A bill making appropriations for the Department of Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, and for other purposes. (H.R. 3011 (99th)) — United States

Summary

Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1986 within the Department of the Interior for the Bureau of Land Management for management of lands and resources, construction and access, payments in lieu of taxes, Oregon and California grant lands, range improvements, service charges, deposits and forfeitures, miscellaneous trust funds, and land acquisition. Sets forth uses and limitations of appropriations made to the Bureau of Land Management. Appropriates funds for: (1) 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; (2) the National Park Service for the operation of the National Park System, recreation and preservation programs, the Visitor Facilities Fund, the Historic Preservation Fund, construction, land acquisition and State assistance, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission, and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Commission; (3) the Geological Survey for surveys, investigations, and research; (4) the Minerals Management Service for leasing and royalty management; (5) the Bureau of Mines for the conduct of inquiries, 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 and International 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 Construction Management, and the Office of the Inspector General. Sets forth the uses and limitations on appropriations made available by this title. Makes such appropriations available for expenditure or transfer for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes. Makes funds available for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening lands under the Department of the Interior jurisdiction, for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands, emergency actions related to earthquakes or volcanoes, and emergency reclamation projects. Makes appropriations available for the operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy. Makes appropriations available for the hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, hire of passenger motor vehicles, purchase of reprints, payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, and the payment of certain dues when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior. Prohibits the use of funds to sell or exchange, or to propose to sell or exchange, lands owned by the United States within a unit of the U.S. National Wildlife Refuge System or the National Park System. States that no funds available to the Department of the Interior are available for any expenses of the Great Hall of Commerce. Prohibits the use of funds for the preparation for, or conduct of, pre-leasing and leasing activities of lands within a certain area of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coastline of Massachusetts. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to finance the changing of the name of Mount McKinley. Makes available appropriations to provide insurance on official motor vehicles, aircraft, and boats operated by the Department of the Interior in Canada and Mexico. Prohibits the use of funds to detail any employee to an organization unless in accordance with Office of Personnel Management regulations. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to Pennsylvania specified lands within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area for a performing arts facility. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 for the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for forest research, State and private forestry, the National Forest System, construction, land acquisition, Youth Conservation Corps, Range Betterment Fund, acquisition of land for national forests, and miscellaneous trust funds. Earmarks funds for removing slash and cull logs from the Bull Run, Oregon, watershed. Makes appropriations for the Department of Energy for the clean coal technology reserve, fossil energy research and development (including transfer of funds), naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, energy conservation, economic regulation, emergency preparedeness, the Energy Information Administration, and the SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) Petroleum Account. Earmarks funds for the functions of the Office of the Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System. Makes appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Resources and Services Administration for Indian health services and facilities. Appropriates funds to: (1) the Department of Education for 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) salaries and expenses of the National Gallery of Art; and (8) 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 of 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 salaries and expenses and public development activities and projects; and (4) the Holocaust Memorial Council. 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 use of appropriations by the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior for the sale of unprocessed timber from Federal lands west of the 100th meridian which will be exported from the United States or which will be used as a substitute for timber from private lands which is exported by the purchaser. 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 for or opposition to legislative proposals on which congressional action is incomplete. Declares that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. Provides that none of the funds appropriated to any department or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or employee of such department or agency. Provides that none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be obligated for any aspect of the processing or issuance of permits or leases pertaining to exploration for or development of coal, oil, gas, oil shale, phosphate, potassium, sulphur, gilsonite, or geothermal resources on Federal lands within any component of the National Wilderness Preservation System or within any Forest Service RARE II areas recommended for wilderness designation or allocated to further planning. Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to evaluate, consider, process, or award oil, gas, or geothermal leases on Federal lands in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, State of Washington. Prohibits assessments from being levied against any program, budget activity, or project funded by this Act without approval by the Committees on Appropriations. Provides 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 except as provided by law. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and Energy, and the Smithsonian Institution to enter into contracts with State and local governments for procurement of services in the presuppression, detection, and suppression of fires. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) deer hunting in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge; (2) requiring the use of steel shot in hunting waterfowl; (3) removing more wild horses and burros from public lands until those previously removed have been adopted, and prohibiting the sale or destruction of such animals; or (4) allowing an increase in animal unit months in wilderness study areas administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

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Timeline

21 February 1985
Committee
First Day of Subcommittee Hearings.
Source: Committee
21 February 1985
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Interior.
Source: Committee
21 February 1985
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
Source: IntroReferral
14 May 1985
Committee
Final Day of Subcommittee Hearings.
Source: Committee
20 June 1985
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Source: Committee
20 June 1985
Committee
First Day of Subcommittee Mark-up.
Source: Committee
16 July 1985
Calendars
Placed on Union Calendar No: 136.
Source: Calendars
16 July 1985
Reported
Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 99-205.
Source: Committee
16 July 1985
Reported
Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 99-205.
Source: Committee
16 July 1985
Reported
Ordered to be Reported.
Source: Committee
16 July 1985
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
16 July 1985
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 July 1985
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 July 1985
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.227 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
24 July 1985
Failed
Rule Failed of Passage in House.
Source: Floor
30 July 1985
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.240 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
31 July 1985
Vote
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 270 - 143 (Record Vote No: 284).
Source: Floor
31 July 1985
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 270 - 143 (Record Vote No: 284).
Source: Floor
31 July 1985
Passed
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Source: Floor
31 July 1985
Floor
Called up by House as Privileged Matter.
Source: Floor
31 July 1985
Passed
Rule Passed House.
Source: Floor
9 September 1985
Introduced
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Source: IntroReferral
19 September 1985
Committee
Subcommittee on Interior Appropriations. Approved for full committee consideration with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
24 September 1985
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 318.
Source: Calendars
24 September 1985
Reported
Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
24 September 1985
Reported
Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator McClure with amendments. With written report No. 99-141.
Source: Committee
31 October 1985
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
23 November 1985
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
4 December 1985
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor

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Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/3011
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A bill making appropriations for the Department of Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, and for other purposes.