PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 SJTAT. 2681-250 management and vocational education training), and project-specific maintenance (with territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the individual territor/s commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets): Provided further, That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation S*ants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford isaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, and for economic assistance and necessary expenses for the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, $20,930,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized by Public Law 99-239 and Public Law 99-658. DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the Interior, $64,686,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representation expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for payments pursuant to section 123 of this Act and up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation payments and unemployment compensation payments associated with the orderly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines. OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $36,784,000. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $25,486,000. OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, $39,499,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds for trust management improvements may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs: Provided further. That funds made available to Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 1999, as authorized by the
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