Summary:
Native American Indian Education Act

 Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to pay institutions of higher education the out-of-state tuition of their Indian students if the schools are required to provide a tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to Native American Indian students in fulfillment of a condition under which the college or state received its original grant of land and facilities from the federal government.

Limits that payment each fiscal year to the institution's total out-of-state tuition for Native American Indian students in academic year 2014-2015.

Treats such payments as reimbursements to such institutions from their states.

Rescinds unobligated discretionary appropriations to offset the costs of this program.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Highlights: The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 provides appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies for FY2016.

The bill provides annual appropriations for most of the Department of the Interior, including:

 the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Bureau of Indian Education. It does not include the Bureau of Reclamation, which is considered in the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill.

Related agencies funded in the bill include the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, the Department of Health and Human Service's Indian Health Service (IHS), the Smithsonian Institution, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The bill includes $1.05 billion in emergency funding for Interior and Forest Service fire suppression activities, which is not subject to discretionary spending limits. The bill also requires the statutory discretionary spending limits to be adjusted in FY2016-FY2021 to accommodate additional funding for fire suppression.

Excluding the emergency funding, the bill decreases regular appropriations for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies below FY2015 levels.

Compared to FY2015 funding levels, the bill increases funding for Interior, the Forest Service, and the IHS, while decreasing funding for the EPA.

Within the Interior budget, the bill increases funding for the BLM, the USFWS, the NPS, the USGS, and the Bureaus of Indian Affairs and Indian Education.

The bill funds the Smithsonian Institution, the NEA, the NEH, and the Council on Environmental Quality at the FY2015 levels.

Also included in the bill are several provisions that affect the ability of agencies to implement policies in areas such as greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, water quality, endangered species, and hydraulic fracturing.

Full Summary:

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies.

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Provides appropriations to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for:

 Management of Lands and Resources; Land Acquisition; Oregon and California Grant Lands; Range Improvements; Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures; and Miscellaneous Trust Funds. Prohibits appropriations provided by this bill from being used for: (1) the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in the care of the BLM or its contractors, or (2) the sale of wild horses and burros that results in their destruction for processing into commercial products. Provides appropriations to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for:

 Resource Management, Construction, Land Acquisition, the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, the National Wildlife Refuge Fund, the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation, the Multinational Species Conservation Fund, and State and Tribal Wildlife Grants. Provides appropriations to the National Park Service (NPS) for:

 Operation of the National Park System, National Recreation and Preservation, the Historic Preservation Fund, Construction, Land Acquisition and State Assistance, and the Centennial Challenge. Rescinds FY2016 contract authority provided by the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965.

Permits the NPS to retain specified funds authorized to be disbursed under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 for the costs of administration of the Land and Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by the Act.

Permits NPS funds to be transferred to the Federal Highway Administration for the Federal Lands Access Program, which was established to improve transportation facilities that provide access to, are adjacent to, or are located within federal lands.

Requires NPS donations to be invested in interest bearing obligations of the United States.

Provides appropriations to the U.S. Geological Survey for Surveys, Investigations, and Research.

Provides appropriations to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for Ocean Energy Management.

Provides appropriations to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement for: (1) Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and (2) Oil Spill Research.

Provides appropriations to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for: (1) Regulation and Technology, and (2) the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.

Provides appropriations to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) for:

 Operation of Indian Programs, Contract Support Costs, Construction, Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account. Permits the BIA to contract for services for the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project.

Limits the use of funds for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the BIA under the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994.

Permits tribes to return appropriated funds without diminishing the federal government's trust responsibilities, the government-to-government relationship with the tribe, or the tribe's ability to access future appropriations.

Prohibits the use of BIE funds, other than funds provided for assistance to public schools, for the operation of elementary or secondary schools in Alaska.

Limits the number of schools and the expansion of grade levels in individual schools in the BIE school system.

Specifies the distribution of indirect and administrative costs to certain tribes.

Provides appropriations for Departmental Offices, including:

 the Office of the Secretary, Insular Affairs, the Office of the Solicitor, the Office of Inspector General, and the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians. Provides appropriations for Department-Wide Programs, including:

 Wildland Fire Management, including emergency funding for wildfire suppression operations; the Central Hazardous Materials Fund; the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund; and the Working Capital Fund. (Sec. 101) Permits the transfer of funds within bureaus and offices for specified emergencies if: (1) the Secretary of the Interior approves the transfer, (2) funds provided to Interior for emergencies have been exhausted, and (3) funds used under this section are replenished by a supplemental appropriation requested as promptly as possible.

(Sec. 102) Provides for the department-wide expenditure or transfer of funds by the Secretary in the event of specified emergencies.

(Sec. 103) Permits Interior to use appropriations provided in this title for:

 employing temporary or intermittent experts and consultants; purchasing and replacing motor vehicles; hiring, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hiring of passenger motor vehicles; purchasing reprints; telephone services in private residences in the field; and certain library memberships. (Sec. 104) Permits the transfer of funds between the BIA, the BIE, and the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians for Indian trust management and reform activities, provided that total funding for historical accounting activities does not exceed funding provided by this bill for that purpose.

(Sec. 105) Permits Interior to redistribute tribal priority allocation and tribal base funds to alleviate funding inequities to address identified unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas, or inaccurate distribution methodologies.

(Sec. 106) Authorizes the acquisition of lands and waters for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities that support visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands in New Jersey and New York.

(Sec. 107) Requires Interior to collect specified Outer Continental Shelf inspection fees.

(Sec. 108) Permits Interior to transfer funds to implement the reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, subject to reprogramming guidelines.

(Sec. 109) Permits Interior to enter into multiyear cooperative agreements and contracts with nonprofits and other entities for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild horses and burros on private land.

(Sec. 110) Requires Interior to reissue two final rules removing recovered gray wolves in Wyoming and the Great Lakes from the endangered species list. Exempts the reissuances from judicial review.

(Sec. 111) Directs the USFWS, in carrying out responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered species of salmon, to implement a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks intended for harvest that are released from federally operated or financed hatcheries.

(Sec. 112) Prohibits any proposed new use of the Arizona & California Railroad Company's right of way for conveyance of water unless Interior certifies that the use is within the scope of the right of way.

Prohibits funds from being used for any proposal to approve specified rights-of-way or similar authorizations on the Mojave National Preserve or lands managed by the BLM Needles Field Office.

(Sec. 113) Extends the authorization for certain payments to the Republic of Palau through FY2016.

(Sec. 114) Requires the BLM to issue variances from the requirements of the final rule entitled "Oil and Gas; Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands" for all wells on land under the jurisdiction of a state or Indian tribe, if state or tribal laws or regulations are in place regarding hydraulic fracturing or well stimulation for the purpose of production of natural gas and oil.

(Sec. 115) Prohibits funds from being used to implement, administer, or enforce Secretarial Order No. 3310, which requires the BLM to inventory and protect public lands with wilderness characteristics.

(Sec. 116) Increases the authorization of appropriations for the National Park Service's Volunteers in Parks program.

(Sec. 117) Permits the BIA and the BIE in carrying out work involving cooperation with state, local, and tribal governments, to record obligations against accounts receivable from the entities, provided that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year do not exceed total budgetary resources.

(Sec. 118) Extends the authorizations for the Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area, the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area, and the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor.

(Sec. 119) Prohibits funds from being used to write or issue rules for the sage grouse pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

(Sec. 120) Extends the offshore pay authority, which permits Interior to use Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement funds to establish higher minimum pay rates for certain geophysicists, geologists, and petroleum engineers employed by Interior in the Gulf of Mexico Region.

(Sec. 121) Extends the onshore pay authority, which permits Interior to use BLM and BIA funds to establish higher minimum pay rates for certain petroleum engineers and petroleum engineering technicians employed by Interior to carry out the inspection and regulation of onshore oil and gas operations on public lands.

(Sec. 122) Revises the authorizations of appropriations for certain NPS affiliated areas, including the American Memorial Park and several historic sites.

(Sec. 123) Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to permit certain funds to continue to be used for water fowl conservation.

(Sec. 124) Permits Interior enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations designated by the Department of Labor under the Older Americans Act of 1965.

(Sec. 125) Amends the Carl Levin and Howard P. ''Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to provide that certain funding for the Department of the Interior's Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program is available for FY2015. (PILT compensates local governments for the presence of federally owned land.)

(Sec. 126) Requires the NPS to directly submit to Congress the annual budget request of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission.

(Sec. 127) Authorizes a land exchange between Alaska and Interior for the purpose of constructing a noncommercial single-lane gravel road between the cities of King Cove and Cold Bay to provide access to emergency medical services via the all-weather airport in Cold Bay.

(Sec. 128) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to implement or enforce the threatened species listing of the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

 Provides appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for:

 Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and Management, the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund, the Office of Inspector General, Buildings and Facilities, Hazardous Substance Superfund, the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program, Inland Oil Spill Programs, and State and Tribal Assistance Grants. Permits the EPA to award cooperative agreements to Indian tribes or intertribal consortia to carry out the Agency's function to implement federal environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal program.

Authorizes the EPA to collect and spend pesticide registration service fees.

Permits the EPA to: (1) transfer funds from the Environmental Programs and Management account to other federal agencies to support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and (2) enter into interagency agreements and provide grants to certain entities to support the effort.

Permits specified funds to be used for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities.

Requires the EPA to base policies and actions regarding air emissions from forest biomass on the principle that forest biomass emissions do not increase overall carbon dioxide accumulations in the atmosphere when USDA Forest Inventory and Analysis data show that forest carbon stocks in the United States are stable or increasing on a national scale, or when forest biomass is derived from mill residuals, harvest residuals, or forest management activities.

Permits the EPA to use funds to make grants to federally recognized Indian tribes notwithstanding certain provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).

Permits the EPA to use Environmental Programs and Management funds to provide grants to implement the Southeastern New England Watershed Restoration Program.

TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES

 Provides appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service, including for:

 Forest and Rangeland Research; State and Private Forestry; the National Forest System; Capital Improvement and Maintenance; Land Acquisition; the Range Betterment Fund; Gifts, Donations, and Bequests for Forest and Rangeland Research; Management of National Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses; and Wildland Fire Management, including emergency funding for wildfire suppression operations. Permits Forest Service appropriations to be used for:

 the purchase and use of motor vehicles and aircraft; employment of temporary or intermittent personnel; purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other public improvements; acquisition of land and waters; expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972; uniforms; and debt collection contracts. Permits Forest Service appropriations to be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management account for forest fire fighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters, and fire preparedness due to severe burning conditions, provided that USDA notifies Congress that all fire suppression funds will be obligated within 30 days. Requires funds used to be replenished by a supplemental appropriation requested as promptly as possible.

Permits Forest Service appropriations to be used for forest and rangeland research, technical information, and related forestry and natural resources activities in foreign countries.

Permits Forest Service appropriations to be transferred to the BLM for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros from National Forest System lands, and for surveys to designate the boundaries of the lands.

Prohibits Forest Service appropriations from being transferred using authority provided in several specified statutory provisions.

Prohibits Forest Service appropriations from being reprogrammed except with prior approval of Congress and in accordance with procedures contained in the report accompanying this bill.

Limits transfers to the USDA Working Capital Fund and to USDA for Department Reimbursable Programs (commonly referred to as Greenbook charges).

Limits the use of funds to support the Youth Conservation Corps and the Public Lands Corps.

Permits the Chief of the Forest Service to use specified funds for official reception and representation expenses.

Provides matching funds to aid conservation projects of the National Forest Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Permits funds to be used to provide technical assistance to rural communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable rural development purposes.

Permits Forest Service appropriations to be used for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.

Permits Forest Service appropriations to be used to meet the non-federal share requirement included in a provision of the Older Americans Act of 1965 related to the older American community service employment program.

Permits specified funds to be assessed for the purpose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities maintenance and decommissioning.

Permits specified funds to be used to reimburse the USDA Office of the General Counsel for travel and related expenses incurred as a result of assistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land purchase negotiations, and similar non-litigation related matters.

Permits an individual employed under any project funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to be considered a federal employee.

Provides appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for:

 the Indian Health Service (IHS) for Indian Health Services, Contract Support Costs, and Indian Health Facilities; the National Institutes of Health for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Provides appropriations to Other Related Agencies, including the:

 Executive Office of the President for the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality; the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; the Smithsonian Institution; the National Gallery of Art; the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, including the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Commission of Fine Arts; the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; the National Capital Planning Commission; the Holocaust Memorial Museum; and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission. TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sets forth permissible, restricted, and prohibited uses for funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.

(Sec. 401) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to promote public support or opposition to: (1) any legislative proposal before Congress, or (2) any proposed or pending regulation, administrative action, or order issued by an executive branch agency.

(Sec. 402) Prohibits any appropriation contained in this bill from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly permitted in this bill.

(Sec. 403) Requires specified administrative expenses to be presented in annual budget justifications and approved by Congress.

(Sec. 404) Prohibits funds from being used to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general mining laws, subject to exceptions.

(Sec. 405) Extends limits on the use of FY1994-FY2013 and FY2014 funds for contract support costs on Indian contracts.

(Sec. 406) Limits the use of FY2016 funds for contract support costs on Indian contracts.

(Sec. 407) Permits Forest Service land management plans that are more than 15 years old if USDA is acting in good faith to update the plans.

(Sec. 408) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to conduct preleasing, leasing, and related activities under either the Mineral Leasing Act or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act within the boundaries of a National Monument.

(Sec. 409) Restricts land acquisition funds provided by this bill from being used for declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without the approval of Congress. Includes an exception for funds provided to implement the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or for Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration.

(Sec. 410) Sets forth requirements regarding the sale of timber from a specified region in Alaska.

(Sec. 411) Prohibits no-bid contracts and grants except under certain circumstances where a contract is authorized by federal law or was awarded prior to the date of enactment of this bill.

(Sec. 412) Requires agencies receiving funds in this bill to post on their public websites any report required to be submitted by Congress if it serves the national interest. Includes exceptions for national security or proprietary information.

(Sec. 413) Establishes grant guidelines for the NEA.

(Sec. 414) Establishes priorities for programs administered by the NEA.

(Sec. 415) Directs Interior, the EPA, the Forest Service, and the IHS to provide Congress with quarterly reports on the status of balances of appropriations.

(Sec. 416) Directs the President to submit a comprehensive report to Congress detailing all federal agency funding for climate change programs, projects, and activities in FY2015 and FY2016.

(Sec. 417) Prohibits funds from being used for certain federal implementation plans under the Clean Air Act for states that have failed to submit a satisfactory plan to implement emission standards related to any air pollutant being regulated as part of any proposed or final rule to address carbon dioxide emissions from existing sources that are fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units.

(Sec. 418) Prohibits funds from being used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance of permits under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production.

(Sec. 419) Prohibits the use of any funds to implement any provision in a rule that requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems.

(Sec. 420) Amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to extend the authority of federal agencies to establish, collect, and retain fees on federal recreational lands and waters.

(Sec. 421) Prohibits funds from being used to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or enforce any change to the regulations and guidance in effect on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definition of waters under the jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) including specified rules pertaining to the jurisdiction.

(Sec. 422) Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 to extend the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission. Prohibits the Commission from issuing a solicitation or contract for construction of the memorial for FY2016.

(Sec. 423) Prohibits any funds made available by a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund as authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act from being used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced in the United States, subject to specified exceptions and waiver procedures.

(Sec. 424) Prohibits the EPA from using funds provided by this bill for a national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard for ozone that is lower than the standard in effect on January 1, 2015, until at least 85% of the counties that were nonattainment areas as of January 30, 2015, under that standard achieve full compliance with the previous standard.

(Sec. 425) Prohibits funds from being used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act or any other law.

(Sec. 426) Extends contracting authority that permits USDA and Interior to consider local contractors when awarding contracts for certain activities on public lands.

(Sec. 427) Amends the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to extend the authorization of appropriations through FY2017.

(Sec. 428) Amends the Clean Water Act to prohibit sewage dumping into the Great Lakes and to establish a Great Lakes Cleanup Fund in the Treasury.

(Sec. 429) Amends the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003 to make technical corrections to provisions regarding stewardship contracting.

(Sec. 430) Extends the authority of the Forest Service to renew certain grazing permits.

(Sec. 431) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to implement or enforce any regulation that would establish new financial responsibility requirements pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA).

(Sec. 432) Prohibits any federal agency from using funds provided by this bill to develop, adopt, implement, enforce, or administer guidance in specified regulations regarding the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions and the effects of climate change in conducting reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

(Sec. 433) Amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to make a technical correction to the Good Neighbor Authority to state that existing roads must be repaired or reconstructed to a satisfactory condition to perform authorized restoration services including removal of timber. (The Good Neighbor Authority permits the Forest Service to enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with states to perform watershed restoration and forest management services on National Forest System lands.)

TITLE V--WILDFIRE DISASTER FUNDING

(Sec. 501) Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require specified adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2016-FY2021 to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at USDA or Interior.

(Sec. 502) Requires USDA or Interior to submit a request for supplemental appropriations to Congress upon determining that additional funding is necessary for a fiscal year for wildfire suppression operations. Establishes reporting requirements.

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analysis data forest carbon stocks united_states stable increasing national scale forest biomass derived mill residuals harvest residuals forest management activities permits epa use funds grants federally recognized indian tribes notwithstanding certain provisions federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act permits epa use environmental programs management funds provide grants implement southeastern new_england watershed restoration program title iii related agencies provides appropriations department_of_agriculture forest_service including forest rangeland research state private forestry national_forest_system capital improvement maintenance land acquisition range fund gifts donations bequests forest rangeland research management national_forest lands subsistence uses wildland_fire_management including emergency funding wildfire suppression operations permits forest_service appropriations purchase use motor vehicles aircraft employment temporary intermittent personnel purchase alteration buildings public improvements acquisition land waters expenses pursuant volunteers national_forest act uniforms debt collection contracts permits forest_service appropriations transferred wildland_fire_management account forest fire fighting emergency rehabilitation burned damaged lands waters fire preparedness severe burning conditions provided usda notifies congress fire suppression funds obligated days requires funds supplemental appropriation requested promptly possible permits forest_service appropriations forest rangeland research technical information related forestry natural resources activities foreign countries permits forest_service appropriations transferred blm removal preparation adoption excess wild horses burros national_forest_system lands surveys designate boundaries lands prohibits forest_service appropriations transferred authority provided specified statutory provisions prohibits forest_service appropriations reprogrammed prior approval congress accordance procedures contained report accompanying bill limits transfers usda working capital_fund usda department reimbursable programs commonly referred charges limits use funds support youth conservation corps public_lands_corps permits chief forest_service use specified funds official reception representation expenses provides matching funds aid conservation projects national_forest foundation national_fish_and_wildlife_foundation permits funds provide technical assistance rural communities natural resource based businesses sustainable rural_development purposes permits forest_service appropriations payments counties columbia_river national scenic area permits forest_service appropriations meet non federal share requirement included provision older americans act related older american community service employment program permits specified funds assessed purpose performing fire administrative facilities maintenance decommissioning permits specified funds reimburse usda office general counsel travel related expenses incurred result assistance participation requested forest_service meetings training sessions management reviews land purchase negotiations similar non litigation related matters permits individual employed project funded title older americans act considered federal employee provides appropriations department_of_health_and_human_services indian_health_service ihs indian health services contract support costs indian health facilities national_institutes_of_health national_institute_of_environmental_health_sciences agency toxic substances disease registry provides appropriations related agencies including executive_office president council_on_environmental_quality office environmental quality chemical safety hazard investigation board office navajo hopi indian relocation institute american indian alaska_native culture arts development smithsonian_institution national_gallery_of_art john kennedy center performing arts wilson international center scholars national foundation arts humanities including national_endowment_for_the_arts national_endowment_for_the_humanities commission fine arts advisory_council historic preservation national_capital_planning_commission holocaust memorial museum memorial commission title general_provisions sets forth permissible restricted prohibited uses funds provided appropriations acts sec prohibits funds provided bill promote public support opposition legislative proposal congress proposed pending regulation administrative action order issued executive branch agency sec prohibits appropriation contained bill remaining available obligation current fiscal year expressly permitted bill sec requires specified administrative expenses presented annual budget justifications approved congress sec prohibits funds accept process applications patent mining mill site claim located general mining laws subject exceptions sec extends limits use fy2013 fy2014 funds contract support costs indian contracts sec limits use fy2016 funds contract support costs indian contracts sec permits forest_service land management plans years old usda acting good faith update plans sec prohibits funds provided bill conduct preleasing leasing related activities mineral_leasing_act outer_continental_shelf_lands_act boundaries national_monument sec restricts land acquisition funds provided bill declarations taking complaints condemnation approval congress includes exception funds provided implement everglades national park protection expansion act florida acquire lands everglades restoration sec sets forth requirements sale timber specified region alaska sec prohibits bid contracts grants certain circumstances contract authorized federal law awarded prior date enactment bill sec requires agencies receiving funds bill post public websites report required submitted congress serves national interest includes exceptions national security proprietary information sec establishes grant guidelines sec establishes priorities programs administered sec directs interior epa forest_service ihs provide congress quarterly reports status balances appropriations sec directs president submit comprehensive report congress detailing federal agency funding climate change programs projects activities fy2015 fy2016 sec prohibits funds certain federal implementation plans clean_air act states failed submit satisfactory plan implement emission standards related air pollutant regulated proposed final rule address carbon dioxide emissions existing sources fossil fuel fired electric utility generating units sec prohibits funds promulgate implement regulation requiring issuance permits clean_air act carbon dioxide nitrous oxide water vapor methane emissions resulting biological processes associated livestock production sec prohibits use funds implement provision rule requires mandatory reporting greenhouse gas emissions manure management systems sec amends federal_lands_recreation_enhancement_act extend authority federal agencies establish collect retain fees federal recreational lands waters sec prohibits funds develop adopt implement administer enforce change regulations guidance effect october pertaining definition waters jurisdiction federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act including specified rules pertaining jurisdiction sec amends department_of_defense_appropriations_act extend memorial commission prohibits commission issuing solicitation contract construction memorial fy2016 sec prohibits funds available drinking water treatment revolving loan fund authorized safe_drinking_water_act project construction alteration maintenance repair public water system treatment works iron steel products project produced united_states subject specified exceptions waiver procedures sec prohibits epa funds provided bill national primary secondary ambient air quality standard ozone lower standard effect january counties nonattainment areas january standard achieve compliance previous standard sec prohibits funds regulate lead content ammunition ammunition components fishing tackle toxic_substances_control_act law sec extends contracting authority permits usda interior consider local contractors awarding contracts certain activities public lands sec amends chesapeake_bay initiative act extend authorization appropriations fy2017 sec amends clean water act prohibit sewage dumping great_lakes establish great_lakes cleanup fund treasury sec amends healthy forest restoration act technical corrections provisions stewardship contracting sec extends authority forest_service renew certain grazing permits sec prohibits funds provided bill implement enforce regulation establish new financial responsibility requirements pursuant comprehensive environmental response compensation liability act cercla sec prohibits federal agency funds provided bill develop adopt implement enforce administer guidance specified regulations consideration greenhouse gas emissions effects climate change conducting reviews national_environmental_policy_act nepa sec amends agricultural act technical correction good neighbor authority state existing roads repaired reconstructed satisfactory condition perform authorized restoration services including removal timber good neighbor authority permits forest_service enter cooperative agreements contracts states perform watershed restoration forest management services national_forest_system lands title wildfire disaster funding sec amends balanced_budget emergency deficit control act require specified adjustments discretionary spending limits fy2016 fy2021 accommodate appropriations wildfire suppression operations wildland_fire_management accounts usda interior sec requires usda interior submit request supplemental appropriations congress determining additional funding necessary fiscal year wildfire suppression operations establishes reporting requirements