97th Congress > House > Vote 144
Description: TO PASS H.R. 4035, THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1982. (MOTION AGREED TO)
Bill summary: (Senate agreed to House amendment to certain Senate amendment with an amendment)
Title I: Department of the Interior
- Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 within the Department of the Interior for the Bureau of Land Management for management of land and resources, acquisition, construction, and maintenance, payments in lieu of taxes, Oregon and California grant lands, range improvements, service charges, deposits, and forfeitures, and miscellaneous trust funds. Prohibits the use of any
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of such funds for determining suitability or nonsuitability for wilderness, or for any wilderness study area designation, of certain lands used by the Department of Agriculture for a sheep experiment station.
Appropriates funds for: (1) the Office of Water Research and Technology for salaries and expenses; (2) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for resource management, construction, anadromous fish, the Migratory Bird Conservation Account, land acquisition, and the National Wildlife Refuge Fund, (3) the National Park Service for the operation of the National Park System, recreation and preservation programs, the Urban Park and Recreation Fund, the Historic Preservation Fund, construction, land acquisition and State assistance, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (4) the Geological Survey for surveys, investigations, research, and exploration of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; (5) the Bureau of Mines for the conduct of inquires, technological investigations and research of mines and minerals; (6) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for regulation and technology, and the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; (7) the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the operation of Indian programs, construction, road construction, tribal trust funds, the Revolving Fund for loans, and the Indian Loan Guaranty and Insurance Fund; (8) the Office of Territorial Affairs for administration and for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and (9) the Secretarial offices, including the Office of the Solicitor for salaries and expenses, the Office of the Secretary for departmental management, the Office of Construction Management, and the Office of the Inspector General.
Sets forth uses and limitations on appropriations made available by this title. Prohibits the use of such appropriations for: (1) the acquisition of lands, unauthorized by law, for a certain wildlife program; (2) reporting to the Congress on potential new areas of the National Park System; (3) administrative expenses of a program that does not include the operation of the Office of Aircraft Services; (4) procurement, leasing, bidding, exploration, or development of the Point Arena, Bodega, Santa Cruz or Eel River basins of Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale numbered 53; or (5) changing the name of the mountain referred to as Mount McKinley.
Makes certain National Park Service funds available to assist Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, for police force use.
Makes a specified percentage of the appropriations of power revenues of the Flathead Irrigation Project on the Flathead Reservation, Montana, available for improvements and extensions to the power system.
Reduces by specified amounts the budget authority provided in this Act for the following: (1) the Department of the Interior; (2) the Forest Service; (3) the Department of Energy; (4) Indian Health Service; (5) Indian education; (6) the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission; (6) the Smithsonian Institution; (7) the National Gallery of Art; (8) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; (9) the National Endowment for the Arts; (10) the Institute of Museum Services; (11) the Commission of Fine Arts; (12) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (13) the National Capital Planning Commission; (14) the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission; (15) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; (16) the Federal Inspector for the Alaska Gas Pipeline; and (17) the Holocaust Memorial Council. Declares that such reductions shall be ratably applied to each account, program, activity, and project.
Title II: Related Agencies
- Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for forest research, State and private forestry, the National Forest System, construction and land acquisition, acquisition of land to complete land exchanges, rangeland improvements, timber salvage sales, and miscellaneous trust funds. Prohibits the alteration of the appropriation structure for the Forest Service without the advance approval of the congressional committees on appropriations.
Makes appropriations for the Department of Energy for fossil energy research and development, naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, energy conservation, economic regulation, the strategic petroleum reserve, the Energy Information Administration, alternative fuels production, fossil energy construction, and the SPR Petroleum Account.
Makes appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Services Administration for Indian health services and facilities.
Declares that employment funded by this Act shall not be subject to any personnel ceiling or other personnel restriction for permanent or other than permanent employment.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for: (1) the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for Indian education; (2) the Navajo and Hopi Relocation Commission for salaries and expenses; (3) the Smithsonian Institution for salaries and expenses; (4) museum programs and related research; (5) construction and improvements at the National Zoological Park; (6) restoration and renovation of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution; (7) construction of a building for the Museum of African Art and a gallery for Eastern Art; (8) salaries and expenses of the National Gallery of Art; and (9) salaries and expenses of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Makes appropriations for the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities for: (1) salaries and expenses and matching grants for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities; (2) the Institute of Museum Services; (3) salaries and expenses for the Commission on Fine Arts, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Capital Planning Commission, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission, the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation for land acquisition, the development fund, and public development activities and projects; (4) the Federal Inspector for the Alaska Gas Pipeline for permitting and enforcement; and (5) the Holocaust Memorial Council. Sets forth the uses and limitations of appropriations made by this title.
Title III: General Provisions
- Limits procurement contracts for consulting services obtained through appropriations made by this Act to those contracts where expenditures are a matter of public record. Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from using such funds for leasing of oil and natural gas by noncompetitive bidding on public lands within the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois. Prohibits the use of such funds for any activity that tends to promote public support or opposition to legislative proposals on which congressional action is incomplete. Makes such funds unavailable for the implementation or enforcement of any rule requiring the use of steel shot in connection with hunting waterfowl unless the appropriate State agency approves of such rule.
Prohibits the use of such funds to implement any regulation which has been disapproved by resolution by the Congress.
Provides that none of the funds appropriated to any department or agency under this Act may be expended to provide personal servants to any officer or employee, or to purchase passenger automobiles with less than a specified miles-per-gallon average.
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Bill titles: A bill making appropriations for the Department of The Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 111, p. 4742;
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