Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020

II Calendar No. 227 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2580 [Report No. 116–123] 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 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. 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 2 •S 2580 RS TITLE I 1 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 2 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 3 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 4 For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve- 5 ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi- 6 fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 7 lands, and performance of other functions, including main- 8 tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage- 9 ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 10 of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 11 administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 12 potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 13 Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,250,274,000, 14 to remain available until expended: Provided, That 15 amounts in the fee account of the BLM Permit Processing 16 Improvement Fund may be used for any bureau-related 17 expenses associated with the processing of oil and gas ap- 18 plications for permits to drill and related use authoriza- 19 tions. 20 In addition, $40,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis- 21 tration program operations, including the cost of admin- 22 istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 23 until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 24 Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 25 3 •S 2580 RS claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 1 authorized for fiscal year 2020, so as to result in a final 2 appropriation estimated at not more than $1,250,274,000, 3 and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 4 communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 5 for the cost of administering communication site activities. 6 LAND ACQUISITION 7 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 8 For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 9 206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin- 10 istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or 11 interests therein, $28,800,000, to be derived from the 12 Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail- 13 able until expended. 14 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 15 available for Land Acquisition and derived from the Land 16 and Water Conservation Fund, $2,367,000 is hereby per- 17 manently rescinded from projects with cost savings or 18 failed or partially failed projects: Provided, That no 19 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des- 20 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 21 pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or 22 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 23 of 1985. 24 4 •S 2580 RS OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 1 For expenses necessary for management, protection, 2 and development of resources and for construction, oper- 3 ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 4 other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 5 Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or- 6 egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 7 on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in- 8 terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 9 adjacent to such grant lands; $106,985,000, to remain 10 available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 11 aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 12 from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 13 lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 14 California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 15 General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec- 16 ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 17 August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 18 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 19 For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 20 lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 21 rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 22 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 23 notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 24 of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 25 5 •S 2580 RS sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 1 315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im- 2 provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 3 from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart- 4 ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 5 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 6 vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 7 administrative expenses. 8 SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 9 For administrative expenses and other costs related 10 to processing application documents and other authoriza- 11 tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 12 for costs of providing copies of official public land docu- 13 ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi- 14 nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 15 and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 16 as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 17 1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 18 Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 19 Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con- 20 trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 21 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 22 pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 23 compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 24 pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 25 6 •S 2580 RS 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 1 the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, pro- 2 tect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through 3 the Bureau of Land Management which have been dam- 4 aged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, per- 5 mittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to 6 whether all moneys collected from each such action are 7 used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: 8 Provided further, That any such moneys that are in excess 9 of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for 10 which funds were collected may be used to repair other 11 damaged public lands. 12 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 13 In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 14 under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 15 amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub- 16 lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 17 may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap- 18 praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 19 under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 20 remain available until expended. 21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 22 The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 23 operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 24 contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimburs- 25 7 •S 2580 RS able agreements with public and private entities, including 1 with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail- 2 able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem- 3 porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec- 4 essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 5 United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 6 the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 7 concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 8 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac- 9 tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 10 accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 11 exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 12 Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co- 13 operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au- 14 thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 15 in connection with jointly produced publications for which 16 the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 17 or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 18 is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 19 further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 20 commitment by a State government to provide an identi- 21 fied amount of money in support of the project may be 22 carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appro- 23 priations herein made shall not be available for the de- 24 struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros 25 8 •S 2580 RS in the care of the Bureau or its contractors or for the 1 sale of wild horses and burros that results in their destruc- 2 tion for processing into commercial products. 3 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 4 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 5 For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 6 Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 7 and economic studies, general administration, and for the 8 performance of other authorized functions related to such 9 resources, $1,357,182,000, to remain available until Sep- 10 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That not to exceed 11 $18,318,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 12 (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe- 13 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing 14 petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regu- 15 lations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 16 described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or 17 (c)(2)(B)(ii)). 18 CONSTRUCTION 19 For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re- 20 moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con- 21 servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti- 22 lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 23 of lands and interests therein; $43,226,000, to remain 24 available until expended. 25 9 •S 2580 RS LAND ACQUISITION 1 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 2 For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 3 title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex- 4 penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 5 therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 6 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 7 $58,770,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con- 8 servation Fund and to remain available until expended: 9 Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific 10 land acquisition projects may be used to pay for any ad- 11 ministrative overhead, planning or other management 12 costs. 13 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 14 available for the Fish and Wildlife Service and derived 15 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, $3,628,000 16 is hereby permanently rescinded from projects with cost 17 savings or failed or partially failed projects: Provided fur- 18 ther, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 19 that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re- 20 quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 21 Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 22 Control Act of 1985. 23 10 •S 2580 RS 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 $53,495,000, to remain available until expended, of which 6 $22,695,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan- 7 gered Species Conservation Fund; and of which 8 $30,800,000 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 $18,771,000 is permanently rescinded from projects or 13 from other grant programs with an unobligated carry over 14 balance: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 15 from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 16 an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 17 Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 18 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 19 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 20 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo- 21 ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 22 NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 23 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 24 of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 25 11 •S 2580 RS U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $44,000,000, to remain available 1 until expended. 2 NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 3 For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 4 Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et 5 seq.), $4,910,000, to remain available until expended. 6 MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 7 For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele- 8 phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 9 Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 10 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 11 of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Con- 12 servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 13 Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 14 et seq.), $12,800,000, to remain available until expended. 15 STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 16 For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 17 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 18 States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 19 American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions 20 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 21 Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and imple- 22 mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 23 habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 24 $65,171,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 25 12 •S 2580 RS vided, That of the amount provided herein, $4,809,000 is 1 for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not sub- 2 ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro- 3 vided further, That $6,362,000 is for a competitive grant 4 program to implement approved plans for States, terri- 5 tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af- 6 fected States, the regional Associatio [Text truncated for display. 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