House and Senate conferees had met on H.R. The FY2002 law contains a total of $19.18 billion. It includes $9.44 billion for DOI, $4.13 billion for the Forest Service, $1.77 billion for energy programs, $2.76 billion for the Indian HealthService, $497.2 million for the Smithsonian Institution, and $98.2 million and $124.5 millionrespectively for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for theHumanities. It drops provisions that would have barred funds from being used to suspend or reviseexisting hardrock mining regulations, implement the Kyoto Protocol, or execute a final leaseagreement for oil and gas drilling in the "Lease Sale 181" area of the Gulf of Mexico. However, thelaw bars the use of funds for offshore energy leasing activities in several areas, and for energyleasing activities within presidentially-proclaimed national monuments as they were on January 20,2001. It also extends the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program for two years, and modifies theEmergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program. The bill includes funding for the Interior Department, except for the Bureau of Reclamation, andfunds for some agencies or programs in three other departments--Agriculture, Energy, and Healthand Human Services. Status of Department of the Interior and RelatedAgencies Appropriations, FY2002
On April 9, 2001, President Bush submitted his FY2002 budget to Congress. The FY2002 request for Interior and Related Agencies totals $18.19 billion comparedto the $19.07 billion enacted for FY2001 ( P.L. These figures reflect scorekeeping adjustments. 106-291 ). The HouseAppropriations Committee reported the bill ( H.R. 2217 , H.Rept.107-103 ) to the House on June 19, 2001. The House debated and passed H.R. 2217 (376-32) on June 21, 2001, with a total of $19.0 billion. 2217 . Asreported with amendments ( S.Rept. 107-36 ) on June 29, 2001, the bill provided atotal of $18.66 billion, below the House-passed level but above the FY2002 budget.The Senate Appropriations Committee concurred with the House in the totalconservation spending category of $1.32 billion. The Senate debated the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations bill on July 11 and 12, 2001, and passed the bill by voice vote with a total of $18.53 billionon July 12. House and Senate conferees met on October 10, 2001, and filed a report containing their agreement ( H.Rept. 107-234 ) on October 11, 2001. The conferees addressed a number of significant energy and mineral issues. On October 17, 2001, the conference report passed the House (380-28) and the Senate (95-3). The bill was signed into law on November 5, 2001 ( P.L. 107-63 ). 107-38

On September 18, 2001, Congress enacted a $40 billion Emergency Supplemental Appropriation, P.L.107-38 , (1) inresponse to the devastation and greatneed following the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001. These funds weredistributed as follows: 
$10.1 million for operation of the National Park System to increase security at national monuments, 
$25.3 million for the United States Park Police to enhancepreparedness for possible attacks against key national park sites in New York Cityand Washington, D.C.; 
$21.6 million for the National Park Service for constructedsecurity improvements at the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and theJefferson Memorial; 
$2.2 million for Interior Departmental management, salariesand expenses; 
$798,000 for the National Capital Planning Commission forphysical perimeter security and design plans for federal buildings in the monumentcore, 
$2.15 million for the National Gallery of Art to improvesecurity operations,
$21.7 million for the Smithsonian, salaries and expenses, toclean up the damaged Heye Center of the National Museum on the American Indianin NYC ($96,000), and for increased security at the Smithsonian;and
$4.3 million for the John F. Kennedy Center for the PerformingArts to enhance security equipment and manpower. See Table 4 . In H.R. Energy Conservation. Department of Health and Human Services: Indian Health Service. a. Title II: Related Agencies. Table 11. Table 12.
The Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations bill includes funds for the Department of the Interior (DOI), except the Bureau of Reclamation, and funds for some agencies or programs withinthree other departments--Agriculture, Energy, and Health and Human Services. It also fundsnumerous smaller agencies.
On April, 9, 2001, President Bush submitted his FY2002 budget for Interior and Related Agencies, totaling $18.19 billion compared to the $19.07 billion enacted for FY2001 ( P.L. 106-291 ). These figures reflect scorekeeping adjustments. (See Table 10 and Table 11 ). Title VIII of theFY2001 law created a new discretionary "conservation spending category." See Table 12 .
On June 19, 2001, the House Appropriations Committee reported the FY2002 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations bill ( H.R. 2217 , H.Rept. 107-103 ). The Housedebated and passed H.R. 2217 (376-32) on June 21, 2001, with a total of $19.00 billion. On June 29, 2001, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported H.R. 2217 ( S.Rept.107-36 ) with amendments. The Senate debated the bill on July 11 and 12, 2001, and passed H.R. 2217 by voice vote on July 12, 2001,with a total of $18.53 billion, a lower levelthan the House.
House and Senate conferees met on October 10, 2001, and filed a report containing their agreement ( H.Rept. 107-234 ) on October 11, 2001. On October 17, 2001, the conference reportpassed the House (380-28) and the Senate (95-3). The bill was signed into law on November 5, 2001( P.L. 107-63 ).
The FY2002 law contains a total of $19.18 billion, higher than the House and Senate levels. For agencies within DOI, it contains $9.44 billion, while the Forest Service is funded at $4.13billion. There is $1.77 billion for energy programs, and $2.76 billion for the Indian Health Service. The Smithsonian Institution receives $497.2 million; the National Endowment for the Arts $98.2million; and the National Endowment for the Humanities $124.5 million.
The conferees addressed a number of significant energy and mineral issues. The FY2002 law drops provisions that barred funds from being used to: suspend or revise existing hardrock miningregulations, implement the Kyoto Protocol, or execute a final lease agreement for oil and gas drillingin the "Lease Sale 181" area of the Gulf of Mexico. It includes provisions to bar the use of fundsfor offshore energy leasing activities in several areas, and for energy leasing activities withinpresidentially-proclaimed national monuments as they were on January 20, 2001. The law alsoextends the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program for two years, and modifies the Steel LoanGuarantee Program.
In response to the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, a $40 billionemergency supplemental appropriation was enacted ( P.L. 107-38 ). The National Park Service hasreceived $3.1 million of the initial fund allocation for emergency response costs in New York Cityand Washington D.C.
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a Division abbreviations: DSP = Domestic Social Policy; G&F = Government and Finance; RSI =Resources, Science, and Industry.