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109TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 109–188 

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2006, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

JULY 26, 2005.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, from the committee of conference, 

submitted the following 

CONFERENCE REPORT 

[To accompany H.R. 2361] 

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 

two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2361) 

‘‘making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2006, and for other purposes’’, having met, after full and free 

conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their 

respective Houses as follows: 

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment, as 

follows: 

In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said amendment, 

insert: 

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 

Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely: 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition of 

easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other 

functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law, 

in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of 

public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), 

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$860,791,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

$1,250,000 is for high priority projects, to be carried out by the 

Youth Conservation Corps; and of which $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2006 subject to a match by at least an equal 

amount by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for costshared projects supporting conservation of Bureau lands; and such 

funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump sum grant 

without regard to when expenses are incurred. 

In addition, $32,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program operations, including the cost of administering the mining 

claim fee program; to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees so as to result in a final 

appropriation estimated at not more than $860,791,000, and 

$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from communication site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost of administering communication site activities. 

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire assistance by the Department 

of the Interior, $766,564,000, to remain available until expended, of 

which not to exceed $7,849,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts from 

which funds were previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may 

be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds available from this appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of 

the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, may 

be credited to the appropriation from which funds were expended to 

provide that protection, and are available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using the amounts designated under 

this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training and monitoring 

associated with such hazardous fuels reduction activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities that benefit 

resources on Federal land: Provided further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government 

and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on 

by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for 

purposes of hazardous fuels reduction activities, may obtain maximum practicable competition among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or 

cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews or related 

partnerships with State, local, or non-profit youth groups; (3) small 

or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the 

project workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, That 

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in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop written 

guidance to field units to ensure accountability and consistent application of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That 

funds appropriated under this head may be used to reimburse the 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 

Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities 

under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

to consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in 

connection with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations to enter into non-competitive sole source leases of real 

property with local governments, at or below fair market value, to 

construct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such leased 

properties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and fire support facilities, and 

to make advance payments for any such lease or for construction activity associated with the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary 

of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 

transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in an 

aggregate amount not to exceed $9,000,000, between the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly 

funded wildland fire management programs and projects: Provided 

further, That funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Federal emergency response actions. 

CONSTRUCTION

For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, roads, trails, 

and appurtenant facilities, $11,926,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

LAND ACQUISITION

For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 

318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administrative expenses 

and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, $8,750,000, 

to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to 

remain available until expended. 

OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements on the 

revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein, including existing connecting roads on or adjacent 

to such grant lands; $110,070,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all receipts 

during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against the 

Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to 

the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the second 

paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 

(50 Stat. 876). 

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FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND

(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)

In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law 102–381, 

funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery 

Fund can be used for the purpose of planning, preparing, implementing and monitoring salvage timber sales and forest ecosystem 

health and recovery activities, such as release from competing vegetation and density control treatments. The Federal share of receipts 

(defined as the portion of salvage timber receipts not paid to the 

counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 1181f–1 et seq., and 

Public Law 106–393) derived from treatments funded by this account shall be deposited into the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund. 

RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant to 

section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

(43 U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 

percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.) and 

the amount designated for range improvements from grazing fees 

and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant to law, but not 

less than $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. 

SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing application documents and other authorizations for use and 

disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies 

of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 

as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amended, and 

Public Law 93–153, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 

305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that 

have been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether as 

a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate 

for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), 

shall be available and may be expended under the authority of this 

Act by the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public 

lands administered through the Bureau of Land Management 

which have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, 

purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to 

whether all moneys collected from each such action are used on the 

exact lands damaged which led to the action: Provided further, 

That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for which funds were collected may 

be used to repair other damaged public lands. 

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MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

1701), and such amounts as may be advanced for administrative 

costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain available until 

expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be 

available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary 

structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings 

and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title; up 

to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by 

the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 

activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on her certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, 

That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by 

law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection with 

jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share the 

cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards. 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic studies, maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle on the Wichita 

Mountains Wildlife Refuge, general administration, and for the performance of other authorized functions related to such resources by 

direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and private entities, 

$1,008,880,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That $2,500,000 is for 

high priority projects, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps: Provided further, That not to exceed $18,130,000 

shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of 

section 4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species 

that are indigenous to the United States (except for processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regulations, and 

taking any other steps to implement actions described in subsection 

(c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed 

$12,852,000 shall be used for any activity regarding the designation 

of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), excluding litigation 

support, for species listed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) prior to October 1, 2005: Provided further, That of the amount available for 

law enforcement, up to $400,000, to remain available until expended, may at the discretion of the Secretary be used for payment 

for information, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws 

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administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on her certificate: Provided further, That of the amount provided for environmental contaminants, 

up to $1,000,000 may remain available until expended for contaminant sample analyses. 

CONSTRUCTION

For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, management, 

investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 

$45,891,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

funds made available under the 2005 Consolidated Appropriations 

Act (Public Law 108–447) for the Chase Lake and Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuges, North Dakota, shall be transferred to North 

Dakota State University to complete planning and design for a 

Joint Interpretive Center. 

LAND ACQUISITION

For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 

11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land 

or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 

applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

$28,408,000 to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 

Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 

of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition projects can 

be used to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or other 

management costs. 

LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM

For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 

11), including administrative expenses, and for private conservation 

efforts to be carried out on private lands, $24,000,000, to be derived 

from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount provided herein is 

for a Landowner Incentive Program established by the Secretary 

that provides matching, competitively awarded grants to States, the 

District of Columbia, federally recognized Indian tribes, Puerto 

Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, to establish or supplement existing landowner incentive programs that provide technical and financial assistance, including habitat protection and restoration, to 

private landowners for the protection and management of habitat to 

benefit federally listed, proposed, candidate, or other at-risk species 

on private lands. 

PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS

For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 

11), including administrative expenses, and for private conservation 

efforts to be carried out on private lands, $7,386,000, to be derived 

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from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount provided herein is 

for the Private Stewardship Grants Program established by the Secretary to provide grants and other assistance to individuals and 

groups engaged in private conservation efforts that benefit federally 

listed, proposed, candidate, or other at-risk species. 

COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as amended, 

$82,200,000, of which $20,161,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund and $62,039,000 is to 

be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended. 

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,414,000. 

NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 

American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101–233, as 

amended, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

For financial assistance for projects to promote the conservation 

of neotropical migratory birds in accordance with the Neotropical 

Migratory Bird Conservation Act, Public Law 106–247 (16 U.S.C. 

6101–6109), $4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–4213, 4221–4225, 4241– 

4245, and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 

(Public Law 105–96; 16 U.S.C. 4261–4266), the Rhinoceros and 

Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301–5306), the Great 

Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301), and the Marine 

Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–266; 16 U.S.C. 

6601), $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District of 

Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the 

Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and federally recognized Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife 

Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not hunted or 

fished, $68,500,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That of the amount provided herein, $6,000,000 is for a competitive 

grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary 

shall, after deducting said $6,000,000 and administrative expenses, 

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apportion the amount provided herein in the following manner: (1) 

to the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall apportion the remaining 

amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of which is based on 

the ratio to which the land area of such State bears to the total land 

area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the 

ratio to which the population of such State bears to the total population of all such States: Provided further, That the amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that no 

State shall be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the 

amount available for apportionment under this paragraph for any 

fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, 

That the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the Federal share of implementation grants shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of 

such projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal share of such 

projects may not be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided 

further, That no State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall receive 

a grant unless it has developed, by October 1, 2005, a comprehensive wildlife conservation plan, consistent with criteria established 

by the Secretary of the Interior, that considers the broad range of 

the State, territory, or other jurisdiction’s wildlife and associated 

habitats, with appropriate priority placed on those species with the 

greatest conservation need and taking into consideration the relative 

level of funding available for the conservation of those species: Provided further, That no State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall receive a grant if its comprehensive wildlife conservation plan is disapproved and such funds that would have been distributed to such 

State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall be distributed equitably 

to States, territories, and other jurisdictions with approved plans: 

Provided further, That any amount apportioned in 2006 to any 

State, territory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of 

September 30, 2007, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 2008, in the manner provided herein: Provided further, That balances from amounts previously appropriated under 

the heading ‘‘State Wildlife Grants’’ shall be transferred to and 

merged with this appropriation and shall remain available until expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish 

and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of passenger 

motor vehicles; repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; options 

for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities 

incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas as 

are consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance and 

improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the 

jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States has title, 

and which are used pursuant to law in connection with management, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, 

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That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, 

procure printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly 

produced publications for which the cooperators share at least onehalf the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service 

determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality 

standards: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Service may use up to $2,000,000 from funds provided for contracts for employment-related legal services: Provided 

further, That the Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior may not 

spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act for the purchase of 

lands or interests in lands to be used in the establishment of any 

new unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System unless the purchase is approved in advance by the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations in compliance with the reprogramming procedures contained in the statement of the managers accompanying 

this Act. 

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 

maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National 

Park Service (including special road maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimbursable basis), and for the general administration of the National Park Service, $1,744,074,000, of which 

$9,892,000 is for planning and interagency coordination in support 

of Everglades restoration and shall remain available until expended; of which $97,600,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2007, is for maintenance, repair or rehabilitation projects for 

constructed assets, operation of the National Park Service automated facility management software system, and comprehensive facility condition assessments; and of which $2,000,000 is for the 

Youth Conservation Corps for high priority projects: Provided, That 

the only funds in this account which may be made available to support United States Park Police are those funds approved for emergency law and order incidents pursuant to established National 

Park Service procedures, those funds needed to maintain and repair 

United States Park Police administrative facilities, and those funds 

necessary to reimburse the United States Park Police account for the 

unbudgeted overtime and travel costs associated with special events 

for an amount not to exceed $10,000 per event subject to the review 

and concurrence of the Washington headquarters office. 

UNITED STATES PARK POLICE

For expenses necessary to carry out the programs of the United States Park Police, $81,411,000. 

NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 

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tration, not otherwise provided for, $54,965,000: Provided, That 

none of the funds in this Act for the River, Trails and Conservation 

Assistance program may be used for cash agreements, or for cooperative agreements that are inconsistent with the program’s final strategic plan. 

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic Preservation 

Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), and the Omnibus Parks 

and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), 

$73,250,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund and 

to remain available until September 30, 2007, of which $30,000,000 

shall be for Save America’s Treasures for preservation of nationally 

significant sites, structures, and artifacts: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000 of the amount provided for Save America’s Treasures may be for Preserve America grants to States, Tribes, and local 

communities for projects that preserve important historic resources 

through the promotion of heritage tourism: Provided further, That 

any individual Save America’s Treasures or Preserve America grant 

shall be matched by non-Federal funds: Provided further, That individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant: Provided further, 

That all projects to be funded shall be approved by the Secretary of 

the Interior in consultation with the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations, and in consultation with the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities prior to the commitment of Save 

America’s Treasures grant funds and with the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation prior to the commitment of Preserve America 

grant funds: Provided further, That Save America’s Treasures funds 

allocated for Federal projects, following approval, shall be available 

by transfer to appropriate accounts of individual agencies. 

CONSTRUCTION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of physical facilities, including the modifications authorized by section 104 

of the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 

1989, $301,291,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

$17,000,000 for modified water deliveries to Everglades National 

Park shall be derived by transfer from unobligated balances in the 

‘‘Land Acquisition and State Assistance’’ account for Everglades National Park land acquisitions, and of which $400,000 for the Mark 

Twain Boyhood Home National Historic Landmark shall be derived 

from the Historic Preservation Fund pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 470a: 

Provided, That none of the funds available to the National Park 

Service may be used to plan, design, or construct any partnership 

project with a total value in excess of $5,000,000, without advance 

approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

the National Park Service may not accept donations or services associated with the planning, design, or construction of such new facilities without advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds provided 

under this heading for implementation of modified water deliveries 

to Everglades National Park shall be expended consistent with the 

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requirements of the fifth proviso under this heading in Public Law 

108–108: 

Provided further, That funds provided under this heading for 

implementation of modified water deliveries to Everglades National 

Park shall be available for obligation only if matching funds are 

appropriated to the Army Corps of Engineers for the same purpose: 

Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this 

heading for implementation of modified water deliveries to Everglades National Park shall be available for obligation if any of the 

funds appropriated to the Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose 

of implementing modified water deliveries, including finalizing detailed engineering and design documents for a bridge or series of 

bridges for the Tamiami Trail component of the project, becomes unavailable for obligation: Provided further, That funds provided 

under this heading for implementation of modified water deliveries 

to Everglades National Park shall be expended consistent with the 

requirements of the fifth proviso under this heading in Public Law 

108–108: Provided further, That hereinafter notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, procurements for the Mount Rainier National Park Jackson Visitor Center replacement and the rehabilitation of Paradise Inn and Annex may be issued which include the 

full scope of the facility: Provided further, That the solicitation and 

contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at 48 

CFR 52.232.18: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

in this or any other Act may be used for planning, design, or construction of any underground security screening or visitor contact 

facility at the Washington Monument until such facility has been 

approved in writing by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

(RESCISSION)

The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2006 by 16 

U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 

LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), 

including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of lands or 

waters, or interest therein, in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service, $74,824,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain 

available until expended, of which $30,000,000 is for the State assistance program including $1,587,000 for program administration: 

Provided, That none of the funds provided for the State assistance 

program may be used to establish a contingency fund. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available 

for the purchase of not to exceed 245 passenger motor vehicles, of 

which 199 shall be for replacement only, including not to exceed 193 

for police-type use, 10 buses, and 8 ambulances: Provided, That 

none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Service may be 

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ern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been submitted to 

the Congress and shall not be implemented prior to the expiration 

of 30 calendar days (not including any day in which either House 

of Congress is not in session because of adjournment of more than 

3 calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the Speaker 

of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate of 

a full and comprehensive report on the development of the southern 

end of Ellis Island, including the facts and circumstances relied 

upon in support of the proposed project: Provided further, That in 

fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, appropriations available to the National Park Service may be used to maintain the following areas in 

Washington, District of Columbia: Jackson Place, Madison Place, 

and Pennsylvania Avenue between 15th and 17th Streets, Northwest. 

None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National 

Park Service for activities taken in direct response to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention. 

The National Park Service may distribute to operating units 

based on the safety record of each unit the costs of programs designed to improve workplace and employee safety, and to encourage 

employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits pursuant to 

chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to return to appropriate 

positions for which they are medically able. 

If the Secretary of the Interior considers the decision of any 

value determination proceeding conducted under a National Park 

Service concession contract issued prior to November 13, 1998, to 

misinterpret or misapply relevant contractual requirements or their 

underlying legal authority, the Secretary may seek, within 180 days 

of any such decision, the de novo review of the value determination 

by the United States Court of Federal Claims, and that court may 

make an order affirming, vacating, modifying or correcting the determination. 

In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) of Public 

Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub-account shall be 

available for expenditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to the 

extent that the benefiting unit anticipated franchise fee receipts over 

the term of the contract at that unit exceed the amount of funds 

used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefiting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the originating 

unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at the 

benefiting unit, in the amount of funds so expended to extinguish 

or reduce liability. 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey 

to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water resources of the United States, its territories and possessions, and 

other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify 

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pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 

U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions affecting 

mining and materials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 

1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law; 

and to publish and disseminate data relative to the foregoing activities; $976,035,000, of which $63,770,000 shall be available only for 

cooperation with States or municipalities for water resources investigations; of which $8,000,000 shall remain available until expended for satellite operations; of which $21,720,000 shall be available until September 30, 2007, for the operation and maintenance 

of facilities and deferred maintenance; of which $1,600,000 shall be 

available until expended for deferred maintenance and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost; and of which 

$177,485,000 shall be available until September 30, 2007, for the biological research activity and the operation of the Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That none of the funds provided for the biological research activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation 

shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic 

mapping or water resources data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation with States and municipalities. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

From within the amount appropriated for activities of the 

United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall 

be available for the purchase and replacement of passenger motor 

vehicles; reimbursement to the General Services Administration for 

security guard services; contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or other specialized 

surveys when it is administratively determined that such procedures 

are in the public interest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for 

gauging stations and observation wells; expenses of the United 

States National Committee on Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities funded 

by appropriations herein made may be accomplished through the 

use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in 31 

U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Provided further, That the United States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements 

directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit 

organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or 

intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who shall be 

considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 

5, United States Code, relating to compensation for travel and work 

injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating 

to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees 

for any other purposes. 

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MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT

For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and environmental 

studies, regulation of industry operations, and collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other minerals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger 

motor vehicles for replacement only, $153,651,000, of which 

$78,529,000 shall be available for royalty management activities; 

and an amount not to exceed $122,730,000, to be credited to this appropriation and to remain available until expended, from additions 

to receipts resulting from increases to rates in effect on August 5, 

1993, from rate increases to fee collections for Outer Continental 

Shelf administrative activities performed by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) over and above the rates in effect on September 

30, 1993, and from additional fees for Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities established after September 30, 1993: Provided, That to the extent $122,730,000 in additions to receipts are 

not realized from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount 

needed to reach $122,730,000 shall be credited to this appropriation 

from receipts resulting from rental rates for Outer Continental Shelf 

leases in effect before August 5, 1993: Provided further, That 

$3,000,000 for computer acquisitions shall remain available until 

September 30, 2007: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 

shall be available for reasonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided further, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 under this 

heading shall be available for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the Director of MMS concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian 

allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, the 

MMS may under the royalty-in-kind program, or under its authority to transfer oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, use a portion 

of the revenues from royalty-in-kind sales, without regard to fiscal 

year limitation, to pay for transportation to wholesale market centers or upstream pooling points, to process or otherwise dispose of 

royalty production taken in kind, and to recover MMS transportation costs, salaries, and other administrative costs directly related 

to the royalty-in-kind program: Provided further, That MMS shall 

analyze and document the expected return in advance of any royalty-in-kind sales to assure to the maximum extent practicable that 

royalty income under the program is equal to or greater than royalty income recognized under a comparable royalty-in-value program. 

OIL SPILL RESEARCH

For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, title IV, 

sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, section 8201 of the 

Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $7,006,000, which shall be derived from 

the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 

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OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT

REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87, as 

amended, including the purchase of not to exceed 10 passenger 

motor vehicles, for replacement only; $110,435,000: Provided, That 

the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 

2006 for civil penalties assessed under section 518 of the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to 

reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 

That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem expenses 

of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 

ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87, as 

amended, including the purchase of not more than 10 passenger 

motor vehicles for replacement only, $188,014,000, to be derived 

from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended; of which up to $10,000,000, to be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of the Fund, shall be for 

supplemental grants to States for the reclamation of abandoned 

sites with acid mine rock drainage from coal mines, and for associated activities, through the Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative: 

Provided, That grants to minimum program States will be 

$1,500,000 per State in fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That 

pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is 

authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That funds made 

available under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may be used for any 

required non-Federal share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such projects must be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That amounts allocated 

under section 402(g)(2) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(g)(2)) as of September 30, 2005, 

but not appropriated as of that date, are reallocated to the allocation established in section 402(g)(3) of the Surface Mining Control 

and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(g)(3)): Provided further, That the State of Maryland may set aside the greater of 

$1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants made available 

to the State under title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), if the 

amount set aside is deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement 

and treatment fund established under a State law, pursuant to 

which law the amount (together with all interest earned on the 

amount) is expended by the State to undertake acid mine drainage 

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abatement and treatment projects, except that before any amounts 

greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants are deposited in an 

acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund, the State of 

Maryland must first complete all Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act priority one projects: Provided further, That amounts 

provided under this heading may be used for the travel and per 

diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

With funds available for the Technical Innovation and Professional Services program in this Act, the Secretary may transfer title 

for computer hardware, software and other technical equipment to 

State and Tribal regulatory and reclamation programs. 

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, as 

authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 

(25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education 

Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as amended, 

$1,991,490,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007 except 

as otherwise provided herein, of which not to exceed $86,462,000 

shall be for welfare assistance payments and notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian SelfDetermination Act of 1975, as amended, not to exceed $134,609,000 

shall be available for payments to tribes and tribal organizations 

for contract support costs associated with ongoing contracts, grants, 

compacts, or annual funding agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2006, as authorized by such Act, 

except that tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet indirect contract support costs of ongoing 

contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding agreements and 

for unmet welfare assistance costs; and of which not to exceed 

$464,585,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools 

and other education programs shall become available on July 1, 

2006, and shall remain available until September 30, 2007; and of 

which not to exceed $61,667,000 shall remain available until expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, 

litigation support, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land 

records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: 

Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 

amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed $44,718,000 within and 

only from such amounts made available for school operations shall 

be available to tribes and tribal organizations for administrative 

cost grants associated with ongoing grants entered into with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2005 for the operation of Bureaufunded schools, and up to $500,000 within and only from such 

amounts made available for school operations shall be available for 

the transitional costs of initial administrative cost grants to tribes 

and tribal organizations that enter into grants for the operation on 

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or after July 1, 2005, of Bureau-operated schools: Provided further, 

That any forestry funds allocated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2007, may be transferred during fiscal 

year 2008 to an Indian forest land assistance account established 

for the benefit of such tribe within the tribe’s trust fund account: 

Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2008. 

CONSTRUCTION

For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities, 

including architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation of lands for 

farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation 

Project pursuant to Public Law 87–483, $275,637,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be 

available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation 

Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided 

further, That not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority available 

to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust 

Fund may be used to cover the road program management costs of 

the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That for fiscal 

year 2006, in implementing new construction or facilities improvement and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to tribally controlled grant schools under Public Law 100– 

297, as amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance 

Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such grants shall not be subject to 

section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Provided further, That in considering applications, the Secretary shall consider whether the Indian tribe or tribal organization 

would be deficient in assuring that the construction projects conform to applicable building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 

2005(b), with respect to organizational and financial management 

capabilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary declines an application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements contained in 

25 U.S.C. 2504(f): Provided further, That any disputes between the 

Secretary and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the 

disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e): Provided further, That in 

order to ensure timely completion of replacement school construction 

projects, the Secretary may assume control of a project and all 

funds related to the project, if, within eighteen months of the date 

of enactment of this Act, any tribe or tribal organization receiving 

funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of the project and commenced 

construction of the replacement school: Provided further, That this 

Appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special 

Trustee for American Indians Appropriation for the appropriate 

share of construction costs for space expansion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation. 

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INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS

PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and individuals 

and for necessary administrative expenses, $34,754,000, to remain 

available until expended, for implementation of Indian land and 

water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 

101–618, 106–554, 107–331, and 108–34, and for implementation of 

other land and water rights settlements, of which $10,000,000 shall 

be available for payment to the Quinault Indian Nation pursuant 

to the terms of the North Boundary Settlement Agreement dated 

July 14, 2000, providing for the acquisition of perpetual conservation easements from the Nation. 

INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of guaranteed and insured loans, $6,348,000, of 

which $701,000 is for administrative expenses, as authorized by the 

Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended: Provided, That such 

costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

$118,884,000. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts and grants, either directly or in cooperation with 

States and other organizations. 

Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

may contract for services in support of the management, operation, 

and maintenance of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation 

Project. 

Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee and insurance 

fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program account) shall be 

available for expenses of exhibits, and purchase and replacement of 

passenger motor vehicles. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available 

to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office operations or 

pooled overhead general administration (except facilities operations 

and maintenance) shall be available for tribal contracts, grants, 

compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or 

the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–413). 

In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available by 

this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for distribution to other 

tribes, this action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 

responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-government relationship between the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s 

ability to access future appropriations. 

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able to support the operation of any elementary or secondary school 

in the State of Alaska. 

Appropriations made available in this or any other Act for 

schools funded by the Bureau shall be available only to the schools 

in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996. No funds 

available to the Bureau shall be used to support expanded grades 

for any school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or 

approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau school system as of October 1, 1995. Funds made available 

under this Act may not be used to establish a charter school at a 

Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined in section 1146 of the 

Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)), except that a 

charter school that is in existence on the date of the enactment of 

this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before 

September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that period, but 

only if the charter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of 

funds to reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and personal 

property (including buses and vans), the funds of the charter school 

are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau 

does not assume any obligation for charter school programs of the 

State in which the school is located if the charter school loses such 

funding. Employees of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus 

with a charter school and performing functions related to the charter school’s operation and employees of a charter school shall not be 

treated as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 

United States Code. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 

113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106–113, if a tribe or tribal organization in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 received indirect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and administrative cost funds to such tribe or tribal 

organization using the section 5(f) distribution formula. 

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

INSULAR AFFAIRS

ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $76,883,000, of which: 

(1) $69,502,000 shall be available until expended for technical assistance, including maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management controls, coral reef initiative activities, and 

brown tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in 

American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized by 

law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of American 

Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construction and 

support of governmental functions; grants to the Government of the 

Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the Government of 

Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of the 

Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Public Law 94– 

241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $7,381,000 shall be available for salaries 

and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of the territorial and local governments herein 

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provided for, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such governments, may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in 

accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 

further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding 

shall be provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the 

Special Representatives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 

104–134: Provided further, That of the amounts provided for technical assistance, sufficient funds shall be made available for a 

grant to the Pacific Basin Development Council: Provided further, 

That of the amounts provided for technical assistance, sufficient 

funding shall be made available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That the funds for the program of operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and cost sharing to 

be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee’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 grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

For grants and necessary expenses, $5,362,000, to remain available until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2), 221(b), 

and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for the Republic of 

Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for 

the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the 

Federated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99– 

658 and Public Law 108–188. 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the Interior, $127,183,000; of which $7,441,000 is to be derived from 

the Land and Water Conservation Fund and shall remain available 

until expended; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representation expenses; and of which 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: Provided, That none of 

the funds in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used 

to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund account other 

than for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment without prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES

For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20, 

1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907), $236,000,000, of which 

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penses: Provided, That no payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local government if the computed amount of the payment is less than $100. 

CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and 

any of its component offices and bureaus for the remedial action, including associated activities, of hazardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $9,855,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That hereafter, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sums recovered from or paid by a party in advance of or as reimbursement 

for remedial action or response activities conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107 or 113(f) of such Act, shall be credited 

to this account, to be available until expended without further appropriation: Provided further, That hereafter such sums recovered 

from or paid by any party are not limited to monetary payments 

and may include stocks, bonds or other personal or real property, 

which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise disposed of by the 

Secretary and which shall be credited to this account. 

OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $55,440,000. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $39,116,000. 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS

FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, 

$191,593,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to 

exceed $58,000,000 from this or any other Act, shall be available for 

historical accounting: Provided, That funds for trust management 

improvements and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred 

to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and 

Expenses’’ account; and the Departmental Management, ‘‘Salaries 

and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made available to Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts or grants 

obligated during fiscal year 2006, as authorized by the Indian SelfDetermination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain 

available until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the statute 

of limitations shall not commence to run on any claim, including 

any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enactment of this 

Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement of trust funds, until the 

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affected tribe or individual Indian has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from which the beneficiary can determine 

whether there has been a loss: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least 18 months 

and has a balance of $1.00 or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account statement and maintain a 

record of any such accounts and shall permit the balance in each 

such account to be withdrawn upon the express written request of 

the account holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is 

available for the Secretary to make payments to correct administrative errors of either disbursements from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: Provided 

further, That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited to and remain available in this account for this purpose. 

INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION

For consolidation of fractional interests in Indian lands and expenses associated with redetermining and redistributing escheated 

interests in allotted lands, and for necessary expenses to carry out 

the Indian Land Consolidation Act of 1983, as amended, by direct 

expenditure or cooperative agreement, $34,514,000, to remain available until expended, and which may be transferred to the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs and Departmental Management accounts: Provided, That funds provided under this heading may be expended 

pursuant to the authorities contained in the provisos under the 

heading ‘‘Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, Indian 

Land Consolidation’’ of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–291). 

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

To conduct natural resource damage assessment and restoration activities by the Department of the Interior necessary to carry 

out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et 

seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 

1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380) 

(33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and Public Law 101–337, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $6,106,000, to remain available until expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 aircraft, 10 of which 

shall be for replacement and which may be obtained by donation, 

purchase or through available excess surplus property: Provided, 

That existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft: Provided further, That no programs funded with 

appropriated funds in the ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Office of 

the Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may be augmented 

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scribe estimated Working Capital Fund charges to bureaus and offices, including the methodology on which charges are based: Provided further, That departures from the Working Capital Fund estimates contained in the Departmental Management budget justification shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations for approval: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide a semiannual report to the Committees on Appropriations on reimbursable 

support agreements between the Office of the Secretary and the National Business Center and the bureaus and offices of the Department, including the amounts billed pursuant to such agreements. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available 

for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the 

approval of the Secretary, 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: Provided, That no funds shall be made available 

under this authority until funds specifically made available to the 

Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation which 

must be requested as promptly as possible. 

SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 

transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition to the 

amounts included in the budget programs of the several agencies, 

for the suppression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or 

threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the 

Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 

under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or 

actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable 

causes; for contingency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for 

response and natural resource damage assessment activities related 

to actual oil spills; for the prevention, suppression, and control of 

actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on 

lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198 (99 Stat. 1658); for 

emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of Public Law 95– 

87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as 

may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in 

the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropriations 

made in this title for wildland fire operations shall be available for 

the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal 

year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with their 

use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement to be credited 

to appropriations currently available at the time of receipt thereof: 

Provided further, That for wildland fire operations, no funds shall 

be made available under this authority until the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ shall 

be exhausted within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds used 

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vided further, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds 

were transferred. 

SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized by 5 

U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not 

to exceed $500,000; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 

hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for 

telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized 

under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of 

dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in 

societies or associations which issue publications to members only 

or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not 

members. 

SEC. 104. No funds provided in this title may be expended by 

the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore preleasing, 

leasing and related activities placed under restriction in the President’s moratorium statement of June 12, 1998, in the areas of 

northern, central, and southern California; the North Atlantic; 

Washington and Oregon; and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 

degrees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude. 

SEC. 105. No funds provided in this title may be expended by 

the Department of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and natural 

gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the eastern Gulf of 

Mexico planning area for any lands located outside Sale 181, as 

identified in the final Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program, 1997–2002. 

SEC. 106. No funds provided in this title may be expended by 

the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and natural gas 

preleasing, leasing and related activities in the Mid-Atlantic and 

South Atlantic planning areas. 

SEC. 107. Appropriations made in this Act under the headings 

Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special Trustee for American 

Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appropriations 

Acts made under the same headings shall be available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management and reform activities, 

except that total funding for historical accounting activities shall 

not exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such purpose. 

SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal 

years 2006 through 2010, for the purpose of reducing the backlog of 

Indian probate cases in the Department of the Interior, the hearing 

requirements of chapter 10 of title 25, United States Code, are 

deemed satisfied by a proceeding conducted by an Indian probate 

judge, appointed by the Secretary without regard to the provisions 

of title 5, United States Code, governing the appointments in the 

competitive service, for such period of time as the Secretary determines necessary: Provided, That the basic pay of an Indian probate 

judge so appointed may be fixed by the Secretary without regard to 

the provisions of chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 

title 5, United States Code, governing the classification and pay of 

General Schedule employees, except that no such Indian probate 

judge may be paid at a level which exceeds the maximum rate payable for the highest grade of the General Schedule, including locality pay. 

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SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, 

unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction 

in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal 

year 2006. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping 

service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply. 

SEC. 110. (a) For fiscal year 2006 and each succeeding fiscal 

year, any funds made available by this Act for the Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute and Haskell Indian Nations University 

for postsecondary programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in excess of the amount made available for those postsecondary programs 

for fiscal year 2005 shall be allocated in direct proportion to the 

need of the schools, as determined in accordance with the postsecondary funding formula adopted by the Office of Indian Education 

Programs. 

(b) For fiscal year 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall use the postsecondary funding formula 

adopted by the Office of Indian Education Programs based on the 

needs of the Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute and Haskell Indian Nations University to justify the amounts submitted as part of 

the budget request of the Department of the Interior. 

SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the authority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amended by Public Law 104–208, 

the Secretary may accept and retain land and other forms of reimbursement: Provided, That the Secretary may retain and use any 

such reimbursement until expended and without further appropriation: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all activities authorized by 

Public Law 100–696; 16 U.S.C. 460zz. 

SEC. 112. The Secretary of the Interior may use or contract for 

the use of helicopters or motor vehicles on the Sheldon and Hart 

National Wildlife Refuges for the purpose of capturing and transporting horses and burros. The provisions of subsection (a) of the 

Act of September 8, 1959 (18 U.S.C. 47(a)) shall not be applicable 

to such use. Such use shall be in accordance with humane procedures prescribed by the Secretary. 

SEC. 113. Funds provided in this Act for Federal land acquisition by the National Park Service for Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District and Ice Age National Scenic Trail, 

and funds provided in division E of Public Law 108–447 (118 Stat. 

3050) for land acquisition at the Niobrara National Scenic River, 

may be used for a grant to a State, a local government, or any other 

land management entity for the acquisition of lands without regard 

to any restriction on the use of Federal land acquisition funds provided through the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 

as amended. 

SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

obligated or expended by the National Park Service to enter into or 

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moval of the underground lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park. 

SEC. 115. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey City, New Jersey, 

and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent pedestrian use of such bridge, 

when such pedestrian use is consistent with generally accepted safety standards. 

SEC. 116. None of the funds in this or any other Act can be used 

to compensate the Special Master and the Special Master-Monitor, 

and all variations thereto, appointed by the United States District 

Court for the District of Columbia in the Cobell v. Norton litigation 

at an annual rate that exceeds 200 percent of the highest Senior Executive Service rate of pay for the Washington-Baltimore locality 

pay area. 

SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Interior may use discretionary 

funds to pay private attorney fees and costs for employees and 

former employees of the Department of the Interior reasonably incurred in connection with Cobell v. Norton to the extent that such 

fees and costs are not paid by the Department of Justice or by private insurance. In no case shall the Secretary make payments under 

this section that would result in payment of hourly fees in excess of 

the highest hourly rate approved by the District Court for the District of Columbia for counsel in Cobell v. Norton. 

SEC. 118. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in 

carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking of 

salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from Federally operated or Federally financed hatcheries including but not 

limited to fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 

Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified 

by commercial and recreational fishers. 

SEC. 119. (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in section 134 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2002 (115 Stat. 443) affects the decision of the United States Court 

of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Sac and Fox Nation v. Norton, 

240 F.3d 1250 (2001). 

(b) USE OF CERTAIN INDIAN LAND.—Nothing in this section permits the conduct of gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory 

Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) on land described in section 123 of the 

Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 

Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 944), or land that is contiguous to that land, 

regardless of whether the land or contiguous land has been taken 

into trust by the Secretary of the Interior. 

SEC. 120. No funds appropriated for the Department of the Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used to study or implement 

any plan to drain Lake Powell or to reduce the water level of the 

lake below the range of water levels required for the operation of the 

Glen Canyon Dam. 

SEC. 121. Notwithstanding the limitation in subparagraph 

(2)(B) of section 18(a) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 

U.S.C. 2717(a)), the total amount of all fees imposed by the National Indian Gaming Commission for fiscal year 2007 shall not exceed $12,000,000. 

SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any implementation of the Department of the Interior’s trust reorganization or reengineering plans, or 

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the implementation of the ‘‘To Be’’ Model, funds appropriated for fiscal year 2006 shall be available to the tribes within the California 

Tribal Trust Reform Consortium and to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai 

Tribes of the Flathead Reservation and the Chippewa Cree Tribe of 

the Rocky Boys Reservation through the same methodology as funds 

were distributed in fiscal year 2003. This Demonstration Project 

shall continue to operate separate and apart from the Department 

of the Interior’s trust reform and reorganization and the Department shall not impose its trust management infrastructure upon or 

alter the existing trust resource management systems of the above 

referenced tribes having a self-governance compact and operating in 

accordance with the Tribal Self-Governance Program set forth in 25 

U.S.C. 458aa–458hh: Provided, That the California Trust Reform 

Consortium and any other participating tribe agree to carry out 

their responsibilities under the same written and implemented fiduciary standards as those being carried by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That they demonstrate to the satisfaction of 

the Secretary that they have the capability to do so: Provided further, That the Department shall provide funds to the tribes in an 

amount equal to that required by 25 U.S.C. 458cc(g)(3), including 

funds specifically or functionally related to the provision of trust 

services to the tribes or their members. 

SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any provision of law, including 42 

U.S.C. 4321 et. seq., nonrenewable grazing permits authorized in 

the Jarbidge Field Office, Bureau of Land Management within the 

past 9 years, shall be renewed. The Animal Unit Months contained 

in the most recently expired nonrenewable grazing permit, authorized between March 1, 1997, and February 28, 2003, shall continue 

in effect under the renewed permit. Nothing in this section shall be 

deemed to extend the nonrenewable permits beyond the standard 1- 

year term. 

SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all or part of any pier, dock, or 

landing within the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, 

for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including 

franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by exchange; 

and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter into leases, 

subleases, concession contracts or other agreements for the use of 

such facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 

determine reasonable. 

SEC. 125. Upon the request of the permittee for the Clark Mountain Allotment lands adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve, the 

Secretary shall also issue a special use permit for that portion of the 

grazing allotment located within the Preserve. The special use permit shall be issued with the same terms and conditions as the most 

recently-issued permit for that allotment and the Secretary shall 

consider the permit to be one transferred in accordance with section 

325 of Public Law 108–108. 

SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National Park Service final winter use rules published in Part VII of 

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the Federal Register for November 10, 2004, 69 Fed. Reg. 65348 et 

seq., shall be in force and effect for the winter use season of 2005– 

2006 that commences on or about December 15, 2005. 

SEC. 127. Section 1121(d) of the Education Amendments of 

1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001(d)) is amended by striking paragraph (7) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(7) APPROVAL OF INDIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary shall not 

terminate, close, consolidate, contract, transfer to another authority, or take any other action relating to an elementary 

school or secondary school (or any program of such a school) of 

an Indian tribe without the approval of the governing body of 

any Indian tribe that would be affected by such an action.’’. 

SEC. 128. Section 108(e) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish 

the Kalaupapa National Historical Park in the State of Hawaii, 

and for other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 410jj–7) is amended by striking 

‘‘twenty-five years from’’ and inserting ‘‘on the date that is 45 years 

after’’. 

Sec. 129. Section 402(b) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(b)) is amended by striking 

‘‘September 30, 2005,’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2006,’’. 

SEC. 130. None of the funds in this or any other Act may be 

used to set up Centers of Excellence and Partnership Skills Bank 

training without prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

SEC. 131. Section 114 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (16 U.S.C. 460bb–3 note; 

117 Stat. 239; division F of Public Law 108–7), is amended— 

(1) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘, including utility 

expenses of the National Park Service or lessees of the National 

Park Service’’ after ‘‘Fort Baker properties’’; and 

(2) by inserting between the first and second sentences the 

following: ‘‘In furtherance of a lease entered into under the first 

sentence, the Secretary of the Interior or a lessee may impose 

fees on overnight lodgers for the purpose of covering the cost of 

providing utilities and transportation services at Fort Baker 

properties at a rate not to exceed the annual cost of providing 

these services.’’. 

SEC. 132. (a) Section 813(a) of the Federal Lands Recreation 

Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6812(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 

(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (i) (except for paragraph (1)(C))’’. 

(b) Section 4(i)(1)(C)(i) of the Land and Water Conservation 

Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)(1)(C)(i)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)’’ and all 

that follows through ‘‘or section 107’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding section 107’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘account under subparagraph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘account under section 807(a) of the Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6806(a))’’. 

(c) Except as provided in this section, section 4(i)(1)(C) of the 

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l– 

6a(i)(1)(C)) shall be applied and administered as if section 813(a) 

of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 

6812(a)) (and the amendments made by that section) had not been 

enacted. 

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(d) This section and the amendments made by this section take 

effect as of December 8, 2004. 

SEC. 133. Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 

U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(43)(A) The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic 

Watertrail, a series of routes extending approximately 3,000 miles 

along the Chesapeake Bay and the tributaries of the Chesapeake 

Bay in the States of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware and the District of Columbia that traces Captain John Smith’s 

voyages charting the land and waterways of the Chesapeake Bay 

and the tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. 

‘‘(B) The study shall be conducted in consultation with Federal, 

State, regional, and local agencies and representatives of the private 

sector, including the entities responsible for administering— 

‘‘(i) the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network 

authorized under the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 (16 

U.S.C. 461 note; title V of Public Law 105–312); and 

‘‘(ii) the Chesapeake Bay Program authorized under section 

117 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

1267). 

‘‘(C) The study shall include an extensive analysis of the potential impacts the designation of the trail as a national historic 

watertrail is likely to have on land and water, including docks and 

piers, along the proposed route or bordering the study route that is 

privately owned at the time the study is conducted.’’. 

Sec. 134. (a) Notwithstanding section 508(c) of the Omnibus 

Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 8903 

note; Public Law 104–333) there is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses for the Memorial to Martin Luther 

King, Jr. authorized in that Act. 

(b) The funds appropriated in subsection (a) shall only be made 

available after the entire amount is matched by non-federal contributions (not including in-kind contributions) that are pledged 

and received after July 26, 2005, but prior to the date specified in 

subsection (c). 

(c) Section 508(b)(2) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 

Management Act of 1996 is amended by striking ‘‘November 12, 

2006’’ and inserting ‘‘November 12, 2008’’. 

TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

For science and technology, including research and development 

activities, which shall include research and development activities 

under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

and Liability Act of 1980, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 

allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services 

as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to 

exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 

for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in support 

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bilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per 

project, $741,722,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

For environmental programs and management, including necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances 

therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 

per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior 

level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations which issue 

publications to members only or at a price to members lower than 

to subscribers who are not members; construction, alteration, repair, 

rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per 

project; and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $2,381,752,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, including administrative costs of the brownfields 

program under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields 

Revitalization Act of 2002. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 

amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 

and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per project, 

$37,455,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, 

and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the 

Environmental Protection Agency, $40,218,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

(CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), 

and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, 

rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per 

project; $1,260,621,000, to remain available until expended, consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund upon the 

date of enactment of this Act as authorized by section 517(a) of the 

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) 

and up to $1,260,621,000 as a payment from general revenues to the 

Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

$13,536,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 

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appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2007, and 

$30,606,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ 

appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2007. 

LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per project, $73,027,000, to remain available until expended. 

OIL SPILL RESPONSE

For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 

$15,863,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, 

to remain available until expended. 

STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership grants, $3,261,696,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which $900,000,000 shall be for making capitalization 

grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of 

the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’); of 

which up to $50,000,000 shall be available for loans, including interest free loans as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A), to municipal, inter-municipal, interstate, or State agencies or nonprofit entities for projects that provide treatment for or that minimize sewage 

or stormwater discharges using one or more approaches which include, but are not limited to, decentralized or distributed 

stormwater controls, decentralized wastewater treatment, low-impact development practices, conservation easements, stream buffers, 

or wetlands restoration; $850,000,000 shall be for capitalization 

grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 

1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, except that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 

amended, hereafter none of the funds made available under this 

heading in this or previous appropriations Acts shall be reserved by 

the Administrator for health effects studies on drinking water contaminants; $50,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, design, construction and related activities in connection with 

the construction of high priority water and wastewater facilities in 

the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with 

the appropriate border commission; $35,000,000 shall be for grants 

to the State of Alaska to address drinking water and waste infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, 

That, of these funds: (1) the State of Alaska shall provide a match 

of 25 percent; (2) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 

for administrative and overhead expenses; and (3) not later than 

October 1, 2005 the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 

with the State-wide priority list established in 2004 for all water, 

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sewer, waste disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State 

of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal Water 

Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm 

and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects in 

regional hub communities; $200,000,000 shall be for making special 

project grants for the construction of drinking water, wastewater 

and storm water infrastructure and for water quality protection in 

accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants 

in the joint explanatory statement of the managers accompanying 

this Act, and, for purposes of these grants, each grantee shall contribute not less than 45 percent of the cost of the project unless the 

grantee is approved for a waiver by the Agency; $90,000,000 shall 

be to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as 

amended, including grants, interagency agreements, and associated 

program support costs; $7,000,000 for making cost-shared grants for 

school bus retrofit and replacement projects that reduce diesel emissions; and $1,129,696,000 shall be for grants, including associated 

program support costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control agencies 

for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control and 

abatement and related activities, including activities pursuant to 

the provisions set forth under this heading in Public Law 104–134, 

and for making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for 

particulate matter monitoring and data collection activities subject 

to terms and conditions specified by the Administrator, of which 

$50,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA, as 

amended, $20,000,000 shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, including associated program support costs, 

and $16,856,000 shall be for making competitive targeted watershed 

grants: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, 

State authority under section 302(a) of Public Law 104–182 shall 

remain in effect: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation 

on the amounts in a State water pollution control revolving fund 

that may be used by a State to administer the fund shall not apply 

to amounts included as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2006 and prior years where such amounts represent costs 

of administering the fund to the extent that such amounts are or 

were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible purposes 

of the fund, including administration: Provided further, That for 

fiscal year 2006, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act, the 

Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for 

any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2006, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Act, up to a total of 11⁄2

percent of the funds appropriated for State Revolving Funds under 

title VI of that Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 

under section 518(c) of that Act: Provided further, That no funds 

provided by this legislation to address the water, wastewater and 

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able to a county or municipal government unless that government 

has established an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 

which prevents in that jurisdiction the development or construction 

of any additional colonia areas, or the development within an existing colonia the construction of any new home, business, or other 

structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure: Provided further, That, notwithstanding this or any other 

appropriations Act, heretofore and hereafter, after consultation with 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and for the 

purpose of making technical corrections, the Administrator is authorized to award grants under this heading to entities and for purposes other than those listed in the joint explanatory statements of 

the managers accompanying the Agency’s appropriations Acts for 

the construction of drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure and for water quality protection. In addition, $80,000,000 is hereby rescinded from prior year 

funds in appropriation accounts available to the Environmental 

Protection Agency: Provided, That such rescissions shall be taken 

solely from amounts associated with grants, contracts, and interagency agreements whose availability, under the original project period for such grant or interagency agreement or contract period for 

such contract, has expired: Provided further, That such rescissions 

shall include funds that were appropriated under this heading for 

special project grants in fiscal year 2000 or earlier that have not 

been obligated on an approved grant by September 1, 2006. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

For fiscal year 2006, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 

6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 

in carrying out the Agency’s function to implement directly Federal 

environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agreements to federally-recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal consortia, 

if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist the Administrator in 

implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative agreements may be awarded from funds designated for State financial 

assistance agreements. 

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 

authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees 

in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act (as added by subsection (f)(2) of the Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Act of 2003), as amended. 

Notwithstanding CERCLA 104(k)(4)(B)(i)(IV), appropriated 

funds for fiscal year 2006 may be used to award grants or loans 

under section 104(k) of CERCLA to eligible entities that satisfy all 

of the elements set forth in CERCLA section 101(40) to qualify as 

a bona fide prospective purchaser except that the date of acquisition 

of the property was prior to the date of enactment of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfield Revitalization Act of 2001. 

For fiscal years 2006 through 2011, the Administrator may, 

after consultation with the Office of Personnel Management, make 

not to exceed five appointments in any fiscal year under the authority provided in 42 U.S.C. 209 for the Office of Research and Development. 

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Beginning in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, and notwithstanding section 306 of the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Federal share of the cost of radon program activities implemented with 

Federal assistance under section 306 shall not exceed 60 percent in 

the third and subsequent grant years. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

SEC. 201. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

to accept, consider or rely on third-party intentional dosing human 

toxicity studies for pesticides, or to conduct intentional dosing 

human toxicity studies for pesticides until the Administrator issues 

a final rulemaking on this subject. The Administrator shall allow 

for a period of not less than 90 days for public comment on the 

Agency’s proposed rule before issuing a final rule. Such rule shall 

not permit the use of pregnant women, infants or children as subjects; shall be consistent with the principles proposed in the 2004 report of the National Academy of Sciences on intentional human dosing and the principles of the Nuremberg Code with respect to 

human experimentation; and shall establish an independent 

Human Subjects Review Board. The final rule shall be issued no 

later than 180 days after enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 202. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used in contravention of, or to delay the implementation of, Executive Order No. 12898 of February 11, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 7629; relating to Federal actions to address environmental justice in minority populations and low-income populations). 

SEC. 203. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

used to finalize, issue, implement, or enforce the proposed policy of 

the Environmental Protection Agency entitled ‘‘National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Requirements for 

Municipal Wastewater Treatment During Wet Weather Conditions’’, 

dated November 3, 2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 63042). 

SEC. 204. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

used in contravention of 15 U.S.C. 2682(c)(3) or to delay the implementation of that section. 

SEC. 205. None of the funds provided in this Act or any other 

Act may be used by the Environmental Protection Agency to publish 

proposed or final regulations pursuant to the requirements of section 428(b) of division G of Public Law 108–199 until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination with 

other appropriate Federal agencies, has completed and published a 

technical study to look at safety issues, including the risk of fire and 

burn to consumers in use, associated with compliance with the regulations. Not later than six months after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Administrator shall complete and publish the technical 

study. 

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TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

FOREST SERVICE

FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as authorized by law, $283,094,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That of the funds provided, $60,267,000 is for the forest 

inventory and analysis program. 

STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, and 

others, and for forest health management, including treatments of 

pests, pathogens, and invasive or noxious plants and for restoring 

and rehabilitating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooperative forestry, and education and land conservation activities 

and conducting an international program as authorized, 

$283,577,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized by 

law of which $57,380,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 

Conservation Fund: Provided, That none of the funds provided 

under this heading for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands 

shall be available until the Forest Service notifies the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appropriations, in writing, of specific contractual and grant details including 

the non-Federal cost share: Provided further, That of the funds provided herein, $1,000,000 shall be provided to Custer County, Idaho, 

for economic development in accordance with the Central Idaho 

Economic Development and Recreation Act, subject to authorization: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

of the funds provided under this heading, an advance lump sum 

payment of $1,000,000 shall be made available to Madison County, 

NC, for a forest recreation center, and a similar $500,000 payment 

shall be made available to Folkmoot USA in Haywood County, NC, 

for Appalachian folk programs including forest crafts. 

NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization 

of the National Forest System, $1,424,348,000, to remain available 

until expended, which shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and 

Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accordance 

with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated balances under this heading available at the start of fiscal 

year 2006 shall be displayed by budget line item in the fiscal year 

2007 budget justification: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this heading for Forest Products, $5,000,000 shall be 

allocated to the Alaska Region, in addition to its normal allocation 

for the purposes of preparing additional timber for sale, to establish 

a 3-year timber supply and such funds may be transferred to other 

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appropriations accounts as necessary to maximize accomplishment: 

Provided further, That within funds available for the purpose of implementing the Valles Caldera Preservation Act, notwithstanding 

the limitations of section 107(e)(2) of the Valles Caldera Preservation Act (Public Law 106–248), for fiscal year 2006, the Chair of the 

Board of Trustees of the Valles Caldera Trust may receive, upon request, compensation for each day (including travel time) that the 

Chair is engaged in the performance of the functions of the Board, 

except that compensation shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the 

annual rate in effect for members of the Senior Executive Service at 

the ES–1 level, and shall be in addition to any reimbursement for 

travel, subsistence and other necessary expenses incurred by the 

Chair in the performance of the Chair’s duties. 

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities 

on National Forest System lands, for emergency fire suppression on 

or adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuels reduction on or adjacent to such lands, and 

for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 

lands and water, $1,779,395,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such funds including unobligated balances 

under this heading, are available for repayment of advances from 

other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and other cooperating entities for services provided in 

response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent 

such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies 

are fully repaid by the responsible emergency management agency: 

Provided further, That not less than 50 percent of any unobligated 

balances remaining (exclusive of amounts for hazardous fuels reduction) at the end of fiscal year 2005 shall be transferred to the fund 

established pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 71–319 (16 U.S.C. 

576 et seq.) if necessary to reimburse the fund for unpaid past advances: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, $8,000,000 of funds appropriated under this appropriation 

shall be used for Fire Science Research in support of the Joint Fire 

Science Program: Provided further, That all authorities for the use 

of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and cooperative 

agreements, available to execute the Forest and Rangeland Research 

appropriation, are also available in the utilization of these funds for 

Fire Science Research: Provided further, That funds provided shall 

be available for emergency rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous fuels reduction activities in the urban-wildland interface, 

support to Federal emergency response, and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service: Provided further, That of the funds 

provided, $286,000,000 is for hazardous fuels reduction activities, 

$6,281,000 is for rehabilitation and restoration, $23,219,000 is for 

research activities and to make competitive research grants pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research 

Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $46,500,000 is for State 

fire assistance, $7,889,000 is for volunteer fire assistance, 

$15,000,000 is for forest health activities on Federal lands and 

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$10,000,000 is for forest health activities on State and private 

lands: Provided further, That amounts in this paragraph may be 

transferred to the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest 

System’’, and ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Research’’ accounts to fund 

State fire assistance, volunteer fire assistance, forest health management, forest and rangeland research, vegetation and watershed 

management, heritage site rehabilitation, and wildlife and fish 

habitat management and restoration: Provided further, That transfers of any amounts in excess of those authorized in this paragraph, 

shall require approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with reprogramming procedures contained in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 

funds provided under this heading for hazardous fuels treatments 

may be transferred to and made a part of the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account at the sole discretion of the Chief of the Forest Service 

thirty days after notifying the House and the Senate Committees on 

Appropriations: Provided further, That the costs of implementing 

any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and 

any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the 

affected parties: Provided further, That in addition to funds provided for State Fire Assistance programs, and subject to all authorities available to the Forest Service under the State and Private Forestry Appropriation, up to $15,000,000 may be used on adjacent 

non-Federal lands for the purpose of protecting communities when 

hazard reduction activities are planned on national forest lands 

that have the potential to place such communities at risk: Provided 

further, That included in funding for hazardous fuel reduction is 

$5,000,000 for implementing the Community Forest Restoration Act, 

Public Law 106–393, title VI, and any portion of such funds shall 

be available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance with authorities available to the Forest Service under the State and Private 

Forestry Appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 

Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer 

of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $9,000,000, between the Departments 

when such transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded 

wildland fire management programs and projects: Provided further, 

That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels reduction, not to exceed $5,000,000, may be used to make grants, using any authorities 

available to the Forest Service under the State and Private Forestry 

appropriation, for the purpose of creating incentives for increased 

use of biomass from national forest lands: Provided further, That 

funds designated for wildfire suppression shall be assessed for indirect costs on the same basis as such assessments are calculated 

against other agency programs. 

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, $441,178,000, to remain available until expended for construction, reconstruction, maintenance and acquisition of buildings 

and other facilities, and for construction, reconstruction, repair, decommissioning, and maintenance of forest roads and trails by the 

Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 

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missioning of roads, including unauthorized roads not part of the 

transportation system, which are no longer needed: Provided further, That no funds shall be expended to decommission any system 

road until notice and an opportunity for public comment has been 

provided on each decommissioning project: Provided further, That 

of funds provided, $3,000,000 is provided for needed rehabilitation 

and restoration work at Jarbidge Canyon, Nevada: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer 

of up to $1,350,000 as necessary to the Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management and Fish and Wildlife Service when 

such transfers would facilitate and expedite needed rehabilitation 

work on Bureau of Land Management lands, and for the Fish and 

Wildlife Service to implement terms and conditions identified in the 

Biological Opinion. 

LAND ACQUISITION

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land 

and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with 

statutory authority applicable to the Forest Service, $42,500,000, to 

be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided further, That, subject to 

valid existing rights, all land and interests in land acquired in the 

Thunder Mountain area of the Payette National Forest (including 

patented claims and land that are encumbered by unpatented 

claims or previously appropriated funds under this section, or otherwise relinquished by a private party) are withdrawn from mineral 

entry or appropriation under Federal mining laws, and from leasing claims under Federal mineral and geothermal leasing laws. 

ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS

For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 

Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, 

and Cleveland National Forests, California, as authorized by law, 

$1,069,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 

ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds 

deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school 

districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant to 

Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 

1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended. 

RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and 

improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in National 

Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of 

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ministrative expenses associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 

GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND

RESEARCH

For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $64,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 

MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal 

lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska 

National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96–487), 

$5,067,000, to remain available until expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 

shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire 

of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet 

for use in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest 

Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing 

aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or tradein value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed 

$100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 

U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein 

pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 

558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901– 

5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 

U.S.C. 3718(c). 

None of the funds made available under this Act shall be obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move or close any regional office for National Forest System administration of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture without the consent of the 

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may 

be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation for 

forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness 

due to severe burning conditions upon notification of the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations and if and only if all previously appropriated emergency contingent funds under the heading 

‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ have been released by the President 

and apportioned and all wildfire suppression funds under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ are obligated. 

The first transfer of funds into the Wildland Fire Management 

account shall include unobligated funds, if available, from the Land 

Acquisition account and the Forest Legacy program within the State 

and Private Forestry account. 

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Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 

assistance to or through the Agency for International Development 

and the Foreign Agricultural Service in connection with forest and 

rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign 

countries, and shall be available to support forestry and related natural resource activities outside the United States and its territories 

and possessions, including technical assistance, education and 

training, and cooperation with United States and international organizations. 

None of the funds made available to the Forest Service under 

this Act shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 

702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 

U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 147b, except that in fiscal year 2006 the 

Forest Service may transfer funds to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ 

account from other agency accounts to enable the agency’s law enforcement program to pay full operating costs including overhead. 

None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in the report accompanying this Act. Not more than $72,646,000 of funds available to the Forest 

Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit 

or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested by the Forest 

Service in order to obtain services from the Department of Agriculture’s National Information Technology Center. 

Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to conduct a program of not less than $2,500,000 for high priority projects 

within the scope of the approved budget which shall be carried out 

by the Youth Conservation Corps. Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available 

to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and representation expenses. 

Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101–593, 

of the funds available to the Forest Service, $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation to aid 

conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest Service 

mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 

for administrative expenses or projects on or benefitting National 

Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, 

no more than $300,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the 

end of the period of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds made available 

by the Forest Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may 

transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient for a project at the 

same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 

funds: Provided further, That authorized investments of Federal 

funds held by the Foundation may be made only in interest-bearing 

obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to 

both principal and interest by the United States. 

Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, $2,650,000 of 

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share conservation projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to 

Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds shall be 

matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its 

subrecipients. 

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 

interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural communities for sustainable rural development purposes. 

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 

payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National 

Scenic Area, pursuant to sections 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 

16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–663. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service not to exceed $500,000 may 

be used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred as 

a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the Forest 

Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land 

purchase negotiations and similar non-litigation related matters. 

Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums previously 

transferred and the requested funding transfers. 

Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may 

be used for necessary expenses in the event of law enforcement emergencies as necessary to protect natural resources and public or employee safety: Provided, That such amounts shall not exceed 

$500,000. 

An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded 

under title V of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et 

seq.) and administered by the Forest Service shall be considered to 

be a Federal employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United 

States Code. 

Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to 

meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of the 

Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 

For each fiscal year through 2009, funds available to the Forest 

Service in this Act may be used for the purpose of expenses associated with primary and secondary schooling for dependents of agency personnel stationed in Puerto Rico prior to the date of enactment 

of this Act, who are subject to transfer and reassignment to other 

locations in the United States, at a cost not in excess of those authorized for the Department of Defense for the same area, when it 

is determined by the Chief of the Forest Service that public schools 

available in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the 

education of such dependents. 

Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 

$35,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of performing facilities maintenance. Such assessments shall occur using a square foot 

rate charged on the same basis the agency uses to assess programs 

for payment of rent, utilities, and other support services. 

In support of management of the National Wildlife Refuge System, Lot 6C of United States Survey 2538–A, containing 2.39 acres 

and the residential triplex situated thereon, located in Kodiak, Alaska, is hereby transferred from the USDA Forest Service to the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 

(68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the Indian Health 

Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, 

$2,732,298,000, together with payments received during the fiscal 

year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made available to tribes 

and tribal organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or 

any other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), 

shall be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract 

award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal 

organization without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 

up to $18,000,000 shall remain available until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund: Provided further, That 

$507,021,000 for contract medical care shall remain available for 

obligation until September 30, 2007: Provided further, That of the 

funds provided, up to $27,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used to carry out the loan repayment program 

under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be used for oneyear contracts and grants which are to be performed in two fiscal 

years, so long as the total obligation is recorded in the year for 

which the funds are appropriated: Provided further, That the 

amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 

achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act (exclusive 

of planning, design, or construction of new facilities): Provided further, That funding contained herein, and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and available to the 

receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended: Provided 

further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 

amounts provided herein, not to exceed $268,683,000 shall be for 

payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract or grant 

support costs associated with contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding agreements between the Indian Health 

Service and a tribe or tribal organization pursuant to the Indian 

Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, prior to or during fiscal year 2006, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be used for 

contract support costs associated with new or expanded self-determination contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or annual 

funding agreements: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service and tribes and 

tribal organizations operating health facilities pursuant to Public 

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Law 93–638 such individually identifiable health information relating to disabled children as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1400, et seq.: Provided further, That of the 

amounts provided to the Indian Health Service, $15,000,000 is provided for alcohol control, enforcement, prevention, treatment, sobriety and wellness, and education in Alaska, to be distributed in accordance with the instruction provided in Senate Report 109–80: 

Provided further, That none of the funds may be used for tribal 

courts or tribal ordinance programs or any program that is not directly related to alcohol control, enforcement, prevention, treatment, 

or sobriety: Provided further, That no more than 15 percent may be 

used by any entity receiving funding for administrative overhead including indirect costs. 

INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters 

for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; 

acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, 

and purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 

of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and 

for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III 

of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental 

health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health Service, 

$358,485,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for 

the planning, design, construction or renovation of health facilities 

for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase 

land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facilities: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be used 

by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment 

from the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 

Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That none of 

the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be used 

for sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded with 

grants by the housing programs of the United States Department of 

Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health Services’’ 

account shall be used by the Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement between the Indian 

Health Service and the General Services Administration: Provided 

further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Indian Health Service is authorized to construct a replacement health 

care facility in Nome, Alaska, on land owned by the Norton Sound 

Health Corporation: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 

shall be placed in a Demolition Fund, available until expended, to 

be used by the Indian Health Service for demolition of Federal 

buildings. 

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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Service shall be 

available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates 

not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger 

motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular 

buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized 

under regulations approved by the Secretary; and for uniforms or 

allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for 

expenses of attendance at meetings which are concerned with the 

functions or activities for which the appropriation is made or which 

will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or management of 

those functions or activities. 

In accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health care 

at all tribally administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under 

the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 

be credited to the account of the facility providing the service and 

shall be available without fiscal year limitation. Notwithstanding 

any other law or regulation, funds transferred from the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service 

shall be administered under Public Law 86–121 (the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act) and Public Law 93–638, as amended. 

Funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, 

except those used for administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation. 

None of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service 

in this Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the Department of Health and Human Services unless identified in the 

budget justification and provided in this Act, or approved by the 

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the reprogramming process. Personnel ceilings may not be imposed on the 

Indian Health Service nor may any action be taken to reduce the 

full time equivalent level of the Indian Health Service below the 

level in fiscal year 2002 adjusted upward for the staffing of new 

and expanded facilities, funding provided for staffing at the 

Lawton, Oklahoma hospital in fiscal years 2003 and 2004, critical 

positions not filled in fiscal year 2002, and staffing necessary to 

carry out the intent of Congress with regard to program increases. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously or 

herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization through a 

contract, grant, or agreement authorized by title I or title V of the 

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 

(25 U.S.C. 450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement 

under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available to 

the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation. 

None of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service 

in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule published in 

the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of 

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Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the health 

care services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health 

Service has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs 

associated with the proposed final rule, and such request has been 

included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law. 

With respect to functions transferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those entities, on a reimbursable basis, including payment in advance with subsequent adjustment. The reimbursements received therefrom, along with the 

funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation account which provided the funding. Such amounts shall remain available until expended. 

Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or services 

provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead associated with the 

provision of goods, services, or technical assistance. 

The appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may 

not be altered without advance notification to the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 

311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and section 126(g) of 

the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

$80,289,000. 

AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY

TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

(CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended; and 

section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, 

$76,024,000, of which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until 

expended, is for Individual Learning Accounts for full-time equivalent employees of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 

lieu of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of 

CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without 

limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited health care providers: Provided 

further, That in performing any such health assessment or health 

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ing shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2006, and existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 

OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the 

Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 

Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 

the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses, $2,717,000: Provided, That 

notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed by 

the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 

serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 

section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, including hire 

of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 

5 U.S.C. 5376, $9,200,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and 

Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than three 

career Senior Executive Service positions: Provided further, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual appointed to the position of Inspector General of the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also 

hold the position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector 

General of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions 

within the Board. 

OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 

Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–531, $8,601,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds provided in 

this or any other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopipartitioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard housing, and all others certified as eligible and not included in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the funds conVerDate Aug 04 2004 05:51 Aug 01, 2005 Jkt 022628 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6603 E:\HR\OC\HR188.XXX HR188
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tained in this or any other Act may be used by the Office of Navajo 

and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo 

family who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on 

the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement 

home is provided for such household: Provided further, That no 

relocatee will be provided with more than one new or replacement 

home: Provided further, That the Office shall relocate any certified 

eligible relocatees who have selected and received an approved 

homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant 

to 25 U.S.C. 640d–10. 

INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND

ARTS DEVELOPMENT

PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 

Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by title XV of 

Public Law 99–498, as amended (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), $6,300,000. 

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, and 

history; development, preservation, and documentation of the National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; 

collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information 

and publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease (for 

terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of buildings, facilities, 

and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized 

by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to five replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, 

$524,281,000, of which not to exceed $10,992,000 for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, the 

National Museum of African American History and Culture, and 

the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall remain available 

until expended; and of which $9,086,000 for the reopening of the 

Patent Office Building and for fellowships and scholarly awards 

shall remain available until September 30, 2007; and including 

such funds as may be necessary to support American overseas research centers and a total of $125,000 for the Council of American 

Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for advance payments to independent contractors 

performing research services or participating in official Smithsonian presentations: Provided further, That the Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal appropriations designated in this Act for 

lease or rent payments for long term and swing space, as rent payable to the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent payments may 

be deposited into the general trust funds of the Institution to the extent that federally supported activities are housed in the 900 H 

Street, N.W. building in the District of Columbia: Provided further, 

That this use of Federal appropriations shall not be construed as 

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gation of, the Federal Government: Provided further, That no appropriated funds may be used to service debt which is incurred to finance the costs of acquiring the 900 H Street building or of planning, designing, and constructing improvements to such building. 

FACILITIES CAPITAL

For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration 

of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by 

contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 

22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and for construction, including necessary 

personnel, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

which not to exceed $10,000 is for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

3109: Provided, That contracts awarded for environmental systems, 

protection systems, and repair or restoration of facilities of the 

Smithsonian Institution may be negotiated with selected contractors 

and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as 

price. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to make 

any changes to the existing Smithsonian science programs including 

closure of facilities, relocation of staff or redirection of functions and 

programs without the advance approval of the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations. 

None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to initiate the design for any proposed expansion of current space or new 

facility without consultation with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. 

None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used for the 

Holt House located at the National Zoological Park in Washington, 

D.C., unless identified as repairs to minimize water damage, monitor structure movement, or provide interim structural support. 

None of the funds available to the Smithsonian may be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in the statement of the managers accompanying this Act. 

None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to purchase any additional buildings without prior consultation with the 

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, 

the protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 

1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 

1939 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, 

museum, and art associations or societies whose publications or 

services are available to members only, or to members at a price 

lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of 

uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other 

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employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or 

rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and contents 

thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and repair of 

buildings, approaches, and grounds; and purchase of services for 

restoration and repair of works of art for the National Gallery of 

Art by contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, 

or organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms and 

conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $96,600,000, of which 

not to exceed $3,157,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 

REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation of 

buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National 

Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, as authorized, $16,200,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That contracts 

awarded for environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior 

repair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may 

be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of 

contractor qualifications as well as price: Provided further, That, 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single procurement 

for the Master Facilities Plan renovation project at the National 

Gallery of Art may be issued which includes the full scope of the 

Work Area #3 project: Provided further, That the solicitation and 

the contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at 

48 CFR 52.232.18. 

JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

$17,800,000. 

CONSTRUCTION

For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of the 

existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy 

Center for the Performing Arts, $13,000,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including 

hire of passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

3109, $9,201,000. 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on 

the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $126,264,000 

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shall be available to the National Endowment for the Arts for the 

support of projects and productions in the arts through assistance 

to organizations and individuals pursuant to sections 5(c) and 5(g) 

of the Act, including $17,922,000 for support of arts education and 

public outreach activities through the Challenge America program, 

for program support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds previously 

appropriated to the National Endowment for the Arts ‘‘Matching 

Grants’’ account and ‘‘Challenge America’’ account may be transferred to and merged with this account: Provided further, That 

funds appropriated herein shall be expended in accordance with sections 309 and 311 of Public Law 108–108. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on 

the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

$127,605,000, shall be available to the National Endowment for the 

Humanities for support of activities in the humanities, pursuant to 

section 7(c) of the Act, and for administering the functions of the 

Act, to remain available until expended. 

MATCHING GRANTS

To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $15,449,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

$10,000,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for the 

Humanities for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for obligation only in such amounts 

as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises 

of money, and other property accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the provisions of subsections 

11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal 

years for which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 

the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant or 

contract documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: 

Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official 

reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That funds 

from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official 

reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That the 

Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts may approve 

grants up to $10,000, if in the aggregate this amount does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for grant-making purposes 

per year: Provided further, That such small grant actions are taken 

pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 

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COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $1,893,000: Provided, That the 

Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs of its 

publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account as an 

offsetting collection, to remain available until expended without further appropriation. 

NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99–190 (20 

U.S.C. 956a), as amended, $7,250,000. 

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended), $4,860,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for compensation 

of level V of the Executive Schedule or higher positions. 

NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National Capital 

Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,244,000: Provided, That one-quarter 

of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 

for official reception and representational expenses associated with 

hosting international visitors engaged in the planning and physical 

development of world capitals. 

UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized 

by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), $42,780,000, of 

which $1,874,000 for the museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,246,000 for the museum’s exhibition design and production program shall remain available until expended. 

PRESIDIO TRUST

PRESIDIO TRUST FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Omnibus Parks 

and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, $20,000,000 shall be 

available to the Presidio Trust, to remain available until expended. 

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WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL MOMENT OF

REMEMBRANCE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the White House Commission on the 

National Moment of Remembrance, $250,000. 

TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SEC. 401. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act 

for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or 

under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law. 

SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall be available for any activity or the publication or distribution 

of literature that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional action 

is not complete other than to communicate to Members of Congress 

as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

SEC. 403. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

SEC. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act 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 except as otherwise provided by law. 

SEC. 405. Estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves or 

holdbacks from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to 

support government-wide, departmental, agency or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional or central operations 

shall be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations. Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations for 

approval. 

SEC. 406. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made by, 

or transfer provided in, this Act or any other Act. 

SEC. 407. None of the funds in this Act may be used to plan, 

prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located on National 

Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands in a manner 

different than such sales were conducted in fiscal year 2005. 

SEC. 408. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be 

obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a patent 

for any mining or mill site claim located under the general mining 

laws. 

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (a) shall not 

apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 

concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Secretary on 

or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all requirements established 

under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 

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and 30) for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 

2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 

claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for 

mill site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by the 

applicant by that date. 

(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2006, the Secretary of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 

Senate a report on actions taken by the Department under the plan 

submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 

104–208). 

(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request of a 

patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected by the 

Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of 

the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent application as 

set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall 

have the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the standard procedures employed by the 

Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third-party contractors. 

SEC. 409. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 

appropriated to or earmarked in committee reports for the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service by Public Laws 

103–138, 103–332, 104–134, 104–208, 105–83, 105–277, 106–113, 

106–291, 107–63, 108–7, 108–108, and 108–447 for payments to 

tribes and tribal organizations for contract support costs associated 

with self-determination or self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service as funded by such Acts, are the 

total amounts available for fiscal years 1994 through 2005 for such 

purposes, except that, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and 

tribal organizations may use their tribal priority allocations for 

unmet contract support costs of ongoing contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding agreements. 

SEC. 410. The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities are hereafter authorized to 

solicit, accept, receive, and invest in the name of the United States, 

gifts, bequests, or devises of money and other property or services 

and to use such in furtherance of the functions of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any proceeds from such gifts, bequests, or devises, after acceptance by the National Endowment for the Arts or the National Endowment for the Humanities, shall be paid by the donor or the representative of the donor to the Chairman. The Chairman shall enter 

the proceeds in a special interest-bearing account to the credit of the 

appropriate endowment for the purposes specified in each case. 

SEC. 411. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall be expended or obligated to complete and issue the 5-year program under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act. 

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SEC. 412. Section 3(a) of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly 

known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b), is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ following ‘‘stand of timber,’’ in (3); and 

(2) by striking the period following ‘‘wildlife habitat management’’ in (4), and inserting ‘‘, or (5) watershed restoration, 

wildlife habitat improvement, control of insects, disease and 

noxious weeds, community protection activities, and the maintenance of forest roads, within the Forest Service region in which 

the timber sale occurred: Provided, That such activities may be 

performed through the use of contracts, forest product sales, 

and cooperative agreements.’’. 

SEC. 413. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 2005 in the 

roads and trails fund provided for in the 14th paragraph under the 

heading ‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ of the Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 

843; 16 U.S.C. 501), shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, 

without regard to the State in which the amounts were derived, to 

repair or reconstruct roads, bridges, and trails on National Forest 

System lands or to carry out and administer projects to improve forest health conditions, which may include the repair or reconstruction of roads, bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands 

in the wildland-community interface where there is an abnormally 

high risk of fire. The projects shall emphasize reducing risks to 

human safety and public health and property and enhancing ecological functions, long-term forest productivity, and biological integrity. The projects may be completed in a subsequent fiscal year. 

Funds shall not be expended under this section to replace funds 

which would otherwise appropriately be expended from the timber 

salvage sale fund. Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any project from any environmental law. 

SEC. 414. Other than in emergency situations, none of the funds 

in this Act may be used to operate telephone answering machines 

during core business hours unless such answering machines include 

an option that enables callers to reach promptly an individual onduty with the agency being contacted. 

SEC. 415. Prior to October 1, 2006, the Secretary of Agriculture 

shall not be considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 

of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 

1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years 

have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the National 

Forest System. Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from 

any other requirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in good 

faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the 

National Forest System, this section shall be void with respect to 

such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 

of the plan on an accelerated basis. 

SEC. 416. No timber sale in Region 10 shall be advertised if the 

indicated rate is deficit when appraised using a residual value approach that assigns domestic Alaska values for western redcedar. 

Program accomplishments shall be based on volume sold. Should 

Region 10 sell, in the current fiscal year, the annual average portion 

of the decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the current 

Tongass Land Management Plan in sales which are not deficit 

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when appraised using a residual value approach that assigns domestic Alaska values for western redcedar, all of the western 

redcedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs of 

domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to domestic 

processors in the contiguous 48 United States at prevailing domestic 

prices. Should Region 10 sell, in the current fiscal year, less than 

the annual average portion of the decadal allowable sale quantity 

called for in the Tongass Land Management Plan in sales which 

are not deficit when appraised using a residual value approach that 

assigns domestic Alaska values for western redcedar, the volume of 

western redcedar timber available to domestic processors at prevailing domestic prices in the contiguous 48 United States shall be 

that volume: (1) which is surplus to the needs of domestic processors 

in Alaska; and (2) is that percent of the surplus western redcedar 

volume determined by calculating the ratio of the total timber volume which has been sold on the Tongass to the annual average portion of the decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the current 

Tongass Land Management Plan. The percentage shall be calculated by Region 10 on a rolling basis as each sale is sold (for purposes of this amendment, a ‘‘rolling basis’’ shall mean that the determination of how much western redcedar is eligible for sale to various markets shall be made at the time each sale is awarded). Western redcedar shall be deemed ‘‘surplus to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska’’ when the timber sale holder has presented to the 

Forest Service documentation of the inability to sell western 

redcedar logs from a given sale to domestic Alaska processors at a 

price equal to or greater than the log selling value stated in the contract. All additional western redcedar volume not sold to Alaska or 

contiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be exported to 

foreign markets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska 

yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election 

of the timber sale holder. 

SEC. 417. No funds provided in this Act may be expended to 

conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the 

Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the Act of 

June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on 

January 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 

the Presidential proclamation establishing such monument. 

SEC. 418. In entering into agreements with foreign countries 

pursuant to the Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

1856m) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements in which the 

individuals furnished under said agreements to provide wildfire 

services are considered, for purposes of tort liability, employees of 

the country receiving said services when the individuals are engaged in fire suppression: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior shall not enter into any 

agreement under this provision unless the foreign country (either directly or through its fire organization) agrees to assume any and all 

liability for the acts or omissions of American firefighters engaged 

in firefighting in a foreign country: Provided further, That when an 

agreement is reached for furnishing fire fighting services, the only 

remedies for acts or omissions committed while fighting fires shall 

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be those provided under the laws of the host country, and those remedies shall be the exclusive remedies for any claim arising out of 

fighting fires in a foreign country: Provided further, That neither 

the sending country nor any legal organization associated with the 

firefighter shall be subject to any legal action whatsoever pertaining 

to or arising out of the firefighter’s role in fire suppression. 

SEC. 419. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, to promote the more efficient use of the health care funding 

allocation for fiscal year 2006, the Eagle Butte Service Unit of the 

Indian Health Service, at the request of the Cheyenne River Sioux 

Tribe, may pay base salary rates to health professionals up to the 

highest grade and step available to a physician, pharmacist, or 

other health professional and may pay a recruitment or retention 

bonus of up to 25 percent above the base pay rate. 

SEC. 420. In awarding a Federal contract with funds made 

available by this Act, notwithstanding Federal Government procurement and contracting laws, the Secretary of Agriculture and the 

Secretary of the Interior (the ‘‘Secretaries’’) may, in evaluating bids 

and proposals, give consideration to local contractors who are from, 

and who provide employment and training for, dislocated and displaced workers in an economically disadvantaged rural community, 

including those historically timber-dependent areas that have been 

affected by reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands and other 

forest-dependent rural communities isolated from significant alternative employment opportunities: Provided, That notwithstanding 

Federal Government procurement and contracting laws the Secretaries may award contracts, grants or cooperative agreements to 

local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps or related partnerships with State, local or non-profit youth groups, or small or 

micro-business or disadvantaged business: Provided further, That 

the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is for forest hazardous 

fuels reduction, watershed or water quality monitoring or restoration, wildlife or fish population monitoring, or habitat restoration 

or management: Provided further, That the terms ‘‘rural community’’ and ‘‘economically disadvantaged’’ shall have the same meanings as in section 2374 of Public Law 101–624: Provided further, 

That the Secretaries shall develop guidance to implement this section: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving the Secretaries of any duty under applicable procurement laws, except as provided in this section. 

SEC. 421. No funds appropriated in this Act for the acquisition 

of lands or interests in lands may be expended for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to funds appropriated to 

implement the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion 

Act of 1989, or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the 

State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. 

SEC. 422. (a) LIMITATION ON COMPETITIVE SOURCING STUD- IES.— (1) Of the funds made available by this or any other Act 

to the Department of the Interior for fiscal year 2006, not more 

than $3,450,000 may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to 

initiate or continue competitive sourcing studies in fiscal year 

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2006 for programs, projects, and activities for which funds are 

appropriated by this Act until such time as the Secretary concerned submits a reprogramming proposal to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

and such proposal has been processed consistent with the reprogramming guidelines included in the report accompanying 

this Act. 

(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not more than 

$3,000,000 may be used in fiscal year 2006 for competitive 

sourcing studies and related activities by the Forest Service. 

(b) COMPETITIVE SOURCING STUDY DEFINED.—In this section, 

the term ‘‘competitive sourcing study’’ means a study on subjecting 

work performed by Federal Government employees or private contractors to public-private competition or on converting the Federal 

Government employees or the work performed by such employees to 

private contractor performance under the Office of Management and 

Budget Circular A–76 or any other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 

(c) COMPETITIVE SOURCING EXEMPTION FOR FOREST SERVICE

STUDIES CONDUCTED PRIOR TO FISCAL YEAR 2006.—The Forest 

Service is hereby exempted from implementing the Letter of Obligation and post-competition accountability guidelines where a competitive sourcing study involved 65 or fewer full-time equivalents, 

the performance decision was made in favor of the agency provider; 

no net savings was achieved by conducting the study, and the study 

was completed prior to the date of this Act. 

(d) In preparing any reports to the Committees on Appropriations on competitive sourcing activities, agencies funded in this Act 

shall include the incremental cost directly attributable to conducting 

the competitive sourcing competitions, including costs attributable 

to paying outside consultants and contractors and, in accordance 

with full cost accounting principles, all costs attributable to developing, implementing, supporting, managing, monitoring, and reporting on competitive sourcing, including personnel, consultant, 

travel, and training costs associated with program management. 

(e) In carrying out any competitive sourcing study involving 

Forest Service employees, the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

(1) determine whether any of the employees concerned are 

also qualified to participate in wildland fire management activities; and 

(2) take into consideration the effect that contracting with 

a private sector source would have on the ability of the Forest 

Service to effectively and efficiently fight and manage wildfires. 

SEC. 423. None of the funds in this Act or prior Acts making 

appropriations for the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies may be provided to the managing partners or their agents for 

the SAFECOM or Disaster Management projects. 

SEC. 424. (a) IN GENERAL.—An entity that enters into a contract with the United States to operate the National Recreation Reservation Service (as solicited by the solicitation numbered WO–04– 

06vm) shall not carry out any duties under the contract using: 

(1) a contact center located outside the United States; or 

(2) a reservation agent who does not live in the United 

States. 

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(b) NO WAIVER.—The Secretary of Agriculture may not waive 

the requirements of subsection (a). 

(c) TELECOMMUTING.—A reservation agent who is carrying out 

duties under the contract described in subsection (a) may not telecommute from a location outside the United States. 

(d) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 

apply to any employee of the entity who is not a reservation agent 

carrying out the duties under the contract described in subsection 

(a) or who provides managerial or support services. 

SEC. 425. Section 331 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(3) of Public Law 106–113; 113 Stat. 1501A–196; 16 

U.S.C. 497 note), as amended, is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting 

‘‘2006’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting 

‘‘2006’’. 

SEC. 426. Section 321 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (division F of Public Law 

108–7; 117 Stat. 274; 16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) is amended by striking 

‘‘September 30, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2007’’. 

SEC. 427. Section 5 of the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act (20 

U.S.C. 974) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$8,000,000,000’’ and in- serting ‘‘$10,000,000,000’’; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$600,000,000’’ and insert- ing ‘‘$1,200,000,000’’. 

SEC. 428. Section 330 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–291; 114 

Stat. 996; 43 U.S.C. 1701 note), is amended— 

(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting 

‘‘2008’’; 

(2) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘may pilot test agencywide joint permitting and leasing programs’’ and inserting after 

‘‘Congress,’’ the following: ‘‘may establish pilot programs involving the land management agencies referred to in this section to 

conduct projects, planning, permitting, leasing, contracting and 

other activities, either jointly or on behalf of one another; may 

co-locate in Federal offices and facilities leased by an agency of 

either Department;’’; 

(3) in the third sentence, by inserting ‘‘, National Park 

Service, Fish and Wildlife Service,’’ after ‘‘Bureau of Land Management’’; and 

(4) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘To facilitate the sharing of resources under the Service First initiative, the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture may make 

transfers of funds and reimbursement of funds on an annual 

basis, including transfers and reimbursements for multi-year 

projects, except that this authority may not be used to circumvent requirements and limitations imposed on the use of 

funds.’’. 

SEC. 429. The Secretary of Agriculture may acquire, by exchange or otherwise, a parcel of real property, including improvements thereon, of the Inland Valley Development Agency of San 

Bernardino, California, or its successors and assigns, generally 

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comprising Building No. 3 and Building No. 4 of the former Defense 

Finance and Accounting Services complex located at the southwest 

corner of Tippecanoe Avenue and Mill Street in San Bernardino, 

California, adjacent to the former Norton Air Force Base. As full 

consideration for the property to be acquired, the Secretary of Agriculture may terminate the leasehold rights of the United States received pursuant to section 8121(a)(2) of the Department of Defense 

Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 118 Stat. 999). The 

acquisition of the property shall be on such terms and conditions as 

the Secretary of Agriculture considers appropriate and may be carried out without appraisals, environmental or administrative surveys, consultations, analyses, or other considerations of the condition of the property. 

SEC. 430. None of the funds in this Act may be used to prepare 

or issue a permit or lease for oil or gas drilling in the Finger Lakes 

National Forest, New York, during fiscal year 2006. 

SEC. 431. (a) IN GENERAL.— 

(1) The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are authorized to make grants to the Eastern Nevada 

Landscape Coalition for the study and restoration of rangeland 

and other lands in Nevada’s Great Basin in order to help assure the reduction of hazardous fuels and for related purposes. 

(2) Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. secs. 6301–6308, the Director of the Bureau of Land Management may enter into a cooperative agreement with the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition 

for the Great Basin Restoration Project, including hazardous 

fuels and mechanical treatments and related work. 

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 

to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. 

SEC. 432. (a) Section 108(g) of the Valles Caldera Preservation 

Act (16 U.S.C. 698v–6(g)) is amended— 

(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) LAW ENFORCEMENT.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The Trust’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(B) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The Trust’’; and 

(3) by striking ‘‘At the request of the Trust’’ and all that follows through the end of the subsection and inserting the following: 

‘‘(2) FIRE MANAGEMENT.— 

‘‘(A) NON-REIMBURSABLE SERVICES.— 

‘‘(i) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—Subject to the availability of appropriations under section 111(a), the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Trust, develop a 

plan to carry out fire preparedness, suppression, and 

emergency rehabilitation services on the Preserve. 

‘‘(ii) CONSISTENCY WITH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.— The plan shall be consistent with the management program developed pursuant to subsection (d). 

‘‘(iii) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—To the extent 

generally authorized at other units of the National Forest System, the Secretary shall provide the services to 

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be carried out pursuant to the plan under a cooperative 

agreement entered into between the Secretary and the 

Trust. 

‘‘(B) REIMBURSABLE SERVICES.—To the extent generally 

authorized at other units of the National Forest System 

and subject to the availability of appropriations under section 111(a), the Secretary shall provide presuppression and 

nonemergency rehabilitation and restoration services for the 

Trust at any time on a reimbursable basis.’’ 

(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect as of 

January 1, 2005. 

SEC. 433. None of the funds made available to the Forest Service under this Act shall be expended or obligated for the demolition 

of buildings at the Zephyr Shoals property, Lake Tahoe, Nevada. 

SEC. 434. Section 323(a) of the Department of the Interior and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 1011 note; as 

contained in section 101(e) of Public Law 105–277), is amended by 

striking ‘‘fiscal year 1999’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2005’’ and 

inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2006 through 2011’’. 

SEC. 435. CONGRESSIONAL SECURITY RELATING TO CERTAIN

REAL PROPERTY. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under subsection (b)— 

(1) the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustments 

and the District of Columbia Zoning Commission may not take 

any action to grant any variance relating to the property located 

at 51 Louisiana Avenue NW, Square 631, Lot 17 in the District 

of Columbia; and 

(2) if any variance described under paragraph (1) is granted before the effective date of this section, such variance shall 

be set aside and shall have no force or effect. 

(b) CONDITIONS FOR VARIANCE.—A variance described under 

subsection (a) may be granted or shall be given force or effect if— 

(1) the Capitol Police Board makes a determination that 

any such variance shall not— 

(A) negatively impact congressional security; and 

(B) increase Federal expenditures relating to congressional security; 

(2) the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate and 

the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives approve such determination; and 

(3) the Capitol Police Board certifies the determination in 

writing to the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustments and the District of Columbia Zoning Commission. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on the date 

of enactment of this Act and apply to the remaining portion of the 

fiscal year in which enacted and each fiscal year thereafter. 

SEC. 436. WISCONSIN NATIONAL FOREST ACQUISITION. (a) PROSPECTIVE MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to acquire property located within Sections 1 

and 2, Township 44 North, Range 4 West; Section 31, Township 45 

North, Range 3 West; and Section 36, Township 45 North, Range 

4 West; Fourth Principal Meridian, Ashland County, State of Wisconsin, and upon such acquisition, such lands shall be subject to 

the special management requirements of subsection (b). 

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(b) SPECIAL MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights of 

record, upon acquisition by the Secretary of Agriculture of any land 

referenced in subsection (a), that area of the land encompassed 

within 300 feet of the ordinary high water mark of the Brunsweiler 

River or Beaverdam Lake, whether or not the waterways are impounded, shall be subject to the laws and regulations pertaining to 

the National Forest System with the following management emphasis: 

(1) Enhancing the physical, biological, and cultural features and values for public use, interpretation, research, and 

monitoring; 

(2) Maintenance of the natural character of Brunsweiler 

River, whether or not impounded; and 

(3) Prohibition of structures, motorized use of trails, developed recreation facilities, and surface occupancy for mineral exploration or extraction. 

(c) NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARIES.—Without further action by 

the Secretary of Agriculture, the boundaries of the Chequamegon 

National Forest are hereby expanded to encompass the lands referenced in subsection (a). 

(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the maintenance or reconstruction of the existing 

dam on the Brunsweiler River, located within the area referenced in 

subsection (a). 

SEC. 437. In addition to amounts provided to the Department of the Interior in this Act, $5,000,000 is provided for a grant to Kendall County, Illinois. 

SEC. 438. Section 344 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 as contained in division E 

of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) 

is amended as follows: 

(1) by striking: ‘‘seven’’; ‘‘14910001,’’; and ‘‘, 14913007, and 

14913008’’; 

(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘14913005,’’; and 

(3) by striking all language after ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting in lieu 

thereof ‘‘immediately transfer to the Alaska SeaLife Center for various acquisitions, waterfront improvements and facilities that complement the new Federal facility, any remaining balance of previously appropriated funds.’’ 

SEC. 439. (a) ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCISSIONS.—There is hereby rescinded an amount equal to 0.476 percent of the budget authority provided for fiscal year 2006 for any discretionary appropriation 

in titles I through IV of this Act. 

(b) PROPORTIONATE APPLICATION.—Any rescission made by subsection (a) shall be applied proportionately— 

(1) to each discretionary account and each item of budget 

authority described in subsection (a); and 

(2) within each such account and item, to each program, 

project, and activity (with programs, projects, and activities as 

delineated in the appropriation Act or accompanying reports for 

the relevant fiscal year covering such account or item, or for accounts and items not included in appropriation Acts, as delineated in the most recently submitted President’s budget). 

(c) INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS.—Under the 

heading ‘‘Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Land and Water Claim 

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Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians’’, the acrossthe-board rescission in this section, and any subsequent across-theboard rescission for fiscal year 2006, shall apply only to the first 

dollar amount in the paragraph and the distribution of the rescission shall be at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior who 

shall submit a report on such distribution and the rationale therefor 

to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

TITLE V—FOREST SERVICE FACILITY 

REALIGNMENT AND ENHANCEMENT 

SECTION 501. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Forest Service Facility Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005’’. 

SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS. 

In this title: 

(1) ADMINISTRATIVE SITE.—The term ‘‘administrative site’’ 

means— 

(A) any facility or improvement, including curtilage, 

that was acquired or is used specifically for purposes of administration of the National Forest System; 

(B) any Federal land associated with a facility or improvement described in subparagraph (A) that was acquired or is used specifically for purposes of administration 

of Forest Service activities and underlies or abuts the facility or improvement; or 

(C) not more than 10 isolated, undeveloped parcels per 

fiscal year of not more than 40 acres each that were acquired or used for purposes of administration of Forest 

Service activities, but are not being so utilized, such as vacant lots outside of the proclaimed boundary of a unit of 

the National Forest System. 

(2) FACILITY OR IMPROVEMENT.—The term ‘‘facility or improvement’’ includes— 

(A) a forest headquarters; 

(B) a ranger station; 

(C) a research station or laboratory; 

(D) a dwelling; 

(E) a warehouse; 

(F) a scaling station; 

(G) a fire-retardant mixing station; 

(H) a fire-lookout station; 

(I) a guard station; 

(J) a storage facility; 

(K) a telecommunication facility; and 

(L) other administrative installations for conducting 

Forest Service activities. 

(3) MARKET ANALYSIS.—The term ‘‘market analysis’’ means 

the identification and study of the real estate market for a particular economic good or service. 

(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

of Agriculture. 

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SEC. 503. AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVEYANCE OF FOREST SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE SITES. 

(a) CONVEYANCES AUTHORIZED.—In the manner provided by 

this title, the Secretary may convey an administrative site, or an interest in an administrative site, that is under the jurisdiction of the 

Secretary. 

(b) MEANS OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance of an administrative site under this title may be made— 

(1) by sale; 

(2) by lease; 

(3) by exchange; 

(4) by a combination of sale and exchange; or 

(5) by such other means as the Secretary considers appropriate. 

(c) SIZE OF CONVEYANCE.—An administrative site or compound 

of administrative sites disposed of in a single conveyance under this 

title may not exceed 40 acres. 

(d) CERTAIN LANDS EXCLUDED.—The following Federal land 

may not be conveyed under this title: 

(1) Any land within a unit of the National Forest System 

that is exclusively designated for natural area or recreational 

purposes. 

(2) Any land included within the National Wilderness Preservation System, the Wild and Scenic River System, or a National Monument. 

(3) Any land that the Secretary determines— 

(A) is needed for resource management purposes or to 

provide access to other land or water; 

(B) is surrounded by National Forest System land or 

other publicly owned land, if conveyance would not be in 

the public interest due to the creation of a non-Federal 

inholding that would preclude the efficient management of 

the surrounding land; or 

(C) would be in the public interest to retain. 

(e) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATIONS.— 

(1) NOTICE OF ANTICIPATED USE OF AUTHORITY.—As part of 

the annual budget justification documents provided to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Secretary 

shall include— 

(A) a list of the anticipated conveyances to be made, including the anticipated revenue that may be obtained, 

using the authority provided by this title or other conveyance authorities available to the Secretary; 

(B) a discussion of the intended purposes of any new 

revenue obtained using this authority or other conveyance 

authorities available to the Secretary, and a list of any individual projects that exceed $500,000; and 

(C) a presentation of accomplishments of previous years 

using this authority or other conveyance authorities available to the Secretary. 

(2) NOTICE OF CHANGES TO CONVEYANCE LIST.—If the Secretary proposes to convey an administrative site under this title 

or using other conveyance authorities available to the Secretary 

and the administrative site is not included on a list provided 

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under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional committees specified in paragraph (3) written notice 

of the proposed conveyance, including the anticipated revenue 

that may be obtained from the conveyance. 

(3) NOTICE OF USE OF AUTHORITY.—At least once a year, 

the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, the 

Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Resources 

of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

the Senate a report containing a description of all conveyances 

of National Forest System land made by the Secretary under 

this title or other conveyance authorities during the period covered by the report. 

(f) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of the Secretary to 

initiate the conveyance of an administrative site under this title expires on September 30, 2008. 

(g) REPEAL OF PILOT CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.—Effective September 30, 2006, section 329 of the Department of the Interior and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (16 U.S.C. 580d note; 

Public Law 107–63), is repealed. Notwithstanding the repeal of such 

section, the Secretary may complete the conveyance under such section of any administrative site whose conveyance was initiated 

under such section before that date. 

SEC. 504. CONVEYANCE REQUIREMENTS. 

(a) CONFIGURATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SITES.— (1) CONFIGURATION.—To facilitate the conveyance of an administrative site under this title, the Secretary may configure 

the administrative site— 

(A) to maximize the marketability of the administrative 

site; and 

(B) to achieve management objectives. 

(2) SEPARATE TREATMENT OF FACILITY OR IMPROVEMENT.— A facility or improvement on an administrative site to be conveyed under this title may be severed from the land and disposed of in a separate conveyance. 

(3) RESERVATION OF INTERESTS.—In conveying an administrative site under this title, the Secretary may reserve such 

right, title, and interest in and to the administrative site as the 

Secretary determines to be necessary. 

(b) CONSIDERATION.— 

(1) CONSIDERATION REQUIRED.—A person or entity acquiring an administrative site under this title shall provide to the 

Secretary consideration in an amount that is at least equal to 

the market value of the administrative site. 

(2) FORM OF CONSIDERATION.— 

(A) SALE.—Consideration for an administrative site 

conveyed by sale under this title shall be paid in cash on 

conveyance of the administrative site. 

(B) EXCHANGE.—If the administrative site is conveyed 

by exchange, the consideration shall be provided in the 

form of a conveyance to the Secretary of land or improvements that are equal in market value to the conveyed administrative site. If the market values are not equal, the 

market values may be equalized by— 

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(i) the Secretary making a cash payment to the 

person or entity acquiring the administrative site; or 

(ii) the person or entity acquiring the administrative site making a cash equalization payment to the 

Secretary. 

(c) DETERMINATION OF MARKET VALUE.—The Secretary shall 

determine the market value of an administrative site to be conveyed 

under this title or of non-Federal land or improvements to be provided as consideration in exchange for an administrative site— 

(1) by conducting an appraisal that is performed in accordance with— 

(A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land 

Acquisitions, established in accordance with the Uniform 

Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.); and 

(B) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal 

Practice; or 

(2) by competitive sale. 

(d) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.— 

(1) FEDERAL PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 

5 of title 40, United States Code, shall not apply to the conveyance of an administrative site under this title. 

(2) LAND EXCHANGES.—Section 206 of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1716) shall not apply 

to the conveyance of an administrative site under this title carried out by means of an exchange or combination of sale and 

exchange. 

(3) LEAD-BASED PAINT AND ASBESTOS ABATEMENT.—Notwithstanding any provision of law relating to the mitigation or 

abatement of lead-based paint or asbestos-containing building 

materials, the Secretary is not required to mitigate or abate 

lead-based paint or asbestos-containing building materials with 

respect to an administrative site to be conveyed under this title. 

However, if the administrative site has lead-based paint or asbestos-containing building materials, the Secretary shall— 

(A) provide notice to the person or entity acquiring the 

administrative site of the presence of the lead-based paint 

or asbestos-containing building material; and 

(B) obtain written assurance from the person or entity 

acquiring the administrative site that the person or entity 

will comply with applicable Federal, State, and local laws 

relating to the management of the lead-based paint and asbestos-containing building materials. 

(4) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—The National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) shall apply to the 

conveyance of administrative sites under this title, except that, 

in any environmental review or analysis required under such 

Act for the conveyance of an administrative site under this title, 

the Secretary is only required to— 

(A) analyze the most reasonably foreseeable use of the 

administrative site, as determined through a market analysis; 

(B) determine whether or not to reserve any right, title, 

or interest in the administrative site under subsection 

(a)(3); and 

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(C) evaluate the alternative of not conveying the administrative site, consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 

(e) REJECTION OF OFFERS.—The Secretary shall reject any offer 

made for the acquisition of an administrative site under this title 

if the Secretary determines that the offer is— 

(1) not adequate to cover the market value of the administrative site; or 

(2) not otherwise in the public interest. 

(f) CONSULTATION AND PUBLIC NOTICE.—As appropriate, the 

Secretary is encouraged to work with the Administrator of the General Services Administration with respect to the conveyance of administrative sites under this title. Before making an administrative 

site available for conveyance under this title, the Secretary shall 

consult with local governmental officials of the community in which 

the administrative site is located and provide public notice of the 

proposed conveyance. 

SEC. 505. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS RECEIVED FROM ADMINISTRATIVE SITE CONVEYANCES. 

(a) DEPOSIT.—The Secretary shall deposit in the fund established under Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the Sisk Act; 

16 U.S.C. 484a) all of the proceeds from the conveyance of an administrative site under this title. 

(b) USE.—Amounts deposited under paragraph (1) shall be 

available to the Secretary, until expended and without further appropriation, to pay any necessary and incidental costs incurred by 

the Secretary in connection with— 

(1) the acquisition, improvement, maintenance, reconstruction, or construction of a facility or improvement for the National Forest System; and 

(2) the conveyance of administrative sites under this title, 

including costs described in subsection (c). 

(c) BROKERAGE SERVICES.—The Secretary may use the proceeds 

from the conveyance of an administrative site under this title to pay 

reasonable commissions or fees for brokerage services obtained in 

connection with the conveyance if the Secretary determines that the 

services are in the public interest. The Secretary shall provide public 

notice of any brokerage services contract entered into in connection 

with a conveyance under this title. 

TITLE VI—VETERANS HEALTH CARE 

SEC. 601. From the money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs 

an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Services’’ of $1,500,000,000 to be 

available for obligation upon enactment of this Act and to remain 

available until September 30, 2006. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

And the Senate agree to the same. 

CHARLES H. TAYLOR, JERRY LEWIS, ZACH WAMP, 

JOHN E. PETERSON, 

DON SHERWOOD, 

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ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., 

ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, MICHAEL SIMPSON, NORMAN D. DICKS, JAMES P. MORAN, MAURICE D. HINCHEY, JOHN W. OLVER, ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, Managers on the Part of the House. 

CONRAD BURNS, 

TED STEVENS, 

THAD COCHRAN, 

PETE V. DOMENICI, 

ROBERT F. BENNETT, 

JUDD GREGG, 

LARRY CRAIG, 

WAYNE ALLARD, 

BYRON L. DORGAN, 

ROBERT C. BYRD, 

PATRICK J. LEAHY, 

HARRY REID, 

DIANNE FEINSTEIN, 

BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, 

HERB KOHL, 

Managers on the Part of the Senate. 

(69) 

JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF 

CONFERENCE 

The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 

conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 

amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2361), making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and 

for other purposes, submit the following joint statement to the 

House and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action 

agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report. 

The conference agreement on H.R. 2361 incorporates some of 

the provisions of both the House and the Senate versions of the 

bill. Report language and allocations set forth in either House Report 109–80 or Senate Report 109–80 that are not changed by the 

conference are approved by the committee of conference. The statement of the managers, while repeating some report language for 

emphasis, does not negate the language referenced above unless expressly provided herein. 

REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES 

The managers have revised the reprogramming guidelines to 

add an exception for certain Environmental Protection Agency 

grants (section 3(b)) and to delete certain instructions to the Forest 

Service dealing with boundary adjustments and transfer of funds. 

The following are the procedures governing reprogramming actions for programs and activities funded in the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act: 

1. Definitions.—(a) ‘‘Reprogramming,’’ as defined in these procedures, includes the reallocation of funds from one budget activity 

to another. In cases where either the House or Senate Committee 

report displays an allocation of an appropriation below the activity 

level, that more detailed level shall be the basis for reprogramming. For construction accounts, a reprogramming constitutes the 

reallocation of funds from one construction project (identified in the 

justification or Committee report) to another. A reprogramming 

shall also consist of any significant departure from the program described in the agency’s budget justifications. This includes proposed 

reorganizations even without a change in funding. 

(b) ‘‘Committees’’ refer to the House and Senate Committees on 

Appropriations and, specifically, the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. 

2. Guidelines for Reprogramming.—(a) A reprogramming 

should be made only when an unforeseen situation arises; and then 

only if postponement of the project or the activity until the next appropriation year would result in actual loss or damage. Mere convenience or desire should not be factors for consideration. 

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(b) Any project or activity, which may be deferred through reprogramming, shall not later be accomplished by means of further 

reprogramming; but, instead, funds should again be sought for the 

deferred project or activity through the regular appropriations process. 

(c) Reprogramming should not be employed to initiate new programs or to change allocations specifically denied, limited or increased by the Congress in the Act or the report. In cases where 

unforeseen events or conditions are deemed to require changes, 

proposals shall be submitted in advance to the Committees, regardless of amounts involved, and be fully explained and justified. 

(d) Reprogramming proposals submitted to the Committees for 

approval shall be considered approved 30 calendar days after receipt if the Committees have posed no objection. However, agencies 

will be expected to extend the approval deadline if specifically requested by either Committee. 

(e) Proposed changes to estimated working capital fund bills 

and estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, 

as such estimates were presented in annual budget justifications, 

shall be submitted through the reprogramming process. 

3. Criteria and Exceptions.—Any proposed reprogramming 

must be submitted to the Committees in writing prior to implementation if it exceeds $500,000 annually or results in an increase or 

decrease of more than 10 percent annually in affected programs, 

with the following exceptions: 

(a) With regard to the tribal priority allocations activity of the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Operation of Indian Programs account, 

there is no restriction on reprogrammings among the programs 

within this activity. However, the Bureau shall report on all 

reprogrammings made during the first 6 months of the fiscal year 

by no later than May 1 of each year, and shall provide a final report of all reprogrammings for the previous fiscal year by no later 

than November 1 of each year. 

(b) With regard to the Environmental Protection Agency, State 

and Tribal Assistance Grants account, reprogramming requests associated with States and Tribes applying for partnership grants do 

not need to be submitted to the Committees for approval should 

such grants exceed the normal reprogramming limitations. In addition, the Agency need not submit a request to move funds between 

wastewater and drinking water objectives for those grants targeted 

to specific communities. 

4. Quarterly Reports.—(a) All reprogrammings shall be reported to the Committees quarterly and shall include cumulative 

totals. 

(b) Any significant shifts of funding among object classifications also should be reported to the Committees. 

5. Administrative Overhead Accounts.—For all appropriations 

where costs of administrative expenses are funded in part from ‘‘assessments’’ of various budget activities within an appropriation, the 

assessments shall be shown in justifications under the discussion 

of administrative expenses. 

6. Contingency Accounts.—For all appropriations where assessments are made against various budget activities or allocations for 

contingencies the Committees expect a full explanation, as part of 

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the budget justification, consistent with section 405 of this Act. The 

explanation shall show the amount of the assessment, the activities 

assessed, and the purpose of the fund. The Committees expect reports each year detailing the use of these funds. In no case shall 

a fund be used to finance projects and activities disapproved or limited by Congress or to finance new permanent positions or to finance programs or activities that could be foreseen and included in 

the normal budget review process. Contingency funds shall not be 

used to initiate new programs. 

7. Report Language.—Any limitation, directive, or earmarking 

contained in either the House or Senate report which is not contradicted by the other report nor specifically denied in the conference 

report shall be considered as having been approved by both Houses 

of Congress. 

8. Assessments.—No assessments shall be levied against any 

program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act unless 

such assessments and the basis therefore are presented to the 

Committees and are approved by such Committees, in compliance 

with these procedures. 

9. Land Acquisitions and Forest Legacy.—(a) Lands shall not 

be acquired for more than the approved appraised value (as addressed in section 301(3) of Public Law 91–646) except for condemnations and declarations of taking, unless such acquisitions are 

submitted to the Committees for approval in compliance with these 

procedures. 

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the National Park Service 

for tracts with an appraised value of $500,000 or less. 

10. Land Exchanges.—Land exchanges, wherein the estimated 

value of the Federal lands to be exchanged is greater than 

$500,000, shall not be consummated until the Committees have 

had a 30–day period in which to examine the proposed exchange. 

11. Appropriations Structure.—The appropriation structure for 

any agency shall not be altered without advance approval of the 

Committees. 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

The conference agreement provides $860,791,000 for management of lands and resources instead of $845,783,000 as proposed by 

the House and $867,045,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Land Resources.—Changes to the House level for land resources include an increase of $1,000,000 for the National Center 

for Invasive Plant Management, and decreases of $100,000 for 

Santa Ana River land management, $156,000 for Wyoming soil surveys, which is addressed under realty and ownership management, 

and $250,000 for Santa Ana River conservation efforts. 

The managers encourage the Bureau to work with the Bighorn 

Institute to conserve and recover the peninsular desert bighorn 

sheep. 

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The managers are aware of the Salt Cedar Task Force’s work 

in northeast Montana and encourage the Bureau to explore methods of partnering with the task force on control and eradication efforts surrounding Fort Peck Reservoir. 

Within the funds provided for Santa Ana River conservation ef- forts, $100,000 should be directed to the land management planning effort. 

Recreation Management.—Changes to the House level for recreation management include an increase of $1,000,000 for the 

undaunted stewardship program and a decrease of $500,000 for 

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto National Monument management 

plans. 

Energy and Minerals.—Changes to the House level for energy and minerals include an increase of $1,000,000 for oil and gas management. 

The managers do not include funding for the Utah Oil and Gas 

internet pilot program due to the Bureau’s inability to perform the 

pilot at this time but encourage the Bureau to work to develop this 

capability. 

Realty Ownership and Management.—Changes to the House 

level for realty ownership and management include increases of 

$7,000,000 for Alaska conveyance, $300,000 for GIS mapping in 

Utah, $750,000 for recordable disclaimer applications in Alaska, 

$160,000 for Wyoming soil surveys and $950,000 for a cadastral 

survey in Montana. 

Resource Protection and Maintenance.—Changes to the House 

level for resource protection and maintenance include a decrease of 

$250,000 for California desert conservation plans. 

The managers agree that law enforcement funds provided 

above the requested level should be used in National Landscape 

Conservation System lands in Montana, Colorado, California, and 

other NLCS lands not included in the Administration’s requested 

increased above the enacted level. 

Transportation and Facilities Maintenance.—Changes to the 

House level for transportation and facilities maintenance include 

increases of $750,000 for capping oil wells in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska and $750,000 for Pacific Crest, Continental 

Divide and Iditarod trails. 

Challenge Cost Share.—Changes to the House level for challenge cost share include an increase of $2,604,000 for the traditional challenge cost share program. 

The Administration’s budget request included a proposal to 

eliminate the range improvement account and included $3,000,000 

in the cooperative conservation initiative and $7,000,000 in the deferred maintenance program to fund the activities performed by the 

range improvement account. The managers have restored the range 

improvement account, but direct the Bureau to focus no less than 

$4,000,000 from the deferred maintenance program to the range 

improvement activities suggested in the budget justification. Furthermore, the Bureau is expected to focus at least $3,000,000 of 

challenge cost share activities on range activities including sagebrush restoration and invasive weed control. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement retains language 

included in the Senate bill that earmarks $1,250,000 for the Youth 

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Conservation Corps program. The House bill recommended 

$1,000,000 for this purpose. 

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $766,564,000 for wildland 

fire management as proposed by the Senate instead of 

$761,564,000 as proposed by the House. 

State and Local Fire Assistance.—The change to the House 

level for State and local fire assistance is an increase of $5,000,000. 

The managers agree that funding for the National Center for 

Landscape Fire Analysis shall remain at or above the fiscal year 

2005 enacted level. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

contained in the House bill allowing for the transfer of up to 

$9,000,000 of wildland fire management funds between the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture. The Senate contained similar language. 

CONSTRUCTION

The conference agreement provides $11,926,000 for construction instead of $11,476,000 as proposed by the House and 

$9,976,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Changes to the House level for construction include increases 

of $1,500,000 for the Sand Hollow Recreation MOU with the State 

of Utah, which completes the project, $450,000 for the Paiute 

Meadows Trail project, and a decrease of $1,500,000 for general 

construction projects. 

LAND ACQUISITION

The conference agreement provides $8,750,000 for land acquisition instead of $3,817,000 as proposed by the House and 

$12,250,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The managers agree to the following distribution of funds: 

Area (State) Amount 

Colorado River SRMA (UT) ................................................................... $1,200,000 

Oregon NWSR/North Fork Owyhee NWSR (OR) ................................ 650,000 

Sandy River/Oregon NHT (OR) ............................................................ 1,600,000 

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains NM (CA) .............................. 500,000 

Upper Snake/South Fork Snake River ACEC/SRMA (ID) ................. 1,500,000 

Subtotal ........................................................................................ 5,450,000 

Emergencies and Hardships ................................................................. 1,000,000 

Acquisition Management ....................................................................... 2,300,000 

Total ............................................................................................. 8,750,000 

OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

The conference agreement provides $110,070,000 for Oregon 

and California grant lands as proposed by both the House and Senate. 

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RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

The conference agreement provides an indefinite appropriation 

for range improvements of not less than $10,000,000 as proposed 

by both the House and the Senate. 

SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

The conference agreement provides an indefinite appropriation 

for service charges, deposits, and forfeitures, which is estimated to 

be $32,940,000, as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

The conference agreement provides an indefinite appropriation 

of $12,405,000 for miscellaneous trust funds as proposed by both 

the House and the Senate. 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement provides $1,008,880,000 for resource 

management instead of $1,005,225,000 as proposed by the House 

and $993,485,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the House 

recommended level are described below. 

Ecological Services.—In Endangered Species Act recovery programs, there are decreases of $298,000 for wolf recovery and 

$150,000 for the Northern aplomado falcon and increases of 

$1,114,000 for the Yellowstone grizzly bear conservation strategy, 

$500,000 for Lahontan cutthroat trout, $1,000,000 for the Penobscot River restoration project, $1,000,000 for Atlantic salmon recovery activities managed through the National Fish and Wildlife 

Foundation, $1,200,000 for eider and sea otter recovery at the Alaska SeaLife Center, and $350,000 for White Sulphur Springs NFH, 

WV, mussel recovery. 

In habitat conservation, increases for the partners for fish and wildlife program include $1,000,000 for Seattle, WA, shoreline restoration for salmon habitat, $700,000 for Big Hole watershed restoration in Montana, $500,000 for the Montana Water Center wild 

fish habitat initiative, $1,250,000 for the Nevada biodiversity research and conservation project, $100,000 for Bald eagle restoration with the Vermont Natural Heritage Partners program, 

$540,000 for conservation work at Don Edwards NWR, CA, 

$1,000,000 for the wildlife enterprises program at Mississippi State 

University, $150,000 for the Thunder Basin initiative in Wyoming, 

$100,000 for invasive species control by the Friends of Lake 

Sakakawea, $550,000 for endangered bird conservation in Hawaii, 

$500,000 for geographic information system mapping of NWRs in 

Alaska, and $425,000 for the study of declining wildlife populations 

on Lake Umbagog NWR with the New Hampshire Audubon Society. These increases are offset by a decrease of $100,000 for a study 

of Colorado River flow and aquatic habitats (Blue sucker) from 

Longhorn Dam to Matagorda Bay and a $9,000,000 reduction to 

the general program increase proposed in the budget request. 

In coastal programs, there is an increase of $200,000 in support of the proposed general program expansion. 

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Refuges and Wildlife.—In refuge operations/refuge visitor services, there is a decrease of $1,000,000 for visitor facility enhancements. The managers note that $5,000,000 is provided in the construction account for visitor contact facilities. 

In migratory bird management, there are increases in conservation and monitoring of $375,000 for focal species management, $100,000 for survey and monitoring, and $100,000 for population and habitat assessment. In the joint ventures program, there 

is an increase of $100,000 in national administration for a program 

assessment of existing joint ventures and an increase of $400,000 

to initiate the Central Hardwoods and the Northern Great Plains 

joint ventures. 

In law enforcement operations, there is a decrease of $100,000 

for vehicle replacement. 

Fisheries.—In the fisheries program, there are increases in 

hatchery operations of $600,000 for hatchery operations, $1,400,000 

for whirling disease and related fish health issues, and $500,000 

for the wildlife health center in Montana. In hatchery maintenance, 

there is a decrease of $1,500,000 for whirling disease; funds for this 

program have been moved to hatchery operations. In fish and wildlife management, there are decreases of $750,000 for the national 

fish habitat initiative and $350,000 for Yukon River Salmon Treaty 

implementation and an increase of $102,000 for aquatic nuisance 

species control. 

General Administration.—In general operations, increases include $250,000 for National Conservation Training Center operations and $397,000 for NCTC maintenance. In international programs, increases include $300,000 for the Caddo Lake Ramsar Center in Texas and $100,000 for the wildlife without borders Africa 

program. 

Bill Language.—Language is included earmarking $2,500,000 

for the Youth Conservation Corps as proposed by the Senate instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the House. 

The managers agree to the following: 

1. The funds provided for wolf recovery include $350,000 for 

the Nez Perce Tribe, $730,000 for the Idaho Office of Species Conservation, $100,000 for the Service’s Snake River Basin Office pursuant to a memorandum of agreement between the Nez Perce Tribe 

and the State of Idaho, and $320,000 for wolf monitoring and related activities by the State of Montana. 

2. The $1,000,000 provided in the ESA recovery program for 

the Penobscot River restoration project represents the first time 

funding has been provided in the Service’s budget. Funds were provided for the project by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last fiscal year; additional funds are anticipated 

through the Army Corps of Engineers and NOAA in fiscal year 

2006; and the State of Maine along with private groups are also expected to provide funds for removing dams on the Penobscot River. 

The managers will carefully analyze any future requests for funding from the Fish and Wildlife Service budget for this project with 

the expectation that the aforementioned other entities will be the 

primary contributors to the project. 

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3. The Peregrine Fund is funded at $550,000 in fiscal year 2006, which includes $150,000 for Northern aplomado falcon recovery activities. 

4. The funding provided in the partners for fish and wildlife 

program for a study of declining wildlife populations on Lake 

Umbagog NWR in cooperation with the New Hampshire Audubon 

Society, will complete this project. 

5. The managers are concerned that for the past two years the 

white pelican population at Chase Lake NWR, ND, has experienced 

unexplained disturbances. In 2004, nearly 30,000 pelicans abandoned the colony and in 2005, inspections revealed only about 500 

live chicks out of a potential summer hatch of 9,000. The managers 

are aware that the Service is working to determine the scope of 

these problems and expects the Service to report to the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than October 1, 

2005, on what it believes is the cause of the 2004 abandonment and 

the 2005 deaths and what steps it believes are necessary to reverse 

this trend. 

6. The managers are aware that the Service is currently working on the Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Vieques NWR in 

Puerto Rico. In an effort to keep the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations informed on the progress and scope of the CCP, 

the Service should report to the Committees by January 1, 2006, 

on plan development and on environmental cleanup efforts currently being conducted on Vieques NWR, the expected cost of the 

cleanup, if known, and the methods being used to dispose of ordinance. 

7. The managers continue to be concerned about the Service’s 

share of the cost of airport operations at Midway Atoll NWR. The 

managers also are concerned about the unresolved issues surrounding a new contract for airport operations and funding by the 

Federal Aviation Administration. The managers understand that 

FAA will cover the costs associated with the airfield in fiscal year 

2006 and beyond and that the Service will pay an appropriate 

share of the indirect costs in addition to paying ongoing refuge operations costs. The total cost to the Service for all operations at 

Midway is expected to be $4.3 million in fiscal year 2006. The managers note that the airport is not needed for refuge operations and 

the managers will not agree to a reprogramming for additional 

funds for airport-related expenses in fiscal year 2006 unless there 

is a compelling, unanticipated, emergency requirement. Further, to 

the extent the new airport contract results in savings, the Service 

should share in those savings. The House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations should be notified when the contract is awarded. 

8. No additional funding is provided for existing joint ventures 

in fiscal year 2006. The $100,000 provided in the migratory bird 

management program for national administration of joint venture 

activities is for a program assessment of the existing joint venture 

programs. To the extent that future funding increases are requested for joint ventures, the funding should be based on the results of the program assessment. Likewise, if the assessment determines that certain joint ventures are not yielding desired results, 

the managers believe the Service should consider decreased funding for those projects in future budget requests. 

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9. The $1,400,000 provided for whirling disease research in- cludes $1,000,000 for the National Partnership on the Management 

of Wild and Native Coldwater Fisheries and $400,000 for the 

Whirling Disease Foundation. 

10. Funding for whirling disease research and related fish 

health issues and for the wildlife health center in Montana is provided in the hatchery operations budget. The Service should reprogram any other base budget funds for these activities in fiscal year 

2006 to the hatchery operations budget and should budget for these 

activities in hatchery operations in future budget requests. 11. An increase of $1,000,000 is provided for continued development of the National Fish Habitat Initiative. Distribution of 

these funds should follow the direction in House Report 109–80. 

12. The fisheries program should continue to keep the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations apprised of its efforts to 

address base budget erosion and inequities in field station funding, 

including consideration of reimbursable funding. 

13. The funds provided for the Caddo Lake Ramsar Center in 

Texas are for conservation and education programs directly related 

to Caddo Lake and may not be used for infrastructure, construction-related projects, legal or management fees, or any other purposes. The Center should work cooperatively with Texas A&M University on preparing a program of work for fiscal year 2006. 

CONSTRUCTION

The conference agreement provides $45,891,000 for construction instead of $41,206,000 as proposed by the House and 

$31,811,000 as proposed by the Senate. The managers agree to the 

following distribution of funds: 

[Dollars in thousands] 

Project Description Amount 

Allegheny NFH, PA ......................................................... Water Supply Improvements [complete planning] ...... $250 

Balcones Canyonlands NWR, TX ................................... Martin Lake and Martin West Dams [p/d/cc] ............. 500 

Big Oaks NWR, IN ......................................................... Old Timbers Lake Dam Rehabilitation—Phase II [d/ 

cc].

150 

Clark R. Bavin Forensics Laboratory, OR ..................... Renovation/Upgrade Facility—Phase II [cc] ............... 3,355 

Crab Orchard NWR, IL .................................................. Visitor Center Dam Rehabilitation [cc] ....................... 2,625 

Craig Brook NFH, ME .................................................... Wastewater Treatment Compliance—Phase III [cc] ... 2,480 

Division of Safety, Security and Aviation ..................... Replacement of Survey Aircraft—Phase III ................ 1,500 

Garrison Dam NFH, ND ................................................. Hatchery renovation [completes 9 of 17 pond liners] 200 

Hakalau Forest NWR, HI ............................................... Ungulate Control Fencing [c] ...................................... 700 

Hanford Reach NM/Saddle Mountain NWR, WA ........... Visitor Center ............................................................... 2,250 

Kenai NWR, AK .............................................................. Visitor Center/Water and Sewer Lines [cc] ................. 500 

Klamath Basin NWR Complex, CA ................................ Water Supply and Management—Phase V ................. 1,000 

Kodiak NWR, AK ............................................................ Visitor Center [cc] ........................................................ 4,000 

Kofa NWR, AZ ................................................................ Structural Replacement of Four Buildings—Phase II 

[cc].

1,515 

Northwest Power Planning Area ................................... Fish Screens, etc ......................................................... 2,000 

Ohio River Islands NWR, WV ........................................ Erosion protection for Middle & Buckley Islands ........ 435 

Servicewide ................................................................... Bridge Safety Inspections ............................................ 570 

Servicewide ................................................................... Dam Safety Programs & Inspections .......................... 720 

Servicewide ................................................................... Visitor Contact Facilities ............................................. 5,000 

Sevilleta NWR, NM ........................................................ Laboratory Construction [cc] ....................................... 2,100 

Tualatin NWR, OR ......................................................... Visitor Center and Administration Building [cc] ......... 3,900 

White Sulphur Springs NFH, WV ................................... Maintenance, grounds improvements, quarters rehabilitation.525 

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[Dollars in thousands] 

Project Description Amount 

Subtotal, Line Item Construction ............... 36,275 

Nationwide Engineering Services: 

Cost Allocation Methodology ....................... 2,456 

Environmental Compliance ......................... 1,000 

Other, non-project specific Nationwide Engineering Services.5,900 

Seismic Safety Program ............................. 130 

Waste Prevention, Recycling Environmental 

Management.

130 

Subtotal, Nationwide Engineering Services.9,616 

Total .......................................... 45,891 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

proposed by the Senate transferring funds appropriated in fiscal 

year 2005 for the Chase Lake and Arrowwood NWRs, ND, to North 

Dakota State University to complete planning and design for a 

joint interpretive center. The House had no similar provision. 

The managers agree to the following: 

1. The $700,000 in funding for Hakalau Forest NWR, HI, 

ungulate control fencing is provided with the understanding that 

an additional $400,000 will need to be provided in fiscal year 2007 

to complete the project. 

2. The funding provided for the Hanford Reach, WA visitor 

center completes the Federal commitment to this project. 3. The $4,000,000 in funding for Kodiak NWR, AK, visitor center is sufficient to complete construction. The managers agree that 

an additional $400,000 will need to be provided in fiscal year 2007 

to complete the acquisition of furnishings and equipment for the 

center. 

4. The Service should reprogram $350,000 from the completed 

Orangeburg dam project at Orangeburg NFH, SC, to complete the 

waterline construction project at the National Conservation Training Center. 

5. The funding provided for laboratory construction at Sevilleta 

NWR, NM completes this project. 6. The $525,000 provided for White Sulphur Springs NFH, WV, 

includes $400,000 for maintenance and grounds improvements and 

$125,000 for quarters rehabilitation. An additional $125,000 will 

need to be provided in fiscal year 2007 to complete the quarters 

renovation. 

LAND ACQUISITION

The conference agreement provides $28,408,000 for land acqui- sition instead of $14,937,000 as proposed by the House and 

$40,827,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The managers agree to the following distribution of funds: 

Area (State) Amount 

Alaska Peninsula NWR (AK) ................................................................ $400,000 

Balcones Canyonlands NWR (TX) ........................................................ 500,000 

Cache River NWR (AR) ......................................................................... 809,000 

Cahaba NWR (AL) ................................................................................. 421,000 

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Area (State) Amount 

Canaan Valley NWR (WV) .................................................................... 190,000 

Clark’s River NWR (KY) ....................................................................... 200,000 

Dakota Tallgrass Prairie WMA (SD/ND) ............................................. 500,000 

Eastern Shore NWR (VA) ..................................................................... 2,000,000 

Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (NJ) .............................................................. 300,000 

Lake Atascosa NWR (TX) ...................................................................... 400,000 

Lake Umbagog NWR (NH) ................................................................... 500,000 

Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR (TX) ................................................... 800,000 

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR (MN/IA) .......................................... 500,000 

Primehook NWR (DE) ........................................................................... 250,000 

Rachel Carson NWR (ME) .................................................................... 600,000 

Rhode Island Refuge Complex (RI) ...................................................... 525,000 

Rocky Mountain Front (MT) ................................................................. 1,000,000 

San Joaquin River NWR (CA) .............................................................. 450,000 

Silvio O. Conte NFWR (NH, VT, CT, MA) .......................................... 650,000 

Tensas River NWR (LA) ........................................................................ 1,900,000 

Togiak NWR (AK) .................................................................................. 300,000 

Upper Klamath Lake NWR, Barnes Tract (OR) ................................. 2,000,000 

Use of carryover/anticipated slippage .................................................. ¥1,500,000 

Subtotal ........................................................................................ 13,695,000 

Inholdings ............................................................................................... 1,500,000 

Emergencies and Hardships ................................................................. 1,500,000 

Exchanges ............................................................................................... 1,500,000 

Acquisition Management ....................................................................... 8,393,000 

Cost Allocation Methodology ................................................................. 1,820,000 

Total ............................................................................................. 28,408,000 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement retains language 

proposed by the House providing that none of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition projects can be used to pay for 

any administrative overhead, planning or other management costs. 

The managers agree to the following: 

1. Funds appropriated in fiscal year 2006 for Tensas River 

NWR (LA) completes this land acquisition project. 

2. Within funds provided for the Silvio Conte NWR, not less 

than $500,000 is for the Pondicherry Division. 

3. Within funds provided for acquisition management, 

$500,000 is for an environmental impact statement of the proposed 

Yukon Flats land exchange between Doyon Ltd. and the United 

States Fish and Wildlife Service. 

LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM

The conference agreement provides $24,000,000 for the landowner incentive program instead of $23,700,000 as proposed by the 

House and $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS

The conference agreement provides $7,386,000 for private 

stewardship grants as proposed by the House instead of $7,500,000 

as proposed by the Senate. 

COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

The conference agreement provides $82,200,000 for the cooperative endangered species conservation fund instead of $84,400,000 

as proposed by the House and $80,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

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Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

earmarking $62,039,000 to be derived from the Land and Water 

Conservation Fund instead of $64,239,000 as proposed by the 

House and $45,653,000 as proposed by the Senate. A total of 

$20,161,000 is derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species 

Conservation Fund as proposed by the House instead of 

$34,347,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

The conference agreement provides $14,414,000 for the national wildlife refuge fund as proposed by both the House and the 

Senate. 

NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

The conference agreement provides $40,000,000 for the North 

American wetlands conservation fund as proposed by the House instead of $39,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

The conference agreement provides $4,000,000 for neotropical 

migratory bird conservation as proposed by both the House and the 

Senate. 

MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

The conference agreement provides $6,500,000 for the multinational species conservation fund as proposed by the Senate instead of $5,900,000 as proposed by the House. Changes to the 

House recommended level include increases of $200,000 for rhinoceros and tiger conservation and $400,000 for marine turtle conservation. 

STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

The conference agreement provides $68,500,000 for State and 

Tribal wildlife grants instead of $65,000,000 as proposed by the 

House and $72,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

proposed by the House restating the October 1, 2005, deadline for 

completion of State comprehensive wildlife conservation plans and 

providing direction on distributing funds for States with disapproved plans. The Senate had no similar provisions. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The conference agreement does not specify the number of replacement passenger motor vehicles that may be purchased by the 

Service. 

The conference agreement includes a reference to the current 

reprogramming guidelines, which are contained in the front of the 

statement of the managers in this report. 

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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

The conference agreement provides $1,744,074,000 for the op- eration of the national park system instead of $1,754,199,000 as 

proposed by the House and $1,748,486,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The managers have provided an additional $20,000,000 for re- curring park base increases. Of this amount $15,000,000 is provided for across the board increases for all park units and 

$5,000,000 is available for high priority program increases to specific parks. Within the $5,000,000, $500,000 is provided for national trails. This amount is in addition to the increases provided 

in the budget request for pay and fixed costs. The conference agreement provides $354,141,000 for resource stewardship, instead of $354,116,000 as proposed by the House and 

$354,841,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the House 

level include a reduction of $1,000,000 for inventory and monitoring and increases of $225,000 for the International Center for 

Science and Learning at Mammoth Cave NP, $500,000 for air tour 

management and $300,000 for Vanishing Treasures. The conference agreement provides $346,181,000 for visitor 

services, the same as the House and Senate. 

The conference agreement provides $594,686,000 for mainte- nance as proposed by the House instead of $595,186,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within the amount provided for repair and rehabilitation, $80,000 is for campground rehabilitation at Ozark NSR, $200,000 

is for historic landscaping at Gettysburg NMP, $200,000 is for Alice 

Ferguson (Wareham Lodge), $497,000 is for Indiana Dunes NL 

(West Beach), $206,000 is for Indiana Dunes NL (Dunbar Beach), 

$300,000 is for Death Valley NP (Cow Creek), $140,000 is for San 

Juan NHS (sewer repairs), $243,000 is for El Morro (restrooms), 

$250,000 is for Timucuan NP&P (Kingsley Plantation), $250,000 is 

for the George Washington Memorial Parkway, $310,000 is for 

Saratoga NHP (Victory Woods), $375,000 is for Dayton Aviation 

NHP (Wright Dunbar Plaza), $400,000 is for New River Gorge NR 

(building stabilization), $340,000 is for New River Gorge NR 

(HVAC), $350,000 is for Harpers Ferry NHP (building repairs), 

$490,000 is for Harpers Ferry NHP (exhibits/trails), and $640,000 

is for Natchez Trace Parkway (re-striping and sealing). 

The conference agreement provides $298,509,000 for park support, instead of $298,659,000 as proposed by the House and 

$301,721,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the House 

level include a decrease of $400,000 for Jamestown 2007 and an increase of $250,000 for wild and scenic rivers. Funding for Jamestown has been moved to the statutory or contractual aid program. 

The conference agreement provides $130,557,000 for external 

administrative costs, the same as the House and Senate. 

Bill language.—The conference agreement does not include 

language proposed by the House relating to across the board increases for parks. The managers agree to provide $97,600,000 in 2- 

year funding for maintenance, repair and rehabilitation, and an 

earmark of $2,000,000 for Youth Conservation Corps projects. 

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The conference agreement continues to earmark one-third of 

the challenge cost share program for the National Trails System. 

Foreign travel must continue to be pre-approved by the Committees on Appropriations. The conference agreement has provided $48,000 for Johnstown Area Heritage Association Museum and $785,000 for Ice Age National Scientific Reserve in the statutory or contractual aid program in the national recreation and preservation account. 

The managers are aware of the recent completion of the Natchez Trace Parkway. Given the historic significance of the Parkway 

and its high visitation levels, the managers encourage the Secretary to consider elevating the superintendent’s position to the 

senior executive service. 

UNITED STATES PARK POLICE

The conference agreement provides $81,411,000 for the United States Park Police instead of $82,411,000 as proposed by the House 

and $80,411,000 as proposed by the Senate. The additional funds 

are for new recruit classes. 

NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

The conference agreement provides $54,965,000 for national recreation and preservation, instead of $48,997,000 as proposed by 

the House and $56,729,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement provides $554,000 for recreation 

programs, the same as the House and the Senate. The conference 

agreement provides $9,845,000 for natural programs instead of 

$9,545,000 as proposed by the House and $10,045,000 as proposed 

by the Senate. The change to the House level is an increase of 

$300,000 for rivers, trails and conservation assistance. 

The conference agreement provides $20,028,000 for cultural programs instead of $19,953,000 as proposed by the House and 

$20,403,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the House level 

include an increase of $375,000 for underground railroad to freedom grants. Decreases to the House level include $300,000 for a 

digitization design plan. Within available funds, $300,000 is provided for Heritage Preservation Inc. Within the funds provided for the cultural program, $200,000 

is to initiate planning authorized in the American Revolution Commemoration Act. The Service is strongly encouraged to include 

funding for this in the fiscal year 2007 budget. The managers expect the Service to address the management and program issues 

detailed in the House report regarding the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails program. 

The managers have once again provided funding for the Center 

for Preservation Technology and Training in Louisiana. The creation of this facility was recommended to the Committee by the 

National Park Service, yet the budget request did not include these 

funds. The managers strongly urge the Service to include adequate 

funding for the Center in future budget requests. 

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ference agreement provides $1,913,000 for grant administration, 

the same as the House and the Senate. 

The conference agreement provides $13,400,000 for designated 

heritage areas and $100,000 for administration. Funds are to be 

distributed as follows: 

Project Amount 

America’s Agricultural Heritage Partnership ..................................... $700,000 

Augusta Canal National Heritage Area ............................................... 350,000 

Automobile National Heritage Area ..................................................... 450,000 

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area ..................................................... 800,000 

Cane River National Heritage Area ..................................................... 800,000 

Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor ............................. 750,000 

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor ......................................... 650,000 

Essex National Heritage Area .............................................................. 800,000 

Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area ..................................... 450,000 

John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor ..................................................................................................... 800,000 

Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area ....................................... 500,000 

Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area .................................. 200,000 

National Aviation Heritage Area .......................................................... 200,000 

National Coal Heritage Area ................................................................ 100,000 

Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor .................................. 800,000 

Oil Region National Heritage Area ...................................................... 200,000 

Quinnebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor 800,000 

Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area ............................................... 800,000 

Schuykill River Valley National Heritage Center ............................... 450,000 

Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District ............... 450,000 

South Carolina National Heritage Corridor ........................................ 800,000 

Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area ..................................................... 400,000 

Wheeling National Heritage Area ........................................................ 800,000 

Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area .............................................. 350,000 

Subtotal ........................................................................................ 13,400,000 

Technical Support .................................................................................. 100,000 

Total, Heritage Partnership Programs ...................................... 13,500,000 

The conference agreement provides $7,108,000 for statutory or 

contractual aid, instead of no funding as proposed by the House 

and $8,225,000 as proposed by the Senate. The funds provided are 

to be distributed as follows: 

Project Amount 

Brown Foundation ................................................................................. $250,000 

Chesapeake Bay Gateways & Water Trails ........................................ 1,500,000 

Crossroads of the West Historic District ............................................. 500,000 

Delta Interpretive Center, MS .............................................................. 1,000,000 

Ft. Mandan, Ft. Lincoln, and No. Plains Foundations ....................... 625,000 

Harper’s Ferry NHP (Niagara Movement) .......................................... 300,000 

Ice Age National Scientific Reserve ..................................................... 785,000 

Jamestown 2007 (moved from ONPS) .................................................. 400,000 

Johnstown Area Heritage Association ................................................. 48,000 

Lamprey River ....................................................................................... 600,000 

Native Hawaiian culture & arts program ........................................... 600,000 

Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission (Contraband Camp) .......... 500,000 

Total ............................................................................................. 7,108,000 

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

The conference agreement provides $73,250,000 for the historic 

preservation fund instead of $72,705,000 as proposed by the House 

and $74,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

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Changes to the House level include increases of $250,000 for States and Territories and $795,000 for Indian tribes. Decreases to 

the House level include $500,000 for historically black colleges and 

universities. 

The conference agreement includes a total of $30,000,000 for Save America’s Treasures. Of this amount, $13,250,000 is for competitive grants, of which $5,000,000 is provided for Preserve America grants, and the balance of the funds are to be distributed as 

follows: 

Project/State Amount 

Actors Theatre, KY ................................................................................ $150,000 

Anaconda-Deer Lodge Courthouse, MT ............................................... 150,000 

Athenaeum, VA ...................................................................................... 75,000 

Beacon Island Agate Basin Site, ND ................................................... 250,000 

Bethel Cultural Arts Center, SC .......................................................... 200,000 

Black Horse Tavern, PA ........................................................................ 150,000 

Brooklyn Arts Center at St. Andrews, Wilmington, NC .................... 180,000 

Brookville Historic District, PA ............................................................ 150,000 

Bulgarian-Macedonian National Educational and Cultural Center .. 150,000 

Bushrod Crawford/MoClellan’s HQ Building, WV .............................. 250,000 

Calfax Depot, CA ................................................................................... 50,000 

Cambria Iron Works, PA ....................................................................... 200,000 

Campo de Cahuenga, CA ...................................................................... 75,000 

Carlyle House, VA ................................................................................. 50,000 

Carnegie Library Building, Missoula, MT ........................................... 400,000 

Church of the Advocate, PA .................................................................. 125,000 

Copiah County Courthouse, MS , ......................................................... 225,000 

Elson Mill, OH ....................................................................................... 200,000 

Fair Park, TX ......................................................................................... 100,000 

Fort Mitchell NHL, AL .......................................................................... 140,000 

Freedmen’s Cemetery, VA ..................................................................... 75,000 

Ft. Gratiot Lighthouse, MI ................................................................... 400,000 

Ft. Ticonderoga Pavillion, NY ............................................................... 150,000 

Gadsby’s Tavern, VA ............................................................................. 50,000 

Graycliff Estate, NY .............................................................................. 150,000 

Greene Courthouse, MO, ....................................................................... 100,000 

Hayes Presidential Home, OH .............................................................. 400,000 

Heroine Steamboat, OK ........................................................................ 200,000 

Hickman House, MO ............................................................................. 250,000 

High Bridge Stairway, Bronx, NY ........................................................ 200,000 

Hinds County Courthouse, Raymond, MS ........................................... 225,000 

Historic Bethlehem Partnership, 1762 Waterworks, PA .................... 150,000 

Hudson Coal Company Shanty & Fan House, PA .............................. 200,000 

Indiana Harbor Branch library, IN ...................................................... 200,000 

Jasper Courthouse, MO ......................................................................... 100,000 

Jens Jensen Park, IL ............................................................................. 175,000 

John C. Campbell Folk School, NC ...................................................... 200,000 

John List House, WV ............................................................................. 250,000 

Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum, OR ................................................. 400,000 

Lac du Flambeau Boys & Girls Indian School .................................... 95,000 

Landmark Theatre, NY ......................................................................... 240,000 

Las Vegas Historic Post Office, NV ...................................................... 540,000 

Liberty Memorial Museum, MO ........................................................... 300,000 

McKelvy House at Lafayette College, PA ............................................ 250,000 

Minnequa Steel Works Archives & Museum, CO ............................... 200,000 

Mission San Miguel, CA ........................................................................ 300,000 

Monroe Courthouse, MS ........................................................................ 150,000 

Montrose City Hall Renovation, CO ..................................................... 100,000 

Moravian College, PA ............................................................................ 140,000 

Morristown College, Morristown, TN ................................................... 175,000 

Moundville Archaeological Park, AL .................................................... 500,000 

Mount Royal Station & Train Shed, MD ............................................. 300,000 

Mt. Sterling Methodist Church, KY ..................................................... 250,000 

Murray Schoolhouse, CA ....................................................................... 30,000 

Ocean Springs Community Center, MS ............................................... 100,000 

Old Capitol Museum, IA ....................................................................... 365,000 

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Project/State Amount 

Olympic Stadium, WA ........................................................................... 150,000 

Palace Theatre Renovations, Columbus, OH ....................................... 250,000 

Pantages Theater, WA .......................................................................... 150,000 

Pearl Buck House, PA ........................................................................... 140,000 

Pelham Picture House, NY ................................................................... 200,000 

Pennsylvania House, OH ...................................................................... 200,000 

Plaza House and Vickrey-Brunswig Complex, CA .............................. 200,000 

Preservation Maryland Tobacco Barns, MD ........................................ 200,000 

President Benjamin Harrison Home, IN ............................................. 200,000 

Randolph County Community Arts Center, WV ................................. 140,000 

Rev. Harrison House Museum, MA ...................................................... 250,000 

Roberson Museum and Science Center, NY ........................................ 100,000 

Shafter Research Center, CA ................................................................ 200,000 

Slater Memorial Park Bandshell, RI .................................................... 100,000 

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, OH ................................................... 100,000 

St. Ann Arts & Cultural Center, RI ..................................................... 300,000 

St. Luke AME Church, KS .................................................................... 100,000 

St. Martin Parish Courthouse, LA ....................................................... 150,000 

Stanley Theater, NY .............................................................................. 250,000 

Tecumseh Theatre, OH ......................................................................... 200,000 

Tioga County Council on the Arts, NY ................................................ 20,000 

Tule Lake Interment Camp, CA ........................................................... 200,000 

USS Joseph P. Kennedy, MA ................................................................ 300,000 

Vermont History Center Auditorium, VT ............................................ 300,000 

Victory Memorial Drive Historic District, MN .................................... 200,000 

Waco Texas Mammoth Paleontology Site (preservation building), 

TX ........................................................................................................ 200,000 

Walker-Eisen Building, CA ................................................................... 150,000 

Waterbury Historic Preservations, CT ................................................. 200,000 

Wilox Park, Westerly, RI ...................................................................... 150,000 

Woodstock Craftsmen Guild/Byrdcille Art Colony, NY ...................... 130,000 

Woodward Opera House, OH ................................................................ 140,000 

Total ............................................................................................. 16,750,000 

CONSTRUCTION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $301,291,000 for construc- tion instead of $291,230,000 as proposed by the House and 

$299,201,000 as proposed by the Senate. The funds are to be distributed as follows: 

Project Amount 

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum ............................ $1,000,000 

Amistad NRA (upgrade water & wastewater systems, Diablo East) 1,003,000 

Big Bend NP (curatorial) ...................................................................... 2,100,000 

Blue Ridge Parkway (replace Otter Creek Bridge & campground 

services) ............................................................................................... 804,000 

Blue Ridge Parkway (visitor center) .................................................... 3,500,000 

Boston Harbor Islands NRA (construct floating docks) ...................... 832,000 

Boston NHP (Bldg. 5) ............................................................................ 3,082,000 

Chaco Culture NHP (replace & upgrade curation facilities w/ 

UNM) .................................................................................................. 4,238,000 

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal NHP (rehab Great Falls visitor ctr. & 

facilities) .............................................................................................. 1,847,000 

Cumberland Island NS (Plum Orchard home) .................................... 3,247,000 

Cuyahoga Valley NP (rehab) ................................................................ 2,500,000 

Delaware Water Gap NRA (cabins) ...................................................... 700,000 

Delaware Water Gap NRA (replace Depew recreations site) ............. 2,871,000 

Everglades NP (modified water delivery system) ............................... 25,000,000 

Fire Island NS (West Entrance Ranger Sta. and construct restrooms) .................................................................................................. 764,000 

Flight 93 Memorial ................................................................................ 1,000,000 

Fort Larned NHS (North Officers’ Quarters) ...................................... 1,159,000 

Fort Washington Park (stabilization) .................................................. 2,876,000 

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Project Amount 

George Washington Mem. Parkway (rehab Arlington House) ........... 1,251,000 

Glacier NP (remove hazmat and correct fire egress at Many Glacier 

hotel) ................................................................................................... 758,000 

Grand Portage NM (establish heritage center) ................................... 4,000,000 

Gulf Islands NS (rehab Ft. Pickens water system) ............................. 971,000 

Harpers Ferry NHP (rehab Jackson Hs, School Hs Ridge trails/ 

ways., Arm.) ........................................................................................ 510,000 

Homestead NM (visitor center/heritage museum and education center) ....................................................................................................... 3,690,000 

Hopewell Culture NHP (salvage arch. resources threatened by erosion) ..................................................................................................... 389,000 

Hot Springs NP (rehab bathhouses) .................................................... 6,059,000 

Independence NHP (Mall landscaping/infrastructure) ....................... 2,000,000 

John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley NHC ................................... 500,000 

Kalaupapa NHP (replace non-compliant cesspools) ............................ 3,779,000 

Kenai Fjords NP (multi-agency center) ............................................... 495,000 

Keweenaw NHP (Calumet & Hecla Bldg rehab, Phase II) ................ 1,650,000 

Little Rock Central High School NHS (complete visitor center) ....... 5,100,000 

Mark Twain Boyhood Home NHL (restoration) .................................. 400,000 

Moccasin Bend NAD (erosion) .............................................................. 2,000,000 

Mt. Rainier NP (rehab structural components at Paradise Inn and 

Annex) ................................................................................................. 7,900,000 

Mt. Rainier NP (replace Jackson Visitor Ctr and rehab parking 

areas) ................................................................................................... 14,307,000 

New River Gorge NR (various) ............................................................. 769,000 

Olympic NP (Elwha River ecosystem) .................................................. 5,000,000 

Pinnacles NM (relocate and replace maintenance & visitor facilities) ...................................................................................................... 4,794,000 

Redwood NP (protect park resources by removing failing roads) ...... 2,169,000 

San Francisco Maritime NHP (repair Sala Burton Maritime Museum bldg.) .......................................................................................... 4,350,000 

Saugus Iron Works NHS (rehab resources for accessibility and 

safety) .................................................................................................. 1,334,000 

Shenandoah NP (rehab & remodel Panorama facility as visitor/ 

learning ctr) ........................................................................................ 4,835,000 

Shiloh NMP (Corinth interpretation) ................................................... 500,000 

Southwest Pennsylvania Heritage Commission .................................. 2,500,000 

Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island NM (rehab Ellis Island seawall) ........ 8,452,000 

Tuskegee Airmen NHS (preserve and rehab Moton Airfield site) ..... 6,767,000 

Utah Public Lands Artifact Preservation Act ..................................... 4,000,000 

Valley Forge NHP (George Washington’s headquarters) ................... 2,326,000 

Western Artic National Parklands (NW Alaska Heritage Ctr & 

admin. facil.) ....................................................................................... 12,733,000 

White House (structural and utility rehab) ......................................... 6,523,000 

Wind Cave NP (replace failing wastewater treatment facility) ......... 4,928,000 

Wolf Trap NP (replace Main Gate facility, Filene Ctr; Phase 2) ....... 3,000,000 

Yellowstone NP (Old Faithful Inn) ...................................................... 11,118,000 

Yellowstone NP (replace Madison wastewater facility) ...................... 4,114,000 

Yellowstone NP (replace Old Faithful Visitor Center) ....................... 11,175,000 

Yosemite NP (replace haz. gas disinfect. sys., El Portal waste. 

plant) ................................................................................................... 2,176,000 

Subtotal, Line Item ..................................................................... 217,845,000 

Emergency/unscheduled projects .......................................................... 3,000,000 

Housing replacement ............................................................................. 7,000,000 

Dam safety ............................................................................................. 2,662,000 

Equipment replacement ........................................................................ 26,000,000 

Construction planning ........................................................................... 19,925,000 

Construction program management ..................................................... 28,105,000 

General management planning ............................................................ 13,754,000 

Subtotal, (before use of priors) ................................................... 318,291,000 

Use of prior year unobligated balances ................................................ ¥17,000,000 

Total ............................................................................................. 301,291,000 

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The funds provided for general management planning should 

be expended consistent with project directives in both the House 

and Senate reports. 

Funds provided for Big Bend NP (curatorial facility), Grand 

Portage NM (heritage center), Homestead NM (visitor center), Little Rock Central High School NHS (visitor center), Wolf Trap (main 

gate facility) and Yellowstone NP (Old Faithful visitor center) are 

intended to complete these projects. 

Funds provided for the Flight 93 National Memorial may not 

be used for land acquisition. The Service is strongly encouraged to 

reduce dramatically the amount of land required for this project. 

The managers expect the National Park Service and the legislated partners for the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical 

Park to collaborate in the development of a priority list of requirements needed to fulfill the authorized mission of the park. Such a 

list should give consideration to both the recurring and non-recurring needs of the park, and should serve as a framework for guiding decisions about the most important investments needed to further the park’s purpose. The managers recognize that the National 

Aviation Heritage Area may have a separate set of priorities, but 

the priorities for the park and heritage area should complement 

one another. 

The managers direct the National Park Service to explore viable ways to encourage the sale, by concessioners or via lease agreements (in accordance with real property leasing authority, 36 CFR 

Part 17), of authentic American made souvenirs, which reflect, educate, and celebrate the unique history, spirit, culture, and natural 

treasures of the designated region and individual park, either 

through existing concessioner retail operations or other appropriate 

agreements. The managers expect a written report detailing 

progress made by December 1, 2006. 

The managers encourage the Secretary to give priority consideration for funding in the next round of Southern Nevada Public 

Lands Management Act project approvals to the water and wastewater system improvements that were proposed in the fiscal year 

2006 budget request for Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The 

managers are aware that nearly $1 billion in revenues will be 

available in fiscal year 2006. Of that amount, the Secretary of the 

Interior controls 85 percent. Projects such as these should be funded from this source and not requested in the budget. 

The managers understand that private funds already raised toward replacement visitor facilities at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial 

are available for planning and design of the new facility. The National Park Service is nearing completion of its review of this partnership construction project, and is encouraged to complete the review and advance the project to the next stage as expeditiously as 

possible. Before final approval, the Director of the National Park 

Service should forward to the House and Senate Committees on 

Appropriations the details of the financing of this project. The managers understand that the present facility is undersized for the visitation to this park site, and that a new facility is needed to address functional and structural requirements. 

Bill language.—The conference agreement provides $400,000 

for the Mark Twain Boyhood Home NHL to be derived from the 

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Historic Preservation Fund. The agreement also includes language 

proposed by the Senate permitting a solicitation that includes the 

full scope of the contract for the Jackson Visitor Center replacement and rehabilitation of the Paradise Inn and Annex at Mount 

Rainier NP. 

The managers have included $25,000,000 for the purpose of 

implementing the Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park project which will allow the Army Corps of Engineers 

to continue this important restoration project so as to restore more 

natural water flows to the park. The $25,000,000 is subject to the 

reporting requirements of P.L. 108–108 and the availability of the 

funds is contingent upon the appropriation and full availability of 

funds appropriated to the Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose 

of implementing the project, including the development of detailed 

design documents for a bridge or series of bridges for Tamiami 

Trail that will allow for restored water flows between the water 

conservation areas and Everglades National Park. 

LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

(RESCISSION)

The conference agreement rescinds the contract authority provided for fiscal year 2006 by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a as proposed by 

both the House and the Senate. 

LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

The conference agreement provides $64,909,000 for land acquisition and State assistance instead of $9,421,000 as proposed by 

the House and $86,005,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The managers agree to the following distribution of funds: 

Area (State) Amount 

Big Thicket National Preserve (TX) ..................................................... $2,000,000 

Chickamauga-Chattanooga NMP (TN) ................................................ 1,800,000 

Civil War Battlefield Sites (Grants) ..................................................... 3,000,000 

Gauley River NRA (WV) ....................................................................... 500,000 

Golden Gate NRA (CA) ......................................................................... 525,000 

Haleakala NP (HI) ................................................................................. 3,700,000 

Harpers Ferry NHP (WV) ..................................................................... 2,000,000 

Ice Age NST (WI) ................................................................................... 1,000,000 

Lewis and Clark NHP (OR/WA) ........................................................... 1,600,000 

New River Gorge NSR (WV) ................................................................. 2,000,000 

Pinnacles NM (CA) ................................................................................ 3,000,000 

Piscataway Park (MD) .......................................................................... 700,000 

Shenandoah Valley Battlefields NHD (VA) ......................................... 1,000,000 

Sleeping Bear Dunes NL (MI) .............................................................. 5,300,000 

Wilson’s Creek NB (MO) ....................................................................... 1,200,000 

Wrangell-St. Elias NP & P (AK) .......................................................... 750,000 

Subtotal ........................................................................................ 30,075,000 

Emergencies and Hardships ................................................................. 2,500,000 

Acquisition Management ....................................................................... 9,749,000 

Inholdings ............................................................................................... 2,500,000 

Use of Prior Year Balances ................................................................... ¥9,915,000 

Stateside Grants .................................................................................... 28,413,000 

Stateside Administration ...................................................................... 1,587,000 

Total ............................................................................................. 64,909,000 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

proposed by the Senate, providing that none of the funds provided 

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for the State assistance program may be used to establish a contingency fund. 

The conference agreement rescinds $9,915,000 in prior year 

funds from the Cat Island project at Gulf Islands National Seashore, as proposed by the House. 

The managers agree that the heroic efforts by the passengers 

of Flight 93 should be remembered with a lasting memorial. Although no funds are provided for land acquisition, $1,000,000 is included in the construction account for planning activities. 

The managers have revised the reprogramming guidelines to 

specify that the reprogramming requirement for acquisitions in excess of appraised values does not apply to the National Park Service for condemnations, declarations of taking, and tracts with an 

appraised value of $500,000 or less. The revised reprogramming 

guidelines are contained in the front of the statement of the managers in this report. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The conference agreement does not include the longstanding 

proviso providing that none of the funds may be used to process 

any grant or contract documents which do not include the text of 

18 U.S.C. 1913. 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

The conference agreement provides $976,035,000 for surveys, 

investigations, and research instead of $974,586,000 as proposed by 

the House and $963,057,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Mapping, Remote Sensing and Geographic Investigations.—The 

change to the House level for mapping, remote sensing and geographic investigations is a decrease of $2,000,000 for the Landsat 

program. 

The managers direct the Survey to offset the decrease with reductions in travel, administrative streamlining and buyout savings 

throughout the Bureau. 

Geologic Hazards, Resources and Processes. Changes to the 

House level for geologic hazards, resources and processes include 

increases of $500,000 for Alaska gas hydrates, and decreases of 

$648,000 for Florida shelf research, $412,000 for Puget Sound and 

$1,134,000 for Alaska mineral assessments. 

The managers strongly disagree with the Administration’s proposed reductions to the minerals assessment program and believe 

it is irresponsible for the Administration to decrease or eliminate 

funding for what is clearly an inherently Federal responsibility. 

The conference agreement restores funding for this vital program 

to the enacted level. 

Water Resources Investigations.—Changes to the House level 

for water resources investigations include increases of $500,000 for 

the Memphis aquifer study, $230,000 for the Ozark aquifer study, 

$1,250,000 to continue Tar Creek remediation with the University 

of Oklahoma, $900,000 for coalbed methane research on the 

Tongue River, $450,000 for water monitoring in Hawaii, $295,000 

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for Lake Champlain monitoring and a decrease of $450,000 for the 

San Pedro partnership. 

The managers are concerned by continuing reports that suggest the Survey’s water resources program is providing or seeking 

to provide a variety of commercial services to Federal and non-Federal entities in direct competition with the private sector. The managers have previously encouraged the Survey to use the services of 

the private sector in the conduct of its activities wherever feasible, 

cost effective, and consistent with the quality standards and principles pertaining to the effective performance of governmental functions. The managers expect that the Survey should strive to implement such a policy to the best of its ability in the performance of 

its work. 

The managers agree that if the San Francisco South Bay salt 

ponds project is a priority for the Survey, additional funding should 

be requested in future budgets. 

The managers agree to continue the Lake Champlain monitoring and research assessment activities and have included increased funding of $295,000 to restore the program to the enacted 

level. Future budget requests should include sufficient funds for 

these operations. 

The managers agree that the Survey’s participation in the 

Long Term Estuary Assessment program should be continued at 

the current year enacted level. 

Biological Research.—Changes to the House level for biological research include increases of $100,000 for the invasive species initiative, $350,000 to complete the Mark Twain National Forest mining study, $800,000 for molecular biology research at the Leetown 

Science Center, $200,000 for the multidisciplinary water study at 

Leetown Science Center, $350,000 for pallid sturgeon research, 

$200,000 for the diamondback terrapin study, $400,000 to complete 

the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem study in Montana, 

$55,000 to restore the base funding for Cooperative Research Units, 

$400,000 for remote survey and monitoring equipment for the 

ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas, $200,000 for the University of 

Missouri-Columbia to establish a wetland ecology center for excellence, and decreases of $150,000 for a database of invasive species 

on national wildlife refuges and $185,000 for equipment for the 

Anadromous Fish Research Center. 

The managers have included a portion of the requested funding 

increase for the invasive species initiative and direct the Survey to 

fund the leafy spurge eradication program proposed in the request. 

The managers have included funding for ivory-billed woodpecker survey efforts in Arkansas. The funding should be used in 

collaboration with Cornell University’s Laboratory of Ornithology 

and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct aerial and 

ground surveys using remote video and acoustic technologies. 

The managers understand funding provided to the University 

of Missouri-Columbia for the establishment of a wetland ecology 

center of excellence should be used for one-time start-up costs and 

this funding will not be included in future appropriations. 

The managers remain concerned about the National Biological 

Information Infrastructure program. No clearly coordinated budgetary and programmatic plan has emerged for its expansion, and 

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the managers remain concerned about the reason an Internetbased program that hosts biological information must be geographically distributed. 

The managers understand that the multidisciplinary water 

study at Leetown Science Center is nearing completion. The Survey 

should provide a brief report to the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations by December 31, 2005, evaluating the research 

that has been conducted to date and outlining what, if any, issues 

remain to be addressed in order to finish the project. 

Science Support.—The change to the House level for science support is a decrease of $2,000,000 for the Landsat program. 

The managers direct the Survey to offset the decrease with reductions in travel, administrative streamlining and buyout savings 

throughout the Bureau. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement modifies language 

included in both the House and Senate bills allowing the Survey 

to publish and disseminate data. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 

Senate that contained minor technical differences from the House. 

MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement provides $153,651,000 for royalty and offshore minerals management instead of $152,676,000 as proposed by the House and $152,516,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The managers agree to the following changes to the House recommendations: 

1. The leasing and environmental program includes an ear- mark of $150,000 within available funds for the Alaska Whaling 

Commission as proposed by the Senate and there is a decrease of 

$175,000 for fixed costs. 

2. Resource evaluation includes an increase of $900,000 for the 

Center for Marine Resources, MS as proposed by the Senate and 

a decrease of $100,000 for fixed costs. 

3. The regulatory program has a decrease of $200,000 for fixed 

costs. 

4. The information management program has a decrease of 

$200,000 for fixed costs. 

5. Royalty management includes an increase of $1,000,000 for 

the State and tribal audit program. 

6. General administration includes fixed cost decreases of 

$250,000 for administrative operations and $150,000 for general 

support services. 

7. The Department is undertaking a study of the impacts of 

the merger of the GovWorks program into the National Business 

Center. This study will also include an assessment of the impact 

that this organizational realignment will have on MMS’s ability to 

carry out its mission. The managers understand that an initial organizational transfer will commence at the beginning of the fiscal 

year, but before the final commencement of the restructuring, the 

managers expect to receive a report on the impacts of the merger. 

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OIL SPILL RESEARCH

The conference agreement provides $7,006,000 for oil spill research as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT

REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

The conference agreement provides $110,535,000 for regulation 

and technology as proposed by both the House and the Senate. This 

total includes an indefinite appropriation estimated to be $100,000. 

ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

The conference agreement provides $188,014,000 for the abandoned mine reclamation fund as proposed by both the House and 

the Senate. The managers note that bill language within Title I, 

general provisions, provides an extension until June 30, 2006, of 

the Secretary’s authority to collect fees pursuant to the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act. The conference agreement includes the bill language proposed by the House which provides for 

a one-time transfer of the balance in the fund for the rural abandoned mine program, which has not been used for 10 years, to the 

Federal share fund, so the funds could be used in the future for 

emergencies and other Federal obligations. The conference agreement also includes the bill language recommended by the Senate 

concerning special grant authorities for Maryland’s acid mine 

abatement program. 

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

The conference agreement provides $1,991,490,000 for the operation of Indian programs instead of $1,992,737,000 as proposed 

by the House and $1,971,132,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The managers agree that an alternative budget structure for 

the operation of Indian programs would provide greater opportunity for reviewing funding levels and assessing performance on 

a programmatic level. The managers are concerned that there was 

inadequate consultation with Tribes when preparing this new 

budget structure. The Bureau should follow previous guidance 

given in the House and Senate reports on this issue. 

Tribal Priority Allocations.—The change to the House level for 

tribal priority allocations is a decrease of $750,000 for the Indian 

Child Welfare Act. 

Other Recurring Programs.—Changes to the House level for 

other recurring programs include increases of $12,500,000 for tribally controlled community colleges, $500,000 for technical assistance for tribally controlled community colleges, $210,000 for fish 

hatchery maintenance, $98,000 for the Alaska Sea Otter Commission, $450,000 for the Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association, 

$300,000 for the Chugach Regional Resources Commission, 

$350,000 for Lake Roosevelt management, and decreases of 

$12,000,000 for ISEP formula funding, $1,500,000 for student 

transportation, $200,000 for irrigation operations and maintenance, 

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$1,000,000 for the Washington State Fish and Wildlife program 

and $1,250,000 for the Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority. 

The managers have included funding in the ISEP program and 

direct this increase to the Bureau’s FOCUS program for assisting 

at-risk children, encouraging more parental participation in 

schools, and encouraging participation in after-school activities. 

The managers are aware that the Department is examining 

how to strengthen management of education programs and would 

consider a reprogramming from education program adjustments to 

support education management. 

The managers have retained the increases provided in both the 

House and Senate bills for the Intertribal Bison Cooperative. 

Non-recurring Programs.—Changes to the House level for non- recurring programs include increases of $500,000 for the Rocky 

Mountain Patient Advocate program, $750,000 for the rural Alaska 

fire program, $1,500,000 for the Salish and Kootenai College information technology program, $1,500,000 for water management 

planning, $400,000 for Alaska legal services, and a decrease of 

$970,000 for the endangered species program. 

The managers expect funding provided for the Rocky Mountain 

Patient Advocate Program to be the last installment from this account. The program is expected to seek other methods of funding 

to become a self-sufficient, long term, advocacy program for Native 

Americans seeking health care. 

The managers agree that within the water management and 

planning program, $200,000 is for the operation, maintenance, and 

repair of the Fort Peck Reservation tribal water system. 

Special Programs and Pooled Overhead.—Changes to the 

House level for special programs and pooled overhead include increases of $49,000 for the United Tribes Technical College, 

$450,000 for the United Sioux Tribes Development Corporation, 

$1,250,000 for the Western Heritage Center tribal history and education project, $100,000 for the Rocky Mountain Tribal education 

symposia, $74,000 for the Crownpoint Institute and decreases of 

$4,500,000 for public safety and justice law enforcement and 

$58,000 for the National Ironworkers Training program. 

The managers believe that the United Tribes Technical College 

and Crownpoint Institute are institutions of higher learning that 

provide an educational benefit to Indian country and should be included in future budget requests. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

proposed by the Senate that continues to allow the use of contract 

support funds for indirect contract support costs. The House included language that allowed the use of contract support funds for 

both direct and indirect costs. 

The managers believe that any change to the allocation of contract support costs must be done formally with tribal consultation 

and any funding for direct contract support costs should be above 

the current levels provided for indirect contract support costs. 

CONSTRUCTION

The conference agreement provides $275,637,000 for construction instead of $284,137,000 as proposed by the House and 

$267,137,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the House 

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level include an increase of $7,500,000 for irrigation projects and 

decreases of $10,000,000 for replacement school construction, 

$1,000,000 for employee housing, and $5,000,000 for facilities improvement and repair. 

The addition of $7,500,000 in non-reimbursable construction 

funds for Indian irrigation rehabilitation is separate from the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project, which retains its own construction 

budget of $12,773,000. Within the funds provided for Indian irrigation rehabilitation, a number of Bureau and tribal projects are in 

desperate need of immediate attention to continue delivering water 

to users. The Bureau is expected to consult with the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations, in the form of a detailed 

proposal, prior to obligating funds. The Bureau is expected to administer these funds from the central office program level to address projects with the greatest need of rehabilitation. Construction 

of new projects or expansion of existing projects is secondary to the 

rehabilitation, reconstruction, and necessary upgrade of current irrigation projects and systems. Specific projects to be addressed 

under these guidelines, and to be addressed in the Bureau’s proposal for the obligation of these funds are: the Fort Yates Unit of 

the Standing Rock Sioux Project, the Blackfeet Irrigation Project, 

the Crow Irrigation Project, the Fort Belknap Irrigation Project, 

the Fort Peck Irrigation Project, and the Wind River Irrigation 

Project. 

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PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

The conference agreement provides $34,754,000 for Indian land 

and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians as proposed by the House instead of $24,754,000 as proposed 

by the Senate. 

The managers have agreed to $10,000,000 for the Quinault Indian Nation settlement and retained bill language included in the 

House that authorized the payment. The managers understand 

that this is the final payment for this settlement. 

INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

The conference agreement provides $6,348,000 for the Indian 

guaranteed loan program as proposed by both the House and the 

Senate. 

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

INSULAR AFFAIRS

ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

The conference agreement provides $76,883,000 for assistance 

to territories instead of $76,563,000 as proposed by the House and 

$76,683,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes in funding levels 

from the House recommendation include the Senate recommendation for an additional $320,000 to continue judicial, court education, and court administration training. 

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COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

The conference agreement provides $5,362,000 for the compact 

of free association as proposed by the House instead of $4,862,000 

as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement follows the 

funding recommendations made by the House. 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $127,183,000 for departmental management instead of $97,755,000 as proposed by the 

House and $104,627,000 as proposed by the Senate. The changes 

described below are to the House recommended funding level. 

Management and Coordination.—Performance data contracting/financial management is reduced by $250,000. 

Central Services.—IT certification and accreditation is reduced 

by $322,000. 

Financial and Business Management System.—The conference 

agreement reduces the Financial and Business Management System by $1,000,000. 

Other Items.—The conference agreement restores $21,000,000 

for necessary expenses for management of the Department of the 

Interior. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement retains language 

proposed by the Senate deriving $7,441,000 from the Land and 

Water Conservation Fund for consolidated land acquisition appraisal services, and prohibiting the use of funds in this Act or previous appropriations Acts to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation of 

equipment without prior House and Senate Committee approval. 

PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES

The conference agreement provides $236,000,000 for payments in lieu of taxes instead of $242,000,000 as proposed by the House 

and $235,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

The conference agreement provides $9,855,000 for the central 

hazardous materials fund as proposed by the House and the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes language included in the 

Senate bill that makes provisions for this account permanent. The 

House did not include permanent language. 

OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $55,440,000 for the office of 

the solicitor instead of $55,340,000 as proposed by the House and 

$55,652,000 as proposed by the Senate. The change described below 

is to the House recommended funding level. 

General Administration.—Funding for a FOIA appeals support 

position is increased by $100,000. 

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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $39,116,000 for office of inspector general as proposed by the Senate, instead of $39,566,000 

as proposed by the House. The changes described below are to the 

House recommended funding level. 

Audits.—Funding for FISMA/audit capability is decreased by 

$300,000. 

Investigations.—Funding for additional audit staff is decreased 

by $150,000. 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS

FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

The conference agreement provides $191,593,000 for Federal 

trust programs as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The 

managers have retained language contained in the House bill that 

caps the total amount of funding that can be used for historical accounting activities at $58,000,000. 

The managers are closely following efforts to settle the longstanding Cobell v. Norton case and reiterate their position that any 

settlement to the case must be implemented in such a way that the 

programs in this bill are not adversely affected. The House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations will not consider any settlement that decreases available funding for programs in Indian country funded in this bill. Further, the managers disagree with the 

continued insistence by the court that the Department of the Interior, to fulfill the intent of Congress, must perform a full historical 

accounting. This results in the Department of the Interior being 

forced to divert resources and negatively impacts programs in Indian country. 

INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION

The conference agreement provides $34,514,000 for Indian land 

consolidation programs as proposed by both the House and the 

Senate. 

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

The conference agreement provides $6,106,000 for the natural 

resource damage assessment fund as proposed by both the House 

and the Senate. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Sec. 101. The conference agreement modifies a provision in section 101 of both the House and Senate bills, providing Secretarial 

authority to transfer program funds for expenditures in cases of 

emergency when all other emergency funds are exhausted. 

Sec. 102. The conference agreement modifies a provision in section 102 of both the House and Senate bills, providing for expenditure or transfer of funds by the Secretary in the event of actual or 

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potential emergencies including forest fires, range fires, earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, storms, oil spills, grasshopper 

and Mormon cricket outbreaks, and surface mine reclamation 

emergencies. The modification requires transferred funds to be replenished by a supplemental appropriation and to be reimbursed 

on a pro rata basis. 

Sec. 103. The conference agreement retains an identical provision in section 103 of both the House and Senate bills, continuing 

a provision providing for use of appropriated funds for contracts, 

rental cars and aircraft, certain library memberships, and certain 

telephone expenses. 

Sec. 104–106. The conference agreement retains identical provisions in sections 104–106 of both the House and Senate bills, continuing provisions prohibiting the expenditure of funds for Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) leasing activities in certain areas. 

Sec. 107. The conference agreement retains an identical provision in section 108 of the House bill and section 107 of the Senate 

bill, continuing a provision permitting the transfer of funds between the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians. 

Sec. 108. The conference agreement retains a provision in section 108 of the Senate bill, continuing through fiscal year 2010 a 

provision that allows the hiring of administrative law judges to address the Indian probate backlog. The House had a similar provision in section 109 of the House bill. 

Sec. 109. The conference agreement retains an identical provision in section 110 of the House bill and section 109 of the Senate 

bill, continuing a provision permitting the redistribution of tribal 

priority allocation and tribal base funds to alleviate funding inequities. 

Sec. 110. The conference agreement retains a provision in section 110 of the Senate bill, continuing a provision requiring the allocation of Bureau of Indian Affairs postsecondary schools funds 

consistent with unmet needs. The House had a similar provision in 

section 111 of the House bill. 

Sec. 111. The conference agreement retains an identical provision in section 112 of the House bill and section 111 of the Senate 

bill, continuing a provision permitting the conveyance of the Twin 

Cities Research Center of the former Bureau of Mines for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge System. 

Sec. 112. The conference agreement retains an identical provision in section 113 of the House bill and section 112 of the Senate 

bill, continuing a provision authorizing the Secretary of the Interior 

to use helicopters or motor vehicles to capture and transport horses 

and burros at the Sheldon and Hart National Wildlife Refuges. 

Sec. 113. The conference agreement modifies an identical provision in section 114 of the House bill and section 113 of the Senate 

bill, continuing a provision allowing certain funds provided for land 

acquisition at the Shenandoah Valley Battlefield NHD and Ice Age 

NST to be granted to a State, a local government, or any other land 

management entity. The modification adds Niobrara NSR. 

Sec. 114. The conference agreement retains an identical provision in section 115 of the House bill and section 114 of the Senate 

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bill, continuing a provision prohibiting the closure of the underground lunchroom at Carlsbad Caverns NP, NM. 

Sec. 115. The conference agreement retains a provision in section 116 of the House bill, continuing a provision preventing the 

demolition of a bridge between New Jersey and Ellis Island. The 

Senate had no similar provision. 

Sec. 116. The conference agreement retains an identical provision in section 117 of the House bill and section 115 of the Senate 

bill, continuing a provision limiting compensation for the Special 

Master and Court Monitor appointed by the Court in Cobell v. Norton to 200 percent of the highest Senior Executive Service rate of 

pay. 

Sec. 117. The conference agreement retains an identical provision in section 118 of the House bill and section 116 of the Senate 

bill, continuing a provision allowing the Secretary to pay private 

attorney fees for employees and former employees incurred in connection with Cobell v. Norton. 

Sec. 118. The conference agreement retains a provision in section 119 of the House bill dealing with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service’s responsibilities for mass marking of salmonid stocks. The 

Senate had no similar provision. 

Sec. 119. The conference agreement retains an identical provision in section 121 of the House bill and section 117 of the Senate 

bill, continuing a provision prohibiting certain activities on lands 

described in section 123 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, or land that is contiguous 

to that land. 

Sec. 120. The conference agreement retains an identical provision in section 122 of the House bill and 118 of the Senate bill, continuing a provision prohibiting the use of funds to study or implement a plan to drain or reduce water levels in Lake Powell. 

Sec. 121. The conference agreement retains an identical provision in section 123 of the House bill and section 119 of the Senate 

bill, continuing a provision allowing the National Indian Gaming 

Commission to collect $12,000,000 in fees for fiscal year 2007. 

Sec. 122. The conference agreement retains a provision in section 120 of the Senate bill, continuing a provision making funds 

available to the tribes within the California Tribal Trust Reform 

Consortium and others on the same basis as funds were distributed 

in fiscal year 2003 and separates this demonstration project from 

the Department of the Interior’s trust reform organization. The 

House had a similar provision in section 124 of the House bill. 

Sec. 123. The conference agreement retains an identical provision in section 125 of the House bill and section 121 of the Senate 

bill, continuing a provision dealing with grazing permits in the 

Jarbidge field office of the Bureau of Land Management. 

Sec. 124. The conference agreement retains an identical provision in section 126 of the House bill and section 122 of the Senate 

bill, continuing a provision authorizing the Secretary of the Interior 

to acquire lands for the operation and maintenance of facilities in 

support of transportation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands. 

Sec. 125. The conference agreement retains a provision in section 127 of the House bill, continuing a provision regarding special 

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use grazing permits on the Mojave National Preserve, CA. The 

Senate had no similar provision. 

Sec. 126. The conference agreement retains a provision in section 123 of the Senate bill, continuing a provision implementing 

rules concerning winter snowmobile use in Yellowstone National 

Park. The House had a similar provision with a slight technical difference in section 128 of the House bill. 

Sec. 127. The conference agreement retains a provision in section 124 of the Senate bill, requiring the Secretary of the Interior 

to obtain the approval of the governing body of an Indian tribe before closing or taking any other action relating to a school of the 

tribe. The House had no similar provision. 

Sec. 128. The conference agreement retains a provision in section 126 of the Senate bill, extending authority of the Kalaupapa 

National Historic Park Advisory Commission. The House had no 

similar provision. 

Sec. 129. The conference agreement retains a provision in section 127 of the Senate bill, extending the authority of the Secretary 

of the Interior to collect fees pursuant to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act until June 20, 2006. 

Sec. 130. The conference agreement includes a new provision 

prohibiting the use of funds to set up Centers of Excellence and 

Partnership Skills Bank training without prior approval. 

Sec. 131. The conference agreement modifies a provision in section 430 of the Senate bill that authorizes the National Park Service to assess a fee on overnight lodging guests at leased Fort Baker 

buildings in Golden Gate National Recreation Area to pay the operating expenses associated with the utilities and shuttle system of 

those facilities at Fort Baker. The House had no similar provision. 

Sec. 132. The conference agreement modifies a provision in section 431 of the Senate bill, authorizing the retention of campground 

fees at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The House had no 

similar provision. 

Sec. 133. The conference agreement modifies a provision in section 438 of the Senate bill, providing for a feasibility study on designation of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic 

Watertrail as a national historic trail. The modification requires an 

analysis of the impacts on privately owned land and water. The 

House had no similar provision. 

Sec. 134. Provides $10,000,000 for the Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Memorial in Washington, DC, and extends for two years the authorization for the Memorial. The funds provided in this section are 

to be matched by the newly raised, non-Federal funds. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision in section 107 of the House bill prohibiting the National Park Service 

from reducing recreation fees for non-local travel through any park 

unit. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision in section 120 of the House bill dealing with paying for operational needs 

at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge airport using funds 

appropriated under the ‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries and 

Expenses’’ appropriation. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision in section 129 of the House bill, limiting the use of funds for staffing for 

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the Department of the Interior’s Office of Law Enforcement and Security. The Department has assured the managers that staffing 

will be limited to 34 full time equivalent employees and eight detailed staff, except in the event of an emergency. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision in section 125 of the Senate bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior 

to collect and retain parking fees at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial. 

The managers understand that the Department has determined 

that the Secretary currently has such authority pursuant to the 

Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA). 

TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The conference agreement provides $741,722,000 for science 

and technology instead of $765,340,000 as proposed by the House 

and $730,795,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the House 

recommended level are described below. 

Air Toxics and Quality.—In air toxics and quality, there is a 

decrease of $619,000 for the clean air allowance trading programs. 

Climate Protection.—In climate protection programs, there is a 

decrease of $1,000,000. 

Research/Congressional Priorities.—The conference agreement 

provides a total of $33,275,000 for high priority projects, a decrease 

of $6,725,000 below the House recommended level. The managers 

have not agreed to a competitive solicitation this year for these programs. This issue may be revisited in future years. The managers 

agree to the following distribution of funds: 

State Project name Amount 

1. AL ............................................... University of South Alabama Center for Estuarine Research .................. $500,000 

2. CA .............................................. Central California Ozone Study, San Joaquin Valleywide Air Pollution 

Study Agency.

375,000 

3. CA .............................................. Irrigation Training and Research Center—Cal Poly., San Luis Obispo 

Flow Rate Measurement.

1,200,000 

4. DE .............................................. Center for the Study of Metals in the Environment at the University of 

Delaware.

250,000 

5. FL ............................................... FL Dept. of Citrus Abscission Chemical Studies ..................................... 1,000,000 

6. ID ............................................... Boise State University to continue research on multi-purpose sensors 

to detect and analyze contaminants and time-lapse imaging of 

shallow subsurface fluid flow.

500,000 

7. IL ................................................ Clean Air Counts program emission reduction partnership with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.800,000 

8. KY .............................................. University of Louisville Lung Biology/Translational Lung Disease Program.1,500,000 

9. LA ............................................... Louisiana Smart Growth program in the State of Louisiana .................. 500,000 

10. NC .............................................. UNC Charlotte VisualGRID ........................................................................ 500,000 

11. ND .............................................. Center for Air Toxic Metals, EERC at the University of North Dakota .... 2,000,000 

12. NM ............................................. National Environmental Respiratory Center [NERC] at the Lovelace 

Respiratory Research Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

500,000 

13. NY .............................................. Alfred University Center for Environmental and Energy Research .......... 750,000 

14. NY .............................................. Environmental Systems Center of Excellence at Syracuse Univ., NY Indoor Environment Quality.2,000,000 

15. OH .............................................. Ohio University Consortium for Energy, Economics, and the Environment.500,000 

16. OH .............................................. The Ohio State University Olentangy River Wetlands Park Teaching, Research, and Outreach Initiative.500,000 

17. SD .............................................. Missouri River Institute at the University of South Dakota .................... 400,000 

18. TN .............................................. University of Memphis Groundwater Institute to conduct a groundwater 

study.

500,000 

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State Project name Amount 

19. TN .............................................. University of Tennessee at Knoxville Natural Resources Policy Center ... 500,000 

20. TX ............................................... Comprehensive assessment of Lake Whitney at Baylor University ......... 200,000 

21. TX ............................................... Environmental program at the Water Policy Institute at Texas Tech 

University.

450,000 

22. TX ............................................... Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxic Research Center ....................... 1,500,000 

23. TX ............................................... Poultry science project at Stephen F. Austin State University ................ 200,000 

24. TX ............................................... Texas Air Quality Study 2 ......................................................................... 2,000,000 

25. TX ............................................... Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research ............................... 400,000 

26. TX ............................................... Texas State University System Geography and Geology Project .............. 800,000 

27. VT ............................................... Aiken Greening at the University of Vermont ........................................... 400,000 

28. VT ............................................... Proctor Maple Research Station in Underhill, Vermont ........................... 200,000 

29. WI ............................................... Paper industry byproduct waste reduction research in Wisconsin .......... 250,000 

30. WV .............................................. National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium at West Virginia University.2,000,000 

31. .................................................... American Water Works Association Research Foundation ....................... 1,000,000 

32. .................................................... Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research ......................................... 750,000 

33. .................................................... Mine Waste Technology program at the National Environmental Waste 

Technology, Testing, and Evaluation Center.

2,100,000 

34. .................................................... New England Green Chemistry Consortium .............................................. 750,000 

35. .................................................... Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy ...................... 1,500,000 

36. .................................................... Water Environment Research Foundation ................................................. 3,000,000 

37. .................................................... Water Systems Council Wellcare Program ................................................ 1,000,000 

Total ........................................ ............................................................................................................. 33,275,000 

Research: Clean Air.—In research: clean air, there are decreases of $600,000 for global change and $2,000,000 for national 

ambient air quality standards. 

Research: Clean Water.—In research: clean water, there is a 

decrease of $4,800,000 for water quality programs. 

Research: Human Health and Ecosystems.—In research: 

human health and ecosystems, there is an increase of $15,000 for 

fellowships and decreases of $213,000 for endocrine disruptor research and $5,376,000 for other research, which includes decreases 

of $2,000,000 for exploratory grants, $600,000 for aggregate risks, 

$500,000 for condition assessments of estuaries in the Gulf of Mexico, and $2,276,000 for a general program reduction, which should 

be applied after consultation with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

Research: Land Protection.—In research: land protection, there is a decrease of $2,300,000 for land protection and restoration. 

Other.—The managers do not agree with the transfer of research funds to other offices. In addition to the offices mentioned 

in House Report 109–80, this direction applies to the Office of the 

Administrator, which was inadvertently omitted from the House report. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement provides $2,381,752,000 for environmental programs and management instead of $2,389,491,000 as 

proposed by the House and $2,333,416,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes to the House recommended level are described below. 

Air Toxics and Quality.—In Federal support for air quality 

management, there are decreases of $5,000,000 for the clean diesel 

initiative and $5,000,000 for other program activities. Other decreases include $400,000 for radiation protection programs, 

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$156,000 for stratospheric ozone domestic programs, and 

$1,600,000 for stratospheric ozone multilateral programs. 

Brownfields.—There is an increase of $362,000 for brownfields 

support. 

Climate Protection Programs.—In climate protection, there are 

increases of $500,000 for the energy star program and $1,500,000 

for the methane to markets program. 

Compliance Monitoring.—There is a decrease of $3,184,000 for 

compliance monitoring. 

Enforcement Programs.—In enforcement, there are increases of 

$1,500,000 for civil enforcement, $1,900,000 for criminal enforcement, and $500,000 for enforcement training. 

Environmental Protection/Congressional Priorities.—The conference agreement provides a total of $50,543,000 for high priority 

projects, an increase of $10,543,000 above the House recommended 

level. The managers have not agreed to a competitive solicitation 

this year for these programs. This issue may be revisited in future 

years. The managers agree to the following distribution of funds: 

State Project Name Amount 

1. AL ............................................... Alabama Department of Environmental Management for a water and 

wastewater training program.

$500,000 

2. CA .............................................. Highland Learning Center ......................................................................... 1,750,000 

3. CT .............................................. Waste to Energy project in Stamford, Connecticut .................................. 250,000 

4. CT .............................................. Wastewater turbine technology project for the City of New Haven, Connecticut.500,000 

5. FL ............................................... University of West Florida Partnership for Environmental Research and 

Community Health [PERCH] program.

500,000 

6. HI ............................................... Hawaii Island Economic Development Board’s Big Island Recycle program.500,000 

7. IA ............................................... University of Northern Iowa to develop new environmental technologies 

for small business outreach.

500,000 

8. IA ............................................... Water quality project in Storm Lake, Iowa ............................................... 500,000 

9. IL ................................................ For an aquifer model of groundwater resources ...................................... 938,000 

10. LA ............................................... Grambling University in Louisiana for a water quality research program.200,000 

11. LA ............................................... Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation lake restoration in Louisiana ...... 500,000 

12. MA .............................................. Environmental and science education program in New Bedford, Massachusetts.500,000 

13. MD ............................................. Anacostia River Tidal Wetlands Project ................................................... 1,000,000 

14. MO ............................................. Ozarks Environmental and Water Resources Institute at Southwest 

Missouri State University.

500,000 

15. MO ............................................. Southwest Missouri Water Quality Improvement Project ......................... 1,500,000 

16. MS .............................................. Environmental education initiative at Crow’s Neck Environmental Education Center in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.130,000 

17. MT .............................................. Air quality improvement program in Lincoln County, Montana ............... 1,000,000 

18. NC .............................................. EPA National Computer Center Research Triangle Park, NC Continuity 

of Operations/Disaster Recovery.

2,000,000 

19. NE .............................................. Lead-based paint hazard control program in Omaha, Nebraska ............ 500,000 

20. NJ ............................................... Restoration project in Greenwood Lake, New Jersey ................................ 300,000 

21. NV .............................................. Walker Lake, Nevada Working Group’s lake restoration program ........... 250,000 

22. NY .............................................. Central NY Watersheds in Onondaga and Cayuga Counties Water Quality Management.1,500,000 

23. NY .............................................. Long Island Sound restoration ................................................................. 1,800,000 

24. NY .............................................. Mohawk Valley, New York Water Authority’s bacteria detection program 250,000 

25. OK .............................................. Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to complete remediation work on Tar Creek.2,000,000 

26. OR .............................................. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality site assessment program 250,000 

27. RI ............................................... Waterfront stormwater management analysis in East Providence, 

Rhode Island.

250,000 

28. VT ............................................... Environmental clean-up and research programs in Lake Champlain, 

Vermont.

775,000 

29. VT ............................................... Storm water research program at the University of Vermont ................. 450,000 

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State Project Name Amount 

30. WA .............................................. Northwest Straits Commission, Washington State University beach 

watchers marine resources program.

250,000 

31. WA .............................................. Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer study ...................................... 300,000 

32. WA .............................................. Spokane River Bi-State Non-Point Phosphorus study .............................. 250,000 

33. WV .............................................. Canaan Valley Institute—On-going Operations ....................................... 2,000,000 

34. .................................................... America’s Clean Water Foundation On-Farm Assessment and Environmental Review Program.3,000,000 

35. .................................................... EPA Region 10 environmental compliance ............................................... 1,000,000 

36. .................................................... Groundwater Protection Council ............................................................... 650,000 

37. .................................................... National Assoc. of Development Organizations Training and Information Dissemination Related to Rural Brownfields, Air Quality Standards, and Water Infrastructure.

500,000 

38. .................................................... National Biosolids Partnership ................................................................. 1,000,000 

39. .................................................... National Rural Water Association, including source water protection 

programs.

11,000,000 

40. .................................................... Ohio River Pollutant Reduction Program .................................................. 1,500,000 

41. .................................................... Rural Community Assistance Program ..................................................... 3,500,000 

42. .................................................... Small Public Water System Technology Centers at Western Kentucky 

University, the University of New Hampshire, the University of Alaska-Sitka, Pennsylvania State University, the University of MissouriColumbia, Montana State University, the University of Illinois, and 

Mississippi State University.

4,000,000 

Total ........................................ ............................................................................................................. 50,543,000 

Geographic Programs.—In geographic programs, there are increases of $2,000,000 for the Chesapeake Bay program, $532,000 

for the Gulf of Mexico program, and $1,167,000 in other activities 

for Lake Pontchartrain, and decreases of $45,000 for the Lake 

Champlain program and $1,523,000 for the Long Island Sound program. 

Indoor Air Programs.—In indoor air, there is a decrease of 

$400,000 for radon programs. 

Information Exchange/Outreach.—In information exchange/ 

outreach, there is a decrease of $400,000 for State and local prevention and preparedness programs. 

International Programs.—In international programs, there are decreases of $250,000 for international capacity building and 

$1,000,000 for the persistent organic pollutants program. 

Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic Review.—There is a decrease of $600,000 for the regulatory innovation program. 

Pesticide Licensing.—In pesticide licensing, there is an increase of $3,041,000 for review/re-registration of existing pesticides. 

Toxics Risk Review and Prevention.—In the toxics risk review 

and prevention program, there is an increase of $1,356,000 for the 

high production volume challenge and high production volume information system and a decrease of $1,582,000 for the pollution 

prevention program. 

Water: Ecosystems.—There is an increase of $2,000,000 for 

Great Lakes Legacy Act programs. 

Water: Human Health Protection.—There are decreases of 

$1,500,000 for drinking water programs and $10,000,000 for the 

National Rural Water Association, which is funded under the environmental protection/Congressional priorities activity detailed 

above. 

Water Quality Protection.—There is a decrease of $2,000,000 

for the water quality monitoring program. 

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Bill Language.—Language is included increasing the earmark 

for official reception and representation expenses to $19,000 for fiscal year 2006 only. 

The managers agree to the following: 

1. A total of $5,000,000 is provided for the clean diesel initiative as described in House Report 109–80. 

2. Within stratospheric ozone domestic programs, the Sunwise 

program should be continued at the fiscal year 2005 funding level. 

3. A total of $2,000,000 is provided for the Puget Sound geographic program under section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution 

Control Act, as amended. This program is to be administered by 

the Washington State Department of Ecology. 

4. Within indoor air programs, $2,000,000 should be used to 

continue environmental tobacco-related programs. The managers 

note that, after this set-aside, there is still an increase for asthma 

programs above the fiscal year 2005 level. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The conference agreement provides $37,455,000 for the Office 

of Inspector General instead of $37,955,000 as proposed by the 

House and $36,955,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

The conference agreement provides $40,218,000 for buildings 

and facilities as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $1,260,621,000 for hazardous substance superfund instead of $1,258,333,000 as proposed 

by the House and $1,256,165,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Changes to the House recommended level are detailed below. 

Air Toxics and Quality.—In air toxics and quality, there is a 

decrease of $175,000 for radiation protection programs. 

Enforcement.—In enforcement, there are increases of $200,000 

for civil enforcement and $3,000,000 for Superfund enforcement. 

Compliance.—In compliance, there are decreases of $11,000 for 

compliance assistance and centers, $11,000 for compliance incentives, and $200,000 for compliance monitoring. 

Information Exchange and Outreach.—There is a decrease of 

$6,000 for congressional, intergovernmental, and external relations 

activities. 

Information Technology/Data Management/Security.—There is 

a decrease of $3,000 for information security. 

Operations and Administration.—In operations and administration, there is a decrease of $1,000,000 for facilities infrastructure and operations. 

Superfund Cleanup.—In Superfund cleanup, there is an increase of $494,000 for emergency response and removal. 

Bill Language.—Language is included earmarking 

$1,260,621,000 as the maximum payment from general revenues 

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for Superfund instead of $1,258,333,000 as proposed by the House 

and $1,256,165,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The managers are concerned that EPA has not yet issued a 

Record of Decision (ROD) for Libby, Montana, despite years of 

cleanup efforts. The managers direct the Agency to issue its Record 

of Decision for Libby, Montana no later than May 1, 2006. EPA 

should also provide a report on the contents of the ROD to both the 

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than 

June 15, 2006. The managers are disappointed that the Agency 

could not meet an earlier deadline, originally proposed by the Senate, and expect periodic updates on the progress of completion of 

the ROD for Libby, Montana. 

The House proposed a study by the National Academy of 

Sciences of Superfund mega sites that involve dredging. Upon further reflection, the managers believe that the appropriate role for 

the NAS is to act as an independent peer review body that will conduct an objective evaluation of some of the ongoing dredging 

projects underway at Superfund mega sites. By undertaking such 

an evaluation, the Academy can serve as an objective voice on this 

issue. The manager expect that the evaluation will be initiated by 

December 1, 2005, and finished as soon as possible, but no later 

than one year after the Academy begins work. In addition, the 

managers insist that any such evaluation by the Academy should 

not delay in any way the progress of the Hudson River PCB dredging project or any other Superfund dredging project. 

LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM

The conference agreement provides $73,027,000 for the leaking 

underground storage tank program as proposed by both the House 

and the Senate. 

OIL SPILL RESPONSE

The conference agreement provides $15,863,000 for oil spill response as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $3,261,696,000 for State 

and Tribal assistance grants and a rescission of $80,000,000 from 

expired grants, contracts, and interagency agreements, instead of 

$3,227,800,000 and a rescission of $100,000,000 as proposed by the 

House and $3,453,550,000 and a rescission of $58,000,000 as proposed by the Senate, The rescission is to be taken from expired 

grants, contracts, and interagency agreements in the various EPA 

accounts and is not exclusive to this account. Changes to the House 

recommended level are detailed below. 

Air Toxics and Quality.—In air toxics and quality programs, 

there is a decrease of $3,000,000 for the clean school bus initiative. 

Brownfields.—There is a decrease of $7,500,000 for brownfields 

projects. 

Infrastructure Assistance.—There is an increase of $20,000,000 

for infrastructure assistance for Alaska Native villages, a net decrease of $ , ,000 for the clean water State revolving fund 

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and a decrease of $4,000,000 for infrastructure assistance for Puerto Rico. The House proposal to direct rescinded funds to the 

CWSRF is not included in the conference agreement. 

Infrastructure Grants/Congressional Priorities.—The conference agreement includes $200,000,000 for special project grants 

as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The managers 

agree to the following distribution of funds: 

State Project name Amount 

1. AK .............................................. Water and sewer project in the City of Craig, Alaska ............................. $250,000 

2. AK .............................................. Water and sewer project in Unalaska, Alaska ......................................... 750,000 

3. AL ............................................... Coosa Valley Water Supply District surface water project in Alabama .. 800,000 

4. AL ............................................... Haleyville, AL North Industrial Area Water Storage Tank ........................ 50,000 

5. AL ............................................... Heflin, AL Industrial Site Water and Sewer Project ................................. 150,000 

6. AL ............................................... Huntsville, AL City of Huntsville Water System Improvements ............... 1,000,000 

7. AL ............................................... Sewer improvement project in the City of York, Alabama ...................... 700,000 

8. AL ............................................... Twin, AL Twin Water Authority Water Systems Renovation ..................... 250,000 

9. AL ............................................... Water main extension improvements project in Alexander City, Alabama.500,000 

10. AR .............................................. Improvements to the Little Maumelle water treatment plant in the City 

of Little Rock, Arkansas.

500,000 

11. AR .............................................. Regional wastewater treatment improvements for the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas.500,000 

12. AR .............................................. St. Charles, AR St. Charles Drainage Planning and Improvements ........ 50,000 

13. AZ .............................................. Avondale, AZ Avondale Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion .......... 1,500,000 

14. AZ .............................................. Safford, AZ City of Safford Waste Treatment Plant Debt Repayment to 

Arizona Infrastructure Finance Authority.

800,000 

15. AZ .............................................. Tucson, AZ Tucson Water Security Demonstration Project ...................... 450,000 

16. AZ .............................................. Wastewater treatment plant in Lake Havasu City, Arizona ..................... 1,500,000 

17. CA .............................................. Arcadia, Sierra Madre, CA Joint Water Infrastructure ............................. 2,500,000 

18. CA .............................................. Bakersfield, CA Rexland Acres Wastewater Treatment Project ................ 1,500,000 

19. CA .............................................. Bellflower, CA Drinking Water Infrastructure Improvement ..................... 378,000 

20. CA .............................................. Cathedral City, CA Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements 500,000

21. CA .............................................. Colfax, CA Colfax Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvement ................. 600,000 

22. CA .............................................. Georgetown, CA Greenwood Lake Water Treatment Facility ..................... 1,500,000 

23. CA .............................................. Lake Arrowhead, CA Lake Arrowhead Groundwater Development ............ 250,000 

24. CA .............................................. Martin Slough interceptor project in the City of Eureka, California ....... 375,000 

25. CA .............................................. Monterey, CA Monterey County Development and Implementation of 

Water Management Plan.

750,000 

26. CA .............................................. Perchlorate treatment program in the City of Pasadena, California ...... 375,000 

27. CA .............................................. Riverside, CA Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements ........ 500,000 

28. CA .............................................. San Bernardino, CA Lakes and Streams Project ...................................... 1,000,000 

29. CA .............................................. Santa Jose, CA Perchlorate Assistance Santa Clara Valley Water District.2,000,000 

30. CA .............................................. Solana Beach, CA Solana Beach Wastewater System Improvements ..... 1,000,000 

31. CA .............................................. Southern California Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements 

(Mission Springs Water District 1.6M, Brinton Reservoir (Banning) 

1M, Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency 500K, SAWPA SARI 450K, 

Yucca Valley 350K, Dunlap 100K).

4,000,000 

32. CA .............................................. Wastewater treatment plant expansion in Crescent City, California ...... 375,000 

33. CA .............................................. Water and wastewater infrastructure improvements project for the San 

Francisco Public Utility Commission in California.

500,000 

34. CA .............................................. Water facility project in the City of Santa Paula, California .................. 375,000 

35. CO .............................................. Drinking water project in the Town of Walden, Colorado ........................ 800,000 

36. CO .............................................. Stormwater improvement program in Jefferson County, Colorado .......... 500,000 

37. CO .............................................. Wastewater facility upgrades in Yuma, Colorado .................................... 100,000 

38. CO .............................................. Wastewater treatment facility improvements project in Brush, Colorado 100,000 

39. CO .............................................. Wastewater treatment plant improvements in the Cities of Englewood 

and Littleton, Colorado.

500,000 

40. CO .............................................. Water treatment facility in the City of Alamosa, Colorado ..................... 650,000 

41. CT .............................................. East Hampton, CT Municipal Water System Improvements .................... 1,200,000 

42. CT .............................................. Infrastructure upgrades at water pollution control plant in the Town of 

Plainville, Connecticut.

500,000 

43. CT .............................................. Stamford, CT Mill River Stormwater Management Infrastructure Improvements.1,000,000 

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State Project name Amount 

44. DE .............................................. Combined sewer overflow program in the City of Wilmington, Delaware 1,000,000 

45. FL ............................................... Citrus County, FL Homosassa Wastewater Collection System Project ..... 750,000 

46. FL ............................................... Coral Springs, FL Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements 700,000 

47. FL ............................................... East Central, FL East-Central Florida Integrated Water Resources ........ 1,500,000 

48. FL ............................................... Emerald Coast treatment plant replacement project for the Northwest 

Florida Water Management District.

800,000 

49. FL ............................................... Jacksonville Beach, FL North 2nd Street Drainage Collection and Treatment System.1,000,000 

50. FL ............................................... Keaton Beach, FL Taylor Coastal Wastewater Project ............................. 750,000 

51. FL ............................................... Lake Region water treatment plant improvements for the South Florida 

Water Management District.

300,000 

52. FL ............................................... North Port, FL Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements ....... 500,000 

53. FL ............................................... Pinellas Park, FL On-site Sewerage system elimination ......................... 1,787,000 

54. GA .............................................. Columbus, GA—Ox Bow Meadows Wastewater Improvements ............... 1,000,000

55. GA .............................................. Moultrie, GA City of Moultrie Wastewater Treatment Plant Rehabilitation.350,000 

56. GA .............................................. West Area Combined Sewer Overflow Tunnel in the City of Atlanta, 

Georgia.

500,000 

57. HI ............................................... Statewide cesspool replacement in the following counties, $500,000 

for the County of Hawaii; $400,000 for the County of Kauai; and, 

$100,000 for the City and County of Hawaii.

1,000,000 

58. IA ............................................... Combined sewer separation project in the City of Ottumwa, Iowa ........ 800,000 

59. IA ............................................... Construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Sioux City, Iowa ........ 500,000 

60. IA ............................................... Mason City, IA Sanitary Sewer Interceptor Project ................................... 1,000,000 

61. IA ............................................... Sewer separation project in the City of Davenport, Iowa ........................ 800,000 

62. ID ............................................... Construction of a wastewater collection and treatment facility in Valley County, Idaho.600,000 

63. ID ............................................... Wastewater treatment project in the City of Twin Falls, Idaho .............. 500,000 

64. ID ............................................... Water system infrastructure improvements in the City of Castleford, 

Idaho.

400,000 

65. IL ................................................ Big Rock, IL Big Rock South Side Drainage System ............................... 175,000 

66. IL ................................................ Calumet City, IL Water and Sewer Improvements ................................... 275,000 

67. IL ................................................ Construction of a wastewater treatment facility in the Village of 

Pecatonica, Illinois.

250,000 

68. IL ................................................ Drinking water improvements in the City of Wauconda, Illinois ............. 750,000 

69. IL ................................................ Drinking water infrastructure improvements in the City of Springfield, 

Illinois.

250,000 

70. IL ................................................ Hampshire, IL Water and Wastewater System Improvements ................. 600,000 

71. IL ................................................ Hinckley, IL Water Main Replacement ...................................................... 418,000 

72. IL ................................................ Pleasant Plains, IL New Sanitary Sewer Collection System and Wastewater Treatment Facilities.765,000 

73. IL ................................................ Sewer Improvement Consortium of Lake Bluff, Highwood, Highland 

Park and Lake Forest, Illinois.

500,000 

74. IL ................................................ Water system upgrades in the Village of Port Byron, Illinois ................. 250,000 

75. IN ............................................... Construction of a wastewater treatment facility in Morgan County, Indiana for the Town of Waverly.750,000 

76. IN ............................................... Sandborn, IN Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements ........ 500,000 

77. IN ............................................... Valparaiso, IN Valparaiso Sewer Infrastructure Improvements ............... 825,000 

78. IN ............................................... Water infrastructure upgrades in the City of Upland, Indiana ............... 1,700,000 

79. KS .............................................. New drinking water transmission line in the City of Medicine Lodge, 

Kansas.

500,000 

80. KS .............................................. Water infrastructure improvements in Johnson County, Kansas ............. 500,000 

81. KS .............................................. Rose Hill, KS City of Rose Hill Sewer System Improvements .................. 2,500,000 

82. KY .............................................. City of Columbia, Kentucky, and the Adair County Regional Water 

Treatment Plant.

500,000 

83. KY .............................................. Louisville, KY Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy Watershed Restoration.1,000,000 

84. KY .............................................. Somerset, KY Somerset Wastewater Treatment Plant .............................. 3,200,000 

85. KY .............................................. Wastewater sewer line extension project in the City of South Campbellsville, Kentucky.1,000,000 

86. KY .............................................. Wastewater treatment plant expansion project in Culver City, Kentucky 500,000 

87. LA ............................................... Shreveport Municipal Water Distribution system backflow prevention 

project in Shreveport, Louisiana.

400,000 

88. LA ............................................... South Lake Charles, LA Wastewater Treatment Plant ............................. 1,000,000 

89. LA ............................................... Tioga, LA Water Works District No. 3 of Rapides Parish—Drinking 

Water Extension.

1,500,000 

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State Project name Amount 

90. MA .............................................. Combined sewer overflow abatement project in Bristol County, Massachusetts.1,000,000 

91. MA .............................................. Hartford, CT; Springfield, Chicopee, Holyoke, Ludlow, South Hadley, MA 

Connecticut River Clean-up.

2,000,000 

92. MD ............................................. Anacostia Sanitary Sewer Overflow .......................................................... 500,000 

93. MD ............................................. Combined sewer overflow project in the City of Cumberland, Maryland 350,000 

94. MD ............................................. Combined sewer overflow project in the City of Frostburg, Maryland .... 500,000 

95. MD ............................................. Combined sewer overflow project in the City of Westernport, Maryland 500,000

96. MD ............................................. Greenmount Interceptor sewer improvement project in the City of Baltimore, Maryland.1,000,000 

97. MD ............................................. Port Tobacco, MD Port Tobacco Watershed Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.200,000 

98. MD ............................................. Sewer line repair project in the City of Emmitsburg, Maryland ............. 150,000 

99. MD ............................................. Wastewater lagoon repair in the City of Funkstown, Maryland .............. 150,000 

100. ME ............................................ Wastewater treatment project in the Town of Machias, Maine .............. 500,000 

101. ME ............................................ Waterline extension and water system upgrade project in the Town of 

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.

472,000 

102. MI ............................................. Combined sewer overflow control program for the City of Port Huron, 

Michigan.

1,000,000 

103. MI ............................................. Detroit, MI Far Eastside Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvement Project.1,500,000 

104. MI ............................................. North-East Relief Sewer [NERS] project in Genesee County, Michigan .. 250,000

105. MI ............................................. Oakland County, MI Evergreen-Farmington Sanitary Sewer Overflow 

Control Demonstration Project.

2,000,000 

106. MI ............................................. Public sewer system improvements in the City of Northport, Michigan 250,000 

107. MI ............................................. Regional wastewater treatment system improvements in Eastern Calhoun County, Michigan.225,000 

108. MI ............................................. Rouge River CSO, SSO Wet Weather demonstration project in Wayne 

County, Michigan.

500,000 

109. MI ............................................. Sewage treatment program in Traverse City, Michigan .......................... 150,000 

110. MI ............................................. Sewer plant improvements in the City of Saginaw, Michigan ................ 250,000 

111. MN ........................................... Construction of a new wastewater treatment plant in the City of 

Willmar, Minnesota.

500,000 

112. MN ........................................... Minneapolis, MN Combined Sewer Overflow Program ............................. 1,500,000 

113. MN ........................................... Sanitary management district of Crow Wing County, Minnesota ............ 500,000 

114. MN ........................................... Western Lake Superior Sanitary District in the City of Duluth, Minnesota.500,000 

115. MO ........................................... Expansion of the Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission treatment Plant in Missouri.500,000 

116. MO ........................................... Springfield, MO Wastewater System Improvements ................................. 1,200,000 

117. MO ........................................... St. Louis, Missouri Combined Sewer Overflow Project ............................. 1,000,000 

118. MO ........................................... Wastewater improvements project in the City of Seneca, Missouri ........ 850,000 

119. MS ............................................ Drinking water and wastewater treatment improvements project in the 

Chipley area in the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi.

747,000 

120. MS ............................................ Regional wastewater program in DeSoto County, Mississippi ................ 500,000 

121. MS ............................................ Wastewater infrastructure evaluation and repair project in the City of 

Ridgeland, Mississippi.

500,000 

122. MS ............................................ Wastewater system rehabilitation for the West Rankin Water Authority 

in Mississippi.

2,000,000 

123. MS ............................................ Wastewater treatment facilities improvements in the City of Pontotoc, 

Mississippi.

1,200,000 

124. MS ............................................ Wastewater treatment improvements in the City of Brookhaven, Mississippi.1,000,000 

125. MS ............................................ Wastewater treatment improvements in the City of Flowood, Mississippi.500,000 

126. MS ............................................ Wastewater treatment improvements project in Wheeler, Mississippi .... 750,000

127. MS ............................................ Water and sewer infrastructure project in Forrest County, Mississippi .. 700,000 

128. MS ............................................ Water and sewer infrastructure project in the City of Biloxi, Mississippi 1,000,000 

129. MS ............................................ Water and sewer infrastructure project in the Town of McLain, Mississippi.250,000 

130. MT ............................................ Drinking water system upgrades in the City of Belgrade, Montana ....... 750,000 

131. MT ............................................ Havre, MT Rocky Boy’s/North Central Montana Regional Water System 1,000,000 

132. MT ............................................ Wastewater treatment improvements in the Pablo/Lake County Water 

and Sewer District, Montana.

500,000 

133. MT ............................................ Wastewater treatment improvements in the Seeley Lake Sewer District, 

Montana.

1,000,000 

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State Project name Amount 

134. MT ............................................ Wastewater treatment improvements in the Town of St. Ignatius, Montana.750,000 

135. MT ............................................ Wastewater treatment improvements in the Wisdom Sewer District, 

Montana.

500,000 

136. MT ............................................ Wastewater treatment plant improvement project in the City of Bozeman, Montana.170,000 

137. MT ............................................ Water system infrastructure improvements in the City of Helena, Montana.2,250,000 

138. NC ............................................ Anson County, NC Raw Water Intake Project ........................................... 1,000,000 

139. NC ............................................ Brightwater, NC Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements 

(water distribution system) (grantee is City of Hendersonville).

587,000 

140. NC ............................................ Cedar Grove, NC Cedar Grove Waterline Project ...................................... 253,000 

141. NC ............................................ Charlotte, NC Providence Road Water Line project ................................. 1,000,000 

142. NC ............................................ Haywood County, NC Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements (Town of Clyde 500k, Canton 500k).1,000,000 

143. NC ............................................ Kannapolis, NC Groundwater Storage Tank & Fire Pump System ........... 500,000

144. NC ............................................ Mitchell County, NC Ledger Community Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.500,000 

145. NC ............................................ Moore County, NC North West Moore Water District Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.500,000 

146. NC ............................................ Sylva, NC Jackson County Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.500,000 

147. NC ............................................ Wake County, NC Jordan Lake Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Improvements.

1,500,000 

148. NC ............................................ Wilson, NC Wilson Wastewater Infrastructure Program ........................... 1,000,000 

149. NC/VA ....................................... Sparta, NC & Independence, VA Virginia Carolina Water Authority 

Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.

1,000,000 

150. ND ............................................ Drinking water distribution improvements for the North Central Rural 

Water Consortium, North Dakota.

250,000 

151. ND ............................................ Regional drinking water infrastructure expansion for the Towns of 

Hankinson, Wyndemere, LaMoure, and Oakes, North Dakota (Southeast Area).

300,000 

152. ND ............................................ Regional water treatment facility improvements in the City of 

Washburn, North Dakota.

700,000 

153. ND ............................................ Regional water treatment facility infrastructure in the City of Riverdale, North Dakota.500,000 

154. ND ............................................ Rural water district infrastructure improvements in Walsh County, 

North Dakota.

250,000 

155. ND ............................................ Wastewater treatment facility upgrades in the City of Lakota, North 

Dakota.

300,000 

156. ND ............................................ Water and sewer improvement projects in the City of Crosby, North 

Dakota.

250,000 

157. ND ............................................ Water infrastructure improvements in the City of Devils Lake, North 

Dakota.

500,000 

158. ND ............................................ Water treatment plant regulatory improvements in the City of Grafton, 

North Dakota.

725,000 

159. NE ............................................ Combined sewer separation projects in the City of Omaha, Nebraska .. 500,000 

160. NE ............................................ Water and wastewater infrastructure improvements in the City of Lincoln, Nebraska.500,000 

161. NH ............................................ Combined sewer overflow separation project in the City of Manchester, 

New Hampshire.

500,000 

162. NH ............................................ Exeter, NH Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements ............ 1,000,000 

163. NH ............................................ Waterworks Project in the City of Berlin, New Hampshire ...................... 500,000 

164. NJ ............................................. $250,000 for the Rahway City Sanitary Sewer I&I, and $250,000 for 

the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority.

500,000 

165. NJ ............................................. Bergen County, NJ Bergen County Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.1,000,000 

166. NJ ............................................. Passaic Valley, NJ Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission Combined 

Sewage Overflow Project.

2,500,000 

167. NJ ............................................. Stormwater infrastructure improvements at Farnham Park in the City 

of Camden, New Jersey.

500,000 

168. NM ........................................... Construction of a wastewater treatment system in Kirtland, New Mexico.1,000,000 

169. NM ........................................... Village of Tijeras, NM Phase III Water System ........................................ 952,000 

170. NM ........................................... Wastewater and drinking water improvements project for the Albuquerque/Bernalillo Water Utility Authority in New Mexico.1,000,000 

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State Project name Amount 

171. NM ........................................... Wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal system in the Town of 

Edgewood, New Mexico.

1,000,000 

172. NM ........................................... Wastewater project in the City of Belen, New Mexico ............................. 1,000,000 

173. NM ........................................... Water project in the City of Las Cruces, New Mexico ............................. 1,000,000 

174. NV ............................................ Henderson, NV Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant .......................... 1,000,000 

175. NV ............................................ Searchlight sewer system upgrades/Clark County Reclamation District 

improvement project in Nevada.

650,000 

176. NV ............................................ Water and wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Marlette/ 

Hobart water system in Carson City, Nevada.

50,000 

177. NV ............................................ Water infrastructure improvements for the North Lemmon Valley Artificial Recharge Project in North Lemmon Valley, Nevada.150,000 

178. NV ............................................ Water infrastructure improvements in Douglas County, Nevada ............ 400,000 

179. NY ............................................ Ballston Spa, NY Saratoga County Water Treatment and Transmission 

Facilities.

3,000,000 

180. NY ............................................ Cayuga County, NY Village of Fairhaven Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.750,000 

181. NY ............................................ Corning, NY Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements .......... 750,000 

182. NY ............................................ Dunkirk, NY Chadwick Bay West End Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.400,000 

183. NY ............................................ Monroe County Water Authority Eastside Water Treatment Project Water 

and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.

2,000,000 

184. NY ............................................ Mt. Pleasant, NY Stormwater Infrastructure Improvements .................... 138,000 

185. NY ............................................ Saugerties, NY Saugerties Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.2,100,000 

186. NY ............................................ Stormwater restoration project in the Town of North Hempstead, New 

York.

1,000,000 

187. NY ............................................ Water and sewer extension project in the Town of Bethel, New York .... 1,000,000 

188. OH ............................................ Canal Winchester, OH Village of Canal Winchester Water Treatment 

Plant Expansion.

500,000 

189. OH ............................................ Construction of a sewer collection and treatment system in the Village 

of Higginsport, Ohio.

850,000 

190. OH ............................................ Drinking water line replacement in Muskingum County, Ohio ................ 200,000 

191. OH ............................................ Galion, OH Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements .............................. 1,000,000 

192. OH ............................................ Greene Community in Greene County, Ohio for wastewater and drinking 

water projects.

150,000 

193. OH ............................................ Wastewater collection and treatment system in the City of Elmira, 

Ohio, and the City of Burlington, Ohio.

800,000 

194. OH ............................................ Yellow Springs, OH Morris Bean Sanitary Sewer Connection Project ...... 125,000 

195. OK ............................................ Nicoma Park, OK Nicoma Park Water Line ............................................... 200,000 

196. OK ............................................ Wewoka, OK City of Wewoka Well Water Access ...................................... 275,000 

197. OR ............................................ Sanitary district facility upgrades in the City of Winchester Bay, Oregon.750,000 

198. PA ............................................ Allegheny County Sanitary Authority for the Three Rivers Wet Weather 

program in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

1,750,000 

199. PA ............................................ Ambridge, PA Drinking Water Infrastructure Improvements .................... 92,000 

200. PA ............................................ Central sewer collection and treatment replacement in Tulpehocken 

Township, Pennsylvania.

250,000 

201. PA ............................................ Combined sewer overflow and flood protection project in the City of 

Plum Creek and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

800,000 

202. PA ............................................ Interceptor improvements project in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania ............... 200,000 

203. PA ............................................ Kingston, PA Luzerne County Combined Sewer Overflow ......................... 1,000,000 

204. PA ............................................ Pen Argyl Borough, PA Wastewater Treatment Plant ............................... 100,000 

205. PA ............................................ Philadelphia, PA Southeastern Pennsylvania Waterways Restoration 

Stormwater Infrastructure Improvements.

695,000 

206. PA ............................................ Pleasantville, PA Borough of Pleasantville Water System Improvements 300,000

207. PA ............................................ Public sewer service extensions in Menallen Township, Pennsylvania ... 250,000

208. PA ............................................ Sewer improvement project in the Borough of Archbald, Pennsylvania 750,000 

209. PA ............................................ Storm sewer pipe construction in Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania ..... 250,000 

210. PA ............................................ Stormwater infrastructure improvements project in the Borough of 

Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

250,000 

211. PA ............................................ Tarentum, PA Bull Creek Flood Protection Plan ....................................... 1,000,000 

212. PA ............................................ Water infrastructure improvements in the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.500,000 

213. RI ............................................. Cumberland, RI Cumberland Drinking Water Infrastructure Improvements.500,000 

214. RI ............................................. New water storage tank in the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island ............ 875,000 

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State Project name Amount 

215. RI ............................................. Water infrastructure improvements in the City of Cumberland, Rhode 

Island.

500,000 

216. RI ............................................. Water infrastructure improvements in the City of North Smithfield, 

Rhode Island.

200,000 

217. SC ............................................ Construction of the Maple Creek Water Treatment Plant for the Greer 

Commission of Public Works in Greer, South Carolina.

500,000 

218. SC ............................................ Myrtle Beach, SC Storm Water Management System .............................. 615,000 

219. SC ............................................ Olar, SC Olar and Govan Regional Water System ................................... 733,000 

220. SD ............................................ Water and wastewater master plan development in Rapid City, South 

Dakota.

800,000 

221. SD ............................................ Water infrastructure improvements in the City of Springfield, South 

Dakota.

180,000 

222. TN ............................................ East Tennessee Development District Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements (Jefferson City 700k, Norris 300k, Cumberland 

Gap 250k, Jefferson County 300k).

1,550,000 

223. TN ............................................ Lake Tansi Sewer Project in Cumberland County, Tennessee ................. 1,000,000 

224. TN ............................................ Southeast Tennessee Development District Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements (Cleveland 550k, Ducktown 150k, Spring 

City 250k).

950,000 

225. TN ............................................ Watauga River Regional Water Authority in Carter County, Tennessee .. 1,000,000 

226. TN ............................................ West End water and wastewater infrastructure project in Oak Ridge, 

Tennessee.

1,000,000 

227. TX ............................................. Fresno/Arcola, TX Fort Bend County Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.2,000,000 

228. TX ............................................. Liberty Hill, TX Liberty Hill Wastewater Treatment Facilities and Collection System.365,000 

229. TX ............................................. Lorena, TX City of Lorena Wastewater Treatment Plant .......................... 350,000 

230. TX ............................................. Richmond/Rosenberg, TX West Fort Bend County Regional Water System.570,000 

231. TX ............................................. Sewer overflow prevention project in the City of Austin, Texas .............. 500,000 

232. UT ............................................ Arsenic and perchlorate removal project in Magna, Utah ...................... 700,000 

233. UT ............................................ Construction of a drinking water nitrate remediation plant for Centerfield, Utah, and Mayfield, Utah.1,500,000 

234. UT ............................................ Drinking water and stormwater infrastructure improvements in Sandy 

City, Utah.

1,000,000 

235. UT ............................................ Wastewater treatment plant in Eagle Mountain, Utah ............................ 500,000 

236. UT ............................................ Water infrastructure improvements for Judge Tunnel in Park City, Utah 300,000 

237. VA ............................................ Alexandria, VA Four Mile Run Restoration ............................................... 1,500,000 

238. VA ............................................ Construction of wastewater treatment facilities expansion in Lee County, Virginia.500,000 

239. VA ............................................ Hanover County, VA Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.682,000 

240. VA ............................................ Henry County, VA Henry County Water System Connector to Pittsylvania 

County.

110,000 

241. VA ............................................ National Capital Region, VA, MD, DC Real-Time Drinking Water Distribution Security Monitoring.521,000 

242. VA ............................................ Wastewater treatment infrastructure improvements project in the Town 

of Onancock, Virginia.

500,000 

243. VT ............................................. Wastewater treatment project in the Town of Pownal, Vermont ............. 1,000,000 

244. VT ............................................. Water treatment projects in the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont ................ 1,000,000 

245. WA ............................................ Carnation, WA City of Carnation Sewer Collection and Conveyance System.1,000,000 

246. WA ............................................ Groundwater remediation project in North Clark County, Washington .... 500,000

247. WA ............................................ Hood Canal, WA Lower Hood Canal Wastewater Collection and Treatment System.5,000,000 

248. WI ............................................. Metropolitan sewage district interceptor system program in the City of 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

800,000 

249. WI ............................................. Park Falls, WI Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements 

(wells, pumphouse, water main).

1,000,000 

250. WI ............................................. Pittsville, WI Wastewater Treatment Plant/Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.1,900,000 

251. WI ............................................. Radionuclide standard drinking water project in the City of Waukesha, 

Wisconsin.

800,000 

252. WI ............................................. Rhinelander, WI Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements 

(well, pumphouse, water main, storm sewer).

1,000,000 

253. WV ............................................ Beckley, WV Piney Creek Interceptor Sewer Replacement Project ........... 1,000,000 

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State Project name Amount 

254. WV ............................................ Canaan Valley, WV Canaan Valley Decentralized Wastewater System .... 1,000,000

255. WV ............................................ Mineral County, WV Lakewood Wastewater Treatment Facility ................ 220,000 

256. WV ............................................ Spencer, WV Spencer Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements.1,000,000 

257. WY ............................................ Wastewater treatment plant improvements project in the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming.1,000,000 

Total ........................................ ............................................................................................................. 200,000,000 

Categorical Grants.—In categorical grants, there are increases 

of $1,000,000 for section 106 pollution control grants, $1,856,000 

for targeted watershed grants, and $1,200,000 for wastewater operator training, and decreases of $934,000 for hazardous waste financial assistance, $1,772,000 for section 319 nonpoint source grants, 

$5,500,000 for section 106 water quality monitoring grants, 

$854,000 for public water system supervision, $600,000 for radon, 

$15,000,000 for water quality cooperative agreements, and 

$1,000,000 for wetlands program development. 

Rescission.—The conference agreement modifies rescission language proposed by the House and the Senate and rescinds 

$80,000,000 from expired grants, contracts and interagency agreements instead of a rescission of $100,000,000 as proposed by the 

House and a rescission of $58,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Although this language appears under the State and Tribal Assistance Grants heading, it applies to all EPA appropriation accounts. 

The conference agreement does not direct the rescinded funds to 

the clean water State revolving fund as proposed by the House nor 

does the language reference an April 2005 review by the Government Accountability Office as proposed by the House. 

Other Bill Language.—Language is included making permanent the prohibition, proposed by the Senate, on the use of funds 

from the drinking water State revolving fund for health effects 

studies on drinking water contaminants. The managers note these 

studies are, and should continue to be, funded under the science 

and technology account. 

Language is included, as proposed by the Senate, providing direction on the distribution of funds to address drinking water and 

wastewater infrastructure needs of Alaska Native villages. 

Language proposed by the House referencing special project 

grants is included with a technical modification. 

There is no earmark for the Fortuna Radar Site as proposed 

by the Senate. 

Language is included making permanent the authority, proposed by the Senate, for States to transfer funds between the clean 

water and drinking water revolving funds. 

Language is not included, which was proposed by the House, 

stipulating that special project funding from fiscal year 2000 or 

earlier that is not obligated on an approved grant by the end of fiscal year 2006 will be transferred to the appropriate State revolving 

fund. Instead, such funds that are not obligated on approved grants 

by September 1, 2006, are included in the rescission referenced 

above. 

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cial project grants to the appropriate State revolving fund. Instead 

such funds are included in the rescission referenced above. 

Language is not included, which was proposed by the House, 

transferring funds from projects that are determined to be ineligible for a grant to the appropriate State revolving fund. The managers expect EPA to keep the House and Senate Committees on 

Appropriations apprised of grants that are determined to be ineligible. 

Language is included making permanent the authority, proposed by the House, for EPA to make technical corrections to special project grants. The Senate had similar language but used the 

phrase ‘‘notwithstanding any other provision of law’’; whereas the 

House language and the language adopted in the conference agreement uses the phrase ‘‘notwithstanding this or previous appropriations Acts’’. 

The conference agreement includes a minor technical correction to the school bus retrofit language. 

The managers agree to the following: 

1. Within the funds provided for the United States-Mexico border program, $4,000,000 is for the El Paso Utilities Board 

and $3,000,000 is for the City of Brownsville water supply 

project. 

2. Within the categorical grant targeted watersheds pro- gram, $6,000,000 is for a regional pilot program for the Chesapeake Bay as described in Senate Report 109–80. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 

House regarding an exception to CERCLA relating to the qualifying date for brownfields grants or loans. The House had a single 

year provision. The Senate proposed to make this provision permanent. 

Language is not included, which was proposed by the Senate, 

providing permanent authority for the use of brownfields grant 

funding for administrative expenses. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Section 201 modifies language, proposed by the Senate in sections 201 and 202 and by the House in section 434, dealing with 

human dosing studies. The managers note the many concerns expressed on both the House and Senate floors with respect to intentional human toxicity dosing studies relied upon by the EPA in reviewing applications for pesticide approvals. Concern is particularly 

acute for pregnant women, fetuses, and children. The managers believe this is a very serious issue that needs to be addressed by EPA 

as soon as possible. The managers have included statutory language that prohibits the EPA from accepting, considering, or relying on third party intentional dosing human toxicity studies for 

pesticides until EPA issues a final rulemaking addressing such 

studies. The language also requires EPA to provide for at least a 

90-day public comment period on its proposed rule and to issue the 

final rule no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act. Such 

rule shall not permit the use of pregnant women, infants or children as subjects; shall be consistent with the principles proposed 

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in the 2004 report of the National Academy of Sciences on intentional human dosing and the principles of the Nuremberg Code 

with respect to human experimentation; and shall establish an 

independent Human Subjects Review Board. 

Section 202 includes the text of Senate section 435 prohibiting 

the use of funds in contravention of Executive Order 12898 dealing 

with environmental justice. The House had a similar provision in 

section 432 of the House bill. The Senate provision that is included 

in the conference agreement includes a reference to the date of the 

Executive Order and to the Federal Register notice in which it was 

published. 

Section 203 includes the text of House section 433 prohibiting 

the use of funds to finalize, issue, implement, or enforce the existing EPA wastewater blending policy. 

Section 204 includes the text of Senate section 436 prohibiting 

the use of funds in contravention of 15 U.S.C. 2682(c)(3), dealing 

with lead-based paint, or to delay implementation of that provision 

of law. 

Section 205 includes language, as proposed by the Senate 

under Administrative Provisions for the EPA, prohibiting the use 

of funds to publish proposed or final regulations relating to certain 

small engines required by section 428(b) of division G of Public 

Law 108–199 until the Administrator has completed and published 

a technical study of safety issues, including the risk of fire and 

burn to consumers. 

TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

FOREST SERVICE

FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

The conference agreement provides $283,094,000 for forest and 

rangeland research instead of $285,000,000 as proposed by the 

House and $280,892,000 as proposed by the Senate. The forest inventory and analysis program is provided $60,267,000 instead of 

$62,100,000 recommended by the House and $58,434,000 recommended by the Senate; this is an increase of $4,341,000 above 

the fiscal year 2005 level. The managers agree to the following 

changes to recommendations that were proposed by the House: 

Project or activity 

Conference recommendation: 

Change from House Project total 

Fixed costs ............................................................................................................................... ¥3,000,000 $3,177,000 

Forest inventory and analysis ................................................................................................. ¥1,833,000 60,267,000 

Advanced wood structure research ......................................................................................... 0 1,500,000 

Adelgid research NE station .................................................................................................... 0 1,600,000 

Emerald ash borer research in Ohio ....................................................................................... 0 400,000 

Southern pine beetle initiative ................................................................................................ 0 2,400,000 

Coweeta, flood and landslide research ................................................................................... 0 200,000 

Coweeta, technology transfer, NC ........................................................................................... ¥150,000 296,000 

Bent Creek, technology transfer, NC ....................................................................................... 150,000 150,000 

Joe Skeen Inst. Montana St. Univ. .......................................................................................... 350,000 350,000 

Center for bottomlands hardwoods, MS .................................................................................. 500,000 500,000 

Forest Products Laboratory salvage lumber, WI ..................................................................... 700,000 700,000 

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Project or activity 

Conference recommendation: 

Change from 

House Project total 

NE States research cooperative .............................................................................................. 350,000 2,322,000 

Hydrology studies at Starkville, MS ........................................................................................ 500,000 500,000 

Baltimore urban watershed, MD ............................................................................................. 100,000 197,000 

Flood modeling, Fernow Expt. Forest, WV ............................................................................... 227,000 227,000 

NE Station land use decision models ..................................................................................... 200,000 200,000 

The managers also agree to the following: 

1. The funding provided for advanced wood structure research should be used for merit-based work by the Forest Products Laboratory and cooperators, including members of the advanced housing research consortium. This replaces recommendations made by both the House and the Senate. 

2. The managers do not support the proposal to close the 

research work unit in Morgantown, WV and direct the Service 

to maintain funding near the fiscal year 2005 level for work 

unit RWU NE–4751. 

3. The managers direct the Forest Service to continue 

working with the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service to administer the program with 

the Joe Skeen Institute for Rangeland Restoration at Montana 

State University. 

4. The Forest Service should ensure that all research facility managers understand how to comply fully with Congressional allocations in a timely manner. 

5. The managers support efforts by the Forest Products 

Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, to prioritize its wood products research programs and urge the Forest Service to work 

with industry partners and research users to develop a comprehensive, agency-wide wood products research plan to guide 

future investment at the Laboratory. 

STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

The conference agreement provides $283,577,000 for State and 

private forestry instead of $254,875,000 as proposed by the House 

and $254,615,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funding levels for 

this appropriation should follow the House recommendations unless otherwise instructed herein. 

Forest Health Management.—The conference agreement provides $54,236,000 for Federal lands forest health management instead of $55,000,000 as proposed by the House and $50,023,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes 

$47,629,000 for cooperative lands forest health management instead of $48,000,000 as proposed by the House and $22,608,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. The change from the House recommendation is the addition of $300,000 for the Vermont forest monitoring 

cooperative as proposed by the Senate, and a general reduction of 

$671,000. 

Cooperative Fire Assistance.—The conference agreement includes $33,422,000 for State fire assistance instead of $35,422,000 

as proposed by the House and $26,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. This allocation includes $2,500,000 as proposed by the House 

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for urgent work near the San Bernardino National Forest, and a 

general program decrease of $2,000,000 below the House level. 

The conference agreement includes $6,000,000 for volunteer 

fire assistance as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The 

conference agreement also includes additional funds for State fire 

and volunteer fire assistance as part of the national fire plan funding within the wildland fire management account. 

Forest Stewardship.—The conference agreement includes 

$34,699,000 for forest stewardship instead of $37,399,000 as proposed by the House and $32,320,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Changes from the House recommendations include a general decrease of $2,500,000 and a decrease of $200,000 for land use decision models. Funding for this last project is included within the research account. 

Forest Legacy Program.—The conference agreement includes 

$57,380,000 for the forest legacy program instead of $25,000,000 as 

proposed by the House and $62,632,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

These funds are derived from the Land and Water Conservation 

Fund. The conference agreement includes the following distribution 

of funds for the forest legacy program: 

State and Project Conference 

HI Wao Kele o Puna ............................................................................. $3,400,000 

TN Walls of Jericho .............................................................................. 1,900,000 

MA Quabbin Corridor Connection ....................................................... 2,500,000 

ME Katahdin Ironworks ...................................................................... 4,500,000 

WA Cedar Green Forest ....................................................................... 2,000,000 

PA History of Forestry ......................................................................... 2,300,000 

WA Carbon River Forest ...................................................................... 1,630,000 

CA Baxter Ranch .................................................................................. 1,000,000 

MT North Swan River Valley .............................................................. 2,800,000 

DE Green Horizons ............................................................................... 2,000,000 

ME Machias River Project Phase II .................................................... 1,500,000 

CT Skiff Mountain ................................................................................ 1,200,000 

CA Six Rivers to the Sea Phase II ...................................................... 1,000,000 

GA Altamaha River Corridor ............................................................... 2,000,000 

NY Adirondack Working Forest Easement ......................................... 1,000,000 

UT Cedar Project #3 ............................................................................. 1,500,000 

WV Potomac River Hills ....................................................................... 1,300,000 

VT Green Mountain Wildlife Corridor ................................................ 700,000 

NJ Sparta Mountain South .................................................................. 1,800,000 

MT Nevada Creek-Blackfoot Phase II ................................................. 1,400,000 

ID Singleton Kilgore ............................................................................. 650,000 

MI Kamehameha School Land Conservation Easement ................... 2,000,000 

IN Land Bridge ..................................................................................... 550,000 

KY Knobs State Forest and Wildlife Management Area ................... 1,750,000 

USVI Annaly Bay/Hermitage Valley ................................................... 500,000 

WI Wolf River ........................................................................................ 1,000,000 

CO Banded Peaks Ranch Phase II ...................................................... 1,500,000 

ID St. Joe Basin/Mica Creek ................................................................ 1,500,000 

UT Range Creek/Rainbow Glass Ranch .............................................. 750,000 

NH Rossview ......................................................................................... 2,000,000 

AK Agulowak River .............................................................................. 600,000 

NM Horse Springs ................................................................................ 1,250,000 

MN Brainerd Lakes Forest Legacy ..................................................... 800,000 

VA New River Corridor ........................................................................ 230,000 

RI Bugnet Tract .................................................................................... 600,000 

MD Broad Creek ................................................................................... 1,000,000 

PR The Gutierrez Project ..................................................................... 150,000 

IA Monona ............................................................................................. 320,000 

NH Willard Pond .................................................................................. 550,000 

GA Paulding County ............................................................................. 250,000 

Use of prior year funds .......................................................................... ¥3,000,000 

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State and Project Conference 

Forest Legacy Program Administration, Acquisition Management, 

and Assessment of Need Planning ................................................... 5,000,000 

Total, Forest Legacy ........................................................ 57,380,000 

The conference agreement retains bill language proposed by 

the House requiring notification of the Committees on Appropriations when the Forest Service makes funds available for specific 

forest legacy projects. 

Urban and Community Forestry.—The conference agreement 

includes $28,875,000 for the urban and community forestry program instead of $28,175,000 as proposed by the House and 

$28,675,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes from the House 

recommendation for this activity include Senate proposals of 

$350,000 for the Chicago, IL greenstreets program, $350,000 for 

the Milwaukee, WI tree planting program, and $150,000 for the 

urban watershed forestry research and demonstration cooperative 

in Baltimore, MD, and a $150,000 general program decrease. 

Economic Action Programs.—The conference agreement includes $9,679,000 for the economic action programs instead of 

$7,979,000 as proposed by the House and $14,200,000 as proposed 

by the Senate. The conference agreement includes the funding recommended by the House, with the following changes: $1,500,000 

for fuels in schools program in Montana; $500,000 for the Hinkle 

Creek watershed study in Oregon; $300,000 for the University of 

Idaho, Mica Creek study; $350,000 for the northern forests partnership program as recommended by the Senate; $500,000 for the Purdue University hardwood scanning center, IN; $400,000 for the 

wood enterprise agent in Montana; $500,000 for the private landowner database in Washington; $750,000 for the Hubbard Brook 

Foundation, NH; $400,000 for the Ketchikan, AK, wood technology 

center; $1,000,000 for Madison County, NC, forest recreation center; and $500,000 for the Folkmoot USA in Haywood County, NC 

for programs and outreach highlighting Appalachian forest folk 

crafts. The conference agreement includes bill language concerning 

direct payments for Madison County, NC and Folkmoot USA, NC. 

Funding for biomass utilization grants are not included under this 

activity; instead, the conference agreement follows the Senate recommendation to fund that activity within the wildland fire management appropriation. 

Forest Resource Information and Analysis.—The conference 

agreement includes $4,657,000 for forest resource information and 

analysis as proposed by the Senate instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the House. 

International Program.—The conference agreement includes 

$7,000,000 for the International program as proposed by the Senate instead of $6,900,000 proposed by the House. 

NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $1,424,348,000 for the national forest system instead of $1,417,920,000 as proposed by the 

House and $1,377,656,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Funds should be distributed as follows: 

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Land management planning ................................................................. $59,057,000 

Inventory and monitoring ..................................................................... 170,179,000 

Recreation, heritage & wilderness ....................................................... 265,200,000 

Wildlife & fish habitat management .................................................... 134,850,000 

Grazing management ............................................................................ 49,000,000 

Forest products ...................................................................................... 284,297,000 

Vegetation & watershed management ................................................. 184,050,000 

Minerals and geology management ...................................................... 85,865,000 

Landownership management ................................................................ 93,000,000 

Law enforcement operations ................................................................. 89,200,000 

Vales Calderas National Preserve, NM ............................................... 5,150,000 

Centennial of Service challenge ............................................................ 4,500,000 

Total ................................................................................................. 1,424,348,000 

The following discussion describes funding changes from the 

House passed bill. 

Land Management Planning.—The conference agreement provides funding as recommended by the House; funds are not provided for environmental training as recommended by the Senate. 

Inventory and Monitoring.—The agreement includes the House recommendation, plus Senate recommendations of $1,000,000 for 

the Stennis Space Center, MS, and $170,000 for the Fernow experimental forest hydrology study, WV. 

Recreation, Heritage, and Wilderness Management.—The conference agreement provides funding as recommended by the House. 

Wildlife and Fish Habitat Management.—The conference 

agreement provides funding as recommended by the House plus an 

increase above the House level of $50,000 for the Batten Kill river 

project, VT, bringing the total for this project to $250,000. In addition, the managers direct the Forest Service to support the grizzly 

bear study in the Flathead NF and surrounding area with $125,000 

out of base funds to be used for tracking collars. 

Grazing Management.—The conference agreement provides 

funding as recommended by the House. The managers replace the 

Senate recommendations concerning grazing management to encourage the Forest Service and the BLM to modify stocking levels 

in a manner consistent with the local range conditions, considering 

that there have been improvements in moisture conditions in some 

western States. The Service and the BLM should use credible 

range condition monitoring data from professional range conservationists employed by State or county governments or universities. 

Forest Products.—The conference agreement provides funding as recommended by the House with the addition of $1,000,000 

above the House level for the Tongass NF, AK. The managers 

agree to the Senate proposed earmark in bill language of 

$5,000,000 for Tongass national forest timber sales preparation. 

The managers replace the Senate recommendations concerning 

performance management systems with instructions included 

under the administrative provisions heading to clarify that the performance management system needs to include all Forest Service 

officials and programs. 

The managers modify the Senate recommendations concerning 

a stewardship contract in New Mexico. The Service is expected to 

develop and begin implementing by June 1, 2006, one or more large 

stewardship contracts that are at least 10,000 acres, to be on the 

Lincoln NF, NM. The Service should work with the Mescalero 

Apache Tribe and the New Mexico State Forester to assure the 

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stewardship contract is drafted so that lands on the Lincoln NF are 

treated, and the Service should work with this tribe to assist them 

at developing a stewardship proposal. 

Vegetation and Watershed Management.—The conference 

agreement provides funding as recommended by the House with 

the addition of $350,000 above the House level for the leafy spurge 

eradication program in North Dakota. 

Minerals and Geology Management.—The conference agreement provides funding as recommended by the House. 

Landownership Management.—The conference agreement provides funding as recommended by the House. 

Law Enforcement operations.—The conference agreement decreases the House recommendation for the Daniel Boone NF antidrug effort by $100,000, leaving a total of $900,000. Similar work 

on the Mark Twain NF is reduced by $200,000, leaving a total of 

$500,000. In addition, $500,000 is provided for the Spring Mountains NRA, NV emergency warning system, and there is a general 

program decrease of $2,000,000 below the House recommendation. 

The managers note that the Administrative provisions include bill 

language recommended by the House and the Senate concerning 

the transfer of funds for various overhead charges affecting the law 

enforcement operations activity. 

Valles Caldera National Preserve.—The managers have put all 

funding for the Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM, in the national forest system account to facilitate management of this activity; this includes the $3,650,000 the Senate recommended in this 

account plus an additional $1,500,000 the Senate recommended in 

the capital improvement and maintenance account. 

Other.—The conference agreement provides that the Land Between the Lakes NRA, TN and KY, should be funded from various 

accounts at least at the budget request level of $8,400,000. The 

general reduction to the national forest system account passed on 

the House floor is not included. 

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $1,779,395,000 for wildland 

fire management instead of $1,790,506,000 as proposed by the 

House and $1,745,531,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Wildfire Preparedness.—The agreement includes $676,014,000 

for preparedness as proposed by the Senate instead of $691,014,000 

as proposed by the House. The managers reiterate the direction 

contained in the House and Senate reports regarding the need to 

maintain the level of fire readiness established in fiscal year 2005. 

Wildfire Suppression Operations.—The conference agreement 

includes $700,492,000 for suppression operations as proposed by 

both the House and the Senate. The managers have provided the 

full amount of the ten-year average cost of wildfire suppression increased for inflation, an increase of $51,633,000 above the fiscal 

year 2005 funding level. 

The managers have modified bill language recommended by 

the House concerning assessing the suppression activity for indirect 

costs in a manner the same as all other Forest Service accounts 

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and programs. The managers direct that all programs be treated 

similarly so they can contribute their fair share to the costs of administering and running the Service. The managers do not agree 

with the House recommendation concerning the second bullet in 

the budget appendix. 

The conference agreement does not include bill language recommended by the Senate dealing with the transfer of unobligated 

balances to the national forest system account. The managers agree 

with the House recommendation that the Forest Service should not 

automatically allocate 50% of the wildland fire suppression funds 

to all the regions at the beginning of the year, and there should 

not be a transfer of any unobligated suppression funds for non-suppression activities. If the Service has a low-cost wildfire season, the 

unobligated funds should be carried over to pay for future seasons 

when it is likely that catastrophic wildfires will occur again. 

The managers encourage the Forest Service to establish a suitable memorial for the two brave firefighters who lost their lives 

July 22, 2003, at the Cramer fire near Salmon, ID. 

The managers direct the Forest Service to make available for 

public review the results of any feasibility study conducted for the 

purpose of determining whether to acquire specific models of aircraft for use as air tankers. 

Other Wildfire Operations.—The conference agreement includes 

$402,889,000 for other fire operation activities instead of 

$399,000,000 as proposed by the House and $369,025,000 as proposed by the Senate. The allocation of this funding is as follows: 

Program Amount 

Hazardous fuels ..................................................................................... $286,000,000 

Rehabilitation & restoration ................................................................. 6,281,000 

Research & development ....................................................................... 23,219,000 

Joint fire science .................................................................................... 8,000,000 

Forest health management—Federal ................................................... 15,000,000 

Forest health management—cooperative ............................................. 10,000,000 

State and community fire assistance ................................................... 46,500,000 

Volunteer fire assistance ....................................................................... 7,889,000 

Total other wildfire operations ........................................ 402,889,000 

Hazardous fuels.—The conference agreement includes 

$286,000,000 for hazardous fuels treatments as proposed by the 

House, an increase of $23,461,000 over the fiscal year 2005 level. 

This allocation includes the House proposed $5,000,000 for the San 

Bernardino NF, CA, and the Senate proposed $1,500,000 for the 

Santa Fe watershed, NM, and $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate for biomass utilization grants. The House had recommended 

the biomass grants funding within the State and private forestry 

account. 

The conference agreement includes the Senate recommended 

bill language concerning the use of $5,000,000 for the Community 

Forest Restoration Act and allowing a transfer for the biomass 

grants. 

The managers direct the Secretary of Agriculture to report to 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House 

Agriculture and Resources Committees, and the Senate Energy and 

Natural Resources Committee on the percentage of fuels reduction 

or restoration contracts that provide small diameter material to 

micro businesses, large commercial sawmills, or biomass facilities. 

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Rehabilitation.—The conference agreement includes $6,281,000 

for rehabilitation and restoration activities. The managers direct 

that $2,000,000 be made available to the native plant materials 

program to be used in conjunction with the similar effort at the Department of the Interior under the joint guidance of the interagency plant conservation alliance. 

Fire plan research and development.—The conference agreement includes $23,219,000 for research and development activities. 

Changes from the House proposal include an increase of $1,150,000 

for the University of Montana landscape fire analysis center and 

$350,000 for the University of Idaho FRAMES project. 

Federal and cooperative forest health management.—The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for Federal forest health 

activities and $10,000,000 for cooperative forest health activities as 

proposed by the House. 

State fire and volunteer fire assistance.—The agreement includes $46,500,000 for State and community fire assistance. 

Changes from the House recommendation include increases of 

$2,100,000 for the Alaska Kenai Peninsula Borough, $1,200,000 to 

the Municipality of Anchorage, $800,000 for Fairbanks North Star 

Borough, AK, $1,100,000 for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK, 

and $300,000 for the Alaska, Cook Inlet tribal council. Senate instructions on distribution of these funds should be followed by the 

Service. 

The managers direct the Forest Service, working with the 

State foresters, to review the current State fire assistance allocation methodology for the funding provided under the wildland fire 

management appropriation and recommend appropriate changes. 

The State fire assistance under this heading should not be considered the same as the traditional funding in the State and private 

forestry account. Funding under this heading is intended to support the national fire plan. The managers encourage the Service 

and the States to focus this funding to those States and activities 

that the National fire plan suggests are most critically needed to 

reduce the danger of catastrophic wildfires, rewarding those States 

with demonstrated performance and cost share. Community wildfire protection planning and cooperative hazardous fuels reduction 

activities should be highlighted. The Forest Service shall prepare 

a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

before implementing any new allocation methodology. 

The volunteer fire assistance allocation is $7,889,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

The conference agreement provides $441,178,000 for capital 

improvement and maintenance instead of $468,260,000 as proposed 

by the House and $409,751,000 as proposed by the Senate. This is 

a reduction of $73,523,000 below the fiscal year 2005 non-emergency funding level. The conference agreement provides for the following distribution of funds: 

Activity/Project Amount 

Facilities: 

Maintenance .................................................................................... $51,522,000 

Capital Improvement ..................................................................... 56,194,000 

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Activity/Project Amount 

Congressional Priorities: 

San Bernardino NF, CA .......................................................... 2,000,000 

Redwood Science Lab seismic retrofit, CA ............................ 2,000,000 

Meeks Bay campground, CA .................................................. 778,000 

Turtle Rock fire station relocation, CA .................................. 1,200,000 

Cheoah ranger station, NC ..................................................... 900,000 

Region 6 facility disposal, OR & WA ..................................... 1,000,000 

Allegheny NF recreation and admin sites, PA ...................... 2,600,000 

Cherokee NF recreation and admin sites, TN ...................... 2,500,000 

Forest Products Laboratory modernization, WI ................... 2,000,000 

Medicine Bow-Routt storage consolidation, WY & CO ......... 1,035,000 

Monongahela NF facilities, WV ............................................. 950,000 

Smith County lake, MS ........................................................... 1,000,000 

Homochitto National Forest, Okhissa Lake Project, MS ..... 1,000,000 

Subtotal Facilities ................................................................ 126,679,000 

Roads: 

Maintenance .................................................................................... 148,066,000 

Capital Improvement ..................................................................... 68,133,000 

Congressional Priorities: 

Monongahela NF road improvements, WV ........................... 2,300,000 

Tongass NF, AK ...................................................................... 4,000,000 

Jarbidge Canyon road, NV ..................................................... 3,000,000 

Subtotal Roads ..................................................................... 225,499,000 

Trails: 

Maintenance .................................................................................... 42,000,000 

Capital Improvement ..................................................................... 30,500,000 

Congressional Priorities: 

FL National scenic trail .......................................................... 500,000 

Continental Divide Trail ......................................................... 1,000,000 

Pacific Crest trail improvements, CA OR WA ...................... 1,000,000 

Rio Sabana trail, PR ............................................................... 250,000 

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, IL ................................ 750,000 

Subtotal Trails ..................................................................... 76,000,000 

Infrastructure Improvement: 

Fish Passage Barriers, national program ..................................... 2,000,000 

Deferred Maintenance .................................................................... 11,000,000 

Subtotal Infrastructure Improvement ................................ 13,000,000 

Total, Capital Improvement and Maintenance ................. 441,178,000 

The managers agree with the overall program direction for this 

account provided by both the House and the Senate except funding 

levels and project descriptions are indicated in the table above. The 

conference agreement includes the bill language recommended by 

the Senate concerning the Jarbidge Canyon road which provides 

authority to transfer some funds to the Department of the Interior 

for certain portions of this project. 

The managers are aware of the importance of modernizing the 

Forest Products Laboratory. As noted previously, the managers 

urge the Forest Service to develop an integrated wood products research plan that will guide capital investments. The managers believe that the Forest Service should also conduct a strategic review 

of facilities needs before modernization efforts begin. Therefore, the 

managers do not agree with the Senate proposal to fund the construction of a durability test facility at this time. Instead, the managers agree to the House proposal to provide $2,000,000 for the 

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modernization effort at the Laboratory, pending completion of the 

recommended integrated, national planning effort for wood products research. Once this plan is completed, the managers will give 

full consideration to supporting the Laboratory’s multi-year modernization effort. 

The funds provided for the Allegheny NF include $1,000,000 

for the Kiasutha campground, $500,000 for Kinzua Wolf Run Marina, $1,000,000 for the Bradford administrative site, and $100,000 

for forest-wide signage improvements. The Cherokee NF funding is 

for the Ocoee Whitewater Center interpretive and facility upgrades, 

Nolichucky work center property acquisition, the Cherokee hot shot 

complex, and the Cleveland office relocation project. 

The managers have provided $1,000,000 for environmental 

studies for a recreational lake in Smith County, Mississippi. The 

managers note, however, that a feasibility study of this project is 

currently underway in cooperation with the Forest Service and 

Mississippi State University. The managers note that conclusion of 

the ongoing studies regarding issues such as mineral rights and 

the need for condemnation of these rights is necessary to determine 

the feasibility of this project. If the study concludes that this 

project is not feasible, the managers expect that the funds provided 

for environmental studies will be reprogrammed for other high priority construction needs in Mississippi. 

LAND ACQUISITION

The conference agreement provides $42,500,000 for land acquisition instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the House and 

$44,925,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The managers agree to the following distribution of funds: 

Area (State) Amount 

Arkansas Forests, multiple NFs (AR) .................................................. $1,000,000 

Blackfoot River Community Project (Blackfoot Challenge), Helena 

& Lolo NFs: (MT) ............................................................................... 6,000,000 

Bonneville Shoreline Trail, multiple NFs (UT) ................................... 1,500,000 

Columbia River Gorge NSA, multiple NFs (OR/WA) .......................... 1,500,000 

Daniel Boone NF (KY) ........................................................................... 750,000 

Delta NF (MS) ........................................................................................ 1,500,000 

Goose Creek-Smith River, Six Rivers NF (CA) ................................... 1,000,000 

Greater Yellowstone Area, multiple NFs (MT/ID) .............................. 1,000,000 

Green Mountain NF (VT) ...................................................................... 500,000 

High Elk Corridor, White River NF (CO) ............................................ 500,000 

High Uintas, Wasatch-Cache NF (UT) ................................................ 700,000 

Hoosier Unique Areas, Hoosier NF (IN) .............................................. 250,000 

I–90 Corridor, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF (WA) ................................. 975,000 

Illinois Disappearing Habitat, Shawnee NF (IL) ................................ 250,000 

Lady C Ranch, Black Hills NF (SD) .................................................... 750,000 

Middle Yuba-Barker Pass, Tahoe NF (CA) ......................................... 500,000 

Minnesota Wilderness, Chippewa/Superior NF (MN) ........................ 125,000 

Pacific Crest Trail, multiple NFs (CA/OR/WA) ................................... 500,000 

Selway Valley Preserve, Beaverhead/Deerlodge NF (MT) ................. 1,000,000 

Spring Hill, Helena NF (MT) ................................................................ 600,000 

Swan Valley, Flathead NF (MT) .......................................................... 3,000,000 

Thunder Mountain, Payette NF (ID) ................................................... 1,000,000 

Wayne NF (OH) ..................................................................................... 600,000 

Wisconsin Wild Waterways, Chequamegon-Nicolet NF (WI) ............. 3,000,000 

Subtotal ........................................................................................ 28,500,000 

Acquisition Management ....................................................................... 12,500,000 

Cash Equalization .................................................................................. 500,000 

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Area (State) Amount 

Critical Inholdings/Wilderness Protection ........................................... 1,000,000 

Total ............................................................................................. 42,500,000 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement retains language 

proposed by the Senate withdrawing from mineral entry or appropriation certain mining claims on the Payette National Forest. 

ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS

The conference agreement provides $1,069,000 for the acquisition of lands for national forests special acts as recommended by 

both the House and the Senate. 

ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

The conference agreement provides an indefinite appropriation 

estimated to be $234,000 for the acquisition of lands to complete 

land exchanges as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

The conference agreement provides an indefinite appropriation 

estimated to be $2,963,000 for the range betterment fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND

RESEARCH

The conference agreement provides $64,000 for gifts, donations 

and bequests for forest and rangeland research as proposed by both 

the House and the Senate. 

MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES

The conference agreement provides $5,067,000 for management 

of national forest system lands for subsistence uses in Alaska as 

proposed by the Senate instead of $5,467,000 as proposed by the 

House. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

The managers agree to the following changes to the House recommendations: 

1. The Senate language is included which does not prohibit 

transfers for reimbursable agreements for the USDA National Information Technology center. 

2. The Senate bill language allowing up to $2,500,000 for the 

Youth Conservation Corps projects is included. 

3. The conference agreement allows up to $300,000 to be used 

by the National Forest Foundation for administrative expenses. 

The managers expect the Foundation to raise funds so this allocation can be reduced in the future. 

4. The Senate language is included allowing certain authorized 

payments to the counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, WA & OR. 

5. The Senate language is included allowing the Forest Service 

to reimburse the USDA Office of the General Counsel for certain 

travel expenses. 

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6. The Senate language is included which transfers certain 

land on Kodiak Island, AK, from the Forest Service to the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

7. The conference agreement includes bill language not included by either the House or the Senate which allows the Forest 

Service to assess available funds to support the agency’s needs for 

facilities maintenance for administrative and other buildings, but 

not recreation facilities. This replaces the Senate proposal within 

Title V which recommended establishing a working capital fund for 

all agency structures. The new provision allows the Forest Service 

to transfer up to $35,000,000 from various agency accounts, based 

on a fair measure of facilities maintenance needs. The managers 

expect that initially, the Forest Service will use the square feet of 

building space and the various programs use of this space as the 

index to establish the transfer levels. The Forest Service should devise a performance-based system and need-based system to determine how to allocate assessed funds to the field. Before executing 

these transfers, the Forest Service shall report to the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations on the details of the proposed transfers and the methodology being used for both the assessment, and the field allocation. In addition, the Forest Service 

shall, as part of the normal budget justification, report on the anticipated transfers required in future fiscal years, and report on the 

previous year’s transfers and proposed accomplishments. There 

should also be a display which indicates, by national forest, research station and area, the funding being allocated for facilities 

maintenance. The budget justification displays shall indicate, for 

every budget line item, the funding amount being assessed for facilities maintenance. This information should be readily visible 

along with each program description. The tables should also summarize the budget line item contribution to the other assessments. 

8. This discussion replaces recommendations by both the 

House and the Senate concerning performance measures. The managers remain concerned about forest outputs and whether on-theground accomplishments remain a high priority for the Forest 

Service. The managers expect the Forest Service to maintain a performance management system that includes performance standards 

for line officers aggregated up to the Forest level so that forestwide management goals can be measured against actual accomplishments for each forest. The performance standards should include clear annual measures for programs which are consistent 

with the output levels specified in the annual budget justification. 

The Forest Service needs to implement a system of internal data 

controls and data transparency consistent with the recommendations by the USDA–OIG March, 2005 audit. The Chief should hold 

agency line officers accountable for reporting accurate performance 

data in fiscal year 2006. The Forest Service should establish an 

independent review process to review the reported data. The Forest 

Service is directed to provide a report to the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations and the relevant House and Senate 

authorizing committees on this performance management system 

within 90 days of enactment. This report shall also be made available to the public following submission of the report to the committees noted above. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

The conference agreement provides $2,732,298,000 for Indian 

health services as proposed by the House instead of $2,732,323,000 

as proposed by the Senate. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement modifies language 

included in both the House and the Senate bills concerning the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The two versions contained minor technical differences. The conference agreement includes language included in the Senate bill concerning the distribution of Alaska alcohol wellness funds. 

The managers are aware of Indian health care needs in the 

state of Nevada and expect the Service to continue to meet with 

the 22 tribes in Nevada, as well as the Intertribal Council of Nevada and the Intertribal Health Board of Nevada, to discuss ways 

to improve the delivery and quality of their health services. The 

managers expect the Service to report to the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations by December 31, 2005 with recommendations on how to improve secondary and tertiary care in 

Nevada, including facility needs and the contract health services 

program that can be accomplished within current budgetary levels. 

INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

The conference agreement provides $358,485,000 for Indian 

health facilities instead of $370,774,000 as proposed by the House 

and $335,643,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The managers agree to the following distribution of funds: 

Project Amount 

Barrow Hospital, AK ............................................................................. $8,000,000 

Fort Belknap, MT staff quarters .......................................................... 3,326,000 

Kayenta, AZ health center .................................................................... 3,878,000 

Mobile dental units ................................................................................ 2,000,000 

Phoenix Indian Medical Center, AZ ..................................................... 8,000,000 

San Carlos, AZ Health Center .............................................................. 6,139,000 

Small ambulatory facilities ................................................................... 7,000,000 

Subtotal ........................................................................................ 38,343,000 

Other: 

Maintenance and improvement ................................................. 52,404,000 

Sanitation facilities ..................................................................... 93,519,000 

Facilities and environmental health support ........................... 152,959,000 

Equipment ................................................................................... 21,260,000 

Total ............................................................................................. 358,485,000 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

proposed by the Senate authorizing the construction of a replacement health facility in Nome, Alaska, on land owned by the Norton 

Sound Health Corporation. The House had no similar provision. 

The managers consider the health facilities construction program to be a critical component in the provision of better health 

care to Native Americans and, therefore, expect that future budget 

submissions by the Service will include a much more aggressive 

schedule to fund these projects. 

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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

The conference agreement provides $80,289,000 for the national institute of environmental health sciences as proposed by 

both the House and the Senate. 

AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY

TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

The conference agreement provides $76,024,000 for toxic substances and environmental public health as proposed by both the 

House and the Senate. 

The managers encourage the ATSDR to continue to support 

the minority health professions community under its cooperative 

agreement activities in fiscal year 2006. 

OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

The conference agreement provides $2,717,000 for the council 

on environmental quality and office of environmental quality as 

proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $9,200,000 for salaries and 

expenses of the chemical safety and hazard investigation board as 

proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $8,601,000 for salaries and 

expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND

ARTS DEVELOPMENT

PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

The conference agreement provides $6,300,000 for payment to 

the institute as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $524,281,000 for salaries 

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posed by the Senate. A reduction of $100,000 from the House level 

has been taken from the Tropical Research Institute’s study of 

microorganisms in tropical soils. Other changes from the House 

proposal for activities within this account include an increase of 

$500,000 to restore base funding for key outreach programs such 

as the travel exhibition service, fellowships and affiliations, an additional $500,000 to meet the budget request of $1,000,000 for an 

institution-wide collections care and preservation initiative, and a 

reduction of $1,000,000 from facilities maintenance to fund that activity at the amount requested in the budget. 

FACILITIES CAPITAL

The conference agreement provides $100,000,000 for the facilities capital account as proposed by the Senate instead of 

$90,900,000 as proposed by the House. Within this amount, 

$9,100,000 is provided for the Asia II Trail exhibit at the National 

Zoological Park as proposed by the House. While supportive of this 

project, the managers are concerned by the high initial cost estimates and encourage the Smithsonian to look at how the exhibit 

might be reduced in scope or in some way phased to achieve savings. The managers also understand that an aggressive fundraising 

effort will be required by the Smithsonian to secure private financing, without which this project cannot be successfully completed. 

The conference agreement also includes an additional $9,100,000 

for the POD 5 museum support center storage facility as recommended by the Senate. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

The conference agreement continues administrative provisions 

included in the House bill that place restrictions on the use of 

funds for the following: (1) unapproved changes to science programs; (2) the design of new or expanded facilities; (3) Holt House; 

and (4) the purchase of buildings. The House provision regarding 

reprogramming authority is included with a modification that deletes the requirement for written approval from the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $96,600,000 for salaries 

and expenses of the National Gallery of Art as proposed by the 

Senate instead of $97,100,000 as proposed by the House. 

The managers note that language is included in Title IV—General Provisions raising the indemnity limit for art exhibitions as 

proposed by the Senate. The managers expect that future requests 

to alter the indemnity ceilings will be approved through the Office 

of Management and Budget and either included in the budget justification or, preferably, submitted as an official legislative proposal 

to, and acted upon by, the appropriate legislative committees of jurisdiction. 

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REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

The conference agreement provides $16,200,000 for repair, restoration and renovation of buildings as proposed by the House instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

The conference agreement provides $17,800,000 for operations 

and maintenance of the Kennedy Center as proposed by both the 

House and Senate. 

CONSTRUCTION

The conference agreement provides $13,000,000 for construction instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the House and 

$15,200,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $9,201,000 for salaries and 

expenses of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 

as proposed by the Senate instead of $9,085,000 proposed by the 

House. 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

The conference agreement provides $126,264,000 for grants 

and administration of the National Endowment for the Arts as proposed by the Senate instead of $131,264,000 as proposed by the 

House. 

The managers expect that the increase above the enacted level 

will be used to expand the American Masterpieces program by 

$2,000,000 and partially restore the Administration’s proposed reduction to the Challenge America program by $3,000,000. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement retains bill language proposed by the Senate providing that funds appropriated 

for the National Endowment for the Arts be expended in accordance with sections 309 and 311 of Public Law 108–108. The House 

bill addressed this issue in the general provisions section. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

The conference agreement provides $127,605,000 for grants 

and administration of the National Endowment of the Humanities 

as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

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MATCHING GRANTS

The conference agreement provides $15,449,000 for matching 

grants as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $1,893,000 for salaries and 

expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts as proposed by the House 

and the Senate. 

NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

The conference agreement provides $7,250,000 for National 

Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs instead of $7,000,000 as proposed 

by the House and $7,492,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $4,860,000 for salaries and 

expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation as proposed by the House instead of $4,943,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $8,244,000 for salaries and 

expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission as proposed 

by the Senate instead of $8,177,000 as proposed by the House. 

The managers do not object to the Commission’s participation 

in the GIS mapping initiative to the extent it can be supported 

within base funding. The increase above the enacted level is provided to meet fixed cost adjustments such as pay and utilities. 

UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

The conference agreement provides $42,780,000 for the Holocaust Memorial Museum instead of $41,880,000 proposed by the 

House and $43,233,000 proposed by the Senate. 

PRESIDIO TRUST

PRESIDIO TRUST FUND

The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the Presidio Trust Fund as proposed by the House instead of $19,722,000 

as proposed by the Senate. 

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WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL MOMENT OF

REMEMBRANCE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $250,000 for salaries and 

expenses of the White House Commission on the National Moment 

of Remembrance as proposed by the House and the Senate. 

TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 401. The conference agreement retains the House recommendation; there was a minor technical difference between the 

House and Senate versions. 

Sec. 402. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommendation; the Senate version included a reference to the U.S. 

code not included by the House. 

Sec. 403 and Sec. 404 were identical in both the House and 

Senate bills. 

Sec. 405. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommended language that was in Senate section 405 rather than 

similar language the House had included in section 423. Related 

language dealing with assessments, which was in House section 

405, is not included in the conference agreement. 

Sec. 406. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommended language that was in Senate section 406 rather than 

similar language the House had included in section 419. 

Sec. 407. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommended language dealing with giant sequoia trees rather than 

similar language the House had included in section 406. 

Sec. 408. The House and Senate bills had identical language 

dealing with patents for mining, although the House had included 

it as section 407. 

Sec. 409. The conference agreement retains the House recommended language dealing with contract support costs for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service that was in 

House section 408. The Senate had no similar provision. 

Sec. 410. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommended language permitting the collection and use of private 

funds by the National Endowment for the Arts and the National 

Endowment for the Humanities that was in Senate section 409 

rather than similar language the House had included in section 

410. The conference agreement now makes this authority permanent rather than one-year as recommended by the House. 

Sec. 411. The House and Senate bills had identical language 

dealing with the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act; it was in House section 412 and in Senate section 410. 

Sec. 412. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommended language amending the Knutson-Vandenberg reforestation act, which was in Senate section 411. The House had no similar provision. 

Sec. 413. The House and Senate bills had identical language 

dealing with Forest Service roads and trails; it was in House section 413 and in Senate section 410. 

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Sec. 414. The House and Senate bills had identical language 

dealing with telephone answering machines; it was in House section 414 and in Senate section 413. 

Sec. 415. The House and Senate bills had identical language 

dealing with Forest Service land management planning. 

Sec. 416. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommended language addressing timber sales involving Alaska 

western redcedar, which was in Senate section 414. The House had 

no similar provision. 

Sec. 417. The House and Senate bills had identical language 

dealing with mineral leasing within National Monuments; it was in 

section 416 of each bill. 

Sec. 418. The House and Senate bills had identical language 

continuing a provision providing the Secretary of the Interior and 

the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to enter into reciprocal 

agreements with foreign nations concerning the personal liability of 

firefighters. It was in House section 418 and in Senate section 417. 

Sec. 419. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommended language, which was in Senate section 418, allowing the 

Eagle Butte Service Unit of the Indian Health Service to utilize 

health care funding in a more efficient manner. The House had no 

similar provision. 

Sec. 420. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommended language, which was in Senate section 419, allowing the 

Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to consider local contractors when awarding contracts for certain activities on public lands. The House had a similar provision in section 

420 of the House bill. 

Sec. 421. The House and Senate bills had identical language 

continuing a provision that limits the use of funds for filing declarations of takings or condemnations. This provision does not 

apply to the Everglades National Park Protection and Environmental Act. It was in House section 421 and in Senate section 420. 

Sec. 422. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommended language, which was in Senate section 421, limiting 

competitive sourcing studies by the Secretary of the Interior and 

the Forest Service. The House had a similar provision in section 

422 of the House bill. The conference agreement now allows the 

Secretary of the Interior up to $3,450,000 and the Forest Service 

up to $3,000,000 for this work. In addition, the Secretary of Agriculture should consider the impact on wildland fire management 

activities when conducting competitive sourcing studies. 

Sec. 423. The House and Senate bills had identical language 

prohibiting the transfer of funds for SAFECOM and Disaster Management projects; it was in section 424 of the House bill and section 422 of the Senate bill. 

Sec. 424. The House and Senate bills had identical language 

requiring that contact centers associated with the national recreation reservation service be located within the United States; it 

was in section 425 of the House bill and section 423 of the Senate 

bill. 

Sec. 425. The conference agreement modifies similar language 

extending a pilot program to enhance Forest Service administration 

of rights-of-way recommended by both the House and the Senate. 

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It was in section 426 of the House bill and section 424 of the Senate bill. The language now is effective for one year. 

Sec. 426. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommended language, which was in Senate section 425, extending 

the Forest Service’s ability to enter into certain cooperative agreements with third parties that are of mutually significant benefit. 

The House had no similar provision. 

Sec. 427. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommended language, which was in Senate section 426, amending 

the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act to raise the Federal indemnity ceilings on individual exhibitions from $600,000,000 to 

$1,200,000,000, and in the aggregate from $8,000,000,000 to 

$10,000,000,000. The House had no similar provision. 

Sec. 428. The conference agreement modifies the House recommended language, which was in House section 427, extending 

the authority for the Service First program of the Department of 

the Interior and the Forest Service. The Senate had no similar provision. The authority now extends through fiscal year 2008 and 

also clarifies that the National Park Service and the Fish and 

Wildlife Service may participate, as well as the Bureau of Land 

Management and the Forest Service. 

Sec. 429. The conference agreement retains the House recommended language concerning a land exchange in San 

Bernardino, CA, which was in House section 428. The Senate had 

no similar provision. 

Sec. 430. The conference agreement retains the House recommended language continuing a previous provision concerning 

Finger Lakes National Forest, NY, oil and gas leasing, which was 

in House section 430. The Senate had no similar provision. 

Sec. 431. The conference agreement modifies the Senate recommended provision, which was in Senate section 427, authorizing 

the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition to enter into agreements 

with the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture. The language now is effective for one year. The House had no similar provision. 

Sec. 432. The conference agreement retains, with minor technical modifications, the Senate recommended language, which was 

in Senate section 426, amending the Valles Caldera Preservation 

Act. This provision requires the Secretary of Agriculture to develop 

a fire management plan and enter into a cooperative fire management agreement for the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The Forest Service shall also provide wildfire pre-suppression and nonemergency rehabilitation and restoration services for the Trust, 

which manages the Preserve, on a reimbursable basis. The House 

had no similar provision. 

Sec. 433. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommended language, which was in Senate section 429, prohibiting 

the use of funds to demolish certain structures on the Zephyr 

Shoals property, Lake Tahoe, NV. The House had no similar provision. 

Sec. 434. The conference agreement modifies the Senate recommended language, which was in Senate section 432, extending 

the Forest Service authority to conduct certain work on non-Forest 

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Service land. The authority now extends for five years. The House 

had no similar provision. 

Sec. 435. The conference agreement retains the Senate recommended language, which was in Senate section 433, setting certain conditions for the grant of a zoning variance for the property 

at 51 Louisiana Ave., NW, Washington D.C. The House had no 

similar provision. 

Sec. 436. The conference agreement includes a new provision 

authorizing the acquisition of lands for the Chequamegon-Nicolet 

National Forest, WI, and directing the Secretary to maintain existing management practices on those lands. 

Sec. 437. The conference agreement includes a new provision for a $5,000,000 grant to Kendall County, Illinois. 

Sec. 438. Modifies section 344 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 regarding the 

lands to be acquired for the Kenai Fjords interagency visitor center 

and the use of funds not required for land acquisition. 

Sec. 439. The conference agreement includes an across the 

board rescission of 0.476 percent. This reduction should be applied 

to each program, project, and activity, except for Miscellaneous 

Payments to Indians, which has a different application of the rescission as specified in the statutory language. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision in section 405 of the House bill providing for restrictions on departmental assessments unless approved by the Committees on Appropriations. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision in section 409 of the House bill specifying reforms and limitations dealing with the National Endowment for the Arts. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision in section 411 of the House bill providing direction to the National Endowment for the Arts on funding distribution. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision in section 417 of the House bill extending the Forest Service Conveyance 

Pilot Program. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision in section 429 of the House bill requiring a report of the expenditure of 

funds pursuant to the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management 

Act. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision in section 431 of the House bill prohibiting the Fish and Wildlife Service 

to use land acquisition funds for the purchase of water rights in 

the Klamath Basin, CA. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision in section 435 of the House bill limiting the number of federal employees 

that can be sent to international conferences. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision in section 437 of the House bill prohibiting the use of funds for the sale 

or slaughter of wild free roaming horses and burros. 

The managers have not included language proposed by the 

Senate in section 434 dealing with the Biscuit fire recovery but the 

managers would like to have a report from the Forest Service on 

this issue. Accordingly, by March 1, 2006 the Forest Service should 

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priations (and make this report publicly available on the agency 

web-site) which discusses the following issues concerning the Biscuit fire in southern Oregon: 

1. The change in reforestation capabilities and costs between the date of the containment of the Biscuit Fire and the 

completion of the Biscuit Fire Recovery Project, as detailed in 

the Record of Decision. 

2. The commercial value lost, as well as recovered, of firekilled timber within the Biscuit Fire area. 

3. All actions included in the Record of Decision for the 

Biscuit Fire Recovery Project, but forgone because of delay or 

funding shortfall. 

4. The Forest Service original estimate of the acres that 

should be reforested and the cost in dollars and per acre, including planting stock and overhead and a summary of the 

original schedule to do the work. 

5. A summary of the initial Forest Service plan to salvage 

timber; including a discussion of the acres which would have 

been harvested and the estimated volume and value of that 

salvage, as well as the cost to the Federal government to develop and administer the sale and the anticipated cost to the 

purchasers. 

6. A similar summary for the final Forest Service salvage 

plan. 

7. A presentation and list of all of the timber sales offered 

and planned, including the volume, and appraised value. The 

presentation should indicate sales offered but not sold, and 

sales not yet underway. It should also separate out sales by 

land management regime. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision in section 437 of the Senate bill expressing the sense of the Senate with 

regard to the national debt and funding for the global war on terror. 

TITLE V—FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 

ENHANCEMENT ACT 

The conference report modifies legislation recommended by the 

Senate in Title V. This provision allows the Forest Service to dispose of administrative facilities that are no longer needed and use 

all of the revenue to reduce the administrative-site deferred maintenance backlog. This improves the Service’s ability to realign facilities to meet the needs of the workforce and the Nation. The legislation authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell, lease, exchange or combine a sale and exchange of certain administrative 

sites the Secretary determines are no longer needed for National 

Forest System purposes. The legislation incorporates new authorities for streamlining regulations to facilitate the timely disposal of 

administrative sites and to improve the marketability of the sites. 

All receipts derived from the conveyance of administrative sites 

and facilities shall be deposited in the Sisk Act fund and remain 

available to the Secretary until expended, without further appropriations. These funds will be used for the administrative costs incurred in conveying sites; the acquisition of land for administrative 

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sites; and for the decommissioning, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and improvement of administrative sites. 

The managers make the following recommendations: 

1. The Service is allowed to dispose of up to 10 isolated, 

undeveloped sites per year which were acquired or used for administrative purposes, with certain limitations. 

2. Certain lands are explicitly excluded, including any land 

within the national wilderness system, in the wild and scenic 

river system, lands specifically designated for natural area or 

recreation purposes, or in a national monument. In addition, it 

is the intent of the managers that the exclusions apply to undeveloped lands on historic trails and sites, national preserves, 

national recreation areas, national scenic areas, national conservation areas, national botanical areas, national forest primitive areas, research natural areas, national game refuges and 

wildlife preserve areas, and officially designated special interest areas. 

3. The managers direct that the service should not dispose 

of lands needed for natural resource management, or lands 

which are important to provide public access to other lands or 

waters, such as recreational river corridors or sites with special 

recreational values. 

4. The managers intend that disposal of lands will not create new non-Federal inholdings within larger areas of contiguous Federal or other publicly owned lands available for recreational activities. 

5. The provision requires the Service to include detailed 

displays in the annual budget justification of the anticipated 

program under this authority and provide other details so the 

Congress and the public can evaluate the program and its impact. The Service should notify the Congress if changes to this 

plan are later necessary. The managers are concerned that future appropriation decisions concerning facility construction, 

reconstruction and maintenance being made will be fully informed by knowledge of the anticipated revenues derived from 

this new authority. The managers also understand that the 

revenue stream will be temporary, and that all areas of the 

Nation do not have a similar amount of excess facilities nor 

ability to generate revenue. 

6. The authorities provided by this Title expire on September 30, 2008. However, the managers will closely monitor 

the implementation of this provision. The managers encourage 

the Congress to extend the authority if steady progress is demonstrated. As with the pilot conveyance authority, the Service 

is more likely to successfully plan and implement project planning if there continues to be no less than two or three years 

remaining on the authority. 

7. The conference agreement repeals the previous pilot 

conveyance authority, which was established in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2002. The repeal is effective as of September 30, 2006, and any 

project initiated under the pilot authority may be completed 

under that authority. 

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8. The agreement continues the Senate-recommended language concerning lead-based and asbestos abatement, but limits the exclusion only to laws affecting these matters. 

9. The agreement clarifies that the Forest Service should 

follow the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) with the 

exception that the Service must analyze only the most reasonably foreseeable use of the site, and determine whether or not 

to reserve any right, title or interest in the sites. The managers expect that, consistent with the NEPA, the Service will 

evaluate the alternative of not disposing of the sites. 

10. The agreement requires that the Forest Service consult 

with local governmental officials of the community in which 

the administrative site is located and provide public notice of 

the proposed conveyance. 

11. The conference agreement does not include the Senate 

proposal concerning the working capital fund. However, the 

conference agreement includes, within the Administrative provisions section of the Forest Service, bill language which allows 

the Forest Service to assess all funds available to the agency 

to support maintenance of facilities other than recreation facilities. The managers expect that this assessment approach will 

provide field managers an incentive to carefully evaluate their 

space needs and help reduce the total amount of building space 

maintained. This should save money and reduce the tremendous backlog in deferred maintenance that has accumulated 

within the Forest Service. 

TITLE VI—VETERANS HEALTH CARE 

Sec. 601. Appropriates $1,500,000,000 to the Department of 

Veterans Affairs for Medical Services for fiscal year 2005. The conferees agree that the amount provided will be available until September 30, 2006. The conferees note that the fiscal year 2006 budget amendment submitted to the Congress on July 14, 2005 included 

additional fiscal year 2005 requirements for Medical Services. The 

conferees agree, that prior to completion of the fiscal year 2006 appropriations Act for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the House 

and Senate subcommittees of jurisdiction will continue to evaluate 

and adjust the funding level required for fiscal year 2006 based 

upon most current information available. 

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CHARLES H. TAYLOR, JERRY LEWIS, ZACH WAMP, JOHN E. PETERSON, DON SHERWOOD, ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., 

ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, MICHAEL SIMPSON, NORMAN D. DICKS, JAMES P. MORAN, MAURICE D. HINCHEY, 

JOHN W. OLVER, 

ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, 

Managers on the Part of the House. 

CONRAD BURNS, 

TED STEVENS, 

THAD COCHRAN, 

PETE V. DOMENICI, 

ROBERT F. BENNETT, 

JUDD GREGG, 

LARRY CRAIG, 

WAYNE ALLARD, 

BYRON L. DORGAN, 

ROBERT C. BYRD, 

PATRICK J. LEAHY, 

HARRY REID, 

DIANNE FEINSTEIN, 

BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, 

HERB KOHL, 

Managers on the Part of the Senate. 

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