DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management management of lands and resources Of the funds provided under this heading in prior appropriations Acts for the Automated Land and Mineral Record System, $1,000,000 shall be available until expended to meet increased workload requirements stemming from the anticipated higher volume of coalbed methane Applications for Permits to Drill in the Powder River Basin: Provided, That unless there is a written agreement in place between the coal mining operator and the gas producer, the funds made available herein shall not be used to process or approve coalbed methane Applications for Permits to Drill for well sites that are located within an area, which as of the date of the coalbed methane Application for Permit to Drill, are covered by: (1) a coal lease; (2) a coal mining permit; or (3) an application for a coal mining lease. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed or operate as a restriction on current resources appropriated to the Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs operation of indian programs (transfer of funds) For an additional amount for “Operation of Indian Programs”, $1,136,000, to remain available until expended for suppression of western spruce budworm: Provided, That such funds shall be 113 STAT. 89derived by transfer of funds provided in previous appropriations Acts under the heading “Forest Service, National Forest System”. Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians federal trust programs For an additional amount for “Federal Trust Programs”, $21,800,000, to remain available until expended, of which $6,800,000 is for activities pursuant to the Trust Management Improvement Project High Level Implementation Plan and $15,000,000 is to support litigation involving individual Indian trust accounts: Provided, That litigation support funds may, as needed, be transferred to and merged with the “Operation of Indian Programs” account in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the “Salaries and Expenses” account in the Office of the Solicitor, the “Salaries and Expenses” account in Departmental Management, the “Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management” account in the Minerals Management Service and the “Management of Lands and Resources” account in the Bureau of Land Management.