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.

Summary

Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 within the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Bureau of Land Management for management of lands and resources, acquisition, construction, and maintenance, Oregon and California grant lands, range improvements, service charges, deposits, and forfeitures, and miscellaneous trust funds; (2) the Office of Water Research and Technology for salaries and expenses; (3) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for resource management, construction, anadromous fish, the Migratory Bird Conservation Account, and land acquisition; (4) 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; (5) the Geological Survey for surveys, investigations, research, and exploration of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; (6) the Bureau of Mines for the conduct of inquiries, technological investigations and research of mines and minerals; (7) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for regulation and technology, and the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; (8) 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; (9) the Office of Territorial Affairs for administration and for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and (10) 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) expenditures relative to a certain Outer Continental Shelf lease sale; (4) changing the name of Mount McKinley; (5) salaries for employees detailed outside the employing agency; (6) administrative expenses of a program that does not include operation of the Office of Aircraft Services; and (7) unapproved reorganization plans. 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, the Youth Conservation Corps, general administration, acquisition of land for specified forests, 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, and the Energy Information Administration. Makes appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Services Administration for Indian health services and facilities. 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, and 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 for appropriations made by this title. Title III: General Provisions - Limits procurement contracts for consulting services obtained with appropriations made by this Act to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for: (1) any sale of unprocessed timber from Federal lands west of the 100th meridian which will be exported; (2) the leasing of oil and natural gas by noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned lands within the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois; (3) any activity that tends to promote public support or opposition to legislative proposals with respect to which Congressional action is incomplete; or (4) the implementation or enforcement of any regulation requiring the use of steel shot in hunting water fowl unless a State approves such implementation or enforcement.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 24 December 1981

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• Senate agreed to House amendment with amendment

  summary · EN · 10 December 1981

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• House receded and concurred with amendment

  summary · EN · 12 November 1981

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• Conference report filed in House

  summary · EN · 5 November 1981

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 27 October 1981

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 23 July 1981

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 22 July 1981

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 25 June 1981

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