[Senate Report 106-99]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                       Calendar No. 183
106th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 1st Session                                                     106-99

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2000

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                 June 28, 1999.--Ordered to be printed

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           Mr. Gorton, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 1292]

    The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 1292) 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, 
and for other purposes, reports favorably thereon and 
recommends that the bill do pass.



Amounts in new budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000

Estimates considered by Senate.......................... $14,057,910,000
    Below the budget estimate, 2000.....................   1,208,227,000
    Below appropriations, 1999 (including emergencies)..     239,893,000
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                            C O N T E N T S

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Summary of bill..................................................     3
Revenue generated by agencies in bill............................     3
Major changes....................................................     4
Summary table--Land and water conservation fund..................     5
Government Performance and Results Act...........................     6
Year 2000 computing challenges...................................     6
Climate change research..........................................     7
Title I--Department of the Interior:
    Land and water resources: Bureau of Land Management..........     9
    Fish and wildlife and parks:
        U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...........................    16
        National Park Service....................................    27
    Energy and minerals:
        U.S. Geological Survey...................................    40
        Minerals Management Service..............................    45
        Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.....    47
    Indian affairs: Bureau of Indian Affairs.....................    48
    Departmental offices:
        Insular affairs..........................................    56
        Departmental management..................................    59
        Office of the Solicitor..................................    60
        Office of Inspector General..............................    60
        Office of Special Trustee for American Indians...........    60
        Natural resource damage assessment and restoration.......    61
Title II--Related agencies:
    Department of Agriculture: Forest Service....................    65
    Department of Energy.........................................    83
    Department of Health and Human Services: Indian Health 
      Service....................................................    95
    Other related agencies:
        Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation..............    99
        Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
          and Arts Development...................................    99
        Smithsonian Institution..................................   100
        National Gallery of Art..................................   101
        John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts...........   102
        Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.........   102
        National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities:
            National Endowment for the Arts......................   103
            National Endowment for the Humanities................   104
            Institute of Museum and Library Services.............   105
        Commission of Fine Arts..................................   105
        Advisory Council on Historic Preservation................   106
        National Capital Planning Commission.....................   106
        Holocaust Memorial Council...............................   106
        Presidio Trust...........................................   106
Title III--General provisions....................................   108
Limitations and legislative provisions...........................   115
Compliance with paragraph 7, rule XVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   115
Compliance with paragraph 7(c), rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
  of the Senate..................................................   115
Compliance with paragraph 12, rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   116

                            Summary of Bill

    For this bill, estimates totaling $15,105,137,000 in new 
obligational authority were considered by the Committee for the 
programs and activities of the agencies and bureaus of the 
Department of the Interior, except the Bureau of Reclamation, 
and the following related agencies:
    Department of Agriculture:
        Forest Service.
    Department of Energy:
        Clean coal technology.
        Fossil energy.
        Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves.
        Elk Hills School lands fund.
        Conservation (except energy storage systems).
        Economic regulation.
        Strategic petroleum reserve.
        SPR petroleum account.
        Energy Information Administration.
    Department of Health and Human Services:
        Indian Health Service.
    Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.
    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and 
Arts Development.
    Smithsonian Institution.
    National Gallery of Art.
    John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
    National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities:
        National Endowment for the Arts.
        National Endowment for the Humanities.
    Institute of Museum and Library Services.
    Commission of Fine Arts.
    Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
    National Capital Planning Commission.
    Holocaust Memorial Council.
    Presidio Trust.

                 Revenue Generated by Agencies in Bill

    Oil and gas leasing and other mineral leasing activities, 
the timber and range programs, and oil production from the 
naval petroleum reserves are estimated to generate income to 
the Government of $6,491,816,000 in fiscal year 2000. These 
estimated receipts, for agencies under the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction, are tabulated below:

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                                                                                Fiscal year--
                           Item                            -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                  1998              1999              2000
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Department of the Interior................................    $7,435,439,000    $7,645,151,000    $5,643,179,000
Forest Service............................................       855,753,000       901,697,000       844,637,000
Naval petroleum reserves..................................       209,779,000         3,000,000         4,000,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total receipts......................................     8,500,971,000     8,549,848,000     6,491,816,000
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                 Major Changes Recommended in the Bill

    In an effort to honor congressional spending limitations, 
the Committee has developed substantial revisions to the budget 
estimate for the 2000 fiscal year.
    A comparative summary of funding in the bill by agency is 
shown by agency or principal program in the following table:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee
                                          Committee      recommendation
                                       recommendation     compared with
                                                         budget estimate
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title I--Department of the Interior:
    Bureau of Land Management.......    $1,217,169,000      -$51,531,000
    Fish and Wildlife Service.......       828,877,000      -121,124,000
    National Park Service...........     1,723,157,000      -335,786,000
    Geological Survey...............       813,243,000       -25,242,000
    Minerals Management Service.....       116,800,000          +600,000
    Office of Surface Mining               281,824,000       -24,000,000
     Reclamation and Enforcement....
    Bureau of Indian Affairs........     1,811,015,000       -91,039,000
    Departmental offices............       296,928,000       -31,795,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, title I--Department of      7,089,013,000      -679,917,000
       the Interior.................
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Title II--Related agencies:
    Forest Service..................     2,672,204,000      -240,441,000
    Department of Energy............     1,099,292,000       -70,867,000
    Indian Health Service...........     2,324,813,000       -87,574,000
    Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian         8,000,000        -6,000,000
     Relocation.....................
    Institute of American Indian and         4,250,000  ................
     Alaska Native Culture and Arts
     Development....................
    Smithsonian Institution.........       422,962,000       -24,439,000
    National Gallery of Art.........        67,749,000  ................
    John F. Kennedy Center for the          34,000,000  ................
     Performing Arts................
    Woodrow Wilson International             6,040,000  ................
     Center for Scholars............
    National Endowment for the Arts.        99,000,000       -51,000,000
    National Endowment for the             111,700,000       -38,300,000
     Humanities.....................
    Institute of Museum and Library         23,905,000       -10,095,000
     Services.......................
    Commission of Fine Arts.........         1,078,000  ................
    National Capital Arts and                7,000,000        +1,000,000
     Cultural Affairs...............
    Advisory Council on Historic             2,906,000           -94,000
     Preservation...................
    National Capital Planning                6,312,000  ................
     Commission.....................
    Holocaust Memorial Council......        33,286,000          -500,000
    Presidio Trust..................        44,400,000  ................
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, title II--Related           6,968,897,000      -528,310,000
       agencies.....................
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      Grand total...................    14,057,910,000    -1,208,227,000
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             SUMMARY TABLE--LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Budget           Senate
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bureau of Land Management.............      $48,900,000      $17,400,000
Fish and Wildlife Service.............       73,632,000       55,244,000
National Park Service:
    State grants (administration of           1,000,000          500,000
     prior year projects).............
    Federal acquisitions..............      171,468,000       84,025,000
                                       ---------------------------------
      Subtotal, National Park Service.      172,468,000       84,525,000
Forest Service (includes                    118,000,000     [77,170,000]
 reprogramming).......................
                                       ---------------------------------
      Total, LWCF.....................      412,000,000    [234,339,000]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Administration has made much of the fact that its 
budget requests the fully authorized level of funding 
($900,000,000) from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. This 
request comes packaged as a ``Lands Legacy'' initiative, which 
includes large increases for the ongoing Federal land 
acquisition program, other acquisition-related programs, and 
new grant programs for which authorization is being sought 
through the appropriations process.
    While the Committee supports a number of the programs that 
comprise the lands legacy initiative, and has recommended 
continued funding for many such programs, the amounts provided 
in this bill are significantly lower than the levels in the 
budget request. These reductions are due in large part to 
fiscal constraints imposed by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, 
which was negotiated and agreed to by the President. These 
constraints were utterly disregarded in the President's 
gimmick-laden budget request. In adhering to the spending caps 
established in the Balanced Budget Act and producing a bill 
that provides roughly the same level of funding as provided in 
fiscal year 1999, the Committee has chosen to provide more 
modest appropriations for land acquisition and related programs 
while maintaining an emphasis on critical operating programs 
and maintenance accounts.
    Aside from the overall funding levels included in the 
budget request, the Committee is concerned that the 
Administration has proposed to use appropriations language to 
redefine massively the authorized uses of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund as established in the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act. The Administration's budget proposes to 
draw on the Land and Water Conservation Fund for at least 
$322,000,000 in programs that are either brand new, or that are 
authorized under statutes other than the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act and have never before been supported from 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund. This figure does not 
include the $150,000,000 included in the request for land 
acquisition grants to states. While this proposal appears to 
draw its inspiration from the Stateside program authorized 
under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, the actual 
proposal is in a form and for purposes quite different than 
those contemplated in the Act itself.
    In any given year, the Committee could derive funding for 
$900,000,000 worth of programs from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund--regardless of whether those programs are 
authorized by the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act--and 
claim that it had provided ``full funding'' for the Act itself. 
The Committee has not done so out of respect for the Act and 
the many tradeoffs and compromises that were made to achieve 
its enactment. The budget request in effect uses appropriations 
language to make sweeping changes in an existing environmental 
statute, a practice which the Administration has repeatedly 
decried in recent years. If the Administration wishes to change 
the purposes for which the Land and Water Conservation Fund may 
be used, it should submit a legislative proposal to that end 
and work with the appropriate authorizing committees to secure 
its enactment.
    The Committee continues to support many of the individual 
programs that contribute to the Administration's claim of 
``full funding'' for the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, 
but has done so within the fiscal limitations of the Balanced 
Budget Act of 1997 and consistent with existing 
authorizations.

                 Government Performance and Results Act

    The Interior bureaus and other agencies under the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction have had different levels of 
success in their efforts to comply with the Government 
Performance and Results Act (GPRA). While some have made 
significant progress in the last year, the lack of progress by 
others has not gone unnoticed. The Committee will continue to 
work with the Interior bureaus and other agencies under the 
subcommittee's purview to ensure that GRPA requirements are 
met, including establishing clear linkages between GPRA goals 
and agency budget requests.

                     Year 2000 Computing Challenges


                          Year 2000 Compliance

    The Department of the Interior and the Forest Service are 
making substantial progress to become Y2K compliant. The 
Department of the Interior reports that all of its Mission-
Critical Systems are compliant and that it has met its 
requirement for developing a Business Continuity and 
Contingency Plan (BCCP). The Forest Service also reports that 
all of its Mission-Critical Systems are compliant and the 
Office of Management and Budget has found that the Forest 
Service is making good progress in developing and testing its 
BCCPs.
    The Department of Energy reports that 409 of 420, or 97 
percent, of its Mission-Critical Systems are compliant and that 
102 of the 409 Mission-Critical System's BCCPs are complete. 
However, none of the non-compliant Mission-Critical Systems are 
directly related to the programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Subcommittee.
    The Indian Health Service reports that four of its five 
Mission Critical Systems are compliant. The non-compliant 
system, the Resource and Patient Management Systems, is 
scheduled to be compliant by July, 1999. IHS has also completed 
the assessment of its biomedical and laboratory equipment and 
is in the process of replacing non-compliant equipment.
    Other agencies.--The National Gallery of Art is anticipated 
to have its Mission Critical Systems compliant in July and is 
working on its BCCPs. All but one of the Mission-Critical 
systems at the JFK Center for the Performing Arts are compliant 
and its preliminary BCCP schedule will be released in June. The 
U.S. Holocaust Museum's Mission-Critical systems are compliant 
and BCCPs should be completed in July. The Smithsonian 
Institution plans to have its Mission-Critical systems 
compliant in December and its BCCP should be completed in June. 
The National Capital Planning Commission has an anticipated 
compliance date in September and its BCCP should be completed 
in June.
    OMB has identified two agencies under the Subcommittee's 
jurisdiction as lead agencies in assessing High Impact 
Programs; the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health 
Service. These agencies' programs, if disrupted, could have a 
direct effect on the public health, safety, or well-being of 
individuals. The lead agencies are mandated to head an end-to-
end testing to ensure that services will not be disrupted. The 
estimated completion dates of the tests are December for BIA 
and August for IHS.

                  TOTAL ESTIMATED Y2K COMPLIANCE COSTS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Total costs
              Agency                  (fiscal years     Fiscal year 1999
                                        1996-1999)           costs
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of the Interior........       $115,000,000       $101,400,000
U.S. Forest Service...............         23,100,000         11,050,000
Department of Energy..............        202,800,000         97,200,000
National Gallery of Art...........            100,000            100,000
Indian Health Service.............         48,200,000         43,200,000
JFK Center for the Performing Arts            330,000              4,000
U.S. Holocaust Museum.............          1,700,000            900,000
Smithsonian Institution...........          9,100,000          4,700,000
National Capital Planning                     370,000            370,000
 Commission.......................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        Climate Change Research

    Several programs funded through this bill conduct science 
and technology research that are associated partly with global 
climate change. To the extent that the Committee has funded 
this work, it has done so based on each program's individual 
merits of contributing to issues associated with domestic 
energy production, national energy security, energy efficiency 
and cost savings, related environmental assessments, and 
general energy emission improvements. None of the funds 
provided in this bill are to be used to implement actions 
called for solely under the Kyoto protocol, prior to its 
ratification.
    The Byrd-Hagel resolution passed in 1997 (S. Res. 98) 
remains the clearest statement of the will of the Senate with 
regard to the Kyoto protocol, and the Committee is committed to 
ensuring that the Administration not implement the Kyoto 
protocol without congressional consent. The Committee 
recognizes, however, that there are also longstanding energy 
research programs which have goals and objectives that, if met, 
could have positive effects on energy use and the environment. 
The Committee does not intend to preclude these programs from 
proceeding, provided they have been funded and approved by 
Congress.
    To the extent future funding requests may be submitted 
which would increase funding for climate change activities 
prior to Senate consideration of the Kyoto protocol (whether 
under the auspices of the climate change technology initiative 
or any other initiative), the Administration must do a better 
job of explaining the components of the programs, their 
anticipated goals and objectives, the justification for any 
funding increases, a discussion of how success will be 
measured, and a clear definition of how these programs are 
justified by goals and objectives independent of implementation 
of the Kyoto protocol.
    Last year, the Committee directed all affected agencies to 
include these items in the Administration's fiscal year 2000 
budget submission. The Committee is concerned that the 
Department of Energy and other affected agencies were tardy in 
doing so. The Committee takes cognizance of a joint hearing on 
agency accountability, conducted on May 20, 1999, by 
subcommittees of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources and the House Committee on Government Reform. In 
fact, three agencies did not submit reports until April 9 or 
later, and the Department of Energy submitted its report one 
day before the May 20 hearing. According to the General 
Accounting Office, both the timing and the content of these 
submissions made it more difficult for Congress to assess the 
Administration proposals. The Committee reiterates its 
directive that all affected agencies submit these items to the 
Committee as part of all future budget submissions.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                        LAND AND WATER RESOURCES

                       Bureau of Land Management

                    management of land and resources

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $612,511,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     641,100,000
Committee recommendation................................     634,321,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $634,321,000, 
a decrease of $6,779,000 below the budget estimate and an 
increase of $21,810,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level. A 
comparison of the Committee recommendations with the budget 
estimate is as follows:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land resources:
    Soil, water, and air management..........................      $32,306,000      $32,256,000         -$50,000
    Range management.........................................       67,217,000       65,338,000       -1,879,000
    Forestry management......................................        6,966,000        5,966,000       -1,000,000
    Riparian management......................................       21,181,000       20,981,000         -200,000
    Cultural resources management............................       13,740,000       13,440,000         -300,000
    Wild horse and burro management..........................       19,970,000       19,370,000         -600,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, land resources...............................      161,380,000      157,351,000       -4,029,000
                                                              ==================================================
Wildlife and fisheries management:
    Wildlife management......................................       24,160,000       22,810,000       -1,350,000
    Fisheries management.....................................       10,528,000       10,728,000         +200,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, wildlife and fisheries manage-  ment.........       34,688,000       33,538,000       -1,150,000
                                                              ==================================================
Threatened and endangered species............................       18,853,000       17,903,000         -950,000
Recreation management:
    Wilderness management....................................       16,290,000       16,290,000  ...............
    Recreation resource management...........................       32,827,000       32,477,000         -350,000
    Recreation operations (fees).............................        2,636,000        2,636,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, recreation management........................       51,753,000       51,403,000         -350,000
                                                              ==================================================
Energy and minerals:
    Oil and gas..............................................       55,326,000       57,576,000       +2,250,000
    Coal management..........................................        7,527,000        7,377,000         -150,000
    Other mineral resources..................................        9,377,000        9,227,000         -150,000
    Alaska minerals..........................................        2,147,000        2,147,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, energy and minerals..........................       74,377,000       76,327,000    +1,950,000DBo
                                                              ==================================================
Realty and ownership management:
    Alaska conveyance........................................       29,487,000       34,887,000       +5,400,000
    Cadastral survey.........................................       14,668,000       13,318,000       -1,350,000
    Land and realty management...............................       30,952,000       30,952,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, realty and ownership manage-  ment...........       75,107,000       79,157,000       +4,050,000
                                                              ==================================================
Resource protection and maintenance:
    Resource management planning.............................        6,613,000        6,613,000  ...............
    Facilities maintenance...................................  ...............  ...............  ...............
    Resource protection and law enforcement..................       11,106,000       11,106,000  ...............
    Hazardous materials management...........................       16,376,000       16,076,000         -300,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, resource protection and maintenance..........       34,095,000       33,795,000         -300,000
                                                              ==================================================
Land and resources information systems.......................       19,130,000       19,130,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
Mining law administration:
    Administration...........................................       33,529,000       33,529,000  ...............
    Fee collection...........................................  ...............  ...............  ...............
    Offsetting fees..........................................      -33,529,000      -33,529,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, mining law administration....................  ...............  ...............  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
Transportation and facilities maintenance:
    Operations...............................................        6,150,000        6,150,000  ...............
    Annual maintenance.......................................       30,006,000       27,506,000       -2,500,000
    Deferred maintenance.....................................       12,700,000        9,200,000       -3,500,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, transportation and facilities maintenance....       48,856,000       42,856,000    -6,000,000DBo
                                                              ==================================================
Work force and organizational support:
    Information systems operations...........................       15,835,000       15,835,000  ...............
    Administrative support...................................       47,240,000       47,240,000  ...............
    Bureauwide fixed costs...................................       59,786,000       59,786,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, work force and organization..................      122,861,000      122,861,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, management of lands and resources...............      641,100,000      634,321,000       -6,779,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Land resources.--The Committee recommends $157,351,000 for 
land resources which is an increase of $12,437,000 over the 
fiscal year 1999 level. Increases above the enacted level 
include $4,137,000 for fixed costs, $2,500,000 for additional 
environmental analysis on grazing permits, $3,500,000 for 
noxious weed management, and $750,000 for the Idaho State 
Department of Agriculture to provide coordination, 
facilitation, administrative support, and cost-share weed 
control project funding to Cooperative Weed Management Areas as 
well as statewide GIS mapping of noxious weed infestations on 
private, state and federal lands. Within the funds provided for 
noxious weed control, $500,000 is for research and related 
activities by the National Center for Ecologically-Based 
Noxious Weed Management at Montana State University. Funding 
for erosion control projects along the Rio Puerco watershed is 
$400,000, which is $50,000 above the enacted level.
    The Committee also has provided an increase of $1,000,000 
above the enacted level to support ongoing ecological 
restoration and related activities carried out under the 
auspices of the university-based cooperative ecosystem studies 
unit (CESU) for the Colorado Plateau. An increase of $500,000 
above the request level is for the continuation of a study 
conducted by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to 
characterize and predict the effect of grazing on vegetation, 
soils, and hydrology of public rangelands.
    The Committee recognizes that the Administration, through 
the White House Office of Science and Technology, Committee on 
Environment and Natural Resources, and the Council on 
Environmental Quality, is working toward the use of advanced 
computer technology applications for purposes of expediting the 
analysis and completion of factual records to proceed to make 
policy decisions affecting land and water resources. The 
Committee is also cognizant of efforts by the Northwest Indian 
Fisheries Commission, certain Washington State agencies and 
local governments, and Battelle Northwest, which operates the 
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, to create an electronic 
architecture of natural resources information, assembled such 
that watershed councils, agencies, tribes, and other decision 
makers can use available science for more focused and effective 
decisions for fish, wildlife, and water quality protection. The 
initial focus of this work is the Snohomish River Basin in the 
State of Washington. Similar technology has previously been 
developed by Battelle and is currently being used by a number 
of federal agencies. The Committee views this effort as 
compatible with the Administration's efforts, and encourages 
the Administration to work with Battelle and the Northwest 
Indian Fisheries Commission to take advantage of their efforts, 
which the Committee believes can accomplish the 
Administration's goal of making natural resources information 
more accessible to watershed planning at local levels. The 
Committee also expects the Administration to provide the 
Committee and other appropriate committees with detailed 
reports on these collaborations, and in particular a 
determination of how Battelle Pacific Northwest National 
Laboratory work can be a model for additional watersheds 
including, but also beyond, the Snohomish.
    The Committee is concerned that the Bureau retain its 
current level of support for the National Conservation Training 
Center, and directs that $500,000 be provided for this purpose.
    The Committee continues to be concerned about the Interior 
Columbia Basin Ecosystem study. Because of heightened concerns 
over the cost of the study, the Committee believes that it is 
prudent to direct that the report required by section 323(a) of 
the fiscal year 1998 appropriations act be submitted to the 
Committee prior to publication of the Project's final EIS. 
Language has been included in Title III of the bill to address 
this issue.
    Wildlife and fisheries management.--The Committee has 
provided $33,538,000 for wildlife and fisheries managment, 
which is an increase of $1,775,000 above the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level. Increases above the enacted level are $875,000 
for fixed costs and $900,000 for salmon habitat restoration 
efforts in Yukon River tributaries that have been affected by 
historic mining activities.
    Threatened and endangered species.--The Committee has 
provided $17,903,000 for threatened and endangered species 
management, which is an increase of $484,000 above the fiscal 
year 1999 enacted level. The amount of the increase is for 
additional fixed costs. Within the funds provided, $150,000 
shall be used to fund a portion of the federal share of the 
Virgin River Basin Integrated Resource Management and Recovery 
Program.
    Recreation management.--The Committee has provided 
$51,403,000 for the recreation management program, which is an 
increase of $1,328,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level. The amount of the increase is for additional fixed 
costs.
    Energy and minerals management including Alaska minerals.--
The Committee has provided $76,327,000 for energy and minerals 
management, which is $3,291,000 above the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level not including internal transfers enacted in 
Public Law 106-31. Increases above the enacted level include 
$1,836,000 for fixed costs, $400,000 for additional costs to 
the Alaska office due to leasing activities in the National 
Petroleum Reserve and $2,000,000 to be used solely for the 
purpose of conducting an environmental review, if necessary, 
for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System right of way renewal. The 
Alaska minerals program is funded at $2,147,000 as stated in 
the request.
    Realty and ownership management.--The Committee has 
provided $79,157,000 for realty and ownership management, which 
is an increase of $5,575,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level. Increases above the enacted level include $1,925,000 for 
fixed costs, $3,000,000 for the Alaska conveyance project, 
$300,000 to be made available to Utah State University, working 
in conjunction with the State of Utah and local counties, to 
continue statewide GIS wilderness mapping activities, and 
$350,000 to support the Montana cadastral mapping project.
    Within the funds provided, $200,000 shall be used by the 
Bureau of Land Management to meet the time schedule specified 
in the Juniper Butte Range Withdrawal Act (Public Law 105-261), 
which the Committee understands is consistent with the Bureau's 
intent.
    Resource protection and maintenance.--The Committee has 
provided $33,795,000 for resource protection and maintenance 
which is $40,893,000 below the fiscal year 1999 enacted level 
due to the creation of a new budget structure which transferred 
the former facilities maintenance line from this activity to a 
new activity of its own entitled ``transportation and 
facilities maintenance.'' Within the funds provided, $865,000 
is for fixed cost increases.
    Within the funds recommended for hazardous materials 
management, $750,000 shall be provided from the amounts 
allocated to the Idaho program for the Couer d'Alene Basin 
commission to assist in implementation of pilot projects for 
the cleanup of mining-related damage within the Couer d'Alene 
basin.
    Transportation and facilities maintenance.--The Committee 
has provided $42,856,000 for the newly titled ``transportation 
and facilities maintenance'' activity, which is an increase of 
$1,098,000 over the amount provided for similar activities in 
fiscal year 1999. The full amount of the increase is for 
additional fixed costs. The Committee commends the Department 
for its efforts to address its serious infrastructure problems 
by prioritizing the most serious needs and providing the 
Committee with specific information concerning which projects 
will be undertaken at various funding levels. However, due to 
budget constraints the Committee is unable to provide large 
increases for this effort in fiscal year 2000.
    Land and resources information systems.--The Committee has 
provided $19,130,000 for land and resources information 
systems, the amount of the budget request. The Committee is 
extremely concerned over recent problems associated with the 
agency's effort to automate its lands and minerals record 
systems. A large investment was made in this effort and to date 
it appears that few, if any, significant accomplishments have 
been made. The Committee also believes that the agency must do 
a much better job in the future of apprising the Committee of 
the status of this project as well as providing the Committee 
with the full costs of implementation. The agency is expected 
to work closely with the Committee to get this effort on the 
right path or support for this project will be hindered.
    Mining law administration.--The Committee has provided 
$33,529,000 for mining law administration activities, an 
increase of $879,000 above the enacted level. The amount of the 
increase is for additional fixed costs.
    Work force organization and support.--The Committee has 
provided $122,861,000 for work force organization and support 
which is $3,743,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. 
The full amount of the increase is for additional fixed costs.
    Other.--It is the intent of Congress that the authority 
provided in Section 4(e)(3)(A)(v) of the Southern Nevada Public 
Land Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-263), to expend 
funds for the reimbursement of costs incurred by the Bureau of 
Land Management in arranging sales or exchanges under this Act, 
shall include not only the direct costs for these sales and 
exchanges but also other Bureau of Land Management 
administrative costs associated with implementing the 
provisions of the Act. Other administrative costs include those 
expenditures for establishing and administering the Special 
Account under the Act, transferring the airport environ lands 
to Clark County, developing implementation procedures, and 
consultation with legal counsel. In addition, authority is 
provided for the Bureau of Land Management to be reimbursed 
retroactively for administrative costs incurred in fiscal year 
1999, not to exceed $500,000, from funds available in the 
Special Account.
    It is also the intent of Congress that the definition of 
the term ``regional governmental entity'' provided in Section 3 
of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 
(Public Law 105-263) shall include within its meaning the 
member agencies of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, 
including the Las Vegas Valley Water District, and that the 
requirements of Section 4(b)(2), providing for the issuance of 
right-of-way grants in perpetuity and not subject to rental 
payments or cost recovery fees to a regional governmental 
entity, shall apply to existing right-of-way grants held by the 
Las Vegas Water Authority and other qualifying governmental 
entities.
    The Committee has provided $6,400,000 for planning and 
operation of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, 
the same level as fiscal year 1999. Of these funds, $300,000 
shall be made available for Garfield and Kane Counties for 
continued planning purposes and $100,000 shall be made 
available to implement the Garfield-Kane County Partnership 
Action plan.

                        wildland fire management

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $286,895,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     305,850,000
Committee recommendation................................     287,305,000

    The Committee has provided $287,305,000 for wildland fire 
management activities, which is $410,000 above the fiscal year 
1999 enacted level.
    Within the funds recommended, the Committee has provided 
$167,305,000 for wildland fire preparedness, and $120,000,000 
for wildland fire operations. Within the fire preparedness 
activity $158,105,000 shall be for the readiness and program 
management functions. This level of funding corresponds to 81 
percent of the Most Efficient Level (MEL) which is the same as 
the level provided for fiscal year 1999. The reductions below 
the request level shall be taken from the deferred maintenance 
and capital improvement activity so that these expenditures are 
equal to the fiscal year 1999 enacted level.
    The Committee encourages the Bureau of Land Management to 
work with the Department of Defense to determine the need for a 
new facility to replace barracks housing BLM firefighters 
located at Ft. Wainwright and report back to the Committee no 
later than February 1, 2000 on the need for such a facility and 
its expected cost.
    Due to budget constraints, the Committee has reduced fire 
operations by $10,000,000 below the enacted level. The 
Committee notes, however, that there are significant other 
balances available for this activity, if necessary. 
Specifically, the agency has approximately $42,644,000 in 
carryover balances from fiscal year 1998 fire operations, and 
there is a $50,000,000 contingency fund which may be used upon 
declaration of an emergency.

                    central hazardous materials fund

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $10,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      11,350,000
Committee recommendation................................      10,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,000,000 
for the central hazardous materials fund, a decrease of 
$1,350,000 from the budget estimate and the same as the fiscal 
year 1999 enacted level.

                              construction

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $10,997,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       8,350,000
Committee recommendation................................      12,418,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,418,000 
for construction, which is an increase of $1,421,000 over the 
fiscal year 1999 enacted level and $4,068,000 over the request. 
Within the funds provided, $25,000 are for fixed costs. The 
increases over the request level are $3,743,000 to complete 
construction of the Coldfoot multiagency visitor facility in 
Alaska, $50,000 for the La Puebla pit tank in New Mexico, and 
$250,000 for studies of the proposed California Trail 
Interpretive Center in Elko, NV, including master planning and 
site design, and determining potential staffing needs and 
operating costs for environmental review and architectural and 
engineering design of the proposed California Trail 
Interpretive Center in Elko, NV. Of the $3,150,000 for 
construction at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National 
Monument, $500,000 shall be made available for design and 
planning for the Escalante Science Center.
    The Committee urges the agency to cooperate with the City 
of Fredonia, Arizona, on standards for headquarters and other 
facilities for the Arizona Strip District to be funded locally, 
and to enter into an agreement with the city to occupy the 
facilities upon completion of construction.

                       payments in lieu of taxes

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $125,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     125,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     130,000,000

    The Committee recommends $130,000,000 for the payments in 
lieu of taxes program, an increase of $5,000,000 above the 
budget estimate and the fiscal year 1999 enacted level.

                            land acquisition

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $14,600,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      48,900,000
Committee recommendation................................      17,400,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $17,400,000 
for land acquisition, a decrease of $31,500,000 below the 
budget estimate and an increase of $2,800,000 above the fiscal 
year 1999 enacted level.
    The following table shows the Committee's recommendations:

                                                               Committee
        Area and State                                    Recommendation

California Wilderness (Catellus Property), CA...........      $8,000,000
Grafton Preservation, UT................................         250,000
La Cienega Area of Critical and Environmental Concerns, 
    NM..................................................       1,000,000
Otay Mountain/Kuchamaa Habitat Conservation Plan, CA....         500,000
Santa Rosa Mountains National Scenic Area, CA...........         500,000
Soda Mountain Wilderness Study Area, OR.................         250,000
Upper Arkansas River Basin, CO..........................       2,000,000
Upper Snake/S. Fork Snake River, ID.....................         500,000
West Eugene Wetlands, OR................................         500,000
Acquisition Management/Exchange Process.................       3,000,000
Emergency/Inholdings....................................         900,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, land acquisition...........................      17,400,000

                   oregon and california grant lands

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $97,037,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     101,650,000
Committee recommendation................................      99,225,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $99,225,000, a 
decrease of $2,425,000 below the budget estimate and an 
increase of $2,188,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level.

                 FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY

                   (REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)

    The Committee has retained bill language clarifying that 
the Federal share of salvage receipts to be deposited into this 
account shall be those funds remaining after payments to 
counties.

                           range improvements

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $10,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      10,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      10,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,000,000 
for range improvements, the same as the budget estimate and the 
fiscal year 1999 enacted level.

               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $8,055,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       8,800,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,800,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,800,000, 
the same as the budget estimate and an increase of $745,000 
above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level.

                       miscellaneous trust funds

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $8,800,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       7,700,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,700,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,700,000, 
the same as the budget estimate.

                      FISH AND WILDLIFE AND PARKS


                     U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


                          resource management

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $661,136,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     724,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     683,519,000

    The Committee recommends $683,519,000 for resource 
management, $40,481,000 below the budget estimate and 
$22,383,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The 
Committee provides full funding for fixed cost increases 
totaling $16,000,000 and provides internal transfers as 
requested by the Administration.
    The following table shows the amounts recommended by the 
Committee as compared with the budget estimate:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ecological services:
    Endangered species:
        Candidate conservation...............................       $8,316,000       $7,516,000        -$800,000
        Listing..............................................        7,532,000        5,932,000       -1,600,000
        Consultation.........................................       37,365,000       30,905,000       -6,460,000
        Recovery.............................................       56,725,000       52,375,000       -4,350,000
        ESA landowner incentive program......................        5,000,000        5,000,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, endangered species.......................      114,938,000      101,728,000      -13,210,000
                                                              ==================================================
    Habitat conservation.....................................       73,619,000       65,376,000       -8,243,000
    Environmental contaminants...............................       10,193,000        9,593,000         -600,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, ecological services..........................      198,750,000      176,697,000      -22,053,000
                                                              ==================================================
Refuges and wildlife:
    Refuge operations and maintenance........................      264,337,000      250,594,000      -13,743,000
    Law enforcement operations...............................       39,905,000       38,245,000       -1,660,000
    Migratory bird management................................       21,877,000       20,014,000       -1,863,000
    Salton Sea recovery......................................        1,000,000        1,000,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, refuges and wildlife.........................      327,119,000      309,853,000      -17,266,000
                                                              ==================================================
Fisheries:
    Hatchery operations and maintenance......................       40,524,000       44,324,000       +3,800,000
    Lower Snake River compensation fund......................       11,701,000       11,701,000  ...............
    Fish and wildlife management.............................       27,576,000       26,264,000       -1,312,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, fisheries....................................       79,801,000       82,289,000       +2,488,000
                                                              ==================================================
General administration:
    Central office administration............................       15,214,000       14,914,000         -300,000
    Regional office administration...........................       24,024,000       24,024,000  ...............
    Servicewide administrative support.......................       46,858,000       46,858,000  ...............
    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation....................        7,000,000        6,500,000         -500,000
    National Conservation Training Center....................       14,928,000       15,278,000         +350,000
    International affairs....................................       10,306,000        7,106,000       -3,200,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, general administration.......................      118,330,000      114,680,000       -3,650,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, resource management.............................      724,000,000      683,519,000      -40,481,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Endangered species.--The Committee recommends $101,728,000 
for endangered species, $9,089,000 below the level of funding 
for fiscal year 1999. The net decrease reflects a decrease in 
funding for Pacific salmon recovery, as requested by the 
Administration. The Committee provides modest program increases 
for on-the-ground activities in candidate conservation, 
consultation, and recovery programs.
    The Committee does not provide funding to expand the 
Administration's ESA reforms. The budget estimate includes 
$113,300,000 for ESA reforms, an entirely inappropriate request 
for an $86,400,000 increase for a program which has lacked 
reauthorization since 1992, when funding for ESA listing, 
candidate conservation, consultation, and recovery activities 
totaled about $35,000,000. As the Committee noted last year, 
while some reforms can be, and are being, implemented 
administratively, specific legislation is required for more 
comprehensive reforms.
    In the amount provided for candidate conservation, the 
Committee provides a program increase of $1,000,000. The 
Committee provides $400,000 for the third year of a five-year 
State conservation plan for Alabama sturgeon, the same amount 
as was provided for fiscal year 1999. The Committee encourages 
the Service to work with the State of Alabama and hopes that 
the success of the State plan will obviate the need to list the 
species. The amount provided includes a decrease of $400,000 
for the Prebles meadow jumping mouse, as the Administration 
requested.
    The Committee provides $5,932,000 for listing, an increase 
of $176,000 above the fiscal year 1999 funding level.
    The amount for consultation includes a program increase of 
$3,000,000. Within the increase provided, $100,000 is for a 
demonstration project on the Broughton Ranch in Walla Walla, 
Washington that will serve as a template for how small private 
landowners can establish habitat conservation plans in 
cooperation with Federal agencies.
    The Committee has not continued the earmark in the bill for 
the Natural Community Conservation Plan in order to give the 
Fish and Wildlife Service the opportunity to support more of 
the conservation plans that local communities are developing. 
However, the Committee recognizes the past successes of the 
Natural Community Conservation Planning program and encourages 
the Service to continue its support.
    In addition, the Committee urges the Service to consider 
carefully the Idaho and Montana Coldwater Fishery Enhancement 
Program.
    The Committee is disturbed to learn that, in spite of its 
specific expressions of disapproval in the past two years, 
particularly in Senate Report 105-227, the Department spent 
appropriated funds in fiscal year 1999 implementing Secretarial 
Order 3206, which gives tribes special privileges over 
nontribal members in complying with the Endangered Species Act, 
which is inconsistent with existing law. The Committee does not 
provide funds to be used to carry out Secretarial Order 3206 
and has included language in the general provisions of title I 
of the bill prohibiting the expenditure of funds to implement 
Secretarial Order 3206.
    Within the amount provided for recovery, the Committee 
provides program increases of $200,000 for manatees and 
$1,000,000 for on-the-ground recovery activities and a net 
decrease of $16,000,000 for Washington salmon recovery. The 
Committee also provides a $100,000 increase for wolf monitoring 
activities of the Nez Perce in the Frank Church River of No 
Return Wilderness Area and directs the Service to notify the 
City of Salmon, Idaho, when wolves are in the area.
    To conserve and restore Pacific salmon, the Committee has 
included $4,000,000 in the recovery program (a net decrease of 
$16,000,000 from the fiscal year 1999 level of funding for a 
similar project) for a competitively awarded matching grant 
program in Washington State. The Committee intends that the 
funds be provided in an advance payment of the entire amount on 
October 1, or as soon as practicable thereafter, to a 
Congressionally created, nonprofit organization with a 
substantial record of leveraging federal funds with non-federal 
funds, coordinating private and public partnerships, managing 
peer reviewed challenge grants programs, and tracking the 
expenditure of funds. The funds provided to the managing 
organization will be available for award to local organizations 
in Washington State for on-the-ground projects that may include 
conservation and restoration of instream habitat and riparian 
zones, upland and wetland areas, and fish passage projects. Of 
this amount, $143,000 is allocated to the Hood Canal Salmon 
Enhancement Group and $451,000 is allocated to the River CPR-
Puget Sound Drain Guard Campaign. The Committee also expects 
the non-profit funding organization to work with the affected 
local community in the Methow Valley in Okanogan County, 
Washington on salmon enhancement measures. The Committee also 
expects the funding organization to give priority in awarding 
funds to rural communities throughout the state.
    The Committee recognizes the recent agreement on forest 
practices in Washington State (the Forest Module Agreement) 
providing full compliance with the Endangered Species Act and 
the Clean Water Act through a State based plan. In order to 
facilitate the implementation of this agreement, the Committee 
encourages the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to expand its 
Olympia office to conduct baseline science assessments for Bull 
Trout.
    The amount provided includes $500,000, the same as provided 
in fiscal year 1999, for the Bruneau Hot Springs Snail for 
activities in coordination with the Bruneau Hot Springs Snail 
Conservation Committee. The Committee also expects the same 
levels of funding as provided in fiscal year 1999 to be 
allocated for the Virgin River recovery plan (to be 
supplemented with funds from the Bureau of Land Management), 
endangered fish recovery in the Upper Colorado River Basin, and 
The Peregrine Fund for the recovery of the California Condor.
    Habitat conservation.--The Committee recommends $65,376,000 
for habitat conservation, $1,623,000 above the level of funding 
for fiscal year 1999.
    For the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program, the 
Committee provides funding at the level provided in fiscal year 
1999 of $250,000 for Hawaii community conservation programs for 
palila bird recovery in conjunction with the Saddle Road 
project on the Island of Hawaii. The amount provided includes 
the Administration's requested decreases of $100,000 for Long 
Live the Kings (funded this year in coastal programs), $200,000 
for the Washington State Department of Fish and Game (funded at 
$750,000 in base funds), and $100,000 for the alligator 
snapping turtles survey.
    In the amount provided for project planning, the Committee 
provides $550,000 for the Middle Rio Grande/Bosque program.
    For coastal programs, the amount provided includes a 
general program increase of $500,000 above the fiscal year 1999 
funding level and an increase of $200,000 above fiscal year 
1999 funding for Long Live the Kings. The Committee would like 
to draw the Service's attention to the South Carolina and Texas 
programs.
    Environmental contaminants.--The Committee recommends 
$9,593,000 for environmental contaminants. The amount provided 
includes the decrease requested by the Administration of 
$55,000 for the Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area, NV.
    Refuges and Wildlife.--The Committee recommends 
$309,853,000, an increase of $15,550,000 above the level of 
funding provided for fiscal year 1999.
    For refuge operations, the amount provided includes program 
increases of $400,000 for conservation of fragile ecosystems in 
Hawaii, $1,000,000 for protection of coral reefs, $125,000 for 
the Ohio River Islands NWR, and $2,200,000 for control of 
invasive alien animal and plant species, some of which have the 
potential to destroy entire ecosystems. Within the amount 
provided for invasive species control, $200,000 is for spartina 
grass research being conducted by the University of Washington.
    For refuge maintenance, the amount provided includes 
$17,000,000 for annual maintenance, $7,500,000 for equipment 
replacement, and $23,689,000 for deferred maintenance.
    The Committee supports the budget estimate of $669,000 for 
the operations and maintenance of the Canaan Valley National 
Wildlife Refuge and expects these funds to be used first for 
normal operational and maintenance needs (including staffing 
and equipment needs) at the refuge.
    For migratory bird management, the amount provided includes 
program increases of $100,000 for snow goose monitoring, 
$500,000 to continue implementing the 1997 Migratory Bird 
Treaty Act protocols, and $500,000 for other on-the-ground 
conservation and monitoring activities. Funding of $500,000 is 
provided to address goose-related crop depredation in the 
States of Washington and Oregon. The Committee has agreed to 
the administration's requested decrease of $100,000 for lead 
shot workshops. The Committee encourages the Service to 
allocate sufficient funds to the recovery of the Rocky Mountain 
Trumpeter Swan.
    For law enforcement, the Committee recommendation provides 
funding at the fiscal year 1999 enacted level, adjusted for 
fixed costs and internal transfers.
    Fisheries.--The Committee recommends $82,289,000 for 
fisheries, $8,727,000 above the level of funding for fiscal 
year 1999.
    The amount provided for hatchery operations and maintenance 
includes program increases of $200,000 for White Sulphur 
Springs NFH, WV, and $3,600,000 for the Washington State 
Hatchery Improvement Project. The amount provided also includes 
program decreases of $50,000 for fresh water mussels and 
$250,000 for deferred maintenance, as requested by the 
Administration. The Committee is alarmed by reports of the 
continued neglect of the Federal fish hatcheries program. These 
reports seem to be supported by the relatively meager budget 
estimates submitted by this Administration for the hatcheries. 
The Committee encourages the Service to undergo the possibly 
painful process of assessing its commitment to a Federal fish 
hatcheries program and advise the Committee of its needs.
    The $3,600,000 provided for hatchery reform in Washington 
State shall be distributed for the improvement of hatcheries in 
the Puget Sound area and other coastal communities as follows: 
$300,000 for activities associated with the Hatchery Scientific 
Review Group which will work with agencies to review hatchery 
management plans for scientific consistency with hatchery 
reform goals, identify scientific needs, and make 
recommendations on further experimentation; $800,000 for 
independent scientists, agencies, and tribes to establish a 
team of scientists to generate and maintain data bases, analyze 
existing data, determine and undertake needed experiments, 
purchase scientific equipment, develop technical support 
infrastructures, initiate changes to the hatcheries based on 
their findings and establish a science-based decision making 
process; $1,500,000 to improve hatchery management practices to 
augment fisheries, protect genetic resources, avoid negative 
ecological interactions between wild and hatchery fish, promote 
recovery of naturally spawning populations, and employ new 
rearing protocols to improve survival and operational 
efficiencies; and $1,000,000 to conduct scientific research 
evaluating hatchery management options.
    The Committee believes that opening up access to Icicle 
Creek in the State of Washington to endangered steelhead would 
provide significant benefits to salmon recovery by taking 
advantage of the 20-plus miles of pristine habitat above the 
Leavenworth fish hatchery. The Committee believes removing the 
obstacles and opening up access is not a major Federal action, 
that it should proceed in fiscal year 2000, and that 
appropriate monitoring should accompany the effort.
    Within the funds provided for anadromous fish management, 
an increase of $300,000 is provided for the ongoing Atlantic 
salmon recovery effort.
    For fish and wildlife assistance, the amount provided 
includes program increases over the fiscal year 1999 level of 
funding of $1,000,000 for invasive species control; $395,000 
for Yukon River fisheries management studies; $150,000 for a 
public information and education campaign concerning the U.S.-
Canada Yukon River Salmon Treaty negotiations; $500,000 for 
salmon restoration efforts at the Chatanika Mine in the 
Caribou-Poker Creeks Watershed; and $1,018,000 for fish passage 
improvements, to be used to assist the State of Maine in its 
efforts to restore the Kennebec River's fisheries in 
conjunction with the removal of Edwards Dam. The Committee has 
provided $500,000 for a grant to the Washington State 
Department of Fish and Wildlife for its hatchery salmon marking 
and tagging system, which is vitally important to 
distinguishing hatchery fish from listed wild species, a net 
decrease of $100,000 from the fiscal year 1999 level of funding 
for this project. The Committee has provided in the base funds 
the Administration's request of $600,000 for the Yukon River 
Salmon Treaty between the United States and Canada, including 
$400,000 for the U.S. payment to the Yukon River Restoration 
and Enhancement Fund, and $200,000 for travel and expenses 
related to the activities of Yukon River Panel members and 
advisors. In the event that the interim salmon agreement is not 
extended, the $400,000 to be used for the U.S. payment shall 
instead be used for restoration and enhancement activities 
recommended by the U.S. members of the Yukon River Panel.
    For marine mammals management, the amount provided includes 
a program increase of $100,000 for Pacific walrus population 
studies, as requested by the Administration.
    General administration.--The Committee recommends 
$114,680,000 for general administration, $5,317,000 above the 
level of funding for fiscal year 1999. Within the amount 
provided, program increases are included as follows: $500,000 
for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, $950,000 for the 
National Conservation Training Center for training material 
production and additional infrastructure needs for repairs and 
upkeep, $100,000 for Arctic flora and fauna monitoring and 
conservation activities, and $50,000 for monarch butterfly 
conservation. A program decrease of $200,000 for servicewide 
administrative support is included, as requested by the 
Administration.
    Advance payments.--The Committee has included language in 
the bill, drafted in coordination with the Department of the 
Interior, which will grant the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
limited authority to obligate funds in advance of payments 
under a reimbursable agreement. Constrained fiscal resources 
and the desire to include states and other entities as full 
partners in resource conservation and protection efforts have 
made it necessary to provide language overcoming the standard 
practice of requiring up-front payments from non-Federal 
entities on cooperative agreements involving reimbursements to 
the Federal government.
    On the other hand, the Committee is aware of the risks of 
non-payment or late payment by non-Federal partners with the 
Fish and Wildlife Service, both of which would only further 
tighten the Service's fiscal resources. Thus, to use this 
authority, the Service must specifically cite it and the 
reasons for it in the instrument setting out the partnering 
agreement that will be signed by both the Service and the 
partner(s). To use this authority, the Director must find in 
writing that: the agreement will result in specific outputs of 
significant national benefit that are consistent with the 
mission of the Service; the entity, based on past history and 
fiscal credit-worthiness, will honor the commitment to pay its 
share of the cost of the agreement; and the agreement has been 
signed by an officer of the state, local government, or tribe 
with authority to commit that entity to the payments in the 
agreement without qualification.
    Retention of fines.--The Committee has included, at the 
request of the Administration, language authorizing the Service 
for fiscal year 2000 to retain fines collected from violations 
of protections for species covered by the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act and to use these collections to enhance 
protection, recovery and management efforts for manatees, polar 
bears, sea otters, and walruses. The Service estimates that 
fines total between $70,000 and $190,000 annually. The 
provision is one-year language. The Committee will consider the 
program at the end of one year to determine whether it should 
be extended.
    Other bill language.--Language is included in the general 
provisions of title I of the bill regarding Secretarial Order 
3206.
    Other.--The Committee directs the Fish and Wildlife Service 
to work cooperatively with the Lee County, Florida, Department 
of Transportation to ensure that measures designed to minimize 
the impacts on the Florida panther related to the Daniels 
Parkway extension are reasonable and conceived properly.

                              CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $50,453,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      43,569,000
Committee recommendation................................      40,434,000

    The Committee recommends $40,434,000 for construction, a 
decrease of $3,135,000 below the budget request and a decrease 
of $10,019,000 below the fiscal year 1999 enacted level.

          U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE--CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Budget         Committee
           Project/description               estimate     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alaska OAS: Hangar......................             536  ..............
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife         ..............           7,900
 Refuge, AK: Headquarters/Visitors
 Center.................................
Alchesay/Williams Creek National Fish                373             373
 Hatchery, AZ: Environmental pollution
 control (p/d/ic).......................
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, UT:                450             450
 Dikes, water control structures,
 Habitat Restoration....................
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, UT:     ..............           1,500
 Headquarters/Visitors Center...........
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, TX:               277             277
 Bridge replacement.....................
Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge, PR:              639  ..............
 Replace office building................
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge,   ..............             200
 WV: Repair office and visitors center..
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, ND:             625             625
 Construct heated equipment/vehicle shop
 facility...............................
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge,             1,000           1,000
 VA, MD: Planning/Design................
Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge,             1,500           1,500
 TN: Replace 5 Bridges/WCS..............
Genoa National Fish Hatchery, WI: Water            1,717  ..............
 supply lines...........................
Hagerman National Fish Hatchery, ID:               1,000           1,000
 Main hatchery building.................
Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge, TN:                284             284
 Replace Log Landing Slough  Bridge.....
Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge, TN:                367             367
 Replace windrow loop/Bear Creek Bridge.
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, AZ:                 409             409
 Bridge rehabilitation/replacement......
Innoko National Wildlife Refuge, AK:                 129  ..............
 Hangar.................................
Lake Thibadeau National Wildlife Refuge,             250             250
 MT: Lake Thibadeau National Wildlife
 Refuge Dam.............................
Little White Salmon National Fish                  3,990           3,990
 Hatchery, WA: Replace upper race-  ways
Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge,    ..............             187
 NC: Repair tidegates...................
Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge,               600             600
 NC: Repair structural columns, Lodge...
Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge,               400             400
 NC: Replace refuge sewage system.......
McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery,                600             600
 NC: McKinney Lake Dam--construction....
Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery, LA:             750             750
 Rehab aeration and elec.; 53 ponds.....
National Repository, CO:
    Eagle processing laboratory.........             176  ..............
    Storage units.......................              65  ..............
National Fish and Wildlife Forensics                 500  ..............
 Laboratory, OR: Laboratory expan-  sion
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, WI:              3,440  ..............
 Rynearson Dam..........................
Neosho National Fish Hatchery, MO: Pond              450             450
 11 kettle and drain....................
Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge, AK:                106  ..............
 Hangar.................................
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge,             3,160           2,130
 MA: Headquarters complex...............
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge,                 74              74
 OK: Bridge rehabilitation..............
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge,                 75              75
 TX: Bridge replacement.................
Seney National Wildlife Refuge, MI:                1,450  ..............
 Replace water control structure........
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, NM:              927             927
 Office/visitors building/replacement...
Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife         ..............           1,500
 Refuge, VT: Education center...........
Six National Fish Hatcheries, VT, ME,              1,803           1,803
 MA, NH: Water treatment improvement
 (Phase I)..............................
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, FL:              200             200
 Repair public use facilities, Otter
 Lake...................................
St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge,                556             556
 FL: Repair/replace support facili-
 ties...................................
Tern Island, HI: Repair seawall.........           1,800  ..............
Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery, OK:                44              44
 Pennington Creek Foot Bridge  (p/d)....
Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, OK:              54              54
 Bridge rehabilitation..................
Upper Mississippi River National          ..............           1,200
 Wildlife Refuge and Fish Refuge, IA:
 Planning and design....................
White River National Fish Hatchery, VT:              600  ..............
 Roof replacement.......................
White Sulphur Springs National Fish       ..............              95
 Hatchery, WV: Resurface fingerling
 tanks and raceways.....................
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, OK:             1,537             500
 Bridge rehabilitation..................
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, OK:             1,564             500
 Road rehabilitation....................
Other (nonspecific):
    Dam Inspection......................             545             495
    Bridge Inspections..................             495             495
Nationwide Engineering Services:
    Nationwide Engineering Services.....           5,577           5,577
    Seismic rehabilitation..............             615  ..............
    Environmental Compliance............           1,860           1,097
                                         -------------------------------
      Total.............................          43,569          40,434
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    The Committee is concerned about the unobligated balances 
that remain for construction activities. The Committee requests 
that the Service provide information on the carryover of 
unobligated balances for its proposed construction projects in 
the future.
    The Committee regrets that it cannot recommend more for the 
construction projects proposed to it. The Committee recognizes 
the real need for visitor facilities, water control structures, 
hatchery improvements, dam and bridge repairs, and other 
resource management infrastructure.
    The Committee notes the success of the National 
Conservation Training Center and the strong demand for its 
services and facilities. While a third dormitory at the center 
has just been completed and opened for students, this dormitory 
is already booked to capacity, and the center is turning away 
eighty to one-hundred people per week. Therefore, the Committee 
encourages the Fish and Wildlife Service to seriously consider 
the need for a fourth dormitory at the center and to include 
construction funding for the fourth dormitory in future budget 
requests, if warranted.
    The Fish and Wildlife Service is directed to return the 
tidegates on and around Lake Mattamuskeet to their original 
1988 weir size, before they were reduced by approximately 77 
percent, and that they be refabricated out of aluminum.
    Language has been included in the bill providing for a 
single procurement for the construction of headquarter and 
visitor facilities at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife 
Refugee.

                            land acquisition

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $48,024,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      73,632,000
Committee recommendation................................      55,244,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $55,244,000, a 
decrease of $18,388,000 below the budget estimate, and an 
increase of $7,220,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level.
    The following table shows the Committee's recommendations:

                                                               Committee
        Area and State                                    recommendation

ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge, SC..................      $1,250,000
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, TX...       1,000,000
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, VA...................       2,000,000
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, TX.......       1,500,000
Black Bayou National Wildlife Refuge, LA................       3,000,000
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, MD.................         750,000
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge, KY...............       1,000,000
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge, IL..............       1,000,000
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 
    CA..................................................       1,678,000
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge, IL....................       1,000,000
Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ...................         800,000
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge, AL..................       1,000,000
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Complex, MA......         500,000
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge Complex, FL..       2,000,000
Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge, FL...................         500,000
Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, NH...............       2,000,000
Lake Wales National Wildlife Refuge, FL.................         500,000
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, TX....       2,000,000
McKinney National Wildlife Refuge (Calves Island), CT...       2,000,000
McKinney National Wildlife Refuge (Great Meadows), CT...         500,000
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, IA.................       1,500,000
North Dakota Prairie, ND................................         500,000
Northern Tallgrass Prairie Project, MN & IA.............         700,000
Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge (Proposed), HI.....       1,000,000
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge, WV.........         500,000
Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex, OR.......         800,000
Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge, ME................         250,000
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, ME..............       1,500,000
Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge, VA..       1,100,000
Red Rock National Wildlife Refuge (Centennial Valley 
    Project),
    MT..................................................       1,000,000
Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex, RI.......       1,000,000
San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, CA..................       1,500,000
Silvio Conte National Wildlife Refuge, VT, NH, MA, CT...       1,500,000
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge, TX..............         500,000
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, SC...................       1,500,000
Walkill National Wildlife Refuge, NJ....................       1,500,000
Western Montana Project, MT.............................       1,000,000
Acquisition Management..................................       9,026,000
Exchanges...............................................       1,140,000
Inholdings..............................................         750,000
Emergencies.............................................       1,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, land acquisition...........................      55,244,000

    In the amount provided for exchanges, $140,000 is included 
to facilitate land exchanges in Alaska.

            cooperative endangered species conservation fund

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $14,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      80,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      21,480,000

    The Committee recommends $21,480,000 for the cooperative 
endangered species conservation fund, a decrease of $58,520,000 
below the budget estimate and an increase of $7,480,000 above 
the fiscal year 1999 level. The Committee provides increases of 
$2,480,000 for state grants, $4,000,000 for land acquisition, 
and $1,000,000 for planning assistance. While the Committee 
does not provide funding for specific projects, the Committee 
encourages the service to consider carefully the efforts in 
Washington County, Utah, for the protection of the desert 
tortoise, in Travis County, Texas, related to the Balcones 
Canyonlands Conservation Plan, and in Pima County, Arizona, for 
the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. The Committee also 
encourages the Service to consider the efforts in San Diego 
County, California, related to the County's multi-species 
habitat conservation plan.

                     national wildlife refuge fund

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $10,779,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      10,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      10,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,000,000 
for the national wildlife refuge fund, the same as the budget 
estimate and $779,000 below the fiscal year 1999 level.

                multinational species conservation fund

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $2,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       3,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,400,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,400,000 for 
the multinational species conservation fund, $400,000 above the 
fiscal year 1999 level and $600,000 below the budget estimate. 
Within the amounts provided, $1,000,000 is included for African 
elephants, $700,000 is for Asian elephants, and $700,000 is for 
rhinoceros and tiger conservation. As requested by the 
Administration, the Committee has included language in the bill 
exempting the funds provided for multinational species 
conservation from sanctions under section 102 of the Arms 
Export Control Act, which would prevent the Service from 
awarding grant assistance to India and Pakistan to support 
conservation efforts related to the endangered rhinoceros, 
tiger, and elephant species.

               north american wetlands conservation fund

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $15,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      15,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,000,000

    The Committee recommends $15,000,000 for the North American 
wetlands conservation fund, the same as the budget estimate and 
the fiscal year 1999 level.

              wildlife conservation and appreciation fund

Appropriations, 1999....................................        $800,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................         800,000
Committee recommendation................................         800,000

    The Committee recommends $800,000 for the wildlife 
conservation and appreciation fund, the same as the budget 
request and the fiscal year 1999 level.

                         National Park Service


                 operation of the national park system

Appropriations, 1999....................................  $1,285,604,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................   1,389,627,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,355,176,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,355,176,000 
for operation of the National Park System, a decrease of 
$34,451,000 below the budget estimate and an increase of 
$69,572,000 over the fiscal year 1999 enacted level.
    The following table provides a comparison of Committee 
recommendations to the budget estimate:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Park management:
    Resource stewardship.....................................     $266,775,000     $247,905,000     -$18,870,000
    Visitor services.........................................      319,806,000      317,806,000       -2,000,000
    Maintenance..............................................      441,081,000      432,081,000       -9,000,000
    Park support.............................................      251,880,000      248,099,000       -3,781,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, park management..............................    1,279,542,000    1,245,891,000      -33,651,000
                                                              ==================================================
External administrative costs................................      110,085,000      109,285,000         -800,000
                                                              ==================================================
      Total, Operation of the National Park Sys-  tem........    1,389,627,000    1,355,176,000      -34,451,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The amount provided includes $27,035,000 for a park 
operations initiative focused on parks with critical health and 
safety deficiencies, inadequate resource protection 
capabilities, and shortfalls in visitor services. This amount 
includes $1,312,000 for units that are experiencing increasing 
demand for resources in anticipation of the bicentennial of the 
Lewis and Clark expedition and $2,365,000 for a Civil War 
battlefield initiative.
    The amount provided also includes the full amount requested 
for pay, benefits and other fixed costs. Given current and 
anticipated future fiscal constraints, the Committee notes that 
it will be increasingly difficult to fund ever-escalating 
increases for personnel costs while still providing necessary 
increases for critical program needs. Consistent with the 
Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act, the Committee 
encourages the National Park Service to make a greater effort 
to identify those activities that are inherently governmental, 
and to consider whether all other activities can be 
accomplished through greater use of contracts or other suitable 
arrangements that can produce costs savings by reducing the 
need for full time Federal personnel.
    Within the amounts provided, the Committee expects the 
National Park Service to continue to provide at least the 
current level of support for the National Conservation and 
Training Center.
    Further details regarding other program changes are 
described within each budget activity section.
    Resource stewardship.--The Committee recommends 
$247,905,000 for resource stewardship, an increase of 
$19,086,000 over the fiscal year 1999 level. The amount 
provided includes increases of $4,603,000 for fixed costs, 
$11,079,000 for park operations, $1,000,000 for natural 
resources preservation, $1,000,000 for native and exotic 
species management, $4,000,000 for inventory and monitoring, 
$350,000 for the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Partnership, 
$500,000 for cultural resource preservation, and $994,000 for 
vanishing treasures. The amount provided includes decreases of 
$440,000 to reflect the continued transfer of Presidio 
management responsibilities to the Presidio Trust, and 
$4,000,000 for critical ecosystem studies, consistent with the 
budget request.
    The Committee understands that within the funds provided, 
the Service will continue the PM 2.5 monitoring work begun in 
fiscal year 1998.
    Visitor services.--The Committee recommends $317,806,000 
for visitor services, an increase of $16,568,000 over the 
fiscal year 1999 level. The amount provided includes increases 
of $6,997,000 for fixed costs, $2,320,000 for an anti-terrorism 
base adjustment, $8,441,000 for park operations (including 
$2,661,000 for the U.S. Park Police), $600,000 for overflight 
management, and $1,500,000 for recreation fee program 
management. The amount provided includes a decrease of 
$3,290,000 to reflect the continued transfer of Presidio 
management responsibilities to the Presidio Trust.
    Maintenance.--The Committee recommends $432,081,000 for 
maintenance, an increase of $20,151,000 over the fiscal year 
1999 level. The amount provided includes increases of 
$10,572,000 for fixed costs, $6,079,000 for park operations, 
$1,000,000 for cyclic maintenance, and $2,500,000 for repair 
and rehabilitation.
    The Committee notes that the Newfound Gap Road, which runs 
through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is a major 
transit route for many residents for the area. The road reaches 
elevations of 5,000 feet, and thus receives substantial 
snowfall in the winter. The Committee encourages the Service to 
make snow removal a high priority and to allocate sufficient 
funds and equipment to keep the road open for as many days as 
is reasonably possible.
    The Committee recommendation continues the base increase 
provided in fiscal year 1998 for ongoing structure 
stabilization at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National 
Park. These funds are to be used directly for masonry work. The 
Committee also notes that the Park received $970,000 in grant 
funds for this purpose during fiscal year 1999.
    The Committee is aware that the Service has made funds 
available for remediation of hazardous wastes at Glacier Bay 
National Park and Preserve, and understands that this work will 
continue in fiscal year 2000.
    Park support.--The Committee recommends $248,099,000 for 
park support, an increase of $9,170,000 over the fiscal year 
1999 level. The amount provided includes increases of 
$5,143,000 for fixed costs, $1,436,000 for park operations, 
$750,000 for financial systems integration, $500,000 to upgrade 
budget formulation, $325,000 for information management system 
support, $150,000 for property management training, $200,000 
for cooperative agreements on the Lamprey Wild and Scenic River 
consistent with Title V of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 
$500,000 for volunteers in parks, and $750,000 for partners for 
parks. The amount provided includes decreases of $75,000 for 
the administrative financial system and $509,000 to reflect the 
continued transfer of Presidio management responsibilities to 
the Presidio Trust.
    The Committee expects the Service to continue to allocate 
one third of the funds provided for the challenge cost share 
program to the national trails system.
    External administrative costs.--The Committee recommends an 
increase of $109,285,000 for external administrative costs, an 
increase of $4,597,000 over the fiscal year 1999 level. The 
amount provided includes increases of $2,371,000 for fixed 
costs, $226,000 for the electronic acquisition system and 
$2,000,000 for GSA rent.
    Other.--The amount provided for the park operations 
initiative includes $1,312,000 for base increases at a number 
of park units along the Lewis and Clark Trail. This amount 
includes an increase of $300,000 for the Lewis and Clark 
National Historic Trail, which builds on an increase of 
$475,000 provided in fiscal year 1999. The increase provided is 
to ensure that additional interpretation and protection can be 
provided along the Lewis and Clark Trail through the use of 
cooperative agreements and other types of partnerships. The 
park unit increases will enable those units relating to the 
trail to accommodate increasing visitation and provide 
additional interpretive services for the coming bicentennial. 
The Committee also has included $1,000,000 in the construction 
account for projects related to the Lewis and Clark Trail, the 
appropriate uses for which are discussed in the construction 
portion of this report.
    The Committee understands that the amount provided for Park 
Management includes funds for the National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom, which was funded in fiscal year 1999 in the 
National Recreation and Preservation account.
    The Committee urges the Service to work with the U.S. 
Geological Survey to consider making resources available for a 
study of trout habitat on the Namekagon Wild and Scenic River.
    From within available funds, the Service should acquire an 
additional ambulance to provide critically needed emergency 
response capability at Denali National Park and Preserve.
    The Committee notes that while the amount requested for 
National Park Service operations at the Presidio is $4,239,000 
below the fiscal year 1999 level, the total amount requested 
for Presidio operations by the National Park Service and the 
Presidio Trust is in excess of $30,000,000. This amount far 
exceeds the $25,000,000 operating level established in Public 
Law 104-333 for management of the Presidio area and provided in 
fiscal year 1999. While the Committee recognizes that 
additional demands are being placed on the Trust as it moves 
toward self-sufficiency, the Committee does not feel that the 
National Park Service and the Trust have provided adequate 
justification for the combined operating level proposed in the 
budget request. The Committee expects both the National Park 
Service and the Presidio Trust to work with the Office of 
Management and Budget to produce additional operating savings 
during fiscal year 2001 budget formulation.
    Within the funds provided, the Committee expects the 
Service to continue its support for the Crissy Field 
restoration project.
    Of the funds provided for Beringia, $183,000 is for support 
of Kawerak's Eskimo Heritage Program.
    The Committee is disturbed by the deplorable condition of 
the area where Rock Creek enters into the Potomac River 
including Thompson's Boat House and the adjacent land over 
which the National Park Service maintains easements. The area 
has become a haven for vagrants and is not a safe place for the 
public. The Committee directs the Service to work with the 
concessionaire to improve the facilities in the area and to 
clean up its easements. It further directs the Service to 
explore the possibility of a land exchange between the Park 
Service and private owners in the area with the goal of 
acquiring the land along Rock Creek in exchange for property 
now owned by the Service immediately adjacent to the existing 
commercial development.
    The Committee is aware of efforts by the St. Louis Region, 
including the public-private Downtown Now organization, to 
improve and increase the usage of the Jefferson National 
Expansion Memorial (otherwise known as the St. Louis Arch 
Grounds). The Committee requests that the Park Service 
cooperate with and evaluate the recommendations put forward by 
the St. Louis region in developing and implementing a plan 
which will significantly enhance usage of the Arch Grounds 
while maintaining the integrity of the Grounds. The Service 
should keep the Committee apprised of the progress made on this 
issue.

                  national recreation and preservation

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $46,225,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      48,336,000
Committee recommendation................................      49,951,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $49,951,000, 
an increase of $1,615,000 above the budget estimate and an 
increase of $3,726,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level. A 
comparison of the Committee recommendation to the budget 
estimate follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recreation programs..........................................         $533,000         $533,000  ...............
Natural programs.............................................       12,840,000       10,555,000      -$2,285,000
Cultural programs............................................       20,164,000       19,914,000         -250,000
International park affairs...................................        1,849,000        1,699,000         -150,000
Environmental and compliance review..........................          373,000          373,000  ...............
Grant administration.........................................        1,819,000        1,819,000  ...............
Heritage Partnership Programs:
    Commissions and grants...................................        5,250,000        5,000,000         -250,000
    Technical support........................................          886,000          886,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal...............................................       43,714,000       40,779,000       -2,935,000
                                                              ==================================================
Statutory or contractual aid for other activities:
    Alaska Native Cultural Center............................  ...............          750,000         +750,000
    Aleutian World War II National Historic Area.............  ...............        1,000,000       +1,000,000
    Blackstone River Corridor Heritage Commis-  sion.........          324,000          324,000  ...............
    Brown Foundation.........................................          102,000          102,000  ...............
    Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission......................           48,000           48,000  ...............
    Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal.....................          329,000          329,000  ...............
    Ice Age National Scientific Reserve......................          806,000          806,000  ...............
    Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor             242,000          242,000  ...............
     Commission..............................................
    Johnstown Area Heritage Association......................           50,000           50,000  ...............
    Mandan On-a-Slant Village................................  ...............          900,000         +900,000
    Martin Luther King, Jr. Center...........................          534,000          534,000  ...............
    National Constitution Center.............................          500,000          500,000  ...............
    Native Hawaiian culture and arts program.................          750,000          750,000  ...............
    New Orleans Jazz Commission..............................           67,000           67,000  ...............
    Quinebaug-Shetucket National Heritage Corridor Commission          200,000          200,000  ...............
    Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission.......          670,000          670,000  ...............
    Sewall-Belmont House.....................................  ...............          500,000         +500,000
    Vancouver National Historic Reserve......................  ...............          400,000         +400,000
    Wheeling National Heritage Area..........................  ...............        1,000,000       +1,000,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, statutory or contractual aid.................        4,622,000        9,172,000       +4,550,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, National recreation and preservation............       48,336,000       49,951,000       +1,615,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Recreation programs.--The Committee recommends an increase 
of $18,000 over the fiscal year 1999 level for recreation 
programs. The increase provided is for fixed costs.
    Natural programs.-- The Committee recommends an increase of 
$1,467,000 over the fiscal year 1999 level for natural 
programs, including $217,000 for fixed costs.
    The Committee recommendation includes $250,000 to continue 
the Lake Champlain program and $150,000 for ongoing support of 
the Vermont/New Hampshire Joint River Commission. The amount 
provided also includes an increase of $300,000 to develop an 
interpretive trail at the Mt. Independence National Historic 
Landmark in cooperation with, and with cost-sharing from, the 
State of Vermont and the Mt. Independence Coalition.
    The amount provided also includes an increase of at least 
$750,000 for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails 
program, and $200,000 for the Back to the River initiative.
    Cultural programs.--The Committee recommends an increase of 
$858,000 over the fiscal year 1999 level for cultural programs, 
including $308,000 for fixed costs. The increase provided also 
includes $250,000 for the Revolutionary War/War of 1812 study, 
and $300,000 for the National Historic Landmarks program for an 
initiative to provide technical preservation and development 
assistance to National Landmarks not under the purview of the 
Federal Government, using the Weston Hospital in West Virginia 
as a pilot demonstration project.
    The Committee is aware that legislation under consideration 
by Congress would authorize funds for the preservation of the 
historic aspects of Route 66, a major east-west highway that 
paved the way for many to move west. If such legislation is 
enacted, the Committee encourages the National Park Service to 
implement any aspects of the legislation that can be 
accommodated within the funding levels provided.
    The Committee urges the National Park Service to consider 
providing technical preservation assistance to the City of 
Occoquan, Virginia to the extent such assistance is consistent 
with existing program guidelines and capabilities.
    The Committee is aware that the National Park Service has 
performed a planning study to assess the feasibility of 
including the Eaker archaeological site, adjacent mound and 
village sites, and portions of the former Eaker Air Force Base 
in the park system as an archaeological education and heritage 
center. The Committee urges the Service to continue its work to 
finalize this study, and to provide such additional technical 
assistance as is consistent with the results of the study and 
existing authorities. Should additional legislation relating to 
the Eaker archaeological site be enacted, the Service should 
attempt to meet the requirements of such legislation from 
available funds.
    The Committee has included language in the bill that would 
allow the National Park Service to recover and retain costs for 
services associated with preservation tax certification.
    International park affairs.--The Committee recommends an 
increase of $28,000 over the fiscal year 1999 level for 
international park affairs. The increase provided is for fixed 
costs.
    Environmental and compliance review.--The Committee 
recommends an increase of $15,000 over the fiscal year 1999 
level for environmental and compliance review. The increase 
provided is for fixed costs.
    Grant administration.--The Committee recommends an increase 
of $68,000 over the fiscal year 1999 level for grant 
administration. The increase provided is for fixed costs.
    Heritage partnership programs.--The Committee recommends an 
increase of $27,000 for heritage partnership programs. Of the 
amount provided, $886,000 is for technical support and 
$5,000,000 is for grants to heritage areas and historic 
districts consistent with Public Law 104-333. Of the amount 
provided for grants, the Essex National Heritage Area, the Ohio 
and Erie Canal National Historic Corridor, Steel Industry 
American Heritage Area and South Carolina National Historic 
Corridor shall receive $900,000 each, and the remaining funds 
shall be distributed to the other sites authorized in Public 
Law 104-333 that were eligible for funding pursuant to the 
fiscal year 1999 appropriation bill and are most ready to make 
progress toward meeting area objectives.
    Statutory or contractual aid.--The Committee recommends an 
increase of $1,245,000 over the fiscal year 1999 level for 
statutory or contractual aid. The distribution of funds is 
shown in the table at the beginning of this section.
    Of the funds provided for the Alaska Native Cultural 
Center, $500,000 is for the operation of the Center, consistent 
with the direction contained in the Statement of Managers 
accompanying the fiscal year 1999 appropriations bill. The 
remaining $250,000 is for grants to Alaska Native entities 
outside of the Anchorage area consistent with Public Law 103-
329, including the Athabascan Community Cultural Center.
    Of the funds provided for the Aleutian WWII National 
Historic Area, $900,000 is for restoration of the aerology 
building in Unalaska for use as a visitor center. According to 
the National Park Service, the aerology building is ``the most 
intact and architecturally significant World War II building on 
the Aleutian Islands.''
    Urban parks and recreation fund.--The Committee has not 
provided the $4,000,000 requested in the budget for the urban 
park and recreation fund, for which funding was last available 
for grants in fiscal year 1994.

                       historic preservation fund

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $72,412,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      80,512,000
Committee recommendation................................      42,412,000

    The Committee recommends $42,412,000 for the historic 
preservation fund, a decrease of $38,100,000 below the budget 
request and $30,000,000 below the fiscal year 1999 level.
    The amount provided includes $8,422,000 for the restoration 
of historically black colleges and universities as authorized 
in section 507 of Public Law 104-333. This represents an 
increase of $1,422,000, reflecting the transfer of funds from 
the base program. The funds provided should be distributed to 
those institutions that can meet the matching requirements and 
have the most significantly endangered historic buildings based 
on the findings of condition assessments conducted in fiscal 
years 1999 and 2000. The amount provided also includes $200,000 
to continue facility condition assessments.
    The Committee has not provided any funds for the Save 
America's Treasures program due to overall fiscal constraints. 
The Committee has raised concerns about the manner in which 
grants were awarded in fiscal year 1999. While the Committee 
regards a number of individual projects funded in fiscal year 
1999 as worthwhile, the Committee feels the project list as a 
whole lacked geographic diversity, contained a number of 
projects of questionable national significance, and reflected 
an inexplicably hasty selection process that limited awareness 
of the program and resulted in a pool of applications that was 
considerably shallower than it could have been.

                              construction

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $226,058,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     194,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     221,093,000

    The Committee recommends $221,093,000 for National Park 
Service construction, an increase of $27,093,000 above the 
budget estimate and a decrease of $4,965,000 below the fiscal 
year 1999 level. Changes from the budget request are shown in 
the table below:

                   NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSTRUCTION
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Budget         Committee
                 Project                      request     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Apostle Islands NS, WI (visitor access,   ..............             500
 utility planning)......................
Assateague Island NS, VA (construct                  973             973
 bathhouses)............................
Badlands NP, SD (replace wastewater                1,572           1,572
 treatment facilities)..................
Big Cypress NPres, FL (construct wayside           4,965           4,965
 interpretive facilities)...............
Black Archives, FL (FL. A&M)............  ..............           1,000
Blackstone River Valley NHC, RI/MA        ..............           1,500
 (infrastructure development, heritage
 programming)...........................
Boston NHP, MA (rehabilitate visitor and           1,049           1,049
 employee facilities)...................
Brown v. Board of Education NHS, KS                6,335           6,335
 (rehabilitate Monroe School)...........
Cape Cod NS, MA (rehabilitate visitor              1,300  ..............
 center)................................
Castle Clinton NM, NY (rehabilitate                  460             460
 roofing and restrooms).................
Chickasaw NRA, OK (campgrounds,           ..............           1,275
 utilities, trails).....................
Colonial NHP, VA (replace enclosure,      ..............             700
 restore historic building).............
Corinth NB, MS (construct visitor         ..............           3,000
 center)................................
Crater Lake NP, OR (rehabilitate                   1,733           1,733
 historic structures and landscape).....
Cumberland Island NS, GA (Restore Plum             1,400           1,000
 Orchard Mansion).......................
Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP, OH          ..............             428
 (exhibits, signage)....................
Death Valley NP, CA (replace maintenance           6,335           6,335
 facilities)............................
Denali NP&P, AK (Front Country            ..............           4,300
 construction and section 1307 plan-
 ning)..................................
Edison NHS, NJ (preserve historic                  3,032           3,032
 buildings and museum collections)......
Everglades NP, FL (construct water                 1,288           1,288
 treatment facility)....................
Everglades NP, FL (modified water                 20,000           8,000
 delivery)..............................
Florissant Fossil Beds NM, CO (construct           1,131           1,131
 resource protection shelters,
 ampitheater, wayside exhibits).........
Fort Sumter NM, SC (construct tour boat            8,250           8,250
 facility)..............................
Gateway NRA, NJ (rehabilitate Sandy Hook           1,593           1,593
 utilities).............................
George Washington Memorial Parkway, MD             2,000           1,800
 (replace utilities at Glen Echo Park)..
Gettysburg NMP, PA (provide fire                   1,100           1,100
 suppression for historic structures)...
Glacier NP, MT (rehabilitate sewer                 2,526           2,526
 treatment system)......................
Golden Gate NRA, CA (repair baclonies of           1,075           1,075
 Alcatraz cellblock)....................
Grand Canyon NP, AZ (rehabilitate sewage             670             779
 lagoons)...............................
Great Smoky Mountains NP, TN (replace     ..............             450
 science building)......................
Harpers Ferry NP, WV (flood and storm     ..............             800
 damage repair).........................
Hispanic Cultural Center, NM (construct   ..............           3,000
 cultural center).......................
Hot Springs NP, AR (rehabilitate          ..............           1,000
 bathhouses)............................
Hovenweep NM, UT (replace administrative/ ..............           1,000
 visitor contact building)..............
Ice Age NST, WI (trail development        ..............             125
 matching funds)........................
Kaloko-Honokohau NHP, HI (construct                1,169           1,169
 entrance road and visitor facili-
 ties)..................................
Katmai NP&P, AK (visitor facilities)....  ..............           6,011
Kenai Fjords NP, AK (inter-agency center  ..............             800
 design)................................
Lake Mead NRA, NV (replace water                   3,839           3,839
 treatment plant).......................
Lewis and Clark Bicentenntial...........  ..............           1,000
Lincoln Home NHS, IL (restore historic    ..............           1,780
 structures)............................
Maggie Walker NHS, VA (stabilize and               1,795  ..............
 restore historic structures)...........
Mammoth Cave NP, KY (electrical and       ..............           2,000
 water system)..........................
Missouri River NRA (river access,         ..............             200
 erosion control).......................
Mojave N Pres, CA (restore Kelso Depot).  ..............             255
Montpelier, VA..........................  ..............           1,000
Mount Rushmore NM, SD (replace                     7,699           4,568
 wastewater treatment facility).........
Mt. Rainier NP, WA (design replacement    ..............           1,400
 visitor center)........................
Mt. Rainier NP, WA (rehabilitate guide    ..............           1,000
 house).................................
Natchez Trace Parkway, MS (replace        ..............             500
 comfort stations)......................
National Capital Parks-Central, DC                 3,500  ..............
 (modify Franklin D. Roosevelt Statue
 and Memorial)..........................
National Constitution Center, PA........  ..............          10,000
National Preservation Training Center,    ..............             568
 MD (rehabilitate training center)......
New Bedford Whaling NHP, MA (preserve                800             800
 historic visitor center/administrative
 building)..............................
New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail, NJ     ..............             869
 (exhibits, signage)....................
New River Gorge NR, WV (repair retaining  ..............           1,175
 wall, visitor facilities, technical
 support)...............................
Olympic NP, WA (design removal of Elwha           12,000           7,000
 dam, construct water protection
 facilities)............................
Padre Island NS, TX (replace wastewater              823             823
 treatment plant and restore wetlands)..
Salem Maritime NHS, MA (rehabilitate                 704             704
 seawall and moorings)..................
San Francisco Maritime NHP, CA                     1,400  ..............
 (rehabilitate schooner C.A. Thayer)....
Sequoia and Kings Canyon NPs, CA (remove           5,621           5,621
 facilities and restore Giant Forest)...
Shiloh NMP, TN (erosion control)........  ..............           1,500
Sitka NHP, AK (Rehabilitate visitor                3,645           3,645
 center and protect museum collections).
Statue of Liberty NMem and Ellis Island,           1,000           1,750
 NY/NJ (stabilize historic Ellis Island
 buildings).............................
Timucuan Preserve, FL (visitor center,    ..............           1,000
 parking, trails).......................
Tonto NMon, AZ (construct restrooms and              703  ..............
 wastewater treatment system)...........
Vancouver NHR, WA (exhibits,              ..............             817
 rehabilitation)........................
Wheeling National Heritage Area, WV.....  ..............           4,000
Wilson's Creek NB, MO (adminsitrative     ..............             250
 annex/research library)................
Yellowstone NP, WY (replace Old Faithful           4,690           5,715
 wastewater treatment facility).........
Zion NP, UT (visitor transport system)..  ..............           1,800
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal, line item projects......         118,175         147,633
                                         ===============================
Emergency and Unscheduled Projects......           4,000           3,500
Housing Replacement.....................          10,000          10,000
Dam Safety..............................           1,440           1,440
Equipment Replacement...................          19,865          18,000
Construction Planning...................          10,195          10,195
Pre-design and Supplementary Services...           4,500           4,500
Construction Program Management and               17,100          17,100
 Operations.............................
General Management Planning.............           8,725           8,725
                                         -------------------------------
      Total.............................          75,825          73,460
                                         -------------------------------
      Grand total, construction.........         194,000         221,093
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee notes that the National Park Service has made 
significant progress in implementing the construction program 
reforms recommended by the National Academy of Sciences and 
endorsed by the Committee. These reforms include contracting 
out all construction supervision and inspection tasks, and by 
fiscal year 2001 increasing to 90 percent the amount of design 
work that is contracted. The Service will also make greater use 
of standardized designs that can be adapted to specific sites, 
improve construction management capabilities, assign 
responsibility to enhance accountability and train park 
superintendents accordingly, and establish an external review 
group to review line-item construction projects. Base funding 
for the Denver Service Center has also been established to 
remove disincentives to cost reduction and outsourcing. 
Implementation of these reforms will result in a reduction in 
FTE levels at the Denver Service Center from 493 to 260 by the 
end of fiscal year 1999. The Committee expects to continue 
working closely with the Service to see that these reforms are 
fully implemented, and to explore other means by which 
management of the construction program can be strengthened.
    In this regard, the Committee supports the National Park 
Service's use of a Development Advisory Board to review capital 
improvement projects proposed from various funding sources. The 
Committee understands that, to date, the quarterly review 
process has resulted in over $30,000,000 in cost avoidance on 
approved projects. Parks pursuing capital projects meeting the 
threshold requirements established by the Board are expected to 
submit timely and complete project information for 
consideration. The Committee understands that a project review 
may have to be deferred until the established information 
requirements have been met. Parks providing the necessary data 
should face no such delay.
    The $1,000,000 provided for the Lewis and Clark trail are 
for competitive grants for interpretive programs, exhibits, 
resource preservation or other projects either within national 
park units relating to the trail or through cooperative 
arrangements with non-Federal entities. In selecting projects 
to be funded, the Service should emphasize cost-sharing, 
geographic distribution, and the degree to which projects will 
not result in undue, ongoing operating costs to the Service. 
The Service should work cooperatively with the National Lewis 
and Clark Bicentennial Council to develop project selection 
criteria.
    The amounts provided for Mt. Rushmore National Monument, 
Grand Canyon National Park and Yellowstone National Park have 
been changed from the budget request due to revised estimates 
of project costs and obligation timing developed subsequent to 
submission of the request.
    The Committee directs the Service to enter into a 
cooperative agreement or similar arrangement with the local 
native corporation to construct a visitor center at Glacier Bay 
National Park and Preserve.
    The Committee supports the construction of a multi-use 
trail concurrent with construction of the Natchez Trace 
Parkway. To the extent practical, the Committee expects the 
National Park Service to include trail construction with 
remaining construction of the Parkway. In addition, the Service 
should report to the Committee on the feasibility, cost and 
necessary time to construct a multi-use trail along existing 
parts of the Parkway.
    The funds provided for the George Washington Memorial 
Parkway are to be matched by funds appropriated by the State of 
Maryland to rehabilitate facilities at Glen Echo Park. Funds 
provided for Wilson's Creek National Battlefield are to be 
matched by the Wilson's Creek Battlefield Foundation for the 
construction of an administrative annex and research library.
    Of the funds provided for Denali National Park and 
Preserve, $1,100,000 is earmarked in the bill for realignment 
of the road in the entrance area, $125,000 is for wildlife 
inventories at the entrance area and $375,000 is for studies 
and planning necessary to develop visitor facilities in and 
along the George Parks highway area. The Committee notes the 
recently improved tourist accommodations in Talkeetna, and 
directs that such inventories, studies and planning is to be 
conducted pursuant to the mandate in section 1307(a) of the 
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA).
    The Committee notes that the National Parks Omnibus 
Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-391) requires that 
``[n]o study of the potential of an area for inclusion in the 
National Park System may be initiated after the date of 
enactment of this subsection, except as provided by specific 
authorization of an Act of Congress.'' As such, the Committee 
has not provided funding for the initiation of any such studies 
that are not specifically authorized. The Committee has, 
however, provided some direction in this report pertaining to 
studies initiated prior to the enactment of Public Law 105-391.
    The amount provided for planning activities includes 
sufficient funds to continue planning at Bear Paw Battlefield, 
to continue the ongoing feasibility study for preserving and 
interpreting sites in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area 
that are related to immigration, and to provide planning 
support for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.
    The Committee understands that legislation is under 
consideration that would authorize a study to determine the 
feasibility and suitability of designating a portion of the 
Loess Hills in western Iowa as a unit of the park system. 
Should such legislation be enacted, the Committee encourages 
the Service to allocate resources sufficient to initiate the 
study.
    If authorized pursuant to Public Law 105-391, the Committee 
encourages the Service to make resources available to initiate 
a special resource study of the Gullah people and associated 
sites in cooperation with the Penn Center.
    The Committee recommendation includes $10,000,000, the same 
as the budget request, for the housing replacement program. 
These funds are to be used for trailer replacement and to 
rehabilitate existing units where there is little disparity 
between the independent contractor needs assessment and the 
National Park Service certification.
    The Committee is aware of the need for additional employee 
housing at Great Basin National Park, but is also cognizant of 
the disparity between the total housing need identified by the 
Park and that identified in the needs assessment. To the extent 
the Service can resolve this disparity in the context of 
establishing a broader housing policy that is acceptable to the 
Committee, the Service should endeavor to identify available 
funds that can be used to commence design of any new housing 
that may be justified.
    The Committee has provided $4,000,000 for the Wheeling 
National Heritage Area to further its public/private 
partnership in preserving and restoring the historic sites and 
character of Wheeling, West Virginia. The Committee notes that 
funds provided in this bill for the Wheeling National Heritage 
Area have to date been more than matched by private sector 
construction funding as well as local and state assistance. 
Between 1994 and 1998, the private sector alone has invested 
$17,000,000 in restoring and preserving individual historic 
buildings in the downtown area. Another $4,000,000 in private 
sector investment is projected for 1999. The funds provided 
this year for the Wheeling National Heritage Area are to 
complete phase one of the Heritage port, provide for 
restoration and rehabilitation of public areas along and south 
of Wheeling Creek, and provide improvements at the Wilson Lodge 
of the National Training Center for Public Facility Managers at 
Oglebay Park.
    The Committee recommends $10,000,000 for construction of 
the National Constitution Center. The funds are provided with 
the understanding that the National Constitution Center will be 
entirely self-sustaining, and that no National Park Service 
funds will ever be required for operation of the facility. As 
the National Constitution Center and its partners proceed with 
detailed planning of the facility, the Committee re-emphasizes 
the need to limit the scope and cost of the facility to a 
reasonable level, and to ensure that all components of the 
facility are consistent with the park's general management 
plan.
    Due to the remote location, short construction season and 
high staging costs, language has been included in the bill 
providing for a single procurement for the construction of 
facilities at Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park and Preserve.
    Within the funds provided for construction planning, the 
Committee encourages the National Park Service to conduct 
construction planning on the Monocacy Aqueduct of the 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP. The Committee understands that 
the Monocacy Aqueduct, one of the finest and oldest aqueduct 
structures in the United States, has suffered severe 
deterioration and is in serious need of repair.

                    land and water conservation fund


                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $30,000,000 in 
annual contract authority provided by 16 U.S.C. 4601-10a. This 
authority has not been used in recent years and there are no 
plans to use it in fiscal year 1999.

                 land acquisition and state assistance

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $147,925,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     172,468,000
Committee recommendation................................      84,525,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $84,525,000, a 
decrease of $87,943,000 below the budget estimate and a 
decrease of $63,400,000 below the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level.
    The following table shows the Committee recommendation:

                                                               Committee
        Area and State                                    Recommendation

Antietam National Battlefield, MD.......................      $2,000,000
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, WI..................         250,000
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, MA......         500,000
Cape Cod National Seashore, MA..........................         500,000
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park, MD....         800,000
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, WA..........         500,000
Everglades Ecosystem:
    Big Cypress National Preserve, FL...................      11,800,000
    Everglades National Park (Acquisition Management), 
      FL................................................       1,000,000
    Everglades National Park, FL........................      20,000,000
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Historic Park, 
    VA..................................................       2,000,000
Gauley River National Recreation Area, WV...............         750,000
Gettysburg National Military Park, PA...................       2,000,000
Haleakala National Park, HI.............................       1,500,000
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI......................       1,500,000
Ice Age National Scenic Trail, WI.......................       2,000,000
Keweenaw National Historical Park, MI...................         700,000
Mojave National Preserve (Catellus Property), CA........       7,100,000
Monocacy National Battlefield, MD.......................         500,000
New River Gorge National River, WV......................         750,000
North Country National Scenic Trail, WI.................         500,000
Pecos National Historical Park, NM......................       1,800,000
Petroglyph National Monument, NM........................       3,000,000
Saguaro National Park, AZ...............................       1,000,000
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, CA.....       2,000,000
Stones River National Battlefield, TN...................       1,000,000
Virgin Islands National Park (St. John), U.S. VI........       2,000,000
War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam.......       1,575,000
Weir Farm National Historic Site, CT....................       1,000,000
Acquisitions Management.................................       9,000,000
Emergencies/Hardships...................................       3,000,000
Inholdings/Exchanges....................................       2,000,000
Administrative Assistance to States.....................         500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, land acquisition...........................      84,525,000

    Over $1,200,000,000 in Federal funds have been appropriated 
for restoration of the Everglades watershed since fiscal year 
1993. While the Committee continues to be supportive of the 
restoration effort, the Committee has not provided the entire 
$150,000,000 requested through the Department of the Interior 
for the restoration project in fiscal year 2000. This is in 
part due to fiscal constraints, but also due to lack of 
confidence that the funds requested for both land acquisition 
and construction can be obligated in a timely, coordinated 
fashion and in a manner that follows any sort of integrated 
plan. The Committee notes that there are currently $40,000,000 
in unobligated balances that have been appropriated for land 
acquisition related to the restoration effort.
    The General Accounting Office's recent review of the 
restoration effort made two principle recommendations. First, 
that the Everglades Task Force work with entities involved in 
the restoration effort to agree upon a decision-making process 
to resolve conflicts. While recognizing that the restoration 
effort involves a large number of entities at all levels of 
government, the GAO found that lack of a formal process to 
resolve conflicts among these entities has led to delays in 
decision-making and cost overruns. Second, the GAO recommended 
that the Task Force produce an integrated strategic plan that 
outlines how the restoration will occur, identifies the 
resources needed to achieve restoration, assigns accountability 
for accomplishing actions and links the strategic goals of the 
initiative to annual outcome-oriented goals. The Committee 
finds this recommendation to be compelling. While the recently 
released Central and Southern Florida Project Comprehensive 
Review Study (restudy) provides a planning document for a large 
component of the restoration effort, the restudy does not 
represent a strategic plan that encompasses all aspects of the 
restoration, such as land acquisition and water quality. The 
Committee is aware that the Task Force is in the process of 
developing a plan that will provide more comprehensive goals 
and objectives for the restoration. The Committee directs the 
Task Force to work with the GAO to ensure that this plan is a 
truly integrated strategic plan that will give the Committee 
confidence that the large sums requested annually for the 
restoration effort can be spent in an efficient, coordinated 
fashion.
    The Committee has not included in its recommendation 
funding for land acquisition projects that still require 
authorization. Should these projects or others be authorized, 
the Committee urges the Park Service to consider them for 
funding within unobligated balances as warranted. Some of these 
as-yet unauthorized land acquisition projects are: Paoli 
Battlefield, PA; Brandywine Battlefield (Meetinghouse Road 
Corridor), PA; Fallen Timbers Battlefield, OH; Castle Rock 
Ranch/City of Rocks, ID; Gulf Islands National Seashore (Cat 
Island), MS; and Hunt House, NY.
    The Committee directs the Park Service to conduct an 
appraisal of tract numbers 34-127 and 34-169 at Sleeping Bear 
Dunes National Lakeshore. These two tracts are located within 
the boundary of the national lakeshore.
    Due to budgetary constraints and the failure of the 
Administration to submit a realistic proposal, the Committee's 
recommendation does not include funding for conservation grants 
and planning assistance.

                          ENERGY AND MINERALS


                         U.S. Geological Survey


                 surveys, investigations, and research

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $797,896,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     838,485,000
Committee recommendation................................     813,243,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $813,243,000 
for surveys, investigations, and research of the U.S. 
Geological Survey [USGS], a decrease of $25,242,000 below the 
budget estimate and an increase of $15,347,000 above the fiscal 
year 1999 enacted level.
    The following table provides a comparison of the 
Committee's fiscal year 2000 recommendations with the budget 
estimate:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National mapping program:
    National data collection and integration.................      $58,125,000      $62,005,000      +$3,880,000
    Earth science information management and delivery........       43,700,000       39,647,000       -4,053,000
    Geographic research and applications.....................       33,609,000       38,944,000       +5,335,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, national mapping program.....................      135,434,000      140,596,000       +5,162,000
                                                              ==================================================
Geologic hazards, resource, and processes:
    Geologic hazards assessments.............................       68,810,000       79,150,000      +10,340,000
    Geologic landscape and coastal assessments...............       60,701,000       75,707,000      +15,006,000
    Geologic resource assessments............................       69,106,000       90,877,000      +21,771,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, geologic hazards, resource, and processes....      198,617,000      245,734,000      +47,117,000
                                                              ==================================================
Water resources investigations:
    Water resources assessment and research..................       88,298,000      107,577,000      +19,279,000
    Water data collection and management.....................       20,790,000       31,280,000      +10,490,000
    Federal-State coop program...............................       58,356,000       72,314,000      +13,958,000
    Water Resources Research Act program.....................        5,062,000        5,062,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, water resources investigations...............      172,506,000      216,233,000      +43,727,000
                                                              ==================================================
Biological research:
    Biological research and monitoring.......................       97,734,000      135,743,000      +38,009,000
    Biological information management and delivery...........       14,550,000       11,745,000       -2,805,000
    Cooperative research units...............................       12,680,000       12,760,000          +80,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, biological research..........................      124,964,000      160,248,000      +35,284,000
                                                              ==================================================
Integrated science:
    DOI science priorities...................................       30,000,000  ...............      -30,000,000
    Place based studies......................................       17,686,000  ...............      -17,686,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, integrated science...........................       47,686,000  ...............      -47,686,000
                                                              ==================================================
Science support..............................................       73,996,000       28,855,000      -45,141,000
Facilities...................................................       85,282,000       21,577,000      -63,705,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, surveys, investigations, and re-  search........      838,485,000      813,243,000      -25,242,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    National mapping program.--The Committee recommends an 
amount of $140,596,000 for this program. This amount is 
$2,281,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level and $5,162,000 
above the budget estimate. Increases above the current fiscal 
year enacted level include $2,500,000 for the EROS Data Center 
and $2,510,000 for fixed costs increases. Decreases from 
current year funding include $729,000 resulting from 
technological efficiencies, and a $2,000,000 reduction to the 
USGS pilot program for delivering natural science data to a 
consortium of academic institutions. Base funding of $1,000,000 
remains in the budget for the operation and maintenance of this 
project. Both of these reductions were proposed in the budget 
estimate.
    Geological hazards, resources, and processes.--The 
Committee recommends an amount of $245,734,000 for this 
program. This amount is $6,584,000 above the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level and $47,117,000 above the budget estimate. The 
Committee has restored to the budget an amount of $9,750,000 to 
the following programs and projects, which were proposed for 
elimination or reduction in the budget estimate: $2,000,000 to 
continue the Alaska minerals-at-risk program; $3,000,000 for 
other mineral resources programs, including work in support of 
EPA remedial studies in the Coeur d'Alene Basin, gold deposits 
in Nevada, and investigations of industrial minerals along the 
Colorado Front Range; $3,500,000 for coastal and marine geology 
programs; $1,000,000 for coal availability studies in the 
energy resources program; and $250,000 to continue 
collaborative efforts between the University of Hawaii-Hilo and 
the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. An increase of $1,200,000 is 
included for the earthquake hazards program to purchase and 
install modern seismographs for pilot projects in San 
Francisco, Seattle, and Salt Lake City. These funds should be 
apportioned equally among the three locations. An amount of 
$5,384,000 is provided to meet fixed cost increases.
    In fiscal years 1998 and 1999, the Committee included 
$1,000,000 for enhancements to scientific monitoring and 
capability at hazardous volcanoes in Hawaii, Alaska and 
elsewhere in the United States. Inasmuch as this amount has 
again been retained in the proposed budget program base for 
fiscal year 2000, the Committee expects that it should be used 
for the same purposes as were specified in the prior two fiscal 
years. Within that amount, accelerated production of geologic 
and lava-flow hazard maps of Mauna Loa on the Island of Hawaii, 
a project with an estimated cost of $200,000, is expected to be 
undertaken.
    Within the amount of $3,500,000 restored to the budget for 
coastal and marine geology programs, the Committee recommends a 
total of $1,250,000 for continuation of the joint USGS-SC Sea 
Grant Consortium South Carolina/Georgia Coastal Erosion Study 
as outlined in the Phase II Study Plan presented to the U.S. 
Congress in February 1998, of which $250,000 is provided for 
the South Carolina coastal erosion monitoring program. The USGS 
is expected to continue its other coastal and marine geology 
programs, such as major studies of the Louisiana barrier 
islands, wetlands and Lake Ponchartrain, studies involving four 
national marine sanctuaries and other related activities, with 
the balance of $2,250,000.
    In its fiscal year 1999 report, the Committee encouraged 
USGS and the state of Montana to continue ongoing efforts to 
improve data exchange capabilities between the Montana network 
and other regional seismic networks in the Rocky Mountain 
region. The Committee understands that in June of this year, 
USGS collaborated with seismologists from the Montana Bureau of 
Mines and Geology (MBMG) on the installation of a modern real-
time seismic monitoring and distribution system at the MBMG 
office in Butte, MT. The USGS and MBMG are also cooperating on 
the installation of a state-of-the art digital broadband 
seismograph station near Bozeman that will be part of the U.S. 
National Seismographic Network. Once installation is complete 
later this year, data from the station will be available in 
real-time to both the USGS and MBMG in support of their seismic 
monitoring missions.
    Within existing funds, the Geological Survey will provide a 
preliminary evaluation of geologic factors that control recent 
ground subsidence in the Wissinoming neighborhood of 
Philadelphia and provide recommendations for more comprehensive 
geologic studies that will be required to design a remediation 
effort and to delineate other neighborhoods that are 
potentially at risk.
    Water Resources Investigations.--The Committee recommends 
$216,233,000 for this program. This amount is $7,080,000 above 
the current fiscal year enacted level and $43,727,000 above the 
budget estimate. The Committee has restored a total of 
$6,568,000 to the budget for programs proposed to be reduced or 
eliminated in the budget estimate. A reduction of $100,000 to 
the fiscal year 1999 base has been assumed for that portion of 
funds no longer required to complete the endocrine disruption 
studies project in the Las Vegas Wash. Increases above the 
current fiscal year enacted level total $7,180,000.
    Program funds restored to the fiscal year 1999 base include 
$2,500,000 for the Federal-State Cooperative Water program; 
$526,000 for toxic substances hydrology to continue mercury 
contamination studies; and $300,000 to continue hypoxia and 
subsidence studies in the Gulf of Mexico. A total of $3,242,000 
for hydrologic networks and analysis is restored and includes 
$1,474,000 to support instrumentation development, $998,000 to 
continue watershed modeling projects; $220,000 to continue 
water quality studies of Lake Champlain; and $300,000 to 
support infrastructure resources work. Of the $250,000 that was 
provided last year for endocrine disruption studies in the Las 
Vegas Wash and proposed as a reduction in the budget estimate, 
the Committee has restored $150,000 with the understanding that 
the project can be completed for that amount in fiscal year 
2000. An amount of $100,000 that was provided in last year's 
budget to the hydrologic networks and analysis program for 
planning and preliminary work required to drill a monitoring 
well in Molokai, Hawaii is proposed as a reduction in the 
budget estimate. The Committee has retained this amount in the 
base and provided an increase of $400,000 for a total of 
$500,000 to be used for drilling the well. The project has a 
total cost of $1,000,000 and the Committee expects the 
remaining $500,000 to be contributed by the State of Hawaii and 
other beneficiaries of the project. Other increases above the 
fiscal year 1999 base budget include $250,000 for hydrologic 
monitoring to support implementation of the Truckee River Water 
Quality Settlement Agreement, $200,000 for a hydrologic study 
for Noyes Slough to support restoration and revegetation 
efforts, and $6,330,000 to meet fixed cost increases.
    The Committee recommends a total amount of $72,314,000 for 
the Federal-State Cooperative Water program. The recommended 
funding level for the Water Resources Research Act program is 
$5,062,000. The Committee supports continuation of the work 
plan for the Middle Rio Grande Basin as set forth in the 
current budget justification.
    Biological research.--The Committee recommends $160,248,000 
for this program. This amount is $2,213,000 below the current 
year enacted level and $35,284,000 above the budget estimate.
    The Committee has restored $6,510,000 to the fiscal year 
1999 base for programs that were proposed for reduction in the 
budget estimate. Included within this total is $2,000,000 to 
continue research on clean water and watershed restoration 
efforts, $3,500,000 to continue work on species and habitat 
projects, and $760,000 for training. With these amounts 
restored to the fiscal year 1999 budget, the Committee expects 
that the decreases proposed for the science centers, such as 
the $775,000 reduction to the Leetown Science Center, will not 
be necessary.
    Reductions to the current fiscal year enacted level total 
$7,150,000 and include $1,000,000 for incinerator replacement 
in Madison, Wisconsin, $250,000 for design of a heating and 
cooling system for the Leetown Science Center, $5,600,000 for 
grants to conduct basic marine research in the Bering Sea and 
North Pacific Ocean, and $300,000 for transfer of the San 
Marcos Field Station to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
    Increases to the fiscal year 1999 level total $4,937,000 
and include $180,000 for Yukon River chum salmon ecology 
research at the Alaska Biological Center; $500,000 for urgently 
required repairs at the Leetown Science Center, and $500,000 
for the Great Lakes Science Center to retrofit a research 
vessel for operation on Lake Michigan. The Committee 
understands an additional $500,000 will be required to complete 
the retrofit, an amount that the Center is encouraged to seek 
from some of the many beneficiaries of the research vessel's 
lab work. An amount of $3,757,000 is provided for fixed cost 
increases.
    Included in the budget estimate and the Committee 
recommendation is an amount of $1,000,000 for the University of 
Alaska to conduct basic marine research in the North Pacific 
Ocean.
    In fiscal year 1999, the Committee recognized that the 
Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center (PIERC) must address 
higher rates of species extinction and biodiversity over a 
larger geographic area than any other center, and recommended 
the integration of advanced information technologies to address 
the threats to biological resources in Hawaii and the Pacific. 
As USGS plans its future expansion of the National Biological 
Information Infrastructure, it is encouraged to consider the 
possibility of establishing an NBII node in Hawaii with close 
coordination and collaboration between the PIERC, the Hawaii 
Heritage Program, and the Hawaii Biological Survey.
    Science support.--The Committee recommends an amount of 
$28,855,000 for science support. This amount is $1,547,000 
above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level and is included to 
meet fixed cost increases.
    Facilities.--The Committee recommends an amount of 
$21,577,000 for facilities. This amount is $68,000 above the 
fiscal year 1999 enacted level and is included to meet fixed 
cost increases.
    Other.--The Committee, after due deliberation based on 
discussions with many groups, is unable at this time to approve 
the budget restructuring proposed by the Geological Survey. The 
proposed restructuring appears to introduce significant and 
substantive changes to several functional and programmatic 
aspects of the Geological Survey that require more thoughtful 
and broader dialogs than appear to have been held to date. The 
Committee expects USGS to seek broader involvement from those 
individuals and groups that will be directly impacted by the 
restructuring of its programs and the accompanying redirection 
of funding in order to develop a greater level of support for 
any proposed changes. The Committee is supportive of 
restructuring as a tool to improve program efficiency and 
accountability, particularly when restructuring proposals are 
specifically tied to strategic plans and are designed to 
enhance the development of performance measures. The Committee 
looks forward to working with the Geological Survey to improve 
its budget structure.

                      Minerals Management Service

    The Minerals Management Service [MMS] is responsible for 
managing offshore energy and mineral resources, as well as 
collecting, distributing, accounting, and auditing of mineral 
leases on Federal and Indian lands. In fiscal year 2000, it is 
estimated that MMS will collect and distribute $4,000,000,000 
from over 107,000 Federal and Indian leases.

                royalty and offshore minerals management

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $117,902,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     110,082,000
Committee recommendation................................     110,682,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $110,682,000 
for royalty and offshore minerals management, a decrease of 
$7,220,000 below the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The 
Committee has provided $5,380,000 for fixed cost increases. A 
comparison of the budget estimates and the Committee 
recommendations are shown in the following table:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outer Continental Shelf lands:
    Leasing and environmental program........................      $35,889,000      $35,889,000  ...............
    Resource evaluation......................................       22,323,000       22,923,000        +$600,000
    Regulatory program.......................................       42,508,000       42,508,000  ...............
    Information management program...........................       14,507,000       14,507,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Outer Continental Shelf lands................      115,227,000      115,827,000         +600,000
                                                              ==================================================
Royalty management:
    Valuation and operations.................................       39,407,000       39,407,000  ...............
    Compliance...............................................       42,439,000       42,439,000  ...............
    Indian allottee refunds..................................           15,000           15,000  ...............
    Program services office..................................        2,708,000        2,708,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, royalty management...........................       84,569,000       84,569,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
General administration:
    Executive direction......................................        1,925,000        1,925,000  ...............
    Policy and management improvement........................        3,870,000        3,870,000  ...............
    Administrative operations................................       13,546,000       13,546,000  ...............
    General support services.................................       14,945,000       14,945,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, general administration.......................       34,286,000       34,286,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
Use of receipts..............................................     -124,000,000     -124,000,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
      Total, royalty and offshore minerals management........      110,082,000      110,682,000         +600,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee has provided an increase of $600,000 above 
the budget request for royalty and offshore minerals management 
for the Center for Marine Resources and Environmental 
Technology program to support exploration and sustainable 
development of seabed minerals.
    Within the funds provided for the regulatory program, 
$1,400,000 shall be used to support the Offshore Technology 
Research Center. The Committee provided $900,000 in support of 
this program in fiscal year 1999. As other funding for the 
Center has declined, the Committee believes that the Minerals 
Management Service must devote additional resources to the 
important work being done by this partnership between the Texas 
A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin. The 
Committee urges the agency to consider more fully the mission 
of the Offshore Technology Research Center in future budget 
requests.
    The Committee supports the Minerals Management Service's 
royalty reengineering effort and has provided the funds 
proposed in the request for this effort. For the significant 
investment provided, the Committee expects the agency to 
fulfill the stated goals of reducing the business cycle 
relative to compliance audits, simplifying reporting 
requirements, increasing revenues from compliance, and reducing 
the agency's operating costs. The Committee encourages the 
agency to continue working with all interested parties in 
implementing this project.
    The Committee also is concerned about the Minerals 
Management Service's proposed new regulations on oil valuation 
for the purpose of determining royalties owed to the Federal 
Government and the States. The agency should diligently pursue 
discussions with industry and other stakeholders in order to 
develop regulations that are acceptable to all affected 
parties.
    The Committee has continued bill language identical to 
language included in the fiscal year 1999 appropriations act 
under general provisions, Department of the Interior to 
prohibit the use of funds for Outer Continental Shelf leasing 
and development activities in certain areas. The Committee 
notes again, as it has in past fiscal years, that development 
activities outside of approved areas identified in the agency's 
5-year Outer Continental Shelf development plan are not 
permitted under law. Accordingly, the moratoria language is 
largely irrelevant so long as the Administration follows its 
own plan.

                           oilspill research

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $6,118,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       6,118,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,118,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,118,000 for 
oilspill research, the same as the budget estimate and the 
fiscal year 1999 enacted level.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


                       regulation and technology

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $93,353,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      94,666,000
Committee recommendation................................      96,166,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $96,166,000 
for regulation and technology, which is an increase of 
$2,813,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. A 
comparison of the budget estimate and the Committee 
recommendation is as follows:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Environmental restoration....................................         $150,000         $150,000  ...............
Environmental protection.....................................       70,718,000       72,218,000      +$1,500,000
Technology development and transfer..........................       11,589,000       11,589,000  ...............
Financial management.........................................          525,000          525,000  ...............
Executive direction..........................................       11,409,000       11,409,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, regulation and technology....................       94,391,000       95,891,000       +1,500,000
                                                              ==================================================
Civil penalties..............................................          275,000          275,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, regulation and technology.......................       94,666,000       96,166,000       +1,500,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee has included an increase of $1,313,000 over 
the fiscal year 1999 enacted level to cover fixed cost 
increases. The Committee has also included an additional 
$1,500,000 above the request for state regulatory program 
grants. Recent salary increases for state personnel have 
necessitated additional funds for this program so that it can 
be maintained at its current level. The Committee accepts the 
budget estimate for civil penalties, which is the same as the 
fiscal year enacted 1999 level.

                    Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund

                         (Definite, Trust Fund)

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $185,416,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     211,158,000
Committee recommendation................................     185,658,000

    The Committee recommends $185,658,000 for the abandoned 
mine reclamation fund, which is an increase of $242,000 above 
the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The Committee has included 
$742,000 for fixed cost increases. A decrease of $500,000 below 
the request was made in the financial management activity as an 
offset for the increase to the state regulatory grants program 
which was deemed to be of higher priority by the agency and the 
Committee. This reduction should have no harmful impacts on 
program delivery. A comparison of the Committee recommendation 
and the budget estimate is as follows:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Environmental restoration....................................     $195,469,000     $170,469,000     -$25,000,000
Technology development and transfer..........................        3,536,000        3,536,000  ...............
Financial management.........................................        6,040,000        5,540,000         -500,000
Executive direction..........................................        6,113,000        6,113,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................      211,158,000      185,658,000      -25,500,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee has included $7,000,000 for the Appalachian 
clean streams initiative to address acid mine drainage 
problems.
    Bill language.--As in prior years, the bill includes 
language related to the conduct of the abandoned mine land 
program. The Committee has included language that maintains the 
Federal emergency reclamation program and limits expenditures 
in any one State to 25 percent of the total appropriated for 
Federal and State-run emergency programs. Language also is 
included in the bill to permit States to use prior-year 
carryover funds from the emergency program without being 
subject to the 25-percent statutory limitation per State. The 
Committee also has recommended language in the bill which would 
fund minimum program State grants at $1,500,000 per State as 
well as language which provides $7,000,000 to be used for 
projects in the Appalachian clean streams initiative.
    The Committee also has included language specific to the 
State of Maryland authorizing the State to set aside the 
greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants 
made available to the State under title IV of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, subject to specific 
provisions identified in the bill language.

                             INDIAN AFFAIRS


                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      operation of indian programs

Appropriations, 1999....................................  $1,585,260,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................   1,694,387,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,631,996,000

    The Committee recommends $1,631,996,000 for fiscal year 
2000 for the operation of Indian programs, a $46,736,000 
increase over funding provided for fiscal year 1999. Due to 
budget constraints, the Committee regrets that it is unable to 
provide increases for all programs for which increases were 
requested. The Committee has provided all requested transfers, 
full funding for fixed costs, which totaled $32,603,000, and 
significant increases over fiscal year 1999 funding for law 
enforcement, school operations, school construction, and other 
specific programs. The following table provides a comparison of 
the budget estimate with the Committee recommendations:

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                                                                                  Committee
                                                             Budget estimate   recommendation        Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                   TRIBAL BUDGET SYSTEM

Tribal priority allocations:
    Tribal government.....................................      $362,382,000      $343,650,000      -$18,732,000
    Human services........................................       154,262,000       150,214,000        -4,048,000
    Education.............................................        51,106,000        51,106,000  ................
    Public safety and justice.............................         1,391,000         1,391,000  ................
    Community development.................................        39,884,000        39,884,000  ................
    Resources management..................................        54,852,000        54,852,000  ................
    Other trust services..................................        28,739,000        28,739,000  ................
    General administration................................        23,273,000        23,273,000  ................
    Small and needy tribes distribution...................  ................  ................  ................
    Distributions for Albuquerque, Muskogee, and Phoenix    ................  ................  ................
     Tribes...............................................
    Standard assessment methodology work group............           250,000  ................          -250,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, tribal priority allocations.............       716,139,000       693,109,000       -23,030,000
                                                           =====================================================
Other recurring programs:
    Tribal government.....................................  ................  ................  ................
    Human services........................................           500,000  ................          -500,000
    Education:
        School operations:
            Forward funding...............................       412,664,000       402,010,000       -10,654,000
            Other school operations.......................        90,904,000        88,717,000        -2,187,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
              Subtotal, school operations.................       503,568,000       490,727,000       -12,841,000
                                                           =====================================================
        Continuing education..............................        38,411,000        31,311,000        -7,100,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, education.............................       541,979,000       522,038,000       -19,941,000
                                                           =====================================================
    Community development.................................  ................  ................  ................
    Resources management..................................        37,717,000        36,954,000          -763,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, other recurring programs..................       580,196,000       558,992,000       -21,204,000
                                                           =====================================================
Nonrecurring programs:
    Tribal government.....................................           250,000           250,000  ................
    Resources management..................................        32,414,000        31,167,000        -1,247,000
    Other trust services..................................        38,526,000        32,424,000        -6,102,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, nonrecurring programs.....................        71,190,000        63,841,000        -7,349,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total, tribal budget system.........................     1,367,525,000     1,315,942,000       -51,583,000
                                                           =====================================================
                      BIA OPERATIONS

Central office operations:
    Tribal government.....................................         3,082,000         3,082,000  ................
    Human services........................................         1,295,000         1,295,000  ................
    Community development.................................           853,000           853,000  ................
    Resources management..................................         3,387,000         3,387,000  ................
    Other trust services..................................         2,114,000         2,114,000  ................
    General administration:
        Education program management......................         2,349,000         2,349,000  ................
        Other general administration......................        34,670,000        34,670,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, general administration................        37,019,000        37,019,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, central office opera-  tions..........        47,750,000        47,750,000  ................
                                                           =====================================================
Area office operations:
    Tribal government.....................................         1,431,000         1,431,000  ................
    Human services........................................         3,011,000         3,011,000  ................
    Community development.................................           833,000           833,000  ................
    Resources management..................................         3,242,000         3,242,000  ................
    Other trust services..................................         9,613,000         9,613,000  ................
    General administration................................        24,313,000        24,313,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, area office operation.....................        42,443,000        42,443,000  ................
                                                           =====================================================
Special programs and pooled overhead:
    Education.............................................        15,670,000        14,770,000          -900,000
    Public safety and justice.............................       141,165,000       131,165,000       -10,000,000
    Community development.................................         3,545,000         3,637,000           +92,000
    Resources management..................................         1,320,000         1,320,000  ................
    General administration................................        74,969,000        74,969,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, special programs..........................       236,669,000       225,861,000       -10,808,000
                                                           =====================================================
      Total, BIA operations...............................       326,862,000       316,054,000       -10,808,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total, operation of Indian programs.................     1,694,387,000     1,631,996,000       -62,391,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Tribal priority allocations.--The Committee recommends 
$693,109,000 for tribal priority allocations [TPA], a decrease 
of $5,899,000 below the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The net 
decrease reflects the following: an increase of $13,661,000 for 
fixed costs, the internal transfer out of the TPA account of 
$19,190,000 to the law enforcement initiative in special 
programs, elimination of $120,000 in funding for employee 
displacement as requested by the Administration, and 
elimination of $250,000 in funding for the standard assessment 
work group, which completed its work on a tribal needs 
assessment.
    As of the writing of this Report, the Bureau has not 
provided the Committee with the report, due on April 1, 
including the Bureau's recommendations and alternatives to fund 
TPA in future years. The Committee had hoped to consider the 
Bureau's recommendations for the fiscal year 2000 budget. In 
the absence of this report, the Committee has included bill 
language in the general provisions of title I authorizing the 
Secretary of the Interior to redistribute TPA funds, including 
tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 
transferring funds on the basis of identified, unmet needs. In 
fiscal year 2000, no tribe's reduction in TPA funds shall be 
more than 10 percent.
    While the Committee is disappointed that it has not 
received a final report on TPA from the Bureau, the Committee 
is pleased with the discussion that is occurring in Indian 
country about unmet needs, the inequitable distribution of TPA 
among tribes, and fiscal self-sufficiency. The Committee has 
included again bill language in the administrative provisions 
for the Bureau clarifying that the voluntary return of 
appropriations by any tribe will neither change the 
relationship between the United States and that tribe nor 
affect that tribe's ability to access future appropriations.
    Other recurring programs.--The Committee recommends 
$558,992,000 for other recurring programs, an increase of 
$15,817,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The 
amount provided includes a program increase of $4,000,000 for 
Indian school equalization program [ISEP] formula funds, which 
provide basic and supplemental instruction and residential 
moneys similar to the way public schools receive state and 
local revenue. The amount provided also includes a program 
increase of $1,000,000 for the student transportation program, 
which provides safe and reliable transportation services for 
students in the 185 Bureau-funded schools, many of which are 
located in remote areas. The amount provided also includes a 
$2,000,000 increase for administrative cost grants, which cover 
those costs that tribes incur in operating elementary or 
secondary schools programs. The Committee provides a $500,000 
increase for tribal resource management, of which $100,000 is 
for addition on a one-time basis to funds already provided to 
the Bering Sea Fishermen's Association. To implement the 
recently announced amendments to the Pacific Salmon Treaty with 
Canada, the Committee has provided an increase of $1,000,000 
for 1 year for fisheries enhancement for hatcheries operated by 
Alaska Natives in Metlakatla and Kake, Alaska. The amount 
provided also includes a $1,136,000 decrease to reflect the 
discontinuation of supplemental funds provided for fiscal year 
1999.
    The Committee asks that serious consideration be given to a 
request from Kawerak, Inc. to increase its compact funding 
level from Bureau funds to cover the actual costs of its 
reindeer herding activities as authorized under the Reindeer 
Herding Act of 1937.
    The Committee encourages the Bureau to assist the Oglala 
Sioux Tribe in developing a plan to mitigate the wildlife 
habitat that has been lost due to Federal projects that have 
been carried out on the Pine Ridge Reservation if possible 
considering existing priorities.
    Nonrecurring programs.---The Committee recommends 
$63,841,000 for nonrecurring programs, a decrease of $309,000 
from the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. Within the amount 
provided, program decreases of $100,000 for the St. Augustine 
Center, $100,000 for the Alaska Legal Services program, and 
$3,573,000 for a probate program transferred to the Office of 
the Special Trustee are included, as the Administration 
requested. The Committee has provided a $3,000,000 increase for 
environmental management to help the Bureau comply with a 
Departmental mandate to conduct baseline assessments of all 
Bureau facilities by the end of fiscal year 2002.
    Central office operations.--The Committee recommends 
$47,750,000 for central office operations, an increase of 
$2,011,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The 
Committee has included a $400,000 increase to establish the 
Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention. The 
statistics on the effects of alcohol and drug abuse on Indian 
communities are disturbing, and the Committee encourages the 
Bureau to work with the Office to address the problem in future 
budget estimates.
    Area office operations.--The Committee recommends 
$42,443,000 for area office operations, a decrease of $497,000 
from the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The amount provided 
includes a program decrease of $1,495,000 for land record 
improvements, funding for which is now included in the budget 
of the Office of the Special Trustee, as requested by the 
Administration.
    Special programs and pooled overhead.--The Committee 
recommends $225,861,000 for special programs and pooled 
overhead, an increase of $35,613,000 above the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level.
    The amount provided includes a program increase of 
$10,000,000 for law enforcement. The Committee is aware of the 
crisis in public safety and justice programs in Indian 
communities and fully supports increased funding for these 
programs. Although it has not provided specific funding to 
address the problem, the Committee is concerned that the lack 
of animal control on reservations has created serious public 
safety concerns related to dog bites and the transmission of 
rabies and other diseases. The Committee urges the Bureau to 
work, using funds provided for law enforcement, with the Indian 
Health Service and tribes to support an animal control 
initiative.
    The Committee has agreed to two program decreases requested 
by the Administration, $108,000 for the United Sioux Tribe 
Development Corp., and $524,000 for the national ironworkers 
training program.
    The amount provided also includes a program increase of 
$250,000 for the Crownpoint Institute of Technology, located in 
New Mexico. The Committee understands that Crownpoint is one of 
only two tribal institutions eligible to receive funding as a 
tribally controlled adult vocational training institution. The 
other eligible institution, United Tribes Technical College, 
located in North Dakota, has received appropriated funds from 
the Bureau for several years, but Crownpoint has been excluded 
from funding. The Committee expects future budget estimates 
from the Bureau to provide equitable treatment to these two 
institutions.
    Within the amount provided for the Indian Arts and Crafts 
Board, $290,000 is for enforcement and compliance mandated by 
the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990.
    Contract support costs.--The Committee retains language in 
the title I general provisions of the bill clarifying that 
funding provided for contract support costs may be spent only 
for such costs associated with agencies of the Department of 
the Interior.
    The Committee retains language in the title III general 
provisions of the bill continuing the moratorium on new or 
expanded self-determination contracts, grants, or self-
governance compacts with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the 
Indian Health Service for one more year. The Committee regrets 
that more progress hasn't been made on a resolution of the 
problems of shortfall and litigation and is prepared to work 
with the Administration, the tribes, and the authorizing 
committees of the House and the Senate to fashion a responsible 
resolution.
    The Committee also retains language in the title III 
general provisions of the bill clarifying that the amounts 
provided for contract support are the total amounts available 
for contract support.
    Other.--The Committee continues to be concerned about 
reprogramming and transfer actions that would frustrate the 
Committee's support for trust system improvements. Therefore, 
real estate services and real estate appraisal funds within 
Tribal Priority Allocations are not to be reprogrammed without 
Committee approval. Further, probate backlog reduction funds 
within Non-Recurring Programs and land records improvement 
funds within Area Office Operations are not available for 
transfer into the base budget of any tribe.
    The Committee urges the Bureau to assist in the 
implementation of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule 
Sioux Tribe, and State of South Dakota Terrestrial Wildlife 
Habitat Restoration Act.
    The Committee is extremely troubled about Bureau schools 
using ``saved'' school operations funding for school 
construction. The Committee allowed this language in the fiscal 
year 1998 act for the Cibecue Community School and has included 
a provision in this bill for three other Bureau-funded schools, 
provided that any additional costs for the replacement or 
repair project must be met using non-Federal funds. Other BIA-
funded schools may be granted this flexibility in fiscal year 
2000, provided that the Secretary approves it. The Secretary 
should consider whether the use of funds for construction or 
repair will diminish the education program of these schools. 
The concern is that schools will hoard scarce operations funds 
that should be used in providing academic services to Indian 
children and fail to achieve the necessary educational 
standards, which in turn will result in harm to Indian children 
and the loss of future funding from the Department of 
Education. If schools don't achieve academic standards set by 
the Department of Education in five years, they risk losing all 
Department of Education funding and moving further behind 
academically. Also, when ``savings'' come from maintenance 
budgets, this Committee is asked to pay for repairs on existing 
facilities that would not be required if proper maintenance had 
taken place while a school ``saves'' for a new building. 
Consequently, this Committee will not consider future language 
of this form unless the school provides its request with 
sufficient advanced notice so that the Bureau can provide the 
Committee with an evaluation of where the school ranks in terms 
of academic proficiency and whether the school has neglected 
maintenance.

                              construction

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $123,421,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     174,258,000
Committee recommendation................................     146,884,000

    The Committee recommends $146,884,000 for construction, 
$23,463,000 above the level of funding provided in fiscal year 
1999. The amount provided includes program increases over 
fiscal year 1999 of $22,374,000 for school replacement (a total 
of $39,859,000 provided) and $1,000,000 for dam safety 
projects. The amount provided also includes a program decrease 
of $500,000 for employee housing, as proposed in the budget 
estimate. The following table provides a comparison of the 
budget estimate with the Committee recommendation:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Education....................................................     $108,377,000      $82,377,000     -$26,000,000
Public safety and justice....................................        5,564,000        5,564,000  ...............
Resources management.........................................       51,823,000       50,810,000       -1,013,000
General administration.......................................        2,175,000        2,175,000  ...............
Construction management......................................        6,319,000        5,958,000         -361,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, construction....................................      174,258,000      146,884,000      -27,374,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The amount provided includes $39,859,000 for construction 
on the next three replacement schools on the Bureau's priority 
list, Seba Dalkai, AZ, Shiprock, NM, and Fond Du Lac Ojibway, 
MN. The Committee is providing full funding of $20,543,000 for 
Seba Dalkai and phased funding of $11,778,000 for Shiprock and 
$6,363,000 for Fond Du Lac Ojibway. These schools are 
relatively expensive and it would require $61,359,000 to fund 
fully the replacement of these schools in one year. The 
Committee regrets that it is unable to provide full funding for 
all three schools. The Committee has decided to provide full 
funding for one school and to begin construction on two schools 
because of an awkward situation created by the Administration. 
The Committee is extremely disappointed that the Bureau's 
budget estimate for fully funding the replacement of two 
schools was achieved by skipping a school in the priority list. 
This action on the part of the Administration led to 
unrealistic expectations in one of the two tribes whose school 
was proposed for replacement and understandable disappointment 
in the tribe that was skipped. The tribes have been asked to 
live with the priority list. The Committee expects the Bureau 
to request funds for schools in order of priority on the list 
unless a school is not ready for the next phase of funding or 
until there is agreement that the priority list can be 
abandoned in certain circumstances. In addition to these 
amounts, the Committee is providing $1,090,000 for advanced 
planning and design on some of the schools that are going to be 
added to the priority list.
    The Committee notes that it provides $40,000,000 for school 
improvement, level funding with fiscal year 1999 and $4,000,000 
above the budget estimate. Frankly, the Committee is startled 
that the Bureau would request a decrease in funding for school 
repair. The backlog in maintenance has grown from $695,000,000 
in fiscal year 1998 to more than $743,000,000 today. Consistent 
with the commitment to repair and replace schools in order of 
priority as determined by the Bureau, the Committee has not 
specified repair projects. The Committee encourages the Bureau 
to consider the needs of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwa, 
the Santa Clara Day School, and the Standing Rock Sioux 
secondary school to the extent consistent with the priorities.
    The Committee has been approached by a growing number of 
tribes, including the Mississippi Choctaw, the Confederated 
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and the Hopi, 
which are willing to share the cost of construction of their 
school, find non-Bureau funding to match or supplement Bureau 
funding, or pay future operations costs in exchange for full 
funding of the cost of construction earlier than they might 
hope to receive it under the existing priority list. The 
Committee commends tribes that are pulling together scarce 
resources toward replacement and repair of their elementary and 
secondary schools.
    The Committee understands the Bureau of Indian Affairs is 
in the process of collecting applications for a new school 
replacement list. As previously directed by Congress, the 
Bureau should recognize tribes willing to match Federal 
appropriations with their own funds to remove their BIA schools 
and tribally controlled schools from the BIA school replacement 
list.
    The Committee anticipates the release of a new replacement 
list during the fiscal year 2001 appropriations process. In 
conjunction with establishing a new priority list, the 
Committee recommends that the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
establish a demonstration project as part of the President's 
fiscal year 2001 budget request to allow tribes with schools on 
the replacement list to apply for Federal funding with the 
guarantee of a cost share from the tribe.
    The Bureau should consider the following factors in 
establishing the demonstration project: the applicants' 
priority level on the new replacement list; necessary 
participation requirements beyond cost sharing; and the 
possibility of allowing tribes with projects on the facilities 
improvement and repair list to apply for similar matching 
funds.
    The Committee has included language in the bill regarding 
settlements between the United States and the Puyallup tribe 
concerning overpayment of school-related expenses to Chief 
Leschi school. The Committee intends that the settlement 
collections, which will occur over several years, be used to 
support school construction nationwide.

indian land and water claims settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $28,882,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      28,401,000
Committee recommendation................................      27,131,000

    The Committee recommends $27,131,000 for Indian land and 
water claims settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians, 
a decrease of $1,270,000 below the budget request and a 
decrease of $1,751,000 below the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level. Funding is provided as follows:

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation

Pyramid Lake water rights settlement....................         $30,000
Truckee River operating agreement.......................         230,000
Ute Indian rights settlement............................      25,000,000
White Earth settlement..................................         625,000
Hoopa-Yurok settlement..................................         246,000
Aleutian-Pribilof settlement............................       1,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................      27,131,000

    An amount of $230,000 has been added to the Indian Land and 
Water Claims Settlements account for contracts to help provide 
documentation to support petitions to the Federal courts needed 
for implementation of the Truckee River Operating Agreement and 
to share in the costs on behalf of the Pyramid Lake Tribe of 
preparing the Federal Watermaster's office for its 
implementation.

                 indian guaranteed loan program account

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $5,001,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       5,008,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,004,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,004,000, a 
decrease of $4,000 below the budget request and $3,000 over the 
funding level for fiscal year 1999 for fixed costs.

                INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION PILOT PROJECT

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $5,000,000 
Budget estimate, 2000...................................................
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Indian land consolidation project account is moved to 
the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians.

                          Departmental Offices


                            Insular Affairs


                       assistance to territories

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $66,175,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      68,075,000
Committee recommendation................................      67,325,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $67,325,000, 
which is $1,150,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. 
The amounts recommended by the Committee compared to the budget 
estimate are shown in the following table:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Territorial assistance:
    Office of Insular Affairs................................       $4,249,000       $4,249,000  ...............
    Technical assistance.....................................        5,661,000        5,661,000  ...............
    Maintenance assistance fund..............................        2,300,000        2,300,000  ...............
    Brown tree snake.........................................        2,600,000        2,350,000        -$250,000
    Insular management controls..............................        1,491,000        1,491,000  ...............
    Coral reef initiative....................................        1,000,000          500,000         -500,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, territorial assistance.......................       17,301,000       16,551,000
                                                              ==================================================
American Samoa: Operations grants............................       23,054,000       23,054,000  ...............
Northern Mariana Islands: Covenant grants....................       27,720,000       27,720,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
      Total, assistance to territories.......................       68,075,000       67,325,000         -750,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Territorial assistance.--The Committee recommends 
$16,551,000 for territorial assistance, which is $1,150,000 
above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The Committee has 
provided increases above the enacted level of $145,000 for 
fixed costs, $500,000 for the coral reef initiative, and 
$250,000 for control of the brown tree snake. The amounts 
provided for the coral reef initiative should be limited to 
implementation of coral reef action plans in the territories 
and freely associated states. An increase of $255,000 has been 
provided for the office of insular affairs, of which $101,000 
is for one full-time employee to work with the State Department 
on renegotiation of Compact financial assistance.
    The Committee is extremely concerned that it is not 
receiving important information concerning the fiscal condition 
of the territories and the freely associated states. 
Accordingly, the Office of the Inspector General for the 
Department of Interior should report by July 1, of each year, 
to the Director of the Office of Insular Affairs, estimates of 
the revenues, expenditures, obligations and personnel costs for 
the preceding fiscal year for the four United States 
Territories and three freely associated states for inclusion in 
the Office's annual State of the Islands report. This is 
necessary to inform Congress of the islands' general fiscal 
condition.
    The Committee is concerned that the prior service trust 
fund is being depleted, but due to budgetary constraints cannot 
provide additional federal dollars to recapitalize the fund in 
fiscal year 2000. The Committee expects this issue to be 
addressed as part of the renegotiation of the Compact and if 
additional funds are necessary prior to the effective date of 
the new compact to keep the fund solvent, the Department should 
include such funds in its budget request.
    The Committee is aware that for numerous years Chuuk State 
of the Federated States of Micronesia has been seriously 
delinquent in satisfying various judgment debts against Chuuk. 
One of these judgments was entered in the FSM courts in favor 
of AIC Micronesia, an American company that performed 
construction work for Chuuk. Last fiscal year, the Committee 
directed the Department to withhold technical assistance 
funding for Chuuk until it could certify that Chuuk had 
developed satisfactory payment plans with its creditors. 
Chuuk's debts have been reduced in the past year through agreed 
payment plans. Payments, however, have been sporadic and 
sometimes slow. To ensure compliance with payment plans entered 
into between Chuuk and its creditors, the Committee directs the 
Department to withhold all appropriated funds that would 
otherwise be available for FSM, unless the Department certifies 
that Chuuk is in full compliance with any known payment plans. 
This restriction is not limited to pass through funding to 
Chuuk. It shall apply to any fiscal year 2000 appropriations 
for the FSM and to funds available to the Department through 
previously approved standing or permanent appropriations for 
the FSM with the exception that this restriction does not apply 
to obligations that are entitled to the full faith and credit 
of the United States under the Compact of Free Association. In 
the case of the AIC debt, the restriction shall apply if Chuuk 
fails to comply with the monthly payment schedule agreed to by 
Chuuk and AIC in March, 1999, and it shall apply until AIC's 
fees and costs of collection are paid.
    American Samoa operations grants/American Samoa 
construction.--The Committee recommends $23,054,000 for 
operations grants to American Samoa, which is the same as the 
fiscal year 1999 enacted level.
    The Committee continues to be very concerned about the need 
for improved fiscal management by the American Samoa Government 
and directs the Secretary to work with the American Samoa 
Government on reform measures to be implemented immediately. 
The Committee will continue to work with the Department and 
American Samoa to assist in structuring these reform measures. 
The Committee takes notice of some progress in American Samoa's 
Off-Island Medical Referral Program including improved 
management of referrals to Hawaii health care providers. 
However, the Committee notes that significant amounts owed to 
Hawaii providers remain unresolved and, therefore, the 
Committee is not prepared to release funds withheld in fiscal 
year 1999 until the Secretary certifies that (a) a satisfactory 
repayment plan has been implemented and (b) an effective off-
island referral system is in place.
    The Committee strongly urges the Secretary, in consultation 
with ASG, to proactively seek programs and projects that will 
bring urgently needed economic development and job 
opportunities to American Samoa. The Secretary should actively 
work with other appropriate departments and agencies of the 
U.S. Government to encourage an interdepartmental awareness of 
American Samoa's needs.
    CNMI/Covenant grants.--The Committee recommends $27,720,000 
for covenant grants. Included in this amount is $5,580,000 for 
CNMI construction, $4,580,000 for impact aid to Guam, 
$10,140,000 for American Samoa, and $2,000,000 for the CNMI 
immigration, labor, and law enforcement initiative. The 
Committee rejects the Administration's proposal to take 
$5,420,000 for three years from the funding for CNMI 
development projects and to reallocate it to Guam for impact 
assistance. Such a move appears punitive and contradicts the 
existing agreements which provide impact assistance to Guam. If 
additional funds are necessary for Guam or other governments, 
this issue should be addressed as part of Compact 
renegotiation. Instead, the Committee has deferred $5,420,000 
for CNMI construction by extending the terms of Public Law 94-
241 relative to CNMI an additional year so that this amount 
will be provided to CNMI in fiscal year 2003. At the rate that 
CNMI is obligating construction grants, a reduction of this 
amount in the current fiscal year should have no harmful 
impacts on its construction plans. CNMI payments for fiscal 
years 2001 and 2002 shall remain at $11,000,000.
    The amounts deferred from CNMI construction funding shall 
be provided to the Virgin Islands on a one-time basis in fiscal 
year 2000. The purpose of these funds is to assist the 
Government of the Virgin Islands in funding Federally ordered 
or mandated infrastructure needs. Prior to the release of these 
funds, the Department of the Interior shall work with the 
Government of the Virgin Islands to develop a list of specific 
projects to be funded and shall ensure that the scope of each 
project meets Federal requirements. The Committee further 
understands that the Government of the Virgin Islands has been 
working with officials from the Department and other Federal 
agencies to identify key financial and accountability 
performance standards that will address its current financial 
crisis. The Committee directs the Department to release these 
capital improvement funds only on the condition that specific 
mutually agreed performance standards have been developed and 
are being implemented.
    Other.--The Committee notes that Hawaii has not received 
impact aid authorized under the compacts of free association in 
the past. The Department's report of March, 1999, on impacts of 
the compacts of free association indicates that while the 
migration of citizens of the freely associated states to Guam 
and the CNMI has slowed, migration to Hawaii has increased. The 
Committee further notes that data provided by the State of 
Hawaii indicates that the financial costs to Hawaii associated 
with such migration are substantial. The Committee directs the 
Secretary to ensure that representatives of the State of Hawaii 
are provided with an effective opportunity to participate in 
the upcoming compact renegotiations.

                      compact of free association

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $20,930,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      20,545,000
Committee recommendation................................      20,545,000

    The Committee recommends $20,545,000 for compact of free 
association, a decrease of $385,000 below the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level. A comparison of the Committee recommendation to 
the budget estimate follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact of free association--Federal services................       $7,354,000       $7,354,000  ...............
Mandatory payments--Program grant assistance.................       12,000,000       12,000,000  ...............
Enewetak support.............................................        1,191,000        1,191,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, compact of free association.....................       20,545,000       20,545,000  ...............
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Federal services assistance.--The Committee recommends 
$7,354,000 for Federal services assistance, the same as the 
budget request.
    Program grant assistance.--The Committee recommends 
$12,000,000 for program grant assistance, the same as the 
budget request.
    Enewetak support.--The Committee recommends $1,191,000 for 
Enewetak support.

                        Departmental Management


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $64,686,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      63,064,000
Committee recommendation................................      62,203,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $62,203,000 
for salaries and expenses for departmental management, a 
decrease of $861,000 from the budget estimate and $2,483,000 
from the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. Funds are provided to 
cover fixed costs. A comparison of the Committee recommendation 
and the budget estimate follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Departmental direction.......................................      $11,865,100      $11,865,100  ...............
Management and coordination..................................       22,779,700       22,418,700        -$361,000
Hearings and appeals.........................................        8,047,100        7,547,100         -500,000
Central services.............................................       19,527,200       19,527,200  ...............
Bureau of Mines workers compensation/unemployment............          844,900          844,900  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................       63,064,000       62,203,000         -861,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee continues to be concerned about the degree to 
which the Department uses its own aircraft in Alaska rather 
than locally available charter aircraft and aerial mapping 
services. The Committee expects the Department to ensure that 
its air service needs are being met by local air services 
unless such services are shown not to be cost effective or are 
inadequate to meet mission requirements.
    The Committee understands the Department will continue to 
work with the Forest Service, the Smithsonian Institution and 
other entities on the report requested by the Committee on the 
collection, storage and preservation of fossils located on 
Federal lands.

                        Office of the Solicitor


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $36,784,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      41,500,000
Committee recommendation................................      36,784,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $36,784,000 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, the 
same as the fiscal year 1999 enacted level.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $25,486,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      27,614,000
Committee recommendation................................      26,614,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $26,614,000 
for the Office of Inspector General, a decrease of $1,000,000 
from the budget estimate and an increase of $1,128,000 above 
the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The increase provided is 
for fixed costs.

           Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians


                         FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $61,299,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     100,025,000
Committee recommendation................................      78,836,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $78,836,000 
for the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, a 
decrease of $21,189,000 below the budget estimate and an 
increase of $17,537,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level.
    The Committee is acutely aware of the problems that have 
existed for many years in Indian trust management. The 
Committee does support efforts to improve trust management and 
recommends a significant increase for the Office of the Special 
Trustee for American Indians over the amounts provided in 
fiscal year 1999.

           natural resource damage assessment and restoration


                natural resource damage assessment fund

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $4,492,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       7,900,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,621,000

    The Committee recommends $4,621,000 for natural resource 
damage assessments, a decrease of $3,279,000 from the budget 
request and an increase of $129,000 above the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level. The increase provided is for fixed costs.

                           General Provisions


                       department of the interior

    The Committee has included in ``General Provisions, 
Department of the Interior'' various legislative provisions 
affecting the Department of the Interior. Several of these 
provisions have been carried in previous years and others are 
proposed new this year. The provisions are:
    Sec. 101. Provides Secretarial authority to transfer 
program funds for expenditures in cases of emergency when all 
other emergency funds are exhausted.
    Sec. 102. Provides for expenditure or transfer of funds by 
the Secretary in the event of actual or potential emergencies 
including forest fires, range fires, earthquakes, floods, 
volcanic eruptions, storms, oilspills, grasshopper and Mormon 
cricket outbreaks, and surface mine reclamation emergencies.
    Sec. 103. Provides for use of appropriated funds for 
operation of garages, shops, warehouses, and similar 
facilities.
    Sec. 104. Provides for use of appropriated funds for 
contracts, rental cars and aircraft, certain library 
memberships, and certain telephone expenses.
    Sec. 105. Provides for use of appropriated funds to 
purchase uniforms or to provide a uniform allowance.
    Sec. 106. Provides that contracts issued for services and 
rentals with appropriated funds be in effect for a period not 
to exceed 12 months.
    Secs. 107-110. Restricts use of funds provided in the act 
for certain offshore leasing and related activities pursuant to 
the revised 5-year plan for Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas 
leasing.
    Sec. 111. Provides that advance payments under the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act may be (1) 
invested only in obligations of the United States, or in 
obligations or securities that are guaranteed or insured by the 
United States, or mutual (or other) funds registered with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission and which only invest in 
obligations of the United States or securities that are 
guaranteed or insured by the United States; or (2) deposited 
only into accounts that are insured by an agency or 
instrumentality of the United States, or are fully 
collateralized to ensure protection of the funds, even in the 
event of a bank failure.
    Sec. 112. Includes language that provides for lump sum 
payments of severance pay, continued health benefits, job 
training for private sector employment, and restoration of 
unused annual leave to Federal helium operations employees who 
are separated as a result of the closure of the Federal helium 
program. No additional appropriation is necessary, as all costs 
will be paid from the helium fund.
    Sec. 113. Provides that funds available from this act for 
contract support costs may be spent only for such costs 
associated with agencies of the Department of the Interior.
    Sec. 114. Prohibits the National Park Service from 
implementing a reduced entrance fee program to accommodate non-
local travel through a unit, but allows the Secretary to 
provide for local non-recreational passage through individual 
park units.
    Sec. 115. Provides permanent authority for the Secretary of 
the Interior to provide for the use of certain space within the 
Interior building complex for certain activities and allows the 
Secretary to charge appropriate fees for the use of such space 
and use the proceeds to offset building operating costs.
    Sec. 116. Provides for the protection of lands of the Huron 
Cemetery for religious and cultural uses and as a burial 
ground.
    Sec. 117. Provides for the renewal of grazing permits and 
leases that will expire on the same terms and conditions as 
contained in the expiring permits or until the Bureau of Land 
Management processes the permits. It is the Committee's 
intention that inability on the part of the Federal Government 
to accomplish permit renewal procedural requirements should not 
prevent or interrupt ongoing grazing activities on public 
lands. This language is not intended to change any existing 
laws and the Committee supports the timely analysis of grazing 
activities using sound proven science.
    Sec. 118. Provides for the retention and use of refunds and 
rebates from a credit card services provider under the 
Department of Interior's charge card programs to fund 
management initiatives of general benefit to the Department of 
Interior.
    Sec. 119. Provides for the transfer of unobligated balances 
from the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Office of the Special 
Trustee for American Indians for expenditure or transfer for 
Indian trust management activities.
    Sec. 120. Provides that all properties administered by the 
National Park Service at Fort Baker, Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area, and leases, concessions, permits and other 
agreements associated with those areas are exempted from all 
taxes and assessments, except sales tax, by the State of 
California.
    Sec. 121. Provides the Secretary of the Interior with the 
authority to negotiate and enter into agreements and leases for 
all or part of the property within Fort Baker as part of Golden 
Gate National Recreation Area.
    Sec. 122. Prohibits funds in this or any other Act to be 
used for pre-design, design, or engineering for the removal of 
Elwha or Glines Canyon Dams until such dams have been purchased 
by the Federal government.
    Sec. 123. Provides for a study to determine the feasibility 
of establishing Midway Atoll as a National Memorial to the 
Battle of Midway.
    Sec. 124. Extends traditional grazing use on Federal lands 
managed by the National Park Service (NPS) at Lake Roosevelt 
National Recreation Area (NRA) in eastern Washington. The NRA 
was established on federal lands acquired or withdrawn for the 
Grand Coulee Dam project. In 1946 and again in 1990, the 
Secretary of the Interior designated the NPS as the manager of 
the federal lands within the NRA. The NRA is a unit of the 
National Park System.
    Beginning in the 1940s, the NPS issued permits to adjoining 
land owners for grazing on federal lands. In the late 1980s, 
the NPS determined that specific statutory authority for 
grazing on these lands did not exist as required by Federal 
regulations promulgated in 1983 (36 C.F.R. 2.60). In 1990, the 
NPS completed a Special Park Use Management Plan for the area 
which called for the phase-out of grazing permits by March 31, 
1997. As of this date, there were 10 grazing permits 
encompassing 1,092 acres.
    Over the years, the federal lands where grazing was 
permitted became, in some instances, an integral part of a 
grazing operation. The Committee believes, as a matter of 
fairness, that these operators should be given additional 
opportunity to adjust their operations away from a dependency 
on federal lands through development of additional water 
withdrawal systems, upland water sources, cooperative fencing 
projects, and/or other appropriate measures. The Committee 
would look favorably on requests to provide funding for the NPS 
to assist in such projects, especially fencing.
    The Committee further directs the NPS to manage the lands 
subject to grazing use in a manner that will protect the 
recreational, natural (including water quality), and cultural 
resources of the federal lands.
    Sec. 125. Provides for the redistribution of Tribal 
Priority Allocation funds to address unmet needs. No tribe 
shall receive more than a ten percent reduction in Tribal 
Priority Allocation funds in fiscal year 2000.
    Sec. 126. Prohibits 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 a 
legally enforceable agreement addressing the impact of new 
development. The Committee is concerned about the pending 
application submitted by the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe to 
place 170 acres near Ridgefield, Washington, into trust. This 
land, in Clark County, Washington, lies 114 miles from the 
tribe's coastal reservation. The Shoalwater Bay Tribe has 
proposed building a 1,580 unit housing development on the 
property identified in the trust application. The proposed 
development would occur in an area outside the county's urban 
growth boundary, and is zoned as 10 and 20 acre parcels. This 
development would allow 184 dwelling units in an area zoned for 
only one single-family residence. Under normal circumstances, a 
development of this size would require $1,200,000 in impact 
fees for the school district and would be assessed more than 
$21,000 per year in property taxes.
    Trust status would exempt the tribe from the same taxes, 
land-use regulations, and zoning laws that apply to every other 
landowner in Clark County. The Committee believes the property 
should not, during fiscal year 2000 and while negotiations are 
underway, be put into trust status and removed from county 
control 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. 127. Prohibits the use of funds provided in this act 
to implement Secretarial Order 3206. The Committee is 
exasperated by the Department's determination to ignore 
directives of the Committee regarding Secretarial Order 3206, 
issued in June, 1997, regarding the administration of the 
Endangered Species Act (ESA) in relation to Indian tribal 
lands. As the Committee has previously stated, nothing in the 
ESA as currently enacted authorizes treating Indian lands 
differently from non-Indian lands, both public and private. The 
Secretarial Order, although it has no force of law, purports to 
change the administration of the ESA in ways that are 
inconsistent with the law. For example, the Order provides that 
conservation restrictions to protect a listed species shall not 
be directed at a tribal activity unless the conservation 
purpose for the restriction cannot be achieved by reasonable 
regulation of non-Indian activities. In other words, as the 
Committee noted in last year's Report, if an Indian and a non-
Indian are engaged in the same activity, the order says that 
the activity by the non-Indian will be curtailed first, and 
that the activity by the Indian will be curtailed, if at all, 
only as a last resort. Nothing in the ESA as currently enacted 
supports this preferential treatment, or others contemplated in 
the Order.
    Sec. 128. Provides authority for the Bureau of Land 
Management to provide funds previously appropriated for land 
acquisition to the Fairbanks North Star Borough and to the 
Municipality of Anchorage in the form of grants for land 
acquisition.
    Sec. 129. Redirects funds appropriated in fiscal year 1999 
for dam construction toward development of an environmental 
impact statement on issues relating to the construction of 
Weber Dam and Reservoir and to a feasibility study of a 
tribally operated cutthroat hatchery.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                   forest service budget restructure

    The Committee is concerned that the Administration ignored 
Congressional direction included in the fiscal year 1999 
appropriations act by failing to eliminate the general 
administration line item. However, the Committee has elected to 
retain the line item at least until completion of the study by 
the National Academy of Public Administration as directed in 
House Report 105-609, accompanying the fiscal year 1999 
appropriations act. The NAPA study is assessing the Forest 
Service's efforts to restructure its budget, including the 
elimination of the general administration line item. At this 
point, the Committee believes that it is prudent to await the 
findings of this study prior to removing the general 
administration line item.
    Although past efforts to revise agency budget structure 
have resulted in reduced performance and accountability, the 
Committee believes the current structure does not accurately 
reflect current programs and does not provide an adequate 
linkage to a performance measurement process that will improve 
accountability and performance. Accordingly, the Committee has 
been involved in preliminary discussions concerning the need to 
change the agency's budget structure to reflect accurately the 
work being done, and believes it is important to present a 
revised budget structure with the fiscal year 2001 budget 
request. To accomplish this objective, the Committee expects 
the agency to work directly with the Committee, and 
concurrently with the Administration, to develop a budget 
structure that reflects the agency mission; provides a strong 
linkage to the Government Performance and Results Act strategic 
goals; incorporates annual performance measures; and improves 
overall accountability.

                     forest and rangeland research

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $197,444,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     234,644,000
Committee recommendation................................     187,444,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $187,444,000, 
a decrease of $10,000,000 below the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level.
    Compared to the fiscal year 1999 enacted level, the 
Committee recommendation consists of the following changes: a 
decrease of $14,930,000 in base funding for lower priority 
research activities, and increases of $1,130,0000 for the 
harvesting and wood utilization laboratory in Sitka, AK 
established pursuant to the fiscal year 1999 appropriations 
act, $2,000,000 for forest inventory and analysis, $500,000 for 
hardwood research and development at the Hardwood Tree 
Improvement and Regeneration Center at Purdue University, and 
$600,000 for the development of the National Center for 
Landscape Fire Analysis at the University of Montana, School of 
Forestry. Funding for the CROP program is included at $700,000 
as proposed in the request. For allocation purposes, the 
aforementioned amounts shall be deducted first from the total 
available funds for research, the remainder of the research 
appropriation funds to be distributed through the normal 
allocation process.
    The Committee remains concerned that time-consuming and 
expensive research efforts have not reduced controversies 
associated with resource management or lead to wise multiple 
use decisions by the Forest Service. Recent examples show that 
research results which have taken years to develop and cost 
millions of dollars have simply been disregarded when the 
agency makes land management decisions. In light of these 
facts, the Committee cannot support increases in the Forest 
Service research budget, particularly in a time of severe 
budgetary constraints.
    The Committee continues its support of the forest inventory 
and analysis program by providing an additional $2,000,000 
above the request for this effort. This is an increase of 
$4,000,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level. These additional 
funds should be used to further the goal of reducing the cycle 
time of the forest inventory and analysis program. The 
Committee is pleased that the agency is collaborating more with 
partners and expanding the use of cost-sharing in the 
collection of forest inventory information. The Committee 
strongly encourages future cost-sharing opportunities with this 
program.
    The Committee has provided an increase of $500,000, for a 
total of $1,000,000 for hardwood research and development at 
the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center at Purdue 
University.
    The Committee has included $700,000 for the CROP program as 
proposed in the request. With the increasing amount of small 
diameter material found in the national forests, the Committee 
feels strongly that additional research must be done on the use 
of low-grade fiber. The Black Hills, Colville, and Sequoia 
National Forests are appropriate areas where this type of 
research may be conducted.
    The Committee has included $600,000 for the National Center 
for Landscape Fire Analysis at the University of Montana, 
School of Forestry. The Committee feels that with current 
advancements in satellite capabilities, research is necessary 
to develop an integrated fire ecology and analysis program that 
can use this technology.
    The Committee is extremely concerned that the research 
program has lost its focus on what should be its primary 
mission--forest health and productivity. As it did last year, 
the Committee directs the agency to increase its emphasis on 
forest and rangeland productivity by implementing a reduction 
of $10,000,000 in programs not directly related to enhancing 
forest and rangeland productivity. The Committee directs the 
Forest Service to provide a report to the Committee no later 
than January 15, 2000, on how it will implement these program 
reductions. The report should identify the specific projects 
terminated as a result of this direction, and provide specific 
information on any laboratory unit which might be closed as a 
result of this reduction.
    The Forest Service shall, within 90 days of enactment of 
this Act, provide for a peer review and, during this review, 
make available to the public the forest carbon accounting model 
(FORCARB) used by the U.S. Government as the basis for 
estimating and publishing the carbon sequestration inventory of 
the United States.

                       state and private forestry

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $170,722,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     252,422,000
Committee recommendation................................     190,793,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $190,793,000, 
an increase of $20,071,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level.
    The following table provides a comparison of the budget 
estimate with the Committee recommendations:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Forest health management:
    Federal lands forest health management...................      $40,325,000      $37,325,000      -$3,000,000
    Cooperative lands forest health management...............       21,400,000       21,400,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, forest health management.....................       61,725,000       58,725,000       -3,000,000
                                                              ==================================================
Cooperative fire protection:
    State fire assistance....................................       31,509,000       23,010,000       -8,499,000
    Volunteer fire assistance................................        2,001,000        2,501,000         +500,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, cooperative fire protection..................       33,510,000       25,511,000       -7,999,000
                                                              ==================================================
Cooperative forestry:
    Forest stewardship.......................................       28,830,000       28,830,000  ...............
    Stewardship incentives program...........................       15,000,000  ...............      -15,000,000
    Forest legacy program....................................       50,012,000       14,012,000      -36,000,000
    Urban and community forestry.............................       40,040,000       30,540,000       -9,500,000
    Economic action programs.................................       16,305,000       25,575,000       +9,270,000
    Pacific Northwest assistance programs....................        7,000,000        7,600,000         +600,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, cooperative forestry.........................      157,187,000      106,557,000      -50,630,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, State and private forestry......................      252,422,000      190,793,000      -61,629,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Forest health management.--The Committee recommends 
$58,725,000 for forest health management, which is $4,200,000 
above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The Committee has 
continued funding for Federal lands forest health management at 
the fiscal year 1999 enacted level.
    The Committee remains supportive of the cooperative efforts 
of the forest health program with the State of Vermont and the 
University of Vermont for the Vermont forest monitoring 
cooperative, and has provided an increase of $150,000 above the 
budget request, for a total of $300,000 for this effort.
    The Committee is very concerned about the potential fire 
hazards caused by Spruce Bark beetle infestation in Alaska, 
particularly on the Kenai Peninsula where many communities are 
adjacent to large stands of dead and dying trees. Accordingly, 
within the funds provided, the Committee has included 
$3,000,000 to be made available to the Kenai Peninsula Borough 
in a direct lump sum payment for hazardous tree removal on 
State and Native land and the acquisition of equipment to 
dispense of surplus wood fiber.
    With respect to tree removal on Native lands, the Borough 
should contract with the Cook Inlet Tribal Council to provide 
jobs for at-risk youth.
    Cooperative fire protection.--The Committee recommends 
$25,511,000 for cooperative fire protection, which is 
$2,001,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The 
Committee has provided $23,010,000 for the State fire 
assistance program. Included within the funds provided is an 
additional $500,000 for the Kentucky program to provide 
additional training and equipment for firefighters.
    The Committee has provided an increase of $500,000 over the 
fiscal year 1999 enacted level for the volunteer fire 
assistance program.
    Cooperative Forestry.--The Committee recommends 
$106,557,000 for cooperative forestry, which is $13,870,000 
above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level.
    The Committee has provided $28,830,000 for the forest 
stewardship program, which is the same as the budget request 
level. Within the funds provided the Committee has included 
$500,000 for the Chesapeake Bay program, instead of $250,000 as 
proposed in the budget request. These funds are to be used to 
support forestry efforts in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
    The Committee has not provided funds for the stewardship 
incentives program. Funding for this program was eliminated in 
fiscal year 1999, and due to budget constraints additional 
funds were not provided for fiscal year 2000.
    The Committee has provided $14,012,000 for the forest 
legacy program, which is $7,000,000 above the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level. Within the funds provided, the Committee has 
included $1,500,000 for the acquisition of a conservation 
easement for forestlands in the towns of Jefferson and 
Randolph, New Hampshire. The Committee acknowledges the 
importance of the forest legacy project at Nicatous Lake in 
Hancock County, Maine, and encourages the Forest Service to 
complete this project expeditiously.
    The Committee recognizes that Utah has a significant Forest 
Legacy program underway and recently received the single 
largest donation the Forest Legacy program has received 
nationwide. The Committee urges the Forest Service to continue 
its strong support of Legacy projects in Utah.
    The Committee acknowledges the importance of forest 
protection in South Carolina's Northern Coastal Forest Legacy 
Area and encourages the Forest Service to work with the 
appropriate state agencies to ensure continuation of these much 
needed protections.
    The Committee has provided $30,540,000 for the urban and 
community forestry program, which is the same as the fiscal 
year 1999 enacted level. Within the funds provided, the 
Committee has included $1,000,000 to support the Olympic Tree 
Program being developed by the Salt Lake Olympic Committee. The 
Olympic Tree Program will match federal funds with private 
sector funds to maximize accomplishments.
    Within the funds provided, the Committee has included 
$700,000, the same as the fiscal year 1999 funding level, for 
the Chicago Wilderness project, a public-private partnership to 
prevent the ongoing loss of critical habitat and promote 
carefully planned development of rare species and the Illinois 
tall grass prairie.
    The Committee is very concerned about the administrative 
costs associated with the State and Private Forestry 
appropriation. These expenses take away from money that could 
be used to accomplish on-the-ground projects. The Committee is 
considering whether many programs within State and Private 
Forestry may achieve better results if block granted. 
Accordingly, the Committee directs the agency to reduce the 
Washington office expenses charged to the urban and community 
forestry program for salary, benefits, travel, training, 
utilities, rent and other such charges by at least one-half for 
this fiscal year and to distribute these savings to the various 
recipients participating in the program such that every 
recipient shall receive more than it received in fiscal year 
1999. The Forest Service shall provide a report to the 
Committee within sixty days of the passage of this Act 
specifying the amount of administrative reductions and how 
these reductions were allocated to the field. The agency shall 
include in this report, a formula based on relevant criteria, 
by which the Committee may choose to allocate these funds 
directly to the states in the future. The Forest Service shall 
also commission a study using the services of an independent 
contractor or panel to assess the feasibility and potential for 
enhanced efficiency by block-granting all or portions of the 
state and private program.
    The Committee has provided $25,575,000 for the economic 
action programs, which is $9,270,000 above the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level. Funding for the Economic Recovery, Rural 
Development Through Forestry, Forest Products Conservation and 
Recycling, and Wood in Transportation programs is equal to the 
request. Of the $6,050,000 for the rural development through 
forestry program, 60 percent is directed to the Northeast-
Midwest program. Within this amount, the Committee urges the 
Forest Service to work with the Northern Forest states to 
develop a regional initiative implementing the recommendations 
of the Northern Forest Lands Council. Within the funds provided 
for economic recovery in the economic action programs line 
item, $500,000 shall be used to implement the recommendations 
of the Northern Forest Heritage Park plan.
    The Committee has provided an increase of $100,000 above 
the budget request, for a total of $200,000, for the Hawaii 
forests and communities initiative to support efforts to 
develop Hawaii forest products and provide assistance to 
displaced workers.
    The Committee has provided in addition to the request 
$280,000 for the annual Columbia River Gorge payments to 
counties, which is the same as the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level, $975,000 for the Wood Education and Resource Center in 
Princeton, WV, which brings its total funding for fiscal year 
2000 up to its fiscal year 1999 enacted level, $500,000 for the 
Four Corners Sustainable Forestry Initiative in New Mexico, 
Arizona, Colorado, and Utah for a total of $1,000,000, 
$1,900,000 for technology transfer projects through the 
University of Washington's College of Forest Resources and the 
Washington State University Cooperative Forestry Extension 
Service, and $515,000 for a grant to Skamania County for 
various improvements at Drano Lake in the Columbia River Gorge 
National Scenic Area. An increase of $5,000,000 has also been 
provided in the form of an advanced, direct lump sum payment to 
the City of Ketchikan for construction of the Swan Lake-Lake 
Tyee Intertie. Due to deep cuts in the amount of timber being 
offered for sale on the Tongass, the Ketchikan Pulp Company was 
forced to close its doors, depriving the City of Ketchikan of 
one of its main back-up power sources. The Intertie will 
provide a needed source of power for the City.
    The Committee is increasingly concerned with the challenges 
faced by rural communities impacted by dramatic changes in 
natural resource policies over the past two decades. Rural 
communities are lagging behind in part because they do not have 
equal access to technological advancements developed in the 
urban centers. Managing forests under new regulations to save 
salmon and other endangered species will depend on the 
availability of technology in rural communities. The science 
for managing forests for increased timber and environmental 
values is far ahead of its dissemination and implementation. An 
active infrastructure for a technical transfer system should be 
established by adding more technical experts and trainers in 
rural communities. Accordingly, the Committee has provided 
$1,900,000 to be advanced in direct, lump sum payments to the 
University of Washington's College of Forest Resources and the 
Washington State University Cooperative Forestry Extension to 
support this effort by providing engineering support and 
certification courses, forest management training for rural 
support teams, forest management technical support, grant 
support for development of landscape management system, and 
network infrastructure to provide short course broadcasts to 
rural centers.
    The Committee has included language in Title III of the 
bill relating to the Wood Education and Resource Center which 
modifies a provision in the fiscal year 1999 bill to make the 
authorities included in last year's provision permanent.
    The Pacific Northwest Assistance program is provided 
$7,600,000 which is $1,400,000 below the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level. The Committee has included $600,000 in the form 
of an advanced direct, lump sum payment to the Forks Training 
Center in Forks, WA, for capital expenses related to its 
mission of training unemployed workers in the use of advanced 
forestry machinery.

                         national forest system

Appropriations, 1999....................................  $1,297,434,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................   1,357,178,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,239,051,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$1,239,051,000, a decrease of $58,383,000 below the fiscal year 
1999 enacted level. The Committee notes that the budget 
appendix for the Forest Service contains an error which 
overstates the amount of the budget request by $75,669,000 in 
the national forest system appropriation. Thus, for comparing 
to the Committee's recommendation, this amount must be deducted 
from the budget estimate leaving a total of $1,281,509,000. The 
Committee expects that these errors shall not occur in future 
presentations of the Administration's budget request.
    The distribution of the Committee's recommendations are as 
follows:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land management planning:
    Land management planning.................................      $50,000,000      $40,000,000     -$10,000,000
    Inventory and monitoring.................................       88,114,000       80,714,000       -7,400,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, land management planning.....................      138,114,000      120,714,000      -17,400,000
                                                              ==================================================
Recreation use:
    Recreation management....................................      144,953,000      148,453,000       +3,500,000
    Wilderness management....................................       36,574,000       29,584,000       -6,990,000
    Heritage resources.......................................       13,050,000       13,050,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, recreation use...............................      194,577,000      191,087,000       -3,490,000
                                                              ==================================================
Wildlife and fisheries habitat management:
    Wildlife habitat management..............................       37,097,000       32,097,000       -5,000,000
    Inland fish habitat management...........................       26,017,000       19,017,000       -7,000,000
    Anadromous fish habitat management.......................       29,114,000       22,714,000       -6,400,000
    Threatened, endangered, and sensitive species habitat           31,548,000       26,548,000       -5,000,000
     management..............................................
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, wildlife and fisheries habitat management..      123,776,000      100,376,000      -23,400,000
                                                              ==================================================
Rangeland management:
    Grazing management.......................................       28,517,000       28,517,000  ...............
    Rangeland vegetation management..........................       36,533,000       28,533,000       -8,000,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, rangeland management.........................       65,050,000       57,050,000       -8,000,000
                                                              ==================================================
Forestland management:
    Timber sales management..................................      196,885,000      228,900,000      +32,015,000
    Forestland vegetation management.........................       58,300,000       58,950,000         +650,000
    Forest ecosystem restoration and inprove-  ment..........       15,000,000        5,000,000      -10,000,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, forestland management......................      270,185,000      292,850,000      +22,665,000
                                                              ==================================================
Soil, water, and air management:
    Soil, water, and air operations..........................       26,932,000       25,932,000       -1,000,000
    Watershed improvements...................................       40,165,000       31,165,000       -9,000,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, soil, water, and air manage-  ment...........       67,097,000       57,097,000      -10,000,000
                                                              ==================================================
Minerals and geology management..............................       36,050,000       36,050,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
Land ownership management:
    Real estate management...................................       48,054,000       46,133,000       -1,921,000
    Landline location........................................       15,918,000       15,006,000         -912,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, land ownership management....................       63,972,000       61,139,000       -2,833,000
                                                              ==================================================
Law enforcement operations...................................       66,288,000       66,288,000  ...............
General administration.......................................      256,400,000      256,400,000  ...............
Adjustment to match budget appendix..........................       75,669,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Forest System..........................    1,357,178,000    1,239,051,000     -118,127,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Land Management Planning.--The Committee recommends 
$120,714,000 for land management planning activities, including 
inventory and monitoring, which is the same as the fiscal year 
1999 enacted level.
    The Committee has provided $40,000,000 for land management 
planning, for national forest and grassland planning 
activities. The Committee intends to continue the existing 
prohibition on the use of funds for activities associated with 
the revision of national forestland management plans until the 
administration publishes new final rules in the Federal 
Register. The Committee provided an additional $2,000,000 in 
the fiscal year 1999 appropriations act to expedite the 
committee of scientists' work on development of new 
regulations. The Committee strongly urges the Forest Service to 
publish its proposed regulations as soon as possible. The 
committee of scientists issued recommendations on March 15, 
1999. The collaborative planning and adaptive management 
approach favored by the committee of scientists is not easily 
implemented given the Council on Environmental Quality's 
current NEPA guidelines and the current USDA and the Forest 
Service NEPA regulations. This would suggest the need to 
evaluate changes in these guidelines and regulations at the 
same time changes in the planning process are considered. The 
Forest Service lacks clear guidance on how to tier NEPA 
analyses to different levels of planning and decision-making. 
This can cause an endless stream of NEPA documents that are 
prepared in a redundant and often counter-productive fashion. 
The Committee strongly encourages the Secretary of Agriculture 
to work with CEQ to produce a plan with a time-line that will 
assure that these changes take place in a logical fashion.
    The Committee continues to be concerned about the Interior 
Columbia Basin Ecosystem study. Because of heightened concerns 
over the cost of the study, the Committee believes that it is 
prudent to direct that the report required by section 323(a) of 
the fiscal year 1998 appropriations act be issued and public 
comments solicited thereon prior to publication of the 
Project's final EIS. Language has been included in Title III of 
the bill to address this issue.
    The Committee has provided $80,714,000 for inventory and 
monitoring activities, which is the same as the fiscal year 
1999 enacted level. Bill language is included in Title III 
pertaining to the Forest Service's responsibility for 
conducting population surveys as part of forest plan revisions 
or when ground disturbing activities are proposed.
    Recreation use.--The Committee recommends $191,087,000 for 
recreation use activities which is $3,500,000 above the fiscal 
year 1999 enacted level. Included in the recommended funding is 
$148,453,00 for recreation management, $29,584,000 for 
wilderness management, and $13,050,000 for heritage resources. 
Within the funds provided for recreation management is a 
$500,000 increase for the Monongahela National Forest above its 
regular allocation and to be made prior to any regional 
allocation. The Committee has also included within the funds 
provided, $500,000 for the Forest Service to develop and/or 
acquire a film to be used in conjunction with the new classroom 
at the Begich Boggs visitor facility in the Chugach National 
Forest.
    Wildlife and fisheries management.--The Committee 
recommends $100,376,000 for wildlife and fisheries habitat 
management, which is equal to the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level. Of the funds provided for wildlife and fish management, 
the Committee has provided $32,097,000 for wildlife habitat 
management, $19,017,000 for inland fish habitat management, 
$22,714,000 for anadromous fish habitat management, and 
$26,548,000 for threatened, endangered, and sensitive species 
habitat management.
    The Committee has included language in the Administrative 
Provisions section of the bill concerning implementation of the 
recently announced amendments to the Pacific Salmon Treaty with 
Canada. The language provides Region 10 the authority to use 
any funds available exclusive of timber sales management to 
fund fisheries enhancements on the Tongass National Forest at 
the level of $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2000. Such funds shall 
be allocated based on a cooperative plan developed in full 
consultation with the State of Alaska, the Alaska Trollers 
Association, the Alaska Seiners Association, and other 
interested parties. The Committee directs the Forest Service to 
report on which budget line items and/or extended budget line 
items will contribute to this effort and in what amount. This 
report shall be provided to the Committee within 60 days of the 
passage of this Act.
    Rangeland management.--The Committee recommends $57,050,000 
for rangeland management, which is the same as the fiscal year 
1999 enacted level.
    Within the rangeland management line item, the Committee 
has provided $28,517,000 for grazing management, which is the 
same as the fiscal year 1999 enacted level.
    Within the rangeland management line item, the Committee 
has provided $28,533,000 for rangeland vegetation management. 
Within the funds provided is $300,000 to continue long-term 
coordinated noxious weed control efforts on the Okanogan 
National Forest. None of these funds shall be used for 
overhead, indirect or administrative costs. The Committee is 
very concerned that funds previously appropriated for this 
effort, as well other similar projects, have been reduced 
greatly by such costs.
    Forestland management.--The Committee recommends 
$292,850,000 for forestland management. Included in the 
recommendation is $228,900,000 for timber sales management, 
$58,950,000 for forestland vegetation management, and 
$5,000,000 for the proposed new line item, forest ecosystem 
restoration and improvement. Within the funds provided for 
forestland management an additional $240,000 above the request 
is provided to address the cooperative pinelands restoration 
project managed by the Mark Twain National Forest, an 
additional $2,000,000 to fund the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, 
Gunnison and White River National Forests' aspen program, and 
$500,000 for hazardous tree removal on the Chugach National 
Forest in areas affected by the spruce bark beetle. The 
Committee has provided $4,500,000 for implementation of the 
Quincy Library Group legislation from forestland management 
activities as proposed in the request. The Committee strongly 
supports the Quincy Library Group legislation and encourages 
the Forest Service to move expeditiously in implementing this 
pilot program. The Committee further directs the agency to 
retain the projected $6,000,000 in carryover balances from 
fiscal year 1999 and use them in furtherance of the Quincy 
Library Group project in fiscal year 2000.
    Within the funds provided for timber sales management, the 
Committee has provided sufficient funds for the Forest Service 
to prepare, offer, and sell at least the same volume of timber 
as in fiscal year 1999. Accordingly, the Committee directs the 
agency to offer no less than this level in fiscal year 2000. 
The funding should be allocated in a manner which will optimize 
forest plan goals, objectives, and targets. The Committee 
remains extremely concerned about the Administration's 
continuing efforts to reduce the amount of timber volume being 
sold from the national forests. The timber program has declined 
by 75 percent over the last decade. In spite of this, the 
Administration proposed in its request to reduce funding for 
the timber sales by more than 13 percent in fiscal year 2000. 
The Committee will continue to reject Administration requests 
designed to promote the downward spiral of the timber sales 
program.
    The Committee expects the Forest Service to continue 
preparing and submitting its quarterly reports on the timber 
sales program. To capture more fully the benefits of the timber 
sale program, the Committee recommends that the Forest Service 
include an identification of the volumes offered, sold, and 
harvested categorized as net merchantable sawtimber in its 
quarterly reports.
    According to the Forest Service's own data, the national 
forests contain roughly one-half of the nation's softwood 
sawtimber inventory. The Committee directs the agency to 
provide a report to the Committee within 90 days of the 
enactment of this Act, which using the information currently 
available, summarizes the current timber growth, inventory, and 
mortality for each national forest, and nationally for the 
system as a whole, including projections of timber growth, 
mortality, and volume of standing inventory for the next 10, 
20, and 50 years. To the extent practicable, the report should 
also include age class and/or structural stage distribution of 
the stands represented by the data.
    An increase of $650,000 above the budget request for 
forestland vegetation management has been provided to combat 
the spruce budworm on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
    The Committee accepts the Administration's new line item 
for forest ecosystem restoration and improvement and provides 
funding at the level of $5,000,000. The funds in this program 
shall support integrated projects on the ground which further 
forest health objectives. Within the funds provided is 
$1,000,000 for the Blue Ridge Pilot Project in the Apache-
Sitgreaves National Forest. The Committee directs the Forest 
Service to develop criteria in connection with national insect, 
disease and fire maps such that projects in high-risk areas as 
shown on these maps are given priority for funding from the 
forest ecosystem restoration and improvement program. These 
criteria should be provided to the Committee immediately 
following their development. Projects should be emphasized in 
areas where forest health and commercial practicability can 
both be accomplished. To the extent possible, funds from this 
program may be used to support stewardship contracts created 
pursuant to the fiscal year 1999 or 2000 appropriations act 
when this will maximize on-the-ground accomplishments.
    Soil, water, and air management.--The Committee recommends 
$57,097,000 for soil, water, and air management activities, 
which is $1,000,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. 
Within the recommended funds, the Committee has provided 
$25,932,000 for soil, water, and air operations which is the 
same as the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The Committee has 
provided $200,000 for implementation of the Quincy Library 
Group legislation from soil, water, and air management 
activities as proposed in the request.
    The Committee has provided $31,165,000 for watershed 
improvements, which is an increase of $1,000,000 over the 
fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The $1,000,000 increase shall 
be used to support additional watershed restoration efforts at 
Lake Tahoe above the level provided for in the normal 
allocation process to the Region. The Committee also encourages 
support for seven erosion control projects in the Lake Tahoe 
Basin in California and Nevada which have state funding in 
place which will more than match federal funds.
    The Committee is interested in better integration of 
watershed community needs through the implementation of Forest 
Service projects focused on watershed health and restoration. 
The Committee directs the Secretary to allocate funds for 
programs that directly contribute to watershed health and 
restoration in ways that give priority to projects that seek to 
integrate watershed and rural community needs. The Committee 
further directs the Secretary to develop criteria for the 
selection of watershed health and restoration projects that 
meet this objective. Three selection criteria that should be 
included are: (1) the use of best-value contracting, which 
focuses on skills and quality performance instead of low-bid 
contracts; (2) the promotion of high-skill, year round 
employment opportunities in rural communities; and (3) the 
inclusion of job training and skills-upgrading for contractors 
and workers in rural areas adjacent to project sites. The 
Secretary should promote public-private partnership projects as 
a means of recognizing the need to coordinate watershed health 
and restoration activities on public and private ownerships. 
The Committee expects the Secretary to submit a report within 
180 days of enactment of this act on the criteria developed to 
help achieve the objective of integrating watershed and 
community needs, and to monitor and report to the Committee on 
how well projects implemented under this section help to meet 
this objective.
    Land ownership management.--The Committee recommends 
$61,139,000 for land ownership management, which is the same as 
the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. Within this recommendation 
are $46,133,000 for real estate management and $15,006,000 for 
landline location.
    Infrastructure management.--The activities formerly carried 
out under this activity (nonrecreation facilities maintenance, 
recreation facilities maintenance, and trail maintenance) have 
been moved to the newly created reconstruction and maintenance 
appropriation.
    Law enforcement operations.--The Committee recommends 
$66,288,000 for law enforcement operations, which is the same 
as the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. Included within the 
funds provided is $500,000 for counterdrug operations on the 
Daniel Boone National Forest. The Committee is concerned about 
the agency's ability to respond to environmental protests and 
other unplanned events. Accordingly, the Committee has included 
bill language in the Administrative Provisions of the bill 
authorizing the use of available funds to respond to such 
events.
    General administration.--The Committee recommends 
$256,400,000, which is $1,136,000 above the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level. As stated in the introductory section, the 
Committee is concerned that the Administration ignored 
Congressional direction accompanying the fiscal year 1999 
appropriations act by failing to eliminate the general 
administration line item. However, the Committee believes that 
at this point, it is prudent to retain the line item at least 
until completion of the study by the National Academy of Public 
Administration.
    The Committee finds that the location, design, and historic 
significance of the Sidney Yates Building together suggest that 
the building's highest use should involve broad public access 
space rather than general office space. The Committee directs 
the Administrator of the General Services Administration to 
prepare a report to Congress evaluating the suitability of the 
Sidney Yates Building for alternative, broader public access 
uses.
    The report submitted by the General Services Administration 
should also evaluate alternative office locations less suitable 
for broader public use in the District of Columbia for the U.S. 
Forest Service. This analysis should include the suitability of 
Federal Building Number 8 for the Forest Service after it is 
vacated by the Food and Drug Administration.
    The Administrator of the General Services Administration 
shall submit this report to the Senate and House Committees on 
Appropriations within 120 days after enactment of this Act. 
Necessary funding for the report shall be provided from any 
available funds in the Forest Service's general administration 
account.
    General.--The Committee has not provided specific funding 
for international forestry activities, similar to the past 4 
years. The Committee recommends that the Forest Service may 
spend up to $3,500,000 from benefitting functions for these 
activities.
    The Committee has provided language in the bill authorizing 
the use of carryover balances in the national forest system 
appropriation from maintenance activities to be used under the 
new appropriation heading of reconstruction and maintenance.
    Of the funds made available to Region 10 through the 
regular allocation process in the national forest system 
appropriation and the reconstruction and maintenance 
appropriation, $2,000,000 shall be used to establish a Jobs in 
the Woods program in the State of Alaska, similar to the 
program used by the agency in the Pacific Northwest, and begin 
funding on-the-ground projects as expediently as possible. To 
the extent funds are derived from the Forestland Management 
budget line item to fund this effort, projects must contribute 
directly to annual timber sale accomplishments or additional 
pipeline volume.
    The Committee is concerned that the Forest Service is 
contributing to the inefficiency of the field organization by 
keeping inordinate amounts of budget authority in the 
Washington Office and in the Regional Offices, and allocating 
them to the field so late in the fiscal year that it promotes 
ineffective uses of those funds. Other than the financial 
requirements for the headquarters operations of the Washington 
Office, and Regional Offices, these offices should not be 
maintaining pools of funds which are unobligated and, 
therefore, failing to contribute to on-the-ground 
accomplishments. With a more expeditious allocation of funds 
the field offices can prepare meaningful programs of work in a 
timely manner, and can quickly begin implementation with a 
minimum of disruptions.
    To promote the most effective use of the appropriations 
under this Act the Committee directs the Forest Service to 
distribute funds to lower levels of the agency as soon as 
practical. The Washington Office, and all Regional Offices 
should make every attempt to avoid holding any of the budget 
authority of the act in reserve, or unallocated (excepting fire 
emergency appropriations). Similarly these offices should make 
every attempt to not hold any budget authority for their 
unobligated balances of prior years (excepting fire emergency 
appropriations) in reserve or unallocated.
    The Committee directs the Forest Service to report 
quarterly on the amounts of unallocated authority, both from 
this Act, and from unobligated balances from prior years, that 
is being held in the Washington Office and in the Regional 
Offices.
    The Committee urges the Forest Service to cooperate with 
the City of Fredonia, Arizona on standards for headquarters and 
other facilities for the North Kaibab Ranger Station to be 
funded locally, and to enter into an agreement with the city to 
occupy the facilities upon completion of construction.
    The Pacific Northwest Regional Office of the Forest Service 
shall continue to provide $85,000 to the Northwest Weather and 
Avalanche Center.

                        wildland fire management

Appropriations, 1999 (including contingent emergency)...    $662,176,000
Budget estimate, 2000 (including contingent emergency)..     650,730,000
Committee recommendation (including contingent 
    emergency)..........................................     650,980,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$560,980,000 for wildland fire management, excluding 
emergencies. This recommendation is an increase of $804,000 
above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level.
    The recommended amount includes $325,126,000 for 
preparedness and fire use functions, an increase of $250,000 
above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The increase of 
$250,000 shall be used for the design and acquisition of a new 
high-band forest wide radio system for the Monongahela National 
Forest. The recommended amount also includes $235,854,000 for 
suppression operations, which is an increase of $554,000 above 
the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. Within the funds provided 
for suppression, $1,500,000 is for implementation of the Quincy 
Library Group pilot project as proposed in the request. The 
Committee has included $90,000,000 for emergencies as requested 
by the Administration.
    The Committee is extremely concerned about the increasing 
volume of hazardous fuels on national forest system lands, 
particularly in the interior West. Recent GAO reports suggest 
that the Forest Service lacks a coordinated strategy for 
addressing this issue. The Committee expects the agency to 
develop and implement such a strategy expeditiously in order to 
combat this problem and apprise the Committee of its efforts. 
To the extent feasible, the Forest Service should maximize on-
the-ground efforts in these areas with its hazardous fuels 
reduction.
    To improve efforts in the detection of fires in remote 
locations, verifying the presence of fires detected by other 
means, and monitoring the movement of fires, the Committee 
urges the Forest Service to consider participating in the 
funding of the Center for Applied Remote Sensing in 
Agriculture, Meteorology, and Environment (CARSAME) initiative. 
The Center is a joint initiative between the Army Research 
Laboratory and New Mexico State University and could 
significantly enhance the agency's firefighting capability.

                     reconstruction and maintenance

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $297,352,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     295,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     362,095,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $362,095,000 
for the newly entitled ``reconstruction and maintenance'' 
appropriation. (The Committee does not accept the proposed 
title of ``public asset protection and management'' suggested 
by the Administration. The Committee notes that the President's 
budget appendix is understated by $75,669,000 due to an error 
in preparing the budget request. As stated earlier, the 
Committee expects the Administration to more carefully present 
the agency's budget in future requests.) This is an increase of 
$64,743,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level for the 
formerly titled ``reconstruction and construction'' 
appropriation. However, non-recreation facilities maintenance, 
recreation facilities maintenance, and trail maintenance 
formerly funded in the infrastructure management budget line 
item within the national forest system appropriation are now 
within ``reconstruction and maintenance'' which accounts for 
the bulk of this increase. The Committee also has approved 
other consolidations. There is now a single budget line item 
for facilities reconstruction/construction rather than separate 
line items for ``research,'' ``fire administrative and other,'' 
and ``recreation.'' Accordingly, since the fiscal year 1999 
budget presentation was quite different from the current 
structure, the comparison of the Committee's recommendation to 
the enacted level in the narrative text represents a comparison 
to amounts as they would have been stated under the current 
structure. The Committee believes that the new appropriation 
structure which consolidates all Forest Service work related to 
reconstruction/construction and maintenance under one 
appropriation will provide greater flexibility and enhance 
accomplishments on the ground.

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reconstruction/construction:
    Facilities...............................................     $63,405,000      $72,110,000       +$8,705,000
    Roads....................................................      96,468,000       88,509,000        -7,959,000
    Trails...................................................      13,054,000       15,034,000        +1,980,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, reconstruction/construction..................     172,927,000      175,653,000        +2,726,000
                                                              ==================================================
Maintenance:
    Facilities...............................................      54,813,000       54,813,000   ...............
    Roads....................................................     122,484,000      111,184,000       -11,300,000
    Trails...................................................      20,445,000       20,445,000   ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, maintenance..................................     197,742,000      186,442,000       -11,300,000
                                                              ==================================================
Adjustment to match appendix.................................         -75,669   ...............  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, reconstruction and construction.................     295,000,000      362,095,000       +67,095,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Facilities reconstruction/construction.--The Committee has 
included $72,110,000 for reconstruction/construction of 
facilities, which is equivalent to a $2,205,000 increase for 
these activities in the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The 
funds provided include full funding for the request, plus an 
increase of $2,000,000 for coordination of recreation and 
infrastructure construction associated with the Franklin County 
Lake project in Mississippi, $1,400,000 for a new classroom at 
the Begich Boggs visitor center in the Chugach National Forest, 
$4,000,000 to complete construction of the forestry building at 
Auburn University, $30,000 for structural improvements to the 
Pinhoti Trail/Chief Ladiga Trail bridge on the Talladega 
National Forest, $800,000 for construction of a training and 
lodging facility for a fire-fighting crew on the Black Hills 
National Forest, $400,000 for the next phase of construction 
for the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry in Hawaii, and 
$75,000 for a feasibility study for the Sacajewea Interpretive 
and Education Center near Salmon, ID.
    Road reconstruction/construction.--The Committee has 
provided $88,509,000 for road reconstruction and construction 
activities. This is a decrease of $9,500,000 below the fiscal 
year 1999 enacted level. Within the funds provided, increases 
above the request include an additional $1,600,000 for 
engineering support for the timber program. The Committee 
directs the agency to provide sufficient engineering funds to 
offer no less than the fiscal year 1999 timber offer level. 
Other increases above the budget request are $641,000 to repair 
damages caused by landslides to the Highland Scenic Highway on 
the Monongahela National Forest, and $800,000 to complete the 
road reconstruction and upgrade of the Hamma Hamma Road on the 
Olympic National Forest. The Committee is also concerned that a 
recent rock slide has blocked access on Road 24 in the Forest. 
The agency should work with the Federal Highway Administration 
to obtain funding to repair the road. Similar funding to 
complete the repairs to the Highland Scenic Highway in the 
Monongahela National Forest, should be sought if it would 
permit timely completion of the project. The Committee also 
encourages the Forest Service to work with the Federal Highway 
Administration in making improvements to the Middle Fork 
Snoqualmie road within and outside of the Mt. Baker Snoqualmie 
Forest boundary, in conformance with the Mountains to Sound 
Middle Fork Concept Study of 1997.
    The remaining reduction shall be taken first from road 
construction funds in Region 10 and then from other funds 
available to Region 10, exclusive of funds for implementation 
of the Pacific Salmon Treaty with Canada, subject to a 
reprogramming approved by the Committee.
    Trail reconstruction/construction.--The Committee has 
provided $15,034,000 for trail reconstruction/construction 
activities. Increases above the request include $750,000 to 
continue work on the Taft Tunnel Bicycle Trail in northern 
Idaho. The current phase would include work on St. Paul Pass 
Tunnel, East Portal Trailhead and trail improvements. The 
Committee also has provided increases above the request in the 
amount of $500,000 for the Continental Divide Trail, $130,000 
for the Southside Trail in the Winding Stair Mountain National 
Recreation and Wilderness Area, and $600,000 for the Dalles 
Riverfront Trail in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic 
Area.
    Facilities maintenance.--The Committee has provided 
$54,813,000 for facilities maintenance. This is an increase of 
$2,589,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level for similar 
activities. The Committee believes it is important to reduce 
the enormous maintenance backlog for Forest Service facilities 
and has provided the full request level. The Committee is 
concerned that appropriations alone will not reduce the backlog 
of facilities maintenance needs. It is not apparent that the 
agency has a coordinated strategy to address this issue. The 
Committee expects the Forest Service to develop such a 
strategy, that includes as a component, a plan to significantly 
reduce the number of unnecessary facilities it must maintain.
    Road maintenance.--The Committee has provided $111,184,000 
for road maintenance, an $11,300,000 increase above the fiscal 
year 1999 enacted level. Due to budget constraints the 
Committee provided half of the $22,600,000 requested increase 
for road maintenance. Within the increase provided by the 
Committee, $750,000 shall be added to the regional allocations 
for Regions 4 and 5 in order to perform additional work on the 
upgrading and decommissioning of unnecessary roads in the Lake 
Tahoe Basin.
    In the Forest Service title of the Fiscal Year 1999 
Interior Appropriations Act, the Congress prohibited the 
expenditure of funds to decommission any system road until 
notice and an opportunity for public comment had been provided. 
It is the intent of the Committee that the public has specific 
input into the often controversial decisions to close roads 
used by national forest recreation users. Subsequent to the 
passage of the Fiscal Year 1999 Interior Appropriations Act, it 
has come to the Committee's attention that some Forest Service 
managers have taken the position that the public's opportunity 
to participate in the development of forest plans discharges 
the responsibility to involve the public in road closure 
decisions. The Committee disagrees with this view, and has 
clarified in this bill the language of the fiscal year 1999 
bill to specify that individual notice and comment must be 
provided for each road closure decision.
    Trail maintenance.--The Committee has provided $20,445,000 
for trail maintenance. This is an increase of $2,000,000 above 
the fiscal year 1999 enacted level for similar activities.

                            land acquisition

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $117,918,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     118,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      37,170,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $37,170,000, a 
decrease of $80,748,000 below the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level.
    The Committee recommendation is shown in the following 
table:

                                                               Committee
        Area and State                                    Recommendation

Bitterroot National Forest (Rye Creek), MT..............        $500,000
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (Wisconsin Wild 
    Waterways), WI......................................       1,500,000
Cherokee National Forest (Tennessee Mountains), TN......         500,000
Coconino National Forest (Bar-T-Bar Ranch), AZ..........       5,000,000
Coconino National Forest (Sedona Red Rock), AZ..........       3,500,000
Continental Divide Trail, CO............................       1,100,000
Daniel Boone National Forest (Daniel Boone/Redbird PU), 
    KY..................................................         750,000
Desoto National Forest (University of Mississippi), MS..      15,000,000
Flathead National Forest (Lindberg Lake), MT............       3,000,000
Francis Marion National Forest (North Tibwin 
    Plantation), SC.....................................       3,000,000
Green Mountain National Forest (Vermont Mountains), VT..       3,000,000
Hoosier National Forest (Unique Areas), IN..............         500,000
Lake Tahoe Basin, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, CA 
    and NV..............................................       5,000,000
Los Padres National Forest (Big Sur Ecosystem), CA......       1,000,000
Mark Twain National Forest (Missouri Ozarks Mountains, 
    Streams, and Rivers), MO............................       1,000,000
Monongahela National Forest (Elk River Limited 
    Partnership), 
    WV..................................................         275,000
Nantahala/Pisgah National Forest (Lake Logan/Balsam 
    Mountain), NC.......................................       1,000,000
Osceola National Forest (North Florida Wildlife 
    Corridor), FL.......................................       1,000,000
Ottawa National Forest (Michigan Lakes and Streams), MI.       1,000,000
Ouachita National Forest (Broken Bow), OK...............         500,000
Pacific Northwest Streams (including Bonanza Queen 
    Mine), Region 6.....................................       3,000,000
Region 5 (California Wilderness), CA....................       1,000,000
San Isabel National Forest (State of Colorado), CO......       1,500,000
San Juan National Forest (Silver Mountain), CO..........       1,400,000
Sawtooth National Forest (Sawtooth NRA), ID.............       1,000,000
Unita/Wasatch-Cashe National Forest (Bonneville 
    Shoreline Trail), UT................................       1,000,000
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest (Rag Town Bar), ID......         600,000
Wenatchee/Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forests 
    (Mountains to Sound), WA............................       5,000,000
White Mountain National Forest (Pond of Safety Tract), 
    NH..................................................       1,500,000
White Mountain National Forest (White Mountain Scenic 
    Areas), NH..........................................       1,500,000
Baca Location No. 1, NM.................................     -40,000,000
Acquisition Management..................................       8,045,000
Cash Equalization.......................................       1,500,000
Emergency Inholdings....................................       1,500,000
Wilderness Inholdings...................................         500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, land acquisition...........................      37,170,000

    The Committee recommends that the acquisition by the Forest 
Service of the Pond of Safety tract within the White Mountain 
National Forest shall be made with the clear expectation and 
understanding that these productive forest lands shall remain 
available for recreational uses traditional to the North 
Country of New Hampshire and for continued sustainable forest 
management, and that the management of this tract shall be 
planned and undertaken in consultation with the elected 
officials of the town in which it is located.
    The Committee is concerned by the lack of progress in land 
acquisition within the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area. The 
Committee expects the Forest Service to work with the affected 
local community to develop a process that will enable funds 
already appropriated for this purpose to be spent 
expeditiously. The Committee also expects the Forest Service to 
work with the affected community in developing an appraisal 
process that will enable future funds for this purpose to be 
spent effectively and efficiently.
    The Committee has recommended a reprogramming of funds 
provided in fiscal year 1999 for the purchase of Baca Location 
No. 1, as the Committee understands the private landowners 
withdrew their offer for sale to the federal government and the 
property is not available for purchase.

        acquisition of lands for national forests, special acts

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $1,069,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       1,069,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,069,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,069,000, 
the same as the budget estimate and the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level.

            acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

Appropriations, 1999....................................        $210,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................         210,000
Committee recommendation................................         210,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $210,000, the 
same as the budget estimate and the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level.

                         range betterment fund


                       (Special Fund, Indefinite)

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $3,300,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       3,300,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,300,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,300,000, 
the same as the budget estimate and the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level.

    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

Appropriations, 1999....................................         $92,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................          92,000
Committee recommendation................................          92,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $92,000, the 
same as the budget estimate and the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level.

               Administrative Provisions, Forest Service

    The Committee has continued many of the same administrative 
provisions as provided in prior years.
    Language is included which authorizes the Forest Service to 
provide funds to the National Forest Foundation to match up to 
$2,250,000 in private contributions on a 1-for-1 basis for 
projects on National Forest System lands or related to Forest 
Service programs. Based on Forest Service assurances that 
Federal funding for administrative expenses of the Foundation 
will be phased out totally by fiscal year 2000, the Committee 
has authorized up to $400,000 of Federal funds provided, may be 
used for administrative expenses of the Foundation.
    Language is included which increases funds for the National 
Fish and Wildlife Foundation to $2,650,000 on a 1-for-1 
matching basis with private contributions for projects on or 
benefiting National Forest System lands.
    Language is included which specifies how the Forest Service 
must account for indirect expenses and how such expenses must 
be displayed in future budget proposals.
    The Committee has included language which authorizes the 
Forest Service to use any appropriations or funds available for 
expenses associated with law enforcement emergencies. Such 
emergencies include unplanned protests or other similar events, 
and deliberate or natural acts which cause or threaten 
significant damage to natural resources or endanger the safety 
of the public or agency employees. In addition, such 
emergencies include expenses necessary to protect natural 
resources, and public and employee safety, due to events where 
resource availability is unprogrammed. These events include 
large group gatherings, major sports events, or significant 
temporarily permitted uses. The Committee's intent is that 
funds be made available within appropriate accounts based on 
the primary purpose for use of law enforcement resources rather 
than transferring funds to the law enforcement account.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

    On October 22, 1997, the President announced a three-stage 
proposal on climate change in anticipation of an international 
agreement to be negotiated 2 months later in Kyoto, Japan. With 
regard to programs pursued under the President's proposal, the 
Committee expects the Department of Energy to comply with the 
letter and spirit of the Government Performance and Results 
Act. The Committee directs the Department to provide the 
Committee with a detailed plan for implementing key elements of 
the President's proposal, which would include performance goals 
for the reduction of greenhouse gases that have objective, 
quantifiable, and measurable target levels. The plan should 
provide evidence on the effectiveness of these programs in 
meeting the performance goals. The Department shall submit this 
plan to the Committee in conjunction with all future budget 
submissions.

                         clean coal technology

    The Committee recommends a deferral of $156,000,000 for the 
Clean Coal Technology Program, as opposed to the $256,000,000 
deferral requested by the Administration. This deferral will 
provide for the timely availability of funds to complete 
projects remaining in the program. The Committee does not 
object to the use of up to $14,400,000 in available funds for 
program administration.

                 fossil energy research and development

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $384,056,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     364,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     390,975,000

    The Committee recommends $390,975,000 for fossil energy 
research and development, an increase of $26,975,000 above the 
budget estimate and $6,919,000 above the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level. The amounts recommended by the Committee as 
compared to the budget request are shown in the table below:

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                                                                                 Committee
                                                           Budget estimate     recommendation        Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coal:
    Advanced clean fuels research:
        Coal preparation................................        $4,000,000         $4,300,000          +$300,000
        Direct liquefaction.............................         1,641,000            166,000         -1,475,000
        Indirect liquefaction...........................         6,659,000          6,909,000           +250,000
        Advanced research and environmental technology..         2,200,000          2,200,000   ................
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, advanced clean fuels research.....        14,500,000         13,575,000           -925,000
                                                         =======================================================
    Advanced clean/efficient power systems:
        Advanced pulverized coal-fired powerplant.......         3,000,000          2,000,000         -1,000,000
        Indirect fired cycle............................         7,010,000          7,010,000   ................
        High efficiency:
            Integrated gasified combined cycle..........        38,661,000         40,161,000         +1,500,000
            Pressurized fluidized bed...................        12,202,000         12,202,000   ................
        Advanced research and environmental technology..        23,864,000         24,364,000           +500,000
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, advanced clean/efficient power            84,737,000         85,737,000         +1,000,000
             systems....................................
                                                         =======================================================
    Advanced research and technology development........        23,195,000         23,195,000   ................
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, coal..................................       122,432,000        122,507,000            +75,000
                                                         =======================================================
Gas:
    Natural gas research:
        Resource and extraction.........................        14,932,000         16,432,000         +1,500,000
        Delivery and storage............................         1,000,000          1,000,000   ................
        Advanced turbine systems........................        41,808,000         44,308,000         +2,500,000
        Utilization.....................................         7,308,000         11,208,000         +3,900,000
        Effective Environmental Protection..............         2,617,000          2,617,000   ................
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, natural gas research..............        67,665,000         75,565,000         +7,900,000
                                                         =======================================================
    Fuel cells:
        Advanced research...............................         1,200,000          1,200,000   ................
        Fuel cell systems development...................        36,449,000         36,449,000   ................
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, fuel cells..........................        37,649,000         37,649,000   ................
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, gas.................................       105,314,000        113,214,000         +7,900,000
                                                         =======================================================
Oil technology:
    Exploration and production supporting research......        31,546,000         32,296,000           +750,000
    Recovery field demonstration........................         7,800,000          8,550,000           +750,000
    Effective Environmental Protection..................        10,820,000         10,820,000   ................
    Processing research.................................  .................         4,500,000         +4,500,000
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, oil technology........................        50,166,000         56,166,000         +6,000,000
                                                         =======================================================
Cooperative research and development....................         5,836,000          7,836,000         +2,000,000
Fossil energy environmental restoration.................        10,000,000         10,000,000   ................
Fuels conversion, natural gas, and electricity..........         2,173,000          2,173,000   ................
Headquarters program direction..........................        16,016,000         16,016,000   ................
Energy Technology Center program direction..............        56,063,000         59,463,000         +3,400,000
General plant projects..................................         2,000,000          2,600,000           +600,000
Mining and materials partnerships.......................         5,000,000          5,000,000   ................
Use of prior year balances..............................       -11,000,000         -4,000,000         +7,000,000
Transfer from biomass energy development................      (+24,000,000)      (+24,000,000)  ................
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
      Total, fossil energy research and development.....       364,000,000        390,975,000        +26,975,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The State of Alaska produces nearly a quarter of the 
nation's oil, has roughly half the nation's remaining oil 
reserves, and contains over half the country's coal. Yet the 
Department of Energy has provided almost no support to develop 
drilling techniques that would reduce surface disturbance, 
reduce greenhouse gas emissions from North Slope drilling, 
develop heavy oil reserves, or develop Alaska's extremely low-
sulfur coal reserves.
    The Committee is deeply disturbed by this failure, and 
directs the Secretary to consider the development of a Federal 
arctic technology center in Alaska that would focus on 
production and use of energy in the Arctic environment. Such a 
center could also conduct research on the most cost effective 
manner to generate electric power, which cost Alaskans as much 
as 500 percent more than the national average. The Secretary 
shall consult with the State of Alaska, the Alaska Oil and Gas 
Association, energy producers and generators, and other 
interested parties to determine the need for such a center, and 
shall submit a report to the Committee no later than March 1, 
2000. A total of $1,000,000 has been provided in the oil and 
natural gas research programs to accelerate Arctic energy 
research efforts, including carbon sequestration, heavy oil 
recovery and directional drilling technology.
    Coal.--The Committee recommends $122,507,000 for coal 
research, an increase of $75,000 above the budget request. The 
amounts provided for particular activities as compared to the 
budget request are shown in the following table:

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Coal preparation (carbon extraction from coal)..........       +$300,000
Direct liquefaction.....................................      -1,475,000
Indirect liquefaction...................................        +250,000
LEBS....................................................      -1,000,000
IGCC (Vision 21)........................................      +1,500,000
Advanced research and environmental technology 
    (CO2 control)............................        +500,000

    The Committee has reduced the amount provided for direct 
liquefaction and increased the amount provided for Vision 21 
IGCC systems development and other programs. These changes 
reflect a reprogramming of funds to provide for the orderly 
closeout of the direct liquefaction program.
    The increase provided for coal preparation is for studies 
on a coal extraction process by West Virginia University 
leading to high-value carbon products.
    The Committee understands that the Office of Energy 
Efficiency and the Office of Fossil Energy are working jointly 
to develop a program of cooperative research on co-firing with 
biomass and other opportunity fuels. The Committee is aware of 
work being done by Western Kentucky University to demonstrate 
the environmental benefits of co-firing high-sulfur coal with 
refuse-derived fuel, and urges the Department to consider 
providing additional resources for this work in the context of 
the program being developed.
    The Committee has provided the funds requested for fine 
particulate control, which represents an increase of $400,000 
over the fiscal year 1999 level. The Committee expects the 
Department to continue the monitoring program established in 
the southeast in cooperation with the Southern Research 
Institute.
    The Committee is aware that the Diagnostic Instrumentation 
and Analysis Laboratory has proposed a new gasifier design that 
may provide significant advantages in providing useful energy 
and co-products from underutilized coal and traditionally 
unusable waste streams. The Committee encourages the Department 
to work with the Laboratory to further develop this technology.
    Natural gas research.--The Committee recommends 
$113,214,000 for natural gas and fuel cell research, an 
increase of $7,900,000 over the budget request. The amounts 
provided for particular activities as compared to the budget 
request are shown in the following table:

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Arctic research.........................................       +$500,000
Methane hydrates........................................      +1,000,000
Ramgen technology.......................................      +2,500,000
Gas-to-liquids (ITM Syngas).............................      +1,400,000
Coal mine methane.......................................      +2,500,000

    The Committee has provided an additional $2,500,000 to 
initiate phase III of the coal mine methane program. The 
Department is expected to use the final Phase II design reports 
as the basis for selecting partners for 50 percent cost-shared 
construction activities pursuant to the direction provided by 
the Committee in fiscal year 1999.
    The Committee has provided additional funds for a cost-
shared project to redesign and demonstrate ramgen engine 
technology using coalbed methane.
    Oil technology.--The Committee recommends $56,166,000 for 
oil technology research, an increase of $6,000,000 over the 
budget request. The amounts provided for particular activities 
as compared to the budget request are shown in the following 
table:

        Budget activity/subactivity/project
Arctic research.........................................       +$500,000
Reservoir characterization..............................        +250,000
Preferred petroleum upstream management practices (PUMP)        +750,000
Science for Environmental Protection....................      +4,500,000

    The increase provided for reservoir characterization is for 
the northern mid-continent digital petroleum atlas.
    No funds are provided for the Gypsy Field project, as the 
Committee understands sufficient carryover funds are available 
to support this project in fiscal year 2000.
    The Committee has provided $4,500,000 for a cost-shared 
demonstration of diesel biocatalytic desulfurization technology 
at a refinery in the State of Alaska. While the Environmental 
Protection Agency has granted Alaska and other ``remote'' 
locations temporary exemptions from certain diesel sulfur 
content requirements, uncertainty about future regulatory 
regimes argues for demonstration of cost-effective 
desulfurization technology in such locations.
    The Committee has also provided an increase of $750,000 for 
risk based data management systems (RBDMS), for a total of 
$1,500,000.
    Cooperative research and development.--The Committee 
recommends $7,836,000 for the cooperative research and 
development program, an increase of $2,000,000 over the budget 
request. The amount provided includes $40,000 for program 
direction. Remaining funds should be split equally between the 
participating sites.
    Environmental restoration.--The Committee recommends 
$10,000,000 for environmental restoration, the same as the 
budget request.
    Fuels program.--The Committee recommends $2,173,000 for the 
fuels conversion, natural gas, and electricity program, the 
same as the budget request.
    Headquarters program direction.--The Committee recommends 
$16,016,000 for headquarters program direction, the same as the 
budget request.
    Energy technology center program direction.--The Committee 
recommends $59,463,000 for energy technology center program 
direction, an increase of $3,400,000 over the budget request. 
The Committee expects the Department not to fund activities out 
of the program direction line item that have been funded in 
prior years out of the program line items. The Committee has 
encouraged the Department to use FETC's expertise more broadly. 
To foster these efforts, the Committee recommends that program 
direction funds allocated to FETC be available for use to 
support activities Departmentwide.
    General plant projects.--The Committee recommends 
$2,600,000 for general plant projects, an increase of $600,000 
over the budget request.
    Mining.--The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for mining 
programs, the same as the budget request.

                      alternative fuels production


                     (including transfer of funds)

Appropriations, 1999....................................     -$1,300,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      -1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      -1,000,000

    The Committee recommends that moneys received as investment 
income on the principal amount in the Great Plains Project 
Trust, as of October 1, 1998, shall be deposited in this 
account and immediately transferred to the general fund of the 
Treasury. This amount is estimated to be $1,000,000.

                 naval petroleum and oil shale reserves

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $14,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................................
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee recommends no appropriation for the Naval 
Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves, consistent with the budget 
estimate. Uncertainty about program needs during the successful 
sale of NPR-1 has led to an accumulation of carryover balances. 
These balances should be sufficient to finance reserve 
activities in fiscal year 2000 at a total program level not to 
exceed $21,240,000. The Committee urges the Department to keep 
remaining NPR-1 closeout costs to a minimum. The specific 
program levels recommended by the Committee are shown in the 
table below:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oil reserves:
    Naval Petroleum Reserves Nos. 1 and 2....................       $6,900,000       $6,900,000  ...............
    Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3............................        8,340,000        8,340,000  ...............
    Program direction (headquarters).........................        6,000,000        6,000,000  ...............
    Naval oil shale reserves.................................  ...............  ...............  ...............
    Use of unobligated balances..............................      -21,240,000      -21,240,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, naval petroleum and oil shale re-  serves.......  ...............  ...............  ...............
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Language is included in the bill allowing unobligated 
balances from prior years to be used for all Naval Petroleum 
and Oil Shale Reserve activities.

                      elk hills school lands fund

    No funds are provided for the Elk Hills school lands fund 
due to fiscal constraints.

                          energy conservation

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $691,701,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     837,515,000
Committee recommendation................................     682,817,000

    The Committee recommends $682,817,000 for energy 
conservation, a decrease of $8,884,000 below the fiscal year 
1999 enacted level and a decrease of $154,698,000 from the 
budget request. Of this amount, $25,000,000 is to be derived 
from unobligated balances in the biomass energy development 
account.
    The amounts recommended for energy conservation, as 
compared to the budget estimate, are shown in the following 
table:

                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                    Committee
                                                                Budget estimate   recommendation      Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Building technology, state and community sector:
    Building research and standards:
        Technology roadmaps...................................           7,500            6,400           -1,100
        Residential buildings Integration.....................          13,538            8,463           -5,075
        Commercial buildings integration......................           6,325            3,100           -3,225
        Equipment, materials and tools........................          60,800           49,150          -11,650
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, building research and standards...........          88,163           67,113          -21,050
                                                               =================================================
    Building Technology Assistance:
        State Energy Program..................................          37,000           33,000           -4,000
        Weatherization Assistance Program.....................         154,000          133,000          -21,000
        Community Partnership Program.........................          35,400           18,800          -16,600
        Energy Star...........................................           6,000            3,000           -3,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, building technology assist- ance..........         232,400          187,800          -44,600
                                                               =================================================
    Management and Planning...................................          15,318           13,310           -2,008
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, building technology, state and community               335,881          268,223          -67,658
       sector.................................................
                                                               =================================================
Federal energy management program:
    Program activities........................................          28,968           22,768           -6,200
    Program direction.........................................           2,900            2,100             -800
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Federal energy management program.............          31,868           24,868           -7,000
                                                               =================================================
Industry sector:
    Industries of the future (specific).......................          74,000           68,800           -5,200
    Industries of the future (crosscutting)...................          87,600           73,500          -14,100
    Management and planning...................................           9,400            9,100             -300
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Industry sector...............................         171,000          151,400          -19,600
                                                               =================================================
Transportation sector:
    Vehicle Technologies R&D..................................         168,080          129,700          -38,380
    Fuels utilization R&D.....................................          23,500           19,100           -4,400
    Materials technologies....................................          33,000           37,000           +4,000
    Technology deployment.....................................          17,700           13,040           -4,660
    Implementation and program management.....................           9,820            8,320           -1,500
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, transportation sector.........................         252,100          207,160          -44,940
                                                               =================================================
Policy and Management.........................................          46,666           42,166           -4,500
                                                               =================================================
      Subtotal, energy conservation...........................         837,515          693,817         -143,698
                                                               =================================================
Use of Prior Year Funds.......................................  ...............         -11,000          -11,000
Transfer from biomass energy development......................        (+25,000)        (+25,000)  ..............
                                                               =================================================
      Total, energy conservation..............................         837,515          682,817         -154,698
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    In order to respond to concerns raised with non-competitive 
funding of industry trade associations, the Department of 
Energy has modified certain contracting procedures. 
Unfortunately, this has had the unintended consequence of 
eliminating long-term relationships in some cases with states. 
With respect to grants, cooperative agreements or 
intergovernmental agreements, the Committee intends that such 
relationships with state entities and state-supported entities 
should be encouraged and were not intended to be constrained or 
eliminated.
    Buildings.--The Committee recommends $268,223,000 for 
building technology, an increase of $6,002,000 over the fiscal 
year 1999 enacted level. Included in the amounts provided are 
$133,000,000 for weatherization assistance and $33,000,000 for 
the State energy program, the same as the fiscal year 1998 
levels. Changes to the request are shown in the table below:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Buildings research and standards:
    Technology Road Maps and Competitive R&D..................    -1,100
    Building America..........................................    -5,000
    Residential Building Codes................................       -75
    Research and Development..................................    -3,100
    Commercial Building Energy Codes..........................      -125
    Space Conditioning and Refrigeration R&D..................    -1,457
    Cogeneration/Fuel Cells...................................    -2,750
    Appliances and Emerging Technologies R&D..................      -600
    Analysis Tools and Design Strategies......................    -2,500
    Lighting and Appliance Standards..........................    -4,343
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Buildings Research and Standards..............   -21,050
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Building Technology Assistance:
    State Energy Program......................................    -4,000
    Weatherization Assistance Program.........................   -21,000
    Community Partnership Program.............................   -16,600
    Energy Star...............................................    -3,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Building Technology Assistance................   -44,600
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Management and Planning:
    Evaluation, Planning and Analysis.........................    -1,108
    Support for State and Local Grant Programs................      -600
    Program Direction.........................................      -300
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Management and Planning.......................    -2,008

    The amount provided includes $10,000,000 for the gas 
cooling program, an increase of $1,610,000 over fiscal year 
1999 enacted level, and $4,000,000 for refrigeration 
technologies. With the increase provided for refrigeration, the 
Committee urges the Department to continue and increase its 
support for the ``Research for the 21st Century'' program (21-
CR).
    The amount provided for fuel cells for buildings includes 
$750,000 to continue the partnership established in fiscal year 
1999 with the Avista Corporation to demonstrate PEM fuel cells 
at Department of Energy sites. The Committee directs the 
Department not to assess excessive project management charges 
against this contract.
    The Committee is aware of research being performed on the 
use of plasma enhanced vapor deposition techniques for advanced 
windows, and encourages the Department to support cost-shared 
research in this area to the extent consistent with industry 
priorities and the goals of the windows program.
    The Committee does not feel that an arbitrary limitation 
should be placed on the involvement of national laboratories in 
the competition for the funds provided for technology roadmaps 
and competitive research and development. Proposals for use of 
these funds should be evaluated on a case by case basis against 
program goals and objectives.
    Federal energy management program.--The Committee 
recommends $24,868,000 for Federal energy management, an 
increase of $1,050,000 over the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. 
Changes to the request are shown in the table below:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Federal Energy Management Program:
    Project Financing.........................................    -2,450
    Technical Guidance and Assistance.........................    -2,750
    Planning, Reporting and Evaluation........................    -1,000
    Program Direction.........................................      -800
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Federal Energy Management Program.............    -7,000

    The Committee has not provided the funds requested to 
expand the Federal energy management program to mobile 
equipment, water use and leased space. While the Committee 
recognizes the significant benefits that could accrue from such 
activities, the Committee feels the highest priority for fiscal 
year 2000 should be implementing FEMP's core programs. The 
Department has made much of the potential energy and dollar 
savings that can be captured by the Federal Government through 
the use of energy savings performance contracts and other 
innovative financing mechanisms. The Committee has accordingly 
provided significant support to the program in recent years, 
both through direct appropriations and legislation allowing for 
cost recovery. The Committee feels that the program is now 
positioned to accelerate greatly the actual implementation of 
energy savings measures in fiscal year 2000. The Committee 
directs the Department to submit by March 1, 2000 a report that 
summarizes program activities and actual accomplishments 
through 1999.
    Industry.--The Committee recommends $151,400,000 for 
industry sector programs, a decrease of $14,459,000 below the 
fiscal year 1999 enacted level. Changes to the request are 
shown in the table below:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Industries of the Future (specific):
    Forest and Paper Products.................................    -1,000
    Steel.....................................................      -100
    Aluminum..................................................    -3,000
    Chemicals.................................................      -100
    Agriculture...............................................    -1,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Industries of the Future (specific)...........    -5,200
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Industries of the Future (crosscutting):
    Industrial Power Generation...............................   -10,000
    Reciprocating engines.....................................     2,000
    Industrial Distributed Generation.........................    -1,500
    NICE3.....................................................    -1,100
    Innovations and Inventions................................      -200
    Technical Assistance Activities...........................    -1,700
    Industrial Assessment Centers.............................      -300
    Motors and Compressed Air.................................      -800
    Steam Challenge...........................................      -500
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Industries of the Future (crosscutting).......   -14,100
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Management and Planning: Evaluation and Planning..............      -300

    The amount provided includes a reduction of $10,000,000 
from the turbines program that is not required to meet program 
goals due to the accelerated funding provided in fiscal year 
1999. A portion of these funds have been redirected to 
establish a reciprocating engines program, the appropriate 
management of which the Committee intends to discuss further 
with the Department. The amount provide for the turbines 
program includes $2,500,000 for microturbines.
    With respect to the mining vision, the Department should 
use the expertise at the Federal Energy Technology Center and 
the Intermountain Center for Mining Research and Technology to 
the extent that these organizations are able to provide quality 
work, which is consistent with program and industry priorities.
    The Committee urges the Department to consider continuing 
its cooperative work on biolcatalytic desulfurization 
technologies within the funds provided for the petroleum 
refining program, or with other appropriate program funds 
available to the Department.
    The Committee is aware of technologies such as 
ResonantSonics that use sonic energy to reduce the need for 
chemicals in a number of industry processes. The Committee 
urges the Department to explore the potential application of 
such technologies in both the specific industry programs and in 
the crosscutting research program.
    Advanced materials research supported with industry program 
funds should continue to be managed in consultation with the 
Office of Fossil Energy, as work being supported with these 
funds may have applications to large-scale power generation 
research being conducted in the Fossil program. The Department 
should attempt to identify such crossover applications in 
future budget submissions.
    Transportation.--The Committee recommends $207,160,000 for 
the transportation program, an increase of $5,089,000 over the 
fiscal year 1999 enacted level. Changes to the request are 
shown in the table below:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Vehicle Technologies R&D:
    Light Vehicles Propulsion.................................    -2,900
    High Power Energy Storage.................................    -1,000
    Advanced Power Electronics................................     1,000
    Heavy Vehicle Propulsion Systems..........................    -6,000
    Fuel Cell R&D.............................................    -6,880
    Hybrid Direct Injection Engine............................    -5,000
    Combustion and Aftertreatment R&D.........................    -6,800
    Light Truck Engine........................................      -500
    Heavy Truck Engine........................................    -1,500
    Cooperative Automotive Research for Advanced Technologies.    -4,700
    Electric Vehicle R&D......................................    -2,100
    Heavy Vehicle Systems R&D.................................    -2,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Vehicle Technologies R&D......................   -38,380
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Fuels Utilization R&D:
    Advanced Petroleum Based Fuels (automobile/light truck)...    -3,000
    Advanced Petroleum Based Fuels (heavy trucks).............    -2,400
    Alternative Fuels (automobile/light truck)................     1,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Fuels Utilization R&D.........................    -4,400
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Materials Technologies:
    Automotive Lightweight Materials..........................     4,000
    Heavy Vehicle High Strength Weight Reduction Materials....     1,000
    High Temperature Materials Laboratory.....................    -1,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Materials Technologies........................     4,000
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Technnology Deployment:
    Clean Cities..............................................    -2,800
    Testing and Evaluation....................................    -1,000
    EPACT Replacement Fuels Program...........................      -700
    Advanced Vehicle Competitions.............................      -160
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Technology Development........................    -4,660
                        =================================================================
                        ________________________________________________
Implementation and Program Management:
    Technology Assessment and Analysis........................      -700
    Program Direction.........................................      -800
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Implementation and Program Management.........    -1,500

    The National Research Council's fifth annual report on the 
Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) program 
comments on the importance of communication between the 
Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA). The report notes that ``continual changes in [EPA's 
NOX and particulate emissions] standards have placed 
immense burdens on PNGV's technical development process and its 
ability to stabilize productive research directions.'' With 
regard to fuels strategy, the Council states that EPA should be 
made aware that ``if exhaust emission standards are too 
stringent they could either preclude the use of the most fuel-
efficient power plants or require the distribution of a fuel 
that could not be made available economically or in time to 
meet PNGV goals.'' The Council suggests that ``regular 
interactions between DOE and EPA might help to elucidate and 
resolve the necessary trade-offs.'' The Committee finds this 
recommendation understated to say the least, and encourages the 
Department to ensure that the EPA is aware of the impacts that 
its various rulemakings may have on departmental programs, 
goals and objectives.
    The Committee is aware of a proposal by Everett Transit to 
demonstrate diesel hybrid buses in regional transit fleets. The 
Committee directs the Department to work with Everett Transit 
to provide appropriate assistance for this effort.
    The Committee is also aware of a proposal by the Vermont 
Agency of Transportation and other state agencies to expand its 
electric vehicle lease program, and encourages the Department 
to consider this proposal within available funds and to the 
extent consistent with program goals and objectives.
    The Committee expects the Department to continue its work 
with the Northwest Alliance for Transportation Technology 
[NATT], both in the lightweight and heavy vehicle programs.
    Funds are provided in the alternate fuels program to 
continue the C-1 chemistry program in cooperation with the 
Consortium for Fossil Fuel Liquefaction Science.
    The Committee encourages the Department to explore the use 
of ultrashort pulsed lasers for the manufacture of ceramic fuel 
injectors for clean diesel engines, as well as for other 
applications within the industries program.
    Policy and management.--The Committee recommends 
$42,166,000 for policy and management, an increase of 
$4,434,000 over the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. Changes to 
the budget request are shown in the table below:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

        Budget activity/subactivity/project

Policy and Management:
    Headquarters, Working Capital Fund........................      -100
    Headquarters, Contract Support............................    -1,000
    Crosscutting Support......................................      -200
    Regional Support Offices, Contractual Services............    -2,000
    International Market Development..........................    -1,000
    Information and Communications Program....................      -200
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Policy and Management.........................    -4,500

                          economic regulation

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $1,801,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       2,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,000,000

    The Committee recommends $2,000,000 for economic 
regulation, the same as the budget request and an increase of 
$199,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The 
``Economic regulation'' account funds the Office of Hearings 
and Appeals, which is responsible for all departmental 
adjudicatory processes except those under the jurisdiction of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

                      strategic petroleum reserve

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $160,120,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     159,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     159,000,000

    The Committee recommends $159,000,000 for operation of the 
strategic petroleum reserve, the same as the budget estimate 
and a decrease of $1,120,000 below the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level.

                         SPR Petroleum Account

Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      $5,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee recommends no appropriation for the strategic 
petroleum reserve petroleum account, a decrease of $5,000,000 
below the budget request. The Committee has instead included 
language in the bill allowing the Secretary to transfer to the 
SPR petroleum account such amounts as may be necessary to carry 
out drawdown and sale operations in the event of an emergency 
drawdown. Amounts transferred to the account pursuant to this 
authority would be repaid as promptly as possible from sale 
revenues. This transfer authority, combined with existing 
balances in the petroleum account, should be sufficient to 
maintain an adequate level of drawdown readiness.

                   energy information administration

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $70,500,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      72,644,000
Committee recommendation................................      70,500,000

    The Committee recommends $70,500,000 for the Energy 
Information Administration, a reduction of $2,144,000 below the 
budget estimate and the same as the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level. The amount provided is to maintain core EIA programs.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


                         Indian Health Service


                         indian health services

Appropriations, 1999....................................  $1,950,322,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................   2,094,922,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,135,561,000

    The Committee recommends $2,135,561,000 for Indian health 
services, an increase of $40,639,000 above the budget request 
and an increase of $185,239,000 over the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level.
    The amounts recommended by the Committee as compared to the 
budget estimate are shown in the following table:

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                                                                                  Committee
                                                             Budget estimate   recommendation        Change
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Clinical services:
    IHS and tribal health delivery:
        Hospital and health clinics prog-  rams...........   $1,002,852,000      $991,990,000       -$10,862,000
        Dental health program.............................       84,360,000        79,860,000         -4,500,000
        Mental health program.............................       48,446,000        42,446,000         -6,000,000
        Alcohol and substance abuse pro-  gram............       96,326,000        95,326,000         -1,000,000
    Contract care.........................................      410,442,000       396,442,000        -14,000,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, clinical services.........................    1,642,426,000     1,606,064,000        -36,362,000
                                                           =====================================================
Preventive health:
    Public health nursing.................................       40,363,000        34,393,000         -5,970,000
    Health education......................................        9,541,000         9,541,000   ................
    Community health representatives pro-  gram...........       40,960,000        46,981,000         +6,021,000
    Immunization (Alaska).................................        1,388,000         1,388,000   ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, preventive health.........................       92,252,000        92,303,000            +51,000
                                                           =====================================================
Urban health projects.....................................       29,382,000        26,445,000         -2,937,000
Indian health professions.................................       29,700,000        29,700,000   ................
Tribal management.........................................        2,390,000         2,390,000   ................
Direct operations.........................................       50,600,000        50,600,000   ................
Self-governance...........................................        9,391,000         9,391,000   ................
Contract support costs....................................      238,781,000       203,781,000        -35,000,000
Facilities and environmental health support...............  ................      114,887,000       +114,887,000
Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements: Hospital and clinic          (375,386,000)     (375,386,000)  ................
 accreditation (est. collecting)..........................
                                                           =====================================================
      Total, Indian Health Services.......................    2,094,922,000     2,135,561,000        +40,639,000
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    Hospitals and health clinics.--The Committee recommends 
$991,990,000 for hospitals and health clinics. This amount is 
$42,850,000 above the current fiscal year enacted level and 
$10,862,000 below the President's budget request. This amount 
includes $26,031,000 for pay cost increases, $3,214,000 for 
projected rental increases and $6,815,000 for staff for new 
facilities. Program increases in the amount of $6,790,000 
include $5,500,000 for the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund, 
an additional $1,000,000 above the current level of $4,000,000 
for the Alaska Telemedicine project, and $290,000 to assist the 
Shoalwater Tribe with infant mortality issues.
    Dental health.--The Committee recommends $79,860,000 for 
dental services. This amount is $8,460,000 above the current 
fiscal year enacted level and $4,500,000 below the budget 
request. Included in this total is $5,320,000 for pay cost 
increases, $640,000 for staff for new facilities, and a program 
increase of $2,500,000 to provide additional dental services.
    Mental health.--The Committee recommends $42,466,000 for 
mental health services. An amount of $1,141,000 above the 
current fiscal year enacted level and $6,000,000 below the 
budget request is provided to cover projected pay cost 
increases.
    Alcohol and substance abuse.--The Committee recommends 
$95,326,000 for alcohol and substance abuse treatment. This 
amount of $646,000 above the current fiscal year enacted level 
and $1,000,000 below the budget request is provided to cover 
projected pay cost increases. The Committee expects IHS to 
continue to work with and provide funding support in the amount 
of $143,870 to the University of Washington's fetal alcohol 
syndrome research program. In addition to conducting research 
on prenatal alcohol exposure, the program provides training and 
clinical resources to tribal health care providers, native 
families, and Native American students throughout the country.
    Contract health services.--The Committee recommends 
$396,442,000 for contract health services. This amount is 
$10,641,000 above the current fiscal year enacted level and 
$14,000,000 below the budget request.
    Public health nursing.--The Committee recommends 
$34,393,000 for public health nursing. This amount is 
$4,030,000 above the current fiscal year enacted level and 
$5,970,000 below the budget estimate. Increases include 
$1,043,000 for pay cost increases, $487,000 for staff for new 
facilities and $2,500,000 for additional nurses.
    Health education.--The Committee recommends $9,541,000 for 
health education. This amount includes $111,000 above the 
current year enacted level for pay cost increases and is the 
same as the budget request.
    Community health representatives.--The Committee recommends 
$46,981,000 for community health representatives. This amount 
is $1,021,000 above the current fiscal year enacted level and 
$6,021,000 above the budget request. The Committee has restored 
the $5,000,000 proposed reduction to this program and included 
an additional amount for pay cost increases.
    Alaska immunization.--The Committee recommends $1,388,000 
for the Alaska immunization program. This amount is the same as 
the budget request and includes $21,000 above the current year 
enacted level for pay cost increases.
    Urban health.--The Committee recommends $26,445,000 for 
urban health activities. An amount of $63,000 above the current 
fiscal year enacted level and $2,937,000 below the budget 
request is provided to meet pay cost increases.
    Indian health professions.--The Committee recommends 
$29,700,000 for Indian health professions. This amount is 
$77,000 above the current fiscal year enacted level and is the 
same as the budget estimate. Within available funds, the 
Committee expects IHS to continue its support for the 
University of Montana InPsych program at a level of $200,000.
    Tribal management.--The Committee recommends $2,390,000 for 
tribal management. This amount is the same as the current 
fiscal year enacted level and the budget request.
    Direct operations.--The Committee recommends $50,600,000 
for direct operations. This amount is $1,291,000 above the 
current fiscal year enacted level and meets the budget request.
    Self-governance.--The Committee recommends $9,391,000 for 
self-governance activities. This amount is the same as the 
current fiscal year enacted level and meets the budget request.
    Contract support costs.--The Committee recommends 
$203,781,000 for contract support costs. This amount is the 
same as the current fiscal year enacted level and $35,000,000 
below the budget request. The Committee has included language 
in the bill that continues the moratorium on new and expanded 
contracts and compacts because a resolution to the issues that 
had resulted in its imposition last year has yet to be reached.
    Facilities and environmental health support.--The Committee 
has transferred this activity from Indian health facilities to 
Indian health services. The Committee recommends $114,887,000 
for facilities and environmental health support. This amount is 
$7,205,000 above the current fiscal year enacted level and 
$4,795,000 below the budget request as included in Indian 
health facilities. The additional funds will provide $3,732,000 
to meet fixed cost increases, $673,000 for staff for new 
facilities, and $2,800,000 to increase injury prevention 
efforts. Funds provided for the facilities program are to be 
distributed in accordance with a methodology that addresses the 
fluctuating annual workload and maintains parity among IHS 
Areas and the tribes as the workload shifts.

                        indian health facilities

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $291,965,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     317,465,000
Committee recommendation................................     189,252,000

    The Committee has provided $189,252,000 for Indian health 
facilities, a decrease of $128,213,000 below the budget request 
and a decrease of $102,713,000 below the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level. The amounts recommended by the Committee as 
compared to the budget estimate are shown in the following 
table:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maintenance and improvement..................................      $48,125,000      $42,625,000      -$5,500,000
Sanitation facilities........................................       92,884,000       91,384,000       -1,500,000
Construction of facilities...................................       42,531,000       41,000,000       -1,531,000
Facilities and environmental health support..................      119,682,000  ...............     -119,682,000
Equipment....................................................       14,243,000       14,243,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, Indian health facilities........................      317,465,000      189,252,000     -128,213,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Maintenance and improvement.--The Committee recommends 
$42,625,000 for maintenance and improvement. This amount is 
$2,000,000 above the current fiscal year enacted level and 
$5,500,000 below the budget request. Additional funds are 
provided to assist the Service in reducing the backlog of 
essential maintenance, alteration and repair for health care 
facilities and related real property.
    In recognition of the safety hazards posed by earthquake 
and other seismic activities to many aged Indian Health Care 
Facilities, the Committee directs the Indian Health Service, 
upon completion of the survey on estimated costs associated 
with compliance to seismic construction standards as required 
by the Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program Act, to provide a 
priority list to the Congress to address seismic remediation 
for Fiscal Year 2001 and associated funding requirements. The 
Committee further directs the Indian Health Service to consider 
the vulnerability of existing facilities to earthquake and 
other seismic hazards, as well as all seismic-related safety 
and health concerns in compiling its annual health facilities 
priority list for the construction of new facilities.
    Sanitation facilities.--The Committee recommends 
$91,384,000 for sanitation facilities. This amount is 
$2,056,000 above the current fiscal year enacted level and 
$1,500,000 below the budget request. Additional funds include 
$556,000 to meet pay cost increases and $1,500,000 to clean up 
and replace open dumps, and provide needed water, sewer and 
solid waste facilities in all Areas.
    Construction of facilities.--The Committee recommends 
$41,000,000 for health care facilities construction. This 
amount is $87,000 below the current fiscal year enacted level 
and $1,531,000 below the budget request. Included in 
construction funds are $25,000,000 for the Fort Defiance, AZ 
hospital; $10,000,000 for the Parker, AZ Health Center; 
$2,000,000 to complete design for the Red Mesa Health Center; 
$3,000,000 for Hopi Health Center staff quarters; and 
$1,000,000 for additional modular dental units.
    Facilities and environmental health support.--The Committee 
has shifted the facilities and environmental support activity 
to the ``Indian health services'' account.
    Equipment.--The Committee recommends $14,243,000 for 
equipment. This amount is $1,000,000 above the current year 
enacted level and meets the budget request. Additional funds 
will be used to purchase medical equipment and supplies from 
the Department of Defense at a substantial savings, as well as 
to purchase ambulances to provide needed medical services.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES


              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $13,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      14,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,000,000, 
which is $5,000,000 below the fiscal year 1999 enacted level of 
funding and $6,000,000 below the budget estimate. The Committee 
notes that the Office expects to have an unobligated balance 
carryover of $12,000,000 at the beginning of fiscal year 2000 
and directs the Office to begin to reduce that balance.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development


                       payments to the institute

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $4,250,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       4,250,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,250,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,250,000, 
the same as the budget estimate and the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level.

                        Smithsonian Institution


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $347,154,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     380,501,000
Committee recommendation................................     364,562,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $364,562,000 
for salaries and expenses of the Smithsonian Institution. This 
amount is $17,408,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level 
and $15,939,000 below the budget estimate.
    The following table provides a comparison of the budget 
estimate with the Committee recommendation:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Museums and research institutes..............................     $194,744,000     $187,986,000      -$6,758,000
Program support and outreach.................................       42,661,000       37,467,000       -5,194,000
Administration...............................................       34,619,000       34,318,000         -301,000
Facilities services..........................................      108,477,000      104,791,000       -3,686,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................      380,501,000      364,562,000      -15,939,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Included in the Committee recommendation are the following 
increases above the current year enacted level: $8,493,000 for 
additional pay and related benefits costs; $2,914,000 above 
current base funding of $28,686,000 for the estimated 
additional costs of utilities, communications and postage; 
$2,664,000 for rent; $919,000 for the Smithsonian Tropical 
Research Institute in Panama for additional expenses it will 
incur with implementation of the Panama Canal Treaty; and 
$2,500,000 for expanded activities of the National Museum of 
the American Indian. An adjustment of $4,700,000 for one-time 
costs associated with the Smithsonian's security system has 
been assumed in the fiscal year 1999 base. A reduction of 
$82,000 for the return of funds associated with excess workers' 
compensation costs has been made in agreement with the budget 
estimate. Within the budget for the Center for Folklife 
Programs and Cultural Studies, an amount of $200,000 is 
provided above base funding to assist the state participating 
in the annual Folklife Festival with its expenses. The 
Committee understands that in 2000 the participant will be the 
District of Columbia.
    The Committee commends the efforts of the Smithsonian to 
share its museum expertise and collections with rural areas, 
where citizens often do not have access to high quality 
exhibitions of any sort. This is in keeping with the worthwhile 
goal of increasing access of all Americans to our historical 
and cultural treasures.
    The Committee recognizes and is supportive of progress made 
in the Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American Initiative and 
encourages the Smithsonian to continue its work in this 
important area.

        construction and improvements, national zoological park

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $4,400,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       6,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,400,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,400,000 for 
construction and improvements at the National Zoological Park, 
the same as the fiscal year 1999 enacted level and a decrease 
of $1,600,000 below the budget estimate.

                  repair and restoration of buildings

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $40,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      41,900,000
Committee recommendation................................      35,000,000
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $35,000,000 
for the repair and restoration of buildings. This amount is 
$5,000,000 below the fiscal year 1999 enacted level and a 
decrease of $6,900,000 below the budget estimate. Included in 
this amount is $2,000,000 to continue security system upgrades.

                              construction

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $16,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      19,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      19,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $19,000,000, 
the same as the budget estimate and $3,000,000 above the fiscal 
year 1999 enacted level. This amount is provided to the 
National Museum of the American Indian and completes the 
Federal commitment for construction of the Museum on the 
National Mall.

                        National Gallery of Art


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $57,938,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      61,438,000
Committee recommendation................................      61,438,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $61,438,000 
for salaries and expenses at the National Gallery of Art. This 
amount is the same as the budget estimate and an increase of 
$3,500,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level.
    The following table provides a comparison of the budget 
estimate with the Committee recommendation:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Care and utilization of art collections......................      $23,923,000      $23,923,000  ...............
Operation and maintenance of buildings and grounds...........       13,626,000       13,626,000  ...............
Protection of buildings, grounds, and contents...............       13,621,000       13,621,000  ...............
General administration.......................................       10,268,000       10,268,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................       61,438,000       61,438,000  ...............
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Additional funds above the enacted level will allow the 
Gallery to meet its fixed cost increases and provide additional 
security guards for the new Sculpture Garden.

            repair, restoration, and renovation of buildings

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $6,311,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       6,311,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,311,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,311,000 for 
the repair, restoration and renovation of buildings. This 
amount, which is the same as the budget estimate and the 
current fiscal year enacted level, will allow the Gallery to 
continue projects that will preserve its buildings and ensure 
the safety of both its collections and the visiting public.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts


                       operations and maintenance

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $12,187,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      14,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $14,000,000 
for the operations and maintenance of the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts. This amount is $1,813,000 above 
the fiscal year 1999 enacted level and the same as the budget 
estimate. Additional funds will allow the Kennedy Center to 
meet its fixed cost increases and address the backlog of 
maintenance repairs.

                              construction

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $20,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      20,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      20,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $20,000,000 
for the Kennedy Center's capital repair and rehabilitation 
needs. This amount, which is the same as the current fiscal 
year enacted level and the budget estimate, will enable the 
Center to continue phase 2 of its comprehensive building plan.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $5,840,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       6,040,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,040,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,040,000 for 
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. This 
amount is $200,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level and 
meets the budget estimate.
    The following table provides a comparison of the budget 
estimates and the Committee recommendations:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fellowship program...........................................         $983,000         $983,000  ...............
Scholar support..............................................          709,000          709,000  ...............
Public service...............................................        1,735,000        1,735,000  ...............
General administration.......................................        1,203,000        1,203,000  ...............
Smithsonian fee..............................................          135,000          135,000  ...............
Conference planning..........................................        1,110,000        1,110,000  ...............
Building requirement.........................................          165,000          165,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................        6,040,000        6,040,000  ...............
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The additional funds provided to the Center above the 
enacted level will allow it to cover fixed cost increases.

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities


                    National Endowment for the Arts


                       grants and administration

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $83,500,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     137,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      86,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $86,000,000 
for grants and administration of the National Endowment for the 
Arts. This amount is $2,500,000 above the current year enacted 
level and $51,000,000 below the budget estimate.
    The following table provides a comparison of the budget 
estimates and the Committee recommendations:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grants: Program grants.......................................      $35,130,000      $35,418,000        +$288,000
                                                              ==================================================
Challenge America initiative.................................       50,000,000  ...............      -50,000,000
                                                              ==================================================
State programs:
    State grants.............................................       25,486,000       25,486,000  ...............
    State set-aside..........................................        6,952,000        6,952,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, State programs...............................       32,438,000       32,438,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
      Subtotal, grants.......................................      117,568,000       67,856,000      -49,712,000
                                                              ==================================================
Program support..............................................        1,560,000        1,161,000         -399,000
Administrative areas: Salaries and expenses..................       17,872,000       16,983,000         -889,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, administrative areas.........................       19,432,000       18,144,000       -1,288,000
                                                              ==================================================
      Total, grants and administration.......................      137,000,000       86,000,000      -51,000,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Of the total increase in grants and administration, 
$1,500,000 results from a redirection of funds from the 
matching grants category. A $1,000,000 increase above the 
fiscal year 1999 enacted level is included to enhance outreach 
to underserved communities and arts education efforts.
    Because of the budgetary constraints within which the 
Committee's decisions were made, funds have not been designated 
specifically for the Challenge America Initiative proposed by 
the Endowment. This action should not be interpreted as a lack 
of support by the Committee for the Endowment's proposal. To 
the extent that aspects of the initiative can be incorporated 
into the current grants structure, the Committee would have no 
objection to the Endowment doing so.
    Bill language in title III retains provisions included in 
last year's bill regarding priority for rural and underserved 
communities; priority for grants that encourage public 
knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the 
arts; restrictions regarding individual grants, subgranting, 
and seasonal support; a 15-percent cap on the total amount of 
grant funds directed to any one State; designation of a 
category for grants of national significance; and authority to 
solicit and invest funds.

                            matching grants

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $14,500,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      13,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      13,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $13,000,000 
for matching grants. This amount is the same as the budget 
estimate and $1,500,000 below the fiscal year 1999 level. The 
reduction below the current level results from a redirection of 
those funds to the program grants category as proposed in the 
budget estimate.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities


                       grants and administration

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $96,800,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     129,800,000
Committee recommendation................................      97,550,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $97,550,000 
for grants and administration of the National Endowment for the 
Humanities. This amount is $750,000 above the fiscal year 1999 
enacted level and $32,250,000 below the budget estimate.
    The following table provides a comparison of the budget 
estimate and the Committee recommendations:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grants:
    Program grants...........................................      $48,725,000      $34,450,000     -$14,275,000
    State programs...........................................       39,130,000       28,300,000      -10,830,000
    Office of Preservation...................................       22,945,000       18,000,000       -4,945,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, grants.......................................      110,800,000       80,750,000      -30,050,000
                                                              ==================================================
Administrative areas: Administration.........................       19,000,000       16,800,000       -2,200,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, grants and administration.......................      129,800,000       97,550,000      -32,250,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Increases of $300,000 for State programs and $450,000 for 
education programs are included in the Committee's 
recommendation.
    As it did last year, the Committee again has included bill 
language providing the Endowment with the authority to solicit 
and invest funds.

                            matching grants

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $13,900,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      20,200,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,150,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $14,150,000, 
an increase of $250,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level and a decrease of $6,050,000 from the budget estimate. Of 
this total, $4,000,000 is designated for Treasury funds and 
$9,900,000 for Challenge grants. Last year, the Committee 
provided authority for the Endowment to use challenge grant 
funds for a regional humanities centers initiative. This year, 
the Committee has included $250,000 specifically for 
implementation of this initiative.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services


                       Office of Museum Services


                       grants and administration

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $23,405,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      34,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      23,905,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $23,905,000 
for the Office of Museum Services. This amount is $500,000 
above the fiscal year 1999 enacted level and $10,095,000 below 
the budget estimate. The proposed increase is designated for 
national leadership grants for museums.
    In light of the short time remaining before the upcoming 
commemoration of the Bicentennial of the journey of Lewis and 
Clark, the Committee urges the Office of Museum Services to 
process grant applications and service requests related to this 
event in the most expeditious manner possible.

                        Commission of Fine Arts


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999..........................................  $898,000
Budget estimate, 2000......................................... 1,078,000

Committee recommendation

                                                               1,078,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,078,000 for 
the Commission of Fine Arts. This amount is the same as the 
budget estimate and $180,000 above the fiscal year 1999 enacted 
level.

               national capital arts and cultural affairs

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $7,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       6,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,000,000 for 
the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program. This 
amount is the same as the fiscal year 1999 enacted level and 
$1,000,000 above the budget estimate.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $2,800,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       3,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,906,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,906,000, a 
decrease of $94,000 from the budget estimate and an increase of 
$106,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level. The increase 
provided is for fixed costs, but the Committee has no objection 
to the programmatic changes proposed in the budget request to 
the extent such changes can be accommodated within the funds 
provided.

                  National Capital Planning Commission


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $5,954,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       6,312,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,312,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,312,000 for 
the National Capital Planning Commission. This amount is 
$358,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level and the same as the 
budget request.

                       Holocaust Memorial Council


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $32,107,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      33,786,000
Committee recommendation................................      33,286,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $33,286,000 
for the Holocaust Memorial Council. This amount is $500,000 
below the budget estimate and $1,179,000 above the fiscal year 
1999 enacted level. Additional funds are provided in order for 
the museum to meet fixed cost increases and continue essential 
repair and rehabilitation projects.
    The difference of $500,000 between the budget estimate and 
the Committee recommendation occurs because that amount was 
part of a $2,000,000 supplemental appropriation for the Museum 
included in legislation passed by Congress earlier this spring. 
The availability of these funds now has enabled the Museum to 
address security concerns and public safety issues immediately 
rather than phasing work over 3 to 4 years.

                             Presidio Trust


                          presidio trust fund

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $34,913,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      44,400,000
Committee recommendation................................      44,400,000

    The Committee recommends $44,400,000 for the Presidio 
Trust, the same as the budget request. The amount provided 
includes $24,400,000 for Presidio operations including up to 
$1,040,000 for the cost of guaranteed loans, and $20,000,000 in 
borrowing authority. The Committee's expectations regarding 
operating funding for the Presidio are addressed in the 
National Park Service section of this report.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    The Committee has recommended inclusion of several general 
provisions in the bill including the following:
    Sec. 301. Provides that contracts which provide consulting 
services be a matter of public record and available for public 
review, except where otherwise provided by law.
    Sec. 302. Provides a restriction on noncompetitive bidding 
in the Shawnee National Forest, IL.
    Sec. 303. Provides that appropriations available in the 
bill shall not be used to produce literature or otherwise 
promote public support of a legislative proposal on which 
legislative action is not complete.
    Sec. 304. Provides that appropriations made available in 
this bill will not remain available beyond the current fiscal 
year unless otherwise provided.
    Sec. 305. Provides that appropriations made available in 
this bill cannot be used to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other 
personal servants.
    Sec. 306. Provides for restrictions on departmental 
assessments unless approved by the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Sec. 307. Continues Buy American provisions and 
requirements included in previous years.
    Sec. 308. Limits the actions of the Forest Service and the 
Bureau of Land Management with regard to the sale of giant 
sequoia trees to a manner consistent with such sales as were 
conducted in fiscal year 1999.
    Sec. 309. Prohibits the National Park Service from 
implementing a concession contract which permits or requires 
the removal of the underground lunchroom at Carlsbad Caverns 
National Park.
    Sec. 310. Restricts the use of any funds in the bill for 
the AmeriCorps program unless the reprogramming guidelines are 
followed and the program is funded in the VA-HUD appropriations 
act.
    Sec. 311. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated in the 
bill to demolish the bridge between Jersey City, NJ, and Ellis 
Island or to prevent the pedestrian use of such bridge when it 
is made known that such use is consistent with generally 
accepted safety standards.
    Sec. 312. Retains mining patent moratorium carried in 
previous years.
    Sec. 313. Provides that funds appropriated to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service for contract 
support costs for fiscal years 1994 through 1999 are the total 
amounts available except that, for the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal 
priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing 
contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or annual funding 
agreements.
    Sec. 314. Includes language allowing competition for 
watershed restoration projects through the ``Jobs in the 
Woods'' component of the President's forest plan for the 
Pacific Northwest or for the ``Jobs in the Woods'' program for 
Alaska to be limited to individuals and entities in 
historically timber-dependent areas covered by the plan.
    Sec. 315. Includes language requiring prior approval by the 
Appropriations Committees before commencing planning, design, 
or construction of any project funded with recreational fee 
demonstration moneys when the estimated total project cost is 
greater than $500,000.
    Sec. 316. Prohibits use of funds provided in this 
appropriation for nominations for the designation of biosphere 
reserves pending enactment of legislation specifically 
authorizing such a program.
    Sec. 317. Prohibits the use of funds for posting clothing 
optional signs at Cape Canaveral NS, FL.
    Sec. 318. Includes language defining the grantmaking 
capabilities and responsibilities of the National Endowment of 
the Arts. Grants to individuals may be made only for literature 
fellowships, national heritage fellowships, or American jazz 
masters fellowships. The Chairperson of the Endowment will 
establish procedures to ensure that grants made, except those 
to a State or local arts agency, will not be used to make a 
further grant to any other organization or individual to 
conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient. 
Grants for seasonal support may not be awarded unless the 
application is specific to the contents of the season.
    Sec. 319. Includes language allowing the National Endowment 
for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities to 
raise funds and receive gifts, to deposit such in an interest-
bearing account for the appropriate Endowment, and to use such 
to further the functions of the respective Endowments in 
accordance with the specified intent of the donors.
    Sec. 320. Prohibits the use of appropriations for any 
activities associated with the revision of national forest land 
management plans until such time that the Administration 
publishes new final rules in the Federal Register.
    Sec. 321. Prohibits the use of appropriations to fund any 
activities associated with the issuance of the 5-year program 
under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 
Act. Strategic planning activities carried out for that act 
should now be completed as part of the agency's compliance with 
the Government Performance and Results Act, Public Law 103-62.
    Sec. 322. Provides language for awarding financial 
assistance to underserved populations under the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965. With 
funds appropriated to carry out section 5 of the act, the 
chairman will establish a category of national significance 
grants. With the exception of this grant category, the chairman 
will not make grants exceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of 
such funds to any single State.
    Sec. 323. Prohibits the use of funds to make improvements 
to Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House without 
Committee approval.
    Sec. 324. Continues the moratorium on new or expanded 
Indian self-determination and self-governance contracts and 
compacts with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian 
Health Service.
    Sec. 325. Provides additional authority to use the roads 
and trails funds for priority forest health related management. 
The Committee recognizes that there is a serious backlog in 
important road, trail and bridge work throughout the national 
forest system just as there is a serious backlog in needed 
management related to forest health.
    Sec. 326. Modifies a provision included in the fiscal year 
1999 act regarding the Institute of Hardwood Technology 
Transfer and Applied Research to make the related authorities 
permanent.
    Sec. 327. Addresses timber sales involving Alaska western 
red cedar. This provision is substantially the same as section 
350 of the fiscal year 1999 Interior appropriations act, which 
deals with export of certain western red cedar timber from 
Alaska. Mills which process western red cedar in the Pacific 
Northwest have an insufficient supply of western red cedar, and 
the national forest in southeast Alaska sometimes has a 
surplus. This provision continues a program by which Alaska's 
surplus western red cedar is made available preferentially to 
U.S. domestic mills outside Alaska, prior to export aboard. The 
Committee believes the provision worked well last year and 
should be continued.
    Sec. 328. Prohibits the Department of the Interior or the 
Department of Agriculture from introducing grizzly bears in 
fiscal year 2000 and beyond to Montana or Idaho without the 
express written consent of the Governors of those two States.
    Sec. 329. The Committee notes that a recent Eleventh 
Circuit decision, Sierra Club v. Martin (11th Cir. Feb 18, 
1999), would require the Forest Service to conduct forest-wide 
wildlife population surveys on all proposed, endangered, 
threatened, sensitive, and management indicator species in 
order to prepare or revise national forest plans, and in every 
area of each national forest that would be disturbed by a 
timber sale or any other management activity in order to 
authorize that activity. This ruling is not only contrary to 
the Forest Service's interpretation of the National Forest 
Management Act and its own regulations, but is also 
contradicted by decisions in the Fourth, Eighth and Ninth 
Circuits. Equally troublesome is the dispute in which Region 6 
of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management are 
embroiled over whether, before any ground disturbing activity 
may occur, surveys must be conducted for 80 different species, 
none of which is listed under the Endangered Species Act.
    Neither the state of knowledge about, nor the methodologies 
for counting populations of, all affected species are 
sufficiently well developed to allow for population surveys 
adequate to fulfill the Eleventh Circuit's holding. More 
importantly, funds sufficient for the Forest Service and BLM to 
accomplish the monumental task will never be available for 
appropriation.
    Section 329 addresses this issue. This section provides a 
standard identical to the standard set forth in section 4(b)(1) 
and (2) of the Endangered Species Act for both listing 
endangered and threatened species and designating their 
critical habitat. This language recognizes that federal 
agencies responsible for wildlife protection must not make 
their decisions on anything less than the best information that 
is available. At the same time, the language ensures that the 
Forest Service and BLM retain sole discretion to determine 
whether to conduct costly and time-consuming surveys before 
each land management decision they are expected or required to 
make under the National Forest Management Act and Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act, respectively, and to determine the 
type of, and collection procedures for, any such information 
they choose to collect. The duration of this provision is 
limited to fiscal year 2000.
    Sec. 330. The Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Project was 
begun in 1994, with the promise that it would be accomplished 
in 18 months with an approximate cost of $5,000,000. The 
Project is now in its 5th year and has expended $41,000,000 to 
date. A final EIS is not expected until 2000; the 
Administration has requested $10,000,000 for continued work on 
the Project.
    Despite congressional requests, the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior have not 
disclosed fully how they intend to apply the findings and 
policies ultimately provided by the Project to the management 
of the national forests and public lands in the affected 
region. Mindful that any strategy for implementation of the 
Project will require additional funding beyond that already 
provided, two years ago in section 323(a) of the Department of 
the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998, 
Congress required the Secretaries to prepare a report for the 
Appropriations Committees that gives: (1) a ``detailed 
description of any and all land and resource management 
planning and policy or project decisions to be made, by type 
and by the level of official responsible, and the procedures 
for such decisions to be undertaken, by the Forest Service, 
Bureau of Land Management, and Fish and Wildlife Service'' in 
implementing the Project; (2) ``a detailed estimate of the time 
and cost'' to accomplish the implementation process; (3) the 
``estimated production of goods and services'' during the 
implementation process; and (4) a detailed description of how 
the implementation would occur if the present level of 
appropriations is not increased and reprogramming does not 
occur in future fiscal years.
    The Secretaries were directed to present this report only 
after publication of the Final Environmental Impact Statement, 
and before the rendering of final decisions, on the Project. 
Because of the prolongation of the Project, the Secretaries 
have not found it necessary to prepare this report over the 
ensuing period since enactment of the 1998 Act. However, the 
concerns over cost that gave rise to this statutory mandate 
have been heightened. Accordingly, this section directs the 
Secretaries to prepare the report prior to publication of the 
Project's final EIS. This will permit, and this section 
requires the Project to hold a 120 day public comment period on 
the report and include responses to the public comments in the 
final EIS.
    Sec. 331. This section clarifies and makes consistent the 
exemption to the Service Contract Act (Public Law 89-286, 79 
Stat. 1034) for concession contracts associated with land 
management agencies. This proposed amendment is consistent with 
Congressional intent expressed shortly after passage of the 
Service Contract Act (SCA) that the SCA should not apply to 
concession contracts where service to Government employees is 
only incidental to the major purpose of the concession, which 
is to provide services to the general public.
    In its regulations implementing the SCA, the U.S. 
Department of Labor (DOL) has since 1968 exempted certain kinds 
of concession contracts for furnishing service to the general 
public:

          Specifically, concession contracts (such as those 
        entered into by the National Park Service) principally 
        for the furnishing of food, lodging, automobile fuel, 
        souvenirs, newspaper stands, and recreational equipment 
        to the general public, as distinguished from the United 
        States government or its personnel, are exempt. 29 
        C.F.R. Sec.  4.133(b).

    The exemption in 29 C.F.R. Sec.  4.133(b) covers a large 
portion of the National Park Service's recreation concessions. 
For many years, the exemption served well, as the National Park 
Service was the only Federal land management agency actively 
administering concession contracts. As other agencies, such as 
the Forest Service, established concession programs and public 
demand for other types of concession services increased, the 
exemption no longer effected congressional intent to exempt 
concession contracts for furnishing recreational services to 
the general public on Federal lands.
    Section 331 will fully reflect Congressional intent by 
exempting concession contracts with Federal land management 
agencies, the principal purpose of which is to provide 
recreational services to the public. Under this amendment, 
contractors will not be required to pay prevailing wage scales 
or benefits; instead, contractors will be governed by the Fair 
Labor Standards Act for wages. This amendment also clarifies 
that wage scales, associated with construction activities, 
continue to be governed by the Davis-Bacon Act.
    Previously, campground concessions generated approximately 
$2,000,000 in revenue. Nearly 100 percent is placed back into 
facility maintenance under the authorities of the Granger-Thye 
Act. With a 1998 decision by the DOL requiring campground 
concessionaires to pay prevailing wage scales under the SCA, 
the agency is anticipating a dramatic reduction in revenue. 
This initiative is expected to bring revenues back to their 
previous levels.
    Sec. 332. Authorizes a five year pilot program for the 
Forest Service in order to collect the fair market value for 
high value specialty forest products such as mushrooms and 
fungi.
    Sec. 333. Extends for one year direct payment authority to 
the Forest Service in order to complete construction of a new 
forestry research facility at Auburn University.
    Sec. 334. As part of the fiscal year 1999 budget, Congress 
authorized the Forest Service to develop a demonstration 
project involving no more than 28 stewardship and end result 
contracts. The contracts entered into as a consequence of this 
measure have received significant local support from Forest 
Service personnel and interested groups. This section 
authorizes an additional 9 stewardship contracts in Region One 
where the program has been particularly successful.
    Sec. 335. Provides that residents living within the 
boundaries of the White Mountain National Forest are exempt 
from certain user fees.
    Sec. 336. Provides that the November, 1997, opinion of the 
Solicitor of the Department of the Interior concerning 
millsites under the general mining law shall not apply in an 
fiscal year.
    Sec. 337. The Committee is concerned that the controversy 
surrounding the reappraisal of recreation residence permits has 
continued for the past two years without a resolution. While 
language is included in this bill to provide for modest 
increases for this fiscal year, the Committee intends not to 
include similar language in future bills.
    Sec. 338. The Committee is concerned by the lack of 
progress in land acquisition within the Columbia River Gorge 
National Scenic Area (CRGNSA). Key parcels remain in private 
ownerships despite efforts by the owners to facilitate federal 
acquisition. The Committee expects the Forest Service 
immediately will execute purchase option agreements with the 
owners of CRGNSA land interests who have prepared and submitted 
appraisals to facilitate federal acquisition in response to 
Forest Service interest in acquisition.
    Sec. 339. Provides that the Forest Service may not 
inappropriately use the Recreation Fee Demonstration program to 
supplant existing recreation concessions on the national 
forests.
    Sec. 340. Prohibits issuance of prospecting permits and the 
segregation and withdrawal of lands for mineral activities on 
the Mark Twain National Forest. The section also requires a 
study of the effects and impacts that may result from the 
cessation of lead mining in the Mark Twain National Forest.
    Sec. 341. Prohibits the use of funds to study, develop, or 
implement procedures or policies to establish energy 
efficiency, energy use or energy acquisition rules or 
guidelines other than those based upon the provisions of the 
Energy Conservation Policy Act (ECPA) of 1975.
    Sec. 342. Prohibits funds in this or any other act from 
being used to issue or to otherwise implement a notice of final 
rulemaking with respect to the valuation of crude oil for 
royalty purposes, including a rulemaking derived from proposed 
rules published in 63 Federal Register 6113 (1998), 62 Federal 
Register 36030, and 62 Federal Register 3742 (1997) until June 
30, 2001, or until there is a negotiated agreement on the rule. 
The Committee is aware that DOI appears to have made little 
progress in refining the regulation so that it is workable. The 
Committee intends that this moratorium prohibits direct 
implementation of the valuation regulation as well as any 
indirect method of implementation such as Secretarial 
decisions, orders, lease form changes, audits, inter alia, 
which purport to value production downstream from the lease 
where it is brought to the surface. Additionally, the Committee 
is gravely concerned by the revelation that a DOI employee and 
a former DOE employee both of whom have worked to develop 
valuation concepts upon which the proposed oil valuation 
regulation rests, have received substantial cash payments 
($350,000 each) from private parties with an interest in the 
promulgation of the oil valuation regulation and in litigation 
regarding oil valuation. The Committee expects that DOI take no 
further preparatory steps, including the expenditure of any 
funds, which promote or lead to the issuance of a notice of 
final rulemaking regarding the proposed oil valuation 
regulation until such time as the Criminal Division of the 
Justice Department (DOJ) has concluded its investigation of the 
cash payments and the Committee has been fully and 
satisfactorily briefed thereon by DOI and DOJ.

                                            BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
  PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
                                                     AMENDED
                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                                  Budget authority               Outlays
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                               Committee    Amount  of   Committee    Amount  of
                                                               allocation      bill      allocation      bill
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
 to its subcommittees of amounts in the First Concurrent
 Resolution for 2000: Subcommittee on Interior and Related
 Agencies:
    General purpose discretionary...........................       13,923       13,922       14,298   \1\ 14,250
    Violent crime reduction fund............................  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
    Mandatory...............................................           59           59           83           83
Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation:
    2000....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........    \2\ 9,148
    2001....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        3,779
    2002....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          797
    2003....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          301
    2004 and future year....................................  ...........  ...........  ...........           48
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 2000           NA        1,011           NA          537
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\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

NA: Not applicable.


                 LIMITATIONS AND LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

  COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Rule XVI, paragraph 7 requires that every report on a 
general appropriation bill filed by the Committee must identify 
each recommended amendment which proposes an item of 
appropriation which is not made to carry out the provisions of 
an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution 
previously passed by the Senate during that session.
    Those items are as follows:
  --$123,208,000 for endangered species program functions, Fish 
        and Wildlife Service;
  --Such sums as become available in alternative fuels 
        production, Department of Energy;
  --$2,000,000 for economic regulation, Department of Energy;
  --$70,500,000 for Energy Information Administration, 
        Department of Energy;
  --$99,000,000 for the National Endowment for the Arts;
  --$111,700,000 for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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

    Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, the Committee 
ordered reported en bloc, S. 1282, an original Treasury and 
General Government Appropriations bill, 2000, and S. 1283, an 
original District of Columbia Appropriations bill, 2000, and S. 
1292, an original Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
bill, 2000, each subject to amendment and each subject to its 
budget allocations, by a recorded vote of 28-0, a quorum being 
present. The vote was as follows:
        Yeas                          Nays
Chairman Stevens
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. Gorton
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Craig
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Kyl
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Feinstein
Mr. Durbin

 COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee report on 
a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or 
part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or 
part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a 
comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution 
making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof 
proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and 
italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical 
devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the 
bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by 
the committee.''
    In compliance with this rule, the following changes in 
existing law proposed to be made by the bill are shown as 
follows: existing law to be omitted is enclosed in black 
brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and existing law in 
which no change is proposed is shown in roman.

                     TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE

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             SUBTITLE V--GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION

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               CHAPTER 69--PAYMENT FOR ENTITLEMENT LAND

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Sec. 6906. Authorization of appropriations

    (a) In General._Necessary amounts may be appropriated to 
the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this chapter. 
Amounts are available only as provided in appropriation laws.
    (b) Local Exemptions From Demonstration Program Fees.--
            (1) In general.--Each unit of general local 
        government that lies in whole or in part within the 
        White Mountain National Forest and persons residing 
        within the boundaries of that unit of general local 
        government shall be exempt during that fiscal year from 
        any requirement to pay a Demonstration Program Fee 
        (parking permit or passport) imposed by the Secretary 
        of Agriculture for access to the Forest.
            (2) Administration.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
        shall establish a method of identifying persons who are 
        exempt from paying user fees under paragraph (1). This 
        method may include valid form of identification 
        including a drivers license.

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                       TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS

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              CHAPTER 6--SERVICE CONTRACT LABOR STANDARDS

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Sec. 356. Exemptions

    This chapter shall not apply to--
            (1) any contract of the United States or District 
        of Columbia for construction, alteration and/or repair, 
        including painting and decorating of public buildings 
        or public works;
            (2) any work required to be done in accordance with 
        the provisions of the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act 
        [41 U.S.C. 35 et seq.];
            (3) any contract for the carriage of freight or 
        personnel by vessel, airplane, bus, truck, express, 
        railway line or oil or gas pipeline where published 
        tariff rates are in effect;
            (4) any contract for the furnishing of services by 
        radio, telephone, telegraph, or cable companies, 
        subject to the Communications Act of 1934 [47 U.S.C. 
        151 et seq.];
            (5) any contract for public utility services, 
        including electric light and power, water, steam, and 
        gas;
            (6) any employment contract providing for direct 
        services to a Federal agency by an individual or 
        individuals; and
            (7) any contract with the United States Postal 
        Service, the principal purpose of which is the 
        operation of postal contract stations.
            (8) any concession contract with Federal land 
        management agencies, the principal purpose of which is 
        the provision of recreational services to the general 
        public, including lodging, campgrounds, food, stores, 
        guiding, recreational equipment, fuel, transportation, 
        and skiing, provided that this exemption shall not 
        affect the applicability of the Davis-Bacon Act, 40 
        U.S.C. section 276a et seq., to construction contracts 
        associated with these concession contracts.

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Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, Public 
                              Law 104-134

    Section 101. * * *

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    (c) For programs, projects or activities in the Department 
of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 
provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted 
into law as the regular appropriations Act:

                                 AN ACT

    Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1996, and for other purposes.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

    Sec. 101. * * *

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    Sec. 118. Section 4(b) of Public Law 94-241 (90 Stat. 263) 
as added by section 10 of Public Law 99-396 is amended by 
deleting ``until Congress otherwise provides by law.'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof: ``except that, for fiscal years 1996 
through [2002] 1999, payments to the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to the multi-year funding 
agreements contemplated under the Covenant shall be $11,000,000 
annually[,] and for fiscal year 2000, payments to the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 
$5,580,000, but shall return to the level of $11,000,000 
annually for fiscal years 2001 and 2002. In fiscal year 2003, 
the payment to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
shall be $5,420,000. Such payments shall be subject to an equal 
local match and all other requirements set forth in the 
Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future Federal 
Financial Assistance of the Northern Mariana Islands, executed 
on December 17, 1992 between the special representative of the 
President of the United States and special representatives of 
the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands with any 
additional amounts otherwise made available under this section 
in any fiscal year and not required to meet the schedule of 
payments in this subsection to be provided as set forth in 
subsection (c) until Congress otherwise provides by law.
    ``(c) The additional amounts referred to in subsection (b) 
shall be made available to the Secretary for obligation as 
follows:
            ``(1) for fiscal years 1996 through 2001, 
        $4,580,000 annually for capital infrastructure projects 
        as Impact Aid for Guam under section 104(c)(6) of 
        Public Law 99-239;
            ``(2) for fiscal year 1996, $7,700,000 shall be 
        provided for capital infrastructure projects in 
        American Samoa; $4,420,000 for resettlement of Rongelap 
        Atoll; and
            ``(3) for fiscal years 1997 and thereafter, all 
        such amounts shall be available solely for capital 
        infrastructure projects in Guam, the Virgin Islands, 
        American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
        Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Federated 
        States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall 
        Islands: Provided, That, in fiscal year 1997, 
        $3,000,000 of such amounts shall be made available to 
        the College of the Northern Marianas and beginning in 
        fiscal year 1997, and in each year thereafter, not to 
        exceed $3,000,000 may be allocated, as provided in 
        appropriations Acts, to the Secretary of the Interior 
        for use by Federal agencies or the Commonwealth of the 
        Northern Mariana Islands to address immigration, labor, 
        and law enforcement issues in the Northern Mariana 
        Islands. The specific projects to be funded in American 
        Samoa shall be set forth in a five-year plan for 
        infrastructure assistance developed by the Secretary of 
        the Interior in consultation with the American Samoa 
        Government and updated annually and submitted to the 
        Congress concurrent with the budget justifications for 
        the Department of the Interior. In developing budget 
        recommendations for capital infrastructure funding, the 
        Secretary shall indicate the highest priority projects, 
        consider the extent to which particular projects are 
        part of an overall master plan, whether such project 
        has been reviewed by the Corps of Engineers and any 
        recommendations made as a result of such review, the 
        extent to which a set-aside for maintenance would 
        enhance the life of the project, the degree to which a 
        local cost-share requirement would be consistent with 
        local economic and fiscal capabilities, and may propose 
        an incremental set-aside, not to exceed $2,000,000 per 
        year, to remain available without fiscal year 
        limitation, as an emergency fund in the event of 
        natural or other disasters to supplement other 
        assistance in the repair, replacement, or hardening of 
        essential facilities: Provided further, That the 
        cumulative amount set aside for such emergency fund may 
        not exceed $10,000,000 at any time.
            ``(4) for fiscal year 2000, $5,420,000 shall be 
        provided to the Virgin Islands for correctional 
        facilities and other projects mandated by Federal law.
    ``(d) Within the amounts allocated for infrastructure 
pursuant to this section, and subject to the specific 
allocations made in subsection (c), additional contributions 
may be made, as set forth in appropriations Acts, to assist in 
the resettlement of Rongelap Atoll: Provided, That the total of 
all contributions from any Federal source after enactment of 
this Act may not exceed $32,000,000 and shall be contingent 
upon an agreement, satisfactory to the President, that such 
contributions are a full and final settlement of all 
obligations of the United States to assist in the resettlement 
of Rongelop Atoll and that such funds will be expended solely 
on resettlement activities and will be properly audited and 
accounted for. In order to provide such contributions in a 
timely manner, each Federal agency providing assistance or 
services, or conducting activities, in the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, is authorized to make funds available through 
the Secretary of the Interior, to assist in the resettlement of 
Rongelap. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
limit the provision of ex gratia assistance pursuant to section 
105(c)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 
(Public Law 99-239, 99 Stat. 1770, 1792) including for 
individuals choosing not to resettle at Rongelap, except that 
no such assistance for such individuals may be provided until 
the Secretary notifies the Congress that the full amount of all 
funds necessary for resettlement at Rongelap has been 
provided.''.

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   1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public Law 106-31


                 TITLE III--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

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                               CHAPTER 4


                      DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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                    GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER

    Sec. 3001. The Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, 
section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)) is 
amended under the heading ``Forest Service, Reconstruction and 
Construction'' by inserting before the final period the 
following: ``: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated for Forest Service 
construction of a new forestry research facility at Auburn 
University, Auburn, Alabama, in fiscal year 1999 or 2000 shall 
be available for a direct payment to Auburn University for this 
purpose: Provided further, That if within the life of the 
facility the USDA Forest Service needs additional space for 
collaborative laboratory activities on the Auburn University 
campus, Auburn University shall provide such laboratory space 
within the new facility constructed with these funds, free of 
any charge for rent''.

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  Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
                        1999, Public Law 105-277


                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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            GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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    Sec. 130. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall 
be used to issue a notice of final rulemaking with respect to 
the valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes, including a 
rulemaking derived from proposed rules published in 63 Federal 
Register 6113 (1998), 62 Federal Register 36030, and 62 Federal 
Register 3742 (1997) until [June 1, 1999] June 30, 2001, or 
until there is a negotiated agreement on the rule.

   COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND
                              AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                                         Senate Committee
                                                                                   recommendation compared with
                                       1999           Budget         Committee               (+ or -)
              Item                 appropriation     estimate     recommendation -------------------------------
                                                                                       1999           Budget
                                                                                   appropriation     estimate
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   TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE

    BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

     Management of Lands and
            Resources

Land Resources:
    Soil, water and air                  30,387          32,306          32,256          +1,869             -50
     management.................
    Range management............         56,323          67,217          65,338          +9,015          -1,879
    Forestry management.........          5,801           6,966           5,966            +165          -1,000
    Riparian management.........         20,441          21,181          20,981            +540            -200
    Cultural resources                   13,084          13,740          13,440            +356            -300
     management.................
    Wild horse and burro                 18,878          19,970          19,370            +492            -600
     management.................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Land Resources..        144,914         161,380         157,351         +12,437          -4,029
                                 ===============================================================================
Wildlife and Fisheries:
    Wildlife management.........         22,214          24,160          22,810            +596          -1,350
    Fisheries management........          9,549          10,528          10,728          +1,179            +200
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Wildlife and             31,763          34,688          33,538          +1,775          -1,150
       Fisheries................
                                 ===============================================================================
Threatened and endangered                17,419          18,853          17,903            +484            -950
 species........................
                                 ===============================================================================
Recreation Management:
    Wilderness management.......         15,873          16,290          16,290            +417   ..............
    Recreation resources                 31,634          32,827          32,477            +843            -350
     management.................
    Recreation operations (fees)          2,568           2,636           2,636             +68   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Recreation               50,075          51,753          51,403          +1,328            -350
       Management...............
                                 ===============================================================================
Energy and Minerals:
    Oil and gas.................         53,764          55,326          57,576          +3,812          +2,250
    Coal management.............          7,188           7,527           7,377            +189            -150
    Other mineral resources.....          8,992           9,377           9,227            +235            -150
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Energy and               69,944          72,230          74,180          +4,236          +1,950
       Minerals.................
                                 ===============================================================================
Alaska minerals.................          3,092           2,147           2,147            -945   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
Realty and Ownership Management:
    Alaska conveyance...........         31,131          29,487          34,887          +3,756          +5,400
    Cadastral survey............         12,312          14,668          13,318          +1,006          -1,350
    Land and realty management..         30,139          30,952          30,952            +813   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Realty and               73,582          75,107          79,157          +5,575          +4,050
       Ownership Management.....
                                 ===============================================================================
Resource Protection and
 Maintenance:
    Resource management planning          6,444           6,613           6,613            +169   ..............
    Facilities maintenance......         41,758   ..............  ..............        -41,758   ..............
    Resource protection and law          10,822          11,106          11,106            +284   ..............
     enforcement................
    Hazardous materials                  15,664          16,376          16,076            +412            -300
     management.................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Resource                 74,688          34,095          33,795         -40,893            -300
       Protection and
       Maintenance..............
                                 ===============================================================================
Transportation and Facilities
 Maintenance:
    Operations..................  ..............          6,150           6,150          +6,150   ..............
    Annual maintenance..........  ..............         30,006          27,506         +27,506          -2,500
    Deferred maintenance........  ..............         12,700           9,200          +9,200          -3,500
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Transportation/   ..............         48,856          42,856         +42,856          -6,000
       Facilities Maintenance...
                                 ===============================================================================
Land and resources information           27,916          19,130          19,130          -8,786   ..............
 systems........................
                                 ===============================================================================
Mining Law Administration:
    Administration..............         32,650          33,529          33,529            +879   ..............
    Offsetting fees.............        -32,650         -33,529         -33,529            -879   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Mining Law        ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
       Administration...........
                                 ===============================================================================
Workforce and Organizational
 Support:
    Information systems                  15,430          15,835          15,835            +405   ..............
     operations.................
    Administrative support......         45,683          47,240          47,240          +1,557   ..............
    Bureauwide fixed costs......         58,005          59,786          59,786          +1,781   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Workforce and           119,118         122,861         122,861          +3,743   ..............
       Organizational Support...
                                 ===============================================================================
Undistributed fixed costs.......  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Management of Lands        612,511         641,100         634,321         +21,810          -6,779
       and Resources............
                                 ===============================================================================
    Wildland Fire Management

Wildland fire preparedness......        156,895         175,850         167,305         +10,410          -8,545
Wildland fire operations........        130,000         130,000         120,000         -10,000         -10,000
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Wildland Fire              286,895         305,850         287,305            +410         -18,545
       Management...............
                                 ===============================================================================
Central Hazardous Materials Fund

Bureau of Land Management.......         10,000          11,350          10,000   ..............         -1,350
                                 ===============================================================================
          Construction

Construction....................         10,997           8,350          12,418          +1,421          +4,068

    Payments in Lieu of Taxes

Payments to local governments...        125,000         125,000         130,000          +5,000          +5,000
                                 ===============================================================================
        Land Acquisition

Land Acquisition:
    Acquisitions................         10,800          44,900          13,500          +2,700         -31,400
    Emergencies and hardships...            800             981             900            +100             -81
    Acquisition management......          3,000           3,019           3,000   ..............            -19
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition...         14,600          48,900          17,400          +2,800         -31,500
                                 ===============================================================================
   Oregon and California Grant
              Lands

Western Oregon resources                 79,103          81,805          80,880          +1,777            -925
 management.....................
Western Oregon information and            2,110           2,159           2,159             +49   ..............
 resource data systems..........
Western Oregon facilities                 9,954   ..............  ..............         -9,954   ..............
 maintenance....................
Western Oregon transportation     ..............         11,686          10,186         +10,186          -1,500
 and facilities maintenance.....
Western Oregon construction and             279             285             285              +6   ..............
 acquisition....................
Jobs in the woods...............          5,591           5,715           5,715            +124   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Oregon and                  97,037         101,650          99,225          +2,188          -2,425
       California Grant Lands...
                                 ===============================================================================
       Range Improvements

Improvements to public lands....          8,536           8,361           8,361            -175   ..............
Farm Tenant Act lands...........            864           1,039           1,039            +175   ..............
Administrative expenses.........            600             600             600   ..............  ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Range Improvements.         10,000          10,000          10,000   ..............  ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
 Service Charges, Deposits, and
           Forfeitures

Rights-of-way processing........          3,849           4,000           4,000            +151   ..............
Adopt-a-horse program...........            950           1,125           1,125            +175   ..............
Repair of damaged lands.........          1,300           1,220           1,220             -80   ..............
Cost recoverable realty cases...            316             415             415             +99   ..............
Timber purchaser expenses.......            200             240             240             +40   ..............
Copy fees.......................          1,440           1,800           1,800            +360   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Service Charges,             8,055           8,800           8,800            +745   ..............
       Deposits and Forfeitures.
                                 ===============================================================================
    Miscellaneous Trust Funds

Current appropriations..........          8,800           7,700           7,700          -1,100   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================

      TOTAL, BUREAU OF LAND           1,183,895       1,268,700       1,217,169         +33,274         -51,531
       MANAGEMENT...............
                                 ===============================================================================
 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE
             SERVICE

       Resource Management

Ecological Services:
    Endangered species:
        Candidate conservation..          6,753           8,316           7,516            +763            -800
        Listing.................          5,756           7,532           5,932            +176          -1,600
        Consultation............         27,231          37,365          30,905          +3,674          -6,460
        Recovery................         66,077          56,725          52,375         -13,702          -4,350
        ESA landowner incentive           5,000           5,000           5,000   ..............  ..............
         program................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Endangered          110,817         114,938         101,728          -9,089         -13,210
           species..............
                                 ===============================================================================
    Habitat conservation........         63,753          73,619          65,376          +1,623          -8,243
    Environmental contaminants..          9,338          10,193           9,593            +255            -600
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Ecological              183,908         198,750         176,697          -7,211         -22,053
       Services.................
                                 ===============================================================================
Refuges and Wildlife:
    Refuge operations and               237,235         264,337         250,594         +13,359         -13,743
     maintenance................
    Salton Sea recovery.........          1,000           1,000           1,000   ..............  ..............
    Migratory bird management...         19,125          21,877          20,014            +889          -1,863
    Law enforcement operations..         36,943          39,905          38,245          +1,302          -1,660
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Refuges and             294,303         327,119         309,853         +15,550         -17,266
       Wildlife.................
                                 ===============================================================================
Fisheries:
    Hatchery operations and              39,527          40,524          44,324          +4,797          +3,800
     maintenance................
    Lower Snake River                    11,648          11,701          11,701             +53   ..............
     compensation fund..........
    Fish and wildlife management         22,387          27,576          26,264          +3,877          -1,312
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Fisheries.......         73,562          79,801          82,289          +8,727          +2,488
                                 ===============================================================================
General Administration:
    Central office                       14,065          15,214          14,914            +849            -300
     administration.............
    Regional office                      23,210          24,024          24,024            +814   ..............
     administration.............
    Servicewide administrative           45,354          46,858          46,858          +1,504   ..............
     support....................
    National Fish and Wildlife            6,000           7,000           6,500            +500            -500
     Foundation.................
    National Conservation                13,950          14,928          15,278          +1,328            +350
     Training Center............
    International affairs.......          6,784          10,306           7,106            +322          -3,200
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, General                 109,363         118,330         114,680          +5,317          -3,650
       Administration...........
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Resource Management        661,136         724,000         683,519         +22,383         -40,481
                                 ===============================================================================
          Construction

Construction and rehabilitation:
    Line item construction......         44,211          35,517          33,760         -10,451          -1,757
    Construction management.....          6,242           8,052           6,674            +432          -1,378
    Emergency appropriations....         37,612   ..............  ..............        -37,612   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Construction.......         88,065          43,569          40,434         -47,631          -3,135
                                 ===============================================================================
        Land Acquisition

Fish and Wildlife Service:
    Acquisitions--Federal refuge         36,774          60,860          43,328          +6,554         -17,532
     lands......................
    Inholdings..................            750           1,000             750   ..............           -250
    Emergency and hardship......          1,000           1,000           1,000   ..............  ..............
    Acquisition management......          8,500           9,772           9,026            +526            -746
    Exchanges...................          1,000           1,000           1,140            +140            +140
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition...         48,024          73,632          55,244          +7,220         -18,388
                                 ===============================================================================
 Cooperative Endangered Species
        Conservation Fund

Grants to States................          7,520          50,520          10,000          +2,480         -40,520
HCP land acquisition............          6,000          26,000          10,000          +4,000         -16,000
Conservation planning assistance  ..............          2,000           1,000          +1,000          -1,000
Administration..................            480           1,480             480   ..............         -1,000
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Cooperative                 14,000          80,000          21,480          +7,480         -58,520
       Endangered Species Fund..
                                 ===============================================================================
  National Wildlife Refuge Fund

Payments in lieu of taxes.......         10,779          10,000          10,000            -779   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
      Multinational Species
        Conservation Fund

African elephant conservation...          1,000             970           1,000   ..............            +30
Rhinoceros and tiger                        500             970             700            +200            -270
 conservation...................
Asian elephant conservation.....            500             970             700            +200            -270
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Multinational                2,000           2,910           2,400            +400            -510
       Species Conservation Fund
                                 ===============================================================================
     North American Wetlands
        Conservation Fund

Wetlands conservation...........         14,360          14,402          14,402             +42   ..............
Administration..................            640             598             598             -42   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, North American              15,000          15,000          15,000   ..............  ..............
       Wetlands Conservation
       Fund.....................
                                 ===============================================================================
    Wildlife Conservation and
        Appreciation Fund

Wildlife conservation and                   800             800             800   ..............  ..............
 appreciation fund..............
Administration..................  ..............             90   ..............  ..............            -90
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      TOTAL, U.S. FISH AND              839,804         950,001         828,877         -10,927        -121,124
       WILDLIFE SERVICE.........
                                 ===============================================================================
      NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

 Operation of the National Park
             System

Park Management:
    Resource stewardship........        228,819         266,775         247,905         +19,086         -18,870
    Visitor services............        301,238         319,806         317,806         +16,568          -2,000
    Maintenance.................        411,930         441,081         432,081         +20,151          -9,000
    Park support................        238,929         251,880         248,099          +9,170          -3,781
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Park Management.      1,180,916       1,279,542       1,245,891         +64,975         -33,651
                                 ===============================================================================
External administrative costs...        104,688         110,085         109,285          +4,597            -800
    Emergency appropriations....          2,320   ..............  ..............         -2,320   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Operation of the         1,287,924       1,389,627       1,355,176         +67,252         -34,451
       National Park System.....
                                 ===============================================================================
     National Recreation and
          Preservation

Recreation programs.............            515             533             533             +18   ..............
Natural programs................          9,088          12,840          10,555          +1,467          -2,285
Cultural programs...............         19,056          20,164          19,914            +858            -250
International park affairs......          1,671           1,849           1,699             +28            -150
Environmental and compliance                358             373             373             +15   ..............
 review.........................
Grant administration............          1,751           1,819           1,819             +68   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
Heritage Partnership Programs:
    Commissions and grants......          5,000           5,250           5,000   ..............           -250
    Technical support...........            859             886             886             +27   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Heritage                  5,859           6,136           5,886             +27            -250
       Partnership Programs.....
                                 ===============================================================================
Statutory or Contractual Aid:
    Alaska Native culture center            750   ..............            750   ..............           +750
    Aleutian World War II                   100   ..............          1,000            +900          +1,000
     Historic Area..............
    Blackstone River Corridor...            324             324             324   ..............  ..............
    Brown Foundation............            102             102             102   ..............  ..............
    Dayton Aviation Heritage                 48              48              48   ..............  ..............
     Commission.................
    Delaware and Lehigh                     329             329             329   ..............  ..............
     Navigation Canal...........
    Ice Age National Scientific             806             806             806   ..............  ..............
     Reserve....................
    Illinois and Michigan Canal             239             242             242              +3   ..............
     National Heritage Corridor
     Commission.................
    Johnstown Area Heritage                  50              50              50   ..............  ..............
     Association................
    Lackawanna Heritage.........            450   ..............  ..............           -450   ..............
    Mandan On-a-Slant Village...            250   ..............            900            +650            +900
    Martin Luther King, Jr.                 534             534             534   ..............  ..............
     Center.....................
    National Constitution                   500             500             500   ..............  ..............
     Center, PA.................
    National First Ladies                   300   ..............  ..............           -300   ..............
     Library....................
    National underground                    500   ..............  ..............           -500   ..............
     railroad...................
    Native Hawaiian culture and             750             750             750   ..............  ..............
     arts program...............
    New Orleans Jazz Commission.             67              67              67   ..............  ..............
    Quinebaug-Shetucket National            200             200             200   ..............  ..............
     Heritage Preservation
     Commission.................
    Roosevelt Campobello                    670             670             670   ..............  ..............
     International Park
     Commission.................
    Sewall-Belmont House........  ..............  ..............            500            +500            +500
    Southwestern Penn. Heritage             158   ..............  ..............           -158   ..............
     Preservation Commission....
    Vancouver National Historic             400   ..............            400   ..............           +400
     reserve....................
    Wheeling National Heritage              400   ..............          1,000            +600          +1,000
     Area.......................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Statutory or              7,927           4,622           9,172          +1,245          +4,550
       Contractual Aid..........
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, National Recreation         46,225          48,336          49,951          +3,726          +1,615
       and Preservation.........
                                 ===============================================================================
   Historic Preservation Fund

Grants-in-aid...................         42,412          50,512          42,412   ..............         -8,100
Grants for millennium initiative         30,000          30,000   ..............        -30,000         -30,000
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Historic                    72,412          80,512          42,412         -30,000         -38,100
       Preservation Fund........
                                 ===============================================================================
          Construction

Buildings and Utilities:
    Emergency and unscheduled            15,000   ..............  ..............        -15,000   ..............
     (lump sum) projects........
    Equipment replacement.......         15,402   ..............  ..............        -15,402   ..............
    Planning, construction......         16,370          10,195          10,195          -6,175   ..............
    Planning, general management          7,725           8,725           8,725          +1,000   ..............
     plans......................
    Line item construction and          171,561         118,175         147,633         -23,928         +29,458
     maintenance................
    Special programs............  ..............         35,305          32,940         +32,940          -2,365
    Pre-design and supplementary  ..............          4,500           4,500          +4,500   ..............
     services...................
    Construction program          ..............         17,100          17,100         +17,100   ..............
     management and operations..
    Emergency appropriations....         13,680   ..............  ..............        -13,680   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Construction.......        239,738         194,000         221,093         -18,645         +27,093
                                 ===============================================================================
Land and Water Conservation Fund

(Rescission of contract                 -30,000         -30,000         -30,000   ..............  ..............
 authority).....................
                                 ===============================================================================
   Land Acquisition and State
           Assistance

Assistance to States:                       500           1,000             500   ..............           -500
 Administrative expenses........

National Park Service:
    Acquisitions................        134,425         152,468          69,025         -65,400         -83,443
    Emergencies and hardships...          3,000           4,000           3,000   ..............         -1,000
    Acquisition management......          8,500          11,000          10,000          +1,500          -1,000
    Inholdings..................          1,500           4,000           2,000            +500          -2,000
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition           147,925         172,468          84,525         -63,400         -87,943
       and State Assistance.....
                                 ===============================================================================
Conservation Grants and Planning
           Assistance

Conservation grants.............  ..............        150,000   ..............  ..............       -150,000
Planning assistance.............  ..............         50,000   ..............  ..............        -50,000
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Conservation Grants  ..............        200,000   ..............  ..............       -200,000
       and Planning Assistance..
                                 ===============================================================================
 Urban Park and Recreation Fund

Urban park and recreation fund..  ..............          4,000   ..............  ..............         -4,000
                                 ===============================================================================
      TOTAL, NATIONAL PARK            1,764,224       2,058,943       1,723,157         -41,067        -335,786
       SERVICE..................
                                 ===============================================================================
 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  Surveys, Investigations, and
            Research

National Mapping Program:
    National data collection and         63,858          58,125          62,005          -1,853          +3,880
     integration................
    Earth science information            36,388          43,700          39,647          +3,259          -4,053
     management and delivery....
    Geographic research and              38,069          33,609          38,944            +875          +5,335
     applications...............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, National Mapping        138,315         135,434         140,596          +2,281          +5,162
       Program..................
                                 ===============================================================================
Geologic Hazards, Resource and
 Processes:
    Geologic hazards assessments         76,369          68,810          79,150          +2,781         +10,340
    Geologic landscape and               74,091          60,701          75,707          +1,616         +15,006
     coastal assessments........
    Geologic resource                    88,690          69,106          90,877          +2,187         +21,771
     assessments................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Geologic                239,150         198,617         245,734          +6,584         +47,117
       Hazards, Resource and
       Processes................
                                 ===============================================================================
Water Resources Investigations:
    Water resources assessment          104,433          88,298         107,577          +3,144         +19,279
     and research...............
    Water data collection and            29,528          20,790          31,280          +1,752         +10,490
     management.................
    Federal-State program.......         70,137          58,356          72,314          +2,177         +13,958
    Water resources research              5,055           5,062           5,062              +7   ..............
     institutes.................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Water Resources         209,153         172,506         216,233          +7,080         +43,727
       Investigations...........
                                 ===============================================================================
Biological Research:
    Biological research and             138,521          97,734         135,743          -2,778         +38,009
     monitoring.................
    Biological information               11,443          14,550          11,745              +2          -2,805
     management and delivery....
    Cooperative research units..         12,497          12,680          12,760            +263             +80
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Biological              162,461         124,964         160,248          -2,213         +35,284
       Research.................

Integrated Science:
    DOI Science priorities......  ..............         30,000   ..............  ..............        -30,000
    Place based studies.........  ..............         17,686   ..............  ..............        -17,686
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Integrated        ..............         47,686   ..............  ..............        -47,686
       Science..................
                                 ===============================================================================
Science support.................         27,308          73,996          28,855          +1,547         -45,141
Facilities......................         21,509          85,282          21,577             +68         -63,705
    Emergency appropriations....          1,000   ..............  ..............         -1,000   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
      TOTAL, UNITED STATES              798,896         838,485         813,243         +14,347         -25,242
       GEOLOGICAL SURVEY........
                                 ===============================================================================
   MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

  Royalty and Offshore Minerals
           Management

OCS Lands:
    Leasing and environmental            35,352          35,889          35,889            +537   ..............
     program....................
    Resource evaluation.........         23,433          22,323          22,923            -510            +600
    Regulatory program..........         39,290          42,508          42,508          +3,218   ..............
    Information management               14,190          14,507          14,507            +317   ..............
     program....................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, OCS Lands.......        112,265         115,227         115,827          +3,562            +600
                                 ===============================================================================
Royalty Management:
    Valuation and operations....         33,623          39,407          39,407          +5,784   ..............
    Compliance..................         36,468          42,439          42,439          +5,971   ..............
    Indian allottee refunds.....             15              15              15   ..............  ..............
    Program services office.....          2,623           2,708           2,708             +85   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Royalty                  72,729          84,569          84,569         +11,840   ..............
       Management...............
                                 ===============================================================================
General Administration:
    Executive direction.........          1,870           1,925           1,925             +55   ..............
    Policy and management                 3,740           3,870           3,870            +130   ..............
     improvement................
    Administrative operations...         12,592          13,546          13,546            +954   ..............
    General support services....         14,706          14,945          14,945            +239   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, General                  32,908          34,286          34,286          +1,378   ..............
       Administration...........
                                 ===============================================================================
Use of receipts.................       -100,000        -124,000        -124,000         -24,000   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Royalty and                117,902         110,082         110,682          -7,220            +600
       Offshore Minerals
       Management...............
                                 ===============================================================================
       Oil Spill Research

Oil spill research..............          6,118           6,118           6,118   ..............  ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
      TOTAL, MINERALS MANAGEMENT        124,020         116,200         116,800          -7,220            +600
       SERVICE..................
                                 ===============================================================================
    OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
   RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT

    Regulation and Technology

Environmental restoration.......            144             150             150              +6   ..............
Environmental protection........         70,018          70,718          72,218          +2,200          +1,500
Technology development and               11,300          11,589          11,589            +289   ..............
 transfer.......................
Financial management............            511             525             525             +14   ..............
Executive direction.............         11,105          11,409          11,409            +304   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Regulation and           93,078          94,391          95,891          +2,813          +1,500
       Technology...............
                                 ===============================================================================
Civil penalties.................            275             275             275   ..............  ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Regulation and              93,353          94,666          96,166          +2,813          +1,500
       Technology...............
                                 ===============================================================================
 Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund

Environmental restoration.......        170,140         195,469         170,469            +329         -25,000
Technology development and                3,473           3,536           3,536             +63   ..............
 transfer.......................
Financial management............          5,860           6,040           5,540            -320            -500
Executive direction.............          5,943           6,113           6,113            +170   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Abandoned Mine             185,416         211,158         185,658            +242         -25,500
       Reclamation Fund.........
                                 ===============================================================================
      TOTAL, OFFICE OF SURFACE          278,769         305,824         281,824          +3,055         -24,000
       MINING RECLAMATION AND
       ENFORCEMENT..............
                                 ===============================================================================
    BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

  Operation of Indian Programs

      Tribal Budget System

Tribal Priority Allocations:
    Tribal government...........        347,782         362,382         343,650          -4,132         -18,732
    Human services..............        151,379         154,262         150,214          -1,165          -4,048
    Education...................         52,675          51,106          51,106          -1,569   ..............
    Public safety and justice...          4,220           1,391           1,391          -2,829   ..............
    Community development.......         39,240          39,884          39,884            +644   ..............
    Resources management........         53,547          54,852          54,852          +1,305   ..............
    Trust services..............         27,631          28,739          28,739          +1,108   ..............
    General administration......         22,284          23,273          23,273            +989   ..............
    Standard assessment                     250             250   ..............           -250            -250
     methodology work group.....
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Tribal Priority         699,008         716,139         693,109          -5,899         -23,030
       Allocations..............
                                 ===============================================================================
Other Recurring Programs:
    Human services..............  ..............            500   ..............  ..............           -500
                                 ===============================================================================
    Education:
        School operations
            Forward-funded......        389,307         412,664         402,010         +12,703         -10,654
            Other school                 86,779          90,904          88,717          +1,938          -2,187
             operations.........
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Subtotal, School          476,086         503,568         490,727         +14,641         -12,841
               operations.......

        Continuing education....         31,311          38,411          31,311   ..............         -7,100
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Education...        507,397         541,979         522,038         +14,641         -19,941
                                 ===============================================================================
    Resources management........         35,778          37,717          36,954          +1,176            -763
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Other Recurring         543,175         580,196         558,992         +15,817         -21,204
       Programs.................
                                 ===============================================================================
Non-Recurring Programs:
    Tribal government...........            250             250             250   ..............  ..............
    Community development.......            100   ..............  ..............           -100   ..............
    Resources management........         30,912          32,414          31,167            +255          -1,247
    Trust services..............         32,888          38,526          32,424            -464          -6,102
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Non-Recurring            64,150          71,190          63,841            -309          -7,349
       Programs.................
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Tribal Budget            1,306,333       1,367,525       1,315,942          +9,609         -51,583
       System...................
                                 ===============================================================================
         BIA Operations

Central Office Operations:
    Tribal government...........          2,628           3,082           3,082            +454   ..............
    Human services..............            866           1,295           1,295            +429   ..............
    Community development.......            837             853             853             +16   ..............
    Resources management........          3,108           3,387           3,387            +279   ..............
    Trust services..............          2,070           2,114           2,114             +44   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
    General administration:
        Education program                 2,297           2,349           2,349             +52   ..............
         management.............
        Other general                    33,933          34,670          34,670            +737   ..............
         administration.........
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, General              36,230          37,019          37,019            +789   ..............
           administration.......
                                 ===============================================================================
          Subtotal, Central              45,739          47,750          47,750          +2,011   ..............
           Office Operations....
                                 ===============================================================================
Area Office Operations:
    Tribal government...........          1,354           1,431           1,431             +77   ..............
    Human services..............          3,263           3,011           3,011            -252   ..............
    Community development.......            805             833             833             +28   ..............
    Resources management........          3,175           3,242           3,242             +67   ..............
    Trust services..............         10,710           9,613           9,613          -1,097   ..............
    General administration......         23,633          24,313          24,313            +680   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Area Office              42,940          42,443          42,443            -497   ..............
       Operations...............
                                 ===============================================================================
Special Programs and Pooled
 Overhead:
    Education...................         14,258          15,670          14,770            +512            -900
    Public safety and justice...         98,558         141,165         131,165         +32,607         -10,000
    Community development.......          3,916           3,545           3,637            -279             +92
    Resources management........          1,320           1,320           1,320   ..............  ..............
    General administration......         72,196          74,969          74,969          +2,773   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Special Programs        190,248         236,669         225,861         +35,613         -10,808
       and Pooled Overhead......
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, BIA Operations.....        278,927         326,862         316,054         +37,127         -10,808
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Operation of Indian      1,585,260       1,694,387       1,631,996         +46,736         -62,391
       Programs.................
                                 ===============================================================================
           BIA SPLITS

Natural resources...............       (127,840)       (132,932)       (130,922)        (+3,082)        (-2,010)
Forward-funding.................       (389,307)       (412,664)       (402,010)       (+12,703)       (-10,654)
Education.......................       (187,320)       (198,440)       (188,253)          (+933)       (-10,187)
Community development...........       (880,793)       (950,351)       (910,811)       (+30,018)       (-39,540)
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, BIA splits.........     (1,585,260)     (1,694,387)     (1,631,996)       (+46,736)       (-62,391)
                                 ===============================================================================
          Construction

Education.......................         60,400         108,377          82,377         +21,977         -26,000
Public safety and justice.......          5,550           5,564           5,564             +14   ..............
Resources management............         49,620          51,823          50,810          +1,190          -1,013
General administration..........          2,146           2,175           2,175             +29   ..............
Construction management.........          5,705           6,319           5,958            +253            -361
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Construction.......        123,421         174,258         146,884         +23,463         -27,374
                                 ===============================================================================
   Indian Land and Water Claim
  Settlements and Miscellaneous
       Payments to Indians

White Earth Land Settlement Act             612             625             625             +13   ..............
 (Admin)........................
Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund.....            240             246             246              +6   ..............
Pyramid Lake water rights                 2,530              30              30          -2,500   ..............
 settlement.....................
Truckee River operating           ..............  ..............            230            +230            +230
 agreement......................
Ute Indian water rights                  25,000          27,500          25,000   ..............         -2,500
 settlement.....................
Aleutian-Pribilof (repairs).....            500   ..............          1,000            +500          +1,000
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Miscellaneous               28,882          28,401          27,131          -1,751          -1,270
       Payments to Indians......
                                 ===============================================================================
 Indian Guaranteed Loan Program
             Account

Indian guaranteed loan program            5,001           5,008           5,004              +3              -4
 account........................

 Indian Land Consolidation Pilot

Indian land consolidation pilot.          5,000   ..............  ..............         -5,000   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
      TOTAL, BUREAU OF INDIAN         1,747,564       1,902,054       1,811,015         +63,451         -91,039
       AFFAIRS..................
                                 ===============================================================================
      DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

         Insular Affairs

    Assistance to Territories

Territorial Assistance:
    Office of Insular Affairs...          3,849           4,249           4,249            +400   ..............
    Technical assistance........          5,661           5,661           5,661   ..............  ..............
    Maintenance assistance fund.          2,300           2,300           2,300   ..............  ..............
    Brown tree snake............          2,100           2,600           2,350            +250            -250
    Insular management controls.          1,491           1,491           1,491   ..............  ..............
    Coral reef initiative.......  ..............          1,000             500            +500            -500
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Territorial              15,401          17,301          16,551          +1,150            -750
       Assistance...............
                                 ===============================================================================
American Samoa: Operations               23,054          23,054          23,054   ..............  ..............
 grants.........................

Northern Marianas: Covenant              27,720          27,720          27,720   ..............  ..............
 grants.........................
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Assistance to               66,175          68,075          67,325          +1,150            -750
       Territories..............
                                 ===============================================================================
   Compact of Free Association

Compact of Free Association--             7,354           7,354           7,354   ..............  ..............
 Federal services...............
    Mandatory payments--program          12,000          12,000          12,000   ..............  ..............
     grant assistance...........
Enewetak support................          1,576           1,191           1,191            -385   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Compact of Free             20,930          20,545          20,545            -385   ..............
       Association..............
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Insular Affairs....         87,105          88,620          87,870            +765            -750
                                 ===============================================================================
     Departmental Management

Departmental direction..........         11,579          11,865          11,865            +286   ..............
Management and coordination.....         21,598          22,780          22,119            +521            -661
Hearings and appeals............          7,213           8,047           7,847            +634            -200
Central services................         18,485          19,527          19,527          +1,042   ..............
Bureau of Mines workers                     811             845             845             +34   ..............
 compensation/unemployment......
Glacier Bay fishing buyout......          5,000   ..............  ..............         -5,000   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Departmental                64,686          63,064          62,203          -2,483            -861
       Management...............
                                 ===============================================================================
     Office of the Solicitor

Legal services..................         31,304          34,518          31,304   ..............         -3,214
General administration..........          5,480           6,982           5,480   ..............         -1,502
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of the               36,784          41,500          36,784   ..............         -4,716
       Solicitor................
                                 ===============================================================================
   Office of Inspector General

Audit...........................         14,901          16,038          15,588            +687            -450
Investigations..................          4,813           5,601           5,051            +238            -550
Administration..................          5,772           5,975           5,975            +203   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of Inspector         25,486          27,614          26,614          +1,128          -1,000
       General..................
                                 ===============================================================================
  Office of Special Trustee for
        American Indians

Program operations, support, and         59,673          88,362          72,173         +12,500         -16,189
 improvements...................
Executive direction.............          1,626           1,663           1,663             +37   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..................         61,299          90,025          73,836         +12,537         -16,189

 Indian Land Consolidation Pilot

Indian land consolidation pilot.  ..............         10,000           5,000          +5,000          -5,000
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of Special           61,299         100,025          78,836         +17,537         -21,189
       Trustee for American
       Indians..................
                                 ===============================================================================
     Natural Resource Damage
         Assessment Fund

Damage assessments..............          3,366           6,320           3,366   ..............         -2,954
Program management..............          1,126           1,580           1,255            +129            -325
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Natural Resource             4,492           7,900           4,621            +129          -3,279
       Damage Assessment Fund...
                                 ===============================================================================
 Management of Federal Lands for
        Subsistence Uses

Subsistence management,                   8,000   ..............  ..............         -8,000   ..............
 Department of the Interior.....
                                 ===============================================================================
      TOTAL, DEPARTMENTAL               287,852         328,723         296,928          +9,076         -31,795
       OFFICES..................
                                 ===============================================================================
Glacier Bay (emergency                   26,000   ..............  ..............        -26,000   ..............
 appropriations) (sec. 501)
 (Public Law 106-31)............
Y2K conversion (emergency                80,347   ..............  ..............        -80,347   ..............
 appropriations)................
                                 ===============================================================================
      TOTAL, TITLE I, DEPARTMENT      7,131,371       7,768,930       7,089,013         -42,358        -679,917
       OF THE INTERIOR..........
                                 ===============================================================================
   TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

         FOREST SERVICE

  Forest and Rangeland Research

Forest and rangeland research...        197,444         234,644         187,444         -10,000         -47,200
                                 ===============================================================================
   State and Private Forestry

Forest Health Management:
    Federal lands forest health          37,325          40,325          37,325   ..............         -3,000
     management.................
    Cooperative lands forest             17,200          21,400          21,400          +4,200   ..............
     health management..........
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Forest Health            54,525          61,725          58,725          +4,200          -3,000
       Management...............
                                 ===============================================================================
Cooperative Fire Assistance:
    State fire assistance.......         21,510          31,509          23,010          +1,500          -8,499
    Volunteer fire assistance...          2,000           2,001           2,501            +501            +500
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Cooperative Fire         23,510          33,510          25,511          +2,001          -7,999
       Assistance...............
                                 ===============================================================================
Cooperative Forestry:
    Forest stewardship..........         28,830          28,830          28,830   ..............  ..............
    Stewardship incentives        ..............         15,000   ..............  ..............        -15,000
     program....................
    Forest legacy program.......          7,012          50,012          14,012          +7,000         -36,000
    Urban and community forestry         30,540          40,040          30,540   ..............         -9,500
    Economic action programs....         17,305          16,305          25,575          +8,270          +9,270
    Pacific Northwest assistance          9,000           7,000           7,600          -1,400            +600
     programs...................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Cooperative              92,687         157,187         106,557         +13,870         -50,630
       Forestry.................
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, State and Private          170,722         252,422         190,793         +20,071         -61,629
       Forestry.................
                                 ===============================================================================
     International Forestry

International forestry..........         (3,500)         (3,500)         (3,500)  ..............  ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
     National Forest System

Land management planning........         40,000          50,000          40,000   ..............        -10,000
Inventory and monitoring........         80,714          88,114          80,714   ..............         -7,400
                                 ===============================================================================
Recreation Use:
    Recreation management.......        144,953         144,953         148,453          +3,500          +3,500
    Wilderness management.......         29,584          36,574          29,584   ..............         -6,990
    Heritage resources..........         13,050          13,050          13,050   ..............  ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Recreation Use..        187,587         194,577         191,087          +3,500          -3,490
                                 ===============================================================================
Wildlife, Fish and Rare Plant
 Habitat:
    Wildlife habitat management.         32,097          37,097          32,097   ..............         -5,000
    Inland fish habitat                  19,017          26,017          19,017   ..............         -7,000
     management.................
    Anadromous fish habitat              22,714          29,114          22,714   ..............         -6,400
     management.................
    TE&S species habitat                 26,548          31,548          26,548   ..............         -5,000
     management.................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Wildlife, Fish          100,376         123,776         100,376   ..............        -23,400
       and Rare Plant Habitat...
                                 ===============================================================================
Rangeland Management:
    Grazing management..........         28,517          28,517          28,517   ..............  ..............
    Rangeland vegetation                 28,533          36,533          28,533   ..............         -8,000
     management.................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Rangeland                57,050          65,050          57,050   ..............         -8,000
       Management...............
                                 ===============================================================================
Forestland Management:
    Timber sales management.....        226,900         196,885         228,900          +2,000         +32,015
    Forestland vegetation                58,300          58,300          58,950            +650            +650
     management.................
    Forest ecosystem restoration  ..............         15,000           5,000          +5,000         -10,000
     and improvement............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Forestland              285,200         270,185         292,850          +7,650         +22,665
       Management...............
                                 ===============================================================================
Soil, Water and Air Management:
    Soil, water and air                  25,932          26,932          25,932   ..............         -1,000
     operations.................
    Watershed improvements......         30,165          40,165          31,165          +1,000          -9,000
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Soil, Water and          56,097          67,097          57,097          +1,000         -10,000
       Air Management...........
                                 ===============================================================================
Minerals and geology management.         37,050          36,050          36,050          -1,000   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
Land Ownership Management:
    Real estate management......         46,133          48,054          46,133   ..............         -1,921
    Landline location...........         15,006          15,918          15,006   ..............           -912
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Land Ownership           61,139          63,972          61,139   ..............         -2,833
       Management...............
                                 ===============================================================================
Infrastructure Management:
    Facility maintenance (non-           27,654   ..............  ..............        -27,654   ..............
     recreation)................
    Facility maintenance                 24,570   ..............  ..............        -24,570   ..............
     (recreation)...............
    Trail maintenance...........         18,445   ..............  ..............        -18,445   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Infrastructure           70,669   ..............  ..............        -70,669   ..............
       Management...............
                                 ===============================================================================
Law enforcement operations......         66,288          66,288          66,288   ..............  ..............
General administration..........        255,264         256,400         256,400          +1,136   ..............
Adjustment to correspond to the   ..............         75,669   ..............  ..............        -75,669
 President's budget.............
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, National Forest          1,297,434       1,357,178       1,239,051         -58,383        -118,127
       System...................
                                 ===============================================================================
    Wildland Fire Management

Preparedness....................        324,876         324,876         325,126            +250            +250
Fire operations.................        235,300         235,854         235,854            +554   ..............
Contingent emergency                    102,000          90,000          90,000         -12,000   ..............
 appropriations.................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Wildland Fire              662,176         650,730         650,980         -11,196            +250
       Management...............
                                 ===============================================================================
 Re-Construction and Maintenance

Reconstruction and Construction:
    Facilities..................         69,905          63,405          72,110          +2,205          +8,705
    Roads.......................         98,009          96,468          88,509          -9,500          -7,959
    Trails......................         29,554          13,054          15,034         -14,520          +1,980
    Emergency appropriations              5,611   ..............  ..............         -5,611   ..............
     (Public Law 106-31)........
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Reconstruction          203,079         172,927         175,653         -27,426          +2,726
       and maintenance..........
                                 ===============================================================================
Maintenance:
    Facilities..................        (52,224)         54,813          54,813         +54,813   ..............
    Roads.......................         99,884         122,484         111,184         +11,300         -11,300
    Trails......................        (18,445)         20,445          20,445         +20,445   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Maintenance.....         99,884         197,742         186,442         +86,558         -11,300
                                 ===============================================================================
Adjustment to correspond to the   ..............        -75,669   ..............  ..............        +75,669
 President's budget.............
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Reconstruction and         302,963         295,000         362,095         +59,132         +67,095
       maintenance..............
                                 ===============================================================================
        Land Acquisition
Forest Service:
    Acquisitions................        106,418         103,960          25,625         -80,793         -78,335
    Acquisition management......          8,000           8,045           8,045             +45   ..............
    Cash equalization...........          1,500           2,000           1,500   ..............           -500
    Emergency acquisition.......          1,500           2,995           1,500   ..............         -1,495
    Wilderness protection.......            500           1,000             500   ..............           -500
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition...        117,918         118,000          37,170         -80,748         -80,830
                                 ===============================================================================
Acquisition of lands for                  1,069           1,069           1,069   ..............  ..............
 national forests, special acts.
Acquisition of lands to complete            210             210             210   ..............  ..............
 land exchanges.................
Range betterment fund...........          3,300           3,300           3,300   ..............  ..............
Gifts, donations and bequests                92              92              92   ..............  ..............
 for forest and rangeland
 research.......................

 Management of Federal Lands for
        Subsistence Uses

Subsistence management, Forest            3,000   ..............  ..............         -3,000   ..............
 Service........................
                                 ===============================================================================
      TOTAL, FOREST SERVICE.....      2,756,328       2,912,645       2,672,204         -84,124        -240,441
                                 ===============================================================================
      DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

      Clean Coal Technology

Deferral........................        -40,000        -256,000        -156,000        -116,000        +100,000
                                 ===============================================================================
   Fossil Energy Research and
           Development

Coal:
    Advanced Clean Fuels
     Research:
        Coal preparation........          5,097           4,000           4,300            -797            +300
        Direct liquefaction.....          3,150           1,641             166          -2,984          -1,475
        Indirect liquefaction...          5,500           6,659           6,909          +1,409            +250
        Advanced research and             1,781           2,200           2,200            +419   ..............
         environmental
         technology.............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Advanced             15,528          14,500          13,575          -1,953            -925
           Clean Fuels Research.
                                 ===============================================================================
    Advanced Clean/Efficient
     Power Systems:
        Advanced pulverized coal-        15,000           3,000           2,000         -13,000          -1,000
         fired powerplant.......
        Indirect fired cycle....          6,500           7,010           7,010            +510   ..............
        High-efficiency                  32,388          38,661          40,161          +7,773          +1,500
         integrated gasified
         combined cycle.........
        High-efficiency                  14,638          12,202          12,202          -2,436   ..............
         pressurized fluidized
         bed....................
        Advanced research and            19,150          23,864          24,364          +5,214            +500
         environmental
         technology.............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Advanced             87,676          84,737          85,737          -1,939          +1,000
           Clean/Efficient Power
           Systems..............
                                 ===============================================================================
Advanced research and technology         19,939          23,195          23,195          +3,256   ..............
 development....................
                                 ===============================================================================
      Subtotal, Coal............        123,143         122,432         122,507            -636             +75
                                 ===============================================================================
Gas:
    Natural Gas Research:
        Exploration and                  13,432          14,932          16,432          +3,000          +1,500
         production.............
        Delivery and storage....          1,000           1,000           1,000   ..............  ..............
        Advanced turbine systems         44,500          41,808          44,308            -192          +2,500
        Emerging processing               9,058           7,308          11,208          +2,150          +3,900
         technology applications
        Effective environmental           3,017           2,617           2,617            -400   ..............
         protection.............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Natural Gas          71,007          67,665          75,565          +4,558          +7,900
           Research.............
                                 ===============================================================================
    Fuel Cells:
        Advanced research.......          1,200           1,200           1,200   ..............  ..............
        Fuel cell systems.......         41,000          36,449          36,449          -4,551   ..............
        Multilayer ceramic                2,000   ..............  ..............         -2,000   ..............
         technology.............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Fuel Cells..         44,200          37,649          37,649          -6,551   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
          Subtotal, Gas.........        115,207         105,314         113,214          -1,993          +7,900
                                 ===============================================================================
Oil Technology:
    Exploration and production           30,796          31,546          32,296          +1,500            +750
     supporting research........
    Recovery field                        7,800           7,800           8,550            +750            +750
     demonstrations.............
    Effective environmental              10,020          10,820          10,820            +800   ..............
     protection.................
    Diesel biodesolfurization...  ..............  ..............          4,500          +4,500          +4,500
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Oil Technology..         48,616          50,166          56,166          +7,550          +6,000
                                 ===============================================================================
Cooperative R&D.................          6,836           5,836           7,836          +1,000          +2,000
Fossil energy environmental              11,000          10,000          10,000          -1,000   ..............
 restoration....................
Fuels conversion, natural gas,            2,173           2,173           2,173   ..............  ..............
 and electricity................
Headquarters program direction..         15,049          16,016          16,016            +967   ..............
Energy Technology Center program         54,432          56,063          59,463          +5,031          +3,400
 direction......................
General plant projects..........          2,600           2,000           2,600   ..............           +600
                                 ===============================================================================
Advanced Metallurgical Processes          5,000           5,000           5,000   ..............  ..............
Use of prior year balances......  ..............        -11,000          -4,000          -4,000          +7,000
Use of Biomass Energy             ..............        -24,000         -24,000         -24,000   ..............
 Development funds..............
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Fossil Energy              384,056         340,000         366,975         -17,081         +26,975
       Research and Development.
                                 ===============================================================================
  Alternative Fuels Production

Transfer to Treasury............         -1,300          -1,000          -1,000            +300   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
  Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale
            Reserves

Oil Reserves:
    Naval petroleum reserves              3,594           6,900           6,900          +3,306   ..............
     Nos. 1 and 2...............
    Naval petroleum reserve No.          10,180           8,340           8,340          -1,840   ..............
     3..........................
    Program direction                     6,876           6,000           6,000            -876   ..............
     (headquarters).............
    Use of prior year funds.....         -6,650         -21,240         -21,240         -14,590   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Naval Petroleum and         14,000   ..............  ..............        -14,000   ..............
       Oil Shale Reserves.......
                                 ===============================================================================
   Elk Hills School Lands Fund

Elk Hills School lands fund.....         36,000          36,000   ..............        -36,000         -36,000
                                 ===============================================================================
       Energy Conservation

Building Technology, State and
 Community Sector:
    Building research and
     standards:
        Technology roadmaps and           6,385           7,500           6,400             +15          -1,100
         competitive R&D........
        Residential buildings             9,582          13,538           8,463          -1,119          -5,075
         integration............
        Commercial buildings              2,544           6,325           3,100            +556          -3,225
         integration............
        Equipment, materials and         43,014          60,800          49,150          +6,136         -11,650
         tools..................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Building             61,525          88,163          67,113          +5,588         -21,050
           research and
           standards............
                                 ===============================================================================
    Building Technology
     Assistance:
        Weatherization                  133,000         154,000         133,000   ..............        -21,000
         assistance program.....
        State energy program....         33,000          37,000          33,000   ..............         -4,000
        Community partnerships..         18,801          35,400          18,800              -1         -16,600
        Energy star program.....          2,724           6,000           3,000            +276          -3,000
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Building            187,525         232,400         187,800            +275         -44,600
           technology assistance
                                 ===============================================================================
    Management and planning.....         13,171          15,318          13,310            +139          -2,008
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Building                262,221         335,881         268,223          +6,002         -67,658
       Technology, State and
       Community Sector.........
                                 ===============================================================================
Federal Energy Management
 Program:
    Program activities..........         21,718          28,968          22,768          +1,050          -6,200
    Program direction...........          2,100           2,900           2,100   ..............           -800
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Federal Energy           23,818          31,868          24,868          +1,050          -7,000
       Management Program.......
                                 ===============================================================================
Industry Sector:
    Industries of the future             57,456          74,000          68,800         +11,344          -5,200
     (specific).................
    Industries of the future            100,052          87,600          73,500         -26,552         -14,100
     (crosscutting).............
    Management and planning.....          8,351           9,400           9,100            +749            -300
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Industry Sector.        165,859         171,000         151,400         -14,459         -19,600
                                 ===============================================================================
Transportation:
    Vehicle technology R&D......        125,936         168,080         129,700          +3,764         -38,380
    Fuels utilization R&D.......         17,785          23,500          19,100          +1,315          -4,400
    Materials technologies......         37,475          33,000          37,000            -475          +4,000
    Technology deployment.......         12,950          17,700          13,040             +90          -4,660
    Management and planning.....          7,925           9,820           8,320            +395          -1,500
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Transportation..        202,071         252,100         207,160          +5,089         -44,940
                                 ===============================================================================
Policy and management...........         37,732          46,666          42,166          +4,434          -4,500
Use of prior year balances......  ..............  ..............        -11,000         -11,000         -11,000
Use of Biomass Energy             ..............        -25,000         -25,000         -25,000   ..............
 Development funds..............
Offsetting Reductions: Use of          (-64,000)  ..............  ..............       (+64,000)  ..............
 nonappropriated escrow funds...
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Energy Conservation        691,701         812,515         657,817         -33,884        -154,698
                                 ===============================================================================
       Economic Regulation

Office of Hearings and Appeals..          1,801           2,000           2,000            +199   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
   Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Storage facilities development          145,120         144,000         144,000          -1,120   ..............
 and operations.................
Management......................         15,000          15,000          15,000   ..............  ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Strategic Petroleum        160,120         159,000         159,000          -1,120   ..............
       Reserve..................
                                 ===============================================================================
      SPR Petroleum Account

Acquisition and transport.......  ..............          5,000   ..............  ..............         -5,000

       Energy Information
         Administration

National Energy Information              70,500          72,644          70,500   ..............         -2,144
 System.........................
                                 ===============================================================================
      TOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF            1,316,878       1,170,159       1,099,292        -217,586         -70,867
       ENERGY...................
                                 ===============================================================================
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
            SERVICES

      INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

     Indian Health Services

Clinical Services:
    IHS and tribal health
     delivery:
        Hospital and health             949,140       1,002,852         991,990         +42,850         -10,862
         clinic programs........
        Dental health program...         71,400          84,360          79,860          +8,460          -4,500
        Mental health program...         41,305          48,446          42,446          +1,141          -6,000
        Alcohol and substance            94,680          96,326          95,326            +646          -1,000
         abuse program..........
    Contract care...............        385,801         410,442         396,442         +10,641         -14,000
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Clinical              1,542,326       1,642,426       1,606,064         +63,738         -36,362
       Services.................
                                 ===============================================================================
Preventive Health:
    Public health nursing.......         30,363          40,363          34,393          +4,030          -5,970
    Health education............          9,430           9,541           9,541            +111   ..............
    Community health                     45,960          40,960          46,981          +1,021          +6,021
     representatives program....
    Immunization (Alaska).......          1,367           1,388           1,388             +21   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Preventive               87,120          92,252          92,303          +5,183             +51
       Health...................
                                 ===============================================================================
Urban health projects...........         26,382          29,382          26,445             +63          -2,937
Indian health professions.......         29,623          29,700          29,700             +77   ..............
Tribal management...............          2,390           2,390           2,390   ..............  ..............
Direct operations...............         49,309          50,600          50,600          +1,291   ..............
Self-governance.................          9,391           9,391           9,391   ..............  ..............
Contract support costs..........        203,781         238,781         203,781   ..............        -35,000
Facilities and environmental      ..............  ..............        114,887        +114,887        +114,887
 health support.................

Medicare/Medicaid                      (374,536)       (375,386)       (375,386)          (+850)  ..............
 Reimbursements: Hospital and
 clinic accreditation (Est.
 collecting)....................
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Indian Health            1,950,322       2,094,922       2,135,561        +185,239         +40,639
       Services.................
                                 ===============================================================================
    Indian Health Facilities

Maintenance and improvement.....         40,625          48,125          42,625          +2,000          -5,500
Sanitation facilities...........         89,328          92,884          91,384          +2,056          -1,500
Construction facilities.........         38,587          42,531          41,000          +2,413          -1,531
King Cove Health Clinic, AK.....          2,500   ..............  ..............         -2,500   ..............
Facilities and Environmental            107,682         119,682   ..............       -107,682        -119,682
 Health support.................
Equipment.......................         13,243          14,243          14,243          +1,000   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Indian Health              291,965         317,465         189,252        -102,713        -128,213
       Facilities...............
                                 ===============================================================================
      TOTAL, INDIAN HEALTH            2,242,287       2,412,387       2,324,813         +82,526         -87,574
       SERVICE..................
                                 ===============================================================================
     OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN
           RELOCATION

Salaries and expenses...........         13,000          14,000           8,000          -5,000          -6,000

INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND
 ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS
           DEVELOPMENT

Payment to the Institute........          4,250           4,250           4,250   ..............  ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
     SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

      Salaries and Expenses

Museum and Research Institutes:
    Anacostia Museum and Center           1,822           1,880           1,866             +44             -14
     for African American
     History and Culture........
    Archives of American Art....          1,619           1,685           1,669             +50             -16
    Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/            5,851           6,064           6,011            +160             -53
     Freer Gallery of Art.......
    Center for Folklife and               1,697           1,750           1,737             +40             -13
     Cultural Heritage..........
    Cooper-Hewitt, National               2,751           2,869           2,840             +89             -29
     Design Museum..............
    Hirshhorn Museum and                  4,444           4,615           4,572            +128             -43
     Sculpture Garden...........
    National Air and Space               12,695          15,228          13,095            +400          -2,133
     Museum.....................
    National Museum of African            4,143           4,253           4,226             +83             -27
     Art........................
    National Museum of American           8,267           8,617           8,530            +263             -87
     Art........................
    National Museum of American          19,551          20,411          20,196            +645            -215
     History....................
    National Museum of the               16,632          22,090          19,476          +2,844          -2,614
     American Indian............
    National Museum of Natural           41,224          42,807          42,411          +1,187            -396
     History....................
    National Portrait Gallery...          5,406           5,618           5,565            +159             -53
    National Zoological Park....         19,664          20,463          20,263            +599            -200
    Astrophysical Observatory...         18,714          19,847          19,121            +407            -726
    Center for Materials                  3,055           3,170           3,141             +86             -29
     Research and Education.....
    Environmental Research                3,097           3,204           3,177             +80             -27
     Center.....................
    Tropical Research Institute.          8,921          10,173          10,090          +1,169             -83
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Subtotal, Museums and             179,553         194,744         187,986          +8,433          -6,758
       Research Institutes......
                                 ===============================================================================
Program Support and Outreach:
    Communications and                    5,327           5,503           5,459            +132             -44
     educational programs.......
    Institution-wide programs...          5,693          10,693           5,693   ..............         -5,000
    Office of Exhibits Central..          2,218           2,319           2,294             +76             -25
    Major scientific                      7,244           7,244           7,244   ..............  ..............
     instrumentation............
    Museum Support Center.......          4,955           5,036           5,016             +61             -20
    Smithsonian Institution               1,373           1,443           1,426             +53             -17
     Archives...................
    Smithsonian Institution               7,086           7,330           7,269            +183             -61
     Libraries..................
    Traveling exhibition service          2,985           3,093           3,066             +81             -27
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Program Support          36,881          42,661          37,467            +586          -5,194
       and Outreach.............
                                 ===============================================================================
Administration..................         33,498          34,619          34,318            +820            -301
                                 ===============================================================================
Facilities Services:
    Office of Protection                 32,284          35,753          33,386          +1,102          -2,367
     Services...................
    Office of Physical Plant....         64,938          72,724          71,405          +6,467          -1,319
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Facilities               97,222         108,477         104,791          +7,569          -3,686
       Services.................
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Salaries and               347,154         380,501         364,562         +17,408         -15,939
       Expenses.................
                                 ===============================================================================
  Construction and Improvements
    National Zoological Park

Base program....................          4,400           6,000           4,400   ..............         -1,600

     Repair, Restoration and
    Alteration of Facilities

Base program....................         40,000          41,900          35,000          -5,000          -6,900
                                 ===============================================================================
          Construction

National Museum of the American          16,000          19,000          19,000          +3,000   ..............
 Indian.........................
Y2K conversion (emergency                 4,700   ..............  ..............         -4,700   ..............
 appropriations)................
                                 ===============================================================================
      TOTAL, SMITHSONIAN                412,254         447,401         422,962         +10,708         -24,439
       INSTITUTION..............
                                 ===============================================================================
     NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

      Salaries and Expenses

Care and utilization of art              22,777          23,923          23,923          +1,146   ..............
 collections....................
Operation and maintenance of             12,829          13,626          13,626            +797   ..............
 buildings and grounds..........
Protection of buildings, grounds         12,513          13,621          13,621          +1,108   ..............
 and contents...................
General administration..........          9,819          10,268          10,268            +449   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and                57,938          61,438          61,438          +3,500   ..............
       Expenses.................
                                 ===============================================================================
     Repair, Restoration and
     Renovation of Buildings

Base program....................          6,311           6,311           6,311   ..............  ..............
Y2K conversion (emergency                   101   ..............  ..............           -101   ..............
 appropriations)................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      TOTAL, NATIONAL GALLERY OF         64,350          67,749          67,749          +3,399   ..............
       ART......................
                                 ===============================================================================
 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE
         PERFORMING ARTS

Operations and maintenance......         12,187          14,000          14,000          +1,813   ..............
Construction....................         20,000          20,000          20,000   ..............  ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      TOTAL, JOHN F. KENNEDY             32,187          34,000          34,000          +1,813   ..............
       CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
       ARTS.....................
                                 ===============================================================================
  WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL
       CENTER FOR SCHOLARS

      Salaries and Expenses

Fellowship program..............            947             983             983             +36   ..............
Scholar support.................            674             709             709             +35   ..............
Public service..................          1,752           1,735           1,735             -17   ..............
General administration..........          1,256           1,203           1,203             -53   ..............
Smithsonian fee.................            205             135             135             -70   ..............
Conference planning.............            956           1,110           1,110            +154   ..............
Space...........................             50             165             165            +115   ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      TOTAL, WOODROW WILSON               5,840           6,040           6,040            +200   ..............
       CENTER...................
                                 ===============================================================================
 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS
         AND HUMANITIES

 National Endowment for the Arts

    Grants and Administration

Grants:
    Direct grants...............         33,584          35,130          35,418          +1,834            +288
                                 ===============================================================================
    State partnerships:
        State and regional......         25,486          25,486          25,486   ..............  ..............
        Underserved set-aside...          6,952           6,952           6,952   ..............  ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, State                32,438          32,438          32,438   ..............  ..............
           partnerships.........
                                 ===============================================================================
    Challenge America
     initiative:
        Federal.................  ..............         30,211   ..............  ..............        -30,211
        State and regional......  ..............         19,789   ..............  ..............        -19,789
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Challenge     ..............         50,000   ..............  ..............        -50,000
           America initiative...
                                 ===============================================================================
          Subtotal, Grants......         66,022         117,568          67,856          +1,834         -49,712
                                 ===============================================================================
Program support.................            977           1,560           1,161            +184            -399
Administration..................         16,501          17,872          16,983            +482            -889
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Grants and                  83,500         137,000          86,000          +2,500         -51,000
       Administration...........
                                 ===============================================================================
         Matching Grants

Matching grants.................         14,500          13,000          13,000          -1,500   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Arts...............         98,000         150,000          99,000          +1,000         -51,000
                                 ===============================================================================
   National Endowment for the
           Humanities

    Grants and Administration
Grants:
    Federal/State partnership...         28,000          39,130          28,300            +300         -10,830
    Office of Preservation......         18,000          22,945          18,000   ..............         -4,945
    Public and enterprise.......         11,230          16,725          11,230   ..............         -5,495
    Research and education......         22,770          32,000          23,220            +450          -8,780
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Grants..........         80,000         110,800          80,750            +750         -30,050
                                 ===============================================================================
Administrative Areas:                    16,800          19,000          16,800   ..............         -2,200
 Administration.................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Grants and                  96,800         129,800          97,550            +750         -32,250
       Administration...........
                                 ===============================================================================
         Matching Grants

Treasury funds..................          4,000           4,000           4,000   ..............  ..............
Challenge grants................          9,900          12,200           9,900   ..............         -2,300
Regional humanities centers.....  ..............          4,000             250            +250          -3,750
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Matching Grants....         13,900          20,200          14,150            +250          -6,050
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Humanities.........        110,700         150,000         111,700          +1,000         -38,300
                                 ===============================================================================
 Institute of Museum and Library
    Services/Office of Museum
            Services

Grants to Museums:
    Support for operations......         16,060          16,060          16,060   ..............  ..............
    Support for conservation....          3,130           3,130           3,130   ..............  ..............
    Services to the profession..          2,200   ..............  ..............         -2,200   ..............
    National leadership grants..  ..............         12,650           2,700          +2,700          -9,950
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Grants to                21,390          31,840          21,890            +500          -9,950
       Museums..................
                                 ===============================================================================
Program administration..........          2,015           2,160           2,015   ..............           -145
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total, Institute of Museum         23,405          34,000          23,905            +500         -10,095
       and Library Services.....
                                 ===============================================================================
      TOTAL, NATIONAL FOUNDATION        232,105         334,000         234,605          +2,500         -99,395
       ON THE ARTS AND
       HUMANITIES...............
                                 ===============================================================================
     COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

Salaries and expenses...........            898           1,078           1,078            +180   ..............

    NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND
        CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Grants..........................          7,000           6,000           7,000   ..............         +1,000

  ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC
          PRESERVATION

Salaries and expenses...........          2,800           3,000           2,906            +106             -94
                                 ===============================================================================
    NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING
           COMMISSION

Salaries and expenses...........          5,954           6,312           6,312            +358   ..............
Y2K conversion (emergency                   381   ..............  ..............           -381   ..............
 appropriations)................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Capital             6,335           6,312           6,312             -23   ..............
       Planning Commission......
                                 ===============================================================================
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
             COUNCIL

Holocaust Memorial Council......         32,107          33,786          33,286          +1,179            -500
Y2K conversion (emergency                   900   ..............  ..............           -900   ..............
 appropriations)................
Emergency appropriations (Public          2,000   ..............  ..............         -2,000   ..............
 Law 106-31)....................
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, United States               35,007          33,786          33,286          -1,721            -500
       Holocaust Memorial
       Council..................
                                 ===============================================================================
         PRESIDIO TRUST

Operations......................         14,913          24,400          24,400          +9,487   ..............
Loan authority..................         20,000          20,000          20,000   ..............  ..............
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Presidio Trust.....         34,913          44,400          44,400          +9,487   ..............
                                 ===============================================================================
      TOTAL, TITLE II, RELATED        7,166,432       7,497,207       6,968,897        -197,535        -528,310
       AGENCIES.................
                                 ===============================================================================
   TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE
            INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management.......      1,183,895       1,268,700       1,217,169         +33,274         -51,531
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service..        839,804         950,001         828,877         -10,927        -121,124
National Park Service...........      1,764,224       2,058,943       1,723,157         -41,067        -335,786
United States Geological Survey.        798,896         838,485         813,243         +14,347         -25,242
Minerals Management Service.....        124,020         116,200         116,800          -7,220            +600
Office of Surface Mining                278,769         305,824         281,824          +3,055         -24,000
 Reclamation and Enforcement....
Bureau of Indian Affairs........      1,747,564       1,902,054       1,811,015         +63,451         -91,039
Departmental Offices............        287,852         328,723         296,928          +9,076         -31,795
Glacier Bay (emergency                   26,000   ..............  ..............        -26,000   ..............
 appropriations) Public Law 106-
 31.............................
Y2K conversion (emergency                80,347   ..............  ..............        -80,347   ..............
 appropriations)................
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      Total, Title I--Department      7,131,371       7,768,930       7,089,013         -42,358        -679,917
       of the Interior..........
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   TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

Forest Service..................      2,756,328       2,912,645       2,672,204         -84,124        -240,441
Department of Energy............     (1,316,878)     (1,170,159)     (1,099,292)      (-217,586)       (-70,867)
    Clean Coal Technology.......  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Fossil Energy Research and          384,056         340,000         366,975         -17,081         +26,975
     Development................
    Alternative Fuels Production         -1,300          -1,000          -1,000            +300   ..............
    Naval Petroleum and Oil              14,000   ..............  ..............        -14,000   ..............
     Shale Reserves.............
    Energy Conservation.........        691,701         812,515         657,817         -33,884        -154,698
    Economic Regulation.........          1,801           2,000           2,000            +199   ..............
    Strategic Petroleum Reserve.        160,120         159,000         159,000          -1,120   ..............
    SPR Petroleum Account.......  ..............          5,000   ..............  ..............         -5,000
    Energy Information                   70,500          72,644          70,500   ..............         -2,144
     Administration.............
Indian Health Service...........      2,242,287       2,412,387       2,324,813         +82,526         -87,574
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian         13,000          14,000           8,000          -5,000          -6,000
 Relocation.....................
Institute of American Indian and          4,250           4,250           4,250   ..............  ..............
 Alaska Native Culture and Arts
 Development....................
Smithsonian Institution.........        412,254         447,401         422,962         +10,708         -24,439
National Gallery of Art.........         64,350          67,749          67,749          +3,399   ..............
John F. Kennedy Center for the           32,187          34,000          34,000          +1,813   ..............
 Performing Arts................
Woodrow Wilson International              5,840           6,040           6,040            +200   ..............
 Center for Scholars............
National Endowment for the Arts.         98,000         150,000          99,000          +1,000         -51,000
National Endowment for the              110,700         150,000         111,700          +1,000         -38,300
 Humanities.....................
Institute of Museum and Library          23,405          34,000          23,905            +500         -10,095
 Services.......................
Commission of Fine Arts.........            898           1,078           1,078            +180   ..............
National Capital Arts and                 7,000           6,000           7,000   ..............         +1,000
 Cultural Affairs...............
Advisory Council on Historic              2,800           3,000           2,906            +106             -94
 Preservation...................
National Capital Planning                 6,335           6,312           6,312             -23   ..............
 Commission.....................
Holocaust Memorial Council......         35,007          33,786          33,286          -1,721            -500
Presidio Trust..................         34,913          44,400          44,400          +9,487   ..............
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      Total, Title II--Related        7,166,432       7,497,207       6,968,897        -197,535        -528,310
       Agencies.................
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      GRAND TOTAL, ALL TITLES...     14,297,803      15,266,137      14,057,910        -239,893      -1,208,227
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