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2-Calendar No. 239
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53 STSESSION H. R. 4821
6-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7-NOVEMBER7, 2023
8-Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
94 AN ACT
105 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior,
116 environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year
127 ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
138 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
14-tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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1811 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 1
1912 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 2
2013 Department of the Interior, environment, and related 3
2114 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, 4
2215 and for other purposes, namely: 5
2316 TITLE I 6
2417 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7
2518 B
2619 UREAU OFLANDMANAGEMENT 8
2720 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 9
2821 For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-10
2922 ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-11
3023 fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 12
3124 lands, and performance of other functions, including main-13
3225 tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-14
3326 ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 15
3427 of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 16
3528 administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 17
3629 potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 18
3730 Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,180,645,000, 19
3831 to remain available until September 30, 2025; of which 20
3932 $57,140,250 for annual maintenance and deferred mainte-21
4033 nance programs and $154,787,000 for the wild horse and 22
4134 burro program, as authorized by Public Law 92–195 (16 23
4235 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), shall remain available until ex-24
43-pended: Provided, That amounts in the fee account of the 25
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4738 BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund may be used 1
4839 for any bureau-related expenses associated with the proc-2
4940 essing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill and 3
5041 related use of authorizations: Provided further, That of the 4
5142 amounts made available under this heading, up to 5
5243 $3,500,000 may be made available for the purposes de-6
5344 scribed in section 122(e)(1)(A) of division G of Public Law 7
5445 115–31 (43 U.S.C. 1748c(e)(1)(A)). 8
5546 In addition, $35,000,000 is for Mining Law Adminis-9
5647 tration program operations, including the cost of admin-10
5748 istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 11
5849 until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 12
5950 Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 13
6051 claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 14
6152 authorized for fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a final 15
6253 appropriation estimated at not more than $1,170,645,000, 16
6354 and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 17
6455 communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 18
6556 for the cost of administering communication site activities. 19
6657 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 20
6758 For expenses necessary for management, protection, 21
6859 and development of resources and for construction, oper-22
6960 ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 23
7061 other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 24
71-Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-25
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7564 egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 1
7665 on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-2
7766 terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 3
7867 adjacent to such grant lands; $60,000,000, to remain 4
7968 available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 5
8069 aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 6
8170 from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 7
8271 lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 8
8372 California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 9
8473 General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-10
8574 ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 11
8675 August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 12
8776 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 13
8877 For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 14
8978 lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 15
9079 rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 16
9180 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 17
9281 notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 18
9382 of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 19
9483 sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 20
9584 315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im-21
9685 provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 22
9786 from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart-23
9887 ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 24
99-$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-25
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10390 vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 1
10491 administrative expenses. 2
10592 SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 3
10693 For administrative expenses and other costs related 4
10794 to processing application documents and other authoriza-5
10895 tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 6
10996 for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-7
11097 ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-8
11198 nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 9
11299 and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 10
113100 as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 11
114101 1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 12
115102 Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 13
116103 Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con-14
117104 trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 15
118105 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 16
119106 pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 17
120107 compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 18
121108 pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 19
122109 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 20
123110 the authority of this Act by the Secretary of the Interior 21
124111 to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands ad-22
125112 ministered through the Bureau of Land Management 23
126113 which have been damaged by the action of a resource de-24
127-veloper, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, 25
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131116 without regard to whether all moneys collected from each 1
132117 such action are used on the exact lands damaged which 2
133118 led to the action: Provided further, That any such moneys 3
134119 that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage 4
135120 to the exact land for which funds were collected may be 5
136121 used to repair other damaged public lands. 6
137122 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 7
138123 In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 8
139124 under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 9
140125 amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub-10
141126 lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 11
142127 may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap-12
143128 praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 13
144129 under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 14
145130 remain available until expended. 15
146131 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 16
147132 The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 17
148133 operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 18
149134 contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and reimburs-19
150135 able agreements with public and private entities, including 20
151136 with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail-21
152137 able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem-22
153138 porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec-23
154139 essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 24
155-United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 25
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159142 the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 1
160143 concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 2
161144 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-3
162145 tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 4
163146 accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 5
164147 exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 6
165148 Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co-7
166149 operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au-8
167150 thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 9
168151 in connection with jointly produced publications for which 10
169152 the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 11
170153 or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 12
171154 is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 13
172155 further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 14
173156 commitment by a State government to provide an identi-15
174157 fied amount of money in support of the project may be 16
175158 carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. 17
176159 U
177160 NITEDSTATESFISH ANDWILDLIFESERVICE 18
178161 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 19
179162 For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 20
180163 Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 21
181164 and economic studies, general administration, and for the 22
182165 performance of other authorized functions related to such 23
183166 resources, $1,340,019,000 (increased by $1,150,000) (in-24
184-creased by $2,000,000), to remain available until Sep-25
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188169 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed 1
189170 $21,058,200 shall be used for implementing subsections 2
190171 (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe-3
191172 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing 4
192173 petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regu-5
193174 lations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 6
194175 described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or 7
195176 (c)(2)(B)(ii) of such section). 8
196177 CONSTRUCTION 9
197178 For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-10
198179 moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-11
199180 servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-12
200181 lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 13
201182 of lands and interests therein; $15,000,000, to remain 14
202183 available until expended. 15
203184 COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 16
204185 FUND 17
205186 For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 18
206187 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 19
207188 $22,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be de-20
208189 rived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conserva-21
209190 tion Fund. 22
210191 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 23
211192 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-24
212-ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 25
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216195 NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 1
217196 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 2
218197 of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 3
219198 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $48,500,000, to remain available 4
220199 until expended. 5
221200 NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 6
222201 For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 7
223202 Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et 8
224203 seq.), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 9
225204 MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 10
226205 For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-11
227206 phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 12
228207 Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 13
229208 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 14
230209 of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Con-15
231210 servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 16
232211 Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 17
233212 et seq.), $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 18
234213 STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 19
235214 For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 20
236215 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 21
237216 States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 22
238217 American Samoa, and Indian Tribes under the provisions 23
239218 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 24
240-Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and imple-25
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244221 mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 1
245222 habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 2
246223 $72,612,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-3
247224 vided, That of the amount provided herein, $6,200,000 is 4
248225 for a competitive grant program for Indian Tribes not sub-5
249226 ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro-6
250227 vided further, That $7,612,000 is for a competitive grant 7
251228 program to implement approved plans for States, terri-8
252229 tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af-9
253230 fected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 10
254231 agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this 11
255232 appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 12
256233 after deducting $13,812,000 and administrative expenses, 13
257234 apportion the amount provided herein in the following 14
258235 manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Com-15
259236 monwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more 16
260237 than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, 17
261238 American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 18
262239 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each 19
263240 a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent 20
264241 thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-21
265242 rior shall apportion the remaining amount in the following 22
266243 manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to 23
267244 which the land area of such State bears to the total land 24
268-area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is 25
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272247 based on the ratio to which the population of such State 1
273248 bears to the total population of all such States: Provided 2
274249 further, That the amounts apportioned under this para-3
275250 graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall 4
276251 be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the 5
277252 amount available for apportionment under this paragraph 6
278253 for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: 7
279254 Provided further, That the Federal share of planning 8
280255 grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of 9
281256 such projects and the Federal share of implementation 10
282257 grants shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of 11
283258 such projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal 12
284259 share of such projects may not be derived from Federal 13
285260 grant programs: Provided further, That any amount ap-14
286261 portioned in 2024 to any State, territory, or other jurisdic-15
287262 tion that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2025, 16
288263 shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated 17
289264 in 2026, in the manner provided herein. 18
290265 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 19
291266 The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 20
292267 carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex-21
293268 penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 22
294269 reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 23
295270 Appropriations and funds available to the United States 24
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300273 damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 1
301274 areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 2
302275 purchase of land at not to exceed one dollar for each op-3
303276 tion; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on 4
304277 conservation areas as are consistent with their primary 5
305278 purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquar-6
306279 ia, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of 7
307280 the Service and to which the United States has title, and 8
308281 which are used pursuant to law in connection with man-9
309282 agement, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: 10
310283 Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv-11
311284 ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership 12
312285 arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 13
313286 from cooperators in connection with jointly produced pub-14
314287 lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 15
315288 the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv-16
316289 ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept-17
317290 ed quality standards: Provided further, That the Service 18
318291 may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing 19
319292 aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 20
320293 3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and ap-21
321294 proval shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘United 22
322295 States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 23
323296 and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 24
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328299 such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revis-1
329300 ing regulations as necessary, and shall remain available 2
330301 until expended. 3
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332303 ATIONALPARKSERVICE 4
333304 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 5
334305 For expenses necessary for the management, oper-6
335306 ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-7
336307 tered by the National Park Service and for the general 8
337308 administration of the National Park Service, 9
338309 $2,654,000,000 (reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by 10
339310 $3,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 11
340311 $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 12
341312 $1,000,000) (increased by $266,124,000) (reduced by 13
342313 $266,124,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 14
343314 $1,000,000), of which $11,661,000 shall be for planning 15
344315 and interagency coordination in support of Everglades res-16
345316 toration, and $15,000,000 shall be for uses authorized by 17
346317 section 101122 of title 54, United States Code, to remain 18
347318 available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That funds 19
348319 appropriated under this heading are available for the pur-20
349320 poses of section 5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided further, 21
350321 That notwithstanding section 9 of the 400 Years of Afri-22
351322 can-American History Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note 23
352-prec. 101; Public Law 115–102), $2,500,000 of the funds 24
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356325 provided under this heading shall be made available for 1
357326 the purposes specified by that Act. 2
358327 In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 3
359328 of Public Law 116–9, an amount equal to the amount de-4
360329 posited in this fiscal year into the National Park Medical 5
361330 Services Fund established pursuant to such section of 6
362331 such Act, to remain available until expended, shall be de-7
363332 rived from such Fund. 8
364333 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 9
365334 For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-10
366335 grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 11
367336 partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-12
368337 view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 13
369338 not otherwise provided for, $80,000,000 (reduced by 14
370339 $15,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000) (increased by 15
371340 $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000), to remain avail-16
372341 able until September 30, 2025. 17
373342 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 18
374343 For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 19
375344 Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 20
376345 54, United States Code), $175,400,000 (increased by 21
377346 $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by 22
378347 $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000), to be derived from 23
379348 the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available 24
380-until September 30, 2025, of which $26,500,000 shall be 25
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384351 for Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation of 1
385352 nationally significant sites, structures and artifacts as au-2
386353 thorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land 3
387354 Management Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, 4
388355 That an individual Save America’s Treasures grant shall 5
389356 be matched by non-Federal funds: Provided further, That 6
390357 individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant: Pro-7
391358 vided further, That all projects to be funded shall be ap-8
392359 proved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation 9
393360 with the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-10
394361 tions: Provided further, That of the funds provided for the 11
395362 Historic Preservation Fund, $30,250,000 is for the Com-12
396363 petitive Grants Subactivity; $11,000,000 is for grants to 13
397364 Historically Black Colleges and Universities; $12,500,000 14
398365 is for competitive grants for the restoration of historic 15
399366 properties of national, State, and local significance listed 16
400367 on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register of His-17
401368 toric Places, to be made without imposing the usage or 18
402369 direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 19
403370 302904) of the National Historic Preservation Act; and 20
404371 $10,000,000 is for a competitive grant program to honor 21
405372 the semiquincentennial anniversary of the United States 22
406373 by restoring and preserving sites and structures listed on 23
407374 the National Register of Historic Places that commemo-24
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412377 such competitive grants shall be made without imposing 1
413378 the matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 2
414379 54, United States Code, to States and Indian Tribes as 3
415380 defined in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian or-4
416381 ganizations, local governments, including Certified Local 5
417382 Governments, and nonprofit organizations. 6
418383 CONSTRUCTION 7
419384 For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-8
420385 ment of physical facilities, and related equipment, and 9
421386 compliance and planning for programs and areas adminis-10
422387 tered by the National Park Service, $114,600,000, to re-11
423388 main available until expended: Provided, That notwith-12
424389 standing any other provision of law, for any project ini-13
425390 tially funded in fiscal year 2024 with a future phase indi-14
426391 cated in the National Park Service 5–Year Line Item Con-15
427392 struction Plan, a single procurement may be issued which 16
428393 includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, 17
429394 That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 18
430395 availability of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Pro-19
431396 vided further, That National Park Service Donations, 20
432397 Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees 21
433398 may be made available for the cost of adjustments and 22
434399 changes within the original scope of effort for projects 23
435400 funded by the National Park Service Construction appro-24
436-priation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-25
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401+priation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-25 17
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440403 rior shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, 1
441404 in accordance with current reprogramming thresholds, 2
442405 prior to making any charges authorized under this head-3
443406 ing. 4
444407 CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 5
445408 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 6
446409 of section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating 7
447410 to challenge cost share agreements, $15,000,000, to re-8
448411 main available until expended, for Centennial Challenge 9
449412 projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 10
450413 percent of the total cost of each project or program shall 11
451414 be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of do-12
452415 nated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by 13
453416 an irrevocable letter of credit. 14
454417 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 15
455418 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
456419 In addition to other uses set forth in section 17
457420 101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise 18
458421 fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for ex-19
459422 penditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, 20
460423 for use at any unit within the National Park System to 21
461424 extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or 22
462425 leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used 23
463426 for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit an-24
464-ticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the con-25
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467-HR 4821 PCS
427+ticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the con-25 18
428+•HR 4821 EH
468429 tract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to ex-1
469430 tinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefit-2
470431 ting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the origi-3
471432 nating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single 4
472433 contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds 5
473434 so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 6
474435 For the costs of administration of the Land and 7
475436 Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 8
476437 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 9
477438 of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 10
478439 may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-11
479440 thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 12
480441 amounts to remain available until expended. 13
481442 National Park Service funds may be transferred to 14
482443 the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart-15
483444 ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 16
484445 U.S.C. 203. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 17
485446 for FHWA administrative support costs. 18
486447 U
487448 NITEDSTATESGEOLOGICALSURVEY 19
488449 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 20
489450 For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-21
490451 logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-22
491452 search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 23
492453 and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 24
493-its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-25
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496-HR 4821 PCS
454+its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-25 19
455+•HR 4821 EH
497456 ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 1
498457 to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-2
499458 pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-3
500459 latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-4
501460 ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 5
502461 the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 6
503462 processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 7
504463 U.S.C. 98g(a)(1)) and related purposes as authorized by 8
505464 law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the 9
506465 foregoing activities; $1,347,460,000 (increased by 10
507466 $5,000,000) (increased by $2,500,000), to remain avail-11
508467 able until September 30, 2025; of which $84,788,000 shall 12
509468 remain available until expended for satellite operations; 13
510469 and of which $39,030,000 shall be available until ex-14
511470 pended for deferred maintenance and capital improvement 15
512471 projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That 16
513472 none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research ac-17
514473 tivity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private 18
515474 property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the 19
516475 property owner: Provided further, That no part of this ap-20
517476 propriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the 21
518477 cost of topographic mapping or water resources data col-22
519478 lection and investigations conducted in cooperation with 23
520-States and municipalities. 24
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480+•HR 4821 EH
524481 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 1
525482 From within the amount appropriated for activities 2
526483 of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 3
527484 necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur-4
528485 nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-5
529486 physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra-6
530487 tively determined that such procedures are in the public 7
531488 interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build-8
532489 ings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for 9
533490 gauging stations, observation wells, and seismic equip-10
534491 ment; expenses of the United States National Committee 11
535492 for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and 12
536493 expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly ap-13
537494 pointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 14
538495 and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 15
539496 activities funded by appropriations herein may be accom-16
540497 plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-17
541498 tive agreements (including noncompetitive cooperative 18
542499 agreements with Tribes) as defined in section 6302 of title 19
543500 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the United 20
544501 States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or coop-21
545502 erative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly 22
546503 with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without re-23
547504 gard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 24
548-services of students or recent graduates, who shall be con-25
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551-HR 4821 PCS
505+services of students or recent graduates, who shall be con-25 21
506+•HR 4821 EH
552507 sidered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 1
553508 of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 2
554509 for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 3
555510 United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not 4
556511 be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur-5
557512 poses. 6
558513 B
559514 UREAU OFOCEANENERGYMANAGEMENT 7
560515 OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 8
561516 For expenses necessary for granting and admin-9
562517 istering leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements 10
563518 for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and ma-11
564519 rine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and 12
565520 approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; 13
566521 for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for imple-14
567522 menting other laws and to the extent provided by Presi-15
568523 dential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants 16
569524 or cooperative agreements, $210,000,000 (reduced by 17
570525 $28,000,000), of which $154,000,000 is to remain avail-18
571526 able until September 30, 2025, and of which $56,000,000 19
572527 (reduced by $28,000,000) is to remain available until ex-20
573528 pended: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be 21
574529 reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary of the Inte-22
575530 rior and credited to this appropriation from additions to 23
576531 receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in 24
577-effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from 25
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580-HR 4821 PCS
532+effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from 25 22
533+•HR 4821 EH
581534 activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man-1
582535 agement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 2
583536 Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscella-3
584537 neous administrative activities: Provided further, That the 4
585538 sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collec-5
586539 tions are received during the fiscal year, so as to result 6
587540 in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not 7
588541 more than $154,000,000: Provided further, That not to 8
589542 exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses 9
590543 related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 10
591544 activities. 11
592545 B
593546 UREAU OFSAFETY ANDENVIRONMENTAL 12
594547 E
595548 NFORCEMENT 13
596549 OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 14
597550 For expenses necessary for the regulation of oper-15
598551 ations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way, and 16
599552 agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, 17
600553 and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental 18
601554 Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and imple-19
602555 menting laws and regulations as authorized by law and 20
603556 to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial dele-21
604557 gation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree-22
605558 ments, $172,000,000, of which $141,000,000 is to remain 23
606559 available until September 30, 2025, and of which 24
607-$31,000,000 is to remain available until expended, includ-25
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610-HR 4821 PCS
560+$31,000,000 is to remain available until expended, includ-25 23
561+•HR 4821 EH
611562 ing $3,000,000 for offshore decommissioning activities: 1
612563 Provided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced 2
613564 by amounts collected by the Secretary of the Interior and 3
614565 credited to this appropriation from additions to receipts 4
615566 resulting from increases to lease rental rates in effect on 5
616567 August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activi-6
617568 ties conducted by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 7
618569 Enforcement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf 8
619570 Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and 9
620571 miscellaneous administrative activities: Provided further, 10
621572 That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such 11
622573 collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to re-12
623574 sult in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated 13
624575 at not more than $144,000,000. 14
625576 For an additional amount, $33,000,000, to remain 15
626577 available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col-16
627578 lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 17
628579 which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 18
629580 collected in fiscal year 2024, as provided in this Act: Pro-19
630581 vided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 20
631582 inspection fees exceed $33,000,000, the amounts realized 21
632583 in excess of $33,000,000 shall be credited to this appro-22
633584 priation and remain available until expended: Provided 23
634585 further, That for fiscal year 2024, not less than 50 percent 24
635-of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety 25
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638-HR 4821 PCS
586+of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety 25 24
587+•HR 4821 EH
639588 and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund per-1
640589 sonnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and 2
641590 expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental 3
642591 safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the 4
643592 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 5
644593 seq.), including the review of applications for permits to 6
645594 drill. 7
646595 OIL SPILL RESEARCH 8
647596 For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 9
648597 1016; title IV, sections 4202 and 4303; title VII; and title 10
649598 VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 11
650599 $15,099,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-12
651600 ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 13
652601 O
653602 FFICE OFSURFACEMININGRECLAMATION AND 14
654603 E
655604 NFORCEMENT 15
656605 REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 16
657606 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 17
658607 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 18
659608 1977, Public Law 95–87, $108,923,000, to remain avail-19
660609 able until September 30, 2025, of which $65,000,000 shall 20
661610 be available for State and Tribal regulatory grants: Pro-21
662611 vided, That appropriations for the Office of Surface Min-22
663612 ing Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the 23
664-travel and per diem expenses of State and Tribal per-24
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667-HR 4821 PCS
613+travel and per diem expenses of State and Tribal per-24 25
614+•HR 4821 EH
668615 sonnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 1
669616 and Enforcement sponsored training. 2
670617 In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en-3
671618 force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 4
672619 of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to re-5
673620 main available until expended: Provided, That fees as-6
674621 sessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 7
675622 507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary off-8
676623 setting collections, to remain available until expended: 9
677624 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 10
678625 the general fund shall be reduced as collections are re-11
679626 ceived during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal 12
680627 year 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 13
681628 $108,923,000. 14
682629 ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 15
683630 For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 16
684631 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 17
685632 Public Law 95–87, $34,000,000, to be derived from re-18
686633 ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 19
687634 remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 20
688635 to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is 21
689636 authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of 22
690637 the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 23
691638 to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur-24
692-ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public 25
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695-HR 4821 PCS
639+ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public 25 26
640+•HR 4821 EH
696641 Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal 1
697642 share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov-2
698643 ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re-3
699644 lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 4
700645 from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 5
701646 projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior-6
702647 ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 7
703648 Provided further, That amounts provided under this head-8
704649 ing may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of 9
705650 State and Tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 10
706651 Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 11
707652 In addition, $136,000,000, to remain available until 12
708653 expended, for payments to States and federally recognized 13
709654 Indian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands 14
710655 and other related activities in accordance with the terms 15
711656 and conditions described in the report accompanying this 16
712657 Act: Provided, That such additional amount shall be used 17
713658 for economic and community development in conjunction 18
714659 with the priorities described in section 403(a) of the Sur-19
715660 face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 20
716661 U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further, That of such additional 21
717662 amount, $89,042,000 shall be distributed in equal 22
718663 amounts to the three Appalachian States with the greatest 23
719664 amount of unfunded needs to meet the priorities described 24
720-in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section, $35,218,000 25
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665+in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section, $35,218,000 25 27
666+•HR 4821 EH
724667 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the three Appa-1
725668 lachian States with the subsequent greatest amount of un-2
726669 funded needs to meet such priorities, and $11,740,000 3
727670 shall be for grants to federally recognized Indian Tribes, 4
728671 without regard to their status as certified or uncertified 5
729672 under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 6
730673 of 1977, for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 7
731674 other related activities in accordance with the terms and 8
732675 conditions described in the report accompanying this Act 9
733676 and shall be used for economic and community develop-10
734677 ment in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) 11
735678 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 12
736679 1977: Provided further, That such payments shall be made 13
737680 to States and federally recognized Indian Tribes not later 14
738681 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act: 15
739682 Provided further, That if payments have not been made 16
740683 by the date specified in the preceding proviso, the amount 17
741684 appropriated for salaries and expenses under the heading 18
742685 ‘‘Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’’ 19
743686 shall be reduced by $100,000 per day until such payments 20
744-have been made. 21
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687+have been made. 21 28
688+•HR 4821 EH
748689 INDIANAFFAIRS 1
749690 B
750691 UREAU OFINDIANAFFAIRS 2
751692 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 3
752693 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 4
753694 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 5
754695 programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 6
755696 of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13) and the Indian Self- 7
756697 Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 8
757698 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $2,010,574,000 (increased by 9
758699 $1,500,000), to remain available until September 30, 10
759700 2025, except as otherwise provided herein; of which not 11
760701 to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and rep-12
761702 resentation expenses; of which not to exceed $78,494,000 13
762703 shall be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, That 14
763704 in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary of 15
764705 the Interior may exceed such cap for welfare payments 16
765706 from the amounts provided herein, to provide for disaster 17
766707 relief to Indian communities affected by the disaster: Pro-18
767708 vided further, That federally recognized Indian Tribes and 19
768709 Tribal organizations of federally recognized Indian Tribes 20
769710 may use their Tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare 21
770711 assistance costs: Provided further, That not to exceed 22
771712 $83,402,000 (increased by $1,500,000) shall remain avail-23
772713 able until expended for housing improvement, road main-24
773-tenance, land acquisition, attorney fees, litigation support, 25
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776-HR 4821 PCS
714+tenance, land acquisition, attorney fees, litigation support, 25 29
715+•HR 4821 EH
777716 land records improvement, hearings and appeals, and the 1
778717 Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, That 2
779718 any forestry funds allocated to a federally recognized 3
780719 Tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2025, 4
781720 may be transferred during fiscal year 2026 to an Indian 5
782721 forest land assistance account established for the benefit 6
783722 of the holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund 7
784723 account: Provided further, That any such unobligated bal-8
785724 ances not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 9
786725 2026: Provided further, That in order to enhance the safe-10
787726 ty of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use funds 11
788727 to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of cloth-12
789728 ing for personnel: Provided further, That not to exceed 13
790729 $7,096,000 in funds for trust, probate, and administrative 14
791730 functions may, as needed, be transferred to the Office of 15
792731 the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: Pro-16
793732 vided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may ac-17
794733 cept transfers of funds from United States Customs and 18
795734 Border Protection to supplement any other funding avail-19
796735 able for reconstruction or repair of roads owned by the 20
797736 Bureau of Indian Affairs as identified on the National 21
798737 Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 22
799-202(b)(1). 23
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802-HR 4821 PCS
738+202(b)(1). 23 30
739+•HR 4821 EH
803740 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 1
804741 For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for 2
805742 contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-3
806743 mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 4
807744 the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 5
808745 Education for fiscal year 2024, such sums as may be nec-6
809746 essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-7
810747 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That notwithstanding any 8
811748 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 9
812749 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 10
813750 budget account. 11
814751 PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES 12
815752 For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for 13
816753 leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter-14
817754 mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 15
818755 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2024, such sums as may be nec-16
819756 essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-17
820757 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That notwithstanding any 18
821758 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 19
822759 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 20
823760 budget account. 21
824761 CONSTRUCTION 22
825762 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 23
826763 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-24
827-nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 25
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830-HR 4821 PCS
764+nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 25 31
765+•HR 4821 EH
831766 and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-1
832767 ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 2
833768 in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 3
834769 construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-4
835770 suant to Public Law 87–483; $153,309,000, to remain 5
836771 available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 6
837772 may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 7
838773 Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 8
839774 Reclamation: Provided further, That any funds provided 9
840775 for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of 10
841776 November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available 11
842777 on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That this 12
843778 appropriation may be reimbursed from the Bureau of 13
844779 Trust Fund Administration appropriation for the appro-14
845780 priate share of construction costs for space expansion 15
846781 needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementa-16
847782 tion: Provided further, That of the funds made available 17
848783 under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived from the 18
849784 Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 3211 of the 19
850785 WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1749): Pro-20
851786 vided further, That amounts provided under this heading 21
852787 are made available for the modernization of Federal field 22
853788 communication capabilities, in addition to amounts other-23
854-wise made available for such purpose. 24
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858791 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 1
859792 MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 2
860793 For payments and necessary administrative expenses 3
861794 for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-4
862795 ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264 and 116–260, and 5
863796 for implementation of other land and water rights settle-6
864797 ments, $825,000, to remain available until expended. 7
865798 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 8
866799 For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 9
867800 $11,744,000, to remain available until September 30, 10
868801 2025, of which $2,680,000 is for administrative expenses, 11
869802 as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: Pro-12
870803 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 13
871804 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-14
872805 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 15
873806 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 16
874807 any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to 17
875808 exceed $150,213,551. 18
876809 B
877810 UREAU OFINDIANEDUCATION 19
878811 OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS 20
879812 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 21
880813 education programs, as authorized by law, including the 22
881814 Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the In-23
882815 dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 24
883-1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amend-25
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816+1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amend-25 33
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887818 ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 1
888819 Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 2
889820 $1,131,617,000 to remain available until September 30, 3
890821 2025, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That 4
891822 federally recognized Indian Tribes and Tribal organiza-5
892823 tions of federally recognized Indian Tribes may use their 6
893824 Tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance 7
894825 costs: Provided further, That not to exceed $833,592,000 8
895826 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and 9
896827 other education programs shall become available on July 10
897828 1, 2024, and shall remain available until September 30, 11
898829 2025: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 12
899830 provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 13
900831 Self–Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 14
901832 and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 15
902833 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $95,822,000 within and 16
903834 only from such amounts made available for school oper-17
904835 ations shall be available for administrative cost grants as-18
905836 sociated with grants approved prior to July 1, 2024: Pro-19
906837 vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu-20
907838 reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur-21
908839 chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 22
909-personnel. 23
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913842 EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION 1
914843 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-2
915844 nance of buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary 3
916845 for the operation of Indian education programs, including 4
917846 architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisi-5
918847 tion of lands, and interests in lands; $267,887,000 to re-6
919848 main available until expended: Provided, That in order to 7
920849 ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Sec-8
921850 retary of the Interior may assume control of a project and 9
922851 all funds related to the project, if, not later than 18 10
923852 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, any 11
924853 Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) grantee 12
925854 receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior 13
926855 Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of 14
927856 the project and commenced construction. 15
928857 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 16
929858 The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of In-17
930859 dian Education may carry out the operation of Indian pro-18
931860 grams by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agree-19
932861 ments, compacts, and grants, either directly or in coopera-20
933862 tion with States and other organizations. 21
934863 Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 22
935864 the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 23
936865 support of the management, operation, and maintenance 24
937-of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 25
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941868 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 1
942869 available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau 2
943870 of Indian Education for central office oversight and Exec-3
944871 utive Direction and Administrative Services (except Exec-4
945872 utive Direction and Administrative Services funding for 5
946873 Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities 6
947874 operations and maintenance) shall be available for con-7
948875 tracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with 8
949876 the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian 9
950877 Education under the provisions of the Indian Self-Deter-10
951878 mination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 11
952879 (Public Law 103–413). 12
953880 In the event any Tribe returns appropriations made 13
954881 available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 14
955882 the Bureau of Indian Education, this action shall not di-15
956883 minish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to 16
957884 that Tribe, or the government-to-government relationship 17
958885 between the United States and that Tribe, or that Tribe’s 18
959886 ability to access future appropriations. 19
960887 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 20
961888 available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 21
962889 the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 22
963890 schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 23
964891 support the operation of any elementary or secondary 24
965-school in the State of Alaska. 25
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969894 No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu-1
970895 cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 2
971896 school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 3
972897 or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school 4
973898 in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 5
974899 October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior 6
975900 may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 7
976901 one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 8
977902 waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 9
978903 of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one 10
979904 grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bu-11
980905 reau-funded schools with a K–2 grade structure on Octo-12
981906 ber 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any 13
982907 prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be avail-14
983908 able, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 15
984909 only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-16
985910 tember 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that 17
986911 was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available 18
987912 under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 19
988913 school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined 20
989914 in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 21
990915 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is 22
991916 in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and 23
992917 that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before Sep-24
993-tember 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that pe-25
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997920 riod, but only if the charter school pays to the Bureau 1
998921 a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau for 2
999922 the use of the real and personal property (including buses 3
1000923 and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept sepa-4
1001924 rate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does 5
1002925 not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 6
1003926 the State in which the school is located if the charter 7
1004927 school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 8
1005928 schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per-9
1006929 forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 10
1007930 and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 11
1008931 Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 12
1009932 United States Code. 13
1010933 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 14
1011934 section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 15
1012935 113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-16
1013936 rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 17
1014937 formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 18
1015938 Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin-19
1016939 istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 20
1017940 distribution formula. 21
1018941 Funds available under this Act may not be used to 22
1019942 establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 23
1020943 system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 24
1021-may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian Tribe 25
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1025946 to provide language and cultural immersion educational 1
1026947 programs for non-public schools located within the juris-2
1027948 dictional area of the Tribal government which exclusively 3
1028949 serve Tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 4
1029950 currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 5
1030951 provide an educational environment with educator pres-6
1031952 ence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau- 7
1032953 funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 8
1033954 or State health and safety standards, and the Americans 9
1034955 with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es-10
1035956 tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur-11
1036957 ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 12
1037958 other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 13
1038959 students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 14
1039960 available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 15
1040961 maintenance, rehabilitation, construction, or other facili-16
1041962 ties-related costs for such assets that are not owned by 17
1042963 the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 18
1043964 school’’ means a school location physically separated from 19
1044965 the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that 20
1045966 forms part of the existing school in all other respects. 21
1046967 Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations 22
1047968 within Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of In-23
1048-dian Education Programs may be used to execute re-24
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1052971 quested adjustments in Tribal priority allocations initiated 1
1053972 by an Indian Tribe. 2
1054973 B
1055974 UREAU OFTRUSTFUNDSADMINISTRATION 3
1056975 FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 4
1057976 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5
1058977 For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 6
1059978 direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 7
1060979 compacts, and grants, $104,176,000, to remain available 8
1061980 until expended, of which not to exceed $17,867,000 from 9
1062981 this or any other Act, may be available for settlement sup-10
1063982 port: Provided, That funds for trust management improve-11
1064983 ments and litigation support may, as needed, be trans-12
1065984 ferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 13
1066985 ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian 14
1067986 Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ 15
1068987 accounts; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Ex-16
1069988 penses’’ account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Depart-17
1070989 mental Operations’’ account: Provided further, That funds 18
1071990 made available through contracts or grants obligated dur-19
1072991 ing fiscal year 2024, as authorized by the Indian Self-De-20
1073992 termination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall 21
1074993 remain available until expended by the contractor or 22
1075994 grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 23
1076995 provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to 24
1077-provide a quarterly statement of performance for any In-25
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1081998 dian trust account that has not had activity for at least 1
1082999 15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided fur-2
10831000 ther, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 3
10841001 statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 4
10851002 shall permit the balance in each such account to be with-5
10861003 drawn upon the express written request of the account 6
10871004 holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 is 7
10881005 available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 8
10891006 administrative errors of either disbursements from or de-9
10901007 posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 10
10911008 September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 11
10921009 payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re-12
10931010 main available in this account for this purpose: Provided 13
10941011 further, That the Secretary shall not be required to rec-14
10951012 oncile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than 15
10961013 $500 unless the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 16
10971014 receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Ac-17
10981015 counts claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding 18
10991016 section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund Manage-19
11001017 ment Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any 20
11011018 other provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate the 21
11021019 trust accounts of individuals whose whereabouts are un-22
11031020 known for a continuous period of at least 5 years and shall 23
11041021 not be required to generate periodic statements of per-24
1105-formance for the individual accounts: Provided further, 25
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11091024 That with respect to the preceding proviso, the Secretary 1
11101025 shall continue to maintain sufficient records to determine 2
11111026 the balance of the individual accounts, including any ac-3
11121027 crued interest and income, and such funds shall remain 4
11131028 available to the individual account holders. 5
11141029 D
11151030 EPARTMENTAL OFFICES 6
11161031 O
11171032 FFICE OF THESECRETARY 7
11181033 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 8
11191034 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
11201035 For necessary expenses for management of the De-10
11211036 partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 11
11221037 agreements, as authorized by law, $67,942,000 (reduced 12
11231038 by $1,150,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by 13
11241039 $2,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by 14
11251040 $5,000,000) (reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by 15
11261041 $5,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by 16
11271042 $3,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by 17
11281043 $4,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (reduced by 18
11291044 $2,000,000) (reduced by $12,500,000) (reduced by 19
11301045 $15,000), to remain available until September 30, 2025; 20
11311046 of which not to exceed $15,000 (reduced by $15,000) may 21
11321047 be for official reception and representation expenses; of 22
11331048 which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers com-23
11341049 pensation payments and unemployment compensation pay-24
1135-ments associated with the orderly closure of the United 25
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11391052 States Bureau of Mines; and of which $14,958,000 for 1
11401053 Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation activities 2
11411054 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 3
11421055 funds for Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation ac-4
11431056 tivities may, as needed, be transferred to and merged with 5
11441057 the Bureau of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Pro-6
11451058 grams’’ and Bureau of Indian Education ‘‘Operation of 7
11461059 Indian Education Programs’’ accounts and the Bureau of 8
11471060 Trust Funds Administration ‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ 9
11481061 account: Provided further, That funds made available 10
11491062 through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 11
11501063 2024, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act 12
11511064 of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available 13
11521065 until expended by the contractor or grantee. 14
11531066 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 15
11541067 For fiscal year 2024, up to $400,000 of the payments 16
11551068 authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 17
11561069 may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay-18
11571070 ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 19
11581071 amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay-20
11591072 ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 21
11601073 available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 22
11611074 title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 23
11621075 event the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for pay-24
1163-ments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make 25
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11671078 the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units 1
11681079 of local government, then the payment to each local gov-2
11691080 ernment shall be made proportionally: Provided further, 3
11701081 That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment to 4
11711082 individual units of local government to correct for prior 5
11721083 overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That 6
11731084 no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to oth-7
11741085 erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 8
11751086 amount of the payment is less than $100. 9
11761087 I
11771088 NSULARAFFAIRS 10
11781089 ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 11
11791090 For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 12
11801091 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior 13
11811092 and other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Pub-14
11821093 lic Law 108–188, $107,857,000 (increased by 15
11831094 $12,500,000), of which: (1) $97,640,000 (increased by 16
11841095 $12,500,000) shall remain available until expended for 17
11851096 territorial assistance, including general technical assist-18
11861097 ance, maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral 19
11871098 reef initiative and natural resources activities, and brown 20
11881099 tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary 21
11891100 in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au-22
11901101 thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern-23
11911102 ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev-24
1192-enues, for construction and support of governmental func-25
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11961105 tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands, as 1
11971106 authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, 2
11981107 as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of 3
11991108 the Northern Mariana Islands, as authorized by law (Pub-4
12001109 lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $10,217,000 shall 5
12011110 be available until September 30, 2025, for salaries and 6
12021111 expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That 7
12031112 all financial transactions of the territorial and local gov-8
12041113 ernments herein provided for, including such transactions 9
12051114 of all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by 10
12061115 such governments, may be audited by the Government Ac-11
12071116 countability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with 12
12081117 chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-13
12091118 ther, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 14
12101119 funding shall be provided according to those terms of the 15
12111120 Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future 16
12121121 United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mar-17
12131122 iana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Provided 18
12141123 further, That the funds for the program of operations and 19
12151124 maintenance improvement are appropriated to institu-20
12161125 tionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement 21
12171126 of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and 22
12181127 cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on 23
12191128 the grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance of its 24
1220-capital assets: Provided further, That any appropriation 25
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12241131 for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or 1
12251132 previous appropriations Acts may be used as non–Federal 2
12261133 matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation 3
12271134 grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. 4
12281135 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 5
12291136 (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 6
12301137 COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 7
12311138 For grants and necessary expenses, $1,463,000, to 8
12321139 remain available until expended, as provided for in sec-9
12331140 tions 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa-10
12341141 tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of 11
12351142 the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of 12
12361143 the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 13
12371144 States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99– 14
12381145 658 and Public Law 108–188. 15
12391146 A
12401147 DMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS 16
12411148 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17
12421149 At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec-18
12431150 retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 19
12441151 funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 20
12451152 188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 21
12461153 Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 22
12471154 of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per-23
12481155 cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 24
1249-of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 25
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12531158 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 1
12541159 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 2
12551160 construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 3
12561161 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 4
12571162 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 5
12581163 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 6
12591164 of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran-7
12601165 tees may be made without regard to the population of the 8
12611166 area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 9
12621167 the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica-10
12631168 tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 11
12641169 Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 12
12651170 any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 13
12661171 be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 14
12671172 or guarantee loans under such authorities. 15
12681173 O
12691174 FFICE OF THESOLICITOR 16
12701175 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 17
12711176 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 18
12721177 $90,945,000, to remain available until September 30, 19
12731178 2025. 20
12741179 O
12751180 FFICE OFINSPECTORGENERAL 21
12761181 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22
12771182 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 23
12781183 General, $64,000,000, to remain available until September 24
1279-30, 2025. 25
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12831186 DEPARTMENT-WIDEPROGRAMS 1
12841187 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 2
12851188 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
12861189 For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 4
12871190 suppression operations, fire science and research, emer-5
12881191 gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and 6
12891192 rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 7
12901193 $1,097,443,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (reduced by 8
12911194 $575,000,000) (increased by $575,000,000) (increased by 9
12921195 $5,000,000), to remain available until expended, of which 10
12931196 not to exceed $12,000,000 shall be for the renovation or 11
12941197 construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds 12
12951198 are also available for repayment of advances to other ap-13
12961199 propriation accounts from which funds were previously 14
12971200 transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That of 15
12981201 the funds provided $247,000,000 (increased by 16
12991202 $5,000,000) is for fuels management activities: Provided 17
13001203 further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 18
13011204 may be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost 19
13021205 from funds available from this appropriation: Provided 20
13031206 further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums re-21
13041207 ceived by a bureau or office of the Department of the Inte-22
13051208 rior for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 23
13061209 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, may 24
1307-be credited to the appropriation from which funds were 25
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13111212 expended to provide that protection, and are available 1
13121213 without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using 2
13131214 the amounts designated under this title of this Act, the 3
13141215 Secretary of the Interior may enter into procurement con-4
13151216 tracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for fuels man-5
13161217 agement activities, and for training and monitoring associ-6
13171218 ated with such fuels management activities on Federal 7
13181219 land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities that 8
13191220 benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, That 9
13201221 the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement be-10
13211222 tween the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity 11
13221223 may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected par-12
13231224 ties: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements 13
13241225 of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for 14
13251226 purposes of fuels management activities, may obtain max-15
13261227 imum practicable competition among: (1) local private, 16
13271228 nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation 17
13281229 Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), 18
13291230 or related partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit 19
13301231 youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other 20
13311232 entities that will hire or train locally a significant percent-21
13321233 age, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project work-22
13331234 force to complete such contracts: Provided further, That 23
13341235 in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop 24
1335-written guidance to field units to ensure accountability 25
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13391238 and consistent application of the authorities provided here-1
13401239 in: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 2
13411240 heading may be used to reimburse the United States Fish 3
13421241 and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries 4
13431242 Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities 5
13441243 under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 6
13451244 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required by 7
13461245 section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire 8
13471246 management activities: Provided further, That the Sec-9
13481247 retary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations 10
13491248 to enter into leases of real property with local govern-11
13501249 ments, at or below fair market value, to construct capital-12
13511250 ized improvements for fire facilities on such leased prop-13
13521251 erties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, re-14
13531252 tardant stations, and other initial attack and fire support 15
13541253 facilities, and to make advance payments for any such 16
13551254 lease or for construction activity associated with the lease: 17
13561255 Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior and 18
13571256 the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer 19
13581257 of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in 20
13591258 an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 between 21
13601259 the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and 22
13611260 expedite wildland fire management programs and projects: 23
13621261 Provided further, That funds provided for wildfire suppres-24
1363-sion shall be available for support of Federal emergency 25
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13671264 response actions: Provided further, That funds appro-1
13681265 priated under this heading shall be available for assistance 2
13691266 to or through the Department of State in connection with 3
13701267 forest and rangeland research, technical information, and 4
13711268 assistance in foreign countries, and, with the concurrence 5
13721269 of the Secretary of State, shall be available to support for-6
13731270 estry, wildland fire management, and related natural re-7
13741271 source activities outside the United States and its terri-8
13751272 tories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu-9
13761273 cation and training, and cooperation with United States 10
13771274 and international organizations: Provided further, That of 11
13781275 the funds provided under this heading, $383,657,000 shall 12
13791276 be available for wildfire suppression operations, and is pro-13
13801277 vided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of 14
13811278 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 15
13821279 of 1985. 16
13831280 WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 17
13841281 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 18
13851282 In addition to the amounts provided under the head-19
13861283 ing ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Pro-20
13871284 grams—Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppres-21
13881285 sion operations, $350,000,000, to remain available until 22
13891286 transferred, is additional new budget authority specified 23
13901287 for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced 24
1391-Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro-25
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13951290 vided, That such amounts may be transferred to and 1
13961291 merged with amounts made available under the headings 2
13971292 ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland 3
13981293 Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior—De-4
13991294 partment-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’ 5
14001295 for wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year in 6
14011296 which such amounts are transferred: Provided further, 7
14021297 That amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire 8
14031298 Management’’ accounts in the Department of Agriculture 9
14041299 or the Department of the Interior only upon the notifica-10
14051300 tion of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-11
14061301 tions that all wildfire suppression operations funds appro-12
14071302 priated under that heading in this and prior appropria-13
14081303 tions Acts to the agency to which the funds will be trans-14
14091304 ferred will be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, 15
14101305 That the transfer authority provided under this heading 16
14111306 is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 17
14121307 law: Provided further, That, in determining whether all 18
14131308 wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated under 19
14141309 the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ in this and 20
14151310 prior appropriations Acts to either the Department of Ag-21
14161311 riculture or the Department of the Interior will be obli-22
14171312 gated within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, 23
1418-any funds transferred or permitted to be transferred pur-24
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14221315 suant to any other transfer authority provided by law shall 1
14231316 be excluded. 2
14241317 CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 3
14251318 For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-4
14261319 terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 5
14271320 the response action, including associated activities, per-6
14281321 formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re-7
14291322 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 8
14301323 et seq.), $9,000,000, to remain available until expended. 9
14311324 ENERGY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 10
14321325 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 11
14331326 For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-12
14341327 terior to inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond 13
14351328 to hazardous substance releases, remediate lands pursuant 14
14361329 to section 40704 of Public Law 117–58 (30 U.S.C. 1245), 15
14371330 and carry out the purposes of section 349 of the Energy 16
14381331 Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907), as amended, 17
14391332 $5,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 18
14401333 $5,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 19
14411334 That such amount shall be in addition to amounts other-20
14421335 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 21
14431336 amounts appropriated under this heading are available for 22
14441337 program management and oversight of these activities: 23
14451338 Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer the 24
1446-funds provided under this heading in this Act to any other 25
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14501341 account in the Department to carry out such purposes, 1
14511342 and may expend such funds directly, or through grants: 2
14521343 Provided further, That these amounts are not available to 3
14531344 fulfill Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-4
14541345 pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) obli-5
14551346 gations agreed to in settlement or imposed by a court, 6
14561347 whether for payment of funds or for work to be performed. 7
14571348 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 8
14581349 RESTORATION 9
14591350 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 10
14601351 To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-11
14611352 toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 12
14621353 the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 13
14631354 provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 14
14641355 Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 15
14651356 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 16
14661357 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 17
14671358 et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,750,000, to 18
14681359 remain available until expended. 19
14691360 WORKING CAPITAL FUND 20
14701361 For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 21
14711362 financial and business management system, data manage-22
14721363 ment, information technology improvements of general 23
14731364 benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and the consoli-24
1474-dation of facilities and operations throughout the Depart-25
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14781367 ment, $89,758,000, to remain available until expended: 1
14791368 Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 2
14801369 or any other Act may be used to establish reserves in the 3
14811370 Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued an-4
14821371 nual leave and depreciation of equipment without prior ap-5
14831372 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 6
14841373 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 7
14851374 the Secretary of the Interior may assess reasonable 8
14861375 charges to State, local, and Tribal government employees 9
14871376 for training services provided by the National Indian Pro-10
14881377 gram Training Center, other than training related to Pub-11
14891378 lic Law 93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary may 12
14901379 lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, 13
14911380 equipment, or professional services of the National Indian 14
14921381 Program Training Center to State, local and Tribal gov-15
14931382 ernment employees or persons or organizations engaged 16
14941383 in cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as de-17
14951384 fined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) 18
14961385 at the prevailing rate for similar space, facilities, equip-19
14971386 ment, or services in the vicinity of the National Indian 20
14981387 Program Training Center: Provided further, That all funds 21
14991388 received pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall be 22
15001389 credited to this account, shall be available until expended, 23
15011390 and shall be used by the Secretary for necessary expenses 24
1502-of the National Indian Program Training Center: Provided 25
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15061393 further, That the Secretary may enter into grants and co-1
15071394 operative agreements to support the Office of Natural Re-2
15081395 source Revenue’s collection and disbursement of royalties, 3
15091396 fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized 4
15101397 by law. 5
15111398 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 6
15121399 There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-7
15131400 able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 8
15141401 which may be obtained by donation, purchase, or through 9
15151402 available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 10
15161403 aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 11
15171404 or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 12
15181405 replacement aircraft. 13
15191406 OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE 14
15201407 For necessary expenses for management of the collec-15
15211408 tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 16
15221409 revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree-17
15231410 ments, as authorized by law, $157,440,000, to remain 18
15241411 available until September 30, 2025; of which $71,251,000 19
15251412 shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 20
15261413 mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 21
15271414 notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall 22
15281415 be available for refunds of overpayments in connection 23
15291416 with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary of the 24
1530-Interior concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay 25
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15341419 amounts owed to Indian allottees or Tribes, or to correct 1
15351420 prior unrecoverable erroneous payments. 2
15361421 G
15371422 ENERALPROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 3
15381423 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 4
15391424 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY —INTRA-BUREAU 5
15401425 S
15411426 EC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 6
15421427 available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 7
15431428 or office), with the approval of the Secretary of the Inte-8
15441429 rior, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or re-9
15451430 pair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or 10
15461431 equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 11
15471432 other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall 12
15481433 be made available under this authority until funds specifi-13
15491434 cally made available to the Department of the Interior for 14
15501435 emergencies have been exhausted: Provided further, That 15
15511436 all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 16
15521437 by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 17
15531438 as promptly as possible. 18
15541439 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY —DEPARTMENT-WIDE 19
15551440 S
15561441 EC. 102. The Secretary of the Interior may author-20
15571442 ize the expenditure or transfer of any no year appropria-21
15581443 tion in this title, in addition to the amounts included in 22
15591444 the budget programs of the several agencies, for the sup-23
15601445 pression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or 24
1561-threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Depart-25
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15651448 ment of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of 1
15661449 burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency ac-2
15671450 tions related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, 3
15681451 volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contin-4
15691452 gency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response 5
15701453 and natural resource damage assessment activities related 6
15711454 to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous substances into 7
15721455 the environment; for the prevention, suppression, and con-8
15731456 trol of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 9
15741457 outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, 10
15751458 pursuant to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 11
15761459 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation 12
15771460 projects under section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall 13
15781461 transfer, from any no year funds available to the Office 14
15791462 of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such 15
15801463 funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regu-16
15811464 latory authority in the event a primacy State is not car-17
15821465 rying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining 18
15831466 Act: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for 19
15841467 wildland fire operations shall be available for the payment 20
15851468 of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, 21
15861469 and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for de-22
15871470 struction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in con-23
15881471 nection with their use for wildland fire operations, with 24
1589-such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations cur-25
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15931474 rently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided 1
15941475 further, That for wildland fire operations, no funds shall 2
15951476 be made available under this authority until the Secretary 3
15961477 determines that funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire sup-4
15971478 pression’’ shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided fur-5
15981479 ther, That all funds used pursuant to this section must 6
15991480 be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which 7
16001481 must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided fur-8
16011482 ther, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reim-9
16021483 burse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency 10
16031484 funds were transferred. 11
16041485 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 12
16051486 S
16061487 EC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 13
16071488 of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 14
16081489 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 15
16091490 Code, when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, 16
16101491 in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and re-17
16111492 placement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped 18
16121493 law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-19
16131494 ation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; pur-20
16141495 chase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private 21
16151496 residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 22
16161497 approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when 23
16171498 authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in so-24
1618-cieties or associations which issue publications to members 25
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16221501 only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 1
16231502 who are not members. 2
16241503 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS , INDIAN TRUST 3
16251504 MANAGEMENT 4
16261505 S
16271506 EC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 5
16281507 headings ‘‘Bureau of Indian Affairs,’’ ‘‘Bureau of Indian 6
16291508 Education,’’ and ‘‘Bureau of Trust Funds Administra-7
16301509 tion’’ and any unobligated balances from prior appropria-8
16311510 tions Acts made under the same headings shall be avail-9
16321511 able for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust manage-10
16331512 ment and reform activities. Total funding for settlement 11
16341513 support activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 12
16351514 designated in this Act for such purpose. The Secretary 13
16361515 shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro-14
16371516 priations within 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of 15
16381517 any funds under this section, including the amount ex-16
16391518 pended or transferred and how the funds will be used. 17
16401519 REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS , BUREAU OF INDIAN 18
16411520 AFFAIRS 19
16421521 S
16431522 EC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 20
16441523 law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-21
16451524 tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 22
16461525 Tribal base funds, to alleviate Tribal funding inequities 23
16471526 by transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 24
1648-dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 25
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16521529 distribution methodologies. No Tribe shall receive a reduc-1
16531530 tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 2
16541531 percent in fiscal year 2024. Under circumstances of dual 3
16551532 enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-4
16561533 tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 5
16571534 apply. 6
16581535 OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 7
16591536 S
16601537 EC. 106. (a) In fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of 8
16611538 the Interior shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, 9
16621539 which shall be deposited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Envi-10
16631540 ronmental Enforcement’’ account, from the designated op-11
16641541 erator for facilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 12
16651542 1348(c). 13
16661543 (b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that 14
16671544 are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are 15
16681545 in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 16
16691546 2024 shall be— 17
16701547 (1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 18
16711548 processing equipment or gathering lines; 19
16721549 (2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 20
16731550 with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 21
16741551 (3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 22
16751552 wells, with any combination of active or inactive 23
1676-wells. 24
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16801555 (c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all in-1
16811556 spections completed in fiscal year 2024. Fees for fiscal 2
16821557 year 2024 shall be— 3
16831558 (1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 4
16841559 water depths of 500 feet or more; and 5
16851560 (2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 6
16861561 water depths of less than 500 feet. 7
16871562 (d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted 8
16881563 via non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts 9
16891564 D, E, F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections com-10
16901565 pleted in fiscal year 2024. Fees for fiscal year 2024 shall 11
16911566 be— 12
16921567 (1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units op-13
16931568 erating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more; 14
16941569 (2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units op-15
16951570 erating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; 16
16961571 and 17
16971572 (3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units op-18
16981573 erating in water depths of less than 500 feet. 19
16991574 (e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 20
17001575 under subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required 21
17011576 within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill des-22
17021577 ignated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of 23
17031578 the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, 24
1704-with payment required within 30 days of billing. The Sec-25
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17081581 retary shall bill designated operators under subsection (d) 1
17091582 with payment required by the end of the following quarter. 2
17101583 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND 3
17111584 BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 4
17121585 S
17131586 EC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of 5
17141587 this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 6
17151588 multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza-7
17161589 tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 8
17171590 multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 9
17181591 section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 10
17191592 the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not 11
17201593 apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess 12
17211594 wild free-roaming horses and burros by such organizations 13
17221595 or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements 14
17231596 and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal 15
17241597 at the discretion of the Secretary. 16
17251598 MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 17
17261599 S
17271600 EC. 108. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-18
17281601 ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 19
17291602 threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 20
17301603 a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 21
17311604 for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 22
17321605 federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 23
1733-fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 24
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17371608 Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 1
17381609 identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 2
17391610 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 3
17401611 S
17411612 EC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 4
17421613 law, during fiscal year 2024, in carrying out work involv-5
17431614 ing cooperation with State, local, and Tribal governments 6
17441615 or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 7
17451616 record obligations against accounts receivable from any 8
17461617 such entities, except that total obligations at the end of 9
17471618 the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 10
17481619 available at the end of the fiscal year. 11
17491620 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 12
17501621 PROGRAM 13
17511622 S
17521623 EC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 14
17531624 of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agree-15
17541625 ments, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 16
17551626 grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, pri-17
17561627 vate nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary 18
17571628 of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 19
17581629 to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs au-20
17591630 thorized by other provisions of law administered by the 21
17601631 Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 22
17611632 (b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 23
17621633 subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agree-24
1763-ment would not— 25
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17671636 (1) result in the displacement of individuals 1
17681637 currently employed by the Department, including 2
17691638 partial displacement through reduction of non-over-3
17701639 time hours, wages, or employment benefits; 4
17711640 (2) result in the use of an individual under the 5
17721641 Department of the Interior Experienced Services 6
17731642 Program for a job or function in a case in which a 7
17741643 Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same 8
17751644 or substantially equivalent job within the Depart-9
17761645 ment; or 10
17771646 (3) affect existing contracts for services. 11
17781647 OBLIGATION OF FUNDS 12
17791648 S
17801649 EC. 111. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the 13
17811650 Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation 14
17821651 and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 15
17831652 enactment of this Act. 16
17841653 SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS 17
17851654 S
17861655 EC. 112. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 18
17871656 implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of 19
17881657 the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 20
17891658 Education, may transfer funds among and between the 21
17901659 successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganiza-22
17911660 tion only in conformance with the reprogramming guide-23
1792-lines described in this Act. 24
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17961663 PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 1
17971664 S
17981665 EC. 113. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 2
17991666 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ 3
18001667 for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 4
18011668 INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL 5
18021669 S
18031670 EC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 6
18041671 or Federal regulation, federally recognized Indian Tribes 7
18051672 or authorized Tribal organizations that receive Tribally- 8
18061673 Controlled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100– 9
18071674 297 may obtain interagency motor vehicles and related 10
18081675 services for performance of any activities carried out 11
18091676 under such grants to the same extent as if they were con-12
18101677 tracting under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-13
18111678 cation Assistance Act. 14
18121679 APPRAISER PAY AUTHORITY 15
18131680 S
18141681 EC. 115. For fiscal year 2024, funds made available 16
18151682 in this or any other Act or otherwise made available to 17
18161683 the Department of the Interior for the Appraisal and 18
18171684 Valuation Services Office may be used by the Secretary 19
18181685 of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of basic 20
18191686 pay for employees of the Department of the Interior in 21
18201687 the Appraiser (GS–1171) job series at grades 11 through 22
18211688 15 carrying out appraisals of real property and appraisal 23
18221689 reviews conducted in support of the Department’s realty 24
1823-programs at rates no greater than 15 percent above the 25
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18271692 minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such 1
18281693 higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) 2
18291694 through (h) of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code. 3
18301695 SAGE-GROUSE 4
18311696 S
18321697 EC. 116. None of the funds made available by this 5
18331698 or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-6
18341699 rior pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 7
18351700 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)— 8
18361701 (1) to write or issue a proposed or final rule 9
18371702 with regard to— 10
18381703 (A) the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus 11
18391704 urophasianus); 12
18401705 (B) the Columbia Basin Distinct Popu-13
18411706 lation Segment of greater sage-grouse; or 14
18421707 (C) the Bi-State Distinct Population Seg-15
18431708 ment of greater sage-grouse; or 16
18441709 (2) to implement, administer, or enforce— 17
18451710 (A) the rule submitted by the United 18
18461711 States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to 19
18471712 ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 20
18481713 Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the 21
18491714 Bi-State Distinct Population Segment of Great-22
18501715 er Sage-Grouse’’ (78 Fed. Reg. 64327; pub-23
1851-lished October 28, 2013); 24
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18551718 (B) the rule submitted by the United 1
18561719 States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to 2
18571720 ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 3
18581721 Plants; Threatened Status for the Bi-State Dis-4
18591722 tinct Population Segment of Greater Sage- 5
18601723 Grouse With Special Rule’’ (78 Fed. Reg. 6
18611724 64357; published October 28, 2013); or 7
18621725 (C) the rule submitted by the United 8
18631726 States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to 9
18641727 ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 10
18651728 Plants; Threatened Status for the Bi-State Dis-11
18661729 tinct Population Segment of Greater Sage- 12
18671730 Grouse With Section 4(d) Rule and Designation 13
18681731 of Critical Habitat’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 25613; pub-14
18691732 lished April 27, 2023). 15
18701733 STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS 16
18711734 S
18721735 EC. 117. For expenses necessary to carry out section 17
18731736 200305 of title 54, United States Code, the National Park 18
18741737 Service may retain up to 7 percent of the State Conserva-19
18751738 tion Grants program to provide to States, the District of 20
18761739 Columbia, and insular areas, as matching grants to sup-21
1877-port State program administrative costs. 22
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18811742 TITLE II 1
18821743 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2
18831744 S
18841745 CIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY 3
18851746 For science and technology, including research and 4
18861747 development activities, which shall include research and 5
18871748 development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-6
18881749 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 7
18891750 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 8
18901751 and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 9
18911752 and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 10
18921753 and other operating expenses in support of research and 11
18931754 development, $560,707,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 12
18941755 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (re-13
18951756 duced by $1,000,000), to remain available until September 14
18961757 30, 2025: Provided, That of the funds included under this 15
18971758 heading, $19,475,000 shall be for Research: National Pri-16
18981759 orities as specified in the report accompanying this Act. 17
18991760 E
19001761 NVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS ANDMANAGEMENT 18
19011762 For environmental programs and management, in-19
19021763 cluding necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, for 20
19031764 personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 21
19041765 passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-22
19051766 ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-23
19061767 ships in societies or associations which issue publications 24
1907-to members only or at a price to members lower than to 25
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19111770 subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 1
19121771 the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil-2
19131772 ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im-3
19141773 plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro-4
19151774 gram under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 5
19161775 2016; and not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and 6
19171776 representation expenses, $2,428,959,000 (reduced by 7
19181777 $1,750,000) (increased by $4,000,000) (increased by 8
19191778 $3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by 9
19201779 $3,000,000) (increased by $1) (reduced by $1) (reduced 10
19211780 by $12,000,000) (increased by $12,000,000) (reduced by 11
19221781 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 12
19231782 $17,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 13
19241783 2025: Provided further, That of the funds included under 14
19251784 this heading— 15
19261785 (1) $35,000,000 (increased by $4,000,000) 16
19271786 shall be for Environmental Protection: National Pri-17
19281787 orities as specified in the report accompanying this 18
19291788 Act; 19
19301789 (2) $651,226,000 shall be for Geographic Pro-20
19311790 grams as specified in the report accompanying this 21
19321791 Act. 22
19331792 In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex-23
19341793 pended, for necessary expenses of activities described in 24
1935-section 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 25
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19391796 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees collected pursu-1
19401797 ant to that section of that Act and deposited in the ‘‘TSCA 2
19411798 Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in 3
19421799 fiscal year 2024 shall be retained and used for necessary 4
19431800 salaries and expenses in this appropriation and shall re-5
19441801 main available until expended: Provided further, That the 6
19451802 sum herein appropriated in this paragraph from the gen-7
19461803 eral fund for fiscal year 2024 shall be reduced by the 8
19471804 amount of discretionary offsetting receipts received during 9
19481805 fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 10
19491806 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 11
19501807 than $0: Provided further, That to the extent that amounts 12
19511808 realized from such receipts exceed $9,000,000, those 13
19521809 amounts in excess of $9,000,000 shall be deposited in the 14
19531810 ‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting re-15
19541811 ceipts in fiscal year 2024, shall be retained and used for 16
19551812 necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall 17
19561813 remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 18
19571814 the funds included in the first paragraph under this head-19
19581815 ing, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program 20
19591816 project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the 21
19601817 amount of any fees appropriated, not less than the amount 22
19611818 of appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 23
1962-2014. 24
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19661821 OFFICE OFINSPECTORGENERAL 1
19671822 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 2
19681823 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 3
19691824 General Act of 1978, $44,030,000 (increased by 4
19701825 $10,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 5
19711826 2025. 6
19721827 B
19731828 UILDINGS ANDFACILITIES 7
19741829 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-8
19751830 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 9
19761831 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 10
19771832 $24,000,000, to remain available until expended. 11
19781833 H
19791834 AZARDOUSSUBSTANCESUPERFUND 12
19801835 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 13
19811836 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-14
19821837 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-15
19831838 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 16
19841839 (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, 17
19851840 maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $355,856,000 (re-18
19861841 duced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to re-19
19871842 main available until expended, consisting of such sums as 20
19881843 are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2023, 21
19891844 and not otherwise appropriated from the Trust Fund, as 22
19901845 authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amend-23
19911846 ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up 24
1992-to $355,856,000 as a payment from general revenues to 25
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19961849 the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as au-1
19971850 thorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That funds 2
19981851 appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other 3
19991852 Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of 4
20001853 CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appro-5
20011854 priated under this heading, $13,847,000 shall be paid to 6
20021855 the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain 7
20031856 available until September 30, 2025, and $31,928,000 shall 8
20041857 be paid to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to 9
20051858 remain available until September 30, 2025. 10
20061859 L
20071860 EAKINGUNDERGROUND STORAGETANKTRUSTFUND 11
20081861 P
20091862 ROGRAM 12
20101863 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-13
20111864 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-14
20121865 title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $83,885,000, to 15
20131866 remain available until expended, of which $60,691,000 16
20141867 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 17
20151868 cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 18
20161869 Solid Waste Disposal Act; and $23,194,000 shall be for 19
20171870 carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-20
20181871 posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Rev-21
20191872 enue Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized 22
20201873 to use appropriations made available under this heading 23
20211874 to implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal 24
2022-Act to provide financial assistance to federally recognized 25
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20261877 Indian Tribes for the development and implementation of 1
20271878 programs to manage underground storage tanks. 2
20281879 I
20291880 NLANDOILSPILLPROGRAMS 3
20301881 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-4
20311882 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 5
20321883 Pollution Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and 6
20331884 operation of aircraft, $19,865,000, to be derived from the 7
20341885 Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until ex-8
20351886 pended. 9
20361887 S
20371888 TATE ANDTRIBALASSISTANCEGRANTS 10
20381889 For environmental programs and infrastructure as-11
20391890 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-12
20401891 ing funds and performance partnership grants, 13
20411892 $2,583,858,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 14
20421893 $1,000,000) (increased by $1,769,351,000) (reduced by 15
20431894 $1,769,351,000), to remain available until expended, of 16
20441895 which— 17
20451896 (1) $535,000,000 (increased by 18
20461897 $1,103,861,000) (reduced by $1,103,861,000) (in-19
20471898 creased by $100,000,000) (reduced by 20
20481899 $100,000,000) shall be for making capitalization 21
20491900 grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds 22
20501901 under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con-23
20511902 trol Act; and of which $460,611,000 (increased by 24
2052-$665,490,000) (reduced by $665,490,000) (in-25
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1904+•HR 4821 EH
20561905 creased by $100,000,000) (reduced by 1
20571906 $100,000,000) shall be for making capitalization 2
20581907 grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 3
20591908 Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 4
20601909 Water Act: Provided, That $470,139,492 (increased 5
20611910 by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) of the 6
20621911 funds made available for capitalization grants for 7
20631912 the Clean Water State Revolving Funds and 8
20641913 $410,309,777 of the funds made available for cap-9
20651914 italization grants for the Drinking Water State Re-10
20661915 volving Funds shall be for the construction of drink-11
20671916 ing water, wastewater, and storm water infrastruc-12
20681917 ture and for water quality protection in accordance 13
20691918 with the terms and conditions specified for such 14
20701919 grants in the report accompanying this Act for 15
20711920 projects specified for ‘‘STAG—Drinking Water 16
20721921 State Revolving Fund’’ and ‘‘STAG—Clean Water 17
20731922 State Revolving Fund’’ in the table titled ‘‘Interior 18
20741923 and Environment Incorporation of Community 19
20751924 Project Funding Items’’ included in the report ac-20
20761925 companying this Act, and, for purposes of these 21
20771926 grants, each grantee shall contribute not less than 22
20781927 20 percent of the cost of the project unless the 23
20791928 grantee is approved for a waiver by the Agency: Pro-24
2080-vided further, That the Administrator is authorized 25
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20841931 to use up to $1,500,000 of funds made available for 1
20851932 the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under this 2
20861933 heading under title VI of the Federal Water Pollu-3
20871934 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381) to conduct the 4
20881935 Clean Watersheds Needs Survey: Provided further, 5
20891936 That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Fed-6
20901937 eral Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on 7
20911938 the amounts in a State water pollution control re-8
20921939 volving fund that may be used by a State to admin-9
20931940 ister the fund shall not apply to amounts included 10
20941941 as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal 11
20951942 year 2024 and prior years where such amounts rep-12
20961943 resent costs of administering the fund to the extent 13
20971944 that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by 14
20981945 the Administrator, accounted for separately from 15
20991946 other assets in the fund, and used for eligible pur-16
21001947 poses of the fund, including administration: Provided 17
21011948 further, That for fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding 18
21021949 the provisions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of 19
21031950 section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 20
21041951 Act, grants made under title II of such Act for 21
21051952 American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 22
21061953 Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin Is-23
21071954 lands, and the District of Columbia may also be 24
2108-made for the purpose of providing assistance: (1) 25
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21121957 solely for facility plans, design activities, or plans, 1
21131958 specifications, and estimates for any proposed 2
21141959 project for the construction of treatment works; and 3
21151960 (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 4
21161961 privately owned treatment works serving one or 5
21171962 more principal residences or small commercial estab-6
21181963 lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 7
21191964 2024, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub-8
21201965 sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and sec-9
21211966 tion 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 10
21221967 Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 11
21231968 under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 12
21241969 Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: 13
21251970 (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 14
21261971 plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 15
21271972 project for the construction of treatment works; and 16
21281973 (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 17
21291974 privately owned treatment works serving one or 18
21301975 more principal residences or small commercial estab-19
21311976 lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 20
21321977 2024, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 21
21331978 Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued 22
21341979 pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 23
21351980 funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 24
2136-under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 25
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21401983 for grants for training, technical assistance, and 1
21411984 educational programs relating to the operation and 2
21421985 management of the treatment works specified in sec-3
21431986 tion 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for 4
21441987 fiscal year 2024, funds reserved under section 5
21451988 518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 6
21461989 to Indian Tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of 7
21471990 such Act and former Indian reservations in Okla-8
21481991 homa (as determined by the Secretary of the Inte-9
21491992 rior) and Native Villages as defined in Public Law 10
21501993 92–203: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2024, 11
21511994 notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 12
21521995 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 13
21531996 up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, 14
21541997 or $30,000,000, and notwithstanding the limitation 15
21551998 on amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking 16
21561999 Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds 17
21572000 appropriated, or $20,000,000, for State Revolving 18
21582001 Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the Ad-19
21592002 ministrator for grants under section 518(c) and sec-20
21602003 tion 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That for 21
21612004 fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding the amounts speci-22
21622005 fied in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 23
21632006 Control Act, up to 2 percent of the aggregate funds 24
2164-appropriated for the Clean Water State Revolving 25
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21682009 Fund program under the Act less any sums reserved 1
21692010 under section 518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by 2
21702011 the Administrator for grants made under title II of 3
21712012 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for Amer-4
21722013 ican Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 5
21732014 Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin Is-6
21742015 lands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2024, 7
21752016 notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 8
21762017 in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 9
21772018 up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 10
21782019 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 11
21792020 under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 12
21802021 by the Administrator for grants made under section 13
21812022 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 14
21822023 further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 15
21832024 under this title to each State for Clean Water State 16
21842025 Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent 17
21852026 of the funds made available under this title to each 18
21862027 State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-19
21872028 italization grants shall be used by the State to pro-20
21882029 vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 21
21892030 form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 22
21902031 loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 23
21912032 shall be so used by the State only where such funds 24
2192-are provided as initial financing for an eligible re-25
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2195-HR 4821 PCS
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2034+•HR 4821 EH
21962035 cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 1
21972036 obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 2
21982037 was incurred on or after the date of enactment of 3
21992038 this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 4
22002039 the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 5
22012040 concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 6
22022041 such funds could be used to help address a threat 7
22032042 to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 8
22042043 drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 9
22052044 declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 10
22062045 health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic-11
22072046 ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact-12
22082047 ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 13
22092048 in which such an emergency declaration has been 14
22102049 issued, the State may use more than 14 percent of 15
22112050 the funds made available under this title to the 16
22122051 State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-17
22132052 italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli-18
22142053 gible recipients: Provided further, That notwith-19
22152054 standing section 1452(o) of the Safe Drinking Water 20
22162055 Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(o)), the Administrator shall 21
22172056 reserve up to $12,000,000 of the amounts made 22
22182057 available for fiscal year 2024 for making capitaliza-23
22192058 tion grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 24
2220-Funds to pay the costs of monitoring for unregu-25
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2060+•HR 4821 EH
22242061 lated contaminants under section 1445(a)(2)(C) of 1
22252062 such Act; 2
22262063 (2) $29,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (re-3
22272064 duced by $5,000,000) shall be for architectural, en-4
22282065 gineering, planning, design, construction and related 5
22292066 activities in connection with the construction of high 6
22302067 priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 7
22312068 of the southwestern United States, after consultation 8
22322069 with the appropriate commission: Provided, That no 9
22332070 funds made available by this Act to address the 10
22342071 water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure 11
22352072 needs of the colonias in the United States located in 12
22362073 the southwestern United States shall be made avail-13
22372074 able to a county or municipal government unless 14
22382075 that government has established an enforceable local 15
22392076 ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 16
22402077 that jurisdiction the development or construction of 17
22412078 any additional colonia areas, or the development 18
22422079 within an existing colonia the construction of any 19
22432080 new home, business, or other structure which lacks 20
22442081 water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure; 21
22452082 (3) $30,558,000 shall be for grants to the State 22
22462083 of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 23
22472084 infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-24
2248-lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 25
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2085+lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 25 81
2086+•HR 4821 EH
22522087 of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 1
22532088 no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 2
22542089 for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 3
22552090 the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 4
22562091 with the Statewide priority list established in con-5
22572092 junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 6
22582093 of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 7
22592094 and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas-8
22602095 ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 9
22612096 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 10
22622097 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 11
22632098 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 12
22642099 than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 13
22652100 in regional hub communities; 14
22662101 (4) $80,000,000 (increased by $20,000,000) 15
22672102 (reduced by $20,000,000) shall be to carry out sec-16
22682103 tion 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental 17
22692104 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 18
22702105 (CERCLA) (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)), including grants, 19
22712106 interagency agreements, and associated program 20
22722107 support costs: Provided, That at least 10 percent 21
22732108 shall be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty 22
22742109 counties: Provided further, That for purposes of this 23
22752110 section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ 24
2276-means any county that has had 20 percent or more 25
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2279-HR 4821 PCS
2111+means any county that has had 20 percent or more 25 82
2112+•HR 4821 EH
22802113 of its population living in poverty over the past 30 1
22812114 years, as measured by the 1993 Small Area Income 2
22822115 and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, 3
22832116 and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty 4
22842117 Estimates, or any territory or possession of the 5
22852118 United States; 6
22862119 (5) $105,000,000 shall be for grants under title 7
22872120 VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 8
22882121 (6) $69,927,000 shall be for targeted airshed 9
22892122 grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 10
22902123 in the report accompanying this Act; 11
22912124 (7) $23,221,000 shall be for grants under sub-12
22922125 sections (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe 13
22932126 Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a); 14
22942127 (8) $30,500,000 (increased by $6,500,000) (re-15
22952128 duced by $6,500,000) shall be for grants under sec-16
22962129 tion 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 17
22972130 U.S.C. 300j–24(d)); 18
22982131 (9) $25,011,000 shall be for grants under sec-19
22992132 tion 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 20
23002133 U.S.C. 300j–19b); 21
23012134 (10) $7,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-22
23022135 tion 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 23
2303-U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 24
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2136+U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 24 83
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23072138 (11) $27,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-1
23082139 tion 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-2
23092140 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)); 3
23102141 (12) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-4
23112142 tion 224 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 5
23122143 (33 U.S.C. 1302b); 6
23132144 (13) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-7
23142145 tion 226 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 8
23152146 (33 U.S.C. 1302d); 9
23162147 (14) $3,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-10
23172148 tion 227 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 11
23182149 (33 U.S.C. 1302e); 12
23192150 (15) $3,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-13
23202151 tion 220 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 14
23212152 (33 U.S.C. 1300); 15
23222153 (16) $50,000,000 (increased by $230,000,000) 16
23232154 (reduced by $230,000,000) shall be for grants under 17
23242155 section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 18
23252156 Act (33 U.S.C. 1301); 19
23262157 (17) $2,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-20
23272158 tion 4304(b) of the America’s Water Infrastructure 21
23282159 Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 300j-19e); 22
23292160 (18) $3,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec-23
23302161 tion 302(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 24
2331-4282(a)), of which not more than 2 percent shall be 25
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2162+4282(a)), of which not more than 2 percent shall be 25 84
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23352164 for administrative costs to carry out such section: 1
23362165 Provided, That notwithstanding section 302(a) of 2
23372166 such Act, the Administrator may also provide grants 3
23382167 pursuant to such authority to Intertribal consortia 4
23392168 consistent with the requirements in 40 CFR 5
23402169 35.504(a), to former Indian reservations in Okla-6
23412170 homa (as determined by the Secretary of the Inte-7
23422171 rior), and Alaska Native Villages as defined in Pub-8
23432172 lic Law 92–203; 9
23442173 (19) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-10
23452174 tion 1459F of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 11
23462175 U.S.C. 300j–19g); 12
23472176 (20) $2,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec-13
23482177 tion 2001 of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act 14
23492178 of 2018 (Public Law 115–270, 42 U.S.C. 300j–3c 15
23502179 note): Provided, That the Administrator may award 16
23512180 grants to and enter into contracts with Tribes, 17
23522181 Intertribal consortia, public or private agencies, in-18
23532182 stitutions, organizations, and individuals, without re-19
23542183 gard to section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and sec-20
23552184 tion 6101 of title 41, United States Code, and enter 21
23562185 into interagency agreements as appropriate; 22
23572186 (21) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-23
23582187 tion 50217(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and 24
2359-Jobs Act (33 U.S.C. 1302f(b); Public Law 117–58); 25
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2188+Jobs Act (33 U.S.C. 1302f(b); Public Law 117–58); 25 85
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23632190 (22) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-1
23642191 tion 124 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 2
23652192 (33 U.S.C. 1276); and 3
23662193 (23) $1,073,030,000 shall be for grants, includ-4
23672194 ing associated program support costs, to States, fed-5
23682195 erally recognized Tribes, interstate agencies, Tribal 6
23692196 consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 7
23702197 multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 8
23712198 control and abatement, and related activities, includ-9
23722199 ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 10
23732200 under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 11
23742201 making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 12
23752202 Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col-13
23762203 lection activities subject to terms and conditions 14
23772204 specified by the Administrator, and under section 15
23782205 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 to assist 16
23792206 States in developing and implementing programs for 17
23802207 control of coal combustion residuals, of which: 18
23812208 $36,340,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 19
23822209 CERCLA; $1,505,000 shall be for grants to States 20
23832210 under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal 21
23842211 Act, which shall be in addition to funds appropriated 22
23852212 under the heading ‘‘Leaking Underground Storage 23
23862213 Tank Trust Fund Program’’ to carry out the provi-24
2387-sions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in 25
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23912216 section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code other 1
23922217 than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal 2
23932218 Act; $18,512,000 of the funds available for grants 3
23942219 under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution 4
23952220 Control Act shall be for State participation in 5
23962221 national- and State-level statistical surveys of water 6
23972222 resources and enhancements to State monitoring 7
23982223 programs. 8
23992224 W
24002225 ATERINFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE ANDINNOVATION 9
24012226 P
24022227 ROGRAMACCOUNT 10
24032228 For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-11
24042229 anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 12
24052230 Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $65,974,000 (re-13
24062231 duced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to re-14
24072232 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 15
24082233 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-16
24092234 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 17
24102235 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 18
24112236 subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di-19
24122237 rect loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 20
24132238 principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 21
24142239 is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $12,500,000,000: Pro-22
24152240 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 23
24162241 heading, $5,000,000 shall be used solely for the cost of 24
2417-direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans for 25
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24212244 projects described in section 5026(9) of the Water Infra-1
24222245 structure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to State 2
24232246 infrastructure financing authorities, as authorized by sec-3
24242247 tion 5033(e) of such Act: Provided further, That the use 4
24252248 of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this 5
24262249 heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee 6
24272250 loans for any project shall be in accordance with the cri-7
24282251 teria published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 8
24292252 (85 FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the 9
24302253 heading ‘‘Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 10
24312254 Program Account’’ in division D of the Further Consoli-11
24322255 dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 12
24332256 Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan 13
24342257 guarantee authority made available under this heading 14
24352258 shall be available for any project unless the Administrator 15
24362259 and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 16
24372260 have certified in advance in writing that the direct loan 17
24382261 or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply 18
24392262 with the criteria referenced in the previous proviso: Pro-19
24402263 vided further, That, for the purposes of carrying out the 20
24412264 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the 21
24422265 Congressional Budget Office may request, and the Admin-22
24432266 istrator shall promptly provide, documentation and infor-23
24442267 mation relating to a project identified in a Letter of Inter-24
2445-est submitted to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice 25
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2268+est submitted to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice 25 88
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24492270 of Funding Availability for applications for credit assist-1
24502271 ance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innova-2
24512272 tion Act Program, including with respect to a project that 3
24522273 was initiated or completed before the date of enactment 4
24532274 of this Act. 5
24542275 In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 6
24552276 to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 7
24562277 Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 8
24572278 in this account, to remain available until expended. 9
24582279 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 10
24592280 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 11
24602281 section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-12
24612282 novation Act of 2014, $6,026,000, to remain available 13
24622283 until September 30, 2025. 14
24632284 A
24642285 DMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 15
24652286 P
24662287 ROTECTIONAGENCY 16
24672288 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 17
24682289 For fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 18
24692290 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-19
24702291 mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 20
24712292 function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-21
24722293 grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 22
24732294 acceptable Tribal program, may award cooperative agree-23
24742295 ments to federally recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal 24
2475-consortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist 25
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2296+consortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist 25 89
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24792298 the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 1
24802299 programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law, 2
24812300 except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-3
24822301 ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 4
24832302 agreements. 5
24842303 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 6
24852304 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-7
24862305 istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 8
24872306 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 9
24882307 U.S.C. 136w–8), to remain available until expended. 10
24892308 Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In-11
24902309 secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 12
24912310 U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ-13
24922311 mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 14
24932312 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2024. 15
24942313 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 16
24952314 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord-17
24962315 ance with section 3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 18
24972316 (42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2024, to remain avail-19
24982317 able until expended. 20
24992318 The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 21
25002319 $368,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 22
25012320 Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ-23
25022321 mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 24
2503-Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 25
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2506-HR 4821 PCS
2322+Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 25 90
2323+•HR 4821 EH
25072324 such head, to carry out activities that would support the 1
25082325 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 2
25092326 Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 3
25102327 to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 4
25112328 such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac-5
25122329 tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non-6
25132330 profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan-7
25142331 ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 8
25152332 in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 9
25162333 and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 10
25172334 The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro-11
25182335 grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz-12
25192336 ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 13
25202337 Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail-14
25212338 able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 15
25222339 and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 16
25232340 not exceed $300,000 per project. 17
25242341 For fiscal year 2024, and notwithstanding section 18
25252342 518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 19
25262343 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 20
25272344 the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 21
25282345 319 of the Act to make grants to Indian Tribes pursuant 22
25292346 to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 23
25302347 The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 24
2531-appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro-25
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2534-HR 4821 PCS
2348+appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro-25 91
2349+•HR 4821 EH
25352350 grams and Management’’ for fiscal year 2024 to provide 1
25362351 grants to implement the Southeast New England Water-2
25372352 shed Restoration Program. 3
25382353 Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in sec-4
25392354 tion 320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 5
25402355 Act, not less than $2,800,000 of the funds made available 6
25412356 under this title for the National Estuary Program shall 7
25422357 be for making competitive awards described in section 8
25432358 320(g)(4). 9
25442359 For fiscal year 2024, the Office of Chemical Safety 10
25452360 and Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water may, 11
25462361 using funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Environ-12
25472362 mental Programs and Management’’ and ‘‘Science and 13
25482363 Technology’’, contract directly with individuals or indi-14
25492364 rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without 15
25502365 regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent 16
25512366 personal services of students or recent graduates, who 17
25522367 shall be considered employees for the purposes of chapters 18
25532368 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to com-19
25542369 pensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 20
25552370 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, 21
25562371 but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 22
25572372 any other purpose: Provided, That amounts used for this 23
2558-purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 24
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2561-HR 4821 PCS
2373+purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 24 92
2374+•HR 4821 EH
25622375 Prevention and the Office of Water collectively may not 1
25632376 exceed $2,000,000. 2
25642377 TITLE III 3
25652378 RELATED AGENCIES 4
25662379 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 5
25672380 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 6
25682381 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 7
25692382 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 8
25702383 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 9
25712384 $1,000,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 10
25722385 Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environ-11
25732386 ment mission area for salaries and expenses are available 12
25742387 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the of-13
25752388 fice. 14
25762389 F
25772390 ORESTSERVICE 15
25782391 FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS 16
25792392 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 17
25802393 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 18
25812394 otherwise provided for, $1,069,086,000 (reduced by 19
25822395 $2,000,000), to remain available through September 30, 20
25832396 2027: Provided, That a portion of the funds made avail-21
25842397 able under this heading shall be for the base salary and 22
25852398 expenses of employees in the Chief’s Office, the Work En-23
25862399 vironment and Performance Office, the Business Oper-24
2587-ations Deputy Area, and the Chief Financial Officer’s Of-25
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2590-HR 4821 PCS
2400+ations Deputy Area, and the Chief Financial Officer’s Of-25 93
2401+•HR 4821 EH
25912402 fice to carry out administrative and general management 1
25922403 support functions: Provided further, That funds provided 2
25932404 under this heading shall be available for the costs of facil-3
25942405 ity maintenance, repairs, and leases for buildings and sites 4
25952406 where these administrative, general management and 5
25962407 other Forest Service support functions take place; the 6
25972408 costs of all utility and telecommunication expenses of the 7
25982409 Forest Service, as well as business services; and, for infor-8
25992410 mation technology, including cybersecurity requirements: 9
26002411 Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 10
26012412 may be used for necessary expenses to carry out adminis-11
26022413 trative and general management support functions of the 12
26032414 Forest Service not otherwise provided for and necessary 13
26042415 for its operation. 14
26052416 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 15
26062417 For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-16
26072418 search as authorized by law, $275,000,000 (increased by 17
26082419 $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), to remain available 18
26092420 through September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the funds 19
26102421 provided, $32,197,000 is for the forest inventory and anal-20
26112422 ysis program: Provided further, That all authorities for the 21
26122423 use of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and 22
26132424 cooperative agreements, available to execute the Forest 23
26142425 and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available 24
2615-in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research. 25
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2618-HR 4821 PCS
2426+in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research. 25 94
2427+•HR 4821 EH
26192428 STATE, PRIVATE, AND TRIBAL FORESTRY 1
26202429 For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-2
26212430 viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-3
26222431 tories, possessions, Tribes, and others, and for forest 4
26232432 health management, including for invasive plants, and 5
26242433 conducting an international program and trade compliance 6
26252434 activities as authorized, $305,198,000, to remain available 7
26262435 through September 30, 2027. 8
26272436 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 9
26282437 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 10
26292438 otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-11
26302439 provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 12
26312440 and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to 13
26322441 such lands, $1,816,437,000 (increased by $2,000,000) 14
26332442 (increased by $409,843,000) (reduced by $409,843,000) 15
26342443 (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), to re-16
26352444 main available through September 30, 2027: Provided, 17
26362445 That of the funds provided, $32,000,000 shall be depos-18
26372446 ited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration 19
26382447 Fund for ecological restoration treatments as authorized 20
26392448 by section 4003(f) of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-21
26402449 ment Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(f)): Provided further, 22
26412450 That of the funds provided, $41,600,000 shall be for for-23
26422451 est products: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 24
2643-$207,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels management 25
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2646-HR 4821 PCS
2452+$207,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels management 25 95
2453+•HR 4821 EH
26472454 activities, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 may be used 1
26482455 to make grants, using any authorities available to the For-2
26492456 est Service under the ‘‘State, Private, and Tribal For-3
26502457 estry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of creating incen-4
26512458 tives for increased use of biomass from National Forest 5
26522459 System lands: Provided further, That $20,000,000 may be 6
26532460 used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into procure-7
26542461 ment contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue 8
26552462 grants for hazardous fuels management activities, and for 9
26562463 training or monitoring associated with such hazardous 10
26572464 fuels management activities on Federal land, or on non- 11
26582465 Federal land if the Secretary determines such activities 12
26592466 benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, That 13
26602467 funds made available to implement the Community Forest 14
26612468 Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall be 15
26622469 available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance with 16
26632470 authorities made available to the Forest Service under the 17
26642471 ‘‘State, Private, and Tribal Forestry’’ appropriation: Pro-18
26652472 vided further, That notwithstanding section 33 of the 19
26662473 Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the 20
26672474 Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee for grazing 21
26682475 on a National Grassland, may provide a credit of up to 22
26692476 50 percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing Association 23
26702477 or direct permittee for a conservation practice approved 24
2671-by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year in which 25
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2674-HR 4821 PCS
2478+by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year in which 25 96
2479+•HR 4821 EH
26752480 the cost of the conservation practice is incurred, and that 1
26762481 the amount credited shall remain available to the Grazing 2
26772482 Association or the direct permittee, as appropriate, in the 3
26782483 fiscal year in which the credit is made and each fiscal year 4
26792484 thereafter for use on the project for conservation practices 5
26802485 approved by the Secretary: Provided further, That funds 6
26812486 appropriated to this account shall be available for the base 7
26822487 salary and expenses of employees that carry out the func-8
26832488 tions funded by the ‘‘Capital Improvement and Mainte-9
26842489 nance’’ account, the ‘‘Range Betterment Fund’’ account, 10
26852490 and the ‘‘Management of National Forest Lands for Sub-11
26862491 sistence Uses’’ account. 12
26872492 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 13
26882493 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14
26892494 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 15
26902495 otherwise provided for, $152,243,000, to remain available 16
26912496 through September 30, 2027, for construction, capital im-17
26922497 provement, maintenance, and acquisition of buildings and 18
26932498 other facilities and infrastructure; for construction, recon-19
26942499 struction, and decommissioning of roads that are no 20
26952500 longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not 21
26962501 part of the transportation system; and for maintenance 22
26972502 of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as author-23
26982503 ized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: 24
2699-Provided, That $10,000,000 shall be for activities author-25
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2702-HR 4821 PCS
2504+Provided, That $10,000,000 shall be for activities author-25 97
2505+•HR 4821 EH
27032506 ized by 16 U.S.C. 538(a): Provided further, That funds 1
27042507 becoming available in fiscal year 2024 under the Act of 2
27052508 March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to 3
27062509 the General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be avail-4
27072510 able for transfer or obligation for any other purpose unless 5
27082511 the funds are appropriated. 6
27092512 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 7
27102513 ACTS 8
27112514 For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-9
27122515 aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 10
27132516 Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-11
27142517 geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 12
27152518 Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and 13
27162519 Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by 14
27172520 law, $664,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 15
27182521 ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 16
27192522 For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 17
27202523 from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-18
27212524 ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-19
27222525 thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-20
27232526 posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 21
27242527 Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 22
27252528 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 23
2726-30, 2027, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 24
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2729-HR 4821 PCS
2529+30, 2027, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 24 98
2530+•HR 4821 EH
27302531 586; Public Law 76–589, Public Law 76–591; and Public 1
27312532 Law 78–310). 2
27322533 RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 3
27332534 For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-4
27342535 tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-5
27352536 ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-6
27362537 mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 7
27372538 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 8
27382539 Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 9
27392540 2027, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 10
27402541 for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 11
27412542 range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 12
27422543 GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 13
27432544 RANGELAND RESEARCH 14
27442545 For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 15
27452546 $45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027, 16
27462547 to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 17
27472548 above Act. 18
27482549 MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 19
27492550 SUBSISTENCE USES 20
27502551 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-21
27512552 age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 22
27522553 title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-23
27532554 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $1,099,000, to remain 24
2754-available through September 30, 2027. 25
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2757-HR 4821 PCS
2555+available through September 30, 2027. 25 99
2556+•HR 4821 EH
27582557 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 1
27592558 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 2
27602559 For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 3
27612560 activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 4
27622561 wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 5
27632562 other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer-6
27642563 gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest Sys-7
27652564 tem lands and water, $2,116,956,000 (increased by 8
27662565 $2,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to remain avail-9
27672566 able until expended: Provided, That such funds, including 10
27682567 unobligated balances under this heading, are available for 11
27692568 repayment of advances from other appropriations accounts 12
27702569 previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 13
27712570 That any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fis-14
27722571 cal year for hazardous fuels management may be trans-15
27732572 ferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account: Provided 16
27742573 further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse 17
27752574 State and other cooperating entities for services provided 18
27762575 in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters 19
27772576 to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service 20
27782577 for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible 21
27792578 emergency management agency: Provided further, That 22
27802579 funds provided shall be available for support to Federal 23
27812580 emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of 24
2782-implementing any cooperative agreement between the Fed-25
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2785-HR 4821 PCS
2581+implementing any cooperative agreement between the Fed-25 100
2582+•HR 4821 EH
27862583 eral Government and any non-Federal entity may be 1
27872584 shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Pro-2
27882585 vided further, That of the funds provided under this head-3
27892586 ing, $1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire suppres-4
27902587 sion operations, and is provided to meet the terms of sec-5
27912588 tion 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and 6
27922589 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7
27932590 WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 8
27942591 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 9
27952592 In addition to the amounts provided under the head-10
27962593 ing ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service— 11
27972594 Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppression oper-12
27982595 ations, $2,300,000,000, to remain available until trans-13
27992596 ferred, is additional new budget authority specified for 14
28002597 purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget 15
28012598 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, 16
28022599 That such amounts may be transferred to and merged 17
28032600 with amounts made available under the headings ‘‘Depart-18
28042601 ment of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs— 19
28052602 Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of Agri-20
28062603 culture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ for 21
28072604 wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year in which 22
28082605 such amounts are transferred: Provided further, That 23
28092606 amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-24
2810-agement’’ accounts in the Department of the Interior or 25
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2813-HR 4821 PCS
2607+agement’’ accounts in the Department of the Interior or 25 101
2608+•HR 4821 EH
28142609 the Department of Agriculture only upon the notification 1
28152610 of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 2
28162611 that all wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated 3
28172612 under that heading in this and prior appropriations Acts 4
28182613 to the agency to which the funds will be transferred will 5
28192614 be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, That the 6
28202615 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-7
28212616 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law: Pro-8
28222617 vided further, That, in determining whether all wildfire 9
28232618 suppression operations funds appropriated under the 10
28242619 heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ in this and prior 11
28252620 appropriations Acts to either the Department of Agri-12
28262621 culture or the Department of the Interior will be obligated 13
28272622 within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, any 14
28282623 funds transferred or permitted to be transferred pursuant 15
28292624 to any other transfer authority provided by law shall be 16
28302625 excluded. 17
28312626 COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION 18
28322627 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19
28332628 Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to sec-20
28342629 tion 8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 21
28352630 2018 (Public Law 115–334), shall be deposited in the spe-22
28362631 cial account established by section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, 23
28372632 shall be available to cover the costs described in subsection 24
2838-(c)(3) of such section of such Act, and shall remain avail-25
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2841-HR 4821 PCS
2633+(c)(3) of such section of such Act, and shall remain avail-25 102
2634+•HR 4821 EH
28422635 able until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall 1
28432636 be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account. 2
28442637 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —FOREST SERVICE 3
28452638 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 4
28462639 Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 5
28472640 fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 6
28482641 motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 7
28492642 from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 8
28502643 lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 9
28512644 to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 10
28522645 wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 11
28532646 notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 12
28542647 being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 13
28552648 trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 14
28562649 replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 15
28572650 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 16
28582651 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 17
28592652 buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); 18
28602653 (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur-19
28612654 suant to 7 U.S.C. 2268a; (5) for expenses pursuant to 20
28622655 the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 21
28632656 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uni-22
28642657 forms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for 23
28652658 debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 24
2866-3718(c). 25
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2869-HR 4821 PCS
2659+3718(c). 25 103
2660+•HR 4821 EH
28702661 Funds made available to the Forest Service in this 1
28712662 Act may be transferred between accounts affected by the 2
28722663 Forest Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 3
28732664 of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 4
28742665 Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided, That any 5
28752666 transfer of funds pursuant to this paragraph shall not in-6
28762667 crease or decrease the funds appropriated to any account 7
28772668 in this fiscal year by more than ten percent: Provided fur-8
28782669 ther, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 9
28792670 other transfer authority provided by law. 10
28802671 Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 11
28812672 Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-12
28822673 ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-13
28832674 habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 14
28842675 under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 15
28852676 burning conditions upon the Secretary of Agriculture’s no-16
28862677 tification of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-17
28872678 priations that all fire suppression funds appropriated 18
28882679 under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be 19
28892680 obligated within 30 days: Provided, That all funds used 20
28902681 pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished by a sup-21
28912682 plemental appropriation which must be requested as 22
28922683 promptly as possible. 23
28932684 Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 24
2894-the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 25
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28982687 transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland 1
28992688 fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State 2
29002689 fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and 3
29012690 expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. 4
29022691 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 5
29032692 Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of dis-6
29042693 cretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by 7
29052694 this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, 8
29062695 or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of haz-9
29072696 ardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of 10
29082697 burned-over National Forest System lands and water: Pro-11
29092698 vided, That such transferred funds shall remain available 12
29102699 through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That none 13
29112700 of the funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall 14
29122701 be available for obligation without written notification to 15
29132702 and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-16
29142703 tions of both Houses of Congress. 17
29152704 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 18
29162705 available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-19
29172706 national Development in connection with forest and range-20
29182707 land research, technical information, and assistance in for-21
29192708 eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 22
29202709 and related natural resource activities outside the United 23
29212710 States and its territories and possessions, including tech-24
2922-nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 25
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2925-HR 4821 PCS
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2712+•HR 4821 EH
29262713 with United States government, private sector, and inter-1
29272714 national organizations: Provided, That the Forest Service, 2
29282715 acting for the International Program, may sign direct 3
29292716 funding agreements with foreign governments and institu-4
29302717 tions as well as other domestic agencies (including the 5
29312718 U.S. Agency for International Development, the Depart-6
29322719 ment of State, and the Millennium Challenge Corpora-7
29332720 tion), United States private sector firms, institutions and 8
29342721 organizations to provide technical assistance and training 9
29352722 programs on forestry and rangeland management: Pro-10
29362723 vided further, That to maximize effectiveness of domestic 11
29372724 and international research and cooperation, the Inter-12
29382725 national Program may utilize all authorities related to for-13
29392726 estry, research, and cooperative assistance regardless of 14
29402727 program designations. 15
29412728 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 16
29422729 available to enter into a cooperative agreement with the 17
29432730 section 509(a)(3) Supporting Organization, ‘‘Forest Serv-18
29442731 ice International Foundation’’ to assist the Foundation in 19
29452732 meeting administrative, project, and other expenses, and 20
29462733 may provide for the Foundation’s use of Forest Service 21
29472734 personnel and facilities. 22
29482735 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 23
29492736 available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 24
2950-of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 25
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29542739 preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 1
29552740 from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-2
29562741 ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 3
29572742 such lands. 4
29582743 None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-5
29592744 ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 6
29602745 year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 7
29612746 section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 8
29622747 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 9
29632748 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 10
29642749 Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 11
29652750 Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 12
29662751 Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 13
29672752 Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 14
29682753 $14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 15
29692754 be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De-16
29702755 partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 17
29712756 as Greenbook charges: Provided, That nothing in this 18
29722757 paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable 19
29732758 agreements requested by the Forest Service in order to 20
29742759 obtain information technology services, including tele-21
29752760 communications and system modifications or enhance-22
29762761 ments, from the Working Capital Fund of the Department 23
2977-of Agriculture. 24
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2980-HR 4821 PCS
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2763+•HR 4821 EH
29812764 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 1
29822765 $5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 2
29832766 the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 3
29842767 out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 4
29852768 out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 5
29862769 of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 6
29872770 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 7
29882771 is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 8
29892772 reception and representation expenses. 9
29902773 Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 10
29912774 Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 11
29922775 up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 12
29932776 National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner-13
29942777 ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 14
29952778 without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 15
29962779 for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 16
29972780 lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 17
29982781 That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda-18
29992782 tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin-19
30002783 istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 20
30012784 shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 21
30022785 assistance, private contributions to match funds made 22
30032786 available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 23
30042787 basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 24
3005-Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 25
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3008-HR 4821 PCS
2788+Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 25 108
2789+•HR 4821 EH
30092790 a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 1
30102791 the non-Federal matching funds. 2
30112792 Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 3
30122793 up to $1,500,000 of the funds available to the Forest 4
30132794 Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 5
30142795 Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 6
30152796 projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 7
30162797 on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 8
30172798 to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 9
30182799 shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 10
30192800 Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 11
30202801 the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 12
30212802 or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 13
30222803 that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 14
30232804 funds. 15
30242805 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service under the 16
30252806 National Forest System heading shall be available for the 17
30262807 Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agree-18
30272808 ments with other Federal agencies, Tribes, States, local 19
30282809 governments, private and nonprofit entities, and edu-20
30292810 cational institutions to support the work of forest or grass-21
30302811 land collaboratives on activities benefitting Federal lands 22
30312812 and adjacent non-Federal lands, including for technical 23
30322813 assistance, administrative functions or costs, and other ca-24
3033-pacity support needs identified by the Forest Service. 25
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3036-HR 4821 PCS
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2815+•HR 4821 EH
30372816 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 1
30382817 available for interactions with and providing technical as-2
30392818 sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 3
30402819 businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 4
30412820 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 5
30422821 available for payments to counties within the Columbia 6
30432822 River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 7
30442823 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 8
30452824 663. 9
30462825 Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 10
30472826 be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-11
30482827 tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 12
30492828 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 13
30502829 The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur-14
30512830 pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 15
30522831 maintenance and decommissioning. 16
30532832 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any 17
30542833 appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, 18
30552834 not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Of-19
30562835 fice of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-20
30572836 culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-21
30582837 sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 22
30592838 Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 23
30602839 reviews, land purchase negotiations, and similar matters 24
3061-unrelated to civil litigation: Provided, That future budget 25
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3064-HR 4821 PCS
2840+unrelated to civil litigation: Provided, That future budget 25 110
2841+•HR 4821 EH
30652842 justifications for both the Forest Service and the Depart-1
30662843 ment of Agriculture should clearly display the sums pre-2
30672844 viously transferred and the sums requested for transfer. 3
30682845 An eligible individual who is employed in any project 4
30692846 funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 5
30702847 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 6
30712848 Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 7
30722849 purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 8
30732850 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 9
30742851 available to pay, from a single account, the base salary 10
30752852 and expenses of employees who carry out functions funded 11
30762853 by other accounts for Enterprise Program, Geospatial 12
30772854 Technology and Applications Center, remnant Natural Re-13
30782855 source Manager, Job Corps, and National Technology and 14
30792856 Development Program. 15
30802857 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 16
30812858 SERVICES 17
30822859 I
30832860 NDIANHEALTHSERVICE 18
30842861 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 19
30852862 For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-20
30862863 gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-21
30872864 tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 22
30882865 Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 23
30892866 Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv-24
3090-ice, $273,556,000, to remain available until September 30, 25
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3093-HR 4821 PCS
2867+ice, $273,556,000, to remain available until September 30, 25 111
2868+•HR 4821 EH
30942869 2025, except as otherwise provided herein; and shall be 1
30952870 in addition to funds previously appropriated under this 2
30962871 heading that became available on October 1, 2023, and 3
30972872 in addition, $4,901,524,000, which shall become available 4
30982873 on October 1, 2024, and remain available through Sep-5
30992874 tember 30, 2026, except as otherwise provided herein; to-6
31002875 gether with payments received during each fiscal year pur-7
31012876 suant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public Health 8
31022877 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), for services fur-9
31032878 nished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds 10
31042879 made available to Tribes and Tribal organizations through 11
31052880 contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or 12
31062881 compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 13
31072882 Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301), shall 14
31082883 be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or con-15
31092884 tract award and thereafter shall remain available to the 16
31102885 Tribe or Tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: 17
31112886 Provided further, That $2,500,000 shall be available for 18
31122887 fiscal year 2025 for grants or contracts with public or pri-19
31132888 vate institutions to provide alcohol or drug treatment serv-20
31142889 ices to Indians, including alcohol detoxification services: 21
31152890 Provided further, That $996,755,000 shall remain avail-22
31162891 able until expended for fiscal year 2025 for Purchased/ 23
31172892 Referred Care: Provided further, That of the total amount 24
3118-specified in the preceding proviso for Purchased/Referred 25
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3121-HR 4821 PCS
2893+specified in the preceding proviso for Purchased/Referred 25 112
2894+•HR 4821 EH
31222895 Care, $54,000,000 shall be for the Indian Catastrophic 1
31232896 Health Emergency Fund: Provided further, That 2
31242897 $51,000,000 shall remain available until expended for fis-3
31252898 cal year 2025 for implementation of the loan repayment 4
31262899 program under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Im-5
31272900 provement Act: Provided further, That $58,000,000 for 6
31282901 fiscal year 2025 shall be for costs related to or resulting 7
31292902 from accreditation emergencies, including supplementing 8
31302903 activities funded under the heading ‘‘Indian Health Facili-9
31312904 ties’’, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used to supple-10
31322905 ment amounts otherwise available for Purchased/Referred 11
31332906 Care: Provided further, That the amounts collected by the 12
31342907 Federal Government as authorized by sections 104 and 13
31352908 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 14
31362909 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year 15
31372910 for breach of contracts shall be deposited in the Fund au-16
31382911 thorized by section 108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a– 17
31392912 1) and shall remain available until expended and, notwith-18
31402913 standing section 108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a– 19
31412914 1(c)), funds shall be available to make new awards under 20
31422915 the loan repayment and scholarship programs under sec-21
31432916 tions 104 and 108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 22
31442917 1616a): Provided further, That the amounts made avail-23
31452918 able within this account for the Substance Abuse and Sui-24
3146-cide Prevention Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treat-25
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3149-HR 4821 PCS
2919+cide Prevention Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treat-25 113
2920+•HR 4821 EH
31502921 ment and Recovery Services, for the Domestic Violence 1
31512922 Prevention Program, for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for 2
31522923 the housing subsidy authority for civilian employees, for 3
31532924 Aftercare Pilot Programs at Youth Regional Treatment 4
31542925 Centers, for transformation and modernization costs of 5
31552926 the Indian Health Service Electronic Health Record sys-6
31562927 tem, for national quality and oversight activities, for im-7
31572928 proving collections from public and private insurance at 8
31582929 Indian Health Service and Tribally-operated facilities, for 9
31592930 an initiative to treat or reduce the transmission of HIV 10
31602931 and HCV, for a maternal health initiative, for the 11
31612932 Telebehaviorial Health Center of Excellence, for Alz-12
31622933 heimer’s activities, for Village Built Clinics, for a produce 13
31632934 prescription pilot, and for accreditation emergencies shall 14
31642935 be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian 15
31652936 Health Service and shall remain available until expended: 16
31662937 Provided further, That funds provided in this Act that are 17
31672938 available for two fiscal years may be used in their second 18
31682939 year of availability for annual contracts and grants that 19
31692940 fall within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation is 20
31702941 recorded in such second year of availability: Provided fur-21
31712942 ther, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of 22
31722943 Health and Human Services under the authority of title 23
31732944 IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 24
3174-1613) shall remain available until expended for the pur-25
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3177-HR 4821 PCS
2945+1613) shall remain available until expended for the pur-25 114
2946+•HR 4821 EH
31782947 pose of achieving compliance with the applicable condi-1
31792948 tions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the So-2
31802949 cial Security Act, except for those related to the planning, 3
31812950 design, or construction of new facilities: Provided further, 4
31822951 That funding contained herein for scholarship programs 5
31832952 under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 6
31842953 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: Pro-7
31852954 vided further, That amounts received by Tribes and Tribal 8
31862955 organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Im-9
31872956 provement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 10
31882957 available to the receiving Tribes and Tribal organizations 11
31892958 until expended: Provided further, That the Bureau of In-12
31902959 dian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, 13
31912960 and from Tribes and Tribal organizations operating health 14
31922961 facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individ-15
31932962 ually identifiable health information relating to disabled 16
31942963 children as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying 17
31952964 out its functions under the Individuals with Disabilities 18
31962965 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): Provided further, 19
31972966 That of the funds provided for fiscal year 2025, 20
31982967 $74,138,000 is for the Indian Health Care Improvement 21
31992968 Fund and may be used, as needed, to carry out activities 22
32002969 typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities ac-23
32012970 count: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-24
3202-priated by this Act, or any other Act, to the Indian Health 25
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3205-HR 4821 PCS
2971+priated by this Act, or any other Act, to the Indian Health 25 115
2972+•HR 4821 EH
32062973 Service for the Electronic Health Record system shall be 1
32072974 available for obligation or expenditure for the selection or 2
32082975 implementation of a new Information Technology infra-3
32092976 structure system, unless the Committees on Appropria-4
32102977 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 5
32112978 consulted 90 days in advance of such obligation. 6
32122979 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 7
32132980 For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for 8
32142981 contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-9
32152982 mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 10
32162983 the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2024, such sums 11
32172984 as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 12
32182985 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 13
32192986 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 14
32202987 budget account: Provided further, That amounts obligated 15
32212988 but not expended by a Tribe or Tribal organization for 16
32222989 contract support costs for such agreements for the current 17
32232990 fiscal year shall be applied to contract support costs due 18
32242991 for such agreements for subsequent fiscal years. 19
32252992 PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES 20
32262993 For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for 21
32272994 leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter-22
32282995 mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 23
32292996 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2024, such sums as may be nec-24
3230-essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-25
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3233-HR 4821 PCS
2997+essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-25 116
2998+•HR 4821 EH
32342999 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That notwithstanding any 1
32353000 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 2
32363001 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 3
32373002 budget account. 4
32383003 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 5
32393004 For construction, repair, maintenance, demolition, 6
32403005 improvement, and equipment of health and related auxil-7
32413006 iary facilities, including quarters for personnel; prepara-8
32423007 tion of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of 9
32433008 sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and 10
32443009 purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and 11
32453010 community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized 12
32463011 by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 13
32473012 2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the In-14
32483013 dian Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses nec-15
32493014 essary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the 16
32503015 Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental 17
32513016 health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health 18
32523017 Service, $475,209,000, which shall remain available until 19
32533018 expended and shall be in addition to funds previously ap-20
32543019 propriated under this heading that became available on 21
32553020 October 1, 2023; and, in addition, $976,699,000, which 22
32563021 shall become available on October 1, 2024, and remain 23
32573022 available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 24
3258-any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the 25
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3261-HR 4821 PCS
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3024+•HR 4821 EH
32623025 planning, design, construction, renovation, or expansion of 1
32633026 health facilities for the benefit of an Indian Tribe or 2
32643027 Tribes may be used to purchase land on which such facili-3
32653028 ties will be located: Provided further, That not to exceed 4
32663029 $500,000 may be used for fiscal year 2025 by the Indian 5
32673030 Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from 6
32683031 the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 7
32693032 Health Service and Tribal facilities: Provided further, That 8
32703033 none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Serv-9
32713034 ice may be used for sanitation facilities construction for 10
32723035 new homes funded with grants by the housing programs 11
32733036 of the United States Department of Housing and Urban 12
32743037 Development. 13
32753038 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 14
32763039 Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 15
32773040 Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 16
32783041 by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 17
32793042 equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 18
32803043 positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 19
32813044 vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur-20
32823045 chase of reprints; purchase, renovation, and erection of 21
32833046 modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 22
32843047 payments for telephone service in private residences in the 23
32853048 field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 24
3286-Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms, or al-25
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32903051 lowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 1
32913052 and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to 2
32923053 the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 3
32933054 Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the 4
32943055 Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients 5
32953056 may be extended health care at all Tribally administered 6
32963057 or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and 7
32973058 the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 8
32983059 Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 9
32993060 be credited to the account of the facility providing the 10
33003061 service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: 11
33013062 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or 12
33023063 regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 13
33033064 Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 14
33043065 Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, 15
33053066 the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93– 16
33063067 638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the In-17
33073068 dian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad-18
33083069 ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 19
33093070 subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 20
33103071 and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 21
33113072 funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 22
33123073 Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 23
33133074 Department of Health and Human Services unless such 24
3314-assessments or charges are identified in the budget jus-25
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33183077 tification and provided in this Act, or approved by the 1
33193078 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through 2
33203079 the reprogramming process: Provided further, That not-3
33213080 withstanding any other provision of law, funds previously 4
33223081 or herein made available to a Tribe or Tribal organization 5
33233082 through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by 6
33243083 title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and 7
33253084 Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et 8
33263085 seq.), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-deter-9
33273086 mination contract under title I, or a self-governance agree-10
33283087 ment under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain 11
33293088 available to the Tribe or Tribal organization without fiscal 12
33303089 year limitation: Provided further, That none of the funds 13
33313090 made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act 14
33323091 shall be used to implement the final rule published in the 15
33333092 Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Depart-16
33343093 ment of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligi-17
33353094 bility for the health care services of the Indian Health 18
33363095 Service until the Indian Health Service has submitted a 19
33373096 budget request reflecting the increased costs associated 20
33383097 with the proposed final rule, and such request has been 21
33393098 included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: 22
33403099 Provided further, That with respect to functions trans-23
33413100 ferred by the Indian Health Service to Tribes or Tribal 24
3342-organizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to 25
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33463103 provide goods and services to those entities on a reimburs-1
33473104 able basis, including payments in advance with subsequent 2
33483105 adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, 3
33493106 along with the funds received from those entities pursuant 4
33503107 to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be credited to 5
33513108 the same or subsequent appropriation account from which 6
33523109 the funds were originally derived, with such amounts to 7
33533110 remain available until expended: Provided further, That re-8
33543111 imbursements for training, technical assistance, or serv-9
33553112 ices provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 10
33563113 total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead 11
33573114 costs associated with the provision of goods, services, or 12
33583115 technical assistance: Provided further, That the Indian 13
33593116 Health Service may provide to civilian medical personnel 14
33603117 serving in hospitals operated by the Indian Health Service 15
33613118 housing allowances equivalent to those that would be pro-16
33623119 vided to members of the Commissioned Corps of the 17
33633120 United States Public Health Service serving in similar po-18
33643121 sitions at such hospitals: Provided further, That the appro-19
33653122 priation structure for the Indian Health Service may not 20
33663123 be altered without advance notification to the House and 21
3367-Senate Committees on Appropriations. 22
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33713126 NATIONALINSTITUTES OFHEALTH 1
33723127 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 2
33733128 SCIENCES 3
33743129 For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 4
33753130 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 5
33763131 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-6
33773132 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 7
33783133 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 8
33793134 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 9
33803135 $75,000,000. 10
33813136 A
33823137 GENCY FORTOXICSUBSTANCES ANDDISEASE 11
33833138 R
33843139 EGISTRY 12
33853140 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC 13
33863141 HEALTH 14
33873142 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-15
33883143 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 16
33893144 activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 17
33903145 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 18
33913146 and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 19
33923147 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $76,000,000: Provided, 20
33933148 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu 21
33943149 of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) 22
33953150 of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 23
33963151 other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 24
3397-including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 25
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3400-HR 4821 PCS
3152+including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 25 122
3153+•HR 4821 EH
34013154 evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 1
34023155 healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 2
34033156 any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, 3
34043157 or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be 4
34053158 bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 5
34063159 CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-6
34073160 priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 7
34083161 to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 8
34093162 section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2024, and 9
34103163 existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 10
34113164 OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 11
34123165 E
34133166 XECUTIVEOFFICE OF THEPRESIDENT 12
34143167 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 13
34153168 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 14
34163169 For necessary expenses to continue functions as-15
34173170 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 16
34183171 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi-17
34193172 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 18
34203173 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 19
34213174 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 20
34223175 and representation expenses, $3,750,000 (increased by 21
34233176 $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by 22
34243177 $2,750,000): Provided, That notwithstanding section 202 23
34253178 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the 24
3426-Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the 25
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34303181 President, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-1
34313182 ate, serving as chairman and exercising all powers, func-2
34323183 tions, and duties of the Council. 3
34333184 C
34343185 HEMICALSAFETY ANDHAZARDINVESTIGATIONBOARD 4
34353186 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
34363187 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-6
34373188 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 7
34383189 hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there-8
34393190 for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for serv-9
34403191 ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individ-10
34413192 uals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 11
34423193 rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 12
34433194 5376, $12,960,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety 13
34443195 and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not 14
34453196 more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: 15
34463197 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-16
34473198 sion of law, the individual appointed to the position of In-17
34483199 spector General of the Environmental Protection Agency 18
34493200 (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 19
34503201 position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided fur-20
34513202 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 21
34523203 Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of 22
34533204 the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the 23
34543205 duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 24
3455-not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board. 25
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34593208 OFFICE OFNAVAJO ANDHOPIINDIANRELOCATION 1
34603209 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
34613210 For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 3
34623211 Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 4
34633212 531, $3,060,000, to remain available until expended, 5
34643213 which shall be derived from unobligated balances from 6
34653214 prior year appropriations available under this heading: 7
34663215 Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appro-8
34673216 priations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals 9
34683217 and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-parti-10
34693218 tioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 11
34703219 housing, and all others certified as eligible and not in-12
34713220 cluded in the preceding categories: Provided further, That 13
34723221 none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may 14
34733222 be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Reloca-15
34743223 tion to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as 16
34753224 of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the 17
34763225 lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or re-18
34773226 placement home is provided for such household: Provided 19
34783227 further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than 20
34793228 one new or replacement home: Provided further, That the 21
34803229 Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who 22
34813230 have selected and received an approved homesite on the 23
3482-Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off 24
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34863233 the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant 1
34873234 to section 11 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716). 2
34883235 I
34893236 NSTITUTE OFAMERICANINDIAN ANDALASKANATIVE 3
34903237 C
34913238 ULTURE ANDARTSDEVELOPMENT 4
34923239 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 5
34933240 For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 6
34943241 Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-7
34953242 ized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 8
34963243 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $13,000,000, which shall become 9
34973244 available on July 1, 2024, and shall remain available until 10
34983245 September 30, 2025. 11
34993246 S
35003247 MITHSONIANINSTITUTION 12
35013248 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
35023249 For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-14
35033250 tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 15
35043251 of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 16
35053252 documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 17
35063253 public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 18
35073254 dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-19
35083255 tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-20
35093256 ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 21
35103257 agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 22
35113258 buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 23
35123259 $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 24
3513-purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em-25
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35173262 ployees, $852,215,000, to remain available until Sep-1
35183263 tember 30, 2025, except as otherwise provided herein; of 2
35193264 which not to exceed $16,938,000 for the instrumentation 3
35203265 program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 4
35213266 Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, and 5
35223267 the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall remain 6
35233268 available until expended; and including such funds as may 7
35243269 be necessary to support American overseas research cen-8
35253270 ters: Provided, That funds appropriated herein are avail-9
35263271 able for advance payments to independent contractors per-10
35273272 forming research services or participating in official 11
35283273 Smithsonian presentations: Provided further, That the 12
35293274 Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal appropria-13
35303275 tions designated in this Act for lease or rent payments, 14
35313276 as rent payable to the Smithsonian Institution, and such 15
35323277 rent payments may be deposited into the general trust 16
35333278 funds of the Institution to be available as trust funds for 17
35343279 expenses associated with the purchase of a portion of the 18
35353280 building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 19
35363281 to the extent that federally supported activities will be 20
35373282 housed there: Provided further, That the use of such 21
35383283 amounts in the general trust funds of the Institution for 22
35393284 such purpose shall not be construed as Federal debt serv-23
35403285 ice for, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or 24
3541-an obligation of the Federal Government: Provided further, 25
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35453288 That no appropriated funds may be used directly to serv-1
35463289 ice debt which is incurred to finance the costs of acquiring 2
35473290 a portion of the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, 3
35483291 Washington, DC, or of planning, designing, and con-4
35493292 structing improvements to such building: Provided further, 5
35503293 That any agreement entered into by the Smithsonian In-6
35513294 stitution for the sale of its ownership interest, or any por-7
35523295 tion thereof, in such building so acquired may not take 8
35533296 effect until the expiration of a 30 day period which begins 9
35543297 on the date on which the Secretary of the Smithsonian 10
35553298 submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 11
35563299 House of Representatives and Senate, the Committees on 12
35573300 House Administration and Transportation and Infrastruc-13
35583301 ture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 14
35593302 on Rules and Administration of the Senate a report, as 15
35603303 outlined in the explanatory statement described in section 16
35613304 4 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 17
35623305 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 2536) on the intended 18
35633306 sale. 19
35643307 FACILITIES CAPITAL 20
35653308 For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 21
35663309 alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-22
35673310 nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 23
35683311 by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 24
3569-and for construction, including necessary personnel, 25
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35733314 $107,500,000, to remain available until expended, of 1
35743315 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au-2
35753316 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 3
35763317 N
35773318 ATIONALGALLERY OFART 4
35783319 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
35793320 For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-6
35803321 lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 7
35813322 therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 8
35823323 authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 9
35833324 as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 10
35843325 (Public Resolution 9, 76th Congress), including services 11
35853326 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when 12
35863327 authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership 13
35873328 in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 14
35883329 publications or services are available to members only, or 15
35893330 to members at a price lower than to the general public; 16
35903331 purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and 17
35913332 uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as 18
35923333 authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or 19
35933334 rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and 20
35943335 contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improve-21
35953336 ment, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 22
35963337 and purchase of services for restoration and repair of 23
35973338 works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts 24
3598-made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or or-25
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36023341 ganizations at such rates or prices and under such terms 1
36033342 and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, 2
36043343 $160,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 3
36053344 2025. 4
36063345 REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 5
36073346 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6
36083347 For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and 7
36093348 renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 8
36103349 occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 9
36113350 otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 10
36123351 10 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 11
36133352 renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 12
36143353 $18,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-13
36153354 vided, That such funds may be obligated for design and 14
36163355 construction of an off-site art storage facility in partner-15
36173356 ship with the Smithsonian Institution and may be trans-16
36183357 ferred to the Smithsonian Institution for such purposes: 17
36193358 Provided further, That contracts awarded for environ-18
36203359 mental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or 19
36213360 renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may 20
36223361 be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on 21
3623-the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price. 22
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36273364 JOHN F. KENNEDYCENTER FOR THEPERFORMING 1
36283365 A
36293366 RTS 2
36303367 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 3
36313368 For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-4
36323369 nance, and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 5
36333370 the Performing Arts, $20,000,000, to remain available 6
36343371 until September, 30, 2025. 7
36353372 CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 8
36363373 For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-9
36373374 tion of the existing features of the building and site of 10
36383375 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 11
36393376 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 12
36403377 W
36413378 OODROWWILSONINTERNATIONALCENTER FOR 13
36423379 S
36433380 CHOLARS 14
36443381 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15
36453382 For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 16
36463383 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 17
36473384 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 18
36483385 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,000,000, to remain 19
3649-available until September 30, 2025. 20
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36533388 NATIONALFOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 1
36543389 H
36553390 UMANITIES 2
36563391 N
36573392 ATIONALENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 3
36583393 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 4
36593394 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 5
36603395 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 6
36613396 $186,300,000 shall be available to the National Endow-7
36623397 ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc-8
36633398 tions in the arts, including arts education and public out-9
36643399 reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 10
36653400 individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 11
36663401 support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 12
36673402 to remain available until expended. 13
36683403 N
36693404 ATIONALENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 14
36703405 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 15
36713406 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 16
36723407 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 17
36733408 $186,300,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-18
36743409 vided, That appropriations for carrying out section 19
36753410 10(a)(2) of such Act shall be available for obligation only 20
36763411 in such amounts as may be equal to the total amounts 21
36773412 of gifts, bequests, devises of money, and other property 22
36783413 accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the National 23
36793414 Endowment for the Humanities under the provisions of 24
3680-sections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) of such Act during 25
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3416+•HR 4821 EH
36843417 the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal 1
36853418 amounts have not previously been appropriated. 2
36863419 A
36873420 DMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS 3
36883421 None of the funds appropriated to the National 4
36893422 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 5
36903423 to process any grant or contract documents which do not 6
36913424 include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 7
36923425 of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 8
36933426 the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-9
36943427 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 10
36953428 That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 11
36963429 necessary for official reception and representation ex-12
36973430 penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-13
36983431 tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 14
36993432 to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 15
37003433 does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 16
37013434 grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 17
37023435 such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 18
37033436 of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 19
37043437 the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 20
37053438 C
37063439 OMMISSION OFFINEARTS 21
37073440 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22
37083441 For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 23
37093442 chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,464,000: 24
3710-Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 25
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37143445 fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 1
37153446 fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-2
37163447 lection, to remain available until expended without further 3
37173448 appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 4
37183449 authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art-5
37193450 work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 6
37203451 and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac-7
37213452 tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 8
37223453 of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 9
37233454 That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 10
37243455 this heading may be used for official reception and rep-11
37253456 resentation expenses. 12
37263457 NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 13
37273458 For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 14
37283459 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $4,750,000: Provided, That the 15
37293460 item relating to ‘‘National Capital Arts and Cultural Af-16
37303461 fairs’’ in the Department of the Interior and Related 17
37313462 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, as enacted into law 18
37323463 by section 101(d) of Public Law 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 19
37333464 956a), shall be applied in fiscal year 2024 in the second 20
37343465 paragraph by inserting ‘‘, calendar year 2020 excluded’’ 21
3735-before the first period. 22
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37393468 ADVISORYCOUNCIL ONHISTORICPRESERVATION 1
37403469 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
37413470 For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 3
37423471 Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $8,285,000. 4
37433472 N
37443473 ATIONALCAPITALPLANNINGCOMMISSION 5
37453474 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6
37463475 For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-7
37473476 ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 8
37483477 States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 9
37493478 3109, $8,500,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per-10
37503479 cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 11
37513480 for official reception and representational expenses associ-12
37523481 ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 13
37533482 planning and physical development of world capitals. 14
37543483 U
37553484 NITEDSTATESHOLOCAUSTMEMORIALMUSEUM 15
37563485 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 16
37573486 For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 17
37583487 authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 18
37593488 2310), $67,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (increased 19
37603489 by $2,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 20
37613490 2025, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until 21
37623491 September 30, 2026, for the Museum’s equipment replace-22
37633492 ment program; and of which $4,000,000 for the Museum’s 23
3764-repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the 24
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37683495 Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall remain avail-1
37693496 able until expended. 2
37703497 W
37713498 ORLDWARI CENTENNIALCOMMISSION 3
37723499 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
37733500 Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Cen-5
37743501 tennial Commission Act, as authorized by the World War 6
37753502 I Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and 7
37763503 the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 8
37773504 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 9
37783505 Law 113–291), for necessary expenses of the World War 10
37793506 I Centennial Commission, $1,500,000, to remain available 11
37803507 until expended: Provided, That in addition to the authority 12
37813508 provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the World War I 13
37823509 Commission may accept money, in-kind personnel services, 14
37833510 contractual support, or any appropriate support from any 15
37843511 executive branch agency for activities of the Commission. 16
37853512 U
37863513 NITEDSTATESSEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION 17
37873514 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18
37883515 For necessary expenses of the United States 19
37893516 Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and coordinate 20
37903517 observances and activities associated with the 250th anni-21
37913518 versary of the founding of the United States, as authorized 22
37923519 by Public Law 116–282, the technical amendments to 23
37933520 Public Law 114–196, $15,000,000, to remain available 24
3794-until September 30, 2025. 25
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37983523 TITLE IV 1
37993524 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2
38003525 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
38013526 RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 4
38023527 S
38033528 EC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 5
38043529 this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-6
38053530 tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 7
38063531 promote public support or opposition to any legislative 8
38073532 proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 9
38083533 other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 10
38093534 described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 11
38103535 OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 12
38113536 S
38123537 EC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 13
38133538 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 14
38143539 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 15
38153540 DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 16
38163541 S
38173542 EC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over-17
38183543 head charges, deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including 18
38193544 working capital fund charges, from programs, projects, ac-19
38203545 tivities and subactivities to support government-wide, de-20
38213546 partmental, agency, or bureau administrative functions or 21
38223547 headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be pre-22
38233548 sented in annual budget justifications and subject to ap-23
38243549 proval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 24
3825-of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such esti-25
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38293552 mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria-1
38303553 tions for approval. 2
38313554 MINING APPLICATIONS 3
38323555 S
38333556 EC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OFFUNDS.—None of the 4
38343557 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 5
38353558 to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 6
38363559 process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 7
38373560 site claim located under the general mining laws. 8
38383561 (b) E
38393562 XCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 9
38403563 the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 10
38413564 concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-11
38423565 retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re-12
38433566 quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 13
38443567 the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 14
38453568 lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 15
38463569 Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 16
38473570 claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 17
38483571 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 18
38493572 fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 19
38503573 (c) R
38513574 EPORT.—On September 30, 2025, the Secretary 20
38523575 of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-21
38533576 mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 22
38543577 Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 23
38553578 Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 24
3856-by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 25
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38603581 section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re-1
38613582 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 2
38623583 104–208). 3
38633584 (d) M
38643585 INERALEXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 4
38653586 patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 5
38663587 upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 6
38673588 the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 7
38683589 third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 8
38693590 Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam-9
38703591 ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 10
38713592 patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu-11
38723593 reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi-12
38733594 bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac-13
38743595 cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 14
38753596 Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third- 15
38763597 party contractors. 16
38773598 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS , PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 17
38783599 S
38793600 EC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 18
38803601 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 19
38813602 2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis-20
38823603 cal year 2024. 21
38833604 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS , FISCAL YEAR 2024 22
38843605 LIMITATION 23
38853606 S
38863607 EC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 24
3887-year 2024 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 25
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38913610 Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 1
38923611 Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 2
38933612 Affairs, Contract Support Costs’’ are the only amounts 3
38943613 available for contract support costs arising out of self-de-4
38953614 termination or self-governance contracts, grants, com-5
38963615 pacts, or annual funding agreements for fiscal year 2024 6
38973616 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Edu-7
38983617 cation, and the Indian Health Service: Provided, That 8
38993618 such amounts provided by this Act are not available for 9
39003619 payment of claims for contract support costs for prior 10
39013620 years, or for repayments of payments for settlements or 11
39023621 judgments awarding contract support costs for prior 12
39033622 years. 13
39043623 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 14
39053624 S
39063625 EC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 15
39073626 considered to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the 16
39083627 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 17
39093628 of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more 18
39103629 than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan 19
39113630 for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this 20
39123631 section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement 21
39133632 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-22
39143633 ning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Pro-23
39153634 vided, That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and 24
3916-in good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan 25
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39203637 for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall 1
39213638 be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper 2
39223639 jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accel-3
39233640 erated basis. 4
39243641 PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 5
39253642 S
39263643 EC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-6
39273644 pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 7
39283645 under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 8
39293646 seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 9
39303647 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu-10
39313648 ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 11
39323649 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 12
39333650 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 13
39343651 the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu-14
39353652 ment. 15
39363653 LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 16
39373654 S
39383655 EC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 17
39393656 appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 18
39403657 interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec-19
39413658 larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 20
39423659 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-21
39433660 propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 22
39443661 to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na-23
39453662 tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 24
3946-funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 25
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39503665 Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur-1
39513666 poses. 2
39523667 PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 3
39533668 S
39543669 EC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or other-4
39553670 wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen-5
39563671 cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 6
39573672 such contract is entered into in accordance with the re-7
39583673 quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 8
39593674 or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 9
39603675 Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 10
39613676 (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con-11
39623677 tract to be entered into without regard for these re-12
39633678 quirements, including formula grants for States, or 13
39643679 federally recognized Indian Tribes; 14
39653680 (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 15
39663681 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 16
39673682 (Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) or by 17
39683683 any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 18
39693684 contract within an Indian Tribe as defined in section 19
39703685 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)); or 20
39713686 (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 21
39723687 of enactment of this Act. 22
39733688 POSTING OF REPORTS 23
39743689 S
39753690 EC. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-24
3976-able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 25
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39803693 post on the public website of that agency any report re-1
39813694 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 2
39823695 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-3
39833696 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 4
39843697 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 5
39853698 (1) the public posting of the report com-6
39863699 promises national security; or 7
39873700 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 8
39883701 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 9
39893702 do so only after such report has been made available to 10
39903703 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 11
39913704 no less than 45 days. 12
39923705 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT 13
39933706 GUIDELINES 14
39943707 S
39953708 EC. 412. Of the funds provided to the National En-15
39963709 dowment for the Arts— 16
39973710 (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 17
39983711 to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-18
39993712 dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-19
40003713 age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-20
40013714 ship. 21
40023715 (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 22
40033716 to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 23
40043717 except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 24
4005-or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 25
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40093720 any other organization or individual to conduct ac-1
40103721 tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 2
40113722 Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 3
40123723 made in exchange for goods and services. 4
40133724 (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 5
40143725 to a group, unless the application is specific to the 6
40153726 contents of the season, including identified programs 7
40163727 or projects. 8
40173728 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM 9
40183729 PRIORITIES 10
40193730 S
40203731 EC. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-11
40213732 nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 12
40223733 Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-13
40233734 priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 14
40243735 Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 15
40253736 to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 16
40263737 projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 17
40273738 underserved populations. 18
40283739 (b) In this section: 19
40293740 (1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 20
40303741 a population of individuals, including urban minori-21
40313742 ties, who have historically been outside the purview 22
40323743 of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 23
40333744 as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 24
4034-or to geographic isolation. 25
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40383747 (2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 1
40393748 line (as defined by the Office of Management and 2
40403749 Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-3
40413750 tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 4
40423751 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 5
40433752 the size involved. 6
40443753 (c) In providing services and awarding financial as-7
40453754 sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 8
40463755 Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 9
40473756 Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 10
40483757 Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv-11
40493758 ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-12
40503759 tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 13
40513760 knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 14
40523761 the arts. 15
40533762 (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 16
40543763 section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-17
40553764 manities Act of 1965— 18
40563765 (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-19
40573766 egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-20
40583767 grams that are of national impact or availability or 21
40593768 are able to tour several States; 22
40603769 (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-23
4061-ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 24
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40653772 to any single State, excluding grants made under the 1
40663773 authority of paragraph (1); 2
40673774 (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con-3
40683775 gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 4
40693776 the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-5
40703777 tion 5 of such Act; and 6
40713778 (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 7
40723779 grants to improve and support community-based 8
40733780 music performance and education. 9
40743781 STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 10
40753782 S
40763783 EC. 414. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-11
40773784 ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 12
40783785 Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 13
40793786 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-14
40803787 ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro-15
40813788 priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob-16
40823789 ligated funds in each program and activity within 60 days 17
40833790 of enactment of this Act. 18
40843791 EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 19
40853792 S
40863793 EC. 415. The terms and conditions of section 325 20
40873794 of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz-21
40883795 ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 22
40893796 subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 23
40903797 Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 24
4091-shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2024. 25
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40953800 FUNDING PROHIBITION 1
40963801 S
40973802 EC. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in 2
40983803 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 3
40993804 network unless such network is designed to block access 4
41003805 to pornography websites. 5
41013806 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 6
41023807 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 7
41033808 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 8
41043809 criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi-9
41053810 ties. 10
41063811 HUMANE TRANSFER AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS 11
41073812 S
41083813 EC. 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 12
41093814 of law, the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land 13
41103815 administered by the Bureau of Land Management, or the 14
41113816 Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land adminis-15
41123817 tered by the Forest Service (referred to in this section as 16
41133818 the ‘‘Secretary concerned’’), may transfer excess wild 17
41143819 horses and burros that have been removed from land ad-18
41153820 ministered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal, 19
41163821 State, and local government agencies for use as work ani-20
41173822 mals. 21
41183823 (b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer 22
41193824 under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Fed-23
4120-eral, State, or local government agency. 24
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41243827 (c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under 1
41253828 subsection (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming 2
41263829 horse or burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92– 3
41273830 195 (commonly known as the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses 4
41283831 and Burros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). 5
41293832 (d) A Federal, State, or local government agency re-6
41303833 ceiving an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to sub-7
41313834 section (a) shall not— 8
41323835 (1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that 9
41333836 results in the destruction of the horse or burro into 10
41343837 a commercial product; 11
41353838 (2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro 12
41363839 in a manner that results in the destruction of the 13
41373840 horse or burro for processing into a commercial 14
41383841 product; or 15
41393842 (3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the 16
41403843 recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case 17
41413844 of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 18
41423845 (e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be 19
41433846 available for— 20
41443847 (1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, 21
41453848 and wild horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the 22
4146-Secretary concerned (including a contractor); or 23
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41503851 (2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results 1
41513852 in the destruction of the wild horse or burro for 2
41523853 processing into a commercial product. 3
41533854 FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 4
41543855 ENHANCEMENT AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 5
41553856 S
41563857 EC. 418. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 6
41573858 U.S.C. 580d note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-7
41583859 tember 30, 2024’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 8
41593860 USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 9
41603861 S
41613862 EC. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 10
41623863 by a State water pollution control revolving fund as au-11
41633864 thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 12
41643865 (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the 13
41653866 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 14
41663867 water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and 15
41673868 steel products used in the project are produced in the 16
41683869 United States. 17
41693870 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 18
41703871 means the following products made primarily of iron or 19
41713872 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 20
41723873 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 21
41733874 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-22
41743875 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 23
41753876 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-24
4176-egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-25
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41803879 mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 1
41813880 the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 2
41823881 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-3
41833882 sistent with the public interest; 4
41843883 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 5
41853884 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-6
41863885 able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 7
41873886 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-8
41883887 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 9
41893888 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 10
41903889 (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv-11
41913890 er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail-12
41923891 able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re-13
41933892 quest and information available to the Administrator con-14
41943893 cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 15
41953894 input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 16
41963895 a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 17
41973896 make the request and accompanying information available 18
41983897 by electronic means, including on the official public Inter-19
41993898 net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 20
42003899 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-21
42013900 sistent with United States obligations under international 22
42023901 agreements. 23
42033902 (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 24
4204-of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 25
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42083905 Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out 1
42093906 the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage-2
42103907 ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 3
42113908 LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS -4
42123909 FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR 5
42133910 WILDFIRES 6
42143911 S
42153912 EC. 420. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 7
42163913 to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol-8
42173914 unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 9
42183915 fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 10
42193916 provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 11
42203917 supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding sec-12
42213918 tion 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 13
42223919 of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further 14
42233920 authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the 15
42243921 Interior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry 16
42253922 out the functions of the Department’s wildland fire man-17
42263923 agement program to such organizations. 18
42273924 RECREATION FEES 19
42283925 S
42293926 EC. 421. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre-20
42303927 ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied 21
42313928 by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2025’’ for ‘‘September 30, 22
4232-2019’’. 23
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42363931 REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES 1
42373932 S
42383933 EC. 422. None of the funds made available in this 2
42393934 Act, in this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed 3
42403935 without the advance approval of the House and Senate 4
42413936 Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the re-5
42423937 programming procedures contained in the report accom-6
42433938 panying this Act. 7
42443939 LOCAL CONTRACTORS 8
42453940 S
42463941 EC. 423. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 9
42473942 112–74 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ 10
42483943 for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 11
42493944 INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 12
42503945 S
42513946 EC. 424. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 13
42523947 113–76 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) shall be applied by sub-14
42533948 stituting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ for ‘‘September 30, 15
42543949 2019’’. 16
42553950 PUERTO RICO SCHOOLING AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 17
42563951 S
42573952 EC. 425. The authority provided by the 19th un-18
42583953 numbered paragraph under heading ‘‘Administrative Pro-19
42593954 visions, Forest Service’’ in title III of Public Law 109– 20
42603955 54, as amended, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal 21
4261-year 2024’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 22
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42653958 FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION 1
42663959 AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 2
42673960 S
42683961 EC. 426. Section 339 of the Department of the Inte-3
42693962 rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as 4
42703963 enacted into law by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 5
42713964 note), as amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108– 6
42723965 108 and section 432 of Public Law 113–76, shall be ap-7
42733966 plied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 8
42743967 2019’’. 9
42753968 TRIBAL LEASES 10
42763969 S
42773970 EC. 427. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 11
42783971 of law, in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of 12
42793972 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 13
42803973 Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease term shall com-14
42813974 mence no earlier than the date of receipt of the lease pro-15
42823975 posal. 16
42833976 (b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and 17
42843977 Human Services shall, jointly or separately, during fiscal 18
42853978 year 2024 consult with Tribes and Tribal organizations 19
42863979 through public solicitation and other means regarding the 20
42873980 requirements for leases under section 105(l) of the Indian 21
42883981 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 22
42893982 U.S.C. 5324(l)) on how to implement a consistent and 23
4290-transparent process for the payment of such leases. 24
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42943985 FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND 1
42953986 S
42963987 EC. 428. The authority provided under the heading 2
42973988 ‘‘Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund’’ in title 3
42983989 I of Public Law 111–88, as amended by section 117 of 4
42993990 division F of Public Law 113–235, shall be applied by sub-5
43003991 stituting ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ each 6
43013992 place it appears. 7
43023993 ALLOCATION OF PROJECTS , NATIONAL PARKS AND PUB -8
43033994 LIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND AND LAND 9
43043995 AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 10
43053996 S
43063997 EC. 429. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 11
43073998 Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall allocate amounts 12
43083999 made available from the National Parks and Public Land 13
43094000 Legacy Restoration Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursuant 14
43104001 to subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United 15
43114002 States Code, and as provided in subsection (e) of such sec-16
43124003 tion of such title, to the agencies of the Department of 17
43134004 the Interior and the Department of Agriculture specified, 18
43144005 in the amounts specified, for the stations and unit names 19
43154006 specified, and for the projects and activities specified in 20
43164007 the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: National Parks and 21
43174008 Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2024’’ 22
43184009 in the report accompanying this Act. 23
43194010 (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Sec-24
4320-retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, 25
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43244013 as appropriate, shall allocate amounts made available for 1
43254014 expenditure from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 2
43264015 for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 3
43274016 200303 of title 54, United States Code, to the agencies 4
43284017 and accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for 5
43294018 the projects and activities specified in the table titled ‘‘Al-6
43304019 location of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund 7
43314020 Fiscal Year 2024’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 8
43324021 (b) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) 9
43334022 of this section, neither the President nor his designee may 10
43344023 allocate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 11
43354024 year under subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, 12
43364025 United States Code, or subsection (a) of section 200303 13
43374026 of title 54, United States Code, other than in amounts 14
43384027 and for projects and activities that are allocated by sub-15
43394028 sections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section: Provided, That 16
43404029 in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall 17
43414030 not apply to the allocation of amounts for continuing ad-18
43424031 ministration of programs allocated funds from the Na-19
43434032 tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund 20
43444033 or the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which may 21
43454034 be allocated only in amounts that are no more than the 22
43464035 allocation for such purposes in subsections (a)(1) and 23
4347-(a)(2) of this section. 24
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43514038 (c) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 1
43524039 of Agriculture may reallocate amounts from each agency’s 2
43534040 ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line in the table titled ‘‘Allocation 3
43544041 of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Res-4
43554042 toration Fund Fiscal Year 2024’’ to any project funded 5
43564043 by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora-6
43574044 tion Fund within the same agency, from any fiscal year, 7
43584045 that experienced a funding deficiency due to unforeseen 8
43594046 cost overruns, in accordance with the following require-9
43604047 ments— 10
43614048 (1) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be 11
43624049 reallocated if there is a risk to project completion re-12
43634050 sulting from unforeseen cost overruns; 13
43644051 (2) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be 14
43654052 reallocated for cost of adjustments and changes 15
43664053 within the original scope of effort for projects fund-16
43674054 ed by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy 17
43684055 Restoration Fund; and 18
43694056 (3) the Secretary of the Interior or the Sec-19
43704057 retary of Agriculture must provide written notifica-20
43714058 tion to the Committees on Appropriations of the 21
43724059 House of Representatives and Senate 30 days before 22
43734060 taking any actions authorized by this subsection if 23
4374-the amount reallocated from the ‘‘Contingency 24
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43784063 Fund’’ line for a project is projected to be 10 per-1
43794064 cent or greater than the following, as applicable— 2
43804065 (A) the amount allocated to that project in 3
43814066 the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: National 4
43824067 Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 5
43834068 Fund Fiscal Year 2024’’ in the report accom-6
43844069 panying this Act; or 7
43854070 (B) the initial estimate in the most recent 8
43864071 report submitted, prior to enactment of this 9
43874072 Act, to the Committees on Appropriations pur-10
43884073 suant to section 431(e) of division G of the 11
43894074 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public 12
43904075 Law 117–328). 13
43914076 (d)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 14
43924077 of the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the 15
43934078 Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub-16
43944079 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 17
43954080 of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets for 18
43964081 the projects in the ‘‘Submission of Annual List of Projects 19
43974082 to Congress’’ required by section 200402(h) of title 54, 20
43984083 United States Code: Provided, That the ‘‘Submission of 21
43994084 Annual List of Projects to Congress’’ must include a 22
44004085 ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line for each agency within the allo-23
44014086 cations defined in subsection (e) of section 200402 of title 24
4402-54, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 25
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44064089 event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act for 1
44074090 the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 2
44084091 Fund are no longer needed to complete a specified project, 3
44094092 such amounts may be reallocated in such submission to 4
44104093 that agency’s ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line: Provided further, 5
44114094 That any proposals to change the scope of or terminate 6
44124095 a previously approved project must be clearly identified 7
44134096 in such submission. 8
44144097 (2)(A) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 9
44154098 of the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the 10
44164099 Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub-11
44174100 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 12
44184101 of Representatives and the Senate a list of supplementary 13
44194102 allocations for Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy 14
44204103 Projects at the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and 15
44214104 Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and 16
44224105 the U.S. Forest Service that are in addition to the ‘‘Sub-17
44234106 mission of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 18
44244107 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that are 19
44254108 prioritized and detailed by account, program, and project, 20
44264109 and that total no less than half the full amount allocated 21
44274110 to each account for that land management Agency under 22
44284111 the allocations submitted under section 200303(c)(1) of 23
44294112 title 54, United States Code: Provided, That in the event 24
4430-amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act pursuant 25
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44344115 to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United 1
44354116 States Code are no longer needed because a project has 2
44364117 been completed or can no longer be executed, such 3
44374118 amounts must be clearly identified if proposed for realloca-4
44384119 tion in the annual budget submission. 5
44394120 (B) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy 6
44404121 projects in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required 7
44414122 by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, 8
44424123 and on the list of supplementary allocations required by 9
44434124 subparagraph (A) shall be comprised only of projects for 10
44444125 which a willing seller has been identified and for which 11
44454126 an appraisal or market research has been initiated. 12
44464127 (C) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 13
44474128 of the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the 14
44484129 Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub-15
44494130 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 16
44504131 of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets in 17
44514132 the same format and containing the same level of detailed 18
44524133 information that is found on such sheets in the Budget 19
44534134 Justifications annually submitted by the Department of 20
44544135 the Interior with the President’s Budget for the projects 21
44554136 in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 22
44564137 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, and in the 23
44574138 same format and containing the same level of detailed in-24
4458-formation that is found on such sheets submitted to the 25
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44624141 Committees pursuant to section 427 of division D of the 1
44634142 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 2
44644143 Law 116–94) for the list of supplementary allocations re-3
44654144 quired by subparagraph (A). 4
44664145 (e) The Department of the Interior and the Depart-5
44674146 ment of Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Ap-6
44684147 propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 7
44694148 quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and 8
44704149 activities funded by the National Parks and Public Land 9
44714150 Legacy Restoration Fund for amounts allocated pursuant 10
44724151 to subsection (a)(1) of this section and the status of bal-11
44734152 ances of projects and activities funded by the Land and 12
44744153 Water Conservation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant 13
44754154 to subsection (a)(2) of this section, including all uncom-14
44764155 mitted, committed, and unobligated funds, and, for 15
44774156 amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this 16
44784157 section, National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora-17
44794158 tion Fund amounts reallocated pursuant to subsection (c) 18
44804159 of this section. 19
44814160 POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 20
44824161 S
44834162 EC. 430. To support the key role that forests in the 21
44844163 United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 22
44854164 the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 23
4486-of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environ-24
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44904167 mental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their mis-1
44914168 sions, jointly— 2
44924169 (1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 3
44934170 bioenergy— 4
44944171 (A) is consistent across all Federal depart-5
44954172 ments and agencies; and 6
44964173 (B) recognizes the full benefits of the use 7
44974174 of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and 8
44984175 responsible forest management; and 9
44994176 (2) establish clear and simple policies for the 10
45004177 use of forest biomass as an energy solution, includ-11
45014178 ing policies that— 12
45024179 (A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest 13
45034180 bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 14
45044181 energy source, provided the use of forest bio-15
45054182 mass for energy production does not cause con-16
45064183 version of forests to non-forest use; 17
45074184 (B) encourage private investment through-18
45084185 out the forest biomass supply chain, including 19
45094186 in— 20
45104187 (i) working forests; 21
45114188 (ii) harvesting operations; 22
45124189 (iii) forest improvement operations; 23
45134190 (iv) forest bioenergy production; 24
4514-(v) wood products manufacturing; or 25
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45184193 (vi) paper manufacturing; 1
45194194 (C) encourage forest management to im-2
45204195 prove forest health; and 3
45214196 (D) recognize State initiatives to produce 4
45224197 and use forest biomass. 5
45234198 SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS 6
45244199 S
45254200 EC. 431. None of the funds made available in this 7
45264201 Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation 8
45274202 issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts 9
45284203 CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of 10
45294204 Alaska that are defined as ‘‘small, remote incinerator’’ 11
45304205 units in those regulations and, until a subsequent regula-12
45314206 tion is issued, the Administrator shall implement the law 13
45324207 and regulations in effect prior to such date. 14
45334208 TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 15
45344209 S
45354210 EC. 432. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 16
45364211 be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 17
45374212 the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 18
45384213 and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 19
45394214 allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 20
45404215 when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west-21
45414216 ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 22
45424217 to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 23
45434218 be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 24
4544-48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi-25
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4219+48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi-25 162
4220+•HR 4821 EH
45484221 tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con-1
45494222 tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex-2
45504223 ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 3
45514224 holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 4
45524225 export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. 5
45534226 TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINIS -6
45544227 TRATION FOR THE NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC 7
45554228 LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND 8
45564229 S
45574230 EC. 433. Funds made available or allocated in this 9
45584231 Act to the Department of the Interior or the Department 10
45594232 of Agriculture that are subject to the allocations and limi-11
45604233 tations in 54 U.S.C. 200402(e) and prohibitions in 54 12
45614234 U.S.C. 200402(f) may be further allocated or reallocated 13
45624235 to the Federal Highway Administration for transportation 14
45634236 projects of the covered agencies defined in 54 U.S.C. 15
45644237 200401(2). 16
45654238 PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 17
45664239 S
45674240 EC. 434. Notwithstanding any other provision of 18
45684241 law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any 19
45694242 other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any 20
45704243 regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V 21
45714244 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 22
45724245 dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 23
45734246 resulting from biological processes associated with live-24
4574-stock production. 25
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4577-HR 4821 PCS
4247+stock production. 25 163
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45784249 GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 1
45794250 S
45804251 EC. 435. Notwithstanding any other provision of 2
45814252 law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 3
45824253 Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, 4
45834254 if that provision requires mandatory reporting of green-5
45844255 house gas emissions from manure management systems. 6
45854256 FUNDING PROHIBITION 7
45864257 S
45874258 EC. 436. None of the funds made available by this 8
45884259 or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 9
45894260 of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 10
45904261 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 11
45914262 et seq.) or any other law. 12
45924263 ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES 13
45934264 AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 14
45944265 S
45954266 EC. 437. Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of 15
45964267 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 16
45974268 113–76) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘October 1, 17
45984269 2024’’ for ‘‘December 24, 2022’’. 18
45994270 RESCISSION OF GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUND 19
46004271 S
46014272 EC. 438. Of the unobligated balances of amounts ap-20
46024273 propriated or otherwise made available for activities of the 21
46034274 Environmental Protection Agency by subsection (a) of sec-22
46044275 tion 134 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7434(a)), 23
4605-$7,765,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 24
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4608-HR 4821 PCS
4276+$7,765,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 24 164
4277+•HR 4821 EH
46094278 RESCISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE 1
46104279 GRANTS 2
46114280 S
46124281 EC. 439. Of the unobligated balances of amounts ap-3
46134282 propriated or otherwise made available for activities of the 4
46144283 Environmental Protection Agency by section 138(a) of the 5
46154284 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7438(a)), $1,353,000,000 are 6
46164285 hereby permanently rescinded. 7
46174286 HUNTING, FISHING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING ON 8
46184287 FEDERAL LAND 9
46194288 S
46204289 EC. 440. (a) None of the funds made available by 10
46214290 this or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to 11
46224291 prohibit the use of or access to Federal land (as such term 12
46234292 is defined in section 3 of the Healthy Forests Restoration 13
46244293 Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6502)) for hunting, fishing, or 14
46254294 recreational shooting if such use or access— 15
46264295 (1) was not prohibited on such Federal land as 16
46274296 of January 1, 2013; and 17
46284297 (2) was conducted in compliance with the re-18
46294298 source management plan (as defined in section 101 19
46304299 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6511)) applicable to such 20
46314300 Federal land as of January 1, 2013. 21
46324301 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of 22
46334302 the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may tempo-23
46344303 rarily close, for a period not to exceed 30 days, Federal 24
4635-land managed by the Secretary to hunting, fishing, or rec-25
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4638-HR 4821 PCS
4304+land managed by the Secretary to hunting, fishing, or rec-25 165
4305+•HR 4821 EH
46394306 reational shooting if the Secretary determines that the 1
46404307 temporary closure is necessary to accommodate a special 2
46414308 event or for public safety reasons. The Secretary may ex-3
46424309 tend a temporary closure for one additional 90-day period 4
46434310 only if the Secretary determines the extension is necessary 5
46444311 because of extraordinary weather conditions or for public 6
46454312 safety reasons. 7
46464313 (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as af-8
46474314 fecting the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of the 9
46484315 several States to manage, control, or regulate fish and 10
46494316 resident wildlife under State law or regulations. 11
46504317 WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES 12
46514318 S
46524319 EC. 441. The rule submitted by the Department of 13
46534320 the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense 14
46544321 and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘Re-15
46554322 vised Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’’’ (88 16
46564323 Fed. Reg. 3004 (January 18, 2023)) shall have no force 17
46574324 or effect. 18
46584325 LIMITATION 19
46594326 S
46604327 EC. 442. None of the funds appropriated or other-20
46614328 wise made available by this Act may be obligated to en-21
46624329 force Public Land Order 7917 (88 Fed. Reg. 6308 (Janu-22
4663-ary 31, 2023)). 23
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4666-HR 4821 PCS
4330+ary 31, 2023)). 23 166
4331+•HR 4821 EH
46674332 MINERAL LEASES 1
46684333 S
46694334 EC. 443. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 2
46704335 and not subject to further judicial review, not later than 3
46714336 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act the Sec-4
46724337 retary of the Interior shall reinstate the hardrock mineral 5
46734338 leases in the Superior National Forest in the State of Min-6
46744339 nesota issued in 2019 and identified as MNES-01352 and 7
46754340 MNES-01353. 8
46764341 USE OF MINING CLAIMS FOR ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES 9
46774342 S
46784343 EC. 444. Section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget 10
46794344 Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f) is amended 11
46804345 by adding at the end the following: 12
46814346 ‘‘(e) S
46824347 ECURITY OFTENURE.— 13
46834348 ‘‘(1) I
46844349 N GENERAL.— 14
46854350 ‘‘(A) I
46864351 N GENERAL.—A claimant shall have 15
46874352 the right to use, occupy, and conduct operations 16
46884353 on public land, with or without the discovery of 17
46894354 a valuable mineral deposit, if— 18
46904355 ‘‘(i) such claimant makes a timely 19
46914356 payment of the location fee required by 20
46924357 section 10102 and the claim maintenance 21
46934358 fee required by subsection (a); or 22
46944359 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a claimant who 23
46954360 qualifies for a waiver under subsection (d), 24
4696-such claimant makes a timely payment of 25
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4699-HR 4821 PCS
4361+such claimant makes a timely payment of 25 167
4362+•HR 4821 EH
47004363 the location fee and complies with the re-1
47014364 quired assessment work under the general 2
47024365 mining laws. 3
47034366 ‘‘(B) O
47044367 PERATIONS DEFINED .—For the 4
47054368 purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘oper-5
47064369 ations’ means— 6
47074370 ‘‘(i) any activity or work carried out 7
47084371 in connection with prospecting, exploration, 8
47094372 processing, discovery and assessment, de-9
47104373 velopment, or extraction with respect to a 10
47114374 locatable mineral; 11
47124375 ‘‘(ii) the reclamation of any disturbed 12
47134376 areas; and 13
47144377 ‘‘(iii) any other reasonably incident 14
47154378 uses, whether on a mining claim or not, in-15
47164379 cluding the construction and maintenance 16
47174380 of facilities, roads, transmission lines, pipe-17
47184381 lines, and any other necessary infrastruc-18
47194382 ture or means of access on public land for 19
47204383 support facilities. 20
47214384 ‘‘(2) F
47224385 ULFILLMENT OF FEDERAL LAND POLICY 21
47234386 AND MANAGEMENT ACT .—A claimant that fulfills 22
47244387 the requirements of this section and section 10102 23
47254388 shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of any 24
4726-provision of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-25
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4729-HR 4821 PCS
4389+provision of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-25 168
4390+•HR 4821 EH
47304391 ment Act that requires the payment of fair market 1
47314392 value to the United States for use of public lands 2
47324393 and resources relating to use of such lands and re-3
47334394 sources authorized by the general mining laws. 4
47344395 ‘‘(3) S
47354396 AVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this sub-5
47364397 section may be construed to diminish the rights of 6
47374398 entry, use, and occupancy, or any other right, of a 7
47384399 claimant under the general mining laws.’’. 8
47394400 CHARLES M. RUSSELL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 9
47404401 S
47414402 EC. 445. None of the funds made available by this 10
47424403 or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-11
47434404 rior to facilitate or allow for the introduction of American 12
47444405 bison (Bison bison) on the Charles M. Russell National 13
47454406 Wildlife Refuge (as originally established in Executive 14
47464407 Order No. 7509, renamed in Public Land Order 2951, and 15
47474408 redesignated in Public Land Order 5635). 16
47484409 COTTONWOOD 17
47494410 S
47504411 EC. 446. No later than 60 days after the date of 18
47514412 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 19
47524413 issue the final rule entitled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened 20
47534414 Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Interagency Coopera-21
4754-tion’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 2373 (January 12, 2021)). 22
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4757-HR 4821 PCS
4415+tion’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 2373 (January 12, 2021)). 22 169
4416+•HR 4821 EH
47584417 SOCIAL COST OF CARBON 1
47594418 S
47604419 EC. 447. None of the funds made available by this 2
47614420 Act may be used to consider or incorporate the social cost 3
47624421 of carbon— 4
47634422 (1) as part of any cost-benefit analysis required 5
47644423 or performed pursuant to— 6
47654424 (A) any law; 7
47664425 (B) Executive Order No. 13990 (86 Fed. 8
47674426 Reg. 7037; relating to protecting public health 9
47684427 and the environment and restoring science to 10
47694428 tackle the climate crisis); 11
47704429 (C) Executive Order No. 14094 (88 Fed. 12
47714430 Reg. 21879; relating to modernizing regulatory 13
47724431 review); 14
47734432 (D) the Presidential Memorandum entitled 15
47744433 ‘‘Modernizing Regulatory Review’’ issued by the 16
47754434 President on January 20, 2021; 17
47764435 (E) any revisions to Office of Management 18
47774436 and Budget Circular A-4 proposed or finalized 19
47784437 under Executive Order No. 14094; or 20
47794438 (F) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Social 21
47804439 Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide 22
47814440 Interim Estimates under Executive Order 23
4782-13990,’’ published under the Interagency Work-24
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4785-HR 4821 PCS
4441+13990,’’ published under the Interagency Work-24 170
4442+•HR 4821 EH
47864443 ing Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse 1
47874444 Gases, in February of 2021; 2
47884445 (2) in any rulemaking; 3
47894446 (3) in the issuance of any guidance; 4
47904447 (4) in taking any other agency action; or 5
47914448 (5) as a justification for any rulemaking, guid-6
47924449 ance document, or agency action. 7
47934450 LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN 8
47944451 S
47954452 EC. 448. None of the funds made available in this 9
47964453 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 10
47974454 or enforce the rule entitled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened 11
47984455 Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened 12
47994456 Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct 13
48004457 Population Segment and Endangered Status for the 14
48014458 Southern Distinct Population Segment’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 15
48024459 72674 (November 25, 2022)). 16
48034460 ECOGRIEF 17
48044461 S
48054462 EC. 449. None of the funds made available by this 18
48064463 or any other Act may be obligated or expended to carry 19
48074464 out the program for Federal employees at the Department 20
48084465 of the Interior entitled ‘‘Acknowledging Ecogrief and De-21
48094466 veloping Resistance’’ or any counseling sessions, work-22
48104467 shop, or any other meeting pertaining to ecological grief, 23
4811-ecogrief, or eco-resilience. 24
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4814-HR 4821 PCS
4468+ecogrief, or eco-resilience. 24 171
4469+•HR 4821 EH
48154470 NORTH CASCADES ECOSYSTEM GRIZZLY BEAR 1
48164471 S
48174472 EC. 450. None of the funds made available by this 2
48184473 Act may be obligated or expended to prepare an environ-3
48194474 mental impact statement for, or to implement, administer, 4
48204475 or enforce, the North Cascades Ecosystem Grizzly Bear 5
48214476 Restoration Plan (87 Fed. Reg. 68190). 6
48224477 WATER RIGHTS 7
48234478 S
48244479 EC. 451. None of the funds made available in this 8
48254480 or any other Act may be obligated to require or request, 9
48264481 as a condition of the issuance, renewal, or extension of 10
48274482 any Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management per-11
48284483 mit, lease, allotment, easement, or other land use and oc-12
48294484 cupancy, arrangement, the transfer, or relinquishment of 13
48304485 any water right, in whole, or in part, granted under State 14
48314486 law. 15
48324487 GRAY WOLF 16
48334488 S
48344489 EC. 452. Not later than 60 days after the date of 17
48354490 enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior 18
48364491 shall reissue the final rule entitled ‘‘Endangered and 19
48374492 Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf 20
48384493 (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threat-21
48394494 ened Wildlife’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 69778 (November 3, 2020)). 22
48404495 COST RECOVERY 23
48414496 S
48424497 EC. 453. (a) Any regulation promulgated by the Sec-24
4843-retary of the Interior to establish fees to recover the costs 25
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4846-HR 4821 PCS
4498+retary of the Interior to establish fees to recover the costs 25 172
4499+•HR 4821 EH
48474500 of processing an application for a special recreation permit 1
48484501 or monitoring an authorization under a special recreation 2
48494502 permit for competitive or organized group or event use 3
48504503 shall include an exemption providing that fee may not be 4
48514504 recovered for not less than the first 100 hours of work 5
48524505 necessary in any 1 year to process the application or mon-6
48534506 itor the authorization. 7
48544507 (b) Not later than 30 days after the date of enact-8
48554508 ment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall 9
48564509 revise section 2932.31(e) of title 43, Code of Federal Reg-10
48574510 ulations, to be consistent with subsection (a) of this sec-11
48584511 tion. 12
48594512 EXECUTIVE ORDER FUNDING PROHIBITION 13
48604513 S
48614514 EC. 454. None of the funds appropriated or other-14
48624515 wise made available by this Act may be made available 15
48634516 to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Ex-16
48644517 ecutive Order No. 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. 17
48654518 Reg. 7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support 18
48664519 for underserved communities through the Federal Govern-19
48674520 ment), Executive Order No. 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 20
48684521 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, 21
48694522 and accessibility in the Federal workforce), or Executive 22
48704523 Order No. 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 23
4871-10825, relating to further advancing racial equity and 24
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4874-HR 4821 PCS
4524+10825, relating to further advancing racial equity and 24 173
4525+•HR 4821 EH
48754526 support for underserved communities through the Federal 1
48764527 Government). 2
48774528 LIMITATION 3
48784529 S
48794530 EC. 455. None of the funds made available by this 4
48804531 Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 5
48814532 activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory 6
48824533 or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 7
48834534 WUHAN INSTITUTE LIMITATION 8
48844535 S
48854536 EC. 456. None of the funds made available by this 9
48864537 Act may be made available to support, directly or indi-10
48874538 rectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory 11
48884539 owned or controlled by the governments of the People’s 12
48894540 Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Re-13
48904541 public of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 14
48914542 the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Ven-15
48924543 ezuela under the regime of Nicola´s Maduro Moros, or any 16
48934544 other country determined by the Secretary of State to be 17
48944545 a foreign adversary. 18
48954546 NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT 19
48964547 S
48974548 EC. 457. None of the funds made available by this 20
48984549 Act may be used to implement the final rule ‘‘Endangered 21
48994550 and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species 22
49004551 Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 23
4901-73488 (November 30, 2020)). 24
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4904-HR 4821 PCS
4552+73488 (November 30, 2020)). 24 174
4553+•HR 4821 EH
49054554 EXEMPTION TO COASTAL BARRIER RESTRICTIONS FOR 1
49064555 SHORELINE BORROW SOURCES 2
49074556 S
49084557 EC. 458. Section 6 of the Coastal Barrier Resources 3
49094558 Act (16 U.S.C. 3505) is amended by adding at the end 4
49104559 the following new subsection: 5
49114560 ‘‘(e) B
49124561 ORROWSOURCE.—Section 5 shall not apply to 6
49134562 Federal expenditures or financial assistance for the use 7
49144563 of a borrow source located within the System if such bor-8
49154564 row source, or a portion thereof, has been used as a bor-9
49164565 row source by a coastal storm risk management project 10
49174566 at least once prior to December 31, 2008.’’. 11
49184567 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 12
49194568 S
49204569 EC. 459. None of the funds made available by this 13
49214570 Act shall be obligated for the planning, design, or con-14
49224571 struction of the National Museum of the American Latino 15
49234572 or the operation of the Molina Family Latino Gallery. 16
49244573 GAO ANALYSIS 17
49254574 S
49264575 EC. 460. Notwithstanding any provision of law, none 18
49274576 of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated 19
49284577 or expended for the purpose of pre-leasing, leasing, or the 20
49294578 conveyance of leases for onshore wind energy activities in 21
49304579 Idaho, unless or until the Comptroller General of the 22
49314580 United States completes a report identifying potential ad-23
49324581 verse effects of wind energy development including with 24
4933-respect to, wildlife, cultural resources, transportation, 25
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4936-HR 4821 PCS
4582+respect to, wildlife, cultural resources, transportation, 25 175
4583+•HR 4821 EH
49374584 hunting, wetlands and the connected surface and ground 1
49384585 waters. 2
49394586 PESTICIDES 3
49404587 S
49414588 EC. 461. None of the funds made available by this 4
49424589 or any other Act may be obligated or expended to issue 5
49434590 or adopt any guidance or any policy, take any regulatory 6
49444591 action, or approve any labeling or change to such labeling 7
49454592 that is inconsistent with or in any respect different from 8
49464593 the conclusion of— 9
49474594 (a) a human health assessment performed pursuant 10
49484595 to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 11
49494596 (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.); or 12
49504597 (b) a carcinogenicity classification for a pesticide. 13
49514598 STEAM RULE 14
49524599 S
49534600 EC. 462. None of the funds made available by this 15
49544601 or any other Act may be obligated to finalize, administer, 16
49554602 or enforce the proposed rule titled ‘‘Supplemental Effluent 17
49564603 Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Elec-18
49574604 tric Power Generating Point Source Category’’ published 19
49584605 on March 29, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 18824). 20
49594606 WAIVER 21
49604607 S
49614608 EC. 463. None of the funds made available by this 22
49624609 Act or any other Act may be used to approve a waiver 23
49634610 submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency by the 24
4964-State of California, pursuant to section 209(e) of the 25
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4967-HR 4821 PCS
4611+State of California, pursuant to section 209(e) of the 25 176
4612+•HR 4821 EH
49684613 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543(e)), for the State of Cali-1
49694614 fornia’s amendments to its rule titled ‘‘Small Off-Road 2
49704615 Engine Regulations: Transition to Zero Emissions’’. 3
49714616 5-YEAR PLAN 4
49724617 S
49734618 EC. 464. Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf 5
49744619 Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended— 6
49754620 (1) in subsection (a)— 7
49764621 (A) by striking ‘‘subsections (c) and (d) of 8
49774622 this section, shall prepare and periodically re-9
49784623 vise,’’ and inserting ‘‘this section, shall issue 10
49794624 every five years’’; 11
49804625 (B) by adding at the end the following: 12
49814626 ‘‘(5) Each five-year program shall include at 13
49824627 least two Gulf of Mexico region-wide lease sales per 14
49834628 year.’’. 15
49844629 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘domes-16
49854630 tic energy security,’’ after ‘‘between’’; 17
49864631 (2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) 18
49874632 as subsections (h) through (k), respectively; and 19
49884633 (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-20
49894634 lowing: 21
49904635 ‘‘(f) Five-Year Program for 2023–2028.—The Sec-22
49914636 retary shall issue the five-year oil and gas leasing program 23
4992-for 2023 through 2028 and issue the Record of Decision 24
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49964639 on the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact State-1
49974640 ment by not later than 60 days of enactment of this Act. 2
49984641 ‘‘(g) Subsequent Leasing Programs.— 3
49994642 ‘‘(1) In General.—Not later than 36 months 4
50004643 after conducting the first lease sale under an oil and 5
50014644 gas leasing program prepared pursuant to this sec-6
50024645 tion, the Secretary shall begin preparing the subse-7
50034646 quent oil and gas leasing program under this sec-8
50044647 tion. 9
50054648 ‘‘(2) Requirement.—Each subsequent oil and 10
50064649 gas leasing program under this section shall be ap-11
50074650 proved by not later than 180 days before the expira-12
50084651 tion of the previous oil and gas leasing program.’’. 13
50094652 TRANSPARENCY 14
50104653 S
50114654 EC. 465. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 15
50124655 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 16
50134656 shall reissue and implement Order No. 3368 ‘‘Promoting 17
50144657 Transparency and Accountability in Consent Decrees and 18
50154658 Settlement Agreements’’ dated September 11, 2018. 19
50164659 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act shall 20
50174660 be available to rescind the Order reissued under subsection 21
50184661 (a), reissue, enforce, administer, or implement Order No. 22
50194662 3408 ‘‘Rescission of Secretary’s Order 3368’’ dated June 23
50204663 17, 2022, or to issue, enforce, administer, or implement 24
5021-any substantially similar order. 25
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50254666 LIMITATION 1
50264667 S
50274668 EC. 466. None of the funds made available by this 2
50284669 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce 3
50294670 Public Land Order No. 7921 (relating to the withdrawal 4
50304671 of public land for satellite calibration in Railroad Valley; 5
50314672 Nye County, Nevada), published by the Bureau of Land 6
50324673 Management in the Federal Register on April 27, 2023 7
50334674 (88 Fed. Reg. 25682). 8
50344675 OZONE 9
50354676 S
50364677 EC. 467. None of the funds made available by this 10
50374678 or any other Act may be made available to implement, ad-11
50384679 minister, or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Federal ‘Good 12
50394680 Neighbor Plan’ for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air 13
50404681 Quality Standards’’ published by the Environmental Pro-14
50414682 tection Agency in the Federal Register on June 5, 2023 15
50424683 (88 Fed. Reg. 36654). 16
50434684 OFFSHORE WIND 17
50444685 S
50454686 EC. 468. (a) None of the funds made available by 18
50464687 this Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of 19
50474688 pre-leasing, leasing, or the conveyance of leases for off-20
50484689 shore wind energy activity in the Florida administrative 21
50494690 boundary until the Comptroller General of the United 22
50504691 States submits, to the appropriate Congressional Commit-23
50514692 tees, a study regarding the potential impact of offshore 24
5052-wind development and associated infrastructure in the 25
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5055-HR 4821 PCS
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50564695 Florida administrative boundary on military readiness and 1
50574696 training, marine environment and ecology, tourism, and 2
50584697 other uses of the Outer Continental Shelf. 3
50594698 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘administrative bound-4
50604699 ary’’ means the offshore administrative boundary for a 5
50614700 State depicted in ‘‘Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 6
50624701 Administrative Boundaries Extending from the Sub-7
50634702 merged Lands Act Boundary seaward to the Limit of the 8
50644703 United States Outer Continental Shelf’’ published Janu-9
50654704 ary 3, 2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 127). 10
50664705 (c) In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate Congres-11
50674706 sional Committees’’ means the Committees on Appropria-12
50684707 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 13
50694708 Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-14
50704709 resentatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural 15
50714710 Resources of the Senate. 16
50724711 RECORD OF DECISION 17
50734712 S
50744713 EC. 469. Notwithstanding any other provision of 18
50754714 law, not later than September 30, 2024, the Secretary of 19
50764715 the Interior shall issue a new Record of Decision for the 20
50774716 Caldwell Canyon Mine project that addresses the defi-21
50784717 ciencies identified by the United States District Court for 22
50794718 the District of Idaho in its decisions and orders issued 23
5080-in Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. United States 24
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4720+•HR 4821 EH
50844721 Bureau of Land Management, et al. (Case Number 4:21- 1
50854722 CV-00182-BLW) on January 24, 2023, and June 2, 2023. 2
50864723 EPA OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 3
50874724 S
50884725 EC. 470. Beginning on October 1, 2023, of the 4
50894726 amounts made available to the Environmental Protection 5
50904727 Agency under each of sections 60101, 60102, 60104, 6
50914728 60105, 60106, 60107, 60108, 60109, 60110, 60111, 7
50924729 60112, 60113, 60115, 60116, and 60201 of Public Law 8
50934730 117–169, two-tenths of one percent of such amounts shall 9
50944731 be transferred to the Office of the Inspector General of 10
50954732 the Environmental Protection Agency for oversight of 11
50964733 funding provided to the Environmental Protection Agency 12
50974734 by such Public Law: Provided, That amounts so trans-13
50984735 ferred shall be derived from the unobligated balances of 14
50994736 amounts under each such section. 15
51004737 GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT 16
51014738 S
51024739 EC. 471. None of the funds made available by this 17
51034740 Act may be used for management of the Grand Staircase- 18
51044741 Escalante National Monument except in compliance with 19
51054742 the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Manage-20
51064743 ment Plans for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National 21
51074744 Monument, dated February 2020. 22
51084745 OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING 23
51094746 S
51104747 EC. 472. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall con-24
5111-duct all lease sales described in the 2017–2022 Outer Con-25
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5114-HR 4821 PCS
4748+duct all lease sales described in the 2017–2022 Outer Con-25 181
4749+•HR 4821 EH
51154750 tinental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Pro-1
51164751 gram (November 2016) that have not been conducted as 2
51174752 of the date of the enactment of this Act by not later than 3
51184753 September 30, 2024. 4
51194754 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 5
51204755 except within areas subject to existing oil and gas leasing 6
51214756 moratoria beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of 7
51224757 the Interior shall annually conduct a minimum of 2 re-8
51234758 gion-wide oil and gas lease sales in the following planning 9
51244759 areas of the Gulf of Mexico region, as described in the 10
51254760 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing 11
51264761 Proposed Final Program (November 2016): 12
51274762 (1) The Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. 13
51284763 (2) The Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. 14
51294764 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, be-15
51304765 ginning in fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of the Interior 16
51314766 shall annually conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and 17
51324767 gas lease sales in the Alaska region of the Outer Conti-18
51334768 nental Shelf, as described in the 2017–2022 Outer Conti-19
51344769 nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program 20
51354770 (November 2016). 21
51364771 (d) In conducting lease sales under subsections (b) 22
5137-and (c), the Secretary of the Interior shall— 23
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51414774 (1) issue such leases in accordance with the 1
51424775 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1332 2
51434776 et seq.); and 3
51444777 (2) include in each such lease sale all unleased 4
51454778 areas that are not subject to a moratorium as of the 5
51464779 date of the lease sale. 6
51474780 ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING 7
51484781 S
51494782 EC. 473. (a)(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall 8
51504783 immediately resume quarterly onshore oil and gas lease 9
51514784 sales in compliance with the Mineral Leasing Act (30 10
51524785 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 11
51534786 (2) The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure— 12
51544787 (A) that any oil and gas lease sale pursuant to 13
51554788 paragraph (1) is conducted immediately on comple-14
51564789 tion of all applicable scoping, public comment, and 15
51574790 environmental analysis requirements under the Min-16
51584791 eral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) and the 17
51594792 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 18
51604793 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 19
51614794 (B) that the processes described in subpara-20
51624795 graph (A) are conducted in a timely manner to en-21
51634796 sure compliance with subsection (b)(1). 22
51644797 (3) Section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act 23
51654798 (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Eligi-24
5166-ble lands comprise all lands subject to leasing under this 25
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51704801 Act and not excluded from leasing by a statutory or regu-1
51714802 latory prohibition. Available lands are those lands that 2
51724803 have been designated as open for leasing under a land use 3
51734804 plan developed under section 202 of the Federal Land Pol-4
51744805 icy and Management Act of 1976 and that have been nom-5
51754806 inated for leasing through the submission of an expression 6
51764807 of interest, are subject to drainage in the absence of leas-7
51774808 ing, or are otherwise designated as available pursuant to 8
51784809 regulations adopted by the Secretary.’’ after ‘‘sales are 9
51794810 necessary.’’. 10
51804811 (b)(1) In accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act 11
51814812 (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), each fiscal year, the Secretary 12
51824813 of the Interior shall conduct a minimum of four oil and 13
51834814 gas lease sales in each of the following States: 14
51844815 (A) Wyoming. 15
51854816 (B) New Mexico. 16
51864817 (C) Colorado. 17
51874818 (D) Utah. 18
51884819 (E) Montana. 19
51894820 (F) North Dakota. 20
51904821 (G) Oklahoma. 21
51914822 (H) Nevada. 22
51924823 (I) Alaska. 23
51934824 (J) Any other State in which there is land 24
5194-available for oil and gas leasing under the Mineral 25
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5197-HR 4821 PCS
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51984827 Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or any other 1
51994828 mineral leasing law. 2
52004829 (2) In conducting a lease sale under paragraph (1) 3
52014830 in a State described in that paragraph, the Secretary of 4
52024831 the Interior shall offer all parcels nominated and eligible 5
52034832 pursuant to the requirements of the Mineral Leasing Act 6
52044833 (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) for oil and gas exploration, devel-7
52054834 opment, and production under the resource management 8
52064835 plan in effect for the State. 9
52074836 (3) The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a re-10
52084837 placement sale during the same fiscal year if— 11
52094838 (A) a lease sale under paragraph (1) is can-12
52104839 celed, delayed, or deferred, including for a lack of el-13
52114840 igible parcels; or 14
52124841 (B) during a lease sale under paragraph (1) the 15
52134842 percentage of acreage that does not receive a bid is 16
52144843 equal to or greater than 25 percent of the acreage 17
52154844 offered. 18
52164845 (4) Not later than 30 days after a sale required under 19
52174846 this subsection is canceled, delayed, deferred, or otherwise 20
52184847 missed the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the 21
52194848 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-22
52204849 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Natural Re-23
52214850 sources of the House of Representatives, and the Com-24
5222-mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 25
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5225-HR 4821 PCS
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4852+•HR 4821 EH
52264853 a report that states what sale was missed and why it was 1
52274854 missed. 2
52284855 RESCISSION OF COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 3
52294856 FUNDS 4
52304857 S
52314858 EC. 474. Of the unobligated balances of amounts ap-5
52324859 propriated or otherwise made available for activities of the 6
52334860 Council on Environmental Quality under sections 60401 7
52344861 and 60402 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as 8
52354862 the ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’’) as of the date of 9
52364863 the enactment of this Act are rescinded. 10
52374864 RESCISSION OF DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FUNDS 11
52384865 S
52394866 EC. 475. Of the unobligated balances of amounts ap-12
52404867 propriated or otherwise made available under section 13
52414868 50224 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as the 14
52424869 ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’’) as of the date of the 15
52434870 enactment of this Act are rescinded. 16
52444871 OFFICIAL FLAGS 17
52454872 S
52464873 EC. 476. None of the funds made available by this 18
52474874 Act may be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag 19
52484875 over a facility of a Department or agency funded by this 20
52494876 Act other than the flag of the United States; the flag of 21
52504877 a State, insular area, or the District of Columbia; the flag 22
52514878 of a Federally recognized Tribal entity; the official flag 23
52524879 of the Secretary of the Interior; the official flag of a U.S. 24
5253-Department or agency; or the POW/MIA flag. 25
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52574882 EFFECT ON OTHER LAW 1
52584883 S
52594884 EC. 477. Nothing in this Act, or any amendments 2
52604885 made by this Act, shall affect— 3
52614886 (a) the Presidential memorandum titled ‘‘Memo-4
52624887 randum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United 5
52634888 States Outer Continental Shelf From Leasing Disposi-6
52644889 tion’’ and dated September 8, 2020; 7
52654890 (b) the Presidential memorandum titled ‘‘Memo-8
52664891 randum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United 9
52674892 States Outer Continental Shelf From Leasing Disposi-10
52684893 tion’’ and dated September 25, 2020; 11
52694894 (c) the Presidential memorandum titled ‘‘Memo-12
52704895 randum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas off the Atlantic 13
52714896 Coast on the Outer Continental Shelf From Leasing Dis-14
52724897 position’’ and dated December 20, 2016; or 15
52734898 (d) the ban on oil and gas development in the Great 16
52744899 Lakes described in section 386 of the Energy Policy Act 17
52754900 of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15941). 18
52764901 VEHICLE RESERVATION SYSTEM AT GLACIER NATIONAL 19
52774902 PARK 20
52784903 S
52794904 EC. 478. None of the funds made available by this 21
52804905 Act may be used for the operation or implementation of 22
5281-the vehicle reservation system at Glacier National Park. 23
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52854908 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR SECRETARIAL ORDER NO . 1
52864909 3410 2
52874910 S
52884911 EC. 479. None of the funds made available by this 3
52894912 Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to imple-4
52904913 ment or execute Secretarial Order No. 3410 (regarding 5
52914914 Restoration of American Bison and the Prairie Grass-6
52924915 lands) or any appendix to that Order, dated March 3, 7
52934916 2023. 8
52944917 LIMITATION 9
52954918 S
52964919 EC. 480. None of the funds made available by this 10
52974920 Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the pro-11
52984921 posed rule titled ‘‘National Emission Standards for Haz-12
52994922 ardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility 13
53004923 Steam Generating Units Review of the Residual Risk and 14
53014924 Technology Review’’ and published April 24, 2023 (88 15
53024925 Fed. Reg. 24854). 16
53034926 LEAD AMMUNITION AND TACKLE 17
53044927 S
53054928 EC. 481. (a) None of the funds made available by 18
53064929 this Act may be used to prohibit the use of lead ammuni-19
53074930 tion or tackle on Federal land or water that is made avail-20
53084931 able for hunting or fishing activities or to issue regulations 21
53094932 relating to the level of lead in ammunition or tackle to 22
53104933 be used on Federal land or water, unless— 23
53114934 (1) the Secretary of the Interior determines that a 24
5312-decline in wildlife population on the specific unit of Fed-25
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5315-HR 4821 PCS
4935+decline in wildlife population on the specific unit of Fed-25 188
4936+•HR 4821 EH
53164937 eral land or water is primarily caused by the use of lead 1
53174938 in ammunition or tackle, based on field data from the spe-2
53184939 cific unit of Federal land or water; and 3
53194940 (2) the prohibition or regulation, as applicable, is— 4
53204941 (A) consistent with— 5
53214942 (i) the law of the State in which the spe-6
53224943 cific unit of Federal land or water is located; or 7
53234944 (ii) an applicable policy of the fish and 8
53244945 wildlife department of the State in which the 9
53254946 specific unit of Federal land or water is located; 10
53264947 or 11
53274948 (B) approved by the fish and wildlife depart-12
53284949 ment of the State in which the specific unit of Fed-13
53294950 eral land or water is located. 14
53304951 (b) In any case in which the Secretary of the Interior 15
53314952 determines under subsection (a) that there is a wildlife 16
53324953 population decline on a specific unit of Federal land or 17
53334954 water that warrants a prohibition on or regulation relating 18
53344955 to the level of lead in ammunition or tackle, the Secretary 19
53354956 shall include in a Federal Register notice an explanation 20
53364957 of how the prohibition or regulation, as applicable, meets 21
53374958 the requirements of this section. 22
53384959 LIMITATION 23
53394960 S
53404961 EC. 482. None of the funds made available by this 24
5341-Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-25
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5344-HR 4821 PCS
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4963+•HR 4821 EH
53454964 force the proposed rule titled ‘‘New Source Performance 1
53464965 Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, 2
53474966 Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 3
53484967 Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse 4
53494968 Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 5
53504969 Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean En-6
53514970 ergy Rule’’ published by the Environmental Protection 7
53524971 Agency in the Federal Register on May 23, 2023 (88 Fed. 8
53534972 Reg. 33240). 9
53544973 LIMITATION 10
53554974 S
53564975 EC. 483. (a) INGENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-11
53574976 tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 12
53584977 title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 13
53594978 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-14
53604979 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 15
53614980 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-16
53624981 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 17
53634982 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 18
53644983 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 19
53654984 a union of one man and one woman. 20
53664985 (b) D
53674986 ISCRIMINATORYACTIONDEFINED.—As used in 21
53684987 subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action 22
53694988 taken by the Federal Government to— 23
53704989 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 24
5371-of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-25
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5374-HR 4821 PCS
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4991+•HR 4821 EH
53754992 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-1
53764993 tion from taxation under section 50l(a) of the Inter-2
53774994 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 3
53784995 in subsection (a); 4
53794996 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-5
53804997 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 6
53814998 such person; 7
53824999 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 8
53835000 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 9
53845001 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-10
53855002 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-11
53865003 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 12
53875004 other similar position or status from or to such per-13
53885005 son; 14
53895006 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-15
53905007 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 16
53915008 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 17
53925009 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 18
53935010 degree from an educational program, from or to 19
53945011 such person; or 20
53955012 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-21
53965013 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-22
53975014 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-23
5398-stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 24
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5401-HR 4821 PCS
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5016+•HR 4821 EH
54025017 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-1
54035018 paigns from or to such person. 2
54045019 (c) A
54055020 CCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.— 3
54065021 The Federal Government shall consider accredited, li-4
54075022 censed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person 5
54085023 that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respec-6
54095024 tively, for such purposes but for a determination against 7
54105025 such person wholly or partially on the basis that the per-8
54115026 son speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held 9
54125027 religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection 10
54135028 (a). 11
54145029 LIMITATION 12
54155030 S
54165031 EC. 484. None of the amounts appropriated or oth-13
54175032 erwise made available to the Smithsonian Institution by 14
54185033 this Act may be made available for partnerships or activi-15
54195034 ties associated with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade 16
54205035 Offices, including any use of facilities by the Hong Kong 17
54215036 Economic and Trade Offices. 18
54225037 LIMITATION 19
54235038 S
54245039 EC. 485. None of the funds made available by this 20
54255040 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-21
54265041 force the proposed rule titled ‘‘National Emission Stand-22
54275042 ards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emis-23
54285043 sions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk 24
5429-and Technology Review’’ published by the Environmental 25
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5432-HR 4821 PCS
5044+and Technology Review’’ published by the Environmental 25 192
5045+•HR 4821 EH
54335046 Protection Agency in the Federal Register on April 13, 1
54345047 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 22790) or the proposed interim reg-2
54355048 istration review decision and draft risk assessment adden-3
54365049 dum for ethylene oxide described in the notice titled ‘‘Pes-4
54375050 ticide Registration Review; Proposed Interim Decision and 5
54385051 Draft Risk Assessment Addendum for Ethylene Oxide; 6
54395052 Notice of Availability’’ published by the Environmental 7
54405053 Protection Agency in the Federal Register on April 13, 8
54415054 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 22447) unless the Commissioner of 9
54425055 Food and Drugs certifies that finalization, implementa-10
54435056 tion, administration, or enforcement of such rule, decision, 11
54445057 or addendum for ethylene oxide will not adversely impact 12
54455058 the availability of sterile medical products in the United 13
54465059 States. 14
54475060 LIMITATION 15
54485061 S
54495062 EC. 486. None of the funds made available by this 16
54505063 Act may be used to implement a final rule listing the 17
54515064 Dunes Sagebrush Lizard as endangered or threatened 18
54525065 pursuant to ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 19
54535066 Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Dunes Sage-20
54545067 brush Lizard’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 42661 (July 3, 2023)). 21
54555068 LIMITATION 22
54565069 S
54575070 EC. 487. None of the funds made available by this 23
54585071 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-24
5459-force the decisions proposed in the notice titled ‘‘Pesticide 25
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5462-HR 4821 PCS
5072+force the decisions proposed in the notice titled ‘‘Pesticide 25 193
5073+•HR 4821 EH
54635074 Registration Review; Proposed Interim Decisions for the 1
54645075 Rodenticides; Notice of Availability’’ published by the En-2
54655076 vironmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on 3
54665077 November 29, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 73297). 4
54675078 LIMITATION 5
54685079 S
54695080 EC. 488. None of the funds made available by this 6
54705081 Act may be made available to finalize, implement, admin-7
54715082 ister, or enforce the proposed rule titled ‘‘Multi-Pollutant 8
54725083 Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later 9
54735084 Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles’’ and published 10
54745085 May 5, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 29184), or any substantially 11
54755086 similar rule. 12
54765087 LIMITATION 13
54775088 S
54785089 EC. 489. None of the funds made available by this 14
54795090 Act may be made available to finalize, implement, admin-15
54805091 ister, or enforce the proposed rule titled ‘‘Greenhouse Gas 16
54815092 Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3’’ 17
54825093 and published April 27, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 25926), or 18
54835094 any substantially similar rule. 19
54845095 FUNDING LIMITATION REGARDING BLM RULE 20
54855096 S
54865097 EC. 490. None of the funds made available by this 21
54875098 Act may be obligated or expended to— 22
54885099 (1) develop, finalize, or issue a final rule with 23
54895100 respect to the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Conservation 24
5490-and Landscape Health’’ published by the Bureau of 25
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5493-HR 4821 PCS
5101+and Landscape Health’’ published by the Bureau of 25 194
5102+•HR 4821 EH
54945103 Land Management in the Federal Register on April 1
54955104 3, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 19583); or 2
54965105 (2) implement, administer, or enforce such pro-3
54975106 posed rule or any substantially similar rule. 4
54985107 GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM GRIZZLY BEAR 5
54995108 S
55005109 EC. 491. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 6
55015110 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 7
55025111 shall reissue the final rule entitled ‘‘Endangered and 8
55035112 Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Greater 9
55045113 Yellowstone Ecosystem Population of Grizzly Bears From 10
55055114 the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife’’ 11
55065115 (82 Fed. Reg. 30502 (June 30, 2017)), without regard 12
55075116 to any other provision of law that applies to the issuance 13
55085117 of that final rule. 14
55095118 (b) The reissuance of the final rule described in sub-15
55105119 section (a) (including this section) shall not be subject to 16
55115120 judicial review. 17
55125121 BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE 18
55135122 S
55145123 EC. 492. The Secretary of the Interior, acting 19
55155124 through the Director of the National Park Service, shall 20
55165125 prepare an environmental impact statement under the Na-21
55175126 tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 22
55185127 et seq.), prior to approving an operations permit, as de-23
55195128 scribed in 36 Code of Federal Regulations, subpart B 24
5520-§§9.80 through 9.90, for the purpose of conducting or pro-25
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5523-HR 4821 PCS
5129+§§9.80 through 9.90, for the purpose of conducting or pro-25 195
5130+•HR 4821 EH
55245131 posing to conduct non-federal oil or gas operations within 1
55255132 the Big Cypress National Preserve. 2
55265133 S
55275134 EC. 493. For ‘‘UNITEDSTATESGEOLOGICALSUR-3
55285135 VEY’’ to implement the Saline Lake Ecosystems in the 4
55295136 Great Basin States Assessment and Monitoring Program, 5
55305137 there is hereby appropriated, and the amount otherwise 6
55315138 provided by this Act for ‘‘D
55325139 EPARTMENTAL OFFICES—OF-7
55335140 FICE OF THESECRETARY—DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 8
55345141 -
55355142 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) ’’ is hereby reduced 9
55365143 by, $5,000,000. 10
55375144 S
55385145 EC. 494. (a) For ‘‘Department of the Interior—Of-11
55395146 fice of the Secretary—Departmental Operations - (includ-12
55405147 ing transfer of funds)’’ for carrying out section 4 of the 13
55415148 Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act (Public Law 14
55425149 117–114), there is hereby appropriated, and the amount 15
55435150 otherwise provided for by this Act for ‘‘Department of the 16
55445151 Interior—Office of the Secretary—Departmental Oper-17
55455152 ations - (including transfer of funds)’’ is hereby reduced 18
55465153 by, $5,500,000. 19
55475154 (b) For ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Serv-20
55485155 ice—Forest Service Operations - (including transfer of 21
55495156 funds)’’ for carrying out section 4 of the Modernizing Ac-22
55505157 cess to Our Public Land Act (Public Law 117–114), there 23
55515158 is hereby appropriated, and the amount otherwise pro-24
5552-vided for by this Act for ‘‘Department of the Interior— 25
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5555-HR 4821 PCS
5159+vided for by this Act for ‘‘Department of the Interior— 25 196
5160+•HR 4821 EH
55565161 Office of the Secretary—Departmental Operations - (in-1
55575162 cluding transfer of funds)’’ is hereby reduced by, 2
55585163 $5,500,000. 3
55595164 S
55605165 EC. 495. None of the funds made available by this 4
55615166 Act may be used by the National Park Service to place 5
55625167 any limitation on the number of air tours at national 6
55635168 parks. 7
55645169 S
55655170 EC. 496. None of the funds made available by this 8
55665171 Act may be used to promulgate new rules that the Admin-9
55675172 istrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Af-10
55685173 fairs of the Office of Management and Budget finds has 11
55695174 resulted in or is likely to result in— 12
55705175 (1) an annual effect on the economy of 13
55715176 $100,000,000 or more; 14
55725177 (2) a major increase in costs or prices for con-15
55735178 sumers, individual industries, Federal, State, or local 16
55745179 government agencies, or geographic regions; or 17
55755180 (3) significant adverse effects on competition, 18
55765181 employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or 19
55775182 the ability of United States-based enterprises to 20
55785183 compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic 21
55795184 and export markets. 22
55805185 S
55815186 EC. 497. None of the funds made available by this 23
55825187 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-24
5583-force the Draft Resource Management Plan and Environ-25
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5586-HR 4821 PCS
5188+force the Draft Resource Management Plan and Environ-25 197
5189+•HR 4821 EH
55875190 mental Impact Statement for the Rock Springs RMP Re-1
55885191 vision, Wyoming, referred to in the notice of availability 2
55895192 titled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Man-3
55905193 agement Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for 4
55915194 the Rock Springs RMP Revision, Wyoming’’ published by 5
55925195 the Bureau of Land Management on August 18, 2023 (88 6
55935196 Fed. Reg. 56654). 7
55945197 S
55955198 EC. 498. None of the funds made available by this 8
55965199 Act may be used for the establishment or modification of 9
55975200 a national monument in Colusa County, California, under 10
55985201 chapter 3203 of title 54, United States Code (commonly 11
55995202 referred to as the ‘‘Antiquities Act of 1906’’). 12
56005203 S
56015204 EC. 499. None of the funds made available by this 13
56025205 Act may be used by the National Park Service to enact 14
56035206 the terms of NPS Lease#L-GATE912-2023, as executed 15
56045207 on September 15, 2023. 16
56055208 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 17
56065209 S
56075210 EC. 500. $0 (increased by $28,000,000) (increased 18
56085211 by $15,000). 19
56095212 SALINA MUCKET AND MEXICAN FAWNSFOOT 20
56105213 S
56115214 EC. 501. None of the funds made available by this 21
56125215 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-22
56135216 force the proposed rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat-23
56145217 ened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for 24
5615-Salina Mucket and Mexican Fawnsfoot and Designation 25
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5618-HR 4821 PCS
5218+Salina Mucket and Mexican Fawnsfoot and Designation 25 198
5219+•HR 4821 EH
56195220 of Critical Habitat’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 47952; published July 1
56205221 25, 2023). 2
56215222 S
56225223 EC. 502. None of the funds made available by this 3
56235224 Act may be used for the establishment of a national monu-4
56245225 ment in Malheur County, Oregon, under chapter 3203 of 5
56255226 title 54, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 6
56265227 ‘‘Antiquities Act of 1906’’). 7
56275228 PROHIBITION ON FINALIZATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS 8
56285229 S
56295230 EC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 9
56305231 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-10
56315232 force the Draft Resource Management Plan or Draft Sup-11
56325233 plemental Environmental Impact Statement referenced in 12
56335234 the Notice titled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the Draft Re-13
56345235 source Management Plan and Supplemental Environ-14
56355236 mental Impact Statement for the Colorado River Valley 15
56365237 Field Office and Grand Junction Field Office Resource 16
56375238 Management Plans, Colorado’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 51855; pub-17
56385239 lished August 4, 2023). 18
56395240 PROHIBITION ON FINALIZATION OF PROPOSED RULE 19
56405241 S
56415242 EC. 504. None of the funds made available by this 20
56425243 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-21
56435244 force the proposed rule titled ‘‘Fluid Mineral Leases and 22
56445245 Leasing Process’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 47562; published July 24, 23
5645-2023). 24
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5648-HR 4821 PCS
5246+2023). 24 199
5247+•HR 4821 EH
56495248 SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this 1
56505249 Act may be used to carry out the Bicycle Subsidy Benefit 2
56515250 Program of the Department of the Interior. 3
56525251 PROHIBITION ON FINALIZATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED 4
56535252 RULES 5
56545253 S
56555254 EC. 506. None of the funds made available by this 6
56565255 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-7
56575256 force— 8
56585257 (1) the proposed rule titled ‘‘Endangered and 9
56595258 Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revision of Regula-10
56605259 tions for Interagency Cooperation’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 11
56615260 40753; published June 22, 2023); 12
56625261 (2) the proposed rule titled ‘‘Endangered and 13
56635262 Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Endangered 14
56645263 and Threatened Species and Designating Critical 15
56655264 Habitat’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 40764; published June 22, 16
56665265 2023); or 17
56675266 (3) the proposed rule titled ‘‘Endangered and 18
56685267 Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Per-19
56695268 taining to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 20
56705269 Plants’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 40742; published June 22, 21
56715270 2023). 22
56725271 S
56735272 EC. 507. None of the funds made available by this 23
56745273 Act may be used to implement or enforce the final rule 24
5675-of the Environmental Protection Agency titled 25
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5678-HR 4821 PCS
5274+of the Environmental Protection Agency titled 25 200
5275+•HR 4821 EH
56795276 ‘‘Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for 1
56805277 Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air 2
56815278 Act’’ and published December 15, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 3
56825279 66496). 4
56835280 S
56845281 EC. 508. None of the funds made available by this 5
56855282 Act may be used to implement Executive Order No. 14057 6
56865283 (relating to Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs 7
56875284 Through Federal Sustainability) (86 Fed. Reg. 70935; 8
56885285 Dec. 8, 2021). 9
56895286 S
56905287 EC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other-10
56915288 wise made available by this Act may be made available 11
56925289 to finalize any rule or regulation that meets the definition 12
56935290 of section 804(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code. 13
56945291 S
56955292 EC. 510. None of the funds made available by this 14
56965293 Act may be used for the cancellation or suspension of oil 15
56975294 and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or 16
56985295 the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. 17
56995296 S
57005297 EC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 18
57015298 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-19
57025299 force the proposed rule titled ‘‘Management and Protec-20
57035300 tion of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’’ and 21
57045301 published September 8, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 62025). 22
57055302 NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE 23
57065303 S
57075304 EC. 512. None of the funds made available by this 24
5708-Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-25
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5711-HR 4821 PCS
5305+Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-25 201
5306+•HR 4821 EH
57125307 force the proposed rule titled ‘‘Amendments to the North 1
57135308 Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule’’ (87 2
57145309 Fed. Reg. 46921; published August 1, 2022). 3
57155310 S
57165311 EC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 4
57175312 Act may be used to reduce the number of oil and gas 5
57185313 leases issued by the Secretary of the Interior. 6
57195314 S
57205315 EC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 7
57215316 Act may be used by the Environmental Protection Agency 8
57225317 for community-scale ambient air monitoring. 9
57235318 CRAB ISLAND AREA COMMERCIAL SERVICES STRATEGY 10
57245319 S
57255320 EC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 11
57265321 Act may be used to finalize or implement a Commercial 12
57275322 Services Strategy for the Crab Island Area of the Gulf 13
57285323 Islands National Seashore. 14
57295324 S
57305325 EC. 516. None of the funds made available by this 15
57315326 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce 16
57325327 Presidential Proclamation 10606 of August 8, 2023 (88 17
57335328 Fed. Reg. 55331, relating to the establishment of the Baaj 18
57345329 Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand 19
57355330 Canyon National Monument). 20
57365331 RICE’S WHALE 21
57375332 S
57385333 EC. 517. None of the funds made available by this 22
57395334 Act may be used by the Director of the Bureau of Ocean 23
57405335 Energy Management or the Director of the Bureau of 24
5741-Safety and Environmental Enforcement to implement the 25
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5744-HR 4821 PCS
5336+Safety and Environmental Enforcement to implement the 25 202
5337+•HR 4821 EH
57455338 terms of the ‘‘Stipulated Agreement to Stay Proceedings’’ 1
57465339 (July 21, 2023; Docket No. 8:20-cv-03060-DLB) entered 2
57475340 into by the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, 3
57485341 Friends of the Earth, and Turtle Island Restoration Net-4
57495342 work and the National Marine Fisheries Service and the 5
57505343 Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Ma-6
57515344 rine Fisheries Service, including the ‘‘Notice to Lessees 7
57525345 and Operators of Federal Oil and Gas, and Sulphur 8
57535346 Leases in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf; Ex-9
57545347 panded Rice’s Whale Protection Efforts During Reiniti-10
57555348 ated Consultation with NMFS’’ (BOEM NTL No. 2023- 11
57565349 G01; August 17, 2023). 12
57575350 S
57585351 EC. 518. None of the funds made available by this 13
57595352 Act may be used to develop, finalize, issue, or use assess-14
57605353 ments under the Integrated Risk Information System 15
57615354 (IRIS). 16
57625355 S
57635356 EC. 519. None of the funds made available by this 17
57645357 Act may be used to finalize, revise, implement, administer, 18
57655358 or enforce the notice of interim guidance entitled ‘‘Na-19
57665359 tional Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consider-20
57675360 ation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change’’ 21
57685361 published by the Council on Environmental Quality in the 22
57695362 Federal Register on January 9, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 23
5770-1196). 24
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5773-HR 4821 PCS
5363+1196). 24 203
5364+•HR 4821 EH
57745365 SEC. 520. None of the funds made available by this 1
57755366 Act may be used to implement or enforce the final rule 2
57765367 of the Environmental Protection Agency, titled ‘‘Clean 3
57775368 Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Im-4
57785369 provement Rule’’, and published on September 27, 2023 5
57795370 (88 Fed. Reg. 66558). 6
57805371 TEXAS KANGAROO RAT 7
57815372 S
57825373 EC. 521. None of the funds made available by this 8
57835374 Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to final-9
57845375 ize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule 10
57855376 titled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 11
57865377 Endangered Species Status for Texas Kangaroo Rat and 12
57875378 Designation of Critical Habitat’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 55962; 13
57885379 published August 17, 2023). 14
57895380 S
57905381 EC. 522. None of the funds made available by this 15
57915382 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-16
57925383 force the Draft Resource Management Plan or Draft En-17
57935384 vironmental Impact Statement referenced in the notice ti-18
57945385 tled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Manage-19
57955386 ment Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the 20
57965387 Redding and Arcata Field Offices and an Associated Envi-21
57975388 ronmental Impact Statement, California’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 22
5798-67344; published September 29, 2023). 23
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5801-HR 4821 PCS
5389+67344; published September 29, 2023). 23 204
5390+•HR 4821 EH
58025391 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available by this 1
58035392 Act may be used for the Solar For All competition of the 2
58045393 Environmental Protection Agency. 3
58055394 S
58065395 EC. 524. None of the funds made available by this 4
58075396 Act may be used for the shooting of cattle in the Gila Na-5
58085397 tional Forest or any other National Forest. 6
58095398 S
58105399 EC. 525. None of the funds made available by this 7
58115400 Act may be used for the American Climate Corps. 8
58125401 S
58135402 EC. 526. None of the funds made available by this 9
58145403 Act may be used to implement or enforce the final rule 10
58155404 titled ‘‘Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: 11
58165405 Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards’’ published in 12
58175406 the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection 13
58185407 Agency on January 24, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 4296). 14
58195408 S
58205409 EC. 527. None of the funds made available by this 15
58215410 Act may be used for the Interagency Working Group on 16
58225411 the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases. 17
58235412 S
58245413 EC. 528. None of the funds made available by this 18
58255414 Act made be used to fund the Justice, Equity, Diversity 19
58265415 and Inclusion Workgroup of the Environmental Protection 20
58275416 Agency. 21
58285417 S
58295418 EC. 529. None of the funds made available by this 22
58305419 Act may be used by the Environmental Protection Agency 23
58315420 for the U.S. Global Change Research Program 24
5832-(USGCRP). 25
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5835-HR 4821 PCS
5421+(USGCRP). 25 205
5422+•HR 4821 EH
58365423 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 1
58375424 Act may be used to enforce any COVID–19 mask man-2
58385425 dates. 3
58395426 S
58405427 EC. 531. None of the funds made available by this 4
58415428 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 5
58425429 or carry out section 216 of Executive Order No. 14008 6
58435430 (86 Fed. Reg. 7627, relating to tackling the climate crisis 7
58445431 at home and abroad). 8
58455432 S
58465433 EC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 9
58475434 Act may be used finalize, implement, or enforce the pro-10
58485435 posed rule titled ‘‘Reconsideration of the National Ambi-11
58495436 ent Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter’’ and 12
58505437 published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 13
58515438 Federal Register on January 27, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 14
58525439 5558). 15
58535440 S
58545441 EC. 533. None of the funds made available by this 16
58555442 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 17
58565443 or carry out Executive Order No. 14037 of August 5, 18
58575444 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 43583; relating to strengthening 19
58585445 American leadership in clean cars and trucks), Executive 20
58595446 Order No. 14057 of December 8, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 21
58605447 70935; relating to catalyzing clean energy industries and 22
58615448 jobs through Federal sustainability), or Executive Order 23
5862-No. 14096 of April 21, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 25251; relat-24
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58665451 ing to revitalizing our Nation’s commitment to environ-1
58675452 mental justice for all). 2
58685453 S
58695454 EC. 534. None of the funds made available by this 3
58705455 Act may be used for the Environmental Financial Advi-4
58715456 sory Board of the Environmental Protection Agency. 5
58725457 DOMESTIC MINING 6
58735458 S
58745459 EC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 7
58755460 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 8
58765461 recommendation of the Interagency Working Group on 9
58775462 Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting of the Depart-10
58785463 ment of the Interior contained in the report titled ‘‘Rec-11
58795464 ommendations to Improve Mining on Public Lands’’ (pub-12
58805465 lished September 12, 2023). 13
58815466 S
58825467 EC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 14
58835468 Act may be used by the Environmental Protection Agency 15
58845469 to carry out the powers granted under section 3063 of title 16
58855470 18, United States Code. 17
58865471 S
58875472 EC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 18
58885473 Act may be used to give formal notification under, or pre-19
58895474 pare, propose, implement, administer, or enforce any rule 20
58905475 or recommendation pursuant to, section 115 of the Clean 21
58915476 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7415). 22
58925477 S
58935478 EC. 538. The amount otherwise made available by 23
5894-this Act for ‘‘Environmental Protection Agency–Environ-24
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58985481 mental Programs and Management’’ for the Office of Air 1
58995482 and Radiation is hereby reduced by 50 percent. 2
59005483 S
59015484 EC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 3
59025485 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 4
59035486 or carry out any plastic straw prohibitions. 5
59045487 S
59055488 EC. 540. None of the funds made available by this 6
59065489 Act may be used implement or enforce the final rule of 7
59075490 the Council on Environmental Quality titled ‘‘National 8
59085491 Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revi-9
59095492 sions’’ and published April 20, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 10
59105493 23453). 11
59115494 S
59125495 EC. 541. None of the funds made available by this 12
59135496 Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the pro-13
59145497 posed rule of the Council on Environmental Quality titled 14
59155498 ‘‘National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regu-15
59165499 lations Revisions Phase 2’’ and published July 31, 2023 16
59175500 (88 Fed. Reg. 49924). 17
59185501 OCEAN JUSTICE STRATEGY 18
59195502 S
59205503 EC. 542. None of the funds made available by this 19
59215504 Act may be used to develop, finalize, implement, admin-20
59225505 ister, or enforce the Ocean Justice Strategy referenced in 21
59235506 the Notice titled ‘‘Ocean Justice Strategy’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 22
5924-37518; published June 8, 2023). 23
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59285509 MINERAL LEASING ACT MODERNIZATION 1
59295510 S
59305511 EC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 2
59315512 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce sec-3
59325513 tion 50262 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as 4
59335514 the ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act’’). 5
59345515 S
59355516 EC. 544. None of the funds made available by this 6
59365517 Act may be used for environmental justice activities. 7
59375518 S
59385519 EC. 545. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 8
59395520 may be used to implement any of the following executive 9
59405521 orders: 10
59415522 (1) Executive Order No. 13990, relating to 11
59425523 Protecting Public Health and the Environment and 12
59435524 Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis. 13
59445525 (2) Executive Order No. 14008, relating to 14
59455526 Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. 15
59465527 (3) Section 6 of Executive Order No. 14013, re-16
59475528 lating to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To 17
59485529 Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of 18
59495530 Climate Change on Migration. 19
59505531 (4) Executive Order No. 14030, relating to Cli-20
59515532 mate-Related Financial Risk. 21
59525533 (5) Executive Order No. 14057, relating to 22
59535534 Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs 23
5954-Through Federal Sustainability. 24
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59585537 (6) Executive Order No. 14082, relating to Im-1
59595538 plementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Pro-2
59605539 visions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. 3
59615540 (7) Executive Order No. 14096, relating to Re-4
59625541 vitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environ-5
59635542 mental Justice for All. 6
59645543 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In-7
59655544 terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 8
59665545 Act, 2024’’. 9
59675546 Passed the House of Representatives November 3,
59685547 2023.
5969-Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
5970-Clerk.
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59755550 TH
59765551 CONGRESS
59775552 1
59785553 ST
59795554 S
59805555 ESSION
59815556
59825557 H. R. 4821
59835558 AN ACT
59845559 Making appropriations for the Department of the
59855560 Interior, environment, and related agencies for
59865561 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and
59875562 for other purposes.
5988-N
5989-OVEMBER
5990-7, 2023
5991-Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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