ``not inconsistent with'' the Report. The 
statutory requirement was based on a consensus reached among 
Committee Members and the Administration. On December 8, 1999, 
the Interior Solicitor wrote an opinion concluding that this 
requirement applies only to a few lines of the Report, and that 
it imposes no significant restrictions on the Bureau's 
rulemaking authority. The Committee does not agree with the 
solicitor's opinion, and does not intend the language in this 
section to constitute any ratification of or agreement with 
that opinion.
      Section 157 authorizes the Wheeling National Heritage 
Area in West Virginia.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed by the House in section 122 regarding National Park 
Service construction in Florida and in section 123 regarding 
limitations in Title III general provisions, and by the Senate 
in section 125 regarding Caspian Tern nesting at Rice Island. 
The managers however, note that they agree with the House and 
Senate report language regarding Caspian terns.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       Department of Agriculture

                             Forest Service

                     FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

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

                       STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

      The conference agreement provides $250,955,000 for State 
and private forestry instead of $197,337,000 as proposed by the 
House and $226,266,000 as proposed by the Senate. These funds 
include $12,500,000 as contingent emergency funds for priority 
pest management on Federal, State and private lands. These 
funds were not included in the House or Senate bills, nor in 
the Administration request. These funds should assist efforts 
to combat a variety of pests, including southern pine beetle, 
gypsy moth, bark beetle, Douglas-fir tussock moth, and several 
fungal pests.
      The agreement provides non-emergency funding of 
$41,383,000 for Federal lands forest health management and 
$22,561,000 for cooperative lands forest health management. The 
managers have agreed to the House proposal on Asian long-horn 
beetle work in urban areas and the Senate proposal for the 
Vermont forest cooperative. The managers direct the Forest 
Service to keep the insect and disease maps up-to-date and 
publicly available, such as on the agency web-site, and submit 
them to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
annually.
      The conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for State 
fire assistance as recommended by the House. Additional 
priority emergency funds for State and volunteer assistance are 
included in title IV. The managers have agreed to redirect the 
Senate proposal for Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK, assistance to 
the emergency wildfire management provisions included in title 
IV. The managers have not included the Senate proposal for a 
special allocation for Kentucky though the additional funds 
provided in title IV may assist these needs. The conference 
agreement includes $5,000,000 for volunteer fire assistance as 
recommended by both the House and the Senate; this is more than 
double the administration request. The managers do not agree to 
the Senate report language concerning volunteer fire assistance 
allocations and fuel loads.
      The conference agreement includes $32,854,000 for forest 
stewardship instead of $31,454,000 as proposed by the House and 
$30,454,000 as proposed by the Senate. This funding includes 
the House proposed funding for the New York City watershed and 
the Senate proposed funding for Utah technical education and 
State of Washington stewardship activities. The managers have 
also added an additional $750,000 for an update of the 
cooperative study on the New York-New Jersey highlands area.
      The conference agreement includes $30,000,000 for the 
forest legacy program as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$10,000,000 proposed by the House. The managers agree to the 
Senate proposal of directing $1,400,000 to the Ossippee 
Mountain conservation, easement NH, and also to direct no less 
than $2,000,000 to the Great Mountain, CT, easement, and no 
less than $2,000,000 for the West Branch, ME, project. The 
managers also acknowledge the importance of forest protection 
in South Carolina and encourage the Forest Service to work with 
the appropriate State agencies to ensure continuation of these 
much needed protections.
      The conference agreement includes $31,721,000 for the 
urban and community forestry program instead of $31,521,000 
proposed by the House and $31,021,000 proposed by the Senate. 
The managers agree to the House proposal for the NE 
Pennsylvania forestry program and the Senate proposal for the 
Chicago, IL, wilderness program. In addition, the managers 
agree to provide $500,000 for cooperative activities in Forest 
Park in St. Louis, MO, and to a general reduction below the 
House proposed level of $1,000,000. The managers do not agree 
to the Senate direction concerning the funding allocation 
process or State funding limits for the urban and community 
forestry program. The managers have modified bill language 
proposed by the House concerning the urban resources 
partnership. The conference agreement maintains a one-year 
moratorium on funding this program, but the managers encourage 
funding of inner-city activities through the normal urban and 
forestry competitive grants program. The managers await 
communication from the Inspector General's office regarding any 
progress in this area and hope that the Forest Service can 
rectify the many concerns published by the Inspector General.
      The conference agreement includes the following 
distribution of funds for the economic action programs:

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

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

                         national forest system

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

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

      The managers have modified language contained in the 
Senate report regarding limiting the size of the land 
management planning and inventory and monitoring expenditures 
in the Washington Office as well as language specific to the 
Natural Resource Information System. The managers concur that 
funds used for National Commitments and other headquarters 
expenditures are excessive. The managers expect priority for 
funding allocations in these budget line items to emphasize 
field efforts to revise, maintain, and amend forest plans and 
for conducting appropriate inventory and monitoring activities 
at the field level in order to assure multiple use management 
on national forest lands. Technology investments that support 
these activities should be pursued over a timeframe that 
minimizes impacts on accomplishing field level work. The 
managers note the potential benefits of the Natural Resource 
Information system and encourage its continued development and 
implementation. The managers expect a thorough agency review to 
assure this system is consistent with strategic objectives. 
This review should assess the effectiveness of implementation 
that results in efficient management of information through the 
use of standardized methods of collecting and using data to 
evaluate natural resource conditions on National Forest System 
lands.
      The conference agreement includes the following 
congressional priorities in the vegetation and watershed 
management activity: $300,000 for the CROP project on the 
Colville NF, WA; $1,000,000 for acid mine clean-up on the Wayne 
NF, OH; $360,000 for the Rubio Canyon waterline analysis on the 
Angeles NF, CA; $1,500,000 increase for aquatic restoration in 
Washington and Oregon; $1,250,000 increase for Lake Tahoe 
watershed protection; and $300,000 for invasive weed programs 
on the Okanogan NF and other eastern Washington national 
forests with no more than five percent of these funds to be 
assessed as indirect costs. The wildlife and fisheries habitat 
funding includes $200,000 proposed by the Senate for the Batten 
Kill River, VT, project; the Alaska State payment proposed by 
the Senate is not funded and the funding for the Little 
Applegate project, OR is included in the State and private 
forestry account. The recreation, heritage and wilderness 
activity includes: $700,000 for operations of the Continental 
Divide trail; $100,000 for the Monongahela Institute effort at 
Seneca Rocks, WV; $120,000 for the Monongahela NF, Cheat 
Mountain assessment, WV; $100,000 for cooperative recreational 
site planning on the Wayne NF, OH; $100,000 for cooperative 
efforts regarding radios for use at Tuckerman's Ravine on the 
White Mountain NF, NH; and $68,000 for the Talimena scenic 
byway which the Senate had included in the vegetation 
management activity. The managers direct the Forest Service to 
conduct a feasibility study on constructing a recreational lake 
on the Bienville NF in Smith County, MS. The managers agree to 
the House report direction concerning national scenic and 
historic trails and Region 5 grazing monitoring. The managers 
do not agree to the Senate report direction concerning 
allocation of funds for the Washington office and national 
commitments in the inventory and monitoring activity or the 
land management planning activity. The forest products activity 
includes $700,000 proposed by the Senate for the State of 
Alaska to monitor log transfer facilities as well as the 
$790,000 proposed by the Senate for forestry treatments on the 
Apache-Sitgreaves NF, AZ. The House proposal for $250,000 for a 
Pacific Crest trail lands team is funded. The managers have 
added $500,000 to the law enforcement activity for the special 
needs caused by methamphetamine dumps and $500,000 for special 
needs on the Pisgah and Nantahala NFs. The conference agreement 
also includes additional funds for Senate proposals of 
$2,000,000 for the Quincy Library Group project, CA, $5,000,000 
for Tongass NF, AK, timber pipeline, and $990,000 for Valles 
Caldera, NM, management.
      The managers have provided $255,844,000, an increase of 
$10,700,000 above the House and $10,000,000 above the Senate 
for the forest products activity. The total funds provided for 
the timber sales program in combination with the increase 
provided for engineering support within the capital improvement 
and maintenance appropriation should be more than sufficient to 
attain the 3.6 billion board foot offer level using the 
agency's own unit cost estimates. Accordingly, the managers 
urge the agency to offer no less than 3.6 billion board feet 
for sale in fiscal year 2001. The conference agreement does not 
include bill language proposed by the Senate concerning 
mandatory reprogramming of funds to attain the Congressionally 
directed sale offer level.
      The managers have included an additional $500,000 in the 
minerals and geology management activity to support necessary 
administrative duties related to the Kensington Mine in 
southeast Alaska, including completion of a supplemental 
environmental impact statement.
      The managers are generally pleased with the Land Between 
the Lakes National Recreation Area management transition from 
the Tennessee Valley Authority to the Forest Service. The 
managers direct the administration to use the environmental 
education trust fund established in the authorization of this 
area strictly for the authorized purposes and not for general 
operations of the NRA.

                        wildland fire management

      The conference agreement provides $1,265,129,000 for 
wildland fire management instead of $618,343,000 as proposed by 
the House and $767,629,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
managers note that this funding total includes $426,000,000 in 
contingent emergency appropriations which will repay previously 
advanced sums as well as establish an available contingency 
fund for future emergencies. This emergency contingency funding 
includes the $150,000,000 in the Senate passed bill as well as 
$276,000,000 recommended in the Administration's wildfire 
report. The managers have also addressed other priority 
wildfire needs in title IV where an additional $619,274,000 for 
the Forest Service is provided for a variety of emergency 
needs. The managers have not included additional funds above 
the request for acquisition of a high band radio system at the 
Monogahela NF, WV, as proposed by the Senate because funds for 
this project were included in the request.
      The following discussion includes instructions pertaining 
both to the title II funds as well the title IV funds provided 
for the Forest Service.
      The managers recognize that the severity of the 2000 fire 
season is attributable to a combination of unusual weather 
conditions and accumulated wildland fuels that overwhelmed 
available Federal agency resources. To prepare better for fires 
in 2001 and beyond, the managers propose significant 
improvements to preparedness, fuels treatments, and other 
aspects of fire management. The managers expect the agencies to 
work closely with States and local communities to maximize 
benefits to the environment and to local communities.
      The conference agreement has responded to special needs 
and the Administration's recent wildfire report with additional 
funding here and in title IV for additional emergency funds. 
The conference agreement includes funding for all of the 
Administration's supplemental request as well as strategic 
enhancements for certain priority activities. Overall, for the 
Forest Service, the managers provide $1,884,403,000 to fund: 
repayment of previously advanced funds, additional wildfire 
suppression activities; the agency's revised calculation for 
normal year readiness; certain one-time improvements to 
preparedness capability; an expanded fuels treatment program 
that places primary emphasis on community protection; 
stabilization, rehabilitation, and restoration of burned areas; 
assistance to State and local governments for enhanced 
protection of communities; control and eradication of invasive 
species; development of new technologies and businesses to 
economically harvest small diameter forest products; and 
community assistance programs that may be used to develop local 
capability and homeowner education. The managers have funded 
$1,045,274,000 as ``emergency'', including $426,000,000 in 
title II to ensure that adequate funds are immediately 
available if needed to fund suppression activities in fiscal 
year 2001, and to repay funds borrowed from agency trust funds 
during the fiscal year 2000 season. The remaining $619,274,000 
in emergency funding is included in title IV for a variety of 
items needed to protect lands and communities.
      The managers strongly believe this FY 2001 funding will 
only be of value in increasing the Nation's firefighting 
capability and ability to protect communities if it is 
sustained in future years. Accordingly, the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations expect that the fiscal year 2002 
budget request will continue initiatives begun under this 
appropriation that ensure a significant commitment to these 
programs. The managers also direct the Departments of the 
Interior and Agriculture to continue to work together to 
formulate complementary budget requests that reflect the same 
principles and budget organization. In addition, the managers 
expect the agencies to seek the advice of governors, and local 
and tribal government representatives in setting priorities for 
fuels treatments, burned area rehabilitation, and public 
outreach and education.
Fire preparedness
      For fire preparedness, the managers provide $612,490,000, 
$208,147,000 above the initial request and $204,147,000 above 
the House passed level. This funding includes $574,890,000 to 
enhance wildfire readiness by attaining a most efficient level 
of 100 percent, $4,000,000 for joint fire sciences, $12,000,000 
for the development of new systems and technology, and 
$17,000,000 to restructure the agency workforce to respond 
better to future fire preparedness, operations, and suppression 
needs. In addition, $600,000 is provided for cooperative 
research and technology development between Federal fire 
research and fire management agencies and the University of 
Montana National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis. These 
activities should be funded through normal Joint Fire Science 
Program peer review procedures and focus on developing remote 
sensing and other landscape scale applications for fire 
management in areas of fuel mapping, fire and smoke monitoring, 
and fire modeling and prediction in order to support and 
enhance existing efforts in these areas by the Forest Service, 
Department of the Interior, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, universities, and other agency researchers and 
collaborators.
      The managers understand that the increased scope and 
intensity of the 1999 and 2000 fire seasons, as well as the 
increased frequency and severity of fires over the preceding 
decade, have led Federal fire managers to reassess the 
assumptions underlying an average fire season. Variables, 
addressed in the Administration's Report on Managing Impacts of 
Wildfires on Communities and the Environment, including 
changing assumptions about fire personnel, deployment 
strategies, duration of the average fire season, needs for new 
technologies for rapid response, coordinated response needs 
with State and local agencies, and other factors, will require 
a major adjustment in funding strategies for the preparedness 
program. The managers expect future budget requests for this 
line item will reflect this new level of agency preparedness.
      The managers concur that initial attack capability should 
be increased to address the number and severity of fires that 
have burned the landscape over the past few years and have 
included full funding for approximately: 2,800 additional 
firefighters, 412 engines, and other resources necessary to 
achieve a 100 percent most efficient level.
      Within the funds provided is $17,000,000 to facilitate 
restructuring of the agency's firefighting workforce. The 
managers concur with recommendations for conversion of 
temporary seasonal employees to permanent seasonal status in 
order to encourage workforce retention. The managers expect the 
Departments to devote resources necessary to increase staffing 
for engines from the current level of five days a week to seven 
days a week to combat increasingly volatile fire seasons. 
Additionally the managers support agency plans to increase 
potentially permanent staffing by approximately 500 to respond 
to projected retirements and other changes in the workforce.
      The managers support an acceleration of research 
activities and expanded emphasis for the Joint Fire Science 
Program and have provided an additional $4,000,000, 
respectively, to the Departments of the Interior and 
Agriculture to support the recommendations regarding scientific 
support for fuels treatments and other programs contained in 
the report to the President. These funds are in addition to the 
$4,000,000 provided for each agency as part of the 
Administration's original budget request. The funds provided 
are to be used for such efforts as increased rapid response 
projects to assure necessary resources are available for 
testing and evaluation of post-fire rehabilitation, assessment 
of post-fire and fire behavior effects, use of aircraft-based 
remote sensing operations, implementation of protocols for 
evaluating post-fire stabilization and rehabilitation, and the 
development of effective means for collecting and disseminating 
information about treatment techniques. The managers expect the 
increased funds to be made available to the Joint Fire Science 
activities of the Departments for the direct benefit of fire 
management programs, including burned area rehabilitation.
      The managers expect the Joint Fire Sciences Governing 
Board to make a significant portion of the increased funds 
directly available to the fire management programs of the 
Agriculture and Interior Departments to fund projects that 
directly address locally and regionally important science and 
technology needs associated with fire management and 
suppression, fuels management, and post-fire rehabilitation. 
The managers further expect the Departments to assure that 
these programs are implemented within existing structures with 
a minimum of new program management or other overhead 
activities that might reduce the direct benefit of funds 
provided. The January 1998 Joint Fire Science Plan developed by 
the two Departments and submitted to the Congress included 
provisions for a Stakeholder Advisory Group of technical 
experts from land management organizations, private industry, 
academia, other Federal agencies, and the public to formulate 
recommendations for program priorities and advise the Joint 
Fire Science Program Governing Board. This Group is to be 
established under the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act. The managers are concerned that nearly three 
years have passed without establishment of this group. The 
managers direct the Secretaries to establish the group by 
December 31, 2000.
      In addition to funds provided for the Joint Fire Sciences 
Program, $12,000,000 is provided for development of systems to 
support financial and logistic support to fire operations and 
technologies to support such activities as fire management 
planning, additional research for measurement, technology 
transfer, and remote sensing, and funds for improving and 
validating models for fire weather, fire hazard, behavior, 
emissions and smoke dispersion.
Fire operations
      The conference agreement provides $226,639,000 for fire 
operations in the normal title II non-emergency program, which 
is $16,639,000 above the House passed level and $10,610,000 
above the original Administration request. This funding 
includes $141,029,000 for wildfire suppression activities and 
$85,610,000 for the non-emergency hazardous fuels program. The 
conference agreement provides for the following Congressional 
priorities within the hazardous fuels program: $263,000 for 
Apache-Sitgreaves NF, AZ, urban interface; $1,000,000 for the 
Quincy Library Group project, CA; $6,947,000 for windstorm 
damage in Minnesota; $1,500,000 for the Lake Tahoe basin; and 
$2,400,000 for work on the Giant Sequoia National Monument and 
Sequoia National Forests. The managers have also provided 
$426,000,000 in title II as an emergency contingent 
appropriation for future emergency fire suppression needs and 
for repayment of funds borrowed from agency trust funds in 
fiscal year 2000.
      The conference agreement also provides $619,274,000 in 
emergency funds for wildfire operations in title IV for a 
variety of needs including: $179,000,000 in additional funds to 
cover annual suppression costs based on the ten-year average; 
$120,000,000 in additional funds for hazardous fuels reduction; 
$142,000,000 for rehabilitation and restoration of burned 
areas; $16,000,000 to support wildfire related research and 
development; $44,000,000 for immediate reconstruction of 
severely deficient wildfire facilities; $50,494,000 for State 
fire assistance to support State and local fire readiness and 
fuel treatment activities; $8,280,000 in additional funds for 
priority volunteer fire assistance; $12,000,000 in additional 
funds for forest health treatments to help control and 
eradicate invasive species; $12,500,000 in additional funds for 
priority projects and incentives for economic use of small 
diameter forest products; and $35,000,000 for community and 
private land fire assistance.
      The funding included in title IV, fire operations for 
hazardous fuels management activities is $25,000,000 above the 
level included in the Administration's wildfire report; the 
total includes $11,500,000 for analysis, monitoring and 
planning activities. The managers direct that the increased 
funding provided be dedicated to projects within the wildland-
urban interface on Federal lands or adjacent non-Federal lands. 
These funds are to support activities necessary to reduce the 
risks and consequences of wildfire, both in and around 
communities and in wildland areas. Treatment methods include 
application of prescribed fire, mechanical removal, mulching, 
and application of chemicals. In many areas a combination of 
these methods will be necessary over a period of several years 
to reduce risks and to maintain healthy and viable forests and 
rangelands. The increased funding included in this 
appropriation will expand the existing fuels management program 
to reduce risks to communities and natural resources in high-
risk areas. The managers understand that fuels treatment 
accomplishments have been constrained by lack of funding to 
conduct planning, assessments, clearances, consultation, and 
environmental analyses necessary for the land management and 
regulatory agencies to ensure that fuels treatments are 
accomplished quickly and in an environmentally sound manner. In 
conducting treatments, local contract personnel are to be used 
wherever possible. The managers expect the agency to show 
planned and actual funding and accomplishments for fuels 
management activities in future budget requests to Congress. 
The managers understand that actual amounts may differ from 
planned levels. The managers expect the agencies to work 
closely with States and local communities in implementing this 
program in an effective and efficient manner.
      The managers intend that $15 million of the additional 
funding provided for fuels reduction in title IV be used to 
carry out and implement the Quincy Library Group plan. This 
will be in addition to other funding appropriated in title II.
      The managers have included $142,000,000 within wildfire 
operations for rehabilitation and restoration; this is 
$97,000,000 above the total in the Administration's wildfire 
report. These funds are needed for priority burned area 
rehabilitation and restoration to address short term and longer 
term detrimental consequences of wildfires. The managers are 
disturbed that the Administration failed to propose sufficient 
funding for this activity in view of the catastrophic damage 
which occurred in burned areas. Accordingly, a total of 
$142,000,000 for restoration activities is provided. The 
managers note that wildland fires burning at the right times 
and places, and under the right burning conditions, are 
beneficial or even essential to the health of forests and 
rangelands. However, some severe wildfires can trigger a wide 
array of detrimental impacts, ranging from short-term floods, 
debris flow, and loss of water quality to longer-term invasion 
by non-native species and loss of productivity of the land. The 
increased funding for burned area rehabilitation and 
restoration is designed to prevent further degradation of 
resources following wildland fire through (1) short-term 
stabilization and rehabilitation activities to protect life and 
property, protect municipal watersheds, and prevent 
unacceptable degradation of critical natural and cultural 
resources, and (2) longer-term restoration activities to repair 
and improve lands unlikely to recover naturally from severe 
fire damage. The managers direct the agencies to develop a 
long-term program to manage and supply native plant materials 
for use in various Federal land management restoration and 
rehabilitation needs. The managers recommend that the 
interagency native plant conservation initiative lead this 
effort.
      Long-term monitoring of treatment effectiveness and 
dissemination of results are essential components of successful 
restoration in order to develop better treatment plans for 
future fires. Longer-term projects may include replacement and 
repair of facilities or reforestation activities if such 
facilities or reforestation is part of a previously approved 
land management plan. The managers expect that funding for 
these activities will be available from this appropriation only 
concurrent with this emergency situation and in the future will 
be requested within the agency's existing budget structure. In 
conducting rehabilitation and restoration activities, local 
contract personnel should be used wherever possible. The 
managers expect the agency to show planned and actual funding 
and accomplishments for stabilization and rehabilitation 
activities in future budget requests to Congress. The managers 
understand that actual amounts may differ from planned levels, 
and agree that the agencies have the ability to fund additional 
projects and amounts based on actual needs. The managers direct 
the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to report to 
the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, by December 1, 
2000, on criteria for restoration projects to be funded from 
this appropriation.
      The managers have provided funds for emergency 
reconstruction and maintenance of the agency's rapidly 
deteriorating fire facilities. The managers note that the 
Administration failed to request adequate funding to support 
these critical infrastructure needs. Accordingly, the managers 
have included on a one-time basis, $44,000,000 for this 
purpose. Included in the amount is $12,000,000 for 
reconstruction and repair of air tanker bases and $32,000,000 
for reconstruction and repair of additional fire related 
facilities. The managers direct that the fiscal year 2002 
budget justification contain an exhibit which shows project 
specific information on the accomplishments with these funds. 
The managers have provided funding for these activities from 
this appropriation only concurrent with this emergency 
situation. In the future the managers expect the agency to 
request such funds within the agency's existing budget 
structure.
      Within the title IV funding for fire operations, the 
managers have included $16,000,000 to support basic and applied 
wildfire related research and development. Funding is provided 
for such activities as developing new strategies to reduce 
fuels in wildland urban interface areas, improve capability to 
monitor, predict, prevent and decrease invasive species in 
burned areas, study impacts of alternative fire regimes and 
management activities, and study the interactions between fire, 
land management treatments and other disturbances. The managers 
have provided funding for these activities from this 
appropriation only concurrent with this emergency situation. In 
the future the managers expect the agency to request such funds 
within the agency's existing budget structure.
      The managers have provided $118,274,000 within title IV 
for emergency activities consistent with the authorizations the 
agency has to support State and private forestry programs. The 
managers have provided funding for these activities from this 
appropriation only concurrent with this emergency situation and 
in the future expect the agency to request such funds within 
the agency's existing budget structure.
      The managers concur that effective management of fire 
related issues in the wildland urban interface requires strong 
commitment and resources from State, tribal, and local 
governments. Fire readiness capability must be on an equal par 
between State, local and Federal organizations, including 
availability of resources, adequacy of planning, and commitment 
to training. Of the amount provided for State and private 
related activities, $50,494,000 is designated for State fire 
assistance, including support for the FIREWISE program and the 
use of cost share incentives. The managers expect cost sharing 
incentives to use one-to-one cost sharing, not three-to-one 
Federal to State as recommended by the Administration. Of the 
State fire assistance funding, $7,500,000 is a direct lump sum 
payment to the Kenai Peninsula Borough to complete the 
activities outlined in the spruce bark beetle task force action 
plan. Ten percent of these funds shall be made available to the 
Cook Inlet Tribal Council for reforestation on Native 
inholdings and Federal lands identified by the task force. In 
order to improve the ability of rural volunteer fire fighting 
departments to respond to wildfire, the managers have provided 
$8,280,000 within funds designated for State and private type 
activities to improve the capability and readiness of these 
critical front line firefighting resources. The managers note 
that this funding, coupled with the $5,000,000 provided for 
volunteer fire assistance in title II, equals the 
Administration's request for these activities.
      The managers have included $59,500,000 in title IV within 
funds provided for other State and private type activities; 
this includes $12,000,000 for the management and control of 
invasive species in cooperation with State and tribal 
governments; $12,500,000 to provide technical and financial 
assistance through the development and expansion of markets for 
traditionally underutilized wood products to enhance 
utilization of materials removed during hazardous fuels 
management activities; and $35,000,000 for community and 
private land fire assistance.
      The community and private land fire assistance funds are 
provided because the managers recognize the serious impacts of 
wildfires on State and private lands. These funds are 
additional funds beyond the Administration's request for 
programs which assist State and private groups in addressing 
damage caused by fire. This additional $35,000,000 for 
community and private land fire assistance should be allocated 
primarily to Western States such as Montana and Idaho which 
have had the most severe fire damage. The managers are 
particularly concerned that many miles of fencing in Montana 
were burned and the Departments of Agriculture and of the 
Interior have generally only reimbursed persons who have 
constructed these fences the depreciated value, even though 
authority exists to provide replacement value. The managers 
direct that up to $9,000,000 be made available to reimburse 
affected parties at replacement value. The managers expect that 
the allocation of some of these funds for longer term 
restoration of facilities such as roads and trails should take 
into account the severe impacts of fire in particular States 
such as Idaho and Montana which sustained serious damage to 
miles of roads and trails and other similar facilities.
      Furthermore, the managers are especially concerned about 
the potential impacts of invasive species and insects on 
Federal, State, and private lands that have been severely 
burned. The managers understand that in some States suffering 
the most severe fire damage, such as Montana, that the spread 
of pine beetle infestations has increased as much as threefold. 
With the funds provided for cooperative forestry health 
management the managers encourage the agency to work through 
the use of cooperative agreements with State and private groups 
which can enhance accomplishments on the ground in the efforts 
to combat the spread of invasive species and insect and disease 
problems. In Western States severely impacted by fire such as 
Idaho and Montana, the managers are particularly concerned that 
highly rural, dispersed populations may lack adequately 
equipped volunteer fire departments and State firefighting 
resources which may have contributed to the severity of fires 
and resulting damage. Accordingly, the managers direct the 
agency to consider these factors in making allocations to the 
States for State fire assistance and for volunteer fire 
assistance.

                  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

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

        Project                                               Conference
Facilities:
    Maintenance.........................................     $73,306,000
    Capital Improvement requested program...............      74,535,000
    Allegheny NF Marienville RS (PA)....................       1,000,000
    Allegheny NF visitor services (PA)..................         500,000
    Angeles NF water & sewer rehab (CA).................         900,000
    Big Bear Lake center, phase II (CA).................       1,300,000
    Cedar Lake rec area (OK)............................         740,000
    Coweeta research rehab (NC).........................         110,000
    Cradle of Forestry projects (NC)....................         380,000
    Franklin County Lake project (MS)...................       2,000,000
    Gladie Creek center (KY)............................       1,250,000
    Grey Towers NHS site rehab (PA).....................         500,000
    Hardwood research center plan (IN)..................         300,000
    Hubbard Brook (NH)..................................         600,000
    Indian Boundary cmp rehab, (TN).....................         350,000
    Inst. of Pacific Island Forestry (HI)...............       2,000,000
    Lake Sherwood rec area (WV).........................         150,000
    Mount Tabor Work Center (VT)........................         175,000
    Mt Baker Snoqualmie NF cmpgrnd......................       2,000,000
    Nantahala NF Fontana Lake (NC)......................         600,000
    Ocoee River sites and cons. Center (TN).............         800,000
    Ouachita NF Albert rec area (AR)....................         600,000
    Ouachita NF Camp Clearfolk (AR).....................         400,000
    Uwharrie NF Badin Lake (NC).........................         400,000
    Uwharrie NF Kings Mtn Pt (NC).......................         900,000
    Waldo Lake rehab (OR)...............................         500,000
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      Total facilities..................................     166,296,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
Roads:
    Maintenance.........................................     130,000,000
    Lake Tahoe Basin (CA-NV)............................       1,500,000
    Beartooth Highway snow removal......................               0
    Capital improvement requested prog..................     103,447,000
    Highland Scenic Hiway (WV)..........................         600,000
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      Total roads.......................................     235,547,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
Trails:
    Maintenance.........................................      31,000,000
    Capital improvement requested prog..................      34,025,000
    FL National scenic trail............................         500,000
    Virginia Creeper Trail..............................         200,000
    Continental Divide Trail line.......................       1,000,000
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      Total trails......................................      66,725,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total Cap Improvement and Maintenance.............     468,568,000

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

                            LAND ACQUISITION

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

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

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

         ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS

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

            ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

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

                         RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

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

    GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

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

        MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES

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

                SOUTHEAST ALASKA ECONOMIC DISASTER FUND

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

               ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

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

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

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

                         CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY

                               (DEFERRAL)

      The conference agreement provides for the deferral of 
$67,000,000 in previously appropriated funds for the clean coal 
technology program as proposed by the Senate instead of a 
deferral of $89,000,000 as proposed by the House. The managers 
also have agreed, under the fossil energy research and 
development account, to transfer $95,000,000 in previously 
appropriated clean coal technology funding to the fossil energy 
research and development account for a power plant improvement 
initiative. This initiative is particularly timely, given the 
current electricity shortages in certain parts of the country 
and the changing make-up of the industry as electric power 
deregulation is implemented.
      The managers agree that a report required by the Senate 
dealing with a potential new round of clean coal technology 
projects is not necessary. This issue should be addressed in 
the context of the power plant improvement initiative funded 
under the fossil energy research and development account.

                 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

                      ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION

                              (RESCISSION)

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

                 NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

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

                      ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND

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

                          ENERGY CONSERVATION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

                          ECONOMIC REGULATION

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

                      STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

                   ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

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

                Department of Health and Human Services

                         Indian Health Service

                         INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

      The conference agreement provides $2,240,658,000 for 
Indian health services instead of $2,106,178,000 as proposed by 
the House and $2,184,421,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
numerical changes described below are to the House recommended 
level.
      In hospital and clinic programs there are increases of 
$32,106,000 for pay costs, $8,100,000 for staffing of new 
facilities, $30,000,000 for the Indian health care improvement 
fund, $225,000 for the Shoalwater Bay infant mortality 
prevention program, $500,000 for technology improvements and 
AIDS research at epidemiology centers, $5,000,000 for loan 
repayment with emphasis on critical shortage specialties such 
as pharmacists, dentists and podiatrists, $220,000 for the 
pharmacy residents program, $1,000,000 for emergency medical 
services, $1,000,000 to hire podiatrists and $3,000,000 for 
technology upgrades.
      For dental health programs, increases include $2,365,000 
for pay costs, $792,000 for staffing of new facilities and 
$8,000,000 for increased dental services. Increases in mental 
health programs include $1,488,000 for pay costs and $384,000 
for staffing of new facilities. There is an increase of 
$3,717,000 for pay costs associated with alcohol and substance 
abuse programs and a program increase of $40,000,000 for 
contract health services. Increases of $1,099,000 for pay costs 
and $643,000 for staffing of new facilities are provided for 
public health nursing.
      Health education programs are increased by $326,000 for 
pay costs and $134,000 for staffing of new facilities. The 
community health representative program is increased by 
$1,787,000 for pay costs. Increases for the Alaska immunization 
program include $70,000 for pay costs and $2,000 for additional 
immunizations.
      Increases for urban health programs include $1,096,000 
for pay costs and $1,000,000 to incorporate the Southwest 
Indian Polytechnic Institute dental program into the urban 
Indian health program in the Albuquerque, NM, area. The urban 
program for that area is funded pursuant to title V of the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act and run by First Nations 
Community HealthSources. With these additional funds, dental 
services will be available for the large urban Indian 
population in the Albuquerque, NM, area.
      Other pay cost increases include $62,000 for Indian 
health professions, $2,075,000 for direct operations and 
$294,000 for self-governance. Contract support costs increases 
include up to $10,000,000 for new and expanded contracts and 
$10,000,000 for existing contracts.
      Finally, there are decreases of $10,005,000 for staffing 
of new facilities because these costs have been spread among 
the appropriate accounts and $22,000,000, which was a general 
increase in House floor action that has been spread among 
various accounts in the conference agreement.
      The managers agree to the following:
      1. The Service needs to do a better job of estimating 
costs, including the distribution of pay cost increases. These 
numbers should not be a ``moving target'' that changes 
substantially and continuously after the budget submission as 
was the case this year.
      2. The Service should distribute the Indian health care 
improvement fund in accordance with the level of need 
methodology to ensure that the most underfunded tribes are 
funded at more equitable levels. There should be no set-aside 
of a portion of these funds to be distributed under an 
alternative methodology. The managers recognize that the LNF 
methodology may need some improvements and the Service should 
continue to make the necessary refinements.
      3. The Service should report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations prior to finalizing any policy on 
the distribution of the Indian health care improvement fund for 
fiscal year 2001. The managers urge the Service to establish a 
minimum level of funds to be provided to individual service 
units. The Service also should provide a report on how the 
fiscal year 2000 funds were used to improve services to Indians 
and Alaska Natives.
      4. Despite the reprimand in the House report, the Service 
has still not provided the required plan of action to augment 
and strengthen its podiatric care program. Because of the 
pressing need in this area, the managers have taken actions in 
this conference report to address the problem. The report is 
still required as requested last year, and the managers expect 
that the directed consultation with outside groups will be 
fully and clearly explained in that report.
      5. The Service should accept the offer from the American 
Podiatric Medical Association to assist in the recruitment and 
screening of candidates to fill podiatry positions in the 
Service. The APMA deserves credit for pursuing much needed 
improvements in the podiatry programs at IHS and has an 
excellent record with respect to prevention of diabetic 
amputations. The Service should consult with APMA on both the 
use of the $1,000,000 increase provided to hire additional 
podiatrists and the use of the loan repayment program for 
podiatrists.
      6. The Senate-required report on the proposed 
distribution of the general funding increase is not necessary 
because the increase has been distributed across the various 
programs in the conference agreement.
      7. The Senate requirement to investigate possible 
inequities in funding allocations applies not only to the Ponca 
and the Salish and Kootenai tribes but to all tribes. The House 
has received several complaints from Oklahoma tribes. This 
investigation should be done in the context of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Fund and the level of need methodology 
and does not require a separate report.
      8. Within the funding provided for contract health 
services, the Indian Health Service should allocate an increase 
to the Ketchikan Indian Corporation's (KIC) recurring budget 
for hospital-related services for patients of KIC and the 
Organized Village of Saxman (OVS) to help implement the 
agreement reached by the Indian Health Service, KIC, OVS and 
the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Corporation on September 
12, 2000. The additional funding will enable KIC to purchase 
additional related services at the local Ketchikan General 
Hospital. The managers remain concerned that the viability of 
Alaska Native regional entities must be preserved. The 
accommodation by the managers of the September 12, 2000 
agreement in no way is intended to imply that similar requests 
for similar arrangements will be encouraged or supported 
elsewhere in Alaska.
      Bill Language.--The conference agreement does not include 
language proposed by the Senate preventing contract health 
payments in excess of Medicare and Medicaid rates. The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services has authority to address 
this issue through the regulatory process. The conference 
agreement does not include language proposed by the Senate 
giving tribes access to prime vendor rates that are available 
to the Service. This authority was enacted earlier this year. 
Language is included raising the amount for the Catastrophic 
Health Emergency Fund from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000 and 
raising the cap for the loan repayment program from $17,000,000 
to $22,000,000.
      The conference agreement includes language proposed by 
the Senate providing up to $10,000,000 for contract support 
costs associated with new and expanded self-determination 
contracts and self-governance compacts. The managers note that, 
unlike the Bureau of Indian Affairs, that funds all contract 
support cost requirements at the same rate, the Service has a 
varying scale. The managers urge the Office of Management and 
Budget to work with the BIA and the IHS to address 
discrepancies between the two bureaus with respect to the 
calculation and distribution of contract support costs. At 
present, the IHS pays many more categories of costs than does 
BIA, and the rate of contract support cost payments relative to 
the level of need is higher in IHS than in BIA. These 
discrepancies should be addressed, and the managers suggest 
that the Office of Management and Budget is the appropriate 
organization to do so.

                        INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

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

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development

                        Payment to the Institute

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

                        Smithsonian Institution

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

            REPAIR, RESTORATION AND ALTERATION OF FACILITIES

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

                              construction

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

                        National Gallery of Art

                         salaries and expenses

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

            repair, restoration and renovation of buildings

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

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                       Operations and maintenance

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

                              construction

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

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                         salaries and expenses

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

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

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       grants and administration

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

                 National Endowment for the Humanities

                       grants and administration

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

                            matching grants

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

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

                       office of museum services

                       grants and administration

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

                      Challenge America Arts Fund

                        challenge america grants

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

                        Commission of Fine Arts

                         salaries and expenses

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

               National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs

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

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                         salaries and expenses

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

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         salaries and expenses

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

                United States Holocaust Memorial Council

                       holocaust memorial council

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

                             Presidio Trust

                          presidio trust fund

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

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      The conference agreement includes sections 301 through 
306 that were identical in both the House and the Senate bills. 
These sections continue provisions carried in past years.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed by the House in section 307 concerning compliance with 
``Buy American'' procedures. This provision was made permanent 
in the fiscal year 2000 Interior Appropriations Act.
      The conference agreement includes sections 307 through 
310, 314, 316 through 319, 321 through 327, and 329 as proposed 
by the Senate. Identical language was proposed by the House in 
sections 308 through 311, 315, 317 through 320, 322 through 
328, and 330. These sections continue provisions carried in 
past years.
      Section 311 retains the text of section 312 as proposed 
by the House, which continues the mining patent moratorium 
provision carried last year. The text of section 311 as 
proposed by the Senate differed only in the use of 
capitalization.
      Section 312 retains the text of section 313 as proposed 
by the House which continues a provision carried last year 
limiting BIA and IHS liability for prior year contract support 
costs through 2000. Section 312 proposed by the Senate 
continued this provision through 2001.
      Section 313 modifies the text of section 313 as proposed 
by the Senate and section 314 as proposed by the House which 
continues a provision carried last year concerning the Jobs-in-
the-Woods program. The modified text encourages the agencies to 
consider various factors when awarding contracts.
      Section 315 retains the text of section 316 as proposed 
by the House, which makes permanent a provision exempting the 
Presidio Trust from State and local taxes and assessments. 
Section 315 proposed by the Senate continued the provision for 
one year.
      Section 320 establishes an advisory commission to provide 
recommendations concerning payments to counties having Federal 
forest lands. This section was in neither the House or Senate 
passed bills. The commission will have 18 months after 
enactment to provide to the Congress recommendations concerning 
long-term funding for forest counties and other matters. The 
commission will terminate three years after enactment.
      Section 328 retains the text of section 328 as proposed 
by the Senate, which continues a provision carried last year 
regulating the export of Western red cedar from National Forest 
System lands in Alaska. The text of section 329 as proposed by 
the House differed only in the numbering convention used.
      Section 330 modifies the text of section 332 as proposed 
by the House which allows the Forest Service and the Bureau of 
Land Management to pilot test the ``Service First'' initiative. 
The Senate had no similar provision. The managers are 
encouraged by these interdepartmental efforts and expect that 
this provision will assist the expansion of these efforts in 
many more areas of the agencies involved. The managers have 
clarified the language proposed by the House to make it clear 
that this authority may be used agency-wide.
      Section 331 retains the text of section 333 as proposed 
by the House establishing a four-year program between the 
Forest Service and the State of Colorado for cooperative 
watershed protection and restoration. The Senate had no similar 
provision. The managers will watch the implementation of this 
program carefully to determine if this authority provides 
enhanced coordination and cooperation between Federal and State 
interests. A cooperative effort will greatly enhance efforts to 
reduce fuel loadings and provide greater safety to communities 
in the wildland urban interface.
      Section 332 modifies the text of section 334 as proposed 
by the House addressing the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem 
Management Project. The managers instruct the agencies to 
review the environmental analyses and documents regarding the 
Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project and bring 
this analysis and documentation into full conformance with the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act 
requirements when new information or conditions arise, 
including procedures when there are significant new 
circumstances or information relevant to environmental concerns 
and bearing on the proposed action or its impacts. Such 
analysis and documentation should include the summer 2000 
wildfires and the President's initiative for managing the 
impact of wildfires on communities and the environment. None of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
may be used to issue a record of decision for the Interior 
Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Plan until this analysis is 
completed and included in a report submitted to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
      Section 333 retains the text of section 330 as proposed 
by the Senate allowing the Forest Service, in consultation with 
the Department of Labor, to modify concession contracts for 
campgrounds. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 334 retains the text of section 331 as proposed 
by the Senate prohibiting the Forest Service from using the 
recreation fee demonstration program to supplant existing 
recreation concessions.
      Section 335 retains the text of section 332 as proposed 
by the Senate raising the reporting threshold for energy 
savings performance contracts through the Department of 
Energy's Federal Energy Management Program. The House had no 
similar provision.
      Section 336 retains the text of section 334 as proposed 
by the Senate extending the Recreation Fee Demonstration 
Program for one additional year. The managers are greatly 
encouraged by the progress being made in this effort and expect 
the four land management agencies to continue emphasis on this 
program. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 337 retains the text of section 335 as proposed 
by the Senate which continues a provision carried last year 
limiting mining and prospecting on the Mark Twain National 
Forest in Missouri. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 338 retains the text of section 336 as proposed 
by the Senate authorizing the Forest Service to enter into 
additional stewardship contracts in Regions 1 and 6. The House 
had no similar provision.
      Section 339 retains the text of section 337 as proposed 
by the Senate which limits cost recovery for special use 
permits issued by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest 
Service. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 340 modifies the text of section 339 as proposed 
by the Senate prohibiting fee increases for fiberoptic cable 
rights-of-way. The House had no similar provision. The managers 
are concerned that the Forest Service needs to work closely 
with the Department of the Interior to establish common 
practices concerning the determination of rental fees for 
fiberoptic cable rights-of-way uses on Federal lands. The 
conference agreement stops the Forest Service from implementing 
rental fee direction in a letter issued on May 2, 2000, which, 
in some cases, resulted in large increases in rental fees by 
using a case-by-case appraisal process. The conference 
agreement prevents the issuance of a final rule during fiscal 
year 2001 although the managers expect the Secretaries to 
continue their work on a common, updated rental fee schedule 
and procedure. The managers encourage the two departments to 
issue common regulations using the accepted rule-making 
process. This will ensure full opportunity for public comment 
and allow time for appropriate Congressional attention to this 
important issue.
      Section 341 includes the text of section 340 as proposed 
by the Senate limiting competition for fire and fuel treatment 
and watershed restoration contracts in California. The House 
had no similar provision.
      Section 344 retains the text of section 345 as proposed 
by the Senate, which makes available $4 million in prior year 
funding for the National Energy Technology Laboratory. The 
House had no similar provision.
      Section 345 modifies the text of section 348 as proposed 
by the Senate prohibiting the closure of backcountry landing 
strips. The House had no similar provision. The managers have 
modified the Senate proposed language so that public notice and 
consent of the Federal Aviation Administration, in consultation 
with appropriate State and Federal aviation officials, is made 
before permanently closing aircraft landing strips. Landing 
strips, which are deemed hazardous for use by general aviation, 
may be closed temporarily until repairs are made; landing 
strips which are known to contribute to illegal activities may 
be closed temporarily as deemed necessary to support law 
enforcement efforts; landing strips damaging soil and water 
resources or impeding agency compliance with existing laws and/
or regulations may be closed following appropriate public 
notice, consultation and consent. Short-term closures are not 
affected by this provision.
      Section 346 amends the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area Act (CRGNSA) to expedite the acquisition of 
critical lands within the NSA. The purpose of this section is 
to address the land appraisal assumptions utilized by the 
Forest Service to acquire land within the Columbia River Gorge 
National Scenic Area. Among other things, Public Law 99-663 
authorized the Forest Service to acquire land within the CRGNSA 
for the fair market value of the land as determined by an 
appraisal. In the CRGNSA, the application of zoning to the 
determination of value has led to local anomalies in the 
Federal appraisal process.
      The practical effect of this section is that privately-
held property in the CRGNSA offered for Federal acquisition 
after March 31, 2001, will be appraised taking into account all 
zoning and other land use restrictions in the affected States 
and counties. For lands offered for sale to the Forest Service 
on or before March 31, 2001, fair market value will be 
appraised as set out in section 9(e)(2) by not considering the 
impacts on value of zoning enacted pursuant to Public Law 99-
663. This will take into account land use restrictions that 
would be in effect but for the passage of the scenic area act, 
including but not limited to land use restrictions resulting 
from the Washington State Growth Management Act or Oregon 
statewide land use program.
      The language used in this section is prospective only and 
intended to address explicitly the question of appraisal 
procedures to be used for future CRGNSA land acquisitions by 
the Forest Service in a way that provides an administrative 
framework for important land acquisitions to occur. Given the 
managers' intent, this language should not be construed to 
apply generally to Federal land acquisitions elsewhere in the 
Nation, nor change the intent and interpretation of the Uniform 
Relocation Assistance and Land Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 
(Public Law 91-646).
      The section also modifies the application of section 8(o) 
of Public Law 99-663 which provides, in part, for landowners to 
offer their land for purchase by the Forest Service and the 
nonapplicability of certain zoning restrictions if the land is 
not purchased after three years. As modified by this section, 
persons who own land as of September 1, 2000, may offer to sell 
their land to the Forest Service by March 31, 2001, and still 
be afforded the rights under section 8(o). The Secretary should 
continue the practice to treat all landowners' written offers 
to sell as bona fide and, therefore, as efforts to initiate the 
three-year period for Forest Service acquisition unless a 
landowner refuses to cooperate with the Forest Service. 
Examples of refusing to cooperate would be withholding 
permission for Forest Service staff to access the offered 
property or rejecting a purchase for fair market value. Another 
example would be an attempt by a landowner to revoke a 
previously provided written offer to initiate the three-year 
section 8(o) process.
      Nothing in this section is intended to modify the basic 
structure or operation of the land use regime established with 
the 1986 enactment of Public Law 99-663, nor is anything 
intended to affect any exposure of the Federal, State or local 
governments to claims arising under the Fifth Amendment of the 
Constitution for the taking of private property for public 
purposes. The managers believe that the Gorge Commission and 
the Secretary should exercise their administrative authorities 
in a manner which reduces the possibility of taking claims 
including modifications of the management plan if necessary.
      Subsection (c) of this section provides for the Forest 
Service to provide notice to the communities and landowners of 
the amendments to the CRGNSA Act contained in this section. 
Specifically, the Forest Service will contact private 
landowners in the Special Management Areas by first-class mail 
based on ownership records provided by the counties located in 
the CRGNSA. The counties are urged to provide such records to 
the Forest Service as soon as possible. Such cooperation will 
provide private landowners the opportunity to consider the 
acquisition opportunities made available by these amendments. 
The mailing by the Forest Service to those landowners listed by 
the counties will provide constructive notice to landowners, 
but the Forest Service is not required to provide proof of 
receipt by addressee.
      The managers expect a considerable, but temporary, 
increase in the workload of the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area office of the Forest Service as a result of this 
amendment. The managers expect the Secretary to dedicate the 
requisite level of resources to this office to process section 
8(o) offers. Further, the managers understand the Secretary has 
adequate appropriated funds to clear the current backlog of 
properties ready for acquisition in FY 2001. The managers are 
aware, however, that the demand for appropriations for 
acquisitions may increase on a temporary basis over the next 
three years to respond to offers made under the auspices of 
this section.
      Section 347 authorizes a land exchange, which conveys 
Forest Service property in Kern County in California in 
exchange for county lands suitable for inclusion in the Sequoia 
National Forest.
      Section 348 requires the Department of Energy to 
establish an advisory committee for the National Energy 
Technology Laboratory under the same terms and conditions as 
such groups at other National laboratories.
      Section 349 provides the framework for the development of 
an Environmental Impact Statement and Habitat Conservation Plan 
for the Umpqua Land Exchange Project, comprising 675,000 acres 
in the Coast Range-Umpqua Basin in Douglas County, Oregon. The 
project will be managed by the Voluntary Land Exchanges 
Foundation in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management. 
The conference agreement provides $4,300,000 for the 
development of the EIS and HCP, and the managers expect the 
private landowners to bear their full cost of any future 
supplemental EIS.
      Section 350 provides authority for contract health 
services funding increases in the Indian Health Service for the 
Ketchikan Indian Corporation and the Organized Village of 
Saxman in Alaska.
      Section 351 permits the sale of the Forest Service Boise, 
ID, laboratory site, occupied by the Rocky Mountain Research 
Station, and the use of the proceeds to purchase interests in a 
multi-agency facility at the University of Idaho.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed by the House in section 331 prohibiting new or 
expanded Indian self-determination contracts or self-governance 
compacts, nor does it include section 335 as proposed by the 
House concerning national monuments (superseded by House 
section 123). The Senate had no similar provisions.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed by the Senate in section 320 restricting National 
Forest planning, in section 333 rescinding funding for the 
Beartooth Highway in Montana, in section 338 exempting 
residents in the White Mountain National Forest in New 
Hampshire from the recreation fee demonstration program, in 
section 341 concerning the White River National Forest in 
Colorado, in section 342 concerning roadless area in the White 
Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, in section 343 
concerning the release of funds appropriated in fiscal year 
1999 for the Department of Energy, in section 344 concerning 
funding for tribally controlled community colleges, in section 
346 concerning Indian gaming procedures, in section 347 
concerning providing a grant to Alaska Pacific University, and 
in section 349 prohibiting the use of certain pesticides by the 
Department of the Interior. The House had no similar 
provisions.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed by the House in section 501 regarding the color of 
Forest Service vehicles, in section 502 concerning the Federal 
wildland fire policy and controlled burns, and in section 503 
concerning national monuments. The Senate had no similar 
provisions. The painting issue is addressed in detail under the 
Forest Service Administrative Provisions heading. The wildland 
fire policy is discussed in detail, along with other urgent 
hazardous fuels management issues, in title IV.

            TITLE IV--WILDLAND FIRE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS

                       Department of the Interior

                       Bureau of Land Management

                        wildland fire management

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

                             Related Agency

                       Department of Agriculture

                             Forest Service

                        Wildland Fire Management

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

Summary of Allocations for Wildland Fire

                                                       Conference action
BLM title IV emergency operations:
    Wildfire suppression................................    $116,611,000
    Hazardous fuels.....................................     142,129,000
    Rehabilitation......................................      85,000,000
    Rural fire assistance...............................      10,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        BLM emergency title IV subtotal.................     353,740,000
Forest Service title IV emergency operations:
    Wildfire suppression................................     179,000,000
    Hazardous fuels.....................................     120,000,000
    Rehabilitation......................................     142,000,000
    Fire facilities backlog.............................      44,000,000
    Research & development..............................      16,000,000
State fire assistance...................................      50,494,000
Volunteer fire assistance...............................       8,280,000
Forest health...........................................      12,000,000
Economic action.........................................      12,500,000
Community and private land fire assistance..............      35,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    FS title IV subtotal................................     619,274,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Total wildland fire emergency in title IV...............     973,014,000
Other wildfire emergency funds added to title I, II.....     626,000,000
Wildfire preparedness funds added to titles I, II.......     341,463,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Grand total.......................................   1,940,477,000

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

             TITLE V--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

                       Department of the Interior

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

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

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          resource management

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

                              construction

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

                         National Park Service

                              construction

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

                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

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

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      operation of indian programs

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

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians

                         federal trust programs

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

                             Related Agency

                       Department of Agriculture

                             Forest Service

                       state and private forestry

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

                         national forest system

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

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

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

        TITLE VII--TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR MINER BENEFITS

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

    TITLE VIII--LAND CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE 
                              IMPROVEMENT

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

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

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

    The $78,000,000 provided for the cooperative endangered 
species conservation fund includes $28,000,000 for grants to 
the States and $50,000,000 for habitat conservation planning 
land acquisition.
    The $20,000,000 provided in this title for science programs 
in the U.S. Geological Survey includes $7,000,000 for national 
mapping of which $5,000,000 is for national cooperative 
geologic mapping and $2,000,000 is for earth science 
information management and delivery, $5,000,000 for water 
resources/stream gauges, $3,000,000 for biological research of 
which $2,000,000 is to initiate aquatic GAP analysis and 
$1,000,000 is to accelerate GAP analysis in the contiguous 48 
States, and $5,000,000 for science support/accessible data 
transfer.
    The additional $20,000,000 for Forest Service planning, 
inventory and monitoring should be used to address high 
priority needs for these activities within the National Forest 
System.
    The $15,000,000 provided in this title for historic 
preservation includes $12,000,000 for State historic 
preservation offices and $3,000,000 for tribal grants.
    The additional $150,000,000 provided in this title for 
maintenance includes $25,000,000 for the Bureau of Land 
Management, $25,000,000 for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
$50,000,000 for the National Park Service and $50,000,000 for 
the Forest Service.
      Part B: Land Conservation, Preservation and 
Infrastructure Improvement Trust Fund.--Part B of this title 
establishes the Land Conservation, Preservation and 
Infrastructure Improvement program budget mechanism which 
provides a six-year funding priority within the Federal budget 
for land conservation activities by setting aside funds each 
year over and above the amounts available under Congressional 
Budget Resolutions for all other discretionary activities of 
the government. The amounts for each year are as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

                                TITLE IX

                       Department of the Treasury

                       Bureau of the Public Debt

      gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt

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


                   CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS

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

                        [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000...     $14,911,650
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2001...........................................      16,319,772
House bill, fiscal year 2001............................      14,959,420
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001...........................      15,772,342
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001..................      18,768,117
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2000..............................................      +3,856,467
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2001..................................      +2,448,345
    House bill, fiscal year 2001........................      +3,808,697
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2001.......................      +2,995,775

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

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

                                  
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