A bill making appropriations for the Department of Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

Summary

Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1989 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, land acquisition, Oregon and California grant lands, range improvements, service charges, deposits and forfeitures, and miscellaneous trust funds. 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, 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 Historic Preservation Fund, construction, land acquisition and State assistance, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission; (3) the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration; (4) the Geological Survey for surveys, investigations, and research; (5) the Minerals Management Service for leasing and royalty management; (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, miscellaneous payments, and the Indian Loan Guaranty and Insurance Fund; (9) the Office of Territorial and International Affairs for administration, for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and for the Compact of Free Association; and (10) 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. Rescinds specified contract authority for FY 1989 with respect to the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 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, for control of grasshopper and Mormon Cricket outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, 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. Makes appropriations available for uniforms or allowances. Limits the use of appropriations for services or rentals to contracts not exceeding 12 months. 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. Prohibits the use of funds for the conduct of leasing or drilling activities on lands within the Eastern Gulf of Mexico or specified lands in Northern California. 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 or specified lands surrounding Georges Bank. Requires that oil and gas exploration or production equipment used on the Outer Continental Shelf be at least 50 percent American made as to construction and materials, except as specified. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1989 for the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for forest research, State and private forestry, the National Forest System, construction, land acquisition, the Tongass Timber Supply Fund, the Range Betterment Fund, acquisition of land for national forests and to complete land exchanges, and miscellaneous trust funds. Sets forth uses and prohibitions on uses of such funds. Makes appropriations for the Department of Energy for the clean coal technology reserve (through FY 1990), fossil energy research and development, naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, energy conservation, economic regulation, emergency preparedness, the Energy Information Administration, the SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve), and the SPR Account. Sets forth uses and prohibitions on uses of such funds. Makes appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Indian Health Service for Indian health services and facilities. Sets forth uses and prohibitions on uses of such funds. 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 Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for salaries and expenses; (4) the Smithsonian Institution for salaries and expenses; (5) construction and improvements at the National Zoological Park; (6) restoration and renovation of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution; (7) construction at the Whipple Observatory; (8) salaries and expenses of the National Gallery of Art (NGA); (9) repair, restoration, and renovation of buildings of the NGA; and (10) 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) 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 National Film Commission, the Commission of Fine Arts, the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Capital Planning Commission, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission, the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (as well as for public activities and projects); and (4) the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. National Film Preservation Act of 1988 - Establishes the National Film Commission within the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. Requires the Commission to establish standards for and make qualified films part of a National Film Registry. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989. Amends Federal law to prohibit the public performance, distribution, sale, or lease of any theatrical motion picture in the National Film Registry: (1) if it has been materially altered, unless certain disclosures are made; or (2) if it was originally released in black and white and has been subsequently colorized. Amends Federal copyright law to require the Copyright Office, upon notification by the National Film Commission that a film is part of the National Film Registry, promptly to notify the copyright owner, the Directors Guild of America, and the Writers Guild of America of that fact. 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 unless otherwise provided. 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 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 deer hunting in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Prohibits the use of funds to implement the proposed jurisdictional interchange program until the enactment of legislation. Requires the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to develop their respective Forest Land and Resource Management Plans as quickly as possible. Authorizes the use of funds in this Act to pay forest or wildland fire fighters premium pay for their services. Limits the amount of such pay to more than a GS-15 rate per year. Prohibits the use of funds in this Act for the sale of timber from giant sequoia trees which are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 28 September 1988

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• House receded and concurred with amendment

  summary · EN · 8 September 1988

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 13 July 1988

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 6 July 1988

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 29 June 1988

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 20 June 1988

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