H.R.2686

Title: Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Yates, Sidney R. [IL-9] (introduced 6/19/1991) Cosponsors (None)
Related Bills: H.RES.179
Latest Major Action: 11/13/1991 Became Public Law No: 102-154.

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There are 7 versions of Bill Number H.R.2686 for the 102nd Congress

1 . Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (Referred to Senate Committee after being Received from House)[H.R.2686.RFS]
2 . Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)[H.R.2686.EH]
3 . Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2686) entitled 'An Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal... (Engrossed Amendment as Agreed to by Senate)[H.R.2686.EAS]
4 . Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (Reported in House) [H.R.2686.RH]
5 . Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Print)[H.R.2686.PP]
6 . Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)[H.R.2686.ENR]
7 . Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (Reported in Senate)[H.R.2686.RS]

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H.R.2686

Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)

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H.R.2686

One Hundred Second Congress of the United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, the third day of January,

one thousand nine hundred and ninety-one

An Act

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for

the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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, 1992, 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, 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 of Land Management, $538,940,000 of which the following amounts shall remain available until expended: not to exceed $1,400,000 to be derived from the special receipt account established by section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)), and $23,500,000 for the Automated Land and Mineral Record System Project: Provided, That appropriations herein made shall not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in the care of the Bureau of Land Management or its contractors.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds in this or any other Act shall be available before October 1, 1992, to accept or process applications for patent for any oil shale mining claim located pursuant to the general mining laws or to issue a patent for any such oil shale mining claim, unless the holder of a valid oil shale mining claim has received first half final certificate for patent by date of enactment of this Act.

FIREFIGHTING

For necessary expenses for fire management, emergency rehabilitation, firefighting, fire presuppression, and other related emergency actions by the Department of the Interior, $122,010,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such funds also are to be available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts from which funds were previously transferred for such purposes.

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FIREFIGHTING FUND

For the purpose of establishing an 'Emergency Department of the Interior Firefighting Fund' in the Treasury of the United States to be available only for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities of the Department of the Interior, $100,869,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That all funds available under this head are hereby designated by Congress to be 'emergency requirements' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That hereafter, beginning in fiscal year 1993, and in each year thereafter, only amounts for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities that are in excess of the average of such costs for the previous ten years shall be considered 'emergency requirements' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and such amounts shall hereafter be so designated.

CONSTRUCTION AND ACCESS

For acquisition of lands and interests therein, and construction of buildings, recreation facilities, roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $14,318,000, to remain available until expended.

PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES

For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20, 1976 (31 U.S.C. 6901-07), $105,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be available for administrative expenses.

LAND ACQUISITION

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 205, 206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94-579 including administrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, $25,322,000 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; $90,274,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 25 per centum 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 provisions of the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).

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 per centum 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 $10,687,000, 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 sections 209(b), 304(a), 304(b), 305(a), and 504(g) of the Act approved October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and sections 101 and 203 of Public Law 93-153, to be immediately available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 305(a) of the Act of October 21, 1976 (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 or subsequent appropriations Acts 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 forfeiture, compromise, or settlement are used on the exact lands damage to which led to the forfeiture, compromise, or settlement: Provided further, That such moneys are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for which collected.

MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing law, 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 $25,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau of Land Management; 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 appropriations herein made for Bureau of Land Management expenditures in connection with the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands (other than expenditures made under the appropriation 'Oregon and California grant lands') shall be reimbursed to the General Fund of the Treasury from the 25 per centum referred to in subsection (c), title II, of the Act approved August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876), of the special fund designated the 'Oregon and California land grant fund' and section 4 of the Act approved May 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 754), of the special fund designated the 'Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund': Provided further, That appropriations herein made may be expended for surveys of Federal lands and on a reimbursable basis for surveys of Federal lands and for protection of lands for the State of Alaska: Provided further, That an appeal of any reductions in grazing allotments on public rangelands must be taken within thirty days after receipt of a final grazing allotment decision. Reductions of up to 10 per centum in grazing allotments shall become effective when so designated by the Secretary of the Interior. Upon appeal any proposed reduction in excess of 10 per centum shall be suspended pending final action on the appeal, which shall be completed within two years after the appeal is filed: Provided further, 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 expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies, conservation, management, investigations, protection, and utilization of sport fishery and wildlife resources, except whales, seals, and sea lions, and for the performance of other authorized functions related to such resources; for the general administration of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and for maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge; and not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects within the scope of the approved budget which shall be carried out by Youth Conservation Corps as if authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93-408, $518,437,000 of which $10,806,000 shall be 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 (90 Stat. 2921), to compensate for loss of fishery resources from water development projects on the Lower Snake River, and which shall remain available until expended; and of which $1,000,000 shall be for contaminant sample analysis, and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be expended to reintroduce wolves in Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho.

CONSTRUCTION AND ANADROMOUS FISH

For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection, and utilization of sport fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; $114,895,000 to remain available until expended, of which $400,000 shall be available for expenses to carry out the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757a-757g) and of which $13,000,000 for Walnut Creek NWR, IA shall be made available on September 30, 1992: Provided, That hereinafter notwithstanding any other provision of law, procurements for the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, the National Education and Training Center, and the replacement laboratory for the National Fisheries Research Center--Seattle, Washington, may be issued which include the full scope of the facility: Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 'availability of funds' found at 48 CFR 52.323.18.

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION FUND

To conduct natural resource damage assessments and restoration activities by the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-380), and the Act of July 27, 1990 (Public Law 101-337); $4,370,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, sums provided by any party, including sums provided in advance or as a reimbursement for natural resource damage assessments, may be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available until expended.

LAND ACQUISITION

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4-11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $100,117,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended.

COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), as amended by Public Law 100-478, $6,705,000 for Grants to States, 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), $12,000,000.

REWARDS AND OPERATIONS

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4203, 4211-4213, 4221-4225, 4241-4245, and 1538), $1,201,000, to remain available until expended.

NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101-233, in fiscal year 1992 and thereafter, amounts above $1,000,000 received under section 6 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 707) as penalties or fines or from forfeitures of property or collateral, but not to exceed $12,000,000, to remain available until expended.

administrative provisions

Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 145 passenger motor vehicles, of which 129 are for replacement only (including 43 for police-type use); not to exceed $400,000 for payment, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate; repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the United States Fish and Wildlife 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 United States Fish and Wildlife Service and to which the United States has title, and which are utilized pursuant to law in connection with management and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That the United States Fish and Wildlife Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, That hereafter the Tinicum National Environmental Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shall be known as the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301-6308), the Fish and Wildlife Service is hereafter authorized to negotiate and enter into cooperative arrangements and grants with public and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals to implement on a public-private cost sharing basis, the North American Wetlands Conservation Act and the North American Waterfowl Management Plan: Provided, That the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation may continue to draw down Federal funds when matching requirements have been met: Provided further, That interest earned by the Foundation and its subgrantees on funds drawn down to date but not immediately disbursed shall be used to fund direct projects and programs as approved by the Foundation's Board of Directors.

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 to exceed $566,000 for the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission, and not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects within the scope of the approved budget which shall be carried out by Youth Conservation Corps as if authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93-408, $965,665,000 without regard to the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended (16 U.S.C. 451), of which not to exceed $59,500,000 to remain available until expended is to be derived from the special fee account established pursuant to title V, section 5201, of Public Law 100-203: Provided, That the National Park Service shall not enter into future concessionaire contracts, including renewals, that do not include a termination for cause clause that provides for possible extinguishment of possessory interests excluding depreciated book value of concessionaire investments without compensation: Provided further, That of the funds provided herein, $700,000 is available for the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property: Provided further, That hereafter appropriations for maintenance and improvement of roads within the boundary of the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area shall be available for such purposes without regard to whether title to such road rights-of-way is in the United States: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter the National Park Service may make road improvements for the purpose of public safety on Route 25 in New River Gorge National River between the towns of Glen Jean and Thurmond: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Service in this Act may be used to construct horse stables or any other facilities for the housing of horses at the Manassas National Battlefield Park: Provided further, That of the funds provided herein, $65,000 is available for a cooperative agreement with the Susan LaFlesche Picotte Center: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to implement any increase in Government housing rental rates in excess of ten per centum more than the rental rates which were in effect on September 1, 1991, for such housing: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available to the City of Hot Springs, Arkansas, to be used as part of the non-Federal share of a cost-shared feasibility study of flood protection for the downtown area which contains a significant amount of National Park Service property and improvements: Provided further, That the aforementioned sum and any sums hereinafter provided in subsequent Acts for said project are to be considered non-Federal monies for the purpose of title I of Public Law 99-662.

NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural programs, cultural programs, environmental compliance and review, and grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $23,090,000: Provided, That no funds appropriated under this head for the Calumet Historic District may be obligated until funds provided for the Calumet Historic District under construction planning are specifically authorized.

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 915), as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), $35,931,000 to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, established by section 108 of that Act, as amended, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1993: Provided, That the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands is a State eligible for Historic Preservation Fund matching grant assistance as authorized under 16 U.S.C. 470w(2): Provided further, That pursuant to section 105(1) of the Compact of Free Association, Public Law 99-239, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall also be considered States for purposes of this appropriation.

CONSTRUCTION

For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of physical facilities, without regard to the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended (16 U.S.C. 451), $275,801,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $8,440,000 shall be paid to the Army Corps of Engineers for modifications authorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989: Provided further, That none of the funds under this head may be expended for the Calumet Historic District unless specifically authorized: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this heading, $1,400,000 shall be available for site acquisition and site preparation for the Lincoln Center in Springfield, Illinois: Provided further, That up to $376,000 of the funds provided under this head, to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, established by the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 915), as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), shall be available until expended for emergency stabilization of the Kennicott, Alaska copper mine, such funds to be transferred to the Alaska State Historic Preservation Office: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be available for a grant to restore the Chicago Public Library, Central Building as if authorized by the Historic Sites Act of 1935 (16 U.S.C. 462(e)): Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $1,000,000 shall be made available for renovation of Tad Gormley Stadium: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this heading, up to $100,000 shall be available to assist the Town of Provincetown, Massachusetts with planning and construction of a solid waste transfer station on town-owned land provided that the Town and the National Park Service enter into an agreement for shared use of the facility for its lifetime at a rate based on actual operating costs and percentages of total contribution of solid waste by the National Park Service: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this heading, $3,650,000 shall be available for construction of a Gateway Park associated with the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor: Provided further, That until March 1, 1992, none of the funds appropriated under this head may be expended for the Steamtown National Historic Site unless specifically authorized.

URBAN PARK AND RECREATION FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 (title 10 of Public Law 95-625) $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.

LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4-11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service, $106,570,000 to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended, of which $23,500,000 is for the State assistance program including $3,500,000 to administer the State assistance program: Provided, That of the amounts previously appropriated to the Secretary's contingency fund for grants to States $14,000 shall be available in 1992 for administrative expenses of the State grant program.

Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Act, funds in this Act for National Park Service Land Acquisition may be used for acquisition of property by condemnation at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area under the condition that zoning permits or variances for such property shall not have changed since those in place on September 19, 1991.

LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

(RESCISSION)

The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1992 by 16 U.S.C. 460l-10a is rescinded.

JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

For expenses necessary for operating and maintaining the nonperforming arts functions of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $22,945,000, of which $16,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN CANAL NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR COMMISSION

For operation of the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission, $250,000.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 465 passenger motor vehicles, of which 322 shall be for replacement only, including not to exceed 355 for police-type use, 11 buses, and 5 ambulances; to provide, notwithstanding any other provision of law, at a cost not exceeding $100,000, transportation for children in nearby communities to and from any unit of the National Park System used in connection with organized recreation and interpretive programs of the National Park Service; options for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; and for the procurement and delivery of medical services within the jurisdiction of units of the National Park System: Provided, That any funds available to the National Park Service may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to maintain law and order in emergency and other unforeseen law enforcement situations and conduct emergency search and rescue operations in the National Park System: Provided further, 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 the National Park Service may use helicopters and motorized equipment at Death Valley National Monument for removal of feral burros and horses: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National Park Service may recover all costs of providing necessary services associated with special use permits, such reimbursements to be credited to the appropriation current at that time: 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: Provided further, That Federal funds available to the National Park Service may be used for improvements to the National Park Service rail excursion line between milepost 132.7 and 120.55 located in Northeastern Pennsylvania: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, may enter into a cooperative agreement with the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom under which the Secretary may expend Federal funds on non-Federal property for environmental education purposes.

Notwithstanding any Master Plan, Development Concept Plan or policy of the Olympic National Park, nor any Federal regulation, to the contrary, the Superintendent of the Olympic National Park, located in the State of Washington, is authorized and directed to issue a ten-year, special use permit for the continued operation of Kamp Kiwanis by the Hoquiam Kiwanis Club and the Hoquiam Y.M.C.A., and for reconstruction of the main lodge at Kamp Kiwanis, at the location described below within the boundary of the Olympic National Park:

A plot of land in Section 13, Township 23 N., Range 10 W., W.M. described as follows:

Beginning at an iron pipe which is on the section line and south 860 feet from the south 1/16 corner of Sections 14 and 13 in Township 23 north, Range 10 W., W.M.; thence north 13 1/2 degrees east 572 feet to an iron pipe; thence south 55 degrees east 319 feet to an iron pipe; thence south 16 degrees west 458 feet to an iron pipe; thence north 75 1/2 degrees west 277 feet to point of beginning, containing 3.43 acres, more or less; also a right-of-way for a pipeline from Higley Creek to the above area about 2,000 feet along the section line between Sections 13 and 14, T. 23 N., Range 10 W., W.M.

Geological Survey

SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

For expenses necessary for the Geological Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, geology, hydrology, and the mineral and water resources of the United States, its Territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by law (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; $590,054,000, of which $62,058,000 shall be available only for cooperation with States or municipalities for water resources investigations: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost of any topographic mapping or water resources investigations carried on in cooperation with any State or municipality.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The amount appropriated for the Geological Survey shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 26 passenger motor vehicles, 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 Geological Survey appointed, as authorized by law, 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 Public Law 95-224: Provided further, That the Geological Survey (43 U.S.C. 31(a)) shall hereafter be designated the United States Geological Survey.

Minerals Management Service

LEASING AND ROYALTY 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; $207,070,000, of which not less than $66,584,000 shall be available for royalty management activities: Provided, That $1,500,000 for computer acquisitions shall remain available until September 30, 1993: 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, $10,000 under this head 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: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $68,200,000 shall be deducted from Federal onshore mineral leasing receipts prior to the division and distribution of such receipts between the States and the Treasury and shall be credited to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 1992 and each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior or his designee is authorized to--

(a) enter into a cooperative agreement or agreements with any State or Indian tribe to share royalty management information, to carry out inspection, auditing, investigation or enforcement (not including the collection of royalties, civil penalties, or other payments) activities in cooperation with the Secretary, except that the Secretary shall not enter into such cooperative agreement with a State with respect to any such activities on Indian lands except with the permission of the Indian tribe involved; and

(b) upon written request of any State, to delegate to the State all or part of the authorities and responsibilities of the Secretary under the authorizing leasing statutes, leases, and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto to conduct audits, investigations, and inspections, except that the Secretary shall not undertake such a delegation with respect to any Indian lands except with permission of the Indian tribe involved,

with respect to any lease authorizing exploration for or development of coal, any other solid mineral, or geothermal steam on any Federal lands or Indian lands within the State or with respect to any lease or portion of a lease subject to section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)), on the same terms and conditions as those authorized for oil and gas leases under sections 202, 203, 205, and 206 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1732, 1733, 1735, and 1736) and the regulations duly promulgated with respect thereto: Provided further, That section 204 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1734) shall apply to leases authorizing exploration for or development of coal, any other solid mineral, or geothermal steam on any Federal lands, or to any lease or portion of a lease subject to section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall compensate any State or Indian tribe for those costs which are necessary to carry out activities conducted pursuant to such cooperative agreement or delegation.

Bureau of Mines

mines and minerals

For expenses necessary for conducting inquiries, technological investigations, and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social and environmental costs; to foster and encourage private enterprise in the development of mineral resources and the prevention of waste in the mining, minerals, metal, and mineral reclamation industries; to inquire into the economic conditions affecting those industries; to promote health and safety in mines and the mineral industry through research; and for other related purposes as authorized by law, $176,690,000, of which $101,682,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this or any other Act may be used for the closure or consolidation of any research centers or the sale of any of the helium facilities currently in operation.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, other contributions and, heretofore and hereafter, fees to be deposited in the contributed funds account from public and private sources, and to prosecute projects using such contributions and fees in cooperation with other Federal, State or private agencies: Provided, That the Bureau of Mines is authorized, during the current fiscal year, to sell directly or through any Government agency, including corporations, any metal or mineral product that may be manufactured in pilot plants operated by the Bureau of Mines, and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

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 15 passenger motor vehicles, of which 11 shall be for replacement only; $111,100,000 and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount, to remain available until expended, from performance bond forfeitures in fiscal year 1992: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may utilize directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 1992 pursuant to the assessment of civil penalties 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 notwithstanding any other provisions of law, 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: Provided further, That notwithstanding the requirements of section 705 of Public Law 95-87 (30 U.S.C. 1295) appropriations herein shall be available to fund the full costs to the States to implement the Applicant Violator System in compliance with the January 24, 1990 Settlement Agreement between Save Our Cumberland Mountains, Inc. and Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary, United States Department of the Interior, et al.

ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 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 22 passenger motor vehicles, of which 16 shall be for replacement only, $190,200,000 to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the funds herein provided up to $22,000,000 may be used for the emergency program authorized by section 410 of Public Law 95-87, as amended, of which no more than 20 per centum 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 $15,000,000: Provided further, That 23 full-time equivalent positions are to be maintained in the Anthracite Reclamation Program at the Wilkes-Barre Field Office: Provided further, That pursuant to Public Law 97-365, the Department of the Interior is authorized to utilize up to 20 per centum from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That of the funds made available to the States to contract for reclamation projects authorized in section 406(a) of Public Law 95-87, administrative expenses may not exceed 15 per centum: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may deny 50 per centum of an Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund grant, available to a State pursuant to title IV of Public Law 95-87, in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 521(b) of the Act, when the Secretary determines that a State is systematically failing to administer adequately the enforcement provisions of the approved State regulatory program. Funds will be denied until such time as the State and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement have agreed upon an explicit plan of action for correcting the enforcement deficiency. A State may enter into such agreement without admission of culpability. If a State enters into such agreement, the Secretary shall take no action pursuant to section 521(b) of the Act as long as the State is complying with the terms of the agreement.

Bureau of Indian Affairs

OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

For operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants including expenses necessary to provide education and welfare services for Indians, either directly or in cooperation with States and other organizations, including payment of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians in boarding homes, or institutions, or schools; grants and other assistance to needy Indians; maintenance of law and order; management, development, improvement, and protection of resources and appurtenant facilities under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including payment of irrigation assessments and charges; acquisition of water rights; advances for Indian industrial and business enterprises; operation of Indian arts and crafts shops and museums; development of Indian arts and crafts, as authorized by law; for the general administration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including such expenses in field offices, $1,236,078,000, including $248,152,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 1992, and shall remain available for obligation until June 30, 1993, and of which, funds obligated as grants to schools pursuant to Public Law 100-297 shall be made on July 1 and December 1 in lieu of the payments authorized to be made on October 1 and January 1 of each calendar year, and of which not to exceed $75,912,000 for higher education scholarships, adult vocational training, and assistance to public schools under the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596), as amended (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.), shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1993; and the funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 1992 as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), or grants authorized by the Indian Education Amendments of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2001 and 2008A) shall remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee; and of which $2,021,000 for litigation support shall remain available until expended, $5,000,000 for self-governance tribal compacts shall be made available on completion and submission of such compacts to the Congress, and shall remain available until expended; and of which $1,139,000 for expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 19(a) of Public Law 93-531 (25 U.S.C. 640d-18(a)), shall remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be expended as matching funds for programs funded under section 103(b)(2) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act: Provided further, That $200,000 of the funds made available in this Act shall be available for cyclical maintenance of tribally owned fish hatcheries and related facilities: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be used by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to transfer funds under a contract with any third party for the management of tribal or individual Indian trust funds until the funds held in trust for all such tribes or individuals have been audited and reconciled to the earliest possible date, the results of such reconciliation have been certified by an independent party as the most complete reconciliation of such funds possible, and the affected tribe or individual has been provided with an accounting of such funds: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the statute of limitations shall not commence to run on any claim concerning losses to or mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian has been furnished with the accounting of such funds from which the beneficiary can determine whether there has been a loss: Provided further, That $300,000 of the amounts provided for education program management shall be available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That until such time as legislation is enacted to the contrary, none of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act for the benefit of Indians residing within the jurisdictional service area of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma shall be expended by other than the Cherokee Nation, nor shall any funds be used to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original Cherokee territory in Oklahoma without the consent of the Cherokee Nation: Provided further, That the Task Force on Bureau of Indian Affairs Reorganization shall continue activities under its charter as adopted and amended on April 17, 1991: Provided further, That any reorganization proposal shall not be implemented until the Task Force has reviewed it and recommended its implementation to the Secretary and such proposal has been submitted to and approved by the Committees on Appropriations, except that the Bureau may submit a reorganization proposal related only to management improvements, along with Task Force comments or recommendations to the Committees on Appropriations for review and disposition by the Committees: Provided further, That to provide funding uniformity within a Self-Governance Compact, any funds provided in this Act with availability for more than one year may be reprogrammed to one year availability but shall remain available within the Compact until expended: Provided further, That within available funds $100,000 is available to lease space in a facility to be constructed by the Nez Perce Tribe in Lapwai, Idaho: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs will incorporate General Services Administration Market Survey findings into the final lease agreement: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $150,000 shall be provided to the Blackfeet Tribe for a model trust department pilot program.

CONSTRUCTION

(INCLUDING RESCISSION)

For construction, major repair, and improvement of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities, including architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisition of lands and interests in lands; preparation of lands for farming; maintenance of Indian reservation roads as defined in section 101 of title 23, United States Code; and construction, repair, and improvement of Indian housing, $213,163,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the funds previously provided under this head for construction contract support, $7,000,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the funds made available in this Act shall be available for rehabilitation of tribally owned fish hatcheries and related facilities: Provided further, 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 per centum 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 of Indian Affairs: Provided further, That none of the funds available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in this or any other Act shall be used to transfer, through agreement, memorandum of understanding, demonstration project or other method, the Safety of Dams program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, That nothing herein shall prevent the Bureau of Indian Affairs or tribes from using, on a case-by-case basis, the technical expertise of the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, That none of the funds provided for the Safety of Dams program are available for transfer pursuant to sections 101 and 102 of this Act.

MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and individuals pursuant to Public Laws 98-500, 99-264, 100-580, 101-618, 101-602, 101-628, 101-486, and 100-585, including funds for necessary administrative expenses, $87,617,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That income earned on funds appropriated by Public Law 101-121, October 23, 1989, 103 Stat. 701, 715 for the purposes of section 6(b) of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989, Public Law 101-41, June 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 83, may be utilized by the Permanent Trust Fund Board of Trustees to secure necessary and appropriate financial, auditing, accounting, insurance and other administrative services to fulfill the Board of Trustees' fiduciary and administrative responsibilities: Provided further, That no more than 5 per centum of the income in any year may be utilized for such purposes: Provided further, That of the funds included for Public Law 101-602, $5,000,000 shall be made available on September 30, 1992; of the funds included for Public Law 101-628, $23,000,000 shall be made available on September 30, 1992; and of the funds included for Public Law 101-618, $12,500,000 shall be made available on September 30, 1992.

NAVAJO REHABILITATION TRUST FUND

For Navajo tribal rehabilitation and improvement activities in accordance with the provisions of section 32(d) of Public Law 93-531, as amended (25 U.S.C. 640d-30), including necessary administrative expenses, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OF INDIAN ENTERPRISES

For payment of management and technical assistance requests associated with loans and grants approved under the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended, $1,000,000.

INDIAN DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of expert assistance loans authorized by the Act of November 4, 1963, as amended, and the cost of direct loans authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended, $3,039,000: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $15,735,000.

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program, $1,020,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Operation of Indian Programs to cover the common overhead expenses associated with implementing the Credit Reform Act of 1990.

INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of guaranteed loans authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended, $8,512,000: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal any part of which is to be guaranteed not to exceed $56,432,000.

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $1,020,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Operation of Indian Programs to cover the common overhead expenses associated with implementing the Credit Reform Act of 1990.

miscellaneous permanent appropriations

Beginning October 1, 1991, and thereafter, amounts collected by the Secretary in connection with the Alaska Resupply Program (Public Law 77-457) shall be deposited into a special fund to be established in the Treasury, to be available to carry out the provisions of the Alaska Resupply Program, such amounts to remain available until expended: Provided, That unobligated balances of amounts collected in fiscal year 1991 and credited to the Operation of Indian Programs account as offsetting collections, shall be transferred and credited to this account.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee and insurance fund, the Technical Assistance of Indian Enterprises account, the Indian Direct Loan Program account, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits, and purchase of not to exceed 188 passenger carrying motor vehicles, of which not to exceed 147 shall be for replacement only.

Territorial and International Affairs

ADMINISTRATION OF TERRITORIES

For expenses necessary for the administration of territories under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $93,477,000, of which (1) $89,447,000 shall be available until expended for technical assistance, including maintenance assistance, drug interdiction and abuse prevention, and brown tree snake control and research; late charges and payments of the annual interest rate differential required by the Federal Financing Bank, under terms of the second refinancing of an existing loan to the Guam Power Authority, as authorized by law (Public Law 98-454; 98 Stat. 1732); 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; grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $4,030,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Office of Territorial and International Affairs: Provided, That the territorial and local governments herein provided for are authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration: Provided further, That all financial transactions of the territorial and local governments herein provided for, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or utilized by such governments, shall be audited by the General Accounting Office, 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 99-396, except that should the Secretary of the Interior believe that the performance standards of such agreement are not being met, operations funds may be withheld, but only by Act of Congress as required by Public Law 99-396: Provided further, That $1,025,000 of the amounts provided for technical assistance shall be available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That the funds for the program of operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and maintenance of capital infrastructure in American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia through assessments of long-range operations and maintenance needs, improved capability of local operations and maintenance institutions and agencies (including management and vocational education training), and project-specific maintenance (with territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the individual territory's commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets).

TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

For expenses necessary for the Department of the Interior in administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands pursuant to the Trusteeship Agreement approved by joint resolution of July 18, 1947 (61 Stat. 397), and the Act of June 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 330), as amended (90 Stat. 299; 91 Stat. 1159; 92 Stat. 495), and grants to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, in addition to local revenues, for support of governmental functions; $24,451,000 to remain available until expended including $17,651,000 for operations of the Government of Palau: Provided, That all financial transactions of the Trust Territory, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or utilized by such Trust Territory, shall be audited by the General Accounting Office in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands is authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration: Provided further, That all Government operations funds appropriated and obligated for the Republic of Palau under this account for fiscal year 1992, shall be credited as an offset against fiscal year 1992 payments made pursuant to the legislation approving the Palau Compact of Free Association (Public Law 99-658), if such Compact is implemented before October 1, 1992: Provided further, That not less than $300,000 of the grants to the Republic of Palau, for support of governmental functions, shall be dedicated to the College of Micronesia in accordance with the agreement between the Micronesian entities.

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 of the Compacts of Free Association, $25,010,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized by Public Law 99-239: Provided, That the effective date of the Palau Compact for purposes of economic assistance pursuant to the Palau Compact of Free Association, Public Law 99-658, shall be the effective date of the Palau Compact as determined pursuant to section 101 of Public Law 101-219: Provided further, That the language in the third proviso under this head in Public Law 100-446 is amended by striking the word 'Ejit' and inserting the word 'Majuro': Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be available on an ex gratia basis for the relocation and resettlement of the people of Rongelap on Rongelap Atoll: Provided further, That such funds shall remain available for deposit into a Rongelap Resettlement Trust Fund to be used by the people of Rongelap under the terms and conditions as set forth in a trust agreement or amendment thereto approved by the Rongelap Local Government Council subject only to the disapproval of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Rongelap Local Government Council shall provide for the creation of the Rongelap Resettlement Trust Fund to assist in the resettlement of Rongelap Atoll by the people of Rongelap, and the employment of the manager of the Rongelap fund established pursuant to the section 177 Agreement (pursuant to section 177 of Public Law 99-239) as trustee and manager of the Rongelap Resettlement Trust Fund, or, should the manager of the Rongelap fund not be acceptable to the people of Rongelap, another United States investment manager with substantial experience in the administration of trusts and with funds under management in excess of $250,000,000, subject only to the disapproval of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That such funds shall be available only for costs directly associated with the resettlement of Rongelap by the people of Rongelap and for projects on Mejatto: Provided further, That the Secretary may approve expenditures of up to $500,000 in fiscal year 1992 for projects on Mejatto benefitting the people of Rongelap presently residing on the island of Mejatto: Provided further, That after fiscal year 1992, such projects on Mejatto benefitting the people of Rongelap may be funded only from the interest and earnings generated by the trust fund corpus: Provided further, That such fund and the earnings and distribution therefrom shall not be subject to any form of Federal, State or local taxation: Provided further, That the Governments of the United States and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall not be liable in any cause of action in law or equity from the administration and distribution of the trust funds.

Departmental Offices

Office of the Secretary

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, $64,445,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 may be for official reception and representation expenses.

Office of the Solicitor

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $31,525,000.

Office of Inspector General

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $24,044,000.

Construction Management

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Construction Management, $2,243,000.

National Indian Gaming Commission

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gaming Commission, pursuant to Public Law 100-497, $2,190,000.

OILSPILL EMERGENCY FUND

For necessary expenses for contingency planning, response, natural resource damage assessment and restoration activities related to any discharge of oil in waters of the United States upon a determination by the Secretary of the Interior that such funds are necessary for the protection or restoration of natural resources under his jurisdiction; $3,900,000, which shall remain available until expended.

administrative provisions

There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available resources within the Working Capital Fund, 11 aircraft, 7 of which shall be for replacement and which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through available excess surplus property: Provided, That no programs funded with appropriated funds in the 'Office of the Secretary', 'Office of the Solicitor', and 'Office of Inspector General' may be augmented through the Working Capital Fund or the Consolidated Working Fund.

GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available under this authority until funds specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby designated by Congress to be 'emergency requirements' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as promptly as possible.

SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to actual oilspills; response and natural resource damage assessment activities related to actual oilspills; for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99-198 (99 Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of Public Law 95-87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for fire suppression purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with their use for fire suppression purposes, such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities, no funds shall be made available under this authority until funds appropriated to the 'Emergency Department of the Interior Firefighting Fund' shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby designated by Congress to be 'emergency requirements' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred.

SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other activity in the same manner as authorized by sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, U.S.C.: Provided, That reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equipment, and for services rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reimbursements are received.

SEC. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members.

SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902 and D.C. Code 4-204).

SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for obligation in connection with contracts issued by the General Services Administration for services or rentals for periods not in excess of twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.

SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, in fiscal year 1992 and thereafter, appropriations in this title shall be available to provide insurance on official motor vehicles, aircraft, and boats operated by the Department of the Interior in Canada and Mexico.

SEC. 108. No funds provided in this title may be used to detail any employee to an organization unless such detail is in accordance with Office of Personnel Management regulations.

SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore leasing and related activities placed under restriction in the President's moratorium statement of June 26, 1990, in the areas of Northern, Central, and Southern California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.

SEC. 110. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of leasing, or the approval or permitting of any drilling or other exploration activity, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin planning area.

SEC. 111. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of preleasing and leasing activities in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico for Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 137 or for Sale 151 in the February 1991 draft proposal for the Outer Continental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management Comprehensive Program, 1992-1997.

SEC. 112. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of preleasing and leasing activities in the Atlantic for Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 145 in the February 1991 draft proposal for the Outer Continental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management Comprehensive Program, 1992-1997.

SEC. 113. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the implementation or financing of agreements or arrangements with entities for the management of all lands, waters, and interests therein on Matagorda Island, Texas, which were purchased by the Department of the Interior with federally appropriated amounts from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

SEC. 114. The provision of section 113 shall not apply if the transfer of management or control is ratified by law.

SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 1992 and thereafter, any appropriations or funds available to the Department of the Interior in this Act may be used to provide nonmonetary awards of nominal value to private individuals and organizations that make contributions to Department of the Interior programs.

SEC. 116. Appropriations under this title in fiscal year 1992 and thereafter, may be made available for paying costs incidental to the utilization of services contributed by individuals who serve without compensation as volunteers in aid of work for units of the Department of the Interior.

SEC. 117. Section 105 of Public Law 100-675 is hereby amended by adding the following new subsection:

'(c) AUTHORITY TO DISBURSE INTEREST INCOME FROM THE SAN LUIS REY TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT FUND- Until the final settlement agreement is completed, the Secretary is authorized and directed, pursuant to such terms and conditions deemed appropriate by the Secretary, to disburse to the San Luis Rey Indian Water Authority, hereinafter referred to as the 'Authority', funds from the interest income which has accrued to the San Luis Rey Tribal Development Fund, hereinafter referred to as the 'Fund'. The funds shall be used only to assist the Authority in its professional development to administer the San Luis Rey Indian Water Settlement, and in the Authority's participation and facilitation of the final water rights settlement agreement of the five mission bands, subject to the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding Between the Band and the Department dated August 17, 1991.'.

SEC. 118. Notwithstanding section 7(b) of Public Law 99-647, the Secretary may approve the extension of the Blackstone Commission on or before November 10, 1991, to accomplish the purposes of that subsection.

SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated in the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102-104) shall be used to implement the proposed rule for the Army Corps of Engineers amending regulations on 'ability to pay' (33 CFR Part 241), published in the Federal Register, vol. 56, No. 114, on Thursday, June 13, 1991.

SEC. 120. (a) The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (H.R. 2608), is amended as follows:

(1) The third paragraph in title I (under the headings 'Justice Assistance' and 'Office of Justice Programs' within amounts for the Department of Justice) is amended by striking out the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof ': Provided, That of the $76,000,000 appropriated herein, $4,000,000 shall be derived from deobligated funds previously awarded under part B and subparts I and II of part C of title II of said Act.'.

(2) The paragraph in title I under the heading 'Salaries and Expenses' under the heading 'Federal Communications Commission' is amended by striking out 'For total obligations' and inserting in lieu thereof 'For necessary expenses'.

(3) The paragraph in title IV under the heading 'Payment to the Legal Services Corporation' under the heading 'Legal Services Corporation' is amended by inserting ', coordinated through the national Legal Services Corporation office,' in the proviso after 'such Institutes'.

(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992, on the date of the enactment of such Act.

TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

forest research

For necessary expenses of forest research as authorized by law, $182,812,000 to remain available until September 30, 1993.

state and private forestry

For necessary expenses of cooperating with, and providing technical and financial assistance to States, Territories, possessions, and others; and for forest pest management activities, $184,107,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized by law: Provided, That a grant of $550,000 shall be available to Berkeley County, South Carolina: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be available for necessary expenses of the Forest Legacy Program, as authorized by section 1217 of Public Law 101-624, the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990: Provided further, That the Forest Service shall not, under authority provided by this section, enter into any commitment to fund the purchase of interests in lands, the purchase of which would exceed the level of appropriations provided by this section.

national forest system

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization of the National Forest System, and for administrative expenses associated with the management of funds provided under the heads 'Forest Research', 'State and Private Forestry', 'National Forest System', 'Construction', 'Forest Service Firefighting', and 'Land Acquisition', $1,359,662,000 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1993, including $26,968,000 for wilderness management, and including 65 per centum of all monies received during the prior fiscal year as fees collected under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated and unexpended balances in the National Forest System account at the end of fiscal year 1991, shall be merged with and made a part of the fiscal year 1992 National Forest System appropriation, and shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1993: Provided further, That timber volume authorized or scheduled for sale during fiscal year 1991, but which remains unsold at the end of fiscal year 1991 shall be offered for sale during fiscal year 1992 in addition to the fiscal year 1992 timber sale volume to the extent possible: Provided further, That within available funds, up to $238,000 shall be available for a cooperative agreement with Alabama A&M University: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of the funds provided herein for road maintenance shall be available for the planned obliteration of roads which are no longer needed.

forest service firefighting

For necessary expenses for firefighting on or adjacent to National Forest System lands or other lands under fire protection agreement, and for forest fire management and presuppression, and emergency operations on, and the emergency rehabilitation of, National Forest System lands, $189,803,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such funds are also to be available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts from which funds were previously transferred for such purposes.

EMERGENCY FOREST SERVICE FIREFIGHTING FUND

For the purpose of establishing an 'Emergency Forest Service Firefighting Fund' in the Treasury of the United States to be available only for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service, $112,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That all funds available under this head are hereby designated by Congress to be 'emergency requirements' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That hereafter, beginning in fiscal year 1993, and in each year thereafter, only amounts for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities that are in excess of the average of such costs for the previous ten years shall be considered 'emergency requirements' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and such amounts shall hereafter be so designated.

construction

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, for construction, $275,178,000, to remain available until expended, of which $82,089,000 is for construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities; and $193,089,000 is for construction and repair of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 1992 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury of the United States: Provided further, That not to exceed $113,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be obligated for the construction of forest roads by timber purchasers.

land acquisition

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4-11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the Forest Service, $89,433,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Forest Service shall make a grant of $633,000 to the City of Missoula, Montana, from funds appropriated by Public Law 101-512 for direct acquisition of property known as Rattlesnake Greenway and currently under option to the City of Missoula, Montana: Provided further, That no funds shall be available to purchase Special Improvement District permits and any remaining funds shall be available to acquire additional properties for recreation and open space in the same vicinity.

acquisition of lands for national forests

SPECIAL ACTS

For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,148,000, to be derived from forest receipts.

acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

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

range betterment fund

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

gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $97,000 to remain available until expended, to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year shall be available for: (a) purchase of not to exceed 207 passenger motor vehicles of which 17 will be used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which 176 shall be for replacement only, of which acquisition of 137 passenger motor vehicles shall be from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to exceed two for replacement only, and acquisition of 68 aircraft from excess sources; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (b) services pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (c) purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (d) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); (e) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, 558a note); and (f) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).

None of the funds made available under this Act shall be obligated or expended to change the boundaries of any region, to abolish any region, to move or close any regional office for research, State and private forestry, or National Forest System administration of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, without the consent of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in the United States Senate and the Committee on Agriculture in the United States House of Representatives.

Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be advanced to the Forest Service Firefighting appropriation and may be used for forest firefighting and the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction: Provided, That no funds shall be made available under this authority until funds appropriated to the 'Emergency Forest Service Firefighting Fund' shall have been exhausted.

The appropriation structure for the Forest Service may not be altered without advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be used to reimburse employees for the cost of State licenses and certification fees pursuant to their Forest Service position and that are necessary to comply with State laws, regulations, and requirements.

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for assistance to or through the Agency for International Development and the Office of International Cooperation and Development in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to support forestry and related natural resource activities outside the United States and its territories and possessions, including technical assistance, education and training, and cooperation with United States and international organizations.

All funds received for timber salvage sales may be credited to the Forest Service Permanent Appropriations to be expended for timber salvage sales from any national forest, and for timber sales preparation to replace sales lost to fire or other causes, and sales preparation to replace sales inventory on the shelf for any national forest to a level sufficient to maintain new sales availability equal to a rolling five-year average of the total sales offerings, and for design, engineering, and supervision of construction of roads lost to fire or other causes associated with the timber sales programs described above: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, moneys received from the timber salvage sales program in fiscal year 1992 shall be considered as money received for purposes of computing and distributing 25 per centum payments to local governments under 16 U.S.C. 500, as amended.

None of the funds made available to the Forest Service under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the reprogramming procedures contained in House Report 102-116.

No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of the Forest Service.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be used to disseminate program information to private and public individuals and organizations through the use of nonmonetary items of nominal value and to provide nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur necessary expenses for the nonmonetary recognition of private individuals and organizations that make contributions to Forest Service programs.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money collected, in advance or otherwise, by the Forest Service under authority of section 101 of Public Law 93-153 (30 U.S.C. 185(1)) as reimbursement of administrative and other costs incurred in processing pipeline right-of-way or permit applications and for costs incurred in monitoring the construction, operation, maintenance, and termination of any pipeline and related facilities, may be used to reimburse the applicable appropriation to which such costs were originally charged.

Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects within the scope of the approved budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as if authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93-408.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301-6308), the Forest Service is authorized hereafter to negotiate and enter into cooperative arrangements with public and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals to print educational materials and to continue the Challenge Cost-Share Program.

None of the funds available in this Act shall be used for timber sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood stands in excess of 25 percent of the fiscal year 1989 harvested volume in the Wayne National Forest, Ohio: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to hardwood stands damaged by natural disaster: Provided further, That landscape architects shall be used to maintain a visually pleasing forest.

None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act shall be expended for the purpose of issuing a special use authorization permitting land use and occupancy and surface disturbing activities for any project to be constructed on Lewis Fork Creek in Madera County, California, at the site above, and adjacent to, Corlieu Falls bordering the Lewis Fork Creek National Recreation Trail until the studies required in Public Law 100-202 have been submitted to the Congress: Provided, That any special use authorization shall not be executed prior to the expiration of thirty 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 of the required studies by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate.

None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act shall be expended for the purpose of administering a special use authorization permitting land use and occupancy and surface disturbing activities for any project to be constructed on Rock Creek, Madera County, California, until a study has been completed and submitted to the Congress by the Forest Service in consultation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the California State Water Resources Control Board, the California Department of Fish and Game and other interested public parties regarding the project's potential cumulative impacts on the environment, together with a finding that there will be no substantial adverse impact on the environment. Findings from the study must be presented at no less than three public meetings.

Any money collected from the States for fire suppression assistance rendered by the Forest Service on non-Federal lands not in the vicinity of National Forest System lands shall be used to reimburse the applicable appropriation and shall remain available until expended as the Secretary may direct in conducting activities authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2101 (note), 2101-2110, 1606, and 2111.

Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and representation expenses.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Forest Service is authorized to employ or otherwise contract with persons at regular rates of pay, as determined by the Service, to perform work occasioned by emergencies such as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or any other unavoidable cause without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays, and the regular workweek.

As a pilot effort, for the purpose of achieving ecologically defensible management practices, the Kaibab and Dixie National Forests are authorized to apply the value or a reasonable portion of the value of timber removed under a stewardship end result contract as an offset against the cost of stewardship services received including, but not limited to, site preparation, replanting, silviculture programs, recreation, wildlife habitat enhancement, and other multiple-use enhancements on selected projects. Timber removed shall count toward meeting the Congressional expectations for the annual timber harvest.

The Forest Service shall conduct a below-cost timber sales study on the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois, in fiscal year 1992.

The Forest Service shall work with the purchasers of sales already under contract on the Shawnee National Forest to achieve mutually acceptable modifications to said contracts so that the harvest of timber under such contracts may occur consistent with the expected management prescriptions and/or practices envisioned in the Draft Amendment to the Forest Plan for the Shawnee National Forest issued in 1991.

To the greatest extent possible, and pending final approval of the Draft Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest Plan, none of the funds available in this Act shall be used for preparation of timber sales using clearcutting or other forms of even aged management in hardwood stands in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY

The first paragraph under this head in Public Law 101-512 is amended by striking the phrase '$150,000,000 on October 1, 1991, $225,000,000 on October 1, 1992' and inserting '$100,000,000 on October 1, 1991, $275,000,000 on October 1, 1992'.

Notwithstanding the issuance date for the fifth general request for proposals under this head in Public Law 101-512, such request for proposals shall be issued not later than July 6, 1992, and notwithstanding the proviso under this head in Public Law 101-512 regarding the time interval for selection of proposals resulting from such solicitation, project proposals resulting from the fifth general request for proposals shall be selected not later than ten months after the issuance date of the fifth general request for proposals: Provided, That hereafter the fifth general request for proposals shall be subject to all provisos contained under this head in previous appropriations Acts unless amended by this Act.

Notwithstanding the provisos under this head in previous appropriations Acts, projects selected pursuant to the fifth general request for proposals shall advance significantly the efficiency and environmental performance of coal-using technologies and be applicable to either new or existing facilities: Provided, That budget periods may be used in lieu of design, construction, and operating phases for cost-sharing calculations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not finance more than 50 per centum of the total costs of any budget period: Provided further, That project specific development activities for process performance definition, component design verification, materials selection, and evaluation of alternative designs may be funded on a cost-shared basis up to a limit of 10 per centum of the Government's share of project cost: Provided further, That development activities eligible for cost-sharing may include limited modifications to existing facilities for project related testing but do not include construction of new facilities.

With regard to funds made available under this head in this and previous appropriations Acts, unobligated balances excess to the needs of the procurement for which they originally were made available may be applied to other procurements for use on projects for which cooperative agreements are in place, within the limitations and proportions of Government financing increases currently allowed by law: Provided, That hereafter, the Department of Energy, for a period of up to five years after completion of the operations phase of a cooperative agreement may provide appropriate protections, including exemptions from subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, against the dissemination of information that results from demonstration activities conducted under the Clean Coal Technology Program and that would be a trade secret or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential if the information had been obtained from and first produced by a non-Federal party participating in a Clean Coal Technology project: Provided further, That hereafter, in addition to the full-time permanent Federal employees specified in section 303 of Public Law 97-257, as amended, no less than 90 full-time Federal employees shall be assigned to the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy for carrying out the programs under this head using funds available under this head in this and any other appropriations Act and of which not less than 35 shall be for PETC and not less than 30 shall be for METC: Provided further, That hereafter reports on projects selected by the Secretary of Energy pursuant to authority granted under this heading which are received by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate less than 30 legislative days prior to the end of each session of Congress shall be deemed to have met the criteria in the third proviso of the fourth paragraph under the heading 'Administrative provisions, Department of Energy' in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, as contained in Public Law 99-190, upon expiration of 30 calendar days from receipt of the report by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate or at the end of the session, whichever occurs later.

fossil energy research and development

(INCLUDING RESCISSION)

For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy research and development activities, under the authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), including the acquisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, $458,104,000, to remain available until expended, of which $338,000 is for the functions of the Office of the Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System established pursuant to the authority of Public Law 94-586 (90 Stat. 2908-2909) and of which $3,100,000 is available for the fuels program: Provided, That none of the funds made available under this head may be managed by any individual who is not subject to the 'employment floor' provisions in Public Law 97-257 as amended or, in the alternate, who is not the Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy: Provided further, That no part of the sum herein made available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and gas: Provided further, That the funds provided under this head in fiscal year 1991 for the purchase of supercomputer time needed for Fossil Energy programmatic purpose shall be provided as a grant to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas: Provided further, That disbursements pursuant to such a grant shall be made only upon the actual use of such supercomputer time upon request by Fossil Energy and receipt by Fossil Energy of the products therefrom.

Of the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be available for a grant for the National Research Center for Coal and Energy, and $1,500,000 shall be for a grant to be matched on an equal basis from other sources for the University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center.

Of the funds herein provided, $40,800,000 is for implementation of the June 1984 multiyear, cost-shared magnetohydrodynamics program targeted on proof-of-concept testing: Provided, That 35 per centum private sector cash or in-kind contributions shall be required for obligations in fiscal year 1992, and for each subsequent fiscal year's obligations private sector contributions shall increase by 5 per centum over the life of the proof-of-concept plan: Provided further, That existing facilities, equipment, and supplies, or previously expended research or development funds are not cost-sharing for the purposes of this appropriation, except as amortized, depreciated, or expended in normal business practice: Provided further, That cost-sharing shall not be required for the costs of constructing or operating Government-owned facilities or for the costs of Government organizations, National Laboratories, or universities and such costs shall not be used in calculating the required percentage for private sector contributions: Provided further, That private sector contribution percentages need not be met on each contract but must be met in total for each fiscal year.

Funds in the amount of $8,000,000 provided under this head in Public Law 101-512 to initiate a ten-year industry/government cooperative agreement to design, construct, and operate a proof-of-concept oil shale facility employing modified in-situ retorting and surface processing of mined shale and waste at Federal Prototype Oil Shale Lease Tract Cb near Meeker, Colorado, are rescinded.

alternative fuels production

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Monies received as investment income on the principal amount in the Great Plains Project Trust at the Norwest Bank of North Dakota, in such sums as are earned as of October 1, 1991, shall be deposited in this account and immediately transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury. Monies received as revenue sharing from the operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant shall be immediately transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury: Provided, That the Department of Energy shall not agree to modifications to the Great Plains Project Trust Agreement, dated October 31, 1988, that are not consistent with the following criteria: (1) for the purpose of financing a sulfur control technology project using Government contributions from the Trust, the cost of such project shall not include costs of plant downtime or outages; (2) upon modification of the Trust Agreement the Department shall immediately transfer $20,000,000 from the Reserve Account to the Environmental Account, both establish pursuant to section 2(b) of the Trust Agreement, and shall provide a loan from the Reserve Account for 40 per centum of the remaining project costs after the disbursement of funds from the Environmental Account in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 and at the rate of interest specified in sections 1 and 7(b) of the Trust Agreement; (3) no disbursements for construction shall be made from either the Reserve Account or from funds which have been transferred to the Environmental Account from the Reserve Account prior to receipt by Dakota Gasification Company of an amended Permit to Construct from the North Dakota State Department of Health; (4) the Government contribution from the Reserve Account shall be disbursed on a concurrent and proportional basis with the contribution from the Dakota Gasification Company; (5) repayment of any loan shall be from revenues not already due the Government as part of the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 7, 1988, and at least in proportion to the Government contribution to the costs of the project net of the disbursement from the Environmental Account, for any increased revenues or profits realized as a result of the sulfur control project; and (6) such contributions from the Reserve Account, including funds to be transferred to the Environmental Account, shall be made available contingent upon a finding by the Secretary, in the form of a report to Congress submitted not later than March 1, 1992, that such planned project modifications are cost effective and are expected to meet such environmental emissions requirements as may exist.

naval petroleum and oil shale reserves

For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, $235,300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, revenues received from use and operation of Naval Petroleum Reserves Numbered 1, 2, and 3 and the Naval Oil Shale Reserves and estimated to total $523,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 shall be retained and used for the specific purpose of offsetting costs incurred by the Department in carrying out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such revenues are received so as to result in a final fiscal year 1992 appropriation estimated at not more than $0.

energy conservation

For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation activities, $543,166,000, to remain available until expended, including, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the excess amount for fiscal year 1992 determined under the provisions of section 3003(d) of Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Provided, That $243,433,000 shall be for use in energy conservation programs as defined in section 3008(3) of Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4507) and shall not be available until excess amounts are determined under the provisions of section 3003(d) of Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99-509 such sums shall be allocated to the eligible programs in the same proportion for each program as in fiscal year 1991: Provided further, That of the sums for weatherization assistance for low-income persons, $3,000,000 shall be for the incentive program authorized by section 415d of the Energy Conservation and Production Act, as amended by Public Law 101-440: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the amount under this heading shall be for metal casting research consistent with the provisions of Public Law 101-425: Provided further, That $1,500,000 of the amount provided under this head shall be available for a grant to the National Center for Alternate Transportation Fuels: Provided further, That $3,000,000 of the amount provided under this head, and such amounts as may be provided hereafter in appropriations Acts, shall be available to continue a contract funded in Public Law 101-512 for the development of an Integrated Management Information System for the steel industry, and the Government's share of the cost of such project shall not exceed 50 per centum using the same criteria for acceptance of contributions as for steel and aluminum research below: Provided further, That $17,968,000 of the amount provided under this heading shall be available for continuing research and development efforts begun under title II of the Interior and Related Agencies portion of the joint resolution entitled 'Joint Resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1986, and for other purposes', approved December 19, 1985 (Public Law 99-190), and implementation of steel and aluminum research authorized by Public Law 100-680: Provided further, That existing facilities, equipment, and supplies, or previously expended research or development funds are not accepted as contributions for the purposes of this appropriation, except as amortized, depreciated, or expensed in normal business practice: Provided further, That the total Federal expenditure under this proviso shall be repaid up to one and one-half times from the proceeds of the commercial sale, lease, manufacture, or use of technologies developed under this proviso, at a rate of one-fourth of all net proceeds: Provided further, That up to $27,000,000 of the amount provided under this head is for electric and hybrid vehicle battery research to be conducted on a cooperative basis with non-Federal entities, such amounts to be available only as matched on an equal basis by such entities: Provided further, That section 303 of Public Law 97-257 is further amended by changing the number for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewables from '352' to '397'.

ECONOMIC REGULATION

For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the Economic Regulatory Administration and the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $14,771,000, to remain available until expended.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

For necessary expenses in carrying out emergency preparedness activities, $8,300,000, to remain available until expended.

strategic petroleum reserve

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations and program management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $185,858,000, to remain available until expended, including $122,685,000 to be derived by transfer from funds deposited in the 'SPR petroleum account' as a result of the test sale of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve begun on September 26, 1990, as authorized under 42 U.S.C. 6241(g)(1): Provided, That the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 6241(g)(6)(B) shall not apply to the use of these funds: Provided further, That appropriations herein made shall not be available for leasing of facilities for the storage of crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless the quantity of oil stored in or deliverable to Government-owned storage facilities by virtue of contractual obligations is equal to 700,000,000 barrels.

SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT

For the acquisition and transportation of petroleum and for other necessary expenses as authorized under 42 U.S.C. 6247, $15,100,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 6240(d) the United States share of crude oil in Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills) may be sold or otherwise disposed of to other than the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Provided further, That no funds available in fiscal year 1992 in this, or any previous or subsequent appropriations Act, or made available in this account pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6247(b) as a result of any test drawdown or drawdown and distribution of the Reserve under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 6241 may be used in fiscal year 1992 for leasing, exchanging, or otherwise acquiring except by direct purchase crude oil from a foreign government, a foreign State-owned oil company, or an agent of either: Provided further, That the Secretary of Energy may negotiate contracts pursuant to the provisions of part C, title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6211 et seq.), as contained in section 6 of Public Law 101-383: Provided further, That restrictions on leasing, exchanging, or otherwise acquiring except by direct purchase crude oil from a foreign government, a foreign State-owned oil company, or an agent of either which are contained under this head in Public Law 101-512 are hereby repealed: Provided further, That the running of the 12 month period described in section 161(g)(6)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6241(g)(6)(B)), shall be suspended during fiscal year 1992: Provided further, That outlays in fiscal year 1992 resulting from the use of funds in this account other than those deposited as a result of a test sale or drawdown of the Reserve shall not exceed $137,000,000.

ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the Energy Information Administration, $77,233,000, to remain available until expended.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal year shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the General Services Administration for security guard services.

From appropriations under this Act, transfers of sums may be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made.

None of the funds made available to the Department of Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or finance authorized price support or loan guarantee programs unless specific provision is made for such programs in an appropriations Act.

The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, private, or foreign: Provided, That revenues and other moneys received by or for the account of the Department of Energy or otherwise generated by sale of products in connection with projects of the Department appropriated under this Act may be retained by the Secretary of Energy, to be available until expended, and used only for plant construction, operation, costs, and payments to cost-sharing entities as provided in appropriate cost-sharing contracts or agreements: Provided further, That the remainder of revenues after the making of such payments shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That any contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by the Secretary pursuant to this authority shall not be executed prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any day in which either House of Congress is not in session because of adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate of a full comprehensive report on such project, including the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of the proposed project.

The Secretary of Energy may transfer to the Emergency Preparedness appropriation such funds as are necessary to meet any unforeseen emergency needs from any funds available to the Department of Energy from this Act.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Energy may enter into a contract, agreement, or arrangement, including, but not limited to, a Management and Operating Contract as defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (17.601), with a profit-making or non-profit entity to conduct activities at the Department of Energy's research facilities at Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles III and XXVI and section 208 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of reprints; purchase and erection of portable buildings; payments for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; $1,449,871,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available on September 30, 1992 and shall remain available until expended for the Morris K. Udall Scholarship Foundation subject to the passage of authorizing legislation, together with payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 300aaa-2 for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That notwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds transferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service shall be administered under Public Law 86-121 (the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act): Provided further, That funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through grants and contracts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That $12,000,000 shall remain available until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund: Provided further, That $301,311,000 for contract medical care shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 1993: Provided further, That of the funds provided, not less than $5,990,000 shall be used to carry out a loan repayment program under which Federal, State, and commercial-type educational loans for physicians and other health professionals will be repaid at a rate not to exceed $35,000 per year of obligated service in return for full-time clinical service: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be used for one-year contracts and grants which are to be performed in two fiscal years, so long as the total obligation is recorded in the year for which the funds are appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be available for two fiscal years after the fiscal year in which they were collected, for the purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act (exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new facilities): Provided further, That of the funds provided, $2,500,000 shall remain available until expended, for the Indian Self-Determination Fund, which shall be available for the transitional costs of initial or expanded tribal contracts, grants or cooperative agreements with the Indian Health Service under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act: Provided further, That funding contained herein, and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 1993: Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and Public Law 100-713 shall be reported and accounted for and available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended.

INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

For construction, major repair, improvement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of portable buildings, and purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, $277,852,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facilities: Provided further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services may accept ownership of the buildings offered at no cost by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe for use solely as the Aberdeen Area's Youth Regional Treatment Center, and may use funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service to renovate the buildings for that purpose.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Service shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, and for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), and for expenses of attendance at meetings which are concerned with the functions or activities for which the appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or management of those functions or activities: Provided, That no later than 30 days after the end of each quarter of the fiscal year, the Indian Health Service is to report to the Committees on Appropriations of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate on any proposed adjustments to existing leases involving additional space or proposed additional leases for permanent structures to be used in the delivery of Indian health care services: Provided further, That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health care at all tribally administered or Indian Health Services facilities, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-53) shall be credited to the account of the facility providing the service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used for administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation: Provided further, That with the exception of Indian Health Service units which currently have a billing policy, the Indian Health Service shall not initiate any further action to bill Indians in order to collect from third-party payers nor to charge those Indians who may have the economic means to pay unless and until such time as Congress has agreed upon a specific policy to do so and has directed the Indian Health Service to implement such a policy: Provided further, That personnel ceilings may not be imposed on the Indian Health Service nor may any action be taken to reduce the full-time equivalent level of the Indian Health Service by the elimination of temporary employees by reduction in force, hiring freeze or any other means without the review and approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule published in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Services, relating to eligibility for the health care services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such request has been included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided further, That funds made available in this Act are to be apportioned to the Indian Health Service as appropriated in this Act, and accounted for in the appropriation structure set forth in this Act: Provided further, That the appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may not be altered without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

INDIAN EDUCATION

For necessary expenses to carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Indian Education Act of 1988, $77,547,000, of which $57,692,000 shall be for subpart 1 and $16,596,000 shall be for subparts 2 and 3: Provided, That $1,570,000 available pursuant to section 5323 of the Act shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1993.

OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, $26,172,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard housing, and all others certified as eligible and not included in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be used to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement home is provided for such household: Provided further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d-10.

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native

Culture and Arts Development

PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by Public Law 99-498, as amended (20 U.S.C. 56, part A), $6,612,000, of which not to exceed $350,000 for Federal matching contributions, to remain available until expended, shall be paid to the Institute endowment fund: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual budget proposal and justification for the Institute shall be submitted to the Congress concurrently with the submission of the President's Budget to the Congress: Provided further, That the Institute shall act as its own certifying officer.

Smithsonian Institution

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information and publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease (for terms not to exceed thirty years), and protection of buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to 5 replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees; $283,961,000, of which not to exceed $25,839,000 for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, Museum Support Center equipment and move, exhibition reinstallation, the National Museum of the American Indian, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall remain available until expended and, including such funds as may be necessary to support American overseas research centers and a total of $125,000 for the Council of American Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for advance payments to independent contractors performing research services or participating in official Smithsonian presentations: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be made available for acquisition of land at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center before the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing the use of funds for that purpose.

museum programs and related research

(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM)

Funds previously appropriated in this account for the American Institute of Indian Studies Forward Funded Reserve may be invested in India by the United States Embassy in India in interest bearing accounts with the interest to be used along with other funds in the account to support the ongoing programs of the American Institute of Indian Studies.

CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS, NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK

For necessary expenses of planning, construction, remodeling, and equipping of buildings and facilities at the National Zoological Park, by contract or otherwise, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended.

repair and restoration of buildings

For necessary expenses of repair and restoration of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), including not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $24,710,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or restoration of buildings of the Smithsonian Institution may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.

construction

For necessary expenses for construction, $19,400,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be made available for construction of the East Court Building project, National Museum of Natural History before the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing the use of funds for that purpose.

National Gallery of Art

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose publications or services are available to members only, or to members at a price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $49,192,000, of which not to exceed $3,120,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain available until expended.

REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, as authorized $3,600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,744,000.

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

National Endowment for the Arts

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $147,700,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the arts through assistance to groups and individuals pursuant to section 5(c) of the Act, and for administering the functions of the Act: Provided, That none of the funds made available in this Act for the National Endowment for the Arts may be used to fund any application for a grant that is not submitted to the Endowment pursuant to existing law as contained in section 5(d) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954(d)), for which terms are defined in section 3 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 952).

MATCHING GRANTS

To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $30,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 1993 to the National Endowment for the Arts, of which $13,000,000 shall be available for purposes of section 5(l): Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, and other property accepted by the Chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the provisions of section 10(a)(2), subsections 11(a)(2)(A) and 11(a)(3)(A) during the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.

National Endowment for the Humanities

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $152,650,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for support of activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act, and for administering the functions of the Act, of which $1,000,000 for the dissertation fellowship program and $5,700,000 for the Office of Preservation shall remain available until September 30, 1993.

matching grants

To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $25,550,000, to remain available until September 30, 1993, of which $12,550,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, and other property accepted by the Chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.

Institute of Museum Services

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

For carrying out title II of the Arts, Humanities, and Cultural Affairs Act of 1976, as amended, $27,344,000, including not to exceed $250,000 as authorized by 20 U.S.C. 965(b).

administrative provisions

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

Commission of Fine Arts

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $722,000.

national capital arts and cultural affairs

For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 (99 Stat. 1261; 20 U.S.C. 956a), as amended, $7,000,000.

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing an Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Public Law 89-665, as amended, $2,623,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for the compensation of Executive Level V or higher positions.

National Capital Planning Commission

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71-71i), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $4,775,000.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission, established by the Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 694), as amended by Public Law 92-332 (86 Stat. 401), $33,000, to remain available until September 30, 1993.

Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, as authorized by section 17(a) of Public Law 92-578, as amended, $2,807,000, for operating and administrative expenses of the Corporation.

PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT

For public development activities and projects in accordance with the development plan as authorized by section 17(b) of Public Law 92-578, as amended, $5,126,000, to remain available until expended.

United States Holocaust Memorial Council

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL

For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as authorized by Public Law 96-388, as amended, $11,005,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for the compensation of Executive Level V or higher positions.

TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation under this Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and natural gas by noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned lands within the boundaries of the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois: Provided, That nothing herein is intended to inhibit or otherwise affect the sale, lease, or right to access to minerals owned by private individuals.

SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on which congressional action is not complete.

SEC. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

SEC. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or employee of such department or agency except as otherwise provided by law.

SEC. 306. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to evaluate, consider, process, or award oil, gas, or geothermal leases on Federal lands in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, State of Washington, within the hydrographic boundaries of the Cedar River municipal watershed upstream of river mile 21.6, the Green River municipal watershed upstream of river mile 61.0, the North Fork of the Tolt River proposed municipal watershed upstream of river mile 11.7, and the South Fork Tolt River municipal watershed upstream of river mile 8.4.

SEC. 307. No assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act unless such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.

SEC. 308. Employment funded by this Act shall not be subject to any personnel ceiling or other personnel restriction for permanent or other than permanent employment except as provided by law.

SEC. 309. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 1992 and thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to enter into contracts with State and local governmental entities, including local fire districts, for procurement of services in the presuppression, detection, and suppression of fires on any units within their jurisdiction.

SEC. 310. None of the funds provided by this Act to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service may be obligated or expended to plan for, conduct, or supervise deer hunting on the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act may be used to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified as giant sequoia (sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands until an environmental assessment has been completed and the giant sequoia management implementation plan is approved. In any event, timber harvest within the identified groves will be done only to enhance and perpetuate giant sequoia. There will be no harvesting of giant sequoia specimen trees. Removal of hazard, insect, disease and fire killed giant sequoia other than specimen trees is permitted.

SEC. 312. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1992 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

SEC. 313. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year may be used by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture to make any reimbursements to any other Federal department for litigation costs associated with the Prince William Sound oilspill.

SEC. 314. None of the funds provided in this Act may be expended by the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management to increase fees charged for communication site use of lands administered by the Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management by more than 15 per centum per user in fiscal year 1992 over the levels in effect on January 1, 1989.

SEC. 315. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to ensure that hardwood saw timber harvested from Federal lands east of the 100th meridian is marked in such a manner as to make it readily identifiable at all times before its manufacture.

SEC. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments to States pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 500 for National Forests affected by decisions relating to the Northern Spotted Owl from fiscal year 1992 receipts shall not be less than 90 per centum of the average annual payments to States, based on receipts collected on those National Forests during the five-year baseline period of fiscal years 1986 through 1990: Provided, That in no event shall these payments exceed the total amount of receipts collected from the affected National Forests during fiscal year 1992.

SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the payment to be made by the United States Government pursuant to the provision of subsection (a) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876) to the Oregon and California land-grant counties in the State of Oregon from fiscal year 1992 receipts derived from the Oregon and California grant lands shall not be less than 90 per centum of the average annual payment made to those counties of their share of the Oregon and California land-grant receipts collected during the five-year baseline period of fiscal years 1986 through 1990: Provided, That in no event shall this payment exceed the total amount of receipts collected from the Oregon and California grant lands during fiscal year 1992.

SEC. 318. With the exception of budget authority for 'Miscellaneous payments to Indians', Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; 'Salaries and expenses', National Indian Gaming Commission, Department of the Interior; 'Payment to the Institute', Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; 'Salaries and expenses', Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 'Salaries and expenses' and 'National capital arts and cultural affairs', Commission on Fine Arts; 'Salaries and expenses', Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; 'Salaries and expenses', National Capital Planning Commission; 'Salaries and expenses', Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission; and 'Salaries and expenses' and 'Public development', Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, each amount of budget authority for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, provided in this Act, for payments not required by law is hereby reduced by 1.26 per centum: Provided, That such reductions shall be applied ratably to each account, program, activity, and project provided for in this Act.

LAND TRANSFER AND CONVEYANCE, PEASE AIR FORCE BASE, NEW HAMPSHIRE

SEC. 319. (a) TRANSFER BY THE AIR FORCE- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Air Force shall transfer to the Department of the Interior a parcel of real property located west of McIntyre Road at the site of former Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire: Provided, That the Secretary of the Air Force shall retain responsibility for any hazardous substances which may be found on the property so transferred.

(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE- Except as provided in subsection (c), the Secretary of the Interior shall designate the parcel of land transferred under subsection (a) as an area in the National Wildlife Refuge System under the authority of section 4 of the Act of October 15, 1966 (16 U.S.C. 688dd).

(c) CONVEYANCE TO STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-

(1) CONVEYANCE- Subject to paragraphs (2) through (5), the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the State of New Hampshire, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property consisting of not more than 100 acres that is a part of the real property transferred to the Secretary under subsection (a) and that the Secretary determines to be suitable for use as a cemetery.

(2) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE- The conveyance under paragraph (1) shall be subject to the condition that the State of New Hampshire use the property conveyed under that paragraph only for the purpose of establishing and operating a State cemetery for veterans.

(3) REVERSION- If the Secretary determines at any time that the State of New Hampshire is not complying with the condition specified in paragraph (2), all right, title, and interest in and to the property conveyed pursuant to paragraph (1), including any improvements thereon, shall revert to the United States and the United States shall have the right of immediate entry thereon.

(4) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY- The exact acreage and legal description of the parcel of real property to be conveyed under paragraph (1) shall be determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the Secretary.

(5) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS- The Secretary may require any additional terms or conditions in connection with the conveyance under this subsection that the Secretary determines appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.

(d) The purposes for which this national wildlife refuge is established are--

(1) to encourage the natural diversity of plant, fish, and wildlife species within the refuge, and to provide for their conservation and management;

(2) to protect species listed as endangered or threatened, or identified as candidates for listing pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.);

(3) to preserve and enhance the water quality of aquatic habitat within the refuge; and

(4) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the United States relating to fish and wildlife.

SEC. 320. Amend section 12(d)(2) of Public Law 94-204 (The Act of January 2, 1976) as follows:

(a) In the second sentence of the first proviso, following the words 'public purposes' insert a period. Following the period add the following: 'An area encompassing approximately sixty-two acres and depicted on the map entitled 'Native Heritage Park Proposal' and on file with the Secretary shall be managed'.

(b) At the end of this section, add a new proviso: ': Provided further, That to the extent necessary, any and all conveyance documents executed concerning the conveyance of the lands referred to in this proviso shall be deemed amended accordingly to conform to this proviso'.

This Act may be cited as the 'Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992'.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.