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[Senate Report 110-91]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

                                                       Calendar No. 221
110th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 1st Session                                                     110-91

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     DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                       APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2008
                                _______
                                

                 June 26, 2007.--Ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

         Mrs. Feinstein, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                    [To accompany S. 1696]

    The Committee on Appropriations to which was referred the 
bill (H.R. 0000) making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, reports 
the same to the Senate with an amendment and recommends that 
the bill as amended do pass. deg.
    The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 1696) 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, reports favorably 
thereon and recommends that the bill do pass.

Total obligational authority, fiscal year 2008

Total of bill as reported to the Senate................. $27,186,125,000
Amount of 2007 appropriations (including emergency 
    appropriations).....................................  26,952,127,000
Amount of 2008 budget estimate..........................  25,640,503,000
Bill as recommended to Senate compared to--
    2007 appropriations (including emergency 
      appropriations)...................................    +233,998,000
    2008 budget estimate................................  +1,545,622,000

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                            C O N T E N T S

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                                                                   Page
Summary of Bill..................................................     4
Revenue Generated by Agencies in Bill............................     4
Major Changes Recommended in the Bill............................     5
Reprogramming Guidelines.........................................     6
Transparency in Congressional Directives.........................     8
Title I:
    Department of the Interior:
        Land and Water Resources: Bureau of Land Management......    10
    Fish and Wildlife and Parks:
        U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...........................    17
        National Park Service....................................    24
    Energy and Minerals:
        U.S. Geological Survey...................................    31
        Minerals Management Service..............................    33
        Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.....    34
    Indian Affairs: Bureau of Indian Affairs.....................    36
    Departmental Offices:
        Insular Affairs..........................................    41
        Office of the Solicitor..................................    44
        Office of Inspector General..............................    44
        Office of Special Trustee for American Indians...........    45
        Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration.......    46
Title II:
    Environmental Protection Agency:
        Science and Technology...................................    52
        Environmental Programs and Management....................    54
        Office of Inspector General..............................    59
        Buildings and Facilities.................................    60
        Hazardous Substance Superfund............................    60
        Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund..............    63
        Oil Spill Response.......................................    63
        State and Tribal Assistance Grants.......................    64
        Administrative Provisions................................    69
Title III:
    Related agencies:
        Department of Agriculture: Forest Service................    71
        Administrative Provisions, Forest Service................    85
        Department of Health and Human Services:
            Indian Health Service................................    86
            National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences..    87
            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.....    88
        Other Related Agencies:
            Council on Environmental Quality.....................    88
            Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.......    88
            Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation..........    89
            Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native 
              Culture and Arts Development.......................    89
            Smithsonian Institution..............................    90
            National Gallery of Art..............................    92
            John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.......    93
            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.....    93
            National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities:
                National Endowment for the Arts..................    94
                National Endowment for the Humanities............    95
            Commission of Fine Arts..............................    95
            Advisory Council on Historic Preservation............    96
            National Capital Planning Commission.................    97
            United States Holocaust Memorial Museum..............    97
            Presidio Trust.......................................    98
            White House Commission on the National Moment of 
              Remem- 
              brance.............................................    98
Title IV:
    General Provisions...........................................   100
Compliance with Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Sen- 
  ate............................................................   105
Compliance with Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
  of the Senate..................................................   106
Compliance with Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   107

                            SUMMARY OF BILL

    For this bill, estimates totaling $25,640,503,000 in new 
obligational authority were considered by the Committee for the 
programs and activities of the agencies and bureaus of the 
Department of the Interior, except the Bureau of Reclamation, 
and the following related agencies:
    Environmental Protection Agency.
    Department of Agriculture:
        Forest Service.
    Department of Health and Human Services:
        Indian Health Service.
        National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
        Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
    Council on Environmental Quality.
    Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
    Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.
    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and 
Arts Development.
    Smithsonian Institution.
    National Gallery of Art.
    John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
    National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities:
        National Endowment for the Arts.
        National Endowment for the Humanities.
    Commission of Fine Arts.
    Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
    National Capital Planning Commission.
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
    Presidio Trust.
    White House Commission on the National Moment of 
Remembrance.

                 Revenue Generated by Agencies in Bill

    Oil and gas leasing and other mineral leasing recreation 
and user fees, the timber and range programs, and other 
activities are estimated to generate income to the Government 
of $15,917,059,000 in fiscal year 2008. These estimated 
receipts, for agencies under the subcommittee's jurisdiction, 
are tabulated below:

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                                                                              Fiscal year--
                          Item                          --------------------------------------------------------
                                                                2006               2007               2008
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Department of the Interior.............................  .................    $12,525,956,000    $15,327,446,000
Forest Service.........................................  .................        575,737,000        589,613,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
    Total receipts.....................................  .................     13,101,693,000     15,917,059,000
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                 Major Changes Recommended in the Bill

    The Committee has developed revisions to the budget 
estimate for the 2008 fiscal year.
    A comparative summary of funding in the bill is shown by 
agency or principal program in the following table (excluding 
emergency appropriations):

                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                                                     Committee
                                                                                                  recommendation
                                                                      Budget         Committee     compared with
                                                                     estimate     recommendation      budget
                                                                                                     estimate
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               TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management.......................................       1,822,029       1,888,736         +66,707
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service..................................       1,286,769       1,380,857         +94,088
National Park Service...........................................       2,363,784       2,461,419         +97,635
United States Geological Survey.................................         974,952       1,009,933         +34,981
Minerals Management Service.....................................         161,451         166,351          +4,900
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement............         168,295         174,295          +6,000
Bureau of Indian Affairs........................................       2,228,890       2,265,698         +36,808
Departmental Offices............................................         478,657         485,302          +6,645
Departmental-wide Programs......................................         228,418         286,851         +58,433
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, Title I--Department of the Interior................       9,713,245      10,119,442        +406,197
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            TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Science and Technology..........................................         754,506         772,530         +18,024
Environmental Programs and Management...........................       2,298,188       2,384,121         +85,933
Office of Inspector General.....................................          38,008          40,000          +1,992
Building and Facilities.........................................          34,801          34,801  ..............
Hazardous Substance Superfund...................................       1,244,706       1,274,643         +29,937
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program........................          72,461          72,493             +32
Oil Spill Response..............................................          17,280          17,487            +207
State and Tribal Assistance Grants..............................       2,744,450       3,181,853        +437,403
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, Title II--Environmental Protection Agency..........       7,199,400       7,772,928        +573,528
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                   TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES

Department of Agriculture: Forest Service.......................       4,126,873       4,549,543        +422,670
Department of Health and Human Services:
    Indian Health Service.......................................       3,270,726       3,367,399         +96,673
    National Institutes of Health: National Institute of                  78,434          78,434  ..............
     Environmental Health Sciences..............................
    Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry............          75,004          75,004  ..............
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental               2,703           2,703  ..............
 Quality........................................................
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board..................           9,049           9,049  ..............
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.....................           9,000           9,000  ..............
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts            7,297           7,297  ..............
 Development....................................................
Smithsonian Institution.........................................         678,447         696,705         +18,258
National Gallery of Art.........................................         116,000         119,735          +3,735
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts..................          39,350          43,350          +4,000
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars................           8,857           9,718            +861
National Endowment for the Arts.................................         128,412         133,412          +5,000
National Endowment for the Humanities...........................         141,355         146,355          +5,000
Commission of Fine Arts.........................................           2,092           2,192            +100
National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs......................  ..............           7,200          +7,200
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.......................           5,348           5,348  ..............
National Capital Planning Commission............................           8,265           8,265  ..............
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.........................          44,996          45,496            +500
Presidio Trust..................................................          18,450          18,450  ..............
White House Commission on the National Moment of  Remembrance...             200             200  ..............
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, Title III--Related Agencies........................       8,770,858       9,334,855        +563,997
                                                                 ===============================================
      GRAND TOTAL...............................................      25,683,503      27,186,125      +1,502,622
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                    LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

    The following table displays appropriations for the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund.

                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                        Fiscal year
                                                             --------------------------------      Committee
                       Agency/Program                                         2008  estimate  recommendation \4\
                                                               2007  enacted        \1\
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Federal Land Acquisition:
    Bureau of Land Management...............................           8,634           1,619            12,206
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service..........................          28,046          18,011            43,044
    National Park Service...................................          34,402          22,529            48,700
    Forest Service..........................................          41,936          15,703            48,245
    Departmental Management (appraisal services) \2\........           7,397           7,792             7,792
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Federal Land Acquisition..................         120,415          65,654           159,987
                                                             ===================================================
National Park Service, State Assistance.....................          29,622  ..............            30,000
Landowner Incentive Program.................................          23,667  ..............  ..................
Private Stewardship Grants..................................           7,277  ..............  ..................
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund \3\........          61,137  ..............            54,774
State and Tribal Wildlife Grants............................          67,492          69,492  ..................
Forest Legacy...............................................          56,336          29,311            48,095
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land and Water Conservation Fund...............         385,810         245,458           292,856
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\1\ 2008 estimate reflects only activities for which funds were derived from the LWCF in fiscal year 2006.
\2\ Funded in bureau land acquisition accounts in fiscal year 2005 and prior years.
\3\ CESCF data only reflects funding for HCP land acquisition and species recovery land acquisition.
\4\ Senate recommendations only reflect amounts to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

                        Reprogramming Guidelines

    The following are the procedures governing reprogramming 
actions for programs and activities funded in the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act:
    1. Definition.--``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.
    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.
    (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 
Committee, regardless of amounts involved, and be fully 
explained and justified.
    (d) Reprogramming proposals submitted to the Committee for 
approval shall be considered approved 30 calendar days after 
receipt if the Committee has 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 Committee 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, Operations 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 Committee 
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 Committee quarterly and shall include 
cumulative totals.
    (b) Any significant shifts of funding among object 
classifications also should be reported to the Committee.
    5. Administrative Overhead Accounts.--For all 
appropriations where costs of overhead 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 Committee expects a full 
explanation, as part of 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 Committee expects 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 on Appropriations and are approved by such 
Committees, in compliance with these procedures.
    9. Land Acquisitions and Forest Legacy.--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 on Appropriations 
for approval in compliance with these procedures.
    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 on 
Appropriations 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 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    12. Other.--Appropriations for fiscal year 2006 reflect a 1 
percent across-the-board rescission contained in section 3801 
of chapter 8 of title III of division B of Public Law 109-148 
and a .476 percent across-the-board rescission on section 439 
of Public Law 109-54.

                Transparency in Congressional Directives

    On January 18, 2007, the Senate passed S. 1, The 
Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, by a 
vote of 96-2. While the Committee awaits final action on this 
legislation, the chairman and ranking member of the Committee 
issued interim requirements to ensure that the goals of S. 1 
are in place for the appropriations bills for fiscal year 2008.
    The Constitution vests in the Congress the power of the 
purse. The Committee believes strongly that Congress should 
make the decisions on how to allocate the people's money. In 
order to improve transparency and accountability in the process 
of approving earmarks (as defined in S. 1) in appropriations 
measures, each Committee report includes, for each earmark:
  --(1) the name of the Member(s) making the request, and where 
        appropriate, the President;
  --(2) the name and location of the intended recipient or, if 
        there is no specifically intended recipient, the 
        intended location of the activity; and
  --(3) the purpose of such earmark.
    The term ``congressional earmark'' means a provision or 
report language included primarily at the request of a Senator, 
providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of 
discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other 
spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, 
loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an entity, or 
targeted to a specific state, locality or congressional 
district, other than through a statutory or administrative, 
formula-driven, or competitive award process.
    For each earmark, a Member is required to provide a 
certification that neither the Member (nor his or her spouse) 
has a pecuniary interest in such earmark, consistent with 
Senate Rule XXXVII(4). Such certifications are available to the 
public at http://appropriations.senate.gov/senators.cfm or go 
to appropriations.senate.gov and click on ``Members''.

                                TITLE I

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                        LAND AND WATER RESOURCES

                       Bureau of Land Management

    The Bureau of Land Management is charged with administering 
for multiple uses 258 million acres of public land concentrated 
in 12 western States, as well as 700 million acres of 
federally-owned sub-surface mineral rights. Minerals, timber, 
rangeland, fish and wildlife, wilderness and recreation are 
among the resources and activities managed by BLM.
    Recent increases in energy production and recreation visits 
have placed an even greater stress on the Bureau's multiple use 
mandate, but great strides are being made to address the needs 
of an ever-growing U.S. population.
    In 2008 over 58 million visitors are expected to 
participate in recreational activities on public lands. This 
influx of visitors necessitates ongoing investments in the 
Bureau's planning, recreation management, facilities 
construction and law enforcement programs.
    In addition, the Bureau is tasked with managing programs 
involving the mineral industry, utility companies, ranchers, 
the timber industry, and the conservation and research 
communities. In 2008, it is estimated that on-shore public 
lands will generate $4,500,000,000 in revenues from such 
resource uses as energy development, grazing, and timber 
production. The bulk of this amount, $4,100,000,000 will come 
from energy development. The Bureau will also collect an 
estimated $127,000,000 in revenue from the sale of land. Of the 
$4,500,000,000 in revenues generated on public lands, 
approximately 44 percent is provided directly to States and 
counties to support roads, schools, and community needs.

                    MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND RESOURCES

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $866,911,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     879,438,000
Committee recommendation................................     902,883,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $902,883,000 
for management of land and resources. This is an increase of 
$23,445,000 over the budget request and $35,972,000 above the 
2007 appropriation. Changes to the request are described below.
    The Committee supports the administration healthy lands 
initiative to restore and improve vegetation on western lands 
that are used for multiple purposes including energy production 
and recreation. The base program reductions the BLM has 
proposed in order to pay for the healthy lands initiative, 
however, are not acceptable. The budget proposes an increase of 
$15,000,000 for the new initiative but offsets this increase 
with substantial reductions to the National Landscape 
Conservation System [NLCS], Wild Horse and Burro Management, 
Cadastral Survey, Resource Management Planning, the National 
Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Alaska Conveyance, and Land and 
Realty Management. The Committee regards these offsets as 
unacceptable compromises to the Bureau's core missions and has 
restored funding for them.
    The healthy lands initiative is funded at $6,000,000. In 
addition to the healthy lands initiative, the Committee 
recommendation includes an $8,000,000 increase in 2008 for the 
NLCS. The NLCS is a network of National Monuments, National 
Conservation Areas, National Scenic Trails, National Historic 
Trails, Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas, and Wild and 
Scenic Rivers which are among the Nation's crown jewels. The 
increase for the NLCS will reverse the budget cuts in the 2007 
and 2008 budgets and bring NLCS funding back up to the level 
provided in the 2006 appropriation.
    The Committee has been disappointed that the BLM has chosen 
not to provide detailed budget requests for the NLCS in its 
recent budgets. Transparency and accountability are vitally 
important for the Bureau's credibility in the midst of 
allegations that the Bureau has been systematically redirecting 
funds from conservation and recreation to energy production on 
NLCS units. The Committee therefore directs the Secretary to 
provide a budget table that includes major subactivity 
allocations for each unit of the NLCS within 60 days of 
enactment of this bill, and inclusion of such tables in future 
Budget Justifications. The Committee also directs the BLM to 
present line item program elements for National Monuments, 
National Conservation Areas, National Scenic Trails, National 
Historic Trails, Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas, and 
Wild and Scenic Rivers. To further ensure fiscal 
accountability, the Committee directs the BLM to present an end 
of the fiscal year NLCS expenditure and outcomes report which 
breaks out expenditures by unit and subactivity no later than 
December 31 of the subsequent fiscal year. The Committee is 
encouraged that the BLM intends to leverage millions of dollars 
in partnership funds and looks forward to an accounting of the 
partner contributions in next year's annual performance report.
    Activity-level changes are listed below, and changes to 
specific subactivities are reflected in the table in the back 
of the report. The Committee does not agree to add a new budget 
activity for the healthy lands initiative because the current 
budget structure accommodates the initiative's programmatic 
activities. Instead, the increase of $6,000,000 is distributed 
to Soil, Water, and Air Management, Rangeland Management, 
Forestry Management, Riparian Management, Wildlife Management, 
and Fisheries Management in six equal $1,000,000 shares.
    Land Resources.--The Committee recommends an appropriation 
of $197,617,000 for land resources. This amount is $12,061,000 
above the fiscal year 2007 level and $14,185,000 above the 
budget request. Changes to the budget request include an 
increase of $6,000,000 for the healthy lands initiative which 
the budget request presented in a different budget activity. 
The NLCS increase is $1,875,000. The Committee does not support 
the proposed $4,700,000 reduction in funding for Wild Horse and 
Burro Management and has restored these funds. Failure to 
provide for sufficient wild horse and burro gathers would 
inevitably lead to higher costs to manage larger populations of 
equines on public lands in the future. Other increases above 
the request are $2,000,000 for abandoned mine reclamation in 
California (Feinstein); $1,500,000 for the Idaho Department of 
Agriculture to provide coordination, facilitation, 
administrative support, and cost-shared weed control project 
funding to Cooperative Weed Management Areas (Craig); and 
$110,000 for the Idaho Office of Species Conservation for 
slickspot peppergrass monitoring (Craig, Crapo).
    The Committee strongly encourages all Federal agencies that 
need and use horses to fulfill their responsibilities to first 
seek to acquire a wild horse from BLM, and, prior to seeking 
another supplier for usable horses, document why the BLM cannot 
meet the needs of the inquiring Federal agency. The BLM is also 
encouraged to develop an expedited process for providing wild 
horses to local and state police forces.
    Wildlife and Fisheries.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $44,157,000 for wildlife and fisheries 
management. This amount is $3,377,000 above the fiscal year 
2007 level and $3,235,000 over the request. Changes to the 
budget request include increases totaling $2,000,000 for the 
healthy lands initiative, an increase of $485,000 is provided 
for activities on NLCS units, and the proposed $750,000 cut for 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is restored. The 
Foundation is an established, effective facilitator for BLM 
public-private conservation partnerships. The Committee 
encourages the Bureau to support Foundation-sponsored cost 
sharing partnerships in future budget requests.
    Threatened and Endangered Species.--The Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $22,270,000 for land resources. 
This amount is $863,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and 
$340,000 above the budget request. The change to the budget 
request is an increase of $340,000 above the request for 
projects on NLCS units.
    Recreation Management.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $70,240,000 for recreation management. This 
amount is an increase $6,543,000 above the fiscal year 2007 
level and $5,105,000 above the request. Changes to the budget 
request include increases of $3,605,000 for the NLCS and 
$1,500,000 to complete exhibits at the California National 
Historic Trail Interpretive Center in Elko, Nevada (Reid).
    Energy and Minerals Management.--The Committee recommends 
an appropriation of $139,318,000 for energy and minerals 
management. This amount is $2,781,000 above the fiscal year 
2007 level and a decrease of $2,215,000 below the request.
    The budget request assumes that a significant portion of 
the $12,400,000 requested as a 2007 increase for Energy and 
Minerals would be used in both 2007 and 2008 for ANWR pre-
leasing environmental reviews if authorized by Congress. Since 
ANWR energy exploration was not authorized, the BLM is planning 
to use the increase for the remediation of legacy wells, the 
North Slope Science Initiative [NSSI] and NPR-A leasing, 
including the preparation of a Supplemental EIS for northeast 
NPR-A. The 2008 request retains the $12,400,000 increase for 
Alaska North Slope energy activities. The Committee does not 
agree that the bureau should continue receiving the full 
$12,400,000 whether or not ANWR energy exploration is 
authorized, but does recognize the ongoing need for abandoned 
well remediation and other North Slope activities. Therefore, 
$9,900,000 is provided for these purposes, a reduction of 
$2,500,000 below the request.
    An increase of $35,000 is provided for energy and minerals 
activities on NLCS lands. The Committee has included $250,000 
for an oil and gas leasing internet pilot program (Bennett). 
Bill language regarding this pilot program is included in the 
General Provisions of this Title. Within the funds provided for 
energy and minerals management, the Committee directs BLM to 
provide priority consideration to the Alaska minerals 
management program.
    Realty and Ownership Management.--The Committee recommends 
an appropriation of $89,544,000 for realty and ownership 
management. This amount is an increase $6,906,000 above the 
fiscal year 2007 level and $10,815,000 above the request.
    The Committee does not support the proposals to cut funding 
for Alaska conveyance, cadastral survey, and administration of 
rights-of-ways. Therefore, $6,000,000 has been restored for the 
Alaska conveyance program (Stevens), $3,000,000 to cadastral 
survey, and $1,000,000 to land and realty management. If more 
efficient administration of cost recovery regulations results 
in lower rights-of-way appropriation-funded costs, a decrease 
for land and realty management would be considered by the 
Committee in future budgets. Three other increases above the 
request are provided, $500,000 for GIS/cadastral mapping in 
Utah (Bennett), $160,000 for soil survey mapping in Wyoming 
(Thomas, Enzi), and $155,000 for the NLCS.
    Resource Protection and Maintenance.--The Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $85,526,000 for resource 
protection and maintenance. This amount is $372,000 above the 
fiscal year 2007 level and an increase of $3,560,000 above the 
request. Changes to the request include an increase of $560,000 
for the NLCS, and $3,000,000 to restore the proposed cut in 
funding for resource management plans. Resource management 
plans are the prerequisite for all activities allowed on BLM-
managed lands. Funding for the planning process must be 
maintained to keep all BLM units on schedule for required plan 
updates and current with the Bureau's multiple land use 
mission.
    Transportation and Facilities Maintenance.--The Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $77,527,000 for transportation 
and facilities maintenance. This amount is an increase 
$7,159,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $5,770,000 
above the request. The increases are $770,000 for the NLCS and 
$5,000,000 to reverse the deferred maintenance cuts contained 
in the 2006 and 2007 budgets. The Committee does not support 
the Department's efforts to reduce funding for the other 
popular public lands outside the park system while promoting 
the Parks Centennial.
    Land and Resources Information Systems.--The Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $16,723,000 for land and 
resources information systems. This amount is $361,000 below 
the fiscal year 2007 level and an increase of $15,000 above the 
request. The change to the request is an increase for the NLCS.
    Mining Law Administration.--The Committee recommends 
$34,696,000 for mining law administration, which is $2,000,000 
above the 2007 level and equal to the request.
    Workforce Organization and Support.--The Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $150,529,000 for land and 
resources information systems. This amount is $796,000 above 
the fiscal year 2007 level and a decrease of $2,440,000 below 
the request. The $2,530,000 requested for the Financial 
Business and Management System is being moved to the Working 
Capital Fund. An increase of $90,000 is provided for the NLCS.
    Challenge Cost Share.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $9,432,000 for challenge cost share. This 
amount is a $75,000 increase above the fiscal year 2007 level 
and the request. The change to the request is an increase for 
the NLCS.
    The Committee directs the Bureau to retain its current 
level of support for the National Conservation Training Center, 
and directs that funds shall be available to NCTC within 60 
days of enactment.

                        wildland fire management

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $758,355,000
    Emergency appropriation.............................      95,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     801,849,000
Committee recommendation................................     829,524,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $829,524,000 
for wildland fire management. This is an increase of 
$27,675,000 over the budget request and $71,169,000 above the 
2007 appropriation, excluding emergencies. Changes to the 
budget request are described below.
    The Committee notes substantial inconsistencies between the 
wildland fire management budget requests for the Department of 
the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service. As these 
inconsistencies have not been adequately explained or 
justified, the Committee is providing funds consistent with 
Congressional priority for a unified, interagency approach to 
dealing with devastating wildfires.
    The budget for wildland fire management continues to be 
driven by the rising trend in wildfire suppression. The most 
recent ten-year average, $294,398,000, is an increase of 
$45,213,000 over 2007 enacted. Although this is a significant 
increase, it is still substantially lower than the Department's 
2006 actual costs which were over $424,000,000. This cost 
pattern points to the likelihood of continuing upward pressure 
in suppression costs. While the Department's cost containment 
strategies may be helping on the margins, the long-term western 
drought, insect-infested forests, rising temperatures, and 
growing populations on the edge of forests continue to stymie 
all efforts at containing the cost of suppression operations.
    The Committee recommends $294,398,000 for wildfire 
suppression, the same as the request. The Committee understands 
the need to fund suppression at the ten-year average, but does 
not understand why the Department has chosen once again to 
eliminate funding for rural fire assistance grants and reduce 
funding for fire preparedness.
    The Committee does not support the administration's request 
to eliminate funding for rural fire assistance grants for the 
Department of the Interior while maintaining similar grants for 
the Forest Service. Rural and volunteer fire departments 
provide the first line of defense against wildfires and 
successfully respond to thousands of wildfires annually, 
reducing the need for costly Federal response. The Forest 
Service and Interior fire assistance grants are directed toward 
their respective neighboring local communities. Under the 
administration's proposal, thousands of communities neighboring 
BLM, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and 
Indian lands would lose priority access to wildland fire 
assistance grants. Therefore, the Committee recommends 
$8,000,000 for rural fire assistance grants.
    Likewise, cutting fire preparedness funding does not 
actually save appropriation dollars. It merely shifts the costs 
for firefighters, aircraft, and equipment from the preparedness 
account to the suppression account. Furthermore, squeezing fire 
preparedness funding may disproportionately increase the cost 
of fire suppression. Therefore, the Committee recommends 
$286,009,000 for fire preparedness, an increase of $17,675,000 
above the request. The increase consists of $17,175,000 to 
restore the cut in the budget request, and $500,000 to the 
Idaho Universities consortium for the rangelands fire and 
erosion project (Craig, Crapo).
    The Committee recommends $202,792,000 for hazardous fuels 
reduction and $24,591,000 for burned area rehabilitation, the 
same as the requests for those programs. Funding for fire 
facilities construction and maintenance is also recommended at 
the requested level, $7,734,000.
    The cost-shared Joint Fire Science program budget is 
increased by $2,000,000 to $6,000,000.
    The Committee continues to be disappointed that the Forest 
Service and Department of the Interior have failed to produce 
and deploy a fire preparedness planning tool to replace the 
systems that were in place until 2004. The Fire Program 
Analysis system has been repeatedly promoted by both agencies 
as the key to determining optimal staffing and budget levels 
for the past 3 years, yet the agencies have yet to produce a 
working system. It is imperative that both agencies expedite 
development of the system in order to justify further 
investment beyond the current fiscal year. The Committee notes 
that total funding for FPA in 2008 is $7,500,000, to be divided 
between the agencies.

                              construction

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $11,751,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       6,476,000
Committee recommendation................................      11,476,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $11,476,000 
for construction and reconstruction of buildings, roads, 
trails, bridges and other facilities. This is an increase of 
$5,000,000 over the budget request and a decrease of $275,000 
below the 2007 appropriation. The increase of $5,000,000 is 
intended to allow the Bureau to avoid growth in the backlog of 
construction and reconstruction projects. The Committee 
proposes that no Congressional earmarks be added to the nine 
earmarks requested by the administration.
    The Committee notes with disapproval the Department of the 
Interior's lack of commitment to its infrastructure as 
evidenced by the budget cuts proposed in all of the 
Department's major construction accounts.

                            land acquisition

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $8,634,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       1,619,000
Committee recommendation................................      12,206,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,206,000 
for land acquisition, an increase of $10,587,000 above the 
budget request and $3,572,000 above the fiscal year 2007 
enacted level.
    The following table shows the Committee's recommendations:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  Committee
State          Project         recommendation         Requested by
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   MTBlackfoot River             $1,000,000  President, Baucus, Tester
      Special Recreation
      Management Area
   CACalifornia Desert              500,000  Feinstein
      Wilderness
   ORCascade-Siskiyou             1,750,000  Wyden, Smith
      National Monument
   CACoachella Valley Area          400,000  Feinstein
      of Critical
      Environmental Concern
   NMEl Malpais National            250,000  President, Domenici,
      Conservation Area                       Bingaman
   COGunnison Gorge                 856,000  President, Salazar
      National Conservation
      Area
   ORRogue Wild and Scenic          250,000  Wyden, Smith
      River--Winkle Bar
   CAUpper Sacramento River       2,500,000  President
      Area of Critical
      Environmental Concern
   IDUpper Snake/South Fork       1,500,000  President, Craig
      Snake River ACEC/SRMA
                            ----------------
           Subtotal, Line         9,006,000  .........................
            Item Projects
                            ================
     Acquisition Management       1,700,000  .........................
     Inholdings,                  1,500,000  .........................
      Emergencies, and
      Hardships
                            ----------------
           TOTAL, BLM LAND       12,206,000  .........................
            ACQUISITION
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee does not approve the Bureau's proposed 
appropriation bill provision that would enable the BLM to 
retain receipts from the sales of subsurface mineral rights of 
little known value, and apply those receipts toward land 
acquisition. The $5,000,000 estimate provided by the Bureau 
seems optimistic and would not accrue quickly enough to be 
applied to projects scheduled for acquisition in 2008.
    The Committee notes the declining annual requests for BLM 
land acquisition. The Committee recognizes that constrained 
budgets make a full $900,000,000 appropriation as authorized 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to the Federal public 
land management agencies infeasible; however, the levels 
requested have gone too far in the opposite direction. The 
combined 2008 request for land acquisition is less than 
$58,000,000, a small fraction of the authorized amount and a 
reduction of nearly 90 percent since 2002. In 2002, the total 
land acquisition appropriation was $572,700,000, of which the 
BLM share was $49,900,000. The 2008 recommendation for the BLM 
is intended to establish a responsible baseline budget for 
acquiring lands in the future.

                   oregon and california grant lands

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $108,991,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     110,242,000
Committee recommendation................................     110,242,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $110,242,000 
an increase of $1,251,000 over the enacted level and equal to 
the budget request.

                 FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY

                   (REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)

    The Committee has retained bill language clarifying that 
the Federal share of salvage receipts to be deposited into this 
account shall be those funds remaining after payments to 
counties.

                           range improvements

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $10,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      10,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      10,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,000,000 
for range improvements, the same as the fiscal year 2007 
enacted level and the budget request.

               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $24,905,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      46,905,000
Committee recommendation................................      46,905,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $46,905,000 
which is equal to the budget estimate and $21,000,000 above the 
2007 enacted level. The increase of $21,000,000 is for 
increased cost recovery for applications for permits to drill.

                       miscellaneous trust funds

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $12,405,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      12,405,000
Committee recommendation................................      12,405,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,405,000, 
the same as the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and the budget 
request.

                      FISH AND WILDLIFE AND PARKS

                     U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal 
agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing 
fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats. The Service 
manages the 96 million acre National Wildlife Refuge System, 
which encompasses 545 national wildlife refuges, thousands of 
small wetlands and other special management areas. It also 
operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 64 fish and wildlife 
management offices and 81 ecological services field stations. 
The Agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the 
Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, 
restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and 
restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign 
governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees 
the Federal Assistance program, which distributes hundreds of 
millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting 
equipment to State fish and wildlife agencies.

                          resource management

Appropriations, 2007....................................  $1,013,969,000
    Emergency appropriation.............................       7,398,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................   1,034,520,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,079,772,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$1,079,772,000 for the Resource Management account. This amount 
is $65,803,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level, excluding 
emergencies, and $45,252,000 above the budget request.
    Ecological Services.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $270,870,000 for ecological services. This 
amount is $21,498,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and 
$15,500,000 above the budget request. Changes to the budget 
request include increases of $9,000,000 for endangered species, 
$5,500,000 for habitat conservation, and $1,000,000 for 
environmental contaminants.
    The Committee recommends general program increases for 
candidate conservation, listing, consultation, and recovery in 
response to a constantly growing endangered species workload 
which is not fully addressed by fixed cost increases included 
in the request. Candidate conservation is funded at 
$10,135,000, which includes a general program increase of 
$1,000,000 and an increase of $500,000 to the Idaho Office of 
Species Conservation to continue the sage grouse working groups 
in Idaho (Craig, Crapo). Endangered species listing is funded 
at $18,763,000, an increase of $500,000 above the request. 
Critical habitat receives $100,000 of the increase and $400,000 
is for general program activities. Endangered species 
consultation funding is $53,578,000 which includes a general 
program increase of $2,000,000 over the request. The Committee 
recommends $73,067,000 for endangered species recovery, an 
increase of $5,000,000 over the request including a general 
program increase of $3,000,000 to help the Service emphasize 
actual recovery activities on the ground. Additional recovery 
increases include $400,000 to the Peregrine Fund for California 
Condor recovery efforts (Craig); $500,000 for Lahontan 
cutthroat trout restoration in the Lake Tahoe basin and 
Truckee, Carson and Walker River basins (Reid); $250,000 to the 
Idaho Office of Species Conservation for Idaho coldwater fish 
habitat conservation (Craig, Crapo); a total of $500,000 to be 
allocated based on approved State management plans to augment 
wolf monitoring in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming (Craig, Thomas, 
Enzi, Crapo); and, $350,000 for endangered mussel recovery and 
propagation at the White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery 
in West Virginia (Byrd). Within the funding provided, the 
Committee urges the Service to continue existing eider recovery 
and reintroduction programs.
    The Committee points out that budget request includes 
several administration endangered species earmarks for the 
Green River Basin for which the Committee approves $500,000 in 
candidate conservation and $500,000 in consultation.
    Habitat conservation is funded at $103,155,000. That is 
$5,500,000 above the request including general program 
increases of $1,000,000 for the partners for fish and wildlife 
program, $1,000,000 for project planning, and $1,000,000 for 
the coastal program. Additional increases include $700,000 for 
the Hawaii Invasive Species Council (Inouye, Akaka), $550,000 
to the Middle Rio Grande Bosque Program for research and 
restoration (Domenici), $500,000 to Mississippi State 
University for the Natural Resources Economic Enterprises 
Program (Cochran), and $750,000 to the Nevada Biological 
Resources Research Center for the Nevada Biodiversity Research 
and Conservation Initiative that provides scientific support 
for conservation efforts for threatened species such as the 
sage grouse, Lahontan cutthroat trout and the desert tortoise 
(Reid). The Administration Green River Basin earmark included 
in the request is funded at $750,000. The Committee also 
recommends a $1,000,000 increase for the environmental 
contaminants program which provides emergency response 
capability to environmental incidents requiring Federal action.
    National Wildlife Refuge System.--The Committee recommends 
an appropriation of $413,804,000 for the national wildlife 
refuge system. This amount is $18,471,000 above the fiscal year 
2007 level and $19,000,000 above the budget request. Changes to 
the budget request include a $15,000,000 general program 
increase for refuge operations. The Committee is aware that 
funding for the refuge system has not kept pace with inflation 
and has fallen approximately $60,000,000 below inflation-
adjusted levels over a 4-year period. This increase is intended 
to begin to turn the tide for the refuge system and enable the 
Service to maintain or increase refuge staffing 2008.
    Other increases for the refuge program include a general 
program increase of $3,000,000 for refuge maintenance and 
$1,000,000 to complete the Spartina grass eradication project 
at Willapa National Wildlife Refuge in Washington (Murray, 
Cantwell).
    The Committee urges the Service to complete the 
comprehensive conservation plan for the Missisiquoi National 
Wildlife Refuge in Vermont. The Committee urges the Service to 
study the potential inclusion of additional lands in the 
vicinity of the refuge to secure significant wetlands, 
migratory bird habitat, and Service trust resources. The 
Committee further requests that it be provided a copy of the 
plan upon completion.
    Migratory Bird Management and Law Enforcement.--The 
Committee recommends an appropriation of $102,167,000 for the 
migratory bird management and law enforcement programs. This 
amount is $4,516,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and 
$4,000,000 above the budget request. Changes to the budget 
request include a general program increase of $500,000 for 
migratory bird management and increases totaling $3,500,000 for 
law enforcement.
    The Committee is concerned that the Service is failing to 
pay adequate attention to its law enforcement responsibilities, 
particularly with respect to illegal trade in wildlife and 
wildlife products. The special operations branch which conducts 
lengthy undercover investigations of large-scale crime 
enterprises has been cut down to a mere three-agent force. 
Therefore, the Committee is providing $61,085,000 for law 
enforcement operations and maintenance, an increase of 
$3,500,000 above the Service's inadequate request. The increase 
is intended to restore full staffing and support for illegal 
wildlife trade investigations.
    Fisheries and Aquatic Restoration.--The Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $130,004,000 for the national 
fish hatchery system and aquatic restoration activities. This 
amount is $12,826,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and 
$5,250,000 above the budget request. Changes to the budget 
request include an increase of $3,250,000 for the national fish 
hatchery system to address its highest priority unmet needs in 
operations and maintenance. Other increases include $500,000 to 
continue the Great Lakes fish and wildlife restoration program 
which the budget proposed to eliminate, $1,000,000 for Atlantic 
salmon Penobscot River restoration activities in Maine (Snowe, 
Collins), and $500,000 to restore cuts proposed in the budget 
for the marine mammals program. The Committee urges the Service 
to direct a significant portion of the marine mammals increase 
to sea otter populations in Alaska and California.
    General Administration.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $162,927,000 for general administration of the 
Service. This amount is $8,492,000 above the fiscal year 2007 
level and $1,502,000 above the budget request. Changes to the 
budget request include increases of $750,000 for central office 
administration, $1,000,000 for regional office administration, 
and $1,900,000 for international affairs. The increases are 
partially offset by a decrease of $2,148,000 for the 
consolidation of FBMS costs in the Working Capital Fund. The 
avian flu program is funded at the requested level.
    The increase for central office administration is to offset 
unspecified management efficiencies included in the request. 
Regional office administration receives $1,000,000 to restore 
proposed reductions.
    The Committee recommends a general program increase of 
$1,600,000 for international affairs and urges that the 
wildlife without borders program receive appropriate 
consideration for a share of the increase. The Caddo Lake 
Ramsar Center is provided $300,000 for conservation and 
education programs (Hutchison).
    The Committee notes with approval that the Service has 
proposed an adequate operations and maintenance budget for the 
National Conservation Training Center in 2008. The Committee 
supports this request and encourages the Service to maintain an 
adequate funding level for the Center in future budgets.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ecological Services..........................................     $255,370,000     $270,870,000     +$15,500,000
National Wildlife Refuge System..............................      395,333,000      413,804,000      +19,000,000
Migratory Bird Management and Law Enforcement................       97,651,000      102,167,000       +4,000,000
Fisheries and Aquatic Restoration............................      124,754,000      130,004,000       +5,250,000
General Administration.......................................      161,425,000      162,927,000       +1,502,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, Resource Management.............................    1,034,520,000    1,079,772,000      +45,252,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $45,300,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      23,071,000
Committee recommendation................................      36,700,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$36,700,000 for the Construction account. This amount is 
$8,600,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level and $13,629,000 
above the budget request. The administration budget request 
includes funding for four earmarked projects and one national 
priority. The Committee supports funding for those projects and 
adds funding for seven congressional priorities.
    The Committee also provides $5,000,000 for enhancements to 
national wildlife refuge and national fish hatchery visitor 
centers and visitor contact facilities. This program was 
unaccountably absent from the budget request. The Committee 
urges the Service to include funding in future budgets to 
maintain and improve its facilities in keeping with the 
expectations of the visiting public.
    The Committee agrees to the following distribution of 
construction funds:

                 FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE CONSTRUCTION
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Committee
State         Project         recommendation         Requested by
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   KY Clarks River                $300,000  McConnell
       National Wildlife
       Refuge
   IL Crab Orchard               2,000,000  President
       National Wildlife
       Refuge--Devil's
       Kitchen Dam, phase
       2 (cc)
   CA Don Edwards San            5,000,000  Feinstein, Boxer
       Francisco Bay
       National Wildlife
       Refuge Complex--SF
       Bay salt pond
       restoration
   HI Hakalau National             900,000  Inouye, Akaka
       Wildlife Refuge--
       fencing (cc)
   WY Jackson National           2,037,000  President
       Fish Hatchery--
       seismic
       rehabilitation (cc)
   AR Mammoth Springs            1,750,000  Lincoln, Pryor
       National Fish
       Hatchery Visitor
       Center (cc)
   PI Midway Atoll               1,500,000  President
       National Wildlife
       Refuge
   DC Office of Aircraft           500,000  President
       Services (MBM
       replacement planes)
   WV Ohio River Islands         1,425,000  Byrd
       National Wildlife
       Refuge--river
       island erosion
       control
   GA Okefenokee National          600,000  Chambliss, Isakson
       Wildlife Refuge--
       repair public use
       facilities
   MD Patuxent Research          4,000,000  President, Mikulski,
       Refuge--major                         Cardin
       safety
       reconstruction
   WV White Sulphur                500,000  Byrd
       Springs National
       Fish Hatchery--
       maintenance and
       facility
       improvements
                           ----------------
            Subtotal, Line      20,512,000  ..........................
             Item Projects
                           ================
      National Wildlife          5,000,000  ..........................
       Refuge System and
       Fish Hatchery
       System visitor
       enhancements
      Dam safety program           717,000  ..........................
       and inspections
      Bridge safety                570,000  ..........................
       inspections
      Nationwide                 9,901,000  ..........................
       Engineering
       Services
                           ----------------
            TOTAL, FWS          36,700,000  ..........................
             CONSTRUCTION
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                            land acquisition

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $28,046,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      18,011,000
Committee recommendation................................      43,044,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$43,044,000 for the land acquisition account. This amount is 
$14,998,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $25,033,000 
above the budget request.
    The Committee notes the declining annual requests for Fish 
and Wildlife Service land acquisition. The Committee recognizes 
that constrained budgets make a full $900,000,000 appropriation 
as authorized from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to the 
Federal public land management agencies infeasible; however, 
the levels requested have gone too far in the opposite 
direction. The combined 2008 request for land acquisition is 
less than $58,000,000, a small fraction of the authorized 
amount and a reduction of nearly 90 percent since 2002. In 
2002, the land acquisition appropriation was $572,700,000, of 
which the Service share was $99,100,000. The Committee urges 
the Service to reexamine its long-term plan of acquisitions for 
the national wildlife refuge system.
    The Committee recommends the following projects for 2008:

               FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE LAND ACQUISITION
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Committee
    State          Project        recommendation        Requested by
------------------------------------------------------------------------
          VA Back Bay                  $750,000  Warner, Webb
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
          TX Balcones                   275,000  Hutchison, Cornyn
              Canyonlands
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
          MD Blackwater                 400,000  Mikulski
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
          WV Canaan Valley            2,000,000  Byrd
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
          NJ Cape May                 1,000,000  Lautenberg, Menendez
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
          KY Clarks River               500,000  McConnell
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
      SD, ND Dakota                     500,000  Johnson, Thune
              Tallgrass
              Prairie
              Wildlife
              Management
              Area
          IA Driftless Area             250,000  Harkin
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
          VA Eastern Shore            1,950,000  Warner, Webb
              of Virginia
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
          NJ Edwin B.                 1,375,000  Lautenberg, Menendez
              Forsythe
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
  CT, NJ, NY Highlands                2,000,000  Lautenberg, Dodd,
              Conservation                        Lieberman, Schumer,
              Act--easements                      Clinton, Menendez
          HI James Campbell           5,000,000  President, Inouye,
              National                            Akaka
              Wildlife
              Refuge
          VA James River              1,600,000  Warner, Webb
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
          NH Lake Umbagog             1,000,000  Gregg, Sununu
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge--Mollid
              gewock Brook
          TX Lower Rio                  750,000  Hutchison
              Grande Valley
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
          FL National Key             1,044,000  President
              Deer National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
       MN,IA Northern                   750,000  Harkin, Coleman,
              Tallgrass                           Klobuchar
              Prairie
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
          LA Red River                1,000,000  Landrieu, Vitter
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
          RI Rhode Island             1,000,000  Reed, Whitehouse
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge Complex
          MT Rocky Mountain           1,250,000  Baucus, Tester
              Front
              Conservation
              Area
          CA San Joaquin                900,000  President
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge
 MA, VT, NH, Silvio Conte             2,500,000  President, Leahy,
          CT  National                            Kennedy, Dodd,
              Wildlife                            Lieberman, Sununu
              Refuge
          CT Stewart B.                 710,000  Dodd, Lieberman
              McKinney NFWR--
              Menunketesuck
              Salt Meadow
              Marsh
          AK Yukon Flats                400,000  President, Stevens
              National
              Wildlife
              Refuge [Doyon
              land exchange
              EIS]
                             -------------------
                   Subtotal,         28,904,000  .....................
                    Line
                    Item
                    Projects
                             ===================
             Acquisition              8,140,000  .....................
              Management
             Cost Allocation          1,500,000  .....................
              Methodology
             Exchanges                1,500,000  .....................
             Inholdings,              3,000,000  .....................
              Emergencies,
              and Hardships
                             -------------------
                   TOTAL,            43,044,000  .....................
                    FWS LAND
                    ACQUISIT
                    ION
------------------------------------------------------------------------

            cooperative endangered species conservation fund

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $81,001,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      80,001,000
Committee recommendation................................      80,001,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$80,001,000 for the cooperative endangered species conservation 
fund. This amount is $1,000,000 below the fiscal year 2007 
level and the same as the budget request.
    The funds are distributed according to the request: 
$10,001,000 for endangered species conservation grants to 
States and territories; $7,642,000 for habitat conservation 
planning grants; $14,186,000 for species recovery land 
acquisition; $40,587,000 for habitat conservation plan land 
acquisition; $5,067,000 for the Idaho Salmon and Clearwater 
River Basins account established as part of the Nez Perce water 
rights settlement; and $2,518,000 for program administration.

                     national wildlife refuge fund

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $14,202,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      10,811,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,202,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$14,202,000 for the national wildlife refuge fund. This amount 
is the same as the fiscal year 2007 level, $3,391,000 over the 
request. This account compensates counties for tax losses 
resulting from lands within county boundaries acquired, owned 
and managed by the Service. The Committee urges the Service to 
maintain its support for payments to counties in future 
budgets.

               north american wetlands conservation fund

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $39,412,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      42,646,000
Committee recommendation................................      42,646,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$42,646,000 for the North American wetlands conservation fund. 
This amount is $3,234,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and 
the same as the budget request. Of the total amount, $1,706,000 
is provided for program administration and support.

              NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION FUND

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $3,941,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       3,960,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,000,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$4,000,000 for the neotropical migratory bird conservation 
fund. This amount is $59,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level 
and $40,000 above the budget request.

                multinational species conservation fund

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $6,404,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       4,257,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,000,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$8,000,000 for the multinational species conservation fund. 
This amount is $1,596,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and 
$3,743,000 above the budget request. Changes to the budget 
request include the following increases: $510,000 for African 
elephant conservation, $1,010,000 for rhinoceros and tiger 
conservation, $510,000 for Asian elephant conservation, 
$1,010,000 for great ape conservation, and $703,000 for marine 
turtle conservation.

                    STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $67,492,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      69,492,000
Committee recommendation................................      72,492,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$72,492,000 for State and tribal wildlife grants. This amount 
is $5,000,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $3,000,000 
above the budget request. Changes to the budget request include 
increases of $2,370,000 for State formula grants and $630,000 
for tribal grants to restore cuts proposed in the budget 
request.
    The Committee approves of the request for $5,000,000 to 
begin a competitive grants program.
    The Committee accepts the Department's decision to 
discontinue the private stewardship and landowner incentive 
grants programs but recognizes the need for species 
conservation efforts on private lands to continue. The 
Committee urges the Service to work with the States to develop 
a new subset of funding under the State and tribal wildlife 
grant program that can direct grants toward species 
conservation projects on private lands. The Committee is 
receptive to ideas from the Service and the States on how best 
to accomplish the goal of continued Federal support for 
conservation on private lands within the framework of the State 
and tribal wildlife grant program.

                         National Park Service

    Since the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, 
the National Park System has grown to encompass 390 sites 
spanning more than 84 million acres in 49 States, the District 
of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the 
Virgin Islands. The National Park Service, created in 1916, is 
charged with preserving these sites ``unimpaired for the 
enjoyment of future generations.'' The Service and its more 
than 20,000 employees also contribute to the protection of 
other historical, cultural and recreational resources through a 
variety of grant and technical assistance programs.

                 operation of the national park system

Appropriations, 2007....................................  $1,762,684,000
    Emergency appropriations............................         525,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................   1,969,010,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,958,687,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$1,958,687,000 for the Operation of the National Park System 
account. This amount is $196,003,000 above the fiscal year 2007 
non-emergency level, and $10,323,000 below the budget request. 
The following table provides a comparison of the budget 
estimate and the Committee's recommendations in the major 
programmatic areas.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                Committee
                                                          Budget  estimate    recommendation         Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Park Management:
    Resource Stewardship...............................       $397,434,000       $397,434,000  .................
    Visitor Services...................................        405,531,000        405,531,000  .................
    Facilities Maintenance & Operations................        698,571,000        691,571,000        -$7,000,000
    Park Support.......................................        320,776,000        322,561,000         +1,785,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Park Management...........................      1,822,312,000      1,817,097,000         -5,215,000
                                                        ========================================================
External Administrative Costs..........................        146,698,000        141,590,000         -5,108,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Operation of the National Park System.....      1,969,010,000      1,958,687,000        -10,323,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Park Management.--The Committee recommends an appropriation 
of $1,817,097,000 for park management. This amount is 
$5,215,000 below the budget request. Changes to the request 
include a reduction of $7,000,000 in facility maintenance for 
dam removal studies at the Hetch Hetchy Dam in Yosemite 
National Park. The Committee will not support the expenditure 
of scarce resources on a controversial project whose cost 
estimates approach $10,000,000,000. Additional changes to the 
request include an increase of $1,785,000 in park support for 
the National Trail System. The Committee believes that 
additional resources for these Federal trails is more than 
warranted given the tremendous level of volunteer service 
donated each year.
    Overall, the Committee's recommendation for park management 
activities is more than $189,000,000 above the fiscal year 2007 
enacted level. This is an increase of 12 percent and represents 
the largest single boost ever in the history of the national 
parks. As part of the Park Centennial Initiative, these funds 
will allow for the hiring of 1,000 additional maintenance 
personnel, 1,000 visitor and resource protection rangers, and 
1,000 interpretation and education rangers. In addition, these 
funds will allow for an across-the-board increase in the base 
operating budgets of every park unit, including, for example, 
$457,000 at the Natchez Trace Parkway and $428,000 at the 
George Washington Carver National Monument.
    Centennial Initiative Matching Grants.--The Committee is 
aware of the pending legislative proposal on the matching-grant 
portion of the Parks Centennial Initiative, and hopes that the 
relevant authorizing committee will consider this proposal in a 
timely manner. The Committee certainly supports the fundamental 
concept of matching grants, but believes that the proper venue 
for resolving the many issues surrounding the proposal is 
within the authorizing committee's jurisdiction.
    External Administrative Costs.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $141,590,000 for external administrative 
costs. This amount is $5,108,000 below the budget request. The 
change to the budget request represents the Service's portion 
of the department-wide financial business and management system 
[FBMS]. These funds are being consolidated in the Department's 
Working Capital Fund.
    Other.--The Committee understands that the decline in the 
population of Hansen's Disease victims residing at Kalaupapa 
National Historic Park may eventually result in there no longer 
being any active residents at the site. In order to prepare for 
this, the Committee directs the Service to consult with the 
State of Hawaii in a study of alternatives for the future of 
the Park, including returning the lands to the Department of 
Hawaiian Home Lands.
    The Committee is concerned that the National Park Service's 
proposed staffing levels in Hawaii do not appropriately reflect 
the Service's needs in that State, especially in light of the 
recent designation of the Northwestern Hawaiian Island National 
Marine Monument. The Committee therefore directs that no 
changes shall be made to any staffing level in Hawaii until the 
Service conducts a capacity analysis with recommendations for 
it's operations in the State.

                       UNITED STATES PARK POLICE

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $85,213,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      88,122,000
Committee recommendation................................      88,122,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $88,122,000 
for the United States Park Police. This amount is $2,909,000 
above the fiscal year 2007 level, and equal to the budget 
request.

                  NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $54,369,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      48,885,000
Committee recommendation................................      63,756,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$63,756,000 for the National Recreation and Preservation 
account. This amount is $9,387,000 above the fiscal year 2007 
level, and $14,871,000 above the budget request. The following 
table provides a comparison of the budget estimate and the 
Committee's recommendations in the major programmatic areas. 
Changes to the request are detailed below.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                Committee
                                                          Budget  estimate    recommendation         Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recreation programs....................................           $574,000           $574,000  .................
Natural programs.......................................         10,467,000         10,467,000  .................
Cultural programs......................................         22,742,000         21,742,000        -$1,000,000
Environmental compliance & review......................            421,000            421,000  .................
Grants administration..................................          3,059,000          3,059,000  .................
International park affairs.............................          1,618,000          1,618,000  .................
Heritage partnership program...........................         10,004,000         15,000,000         +4,996,000
Preserve America.......................................  .................          5,000,000         +5,000,000
Statutory or contractual aid...........................  .................          5,875,000         +5,875,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Recreation and Preservation......         48,885,000         63,756,000        +14,871,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Cultural Programs.--The change to the budget request is a 
reduction of $1,000,000 in national register programs for the 
proposed historic properties inventory. The Committee believes 
that the initiation of such an activity is more properly vested 
with the individual States.
    Heritage Partnership Programs.--The change to the budget 
request includes an increase of $4,996,000 for the Heritage 
Partnership program. Unlike past years, the Committee has not 
provided specific allocations among the 35 heritage areas, but 
rather directs the Service to develop a formula-based plan as 
it did in fiscal year 2007. The Service should consult with the 
various areas and the House and Senate Appropriations Committee 
prior to finalizing the plan. The Service is directed to 
include in its plan a cap on the amount of funding an area can 
receive prior to its management plan being approved by the 
Secretary of the Interior.
    Preserve America.--The Committee has included $5,000,000 
for the administration's Preserve America program, and included 
that funding under the National Recreation and Preservation 
account instead of under the Historic Preservation Fund 
account. As the administration states, the Preserve America 
program is focused on heritage tourism and the Committee 
believes that such activities are more properly accounted for 
under this heading.
    Statutory or Contractual Aid.--The change to the budget 
request is an increase of $5,875,000. These funds, which are 
often matched, are allocated to the following State and local 
governments and organizations for the purpose of operating, 
managing, and preserving resources at Service affiliated areas.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Amount          Requested by
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Angel Island Immigration Station.   $1,500,000  Feinstein, Boxer
Brown Foundation.................      250,000  Brownback
Chesapeake Bay Gateways..........    2,000,000  Mikulski, Cardin
Crossroads of the West Historic        500,000  Bennett
 District.
Fort Mandan, Fort Lincoln, No.         400,000  Dorgan, Conrad
 Plains.
Jamestown 2007 Comm..............      200,000  Warner, Webb
Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission.      250,000  Levin, Stabenow
Native Hawaiian Culture & Arts...      650,000  Inouye, Akaka
Yosemite schools.................      125,000  Feinstein
                                  -------------
      Total......................    5,875,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $55,663,000
    Emergency appropriations............................      10,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      63,658,000
Committee recommendation................................      75,000,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$75,000,000 for the Historic Preservation Fund account. This 
amount is $19,337,000 above the fiscal year 2007 non-emergency 
level and $11,342,000 above the budget request. The following 
table provides a comparison of the budget estimate and the 
Committee's recommendations in the major programmatic areas. 
Changes to the request are detailed below.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                      Budget         Committee
                                                                     estimate     recommendation      Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grants to states................................................     $35,717,000     $39,000,000     +$3,283,000
Grants to tribes................................................       3,941,000       6,000,000      +2,059,000
Inventory of historic properties................................       4,000,000  ..............      -4,000,000
Save America's Treasures........................................      10,000,000      30,000,000     +20,000,000
Preserve America................................................      10,000,000  ..............     -10,000,000
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, Historic Preservation Fund.........................      63,658,000      75,000,000     +11,342,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Grants to States.--The change to the request is an increase 
of $3,283,000 in grants to the State historic preservation 
offices. The Committee appreciates the important work these 
offices do and believes that an increase is warranted.
    Grants to Tribes.--The change to the request is an increase 
of $2,059,000 for tribal historic preservation offices. The 
Committee understands that tribal preservation efforts play an 
important part in the overall need to preserve American 
history, and appreciates the work of these offices.
    Inventory of Historic Properties.--The change to the 
request is a reduction of $4,000,000 for the proposed historic 
properties inventory. The Committee believe that the initiation 
of such an activity is more properly vested with the individual 
States.
    Save America's Treasures.--The change to the request is an 
increase of $20,000,000, for a total appropriation of 
$30,000,000, which is the historic level of funding for this 
program. As in past years, the Committee has been virtually 
overwhelmed with funding requests, both in terms of the number 
of requests submitted and the dollar value of the projects 
requested. The Committee believes that this attests to the 
widespread national support that this program has garnered. The 
fundamental purpose of Save America's Treasures grants is for 
the preservation and restoration of important heritage and 
historical resources. As such, the Committee recommends the 
following allocation:

                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              Committee
State       Project         recommendation           Requested by
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   AL Bullock County                  300  Shelby
       Courthouse
       (Union Springs)
   AL Old Cahawba                     175  Shelby
       Center
       (Cahawba)
   AR Lane House                      150  Lincoln, Pryor
       Theater (Eureka
       Springs)
   CA Mission San Luis                650  Feinstein, Boxer
       Rey (Oceanside)
   CO Chimney Rock                    245  Salazar
       Pueblo (Pagosa
       Springs)
   DE Grand Opera                     250  Biden, Carper
       House
       (Wilmington)
   GA Old Fort Jackson                300  Chambliss, Isakson
       (Savannah)
   IA City National                   400  Harkin, Grassley
       Bank Building
       (Mason City)
   ID Chesterfield                    450  Craig
       Schoolhouse
       (Chesterfield)
   ID Historic Wilson                 200  Craig
       Theater
       (Rupert)
   IL Knox College                    300  Durbin
       (Galesburg)
   MD Lloyd Street                    125  Mikulski, Cardin
       Synagogue
       (Baltimore)
   MI Marquette Harbor                300  Levin, Stabenow
       Lighthouse
       (Marquette)
   MO Missouri Theater                500  Bond
       (Columbia)
   MN Ripley Gardens                  300  Coleman
       Hospital
       (Minneapolis)
   MS Immanuel Church                 150  Cochran
       (Winona)
   MS Walthall County                 200  Cochran
       Courthouse
       (Tylertown)
   NH Littleton Opera                 500  Gregg
       House
       (Littleton)
   NV Goldfield                       300  Reid
       Historic
       District
       (Goldfield)
   NY Seneca Knitting                 250  Schumer, Clinton
       Mill (Seneca)
   PA Polish American                 125  Specter
       Cultural Center
       (Philadelphia)
   RI John Brown House                300  Reed
       (Providence)
   SD Grand Opera                     250  Johnson
       House (Dell
       Rapids)
   TX Knights of                      350  Hutchison
       Pythias
       Building
       (Cuero)
   VT Bethel Town Hall                305  Leahy
       (Bethel)
   WV Mother's Day                    125  Byrd
       Shrine
       (Grafton)
                       -------------------
                  Tota              7,500  ...........................
                   l
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Preserve America.--The change to the request is a reduction 
of $10,000,000 for Preserve America grants from the Historic 
Preservation Fund. Funding for this program has been included 
under the National Recreation and Preservation account.

                              construction

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $297,482,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     201,580,000
Committee recommendation................................     227,154,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$227,154,000 for the Construction account. This amount is 
$70,328,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level and $25,574,000 
above the budget request. The following table provides details 
of the recommendation.

                   NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSTRUCTION
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Committee
 State       Program/Project        recommend         Requested by
------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Line Item Construction:
    KY     Abraham Lincoln               350  McConnell
            Birthplace Nat'l
            Historic Site
    PA     Benjamin Franklin           2,000  Specter
            Memorial
    MA     Boston Harbor               1,982  Kennedy, Kerry
            Islands NRA
    NC     Blue Ridge Parkway          1,916  President
    AR     Buffalo National            2,057  President
            River
    CA     California National         1,662  Feinstein
            Parks
    MA     Cape Cod National           1,292  President
            Seashore
    NC     Cape Hatteras               2,805  President
            National Seashore
    CA     Channel Islands             9,295  President
            National Park
    PA     DE Water Gap Nat'l          1,503  President
            Recreation Area
    FL     Everglades National        14,526  President, Nelson (FL),
            Park                               Martinez
    WA     Ft. Vancouver Nat'l           850  Murray, Cantwell
            Hist Site
    NY     Gateway National            1,042  President
            Recreation Area
    IN     George Rogers Clark         3,764  President
            Nat'l Hist Park
    MD     George Washington             700  Mikulski, Cardin
            Pkwy (Glen Echo)
    MT     Glacier National            1,250  Baucus, Tester
            Park
    WV     Harpers Ferry Nat'l         1,350  Byrd
            Hist Park
    MO     Jefferson Nat'l             1,500  Bond
            Expan Mem (St.
            Louis Arch)
    AK     Kenai Fjords                4,300  Stevens
            National Park
    MI     Keweenaw NHP (Union           704  Levin, Stabenow
            Bldg, interior)
    KY     Mammoth Cave                1,353  President
            National Park
    WA     Mount Rainier               1,812  President
            National Park
    WV     New River Gorge             2,115  Byrd
            Nat'l Secnic River
    WA     Olympic National           20,000  President, Murray
            Park
    VA     Petersburg National         3,045  President
            Battlefield
    CA     Redwood National            2,346  President
            Park (roads)
    CA     Redwood National           11,737  President
            Park (maintenance
            facility)
    CO     Rocky Mountain              2,817  President
            National Park
    CA     San Francisco              10,051  President
            Maritime Nat'l Hist
            Park
    VA     Shenandoah National         2,292  President
            Park
    UT     Utah Public Land            2,000  Bennett, Hatch
            Artifact Pres Act
    HI     USS Arizona                 4,545  President
    DC     White House                 5,731  President
    SD     Wind Cave National          1,158  President
            Park
    MT     Yellowstone National        3,800  President
            Park
                                -------------
             Subtotal, Line          129,650  ........................
              Item Construction
                                ========================================
                                                       Change
                                ----------------------------------------
       Emergencies &                   3,290  ........................
        Unscheduled Projects                   .............
       Housing Replacement             5,075  ........................
        Program                                .............
       Dam Safety Program              2,626  ........................
                                               .............
       Equipment Replacement          14,815  ........................
        Program                                .............
       Construction Planning          17,355  ........................
                                               .............
       Construction Program           40,852  +1,010
        Mgmt & Operations
       General Management             13,491  ........................
        Planning                               .............
                                -------------
             Total--Constructio      227,154  ........................
              n                                .............
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    California National Parks.--The Committee has provided 
$1,662,000 to begin priority health and safety mine cleanup 
work at several California facilities. The Committee directs 
the Service to make these funds available to Mojave NP, Joshua 
Tree NP, Death Valley NP, Lassen Volcanic NP, and Point Reyes 
NS.
    Yellowstone National Park.--The Committee has provided 
$3,800,000 for Yellowstone National Park for the costs 
associated with the upgrading the West Yellowstone-Hebgen Basin 
municipal solid waste disposal system for the processing and 
disposal of municipal solid waste generated with the park. The 
Committee understands that these upgrades were instituted 
primarily at the request of the Service, and therefore believes 
that the Service has a responsibility to pay its proportionate 
share of the construction costs. The Committee has provided 
bill language to authorize the payment, and has also clarified 
that any further payments will be restricted to the park's 
proportionate share of ongoing operation and maintenance costs.
    Construction Program Management and Operations.--Changes to 
the request include an increase of $1,010,000 in fixed cost 
increases for the Denver Service Center and the Harpers Ferry 
Center. When virtually all other service units have been 
provided fixed cost increases through the ONPS account, the 
Committee does not understand why these two facilities have not 
been accorded the same treatment.
    General Management Planning.--Although the Committee has 
not made changes to the budget request within this activity, it 
does understand from Service officials that the actual amount 
budgeted for mapping of the El Camino Real de los Tejas 
National Historic Trail is $240,000.

                    land and water conservation fund

                              (RESCISSION)

Appropriations, 2007....................................    -$30,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     -30,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     -30,000,000

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $30,000,000 in 
annual contract authority provided by 16 U.S.C. 460l-10a. This 
authority has not been used in recent years and there are no 
plans to use it in fiscal year 2007.

                 land acquisition and state assistance

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $64,024,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      22,529,000
Committee recommendation................................      78,700,000

    The Committee recommends $78,700,000 for land acquisition 
and State assistance, an increase of $56,171,000 above the 
budget request and $14,676,000 above the fiscal year 2007 
enacted level.
    The Committee recommends the following distribution of 
funds:

       NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Committee
State         Project         recommendation         Requested by
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   ME Acadia National Park        $600,000  Snowe, Collins
   TX Big Thicket National       2,500,000  Hutchison
       Preserve
   MA Cape Cod National          2,000,000  Kennedy, Kerry
       Seashore
   GA Chattahoochee River        2,000,000  Isakson, Chambliss
       National Recreation
       Area
   TN Chickamauga and            2,200,000  Alexander
       Chattanooga
       National Military
       Park
  USA Civil War                  3,000,000  President, 17 Senators
       Battlefield
       Preservation Grants
KY/TN Cumberland Gap             1,900,000  McConnell
       National Historical
       Park
   WA Ebey's Landing               500,000  Murray, Cantwell
       National Historical
       Reserve
   PA Flight 93 National         5,000,000  President, Specter, Casey
       Memorial
   WV Gauley River                 500,000  Byrd
       National Recreation
       Area
   CA Golden Gate National       5,000,000  Feinstein
       Recreation Area--
       Rancho Corral de
       Tierra
   MS Gulf Islands               2,000,000  Cochran
       National Seashore--
       Cat Island
   WI Ice Age National           2,000,000  Kohl
       Scenic Trail
   CO Mesa Verde National        1,600,000  Allard, Salazar
       Park
   WA Mt. Rainier National       1,500,000  Murray, Cantwell
       Park--Carbon River
       Gateway
   WV New River Gorge              500,000  Byrd
       National River
   MI Sleeping Bear Dunes        1,200,000  Levin, Stabenow
       National Lakeshore
                           ----------------
            Subtotal, Line      34,000,000  ..........................
             Item Projects
                           ================
      Acquisition                9,700,000  ..........................
       Management
      Emergencies and            2,500,000  ..........................
       Hardship
      Inholdings and             2,500,000  ..........................
       Exchanges
                           ----------------
            SUBTOTAL, NPS       48,700,000  ..........................
             LAND
             ACQUISITION
                           ================
      State Conservation        28,325,000  ..........................
       Grants
      State Conservation         1,675,000  ..........................
       Grant President
                           ----------------
            SUBTOTAL,           30,000,000  ..........................
             STATE
             ASSISTANCE
                           ================
            TOTAL, NPS          78,700,000  ..........................
             LAND
             ACQUISITION
             AND STATE
             ASSISTANCE
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          ENERGY AND MINERALS

                         U.S. Geological Survey

    Established in 1879, the U.S. Geological Survey [USGS] 
serves as the Earth and natural science research bureau for the 
Department of the Interior and is the only integrated natural 
resources research bureau in the Federal Government. The Survey 
conducts research, monitoring, and assessments to contribute to 
understanding America's lands, water, and biological resources. 
Its research and data products support the Department's 
resource and land management needs and also provide the water, 
biological, energy, and mineral resources information needed by 
other Federal, State, tribal and local government agencies to 
guide planning, management, and regulatory programs. More than 
9,000 scientists, technicians, and support staff of the USGS 
are located in nearly 400 offices in every state and in several 
foreign countries throughout the world. The USGS leverages its 
resources and expertise in partnership with more than 2,000 
agencies of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments; the 
academic community; non-governmental organizations; and the 
private sector.

                 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $982,780,000
    Emergency appropriation.............................       5,270,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     974,952,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,009,933,000

    The Committee recommends $1,009,933,000 for the U.S. 
Geological Survey for surveys, investigations and research, an 
increase of $27,153,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted 
level, excluding emergencies, and $34,981,000 above the budget 
request.
    Geographic Research, Investigations and Remote Sensing.--
The Committee recommends $78,455,000 for Geographic Research, 
Investigations and Remote Sensing, an increase of $3,500,000 
above the budget request. Changes to the request include an 
increase of $2,000,000 to restore the proposed reduction to 
priority ecosystem studies and an increase of $1,500,000 to 
restore to the extent possible the proposed $2,300,000 
reduction for geographic research and monitoring.
    Geologic Hazards, Resources and Processes.--The Committee 
recommends $243,334,000 for Geologic Hazards, Resources and 
Processes, an increase of $21,249,000 above the budget request. 
A decrease of $500,000 has been taken to the proposed ocean 
action plan to fund that new initiative at $1,000,000. An 
increase of $21,749,000 has been provided to restore the 
proposed reduction to the minerals resources program. From 
within the $22,042,000 proposed 2008 budget for the Volcano 
Hazards program, the Committee expects that no less than 
$4,000,000 (Stevens) be provided for volcano monitoring and 
equipment at the USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory [AVO]. This 
amount is comparable to prior year AVO funding levels.
    Water Resources Investigations.--The Committee recommends 
$224,101,000 for Water Resources Investigations, an increase of 
$11,647,000 above the request. Changes to the request include 
the following: $6,404,000 for the Water Resources Research 
Institutes, a program that was proposed for elimination; 
$2,000,000 to restore the proposed budget reduction to the 
cooperative water program; $500,000 (Alexander) to continue 
USGS participation in the Memphis aquifer study; $300,000 (Kyl) 
to restore the Upper San Pedro Partnership to the current year 
enacted level; $600,000 (Landrieu) to restore funding for the 
Long-term Estuary Assessment Group [LEAG]; $1,000,000 (Inouye, 
Akaka) to continue a cooperative well drilling and monitoring 
project and refine models to predict the low-flow 
characteristics of perennial streams in Hawaii; and $343,000 
(Leahy) for the Lake Champlain monitoring program to supplement 
base funding of $157,000 for that program. An increase of 
$1,000,000 (Domenici, Bingaman) is provided to implement 
provisions of the United States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer 
Assessment Act. A reduction of $500,000 has been taken to the 
proposed ocean action plan to fund that initiative at 
$1,000,000.
    Biological Research.--The Committee recommends $182,139,000 
for Biological Research, an increase of $1,025,000 above the 
request. Changes to the request includes increases of 
$1,000,000 for the Leetown Science Center (Byrd), which 
restores $800,000 for ongoing molecular biology research and 
provides $200,000 to conduct endocrine disruption research in 
the Potomac watershed; $825,000 to restore base funding for the 
wildlife, terrestrial and endangered resources program; 
$200,000 to restore base funds for the Fish and Wildlife 
Service Science Excellence program; $1,000,000 to partially 
restore the proposed budget reduction of $2,000,000 to the 
National Biological Information Infrastructure program; and 
$1,000,000 (Feinstein, Boxer) for the San Francisco Salt Ponds 
restoration effort. A reduction of $3,000,000 has been taken to 
the proposed Healthy Lands Initiative to fund that project at 
$2,000,000.
    Enterprise Information.--The Committee recommends 
$112,120,000 for Enterprise Information activities, as proposed 
in the budget request.
    Science Support.--The Committee recommends $68,231,000 for 
Science Support activities, as proposed in the budget request.
    Facilities.--The Committee recommends $101,553,000 for 
Facilities, as proposed in the budget request.

                      Minerals Management Service

    The Minerals Management Service oversees 1.76 billion acres 
of the Outer Continental Shelf [OCS], managing offshore energy 
and minerals while protecting the human, marine, and coastal 
environments through advanced science and technology research. 
The OCS provides 30 percent of oil and 20 percent of natural 
gas produced domestically, and sand used for coastal 
restoration. Also within MMS, the Minerals Revenue Management 
[MRM] program collects, accounts for, and disburses revenues 
from mineral leases on OCS, Federal, and American Indian lands. 
Through the work of MRM, MMS processes over 500,000 mineral 
revenue transactions per month from more then 26,000 producing 
leases, and it manages over $7,000,000,000 of mineral revenues 
collected annually.
    Since its inception in 1982, MMS has collected and 
distributed more than $164,900,000,000 in revenues from onshore 
and offshore lands. In fiscal year 2005 alone, disbursements 
totaled nearly $12,600,000,000. The MMS distribution of mineral 
revenues to the U.S. Treasury is one of the Federal 
Government's greatest sources of non-tax income.

                royalty and offshore minerals management

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $152,612,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     155,048,000
Committee recommendation................................     159,948,000

    The Committee recommends $159,948,000 for royalty and 
offshore minerals management, which is an increase of 
$7,336,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and 
$4,900,000 above the budget request. This includes an estimated 
$135,730,000 in offsetting collections, which is an increase of 
$7,000,000 above the previous year. The funding amounts set out 
below are at the activity level. Additional details on funding 
for sub-activities for the Service are set out in a table in 
the back of this report.

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                                                                                Committee
                                                          Budget estimate     recommendation         Change
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Outer Continental Shelf lands..........................       $159,956,000       $164,856,000        +$4,900,000
Royalty management.....................................         82,371,000         82,371,000  .................
General administration.................................         48,451,000         48,451,000  .................
Use of receipts........................................       -135,730,000       -135,730,000  .................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Total, royalty and offshore minerals management..        155,048,000        159,948,000         +4,900,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Changes to the budget request include an increase of 
$4,000,000 for the costs to the Service for noncompetitive 
alternate energy lease sales. The budget request did not 
account for the increased pre-sale workload related to studies, 
environmental impact statements, and technical reviews prior to 
alternate energy lease sales. This increase is distributed in 
the amounts of $3,500,000 for leasing and environmental 
programs and $500,000 for regulatory programs. The Committee 
also recommends an increase of $900,000 above the request to 
the Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology to 
support exploration and sustainable development of seabed 
minerals including gas hydrates (Cochran, Lott).

                           oil spill research

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $6,903,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       6,403,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,403,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,403,000 for 
oil spill research, which is equal to the fiscal year 2007 
enacted level and the budget request.
    Bill Language.--The Committee recommends adoption of a 
general provision in this bill which will provide authority for 
the Minerals Management Service to accept contributions to 
conduct work in support of the orderly development of OCS 
resources.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

    The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
[OSM] was established in 1977 to oversee and carry out the 
requirements of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
[SMCRA] in concert with States and Indian tribes. OSM's primary 
objectives are to ensure coal mining activities are conducted 
in a manner that protects citizens and the environment during 
mining, ensure the land is properly reclaimed, and mitigate 
effects of past mining by reclaiming abandoned coal mines. OSM 
addresses its mission with a mix of grants to States and Tribes 
to carry out their own regulatory and reclamation programs, and 
the administration of OSM's own regulatory and reclamation 
programs.
    The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments 
of 2006 (Public Law 109-432) revised the mine reclamation fee 
distribution mechanism beginning in fiscal year 2008. State and 
Tribal reclamation grants are now provided under mandatory 
appropriations instead of this bill.

                       regulation and technology

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $109,100,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     115,460,000
Committee recommendation................................     121,360,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$121,360,000 for the Regulation and Technology account. This 
amount is $12,260,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and 
$6,000,000 above the budget request.
    Environmental Protection.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $89,810,000 for environmental protection. This 
amount is $11,110,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and 
$6,000,000 above the budget request. The change to the budget 
request is a $6,000,000 increase in State and tribal funding. 
This increase will enable OSM to provide the full 50 percent 
match for State costs in conducting regulatory operations to 
minimize the impact of coal extraction operations on people and 
the environment. The Committee has also included the $6,262,000 
increase in the request for State and Federal fixed costs.
    A comparison of the Committee recommendation and the budget 
estimate follows:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Environmental restoration....................................         $160,000         $160,000  ...............
Environmental protection.....................................       83,810,000       89,810,000      +$6,000,000
Technology development and transfer..........................       15,416,000       15,416,000  ...............
Financial management.........................................          491,000          491,000  ...............
Executive direction..........................................       15,483,000       15,483,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, regulation and technology....................      115,360,000      121,360,000       +6,000,000
                                                              ==================================================
Civil penalties..............................................          100,000          100,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, regulation and technology.......................      115,460,000      121,460,000       +6,000,000
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                    ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

                         (Definite, Trust Fund)

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $185,393,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      52,835,000
Committee recommendation................................      52,835,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$52,835,000 for the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. This 
amount is $132,558,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level, but it 
is the same as the budget request. The decrease from 2007 
results from Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
Amendments which provide that State and Tribal reclamation 
grants are now mandatory appropriations.

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Environmental restoration....................................      $34,483,000      $34,483,000  ...............
Technology development and transfer..........................        3,983,000        3,983,000  ...............
Financial management.........................................        6,408,000        6,408,000  ...............
Executive direction..........................................        7,961,000        7,961,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................       52,835,000       52,835,000  ...............
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                             INDIAN AFFAIRS

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA] was founded in 1824 to 
uphold a government-to-government relationship between the 
Federal Government and tribal entities. The Federal Government 
retained trust responsibility for individual Indians and tribes 
as a result of formal treaties and agreements with Native 
Americans.
    The Bureau provides services directly or through contracts, 
grants, or compacts to a population of 1.5 million American 
Indians and Alaska Natives who are members of 562 federally 
recognized Indian tribes in the lower 48 States and Alaska. 
Programs administered by the BIA and Tribes include an 
education system for almost 48,000 elementary and secondary 
students; 28 tribal colleges, universities and post secondary 
schools; social services; natural resource management on 56 
million acres of trust land; economic development; law 
enforcement; administration of tribal courts; implementation of 
land and water claim settlements; replacement and repair of 
schools; repair and maintenance of roads and bridges; and 
repair of structural deficiencies on high hazard dams.

                      operation of indian programs

Appropriations, 2007....................................  $1,988,223,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................   1,990,918,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,046,341,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$2,046,341,000 for the Operations of Indian Programs account. 
This amount is $58,118,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and 
$55,423,000 above the budget request. The following table 
provides a comparison of the budget estimate and the 
Committee's recommendations in the major programmatic areas.

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     TRIBAL BUDGET SYSTEM

Tribal Government............................................     $397,698,000     $406,398,000      +$8,700,000
Human Services...............................................      120,703,000      134,128,000      +13,425,000
Natural Resources Management.................................      141,684,000      147,489,000       +5,805,000
Real Estate Services.........................................      150,722,000      151,722,000       +1,000,000
Education....................................................      660,540,000      685,540,000      +25,000,000
Public Safety and Justice....................................      233,818,000      237,818,000       +4,000,000
Community and Economic Development...........................       39,061,000       39,061,000  ...............
Executive Direction and Administrative Services..............      246,692,000      244,185,000       -2,507,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, Operation of Indian Programs....................    1,990,918,000    2,046,341,000      +55,423,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Tribal Government.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $406,398,000 for tribal government support. 
This amount is $8,700,000 above the budget request. Changes to 
the budget request include increases of $1,011,000 in 
consolidated tribal government and $6,689,000 in self 
governance compacts to restore the proposed cuts in Johnson-
O'Malley education assistance grants, and an increase of 
$1,000,000 in program oversight to restore the proposed cuts to 
regional office oversight and continued activities under the 
Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act (Reid). The Committee 
notes that, within the amount provided, the funding for 
contract support costs is $6,000,000 above the current enacted 
level and $17,000,000, or 12 percent, above the fiscal year 
2006 level.
    Human Services.--The Committee recommends an appropriation 
of $134,128,000 for human services. This amount is $13,425,000 
above the budget request. Changes to the budget request include 
an increase of $3,000,000 in welfare assistance to restore half 
of the proposed cut, an increase of $1,000,000 for the 
intervention and support activities under the Indian Child 
Welfare Act, and an increase of $9,425,000 to restore half of 
the proposed cut in the housing improvement program.
    Natural Resources Management.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $147,489,000 for resources management. This 
amount is $5,805,000 above the budget request. Changes to the 
budget request include a total increase of $3,540,000 in rights 
protection implementation to restore $1,740,000 in proposed 
cuts to the Washington Timber-Fish-Wildlife program (Murray, 
Cantwell) and $1,800,000 in proposed cuts to the U.S.-Canada 
Pacific Salmon Treaty program (Crapo). Both of these programs 
were funded in fiscal year 2007 at the sole discretion of the 
Bureau, yet no explanation has been offered as to why this 
important work would not continue in the upcoming fiscal year. 
Additional changes to the budget request include a total 
increase of $2,265,000 in tribal management and development to 
restore $350,000 in proposed law enforcement cuts to the Lake 
Roosevelt program (Murray, Cantwell), $315,000 in proposed 
rights protection cuts to the Upper Columbia United Tribes 
program (Murray, Cantwell), and $600,000 in proposed 
conservation cuts to the Circle of Flight program (Kohl). The 
Committee again notes that all three of these programs were 
funded by the Bureau in fiscal year 2007, yet no explanation 
has been offered for why these reductions should be adopted. 
Also included in the tribal management and development increase 
is $1,000,000 for the inter-tribal bison restoration and 
protection program. In an effort to reduce the amount allocated 
to overhead, the Committee directs the Bureau to disperse the 
bison funding among the various participating Tribes rather 
than providing them to a cooperative association.
    Real Estate Services.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $151,722,000 for real estate services. This 
amount is $1,000,000 above the budget request. The change to 
the budget request is an increase of $1,000,000 to restore half 
of the cut in real estates services for cadastral surveys in an 
effort to improve ownership information on the 56 million acres 
of trust and restricted land the Bureau oversees.
    Education.--The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$685,540,000 for education programs. This amount is $25,000,000 
above the budget request. Changes to the budget request include 
an increase of $8,000,000 in elementary and secondary programs 
to partially restore the reductions in Johnson-O'Malley 
education assistance grants, and an increase of $17,000,000 in 
post secondary programs. Within the post secondary increase, 
$5,000,000 is for operating grants for tribally controlled 
colleges and universities, $4,000,000 is to restore the cut to 
United Tribes Technical College (Dorgan, Conrad), $2,000,000 is 
to restore the cut to Navajo Technical College (Domenici, 
Bingaman), and $6,000,000 is to restore the cuts in 
scholarships and adult education.
    The Committee is concerned about the need for additional 
law enforcement officers in Indian country and to that end 
supports an articulation agreement between the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and United Tribes Technical College that would 
establish reciprocity between UTTC and the Bureau for training 
and certification of BIA law enforcement officers.
    Public Safety and Justice.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $237,818,000 for public safety and justice 
programs. This amount is $4,000,000 above the budget request. 
Changes to the budget request include a total increase of 
$4,000,000 for law enforcement, of which $2,000,000 is for 
criminal investigation and police services for additional 
staffing and training, and $2,000,000 is for detention and 
corrections centers for additional staffing.
    The Committee is aware that, at the current time, the 
Bureau only provides funding for Bureau-operated detention 
centers while costs associated with tribally-operated centers 
are borne by the Tribes themselves. Not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this act, the Bureau shall provide a report 
providing a cost estimate for staffing, operations and 
maintenance, facility improvement and repair needs at both BIA-
operated and tribally-operated detention facilities.
    Community and Economic Development.--The Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $39,061,000 for community and 
economic development programs. This amount is equal to the 
budget request.
    Executive Direction and Administrative Services.--The 
Committee recommends an appropriation of $244,185,000 for 
executive direction and administrative services. This amount is 
$2,507,000 below the budget request. The change to the budget 
request is a decrease of $2,507,000 in intra-governmental 
payments, which represents the Bureau's portion of the 
department-wide financial business and management system 
[FBMS]. These funds are being consolidated in the Department's 
Working Capital Fund.
    The Committee strongly encourages the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs to work with the Close-Up Foundation to provide 
resources to allow Native American and Alaskan native students 
to participate in the Close-Up program.

                              construction

                     (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUND)

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $271,823,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     197,627,000
Committee recommendation................................     179,012,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$179,012,000 for the Construction account, including the 
rescission of $3,800,000 in unobligated, prior year balances. 
This amount is $92,811,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level and 
$18,615,000 below the budget request. The following table 
provides a comparison of the budget estimate and the 
Committee's recommendations in the major programmatic areas.

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Education....................................................     $139,844,000     $125,029,000     -$14,815,000
Public Safety and Justice....................................       11,621,000       11,621,000  ...............
Resources Management.........................................       37,916,000       37,916,000  ...............
General Administration.......................................        2,114,000        2,114,000  ...............
Construction Program Management..............................        6,132,000        6,132,000  ...............
Rescission of unobligated balances...........................  ...............       -3,800,000       -3,800,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, Construction....................................      197,627,000      179,012,000      -18,615,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Education.--The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$125,029,000 for education construction. This amount is 
$14,815,000 below the budget request. The change to the budget 
request is a decrease of $14,815,000 in the replacement school 
activity. The Committee has recently been advised by the Bureau 
that of the 18 replacement school projects currently under 
construction, 3 are running funding surpluses totaling 
$3,000,000, while 15 are experiencing funding shortfalls 
totaling $146,000,000, leaving an overall shortfall in the 
replacement school construction program of $143,000,000. Given 
this situation, the Committee does not believe it is prudent to 
begin new projects until such time as the Bureau presents a 
plan for addressing the shortfall. In the meantime, the 
Committee directs the Bureau to apply to the funding shortfall 
the $51,000,000 made available through the fiscal year 2007 
joint funding resolution that was in excess of the Bureau's 
fiscal year 2007 request. The Committee also directs the Bureau 
to present a plan as soon as possible that will address the 
remaining $92,000,000 deficit.
    Public Safety and Justice.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $11,621,000 for public safety and justice 
construction. This amount is equal to the budget request.
    Resources Management.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $37,916,000 for resource management 
construction. This amount is equal to the budget request.
    General Administration.--The Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $2,114,000 for general administration. This 
amount is equal to the budget request.
    Construction Program Management.--The Committee recommends 
an appropriation of $6,132,000 for construction program 
management. This amount is equal to the budget request.
    Rescission of Prior Year Balances.--The Committee has 
included bill language rescinding $3,800,000 in prior year, 
unobligated balances that were originally made available 
through the tribal school demonstration program in Public Law 
108-447, the fiscal year 2005 Interior and Related Agencies 
appropriations bill.

indian land and water claims settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $42,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      34,069,000
Committee recommendation................................      34,069,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$34,069,000 for the Indian Land and Water Claims Settlements 
and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians account. This amount is 
$7,931,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level and equal to the 
budget request. The following table provides a comparison of 
the budget estimate and the Committee's recommendations.

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land Settlements:
    White Earth Land Settlement Act..........................         $625,000         $625,000  ...............
    Hoopa-Yurok Settlement...................................          250,000          250,000  ...............
Water Settlements:
    Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement.....................          142,000          142,000  ...............
    Nez Perce/Snake River....................................       16,152,000       16,152,000  ...............
Miscellaneous Payments:
    Rocky Boys O&M Trust Fund................................        7,500,000        7,500,000  ...............
    Puget Sound Regional Shellfish Settlement................        7,000,000        7,000,000  ...............
    Pueblo of Isleta Settlement..............................        2,400,000        2,400,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................       34,069,000       34,069,000  ...............
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Additional funding for the Nez Perce/Snake River settlement 
in the amount of $5,067,000 is provided for in the Fish and 
Wildlife Service account.

                 indian guaranteed loan program account

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $6,258,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       6,276,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,276,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,276,000 for 
the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program account. This amount is 
$18,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and equal to the 
budget request.

                          Departmental Offices

                        Office of the Secretary

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $116,265,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     106,445,000
Committee recommendation................................     102,151,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $102,151,000 
for the Office of the Secretary. This amount is $14,114,000 
below the fiscal year 2007 level, and $4,294,000 below the 
budget request. Changes to the request include a reduction of 
$294,000, which is the Office's portion of the department-wide 
financial business and management system [FBMS]. These funds 
are being consolidated in the Department's Working Capital 
Fund. The Committee has also included $1,000,000 for the 
activities of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission. This amount 
is $4,000,000 below the budget request.
    The Committee notes that the General Accountability Office 
[GAO] recently identified a number of shortcomings associated 
with the Department's Appraisal Services Directorate [ASD] 
ability to support the agency's land conservation missions. In 
its September 2006 report, GAO reported that 132 of 324 land 
acquisition appraisals failed to meet Federal standards; ASD 
appraisers lacked the specialized skills needed to perform 
appraisals of lands involving minerals, timber, and water 
rights; ASD has no process for establishing realistic deadlines 
for completing appraisals; and ASD's relationships with its 
client agencies are hampered by inefficient operations. GAO 
also found that ASD's appraisal contracting and billing 
practices added unnecessary delays and costs to the process.
    Interior's partner organizations have commented repeatedly 
to the Committee about significant and chronic delays on the 
part of ASD to initiate, contract, and review appraisals. These 
reports indicate it might be more efficient if responsibility 
for appraisals were returned to the land management bureaus 
that conducted them in the past.
    Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary to report on 
the actions taken by the Department to improve the timeliness 
and accountability of the ASD appraisal process within 90 days 
of enactment of this bill. The Committee requests that the 
report also discuss the merits of transferring the appraisal 
contract management functions back to the bureaus.

                            Insular Affairs

    The Office of Insular Affairs [OIA] was established on 
August 4, 1995 through Secretarial Order No. 3191, which also 
abolished the former Office of Territorial and International 
Affairs. OIA has administrative responsibility for coordinating 
Federal policy in the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the 
U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands [CNMI], and oversight of Federal programs and 
funds in the freely associated states of the Federated States 
of Micronesia [FSM], the Republic of the Marshall Islands 
[RMI], and the Republic of Palau.
    Following the expiration of the first Compact of Free 
Association in 2003, a new Compact of Free Association was 
negotiated between the United States and the states of FSM and 
RMI. Under the Compact, the status of free association 
recognizes each Freely Associated State as a sovereign state 
with the capacity to conduct foreign affairs consistent with 
the terms of the Compact. The Compact places full 
responsibility for defense with the United States. The Compact 
also provides grant funds and Federal program assistance, 
principally through the Department of the Interior.

                       assistance to territories

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $76,197,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      74,921,000
Committee recommendation................................      77,821,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$77,821,000 for assistance to territories. This amount is 
$1,624,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $2,900,000 
above the budget request. Changes to the budget request consist 
of increases totaling $2,900,000 in territorial assistance.
    The amounts recommended by the Committee for assistance to 
territories compared to the request are shown in the following 
table:

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                                                                               Committee
                                                        Budget estimate     recommendation          Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Territorial assistance:
    Office of Insular Affairs.......................          $8,184,000          $8,184,000  ..................
    Technical assistance............................           8,226,000          11,126,000         +$2,900,000
    Maintenance assistance fund.....................           2,277,000           2,277,000  ..................
    Brown tree snake................................           2,673,000           2,673,000  ..................
    Insular management controls.....................           1,476,000           1,476,000  ..................
    Coral reef initiative...........................             495,000             495,000  ..................
    Waste and wastewater projects...................             990,000             990,000  ..................
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, territorial assistance..............          24,321,000          27,221,000          +2,900,000
                                                     ===========================================================
American Samoa: Operations grants...................          22,880,000          22,880,000  ..................
Northern Mariana Islands: Covenant grants...........          27,720,000          27,720,000  ..................
                                                     ===========================================================
      Total, assistance to territories..............          74,921,000          77,821,000          +2,900,000
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    Territorial Assistance.--The Committee recommends a 
$1,000,000 increase above the request to continue health care 
support to the four atoll communities that were affected by the 
nuclear testing program conducted in the Marshall Islands 
(Domenici, Akaka, Bingaman). These funds shall continue to be 
used for capital and operational support of the Marshall 
Islands, Ministry of Health, Outer Island Primary Healthcare 
Initiative in the communities on Enewetak, Kili (Bikini), 
Majetto, Rongelap, and Utrik. Support shall consist of a clinic 
with at least one doctor and an assistant, and necessary 
supplies and logistical support. If excess funds are available, 
they may be used to augment primary health care for members of 
these communities who receive such care from facilities in 
Ebeye and Majuro.
    The Committee supports the agreement between the pension 
systems of the Republic of Palau, the CNMI, the RMI, and the 
FSM that provides for assuming the responsibility for enrollees 
of the Prior Services Trust Fund. The Committee recommends an 
increase of $850,000 for distribution among the pension systems 
for payments to the enrollees as anticipated under the 
agreement (Domenici, Akaka, Bingaman).
    The Committee has provided $300,000 to restore funding for 
the Continuing Judicial, Court Education, and Court 
Administration Improvement Project that is conducted in 
cooperation with the Pacific Islands Committee of the Judicial 
Council of the Ninth Circuit. The Committee notes that this 
program was funded at the sole discretion of the Department 
under the 2007 joint resolution.
    The Committee is concerned about the possibility of an 
economic downturn in the CNMI garment industry. The Committee 
includes an increase of $750,000 to fund the population and 
workforce surveys necessary to quantify and evaluate the degree 
and prevalence of labor, immigration, and law enforcement 
problems, and to strengthen United States and CNMI government 
responses to those problems in the CNMI, especially those 
involving excess workers, overstaying tourists, and illegal 
residents. The Committee further directs the Office of Insular 
Affairs to fully describe the use of CNMI Initiative funding in 
future budget justifications; coordinate regular interagency 
meetings between Federal and local immigration, labor, and law 
enforcement officials; and report annually to Congress on 
immigration, labor, and law enforcement conditions, issues, and 
trends in the CNMI (Domenici, Akaka, Bingaman).
    The Committee strongly encourages the Office to provide 
funds to the Close-Up Foundation to allow children from the 
insular areas to participate in the Close-Up program. The 
Committee supports this work and encourages the Office to work 
with the Foundation to expand the program to allow for 
additional students to participate.
    American Samoa Operations Grants/American Samoa 
Construction.--The Committee recommends $22,880,000 for 
operations grants to American Samoa, which is equal to the 2007 
level and the budget request.
    CNMI/Covenant Grants.--The Committee recommends $27,720,000 
for covenant grants, which is equal to the 2007 level and the 
request.

                      compact of free association

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $5,313,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       4,862,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,362,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,362,000 for 
the Compact of Free Association account. This amount is $49,000 
above the fiscal year 2007 level and $500,000 above the budget 
request.
    The amounts recommended by the Committee for the Compact of 
Free Association compared to the request are shown in the 
following table:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
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Compact of free association--Federal services................       $2,862,000       $2,862,000  ...............
    Mandatory payments--Program grant assistance.............        2,000,000        2,000,000  ...............
Enewetak Support.............................................  ...............          500,000        +$500,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, compact of free association.....................        4,862,000        5,362,000         +500,000
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    Federal Services Assistance.--The Committee recommends 
$2,862,000 for covenant grants, which is $42,000 above the 2007 
level and the same as the request.
    Program Grant Assistance.--The Committee recommends 
$2,000,000 for covenant grants, which is the same as the 2007 
level and the request.
    Enewetak Support.--The Committee recommends an increase of 
$500,000 to continue to supplement the Enewetak food and 
agriculture program. This is $7,000 above the enacted level and 
$500,000 above the request. The people of Enewetak continue 
their efforts at soil restoration and raising adequate food on 
islands that lost much of their soil during the radiation 
cleanup. The Committee urges the Secretary to conduct an 
independent evaluation of the Program's effectiveness, and on 
future needs and costs.
    Bill Language.--The Committee has also inserted a general 
provision to correct an error in the compacts of free 
association with the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the 
Federated States of Micronesia regarding Palau's separate 
compact. The clause to be corrected erroneously states that 
assistance to Palau will terminate in 2007 instead of 2009 as 
its compact provides.

                        Office of the Solicitor

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $55,018,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      58,949,000
Committee recommendation................................      59,449,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$59,449,000 for the Office of the Solicitor. This amount is 
$4,431,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $500,000 above 
the budget request.
    The Committee expects the Office of the Solicitor to 
provide high quality legal services to the Department and the 
bureaus. The Committee is concerned that the Solicitor's Office 
has not invested in contemporary, automated tools commonly used 
to manage work in the legal profession that could help to 
ensure accountability and to increase employees' capacities and 
productivity. The Committee is also concerned that this failure 
has been exacerbated by the inability of the Office to utilize 
widely available internet-based research and training tools 
that foster integration and enhance capacities. Therefore, 
within 100 days of enactment, the Solicitor shall deliver to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a report 
explaining the management challenges the Office currently faces 
and a plan for the use of automated tools to ensure that the 
Office of the Solicitor becomes more functionally integrated 
and results oriented. The plan shall include the cost of 
implementation and future savings and cost avoidance for 
solutions to those challenges. This plan shall also address 
other means for improving efficiencies in the Office such as 
organizational alignment.
    The Committee recognizes that any responsible plan for 
modernizing the Office of the Solicitor will require financial 
support, therefore, an increase of $500,000 is provided.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $38,823,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      42,322,000
Committee recommendation................................      45,572,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$45,572,000 for the Office of the Inspector General. This 
amount is $6,749,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and 
$3,250,000 above the budget request. The change from the 
request is an increase of $3,250,000 to enable the Office to 
respond more effectively to the extraordinary demand for audits 
and investigations in the Department of the Interior. Recent 
investigations by the Inspector General have revealed cases of 
unsatisfactory program performance, malfeasance, and possible 
criminal activity within the Department. Several investigations 
require extraordinary resource levels and will continue for a 
number of years. Chief among these are cases related to Outer 
Continental Shelf royalty programs. Therefore, the Committee 
directs the Inspector General to develop a permanent capability 
for auditing and investigating OCS royalty and royalty-in-kind 
programs. The increase of $3,250,000 consists of $2,000,000 for 
audits, $1,000,000 for investigations, and $250,000 for 
administrative services and information management.

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians

    The Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians 
holds responsibility for approximately 56 million acres of 
land, with over 10 million acres belonging to individual 
Indians and 46 millions acres held in trust for Indian Tribes. 
On these lands the Department of the Interior manages over 
100,000 leases for individual Indians and tribes. Leasing, use 
permits, land sale revenue, and interest totaling approximately 
$330,000,000 per year are collected for 277,000 individual 
Indian money accounts. $460,000,000 per year is collected in 
1,450 tribal accounts serving 300 tribes. Additionally, the 
trust manages approximately $2,900,000,000 in tribal funds and 
$400,000,000 in individual Indian funds.

                         FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $189,251,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     186,158,000
Committee recommendation................................     185,947,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $185,947,000 
for the Federal Trust Programs account. This amount is 
$3,304,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level and $211,000 below 
the budget request. The change to the budget request is a 
decrease of $211,000, which represents the Office's portion of 
the department-wide financial business and management system 
[FBMS]. These funds are being consolidated in the Department's 
Working Capital Fund. The Committee notes that the 
recommendation includes at total appropriation of $60,000,000 
for historical accounting activities.

                   INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION PROJECT

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $34,006,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      10,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      10,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,000,000 
for the Indian Land Consolidation account. This amount is 
$24,006,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level and equal to the 
budget request.

                        Department-wide Programs

                       PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $232,528,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     190,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     232,528,000

    The Committee recommends $232,528,000 for Payments in Lieu 
of Taxes, the same as the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and 
$42,528,000 over the budget request.

                    CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $9,715,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       9,954,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,954,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,954,000 for 
the central hazardous materials fund, which is $239,000 above 
the fiscal year 2007 enacted level, and equal to the budget 
request. Language has been included in the bill providing 
permanent authority for the expenditure of certain sums 
recovered by the Department for remedial action or response 
activities.

           NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION

    The mission of the natural resource damage assessment and 
restoration program is to restore natural resources injured as 
a result of oil spills or hazardous substance releases into the 
environment. As authorized in the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act [CERCLA], the Clean 
Water Act, and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, injuries to 
natural resources that the Department of the Interior manages 
or controls are assessed and appropriate restoration projects 
are identified. Recoveries from potentially responsible 
parties, either through negotiated settlements or legal 
actions, are used to finance restoration of the injured 
resources. The Restoration Program Office coordinates the 
various technical, scientific, legal, and economic aspects of 
this work, as well as the various departmental bureaus and 
offices involved.

                NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $6,043,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       6,224,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,300,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$6,300,000 for the natural resource damage assessment fund. 
This amount is $257,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and 
$76,000 above the budget request.

                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

Appropriations, 2007....................................................
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     $22,240,000
Committee recommendation................................      37,069,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$37,069,000 for the Working Capital Fund. This amount is 
$37,069,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $14,829,000 
above the budget request. These differences are attributable to 
how funding for the Department's financial business and 
management system [FBMS] has been displayed. In fiscal year 
2007, the Congress provided $22,236,000 under the Office of the 
Secretary account, not the Working Capital Fund, for FBMS 
activities. For fiscal year 2008, the budget request proposed a 
total of $22,240,000 for FBMS activities in the Working Capital 
Fund, and another $16,618,000 distributed throughout the 
individual bureau accounts for a total FBMS request of 
$38,858,000. The Committee has chosen to consolidate the 
individual bureau allowances in the Working Capital Fund, and 
therefore recommends a total appropriation of $37,069,000 for 
the FBMS project.

                           General Provisions

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

    The Committee has included in ``General Provisions, 
Department of the Interior'' various legislative provisions 
affecting the Department of the Interior. Several of these 
provisions have been carried in previous years and others are 
proposed new this year. The provisions are:
    Sec. 101. Provides Secretarial authority to transfer 
program funds for expenditures in cases of emergency when all 
other emergency funds are exhausted.
    Sec. 102. Provides for expenditure or transfer of funds by 
the Secretary in the event of actual or potential emergencies 
including forest fires, range fires, earthquakes, floods, 
volcanic eruptions, storms, oilspills, grasshopper and Mormon 
cricket outbreaks, and surface mine reclamation emergencies.
    Sec. 103. Provides for use of appropriated funds by the 
Secretary for contracts, rental cars and aircraft, certain 
library memberships, and certain telephone expenses.
    Secs. 104-105. Prohibit the use of funds provided in the 
act for certain offshore leasing and related activities 
pursuant to the revised 5-year plan for Outer Continental Shelf 
oil and gas leasing.
    Sec. 106. Provides for the transfer of unobligated balances 
from the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Office of Special 
Trustee for American Indians for expenditure or transfer for 
Indian trust management activities. It has been modified to 
prohibit transfers for the payment of litigation costs.
    Sec. 107. Permits the redistribution of tribal priority 
allocation and tribal base funds to alleviate funding 
inequities.
    Sec. 108. Continues a provision permitting the conveyance 
of the Twin Cities Research Center for the benefit of the 
National Wildlife Refuge System in Minnesota.
    Sec. 109. Authorizes 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. 110. Continues a limitation on compensation for the 
Special Master and Court Monitor appointed in the Cobell v. 
Kempthorne litigation.
    Sec. 111. Allows the Secretary to use funds to pay private 
attorney fees and costs for employees and former employees of 
the Department for costs incurred as a result of Cobell v. 
Kempthorne.
    Sec. 112. Continues a prohibition on the use of funds to 
study or implement drainage of Lake Powell or reduce water 
levels below the range necessary to operate Glen Canyon Dam.
    Sec. 113. Continues the Tribal Trust Reform Demonstration 
Project in fiscal year 2008, which will allow the continuation 
of a successful model between tribes and the Department of the 
Interior with respect to compacting and management of trust 
resources.
    Sec. 114. Modifies language in Public Law 109-54 with 
regard to grazing permits authorized by the Jarbidge field 
office of the Bureau of Land Management.
    Sec. 115. Authorizes the acquisition of lands for the 
purpose of operating and maintaining facilities that support 
visitors to Ellis, Governors and Liberty Islands.
    Sec. 116. Modifies language carried in previous years 
regarding final winter use rules for Yellowstone National Park.
    Sec. 117. Allows for certain mining claims in Alaska to be 
maintained by their current owner.
    Sec. 118. Authorizes the Secretary to establish an oil and 
gas leasing internet pilot program, allowing lease sales 
through methods other than oral bidding.
    Sec. 119. Allows historical operator right of entry for 
certain permit holders in Glacier Bay, Alaska.
    Sec. 120. Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act with 
respect to polar bears.
    Sec. 121. Prohibits the use of funds, in relation to any 
proposal to store water for the purpose of export, for any 
activities associated with approval of rights-of-way on the 
Mojave National Preserve or lands managed by the Needles Field 
Office of the Bureau of Land Management.
    Sec. 122. Allows appropriated funds to be used to acquire 
lands owned by the State of Nevada or a political subdivision 
within the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
    Sec. 123. Allows the Minerals Management Service to accept 
contributions to complete environmental clearances prior to 
energy exploration and production.
    Sec. 124. Repeals prior language prohibiting the National 
Park Service from implementing an approved settlement on Santa 
Rosa Island.
    Sec. 125. Corrects an incorrect map date referenced in the 
transfer of Bureau of Land Management land to the Veterans 
Administration in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
    Sec. 126. Corrects an incorrect date in Public Law 108-188 
in order to prevent the premature expiration of health, 
education, and labor aid programs for the Republic of Palau.
    Sec. 127. Directs that the Secretary of the Interior should 
seek to carry out the Upper Snake River Basin Biological 
Opinions of March 31, 2005.
    Sec. 128. The Committee recognizes the importance of 
cooperative agreements to support partnership activities, and 
has provided language to assist the Department in working 
cooperatively to achieve Interior mission goals. The Committee 
directs the Department to provide a plan for improved oversight 
and management of cooperative agreements, including the 
issuance of standard policies, procedures, and guidelines; 
periodic reviews and sampling to ensure accountability for 
goods and services and appropriate costing; training for all 
personnel that are involved in the issuance and management of 
cooperative agreements; and periodic reporting.
    Sec. 129. The Committee intends that the benefits accrued 
via the purchase of the Barnes Ranch and the consolidation of 
the Barnes and Agency Lake Ranches into the Upper Klamath 
National Wildlife Refuge are provided promptly, and that the 
appropriate Federal agencies consider these benefits in future 
consultations regarding the operation of the Klamath Project 
(Project). These benefits include increased surety of 
irrigation flows provided by the Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) 
to the Project, increases in storage capacity, water quality 
and wetland habitats in Upper Klamath Lake, and the ability of 
the Bureau to contribute to legally-mandated flows downstream 
of Link River Dam and to maintain lake levels for Upper Klamath 
Lake. Furthermore, to ensure compliance under Oregon water law 
and clarify Bureau responsibilities, only the amount of water 
legally entitled under the Barnes Ranch existing consumptive 
use water right, and the amount of water that is passively 
stored on the Barnes and Agency Lake Ranches in any given year 
is made available to the Bureau for purposes of compliance with 
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
    Sec. 130. Language to expand the boundary of the Corinth 
Unit of the Shiloh National Military Park so that a land 
transfer may occur.
    Sec. 131. Language to provide the National Park Service 
with the authority to acquire land at the Flight 93 crash site 
for the purposes of a memorial.
    Sec. 132. Clarifies concessionaire historic rights at 
Denali National Park.

                                TITLE II

                    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

                          Program Description

    The Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] was created 
through Executive Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, designed 
to consolidate certain Federal Government environmental 
activities into a single agency. The plan was submitted by the 
President to the Congress on July 8, 1970, and the Agency was 
established as an independent agency in the executive branch on 
December 2, 1970, by consolidating 15 components from 5 
departments and independent agencies.
    A description of EPA's pollution control programs by media 
follows:
    Air.--The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 authorize a 
national program of air pollution research, regulation, 
prevention, and enforcement activities.
    Water Quality.--The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
amended, provides the framework for protection of the Nation's 
surface waters. The law recognizes that it is the primary 
responsibility of the States to prevent, reduce, and eliminate 
water pollution. The States determine the desired uses for 
their waters, set standards, identify current uses and, where 
uses are being impaired or threatened, develop plans for the 
protection or restoration of the designated use. They implement 
the plans through control programs such as permitting and 
enforcement, construction of municipal waste water treatment 
works, and nonpoint source control practices. The CWA also 
regulates discharge of dredge or fill material into waters of 
the United States, including wetlands.
    Drinking Water.--The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, as 
amended in 1996, charges EPA with the responsibility of 
implementing a program to assure that the Nation's public 
drinking water supplies are free of contamination that may pose 
a human health risk, and to protect and prevent the 
endangerment of ground water resources which serve as drinking 
water supplies.
    Hazardous Waste.--The Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act of 1976 mandated EPA to develop a regulatory program to 
protect human health and the environment from improper 
hazardous waste disposal practices. The RCRA Program manages 
hazardous wastes from generation through disposal.
    EPA's responsibilities and authorities to manage hazardous 
waste were greatly expanded under the Hazardous and Solid Waste 
Amendments of 1984. Not only did the regulated universe of 
wastes and facilities dealing with hazardous waste increase 
significantly, but past mismanagement practices, in particular 
prior releases at inactive hazardous and solid waste management 
units, were to be identified and corrective action taken. The 
1984 amendments also authorized a regulatory and implementation 
program directed to owners and operators of underground storage 
tanks.
    Pesticides.--The objective of the Pesticide Program is to 
protect the public health and the environment from unreasonable 
risks while permitting the use of necessary pest control 
approaches. This objective is pursued by EPA under the Food 
Quality Protection Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
and the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 through 
three principal means: (1) review of existing and new pesticide 
products; (2) enforcement of pesticide use rules; and (3) 
research and development to reinforce the ability to evaluate 
the risks and benefits of pesticides.
    Radiation.--The radiation program's major emphasis is to 
minimize the exposure of persons to ionizing radiation, whether 
from naturally occurring sources, from medical or industrial 
applications, nuclear power sources, or weapons development.
    Toxic Substances.--The Toxic Substances Control Act 
establishes a program to stimulate the development of adequate 
data on the effects of chemical substances on health and the 
environment, and institute control action for those chemicals 
which present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the 
environment. The act's coverage affects more than 60,000 
chemicals currently in commerce, and all new chemicals.
    Multimedia.--Multimedia activities are designed to support 
programs where the problems, tools, and results are cross media 
and must be integrated to effect results. This integrated 
program encompasses the Agency's research, enforcement, and 
abatement activities.
    Superfund.--The Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 established a national 
program to protect public health and the environment from the 
threats posed by inactive hazardous waste sites and 
uncontrolled spills of hazardous substances. The original 
statute was amended by the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986. Under these authorities, EPA 
manages a hazardous waste site cleanup program including 
emergency response and long-term remediation.
    Brownfields.--The Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 as amended by the Small 
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 
2002 establishes a national program to assess, cleanup, and 
provide support to States, Tribes, local communities and other 
stakeholders to work together to reuse Brownfields.
    Leaking Underground Storage Tanks.--The Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 established the 
leaking underground storage tank [LUST] trust fund to conduct 
corrective actions for releases from leaking underground 
storage tanks that contain petroleum or other hazardous 
substances. EPA implements the LUST response program primarily 
through cooperative agreements with the States.

                        committee recommendation

    The Committee has provided $7,772,928,000 for the 
Environmental Protection Agency, a $573,528,000 increase above 
the budget request and $47,798,000 above the fiscal year 2007 
enacted level.
    Changes to the EPA budget, by appropriation, are listed 
below.

                         Science and Technology

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $733,387,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     754,506,000
Committee recommendation................................     772,530,000

                          program description

    EPA's ``Science and technology'' account provides funding 
for the scientific knowledge and tools necessary to support 
decisions on preventing, regulating, and abating environmental 
pollution and to advance the base of understanding on 
environmental sciences. These efforts are conducted through 
contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements with 
universities, industries, other private commercial firms, 
nonprofit organizations, State and local governments, and 
Federal agencies, as well as through work performed at EPA's 
laboratories and various field stations and field offices. In 
addition, Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund resources 
are transferred to this account directly from the Hazardous 
Substance Superfund.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $772,530,000 for science and 
technology programs, which is $18,024,000 above the request and 
$39,143,000 above the enacted level. In addition, the Committee 
recommends the budget request to transfer $26,126,000 from the 
Superfund appropriation, for a total of $798,650,000 for 
science and technology activities. Transferred funds are for 
ongoing research activities consistent with the intent of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
    Changes to the budget request are detailed below:
    Air Toxics and Quality.--The Committee recommends 
$95,333,000, which is $2,373,000 above the request. Of the 
increase, $1,400,000 shall be provided to the San Joaquin 
Valley Air Pollution Control District to complete the Central 
California Ozone Study (Feinstein/Boxer) and $973,000 shall be 
used to fund fixed costs.
    The Committee notes the unique scientific value of the 
second generation atmospheric chamber at the University of 
California, Riverside and the valuable air quality research 
conducted at the facility. The Committee encourages EPA to 
consider options for contracting work with the University 
should funding become available.
    Climate Protection.--The Committee recommends $13,198,000, 
including $94,000 above the request to fund fixed costs.
    Enforcement.--The Committee recommends $15,311,000 
including $236,000 above the request to fund fixed costs.
    Homeland Security.--The Committee recommends $55,105,000 
for homeland security programs, a $11,843,000 net decrease from 
the request. Within funds, the Committee directs a $10,000,000 
decrease for the WaterSecurity initiative, a $2,000,000 
decrease for the Safe Buildings program and an $157,000 
increase for fixed costs.
    The Committee notes that the administration plans to carry 
forward a large balance of unobligated WaterSecurity funds into 
fiscal year 2008 to fund two new pilot projects. Therefore, the 
Committee has reduced the request for additional pilot projects 
until EPA moves forward with the projects already funded. EPA 
should be prepared to report back to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations by December 31, 2007 on the status 
and accomplishments of the current WaterSecurity pilots before 
requests for additional pilots will be considered. As noted 
previously, $2,000,000 has been reduced from the Safe Buildings 
initiative. The Committee notes that no justification has been 
provided for this program in the budget request.
    Indoor Air.--The Committee recommends $1,228,000, including 
$12,000 above the request to fund fixed costs.
    IT/Data Management/Security.--The Committee recommends 
$3,548,000, including $49,000 above the request to fund fixed 
costs.
    Pesticide Licensing.--The Committee recommends, $5,959,000 
including $78,000 above the request to fund fixed costs.
    Research: Clean Air.--The Committee recommends a total of 
$100,237,000 including an increase of $2,275,000 above the 
request. Of that amount, $600,000 shall be used to fund fixed 
costs and $1,675,000 shall be used to restore core research 
activities. The Committee directs EPA to use these funds to 
fund research activities in support of future rulemaking 
activities on greenhouse gas regulation.
    Research: Clean Water.--The Committee recommends 
$106,107,000, including a $1,105,000 increase above the request 
to fund fixed costs.
    Research: Congressional Priorities.--The Committee has 
included $7,000,000 above the request to fund high priority 
national research programs run by EPA partners. The increase 
above the request shall be allocated as follows:
  --$3,000,000 for the Water Environment Research Foundation to 
        fund water quality research grants (Feinstein, Inouye, 
        Lautenberg, Boxer, Cardin, Clinton, Collins, Graham, 
        Kerry, Menendez, Schumer, Snowe);
  --$1,750,000 for the American Water Works Research Foundation 
        to fund drinking water reseach grants (Feinstein, 
        Allard, Bingaman, Reid, Salazar);
  --$1,500,000 for the Southwest Consortium for Environmental 
        Research and Policy to fund university environmental 
        reseach projects related to the U.S.-Mexico border 
        (Feinstein, Domenici, Bingaman, Boxer); and
  --$750,000 for the Consortium for Plant Biotechnology 
        Research for research and technology transfer on plant 
        biotechnology issues (Inouye, Bond, McConnell, Kohl, 
        Bayh, Brown, Bunning, Chambliss, Klobouchar, Levin, 
        Lugar, Stabenow).
    Research: Extramural Research Grants.--The Committee has 
included $14,000,000 for extramural research grants on a 
competitive basis to fund high-priority research by 
universities and other EPA partners on air and water quality 
issues. Of the funds provided, EPA shall provide $10,000,000 on 
a competitive basis for air quality research grants to study 
the health and environmental effects of air pollution, develop 
innovative emissions reduction strategies, and develop 
strategies to mitigate climate change. EPA shall also provide 
$4,000,000 in grants on a competitive basis to partners to fund 
research to meet regional or national water quality, security, 
availability, or watershed management needs.
    Research: Human Health and Ecosystems.--The Committee 
recommends $219,531,000, a $1,957,000 increase above the 
request to fund fixed cost increases.
    Research: Land Protection.--The Committee recommends 
$10,853,000, an increase of $116,000 above the request to fund 
fixed costs.
    Research: Pesticides and Toxics.--The Committee recommends 
$25,089,000, including $294,000 above the request to fund fixed 
costs.
    Research: Sustainability.--The Committee provides 
$22,692,000, including $214,000 above the request to fund fixed 
costs.
    Water: Human Health Protection.--The Committee provides 
$3,480,000, including $64,000 above the request to fund fixed 
costs.
    Other.--The Committee notes that Mississippi State 
University [MSU] has nationally recognized water resource 
development and management extension and research efforts. The 
Committee encourages EPA and the region IV office to consider 
options for partnering with MSU to establish a watershed center 
of excellence.
    The Committee notes that EPA continues to increase its 
support for nanotechnology research within its base budget, 
including a $1,600,000 increase for nanoscale research in its 
fiscal year 2008 budget. The Committee is committed to ensuring 
that all Federal environmental, health and safety research is 
prioritized and coordinated so that nanotechnology's potential 
benefits to the economy and environment are realized at the 
same time that human health and the environment are protected. 
To further these goals, the Committee urges EPA to contract or 
enter into a cooperative agreement with the National Academy of 
Sciences' Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology within 
90 days of enactment to develop and monitor implementation of a 
comprehensive, prioritized research roadmap for all Federal 
agencies on environmental, health and safety issues for 
nanotechnology.

                 Environmental Programs and Management

Appropriations, 2007....................................  $2,358,370,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................   2,298,188,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,384,121,000

                          program description

    The Agency's ``Environmental programs and management'' 
account includes the development of environmental standards; 
monitoring and surveillance of pollution conditions; direct 
Federal pollution control planning; technical assistance to 
pollution control agencies and organizations; preparation of 
environmental impact statements; enforcement and compliance 
assurance; and assistance to Federal agencies in complying with 
environmental standards and ensuring that their activities have 
minimal environmental impact. It provides personnel 
compensation, benefits, and travel and other administrative 
expenses for all agency programs except Hazardous Substance 
Superfund, LUST, Science and Technology, Oil Spill Response, 
and OIG.

                        committee recommendation

    The Committee recommends $2,384,121,000 for environmental 
programs and management activities, an $85,933,000 increase 
above the request and a $25,751,000 increase above the fiscal 
year 2007 enacted level.
    Changes to the budget request are detailed below.
    Air Toxics and Quality.--The Committee recommends 
$192,957,000, a $4,396,000 increase above the budget request. 
Of that increase $2,396,000 shall be used to fully fund fixed 
costs. An additional $2,000,000 above the request is provided 
for the EPA to use its existing authority under the Clean Air 
Act to develop and publish a rule requiring mandatory reporting 
of greenhouse gas emissions above appropriate thresholds in all 
sectors of the economy. The Committee has provided bill 
language to this effect in the administrative provisions 
section. The Committee directs EPA to publish a draft rule no 
later than April 30, 2008, and a final rule no later than 
December 31, 2008. The Committee further directs EPA to include 
in its rule reporting of emissions resulting from upstream 
production and downstream sources. The Administrator shall 
determine appropriate thresholds of emissions above which 
reporting is required, and shall have discretion to use 
existing reporting requirements for utilities under the Clean 
Air Act.
    Brownfields.--The Committee provides $23,713,000, including 
$263,000 above the request to fund fixed costs.
    Climate Protection Program.--The Committee provides 
$85,881,000, including a $2,046,000 net decrease from the 
request for climate protection activities. Within funds, the 
Committee has included the administration's request of 
$4,436,000 for the Methane-to-Markets initiative and has 
decreased the President's request for the Asia-Pacific 
Partnership by $2,500,000. The Committee notes that EPA should 
use approximately $454,000 from this reduction to fund fixed 
costs in other climate protection program areas.
    Compliance.--The Committee has provided $124,607,000, which 
includes a general program reduction of $8,154,000 from the 
request for compliance activities. The Committee notes that 
EPA's role in providing compliance assistance to regulated 
entities is important but should not supersede its enforcement 
role.
    Enforcement.--The Committee provides $196,628,000, 
including an $8,962,000 increase for enforcement activities 
above the request. Within that increase, $2,178,000 is provided 
to restore base environmental justice programs, for a total of 
$6,000,000.
    Environmental Protection: Demonstration Project Competitive 
Grants.--The Committee has provided $31,500,000 above the 
request to fund high priority regional or national 
demonstration project grants on a competitive basis that 
showcase innovative efforts to control or remediate pollution. 
Priority should be given to grantees that can provide matching 
funds from partners. Of this amount, $11,500,000 shall be 
provided for air quality grants, $10,000,000 shall be provided 
for water quality and availability grants, and $10,000,000 
shall be provided for drinking water program grants.
    Environmental Protection: Other Congressional Priorities.--
The Committee has included $19,500,000 above the request to 
fund high priority national research programs run by EPA 
partners. The increase above the request shall be allocated as 
follows:
  --$11,000,000 for the National Rural Water Association for 
        rural and small water system technical assistance 
        programs (Leahy, Murray, Dorgan, Durbin, Stevens, 
        Specter, Domenici, Bond, Shelby, Biden, Bingaman, 
        Brown, Bunning, Cantwell, Cardin, Casey, Clinton, 
        Coleman, Collins, Conrad, Cornyn, Dodd, Dole, Enzi, 
        Feingold, Grassley, Hagel, Inhofe, Kennedy, Kerry, 
        Klobouchar, Lieberman, Levin, Lincoln, Lugar, 
        McCaskill, Menendez, Murkowski, Obama, Pryor, Roberts, 
        Salazar, Sanders, Schumer, Smith, Snowe, Stabenow, 
        Thomas, Thune, Vitter, Voinovich, Warner, Webb, and 
        Wyden);
  --$4,000,000 for the Small Public Water System Technology 
        Assistance Centers Program (Durbin, Stevens, Bond, 
        Specter, McConnell). This program funds centers at 
        Montana State University, Western Kentucky University, 
        the University of Missouri--Columbia, the University of 
        Alaska--Sitka, Mississippi State University, the 
        University of New Hampshire, Pennsylvania State 
        University and the University of Illinois that assist 
        communities on water quality issues;
  --$3,500,000 for the Rural Community Assistance Partnership 
        to fund rural and small water system technical 
        assistance (Leahy, Harkin, Mikulski, Landrieu, 
        Bingaman, Brown, Coleman, Conrad, Crapo, Feingold, 
        Grassley, Klobouchar, Kerry, Levin, Lincoln, Pryor, 
        Salazar, Sanders, Smith, Tester, Voinovich, and Wyden);
  --$1,000,000 for the Water Systems Council WellCare water 
        well owner technical assistance program (Harkin, Reed, 
        Baucus, Bayh, Cardin, Casey, Clinton, Crapo, Dole, 
        Grassley, Kohl, Lincoln, Pryor, Lugar, Schumer, Smith, 
        Tester, Whitehouse and Wyden).
    Geographic Programs.--The Committee recommends a total of 
$82,800,000, including an increase of $8,289,000 above the 
request, for Geographic Programs. Within this increase, 
$212,000 is provided to fund fixed costs, including $114,000 
for the Great Lakes program and $33,000 for the Gulf of Mexico 
program. Other changes to the request are detailed below:
  --a $4,000,000 increase above the request, for a total of 
        $32,812,000, to fund the Chesapeake Bay Program. The 
        Committee notes that $8,000,000 has been provided in 
        the budget request to retain Chesapeake Bay targeted 
        watershed grants. The Committee provides an additional 
        $2,000,000 to increase targeted watershed grant 
        funding, and $2,000,000 to restore partnership grants 
        for the Chesapeake Bay small watersheds (Mikulski, 
        Cardin).
  --a $5,000,000 increase above the request is provided to fund 
        new partnership grants for protection and restoration 
        of San Francisco Bay watersheds (Feinstein). These 
        competitive grants shall be used to support efforts by 
        partner organizations and State and local governments 
        to improve water quality and restore Bay watersheds. 
        Matching funds of no less than 25 percent shall be 
        required, and priority shall be given to organizations 
        that emphasize the ability to leverage additional 
        public and private funds;
  --a $2,566,000 increase above the request, for a total of 
        $3,500,000, to fund the Lake Champlain water quality 
        program (President, Leahy);
  --a $1,533,000 increase above the request, for a total of 
        $2,000,000, to fund Long Island Sound cleanup and water 
        quality activities (President, Schumer, Clinton);
  --a $448,000 general program reduction for the Community 
        Action for a Renewed Environment [CARE] program; and
  --a $4,953,000 reduction for Regional Administrators' 
        Geographic Initiatives, for a total of $5,000,000. The 
        Committee notes that the justification contains very 
        little detail on how the administration proposes to 
        spend these funds and has reduced the budget 
        accordingly.
    Homeland Security.--The Committee recommends $24,563,000, 
including a $144,000 increase above the request to fund fixed 
costs.
    Indoor Air.--The Committee recommends $27,105,000, 
including a $236,000 increase above the request to fund fixed 
costs.
    Information Exchange/Outreach.--The Committee recommends 
$127,542,000, including a $10,336,000 increase above the budget 
request. Of this increase, $1,336,000 shall be used to fund 
fixed costs. The Committee does not agree to the budget request 
to consolidate children's health and environmental education 
programs and has provided $9,000,000 to restore environmental 
education programs and $6,241,000 to fund programs for 
children's health and other sensitive populations.
    International Programs.--The Committee has provided 
$19,283,000 for international programs, which is an increase of 
$1,528,000 above the request. Of the increase provided, 
$1,329,000 shall be used to restore Mexico Border programs to 
the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and $199,000 shall be used 
to fund fixed costs.
    IT/Data Management/Security.--The Committee recommends 
$99,426,000, including a $2,824,000 increase above the request, 
for IT/Data Management/Security activities. Of that increase, 
$824,000 shall be used to fund fixed costs and $2,000,000 shall 
be used to restore the network of EPA libraries recently closed 
or consolidated by the administration. While the Committee 
approves of efforts to make environmental data collections 
available electronically, the Committee does not agree to 
further library closures or consolidations without evidence of 
how the public would be served by these changes. Therefore, the 
Committee expects the EPA to restore publicly available library 
facilities in each region. EPA is directed to submit a plan on 
how it will use this funding increase to reopen facilities and 
maintain a robust collection of environmental data and 
resources in each region by December 31, 2007.
    Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic Review.--The Committee 
recommends $117,246,000, including a $6,115,000 decrease from 
the request. This includes a $2,355,000 decrease for regulatory 
innovation programs and a $3,593,000 decrease for regulatory 
economic management and analysis. The Committee notes that 
these two program-projects were increased significantly by the 
administration under the continuing resolution. The Committee 
has appropriated funding consistent with the fiscal year 2006 
enacted levels. The Committee also directs EPA to continue its 
Smart Growth technical assistance program at no less than 2006 
levels and determine the appropriate funding mix from within 
accounts.
    Operations and Administration.--The Committee recommends 
$474,210,000, a $1,916,000 net increase above the request.
    The Committee has not agreed to the request to fund 
$1,260,000 for extramural audit support without additional 
information supporting why this transfer of functions from the 
Office of the Inspector General is necessary. The Committee 
expects EPA to use these savings along with the increase 
provided to fund fixed costs.
    Pesticide Licensing.--The Committee recommends 
$119,882,000, including a $1,724,000 increase above the request 
to fund fixed costs.
    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act [RCRA].--The 
Committee recommends $119,999,000, a $2,398,000 net decrease in 
RCRA programs. The Committee has not included the $4,000,000 
requested by the President for the e-manifest system because 
Congress has not authorized EPA to collect fees for this 
program. The Committee directs the administration to direct 
$1,602,000 in savings to fund fixed costs.
    Toxics Risk Review and Prevention.--The Committee has 
included $91,826,000 for these activities, which is a 
$1,755,000 increase above the request. Changes to the request 
include: a $1,197,000 increase to cover fixed costs; a 
$1,225,000 increase to restore funding for the High Production 
Volume [HPV] and Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation 
Program [VCCEP]; a $2,876,000 increase for the endocrine 
disruptor program, for a total of $8,800,000; and a $3,543,000 
decrease to the pollution prevention program, for a total of 
$16,621,000. The Committee notes that this brings funding 
levels for the endocrine disruptor and pollution prevention 
programs in line with their fiscal year 2006 levels. Of the 
$1,225,000 increase provided for the HPV and VCCEP programs, 
the Committee directs that $700,000 shall be allocated to the 
review and assessment of information submitted under HPV and 
$525,000 of the increase be used to support the VCCEP pilot 
through to completion. The Committee urges EPA to use the 
increase provided for endocrine disruptor programs to focus on 
validation of specific screening assays and tests focused on 
human health.
    Underground Storage Tanks.--The Committee recommends 
$11,864,000, a $145,000 increase over the budget request, to 
fund fixed costs.
    Water: Ecosystems.--The Committee includes $81,309,000, a 
$7,588,000 increase over the budget request. Within the 
increase provided, $7,297,000 shall be used to restore base 
operations of the National Estuary Program, including restoring 
base estuary grants offered by the program under section 320 of 
the Clean Water Act.
    Water: Human Health Protection.--The Committee recommends 
$100,975,000, a $1,178,000 increase over the request to fund 
fixed costs.
    The Committee was informed that EPA included $7,600,000 in 
its fiscal year 2007 operating plan to fund competitive grants 
for rural water technical assistance activities. The Committee 
is perplexed why the agency has not moved forward with 
competing these grants when there is a clearly demonstrated 
need by small and rural water systems for third-party technical 
assistance. The Committee directs the agency to expedite 
efforts to process and award these grants by no later than 
December 1, 2007.
    Water Quality Protection.--The Committee recommends 
$211,305,000, an increase of $2,362,000, to fund fixed costs.
    Chesapeake Bay Program.--The Committee directs EPA to 
implement immediately all of the recommendations contained in 
the October 2005 Government Accountability Office [GAO] report. 
Of the funds provided to the Bay Program, $5,000,000 shall not 
become available until GAO certifies that EPA has implemented 
all recommendations. The Committee further directs EPA to 
develop a Chesapeake Bay action plan for the remaining years of 
the Chesapeake 2000 agreement. This plan must: (1) Clearly 
articulate realistic targets the Chesapeake Bay Program expects 
to achieve in each of the remaining years; (2) describe the 
actual activities the Chesapeake Bay Program will implement in 
each year to achieve these annual targets; (3) identify the 
amount and source of funding that will be used to accomplish 
each of these activities; and (4) describe the process the 
Chesapeake Bay Program will use to track and measure the 
progress of these actions. Finally, the Committee directs GAO 
to conduct an annual performance assessment of progress made on 
this action plan.
    Other.--The Committee provides the budget request of 
$2,000,000 for the Water Information Sharing and Analysis 
Center [WaterISAC], and directs that WaterISAC shall be 
implemented through a grant to the Association of Metropolitan 
Water Agencies (Bennett).
    The Committee notes that EPA has discontinued its 
collection by helicopter of water samples analyzed for 
dissolved oxygen and nutrients in the New York Bight, including 
the coastal shorelines of New Jersey and New York, which EPA 
has conducted since 1977. The Committee notes that Congress was 
not consulted prior to this program change and directs EPA to 
immediately resume the helicopter sampling program.
    The recycling of agricultural and specialty pesticide 
containers is a significant component of the human health and 
environmental protection goals of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. The Committee continues to 
support EPA's efforts on recycling but is concerned with the 
delay in establishing regulations to make recycling a part of 
the comprehensive effort to ensure the safe use and disposal of 
pesticide containers. The Committee strongly encourages EPA to 
adopt pesticide container recycling regulations within 180 days 
of enactment.

                      Office of Inspector General

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $37,172,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      38,008,000
Committee recommendation................................      40,000,000

                          program description

    The Office of Inspector General [OIG] provides audit, 
evaluation, and investigation products and advisory services to 
improve the performance and integrity of EPA programs and 
operations. The IG also holds the position of Inspector General 
for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
    Trust fund resources are transferred to this account 
directly from the Hazardous Substance Superfund.

                        committee recommendation

    The Committee recommends $40,000,000 for the Office of the 
Inspector General, a $1,992,000 increase above the request. In 
addition, the Committee recommends that $13,337,000 be 
transferred to this account from Hazardous Substances 
Superfund, an increase of $3,699,000 increase above the 
request, to bring the total resources available for the Office 
of the Inspector General to $53,337,000.
    The Committee does not agree to the administration's 
proposal to reduce program oversight of EPA functions by 
further decreasing staff available for audit and compliance 
activities. The Committee is dismayed that personnel reductions 
appear to have been prematurely taken in anticipation of 
decreases proposed in the fiscal year 2008 budget or to further 
restructuring efforts that were not presented to the Committee. 
The Committee has not agreed to the proposed decreases and 
directs the Acting Inspector General to use the funding 
increase provided by the Committee to restore and maintain 
staffing comparable to prior year enacted levels.

                        Buildings and Facilities

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $39,626,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      34,801,000
Committee recommendation................................      34,801,000

                          program description

    The appropriation for buildings and facilities at EPA 
provides for the design and construction of EPA-owned 
facilities as well as for the repair, extension, alteration, 
and improvement of facilities utilized by the Agency. These 
funds correct unsafe conditions, protect health and safety of 
employees and Agency visitors, and prevent deterioration of 
structures and equipment.

                        committee recommendation

    The Committee has provided $34,801,000 for buildings and 
facilities, equal to the budget request.

                     Hazardous Substance Superfund

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2007....................................  $1,255,097,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................   1,244,706,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,274,643,000

                          program description

    On October 17, 1986, Congress amended the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
[CERCLA] through the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization 
Act of 1986 [SARA]. SARA reauthorized and expanded the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund to address the problems of 
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites and spills. Specifically, 
the legislation mandates that EPA: (1) provide emergency 
response to hazardous waste spills; (2) take emergency action 
at hazardous waste sites that pose an imminent hazard to public 
health or environmentally sensitive ecosystems; (3) engage in 
long-term planning, remedial design, and construction to clean 
up hazardous waste sites where no financially viable 
responsible party can be found; (4) take enforcement actions to 
require responsible private and Federal parties to clean up 
hazardous waste sites; and (5) take enforcement actions to 
recover costs where the fund has been used for cleanup. Due to 
the site-specific nature of the Agency's Superfund program, 
site-specific travel is not considered part of the overall 
travel ceiling set for the Superfund account.

                        committee recommendation

    The Committee provides $1,274,643,000 for Superfund cleanup 
and related activities, a $29,937,000 increase over the budget 
request and a $19,546,000 increase above enacted levels.
    Changes to the budget request are detailed below.
    Air Toxics and Quality.--The Committee has provided 
$2,407,000, including a $34,000 increase to fund fixed costs.
    Audits, Evaluations and Investigations.--The Committee does 
not endorse a decrease in Superfund-related oversight 
activities by the Office of Inspector General and has provided 
a $6,188,000 increase for Superfund audits and related 
activities to restore the program to prior year levels.
    Compliance.--The Committee has provided $1,356,000, 
including an $8,000 increase over the request to fund fixed 
costs.
    Enforcement.--The Committee has provided $189,110,000, 
including a $3,699,000 increase for Superfund enforcement. Of 
this increase, $2,245,000 shall be used to fund fixed costs and 
$1,454,000 shall be used to restore forensics support 
activities to the prior year enacted level, for a total of 
$3,802,000.
    Homeland Security.--The Committee has provided $48,006,000, 
including a $275,000 increase above the request to fund fixed 
costs.
    Information Exchange/Outreach.--The Committee has provided 
$1,591,000, including $3,000 above the request to fund fixed 
costs.
    IT/Data Management/Security.--The Committee has provided 
$17,192,000, including $62,000 above the request to fund fixed 
costs.
    Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic Review.--The Committee 
has provided $1,456,000, including $13,000 above the request to 
fund fixed costs.
    Operations and Administration.--The Committee has provided 
$132,710,000, a $718,000 increase above the request to fund 
fixed costs.
    Research: Human Health and Ecosystems.--The Committee has 
provided $4,013,000, including a $41,000 increase above the 
request to fund fixed costs.
    Research: Land Protection.--The Committee has provided a 
$221,000 increase above the request to fund fixed costs.
    Superfund Cleanup.--The Committee has provided 
$843,163,000, $18,675,000 above the request, to fund Superfund 
cleanup activities. Of this increase, $2,381,000 is provided to 
fund fixed costs; an additional $1,294,000 is provided to 
restore emergency response and removal activities, for a total 
of $193,749,000; and $15,000,000 is provided to fund remedial 
activities at additional Superfund national priority list 
sites. The Committee is dismayed that EPA recently reduced its 
targeted number of expected construction completions and the 
Committee expects EPA to use this funding to pursue a more 
aggressive clean-up schedule that includes additional site 
remediations.
    Bill Language.--The Committee notes that it has provided 
authority for EPA to transfer $13,337,000 noted previously to 
the Office of Inspector General for audit and compliance work 
and $26,126,000 to the Science and Technology appropriation to 
fund research activities related to Superfund.
    Other.--The Committee is concerned about EPA's handling of 
Superfund sites the agency has determined pose a threat to 
humans or require additional information to be gathered to 
properly determine human health risk. The Committee is aware 
that in 2006, EPA listed 144 Superfund sites where EPA 
determined the threat to humans from dangerous carcinogenic 
substances was not under control. However, the Committee 
understands that EPA has recently revised that list to reduce 
the number to 114 sites without providing sufficient 
explanation as to why these sites have been reclassified. The 
Committee further notes that EPA has also been reluctant to 
release information about the potential human health risks 
posed by these sites, plans for cleaning up these sites or 
steps to investigate 200 additional sites where there is 
insufficient data to determine whether they pose uncontrolled 
risks for humans. Therefore, the Committee directs EPA to 
submit a report to the Committee by no later than December 1, 
2007, to include (1) a listing of sites where carcinogens are 
known not to be under control and a ranking of which sites are 
most dangerous to the public's health; (2) EPA's plan to 
protect human exposure and public health at those sites; (3) an 
explanation of what EPA actions were taken between 2006 and 
2007 that led to the significant decrease in the number of 
sites listed as potentially hazardous to humans; and (4) what 
steps EPA is taking to learn more about other Superfund sites 
where there are insufficient data to determine human health 
risk.
    The Committee is encouraged that the EPA is reevaluating 
whether the Santa Susana Field Laboratory should be included on 
the National Priority List as a Superfund site. The Committee 
directs the EPA to collect and utilize new data in making this 
determination, including a comprehensive radioactive site 
characterization conducted by EPA's Radiation and Indoor 
Environments National Laboratory.

              Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $72,035,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      72,461,000
Committee recommendation................................      72,493,000

                          program description

    The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorizations Act of 1986 
[SARA] established the leaking underground storage tank [LUST] 
trust fund to conduct corrective actions for releases from 
leaking underground storage tanks containing petroleum and 
other hazardous substances. EPA implements the LUST program 
through State cooperative agreement grants which enable States 
to conduct corrective actions to protect human health and the 
environment, and through non-State entities including Indian 
tribes under section 8001 of RCRA. The trust fund is also used 
to enforce responsible parties to finance corrective actions 
and to recover expended funds used to clean up abandoned tanks.

                        committee recommendation

    The Committee has provided $72,493,000 for the Leaking 
Underground Storage Tanks program, a $32,000 increase above the 
request. The increase shall be used to cover fixed costs.

                           Oil Spill Response

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $15,734,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      17,280,000
Committee recommendation................................      17,487,000

                          program description

    This appropriation, authorized by the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act of 1987 and amended by the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990, provides funds to prepare for and prevent releases 
of oil and other petroleum products into navigable waterways. 
EPA is also reimbursed for incident specific response costs 
through the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which pursuant to 
law is managed by the United States Coast Guard. EPA is 
responsible for: directing all cleanup and removal activities 
posing a threat to public health and the environment; 
conducting site inspections, including compelling responsible 
parties to undertake cleanup actions; reviewing containment 
plans at facilities; reviewing area contingency plans; pursuing 
cost recovery of fund-financed cleanups; and conducting 
research of oil cleanup techniques. Funds for this 
appropriation are provided through the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund which is composed of fees and collections made 
through provisions of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the 
Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act, the 
Deepwater Port Act of 1974, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act Amendments of 1978, and the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act as amended.

                        committee recommendation

    The Committee has provided $17,487,000 for the oil spill 
response program, $207,000 above the request. The increase 
shall be used to cover fixed costs.

                   State and Tribal Assistance Grants

              (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2007....................................  $3,213,709,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................   2,744,450,000
Committee recommendation................................   3,181,853,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The ``State and tribal assistance grants'' account funds 
grants to support the State revolving fund programs; State, 
tribal, regional, and local environmental programs; and special 
projects to address critical water and waste water treatment 
needs.
    Included in this account are funds for the following 
infrastructure grant programs: Clean Water and Drinking Water 
State Revolving Funds; United States-Mexico Border Program; 
Alaska Native villages; and Brownfield State and Tribal 
Response program grants authorized by CERCLA section 128(a).
    It also contains the following categorical environmental 
grants, State/tribal program grants, and assistance and 
capacity building grants: (1) air resource assistance to State, 
regional, local, and tribal governments (secs. 105 and 103 of 
the Clean Air Act); (2) radon State and Tribal grants; (3) 
water pollution control agency resource supplementation (sec. 
106 of the FWPCA); (4) BEACHS Protection grants (sec. 406 of 
FWPCA as amended); (5) nonpoint source (sec. 319 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act); (6) wetlands State program 
development; (7) water quality cooperative agreements (sec. 
104(b)(3) of FWPCA); (8) targeted watershed grants; (9) 
wastewater operator training grants; (10) public water system 
supervision; (11) underground injection control; (12) drinking 
water program State homeland security coordination grants; (13) 
hazardous waste financial assistance; (14) Brownfields 
activities authorized by CERCLA section 104(k); (15) 
underground storage tanks; (16) pesticides program 
implementation; (17) lead grants; (18) toxic substances 
compliance; (19) pesticides enforcement; (20) the Environmental 
Information Exchange Network; (21) pollution prevention; (22) 
sector program; and (23) Indians general assistance grants.
    As in past fiscal years, reprogrammings associated with 
Performance Partnership Grants need not be submitted to the 
Committee for approval should such grants exceed the normal 
reprogramming limitations.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,181,853,000 
for State and Tribal Assistance Grants, an increase of 
$437,403,000 above the request and a decrease of $31,856,000 
from the enacted level.
    Changes to the request are detailed below.
    Infrastructure Assistance.--The Committee recommends the 
following increases above the budget request: a $199,446,000 
increase for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, for a total 
of $887,000,000; a $14,500,000 increase for the Alaska native 
villages program, for a total of $30,000,000 (President, 
Stevens, Murkowski); and a $15,000,000 increase for Diesel 
Emissions Reduction Act grants, for a total of $50,000,000. The 
Committee has also provided $842,167,000 for the Drinking Water 
State Revolving Fund and $89,258,000 for Brownfields programs, 
equal to the request.
    The Committee continues to be very supportive of water 
quality improvements to improve the health and environment of 
communities along the United States-Mexico border. However, the 
Committee is very concerned that EPA's Mexico border program is 
carrying forward nearly $300,000,000 in unliquidated or 
unobligated balances for priority projects. Therefore, the 
Committee has agreed with the President's request to reduce 
funding for the program for this fiscal year and cannot 
consider further increases until progress is made in reducing 
these unspent balances. The Committee directs EPA to continue 
working with program partners to implement reforms. Further, 
EPA shall submit a report to the Committee on the status of 
these reform efforts, including current unliquidated and 
unobligated balances, by December 31, 2007.
    The Committee has provided a $15,000,000 increase above the 
request for new cost-effective emissions reduction project 
grants. The Committee expects this funding to be divided 
equally between the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control 
and South Coast Air Quality Management Districts, the two most 
severely polluted air quality management districts in the 
Nation (Feinstein). The Committee directs EPA to award these 
grants to the local air quality management districts for 
innovative or cost-effective retrofits, engine replacement, 
equipment replacement and technology development in the 
transportation, agriculture, and port sectors. The Committee 
expects these funds to be matched by these local districts at 
the program level on a 1-to-1 basis. The Committee notes that 
this funding is available to fund emissions reduction 
activities deemed necessary for compliance with a national 
ambient air quality standard and included in a State 
Implementation Plan submitted to the EPA.
    The Committee recommends a $140,000,000 increase for 
targeted project grants to fund water system improvements which 
require a local match of 45 percent per grant unless a hardship 
waiver is granted by EPA. This funding shall be distributed as 
follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 State       Description           Amount             Requested by
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    AK Water treatment             $300,000  Murkowski
        project for the
        City of Kenai, AK
    AK Water and sewer              500,000  Stevens
        improvements
        project for the
        City of Kodiak, AK
    AK Water and sewer              550,000  Stevens
        upgrade project
        for the City of
        Wrangell, AK
    AK Water and sewer              550,000  Stevens
        upgrade project
        for the City of
        Ketchikan, AK
    AL Wastewater                   300,000  Sessions
        treatment facility
        upgrade project
        for the Town of
        Eva, AL
    AL Wastewater                   384,000  Shelby
        construction
        project for the
        Town of
        Somerville, AL
    AL Water treatment            1,084,000  Shelby
        plant upgrade
        project for the
        City of Clanton,
        AL
    AL Wastewater and               132,000  Shelby
        drinking water
        infrastructure
        project for
        Jackson County, AL
    AR Water system                 300,000  Lincoln, Pryor
        improvement
        project for the
        Ozark Mountain
        Regional Public
        Water Authority
    AR Water system                 300,000  Lincoln, Pryor
        improvements for
        the City of
        Fayetteville
    AZ Wastewater                   300,000  Kyl
        treatment plant
        expansion project
        for Bullhead City,
         AZ
    CA Sewer system               1,000,000  Feinstein
        upgrades for El
        Rio Forebay,
        Ventura County
    CA Martin Slough              1,000,000  Feinstein, Boxer
        inteceptor project
        for the City of
        Eureka
    CA Perchlorate                1,175,000  Feinstein, Boxer
        remediation and
        drinking water
        system
        improvements for
        the City of
        Pasadena
    CA Water supply                 825,000  Feinstein, Boxer
        improvements for
        the City of East
        Palo Alto
    CA Water system               1,000,000  Feinstein, Boxer
        improvements for
        the City of Big
        Bear Lake
    CO Drinking water               600,000  Allard, Salazar
        project for the
        Arkansas Valley
        Conduit, CO
    CO Wastewater and               500,000  Allard
        drinking water
        project for Idaho
        Springs, CO
    CO Wastewater facility          400,000  Allard, Salazar
        upgrade project
        for the Town of
        Bayfield, CO
    CO Drinking water               100,000  Allard
        system improvement
        project for the
        City of Manitou
        Springs, CO
    CO Water system                 300,000  Allard, Salazar
        improvements for
        the South Platte
        River Basin,
        Central Colorado
        Water Conservancy
        District
    CT Sanitary sewer               300,000  Dodd, Lieberman
        inflow elimination
        project for the
        Town of Enfield
    CT Wellhead cleanup             300,000  Lieberman
        for the City of
        Southington
    DE Filter membrane              300,000  Biden, Carper
        plant improvents
        for the City of
        Wilmington
    DE Old Shellpot                 300,000  Biden, Carper
        interceptor
        improvements for
        New Castle County
    FL Wastewater                   300,000  Martinez
        infrastructure
        improvement
        project for the
        City of
        Jacksonville, FL
    FL Water system                 300,000  Nelson, Martinez
        improvements for
        the Emerald Coast
        Utility  Authority
    GA Wastewater and               300,000  Chambliss, Isakson
        stormwater
        rehabilitation
        project for the
        City of Atlanta,
        GA
    GA Water and                    300,000  Chambliss, Isakson
        wastewater
        improvements
        project for the
        Metro North
        Georgia Water
        Planning District,
        GA
    IA Wastewater                   300,000  Harkin, Grassley
        treatment plant
        construction
        project for the
        City of Clinton,
        IA
    IA Water system                 500,000  Harkin
        improvements for
        the City of
        Davenport
    IA Combined sewer               400,000  Harkin
        overflow
        improvements for
        the City of
        Ottumwa
    ID Drinking water               432,000  Craig
        system
        reconstruction
        project for the
        City of Marsing,
        ID
    ID Wastewater system            469,000  Craig/Crapo
        improvements
        project for the
        City of Hazelton,
        ID
    ID Wastewater system            562,000  Craig/Crapo
        improvements
        project for the
        City of St.
        Anthony, ID
    ID Wastewater and               137,000  Craig/Crapo
        stormwater
        facilities project
        for the City of
        Rexburg, ID
    ID Drinking water               300,000  Craig/Crapo
        project for the
        City of Buhl, ID
    IL Water supply                 300,000  Durbin
        infrastructure
        improvements for
        the Village of
        Chatham
    IL Wastewater system            300,000  Durbin
        improvements for
        the City of
        Monmouth
    IL Wastewater                   350,000  Obama
        infrastructure
        improvements for
        the Northeastern
        Illinois Sewer
        Consortium
    IL Water system                 300,000  Durbin
        improvements for
        the Village of
        Riverdale
    IN Wastewater                   300,000  Lugar
        treatment plant
        upgrade project
        for the City of
        Centerville, IN
    IN Wastewater system            150,000  Bayh
        upgrades for the
        City of Fort Wayne
    IN Sanitary sewer               150,000  Lugar, Bayh
        improvements for
        the City of
        Evansville, IN
    KS 10th Street sewer            500,000  Brownback
        line repairs in
        Great Bend, KS
    KS Wastewater                   300,000  Brownback
        treatment project
        for the City of
        Ellsworth, KS
    KS Wastewater                   300,000  Brownback
        treatment plant
        construction
        project for the
        City of Larned, KS
    KS Wastewater                   200,000  Brownback
        treatment project
        for the City of
        Iola, KS
    KS Stormwater                   300,000  Brownback, Roberts
        improvement
        project for the
        City of Lenexa, KS
    KS Wastewater                   300,000  Roberts
        treatment plant
        construction
        project for the
        City of Prescott,
        KS
    KY Wastewater                   300,000  Bunning
        construction
        project for the
        City of Ewing in
        Fleming County, KY
    KY Drinking water             1,000,000  McConnell
        project for the
        Green River Valley
        Water District in
        Hart County, KY
    KY Drinking water and           600,000  McConnell
        construction
        project for the
        Monroe County
        Water District in
        Tompkinsville, KY
    LA Water system                 400,000  Landrieu
        upgrades for the
        City of Hammond
    LA Wastewater                   300,000  Landrieu
        treatment
        expansion for the
        City of St.
        Gabriel
    LA Wastewater                   200,000  Landrieu
        treatment facility
        improvements for
        the City of
        Bastrop
    LA Wastewater                   300,000  Vitter
        treatment facility
        construction
        project for
        Ascension Parish,
        LA
    MA Wastewater system            300,000  Kennedy, Kerry
        improvements for
        the City of
        Brockton
    MA Wastewater                   300,000  Kennedy, Kerry
        treatment plant
        upgrades for the
        City of
        Marlborough
    MD Sanitary and                 700,000  Mikulski, Cardin
        combined sewer
        infrastructure
        improvements for
        the City of
        Baltimore
    MD Combined sewer               300,000  Mikulski, Cardin
        overflow
        improvements for
        the City of
        Frostburg
    MD Combined sewer               200,000  Mikulski, Cardin
        overflow
        improvements for
        the Town of
        Western-  port
    MD Combined sewer               200,000  Mikulski, Cardin
        overflow
        improvements for
        the City of Cumber-
          land
    ME Wastewater                   300,000  Snowe, Collins
        treatment plant
        relocation project
        for the City of
        Presque Isle, ME
    ME Wastewater                   300,000  Snowe, Collins
        treatment
        relocation project
        for the City of
        Ellsworth, ME
    MI Water supply                 300,000  Levin, Stabenow
        improvements for
        the City of Saint
        Louis
    MI Sewer line                   300,000  Levin, Stabenow
        construction for
        the Genessee
        County Drain
        Commis-  sion
    MN Drinking water               300,000  Coleman
        facility
        construction
        project for the
        City of New
        Auburn, MN
    MN Combined sewer               300,000  Klobouchar
        overflow
        improvements fo
        the City of
        Minneapolis
    MO Wastewater                 1,600,000  Bond
        treatment plant
        expansion project
        and line extension
        for the City of
        Linn, MO
    MS Drinking water and           800,000  Cochran
        wastewater
        construction
        project for the
        Town of Flora, MS
    MS Wastewater                   200,000  Cochran
        construction
        project for the
        City of Oxford, MS
    MS Wastewater                   200,000  Cochran
        rehabilitation
        project for the
        West Rankin
        Utility Authority,
        MS
    MS Wastewater and               200,000  Cochran
        water quality
        protection project
        for the City of
        Ridgeland, MS
    MS Water and sewer              100,000  Cochran
        line extension
        project for the
        Town of Boyle, MS
    MS Wastewater                   100,000  Cochran
        improvements
        project for the
        City of Fulton, MS
    MS Water and                    300,000  Lott
        wastewater
        improvements
        project for the
        City of
        Brookhaven, MS
    MT Wastewater lagoon            600,000  Baucus, Tester
        replacement for
        the Crow Tribe
    MT Missouri River               300,000  Baucus, Tester
        wastewater
        treatment plant
        improvements for
        the City of Helena
    NC Lower Cape Fear              300,000  Burr
        Water and Sewer
        Authority project,
        NC
    NC Water treatment              300,000  Dole, Burr
        system project for
        the Neuse Regional
        Water and Sewer
        Authority, NC
    ND Water treatment              200,000  Dorgan, Conrad
        plant improvements
        for the City of
        Washburn
    ND Wasterwater                  300,000  Dorgan, Conrad
        treatment plant
        upgrades for the
        City of Riverdale
    ND Upgrades for the             300,000  Dorgan, Conrad
        Ludden rural water
        system, Southeast
        Water Users
        District
    ND Water system                 200,000  Dorgan, Conrad
        improvements and
        expansion to the
        Cities of Fortuna,
        Noonan and
        Columbus for the
        BDW Water Systems
        Association
    ND Water treatment              200,000  Dorgan, Conrad
        plant upgrades for
        the City of Lakota
    ND Rural water system           100,000  Dorgan, Conrad
        expansion for the
        City of Esmond
    ND Water system                 100,000  Dorgan, Conrad
        improvements for
        Walsh County
    NE Wastewater                   600,000  Nelson, Hagel
        treatment
        facilities upgrade
        project for the
        City of Lincoln,
        NE
    NE Wastewater system            500,000  Nelson
        improvements for
        the City of South
        Sioux City
    NE Combined sewer               400,000  Nelson
        separation project
        for the City of
        Omaha
    NH Stormwater                   500,000  Gregg
        facilities
        construction
        project for the
        City of
        Manchester, NH
    NH Danis/Lynchville             300,000  Gregg
        Water and Sewer
        Project in
        Goffstown, NH
    NH Drinking water               225,000  Gregg
        improvements
        project in
        Lancaster, NH
    NH Wastewater and               300,000  Gregg, Sununu
        water quality
        protection project
        for the Town of
        Jaffrey, NH
    NH Wastewater                   300,000  Sununu
        treatment project
        for the City of
        Greenfield, NH
    NJ Combined sewer               400,000  Lautenberg, Menendez
        overflow
        improvments for
        the Bayonne
        Municipal
        Utilities
        Authority
    NJ Wastewater                   300,000  Lautenberg, Menendez
        treatment plant
        upgrades for the
        Passaic Valley
        Sewerage
        Commission
    NJ Combined sewer               200,000  Lautenberg, Menendez
        study for
        Pennsauken
        Township
    NJ Wastewater pumping           300,000  Menendez, Lautenberg
        station
        improvements for
        the Karney
        Municipal
        Utilities
        Authority
    NM Water system                 300,000  Bingaman
        upgrades for the
        City of Rio Rancho
    NM Valley Utilities             400,000  Domenici, Bingaman
        Project for
        Albuquerque/
        Bernalillo County,
        NM
    NM Wastewater facility          400,000  Domenici, Bingaman
        improvement
        project for the
        City of Belen, NM
    NM Wastewater                   400,000  Domenici, Bingaman
        treatment plant
        construction
        project for the
        City of Aztec, NM
    NM Water and                    400,000  Domenici, Bingaman
        wastewater system
        improvements
        project for West
        Mesa and the City
        of Las Cruces, NM
    NV Wastewater                   300,000  Reid, Ensign
        infrastructure
        upgrade project
        for the City of
        Fallon,  NV
    NV Sewer extension              400,000  Reid
        project for the
        City of Reno
    NV Water system                 300,000  Reid
        improvements for
        the City of Carson
        City
    NV Aseptic treatments           300,000  Reid
        for Noapa Valley
        water district
    NV Water system                 100,000  Reid
        improvements for
        Esreralda County,
        NV
    NY Wastewater                   300,000  Schumer, Clinton
        treatment facilty
        improvements for
        the Village of
        Owego
    NY Water system                 300,000  Schumer, Clinton
        improvements for
        the Village of
        Sydney
    OH Organic system               300,000  Brown
        detection system
        improvements for
        the Ohio River
        Valley Water
        Sanitation
        Commission
    OH Drinking water               300,000  Voinovich
        plant construction
        project for Burr
        Oak, OH
    OK Wastewater and               300,000  Inhofe
        water quality
        protection project
        for the City of
        Ardmore, OK
    OR Wastewater system            300,000  Smith, Wyden
        project for the
        City of Coburg, OR
    OR Decentralized                550,000  Wyden
        stormwater
        management system
        improvements for
        the City of
        Portland
    PA Sewer system                 300,000  Casey
        upgrades for the
        Monogahela
        Township, Greene
        County
    PA 3 Rivers Wet                 800,000  Specter
        Weather wastewater
        rehabilitation
        project, PA
    PA Wastewater upgrade           200,000  Specter
        and water quality
        protection project
        for Franklin
        Township, PA
    PA Wastewater                   200,000  Specter
        collection and
        treatment
        facilities
        construction
        project for the
        Borough of
        Cochranton, PA
    PA Waterline                    200,000  Specter, Casey
        construction
        project for
        Somerset County,
        PA
    PA Waterline                    100,000  Specter, Casey
        replacement
        project for the
        Borough of
        Bellefonte, PA
    PA Wastewater and               100,000  Specter
        stormwater
        infrastructure
        project for the
        City of Scranton,
        PA
    RI Biological nutrient          700,000  Reed, Whitehouse
        removal
        improvements for
        the City of East
        Providence
    RI Water transmission           500,000  Reed, Whitehouse
        system
        improvements for
        the City of
        Warwick
    RI Water pollution              300,000  Reed, Whitehouse
        control
        management, City
        of Newport
    SC Wastewater line              150,000  Graham
        replacement
        project for the
        City of West
        Columbia, SC
    SC Stormwater drainage          150,000  Graham
        system project for
        the City of
        Charleston, SC
    SD Water                        500,000  Johnson
        infrastructure
        improvements for
        the City of Box
        Elder
    SD Source water                 600,000  Johnson, Thune
        protection
        improvements for
        the City of Rapid
        City
    TN Wastewater                 1,000,000  Alexander
        treatment project
        for the City of
        Harrogate, TN
    TN Sutherland Water             300,000  Alexander
        Line Extension
        project in Johnson
        County, TN
    TN Gobey Community              300,000  Alexander
        water system
        improvement
        project in Morgan
        County, TN
    TX Wastewater                   300,000  Hutchison, Cornyn
        treatment upgrade
        project for the
        City of Austin
        Water Utility, TX
    TX Stormwater project           800,000  Hutchison
        for Lanana Creek,
        TX
    TX Sewer line                   800,000  Hutchison
        replacement and
        rehabilitation
        project for the
        City of San
        Antonio, TX
    UT Drinking water               500,000  Bennett
        improvement
        project for
        Syracuse City, UT
    UT Drinking water             1,100,000  Bennett
        improvement
        project for
        Centerfield, UT
    UT Water quality                300,000  Hatch
        protection project
        for Salt Lake
        City, UT
    VA Wastewater                   300,000  Warner, Webb
        treatment plant
        project for the
        Town of Onancock,
        VA
    VA Sewer                        300,000  Warner, Webb
        infrastructure
        improvements for
        the City of
        Lynchburg
    VT Wastewater upgrades          750,000  Leahy, Sanders
        for the Town of
        Pownal
    VT Water system                 500,000  Leahy, Sanders
        upgrades for the
        Town of Hardwick
    WA Drinking water               600,000  Murray, Cantwell
        upgrades for the
        City of Monitor,
        Chelan County
        Public Utilities
        District
    WA Wastewater                   400,000  Murray, Cantwell
        treatment plant
        upgrades for the
        City of Winlock
    WA Water treatment              300,000  Murray, Cantwell
        system upgrades
        for the City of
        West Richland
    WI Drinking water               600,000  Kohl
        improvements for
        the City of
        Waukesha
    WI Storm water                  400,000  Kohl
        facilities
        improvements for
        the City of Green
        Bay
    WV Wastewater                 3,000,000  Byrd
        treatment plant
        improvements for
        the City of Moore-
         field
    WV Water and sewer            3,000,000  Byrd
        improvements for
        the Mingo County
        Redevelopment
        Authority
    WY Wastewater                   300,000  Enzi
        treatment plant
        upgrade project
        for the City of
        Cheyenne, WY
                           -----------------
             TOTAL               64,775,000  .........................
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    Categorical Grants.--The Committee recommends an increase 
of $53,457,000 for categorical grants above the request 
including a reduction of $2,850,000 for environmental 
information, for a total of $10,000,000; a $10,000,000 increase 
for non-point source pollution assistance as authorized by 
section 319 of the Clean Water Act for a total of $204,040,000; 
a $1,000,000 reduction for pollution prevention grants for a 
total of $4,940,000; and a $226,000 increase to the underground 
storage tank program, for a total of $22,500,000.
    The Committee strongly disagrees with the programmatic 
changes proposed by the administration to State and local air 
quality management grants and has provided a $35,081,000 
increase, for a total of $220,261,000, to restore these grants 
to their fiscal year 2006 level.
    An additional $12,000,000 is provided for one-time project 
grants to fund targeted environmental remediation activities. 
Of these funds, $8,000,000 shall be used by EPA to fund efforts 
to monitor and remediate groundwater contamination and other 
pollution sources at Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San 
Francisco (Feinstein) and $4,000,000 shall be transferred to 
the State of Oklahoma to fund high-priority remediation and 
relocation programs for the Tar Creek and Spring River 
watersheds in Oklahoma (Inhofe).
    Other.--The Committee has continued bill language from 
prior years, as requested by the administration, to: (1) extend 
for 1 year the authority for States to transfer funds between 
the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State 
Revolving Fund; (2) waive the one-third of 1 percent cap on the 
tribal set-aside from non-point source grants; (3) increase to 
1\1/2\ percent the cap on the tribal set-aside for the Clean 
Water State Revolving Fund; (4) require that any funds provided 
to address the water infrastructure needs of colonias within 
the United States and along the United States-Mexico border be 
spent only in areas where the local government entity has 
established an enforceable ordinance or rule which prevents 
additional development within colonias that lack water, 
wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure; and (5) change 
the limitation on the amounts of the State Revolving Funds a 
State can use for administration.
    The Committee has agreed to the administration's request to 
rescind $5,000,000 of prior year unobligated balances.

                       Administrative Provisions

    The Committee has retained language, as requested by the 
administration, included in prior year appropriations acts 
regarding tribal cooperative agreements and pesticide 
registration fees.
    As noted previously, the Committee has included $2,000,000 
within the environmental programs and management appropriation 
that shall be used by EPA to use its existing authority under 
the Clean Air Act to develop and publish a rule requiring 
mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions above 
appropriate thresholds in all sectors of the economy.
    The Committee concurs with the budget request and has 
included language to target Diesel Emission Reduction Act 
grants to areas not currently in attainment with national 
ambient air quality standards.
    The Committee has not agreed to the administration's 
proposal to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to change State 
requirements for underground storage tank inspection.
    No later than 180 days after enactment of this act, the EPA 
should submit a report to the Committee outlining what steps 
the Agency has taken to implement the recommendations included 
in the 2004 and 2005 Inspector General and 2005 Government 
Accountability Office reports on environmental justice. The 
report should also outline EPA's efforts to incorporate 
environmental justice into their emergency management 
procedures and their incident command structure.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                     forest and rangeland research

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $280,488,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     263,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     291,807,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Forest and rangeland research and development carries out 
basic and applied scientific research to provide information 
and solutions to sustain the Nation's forests and rangelands. 
Research scientists collaborate with industry, non-governmental 
organizations, colleges and universities, State foresters, and 
other governmental agencies. The research program works on a 
number of issues that are critical to the mission of the Forest 
Service including fire and fuels; invasive species; forest 
inventory and analysis; vegetation and protection; wildlife and 
fish habitat; soil, water, and air resources; valuation of 
forests and grasslands; urban forests and the urban-wildland 
interface. Research is conducted at six research stations, the 
Forest Products Laboratory, and the International Institute of 
Tropical Forestry located in Puerto Rico, with approximately 
500 scientists and 67 sites located throughout the United 
States.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $291,807,000 
for forest and rangeland research, an increase of $28,807,000 
over the request and $11,319,000 over the enacted level. 
Increases to the budget request include $5,458,000 to fully 
fund fixed costs. Funding provided for the FIA program is equal 
to the budget request of $62,329,000.
    The increase over the budget request provided by the 
Committee should be used to restore and expand the base program 
for the Forest Service research and development mission area. 
The Committee directs the agency to maintain the base programs 
at individual research stations to the maximum extent possible. 
Within the increase, $800,000 shall be provided to the Center 
for Bottomlands Hardwood Research in Mississippi, of which 
$400,000 is for hydrology studies in cooperation with the 
Southern Research Station in Starkville (Cochran); and 
$2,700,000, an increase of $1,150,000 over the budget request, 
is provided for competitive research grants for the 
Northeastern States Research Cooperative [NRSC]. Funds provided 
for the NRSC shall be allocated as follows; $1,000,000 for 
programs in the State of Vermont, $1,000,000 for programs in 
the State of New Hampshire, and $350,000 each for programs in 
the States of Maine and New York (Leahy, Collins, Snowe, 
Schumer, Clinton).
    The Committee believes that a robust climate change 
management research program will be essential for the Forest 
Service to sustain forest health and biodiversity and protect a 
wide range of natural resources. Within the increase, the 
Committee has provided an additional $2,500,000 to expand to 
the agency's climate science research program. The Committee 
directs the Forest Service to use this increase to develop 
forest management techniques that adapt to and mitigate the 
effects of climate change, particularly in those geographic 
regions of the United States where forest lands are most at 
risk. Within 60 days of enactment, the Committee directs the 
Forest Service to submit a proposed work plan that details the 
planned work and accomplishments with this increased funding 
and the other base climate change resources.

                       STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $279,761,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     202,458,000
Committee recommendation................................     272,542,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    State and private forestry programs provide technical and 
financial assistance to landowners and resource managers to 
help sustain the Nation's urban and rural forests and protect 
communities and the environment from wildland fires. Through a 
coordinated effort in management, protection, conservation 
education, and resource use, State and private forestry 
programs facilitate sound stewardship across lands of all 
ownerships on a landscape scale, while maintaining the 
flexibility for individual forest landowners to pursue their 
own objectives.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee has provided $272,542,000 for State and 
private forestry activities, $70,084,000 above the request and 
$7,219,000 below the enacted level. Except where indicated, 
increases to the request should be used to fully fund fixed 
costs.

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
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Forest health management.....................................      $91,089,000     $102,215,000     +$11,126,000
Cooperative fire protection..................................       42,122,000       39,034,000       -3,088,000
Cooperative forestry.........................................       66,747,000      124,340,000      +57,593,000
International forestry.......................................        2,500,000        6,953,000       +4,453,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, State and private forestry......................      202,458,000      272,542,000      +70,084,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Forest Health Management.--The Committee recommends 
$102,125,000 for forest health management activities.
    The Committee has provided $54,967,000 for Federal lands 
forest health management, an increase of $2,008,000 over the 
budget request. The Committee has provided $47,248,000 for 
Cooperative lands forest health management, an increase of 
$9,118,000 above the request.
    Cooperative Fire Protection.--The Committee recommends 
$39,034,000 for cooperative fire protection activities, which 
is $3,088,000 below the request. The Committee has provided 
$33,122,000 for State Fire Assistance, equal to the budget 
request.
    The Committee has provided $5,912,000 for volunteer fire 
assistance, a $3,088,000 reduction from the request. The 
Committee does not agree with the budget request to consolidate 
rural and volunteer fire assistance programs within the Forest 
Service and notes that it has also provided an additional 
$8,000,000 through the Bureau of Land Management to restore 
funding for rural fire assistance grants.
    Cooperative Forestry.--The Committee recommends 
$124,340,000 for cooperative forestry, a $57,593,000 increase 
above the request.
    The Committee has provided $48,095,000 for the forest 
legacy program. This allocation also includes the use of 
$6,500,000 from prior year funds for projects which have failed 
or received funding from other sources. The Committee 
recommends the following distribution of funds:

                  FOREST SERVICE FOREST LEGACY PROGRAM
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Committee
State        Project          recommendation          Requested by
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   TN Big Forks                  $1,000,000   President
   VT Brushwood/West              1,500,000   Leahy, Sanders
       Fairlee Community
       Forest
   UT Chalk Creek South           1,400,000   President, Bennett
       Fork #2
   CA Chalk Mountain              1,000,000   Feinstein
       Ranch-Six Rivers
       to the Sea
   NC Clarendon                   2,500,000   Dole
       Plantation
   ID Gold Creek Ranch            3,168,000   Craig
   HI Kealakekua Ranch            1,989,000   President, Inouye
   MN Koochiching                 1,750,000   President, Coleman,
                                               Klobuchar
   ME Lower Penobscot             3,300,000   President, Snowe,
       Forest                                  Collins
   KY Marrowbone Creek              661,000   McConnell
   AL Mobile Tensaw               2,132,000   President, Shelby
       Delta
   AR Moro Big Pine               2,450,000   Lincoln, Pryor
   MT North Swan River            3,920,000   President, Baucus,
       Valley                                  Tester
   MI Northern Great              2,000,000   President, Levin,
       Lakes Forest                            Stabenow
       (Kamehameha)
       Project
   WI Northern Wild               3,000,000   Kohl
       Rivers
   VA Nottoway River              2,300,000   President, Warner, Webb
   NH Ossipee Pine                2,380,000   President, Gregg, Sununu
       Barrens
   GA Paulding County             3,500,000   President, Chambliss,
       Land Area                               Isakson
   SC Piedmont of South           3,000,000   Graham
       Carolina
   CT Skiff Mountain                770,000   President, Dodd,
       phase II                                Lieberman
   WV Potomac Watershed             750,000   President, Byrd
       River South
       Branch Project
   NJ Sparta Mountain               600,000   Lautenberg, Menendez
       South
   TX Turkey Creek                1,500,000   President
   NM Vallecitos High             2,025,000   Domenici, Bingaman
       Country
                         --------------------
            Subtotal,            48,595,000   ........................
             Line Item
             Projects
                         ====================
      President                   6,000,000   ........................
      Less offset from           (6,500,000)  ........................
       unobligated
       balances
                         --------------------
            TOTAL, FS            48,095,000   ........................
             FOREST
             LEGACY
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee provides $34,288,000 for forest stewardship, 
a $14,288,000 increase above the request. The increase to the 
request should be used to restore base program operations to 
prior year enacted levels and fund fixed costs. Within the 
increase, the Committee has provided $950,000 to restore 
funding for the Chesapeake Bay forestry program to prior year 
enacted levels (Mikulski, Warner, Casey, Cardin, Webb).
    The Committee provides $30,846,000 for urban and community 
forestry programs, a $13,410,000 increase above the request. 
The increase over the request should restore base program 
operations, fund fixed costs, and provide $350,000 for the city 
of Chicago urban tree planting program (Durbin) and $200,000 to 
the city of Indianapolis to fund a tree planting program 
(Lugar, Bayh).
    The Committee does not agree to the budget request to 
terminate the Economic Action Program and has provided 
$6,523,000 for projects to that provide social, economic and 
environmental assistance to rural and timber-dependent 
communities. The increase shall be distributed as follows: 
$1,000,000 to the Washington Family Forest Foundation to 
complete a State private landowner management database 
(Murray), $350,000 to the Northern Forest Center to continue 
sustainable forestry grants (Gregg); $1,000,000 to Purdue 
University to fund wood products technology development at the 
Hardwood Scanning Technology Center (Lugar), $500,000 to the 
State of Vermont to fund grants and technical assistance to 
wood products businesses through the Vermont Wood Products 
Collaborative (Leahy); and $2,000,000 to Forest Service Region 
5 for infrastructure assistance grants to help sustain the 
region's small forest products businesses (Feinstein).
    Within the Economic Action Program appropriation, Committee 
has provided an increase of $1,673,000 above the request to 
restore funding for the Wood Education and Resource Center to 
last year's enacted level, for a total of $2,673,000 (Byrd).
    Forest Resource Information and Analysis.--The Committee 
does not agree with the budget request to terminate the Forest 
Resource Information and Analysis program and has provided 
$4,588,000 above the budget request to restore the program.
    International Program.--The Committee has included 
$6,953,000 for international forestry programs, $4,453,000 
above the request. Increases to the request should be used to 
restore base program operations and fund fixed costs.

                         national forest system

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2007....................................  $1,452,729,000
    (Emergency appropriations)..........................      12,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................   1,344,377,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,500,234,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The National Forest System [NFS] provides for the planning, 
assessment, and conservation of ecosystems while delivering 
multiple public services and uses. Within the NFS, there are 
155 national forests and 20 national grasslands located in 43 
States, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, managed 
under multiple-use and sustained yield principles. The natural 
resources of timber, minerals, range, wildlife, outdoor 
recreation, watershed, and soil are managed to best meet the 
needs of the Nation without impairing the productivity of the 
land or damaging the environment.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee has provided $1,500,234,000 for the National 
Forest System, a $155,857,000 increase over the request and 
$47,505,000 over the enacted level (excluding emergency 
appropriations).
    The distribution of the Committee's recommendations are as 
follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land management planning.....................................      $52,607,000      $58,729,000      +$6,122,000
Inventory and monitoring.....................................      146,462,000      169,520,000      +23,058,000
Recreation, heritage and wilderness..........................      231,400,000      264,929,000      +33,529,000
Wildlife and fish habitat management.........................      117,633,000      134,483,000      +16,850,000
Grazing management...........................................       47,025,000       48,926,000       +1,901,000
Forest products..............................................      318,562,000      326,176,000       +7,614,000
Vegetation and watershed management..........................      154,322,000      180,249,000      +25,927,000
Minerals and geology management..............................       70,835,000       85,476,000      +14,641,000
Land ownership management....................................       80,840,000       92,746,000      +11,906,000
Law enforcement operations...................................      123,841,000      135,000,000      +11,159,000
Valles Caldera National Preserve.............................          850,000        4,000,000       +3,150,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Forest System..........................    1,344,377,000    1,500,234,000     +155,857,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Land Management Planning.--The Committee recommends 
$58,729,000 for land management planning, a $6,122,000 increase 
over the request. The increase should be used to restore base 
program operations and fully fund fixed costs.
    Within the funds for land management planning, the 
Committee encourages the Department to continue the agency's 
comprehensive NEPA environmental training, review, and 
compliance program. The Committee encourages the Department to 
continue and expand its existing partnership with Utah State 
University and its partners to implement this training and 
review program.
    Inventory and Monitoring.--The Committee has included 
$169,520,000 for Inventory and Monitoring programs, a 
$23,058,000 increase over the request. The Committee directs 
that out of funds requested for the Forest Service Threat 
Assessment Centers, a total of $1,000,000 shall be provided to 
the NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to acquire remote 
sensing data to inventory and monitor Federal and non-Federal 
lands pursuant to title IV of the Healthy Forest Restoration 
Act (Cochran).
    Recreation, Heritage and Wilderness.--The Committee has 
provided $264,929,000 for recreation, heritage and wilderness 
programs, a $33,529,000 increase above the request. The 
Committee's recommendation provides $5,882,000 to fully fund 
fixed costs and $250,000 to demarcate wilderness boundaries in 
Nevada (Reid).
    The Committee is aware that the Forest Service is 
implementing a recreation site master facilities planning 
process to determine whether existing recreation sites align 
with visitor needs. The Committee directs the Forest Service to 
ensure robust public participation in the decisionmaking 
process before proposing site closures.
    Wildlife and Fish Habitat Management.--The Committee has 
provided $134,483,000 for wildlife and fish habitat management 
programs, a $16,850,000 increase above the request. Increases 
should be used to restore base operations and fully fund fixed 
costs.
    Grazing Management.--The Committee has provided $48,926,000 
for grazing management, a $1,901,000 increase above the 
request. Increases should be used to restore base programs and 
cover fixed costs. The Committee notes that it has complied 
with the administration's request and included bill language to 
extend the Forest Service's authority to use up to 900 
categorical exclusions to complete environmental review of 
grazing allotments. The Committee expects the agency to 
continue expediting its efforts to comply with the allotment 
review schedule established by the Rescissions Act of 1995 
(Public Law 104-19).
    The Committee notes the changing moisture conditions in 
most western States and expects the Forest Service to adjust 
grazing permitted stocking levels to reflect the range 
conditions on the allotments or subunits of the allotments. Due 
to renewed drought conditions in some areas, it is critical 
that stocking level adjustments reflect local conditions and 
are based on the most recent monitoring data available from all 
sources. The Committee directs the Forest Service to ensure 
that stocking levels are not changed unless local monitoring 
has been completed, as is required by current Forest Service 
policy. In the event that the Forest Service does not have up-
to-date monitoring information needed to document the changes 
to the range conditions, the Secretary shall accept up-to-date 
credible range condition reports provided by professional range 
conservationists employed by States, county governments, or 
universities.
    Forest Products.--The Committee provides $326,176,000 for 
forest products management, a $7,614,000 increase over the 
budget request. Increases to the budget request should be used 
to fully fund fixed costs. The Committee has agreed to the 
budget request to maintain timber increases for the Pacific 
Northwest and Northern California.
    The Committee has retained bill language included in prior 
years that provides $4,000,000 in additional forest products 
funding above the regional allocation for the Tongass National 
Forest in Alaska (Stevens). This funding may be allocated 
between National Forest System and Capital Improvement and 
Maintenance accounts as needed.
    The Committee expects the Forest Service to provide the 
Committee a report on the Mescalero Stewardship Contract 
funding in fiscal year 2006 and fiscal year 2007, including the 
types of management and acres of management accomplished, as 
well as the value of the goods and services exchanged in the 
contract. The Committee directs the Forest Service to provide 
the report no later than October 15, 2008.
    Vegetation and Watershed Management.--The Committee has 
provided $180,249,000 for vegetation and watershed management 
programs, a $25,927,000 increase above the request. Of the 
funds provided, $3,400,000 is to fully fund fixed costs and 
$350,000 is provided for cooperative work with county weed 
boards and grazing associations for leafy spurge eradication on 
the Dakota Prairie Grasslands (Dorgan/Conrad).
    Minerals and Geology Management.--The Committee has 
provided $85,476,000 for minerals and geology management, a 
$14,641,000 increase over the request. The increase includes 
funding to restore base operations and $1,312,000 to fund fixed 
costs. The Committee is extremely concerned about the public 
safety and environmental hazards posed by abandoned mine lands 
[AML] on national forests. The Committee directs the Forest 
Service to report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations by December 31, 2007 detailing the approximate 
number AML sites on national forests that require remediation 
by region, the methodology that the agency is using to 
prioritize the projects it selects to fund each year, and list 
of projects it plans to fund in fiscal year 2008 by region.
    Landownership Management.--The Committee has provided 
$92,746,000 for landownership management programs, a 
$11,906,000 increase over the budget request.
    Law Enforcement Operations.--The Committee includes 
$135,000,000 for law enforcement operations, an $11,159,000 
increase over the budget request.
    The Committee remains extremely concerned about the rapid 
growth of marijuana cultivation by foreign drug-trafficking 
organizations on national forest lands, particularly in 
California. These increase above budget request should be used 
continue law enforcement operations funded through Public Law 
110-28 to significantly increase counterdrug operations on 
national forest lands. Large-scale drug operations are creating 
unacceptable public safety and natural resource problems on 
national forests.
    The Committee expects the Service to pursue an aggressive 
enforcement strategy with these resources and establish 
benchmarks to show progress toward meeting eradication goals. 
The Committee is pleased that the Service is moving ahead with 
efforts to develop a comprehensive national strategy to 
eradicate drugs on national forest lands in concert with other 
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. In 
particular, the Committee expects the Forest Service and the 
Drug Enforcement Administration to coordinate on these efforts. 
The Committee also encourages the Forest Service to pursue 
technological solutions in order to effectively eradicate the 
drug trade on national forests.
    Within funds provided for law enforcement, the Committee 
directs the Forest Service to maintain law enforcement funding 
for the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky at no less 
than $900,000. The Committee also strongly encourages the 
agency to allocate additional resources to the Forest as part 
of its counter-drug strategy (President, McConnell).
    Valles Caldera.--The Committee has provided $4,000,000 for 
the Valles Caldera Trust for management activities at the 
Valles Caldera National Preserve, Baca Ranch, New Mexico, a 
$3,150,000 increase above the budget request (President, 
Domenici). No more than 75 percent of these funds may be spent 
on salaries and operations-the remainder shall be spent on 
infrastructure. The Committee directs the Forest Service to 
work with the Valles Caldera Trust and provide a report to 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriation by no later than 
December 31, 2008 on the planned actions that the Trust will 
take to achieve economic self-sufficiency for the preserve and 
timeline to accomplish those actions.
    Other.--The Committee notes that the budget request 
includes $8,100,000 to fund activities at the Land Between the 
Lakes National Recreation Area, Kentucky. The Forest Service 
shall determine the mix from among accounts.
    The Committee is aware of the agency's proposal to reduce 
operating costs by approximately 25 percent through fiscal year 
2009 by reducing the national and regional office operations. 
While the Committee supports efforts to reduce overhead and 
return more dollars to the field, the Committee is concerned 
about the impacts of such a reduction on the agency's ability 
to perform its core functions. Prior to moving forward with any 
restructuring of Forest Service personnel, the Committee 
directs the Forest Service to provide a plan on how the agency 
plans to systematically identify efficiencies, capture cost 
savings, reinvest those savings into programs, and maintain a 
high level of performance throughout this restructuring 
process.

                        wildland fire management

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2007....................................  $1,823,603,000
    (Emergency appropriations)..........................     370,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................   1,868,627,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,982,482,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Wildland Fire Management provides funding for fire 
management including preparedness and fire suppression 
operations on National Forest System and adjacent lands, and 
also supports the National Fire Plan. The program seeks to 
protect life, property, and natural resources on the 192 
million acres of National Forest System lands, as well as on an 
additional 20 million acres of adjacent State and private 
lands. The program recognizes that wildfire is a critical 
natural process that must be integrated into land and resource 
management plans and activities on a landscape scale across 
agency boundaries.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$1,982,482,000 for wildland fire management activities, which 
is $113,855,000 over the budget request and $158,879,000 above 
the enacted level, excluding emergencies.
    Preparedness.--The Committee has provided $676,370,000 for 
wildland fire preparedness, which is a total of $107,578,000 
above the request for all preparedness programs.
    The Committee notes that the administration proposed two 
appropriations to fund traditional preparedness activities, 
including a new appropriation of $219,710,000 for wildland 
firefighter salaries and $349,082,000 for other preparedness 
programs. As no adequate justification has been offered for 
this restructuring, the Committee has rejected this proposal 
and has reintegrated all preparedness activities within the 
wildland fire appropriation.
    Further, the Committee is extremely dismayed that the 
budget request attempts to reduce preparedness resources by a 
total of $96,590,000 below the current year's enacted level as 
part of a suite of management reforms aimed at reducing the 
costs of fighting catastrophic wildfires. While the Committee 
endorses efforts by the Forest Service to reduce costs and 
improve accountability through management and policy reforms, 
it is simply irresponsible to reduce the Service's core 
firefighting capacity to the levels envisioned by the budget 
request.
    As the Committee has noted in previous fiscal years, it 
believes that maintaining a robust initial attack capacity 
reduces the overall cost of firefighting by containing fires 
before they escalate. The Committee directs the Forest Service 
to analyze current preparedness levels and determine whether 
maintaining preparedness resources in the field at a level not 
less than fiscal year 2006 levels will, based on the best 
estimates available, lower overall firefighting costs. If the 
Forest Service makes such a determination, the Committee 
directs the Forest Service to adjust spending levels for 
preparedness and suppression accordingly and report these 
adjustments to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations in writing prior to the adjustments.
    The Committee is disturbed that the proportion of the 
Forest Service budget that is devoted to fire activities is 
growing rapidly while the overall budget declines. In 2000, 
fire programs accounted for 21 percent of the agency's budget; 
in the proposed fiscal year 2008 budget request, fire programs 
account for 45 percent of the budget. The Committee rejects the 
administration's proposal to reduce other discretionary 
accounts to offset these suppression increases. Forcing the 
Forest Service to absorb rapid increases in firefighting costs 
within discretionary funds shortchanges vital fire preparedness 
and natural resource programs and undermines the agency's 
multiple-use mission. The Committee has restored many other 
program cuts proposed by the administration to offset these 
suppression increases.
    The Committee continues to be disappointed that the Forest 
Service and Department of the Interior have failed to produce 
and deploy a fire preparedness planning tool to replace the 
systems that were in place until 2004. The Fire Program 
Analysis [FPA] system has been promoted repeatedly by both 
agencies as the key to determining optimal staffing and budget 
levels for the past 3 years, yet the agencies have yet to 
produce a working system. It is imperative that both agencies 
expedite development of the system in order to justify further 
investment beyond the current fiscal year. The Committee notes 
that total funding for FPA in 2008 is $7,500,000, to be divided 
between the agencies.
    Emergency Fire Suppression.--The Committee has provided 
$859,021,000 for fire suppression operations, an increase of 
$117,544,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $52,011,000 
below the budget request. The Committee recognizes this amount 
as the true 10-year average for fire suppression expenditures 
and rejects the administration's proposal to re-base the 
average.
    Because it is so difficult to budget for emergency fire 
suppression needs, the Committee has agreed on a mutual 
strategy with the administration in previous fiscal years to 
fund fire suppression activities at a level that is equal to 
the average of the past 10 years of actual firefighting 
expenditures. The Committee is displeased that the Office of 
Management and Budget unilaterally changed the formula used to 
calculate the 10-year average in this year's budget request 
without conferring with Congress.
    The Committee notes that OMB re-based its estimated based 
on a policy change approved by Congress starting in fiscal year 
2006 to allow the agency to charge overhead expenses against 
the suppression appropriation consistent with other programs. 
The Committee understands that due to this policy change, OMB 
added estimated overhead charges to 9 additional years of past 
suppression expenditures, even though these charges were never 
assessed against the program. The effect of adding in these 
estimated charges was to artificially inflate the average by an 
additional $52,011,000 compared to actual expenditures. As 
noted previously, the Committee has not agreed to this formula 
change and instead has provided $859,021,000 for suppression, 
which is the 10-year average calculated on the basis of actual 
expenditures, adjusted for inflation. To eliminate future 
attempts to re-base the 10-year average, the Committee has 
discontinued language allowing the agency to assess the 
suppression account for indirect costs. The Committee notes 
that the agency does retain flexibility to adjust preparedness 
and suppression funding levels as needed to account for this 
change.
    Other Operations.--The Committee has provided $447,091,000 
for other fire operations, which is $58,288,000 above the 
request.
    The Committee agrees that increasing hazardous fuel 
reduction treatments, particularly those in the wildland-urban 
interface, should continue to be a priority for the Forest 
Service. The Committee has provided $325,000,000 for hazardous 
fuel reduction activities, $33,467,000 above the request. The 
Committee directs the Forest Service to use the increase to 
cover fixed costs and increase high-priority hazardous fuel 
treatments, particularly in the wildland-urban interface.
    The Committee directs the Forest Service to maintain fiscal 
year 2007 regional fuel allocations to the extent possible and 
allocate budget increases provided according to a model that 
gives greater weight to areas of high fuel loads, high 
population densities, and higher relative values at risk. The 
Committee also directs the agency to continue its efforts to 
refine its current fuel allocation model to prioritize values 
at risk in the wildland-urban interface, including population 
and structure density data in affected areas. The Committee 
directs the agency to provide the recommended allocation within 
30 days of signing of this bill and at least 14 days prior to 
releasing funds to the field.
    The fuel allocation system should also appropriately 
address the diversity of ecosystems at risk for fire, including 
chaparral, and ensure that the system is operating with the 
most timely datasets available for its allocation process.
    The recommendation for hazardous fuel reduction includes 
$5,000,000 for biomass utilization grants, a $1,000,000 
increase above the request. These funds are available for 
biomass utilization, community capacity building, technical 
assistance and marketing assistance. Within funds available, 
$5,000,000 is provided within the account for competitive 
grants in New Mexico under the Community Forest Restoration Act 
(Public Law 106-293) (Bingaman) and $2,600,000 is provided to 
fund fire risk reduction activities by the Southwest Ecological 
Restoration Institutes. Of the $2,600,000, the funding shall be 
allocated as follows: $2,000,000 for institute at Northern 
Arizona University (Kyl); $350,000 for the institute at New 
Mexico Highlands University (Domenici, Bingaman) and $250,000 
for the institute at Colorado State University (Allard, 
Salazar).
    The Committee encourages the Forest Service to assess and 
expedite access to and removal of biomass resources within the 
Humboldt-Toyaibe National Forest and Lake Tahoe Basin 
Management Unit. These resources could be removed sustainably 
for use in local electricity generation, and thereby reduce 
fire hazards caused by bark beetle and other pest infestations.
    The Committee is disappointed with the Forest Service's low 
level of accomplishment during fiscal year 2006 of the program 
of work under the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Act. 
The Forest Service only treated 8,500 acres under the program 
in fiscal year 2006, a mere 20 percent of the program's minimum 
acreage targets. The Committee expects the Forest Service to 
use all appropriate means, including collaboration with all 
interested parties and authorities provided under the Healthy 
Forest Restoration Act, to achieve the targets in the Quincy 
Library Group Act's program of work for fiscal year 2007 and 
fiscal year 2008 while maintaining compliance with the 
environmental laws. The Committee notes that the request 
includes $26,200,000 for Quincy Library Group pilot project 
activities.
    The remaining funds within the other fire appropriations 
account are allocated as follows: $24,542,000 for fire plan 
research and development, a $2,542,000 increase over the 
request; $8,000,000 for the joint fire science program, which 
is equal to the request; $15,119,000 for forest health 
activities on Federal lands, which is $867,000 above the 
request; $10,014,000 for cooperative forest health activities, 
which is equal to the request; $50,227,000 for State fire 
assistance grants, which is $15,223,000 above the request; and 
$8,000,000 for volunteer fire assistance, which is equal to the 
request.
    Of the increases provided for fire plan research and 
development, $1,300,000 is for the University of Idaho's FRAMES 
fire research portal project (Craig) and $1,242,000 is to 
restore base operations and fund fixed costs. The Committee 
directs the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior 
to work with the University of Idaho and other partners to 
develop an internet-based, centralized, national portal for 
access to and exchange of science-based publications, analysis 
tools, training materials, and other information related to 
interagency wildland fire management. The Committee further 
directs that the Forest Service work with these partners to 
ensure relevance to management needs, oversight, and 
accountability, including annual goals and reports on progress; 
and to develop a plan for nationwide implementation, which will 
result in transfer of management and support of this system to 
the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior by 2010.
    The Committee does not agree to the request's proposal to 
eliminate the Rehabilitation account and has provided 
$6,189,000 to restore the funding to the fiscal year 2007 
enacted level.
    Within the increase for State fire assistance programs, the 
Committee has included $1,000,000 for the South Lake Tahoe 
Public Utility District for improvements to increase water 
system pressure in case of fire (Feinstein/Boxer) and 
$3,000,000 to fund fire risk reduction activities by the 
California Fire Safe Councils (Feinstein). Funding for the 
California Fire Safe Councils shall be used for grants and 
technical assistance for wildland fire planning and protection 
activities.
    Within State fire assistance, $5,000,000 has also been 
included to address spruce bark beetle infestation in Alaska 
(Stevens). The $5,000,000 shall be allocated as follows: 
$1,000,000 to the Kenai Borough to be used to address the 
spruce bark beetle infestation, $300,000 for the Cook Inlet 
Tribal Council for their reforestation program for spruce bark 
beetle kill, $1,000,000 to Fairbanks North Star Borough, 
$1,300,000 to Matanuska-Susitna Borough, $300,000 for the city 
of Skagway and $1,100,000 to the municipality of Anchorage to 
remove dead and dying timber and reforestation. These funds may 
not be used to acquire equipment.

                  capital improvement and maintenance

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $436,400,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     422,565,000
Committee recommendation................................     444,090,000

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $444,090,000 for capital 
improvements and maintenance, which is $21,525,000 above the 
request and $7,690,000 above the enacted level.
    The Committee agrees to the following distribution of 
funds:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                  Committee
                                                             Budget estimate   recommendation        Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Facilities................................................      $119,647,000      $127,253,000       +$7,606,000
Roads.....................................................       227,431,000       231,536,000        +4,105,000
Trails....................................................        66,387,000        76,201,000        +9,814,000
Infrastructure improvement................................         9,100,000         9,100,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total, capital improvement and maintenance..........       422,565,000       444,090,000       +21,525,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Facilities.--The Committee recommends $127,253,000 for 
facilities capital improvement and maintenance, a $7,606,000 
increase above the request. Of the funds provided, $64,310,000 
is for facilities maintenance and $62,943,000 is for capital 
improvements.
    The Committee concurs with the administration's request to 
earmark 49 discrete construction projects totaling $71,890,000 
which are located on various national forests across the 
country. This includes $15,000,000 to complete phase II of the 
Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin.
    Within the increase provided, $1,321,000 should be used to 
fund fixed costs. Increases above the request are also provided 
for the following projects: $1,500,000 to complete phase III 
construction of the Chattanooga Air Tanker Base (Alexander); 
$2,000,000 is provided to continue planning and development of 
the Smith County Lake recreation project in Mississippi 
(Cochran); $600,000 is provided for campground improvements on 
the Monongahela National Forest (Byrd); $1,000,000 is provided 
to complete construction on Okhissa Lake recreation 
improvements in Mississippi (Cochran); $500,000 is provided to 
restore the historic Cloud Cap Inn rescue base in Oregon 
(Wyden/Smith); and $685,000 is provided for planning and design 
of research facilities for the Hawaii Experimental Forest 
(Inouye/Akaka).
    The Committee has included bill language transferring 
$1,197,000 in previously appropriated funding to West Virginia 
University to help fund construction of a research greenhouse 
that will be shared by the Forest Service and the University. 
The Committee is pleased that the agency and University have 
developed this cost-effective partnership to co-locate research 
efforts.
    Roads.--The Committee recommends $231,536,000 for road 
maintenance and capital improvement, which is $4,105,000 above 
the request. The Committee's recommendation includes 
$116,224,000 for road maintenance and $115,312,000 for road 
construction. Increases should be used to fund fixed costs. 
Within the amount provided for road construction, the agency 
shall allocate $2,210,000 to fund road improvements on the 
Monongahela National Forest (Byrd), and $3,500,000 shall be 
used to fund road improvements on the Tongass National Forest 
(Stevens).
    Trails.--The Committee recommends $76,201,000 for trail 
maintenance and capital improvements, $9,814,000 above the 
request. The increase provided should be used to restore base 
operations and fully fund fixed costs. The Committee directs 
the Forest Service to use the increases provided by the 
Committee restore funding for National Historic Trails and 
provide $450,000 for trail improvements on the Monongahela 
National Forest (Byrd.)
    Deferred Maintenance.--The Committee recommends $9,100,000 
for infrastructure improvement and deferred maintenance 
projects, which is equal to the request.

                            land acquisition

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $41,936,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      15,703,000
Committee recommendation................................      48,245,000

    The Committee recommends $48,245,000 for land acquisition, 
which is $6,309,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level 
and $32,542,000 above the budget request.
    The Committee recommends the following distribution of 
funds:

                     FOREST SERVICE LAND ACQUISITION
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Committee
State         Project          recommendation         Requested by
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   AL Alabama National           $1,000,000  Shelby
       Forests
   CO Arapaho National            1,000,000  Allard, Salazar
       Forest--Beaver
       Brook
   MT Beaverhead-Deerlodge        4,500,000  President, Baucus, Tester
       National Forest--
       Sun Ranch easement
   SD Black Hills National        1,400,000  Johnson, Thune
       Forest
   GA Chattahoochee-              1,000,000  Chambliss, Isakson
       Oconee--Georgia
       Mountains
   WI Chequamegon-Nicolet         2,300,000  Kohl
       National Forest--
       Wisconsin Wild
       Waterways
   TN Cherokee National           3,100,000  Alexander
       Forest--Tenessee
       Mountains tract--
       Rocky Fork
OR/WA Columbia River Gorge        1,000,000  Murray, Wyden, Smith
       NSA--Bridal Veil
   AK Craig Recreation              500,000  Stevens, Murkowski
       Land transfer
   KY Daniel Boone                  350,000  McConnell
       National Forest
   VT Green Mountain              1,350,000  Leahy
       National Forest
   IN Hoosier National              900,000  Lugar, Bayh
       Forest Unique Areas
OR/WA Multiple NW National        1,000,000  President
       Forests--Pacific
       Northwest Streams
   MI Ottawa National             1,500,000  Levin, Stabenow
       Forest--Great Lakes/
       Great Lands
   CA Pacific Crest               2,500,000  Feinstein
       National Scenic
       Trail--Agua Dulce
       project area
   ID Payette National              900,000  President, Craig
       Forest--Thunder
       Mountain phase III
   CA San Bernardino              1,100,000  President
       National Forest--
       Garner Ranch
   IL Shawnee National              850,000  Durbin
       Forest
   MN Superior National           1,250,000  Coleman, Klobuchar
       Forest--Long Island
   CA Tahoe and El Dorado         2,000,000  Feinstein, Boxer
       National Forests--
       Sierra Nevada
       Checkerboard
   AZ Tonto National                850,000  President
       Forest--Cartwright
       Ranch
   UT Uinta & Wasatch             1,345,000  Bennett, Hatch
       National Forests
       (Bonneville
       Shoreline Trail)
   CO Uncompahgre National        1,000,000  Allard, Salazar
       Forest--Ophir
       Valley
   UT Wasatch-Cache               1,500,000  Bennett
       National Forests--
       High Uintas
   NH White Mountain              1,000,000  Gregg
       National Forest--
       Kancamangus Gateway
   ME White Mountain                550,000  President, Snowe, Collins
       National Forest--
       Maine Access
       (Haystack Notch
       Trailhead)
                           -----------------
            Subtotal, Line       35,745,000  .........................
             Item Projects
                           =================
      Acquisition                10,000,000  .........................
       Management
      Equalization                1,000,000  .........................
      Inholdings                  1,500,000  .........................
                           -----------------
            TOTAL, FS LAND       48,245,000  .........................
             ACQUISITION
------------------------------------------------------------------------

        acquisition of lands for national forests, special acts

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $1,053,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       1,053,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,053,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,053,000, 
which is equal to the budget request. These funds are derived 
from receipts at certain forests.

            acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

Appropriations, 2007....................................        $231,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................         231,000
Committee recommendation................................         231,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $231,000, 
which is equal to the budget request. This amount is derived 
from funds deposited by State, county, and municipal 
governments or public school authorities pursuant to the Act of 
December 4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a).

                         range betterment fund

                       (Special Fund, Indefinite)

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $2,876,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       3,750,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,750,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,750,000, 
equal to the request. This amount is for range rehabilitation, 
protection, and improvement, and is derived from fees received 
for livestock grazing on national forests pursuant to section 
401(b)(1) of Public Law 94-579, as amended.

    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

Appropriations, 2007....................................         $63,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................          56,000
Committee recommendation................................          56,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $56,000, which 
is equal to the budget request. This amount is derived from the 
fund established under 16 U.S.C. 1643(b).

 MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES SUBSISTENCE 
                       MANAGEMENT, FOREST SERVICE

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $5,009,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       5,053,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,053,000

    The Committee recommends $5,053,000 for subsistence 
management of forest lands in the State of Alaska, equal to the 
budget request.

               Administrative Provisions, Forest Service

    The Committee has continued many of the same administrative 
provisions included in prior year appropriations acts.
    The Committee has included the administration's request to 
include language which authorizes the Forest Service to provide 
funds to the National Forest Foundation to match up to 
$2,500,000 in private contributions for a 1-to-1 basis for 
projects on National Forest System lands or related to Forest 
Service programs (President).
    The Committee has included the administration's request to 
provide funds for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in 
the amount of $2,650,000 on a 1-for-1 matching basis with 
private contributions for projects on or benefiting Nation 
Forest System lands (President).
    The Committee has included $4,500,000 for youth 
conservation and service corps projects, including $2,000,000 
to implement cost-effective fuel and fire risk reduction 
efforts as authorized by the Public Lands Corps Healthy Forest 
Restoration Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-154).

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

    The Indian Health Service [IHS] is the agency within the 
Department of Health and Human Services that has responsibility 
for providing Federal health services to approximately 1.5 
million American Indians and Alaska Natives. The provision of 
health services to members of federally recognized tribes grew 
out of the special government-to-government relationship 
between the Federal Government and Indian tribes. This 
relationship, established in 1787, is based on Article I, 
Section 8 of the Constitution, and has been given form and 
substance by numerous treaties, laws, Supreme Court decisions, 
and Executive Orders.
    IHS services are provided directly and through tribally 
contracted and operated health programs in over 500 health care 
facilities located through the United States, primarily in 
rural and isolated areas. Health care is also purchased from 
more than 9,000 private providers annually. The Federal system 
consists of 36 hospitals, 61 health centers, 49 health 
stations, and 5 residential treatment centers. In addition, 34 
urban Indian health projects provide a variety of health and 
referral services.
    The IHS clinical staff consist of approximately 2,700 
nurses, 900 physicians, 350 engineers, 450 pharmacists, 300 
dentists, 150 sanitarians and 83 physician assistants. The IHS 
also employs various allied health professionals, such as 
nutritionists, health administrators, engineers, and medical 
records administrators.
    Through Public Law 93-638 self-determination contracts, 
American Indian tribes and Alaska Native corporations 
administer 13 hospitals, 158 health centers, 28 residential 
treatment centers, 76 health stations, and 170 Alaska village 
clinics.

                         indian health services

Appropriations, 2007....................................  $2,826,282,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................   2,931,530,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,991,924,000

    The Committee recommends $2,991,924,000 for Indian health 
services, an increase of $165,642,000 above the fiscal year 
2007 enacted level and $60,394,000 above the fiscal year 2008 
budget request. Increases above the request include $10,000,000 
for the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund; $5,000,000 for 
expansion of two of the Director's behavioral health 
initiatives; $300,000 for the Indian Health Board of Nevada 
(Reid); $10,000,000 for Contract Health Care; and $35,094,000 
to restore the Urban Indian Health program.
    The additional funds provided for the Director's behavioral 
health initiatives include $2,500,000 for methamphetamine abuse 
reduction and $2,500,000 for suicide prevention. The Committee 
understands that telehealth technology will be used to support 
coordination of the national effort with particular attention 
paid to remote or isolated communities that would otherwise 
have difficulty obtaining services. The increase in Contract 
Health Care is provided specifically for the Catastrophic 
Health Emergency Fund [CHEF] to raise the current level of 
funding from $18,000,000 to $28,000,000. The $300,000 increase 
for the Indian Health Board of Nevada is intended to help the 
organization with its start-up costs of operation. The 
Committee understand that the InMed, RAIN, and InPsych programs 
will continue to be funded at no less than the current levels 
and managed in the same manner as prior years (Dorgan, Conrad).

                        indian health facilities

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $353,926,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     339,196,000
Committee recommendation................................     375,475,000

    The Committee recommends $375,475,000 for Indian health 
facilities, an increase of $21,549,000 above the current year 
enacted level and $36,279,000 above the budget request. An 
amount of $20,000,000 above the $12,664,000 budget proposal has 
been included for construction of the Barrow, Alaska hospital 
(Stevens). The total cost of this facility is more than 
$140,000,000 and the funding level recommended by the Committee 
is the minimum required in order for the Service to proceed 
with its work. Other increases include $7,931,000 in fixed 
costs that were omitted from the budget request, $1,000,000 to 
expand injury prevention efforts, and $7,348,000 to restore 
base programs.

                     National Institutes of Health

    The National Institute of Health Sciences, an agency within 
the National Institutes of Health, was authorized in section 
311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, to conduct 
multidisciplinary research and training activities associated 
with the Nation's Hazardous Substance Superfund program, and in 
section 126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization 
Act of 1968, to conduct training and education of workers who 
are or may be engaged in activities related to hazardous waste 
removal or containment or emergency response.

          NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $79, 117,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      78,434,000
Committee recommendation................................      78,434,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$78,434,000 for the operations of the National Institute of 
Health Environmental Health Sciences account. This amount is 
$683,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level, and equal to the 
budget request.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
[ATSDR], and agency of the Public Health Service, was created 
in section 104(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. The ATSDR's primary 
mission is to conduct surveys and screening programs to 
determine relationships between exposure to toxic substances 
and illness. Other activities include the maintenance and 
annual update of a list of hazardous substances most commonly 
found at Superfund sites, the preparation of toxicological 
profiles on each such hazardous substances, consultations on 
health issues relating to exposure to hazardous or toxic 
substances, and the development and implementation of certain 
research activities related to ATSDR's mission.

            TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $75,212,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      75,004,000
Committee recommendation................................      75,004,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$75,004,000 for the operations of the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry account. This amount is $208 
below the fiscal year 2007 level, and equal to the budget 
request.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

  Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $2,698,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       2,703,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,703,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Council on Environmental Quality/Office of 
Environmental Quality was established by the National 
Environmental Policy Act and the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act of 1970. The Council serves as a source of 
environmental expertise and policy analysis for the White 
House, Executive Office of the President, and other Federal 
agencies. CEQ promulgates regulations binding on all Federal 
agencies to implement the procedural provisions of the National 
Environmental Policy Act and resolves interagency environmental 
disputes informally and through issuance of finding and 
recommendations.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$2,703,000 for the operations of Council on Environmental 
Quality and Office of Environmental Quality account. This 
amount is $5,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level, and equal to 
the budget request.

           Chemical Safety and Hazardous Investigation Board

    The Chemical Safety and Hazardous Investigation Board was 
authorized by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 to 
investigate accidental releases of certain chemicals substances 
resulting in, or that may cause, serious injury, death, 
substantial property damage, or serious adverse effects on 
human health. It became operational in fiscal year 1998.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $9,113,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       9,049,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,049,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$9,049,000 for the operations of the Chemical Safety and 
Hazardous Investigation Board account. This amount is $64,000 
below the fiscal year 2007 level, and equal to the budget 
request.

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

    The Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation was 
established by Public law 93-531, and is authorized for 
appropriation through fiscal year 2008 following the enactment 
of Public Law 108-204. The Office is charged with planning and 
conducting relocation activities associated with the settlement 
of land disputes between the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe.

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $8,509,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       9,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,000,000 
which is $491,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and 
equal to the budget request.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development

    The Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
and Arts Development [IAIA] was founded in 1962 as a Bureau of 
Indian Affairs [BIA] high school. The Institute was moved out 
of the BIA in 1988 to become a federally chartered 4-year 
college governed by a board of trustees appointed by the 
President and confirmed by the Senate. Its mission is to serve 
as the national center of research, training, language and 
scholarship for Native Americans and Alaska Natives through the 
dedicated study, creative application, preservation and care of 
Native cultures and arts. Today, IAIA is fully accredited by 
the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and by 
the National Association of Schools of Arts and Design, the 
only national professional accrediting agency in higher 
education covering the entire field of art and design that is 
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. In addition to 
its academic programs, IAIA houses the National Collection of 
Contemporary Indian Art and carries the designation as the 
National Repository for Native Languages. IAIA's operations are 
funded by direct Federal support and a diversified private 
sector approach to foundations, corporations, tribes and 
individual donors.

                       payments to the institute

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $6,207,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       7,297,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,297,000

    The Committee recommends $7,297,000 for the Institute of 
American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, 
an increase of $1,090,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted 
level and the same amount as the budget request. The additional 
funding will assist the Institute in meeting its fixed cost 
increases.

                        Smithsonian Institution

    Congress established the Smithsonian Institution in 1846 to 
administer a large bequest left to the United States by James 
Smithson, an English scientist, for the purpose of establishing 
in Washington, DC, an institution ``. . . for the increase and 
diffusion of knowledge among men.'' The act establishing the 
Smithsonian provided for the administration of the trust, 
independent of the Government itself, by a Board of Regents and 
a Secretary, who were given broad discretion in the use of 
these funds. The board was to be composed of both private 
citizens and members of all three branches of the Federal 
Government in order to ensure ``the wise and faithful use'' of 
the Institution's funds. The trust funds were permanently 
loaned to the U.S. Treasury to be maintained in a separate 
account, with the interest from that money used for the 
operation of the Institution. Construction of the Smithsonian 
Castle was completed in 1855 and collections that the 
Government had accepted on behalf of the Institution were moved 
into the building. Today, the Smithsonian Institution is the 
world's largest museum and research complex, housing 
approximately 144 million objects and specimens, and receiving 
an estimated 25 million visitors annually.
    Its facilities include 19 museums and galleries, including 
the National Zoo, 10 science centers, and other facilities--
most located in or near Washington, DC, with others in 
Massachusetts, New York, Florida, Arizona, Hawaii, and the 
Republic of Panama. The Smithsonian's growth will continue for 
the foreseeable future with the construction of an aircraft 
restoration area at the Udvar-Hazy Center, which should be 
completed in 2008, and the design and construction of a 
National Museum of African American History and Culture, 
authorized by Congress in 2003.

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $536,295,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     571,347,000
Committee recommendation................................     571,705,000

    The Committee recommends $571,705,000 for salaries and 
expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, an amount that is 
$35,410,000 over the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and 
$358,000 above the budget request.
    Within the overall amount requested by the Smithsonian and 
agreed to by the Committee, $21,779,000 is provided to meet 
mandatory fixed costs increases such as pay, rent, and 
utilities; a program increase of $9,893,000 is provided for the 
National Museum of African American History and Culture to 
strengthen and expand the new museum's capabilities for 
fundraising, exhibition development, outreach and education; 
$1,381,000 will cover the costs of security check and badging 
system improvements; $600,000 is provided to the National Zoo 
for animal welfare improvements; $100,000 is designated for an 
additional auditor for the Inspector General's office, and 
$200,000 will be used by the Human Resources office for 
workforce restructuring requirements.
    An amount of $107,000 above the budget request is provided 
to the Inspector General's office for the purpose of hiring a 
second auditor. An amount of $251,000 above the request is 
included under the administration activity to fund two 
additional accountant positions in the Chief Financial 
Officer's division. Events of the past year have significantly 
increased the workload of both offices and the additional staff 
will enable each to meet its responsibilities more effectively 
and efficiently.
    The Committee remains deeply concerned by the information 
that has come to light over the past 6 months documenting the 
gross mismanagement of public trust funds by the previous 
Smithsonian leadership. Issues of governance, accountability 
and transparency must be addressed and changes made to assure 
that the Institution meets the highest ethical standards in the 
conduct of its operations. The Committee is encouraged that the 
Board of Regents has moved swiftly to begin this process with 
both the establishment of a Governance Committee and the 
appointment of an Independent Review Committee. These two 
committees are expected to issue reports in the days ahead that 
will provide additional detail regarding past abuses, but will 
also offer the first recommendations for corrective action. The 
Committee supports the Board in its efforts and intends to work 
closely with all involved to ensure that the Institution 
reclaims its reputation as wholly deserving of the public 
trust.

                           facilities capital

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $98,555,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     107,100,000
Committee recommendation................................     125,000,000

    The Committee recommends $125,000,000 for the Smithsonian 
Institution's facilities capital program, an increase of 
$26,445,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and 
$17,900,000 above the budget request. The Committee is aware 
that the Smithsonian has identified a facilities base budget 
requirement of at least $150,000,000 annually over the next 
decade if it is to make progress in its effort to revive 
deteriorating buildings and failing systems. The increase 
provided by the Committee is intended to bring support for the 
facilities capital program closer in line with its demonstrated 
need for funds.
    It has been brought to the Committee's attention that the 
National Zoo continues to have a critical need for the repair 
or replacement of seriously compromised structural, mechanical, 
electrical and fire-life safety systems. These issues should be 
addressed in the immediate future in order to adequately 
protect both the visiting public and the animals housed at the 
Zoo. The Committee expects that as funds are allocated for 
various projects, the Zoo's urgent needs for repair and 
replacement of failed systems be given priority consideration.

                        National Gallery of Art

    The National Gallery of Art was created in 1937 by a joint 
resolution of Congress accepting Andrew W. Mellon's gift to the 
Nation of his art collection. The generosity of the Mellon 
family also provided the funds to construct the Gallery's two 
landmark buildings, the West Building, designed by Alexander 
Pope and completed in 1941, and the East Building, completed in 
1978 and designed by I.M. Pei. In 1999, an outdoor sculpture 
garden was created with funding from the Cafritz Foundation. 
Today, these two buildings and the Sculpture Garden form a 
museum complex that houses one of the world's premier art 
collections. Since its founding, Federal funds have been 
appropriated to ensure the operation, maintenance, protection, 
and care of this collection, enabling the Gallery to remain 
open 363 days a year at no charge to visitors. Private 
contributions are used by the Gallery for art acquisition and 
conservation, scholarly and scientific research, exhibitions, 
and educational outreach programs.

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $95,767,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      97,983,000
Committee recommendation................................     101,718,000

    The Committee recommends $101,718,000 for salaries and 
expenses of the National Gallery of Art, an increase of 
$5,951,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and 
$3,735,000 above the budget request.
    The Committee does not agree with a number of proposed 
reductions that are included without justification in the 
budget request and has attempted to restore those funds to the 
extent possible within current budget constraints. Of 
particular note, an amount of $1,750,000 is provided to restore 
the Special Exhibitions program to $3,350,000. This Federal 
funding is critical to the Gallery's ability to plan and 
develop exhibitions of major works of art from around the 
world. The Committee has also restored funds for art 
conservation services and supplies, as well as repair and 
maintenance of fixed equipment. The table at the back of the 
report displays the distribution of funds among the Gallery's 
various activities.

            repair, restoration, and renovation of buildings

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $15,962,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      18,017,000
Committee recommendation................................      18,017,000

    The Committee recommends $18,017,000 for the repair, 
restoration and renovation of facilities at the National 
Gallery of Art, an increase of $2,055,000 over the fiscal year 
2007 enacted level and the same amount as the budget request.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

    Originally established in 1958 as the National Cultural 
Center, an independently administered bureau of the Smithsonian 
Institution, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 
was designated as a living memorial to President Kennedy in 
1964. The Kennedy Center building was constructed with a 
combination of private contributions, Federal matching funds 
and long-term revenue bonds held by the U.S. Department of the 
Treasury. Since 1972, Congress has provided funds for the 
operations and repair of the presidential monument, initially 
through the National Park Service and since 1995 to the Kennedy 
Center Board of Trustees. Approximately 87 percent of the 
Center's total annual operating budget is derived from non-
appropriated funds such as ticket sales, auxiliary income, 
investment income and private contributions to support 
performing arts programming and administrative activities.

                       operations and maintenance

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $17,575,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      20,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      20,200,000

    The Committee recommends $20,200,000 for operations and 
maintenance of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
Arts, an increase of $2,625,000 above the fiscal year 2007 
enacted level and $200,000 above the budget request. Additional 
funding is provided to assist the Kennedy Center in meeting its 
fixed cost increases for pay, benefits, utilities and 
facilities maintenance contracts.

                              construction

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $12,814,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      19,350,000
Committee recommendation................................      23,150,000

    The Committee recommends $23,150,000 for the Kennedy 
Center's construction program, an increase of $10,336,000 above 
the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and $3,800,000 above the 
budget request. The amount above the budget request has been 
provided to allow the Center to move forward with replacement 
of the glass wall in the Grand Foyer. This project was proposed 
to be postponed until fiscal year 2009 because of the need to 
redirect funds to the scheduled renovation of the Eisenhower 
Theater. The additional amount will allow the Center to begin 
its work in fiscal year 2008, as previously planned.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

    The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is the 
living national memorial to President Wilson established by 
Congress in 1968 and headquartered in Washington, DC. Its 
mission is to commemorate the ideals and concerns of the former 
president by providing a link between the world of ideas and 
the world of policy; and by fostering research, study, 
discussion and collaboration among a full spectrum of 
individuals concerned with policy and scholarship in national 
and world affairs. The Woodrow Wilson Center is a nonpartisan 
institution that is supported by a combination of public and 
private funds.

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $9,100,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       8,857,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,718,000

    The Committee recommends $9,718,000 for salaries and 
expenses of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for 
Scholars, an increase of $618,000 above the fiscal year 2007 
enacted level and $861,000 above the budget request. The 
Committee does not agree to the reductions that are included in 
the budget request inasmuch as no information is provided to 
justify the administration's proposals. The Wilson Center uses 
its Federal support to attract private sector funds that 
provide more than half of its annual operating budget. The 
Committee sees no reason to hinder the Center's success by 
reducing its budget to a level below its fiscal year 2005 
apppropriation.

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

    Established in 1965 as an independent agency of the Federal 
Government, the National Endowment for the Arts is the official 
arts organization of the United States Government. The 
Endowment is the largest annual funder of the arts in the 
United States, helping to create regional theater, opera, 
ballet, symphony orchestras, museums and other arts 
organizations that Americans now enjoy. In its 42-year history, 
the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded more than 
120,000 grants that have brought the arts to Americans in 
communities both large and small. The Arts Endowment, through 
its competitive, peer-reviewed grants process, uses the 
majority of its annual operating funds to awards grants to non-
profit organizations for arts education, arts outreach, 
artistic excellence and partnership agreements. In addition to 
those activities, State and jurisdictional arts agencies are 
awarded 40 percent of the Endowment's funds.

                       grants and administration

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $124,562,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     128,412,000
Committee recommendation................................     133,412,000

    The Committee recommends $133,412,000 for the National 
Endowment for the Arts, an increase of $8,850,000 over the 
fiscal year 2007 enacted level and $5,000,000 above the budget 
request. The increase has been provided in an effort to bolster 
the agency's core programs. The table at the back of the report 
displays the proposed distribution of funds among the 
Endowment's activities. As proposed in the budget request, the 
Committee has included language in the bill to establish a 
National Opera Fellowship. In addition, the Committee has 
included language in title IV, General Provisions, of the bill 
amending the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act (Public Law 94-
158) to provide for the establishment of a domestic indemnity 
program. The NEA, which administers the international indemnity 
program, has estimated that one additional position and an 
increase of $100,000 would be required to fund the expanded 
program. The NEA has further indicated that the agency could 
absorb that cost within its fiscal year 2008 appropriation.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities

    The National Endowment for the Humanities [NEH] was 
established by the 1965 National Foundation on the Arts and 
Humanities Act as an independent Federal agency of the United 
States Government dedicated to supporting research, education, 
preservation, and public programs in the humanities. Today, it 
is the largest funder of humanities programs in the Nation. 
NEH's longstanding tradition of a peer-reviewed competitive 
grant process is designed to ensure that the most meritorious 
projects are funded. Typically, NEH grants are used to support 
cultural institutions, such as museums, archives, libraries, 
colleges, universities, public television and radio stations, 
and individual scholars. The NEH, through its State-Federal 
partnership, also provides grants to State humanities councils 
in all 50 States and the 6 territories.

                       grants and administration

Appropriations, 2007....................................    $125,884,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................     126,845,000
Committee recommendation................................     131,845,000

    The Committee recommends $131,845,000 for grants and 
administration of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an 
increase of $5,961,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level 
and $5,000,000 above the budget request. The increase has been 
provided to support the core programs of the NEH. The table at 
the back of the report displays the proposed distribution of 
funds among the Endowment's activities.

                            matching grants

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $15,221,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      14,510,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,510,000

    The Committee recommends $14,510,000 for the Matching 
Grants account of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a 
reduction of $711,000 from the fiscal year 2007 enacted level 
and the same amount as the budget request.

                        Commission of Fine Arts

    The Commission of Fine Arts was established in 1910 to fill 
the need for a permanent agency whose members would be 
qualified to make available to the Government expert opinion on 
questions of art and architecture. The Commission's mission, as 
design proposals are brought before it, is to safeguard and 
improve the appearance and symbolic significance of the City as 
a capital. The Commission provides knowledgeable advice on 
matters pertaining to architecture, landscape architecture, 
sculpture, painting and the decorative arts to all branches and 
departments of the Federal and District of Columbia governments 
when such matters affect the National Capital. The Commission 
also must approve of the site and design of all commemorative 
works and memorials erected in the District. The Commission 
advises on the design of circulating and commemorative coinage 
and must approve the siting and design for national memorials, 
both in the United States and on foreign soil, in accordance 
with the American Battle Monuments Act and the Commemorative 
Works Act. The Commission also administers the National Capital 
Arts and Cultural Affairs program, which was created by 
Congress to benefit nonprofit local cultural entities.

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $1,873,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       2,092,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,192,000

    The Committee recommends $2,192,000 for the Commission of 
Fine Arts, an increase of $319,000 above the fiscal year 2007 
enacted level and and $100,000 above the budget request. The 
Committee recommendation will allow the Commission to move 
forward with its plan to hire an historian in conjunction with 
the Commission's centennial in 2010. This additional temporary 
position will provide the support the Commission requires to 
develop and execute a major public information program, 
including publications and exhibitions, to acknowledge and 
observe the past century of its history and work.

               national capital arts and cultural affairs

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $7,143,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................................
Committee recommendation................................       7,200,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program was 
established by Public Law 99-190 to provide grants for general 
operating support to District of Columbia nonprofit arts and 
other cultural organizations. In fiscal year 1988, 
administrative responsibility for the program was transferred 
from the National Endowment for the Humanities to the 
Commission of Fine Arts. Currently, this program helps support 
21 nationally renowned organizations in the Nation's Capital, 
providing funding for operating expenses, jobs, exhibits, and 
performances that might not have been possible otherwise.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $7,200,000 for the National 
Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program, an increase of 
$57,000 over the current year enacted level and $7,200,000 over 
the budget request.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $4,828,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       5,348,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,348,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 established 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation as an independent 
Federal agency. The Council's mission is to promote the 
preservation, enhancement, and productive use of our Nation's 
historic resources, and advise the President and Congress on 
national historic preservation policy. It also provides a forum 
for discussion of Federal activities, programs, and policies 
that affect historic properties. One of the principal 
responsibilities of the Council is to implement Section 106 of 
the National Historic Preservation Act, which requires that the 
Council be given an opportunity to comment on the impacts of 
projects or actions undertaken by other Federal agencies on 
sites or structures eligible for inclusion in the National 
Register of Historic Places.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $5,348,000 for the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, which is an increase of 
$520,000 over the fiscal year 2007 enacted level, and the same 
as the budget request.

                  National Capital Planning Commission

    The National Capital Planning Commission [NCPC] was 
established in 1924 as a park planning agency. Two years later, 
the Agency's role was expanded to included comprehensive 
planning. The National Capital Planning Act of 1952 designated 
the NCPC as the central planning agency for the Federal 
Government in the National Capital Region. Major functions of 
the Commission include preparation and adoption of the Federal 
Elements of the Comprehensive Plan of the National Capital and 
review of D.C. elements for the Federal interest; preparation 
and adoption of an annual 6-year Federal Capital Improvements 
Program report for the region containing land acquisition and 
development proposals from all Federal agencies; review of 
plans and proposals submitted to the Commission; and 
development of specialized plans for long-range development in 
the National Capital Region.

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2007....................................      $8,168,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................       8,265,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,265,000

    The Committee recommends $8,265,000 for salaries and 
expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission, an 
increase of $97,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level 
and the same amount as the budget request.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was created by 
Congress in 1980 through Public Law 96-388 with the mandate to 
operate and maintain a permanent living memorial museum to the 
victims of the Holocaust; provide appropriate ways for the 
Nation to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust through the 
annual national civic observances known as the Days of 
Remembrance; and carry out the recommendations of the 
President's Commission on the Holocaust. The building that 
houses the museum was constructed with private funds and opened 
to the public in 1993. Since that time, the museum has 
attracted 4-5 times the number of expected visitors and has 
been highly successful in its fundraising efforts. In fiscal 
year 2006, little more than a decade since the museum first 
opened its doors, non-appropriated sources of funding comprise 
nearly 50 percent of the museum's annual operating budget.

                       holocaust memorial museum

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $42,349,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      44,996,000
Committee recommendation................................      45,496,000

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $45,496,000 for the U.S. Holocaust 
Memorial Museum for fiscal year 2008. This amount is $3,147,000 
above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and $500,000 above the 
budget request. The additional amount provided by the Committee 
is intended to assist the museum in meeting fixed cost 
increases that are identified but not supported within the 2008 
budget estimate.

                             Presidio Trust

    Upon deciding that the U.S. Army would end its 148 year 
presence at the Presidio, Congress created the Presidio Trust 
as part of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 
1996. The Trust's mission is to preserve and enhance the 
natural, cultural, scenic, and recreational resources of the 
Presidio for public use in perpetuity, and to achieve long-term 
financial sustainability through rental, lease and other 
revenues derived from the use of Presidio buildings and spaces. 
The Trust manages the interior 80 percent of Presidio lands 
(known as Area B), including most buildings and infrastructure. 
The National Park Service manages coastal areas (known as Area 
A) as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. 
Appropriations for the Trust are expected to decline from year 
to year, and to cease entirely at or before the end of fiscal 
year 2012.

                          PRESIDIO TRUST FUND

Appropriations, 2007....................................     $19,706,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................      18,450,000
Committee recommendation................................      18,450,000

    The Committee recommends $18,450,000 for the Presidio 
Trust, a decrease of $1,256,000 from the fiscal year 2007 
enacted level and the same as the budget request.

      White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance

Appropriations, 2007....................................        $247,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................         200,000
Committee recommendation................................         200,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The White House Commission on the National Moment of 
Remembrance was established by Congress through Public Law 106-
579 to honor America's fallen, her veterans, and the men and 
women who continue to serve our country. The Commission has a 
10-year mission to sustain the American spirit through acts of 
rememberance throughout the year; institutionalize the National 
Moment of Remembrance; enhance the commemoration and 
understanding of Memorial Day; and to educate and give the 
younger generation a sense of their country's history and what 
it means to be an American. The Commission is dedicated to 
educating this and future generations of Americans to remember 
the sacrifices and costs in human life made to preserve this 
Nation's freedom.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $200,000 for the White House 
Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance, the same 
amount as the budget request and $47,000 below the fiscal year 
2007 enacted level.

                                TITLE IV

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    The Committee has recommended inclusion of several general 
provisions in the bill including the following:
    Sec. 401. Provides that contracts which provide consulting 
services be a matter of public record and available for public 
review, except where otherwise provided by law.
    Sec. 402. Provides that appropriations available in the 
bill shall not be used to produce literature or otherwise 
promote public support of a legislative proposal on which 
legislative action is not complete. The provision has been 
modified to make clear that it does not restrict authorized 
communications with Congress.
    Sec. 403. Provides that appropriations made available in 
this bill cannot be used to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other 
personal servants.
    Sec. 404. Retains language carried in prior years with 
regard to assessments for government-wide, departmental, 
agency, or bureau functions.
    Sec. 405. Limits the actions of the Forest Service and the 
Bureau of Land Management with regard to the sale of giant 
sequoia trees to a manner consistent with such sales as were 
conducted in fiscal year 2005.
    Sec. 406. Retains mining patent moratorium carried in 
previous years.
    Sec. 407. Provides additional authority to use the roads 
and trails funds for priority forest health related management. 
The Committee recognizes that there is a serious backlog in 
important road, trail and bridge work throughout the National 
Forest system just as there is a serious backlog in needed 
management related to forest health.
    Sec. 408. Continues a provision providing that the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered in violation 
of certain provisions of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Planning Act solely because more than 15 years have 
passed without revision of a forest plan, provided that the 
Secretary is working in good faith to complete the plan 
revision within available funds.
    Sec. 409. Addresses timber sales involving Alaska western 
red cedar. Mills which process western red cedar in the Pacific 
Northwest have an insufficient supply of western red cedar, and 
the national forest in southeast Alaska sometimes has a 
surplus. This provision continues a program by which Alaska's 
surplus western red cedar is made available preferentially to 
U.S. domestic mills outside Alaska, prior to export abroad.
    Sec. 410. Prohibits oil, natural gas and mining related 
activities within current national monument boundaries, except 
where such activities are allowed under the presidential 
proclamation establishing the monument.
    Sec. 411. Provides the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior the authority to enter into 
reciprocal agreements with foreign nations concerning the 
personal liability of firefighters.
    Sec. 412. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior to consider local contractors when 
awarding contracts for certain activities on public lands.
    Sec. 413. Continues and makes permanent a long standing 
requirement in Alaska that IHS funds be made available only to 
regional Alaska Native health organizations and those Native 
entities with contracts or compacts with the Service entered 
into prior to May 1, 2006, in order to make the most cost 
effective use possible of scarce IHS funds for provision of 
health services.
    Sec. 414. Restricts funding appropriated for acquisition of 
land or interests in land from being used for declarations of 
taking or complaints in condemnation.
    Sec. 415. Continues language restricting the amount of 
funds available to the Department of the Interior for 
competitive sourcing activities and prohibits from the Forest 
Service from spending any funds available to the agency for 
competitive sourcing and related activities. This restriction 
shall apply not only to competitions conducted under OMB 
Circular A-76, but also to associated pre-planning activities, 
including feasibility studies. The Committee notes that the 
Forest Service's lack of demonstrated savings and lack of 
compliance with congressional directives regarding the program 
led Congress to request an investigation by the Government 
Accountability Office. As this investigation is ongoing, the 
Committee believes it would be imprudent to allow the agency to 
continue its outsourcing program until GAO's findings are 
known.
    Sec. 416. Extends for 1 year a pilot program to enhance 
Forest Service administration of rights-of-way.
    Sec. 417. Extends authority for the State of Utah to work 
cooperatively on Forest Service lands.
    Sec. 418. Extends the Forest Service's ability to enter 
into certain cooperative agreements with third parties that are 
of mutually significant benefit.
    Sec. 419. Extends the Forest Service's ability to use 
categorical exclusions to process grazing allotments as 
originally authorized in Public Law 108-447.
    Sec. 420. Provides the Shasta-Trinity National Forest with 
authority to retain receipts from marina facilities, consistent 
with other recreation sites managed under the Federal Lands 
Recreation Enhancement Act.
    Sec. 421. Provides the Forest Service authority to use 
$40,000,000 of existing receipts for vegetative treatments, 
fuels reduction and road programs. These funds shall be used to 
reduce fire risk and maintain local infrastructure in Forest 
Service Regions with a high dependence on forest products from 
Federal lands.
    Sec. 422. Authorizes the sale of assorted parcels in the 
Dakota Prairie National Grasslands. The lands to be conveyed 
from Federal ownership are to be conveyed through fiscal year 
2009, and are to be at least equal in acreage to the Eberts 
ranch land which was acquired by the Forest Service. There will 
be no net gain in federally owned land in North Dakota as a 
result of these land conveyances. The section also authorizes 
receipts from the sale of the Federal parcels to be deposited 
into a Sisk Act fund for acquisitions of National Forest System 
lands in North Dakota, and sets certain other land management 
conditions related to the transfer.
    Sec. 423. Prohibits the Forest Service from changing 
eligibility requirements for base property including leasing, 
shared cattle or livestock ownership for grazing permits on the 
Dakota Prairie Grasslands. The Committee is concerned by the 
Forest Service's recent efforts to implement grazing policy 
changes that would have eliminated the ability of ranchers to 
lease land or share cattle to qualify for a Federal grazing 
permit on the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. North Dakota is unique 
in its ranchers' widespread use of leased land and shared 
livestock, and the proposed policy changes would have had 
serious consequences for the State's livestock industry. The 
Committee is encouraged that the Forest Service has rescinded 
the interim handbook direction which proposed these changes. 
The Committee also recognizes the unique role grazing 
associations play under North Dakota State law and directs the 
Forest Service to work closely with grazing associations and 
all other stakeholders to implement grazing and land management 
policies for the Dakota Prairie Grasslands.
    Sec. 424. Requires the Minerals Management Service to 
withhold 2 percent of the States' share of receipts from 
Federal mineral leasing activities for the States' portion of 
the administrative costs incurred by the Federal Government.
    Sec. 425. Amends the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act 
(Public Law 94-158) to establish a domestic indemnity program 
with an overall limit of $5,000,000,000 at any one time and a 
per exhibition limit of $750,000,000. The Committee has taken 
this action in response to the numerous reports it has received 
from museums across the country regarding the prohibitive 
insurance costs that are now being imposed on many traveling 
exhibitions in the United States. The Committee understands 
that the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities has the 
authority to establish such a program and expects that in doing 
so it will adhere to the same rigorous standards and review 
process that has made the international indemnity program so 
successful. The Committee requests that once the Council has 
established its guidelines for a domestic indemnity program, it 
share those with the appropriate committees of jurisdiction. 
Additionally, the Committee expects the Council to provide a 
report to these same committees evaluating the program 
following the first year of operation.
    Sec 426. Directs the National Park Service to transfer 
operations of three Jobs Corps centers to the Forest Service as 
mutually agreed upon by both agencies.
    Sec. 427. Directs the Forest Service to seek to enter into 
alternative dispute resolution or mediation with parties to 
litigation on a number of timber and hazardous fuel reduction 
projects on the Sequoia and Sierra National Forests. The 
Committee believes that mediation on these projects is 
important to try to find a way to address environmental 
concerns, particularly in regard to the Pacific fisher, while 
providing sufficient timber harvest volume to preserve the 
local forest products infrastructure, which is essential for 
economical hazardous fuel removal in the area.
    Sec. 428. Provides the Forest Service and Department of the 
Interior additional authority to pay for up to one-half of the 
cost of personal liability insurance for all agency wildland 
firefighters.

                                            BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
  PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
                                                     AMENDED
                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                                  Budget authority               Outlays
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                               Committee    Amount  of   Committee    Amount  of
                                                               allocation      bill      allocation      bill
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
 to its subcommittees of amounts in the budget resolution
 for 2008: Subcommittee on Interior:
    Mandatory...............................................           54           54           55       \1\ 53
    Discretionary...........................................       27,150       27.150       28.574   \1\ 28,323
Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation:
    2008....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........   \2\ 17,169
    2009....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        5,524
    2010....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        2,443
    2011....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        1,277
    2012 and future years...................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          576
Financial assistance to State and local governments for                NA        5,645           NA        2,298
 2008.......................................................
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\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

NA: Not applicable.

  COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Rule XVI, paragraph 7 requires that every report on a 
general appropriation bill filed by the Committee must identify 
each recommended amendment which proposes an item of 
appropriation which is not made to carry out the provisions of 
an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution 
previously passed by the Senate during that session.
    Those items are as follows:
  --Sums provided to the Bureau of Land Management to 
        inventory, manage, and improve rangelands for domestic 
        livestock grazing pursuant to Public Law 95-514, the 
        Public Rangeland Improvement Act of 1978.
  --$235,544,000 for the endangered species program, U.S. Fish 
        and Wildlife Service.
  --Sums provided for the Yukon River Restoration and 
        Enhancement Fund, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
        pursuant to the Fisheries Act of 1995.
  --Sums provided to the Fish and Wildlife Service for the 
        conservation and protection of marine mammals pursuant 
        to Public Law 103-238, the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
        Amendments of 1994.
  --$500,000 for Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration 
        grants.
  --$2,000,000 for Great Ape conservation.
  --$4,000,000 for neotropical migratory bird conservation.
  --Sums provided to the Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant to 
        the Klamath River Basin Fishery Resources Restoration 
        Act; Fisheries Restoration Irrigation Mitigation Act; 
        and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
        Establishment Act.
  --Sums provided to the U.S. Geological Survey pursuant to the 
        National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1999.
  --Sums provided to the Bureau of Indian Affairs pursuant to 
        The Tribal Colleges or Universities Assistance Act of 
        1978; The Indian Tribal Justice Act; Indian Child 
        Protection and Family Violence Act; and The No Child 
        Left Behind Act.
  --$1,274,263,000 for the hazardous substances Superfund.
  --$30,000,000 for State and tribal assistance grants: Alaska 
        Native Villages.
  --$887,000,000 for State and tribal assistance grants: Clean 
        Water SRF.
  --$842,167,000 for State and tribal assistance grants: 
        Drinking Water SRF.
  --Sums provided pursuant to the Clean Air Act, Radon 
        Abatement Act, Clean Water Act, BEACH Act, Safe 
        Drinking Water Act, Solid Waste Disposal Act [RCRA], 
        Toxic Substances Control Act, Pollution Prevention Act, 
        and the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program 
        Act.
  --$6,983,000 for the International Program, U.S. Forest 
        Service.
  --$2,500,000 for matching funds for projects of the National 
        Forest Foundation, U.S. Forest Service.
  --$133,412,000 for the National Endowment for the Arts.
  --$146,355,000 for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on June 21, 2007, 
the Committee ordered reported en bloc: an original bill (S. 
1696) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, and authorized the chairman of the 
Committee or the chairman of the subcommittee to offer the text 
of the Senate bill as a Committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute to the House companion measure; and an original bill 
(S. 1686) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other 
purposes, and authorized the chairman of the Committee or the 
chairman of the Legislative Branch subcommittee to offer the 
substance of the original bill, plus House items as passed by 
the House, as a Committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute to the House companion measure; with each bill 
subject to amendment and subject to the budget allocations, by 
a recorded vote of 29-0, a quorum being present. The vote was 
as follows:
        Yeas                          Nays
Chairman Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Feinstein
Mr. Durbin
Mr. Johnson
Ms. Landrieu
Mr. Reed
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Stevens
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Craig
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Brownback
Mr. Allard
Mr. Alexander

 COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports 
on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute 
or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or 
part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a 
comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution 
making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof 
proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and 
italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical 
devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the 
bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by 
the committee.''
    In compliance with this rule, the following changes in 
existing law proposed to be made by the bill are shown as 
follows: existing law to be omitted is enclosed in black 
brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and existing law in 
which no change is proposed is shown in roman.
    With respect to this bill, it is the opinion of the 
Committee that it is necessary to dispense with these 
requirements in order to expedite the business of the 
Senate. deg.

TITLE 16--CONSERVATION

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CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES

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                 SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS

Sec. 430f-7. Definitions

    In sections 430f-6 to 430f-12 of this title:

    (1) Map

            The term ``Map'' means the map entitled ``Park 
        Boundary-Corinth Unit'', numbered [304/80,007, and 
        dated October 1998] 304A/80,009, and dated April 2007.

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Sec. 430f-8. Establishment of Unit

(a) * * *

[(b) Composition of Unit

    [The Unit shall be comprised of--
            [(1) the tract consisting of approximately 20 acres 
        generally depicted as ``Battery Robinett Boundary'' on 
        the Map; and
            [(2) any additional land that the Secretary 
        determines to be suitable for inclusion in the Unit 
        that--
                [(A) is under the ownership of a public entity 
                or nonprofit organization; and
                [(B) has been identified by the Siege and 
                Battle of Corinth National Historic Landmark 
                Study, dated January 8, 1991.]
    (b) Composition of Unit.--The Unit shall be comprised of 
approximately 810 acres of land, as generally depicted on the 
Map.

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SUBCHAPTER CXIV--RED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA

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Sec. 460ccc-4. Acquisitions

(a) In general

            (1) Within the conservation area, and subject to 
        the provisions of this section, the Secretary is 
        authorized to acquire lands, interests in lands, and 
        associated water rights, by donation, purchase [with 
        donated or appropriated funds], exchange for Federal 
        lands outside the conservation area, or transfer from 
        another Federal agency with the concurrence of the head 
        of the appropriate agency thereof.
            [(2) Lands or interests therein owned by the State 
        of Nevada or a political subdivision thereof may be 
        acquired by donation or exchange only.]
            [(3)] (2) No privately owned lands, interests in 
        lands, or associated water rights, may be acquired 
        without the consent of the owner thereof unless the 
        Secretary determines that, in his judgment, the 
        property is subject to, or threatened with, uses which 
        are having, or would have, an adverse impact on the 
        resource values for which the conservation area was 
        established.
            [(4)] (3) Any lands, waters, or interests therein 
        within the boundaries of the conservation area which 
        after November 16, 1990, may be acquired by the United 
        States shall be incorporated into the conservation area 
        and be managed accordingly, and all provisions of this 
        subchapter and other laws applicable to conservation 
        areas shall apply to such incorporated lands.

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TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING

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          CHAPTER 2--MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

Sec. 28. Mining district regulations by miners: location, recordation, 
                    and amount of work; marking of location on ground; 
                    records; annual labor or improvements on claims 
                    pending issue of patent; co-owner's succession in 
                    interest upon delinquency in contributing 
                    proportion of expenditures; tunnel as lode 
                    expenditure

    The miners of each mining district may make regulations not 
in conflict with the laws of the United States, or with the 
laws of the State or Territory in which the district is 
situated, governing the location, manner of recording, amount 
of work necessary to hold possession of a mining claim, subject 
to the following requirements: The location must be distinctly 
marked on the ground so that its boundaries can be readily 
traced. All records of mining claims made after May 10, 1872, 
shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of 
the location, and such a description of the claim or claims 
located by reference to some natural object or permanent 
monument as will identify the claim. On each claim located 
after the 10th day of May 1872, that is granted a waiver under 
section 28f of this title, and until a patent has been issued 
therefor, not less than $100 worth of labor shall be performed 
or improvements made during each year. On all claims located 
prior to the 10th day of May 1872, $10 worth of labor shall be 
performed or improvements made each year, for each one hundred 
feet in length along the vein until a patent has been issued 
therefor; but where such claims are held in common, such 
expenditure may be made upon any one claim; and upon a failure 
to comply with these conditions, the claim or mine upon which 
such failure occurred shall be open to relocation in the same 
manner as if no location of the same had ever been made, 
provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, or 
legal representatives, have not resumed work upon the claim 
after failure and before such location. Upon the failure of any 
one of several coowners to contribute his proportion of the 
expenditures required hereby, the coowners who have performed 
the labor or made the improvements may, at the expiration of 
the year, give such delinquent co-owner personal notice in 
writing or notice by publication in the newspaper published 
nearest the claim, for at least once a week for ninety days, 
and if at the expiration of ninety days after such notice in 
writing or by publication such delinquent should fail or refuse 
to contribute his proportion of the expenditure required by 
this section, his interest in the claim shall become the 
property of his co-owners who have made the required 
expenditures. The period within which the work required to be 
done annually on all unpatented mineral claims located since 
May 10, 1872, including such claims in the Territory of Alaska, 
[shall commence at 12 o'clock meridian on the 1st day of 
September] shall commence at 12:01 ante meridian on the first 
day of September succeeding the date of location of such claim.

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Sec. 28f. Fee

(a) Claim maintenance fee

    The holder of each unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel 
site, located pursuant to the mining laws of the United States, 
whether located before, on or after August 10, 1993, shall pay 
to the Secretary of the Interior, on or before September 1 of 
each year [for years 2004 through 2008], a claim maintenance 
fee of $100 per claim or site \1\ Such claim maintenance fee 
shall be in lieu of the assessment work requirement contained 
in the Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 28-28e) and the related 
filing requirements contained in section 1744(a) and (c) of 
title 43.
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Sec. 28g. Location fee

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for every 
unpatented mining claim, mill or tunnel site located after 
August 10, 1993, [and before September 30, 2008,] pursuant to 
the Mining Laws of the United States, the locator shall, at the 
time the location notice is recorded with the Bureau of Land 
Management, pay to the Secretary of the Interior a location 
fee, in addition to the claim maintenance fee required by 
section 28f of this title, of $25.00 per claim.

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TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS

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CHAPTER 31--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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Sec. 1473. Acceptance of contributions from private and public sources 
                    by Mineral Management Service

    In fiscal year 1987 and thereafter, the Minerals Management 
Service is authorized to accept land, buildings, equipment and 
other contributions, from public and private sources, which 
shall be available for the purposes provided for in this 
account, including contributions of money and services to 
conduct work in support of the orderly exploration and 
development of Outer Continental Shelf resources, including but 
not limited to, preparation of environmental documents such as 
impact statements and assessments, studies, and related 
research.

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TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS

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CHAPTER 18--MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PALAU

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SUBCHAPTER I--MICRONESIA AND MARSHALL ISLANDS

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      Part B--Approval and Implementation of Compacts, As Amended

Sec. 1921d. Supplemental provisions

(a) * * *

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(f) Continuing programs and laws

    (1) Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of the 
            Marshall Islands

            In addition to the programs and services set forth 
        in section 221 of the Compact, and pursuant to section 
        222 of the Compact, the programs and services of the 
        following agencies shall be made available to the 
        Federated States of Micronesia and to the Republic of 
        the Marshall Islands:

            (A) * * *

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            (B) Treatment of additional programs

                    (i) * * *

                    (ix) Applicability

                            The [Republic] government, 
                        institutions, and people of Palau shall 
                        remain eligible for appropriations and 
                        to receive grants under the provisions 
                        of law specified in clauses (ii) and 
                        (iii) until the end of fiscal year 
                        [2007] 2009, to the extent the 
                        [Republic] government, institutions, 
                        and people of Palau [was] were so 
                        eligible under such provisions in 
                        fiscal year 2003.

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          ARTS AND ARTIFACTS INDEMNITY ACT, PUBLIC LAW 94-158

    Sec. 1 * * *

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    Sec. 3. (a) * * *
            (1) * * *
which are (A) of educational, cultural, historical, or 
scientific value, and [(B) the exhibition of which is] (B) in 
the case of international exhibitions, certified by the 
Secretary of State or his designee as being in the national 
interest.

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    Sec. 5. * * *
    (b) The aggregate of loss or damage covered by indemnity 
agreements made under this Act shall not exceed $10,000,000,000 
at any one time for international exhibitions, and 
$5,000,000,000 at any one time for domestic exhibitions.
    (c) No indemnity agreement for a single exhibition shall 
cover loss or damage in excess of $1,200,000,000 for 
international exhibitions, or $750,000,000 for domestic 
exhibitions.

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   OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997, PUBLIC LAW 104-208

DIVISION A

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                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    Sec. 636. Reimbursements Relating to Professional Liability 
Insurance.--(a) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, amounts appropriated by this Act (or any other Act for 
fiscal year 1997 or any fiscal year thereafter) for salaries 
and expenses may be used to reimburse any qualified employee 
for not to exceed one-half the costs incurred by such employee 
for professional liability insurance. A payment under this 
section shall be contingent upon the submission of such 
information or documentation as the employing agency may 
require.
    (b) Qualified Employee.--For purposes of this section, the 
term ``qualified employee'' means an agency employee whose 
position is that of--
            (1) a law enforcement officer; [or]
            (2) a supervisor or management official[.]; or
            (3) a temporary fire line supervisor.
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) * * *

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            (3) the terms ``supervisor'' and ``management 
        official'' have the respective meanings given them by 
        section 7103(a) of such title 5[, and];
            (4) the term ``professional liability insurance'' 
        means insurance which provides coverage for--
                    (A) legal liability for damages due to 
                injuries to other persons, damage to their 
                property, or other damage or loss to such other 
                persons (including the expenses of litigation 
                and settlement) resulting from or arising out 
                of any tortious act, error, or omission of the 
                covered individual (whether common law, 
                statutory, or constitutional) while in the 
                performance of such individual's official 
                duties as a qualified employee; and
                    (B) the cost of legal representation for 
                the covered individual in connection with any 
                administrative or judicial proceeding 
                (including any investigation or disciplinary 
                proceeding) relating to any act, error, or 
                omission of the covered individual while in the 
                performance of such individual's official 
                duties as a qualified employee, and other legal 
                costs and fees relating to any such 
                administrative or judicial proceeding[.]; and
            (5) the term ``temporary fire line supervisor'' 
        means an employee of the Department of the Interior or 
        the Forest Service, the duties of which include 
        temporary supervision to manage a wildland or managed 
        fire, including an employee that is--
                    (A) a type 1, 2, or 3 incident commander;
                    (B) an operations section chief;
                    (C) a division group supervisor;
                    (D) a fire use manager; or
                    (E) a prescribed fire manager or burn boss.
    (d) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
shall apply thereafter.

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  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2000, PUBLIC LAW 106-113

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TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

  Sec. 331. Enhancing Forest Service Administration of Rights-
of-way and Land Uses. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
develop and implement a pilot program for the purpose of 
enhancing forest service administration of rights-of-way and 
other land uses. The authority for this program shall be for 
fiscal years 2000 through [2006] 2008. Prior to the expiration 
of the authority for this pilot program, the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the 
House of Representatives that evaluates whether the use of 
funds under this section resulted in more expeditious approval 
of rights-of-way and special use authorizations. This report 
shall include the Secretary's recommendation for statutory or 
regulatory changes to reduce the average processing time for 
rights-of-way and special use permit applications.
  (b) Deposit of Fees.--Subject to subsections (a) and (f ), 
during fiscal years 2000 through [2006] 2008, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall deposit into a special account established in 
the Treasury all fees collected by the Secretary to recover the 
costs of processing applications for, and monitoring compliance 
with, authorizations to use and occupy National Forest System 
lands pursuant to section 28(l) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 185(l)), section 504(g) of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1764(g)), section 9701 of 
title 31, United States Code, and section 110(g) of the 
National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470h-2(g)).

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FLIGHT 93 NATIONAL MEMORIAL ACT, PUBLIC LAW 107-226

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SEC. 5. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.

    The Secretary is authorized to--
            (1) * * *

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            (8) [acquire] acquire the land or interests in land 
        for the memorial by donation, purchase with donated or 
        appropriated funds, exchange or condemnation with 
        donated or appropriated funds; and from willing sellers 
        the land or interests in land for the memorial site by 
        donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, 
        or exchange; and

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CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 2003, PUBLIC LAW 108-7

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

      DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2003

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                               TITLE III

GENERAL PROVISIONS

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

  Sec. 321. Until [September 30, 2007] September 30, 2009, the 
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an 
agreement under the first section of Public Law 94-148 (16 
U.S.C. 565a-1) for a purpose described in such section includes 
the authority to use that legal instrument when the principal 
purpose of the resulting relationship is to the mutually 
significant benefit of the Forest Service and the other party 
or parties to the agreement, including nonprofit entities. An 
agreement entered into under this section shall not be subject 
to Public Law 95-224, Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement 
Act (1977).

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CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005, PUBLIC LAW 108-447

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

      DIVISION E--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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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, 
$169,175,000, of which $76,106,000 shall be available for 
royalty management activities; and an amount not to exceed 
$103,730,000, 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 $103,730,000 
in additions to receipts are not realized from the sources of 
receipts stated above, the amount needed to reach $103,730,000 
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, 2006: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
Act shall be available for the payment of interest in 
accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): 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 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 pilot 
program is equal to or greater than royalty income recognized 
under a comparable royalty-in-value program: Provided further, 
That in fiscal year 2005 and thereafter, notwithstanding 30 
U.S.C. 191(a) and 43 U.S.C. 1338, the Secretary shall pay 
amounts owed to States and Indian Tribes under the provision of 
30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d) from amounts received as current 
receipts from bonuses, royalties, interest collected from 
lessees and designees, and rentals of the public lands and the 
outer continental shelf under provisions of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), which are not payable to a 
State or the Reclamation Fund.

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General Provisions, Department of the Interior

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    Sec. 144. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as 
the ``Foundation for Nevada's Veterans Land Transfer Act of 
2004''.
    (b) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction, Bureau of Land 
Management Land, Clark County, Nevada.--
            (1) In general.--Administrative jurisdiction over 
        the land described in paragraph (2) is transferred from 
        the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of 
        Veterans Affairs.
            (2) Description of land.--The parcel of land 
        referred to in paragraph (1) is the approximately 150 
        acres of Bureau of Land Management land in Clark 
        County, Nevada, as generally depicted on the map 
        entitled ``Veterans Administration Conveyance'' and 
        dated [November 12, 2004] May 4, 2005.

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TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    Sec. 309. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment 
for the Arts:
          (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
        individual if such grant is awarded to such individual 
        for a literature fellowship, National Heritage 
        Fellowship, National Opera Fellowship, or American Jazz 
        Masters Fellowship.

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    Sec. 337. Federal and State Cooperative Forest, Rangeland, 
and Watershed Restoration in Utah. (a) Authority.--Until 
[September 30, 2006] September 30, 2008, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, via cooperative agreement or contract (including 
sole source contract) as appropriate, may permit the State 
Forester of the State of Utah to perform forest, rangeland, and 
watershed restoration services on National Forest System lands 
in the State of Utah. Restoration services provided are to be 
on a project to project basis as planned or made ready for 
implementation under existing authorities of the Forest 
Service. The types of restoration services that may be 
contracted under this authority include treatment of insect 
infected trees, reduction of hazardous fuels, and other 
activities to restore or improve forest, rangeland, and 
watershed health including fish and wildlife habitat.

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    Sec. 339. For fiscal years [2005 through 2007] 2005 through 
2010, a decision made by the Secretary of Agriculture to 
authorize grazing on an allotment shall be categorically 
excluded from documentation in an environmental assessment or 
an environmental impact statement under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) if: 
(1) the decision continues current grazing management of the 
allotment; (2) monitoring indicates that current grazing 
management is meeting, or satisfactorily moving toward, 
objectives in the land and resource management plan, as 
determined by the Secretary; and (3) the decision is consistent 
with agency policy concerning extraordinary circumstances. The 
total number of allotments that may be categorically excluded 
under this section may not exceed 900.

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 JOHN WARNER NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007, 
PUBLIC LAW 109-364

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SEC. 1077. INCREASED HUNTING AND FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF 
                    THE ARMED FORCES, RETIRED MEMBERS, AND DISABLED 
                    VETERANS.

    (a) * * *
    (b) * * *

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    [(c) Recreational Activities on Santa Rosa Island.--The 
Secretary of the Interior shall immediately cease the plan, 
approved in the settlement agreement for case number 96-7412 
WJR and case number 97-4098 WJR, to exterminate the deer and 
elk on Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands, California, by 
helicopter and shall not exterminate or nearly exterminate the 
deer and elk.]

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  COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
                                                                        YEAR 2008
                                                                [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                                                                         Senate Committee recommendation
                                                                                                                             compared with (+ or -)
                                Item                                       2007            Budget         Committee    ---------------------------------
                                                                      appropriation       estimate      recommendation        2008            Budget
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                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                     BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

                 Management of Lands and Resources

Land Resources:
    Soil, water and air management.................................          32,294           32,636           35,956           +3,662           +3,320
    Range management...............................................          68,263           70,393           73,503           +5,240           +3,110
    Forestry management............................................          10,458           10,651           11,841           +1,383           +1,190
    Riparian management............................................          21,573           22,150           23,455           +1,882           +1,305
    Cultural resources management..................................          16,614           15,525           16,075             -539             +550
    Wild horse and burro management................................          36,354           32,077           36,787             +433           +4,710
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      Subtotal, Land Resources.....................................         185,556          183,432          197,617          +12,061          +14,185

Wildlife and Fisheries:
    Wildlife management............................................          28,369           28,286           30,316           +1,947           +2,030
    Fisheries management...........................................          12,411           12,636           13,841           +1,430           +1,205
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      Subtotal, Wildlife and Fisheries.............................          40,780           40,922           44,157           +3,377           +3,235

Threatened and endangered species..................................          21,407           21,930           22,270             +863             +340

Recreation Management:
    Wilderness management..........................................          16,182           16,641           18,096           +1,914           +1,455
    Recreation resources management................................          47,515           48,494           52,144           +4,629           +3,650
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      Subtotal, Recreation Management..............................          63,697           65,135           70,240           +6,543           +5,105

Energy and Minerals:
    Oil and gas....................................................         117,129          121,548          119,318           +2,189           -2,230
    Coal management................................................           9,251            9,521            9,521             +270   ...............
    Other mineral resources........................................          10,157           10,464           10,479             +322              +15
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      Subtotal, Energy and Minerals................................         136,537          141,533          139,318           +2,781           -2,215

Alaska minerals....................................................           1,600   ...............  ...............          -1,600   ...............

Realty and Ownership Management:
    Alaska conveyance..............................................          35,165           33,922           39,972           +4,807           +6,050
    Cadastral survey...............................................          13,757           11,119           14,284             +527           +3,165
    Land and realty management.....................................          33,716           33,688           35,288           +1,572           +1,600
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      Subtotal, Realty and Ownership Management....................          82,638           78,729           89,544           +6,906          +10,815

Resource Protection and Maintenance
    Resource management planning...................................          49,153           47,014           50,344           +1,191           +3,330
    Resource protection and law enforcement........................          20,062           18,842           19,027           -1,035             +185
    Hazardous materials management.................................          15,939           16,110           16,155             +216              +45
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      Subtotal, Resource Protection and Maintenance................          85,154           81,966           85,526             +372           +3,560

Transportation and Facilities Maintenance:
    Operations.....................................................           6,242            6,393            6,563             +321             +170
    Annual maintenance.............................................          30,969           31,569           32,059           +1,090             +490
    Deferred maintenance...........................................          33,157           33,795           38,905           +5,748           +5,110
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      Subtotal, Transportation/Facilities Maintenance..............          70,368           71,757           77,527           +7,159           +5,770

Land and resources information systems.............................          17,084           16,708           16,723             -361              +15

Mining Law Administration:
    Administration.................................................          32,696           34,696           34,696           +2,000   ...............
    Offsetting fees................................................         -32,696          -34,696          -34,696           -2,000   ...............

Workforce and Organizational Support:
    Information systems operations.................................          18,731           15,285           15,300           -3,431              +15
    Administrative support.........................................          53,107           50,799           50,839           -2,268              +40
    Bureauwide fixed costs.........................................          77,895           83,862           84,390           +6,495             +528
    Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)................  ...............           3,023   ...............  ...............          -3,023
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      Subtotal, Workforce and Organizational Support...............         149,733          152,969          150,529             +796           -2,440

Challenge cost share...............................................           9,357            9,357            9,432              +75              +75
Healthy Lands Initiative...........................................           3,000           15,000   ...............          -3,000          -15,000
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      Total, Management of Lands and Resources.....................         866,911          879,438          902,883          +35,972          +23,445

                            Construction

Construction.......................................................          11,751            6,476           11,476             -275           +5,000

                          Land Acquisition

Land Acquisition:
    Acquisitions...................................................           6,065            4,056            9,006           +2,941           +4,950
    Emergencies and hardships......................................           1,000              944            1,500             +500             +556
    Subsurface mineral estate receipts.............................  ...............          -5,000   ...............  ...............          +5,000
    Acquisition management.........................................           1,569            1,619            1,700             +131              +81
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      Total, Land Acquisition......................................           8,634            1,619           12,206           +3,572          +10,587

                 Oregon and California Grant Lands

Western Oregon resources management................................          95,752           96,648           96,648             +896   ...............
Western Oregon information and resource data systems...............           2,155            2,186            2,186              +31   ...............
Western Oregon transportation & facilities maintenance.............          10,782           11,092           11,092             +310   ...............
Western Oregon construction and acquisition........................             302              316              316              +14   ...............
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      Total, Oregon and California Grant Lands.....................         108,991          110,242          110,242           +1,251   ...............

                         Range Improvements

Improvements to public lands.......................................           7,873            7,873            7,873   ...............  ...............
Farm Tenant Act lands..............................................           1,527            1,527            1,527   ...............  ...............
Administrative expenses............................................             600              600              600   ...............  ...............
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      Total, Range Improvements....................................          10,000           10,000           10,000   ...............  ...............

             Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures

Rights-of-way processing...........................................          12,150           13,150           13,150           +1,000   ...............
Energy and minerals cost recovery..................................           3,760           24,760           24,760          +21,000   ...............
Recreation cost recovery...........................................              54               54               54   ...............  ...............
Adopt-a-horse program..............................................             703              703              703   ...............  ...............
Repair of damaged lands............................................           4,000            4,000            4,000   ...............  ...............
Cost recoverable realty cases......................................             857              857              857   ...............  ...............
Timber purchaser expenses..........................................              50               50               50   ...............  ...............
Commercial film and photography fees...............................             231              231              231   ...............  ...............
Copy fees..........................................................           3,100            3,100            3,100   ...............  ...............
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      Subtotal (gross).............................................          24,905           46,905           46,905          +22,000   ...............

Offsetting fees....................................................         -24,905          -46,905          -46,905          -22,000   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Service Charges, Deposits & Forfeitures...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............

                     Miscellaneous Trust Funds

Current appropriations.............................................          12,405           12,405           12,405   ...............  ...............

                      Wildland Fire Management

Preparedness.......................................................         274,863          268,334          286,009          +11,146          +17,675
Fire suppression operations........................................         249,185          294,398          294,398          +45,213   ...............

Other operations:
    Hazardous fuels reduction......................................         199,787          202,792          202,792           +3,005   ...............
    Burned area rehabilitation.....................................          22,786           24,591           24,591           +1,805   ...............
    Fire facilities................................................           7,734            7,734            7,734   ...............  ...............
    Joint fire science.............................................           4,000            4,000            6,000           +2,000           +2,000
    Rural fire assistance..........................................  ...............  ...............           8,000           +8,000           +8,000
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      Subtotal, Other operations...................................         234,307          239,117          249,117          +14,810          +10,000
          Emergency appropriations.................................          95,000   ...............  ...............         -95,000   ...............
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      Total, Wildland Fire Management..............................         853,355          801,849          829,524          -23,831          +27,675
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, BLM without Wildland Fire Management..................       1,018,692        1,020,180        1,059,212          +40,520          +39,032
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.............................       1,872,047        1,822,029        1,888,736          +16,689          +66,707
                                                                    ====================================================================================
              UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

                        Resource Management

Ecological Services:
    Endangered species:
        Candidate conservation.....................................           8,425            8,635           10,135           +1,710           +1,500
        Listing....................................................          17,824           18,263           18,763             +939             +500
        Consultation...............................................          49,179           51,578           53,578           +4,399           +2,000
        Recovery...................................................          69,244           68,067           73,067           +3,823           +5,000
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          Subtotal, Endangered species.............................         144,672          146,543          155,543          +10,871           +9,000

    Habitat conservation...........................................          93,654           97,655          103,155           +9,501           +5,500
    Environmental contaminants.....................................          11,046           11,172           12,172           +1,126           +1,000
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      Subtotal, Ecological Services................................         249,372          255,370          270,870          +21,498          +15,500

National Wildlife Refuge System:
    Refuge operations..............................................         261,148          261,135          277,135          +15,987          +16,000
    Refuge maintenance.............................................         134,185          133,669          136,669           +2,484           +3,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, National Wildlife Refuge System....................         395,333          394,804          413,804          +18,471          +19,000

Migratory Birds and Law Enforcement:
    Migratory Birds Management and Law Enforcement.................          40,352           40,582           41,082             +730             +500
    Law enforcement operations and maintenance.....................          57,299           57,585           61,085           +3,786           +3,500
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Migratory Birds and Law Enforcement................          97,651           98,167          102,167           +4,516           +4,000

Fisheries:
    Hatchery operations and maintenance............................          60,563   ...............  ...............         -60,563   ...............
    Fish and wildlife management...................................          56,615   ...............  ...............         -56,615   ...............
    National fish hatchery system operations.......................  ...............          45,147           47,397          +47,397           +2,250
    Maintenance and equipment......................................  ...............          18,105           19,105          +19,105           +1,000
    Aquatic habitat and species conservation.......................  ...............          53,572           55,072          +55,072           +1,500
    Aquatic invasive species.......................................  ...............           5,407            5,407           +5,407   ...............
    Marine mammals.................................................  ...............           2,523            3,023           +3,023             +500
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      Subtotal, Fisheries..........................................         117,178          124,754          130,004          +12,826           +5,250

General Administration:
    Science excellence.............................................             493   ...............  ...............            -493   ...............
    Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu Strategy...........................           5,000            7,398            7,398           +2,398   ...............
    Central office administration..................................          39,293           39,595           40,345           +1,052             +750
    Regional office administration.................................          41,331           42,137           43,137           +1,806           +1,000
    Servicewide administrative support.............................          32,390           33,463           33,463           +1,073   ...............
    Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)................  ...............           2,148   ...............  ...............          -2,148
    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation..........................           7,656            7,656            7,656   ...............  ...............
    National Conservation Training Center..........................          18,282           19,040           19,040             +758   ...............
    International affairs..........................................           9,990            9,988           11,888           +1,898           +1,900
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      Subtotal, General Administration.............................         154,435          161,425          162,927           +8,492           +1,502

          Emergency appropriations (Avian Flu).....................           7,398   ...............  ...............          -7,398   ...............
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      Total, Resource Management...................................       1,021,367        1,034,520        1,079,772          +58,405          +45,252

                            Construction

Construction and rehabilitation:
    Line item construction.........................................          34,448           13,170           26,799           -7,649          +13,629
    Nationwide engineering services................................          10,852            9,901            9,901             -951   ...............
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      Total, Construction..........................................          45,300           23,071           36,700           -8,600          +13,629

                          Land Acquisition

Fish and Wildlife Service:
    Acquisitions--Federal refuge lands.............................          13,650            5,544           28,904          +15,254          +23,360
    Inholdings.....................................................           1,500            1,500            1,500   ...............  ...............
    Emergencies and hardships......................................           1,478            1,500            1,500              +22   ...............
    Exchanges......................................................           1,485            1,537            1,500              +15              -37
    Acquisition management.........................................           8,140            6,436            8,140   ...............          +1,704
    Cost allocation methodology....................................           1,793            1,494            1,500             -293               +6
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      Total, Land Acquisition......................................          28,046           18,011           43,044          +14,998          +25,033

                    Landowner Incentive Program

Grants to States...................................................          23,667   ...............  ...............         -23,667   ...............

                 Private Stewardship Grants Program

Stewardship grants.................................................           7,277   ...............  ...............          -7,277   ...............

          Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund

Grants to States...................................................           9,852           10,001           10,001             +149   ...............
HCP planning grants................................................           7,531            7,642            7,642             +111   ...............
Species recovery land acquisition..................................          13,977           14,186           14,186             +209   ...............
HCP land acquisition...............................................          47,160           40,587           40,587           -6,573   ...............
Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004...............................  ...............           5,067            5,067           +5,067   ...............
Administration.....................................................           2,481            2,518            2,518              +37   ...............
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      Total, Cooperative Endangered Species Fund...................          81,001           80,001           80,001           -1,000   ...............

                   National Wildlife Refuge Fund

Payments in lieu of taxes..........................................          14,202           10,811           14,202   ...............          +3,391

             North American Wetlands Conservation Fund

Wetlands conservation..............................................          37,836           40,980           40,940           +3,104              -40
Administration.....................................................           1,576            1,666            1,706             +130              +40
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      Total, North American Wetlands Conservation Fund.............          39,412           42,646           42,646           +3,234   ...............

            Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund
Migratory bird grants..............................................           3,941            3,960            4,000              +59              +40

              Multinational Species Conservation Fund
African elephant conservation......................................           1,379              990            1,500             +121             +510
Rhinoceros and tiger conservation..................................           1,576              990            2,000             +424           +1,010
Asian elephant conservation........................................           1,379              990            1,500             +121             +510
Great ape conservation.............................................           1,379              990            2,000             +621           +1,010
Marine turtles.....................................................             691              297            1,000             +309             +703
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      Total, Multinational Species Conservation Fund...............           6,404            4,257            8,000           +1,596           +3,743

                  State and Tribal Wildlife Grants

State and tribal wildlife grants...................................          67,492           69,492           72,492           +5,000           +3,000
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE........................       1,338,109        1,286,769        1,380,857          +42,748          +94,088
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                       NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

               Operation of the National Park System

Park Management:
    Resource stewardship...........................................         363,416          397,434          397,434          +34,018   ...............
    Visitor services...............................................         349,331          405,531          405,531          +56,200   ...............
    Maintenance....................................................         603,693          698,571          691,571          +87,878           -7,000
    Park support...................................................         311,178          320,776          322,561          +11,383           +1,785
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Park Management....................................       1,627,618        1,822,312        1,817,097         +189,479           -5,215

External administrative costs......................................         135,066          141,590          141,590           +6,524   ...............
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)....................  ...............           5,108   ...............  ...............          -5,108
Emergency appropriations...........................................             525   ...............  ...............            -525   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Operation of the National Park System.................       1,763,209        1,969,010        1,958,687         +195,478          -10,323

                          U.S. Park Police

U.S. Park Police...................................................          85,213           88,122           88,122           +2,909   ...............

                National Recreation and Preservation

Recreation programs................................................             556              574              574              +18   ...............
Natural programs...................................................          10,378           10,467           10,467              +89   ...............
Cultural programs..................................................          22,665           22,742           21,742             -923           -1,000
International park affairs.........................................           1,861            1,618            1,618             -243   ...............
Environmental and compliance review................................             403              421              421              +18   ...............
Grant administration...............................................           1,948            3,059            3,059           +1,111   ...............
Heritage Partnership Programs......................................          13,335           10,004           15,000           +1,665           +4,996
Preserve America...................................................  ...............  ...............           5,000           +5,000           +5,000
Statutory or Contractual Aid.......................................           3,223   ...............           5,875           +2,652           +5,875
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      Total, National Recreation and Preservation..................          54,369           48,885           63,756           +9,387          +14,871

                     Historic Preservation Fund

State historic preservation offices................................          37,217           35,717           39,000           +1,783           +3,283
Grants--National Inventory of Historic Properties..................  ...............           4,000   ...............  ...............          -4,000
Tribal grants......................................................           5,446            3,941            6,000             +554           +2,059
HBCUs..............................................................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
Save America's Treasures...........................................           8,074           10,000           30,000          +21,926          +20,000
Preserve America...................................................           4,926           10,000   ...............          -4,926          -10,000
Emergency appropriations...........................................          10,000   ...............  ...............         -10,000   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Historic Preservation Fund............................          65,663           63,658           75,000           +9,337          +11,342

                            Construction

Line item construction and maintenance.............................         180,621          105,086          129,650          -50,971          +24,564
Emergency and unscheduled..........................................           3,290            3,290            3,290   ...............  ...............
Housing............................................................           6,897            5,075            5,075           -1,822   ...............
Dam safety.........................................................           2,626            2,626            2,626   ...............  ...............
Equipment replacement..............................................          31,083           14,815           14,815          -16,268   ...............
Planning, construction.............................................          19,632           17,355           17,355           -2,277   ...............
Construction program management....................................          39,842           39,842           40,852           +1,010           +1,010
General management plans...........................................          13,491           13,491           13,491   ...............  ...............
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      Total, Construction..........................................         297,482          201,580          227,154          -70,328          +25,574

                  Land and Water Conservation Fund

(Rescission of contract authority).................................         -30,000          -30,000          -30,000   ...............  ...............

               Land Acquisition and State Assistance

Assistance to States:
    State conservation grants......................................          27,995   ...............          28,325             +330          +28,325
    Administrative expenses........................................           1,627   ...............           1,675              +48           +1,675
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Assistance to States..................................          29,622   ...............          30,000             +378          +30,000

National Park Service:
    Acquisitions...................................................          19,535            9,000           34,000          +14,465          +25,000
    Emergencies and hardships......................................           2,541            2,348            2,500              -41             +152
    Acquisition management.........................................           9,786            8,832            9,700              -86             +868
    Inholdings.....................................................           2,540            2,349            2,500              -40             +151
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Park Service.................................          34,402           22,529           48,700          +14,298          +26,171
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition and State Assistance.................          64,024           22,529           78,700          +14,676          +56,171
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.................................       2,299,960        2,363,784        2,461,419         +161,459          +97,635
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                  UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

               Surveys, Investigations, and Research

Geographic Research, Investigations, & Remote Sensing:
    Land remote sensing............................................          63,264           61,431           61,431           -1,833   ...............
    Geographic analysis and monitoring.............................          16,926           13,524           17,024              +98           +3,500
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Geographic Research & Remote Sensing...............          80,190           74,955           78,455           -1,735           +3,500

Geologic Hazards, Resource and Processes:
    Geologic hazards assessments...................................          81,890           84,008           84,008           +2,118   ...............
    Geologic landscape and coastal assessments.....................          78,327           81,391           80,891           +2,564             -500
    Geologic resource assessments..................................          76,786           56,686           78,435           +1,649          +21,749
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Geologic Hazards, Resource & Processes.............         237,003          222,085          243,334           +6,331          +21,249

Water Resources Investigations:
    Hydrologic monitoring, assessments and research:
        Ground water resources program.............................           8,098            7,628            8,128              +30             +500
        National water quality assessment..........................          62,818           64,925           64,925           +2,107   ...............
        Toxic substances hydrology.................................          13,293           13,730           13,730             +437   ...............
        Hydrologic research and development........................          14,754           14,167           16,067           +1,313           +1,900
        National streamflow information program....................          16,612           18,945           18,945           +2,333   ...............
        Hydrologic networks and analysis...........................          29,572           30,678           31,521           +1,949             +843
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Hydrologic monitoring, assessments and research         145,147          150,073          153,316           +8,169           +3,243

    Federal-State program..........................................          64,345           62,381           64,381              +36           +2,000
    Water resources research institutes............................           5,404   ...............           6,404           +1,000           +6,404
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Water Resources Investigations.....................         214,896          212,454          224,101           +9,205          +11,647

Biological Research:
    Biological research and monitoring.............................         138,072          143,406          143,431           +5,359              +25
    Biological information management and delivery.................          22,856           22,278           23,278             +422           +1,000
    Cooperative research units.....................................          14,764           15,430           15,430             +666   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Biological Research................................         175,692          181,114          182,139           +6,447           +1,025

Enterprise Information:
    Enterprise information security and technology.................          26,061           24,902           24,902           -1,159   ...............
    Enterprise information resources...............................          17,030           17,041           17,041              +11   ...............
    National geospatial program....................................          68,691           70,177           70,177           +1,486   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Enterprise Information.............................         111,782          112,120          112,120             +338   ...............

Science support....................................................          67,782           68,231           68,231             +449   ...............
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)....................  ...............           2,440   ...............  ...............          -2,440
Facilities.........................................................          95,435          101,553          101,553           +6,118   ...............
Emergency appropriations (Avian Flu)...............................           5,270   ...............  ...............          -5,270   ...............
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.......................         988,050          974,952        1,009,933          +21,883          +34,981

                    MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

              Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management

OCS Lands:
    Leasing and environmental program..............................          41,529           45,201           48,701           +7,172           +3,500
    Resource evaluation............................................          28,633           29,799           30,699           +2,066             +900
    Regulatory program.............................................          52,629           56,069           56,569           +3,940             +500
    Information management program.................................          29,998           28,887           28,887           -1,111   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, OCS Lands..........................................         152,789          159,956          164,856          +12,067           +4,900

Royalty Management:
    Compliance and asset management................................          43,034           45,464           45,464           +2,430   ...............
    Revenue and operations.........................................          37,069           36,907           36,907             -162   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Royalty Management.................................          80,103           82,371           82,371           +2,268   ...............

General Administration:
    Executive direction............................................           2,691            2,615            2,615              -76   ...............
    Policy and management improvement..............................           4,374            4,215            4,215             -159   ...............
    Administrative operations......................................          17,987           17,560           17,560             -427   ...............
    General support services.......................................          23,398           23,565           24,061             +663             +496
    Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)................  ...............             496   ...............  ...............            -496
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, General Administration.............................          48,450           48,451           48,451               +1   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal (gross).............................................         281,342          290,778          295,678          +14,336           +4,900

Use of receipts....................................................        -128,730         -135,730         -135,730           -7,000   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management..............         152,612          155,048          159,948           +7,336           +4,900

                         Oil Spill Research

Oil spill research.................................................           6,903            6,403            6,403             -500   ...............
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE...........................         159,515          161,451          166,351           +6,836           +4,900
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT

                     Regulation and Technology

Environmental restoration..........................................             158              160              160               +2   ...............
Environmental protection...........................................          78,700           83,810           89,810          +11,110           +6,000
Technology development and transfer................................          14,976           15,416           15,416             +440   ...............
Financial management...............................................             483              491              491               +8   ...............
Executive direction................................................          14,783           15,360           15,483             +700             +123
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)....................  ...............             123   ...............  ...............            -123
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Regulation and Technology..........................         109,100          115,360          121,360          +12,260           +6,000

Civil penalties....................................................              98              100              100               +2   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Regulation and Technology.............................         109,198          115,460          121,460          +12,262           +6,000

                  Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund

Environmental restoration..........................................         167,730           34,483           34,483         -133,247   ...............
Technology development and transfer................................           3,881            3,983            3,983             +102   ...............
Financial management...............................................           6,197            6,408            6,408             +211   ...............
Executive direction................................................           7,585            7,900            7,961             +376              +61
Financial and Business Management system (FBMS)....................  ...............              61   ...............  ...............             -61
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.......................         185,393           52,835           52,835         -132,558   ...............
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT..         294,591          168,295          174,295         -120,296           +6,000
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                      BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

                    Operation of Indian Programs

                        Tribal Budget System

Tribal Government:
    Aid to tribal government.......................................          35,954           33,671           33,671           -2,283   ...............
    Consolidated tribal government program.........................          63,185           68,229           69,240           +6,055           +1,011
    Self governance compacts.......................................         141,849          139,036          145,725           +3,876           +6,689
    Contract support...............................................         143,628          149,628          149,628           +6,000   ...............
    New tribes.....................................................             316              316              316   ...............  ...............
    Tribal government program oversight............................           7,329            6,818            7,818             +489           +1,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Tribal Government..................................         392,261          397,698          406,398          +14,137           +8,700

Human Services:
    Social services................................................          31,421           32,414           32,414             +993   ...............
    Welfare assistance.............................................          80,179           74,164           77,164           -3,015           +3,000
    Indian Child Welfare Act.......................................          10,063            9,974           10,974             +911           +1,000
    Housing improvement program....................................          18,824   ...............           9,425           -9,399           +9,425
    Human services tribal design...................................             446              449              449               +3   ...............
    Human services program oversight...............................           3,891            3,702            3,702             -189   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Human Services.....................................         144,824          120,703          134,128          -10,696          +13,425

Trust--Natural Resources Management:
    Natural resources, general.....................................           8,104            4,335            4,335           -3,769   ...............
    Irrigation operations and maintenance..........................          12,074           11,062           11,062           -1,012   ...............
    Rights protection implementation...............................          18,076           16,615           20,155           +2,079           +3,540
    Tribal management/development program..........................           4,278            4,373            6,638           +2,360           +2,265
    Endangered species.............................................             219              247              247              +28   ...............
    Integrated resource information program........................           1,250            1,250            1,250   ...............  ...............
    Agriculture and range..........................................          23,236           24,395           24,395           +1,159   ...............
    Forestry.......................................................          42,459           43,405           43,405             +946   ...............
    Water resources................................................          11,159            9,913            9,913           -1,246   ...............
    Fish, wildlife and parks.......................................           6,669            6,591            6,591              -78   ...............
    Minerals and mining............................................          10,207           11,678           11,678           +1,471   ...............
    Resource management program oversight..........................           7,507            7,820            7,820             +313   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Trust--Natural Resources Management................         145,238          141,684          147,489           +2,251           +5,805

Trust--Real Estate Services:
    Trust services, general........................................           9,724           10,642           10,642             +918   ...............
    Navajo-Hopi settlement program.................................           1,148            1,196            1,196              +48   ...............
    Probate........................................................          15,884           19,883           19,883           +3,999   ...............
    Land title and records offices.................................          13,552           14,654           14,654           +1,102   ...............
    Real estate services...........................................          43,510           47,964           48,964           +5,454           +1,000
    Land records improvement.......................................           7,897           16,065           16,065           +8,168   ...............
    Environmental quality..........................................          11,923           11,230           11,230             -693   ...............
    Alaskan native programs........................................             995            1,022            1,022              +27   ...............
    Rights protection..............................................          14,291           12,468           12,468           -1,823   ...............
    Real estate services oversight.................................          25,149           15,598           15,598           -9,551   ...............
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      Subtotal, Trust--Real Estate Services........................         144,073          150,722          151,722           +7,649           +1,000

Education:
    Elementary and secondary programs (forward funded).............         458,310          476,500          476,500          +18,190   ...............
    Elementary and secondary programs..............................          72,390           61,803           69,803           -2,587           +8,000
    Post secondary programs........................................         108,619           98,520          115,520           +6,901          +17,000
    Education management...........................................          18,593           23,717           23,717           +5,124   ...............
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      Subtotal, Education..........................................         657,912          660,540          685,540          +27,628          +25,000

Public Safety and Justice:
    Law enforcement................................................         204,454          221,753          225,753          +21,299           +4,000
    Tribal courts..................................................          12,013           12,065           12,065              +52   ...............
    Fire protection................................................           1,144   ...............  ...............          -1,144   ...............
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      Subtotal, Public Safety and Justice..........................         217,611          233,818          237,818          +20,207           +4,000

Community and Economic Development:
    Job placement and training.....................................           8,444            8,051            8,051             -393   ...............
    Economic development...........................................           4,733            3,603            3,603           -1,130   ...............
    Road maintenance...............................................          27,565           25,981           25,981           -1,584   ...............
    Community development..........................................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
    Community development oversight................................           1,492            1,426            1,426              -66   ...............
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      Subtotal, Community and Economic Development.................          42,234           39,061           39,061           -3,173   ...............

Executive Direction and Administrative Services....................         244,070          244,185          244,185             +115   ...............
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)....................  ...............           2,507   ...............  ...............          -2,507
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      Total, Operation of Indian Programs..........................       1,988,223        1,990,918        2,046,341          +58,118          +55,423

                            Construction

Education..........................................................         204,956          139,844          125,029          -79,927          -14,815
Public safety and justice..........................................          11,605           11,621           11,621              +16   ...............
Resources management...............................................          45,125           37,916           37,916           -7,209   ...............
General administration.............................................           4,108            2,114            2,114           -1,994   ...............
Construction management............................................           6,029            6,132            6,132             +103   ...............
Rescission of prior year balances..................................  ...............  ...............          -3,800           -3,800           -3,800
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      Total, Construction..........................................         271,823          197,627          179,012          -92,811          -18,615

 Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments
                             to Indians

White Earth Land Settlement Act (Admin)............................             625              625              625   ...............  ...............
Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund........................................             250              250              250   ...............  ...............
Pyramid Lake water rights settlement...............................             142              142              142   ...............  ...............
Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw settlement........................          10,339   ...............  ...............         -10,339   ...............
Quinault Settlement................................................             316   ...............  ...............            -316   ...............
Nez Perce/Snake River..............................................          20,730           16,152           16,152           -4,578   ...............
Puget Sound regional shellfish settlement..........................           2,000            7,000            7,000           +5,000   ...............
Pueblo of Isleta settlement........................................  ...............           2,400            2,400           +2,400   ...............
Rocky Boy operation and maintenance trust fund.....................           7,500            7,500            7,500   ...............  ...............
Settlement round adjustment........................................              98   ...............  ...............             -98   ...............
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      Total, Miscellaneous Payments to Indians.....................          42,000           34,069           34,069           -7,931   ...............

               Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account

Indian guaranteed loan program account.............................           6,258            6,276            6,276              +18   ...............
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS..............................       2,308,304        2,228,890        2,265,698          -42,606          +36,808
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                        DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

                      Office of the Secretary

Departmental direction.............................................          13,448           14,104           14,104             +656   ...............
Management and coordination........................................          29,802           31,492           31,492           +1,690   ...............
Hearings and appeals...............................................           7,407            7,612            7,612             +205   ...............
Central services...................................................          33,703           37,801           37,801           +4,098   ...............
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)....................          22,236              294   ...............         -22,236             -294
Bureau of Mines workers compensation/unemployment..................             627              647              647              +20   ...............
Take Pride in America..............................................             495              513              513              +18   ...............
Indian Arts and Crafts Board.......................................           1,150            1,190            1,190              +40   ...............
Appraisal services.................................................           7,397            7,792            7,792             +395   ...............
Eisenhower Memorial Commission.....................................  ...............           5,000            1,000           +1,000           -4,000
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      Total, Office of the Secretary...............................         116,265          106,445          102,151          -14,114           -4,294

                          Insular Affairs

                     Assistance to Territories

Territorial Assistance:
    Office of Insular Affairs......................................           7,381            8,176            8,184             +803               +8
    Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)................  ...............               8   ...............  ...............              -8
    Technical assistance...........................................          10,305            8,226           11,126             +821           +2,900
    Maintenance assistance fund....................................           2,277            2,277            2,277   ...............  ...............
    Brown tree snake...............................................           2,673            2,673            2,673   ...............  ...............
    Insular management controls....................................           1,476            1,476            1,476   ...............  ...............
    Coral reef initiative..........................................             495              495              495   ...............  ...............
    Water and wastewater projects..................................             990              990              990   ...............  ...............
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      Subtotal, Territorial Assistance.............................          25,597           24,321           27,221           +1,624           +2,900

American Samoa:
    Operations grants..............................................          22,880           22,880           22,880   ...............  ...............
Northern Marianas:
    Covenant grants................................................          27,720           27,720           27,720   ...............  ...............
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      Subtotal, discretionary......................................          22,880           22,880           22,880   ...............  ...............
          (mandatory)..............................................         (27,720)         (27,720)         (27,720)  ...............  ...............
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      Total, Assistance to Territories.............................          76,197           74,921           77,821           +1,624           +2,900

                    Compact of Free Association

Compact of Free Association--Federal services......................           2,820            2,862            2,862              +42   ...............
    Mandatory payments--program grant assistance...................           2,000            2,000            2,000   ...............  ...............
Enewetak support...................................................             493   ...............             500               +7             +500
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Compact of Free Association...........................           5,313            4,862            5,362              +49             +500
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Insular Affairs.......................................          81,510           79,783           83,183           +1,673           +3,400

                      Office of the Solicitor

Legal services.....................................................          42,152           45,054           45,054           +2,902   ...............
General administration.............................................          11,809           12,567           13,266           +1,457             +699
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)....................  ...............             199   ...............  ...............            -199
Ethics.............................................................           1,057            1,129            1,129              +72   ...............
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      Total, Office of the Solicitor...............................          55,018           58,949           59,449           +4,431             +500

                    Office of Inspector General

Audit..............................................................          16,800           18,348           20,348           +3,548           +2,000
Investigations.....................................................          14,278           15,381           16,381           +2,103           +1,000
Administrative services and information management.................           7,745            8,593            8,843           +1,098             +250
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of Inspector General...........................          38,823           42,322           45,572           +6,749           +3,250

           Office of Special Trustee for American Indians

                       Federal Trust Programs

Program operations, support, and improvements......................         187,119          183,757          183,757           -3,362   ...............
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)....................  ...............             211   ...............  ...............            -211
Executive direction................................................           2,132            2,190            2,190              +58   ...............
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      Total, Federal Trust programs................................         189,251          186,158          185,947           -3,304             -211

                 Indian Land Consolidation Program

Indian land consolidation..........................................          34,006           10,000           10,000          -24,006   ...............
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      Total, Office of Special Trustee for American Indians........         223,257          196,158          195,947          -27,310             -211
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES..................................         514,873          483,657          486,302          -28,571           +2,645
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                      DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

                     Payments in Lieu of Taxes

Payments to local governments......................................         232,528          190,000          232,528   ...............         +42,528

                  Central Hazardous Materials Fund

Central hazardous materials fund...................................           9,715            9,954            9,954             +239   ...............

              Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund

Damage assessments.................................................           3,873            3,953            4,000             +127              +47
Program management.................................................           1,594            1,685            1,700             +106              +15
Restoration support................................................             576              586              600              +24              +14
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      Total, Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund...............           6,043            6,224            6,300             +257              +76

                        Working Capital Fund

Working capital fund...............................................  ...............          22,240           37,069          +37,069          +14,829
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS..............................         248,286          228,418          285,851          +37,565          +57,433
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, TITLE I, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...................      10,023,735        9,718,245       10,119,442          +95,707         +401,197
          Appropriations...........................................      (9,935,542)      (9,748,245)     (10,153,242)       (+217,700)       (+404,997)
          Emergency appropriations.................................        (118,193)  ...............  ...............       (-118,193)  ...............
          Rescission...............................................        (-30,000)        (-30,000)        (-33,800)         (-3,800)         (-3,800)
                                                                    ====================================================================================
             TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

                       Science and Technology

Air toxics and quality.............................................          95,038           92,960           95,333             +295           +2,373
Climate protection program.........................................          12,877           13,104           13,198             +321              +94
Enforcement........................................................          13,568           15,075           15,311           +1,743             +236
Homeland security..................................................          73,357           66,948           55,105          -18,252          -11,843
    (Water sentinel and related training)..........................         (27,008)         (21,884)         (11,884)        (-15,124)        (-10,000)
    (Decontamination)..............................................         (20,891)         (20,738)         (20,738)           (-153)  ...............
    (Laboratory preparedness & response)...........................            (600)            (600)            (600)  ...............  ...............
    (Safe buildings)...............................................          (4,000)          (4,000)          (2,000)         (-2,000)         (-2,000)
Indoor air.........................................................           1,192            1,216            1,228              +36              +12
IT/Data management/Security........................................           4,260            3,499            3,548             -712              +49
Operations and administration......................................          32,983           73,859           73,859          +40,876   ...............
Pesticide licensing................................................           5,737            5,881            5,959             +222              +78
Research: Congressional priorities.................................  ...............  ...............           7,000           +7,000           +7,000
Research: Extramural Research grants...............................  ...............  ...............          14,000          +14,000          +14,000
Research: Clean air................................................          94,278           97,962          100,237           +5,959           +2,275
    (Research: Global change)......................................         (16,224)         (16,908)         (18,619)         (+2,395)         (+1,711)
Research: Clean water..............................................         105,351          105,002          106,107             +756           +1,105
Research: Human health and ecosystems..............................         229,321          217,574          219,531           -9,790           +1,957
    (Research: Computational toxicology)...........................         (14,746)         (15,103)         (15,197)           (+451)            (+94)
    (Research: Endocrine disruptor)................................         (10,481)         (10,131)         (10,481)  ...............           (+350)
    (Research: Fellowship).........................................         (10,091)          (8,438)          (8,445)         (-1,646)             (+7)
Research: Land protection..........................................          10,409           10,737           10,853             +444             +116
Research: Sustainability...........................................          25,931           22,478           22,692           -3,239             +214
Research: Pesticides and toxics....................................          25,958           24,795           25,089             -869             +294
Water: Human health protection.....................................           3,127            3,416            3,480             +353              +64
(Transfer from Superfund)..........................................         (30,156)         (26,126)         (26,126)         (-4,030)  ...............
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      Total, Science and Technology................................         733,387          754,506          772,530          +39,143          +18,024

               Environmental Programs and Management

Air toxics and quality.............................................         191,806          188,561          192,957           +1,151           +4,396
Brownfields........................................................          25,019           23,450           23,713           -1,306             +263
Climate protection program.........................................          92,202           87,927           85,881           -6,321           -2,046
    (Energy star)..................................................         (45,888)         (43,926)         (43,926)         (-1,962)  ...............
    (Methane to markets)...........................................          (4,419)          (4,436)          (4,436)            (+17)  ...............
    (Asia-Pacific Partnership).....................................          (5,000)          (5,000)          (2,500)         (-2,500)         (-2,500)
Compliance.........................................................         131,869          132,761          124,607           -7,262           -8,154
Enforcement........................................................         186,016          187,666          196,628          +10,612           +8,962
    (Environmental justice)........................................          (4,725)          (3,822)          (6,000)         (+1,275)         (+2,178)
Environmental protection/Congressional priorities..................  ...............  ...............          19,500          +19,500          +19,500
Environmental Protection: Demonstration Project grants.............  ...............  ...............          31,500          +31,500          +31,500
Geographic programs:
    Chesapeake Bay.................................................          26,751           28,768           32,812           +6,061           +4,044
    Great Lakes....................................................          21,875           21,757           21,871               -4             +114
    San Francisco Bay..............................................  ...............  ...............           5,000           +5,000           +5,000
    Gulf of Mexico.................................................           4,404            4,457            4,490              +86              +33
    Lake Champlain.................................................           1,434              934            3,500           +2,066           +2,566
    Long Island Sound..............................................           1,354              467            2,000             +646           +1,533
    Puget Sound....................................................           1,000            1,000            1,000   ...............  ...............
    Lake Pontchartrain.............................................           1,528              978              978             -550   ...............
    CARE (Community action for a renewed environment)..............           4,448            3,448            3,000           -1,448             -448
    Other geographic activities....................................           3,651            3,149            3,149             -502   ...............
    Regional geographic initiatives................................           9,225            9,553            5,000           -4,225           -4,553
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Geographic programs................................          75,670           74,511           82,800           +7,130           +8,289

Homeland security..................................................          24,449           24,419           24,563             +114             +144
    (Laboratory preparedness and response).........................          (1,200)            (500)            (500)           (-700)  ...............
    (Decontamination)..............................................          (3,464)          (3,479)          (3,479)            (+15)  ...............
Indoor air.........................................................          29,114           26,869           27,105           -2,009             +236
Information exchange/Outreach......................................         121,668          117,206          127,542           +5,874          +10,336
    (Children and other sensitive populations: (Agency                       (6,008)          (6,203)          (6,241)           (+233)            (+38)
     coordination).................................................
    (Environmental education)......................................          (5,614)  ...............          (9,000)         (+3,386)         (+9,000)
International programs.............................................          20,694           17,755           19,283           -1,411           +1,528
    (Mexico Border)................................................  ...............  ...............          (6,020)         (+6,020)         (+6,020)
IT/Data management/Security........................................         102,255           96,602           99,426           -2,829           +2,824
Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review...........................         121,764          123,361          117,246           -4,518           -6,115
Operations and administration......................................         501,296          472,294          474,210          -27,086           +1,916
Pesticide licensing................................................         119,503          118,158          119,882             +379           +1,724
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)......................         120,563          122,397          119,999             -564           -2,398
    (E-manifest)...................................................  ...............          (4,000)  ...............  ...............         (-4,000)
Toxics risk review and prevention..................................          94,300           90,071           91,826           -2,474           +1,755
    (Endocrine disruptors).........................................          (8,250)          (5,890)          (8,800)           (+550)         (+2,910)
    (HPV/VCCEP)....................................................         (12,240)         (11,015)         (12,240)  ...............         (+1,225)
Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST) (also LUST)...................          11,331           11,719           11,864             +533             +145
Water: Ecosystems
    Great Lakes Legacy Act.........................................          30,080           35,000           35,000           +4,920   ...............
    National estuary program/Coastal waterways.....................          21,462           17,203           24,500           +3,038           +7,297
    Wetlands.......................................................          20,954           21,518           21,809             +855             +291
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Water: Ecosystems..................................          72,496           73,721           81,309           +8,813           +7,588

Water: Human health protection.....................................         110,269           99,797          100,975           -9,294           +1,178
Water quality protection...........................................         206,086          208,943          211,305           +5,219           +2,362
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Environmental Programs and Management.................       2,358,370        2,298,188        2,384,121          +25,751          +85,933

                    Office of Inspector General

Audits, evaluations, and investigations............................          37,172           38,008           40,000           +2,828           +1,992
(Transfer from Superfund)..........................................         (13,337)          (7,149)         (13,337)  ...............         (+6,188)
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of Inspector General...........................          37,172           38,008           40,000           +2,828           +1,992

                      Buildings and Facilities

Homeland security: Protection of EPA personnel and infrastructure..          11,331            7,870            7,870           -3,461   ...............
Operations and administration......................................          28,295           26,931           26,931           -1,364   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Buildings and Facilities..............................          39,626           34,801           34,801           -4,825   ...............

                   Hazardous Substance Superfund

Air toxics and quality.............................................           2,298            2,373            2,407             +109              +34
Audits, evaluations, and investigations............................          13,337            7,149           13,337   ...............          +6,188
Compliance.........................................................           1,345            1,348            1,356              +11               +8
Enforcement........................................................         189,695          185,411          189,110             -585           +3,699
    (Environmental justice)........................................            (757)            (757)            (757)  ...............  ...............
    (Superfund: Enforcement).......................................        (164,236)        (161,610)        (163,502)           (-734)         (+1,892)
    (Superfund: Federal facilities enforcement)....................         (10,361)          (9,843)          (9,991)           (-370)           (+148)
Homeland security..................................................          52,266           47,731           48,006           -4,260             +275
    (Laboratory preparedness and response).........................          (9,813)          (6,064)          (6,064)         (-3,749)  ...............
    (Decontamination)..............................................         (12,442)         (10,527)         (10,827)         (-1,615)           (+300)
Information exchange/Outreach......................................           1,584            1,588            1,591               +7               +3
IT/Data management/Security........................................          17,964           17,130           17,192             -772              +62
Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review...........................           1,517            1,443            1,456              -61              +13
Operations and administration......................................         130,072          131,992          132,710           +2,638             +718
Research: Human health and ecosystems..............................           6,329            3,972            4,013           -2,316              +41
Research: Land protection..........................................          21,489           20,081           20,302           -1,187             +221
Research: Sustainability...........................................             312   ...............  ...............            -312   ...............
Superfund cleanup:
    Superfund: Emergency response and removal......................         193,749          191,880          193,749   ...............          +1,869
    Superfund: EPA emergency preparedness..........................           9,115            9,318            9,418             +303             +100
    Superfund: Federal facilities..................................          31,612           31,879           32,148             +536             +269
    Superfund: Remedial............................................         573,837          584,836          601,273          +27,436          +16,437
    Superfund: Support to other Federal agencies...................           8,576            6,575            6,575           -2,001   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Superfund cleanup..................................         816,889          824,488          843,163          +26,274          +18,675

(Transfer to Inspector General)....................................        (-13,337)         (-7,149)        (-13,337)  ...............         (-6,188)
(Transfer to Science and Technology)...............................        (-30,156)        (-26,126)        (-26,126)         (+4,030)  ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Hazardous Substance Superfund.........................       1,255,097        1,244,706        1,274,643          +19,546          +29,937

              Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST)

Compliance.........................................................             724              688              698              -26              +10
IT/Data management/Security........................................             175              177              177               +2   ...............
Operations and administration......................................           2,244            2,171            2,189              -55              +18
Research: Land protection..........................................             641              660              664              +23               +4
Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST)...............................          68,251           68,765           68,765             +514   ...............
    (LUST/UST).....................................................  ...............         (10,558)         (10,558)        (+10,558)  ...............
    (LUST Cooperative agreements)..................................         (57,661)         (58,207)         (58,207)           (+546)  ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program..............          72,035           72,461           72,493             +458              +32

                         Oil Spill Response

Compliance.........................................................             277              291              296              +19               +5
Enforcement........................................................           1,730            2,065            2,096             +366              +31
IT/Data management/Security........................................              34               34               34   ...............  ...............
Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response....................          12,348           13,499           13,668           +1,320             +169
Operations and administration......................................             501              490              490              -11   ...............
    (Rent).........................................................            (447)            (438)            (438)             (-9)  ...............
Research: Land protection..........................................             844              901              903              +59               +2
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Oil Spill Response....................................          15,734           17,280           17,487           +1,753             +207

Pesticide registration fund (current law)..........................          10,000           10,000           10,000   ...............  ...............
Pesticide registration fees (current law)..........................         -10,000          -10,000          -10,000   ...............  ...............

             State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)

Clean water state revolving fund (SRF).............................       1,083,817          687,554          887,000         -196,817         +199,446
Drinking water state revolving fund (SRF)..........................         837,495          842,167          842,167           +4,672   ...............
STAG infrastructure grants/Congressional priorities................  ...............  ...............         140,000         +140,000         +140,000
Alaska Native villages.............................................          34,485           15,500           30,000           -4,485          +14,500
Brownfields projects...............................................          88,676           89,258           89,258             +582   ...............
Clean school bus initiative........................................           6,897   ...............  ...............          -6,897   ...............
Diesel emissions reduction grants (Energy Policy Act)..............  ...............          35,000           50,000          +50,000          +15,000
Emission reduction project grants..................................  ...............  ...............          15,000          +15,000          +15,000
Mexico border......................................................          49,264           10,000           10,000          -39,264   ...............
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      Subtotal, State and Tribal Assistance Grants.................       2,100,634        1,679,479        2,063,425          -37,209         +383,946

Categorical grants:
    Beaches protection.............................................           9,853            9,900            9,900              +47   ...............
    Brownfields....................................................          49,264           49,495           49,495             +231   ...............
    Environmental information......................................          19,706           12,850           10,000           -9,706           -2,850
    Hazardous waste financial assistance...........................         101,944          103,346          103,346           +1,402   ...............
    Homeland security..............................................           4,926            4,950            4,950              +24   ...............
    Lead...........................................................          13,499           13,564           13,564              +65   ...............
    Nonpoint source (Sec. 319).....................................         199,278          194,040          204,040           +4,762          +10,000
    Pesticides enforcement.........................................          18,622           18,711           18,711              +89   ...............
    Pesticides program implementation..............................          12,907           12,970           12,970              +63   ...............
    Pollution control (Sec. 106)...................................         221,664          221,664          221,664   ...............  ...............
    (Water quality monitoring).....................................         (18,500)         (18,500)         (18,500)  ...............  ...............
    Pollution prevention...........................................           4,926            5,940            4,940              +14           -1,000
    Public water system supervision................................          98,279           99,100           99,100             +821   ...............
    Radon..........................................................           7,439            8,074            8,074             +635   ...............
    Sector program.................................................           2,217            2,228            2,228              +11   ...............
    State and local air quality management.........................         199,761          185,180          220,261          +20,500          +35,081
    Targeted remediation project grants............................          16,608   ...............          12,000           -4,608          +12,000
    Toxics substances compliance...................................           5,074            5,099            5,099              +25   ...............
    Tribal air quality management..................................          10,887           10,940           10,940              +53   ...............
    Tribal general assistance program..............................          56,654           56,925           56,925             +271   ...............
    Underground injection control (UIC)............................          10,838           10,891           10,891              +53   ...............
    Underground storage tanks......................................          30,717           22,274           22,500           -8,217             +226
    Wastewater operator training...................................           1,182   ...............  ...............          -1,182   ...............
    Wetlands program development...................................          16,830           16,830           16,830   ...............  ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Categorical grants.................................       1,113,075        1,064,971        1,118,428           +5,353          +53,457
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, State and Tribal Assistance Grants....................       3,213,709        2,744,450        3,181,853          -31,856         +437,403

Rescission (various EPA accounts)..................................  ...............          -5,000           -5,000           -5,000   ...............
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, TITLE II, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.............       7,725,130        7,199,400        7,772,928          +47,798         +573,528
          Appropriations...........................................      (7,725,130)      (7,204,400)      (7,777,928)        (+52,798)       (+573,528)
          Rescissions..............................................  ...............         (-5,000)         (-5,000)         (-5,000)  ...............
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                    TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES

                     DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                           FOREST SERVICE

                   Forest and Rangeland Research

Forest inventory and analysis......................................          59,380           62,329           62,329           +2,949   ...............
Research and development programs..................................         221,108          200,671          229,478           +8,370          +28,807
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Forest and rangeland research.........................         280,488          263,000          291,807          +11,319          +28,807

                     State and Private Forestry

Forest Health Management:
    Federal lands forest health management.........................          53,963           52,959           54,967           +1,004           +2,008
    Cooperative lands forest health management.....................          47,104           38,130           47,248             +144           +9,118
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Forest Health Management...........................         101,067           91,089          102,215           +1,148          +11,126

Cooperative Fire Protection:
    State fire assistance..........................................          32,895           33,122           33,122             +227   ...............
    Volunteer fire assistance......................................           5,912            9,000            5,912   ...............          -3,088
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Cooperative Fire Protection........................          38,807           42,122           39,034             +227           -3,088

Cooperative Forestry:
    Forest stewardship.............................................          41,947           20,000           34,288           -7,659          +14,288
    Forest Legacy..................................................          56,336           29,311           48,095           -8,241          +18,784
    Urban and Community Forestry...................................          30,130           17,436           30,846             +716          +13,410
    Economic action programs.......................................  ...............  ...............           6,523           +6,523           +6,523
    Forest resource information and analysis.......................           4,588   ...............           4,588   ...............          +4,588
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      Subtotal, Cooperative Forestry...............................         133,001           66,747          124,340           -8,661          +57,593

International program..............................................           6,886            2,500            6,953              +67           +4,453
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        Total, State and Private Forestry..........................         279,761          202,458          272,542           -7,219          +70,084

                       National Forest System

Land management planning...........................................          57,675           52,607           58,729           +1,054           +6,122
Inventory and monitoring...........................................         166,638          146,462          169,520           +2,882          +23,058
Recreation, heritage and wilderness................................         258,797          231,400          264,929           +6,132          +33,529
Wildlife and fish habitat management...............................         131,734          117,633          134,483           +2,749          +16,850
Grazing management.................................................          47,826           47,025           48,926           +1,100           +1,901
Forest products....................................................         319,614          318,562          326,176           +6,562           +7,614
Vegetation and watershed management................................         176,849          154,322          180,249           +3,400          +25,927
Minerals and geology management....................................          84,164           70,835           85,476           +1,312          +14,641
Landownership management...........................................          90,932           80,840           92,746           +1,814          +11,906
Law enforcement operations.........................................         115,000          123,841          135,000          +20,000          +11,159
Valles Caldera National Preserve...................................           3,500              850            4,000             +500           +3,150
Emergency appropriations...........................................          12,000   ...............  ...............         -12,000   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Forest System................................       1,464,729        1,344,377        1,500,234          +35,505         +155,857

                Capital Improvement and Maintenance

Facilities:
    Maintenance....................................................          69,466           63,608           64,310           -5,156             +702
    Construction...................................................          60,674           56,039           62,943           +2,269           +6,904
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Facilities.........................................         130,140          119,647          127,253           -2,887           +7,606

Roads:
    Maintenance....................................................         133,238          114,503          116,224          -17,014           +1,721
    Construction...................................................          90,560          112,928          115,312          +24,752           +2,384
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Roads..............................................         223,798          227,431          231,536           +7,738           +4,105

Trails:
    Maintenance....................................................          49,800           39,067           41,830           -7,970           +2,763
    Construction...................................................          23,562           27,320           34,371          +10,809           +7,051
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      Subtotal, Trails.............................................          73,362           66,387           76,201           +2,839           +9,814

Infrastructure improvement.........................................           9,100            9,100            9,100   ...............  ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Capital Improvement and Maintenance...................         436,400          422,565          444,090           +7,690          +21,525

                          Land Acquisition

Forest Service:
    Acquisitions...................................................          29,000            8,000           35,745           +6,745          +27,745
    Acquisition management.........................................          12,087            7,703           10,000           -2,087           +2,297
    Cash equalization..............................................             500   ...............           1,000             +500           +1,000
    Critical inholdings/wilderness protection......................             349   ...............           1,500           +1,151           +1,500
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition......................................          41,936           15,703           48,245           +6,309          +32,542

Acquisition of lands for national forests, special acts............           1,053            1,053            1,053   ...............  ...............
Acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges....................             231              231              231   ...............  ...............
Range betterment fund..............................................           2,876            3,750            3,750             +874   ...............
Gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research....              63               56               56               -7   ...............
Management of national forest lands for subsistence uses...........           5,009            5,053            5,053              +44   ...............

                      Wildland Fire Management

Preparedness:
    Preparedness...................................................         665,382          349,082          676,370          +10,988         +327,288
    Wildland Firefighters..........................................  ...............         219,710   ...............  ...............        -219,710
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Preparedness.......................................         665,382          568,792          676,370          +10,988         +107,578

Fire suppression operations........................................         741,477          911,032          859,021         +117,544          -52,011
Other operations:
    Hazardous fuels................................................         301,258          291,533          325,000          +23,742          +33,467
    Rehabilitation.................................................           6,189   ...............           6,189   ...............          +6,189
    Fire plan research and development.............................          22,789           22,000           24,542           +1,753           +2,542
    Joint fire sciences program....................................           7,882            8,000            8,000             +118   ...............
    Forest health management (federal lands).......................          14,779           14,252           15,119             +340             +867
    Forest health management (co-op lands).........................           9,853           10,014           10,014             +161   ...............
    State fire assistance..........................................          46,221           35,004           50,227           +4,006          +15,223
    Volunteer fire assistance......................................           7,773            8,000            8,000             +227   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Other operations...................................         416,744          388,803          447,091          +30,347          +58,288

Emergency appropriations...........................................         370,000   ...............  ...............        -370,000   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Wildland Fire Management..............................       2,193,603        1,868,627        1,982,482         -211,121         +113,855
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Forest Service w/out Wildlnd Fire Mgmt.............       2,512,546        2,258,246        2,567,061          +54,515         +308,815
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, FOREST SERVICE........................................       4,706,149        4,126,873        4,549,543         -156,606         +422,670
                                                                    ====================================================================================
              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                       INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

                       Indian Health Services

Clinical Services:
    IHS and tribal health delivery:
        Hospital and health clinic programs........................       1,442,455        1,493,534        1,503,834          +61,379          +10,300
        Dental health program......................................         126,882          135,755          135,755           +8,873   ...............
        Mental health program......................................          61,656           64,538           67,038           +5,382           +2,500
        Alcohol and substance abuse program........................         150,571          161,988          164,488          +13,917           +2,500
    Contract care..................................................         499,562          551,515          551,515          +51,953   ...............
    Catastrophic health emergency fund.............................          17,735           18,000           28,000          +10,265          +10,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Clinical Services..................................       2,298,861        2,425,330        2,450,630         +151,769          +25,300

Preventive Health:
    Public health nursing..........................................          53,015           56,825           56,825           +3,810   ...............
    Health education...............................................          14,479           15,229           15,229             +750   ...............
    Community health representatives program.......................          55,744           55,795           55,795              +51   ...............
    Immunization (Alaska)..........................................           1,706            1,760            1,760              +54   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Preventive Health..................................         124,944          129,609          129,609           +4,665   ...............

Urban health projects..............................................          33,951   ...............          35,094           +1,143          +35,094
Indian health professions..........................................          31,676           31,866           31,866             +190   ...............
Tribal management..................................................           2,485            2,529            2,529              +44   ...............
Direct operations..................................................          63,793           64,632           64,632             +839   ...............
Self-governance....................................................           5,842            5,928            5,928              +86   ...............
Contract support costs.............................................         264,730          271,636          271,636           +6,906   ...............
Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursements:
    Hospital and clinic accreditation (Est. collecting)............        (648,208)        (700,294)        (700,294)        (+52,086)  ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Indian Health Services................................       2,826,282        2,931,530        2,991,924         +165,642          +60,394
          (Non-contract services)..................................      (2,308,985)      (2,362,015)      (2,412,409)       (+103,424)        (+50,394)
          (Contract care)..........................................        (499,562)        (551,515)        (551,515)        (+51,953)  ...............
          (Catastrophic health emergency fund).....................         (17,735)         (18,000)         (28,000)        (+10,265)        (+10,000)

                      Indian Health Facilities

Maintenance and improvement........................................          52,668           51,936           53,727           +1,059           +1,791
Sanitation facilities..............................................          94,003           88,500           95,747           +1,744           +7,247
Construction facilities............................................          24,303           12,664           33,039           +8,736          +20,375
Facilities and environmental health support........................         161,333          164,826          170,567           +9,234           +5,741
Equipment..........................................................          21,619           21,270           22,395             +776           +1,125
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Indian Health Facilities..............................         353,926          339,196          375,475          +21,549          +36,279
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE.................................       3,180,208        3,270,726        3,367,399         +187,191          +96,673
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                   NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences................          79,117           78,434           78,434             -683   ...............

          AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY

Toxic substances and environmental public health...................          75,212           75,004           75,004             -208   ...............
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES...............       3,334,537        3,424,164        3,520,837         +186,300          +96,673
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                       OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

                 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental                  2,698            2,703            2,703               +5   ...............
 Quality...........................................................

           CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

Salaries and expenses..............................................           9,113            9,049            9,049              -64   ...............

            OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

Salaries and expenses..............................................           8,509            9,000            9,000             +491   ...............

  INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS
                            DEVELOPMENT

Payment to the Institute...........................................           6,207            7,297            7,297           +1,090   ...............

                      SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

                       Salaries and Expenses

Museum and Research Institutes, base program.......................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
    Anacostia Community Museum.....................................           1,952            1,993            1,993              +41   ...............
    Archives of American Art.......................................           1,710            1,762            1,762              +52   ...............
    Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/Freer Gallery of Art.................           5,722            5,867            5,867             +145   ...............
    Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage......................           2,168            2,218            2,218              +50   ...............
    Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum..........................           3,078            3,383            3,383             +305   ...............
    Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden..........................           4,146            4,254            4,254             +108   ...............
    National Air and Space Museum..................................          16,860           17,337           17,337             +477   ...............
    National Museum of African American History and Culture........           2,894           12,932           12,932          +10,038   ...............
    National Museum of African Art.................................           4,301            4,400            4,400              +99   ...............
    Smithsonian American Art Museum................................           8,362            8,601            8,601             +239   ...............
    National Museum of American History............................          20,708           21,282           21,282             +574   ...............
    National Museum of the American Indian.........................          31,213           32,000           32,000             +787   ...............
    National Museum of Natural History.............................          44,919           46,052           46,052           +1,133   ...............
    National Portrait Gallery......................................           5,453            5,599            5,599             +146   ...............
    National Zoological Park.......................................          20,737           21,842           21,842           +1,105   ...............
    Astrophysical Observatory......................................          22,844           23,330           23,330             +486   ...............
    Museum Conservation Institute..................................           2,936            3,029            3,029              +93   ...............
    Environmental Research Center..................................           3,128            3,222            3,222              +94   ...............
    Tropical Research Institute....................................          12,064           12,438           12,438             +374   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Museums and Research Institutes....................         215,195          231,541          231,541          +16,346   ...............

Program Support and Outreach, base program.........................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
    Outreach.......................................................           9,505            9,669            9,669             +164   ...............
    Communications.................................................           2,083            2,143            2,143              +60   ...............
    Institution-wide programs......................................           6,953            6,953            6,953   ...............  ...............
    Office of Exhibits Central.....................................           2,749            2,832            2,832              +83   ...............
    Major scientific instrumentation...............................           3,886            3,886            3,886   ...............  ...............
    Museum Support Center..........................................           1,743            1,784            1,784              +41   ...............
    Smithsonian Institution Archives...............................           1,322            1,387            1,387              +65   ...............
    Smithsonian Institution Libraries..............................           9,326            9,551            9,551             +225   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Program Support and Outreach.......................          37,567           38,205           38,205             +638   ...............

Administration.....................................................          64,110           66,740           66,991           +2,881             +251

Facilities Services, base program..................................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
    Facilities maintenance.........................................          51,277           52,273           52,273             +996   ...............
    Facilities operations, security and support....................         166,312          180,611          180,611          +14,299   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Facilities Services................................         217,589          232,884          232,884          +15,295   ...............

Inspector General..................................................           1,834            1,977            2,084             +250             +107
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and Expenses.................................         536,295          571,347          571,705          +35,410             +358

                         Facilities Capital

Revitalization.....................................................          82,620           92,600          109,000          +26,380          +16,400
Construction.......................................................           5,435   ...............  ...............          -5,435   ...............
Facilities planning and design.....................................          10,500           14,500           16,000           +5,500           +1,500
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Facilities capital....................................          98,555          107,100          125,000          +26,445          +17,900
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION...............................         634,850          678,447          696,705          +61,855          +18,258
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                      NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

                       Salaries and Expenses

Care and utilization of art collections............................          33,392           31,765           35,000           +1,608           +3,235
Operation and maintenance of buildings and grounds.................          22,964           26,211           26,711           +3,747             +500
Protection of buildings, grounds and contents......................          20,175           20,807           20,807             +632   ...............
General administration.............................................          19,236           19,200           19,200              -36   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and Expenses.................................          95,767           97,983          101,718           +5,951           +3,735

          Repair, Restoration and Renovation of Buildings

Base program.......................................................          15,962           18,017           18,017           +2,055   ...............
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART...............................         111,729          116,000          119,735           +8,006           +3,735
                                                                    ====================================================================================
           JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Operations and maintenance.........................................          17,575           20,000           20,200           +2,625             +200
Capital Repair and Restoration.....................................          12,814           19,350           23,150          +10,336           +3,800
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        TOTAL, JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS......          30,389           39,350           43,350          +12,961           +4,000
                                                                    ====================================================================================

          WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS

Salaries and expenses..............................................           9,100            8,857            9,718             +618             +861

         NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

                  National Endowment for the Arts

                     Grants and Administration

Grants:
    Direct grants..................................................          43,784           40,996           45,996           +2,212           +5,000
    Challenge America grants.......................................          10,496            8,458            8,458           -2,038   ...............
    National Initiative: American Masterpieces.....................           5,911           12,311           12,311           +6,400   ...............

    State partnerships:
        State and regional.........................................          22,973           32,406           32,406           +9,433   ...............
        Underserved set-aside......................................           6,217            8,771            8,771           +2,554   ...............
        Challenge America grants...................................           6,997   ...............  ...............          -6,997   ...............
        National Initiative: American Masterpieces.................           3,941   ...............  ...............          -3,941   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, State partnerships.............................          40,128           41,177           41,177           +1,049   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Grants.........................................         100,319          102,942          107,942           +7,623           +5,000

Program support....................................................           1,672            1,636            1,636              -36   ...............
Administration.....................................................          22,571           23,834           23,834           +1,263   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Arts..................................................         124,562          128,412          133,412           +8,850           +5,000

               National Endowment for the Humanities

                     Grants and Administration

Grants:
    Federal/State partnership......................................          30,926           31,215           32,215           +1,289           +1,000
    Preservation and access........................................          18,368           17,671           18,671             +303           +1,000
    Public programs................................................          12,381           11,910           12,910             +529           +1,000
    Research programs..............................................          12,692           12,209           13,209             +517           +1,000
    Education programs.............................................          12,266           11,801           12,801             +535           +1,000
    Program development............................................             375              362              362              -13   ...............
    We The People Initiative grants................................          15,239           15,239           15,239   ...............  ...............
    Digital Humanities Initiatives.................................  ...............           1,400            1,400           +1,400   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Grants.............................................         102,247          101,807          106,807           +4,560           +5,000

Administrative Areas:
    Administration.................................................          23,637           25,038           25,038           +1,401   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Grants and Administration.............................         125,884          126,845          131,845           +5,961           +5,000

                          Matching Grants

Treasury funds.....................................................           5,369            5,031            5,031             -338   ...............
Challenge grants...................................................           9,852            9,479            9,479             -373   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Matching Grants.......................................          15,221           14,510           14,510             -711   ...............

      Total, Humanities............................................         141,105          141,355          146,355           +5,250           +5,000
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      TOTAL, NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES....         265,667          269,767          279,767          +14,100          +10,000
                                                                    ====================================================================================

                      COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

Salaries and expenses..............................................           1,873            2,092            2,192             +319             +100

             NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Grants.............................................................           7,143   ...............           7,200              +57           +7,200

             ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Salaries and expenses..............................................           4,828            5,348            5,348             +520   ...............

                NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

Salaries and expenses..............................................           8,168            8,265            8,265              +97   ...............

              UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

Holocaust Memorial Museum..........................................          42,349           44,996           45,496           +3,147             +500

                           PRESIDIO TRUST

Operations.........................................................          19,706           18,450           18,450           -1,256   ...............

    WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE

Operations.........................................................             247              200              200              -47   ...............
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      TOTAL, TITLE III, RELATED AGENCIES...........................       9,203,262        8,770,858        9,334,855         +131,593         +563,997

          Appropriations...........................................      (8,821,262)      (8,770,858)      (9,334,855)       (+513,593)       (+563,997)

                    TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISION

Sec. 4xx MMS. State Royalty Cost reduction.........................  ...............         -43,000          -43,000          -43,000   ...............
Sec. 4xx Forest Service Marina fees................................  ...............  ...............             900             +900             +900
Sec. 4xx Forest Service Rights-of-way..............................  ...............  ...............           1,000           +1,000           +1,000
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      TOTAL, TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISION...........................  ...............         -43,000          -41,100          -41,100           +1,900
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      GRAND TOTAL..................................................      26,952,127       25,645,503       27,186,125         +233,998       +1,540,622
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          Appropriations...........................................     (26,481,934)     (25,680,503)     (27,224,925)       (+742,991)     (+1,544,422)
          Emergency appropriations.................................        (500,193)  ...............  ...............       (-500,193)  ...............
          Rescissions..............................................        (-30,000)        (-35,000)        (-38,800)         (-8,800)         (-3,800)
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