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CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2466, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000
(House of Representatives - October 20, 1999)
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON
H.R. 2466, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000
Mr. REGULA (during the Special Order of Mr. Pallone) submitted the
following conference report and statement on the bill (
H.R. 2466)
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other
purposes:
Conference Report (
H. Rept. 106-406)
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R.
2466) ``making appropriations for the Department of the
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes'', having met,
after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and
do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an
amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said
amendment, insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department
of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
management of lands and resources
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement,
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification,
acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and
performance of other functions, including maintenance of
facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands
and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of
Land Management, including the general administration of the
Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands
pursuant to Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)),
$644,218,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$2,147,000 shall be available for assessment of the mineral
potential of public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010
of Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which not to
exceed $1,000,000 shall be derived from the special receipt
account established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of
1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)); and of which
$2,500,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2000 subject to
a match by at least an equal amount by the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation, to such Foundation for cost-shared
projects supporting conservation of Bureau lands and such
funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump sum grant
without regard to when expenses are incurred; in addition,
$33,529,000 for Mining Law Administration program operations,
including the cost of administering the mining claim fee
program; to remain available until expended, to be reduced by
amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this
appropriation from annual mining claim fees so as to result
in a final appropriation estimated at not more than
$644,218,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until
expended, from communication site rental fees established by
the Bureau for the cost of administering communication site
activities, and of which $2,500,000, to remain available
until expended, is for coalbed methane Applications for
Permits to Drill in the Powder River Basin: Provided, That
unless there is a written agreement in place between the coal
mining operator and a gas producer, the funds available
herein shall not be used to process or approve coalbed
methane Applications for Permits to Drill for well sites that
are located within an area, which as of the date of the
coalbed methane Application for Permit to Drill, are covered
by: (1) a coal lease; (2) a coal mining permit; or (3) an
application for a coal mining lease: Provided further, That
appropriations herein made shall not be available for the
destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in
the care of the Bureau or its contractors.
wildland fire management
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression
operations, emergency rehabilitation and hazardous fuels
reduction by the Department of the Interior, $292,282,000, to
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed
$9,300,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of
fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available
for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts
from which funds were previously transferred for such
purposes: Provided further, That unobligated balances of
amounts previously appropriated to the ``Fire Protection''
and ``Emergency Department of the Interior Firefighting
Fund'' may be transferred and merged with this appropriation:
Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C.
1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost
from funds available from this appropriation: Provided
further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received
by a bureau or office of the Department of the Interior for
fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq.,
protection of United States property, may be credited to the
appropriation from which funds were expended to provide that
protection, and are available without fiscal year limitation:
Provided further, That not more than $58,000 shall be
available to the Bureau of Land Management to reimburse
Trinity County for expenses incurred as part of the July 2,
1999 Lowden Fire.
central hazardous materials fund
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior
and any of its component offices and bureaus for the remedial
action, including associated activities, of hazardous waste
substances, pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.),
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sums recovered from or
paid by a party in advance of or as reimbursement for
remedial action or response activities conducted by the
department pursuant to section 107 or 113(f ) of such Act,
shall be credited to this account to be available until
expended without further appropriation: Provided further,
That such sums recovered from or paid by any party are not
limited to monetary payments and may include stocks, bonds or
other personal or real property, which may be retained,
liquidated, or otherwise disposed of by the Secretary and
which shall be credited to this account.
construction
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $11,425,000, to
remain available until expended.
payments in lieu of taxes
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20,
1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901-
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6907), $135,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses: Provided, That no
payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local
government if the computed amount of the payment is less than
$100.
land acquisition
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and
318(d) of Public Law 94-579, including administrative
expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests
therein, $15,500,000, to be derived from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended.
oregon and california grant lands
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and
development of resources and for construction, operation, and
maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other
improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad
grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and
California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent
rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein
including existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such
grant lands; $99,225,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all receipts
during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and
California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge
against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall
be transferred to the general fund in the Treasury in
accordance with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of
title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).
forest ecosystems health and recovery fund
(revolving fund, special account)
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law 102-
381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem Health and
Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose of planning,
preparing, and monitoring salvage timber sales and forest
ecosystem health and recovery activities such as release from
competing vegetation and density control treatments. The
Federal share of receipts (defined as the portion of salvage
timber receipts not paid to the counties under 43 U.S.C.
1181f and 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et seq., and Public Law 103-66)
derived from treatments funded by this account shall be
deposited into the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund.
range improvements
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands
and interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands
pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding any
other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all moneys received
during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 of the
Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.) and the amount
designated for range improvements from grazing fees and
mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands
transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant to
law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses.
service charges, deposits, and forfeitures
For administrative expenses and other costs related to
processing application documents and other authorizations for
use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of
providing copies of official public land documents, for
monitoring construction, operation, and termination of
facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for
rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be
collected under Public Law 94-579, as amended, and Public Law
93-153, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section
305(a) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys
that have been or will be received pursuant to that section,
whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement,
if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be
expended under the authority of this Act by the Secretary
to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands
administered through the Bureau of Land Management which
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer,
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such
action are used on the exact lands damaged which led to
the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that
are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the
exact land for which funds were collected may be used to
repair other damaged public lands.
miscellaneous trust funds
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under
existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as
may be contributed under section 307 of the Act of October
21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such amounts as may be
advanced for administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, and
costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under section
211(b) of that Act, to remain available until expended.
administrative provisions
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be
available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of
temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of
necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the
United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the
discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence
concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau;
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement
activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be
accounted for solely on his certificate, not to exceed
$10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the
Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services
from cooperators in connection with jointly produced
publications for which the cooperators share the cost of
printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted
quality standards.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
resource management
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, for scientific and economic studies,
conservation, management, investigations, protection, and
utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales,
seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-horned
cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, general
administration, and for the performance of other authorized
functions related to such resources by direct expenditure,
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable
agreements with public and private entities, $716,046,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2001, except as
otherwise provided herein, of which $11,701,000 shall
remain available until expended for operation and
maintenance of fishery mitigation facilities constructed
by the Corps of Engineers under the Lower Snake River
Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water Resources
Development Act of 1976, to compensate for loss of fishery
resources from water development projects on the Lower
Snake River, and of which not less than $2,000,000 shall
be provided to local governments in southern California
for planning associated with the Natural Communities
Conservation Planning (NCCP) program and shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That not less than
$1,000,000 for high priority projects which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized
by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended: Provided
further, That not to exceed $6,232,000 shall be used for
implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section
4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species
that are indigenous to the United States (except for
processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and
final regulations, and taking any other steps to implement
actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i),
or (c)(2)(B)(ii): Provided further, That of the amount
available for law enforcement, up to $400,000 to remain
available until expended, may at the discretion of the
Secretary, be used for payment for information, rewards,
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of
enforcement activity, authorized or approved by the
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his
certificate: Provided further, That of the amount provided
for environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may
remain available until expended for contaminant sample
analyses: Provided further, That hereafter, all fines
collected by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
for violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16
U.S.C. 1362-1407) and implementing regulations shall be
available to the Secretary, without further appropriation,
to be used for the expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service in administering activities for the
protection and recovery of manatees, polar bears, sea
otters, and walruses, and shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, in fiscal year 1999 and
thereafter, sums provided by private entities for
activities pursuant to reimbursable agreements shall be
credited to the ``Resource Management'' account and shall
remain available until expended: Provided further, That,
heretofore and hereafter, in carrying out work under
reimbursable agreements with any State, local, or tribal
government, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
may, without regard to 31 U.S.C. 1341 and notwithstanding
any other provision of law or regulation, record
obligations against accounts receivable from such
entities, and shall credit amounts received from such
entities to this appropriation, such credit to occur
within 90 days of the date of the original request by the
Service for payment: Provided further, That all funds
received by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
from responsible parties, heretofore and hereafter, for
site-specific damages to National Wildlife Refuge System
lands resulting from the exercise of privately-owned oil
and gas rights associated with such lands in the States of
Louisiana and Texas (other than damages recoverable under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (26 U.S.C. 4611 et seq.), the Oil Pollution
Act (33 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), or section 311 of the Clean
Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1321 et seq.)), shall be available to
the Secretary, without further appropriation and until
expended to: (1) complete damage assessments of the
impacted site by the Secretary; (2) mitigate or restore
the damaged resources; and (3) monitor and study the
recovery of such damaged resources.
construction
For construction and acquisition of buildings and other
facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and
wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and
interests therein; $54,583,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, a single procurement for the construction of
facilities at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
may be issued which includes the full scope of the project:
Provided further, That the solicitation and the contract
shall contain the clauses ``availability of funds'' found at
48 CFR 52.232.18.
land acquisition
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4
through 11), including administrative expenses, and for
acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in
accordance with statutory authority applicable to the
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $50,513,000, to be
derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to
remain available until expended.
cooperative endangered species conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), as
amended, $16,000,000, to be derived from the Cooperative
Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and to remain available
until expended.
national wildlife refuge fund
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17,
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $10,779,000.
north american wetlands conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the
North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101-233,
as amended, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.
wildlife conservation and appreciation fund
For necessary expenses of the Wildlife Conservation and
Appreciation Fund, $800,000, to remain available until
expended.
multinational species conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4203, 4211-4213, 4221-4225,
4241-4245, and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of
1997 (Public Law 105-96; 16 U.S.C. 4261-4266), and the
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C.
5301-5306), $2,400,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That funds made available under this Act, Public
Law 105-277, and Public Law 105-83 for rhinoceros, tiger, and
Asian elephant conservation programs are exempt from any
sanctions imposed against any country under section 102 of
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2799aa-1).
commercial salmon fishery capacity reduction
For the Federal share of a capacity reduction program to
repurchase Washington State Fraser River Sockeye commercial
fishery licenses consistent with the implementation of the
``June 30, 1999, Agreement of the United States and Canada on
the Treaty Between the Government of the United States and
the Government of Canada Concerning Pacific Salmon, 1985'',
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, and to be
provided in the form of a grant directly to the State of
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
administrative provisions
Appropriations and funds available to the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of
not to exceed 70 passenger motor vehicles, of which 61 are
for replacement only (including 36 for police-type use);
repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to
reservation areas caused by operations of the Service;
options for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each
option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses
on conservation areas as are consistent with their primary
purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria,
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the
Service and to which the United States has title, and which
are used pursuant to law in connection with management and
investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That
notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under
cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements
authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators
in connection with jointly produced publications for which
the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing
either in cash or services and the Service determines the
cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards:
Provided further, That the Service may accept donated
aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior may not spend any of the funds
appropriated in this Act for the purchase of lands or
interests in lands to be used in the establishment of any new
unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System unless the
purchase is approved in advance by the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the
reprogramming procedures contained in
Senate Report 105-56.
National Park Service
operation of the national park system
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the
National Park Service (including special road maintenance
service to trucking permittees on a reimbursable basis), and
for the general administration of the National Park Service,
including not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects
within the scope of the approved budget which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by
16 U.S.C. 1706, $1,365,059,000, of which $8,800,000 is for
research, planning and interagency coordination in support of
land acquisition for Everglades restoration shall remain
available until expended, and of which not to exceed
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended, is to be
derived from the special fee account established pursuant to
title V, section 5201 of Public Law 100-203.
national recreation and preservation
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs,
natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership
programs, environmental compliance and review, international
park affairs, statutory or contractual aid for other
activities, and grant administration, not otherwise provided
for, $53,899,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be available to
carry out the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), and of which $866,000 shall be
available until expended for the Oklahoma City National
Memorial Trust, notwithstanding 7(1) of Public Law 105-58:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the National Park Service may hereafter recover all fees
derived from providing necessary review services associated
with historic preservation tax certification, and such funds
shall be available until expended without further
appropriation for the costs of such review services:
Provided further, That no more than $150,000 may be used
for overhead and program administrative expenses for the
heritage partnership program.
historic preservation fund
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), and the
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104-333), $45,212,000, to be derived from the Historic
Preservation Fund, to remain available until September 30,
2001, of which $10,722,000 pursuant to section 507 of Public
Law 104-333 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the total amount provided, $30,000,000 shall be for
Save America's Treasures for priority preservation projects,
including preservation of intellectual and cultural
artifacts, preservation of historic structures and sites, and
buildings to house cultural and historic resources and to
provide educational opportunities: Provided further, That any
individual Save America's Treasures grant shall be matched by
non-Federal funds: Provided further, That individual projects
shall only be eligible for one grant, and all projects to be
funded shall be approved by the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations prior to the commitment of grant funds:
Provided further, That Save America's Treasures funds
allocated for Federal projects shall be available by transfer
to appropriate accounts of individual agencies, after
approval of such projects by the Secretary of the Interior:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided for Save
America's Treasures may be used for administrative expenses,
and staffing for the program shall be available from the
existing staffing levels in the National Park Service.
construction
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of
physical facilities, including the modifications authorized
by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and
Expansion Act of 1989, $224,493,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $885,000 shall be for realignment of
the Denali National Park entrance road, of which not less
than $2,000,000 shall be available for modifications to the
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: Provided, That $3,000,000
for the Wheeling National Heritage Area, $3,000,000 for the
Lincoln Library, and $3,000,000 for the Southwest
Pennsylvania Heritage Area shall be derived from the Historic
Preservation Fund pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 470a: Provided
further, That the National Park Service will make available
37 percent, not to exceed $1,850,000, of the total cost of
upgrading the Mariposa County, California municipal solid
waste disposal system: Provided further, That Mariposa County
will provide assurance that future use fees paid by the
National Park Service will be reflective of the capital
contribution made by the National Park Service.
land and water conservation fund
(rescission)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2000 by 16
U.S.C. 460l-10a is rescinded.
land acquisition and state assistance
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water
Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4
through 11), including administrative expenses, and for
acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in
accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the
National Park Service, $120,700,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until
expended, of which $21,000,000 is for the State assistance
program including $1,000,000 to administer the State
assistance program, and of which $10,000,000 may be for State
grants for land acquisition in the State of Florida:
Provided, That funds provided for State grants for land
acquisition in the State of Florida are contingent upon the
following: (1) a signed, binding agreement between all
principal Federal and non-Federal partners involved in the
South Florida Restoration Initiative which provides specific
volume, timing, location and duration of flow specifications
and water quality measurements which will ensure adequate
and appropriate water supply to all natural areas in
southern Florida including all National Parks, Preserves,
Wildlife Refuge lands and other areas to attain a restored
ecosystem, and which will ensure that water supply systems
in the region impacted by the Central and Southern Florida
Project receive the appropriate quantity, distribution,
quality and timing of water to be delivered from the
operation of the Central and Southern Florida Project
during, and subsequent to, the implementation of the
Central and Southern Florida Project Comprehensive Review
Study as set forth in section 528 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1996; (2) the submission of detailed
legislative language to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations that accomplishes this goal; and (3)
submission of a complete prioritized non-Federal land
acquisition project list: Provided further, That if all
principal Federal and non-Federal partners in the South
Florida Restoration Initiative do not sign the binding
agreement described in the preceding proviso within 180
days of the date of the enactment of this Act, the funds
provided herein for State grants for land acquisition in
the State of Florida may be made available for that
purpose upon the approval of both the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations pursuant to established
reprogramming procedures: Provided further, That after the
requirements under this heading have been met, from the
funds made available for State grants for land acquisition
in the State
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of Florida the Secretary may provide Federal assistance to
the State of Florida for the acquisition of lands or
waters, or interests therein, within the Everglades
watershed (consisting of lands and waters within the
boundaries of the South Florida Water Management District,
Florida Bay and the Florida Keys, including the areas
known as the Frog Pond, the Rocky Glades and the Eight and
One-Half Square Mile Area) under terms and conditions
deemed necessary by the Secretary to improve and restore
the hydrological function of the Everglades watershed:
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading
to the State of Florida are contingent upon new matching
non-Federal funds by the State and shall be subject to an
agreement that the lands to be acquired will be managed in
perpetuity for the restoration of the Everglades: Provided
further, That of the amount provided herein $2,000,000
shall be made available by the National Park Service,
pursuant to a grant agreement, to the State of Wisconsin
so that the State may acquire land or interest in land for
the Ice Age National Scenic Trail: Provided further, That
of the amount provided herein $500,000 shall be made
available by the National Park Service, pursuant to a
grant agreement, to the State of Wisconsin so that the
State may acquire land or interest in land for the North
Country National Scenic Trail: Provided further, That
funds provided under this heading to the State of
Wisconsin are contingent upon matching funds by the State.
administrative provisions
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 384 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 298 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 312 for police-type use, 12 buses,
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated to the National Park Service may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not include
the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated to the National Park Service may be
used to implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the
southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been
submitted to the Congress and shall not be implemented prior
to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any day
in which either House of Congress is not in session because
of adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day
certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President of the Senate of a full and
comprehensive report on the development of the southern end
of Ellis Island, including the facts and circumstances relied
upon in support of the proposed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National
Park Service for activities taken in direct response to the
United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to operating units
based on the safety record of each unit the costs of programs
designed to improve workplace and employee safety, and to
encourage employees receiving workers' compensation benefits
pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to
return to appropriate positions for which they are medically
able.
United States Geological Survey
surveys, investigations, and research
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research
covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the
mineral and water resources of the United States, its
territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by
43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to
power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (30
U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data relative to the
foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries into the
economic conditions affecting mining and materials
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50
U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law
and to publish and disseminate data; $823,833,000, of
which $60,856,000 shall be available only for cooperation
with States or municipalities for water resources
investigations; and of which $16,400,000 shall remain
available until expended for conducting inquiries into the
economic conditions affecting mining and materials
processing industries; and of which $2,000,000 shall
remain available until expended for ongoing development of
a mineral and geologic data base; and of which
$137,604,000 shall be available until September 30, 2001
for the biological research activity and the operation of
the Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That none of
these funds provided for the biological research activity
shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property,
unless specifically authorized in writing by the property
owner: Provided further, That no part of this
appropriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the
cost of topographic mapping or water resources data
collection and investigations carried on in cooperation
with States and municipalities.
administrative provisions
The amount appropriated for the United States Geological
Survey shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed
53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are for replacement
only; reimbursement to the General Services Administration
for security guard services; contracting for the furnishing
of topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or
other specialized surveys when it is administratively
determined that such procedures are in the public interest;
construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and
appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging
stations and observation wells; expenses of the United States
National Committee on Geology; and payment of compensation
and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly
appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation
and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That
activities funded by appropriations herein made may be
accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or
cooperative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.:
Provided further, That the United States Geological Survey
may hereafter contract directly with individuals or
indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations,
without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or
intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who
shall be considered employees for the purposes of chapters 57
and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to
compensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of
title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, but
shall not be considered to be Federal employees for any other
purposes.
Minerals Management Service
royalty and offshore minerals management
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and
environmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other
minerals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts;
and for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only; $110,682,000, of which $84,569,000
shall be available for royalty management activities; and an
amount not to exceed $124,000,000, to be credited to this
appropriation and to remain available until expended, from
additions to receipts resulting from increases to rates in
effect on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee
collections for Outer Continental Shelf administrative
activities performed by the Minerals Management Service over
and above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and from
additional fees for Outer Continental Shelf administrative
activities established after September 30, 1993: Provided,
That to the extent $124,000,000 in additions to receipts are
not realized from the sources of receipts stated above, the
amount needed to reach $124,000,000 shall be credited to this
appropriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5,
1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer
acquisitions shall remain available until September 30, 2001:
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act
shall be available for the payment of interest in accordance
with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided further, That not to
exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses
related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup
activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be
available for refunds of overpayments in connection with
certain Indian leases in which the Director of the Minerals
Management Service concurred with the claimed refund due, to
pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct
prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided further,
That not to exceed $198,000 shall be available to carry out
the requirements of section 215(b)(2) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1999.
oil spill research
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016,
title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII,
section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,118,000,
which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund, to remain available until expended.
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
regulation and technology
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public
Law 95-87, as amended, including the purchase of not to
exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only;
$95,891,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior,
pursuant to regulations, may use directly or through grants
to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 2000 for civil
penalties assessed under section 518 of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to
reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining practices
after August 3, 1977, to remain available until expended:
Provided further, That appropriations for the Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for
the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal
personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement sponsored training.
abandoned mine reclamation fund
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87,
as amended, including the purchase of not more than 10
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $191,208,000,
to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Fund and to remain available until expended; of which up to
$8,000,000, to be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of
the Fund, shall be for supplemental grants to States for the
reclamation of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage
from coal mines, and for associated activities, through the
Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants
to minimum program States will be $1,500,000 per State in
fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That of the funds herein
provided up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency
program authorized by section 410 of Public Law 95-87, as
amended, of which no more than 25 percent shall be used for
emergency reclamation projects in any one State and funds for
federally administered emergency reclamation projects under
this proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further,
That prior year unobligated funds appropriated for the
emergency reclamation program shall not be
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subject to the 25 percent limitation per State and may be
used without fiscal year limitation for emergency projects:
Provided further, That pursuant to Public Law 97-365, the
Department of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20
percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the
United States Government to pay for contracts to collect
these debts: Provided further, That funds made available
under title IV of Public Law 95-87 may be used for any
required non-Federal share of the cost of projects funded by
the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental
restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine
drainage from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such
projects must be consistent with the purposes and priorities
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided
further, That, in addition to the amount granted to the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under sections 402(g)(1) and
402(g)(5) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
(Act), an additional $300,000 will be specifically used for
the purpose of conducting a demonstration project in
accordance with section 401(c)(6) of the Act to determine the
efficacy of improving water quality by removing metals from
eligible waters polluted by acid mine drainage: Provided
further, That the State of Maryland may set aside the greater
of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants made
available to the State under title IV of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 U.S.C.
1231 et seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited in an
acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund established
under a State law, pursuant to which law the amount (together
with all interest earned on the amount) is expended by the
State to undertake acid mine drainage abatement and treatment
projects, except that before any amounts greater than 10
percent of its title IV grants are deposited in an acid mine
drainage abatement and treatment fund, the State of Maryland
must first complete all Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act priority one projects.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
operation of indian programs
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amendments of 1978
(25 U.S.C. 2001-2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools
Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as amended,
$1,637,444,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001
except as otherwise provided herein, of which not to exceed
$93,684,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not
limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as
amended, not to exceed $115,229,000 shall be available for
payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract
support costs associated with ongoing contracts, grants,
compacts, or annual funding agreements entered into with the
Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2000, as authorized by
such Act, except that tribes and tribal organizations may use
their tribal priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of
ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding
agreements and for unmet welfare assistance costs; and of
which not to exceed $401,010,000 for school operations
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education
programs shall become available on July 1, 2000, and shall
remain available until September 30, 2001; and of which
not to exceed $51,991,000 shall remain available until
expended for housing improvement, road maintenance,
attorney fees, litigation support, self-governance grants,
the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land records
improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination
Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed
$42,160,000 within and only from such amounts made
available for school operations shall be available to
tribes and tribal organizations for administrative cost
grants associated with the operation of Bureau-funded
schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds
allocated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of
September 30, 2001, may be transferred during fiscal year
2002 to an Indian forest land assistance account
established for the benefit of such tribe within the
tribe's trust fund account: Provided further, That any
such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire
on September 30, 2002.
construction
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other
facilities, including architectural and engineering services
by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands;
and preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of
the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law
87-483, $146,884,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such amounts as may be available for the
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be
transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further,
That not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority available
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway
Trust Fund may be used to cover the road program management
costs of the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds
provided for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
13 shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2000, in implementing
new construction or facilities improvement and repair project
grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to tribally
controlled grant schools under Public Law 100-297, as
amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the
Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for
Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the
regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such grants
shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the
Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a
schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Provided
further, That in considering applications, the Secretary
shall consider whether the Indian tribe or tribal
organization would be deficient in assuring that the
construction projects conform to applicable building
standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and
safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with
respect to organizational and financial management
capabilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary
declines an application, the Secretary shall follow the
requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f ): Provided
further, That any disputes between the Secretary and any
grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes
provision in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e): Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, collections from
the settlements between the United States and the Puyallup
tribe concerning Chief Leschi school are made available for
school construction in fiscal year 2000 and hereafter:
Provided further, That in return for a quit claim deed to a
school building on the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Indian
Reservation, the Secretary shall pay to U.K. Development, LLC
the amount of $375,000 from the funds made available under
this heading.
indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to
indians
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and individuals
and for necessary administrative expenses, $27,256,000, to
remain available until expended; of which $25,260,000 shall
be available for implementation of enacted Indian land and
water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 101-618 and
102-575, and for implementation of other enacted water rights
settlements; and of which $1,871,000 shall be available
pursuant to Public Laws 99-264, 100-383, 103-402 and 100-580.
indian guaranteed loan program account
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,500,000, as authorized
by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended: Provided,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $59,682,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan programs, $508,000.
administrative provisions
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of
Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative
agreements, compacts and grants, either directly or in
cooperation with States and other organizations.
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the
revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee and
insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program
account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits, and
purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger motor vehicles, of
which not to exceed 187 shall be for replacement only.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office
operations or pooled overhead general administration (except
facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for
tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the
Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-413).
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for
distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish
the Federal Government's trust responsibility to that tribe,
or the government-to-government relationship between the
United States and that tribe, or that tribe's ability to
access future appropriations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided
herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452
et seq., shall be available to support the operation of any
elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska.
Appropriations made available in this or any other Act for
schools funded by the Bureau shall be available only to the
schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996.
No funds available to the Bureau shall be used to support
expanded grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade
structure in place or approved by the Secretary of the
Interior at each school in the Bureau school system as of
October 1, 1995. Funds made available under this Act may not
be used to establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded
school (as that term is defined in section 1146 of the
Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)), except that a
charter school that is in existence on the date of the
enactment of this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-
funded school before September 1, 1999, may continue to
operate during that period, but only if the charter school
pays to the Bureau a pro-rata share of funds to reimburse the
Bureau for the use of the real and personal property
(including buses and vans), the funds of the charter school
are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau
does not assume any obligation for charter school programs of
the State in which the school is located if the charter
school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded schools
sharing a campus with a charter school and performing
functions related to the charter school's operation and
employees of a charter school shall not be treated as Federal
employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United
States
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Code (commonly known as the ``Federal Tort Claims Act''). Not
later than June 15, 2000, the Secretary of the Interior shall
evaluate the effectiveness of Bureau-funded schools sharing
facilities with charter schools in the manner described in
the preceding sentence and prepare and submit a report on the
finding of that evaluation to the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and of the House.
The Tate Topa Tribal School, the Black Mesa Community
School, the Alamo Navajo School, and other Bureau-funded
schools subject to the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior, may use prior year school operations funds for the
replacement or repair of Bureau of Indian Affairs education
facilities which are in compliance with 25 U.S.C. 2005(a) and
which shall be eligible for operation and maintenance support
to the same extent as other Bureau of Indian Affairs
education facilities: Provided, That any additional
construction costs for replacement or repair of such
facilities begun with prior year funds shall be completed
exclusively with non-Federal funds.
Department Offices
Insular Affairs
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$67,171,000, of which: (1) $63,076,000 shall be available
until expended for technical assistance, including
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular
management controls, coral reef initiative activities, and
brown tree snake control and research; grants to the
judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as
authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the
Government of American Samoa, in addition to current local
revenues, for construction and support of governmental
functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as
authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as
authorized by law; and grants to the Government of the
Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Public Law 94-
241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $4,095,000 shall be available for
salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs:
Provided, That all financial transactions of the territorial
and local governments herein provided for, including such
transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities
established or used by such governments, may be audited by
the General Accounting Office, at its discretion, in
accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States
Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands
Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to
those terms of the Agreement of the Special
Representatives on Future United States Financial
Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by
Public Law 104-134: Provided further, That Public Law 94-
241, as amended, is further amended: (1) in section 4(b)
by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``1999'' and by
striking the comma after ``$11,000,000 annually'' and
inserting the following: ``and for fiscal year 2000,
Major Actions:
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2466, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000
(House of Representatives - October 20, 1999)
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON
H.R. 2466, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000
Mr. REGULA (during the Special Order of Mr. Pallone) submitted the
following conference report and statement on the bill (
H.R. 2466)
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other
purposes:
Conference Report (
H. Rept. 106-406)
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R.
2466) ``making appropriations for the Department of the
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes'', having met,
after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and
do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an
amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said
amendment, insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department
of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
management of lands and resources
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement,
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification,
acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and
performance of other functions, including maintenance of
facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands
and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of
Land Management, including the general administration of the
Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands
pursuant to Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)),
$644,218,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$2,147,000 shall be available for assessment of the mineral
potential of public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010
of Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which not to
exceed $1,000,000 shall be derived from the special receipt
account established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of
1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)); and of which
$2,500,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2000 subject to
a match by at least an equal amount by the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation, to such Foundation for cost-shared
projects supporting conservation of Bureau lands and such
funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump sum grant
without regard to when expenses are incurred; in addition,
$33,529,000 for Mining Law Administration program operations,
including the cost of administering the mining claim fee
program; to remain available until expended, to be reduced by
amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this
appropriation from annual mining claim fees so as to result
in a final appropriation estimated at not more than
$644,218,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until
expended, from communication site rental fees established by
the Bureau for the cost of administering communication site
activities, and of which $2,500,000, to remain available
until expended, is for coalbed methane Applications for
Permits to Drill in the Powder River Basin: Provided, That
unless there is a written agreement in place between the coal
mining operator and a gas producer, the funds available
herein shall not be used to process or approve coalbed
methane Applications for Permits to Drill for well sites that
are located within an area, which as of the date of the
coalbed methane Application for Permit to Drill, are covered
by: (1) a coal lease; (2) a coal mining permit; or (3) an
application for a coal mining lease: Provided further, That
appropriations herein made shall not be available for the
destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in
the care of the Bureau or its contractors.
wildland fire management
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression
operations, emergency rehabilitation and hazardous fuels
reduction by the Department of the Interior, $292,282,000, to
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed
$9,300,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of
fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available
for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts
from which funds were previously transferred for such
purposes: Provided further, That unobligated balances of
amounts previously appropriated to the ``Fire Protection''
and ``Emergency Department of the Interior Firefighting
Fund'' may be transferred and merged with this appropriation:
Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C.
1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost
from funds available from this appropriation: Provided
further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received
by a bureau or office of the Department of the Interior for
fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq.,
protection of United States property, may be credited to the
appropriation from which funds were expended to provide that
protection, and are available without fiscal year limitation:
Provided further, That not more than $58,000 shall be
available to the Bureau of Land Management to reimburse
Trinity County for expenses incurred as part of the July 2,
1999 Lowden Fire.
central hazardous materials fund
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior
and any of its component offices and bureaus for the remedial
action, including associated activities, of hazardous waste
substances, pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.),
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sums recovered from or
paid by a party in advance of or as reimbursement for
remedial action or response activities conducted by the
department pursuant to section 107 or 113(f ) of such Act,
shall be credited to this account to be available until
expended without further appropriation: Provided further,
That such sums recovered from or paid by any party are not
limited to monetary payments and may include stocks, bonds or
other personal or real property, which may be retained,
liquidated, or otherwise disposed of by the Secretary and
which shall be credited to this account.
construction
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $11,425,000, to
remain available until expended.
payments in lieu of taxes
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20,
1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901-
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6907), $135,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses: Provided, That no
payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local
government if the computed amount of the payment is less than
$100.
land acquisition
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and
318(d) of Public Law 94-579, including administrative
expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests
therein, $15,500,000, to be derived from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended.
oregon and california grant lands
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and
development of resources and for construction, operation, and
maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other
improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad
grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and
California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent
rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein
including existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such
grant lands; $99,225,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all receipts
during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and
California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge
against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall
be transferred to the general fund in the Treasury in
accordance with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of
title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).
forest ecosystems health and recovery fund
(revolving fund, special account)
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law 102-
381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem Health and
Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose of planning,
preparing, and monitoring salvage timber sales and forest
ecosystem health and recovery activities such as release from
competing vegetation and density control treatments. The
Federal share of receipts (defined as the portion of salvage
timber receipts not paid to the counties under 43 U.S.C.
1181f and 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et seq., and Public Law 103-66)
derived from treatments funded by this account shall be
deposited into the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund.
range improvements
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands
and interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands
pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding any
other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all moneys received
during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 of the
Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.) and the amount
designated for range improvements from grazing fees and
mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands
transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant to
law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses.
service charges, deposits, and forfeitures
For administrative expenses and other costs related to
processing application documents and other authorizations for
use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of
providing copies of official public land documents, for
monitoring construction, operation, and termination of
facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for
rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be
collected under Public Law 94-579, as amended, and Public Law
93-153, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section
305(a) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys
that have been or will be received pursuant to that section,
whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement,
if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be
expended under the authority of this Act by the Secretary
to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands
administered through the Bureau of Land Management which
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer,
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such
action are used on the exact lands damaged which led to
the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that
are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the
exact land for which funds were collected may be used to
repair other damaged public lands.
miscellaneous trust funds
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under
existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as
may be contributed under section 307 of the Act of October
21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such amounts as may be
advanced for administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, and
costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under section
211(b) of that Act, to remain available until expended.
administrative provisions
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be
available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of
temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of
necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the
United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the
discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence
concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau;
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement
activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be
accounted for solely on his certificate, not to exceed
$10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the
Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services
from cooperators in connection with jointly produced
publications for which the cooperators share the cost of
printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted
quality standards.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
resource management
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, for scientific and economic studies,
conservation, management, investigations, protection, and
utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales,
seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-horned
cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, general
administration, and for the performance of other authorized
functions related to such resources by direct expenditure,
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable
agreements with public and private entities, $716,046,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2001, except as
otherwise provided herein, of which $11,701,000 shall
remain available until expended for operation and
maintenance of fishery mitigation facilities constructed
by the Corps of Engineers under the Lower Snake River
Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water Resources
Development Act of 1976, to compensate for loss of fishery
resources from water development projects on the Lower
Snake River, and of which not less than $2,000,000 shall
be provided to local governments in southern California
for planning associated with the Natural Communities
Conservation Planning (NCCP) program and shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That not less than
$1,000,000 for high priority projects which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized
by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended: Provided
further, That not to exceed $6,232,000 shall be used for
implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section
4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species
that are indigenous to the United States (except for
processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and
final regulations, and taking any other steps to implement
actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i),
or (c)(2)(B)(ii): Provided further, That of the amount
available for law enforcement, up to $400,000 to remain
available until expended, may at the discretion of the
Secretary, be used for payment for information, rewards,
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of
enforcement activity, authorized or approved by the
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his
certificate: Provided further, That of the amount provided
for environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may
remain available until expended for contaminant sample
analyses: Provided further, That hereafter, all fines
collected by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
for violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16
U.S.C. 1362-1407) and implementing regulations shall be
available to the Secretary, without further appropriation,
to be used for the expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service in administering activities for the
protection and recovery of manatees, polar bears, sea
otters, and walruses, and shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, in fiscal year 1999 and
thereafter, sums provided by private entities for
activities pursuant to reimbursable agreements shall be
credited to the ``Resource Management'' account and shall
remain available until expended: Provided further, That,
heretofore and hereafter, in carrying out work under
reimbursable agreements with any State, local, or tribal
government, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
may, without regard to 31 U.S.C. 1341 and notwithstanding
any other provision of law or regulation, record
obligations against accounts receivable from such
entities, and shall credit amounts received from such
entities to this appropriation, such credit to occur
within 90 days of the date of the original request by the
Service for payment: Provided further, That all funds
received by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
from responsible parties, heretofore and hereafter, for
site-specific damages to National Wildlife Refuge System
lands resulting from the exercise of privately-owned oil
and gas rights associated with such lands in the States of
Louisiana and Texas (other than damages recoverable under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (26 U.S.C. 4611 et seq.), the Oil Pollution
Act (33 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), or section 311 of the Clean
Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1321 et seq.)), shall be available to
the Secretary, without further appropriation and until
expended to: (1) complete damage assessments of the
impacted site by the Secretary; (2) mitigate or restore
the damaged resources; and (3) monitor and study the
recovery of such damaged resources.
construction
For construction and acquisition of buildings and other
facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and
wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and
interests therein; $54,583,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, a single procurement for the construction of
facilities at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
may be issued which includes the full scope of the project:
Provided further, That the solicitation and the contract
shall contain the clauses ``availability of funds'' found at
48 CFR 52.232.18.
land acquisition
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4
through 11), including administrative expenses, and for
acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in
accordance with statutory authority applicable to the
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $50,513,000, to be
derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to
remain available until expended.
cooperative endangered species conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), as
amended, $16,000,000, to be derived from the Cooperative
Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and to remain available
until expended.
national wildlife refuge fund
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17,
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $10,779,000.
north american wetlands conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the
North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101-233,
as amended, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.
wildlife conservation and appreciation fund
For necessary expenses of the Wildlife Conservation and
Appreciation Fund, $800,000, to remain available until
expended.
multinational species conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4203, 4211-4213, 4221-4225,
4241-4245, and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of
1997 (Public Law 105-96; 16 U.S.C. 4261-4266), and the
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C.
5301-5306), $2,400,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That funds made available under this Act, Public
Law 105-277, and Public Law 105-83 for rhinoceros, tiger, and
Asian elephant conservation programs are exempt from any
sanctions imposed against any country under section 102 of
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2799aa-1).
commercial salmon fishery capacity reduction
For the Federal share of a capacity reduction program to
repurchase Washington State Fraser River Sockeye commercial
fishery licenses consistent with the implementation of the
``June 30, 1999, Agreement of the United States and Canada on
the Treaty Between the Government of the United States and
the Government of Canada Concerning Pacific Salmon, 1985'',
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, and to be
provided in the form of a grant directly to the State of
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
administrative provisions
Appropriations and funds available to the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of
not to exceed 70 passenger motor vehicles, of which 61 are
for replacement only (including 36 for police-type use);
repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to
reservation areas caused by operations of the Service;
options for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each
option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses
on conservation areas as are consistent with their primary
purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria,
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the
Service and to which the United States has title, and which
are used pursuant to law in connection with management and
investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That
notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under
cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements
authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators
in connection with jointly produced publications for which
the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing
either in cash or services and the Service determines the
cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards:
Provided further, That the Service may accept donated
aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior may not spend any of the funds
appropriated in this Act for the purchase of lands or
interests in lands to be used in the establishment of any new
unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System unless the
purchase is approved in advance by the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the
reprogramming procedures contained in
Senate Report 105-56.
National Park Service
operation of the national park system
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the
National Park Service (including special road maintenance
service to trucking permittees on a reimbursable basis), and
for the general administration of the National Park Service,
including not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects
within the scope of the approved budget which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by
16 U.S.C. 1706, $1,365,059,000, of which $8,800,000 is for
research, planning and interagency coordination in support of
land acquisition for Everglades restoration shall remain
available until expended, and of which not to exceed
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended, is to be
derived from the special fee account established pursuant to
title V, section 5201 of Public Law 100-203.
national recreation and preservation
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs,
natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership
programs, environmental compliance and review, international
park affairs, statutory or contractual aid for other
activities, and grant administration, not otherwise provided
for, $53,899,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be available to
carry out the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), and of which $866,000 shall be
available until expended for the Oklahoma City National
Memorial Trust, notwithstanding 7(1) of Public Law 105-58:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the National Park Service may hereafter recover all fees
derived from providing necessary review services associated
with historic preservation tax certification, and such funds
shall be available until expended without further
appropriation for the costs of such review services:
Provided further, That no more than $150,000 may be used
for overhead and program administrative expenses for the
heritage partnership program.
historic preservation fund
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), and the
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104-333), $45,212,000, to be derived from the Historic
Preservation Fund, to remain available until September 30,
2001, of which $10,722,000 pursuant to section 507 of Public
Law 104-333 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the total amount provided, $30,000,000 shall be for
Save America's Treasures for priority preservation projects,
including preservation of intellectual and cultural
artifacts, preservation of historic structures and sites, and
buildings to house cultural and historic resources and to
provide educational opportunities: Provided further, That any
individual Save America's Treasures grant shall be matched by
non-Federal funds: Provided further, That individual projects
shall only be eligible for one grant, and all projects to be
funded shall be approved by the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations prior to the commitment of grant funds:
Provided further, That Save America's Treasures funds
allocated for Federal projects shall be available by transfer
to appropriate accounts of individual agencies, after
approval of such projects by the Secretary of the Interior:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided for Save
America's Treasures may be used for administrative expenses,
and staffing for the program shall be available from the
existing staffing levels in the National Park Service.
construction
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of
physical facilities, including the modifications authorized
by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and
Expansion Act of 1989, $224,493,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $885,000 shall be for realignment of
the Denali National Park entrance road, of which not less
than $2,000,000 shall be available for modifications to the
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: Provided, That $3,000,000
for the Wheeling National Heritage Area, $3,000,000 for the
Lincoln Library, and $3,000,000 for the Southwest
Pennsylvania Heritage Area shall be derived from the Historic
Preservation Fund pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 470a: Provided
further, That the National Park Service will make available
37 percent, not to exceed $1,850,000, of the total cost of
upgrading the Mariposa County, California municipal solid
waste disposal system: Provided further, That Mariposa County
will provide assurance that future use fees paid by the
National Park Service will be reflective of the capital
contribution made by the National Park Service.
land and water conservation fund
(rescission)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2000 by 16
U.S.C. 460l-10a is rescinded.
land acquisition and state assistance
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water
Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4
through 11), including administrative expenses, and for
acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in
accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the
National Park Service, $120,700,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until
expended, of which $21,000,000 is for the State assistance
program including $1,000,000 to administer the State
assistance program, and of which $10,000,000 may be for State
grants for land acquisition in the State of Florida:
Provided, That funds provided for State grants for land
acquisition in the State of Florida are contingent upon the
following: (1) a signed, binding agreement between all
principal Federal and non-Federal partners involved in the
South Florida Restoration Initiative which provides specific
volume, timing, location and duration of flow specifications
and water quality measurements which will ensure adequate
and appropriate water supply to all natural areas in
southern Florida including all National Parks, Preserves,
Wildlife Refuge lands and other areas to attain a restored
ecosystem, and which will ensure that water supply systems
in the region impacted by the Central and Southern Florida
Project receive the appropriate quantity, distribution,
quality and timing of water to be delivered from the
operation of the Central and Southern Florida Project
during, and subsequent to, the implementation of the
Central and Southern Florida Project Comprehensive Review
Study as set forth in section 528 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1996; (2) the submission of detailed
legislative language to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations that accomplishes this goal; and (3)
submission of a complete prioritized non-Federal land
acquisition project list: Provided further, That if all
principal Federal and non-Federal partners in the South
Florida Restoration Initiative do not sign the binding
agreement described in the preceding proviso within 180
days of the date of the enactment of this Act, the funds
provided herein for State grants for land acquisition in
the State of Florida may be made available for that
purpose upon the approval of both the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations pursuant to established
reprogramming procedures: Provided further, That after the
requirements under this heading have been met, from the
funds made available for State grants for land acquisition
in the State
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of Florida the Secretary may provide Federal assistance to
the State of Florida for the acquisition of lands or
waters, or interests therein, within the Everglades
watershed (consisting of lands and waters within the
boundaries of the South Florida Water Management District,
Florida Bay and the Florida Keys, including the areas
known as the Frog Pond, the Rocky Glades and the Eight and
One-Half Square Mile Area) under terms and conditions
deemed necessary by the Secretary to improve and restore
the hydrological function of the Everglades watershed:
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading
to the State of Florida are contingent upon new matching
non-Federal funds by the State and shall be subject to an
agreement that the lands to be acquired will be managed in
perpetuity for the restoration of the Everglades: Provided
further, That of the amount provided herein $2,000,000
shall be made available by the National Park Service,
pursuant to a grant agreement, to the State of Wisconsin
so that the State may acquire land or interest in land for
the Ice Age National Scenic Trail: Provided further, That
of the amount provided herein $500,000 shall be made
available by the National Park Service, pursuant to a
grant agreement, to the State of Wisconsin so that the
State may acquire land or interest in land for the North
Country National Scenic Trail: Provided further, That
funds provided under this heading to the State of
Wisconsin are contingent upon matching funds by the State.
administrative provisions
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 384 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 298 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 312 for police-type use, 12 buses,
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated to the National Park Service may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not include
the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated to the National Park Service may be
used to implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the
southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been
submitted to the Congress and shall not be implemented prior
to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any day
in which either House of Congress is not in session because
of adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day
certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President of the Senate of a full and
comprehensive report on the development of the southern end
of Ellis Island, including the facts and circumstances relied
upon in support of the proposed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National
Park Service for activities taken in direct response to the
United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to operating units
based on the safety record of each unit the costs of programs
designed to improve workplace and employee safety, and to
encourage employees receiving workers' compensation benefits
pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to
return to appropriate positions for which they are medically
able.
United States Geological Survey
surveys, investigations, and research
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research
covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the
mineral and water resources of the United States, its
territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by
43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to
power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (30
U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data relative to the
foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries into the
economic conditions affecting mining and materials
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50
U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law
and to publish and disseminate data; $823,833,000, of
which $60,856,000 shall be available only for cooperation
with States or municipalities for water resources
investigations; and of which $16,400,000 shall remain
available until expended for conducting inquiries into the
economic conditions affecting mining and materials
processing industries; and of which $2,000,000 shall
remain available until expended for ongoing development of
a mineral and geologic data base; and of which
$137,604,000 shall be available until September 30, 2001
for the biological research activity and the operation of
the Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That none of
these funds provided for the biological research activity
shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property,
unless specifically authorized in writing by the property
owner: Provided further, That no part of this
appropriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the
cost of topographic mapping or water resources data
collection and investigations carried on in cooperation
with States and municipalities.
administrative provisions
The amount appropriated for the United States Geological
Survey shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed
53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are for replacement
only; reimbursement to the General Services Administration
for security guard services; contracting for the furnishing
of topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or
other specialized surveys when it is administratively
determined that such procedures are in the public interest;
construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and
appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging
stations and observation wells; expenses of the United States
National Committee on Geology; and payment of compensation
and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly
appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation
and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That
activities funded by appropriations herein made may be
accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or
cooperative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.:
Provided further, That the United States Geological Survey
may hereafter contract directly with individuals or
indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations,
without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or
intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who
shall be considered employees for the purposes of chapters 57
and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to
compensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of
title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, but
shall not be considered to be Federal employees for any other
purposes.
Minerals Management Service
royalty and offshore minerals management
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and
environmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other
minerals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts;
and for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only; $110,682,000, of which $84,569,000
shall be available for royalty management activities; and an
amount not to exceed $124,000,000, to be credited to this
appropriation and to remain available until expended, from
additions to receipts resulting from increases to rates in
effect on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee
collections for Outer Continental Shelf administrative
activities performed by the Minerals Management Service over
and above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and from
additional fees for Outer Continental Shelf administrative
activities established after September 30, 1993: Provided,
That to the extent $124,000,000 in additions to receipts are
not realized from the sources of receipts stated above, the
amount needed to reach $124,000,000 shall be credited to this
appropriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5,
1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer
acquisitions shall remain available until September 30, 2001:
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act
shall be available for the payment of interest in accordance
with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided further, That not to
exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses
related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup
activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be
available for refunds of overpayments in connection with
certain Indian leases in which the Director of the Minerals
Management Service concurred with the claimed refund due, to
pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct
prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided further,
That not to exceed $198,000 shall be available to carry out
the requirements of section 215(b)(2) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1999.
oil spill research
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016,
title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII,
section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,118,000,
which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund, to remain available until expended.
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
regulation and technology
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public
Law 95-87, as amended, including the purchase of not to
exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only;
$95,891,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior,
pursuant to regulations, may use directly or through grants
to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 2000 for civil
penalties assessed under section 518 of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to
reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining practices
after August 3, 1977, to remain available until expended:
Provided further, That appropriations for the Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for
the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal
personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement sponsored training.
abandoned mine reclamation fund
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87,
as amended, including the purchase of not more than 10
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $191,208,000,
to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Fund and to remain available until expended; of which up to
$8,000,000, to be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of
the Fund, shall be for supplemental grants to States for the
reclamation of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage
from coal mines, and for associated activities, through the
Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants
to minimum program States will be $1,500,000 per State in
fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That of the funds herein
provided up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency
program authorized by section 410 of Public Law 95-87, as
amended, of which no more than 25 percent shall be used for
emergency reclamation projects in any one State and funds for
federally administered emergency reclamation projects under
this proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further,
That prior year unobligated funds appropriated for the
emergency reclamation program shall not be
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subject to the 25 percent limitation per State and may be
used without fiscal year limitation for emergency projects:
Provided further, That pursuant to Public Law 97-365, the
Department of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20
percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the
United States Government to pay for contracts to collect
these debts: Provided further, That funds made available
under title IV of Public Law 95-87 may be used for any
required non-Federal share of the cost of projects funded by
the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental
restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine
drainage from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such
projects must be consistent with the purposes and priorities
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided
further, That, in addition to the amount granted to the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under sections 402(g)(1) and
402(g)(5) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
(Act), an additional $300,000 will be specifically used for
the purpose of conducting a demonstration project in
accordance with section 401(c)(6) of the Act to determine the
efficacy of improving water quality by removing metals from
eligible waters polluted by acid mine drainage: Provided
further, That the State of Maryland may set aside the greater
of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants made
available to the State under title IV of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 U.S.C.
1231 et seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited in an
acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund established
under a State law, pursuant to which law the amount (together
with all interest earned on the amount) is expended by the
State to undertake acid mine drainage abatement and treatment
projects, except that before any amounts greater than 10
percent of its title IV grants are deposited in an acid mine
drainage abatement and treatment fund, the State of Maryland
must first complete all Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act priority one projects.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
operation of indian programs
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amendments of 1978
(25 U.S.C. 2001-2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools
Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as amended,
$1,637,444,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001
except as otherwise provided herein, of which not to exceed
$93,684,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not
limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as
amended, not to exceed $115,229,000 shall be available for
payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract
support costs associated with ongoing contracts, grants,
compacts, or annual funding agreements entered into with the
Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2000, as authorized by
such Act, except that tribes and tribal organizations may use
their tribal priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of
ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding
agreements and for unmet welfare assistance costs; and of
which not to exceed $401,010,000 for school operations
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education
programs shall become available on July 1, 2000, and shall
remain available until September 30, 2001; and of which
not to exceed $51,991,000 shall remain available until
expended for housing improvement, road maintenance,
attorney fees, litigation support, self-governance grants,
the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land records
improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination
Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed
$42,160,000 within and only from such amounts made
available for school operations shall be available to
tribes and tribal organizations for administrative cost
grants associated with the operation of Bureau-funded
schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds
allocated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of
September 30, 2001, may be transferred during fiscal year
2002 to an Indian forest land assistance account
established for the benefit of such tribe within the
tribe's trust fund account: Provided further, That any
such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire
on September 30, 2002.
construction
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other
facilities, including architectural and engineering services
by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands;
and preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of
the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law
87-483, $146,884,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such amounts as may be available for the
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be
transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further,
That not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority available
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway
Trust Fund may be used to cover the road program management
costs of the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds
provided for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
13 shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2000, in implementing
new construction or facilities improvement and repair project
grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to tribally
controlled grant schools under Public Law 100-297, as
amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the
Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for
Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the
regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such grants
shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the
Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a
schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Provided
further, That in considering applications, the Secretary
shall consider whether the Indian tribe or tribal
organization would be deficient in assuring that the
construction projects conform to applicable building
standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and
safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with
respect to organizational and financial management
capabilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary
declines an application, the Secretary shall follow the
requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f ): Provided
further, That any disputes between the Secretary and any
grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes
provision in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e): Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, collections from
the settlements between the United States and the Puyallup
tribe concerning Chief Leschi school are made available for
school construction in fiscal year 2000 and hereafter:
Provided further, That in return for a quit claim deed to a
school building on the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Indian
Reservation, the Secretary shall pay to U.K. Development, LLC
the amount of $375,000 from the funds made available under
this heading.
indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to
indians
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and individuals
and for necessary administrative expenses, $27,256,000, to
remain available until expended; of which $25,260,000 shall
be available for implementation of enacted Indian land and
water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 101-618 and
102-575, and for implementation of other enacted water rights
settlements; and of which $1,871,000 shall be available
pursuant to Public Laws 99-264, 100-383, 103-402 and 100-580.
indian guaranteed loan program account
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,500,000, as authorized
by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended: Provided,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $59,682,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan programs, $508,000.
administrative provisions
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of
Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative
agreements, compacts and grants, either directly or in
cooperation with States and other organizations.
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the
revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee and
insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program
account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits, and
purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger motor vehicles, of
which not to exceed 187 shall be for replacement only.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office
operations or pooled overhead general administration (except
facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for
tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the
Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-413).
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for
distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish
the Federal Government's trust responsibility to that tribe,
or the government-to-government relationship between the
United States and that tribe, or that tribe's ability to
access future appropriations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided
herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452
et seq., shall be available to support the operation of any
elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska.
Appropriations made available in this or any other Act for
schools funded by the Bureau shall be available only to the
schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996.
No funds available to the Bureau shall be used to support
expanded grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade
structure in place or approved by the Secretary of the
Interior at each school in the Bureau school system as of
October 1, 1995. Funds made available under this Act may not
be used to establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded
school (as that term is defined in section 1146 of the
Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)), except that a
charter school that is in existence on the date of the
enactment of this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-
funded school before September 1, 1999, may continue to
operate during that period, but only if the charter school
pays to the Bureau a pro-rata share of funds to reimburse the
Bureau for the use of the real and personal property
(including buses and vans), the funds of the charter school
are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau
does not assume any obligation for charter school programs of
the State in which the school is located if the charter
school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded schools
sharing a campus with a charter school and performing
functions related to the charter school's operation and
employees of a charter school shall not be treated as Federal
employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United
States
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Code (commonly known as the ``Federal Tort Claims Act''). Not
later than June 15, 2000, the Secretary of the Interior shall
evaluate the effectiveness of Bureau-funded schools sharing
facilities with charter schools in the manner described in
the preceding sentence and prepare and submit a report on the
finding of that evaluation to the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and of the House.
The Tate Topa Tribal School, the Black Mesa Community
School, the Alamo Navajo School, and other Bureau-funded
schools subject to the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior, may use prior year school operations funds for the
replacement or repair of Bureau of Indian Affairs education
facilities which are in compliance with 25 U.S.C. 2005(a) and
which shall be eligible for operation and maintenance support
to the same extent as other Bureau of Indian Affairs
education facilities: Provided, That any additional
construction costs for replacement or repair of such
facilities begun with prior year funds shall be completed
exclusively with non-Federal funds.
Department Offices
Insular Affairs
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$67,171,000, of which: (1) $63,076,000 shall be available
until expended for technical assistance, including
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular
management controls, coral reef initiative activities, and
brown tree snake control and research; grants to the
judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as
authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the
Government of American Samoa, in addition to current local
revenues, for construction and support of governmental
functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as
authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as
authorized by law; and grants to the Government of the
Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Public Law 94-
241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $4,095,000 shall be available for
salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs:
Provided, That all financial transactions of the territorial
and local governments herein provided for, including such
transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities
established or used by such governments, may be audited by
the General Accounting Office, at its discretion, in
accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States
Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands
Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to
those terms of the Agreement of the Special
Representatives on Future United States Financial
Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by
Public Law 104-134: Provided further, That Public Law 94-
241, as amended, is further amended: (1) in section 4(b)
by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``1999'' and by
striking the comma after ``$11,000,000 annually'' and
inserting the following: ``and for fiscal year 20
