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H.R. 5769 (101st)

Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991

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2 October 1990

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Became Public Law No: 101-512.

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Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 - Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 within the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Bureau of Land Management; (2) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; (3) the National Park Service; (4) the Geological Survey; (5) the Minerals Management Service; (6) the Bureau of Mines; (7) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; (8) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (9) the Office of Territorial and International Affairs; (10) the Departmental offices, including the Office of the Secretary, the Office of the Solicitor, the Office of Construction Management, the Office of the Inspector General, and the National Indian Gaming Commission. Establishes in the Treasury a working capital fund to assist in the management of certain support activities of the Geological Survey. Prohibits the use of funds for the conduct of leasing or related activities on areas within the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Central, Southern, and Northern California and the North Atlantic. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to finance the changing of the name of Mount McKinley. 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. Prohibits the use of funds for the financing of agreements or arrangements for the management of lands, waters, and interests on Matagorda Island, Texas, which were purchased with amounts from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Prohibits the use of funds for leasing or drilling or other exploration activity on lands within the North Aleutian Basin planning area. Prohibits the use of funds for preleasing and leasing activities for Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 137 in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exercise certain authorities in the administration of the Department of the Interior Museum. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 for the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service. Makes appropriations for the Department of Energy for, among other things, clean coal technology, fossil energy research and development, the SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve), and the SPR Account. Makes appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Indian Health Service 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 Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation; (3) the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (4) the Smithsonian Institution; (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) the National Gallery of Art (NGA); (9) repair, restoration, and renovation of buildings of the NGA; and (10) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Makes appropriations for: (1) the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities; (2) the Institute of Museum Services; (3) the Commission of Fine Arts; (4) National Capital arts and cultural affairs; (5) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (6) the National Capital Planning Commission; (7) the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission; (8) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and (9) the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Sets forth uses and prohibitions on uses of such funds. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth uses and limitations or prohibitions on uses of funds appropriated by this Act. Prohibits the use of funds to implement a transfer of property located within the city of Minneapolis from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to any Indian tribe. 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 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 the use of funds for deer hunting in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. 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. Specifies required percentage payments to be made by the U.S. Government: (1) to the Oregon and California land-grant counties in the State of Oregon for their share of land-grant receipts collected during the three-year baseline period of FY 1988 through 1990; and (2) to States affected by decisions relating to the Northern Spotted Owl from FY 1991 receipts collected during such period. Makes appropriations to the Forest Service to prepare the Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the proposed Early Winters Alpine Sports Site in the Methow Valley, Washington. Provides for judicial challenges to decisions or actions of the Forest Service with respect to the SEIS, restricting such challenges to the United States Court for the District of Oregon.

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