Indian Claims Limitation Act of 1982

(House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments with an amendment)

Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1983 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. Prohibits the use of any of such funds to permit establishment of any possessory interest in Federal water rights by any permittee. Permits the use of payments in lieu of taxes to correct underpayments in the previous fiscal year to achieve equity among all qualified recipients.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop criteria for extending, on a case-by-case basis, the period allowed for phased livestock reductions on public rangelands up to five years. Sets forth provisions for appeals of such reductions.

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 Historic Preservation Fund, construction, land acquisition and State assistance, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (3) the Geological Survey for surveys, investigations, research, and the Barrow Area gas operation, exploration, and development in Alaska; (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 Departmental offices, including the Office of the Solicitor for salaries and expenses, the Office of the Secretary for departmental management, the Office of Construction Management, the Office of the Inspector General, and the Office of Water Policy.

Sets forth uses and limitations on appropriations made available by this title.

Names the fish hatchery at Tupelo, Mississippi, the Private John Allen National Fish Hatchery.

Requires that the critical habitat to be designated under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for the Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf in Idaho be coterminous with the boundaries of the Central Idaho Wilderness Areas.

Provides for cooperative grants to States for the preservation of endangered species.

Designates the administrative/visitor facility at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, as the Scott J. Manness-Beau W. Sauselein administrative/visitor facility.

Makes funds available to the National Park Service for: (1) assistance to the town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, for police force use; and (2) the operation of the former home of Harry S. Truman in Independence, Missouri.

Provides funds out of appropriated construction funds for the Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial.

Makes funds available for the Federal share of construction and development costs for the Alaska Interagency Visitor Centers in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Tok, Alaska, under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.

Authorizes the use of funds to conduct emergency search and rescue operations in the National Park System.

Authorizes the Secretary to agree to grant a special use permit to the Smith River Fire Protection District, California, for construction of a fire station on lands within the boundary of Redwood National Park.

Authorizes the Department of the Interior to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to pay for contracts to collect such debts.

Makes funds available until expended for transfer to Alaska to assist in the basic operation and maintenance of Indian Bureau schools which are transferred to the State.

Indian Claims Limitation Act of 1982 - Extends from December 31, 1982 to specified alternative dates the deadline for submission of certain Indian claims. Allows settlement of claims through either legislation or litigation.

Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to change the name of the mountain referred to as Mount McKinley.

Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to require the Secretary to prohibit by regulation participation in an exploration lease sale any person who obtains certain information from anyone but a permittee. Prohibits commercial use of such information. Requires permittees to charge fair cost for such information.

Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1983 for the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for forest research, State and private forestry, the National Forest System, construction and land acquisition, acquisition of land to complete land exchanges, miscellaneous trust funds, the Youth Conservation Corps, and the Range Betterment Fund. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to change the boundaries of any region, to abolish any region, or to close certain regional offices without congressional consent.

Makes funds available for the final settlement of land claims of the Chugach Natives, Incorporated, as authorized by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

Sets forth limitations on adjustments of annual recreational residence fees.

Permits the Secretary of Agriculture, with the approval of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, to transfer funds between appropriation accounts within the Forest Service and to transfer funds into Forest Service appropriation accounts from other agencies.

Prohibits the alteration of the appropriation structure for the Forest Service without the advance approval of the congressional committees on appropriations.

Prohibits the transfer of funds appropriated to the Forest Service to the Department's Working Capital Fund without the approval of the Chief of the Forest Service.

Makes appropriations for the Department of Energy for fossil energy research and development, naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, energy conservation, economic regulation, the Energy Information Administration, and the SPR Petroleum Account.

Makes funds available for a feasibility study of a Western Hemisphere alternative fuels facility which would utilize coal exported from the United States. Makes funds available to issue prohibition orders under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act and other related laws.

Sets forth provisions for the Secretary of Energy to enter into arrangements with the University of Wyoming, or a nonprofit corporation controlled by it, to encourage research and development activities in the oil shale, underground coal conversion, and tar sands programs. Directs the Secretary to transfer to the University or the corporation all or any part of the right, title, and interest in and to the land and buildings of the Laramie Energy Technology Center at Laramie, Wyoming.

Sets forth provisions for the Secretary to enter into arrangements with the University of North Dakota, or a nonprofit corporation controlled by it, to encourage research and development activities in the low rank coal program. Directs the Secretary to transfer to the University or the corporation all or any part of the right, title, and interest in and to the land and buildings of the lignite coal research laboratory at Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Makes appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Services Administration for Indian health services and facilities.

Sets forth circumstances under which non-Indians shall be eligible for Indian Health Services.

Prohibits bonus payments or relocation assistance by the Navajo and Hopi Relocation Commission to any person not physically residing in the Joint Use Area on the date of enactment of this Act.

Makes funds available to the trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for payment to the National Symphony Orchestra.

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) 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 on 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 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 of appropriations made by this title.

Allows the Secretary of Energy to make alcohol fuel loan guarantees for up to three and one-half times (currently, three times) the amount held in the Energy Security Reserve.

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 Secretaries of the Interior and of 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 or opposition to legislative proposals on which Congressional action is incomplete. Makes such funds unavailable for the implementation or enforcement of any rule requiring the use of steel shot in connection with hunting waterfowl unless the appropriate State agency approves of such rule.

Prohibits the use of such funds to implement any regulation which has been disapproved by resolution by the Congress.

Provides that none of the funds appropriated to any department or agency under this Act may be expended to provide personal servants to any officer or employee.

Prohibits the use of funds which would permit exploration or development in wilderness, forest areas, or designated wilderness areas, except in Alaska and in certain national forest system lands released to management for any use. Allows certain government surveys or inventories in such areas for purposes specified in this Act.

Prohibits the use of funds to evaluate, consider, process or award, oil, gas or geothermal leases on Federal lands in the Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, within boundaries of specified watersheds.

Prohibits the levying of assessments against programs funded under this Act unless approved by the Committees on Appropriations.

Exempts employment funded under this Act from any personnel ceiling except as provided by law.

Prohibits land acquisition for more than the approved appraised value without written approval of the Committees on Appropriations.

Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to enter into contracts with State and local governments for fire management services.

Allows political subdivisions of a State to use interest earned on timber receipts for any public purpose.

Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to dispose of any Federal land tract, except by exchange, until certain procedures are complied with by the agency administering such disposal.

Directs the Secretary of Energy to exempt from certain requirements any petition for a new electric power plant located in Alaska whose primary energy source will be natural gas. Does not exempt any new electric power plant using natural gas produced from the Prudhoe Bay Unit.

Sets forth the circumstances and conditions under which the Secretary may lease additional lands and issue offsite leases in Colorado relative to oil shale operations.