Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.

IB Union Calendar No. 75 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3052 [Report No. 116–100] Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 3, 2019 Ms. MCCOLLUM, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the fol- lowing bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:46 Jun 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3052.RH H3052 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3052 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4 Department of the Interior, environment, and related 5 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, 6 and for other purposes, namely: 7 TITLE I 8 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 9 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 10 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 11 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 12 For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve- 13 ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi- 14 fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 15 lands, and performance of other functions, including main- 16 tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage- 17 ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 18 of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 19 administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 20 potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 21 Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,265,097,000, 22 to remain available until September 30, 2021; of which 23 $125,653,000 for annual and deferred maintenance shall 24 remain available until expended, and of which $6,000,000 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:46 Jun 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3052.RH H3052 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3052 RH is for a pilot program to complement activities authorized 1 by Public Law 92–195: Provided, That amounts in the 2 fee account of the Bureau of Land Management permit 3 process improvement fund may be used for bureau-related 4 expenses directly associated with the processing of oil and 5 gas applications for permits to drill and related use of au- 6 thorizations. 7 In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis- 8 tration program operations, including the cost of admin- 9 istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 10 until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 11 Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 12 claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 13 authorized for fiscal year 2020, so as to result in a final 14 appropriation estimated at not more than $1,265,097,000, 15 and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 16 communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 17 for the cost of administering communication site activities. 18 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 19 available under this heading in fiscal year 2016 or before, 20 $14,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 21 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des- 22 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 23 pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:46 Jun 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3052.RH H3052 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3052 RH the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 1 of 1985. 2 CONSTRUCTION 3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 4 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 5 available under this heading $5,000,000 is permanently 6 rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 7 from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 8 an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 9 Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 LAND ACQUISITION 12 For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 13 206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin- 14 istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or 15 interests therein, $33,800,000, to be derived from the 16 Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail- 17 able until expended. 18 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 19 For expenses necessary for management, protection, 20 and development of resources and for construction, oper- 21 ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 22 other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 23 Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or- 24 egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:46 Jun 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3052.RH H3052 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3052 RH on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in- 1 terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 2 adjacent to such grant lands; $117,195,000, to remain 3 available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 4 aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 5 from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 6 lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 7 California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 8 General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec- 9 ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 10 August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 11 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 12 For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 13 lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 14 rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 15 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 16 notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 17 of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 18 sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 19 315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im- 20 provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 21 from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart- 22 ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 23 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:46 Jun 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3052.RH H3052 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 3052 RH vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 1 administrative expenses. 2 SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 3 For administrative expenses and other costs related 4 to processing application documents and other authoriza- 5 tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 6 for costs of providing copies of official public land docu- 7 ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi- 8 nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 9 and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 10 as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 11 1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 12 Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 13 Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con- 14 trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 15 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 16 pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 17 compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 18 pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 19 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 20 the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, pro- 21 tect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through 22 the Bureau of Land Management which have been dam- 23 aged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, per- 24 mittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:46 Jun 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3052.RH H3052 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 3052 RH whether all moneys collected from each such action are 1 used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: 2 Provided further, That any such moneys that are in excess 3 of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for 4 which funds were collected may be used to repair other 5 damaged public lands. 6 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 7 In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 8 under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 9 amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub- 10 lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 11 may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap- 12 praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 13 under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 14 remain available until expended. 15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 16 The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 17 operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 18 contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimburs- 19 able agreements with public and private entities, including 20 with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail- 21 able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem- 22 porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec- 23 essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 24 United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:46 Jun 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3052.RH H3052 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 3052 RH the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 1 concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 2 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac- 3 tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 4 accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 5 exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 6 Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co- 7 operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au- 8 thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 9 in connection with jointly produced publications for which 10 the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 11 or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 12 is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 13 further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 14 commitment by a State government to provide an identi- 15 fied amount of money in support of the project may be 16 carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appro- 17 priations herein made shall not be available for the de- 18 struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros 19 in the care of the Bureau or its contractors or for the 20 sale of wild horses and burros that results in their destruc- 21 tion for processing into commercial products. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:46 Jun 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3052.RH H3052 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 3052 RH UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 1 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 3 For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 4 Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 5 and economic studies, general administration, and for the 6 performance of other authorized functions related to such 7 resources, $1,364,760,000, to remain available until Sep- 8 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That not to exceed 9 $23,442,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 10 (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe- 11 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing 12 petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regu- 13 lations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 14 described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or 15 (c)(2)(B)(ii)). 16 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 17 available under this heading, in accordance with the joint 18 explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated Ap- 19 propriations Act, 2019, for central office operations in fis- 20 cal year 2019, $4,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Pro- 21 vided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 22 that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re- 23 quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:46 Jun 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3052.RH H3052 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 3052 RH Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 1 Control Act of 1985. 2 CONSTRUCTION 3 For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re- 4 moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con- 5 servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti- 6 lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 7 of lands and interests therein; $15,693,000, to remain 8 available until expended. 9 LAND ACQUISITION 10 For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 11 title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex- 12 penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 13 therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 14 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 15 $67,750,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con- 16 servation Fund and to remain available until expended, 17 of which, notwithstanding section 200306 of title 54, 18 United States Code, not more than $10,000,000 shall be 19 for land conservation partnerships authorized by the 20 Highlands Conservation Act of 2004, including not to ex- 21 ceed $320,000 for administrative expenses: Provided, That 22 none of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisi- 23 tion projects may be used to pay for any administrative 24 overhead, planning or other management costs. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:46 Jun 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3052.RH H3052 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 3052 RH COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 1 FUND 2 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 3 For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 4 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 5 $63,702,000, to remain available until expended, of which 6 $23,702,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan- 7 gered Species Conservation Fund; and of which 8 $40,000,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 9 Conservation Fund. 10 Of the unobligated balances made available from the 11 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, 12 $10,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Pr [Text truncated for display. 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