Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Land Management management of lands and resources For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, and performance of other functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general administration of the Bureau of Land Management, $44 2,084,000, of which the following amounts shall remain available until expended: not to exceed $1,200,000, to be derived from the special receipt account established by section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601–6a(i)), and $22,903,000 for the Automated Land and Mineral Record System Project: Provided, That appropriations herein made shall not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in the care of the Bureau of Land Management or its contractors. firefighting For necessary expenses for emergency rehabilitation, forest fire-fighting, fire presuppression, and other emergency costs on Department of the Interior lands, $311,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which $193,761,000 is for the Bureau of Land Management, $16,250,000 is for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $34,464,000 is for the National Park Service, $67,025,000 is for the Bureau of Indian Affairs: Provided, That such funds are to be available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts from which funds were previously transferred for such purposes. construction and access For acquisition of lands and interests therein, and construction of buildings, recreation facilities, roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $5,961,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That necessary procurement documents for construction of the Oregon103 STAT. 702Trail Visitor Center at Flagstaff Hill, Oregon shall be issued at a time that will permit issuance of a construction contract in February, 1991. payment in lieu of taxes For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20, 1976 (31 U.S.C. 6901–07), $105,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. land acquisition For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 205, 206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579 including administrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, $12,610,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended. oregon and california grant lands For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and California land–grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein including existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands; $64,787,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount appropriated herein for road construction shall be transferred to the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation: Provided further, That 25 per centum of the aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and California land grant fund and shall be transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876): Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to make available to the Secretary of the Interior, to remain available until expended, an amount equal to 50 per centum of timber receipts received by the Treasury from the harvesting of timber on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands and the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands during fiscal year 1989 in excess of $174,800,000, the 1989 Oregon and California Railroad grant lands and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands timber receipts contained in the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 1990: Provided further, That this estimate of 1989 receipts shall not be subject to adjustment for the purposes of this section: Provided further, That such funds shall be made available concurrent with payment of fiscal year 1989 receipt amounts to counties during fiscal year 1990, and shall be in addition to any funds appropriated in this Act: Provided further, That this transaction will not affect, diminish, or otherwise alter the payments to be made on the basis of these receipts in accordance with the Acts of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. l181f(a)) and May 24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181f–1): Provided further, That funds made available to the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to this provision shall be used for necessary expenses relating to the Oregon and California Railroad103 STAT. 703 grant lands and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands for reforestation and forest development and timber management: Provided further,That not later than 30 days after the submission of the President’s fiscal year 1991 budget, the Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall provide a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the final amount and distribution of funds made available under this provision and shall include an assessment of resource outputs to be produced in fiscal year 1990, fiscal year 1991, and subsequent years, using funds made available under this provision, and a comparison of the outputs for the program areas listed, achieved in fiscal year 1990 and proposed for fiscal year 1991, with the output levels described in Bureau of Land Management resource management plans in effect at the time of the report required by this provision. range improvements For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 per centum of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than $8,406,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. service charges, deposits, and forfeitures For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be collected under sections 209(b), 304(a), 304(b), 305(a), and 504(g) of the Act approved October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and sections 101 and 203 of Public Law 93–153, to be immediately available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of subsection 305(a) of the Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to that subsection, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to subsection 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under the authority of this or subsequent appropriations Acts by the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through the Bureau of Land Management which have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to whether all moneys collected from each such forfeiture, compromise, or settlement are used on the exact lands damage to which led to the forfeiture, compromise, or settlement: Provided further, That such moneys are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for which collected. 103 STAT. 704 miscellaneous trust funds In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing law, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain available until expended. administrative provisions Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title; up to $25,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau of Land Management; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate, not to exceed $10,000; Provided, That appropriations herein made for Bureau of Land Management expenditures in connection with the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands (other than expenditures made under the appropriation “Oregon and California grant lands”) shall be reimbursed to the General Fund of the Treasury from the 25 per centum referred to in subsection (c), title II, of the Act approved August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876), of the special fund designated the “Oregon and California land grant fund” and section 4 of the Act approved May 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 754), of the special fund designated the “Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund”: Provided further, That appropriations herein made may be expended for surveys of Federal lands and on.a reimbursable basis for surveys of Federal lands and for protection of lands for the State of Alaska: Provided further, That an appeal of any reductions in grazing allotments on public rangelands must be taken within thirty days after receipt of a final grazing allotment decision. Reductions of up to 10 per centum in grazing allotments shall become effective when so designated by the Secretary of the Interior. Upon appeal any proposed reduction in excess of 10 per centum shall be suspended pending final action on the appeal, which shall be completed within two years after the appeal is filed: Provided further, That appropriations herein made shall be available for paying costs incidental to the utilization of services contributed by individuals who serve without compensation as volunteers in aid of work of the Bureau: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 5901(a) of title 5, United States Code, the uniform allowance for each uniformed employee of the Bureau of Land Management shall not exceed $400 annually: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Grants and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301–6308), the Bureau is authorized to negotiate and enter into cooperative arrangements with public and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals, to implement challenge costshare programs.