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Calendar No. 507 

109TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 2d Session 109–275 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2007 

JUNE 29, 2006.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. BURNS, from the Committee on Appropriations, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 5386] 

The Committee on Appropriations to which was referred the bill 

(H.R. 5386) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, reports the same to 

the Senate with an amendment and recommends that the bill as 

amended do pass. 

Total obligational authority, fiscal year 2007 

Total of bill as reported to the Senate .................... $26,052,125,000 

Amount of 2006 appropriations (including emergency appropriations) ........................................... 26,374,934,000 

Amount of 2007 budget estimate ............................ 25,532,115,000 

Amount of House allowance .................................... 25,944,125,000 

Bill as recommended to Senate compared to— 

2006 appropriations (including emergency appropriations) ................................................... ¥322,809,000 

2007 budget estimate ........................................ ∂520,010,000 

House allowance ................................................ ∂108,000,000 
(2) 

C O N T E N T S 

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Summary of Bill ....................................................................................................... 4 

Revenue Generated by Agencies in Bill ................................................................. 4 

Major Changes Recommended in the Bill ............................................................. 5 

Reprogramming Guidelines .................................................................................... 6 

Title I: 

Department of the Interior: 

Land and Water Resources: Bureau of Land Management ................... 9 

Fish and Wildlife and Parks: 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ................................................................. 14 

National Park Service ............................................................................... 23 

Energy and Minerals: 

U.S. Geological Survey .............................................................................. 32 

Minerals Management Service ................................................................. 36 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ....................... 37 

Indian Affairs: Bureau of Indian Affairs ........................................................ 38 

Departmental Offices: 

Insular Affairs ........................................................................................... 42 

Departmental Management ...................................................................... 45 

Payment in Lieu of Taxes ......................................................................... 45 

Central Hazardous Materials Fund ......................................................... 45 

Office of the Solicitor ................................................................................. 46 

Office of Inspector General ....................................................................... 46 

Office of Special Trustee for American Indians ...................................... 46 

Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration ....................... 47 

Title II: 

Environmental Protection Agency: 

Science and Technology ............................................................................ 53 

Environmental Programs and Management ........................................... 58 

Office of Inspector General ....................................................................... 68 

Buildings and Facilities ............................................................................ 70 

Hazardous Substance Superfund ............................................................. 72 

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund ................................... 76 

Oil Spill Response ..................................................................................... 79 

State and Tribal Assistance Grants ......................................................... 81 

Administrative Provisions ........................................................................ 88 

Title III: 

Related agencies: 

Department of Agriculture: Forest Service ............................................. 89 

Administrative Provisions, Forest Service .............................................. 103 

Department of Health and Human Services: 

Indian Health Service ........................................................................ 104 

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences .................... 107 

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ........................ 107 

Other Related Agencies: 

Council on Environmental Quality ................................................... 107 

Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board .......................... 108 

Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation ................................... 108 

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and 

Arts Development ........................................................................... 108 

Smithsonian Institution ..................................................................... 109 

National Gallery of Art ...................................................................... 111 

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ........................... 112 

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ........................ 113 

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities: 

National Endowment for the Arts ............................................. 113 
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Title III—Continued 

Related agencies—Continued 

Other Related Agencies—Continued 

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities—Continued 

National Endowment for the Humanities ................................. 114 

Commission of Fine Arts ................................................................... 115 

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation ...................................... 116 

National Capital Planning Commission ........................................... 117 

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ................................... 117 

Presidio Trust ..................................................................................... 118 

White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance .............................................................................................. 119 

Title IV: 

General Provisions ........................................................................................... 120 

Compliance with Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate .......................................................................................................................... 125 

Compliance with Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 125 

Compliance with Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 126 
(4) 

SUMMARY OF BILL 

For this bill, estimates totaling $26,052,125,000 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 

$16,997,042,000 in fiscal year 2007. These estimated receipts, for 

agencies under the subcommittee’s jurisdiction, are tabulated 

below: 

Item 

Fiscal year— 

2005 2006 2007 

Department of the Interior ....................................................... $12,362,043,000 $16,543,864,000 $16,628,022,000 

Forest Service ........................................................................... 506,251,000 365,870,000 369,020,000 

Total receipts .................................................................. 12,868,294,000 16,909,734,000 16,997,042,000 
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MAJOR CHANGES RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL

The Committee has developed revisions to the budget estimate 

for the 2007 fiscal year. 

A comparative summary of funding in the bill by agency is 

shown by agency or principal program in the following table: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Committee recommendation 

compared with 

budget estimate 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management .................................................................... $1,782,860 $1,804,391 ∂$21,531 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ................................................................... 1,291,536 1,323,975 ∂32,439 

National Park Service ................................................................................ 2,155,823 2,228,222 ∂72,399 

United States Geological Survey ................................................................ 944,760 979,997 ∂35,237 

Minerals Management Service ................................................................... 163,554 163,454 ¥100 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ......................... 298,145 298,145 ........................

Bureau of Indian Affairs ............................................................................ 2,221,851 2,272,472 ∂50,621 

Departmental Offices ................................................................................. 754,039 766,058 ∂12,019 

Total, Title I—Department of the Interior ................................... 9,612,568 9,836,714 ∂224,146 

TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

Science and Technology ............................................................................. 788,274 793,362 ∂5,088 

Environmental Programs and Management .............................................. 2,306,617 2,310,674 ∂4,057 

Office of Inspector General ........................................................................ 35,100 35,100 ........................

Building and Facilities .............................................................................. 39,816 39,816 ........................

Hazardous Substance Superfund ............................................................... 1,258,955 1,261,345 ∂2,390 

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program ............................................ 72,759 72,759 ........................

Oil Spill Response ...................................................................................... 16,506 16,506 ........................

State and Tribal Assistance Grants .......................................................... 2,797,448 3,000,362 ∂202,914 

Total, Title II—Environmental Protection Agency ........................ 7,315,475 7,529,924 ∂214,449 

TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 

Department of Agriculture: Forest Service ................................................ 4,096,728 4,154,133 ∂57,405 

Department of Health and Human Services: 

Indian Health Service ....................................................................... 3,169,787 3,192,831 ∂23,044 

National Institutes of Health: National Institute of Environmental 

Health Sciences ............................................................................ 78,414 78,414 ........................

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ......................... 75,004 75,004 ........................

Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality .. 2,627 2,627 ........................

Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board .................................... 9,108 9,108 ........................

Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation ........................................... 5,940 5,940 ........................

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development ................................................................................................... 6,703 6,703 ........................

Smithsonian Institution ............................................................................. 644,394 644,394 ........................

National Gallery of Art ............................................................................... 116,743 116,743 ........................

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ....................................... 38,709 38,709 ........................

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ................................... 9,438 9,438 ........................

National Endowment for the Arts .............................................................. 124,412 124,412 ........................

National Endowment for the Humanities .................................................. 140,955 140,955 ........................

Commission of Fine Arts ........................................................................... 1,951 1,951 ........................

National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs ............................................... 6,534 7,500 ∂966 

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation ................................................. 5,118 5,118 ........................

National Capital Planning Commission .................................................... 8,265 8,265 ........................

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ............................................. 43,786 43,786 ........................

Presidio Trust ............................................................................................. 19,256 19,256 ........................

White House Commission on the National Moment of 

Remembrance ........................................................................................ 200 200 ........................

Total, Title III—Related Agencies ................................................ 8,604,072 8,685,487 ∂81,415 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Budget estimate Committee 

recommendation 

Committee recommendation 

compared with 

budget estimate 

GRAND TOTAL ............................................................................... 25,532,115 26,052,125 ∂520,010 

LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

The following table displays appropriations for the Land and 

Water Conservation Fund. 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Agency/Program 

Fiscal year House 

recommendation 

Committee rec2006 ommendation enacted 

2007 

estimate 1

Federal Land Acquisition: 

Bureau of Land Management .............................. 8,621 8,767 3,067 9,217 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ............................. 27,990 27,079 19,751 42,264 

National Park Service .......................................... 34,395 22,718 28,370 33,393 

Forest Service ...................................................... 41,772 25,075 7,500 36,985 

Departmental Management (appraisal services) 2 .............................................................. 7,332 7,416 7,416 7,416 

Subtotal, Federal Land Acquisition ............ 120,110 91,055 66,104 129,275 

National Park Service, State Assistance ...................... 29,559 1,625 1,625 30,000 

Landowner Incentive Program ...................................... 21,667 24,400 15,000 10,000 

Private Stewardship Grants .......................................... 7,277 9,400 7,000 7,277 

Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation 

Fund 3 ....................................................................... 60,137 54,773 60,346 59,840 

State and Tribal Wildlife Grants .................................. 67,492 74,666 50,000 67,492 

Forest Legacy ................................................................ 56,524 61,515 9,280 49,935 

Total, Land and Water Conservation Fund ..... 362,766 317,434 209,355 353,819 

1 2007 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. 

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. 
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(b) Any project or activity, which may be deferred through reprogramming, shall not later be accomplished by means of further 

reprogramming; but, instead, funds should again be sought for the 

deferred project or activity through the regular appropriations process. 

(c) Reprogramming should not be employed to initiate new programs or to change allocations specifically denied, limited or increased by the Congress in the act or the report. In cases where 

unforeseen events or conditions are deemed to require changes, 

proposals shall be submitted in advance to the 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 
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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. 
(9) 

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 262 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 2007 over 68 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 

2007, it is estimated that public lands will generate $5,829,412,000 

in revenues, the bulk of this amount coming from ongoing energy 

development. BLM will collect an estimated $1,329,412,000 in revenue from the sale of land and materials, grazing fees, timber 

sales, and recreation use and filing fees. Additionally, the Bureau’s 

onshore mineral leasing activities are expected to generate 

$4,500,000,000 in receipts. Of the revenues generated on public 

lands, approximately 39 percent is provided directly to States and 

counties to support roads, schools, and community needs. 

MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND RESOURCES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $847,632,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 863,244,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 867,738,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 876,872,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $876,872,000, an increase of $13,628,000 over the budget request. Activity-level 

changes are listed below, and changes to specific subactivities are 

reflected in the table in the back of the report. 

Land Resources.—The Committee recommends $188,281,000 for 

land resources, which is an increase of $1,400,000 above the request. Increases above the request include $1,000,000 for the Idaho 

Department of Agriculture to provide coordination, facilitation, administrative support, and cost-shared weed control project funding 
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to Cooperative Weed Management Areas, $200,000 for the Rio 

Puerco Watershed project, and $200,000 for the Walking Box 

Ranch/Mojave Desert Education and Research Center. Within 

funds, $100,000 is to be made available for slickspot peppergrass 

monitoring in Idaho. 

The Committee fully supports the administration’s inclusion in the request of an additional $3,000,000 to preserve and enhance 

cultural and heritage resources. 

The Committee does not support the budget request’s suggested 

elimination of the Range Improvements Account, and has restored 

these funds. 

The Committee has included further direction regarding grazing 

permit stocking levels and the acceptance of third party range monitoring under the Forest Service’s account for grazing management. 

Wildlife and Fisheries Management.—The Committee recommends $40,805,000, for wildlife and fisheries management, 

which is equal to the request. 

Threatened and Endangered Species.—The Committee recommends $21,435,000 for threatened and endangered species management, which is equal to the request. 

Recreation Management.—The Committee recommends 

$65,165,000 for recreation management, which is $1,400,000 over 

the budget request. Increases above the budget request in the wilderness subactivity include $500,000 to restore the recommended 

program reduction. Increases over the budget request for recreation 

resources management include $900,000 for the Undaunted Stewardship program. Kasha Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument 

should be funded at the 2006 level of $415,000. 

In future budget requests, the Committee expects the Department of the Interior to include unit-level allocations for National 

Monuments, National Conservation Areas, National Scenic and National Historic Trails and Wild and Scenic Rivers. 

Energy and Minerals Management Including Alaska Minerals.— 

The Committee has provided $138,005,000, which is $27,585,000 

above the enacted level and $3,300,000 above the budget request. 

Increases above the request include $2,300,000 for restoration of 

the Alaska Minerals program and $1,000,000 for capping wells in 

the National Petroleum Reserve. The Alaska Minerals program is 

directed to work in conjunction with the Alaska Minerals Resources 

Assessment program. Within available funds, the Committee directs BLM to support the North Slope Science Initiative. Within Oil 

and Gas funds, the Department may use up to $250,000 for the Oil 

and Gas Leasing Internet Pilot Program. The Committee has included bill language regarding this pilot program under General 

Provisions of this Title. 

The Committee has consistently funded increases for APD processing and performance improvements have been significant. The 

Committee understands that increased oil and gas permitting activity in recent years has shifted the day to day responsibilities of 

BLM field staff in offices across the west. However, since the BLM 

manages multiple use lands, it is the Committee’s intent that the 

contribution of certain field office staff should not focus solely on 

energy development. Management of range, recreation, fish and 

wildlife, and historical and cultural resources are all important 
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uses of BLM lands and the activities of the professionals hired for 

those responsibilities should not be limited to energy development. 

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 allowed for 25 percent of geothermal sales, bonuses, rentals and royalties to be made available 

for implementation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. With this 

funding, BLM is expected to expedite promulgation of any necessary regulations and act quickly on outstanding geothermal energy applications to reduce the current backlog. 

The Committee is aware of State and local government interest 

in co-locating State and local government resource agency offices 

with the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service. The 

Service and the BLM have made progress in reducing operational 

costs through the Service First initiative, and the Committee hopes 

to see similar progress with the States and communities in which 

they operate. The Committee urges the BLM and Forest Service to 

investigate the opportunity for potential efficiencies from co-location. 

Realty and Ownership Management.—The Committee recommends $89,044,000 for realty and ownership management, 

which is $6,528,000 above the request. Increases above the request 

include $4,768,000 for the Alaska Land Conveyance project, 

$300,000 for GIS/cadastral mapping in Utah, $750,000 for processing recordable disclaimer applications in Alaska, $160,000 for 

soil survey mapping in Wyoming, and $750,000 for the ongoing cadastral mapping project in New Mexico. There is a decrease of 

$200,000 for the Nez Perce/Snake River settlement, which is instead carried in the Miscellaneous Payments account in the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs section of the bill. 

Resource Protection and Maintenance.—The Committee recommends $83,631,000 for resource protection and maintenance, 

which is equal to the budget request. The budget request includes 

funding for six new State staff rangers, and the Committee expects 

that the addition of these employees will result in better and more 

coordinated law enforcement efforts across all BLM lands. 

Transportation and Facilities Maintenance.—The Committee recommends $76,381,000 for transportation and facilities management, which is $1,000,000 above the request. This increase is to 

support activities on the Pacific Crest, Continental Divide and 

Iditarod Trails. 

Land Resources Information.—The Committee recommends 

$17,585,000 for land resources information, which is equal to the 

request. 

Mining Law Administration.—The Committee recommends 

$32,696 for mining law administration, which is equal to the request. 

Workforce Organization and Support.—The Committee recommends $147,183,000 for workforce organization and support, 

which is equal to the request. 

Challenge Cost Share.—The Committee recommends $9,357,000 

for the challenge cost share program, which is equal to the request. 

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. 
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WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $755,286,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 769,560,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 769,253,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 776,649,000 

The Committee recommends a total appropriation of $776,649,000 for wildland fire management, an increase of 

$7,089,000 above the budget request and $21,363,000 above the enacted level. 

The Committee recommends $274,801,000 for fire preparedness, 

which is equal to the request level. The Committee also recommends $257,041,000 for fire suppression, which is equal to the request level and the 10-year average. The Committee’s recommendation includes $244,807,000 for 

other fire operations, which is $7,089,000 more than the request 

level. Burned Area Rehabilitation is funded at $24,286,000, Hazardous Fuels is funded at $199,787,000, Rural Fire Assistance is 

funded at $5,000,000, Facilities are funded at $7,734,000, and Fire 

Science is funded at $8,000,000. Funding for the National Center 

for Landscape Fire Analysis shall remain at or above the fiscal 

year 2006 enacted level of $1,500,000. 

Within other fire operations, 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. 

Burned area rehabilitation is funded at the request level of $24,286,000. Six million dollars has been reprogrammed by the Department from burned area rehabilitation to fire preparedness in 

each of the past 2 fiscal years. The Committee approved both of 

these reprogrammings, recognizing that fire prevention and preparedness ultimately reduce the need for post-fire rehabilitation. 

However, if future reprogramming requests are anticipated, future 

wildland fire requests should reflect this shift in priorities. 

Hazardous fuels reduction is funded at the request level of $199,787,000. The Committee encourages the Bureau to carefully 

evaluate the need for hazardous fuel reduction and watershed restoration activities near Ely, Nevada and consider increasing funding for these activities. 

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. The Committee further notes that the administration claims Interior rural wildland fire assistance grants would be 
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replaced by similar grants administered by the Department of 

Homeland Security, although DHS firefighter assistance grants are 

reduced from $648,000,000 to $293,000,000 in the budget request. 

The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for the Rural Fire Assistance program. 

The Committee recommends the requested level of $7,734,000 for 

facilities. 

The joint fire science research program, which was designed to 

be a 50–50 partnership between the agencies, is proposed for disparate treatment in the 2007 budget request. The administration 

proposes to cut the Forest Service contribution by $3,922,000 while 

maintaining the Interior contribution at the 2006 level. The Committee recommends funding each Department’s share for joint fire 

science research equally to maintain parity for this interagency 

program, and has provided $8,000,000 for the BLM. 

CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $11,750,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 6,476,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 11,476,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,840,000 

The Committee recommends $6,840,000 for construction, which 

is $4,910,000 below the fiscal year 2006 level, an increase of 

$364,000 above the request, and $4,636,000 below the House allowance. The increase is for visitor services improvements at Kasha 

Katuwe National Monument. 

LAND ACQUISITION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $8,621,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 8,767,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 3,067,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 9,217,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,217,000 for 

land acquisition, an increase of $450,000 above the budget request 

and $596,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

The following table shows the Committee’s recommendations: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

State Project Committee 

recommendation 

MT Blackfoot River Special Recreation Management Area .......................................................................... $5,000 

CA California Wilderness .............................................................................................................................. 500 

MT Chain-of-Lakes RMA/Lewis and Clark NHT ............................................................................................ 1,250 

CA Coachella Valley Fringe-Toed Lizard ACEC ............................................................................................. 500 

UT Colorado River Special Recreation Management Area ........................................................................... 1,300 

Use of Unobligated Balances ................................................................................................................. ¥2,250 

SUBTOTAL, LINE ITEM PROJECTS ............................................................................................... 6,300 

Emergencies and Hardships ................................................................................................................... 1,000 

Acquisition Management ......................................................................................................................... 1,917 

TOTAL, BLM LAND ACQUSITION ................................................................................................. 9,217 
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OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $108,451,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 112,408,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 111,408,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 112,408,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $112,408,000, an increase of $3,957,000 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, 2006 ............................................................................. $10,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 10,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 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 2006 enacted 

level, and the House allowance. The Committee rejects the budget 

request’s proposed elimination of this account. 

SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $25,483,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 25,483,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 25,483,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 25,483,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $25,483,000, 

equal to the budget estimate and the House allowance. 

MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $12,405,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 12,405,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 12,405,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 12,405,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,405,000, the 

same as the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, the budget request and 

the House allowance. 

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 
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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, 2006 (including emergency appropriations) ............. $1,001,435,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 995,594,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,016,669,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,023,703,000 

The Committee recommends $1,023,703,000 for resource management, an increase of $28,109,000 above the budget request and 

$22,268,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. A table in the 

back of the report displays the distribution of funds at the subactivity level. 

Budget estimate Committee recommendation Change 

Ecological Services .............................................................................. $242,624,000 $257,676,000 ∂$15,052,000 

Refuges and Wildlife ........................................................................... 480,359,000 489,089,000 ∂8,730,000 

Fisheries ............................................................................................... 114,612,000 120,649,000 ∂6,037,000 

General Administration ........................................................................ 157,999,000 156,289,000 ¥1,710,000 

Total, Resource Management ................................................. 995,594,000 1,023,703,000 ∂28,109,000 

Ecological Services.—The Committee recommends $257,676,000 

for ecological services, an increase of $15,052,000 above the budget 

request. 

Endangered species candidate conservation programs are funded 

at $10,045,000, an increase of $1,982,000 above the budget request. 

Increases include $250,000 to assess the impact of wind power turbines on the Appalachian Ridge on nocturnal migratory birds and 

bats, $1,588,000 to implement the candidate conservation agreement with assurances for Arctic grayling in the Big Hole River, 

Montana, and $144,000 for fixed costs and to restore the activity 

based cost management [ABC] reduction. 

Listing programs are funded at $17,859,000, an increase of 

$100,000 above the budget request. There is an increase of 

$100,000 for fixed costs and to restore the ABC reduction. 

Consultation and habitat conservation planning programs are 

funded at $50,018,000, an increase of $681,000 above the budget 

request. There is an increase of $681,000 for fixed costs, to restore 

the ABC reduction, and to address unmet needs. 

Recovery programs are funded at $74,028,000, an increase of 

$8,149,000 above the budget request. The requested programmatic 

increase is not funded. Increases above the budget request are 

$1,182,000 for the Alaska Sea Life Center, $2,500,000 for Atlantic 

salmon in the Penobscot River in Maine, $500,000 to the National 

Fish and Wildlife Foundation for Atlantic salmon recovery grants, 

$60,000 for black-footed ferrets in Colorado, $250,000 for bull trout 

in Idaho, $500,000 for Lahontan cutthroat trout in Nevada, 
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$150,000 to The Peregrine Fund for northern aplomado falcon recovery, $500,000 to the White Sulphur Springs National Fish 

Hatchery in West Virginia for aquatic invertebrate and amphibian 

species recovery and restoration, $1,205,000 for gray wolves in 

Idaho and Montana, of which $400,000 is for monitoring in Montana, $715,000 is to the Idaho Office of Species Conservation, and 

$90,000 is to the Nez Perce Tribe, bringing the total for the Nez 

Perce Tribe to $385,000. The remaining increases include 

$1,098,000 for the Yellowstone grizzly bear conservation strategy, 

and $600,000 for fixed costs and to restore the ABC reduction. 

The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program is funded at 

$45,658,000, an increase of $2,998,000 above the budget request. 

Increases include $1,500,000 for the Lower Colorado River/ 

Matagorda Bay Aquatic Habitat Study in Texas, $550,000 for bird 

conservation in Hawaii, $300,000 for sage grouse in Idaho, 

$800,000 for invasive species management in Hawaii, $100,000 for 

invasive species management in Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, 

$500,000 for Montana coldwater fish, $1,250,000 for the Nevada 

Biodiversity Research and Conservation Project, $1,000,000 for the 

Wildlife Enterprises Program at Mississippi State University, and 

$273,000 for fixed costs and to restore the ABC reduction. Decreases include $800,000 for gray wolf monitoring in Idaho and 

Montana and $495,000 for the Yellowstone grizzly bear conservation strategy, which are funded in the recovery program, and 

$1,980,000 for the Lower Klamath Basin. 

Project planning programs are funded at $31,051,000, an increase of $888,000 above the budget request. Increases include 

$550,000 for the Middle Rio Grande/Bosque Program in New Mexico and $338,000 for fixed costs and to restore the ABC reduction. 

Coastal programs are funded at $13,071,000, an increase of 

$87,000 above the budget request. There is an increase of $87,000 

for fixed costs and to restore the ABC reduction. 

The National Wetlands Inventory is funded at $4,743,000, an increase of $41,000 above the budget request. There is an increase 

of $41,000 for fixed costs and to restore the ABC reduction. 

Environmental contaminants programs are funded at 

$11,203,000, an increase of $126,000 above the budget request. 

There is an increase of $126,000 for fixed costs and to restore the 

ABC reduction. 

Refuges and Wildlife.—The Committee recommends $489,089,000 

for refuges and wildlife, an increase of $8,730,000 above the budget 

request. 

Refuge wildlife and habitat management programs are funded at 

$154,725,000, an increase of $6,610,000 above the budget request. 

Increases include $150,000 for invasive weed control at Lee Metcalf 

National Wildlife Refuge, $1,200,000 for spartina grass management at the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge in Washington, 

$100,000 for wildlife rainwater reservoirs in Nevada, $2,200,000 for 

high priority projects identified in the Refuge Operational Needs 

System, and $2,960,000 for fixed costs and to restore the ABC reduction. Within the funds provided for Refuge Wildlife and Habitat 

Management, the Committee directs the Service to allocate 

$125,000 to the Palmyra Atoll NWR in order to honor the Service’s 
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commitment to the partnership with The Nature Conservancy and 

the Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium. 

Visitor services are funded at $64,098,000, a decrease of 

$1,186,000 below the budget request. There is an increase of 

$690,000 for fixed costs and to restore the ABC reduction. There 

is a decrease of $1,876,000 for challenge cost sharing partnerships. 

Refuge law enforcement is funded at $26,509,000, an increase of 

$199,000 above the budget request. There is an increase of 

$199,000 for fixed costs and to restore the ABC reduction. 

Conservation planning is funded at $10,446,000, an increase of 

$148,000 above the budget request. There is an increase of 

$148,000 for fixed costs and to restore the ABC reduction. The 

Committee encourages the Service to complete the Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan for the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, 

Vermont, in fiscal year 2007 and directs 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. 

Refuge maintenance is funded at $135,454,000, an increase of 

$3,723,000 above the budget request. Increases include $224,000 

for maintenance support, $395,000 for equipment replacement, 

$937,000 for heavy equipment replacement, and $2,167,000 for deferred maintenance, of which, $50,000 is for hunting shack removal 

at the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge in West Viginia. 

As authorized by Public Law 109–154, the Committee encourages 

the Service to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with 

qualified youth service or conservation corps to cost-effectively perform appropriate conservation projects and disaster prevention or 

relief projects on refuges. 

Migratory bird management is funded at $39,958,000, a decrease 

of $1,381,000 below the budget request. Increases above the budget 

request include $200,000 for a continent-wide American white pelican population survey and $279,000 for fixed costs and to restore 

the ABC reduction. New initiatives in conservation and monitoring 

are not funded except for focal species management. Other decreases include $448,000 for existing joint ventures and $528,000 

for new joint ventures. 

Law enforcement programs are funded at $57,899,000, an increase of $617,000 above the budget request. There is an increase 

of $617,000 for fixed costs and to restore the ABC reduction. 

Fisheries.—The Committee recommends $120,649,000 for fisheries, an increase of $6,037,000 above the budget request. 

Fish hatchery operations and maintenance programs are funded 

at $62,514,000, an increase of $1,389,000 above the budget request. 

Increases include $489,000 for fixed costs and to restore the ABC 

reduction and $900,000 for whirling disease research and management, of which $500,000 is for the National Partnership for the 

Management of Wild and Native Coldwater Fisheries, and 

$400,000 is for the Whirling Disease Foundation. The Committee 

recognizes the importance of the Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery and encourages the Fish and Wildlife Service to provide the 

necessary funding for full staffing of this nationally significant facility. 
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Anadromous fish management programs are funded at $9,859,000, a decrease of $482,000 below the budget request. There 

is an increase of $99,000 for fixed costs and to restore the ABC reduction. The budget request includes $581,000 for Atlantic salmon 

recovery. The Committee has understood that anadromous fish 

management funds are disbursed at the field level to the Service’s 

fishery resource offices. In Maine, the only State where Atlantic 

salmon are listed on the endangered species list, the budget request estimates an allocation of only $81,000 and one FTE employee for the Maine Fishery Resource Office. The Service failed to 

respond to the Committee’s request to account for the Service’s 

past allocation of funds supposedly dedicated to Atlantic salmon recovery and its plans to allocate the other $500,000 in fiscal year 

2007. Therefore, the Committee recommends a decrease of 

$581,000 from the budget request in order to partially offset the 

Penobscot River project, which is funded in the endangered species 

recovery program. Fish and wildlife assistance programs are funded at $43,806,000, an increase of $3,103,000 above the budget request. Increases include $75,000 to restore the aquatic nuisance species program, 

$500,000 for Great Lakes fish and wildlife restoration grants, 

$500,000 for aquatic pest research at Montana State University in 

coordination with the national Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers public 

awareness initiative, $500,000 for the Wildlife Health Center in 

Montana, $64,000 to restore funding for the implementation of the 

Yukon River Salmon Treaty, and $1,464,000 to restore the proposed reduction in general program activities, for fixed costs, and 

to restore the ABC reduction. 

The Committee is disappointed with the Service’s progress in developing the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force National Asian 

Carp Management and Control Plan. The Committee recognizes 

that such a plan is an important step toward stopping the spread 

of these invasive fishes, but the Committee will no longer support 

the use of funds for continued plan development. Recognizing that 

the plan is scheduled to be completed by May 2006, the Committee 

has restored the proposed reduction for Asian carp control related 

projects. The Service shall use the restored funds for the implementation of the highest priority action items identified in the plan for 

the continental United States, in conjunction with partners. The 

Service shall not use the funds for base Service capabilities. 

Marine mammal programs are funded at $4,470,000, an increase 

of $2,027,000 above the budget request. Increases include 

$2,000,000 to restore the Alaska program and $27,000 for fixed 

costs and to restore the ABC reduction. 

General Administration.—The Committee recommends 

$156,289,000 for general administration, a decrease of $1,710,000 

below the budget request. 

There is a decrease of $1,000,000 in central office administration 

to partially offset the cost of restoring the proposed activity based 

cost management [ABC] reduction elsewhere throughout Resource 

Management. The Committee notes that the Service used ABC to 

claim $1,980,000 in administrative cost savings in its fiscal year 

2007 budget request. The Committee supports the use of ABC as 

an internal management tool and the foundation of a performance- 
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based budget; however, given how recently the Service initiated 

ABC and the associated challenges that have accompanied this effort, coupled with the fact that the Service was the only Interior 

bureau to claim ABC savings in the fiscal year 2007 budget request, the Committee questions whether ABC is not being used in 

this case as a budgeting gimmick that forces base programs to absorb further reductions that they cannot afford. The Committee requests the Government Accountability Office to investigate the 

Service’s use of ABC, and to report its findings and recommendations back to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

by March 1, 2007. 

The National Conservation Training Center is funded at $18,441,000, a decrease of $730,000 below the budget request. Increases include $987,000 for annual maintenance and $83,000 for 

fixed costs and to restore the ABC reduction. There is a decrease 

of $1,800,000 for the performance training initiative. International affairs programs are funded at $10,014,000, an in- crease of $20,000 above the budget request. Increases include 

$300,000 for the Caddo Lake RAMSAR Center in Texas and 

$20,000 to restore the ABC reduction. There is a decrease of 

$300,000 for the wildlife without borders program. 

The funds provided for the Caddo Lake RAMSAR Center in 

Texas are for conservation and education programs directly related 

to Caddo Lake and may not be used for infrastructure, construction-related projects, legal or management fees, or any other purposes. The Caddo Lake Institute should work cooperatively with 

Texas A&M University on preparing a program of work for fiscal 

year 2007. 

CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2006 (including emergency appropriations) ............. $207,616,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 19,722,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 39,756,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 28,824,000 

The Committee recommends $28,824,000 for construction, an increase of $9,102,000 above the budget request and a decrease of 

$16,392,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, excluding 

emergency appropriations. 

The Committee agrees to the following distribution of funds: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Unit Project Committee 

recommendation 

Baca NWR, CO ...................................................... Irrigation and Signage .................................................... 324 

Cache River NWR, AR ........................................... Visitor Center [p/d] ......................................................... 150 

Clark’s River NWR, KY .......................................... Environmental Education Shelters [cc] ........................... 200 

Don Edwards SF Bay NWR, CA ............................. Levee Maintenance and Improvements ........................... 1,000 

Hakalau NWR, HI .................................................. Bird Propagation Facility ................................................. 950 

Kanuti NWR, AK .................................................... Bunkhouse replacement [p/d] ......................................... 160 

Klamath Basin NWR Complex, CA ........................ Water Supply and Management—Phase VI ................... 1,235 

National Elk Refuge, WY ....................................... Old Timbers Lake Dam Rehabilitation—Phase II 

[d/cc].

545 

Ohio River Islands NWR, WV ................................ Erosion Control ................................................................ 1,200 

Patuxent Research Refuge, MD ............................ Water and Sewer Infrastructure ...................................... 1,900 

Sullys Hill Nat’l Game Preserve, ND ..................... Education and Visitor Center .......................................... 250 

Wichita Mountains WR, OK ................................... Lake Rush Dam Rehabilitation [cc] ................................ 375

Garrison Dam NFH, ND ......................................... Hatchery Pond Liners ...................................................... 300 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Unit Project Committee recommendation 

Jackson NFH, WY ................................................... Seismic Rehab Phase I (d) ............................................. 3,499 

Jordan River NFH, MI ............................................ Replace Effluent Settling System [p/d/cc] ..................... 800 

Leavenworth NFH, WA ........................................... Nada Dam Upper and Lower ........................................... 500 

Neosho NFH, MO ................................................... Visitors Center [cc] ......................................................... 2,950 

White Sulphur Springs NFH, WV ........................... Well Refurbishment ......................................................... 200 

Office of Aircraft Services .................................... Replacement of Survey Aircraft—Phase II ..................... 500 

Servicewide ........................................................... Dam Safety Inspections .................................................. 717 

Servicewide ........................................................... Bridge Safety Inspections ............................................... 570 

Servicewide ........................................................... Visitor Contact Facilities ................................................. 1,000 

Subtotal, Line Item Construction ............ .......................................................................................... 19,325 

Servicewide ........................................................... Core Engineering Services ............................................... 5,813 

Servicewide ........................................................... Seismic Safety ................................................................. 100 

Servicewide ........................................................... Waste Prevention and Recycling ..................................... 130 

Servicewide ........................................................... Environmental Compliance .............................................. 1,000 

Servicewide ........................................................... Cost Allocation Methodology ........................................... 2,456 

Subtotal, Nationwide Engineering Services........................................................................................... 9,499 

Total ......................................................... .......................................................................................... 28,824 

LAND ACQUISITION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $27,990,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 27,079,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 19,751,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 42,264,000 

The Committee recommends $42,264,000 for land acquisition, an 

increase of $15,185,000 above the budget request and $14,274,000 

above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. The Committee agrees to 

the following distribution of funds: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

State Project Committee recommendation 

CO Arapaho NWR .......................................................................................................................... 1,000 

MD Blackwater NWR ...................................................................................................................... 400 

AR Cache River NWR .................................................................................................................... 495 

WV Canaan Valley NWR ................................................................................................................ 2,500 

KY Clark’s River NWR ................................................................................................................... 250 

ND, SD Dakota Tallgrass Prairie NWR ................................................................................................ 250 

IA Driftless Area NWR ................................................................................................................. 250 

VA Eastern Shore NWR ................................................................................................................. 2,277 

CT, NJ, NY, PA Highlands Conservation Act ................................................................................................... 1,000 

HI James Campbell NWR ............................................................................................................. 8,000 

NH Lake Umbagog NWR ................................................................................................................ 1,000 

TX Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR ................................................................................................ 150 

ND North Dakota Prairie Project conservation easements ........................................................... 250 

MN, IA Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR .............................................................................................. 495 

RI Rhode Island Refuge Complex ................................................................................................ 1,000 

MT Rocky Mountain Front ............................................................................................................. 2,500 

CT, MA, NH, VT Silvio O. Conte NFWR .............................................................................................................. 4,000 

FL St. Marks NWR ........................................................................................................................ 1,700 

OR Upper Klamath Lake NWR [Barnes Tract] .............................................................................. 2,475 

AK Yukon Flats NWR, AK [Doyon land exchange EIS] ................................................................. 500 

Use of Unobligated Balances ................................................................................................. ¥2,250 

Subtotal, Line Item Projets ....................................................................................... 28,242 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

State Project Committee recommendation 

Inholdings ................................................................................................................................ 1,500 

Emergencies and Hardships ................................................................................................... 1,500 

Exchanges ............................................................................................................................... 1,500 

Acquisition Management ......................................................................................................... 7,720 

Cost Allocation Methodology ................................................................................................... 1,802 

Total, FWS Land Acquisition ..................................................................................... 42,264 

LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM

Appropriations, 2006 (including rescission) ......................................... $21,667,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 24,400,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 15,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 10,000,000 

The Committee recommends $10,000,000 for the landowner incentive program, a decrease of $14,400,000 below the budget request and $11,667,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. The 

Committee recognizes the conservation benefit of this program and 

the Service’s strong support. The Committee has provided enough 

funding to continue to support the Tier I portion of the program. 

PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $7,277,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 9,400,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 7,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 7,277,000 

The Committee recommends $7,277,000 for private stewardship 

grants, a decrease of $2,123,000 below the budget request and the 

same as the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

Appropriations, 2006 (including rescission) ......................................... $80,001,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 80,001,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 80,507,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 80,001,000 

The Committee recommends $80,001,000 for the cooperative endangered species conservation fund, the same level as the budget 

request and the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. Changes to the 

budget request include an increase of $5,067,000 for HCP land acquisition and a decrease of $5,067,000 for the Nez Perce/Snake 

River water rights settlement, which is funded under the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs. 

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $14,202,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 10,811,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 14,202,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 14,202,000 

The Committee recommends $14,202,000 for the national wildlife 

refuge fund, an increase of $3,391,000 above the budget request 

and the same as the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 
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NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $39,412,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 41,646,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 36,646,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 39,412,000 

The Committee recommends $39,412,000 for the North American 

wetlands conservation fund, a decrease of $2,234,000 below the 

budget request and the same as the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

Changes to the budget request include decreases of $2,144,000 for 

wetlands conservation and $90,000 for administration. 

NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION FUND

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $3,941,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... ........................... 

House allowance .................................................................................... 4,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,000,000 

The Committee recommends $4,000,000 for the neotropical migratory bird conservation fund, an increase of $4,000,000 above the 

budget request and $59,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level. 

MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $6,404,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 8,217,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 6,057,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,800,000 

The Committee recommends $6,800,000 for the multinational 

species conservation fund, a decrease of $1,417,000 below the budget request and an increase of $396,000 above the fiscal year 2006 

enacted level. Changes to the budget request include increases of 

$410,000 for African elephant conservation, $610,000 for rhinoceros 

and tiger conservation, $410,000 for Asian elephant conservation, 

$410,000 for great ape conservation, and $703,000 for marine sea 

turtle conservation, and a decrease of $3,960,000 for neotropical 

migratory bird conservation which is funded in a separate account. 

STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $67,492,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 74,666,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 50,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 67,492,000 

The Committee recommends $67,492,000 for State and tribal 

wildlife grants, a decrease of $7,174,000 below the budget request 

and the same as the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. Of the recommended amount, $5,912,000 is for tribal wildlife grants. The 

Committee has not provided $5,000,000 for competitive State wildlife grants. The Committee recognizes the efforts of the State fish 

and wildlife agencies, the Service, and partner organizations to develop comprehensive State wildlife plans and an objective plan approval process. The Committee expects that most of the fiscal year 

2007 funds for State wildlife grants will be for plan implementation 

instead of plan revision. The Service should continue to use the National Advisory Acceptance Team process to approve future plan re-
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visions in order to ensure that the same standards continue to be 

applied across all States. 

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, 2006 (including emergency appropriations) ............. $1,718,940,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,742,317,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,755,317,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,751,040,000 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The operation of the national park system account is the primary 

source of funding for the national parks, and supports the activities, programs and services essential to their day-to-day operations. 

It includes base funding for individual park units, as well as pooled 

funding administered at the national or regional level for training; 

repair, preservation and rehabilitation of facilities and resources; 

information technology; and a variety of other purposes. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $1,751,040,000 for operation of the 

National Park System, an increase of $8,723,000 above the budget 

request and an increase of $32,100,000 above the fiscal year 2006 

enacted level. 

Park Base Increase.—The Committee recommends an additional 

$15,000,000 for park base operations above the budget request, 

which is for across the board increases to all parks. 

Resource Stewardship.—The Committee recommends 

$357,095,000 for resource stewardship, a decrease of $5,352,000 

below the budget request and an increase of $4,176,000 above the 

fiscal year 2006 enacted level. Changes to the budget request include increases of $250,000 for the Mammoth Cave Center for 

Science and Learning in Kentucky and $300,000 for vanishing 

treasures, and decreases of $250,000 for a visitor services survey, 

$1,000,000 for vital signs inventory and monitoring networks, 

$750,000 for exotic species management teams, $500,000 for the 

Yellowstone grizzly bear conservation strategy which is fully funded in the Fish and Wildlife Service, $1,000,000 for inventory and 

monitoring of historic structures and landscapes, and $2,402,000 

for air tour management plans. Until the Service can work with 

the Federal Aviation Administration to overcome the issues identified in the Government Accountability Office report GAO–06–468 
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and fully collect air tour fees, the Committee sees little point in investing in new air tour management plans. 

As authorized by Public Law 109–154, the Committee encourages 

the Service to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with 

qualified youth service or conservation corps to cost-effectively perform appropriate conservation projects and disaster prevention or 

relief projects in national parks. 

The Committee directs the Department, in collaboration with the 

United States Department of Agriculture, to work with the States 

of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho to expeditiously complete the 

Memorandum of Understanding regarding bison management at 

Yellowstone National Park. The Committee notes that brucellosis 

has been eradicated elsewhere in the United States, and urges the 

Department to increase its focus on eradication of the disease in 

the Greater Yellowstone area. Attempts to shift the focus towards 

disease management, rather than eradication, or to create buffer 

zones around the park, should be rejected by the Department. 

Visitor Services.—The Committee recommends $343,837,000 for 

visitor services, a decrease of $977,000 below the budget request 

and $2,867,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. There is 

an increase of $375,000 for George Washington Carver NHS outreach programs. Health and safety programs are funded at 

$16,590,000, concessions management is funded at $10,124,000. 

It is the sense of the Committee’s that the administration request regarding fees and access to national parks by filming crews 

should reconsider the differences in news reporting as opposed to 

commercial filming. Exemptions for live feeds and immediate 

broadcasts are made in the rule governing special use fees, but 

often the remote nature of national parks makes these exemptions 

meaningless. The Committee requests a review of the policy and a 

report on how it can be more meaningfully applied within 90 days 

of enactment. 

Facility Operations and Maintenance.—The Committee recommends $603,119,000 for facility operations and maintenance, an 

increase of $1,319,000 above the budget request and $10,045,000 

above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. Changes to the budget request include a decrease of $1,831,000 for cyclic maintenance and 

an increase of $3,150,000 for repair and rehabilitation to implement high priority projects in the Service’s 5-year deferred maintenance and capital improvement plan, including $600,000 for the 

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHS, $295,000 for Ford’s Theatre, 

$135,000 for fences at Gettysburg NMP for a total of $350,000, 

$250,000 for the George Washington Carver NHS for a total of 

$340,000, $325,000 for the Harry S. Truman NHS for a total of 

$495,000, $400,000 for repair of historic windows and masonry at 

the Keweenaw NHP, $370,000 for the Martin Luther King, Jr. 

NHS, $500,000 for the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi, and 

$275,000 for the Sewall-Belmont House NHS. 

Park Support.—The Committee recommends $297,910,000 for 

park support, a decrease of $280,000 below the budget request and 

an increase of $303,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

Changes to the budget request include an increase of $30,000 for 

the Roosevelt Campobello International Park and a decrease of 
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$310,000 for oversight of the partnership program, which is funded 

in the construction account. 

External Administrative Costs.—The Committee recommends 

$134,079,000 for external administrative costs, a decrease of 

$987,000 from the budget request and an increase of $5,443,000 

above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

UNITED STATES PARK POLICE

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $80,213,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 84,775,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 84,775,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 84,775,000 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The United States Park Police is a full-time, full-service uniformed law enforcement entity of the National Park Service that 

operates primarily in the Washington, DC, area, the New York City 

metropolitan area, and San Francisco. Its primary functions are 

the protection of icon parks and their visitors, patrol of the National Mall and adjacent parks, special events and crowd management, criminal investigations, and traffic control and parkway patrol. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $84,775,000 for the United States 

Park Police, the same as the budget request and an increase of 

$4,562,000 above the fisal year 2006 enacted level. 

NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $54,156,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 33,261,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 47,161,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 53,501,000 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The national recreation and preservation appropriation funds a 

variety of authorized programs that are associated with local community efforts to preserve natural and cultural resources. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $53,501,000 for national recreation 

and preservation programs, an increase of $20,240,000 above the 

budget request and a decrease of $655,000 below the fiscal year 

2006 enacted level. 

Recreation Programs.—The Committee recommends $557,000 for 

recreation programs, the same as the budget request and an increase of $11,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

Natural Programs.—The Committee recommends $9,937,000 for 

natural programs, an increase of $500,000 above the budget request and $237,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

Changes to the budget request include an increase of $500,000 for 

rivers, trails and conservation assistance. 

Cultural Programs.—The Committee recommends $20,069,000 

for cultural programs, an increase of $375,000 above the budget re-
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quest and $336,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

Changes to the budget request include $375,000 to restore National 

Underground Railroad to Freedom grants. 

International Park Affairs.—The Committee recommends 

$1,557,000 for international park affairs, the same as the budget 

request and a decrease of $37,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

Environmental and Compliance Review.—The Committee recommends $403,000 for environmental and compliance review, the 

same as the budget request and an increase of $10,000 above the 

fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

Grants Administration.—The Committee recommends $1,613,000 

for grants administration, the same as the budget request and a 

decrease of $272,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

Heritage Partnership Programs.—The Committee recommends 

$14,115,000 for heritage partnership programs, an increase of 

$14,115,000 above the budget request and $814,000 above the fiscal 

year 2006 enacted level. 

The Committee agrees to the following distribution of funds: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Project Committee 

recommendation 

America’s Agricultural Heritage Partnership ....................................................................................................... 700 

Augusta Canal National Heritage Area ............................................................................................................... 350 

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area ...................................................................................................................... 800 

Cane River National Heritage Area ...................................................................................................................... 800 

Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor ................................................................................................ 715 

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor ........................................................................................................... 750 

Essex National Heritage Area .............................................................................................................................. 800 

Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area ....................................................................................................... 450 

John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor .................................................................. 800 

Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area ......................................................................................................... 500 

Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area ................................................................................................... 500 

Motor Cities Automobile National Heritage Area ................................................................................................. 450 

National Aviation Heritage Area .......................................................................................................................... 300 

National Coal Heritage Area ................................................................................................................................ 100 

Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor ................................................................................................. 800 

Oil Region National Heritage Area ....................................................................................................................... 200 

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor .................................................................. 800 

Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area ................................................................................................................ 800 

Schuykill River Valley National Heritage Area ..................................................................................................... 450 

Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District .................................................................................. 500 

South Carolina National Heritage Corridor .......................................................................................................... 800 

Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area ...................................................................................................................... 500 

Wheeling National Heritage Area ......................................................................................................................... 800 

Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area ............................................................................................................... 350 

Subtotal, Commissions and Grants ....................................................................................................... 14,015 

Administrative Support ........................................................................................................................................ 100 

TOTAL, Heritage Partnership Pgms ........................................................................................................ 14,115 

Statutory or Contractual Aid.—The Committee recommends 

$5,250,000 for statutory or contractual aid programs, an increase 

of $5,250,000 above the budget request and a decrease of 

$1,754,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

The Committee agrees to the following distribution of funds: 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Amount 

Statutory or Contractual Aid: 

Angel Island Immigration Station ................................................................................................................... 500 

Brown Foundation ........................................................................................................................................... 250 

Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network ............................................................................................................... 1,625 

Crossroads of the West Historic District ........................................................................................................ 500 

Fort Mandan, Fort Lincoln, and Northern Plains Foundations ....................................................................... 475 

International Peace Gardens ........................................................................................................................... 450 

Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission ............................................................................................................. 250 

Lamprey Wild and Scenic River ...................................................................................................................... 600 

Native Hawaiian culture and arts program ................................................................................................... 600 

Subtotal, Statutory or Contractual Aid ....................................................................................................... 5,250 

The Committee recommends $1,625,000 to continue the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network [CBGN], the National Park Service’s 

principal program to assist in the conservation and stewardship of 

Chesapeake Bay. Since fiscal year 2000, this Committee has provided $11,000,000 for this initiative, of which $3,800,000 has been 

allocated for developing a network-wide strategic plan, interpretive 

planning, water trail planning and development, heritage tourism 

development, and stewardship capacity building and $7,200,000 

has been allocated for matching grants to State and local governments and not-for-profit organizations. These grants have supported 190 projects to improve public access, enhance public education and interpretation, and conserve the many natural, cultural 

and historical resources at more than 150 sites within five of the 

six States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The Committee notes 

that the Department’s Inspector General has recently completed a 

report which commends the National Park Service for taking positive steps to improve the management of the grants program and 

recommends two further actions to put all grants on a reasonable 

and documented time frame for completion and to ensure compliance with OMB grant guidelines. The Committee urges the Service 

to swiftly implement these recommendations. To further ensure 

that the program is managed in a way that meets its statutory 

goals in the most efficient manner possible, the Committee encourages the program managers to begin discussions with the National 

Fish and Wildlife Foundation in order to coordinate and further leverage the CBGN grants program with the Foundation’s other 

grant programs. 

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

Appropriations, 2006 (including emergency appropriations) ............. $115,172,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 71,858,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 58,658,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 70,658,000 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Historic Preservation Fund was established in the National 

Historic Preservation Act of 1966 to provide grant assistance to 

States, territories, and tribes to aid in the preservation of historical 

sites and cultural heritage. A portion of these funds are used by 

State Historic Preservation Offices to operate national programs 

such as the National Register of Historic Places and the Section 
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106 review process, as well as to provide technical assistance and 

to make matching grants to local communities for preservation 

projects. This appropriation has also supported a variety of targeted programs at the national level designed to achieve historic 

preservation goals. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $70,658,000 for the historic preser- vation fund, a decrease of $1,200,000 below the budget request and 

$1,514,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, not including 

emergency appropriations. The Committee recommendation provides $35,717,000 for grants- in-aid to States and territories and $3,941,000 for grants-in-aid to 

tribes, the same as the budget request and the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. Grants-in-aid to historically black colleges and universities are funded at $1,000,000. 

The Committee has rejected the budget proposal to reduce by 50 

percent the heritage partnership program and include it along with 

Save America’s Treasures and Preserve America under the historic 

preservation fund. Heritage areas are funded, as in previous years, 

under National Recreation and Preservation. 

Grants-in-aid to Save America’s Treasures are funded at 

$30,000,000, of which $10,000,000 is available for Preserve America. The Committee recommends the following allocation for Save 

America’s Treasures grants: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Project Committee 

recommendation 

Alumni Hall, Knox College, Galesburg, IL ........................................................................................................ 300 

Bagg Farm historic Site, Mooreton, ND ........................................................................................................... 100 

Barton House, Buffalo, NY ............................................................................................................................... 150 

Belle Meade, TN ............................................................................................................................................... 100 

Big Timber Carnegie Public Library, MT .......................................................................................................... 150 

Blank Park Zoo, Ft. Des Moines, Des Moines, IA ............................................................................................ 300 

Bullock County Courthouse, AL ........................................................................................................................ 250 

City Hall, Forsyth, GA ....................................................................................................................................... 250 

Constitution Hall, KS ........................................................................................................................................ 250 

Delaware College of Art and Design, DE ......................................................................................................... 300 

Dell Rapids Opera House, Dell Rapids, SD ..................................................................................................... 250 

Denham Springs City Hall, Denham Springs, LA ............................................................................................ 150 

Fort Gaines, GA ................................................................................................................................................ 25 

Fort Morgan, AL ................................................................................................................................................ 250 

Fort Pike State Historic Site, New Orleans, LA ................................................................................................ 150 

Fort Totten State Historic Site, Ft. Totten, ND ................................................................................................ 150 

Goldfield Historic District, Goldfield, NV ......................................................................................................... 300 

Grand Opera House, IA .................................................................................................................................... 250 

Hay House, GA .................................................................................................................................................. 200 

Historic Elitch Gardens, CO ............................................................................................................................. 65 

Historic Havre U.S. Post Office & Federal Courthouse, MT ............................................................................. 350 

Immanuel Church, MS ..................................................................................................................................... 150 

John Brown House, Providence, RI ................................................................................................................... 200 

John Stark Edwards House Museum, Trumbull County, OH ............................................................................ 30 

Jordan Hall, Boston, MA ................................................................................................................................... 250 

Kentucky Theatre, KY ....................................................................................................................................... 180 

Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, NE ......................................................................................................... 150 

Lloyd Street Synagogue, Baltimore, MD ........................................................................................................... 300 

Marquette Harbor Lighthouse, Marquette, MI .................................................................................................. 350 

Mission San Luis Rey, San Diego Country, CA ................................................................................................ 450 

Mother’s Day Shrine Building, Grafton, WV ..................................................................................................... 250 

Native American Artifact preservation project, ND ......................................................................................... 150 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Project Committee recommendation 

Old State House, Hartford, CT ......................................................................................................................... 150 

Perry County Jail, MS ....................................................................................................................................... 350 

Polish American Cultural Center, PA ............................................................................................................... 250 

Ripley Gardens, MN .......................................................................................................................................... 250 

Salisbury House, IA .......................................................................................................................................... 250 

St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cleveland, OH ........................................................................ 250 

The Royal Mausoleum, HI ................................................................................................................................ 350 

Town Hall preservation, Windham, CT ............................................................................................................. 150 

Vermont Preservation Trust’s Vermont Village Initiative, VT .......................................................................... 250 

Virginia City, MT .............................................................................................................................................. 250 

Wetmoore Hall, RI ............................................................................................................................................ 250 

Wings Over the Rockies Historic Hangar, CO .................................................................................................. 250 

Wintersmith Park, OK ....................................................................................................................................... 250 

Total .................................................................................................................................................... 10,000 

CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2006 (including emergency appropriations) ............. $388,258,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 229,269,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 229,934,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 234,855,000 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The construction appropriation supports the following principal 

activities: the construction and rehabilitation of historic buildings 

and structures, the construction and rehabilitation of public use facilities and utility systems, the purchase of equipment, and the 

preparation of construction and general management plans. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $234,855,000 for construction, an 

increase of $5,586,000 above the budget request and a decrease of 

$79,003,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, not including 

emergency appropriations. 

The Committee recommends the following distribution of funds: 

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSTRUCTION 

[In thousands of dollars] 

State Project Committee recommendation 

ME Acadia National Park (rehab sewage plant) ...................................................................... 2,390 

NM Bandelier NM (visitor center renovation) ........................................................................... 2,300 

PA Benjamin Franklin Memorial ............................................................................................... 1,000 

TX Big Bend National Park (treat drinking water) ................................................................. 2,216 

MA Boston National Historical Park (replace barge) ............................................................... 1,527 

NM Carlsbad Caverns National Park (replace sewer system) ................................................. 3,690 

CA Death Valley National Park (water system) ....................................................................... 8,754 

FL Everglades National Park (modified water) ....................................................................... 13,330 

DC Ford’s Theatre ..................................................................................................................... 1,500 

WA Fort Vancouver NHS (vc restoration) .................................................................................. 2,000 

MD George Washington Parkway (Glen Echo facilities) ........................................................... 700 

TN Great Smoky Mountains NP, Twin Creeks Science Center ................................................ 750 

NY Hamilton Grange National Memorial (rehab and move) .................................................... 8,241 

WV Harpers Ferry NHP ............................................................................................................... 1,219 

HI Hawaii Volcanoes NP (replace cesspools) .......................................................................... 4,319 

PA Independence National Historical Park (Deschler-Morris House) ...................................... 2,609 
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSTRUCTION—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

State Project Committee recommendation 

PA Independence National Historical Park (security fence) ................................................... 843 

AK Kenai Fjords NP (multi-agency center) .............................................................................. 5,000 

IL Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum .......................................................... 1,000 

MO Mark Twain Boyhood Home NHL (restoration) ................................................................... 1,100 

WA Mount Rainier National Park (rehab Paradise Inn) ........................................................... 8,084 

WA Mount Rainier National Park (replace visitor center) ....................................................... 2,791 

DC National Mall and Memorial Parks (Ford’s Theatre) ......................................................... 3,114 

MA New Bedford Whaling NHP (Corson Bldg) .......................................................................... 700 

WV New River Gorge, NR ........................................................................................................... 3,100 

WA Olympic National Park (Elwha Dam) .................................................................................. 15,000 

CA Point Reyes National Seashore (watershed restoration) ................................................... 2,444 

CA Redwood National Park (remove roads) ............................................................................. 2,255 

MA Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site (replace dock) ................................................. 3,202 

AL Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (Hangar 2) .......................................................... 4,093 

HI U.S.S. Arizona Memorial (rehabilitation) ............................................................................ 3,685 

UT Utah Public Lands Artifact Preservation Act ..................................................................... 2,000 

PA Valley Forge National Historical Park (Washington headquarters) ................................... 2,348 

DC White House, DC (structural/utility rehab) ......................................................................... 6,298 

SD Wind Cave National Park (replace lighting system) .......................................................... 2,965 

Subtotal, Line Item Construction ........................................................................... 126,567 

Emergency and Unscheduled Projects ................................................................................ 1,971 

Seismic Safety Program ...................................................................................................... 985

Dam Safety .......................................................................................................................... 2,623 

Housing Improvement Program .......................................................................................... 6,897 

Equipment Replacement: 

Replacement of Park Ops. Equipment ....................................................................... 12,908 

Narrowband Radio Systems Program ......................................................................... 9,824 

Modernization of Information Management Equipment ............................................ 885 

Subtotal, Equipment Replacement ......................................................................... 23,617 

Construction Planning ......................................................................................................... 19,649 

Construction Program Management and Operations: 

Associate Director, Park Planning, Facilities, and Lands ......................................... 1,084 

Denver Service Center ................................................................................................ 17,292 

Harpers Ferry Center Operations [Transfer from ONPS] ........................................... 10,683 

Regional Facility Project Support ............................................................................... 9,701 

Subtotal, Construction Program Management and Operations ............................ 38,760 

General Management Planning: 

General Management Plans ........................................................................................ 7,424 

Strategic Planning ...................................................................................................... 667 

Special Resource Studies ........................................................................................... 507 

Environmental Planning and Compliance .................................................................. 4,878 

Subtotal, General Management Planning .............................................................. 13,476 

Managed Partnership Programs ......................................................................................... 310 

Total, NPS Construction ......................................................................................... 234,855 

The Committee supports the planning and mapping of the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Trail, included in the budget request. The Committee supports the Service’s plans to rebuild the 

administrative and visitor contact facility on Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. 
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The Committee is concerned with the funding and personnel reductions proposed for the Harpers Ferry Center. The Committee 

understands that changing technology requires the Service to periodically reevaluate the goals and objectives of its various offices 

and programs, but it appears that the Center’s mission is being developed around a preordained budget as opposed to building a 

budget request around the needs of the Service. The Committee 

does not, therefore, approve of the proposed reductions and directs 

the Service to report back to the Committee no later than January 

1, 2007 with a multi-year plan for Harpers Ferry Center. 

LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

(RESCISSION)

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. ¥$30,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... ¥30,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... ¥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, 2006 ............................................................................. $46,954,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 24,343,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 29,995,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 63,393,000 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The land acquisition and State assistance appropriation supports 

the acquisition of lands and interests in lands to preserve historical 

and natural sites, primarily for inclusion in the national park system. This account also provides funding for the State Assistance 

program (‘‘Stateside’’), which was authorized in the Land and 

Water Conservation Fund Act to support recreation development 

and recreation-related land acquisition by State and local governments. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $63,393,000 for land acquisition and 

State assistance, an increase of $39,050,000 above the budget request and $16,439,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

The Committee recommends the following distribution of funds: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

State Project Committee 

recommendation 

TX Big Thicket National Preserve ................................................................................................................ 2,000 

MA Cape Cod National Seashore .................................................................................................................. 2,000 

Civil War Battlefields (multi-state) ........................................................................................................ 4,000 

KY Cumberland Gap NHP (Fern Lake) ......................................................................................................... 640 

WA Ebey’s Landing NHR ................................................................................................................................ 500 

PA Flight 93 National Memorial ................................................................................................................... 5,000 

WV Gauley River NRA .................................................................................................................................... 750 

TN Great Smoky Mountains NP (Tapoco land exchange) ............................................................................ 500 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

State Project Committee 

recommendation 

WI Ice Age NST ............................................................................................................................................. 1,000 

WA Lewis and Clark NHP (Station Camp) .................................................................................................... 500 

WV New River Gorge NSR ............................................................................................................................. 500 

NE Niobrara NSR (easements) ..................................................................................................................... 250 

MI Sleeping Bear Dunes NL ......................................................................................................................... 1,845 

Use of Unobligated Balances ................................................................................................................. ¥2,000 

SUBTOTAL, LINE ITEM PROJECTS ............................................................................................... 17,485 

Emergencies/Hardships ........................................................................................................................... 2,500 

Inholdings/Exchanges/Wilderness ........................................................................................................... 2,500 

Acquisition management ........................................................................................................................ 10,908 

SUBTOTAL, NPS FEDERAL LAND ACQ. ....................................................................................... 33,393 

State assistance grants .......................................................................................................................... 30,000 

TOTAL, NPS LASA ....................................................................................................................... 63,393 

Of the funds provided for civil war battlefields, $1,000,000 is directed toward the purchase of the Civil War Preservation Trust’s 

highest priority, the Slaughter Pen Farm at the Battle of Fredericksburg, and $500,000 is for the purchase of the Lone Jack Battlefield in Missouri. 

The Committee is aware of an ongoing land acquisition project 

at the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Kentucky and 

recommends $640,000 in fiscal year 2007 toward this effort. The 

Committee remains very supportive of this project and hopes that 

the National Park Service will continue to acquire available property from willing sellers. 

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 200 agencies of Federal, State, local, 

and tribal governments; the academic community; non-governmental organizations; and the private sector. 
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SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

Appropriations, 2006 (including emergency appropriations) ............. $980,845,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 944,760,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 986,447,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 979,997,000 

The Committee recommends $979,997,000 for surveys, investigations and research activities of the U.S. Geological Survey, an 

amount that is $18,322,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

(excluding emergency appropriations), $35,237,000 above the budget request and a reduction of $6,450,000 from the House allowance. 

The table at the back of the report displays the proposed allocation 

of funding among the Survey’s various activities. 

Geographic Research, Investigations and Remote Sensing.—The 

Committee recommends $78,614,000 for Geographic Research, Investigations and Remote Sensing, an increase of $2,000,000 above 

the budget request. Changes to the budget request include an increase of $2,300,000 to restore funds for ongoing geographic research and a reduction of $300,000 for a proposed multihazards initiative. In agreement with the request, the Committee has transferred $64,301,000 to the Enterprise Information activity where cooperative topographic mapping functions will now be carried out. 

Also in agreement with the budget request, the Committee has accepted the proposal to rename the geography program to better reflect the reorganization of mapping activities within the Survey. 

The Committee understands that in part the reorganization is intended to provide a greater emphasis on geographic research as 

recommended by the National Research Council. With this key goal 

underscored by the USGS in its budget request, it makes no sense 

to the Committee that the Survey then proposes a $2,300,000 reduction to ongoing research projects and a 21 FTE reduction-inforce [RIF]. The Committee further notes that no plan is included 

in the request outlining what, if any, resources would be required 

to conduct such a RIF. For these reasons, the Committee has restored the proposed decrease and expects ongoing research activities and staff levels to be maintained at the current level. 

Geology.—The Committee recommends $239,261,000 for the geol- ogy program, an increase of $3,975,000 above the current year enacted level and $21,843,000 above the budget request. Changes to 

the request include decreases of $700,000 for a proposed multihazards initiative and $1,000,000 for a data collection and preservation proposal and increases of $600,000 for the Alaska Volcano Observatory and $22,943,000 to restore base funds to the minerals resources program. The Committee has provided the requested increase of $500,000 to expand the study of gas hydrates on the 

north slope of Alaska that was initiated in fiscal year 2006. The 

budget request includes base funding of $450,000 for the Hawaii 

Volcano Observatory-University of Hawaii, Hilo collaborative partnership. The Committee expects that $200,000 of that amount will 

be used to acquire and install upgraded monitoring equipment on 

Mauna Loa, as well as provide additional technical support. 

As noted above, the Committee has restored funding for the minerals resources program to its current level. Proposals to eliminate 

or reduce these activities have been rejected in the past and continue to have no merit in the Committee’s view. Within the funds 
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restored for the minerals resources program, the Committee expects the Survey to dedicate an additional $1,000,000 to the external grants program to provide a total of $2,000,000 for this activity. 

Within the coastal and marine geology program, the Committee 

encourages the Survey to continue its significant research investment in the southern Louisiana area in support of both State and 

Federal agency coastal restoration planning efforts. The Survey’s 

activities in the gulf coast are all the more critical in the aftermath 

of Hurricane Katrina and both its research activities and collaborative efforts with partners such as the University of New Orleans 

should be continued and enhanced to the extent possible within 

current budget levels. 

The Committee notes the important role that the Survey’s energy 

resource assessments serve to foster the exploration and development of our Nation’s energy supplies. The Committee is aware that 

unpublished Survey research may indicate the potential for sizeable unrecovered energy resources in the Bakken Shale formation 

of the Williston Basin. The Committee also understands that the 

Survey is planning to initiate work on its formal Williston Basin 

energy resource assessment in fiscal year 2007 for completion in 

late 2007 or early 2008. An up-to-date resource assessment of the 

Williston Basin is critical to better address our Nation’s future energy needs. The Committee expects the Survey to expedite its efforts to complete and publish its resource assessment of the 

Williston Basin as soon as practicable. 

Water Resources Investigations.—The Committee recommends 

$216,771,000 for water resources investigations, an increase of 

$12,724,000 above the budget request. Changes to the request include increases of $500,000 to restore funding for the Memphis aquifer study, $280,000 to restore funding for the Ozark aquifer 

study, $940,000 to restore the proposed base reduction to the 

NAWQA program; $600,000 to restore funding for the Long-Term 

Estuary Assessment Group [LEAG]; $900,000 to continue the coalbed methane study of the Tongue River watershed, $1,000,000 to 

expand the Hawaii well drilling and monitoring program; $300,000 

for ongoing monitoring activities on Lake Champlain; $2,000,000 to 

restore base funds to the cooperative water program; and 

$6,404,000 to restore the water resources research institutes program, which was proposed for elimination. A decrease of $200,000 

has been taken for a proposed multihazards initiative. The increase 

provided for Lake Champlain is intended to be in addition to the 

$157,000 in base funding included in the budget request to fund 

these activities at a total amount of $457,000. 

The Committee notes the importance of ongoing water availability research in the Great Valley of West Virginia as the region’s 

rapid population growth and proximity to major metropolitan areas 

continues to increase demand for groundwater resources. The Committee urges the Survey to continue efforts to develop comprehensive data on the region’s water availability and provide current 

data and technical assistance to State and local stakeholders so 

they are better able to manage their water resources. 

Biological Research.—The Committee recommends an amount of 

$176,547,000 for biological research activities, an increase of 

$3,950,000 above the budget request. Changes to the request in-
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clude increases of $800,000 to continue molecular biology work at 

the Leetown Science Center; $200,000 to complete a multidisciplinary water study at the Leetown Science Center; $350,000 to 

complete research on the Mark Twain National Forest; $500,000 to 

restore base funds for wildlife, terrestrial and endangered resources activities; $300,000 to complete the Northern Continental 

Divide Ecosystem study; $200,000 to restore the Fish and Wildlife 

Service Science Excellence program; $900,000 to initiate monitoring 

and research in the San Francisco Salt Ponds; and $2,000,000 to 

restore base funds to the National Biological Information Infrastructure. Decreases include $1,000,000 for NatureServe and 

$300,000 for a proposed multihazards initiative. Within base funds, 

$1,000,000 is continued for invasive species research in collaboration with Mississippi State University. 

Enterprise Information.—The Committee recommends 

$105,950,000 for Enterprise Information activities, a reduction of 

$5,280,000 below the budget request. Decreases to the request include $680,000 for a proposed multihazards initiative and 

$4,600,000 for the Federal Geographic Data Committee [FGDC] to 

maintain that entity at its current level of $4,600,000. No rationale 

for this increase was provided in the budget request. 

Language has been included in the bill precluding the use of 

funds to competitively source functions of the National Geospatial 

Technical Operations Center unless the staff at the Mid-Continent 

Mapping Center in Rolla, Missouri is allowed the opportunity to 

compete in the process as a Federal Most Efficient Organization. 

The Committee expects that a fair and open competition will be 

held and that both the Rolla, Missouri and Denver, Colorado sites 

will receive funds and support to fully, effectively, and fairly compete in the A–76 process. 

Science Support.—The Committee recommends $67,382,000 for 

Science Support, an amount that meets the budget request. 

Facilities.—The Committee recommends $95,472,000 for Facilities, an amount that meets the request. 

Other.—The Committee has not provided funds to support the 

multihazards initiative proposed in the budget request. The Survey 

requested an increase of $2,180,000 to implement this initiative 

and proposed to redirect $3,700,000 from within base program 

budgets to support this work. In most instances, the projects to be 

discontinued are not specifically identified in the budget request. 

The Committee will consider funding the initiative within the fiscal 

year 2007 base, provided the Survey comes back to the Committee 

with a reprogramming that identifies specific projects and programs that are proposed to be stopped or continued in a diminished 

capacity that is defensible. 

The Committee reminds the Survey that any planned reinvestment of savings achieved in a given fiscal year by downsizing of 

staff through buyouts and reductions in force should be submitted 

to the Committee in the form of a reprogramming. Similarly, the 

Committee expects the Survey to adhere to the reprogramming 

guidelines regarding advance notification of proposed reorganizations. In the recent past, the Committee has been informed of the 

Survey’s plans only after an announcement has been made or a 

press release issued. The Survey is expected to consult with the 
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Committee before any planning process concludes rather than providing it with press release after the fact. 

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 23 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 $8,000,000,000 of mineral revenues collected annually. 

Since its inception in 1982, MMS has collected and distributed 

more than $156,000,000,000 in revenues from onshore and offshore 

lands. In fiscal year 2005 alone, disbursements totaled nearly 

$10,000,000,000. 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, 2006 (including emergency appropriations) ............. $182,391,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 156,651,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 157,496,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 156,551,000 

The Committee recommends $156,551,000 for royalty and offshore minerals management, which is a decrease of $25,840,000 

below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level (including emergency appropriations), $100,000 below the budget request, and $945,000 

below the House recommended funding level. This includes an estimated $128,730,000 in offsetting collections, which is an increase 

of $6,000,000 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. 

Budget estimate Committee recommendation Change 

Outer Continental Shelf lands ............................................................. $159,365,000 $159,265,000 ¥$100,000 

Royalty management ........................................................................... 79,158,000 79,158,000 ..........................

General administration ........................................................................ 46,858,000 46,858,000 ..........................

Use of receipts ..................................................................................... ¥128,730,000 ¥128,730,000 ..........................

Total, royalty and offshore minerals management ................ 156,651,000 156,551,000 ¥100,000 

The Committee has fully funded the budget request for establishing an alternate energy program on the OCS, as directed by the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005. Offshore activities such as wind energy, 

ocean energy, and geothermal energy will increase as a result of 

this program’s establishment. 

Within the funds for the leasing and environmental program in 

the Outer Continental Shelf lands activity, the Committee has pro-
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vided $150,000 for the Alaska Whaling Commission to ensure that 

proposed OCS sales in Alaska properly consider the impacts of offshore drilling on the whale migration patterns and whaling activities. 

The Committee has not funded the $1,000,000 MMS portion of 

the new methane hydrates research program described in the request, and expects the Department to initiate the program with the 

funds provided by the BLM and USGS. The Committee has provided $900,000 for the Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology to support exploration and sustainable development of seabed minerals, including methane hydrates. 

OIL SPILL RESEARCH

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $6,903,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 6,903,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 6,903,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,903,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,903,000 for 

oil spill research, which is equal to the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level, the budget request and the House recommended funding 

level. 

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. 

SMCRA originally authorized the collection of tonnage fees on 

mined coal to support reclamation work through September 30, 

2004. Several short term extensions of this authority have been enacted pending congressional action on comprehensive SMCRA reauthorization legislation, the most recent of which extended SMCRA 

until September 30, 2007. 

REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $108,810,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 112,109,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 112,109,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 112,109,000 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $112,109,000 for regulation and 

technology, and $100,000 for civil penalties for a total of 

$112,209,000, an increase of $3,300,000 over the fiscal year 2006 

enacted level and equal to both the budget request and the House 
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recommendation. A comparison of the budget estimate and the 

Committee recommendation is as follows: 

Budget estimate Committee 

recommendation Change 

Environmental restoration .................................................................... $157,000 $157,000 ..........................

Environmental protection ..................................................................... 80,965,000 80,965,000 ..........................

Technology development and transfer ................................................. 15,101,000 15,101,000 ..........................

Financial management ........................................................................ 485,000 485,000 ..........................

Executive direction ............................................................................... 15,401,000 15,401,000 

Subtotal, regulation and technology ...................................... 112,109,000 112,109,000 ..........................

Civil penalties ...................................................................................... 100,000 100,000 ..........................

Total, regulation and technology ........................................... 112,209,000 112,209,000 ..........................

ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

(Definite, Trust Fund) 

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $185,248,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 185,936,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 185,936,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 185,936,000 

The Committee recommends $185,936,000 for the abandoned 

mine reclamation fund, which is $688,000 above the enacted level, 

and equal to both the budget request and the House recommendation. A comparison of the Committee recommendation and the 

budget estimate is as follows: 

Budget estimate Committee 

recommendation Change 

Environmental restoration .................................................................... $167,855,000 $167,855,000 ..........................

Technology development and transfer ................................................. 3,910,000 3,910,000 ..........................

Financial management ........................................................................ 6,253,000 6,253,000 ..........................

Executive direction ............................................................................... 7,918,000 7,918,000 ..........................

Total ........................................................................................ 185,936,000 185,936,000 ..........................

Bill Language.—As in prior years, the bill includes language related to the conduct of the abandoned mine land program. The 

Committee also has recommended language which would fund minimum program State grants at $1,500,000 per State, as well as language which provides $10,000,000 to be used for projects in the Appalachian clean streams initiative. 

The Committee also has included language specific to the State 

of Maryland authorizing the State to set aside for acid mine drainage abatement the greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total 

of the grants made available to the State under title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, subject to specific provisions identified in the bill language. 

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 
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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, 2006 ............................................................................. $1,962,190,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,966,594,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,973,403,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,005,538,000 

The Committee recommends $2,005,538,000 for the operation of 

Indian programs, an increase of $43,348,000 over the fiscal year 

2006 enacted level, an increase of $38,944,000 over the budget request, and $32,135,000 above the House recommendation. The following table provides a comparison of the budget estimate and 

Committee recommendations in the major programmatic areas: 

Budget estimate Committee recommendation Change 

TRIBAL BUDGET SYSTEM 

Tribal Government ................................................................................ $401,738,000 $397,738,000 ¥$4,000,000 

Human Services ................................................................................... 139,385,000 145,385,000 ∂6,000,000 

Natural Resources Management .......................................................... 142,510,000 150,810,000 ∂8,300,000 

Real Estate Services ............................................................................ 152,649,000 150,649,000 ¥2,000,000 

Education ............................................................................................. 639,155,000 664,805,000 ∂25,650,000 

Public Safety and Justice .................................................................... 213,729,000 214,873,000 ∂1,144,000 

Community and Economic Development ............................................. 39,175,000 43,525,000 ∂4,350,000 

Executive Direction and Administrative Services ................................ 238,253,000 237,753,000 ¥500 

Total, Operation of Indian Programs ..................................... 1,966,594,000 2,005,538,000 ∂38,944,000 

Additional details on the funding for the Bureau’s activities are 

provided in a table in the back of this report. 

The BIA has proposed a new budget structure for fiscal year 

2007, with which the Committee concurs. 

Tribal Government.—The Committee recommends $397,738,000 

for tribal government support, which is $23,049,000 more than the 

enacted level and $4,000,000 below the request level. The Committee has funded a $15,000,000 increase in contract support costs. 

Human Services.—The Committee recommends $145,385,000 for 

human services, which is $5,031,000 below the enacted level and 

$6,000,000 above the budget request and the House allowance. The 

increase is for welfare assistance. 

Trust—Natural Resources Management.—The Committee recommends $150,810,000 for resources management, which is 
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$1,944,000 below the enacted level and $8,300,000 above the budget request. Within the Rights Protection Implementation subactivity, there is a $1,000,000 increase to continue the Washington 

State Timber-Fish-Wildlife Project. Increases above the budget request in the Tribal Management subactivity include $2,700,000 for 

the Intertribal Bison Cooperative, $300,000 for the Chugach Regional Resources Commission, $450,000 for the Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association, $400,000 for Lake Roosevelt Management, 

$400,000 for Upper Columbia United Tribes, $600,000 for the Circle of Flight wetland and waterfowl enhancement initiative, and 

$450,000 for Cheyenne River Sioux Prairie Management. The Committee supports the inclusion of $316,000 for the Alaska Native 

subsistence program in the budget request. The Committee recommends a $2,000,000 increase for Water Resources, for water 

management and planning. Within the increase, $200,000 is for operation and maintenance of the Fort Peck Reservation Tribal Water 

System. The Committee recommendation includes funding for implementation of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 as presented in the 

budget request. 

Trust—Real Estate Services.—The Committee recommends 

$150,649,000 for real estate services, which is $2,000,000 below the 

budget request and $944,000 below the House allowance. The decrease below the budget request is from cadastral surveys. 

Education.—The Committee recommends $664,805,000 for education programs, which is $18,375,000 above the enacted level, 

$25,650,000 above the budget request, and $12,591,000 above the 

House allowance. In Elementary and Secondary Education, there is 

a decrease of $3,211,000 from ISEP program adjustments and an 

increase of $3,211,000 in Early Childhood development to restore 

the reduction proposed in the budget request. The Committee has 

also restored $14,371,000 for Johnson-O’Malley assistance grants. 

Increases in Post Secondary programs above the budget request include $5,279,000 for Tribal Colleges and Universities, $4,000,000 

for United Tribes Technical College, and $2,000,000 for Crownpoint 

Institute of Technology. 

The Committee strongly supports the goals and achievements of 

the United Tribes Technical College and Crownpoint Institute of 

Technology. The Committee also believes the administration should 

recognize the importance of these technical colleges and their valuable contribution to post-secondary education, and work with both 

institutions to include funding for their operations in future budget 

requests. 

Public Safety and Justice.—The recommended level for public 

safety is $214,873,000, which is $2,731,000 above the enacted level, 

$1,144,000 above the request, and $5,338,000 above the House allowance. The increase above the budget request is to restore the 

fire protection program. 

Community and Economic Development.—The Committee’s recommendation for community and economic development is 

$43,525,000, which is $8,257,000 below the enacted level, and 

$4,350,000 above both the budget request and House allowance. Increases above the request include $650,000 to continue the rural 

Alaska fire program, $1,200,000 for student housing at Salish 

Kootenai College, $1,200,000 for the Western Heritage Center Trib-
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al Histories Project, $100,000 for the Alaska Sea Otter Commission, and $1,200,000 to improve nursing programs at Oglala Lakota 

College and Salish Kootenai College. 

Executive Direction and Administration.—The Committee recommends $237,753,000 for executive direction and administration, 

which is $500,000 below the budget request and the House allowance. The decrease is in Assistant Secretary support. 

CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $271,582,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 215,049,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 215,799,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 221,459,000 

The Committee recommends $221,459,000 for construction, 

which is $6,410,000 over the budget request. The Committee notes 

the request is $56,533,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and $125,000,000 below the amount provided by the Committee as 

recently as fiscal year 2004. 

In order to restore funding that was cut from other education 

programs in the request, the Committee has reluctantly accepted 

the administration’s request. However, it will not countenance the 

unsubstantiated explanations offered in the supporting budget documents for these large program cuts. These reductions are not 

being adopted because the replacement school construction program needs ‘‘to focus on building schools that have already been 

funded,’’ or because the facilities improvement and repair program 

needs ‘‘to catch up with completion of construction projects that 

have already been funded.’’ To offer such poor justifications are 

nothing more than an insult to the Bureau’s project management 

personnel. The Committee expects more robust requests in the future that adequately address Indian school construction needs. 

The fact is that over the past several years the Bureau has wisely used the additional funding made available to it by the Congress 

and done a good job of reversing the sad state of BIA-run schools. 

Whereas two-thirds of these facilities were in poor condition in 

2001, by the time current projects are completed the number of 

schools listed in poor condition will have been reduced to approximately one-third. Fixing these facilities when they are able to be 

fixed, and replacing them when they are not, is the only sure way 

to ensure that no Native American child will be left behind. 

The addition above the request is for Indian irrigation rehabilitation within resources management construction. Indian irrigation 

programs under BIA’s management, which were the subject of a recent Government Accountability Office report, are too often found 

to be in deteriorating and even failing condition. Progress has been 

made in assessing the condition and needed repairs of systems, but 

more work needs to be done to efficiently repair and operate those 

much-needed systems. To continue work begun in fiscal year 2006, 

$6,410,000 is recommended for irrigation improvements. Of this 

amount, $1,500,000 is for the Wind River Irrigation Project, and 

$2,000,000 for irrigation planning by the Blackfeet and Fort 

Belknap Tribes. The remainder should be divided between the 

projects initiated in 2006, according to their ability to make significant improvement with the available funds. As in 2006, the De-
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partment should report to the Committee with its proposed work 

plan before distributing funds. 

INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS

PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $34,243,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 33,946,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 39,213,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 39,213,000 

The Committee recommends $39,123,000 for Indian land and 

water claims settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians, 

which is an increase of $4,970,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, $5,267,000 above the budget request, and equal to the 

House allowance. Funding is provided as follows: 

Budget estimate Committee 

recommendation Change 

White Earth Land Settlement Act (Admin) .......................................... $625,000 $625,000 ..........................

Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund .............................................................. 250,000 250,000 ..........................

Pyramid Lake water rights settlement ................................................ 142,000 142,000 ..........................

Rocky Boy’s .......................................................................................... 7,500,000 7,500,000 ..........................

Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw settlement ................................. 10,339,000 10,339,000 ..........................

Quinault settlement ............................................................................. 316,000 316,000 ..........................

Nez Perce/Snake River ......................................................................... 14,774,000 20,041,000 ∂$5,267,000 

Total, Miscellaneous Payments to Indians ............................ 33,946,000 39,213,000 ∂5,267,000 

The budget proposed that the Nez Perce settlement be funded in 

three different agency budgets, BIA, BLM, and USFWS. The Committee has consolidated those into miscellaneous payments, which 

is reflected here. Of the $20,041,000 for the Nez Perce/Snake River 

settlement, $200,000 is for mitigation of BLM land transfers and 

$4,917,000 is for the Idaho Salmon and Clearwater River Basins 

Habitat Account. 

INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $6,255,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 6,262,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 6,262,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,262,000 

The Committee recommends $6,262,000 for the Indian guaranteed loan program, an increase of $7,000 over the fiscal year 2006 

enacted level and the same as the budget request and the House 

recommended funding level. 

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

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, and oversight 

of Federal programs and funds in the freely associated states of the 
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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, 2006 ............................................................................. $76,160,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 74,361,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 77,561,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 76,481,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $76,481,000 

which is $321,000 above the enacted level, $2,120,000 above the 

budget request, and $1,080,000 below the House recommended 

funding level. The amounts recommended by the Committee compared to the budget estimate are shown in the following table: 

Budget estimate Committee recommendation Change 

Territorial assistance: 

Office of Insular Affairs ............................................ $7,624,000 $7,624,000 ................................

Technical assistance ................................................ 8,226,000 10,346,000 ∂$2,120,000 

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 ............................ 23,761,000 25,881,000 ∂2,120,000 

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 ............................. 74,361,000 76,481,000 ∂2,120,000 

Territorial Assistance.—The Committee recommends $25,881,000 

for territorial assistance which is $2,120,000 above the request and 

$321,000 above the enacted level. 

Within the increase above the request, the Committee provides 

$320,000 to maintain 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 Court. 

The Committee has also included a $1,000,000 increase above the 

request for continuation of the healthcare programs under Article 

II, Section I, of the Agreement between the Government of the 

United States and the Government of the Marshall Islands for implementation of section 177 of the Compact of Free Association. 

These funds shall be used to provide primary healthcare to members of the Enewetak, Bikini, Rogelap, and Utrik communities who 

currently reside on Enewetak Atoll, Kili Island, Mejetto Island, 
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Rongelap Atoll following resettlement, and Utrik Atoll. Such primary medical care shall consist of a clinic with at least one doctor 

and an assistant, necessary supplies, and logistical support. 

The Committee is encouraged by recent progress with the Prior 

Service Trust Fund and reiterates its support for the agreement 

among the pension systems of the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [CNMI], the Republic of 

the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia to assume responsibilities for the enrollees of the Prior Service Benefits 

Trust Fund. The Committee recommends an increase of $800,000 

for distribution among the pension systems for payments to the enrollees, provided that the agreement is fully implemented by each 

jurisdiction. The Committee directs that this funding shall be reprogrammed for general technical assistance uses if there is a failure to implement fully the transfer of Prior Services Trust fund 

management to the insular nations and territorial governments. 

American Samoa Operations Grants/American Samoa Construction.—The Committee recommends $22,880,000 for operations 

grants to American Samoa, which is equal to the request and 

$110,000 more than the enacted level. 

CNMI/Covenant Grants.—The Committee recommends 

$27,720,000 for convenant grants as proposed in the request. 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $5,313,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 4,862,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 5,362,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,362,000 

The Committee recommends $5,362,000 for compact of free association, which is $49,000 above the enacted level, $500,000 above 

the budget request, and the same as the House recommended funding level. A comparison of the Committee recommendation to the 

budget estimate follows: 

Budget estimate Committee 

recommendation Change 

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 

Federal Services Assistance.—The Committee recommends 

$2,862,000 for Federal services assistance, equal to the budget request and $49,000 above the enacted level. 

Program Grant Assistance.—The Committee recommends 

$2,000,000 for program grant assistance, equal to the budget request and the enacted level. 

Enewetak Support.—The Committee has provided $500,000 above 

the request for Enewetak Support. 
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $130,238,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 118,845,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 94,503,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 118,845,000 

The Committee recommends $118,845,000 for departmental management, a decrease of $11,393,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, equal to the budget request, and $24,342,000 above the 

House allowance. 

The Committee does not support the Department’s continued effort to turn over responsibility for the three Indian museums operated by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to other entities. Funding 

is provided within the IACB budget to maintain the Federal contribution to the operation of these museums at the enacted level for 

fiscal year 2007. The Committee expects the Department to maintain its commitment to these museums in future budget submissions. 

The Committee is concerned with the growing costs and delays 

associated with implementing the Financial and Business Management System [FBMS] for all the bureaus within the Department. 

The Department recently changed the contractor that was hired to 

implement the system. The Committee expects to be kept fully apprised of the ongoing work on FBMS and whether there are any 

further problems with implementation of the system. 

PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $232,528,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 198,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 244,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 235,062,000 

The Committee recommends $235,062,000 for Payments in Lieu 

of Taxes, an increase of $2,534,000 over the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, $37,062,000 over the budget request, and a decrease of 

$8,938,000 below the House allowance. 

CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $9,710,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 9,923,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 9,923,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 9,923,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,923,000 for 

the central hazardous materials fund, which is $213,000 above the 

fiscal year 2006 enacted level, equal the budget request, and the 

House allowance. 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. 
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OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $54,624,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 56,755,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 56,755,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 56,755,000 

The Committee recommends $56,755,000 for the Office of the Solicitor, the same as the budget request, and an increase of 

$2,131,000 over the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

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. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $38,541,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 40,699,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 39,688,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 39,688,000 

The Committee recommends $39,688,000 for the Office of Inspector General, a decrease of $1,011,000 below the budget request, and 

an increase of $1,147,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

Decreases from the budget request include $721,000 for audits and 

$290,000 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 $302,000,000 per year are collected for 

277,000 individual Indian money accounts. $518,000,000 per year 

is collected in 1,450 tribal accounts serving 300 tribes. Additionally, 
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the trust manages approximately $2,900,000,000 in tribal funds 

and $420,000,000 in individual Indian funds. 

FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $188,774,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 185,036,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 150,036,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 178,683,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $178,683,000 for 

Federal trust programs, which is $10,091,000 below the enacted 

level, $6,353,000 below the request level, and $28,647,000 above 

the House recommendation. 

Within program operations, historical accounting is funded at 

$50,000,000. The Committee fully recognizes the importance of improving Indian trust management and historical accounting, but regrettably is unable to fund the full amount requested in order to 

maintain other high priority services and programs in Indian 

Country. The Committee also recognizes that efforts are underway 

between the parties to the Cobell v. Norton lawsuit and the authorizing Committees to settle the suit legislatively. 

INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION PROJECT

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $34,006,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 59,449,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 34,006,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 39,150,000 

The Committee recommends $39,150,000 for the Indian land consolidation program, which is $5,144,000 greater than the fiscal year 

2006 enacted level and the House recommended funding level, and 

$20,299,000 below the budget request. 

In addition to those most highly fractionated lands identified in 

the budget request, the Committee expects the Department to continue its fiscal year 2006 land consolidation partnerships, and for 

those tribes that have contributed tribal funds towards land consolidation the levels should be no less than the funding provided 

during fiscal year 2006. 

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. 
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NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $6,016,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 6,109,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 6,109,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,109,000 

The Committee recommends $6,109,000 for natural resource 

damage assessment and restoration, the same as the budget request, and an increase of $93,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

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. 104–106. 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. 107. 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. 108. Permits the redistribution of tribal priority allocation 

and tribal base funds to alleviate funding inequities. 

SEC. 109. Continues a provision permitting the conveyance of the 

Twin Cities Research Center for the benefit of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System in Minnesota. 

SEC. 110. 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. 111. Allows certain funds provided for land acquisition to be 

granted to a State, a local government, or any other land management entity. 

SEC. 112. Restricts the Secretary from entering into or implementing a contract which permits or requires the removal of the 

underground lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park. 

SEC. 113. Continues a provision prohibiting the demolition of a 

bridge between New Jersey and Ellis Island. 
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SEC. 114. Continues a limitation on compensation for the Special 

Master and Court Monitor appointed in the Cobell v. Norton litigation. 

SEC. 115. 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. Norton. 

SEC. 116. Continues a provision dealing with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service’s responsibilities for mass marking of salmonid 

stocks. 

SEC. 117. Clarifies the effect of section 134 of the Department of 

the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 regarding certain lands in the State of Kansas. 

SEC. 118. 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. 119. Repeals section of the fiscal year 2006 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act dealing with the cap on fees that 

may be charged by the National Indian Gaming Commission for 

2007. This section is no longer needed due to the passage of the 

Native American Technical Correction Act of 2006 (Public Law 

109–221) which addresses caps charged by the Commission. 

SEC. 120. Continues the Tribal Trust Reform Demonstration 

Project in fiscal year 2007, 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. 121. 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. 122. Authorizes the acquisition of lands for the purpose of 

operating and maintaining facilities that support visitors to Ellis, 

Governors and Liberty Islands. 

SEC. 123. Permits the Secretary of the Interior to issue grazing 

permits within the Mojave National Preserve. 

SEC. 124. Modifies language carried in previous years regarding 

final winter use rules for Yellowstone National Park. 

SEC. 125. Prohibits the use of funds for Center of Excellence and 

Partnership Skills Bank Training without Committee approval. 

SEC. 126. Allows for additional types of transactions to be used 

to expand Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. 

SEC. 127. Allows for certain mining claims in Alaska to be maintained by their current owner. 

SEC. 128. Authorizes the Secretary to establish an oil and gas 

leasing internet pilot program, allowing lease sales through methods other than oral bidding. 

SEC. 129. Allows historical operator right of entry for certain permit holders in Glacier Bay, Alaska. 

SEC. 130. Allows the change of a date on a reference map for the 

purposes of establishing title to land in Nevada. 

SEC. 131. Clarifies administrative and personnel issues pertaining to the Natchez Trace Parkway. 

SEC. 132. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to seek to renegotiate certain offshore oil and gas leases, and reaffirms secretarial 

authority with respect to certain offshore oil leases. 
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SEC. 133. Prohibits the use of funds for the issuance of certain 

new oil and gas leases. 

SEC. 134. 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. 
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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, 
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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 recommends a total of $7,529,924,000 for EPA. 

This is a decrease of $108,492,000 below the fiscal year 2006 en-
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acted level, an increase of $214,449,000 above the budget request, 

and a decrease of $46,746,000 below the House recommendation. 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $730,810,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 788,274,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 808,044,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 793,362,000 

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 amounts recommended by the Committee compared with the 

budget estimates by activity are shown in the following table: 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Science and Technology 

Air toxics and quality: 

Clean air allowance trading programs (also EPM) .............................................................................................................. 8,527 9,259 9,259 ∂732 ........................Federal support for air quality mgmt (also EPM) ................................................................................................................ 10,012 10,273 10,273 ∂261 ........................Federal support for air toxics program (also EPM) .............................................................................................................. 2,225 2,265 2,265 ∂40 ........................Federal vehicle and fuels standards/certification ................................................................................................................ 58,613 ........................ ........................ ¥58,613 ........................Energy Policy Act (Fed vehicle & fuel standards) ................................................................................................................ ........................ 11,400 1,400 ∂1,400 ¥10,000 Federal vehicles and fuel standards (other) ........................................................................................................................ ........................ 56,925 56,925 ∂56,925 ........................Radiation: Protection (also EPM; HSS) ................................................................................................................................. 2,086 2,054 2,054 ¥32 ........................Radiation: Response preparedness (also EPM) .................................................................................................................... 3,468 3,586 3,586 ∂118 ........................

Subtotal, Air toxics and quality ........................................................................................................................................ 84,931 95,762 85,762 ∂831 ¥10,000 

Climate protection: Climate protection program (also EPM) ........................................................................................................ 18,648 12,550 12,550 ¥6,098 ........................Enforcement: Forensics support (also HSS) ................................................................................................................................... 13,129 13,185 13,185 ∂56 ........................Homeland security: 

Homeland security: Critical infrastructure protection: 

Water sentinel and related training ............................................................................................................................ 8,131 41,735 18,131 ∂10,000 ¥23,604 Critical infrastructure protection (except water sentinel) (also EPM; HSS) ................................................................ 4,262 3,516 3,516 ¥746 ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security: Critical infrastructure protection ............................................................................. 12,393 45,251 21,647 ∂9,254 ¥23,604 

Homeland security: Preparedness, response, and recovery: 

Decontamination (also EPM; HSS) ............................................................................................................................... 16,868 24,667 24,667 ∂7,799 ........................Laboratory preparedness & response (also EPM; HSS) ............................................................................................... 591 600 600 ∂9 ........................Safe buildings .............................................................................................................................................................. 3,722 4,000 4,000 ∂278 ........................Preparedness, response, and recovery (other activities) (also HSS) ........................................................................... 14,571 15,231 15,231 ∂660 ........................(Transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) ........................................................................................................ (1,976 ) (2,000 ) (2,000 ) (∂24 ) ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security: Preparedness, response, and recovery ..................................................................... 35,752 44,498 44,498 ∂8,746 ........................
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Homeland security: Protection of EPA personnel and infrastructure (also EPM; B&F; HSS) ............................................... 2,050 2,079 2,079 ∂29 ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security ............................................................................................................................................. 50,195 91,828 68,224 ∂18,029 ¥23,604 

Indoor air: 

Indoor air: Radon program (also EPM) ................................................................................................................................. 429 442 442 ∂13 ........................Indoor air: Schools and workplace program (moved Reduce risks from indoor air (also EPM) ......................................... 810 829 829 ∂19 ........................

Subtotal, Indoor air ........................................................................................................................................................... 1,239 1,271 1,271 ∂32 ........................

IT/Data management/Security: IT/Data management (also EPM; LUST; OSR; HSS) ..................................................................... 4,173 4,268 4,268 ∂95 ........................Operations and administration: Facilities infrastructure and operations (also EPM; B&F; LUST; OSR; HSS) ............................. 8,511 70,240 70,240 ∂61,729 ........................Pesticide licensing: 

Pesticides: Registration of new pesticides (also EPM) ........................................................................................................ 2,463 2,766 2,766 ∂303 ........................Pesticides: Review/Reregistration of existing pesticides (also EPM) ................................................................................... 2,480 2,820 2,820 ∂340 ........................

Subtotal, Pesticide licensing ............................................................................................................................................ 4,943 5,586 5,586 ∂643 ........................

Research/Congressional priorities .................................................................................................................................................. 32,919 ........................ 30,000 ¥2,919 ∂30,000 Research: Clean air: 

Research: Air toxics ............................................................................................................................................................... 16,226 12,274 12,274 ¥3,952 ........................Research: Global change ...................................................................................................................................................... 18,619 17,456 17,456 ¥1,163 ........................Research: National ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) ................................................................................................ 66,777 65,456 65,456 ¥1,321 ........................

Subtotal, Research: Clean air .......................................................................................................................................... 101,622 95,186 95,186 ¥6,436 ........................

Research: Clean water: 

Research: Drinking water ...................................................................................................................................................... 45,170 49,243 49,243 ∂4,073 ........................Research: Water quality ........................................................................................................................................................ 51,269 56,988 56,988 ∂5,719 ........................

Subtotal, Research: Clean water ...................................................................................................................................... 96,439 106,231 106,231 ∂9,792 ........................

Research: Human health and ecosystems: 

Human health risk assessment ............................................................................................................................................ 35,637 34,488 34,488 ¥1,149 ........................

(By transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) ................................................................................................... (3,755 ) (3,847 ) (3,847 ) (∂92 ) ........................

Research: Computational toxicology ..................................................................................................................................... 12,327 14,983 12,327 ........................ ¥2,656 Research: Endocrine disruptor .............................................................................................................................................. 10,494 9,081 10,494 ........................ ∂1,413 Research: Fellowships ........................................................................................................................................................... 11,691 8,383 11,691 ........................ ∂3,308 Research: Human health and ecosystems ............................................................................................................................ 167,703 161,313 161,313 ¥6,390 ........................

Subtotal, Research: Human health and ecosystems ....................................................................................................... 237,852 228,248 230,313 ¥7,539 ∂2,065 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Research: Land protection: 

Research: Land protection & restoration (also HSS) ............................................................................................................ 11,606 10,553 10,553 ¥1,053 ........................(By transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) ............................................................................................................ (22,927 ) (21,964 ) (21,964 ) (¥963 ) ........................(By transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) ............................................................................................................ (1,206 ) ........................ ........................ (¥1,206 ) ........................

Subtotal, Research: Land protection ................................................................................................................................ 11,606 10,553 10,553 ¥1,053 ........................

Research: Sustainability: 

Research: Economics and decision science (EDS) ............................................................................................................... 2,361 2,495 2,495 ∂134 ........................Research: Environmental technology verification (ETV) ....................................................................................................... 2,990 ........................ 2,500 ¥490 ∂2,500 Research: Sustainability (other activities) ............................................................................................................................ 25,803 21,404 21,404 ¥4,399 ........................

(By transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) ................................................................................................... (292 ) ........................ ........................ (¥292 ) ........................

Subtotal, Research: Sustainability .......................................................................................................................... 31,154 23,899 26,399 ¥4,755 ∂2,500 

Toxic research and prevention: Research: Pesticides and toxics .................................................................................................. 30,357 26,224 30,351 ¥6 ∂4,127 Water: Human health protection: Drinking water programs (also EPM) ....................................................................................... 3,092 3,243 3,243 ∂151 ........................

Total, Science and Technology ......................................................................................................................................... 730,810 788,274 793,362 ∂62,552 ∂5,088 (By transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) ........................................................................................................ (30,156 ) (27,811 ) (27,811 ) (¥2,345 ) ........................
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The Committee recommends $793,362,000 for science and technology, which is $5,088,000 above the budget request and 

$62,552,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. In addition, 

the Committee recommends the transfer of $27,811,000 from the 

Superfund account, for a total of $821,173,000 for science and technology. 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 a decrease 

of $10,000,000 for Federal vehicle and fuel standards certification 

associated with implementation of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

renewable fuels standard. 

Homeland Security.—The Committee recommends a decrease of 

$23,604,000 in critical infrastructure protection for WaterSentinel 

and related training. The Committee does provide a $10,000,000 increase above the enacted level for this important program. 

Research/Congressional Priorities.—The Committee recommends 

an increase of $30,000,000 for programs of national and regional 

significance including the following: 

Project Committee recommendation 

The Water Environment Research Foundation ..................................................................................................... $2,600,000 

The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research ............................................................................................. 750,000 

The Water Systems Council Wellcare Program .................................................................................................... 1,200,000 

EPSCoR ................................................................................................................................................................. 1,000,000 

The Denver Zoological Foundation’s Asian Tropics Sustainable Energy Model in Colorado .............................. 1,000,000 

National Mining Sustainability Program at the National Environmental Waste Technology, Testing, and 

Evaluation Center ............................................................................................................................................ 1,000,000 

Groundwater Hydrogeological Study for the City of Bozeman, Montana ............................................................ 130,000 

The Nevada Association of Counties water GIS project ...................................................................................... 500,000 

A mercury study at the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation in New Hampshire ............................................. 500,000 

The Texas Tech University Center for Water Law and Policy .............................................................................. 650,000 

The Texas Air Quality Study 2 ............................................................................................................................. 750,000 

The Integrated Consortium for Energy and the Environment in Oklahoma ........................................................ 500,000 

The University of Louisville Lung Biology/Translational Lung Disease program in Kentucky ............................ 1,500,000 

The University of South Alabama Center for Estuarine Research in Alabama .................................................. 500,000 

Particulate matter research at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania ................................................... 500,000 

Central California Ozone Study, San Joaquin Valley Study Agency in California ............................................... 400,000 

Center for the Study of Metals in the Environment ............................................................................................ 500,000 

Clean Air Counts, Environmental Protection Agency in Illinois .......................................................................... 750,000 

Center for Air Toxic Metals at the University of North Dakota ........................................................................... 2,500,000 

Proctor Maple research station in Underhill, Vermont ........................................................................................ 200,000 

Acid Rain Research at the University of Vermont .............................................................................................. 250,000 

Aiken Greening at the University of Vermont ...................................................................................................... 550,000 

National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium at West Virginia University ..................................................... 2,000,000 

Baylor University Nuclear Biological and Chemical Threat Detection Assessment, and Response to Protect 

Public Water Supplies ..................................................................................................................................... 200,000 

Research: Human Health and Ecosystems.—The Committee recommends an increase of $2,065,000 for human health and ecosystems; including a decrease of $2,656,000 for computational toxicology; an increase of $1,413,000 for endocrine disruptor research; 

and an increase of $3,308,000 for fellowships through the Science 

to Achieve Results program. 

Research: Sustainability.—The Committee recommends an increase of $2,500,000 for environmental technology verification. 

Toxic Research and Prevention.—The Committee recommends an 

increase of $4,127,000 for pesticides and toxics research. 
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The Committee is concerned with the Agency’s implementation of 

the WaterSentinel program. The threat of bioterrorism remains 

real and immediate. Thus, the Committee has provided 

$10,000,000 for an additional pilot project. EPA should ensure that 

this additional pilot project demonstrates the best available realtime early warning system technology to monitor and protect the 

drinking water supplies of a high threat area serving multiple risk 

targets of national significance. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

Appropriations, 2006 (including emergency appropriations) ............. $2,352,711,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 2,306,617,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,338,242,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,310,674,000 

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 amounts recommended by the Committee compared with the 

budget estimates by activity are shown in the following table: 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Environmental Programs and Management 

Air toxics and quality: 

Clean air allowance trading programs (also S&T) ............................................................................................................... 17,708 19,126 19,126 ∂1,418 ........................Federal stationary source regulations ................................................................................................................................... 23,215 25,678 23,678 ∂463 ¥2,000 Federal support for air quality management: 

Clean diesel initiative .................................................................................................................................................. 5,867 ........................ ........................ ¥5,867 ........................Energy Policy Act implementation ................................................................................................................................ ........................ 2,800 1,000 ∂1,000 ¥1,800 Federal support for air quality management (other activities) (also S&T) ................................................................ 90,082 85,266 85,266 ¥4,816 ........................

Subtotal, Federal support for air quality management .......................................................................................... 95,949 88,066 86,266 ¥9,683 ¥1,800 

Federal support for air toxics program (also S&T) .............................................................................................................. 25,405 25,514 25,514 ∂109 ........................Radiation: Protection (also S&T; HSS) .................................................................................................................................. 11,178 10,649 10,649 ¥529 ........................Radiation: Response preparedness (also S&T) ..................................................................................................................... 2,632 2,689 2,689 ∂57 ........................Stratospheric ozone: Domestic programs .............................................................................................................................. 4,938 5,221 5,221 ∂283 ........................Stratospheric ozone: Multilateral fund .................................................................................................................................. 8,600 13,365 8,600 ........................ ¥4,765 

Subtotal, Air toxics and quality ........................................................................................................................................ 189,625 190,308 181,743 ¥7,882 ¥8,565 

Brownfields ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 24,534 24,637 24,637 ∂103 ........................Climate protection program: 

Energy star ............................................................................................................................................................................ 49,536 45,723 49,536 ........................ ∂3,813 Methane to markets .............................................................................................................................................................. 1,971 4,421 1,971 ........................ ¥2,450 Climate protection program (other activities) (also S&T) .................................................................................................... 39,327 41,700 41,700 ∂2,373 ........................

Subtotal, Climate protection ............................................................................................................................................. 90,834 91,844 93,207 ∂2,373 ∂1,363 

Compliance: 

Compliance assistance and centers: 

Energy Policy Act implementation ................................................................................................................................ ........................ 111 ........................ ........................ ¥111 Other activities ............................................................................................................................................................. 27,935 28,780 28,780 ∂845 ........................
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Subtotal, Compliance assistance and centers ........................................................................................................ 27,935 28,891 28,780 ∂845 ¥111 

Compliance incentives (also HSS) ........................................................................................................................................ 9,412 9,702 9,702 ∂290 ........................Compliance monitoring: 

Energy Policy Act implementation ................................................................................................................................ ........................ 987 ........................ ........................ ¥987 Other activities ............................................................................................................................................................. 85,463 92,032 89,032 ∂3,569 ¥3,000 

Subtotal, Compliance monitoring ............................................................................................................................ 85,463 93,019 89,032 ∂3,569 ¥3,987 Subtotal, Compliance ............................................................................................................................................... 122,810 131,612 127,514 ∂4,704 ¥4,098 

Enforcement: 

Energy Policy Act ................................................................................................................................................................... ........................ 753 ........................ ........................ ¥753 Civil enforcement (also OSR; HSS) (other) ........................................................................................................................... 117,807 120,025 120,025 ∂2,218 ........................Subtotal, Enforcement ........................................................................................................................................................... 117,807 120,778 120,025 ∂2,218 ¥753 Criminal enforcement (also HSS) .......................................................................................................................................... 37,565 37,794 37,794 ∂229 ........................Enforcement training (also HSS) .......................................................................................................................................... 2,945 2,504 2,504 ¥441 ........................Environmental justice (also HSS) ......................................................................................................................................... 5,569 3,859 5,569 ........................ ∂1,710 NEPA implementation ............................................................................................................................................................ 12,640 13,787 13,787 ∂1,147 ........................

Subtotal, Enforcement ...................................................................................................................................................... 176,526 178,722 179,679 ∂3,153 ∂957 

Environmental protection/Congressional priorities ........................................................................................................................ 49,799 ........................ 40,000 ¥9,799 ∂40,000 Geographic programs: 

Geographic program: Chesapeake Bay ................................................................................................................................. 22,118 26,398 26,398 ∂4,280 ........................Geographic program: Great Lakes ........................................................................................................................................ 21,164 20,577 21,164 ........................ ∂587 Geographic program: Gulf of Mexico .................................................................................................................................... 4,809 4,311 5,311 ∂502 ∂1,000 Geographic program: Lake Champlain ................................................................................................................................. 1,926 934 1,000 ¥926 ∂66 Geographic program: Long Island Sound ............................................................................................................................. 470 467 470 ........................ ∂3 
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Geographic program: Other: 

Community action for a renewed environment (CARE) ............................................................................................... 2,862 4,448 1,448 ¥1,414 ¥3,000 

Geographic program: Puget Sound ....................................................................................................................................... 1,971 ........................ 971 ¥1,000 ∂971 Other activities ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5,124 4,602 5,124 ........................ ∂522 

Subtotal, Geographic program: Other ............................................................................................................................... 9,957 9,050 7,543 ¥2,414 ¥1,507 

Regional geographic initiatives ............................................................................................................................................ 8,060 9,137 8,060 ........................ ¥1,077 

Subtotal, Geographic programs ........................................................................................................................................ 68,504 70,874 69,946 ∂1,442 ¥928 

Homeland security: 

Homeland security: Communication and information (also HSS): 

Laboratory preparedness and response (also S&T) ..................................................................................................... 1,212 1,200 1,200 ¥12 ........................Communication and information (other activities) ..................................................................................................... 5,263 5,600 5,600 ∂337 ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security: Communication and information ............................................................................. 6,475 6,800 6,800 ∂325 ........................

Homeland security: Critical infrastructure protection: 

Decontamination (also S&T; EPM; HSS) ...................................................................................................................... 98 99 99 ∂1 ........................Critical infrastructure protection (except decontamination) (also S&T; HSS) ............................................................ 6,689 7,144 7,144 ∂455 ........................Subtotal, Homeland security: critical infrastructure protection .................................................................................. 6,787 7,243 7,243 ∂456 ........................

Homeland security: Preparedness, response, and recovery (also S&T; HSS): Decontamination (also S&T; EPM; HSS) ..... 3,252 3,329 3,329 ∂77 ........................Homeland security: Protection of EPA personnel and infrastructure (also S&T; B&F; HSS) ............................................... 6,199 6,269 6,269 ∂70 ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security ............................................................................................................................................. 22,713 23,641 23,641 ∂928 ........................

Indoor air: 

Indoor air: Radon program (also S&T) ................................................................................................................................. 5,159 5,519 5,519 ∂360 ........................Reduce risks from indoor air (also S&T) .............................................................................................................................. 23,137 23,464 23,464 ∂327 ........................

Subtotal, Indoor air ........................................................................................................................................................... 28,296 28,983 28,983 ∂687 ........................

Information exchange/Outreach: 

Children and other sensitive populations: Agency coordination .......................................................................................... 5,633 6,064 6,064 ∂431 ........................Congressional, intergovernmental, external relations (also HSS) ........................................................................................ 50,291 52,143 50,291 ........................ ¥1,852 Environmental education ....................................................................................................................................................... 8,889 ........................ 7,000 ¥1,889 ∂7,000 Exchange network (also HSS) ............................................................................................................................................... 17,700 16,049 16,049 ¥1,651 ........................Small business ombudsman ................................................................................................................................................. 3,343 3,502 3,502 ∂159 ........................Small minority business assistance ..................................................................................................................................... 2,503 2,646 2,646 ∂143 ........................State and local prevention and preparedness ..................................................................................................................... 11,377 12,508 11,377 ........................ ¥1,131 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Toxics release inventory (TRI)/Right to know ........................................................................................................................ 14,289 15,243 15,243 ∂954 ........................Tribal—Capacity building ..................................................................................................................................................... 11,049 11,436 11,436 ∂387 ........................

Subtotal, Information exchange/Outreach ........................................................................................................................ 125,074 119,591 123,608 ¥1,466 ∂4,017 

International programs: 

Commission for environmental cooperation .......................................................................................................................... 4,116 4,137 4,137 ∂21 ........................Environment and trade ......................................................................................................................................................... 1,766 1,861 1,861 ∂95 ........................International capacity building ............................................................................................................................................. 6,138 6,390 6,390 ∂252 ........................Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)implementation ........................................................................................................... 1,697 1,809 1,809 ∂112 ........................U.S./Mexico border ................................................................................................................................................................. 5,749 6,061 5,749 ........................ ¥312 

Subtotal, International programs ..................................................................................................................................... 19,466 20,258 19,946 ∂480 ¥312 

IT/Data management/Security: 

Information security (also HSS) ............................................................................................................................................ 3,751 5,562 5,562 ∂1,811 ........................IT/Data management (also S&T; LUST; OSR; HSS) ($22.59 million moved to EPM Compliance in fiscal year 2006) ...... 94,567 96,807 94,567 ........................ ¥2,240 

Subtotal, IT/Data management/Security ........................................................................................................................... 98,318 102,369 100,129 ∂1,811 ¥2,240 

Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review: 

Administrative law ................................................................................................................................................................ 4,607 4,861 4,861 ∂254 ........................Alternative dispute resolution (also HSS) ............................................................................................................................. 1,048 1,230 1,230 ∂182 ........................Civil rights/Title VI compliance ............................................................................................................................................. 10,575 11,054 11,054 ∂479 ........................Legal advice: Environmental program (also HSS) ................................................................................................................ 35,931 37,525 37,525 ∂1,594 ........................Legal advice: Support program ............................................................................................................................................. 13,206 13,466 13,466 ∂260 ........................Regional science and technology .......................................................................................................................................... 3,522 3,521 3,521 ¥1 ........................Regulatory innovation ............................................................................................................................................................ 21,511 25,853 22,853 ∂1,342 ¥3,000 Regulatory/Economic-management and analysis ................................................................................................................. 16,551 17,555 16,551 ........................ ¥1,004 Science advisory board ......................................................................................................................................................... 4,402 4,616 4,616 ∂214 ........................

Subtotal, Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review ....................................................................................................... 111,353 119,681 115,677 ∂4,324 ¥4,004 
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Operations and administration: 

Acquisition management (also LUST; HSS) .......................................................................................................................... 23,265 25,418 24,418 ∂1,153 ¥1,000 Central planning, budgeting, and finance (also LUST; HSS) ............................................................................................... 73,680 83,548 83,548 ∂9,868 ........................Facilities infrastructure and operations (also S&T; B&F; LUST; OSR; HSS) ........................................................................ 343,908 294,760 292,760 ¥51,148 ¥2,000 Financial assistance grants/Interagency agreements (IAG) management (also HSS) ........................................................ 23,168 21,847 21,847 ¥1,321 ........................Human resources management (also LUST; HSS) ................................................................................................................ 41,275 40,202 40,202 ¥1,073 ........................

Subtotal, Operations and administration ......................................................................................................................... 505,296 465,775 462,775 ¥42,521 ¥3,000 

Pesticide licensing: 

Pesticides: Field programs .................................................................................................................................................... 24,516 24,926 24,926 ∂410 ........................Pesticides: Registration of new pesticides (also S&T) ......................................................................................................... 41,604 39,768 41,604 ........................ ∂1,836 Pesticides: Review/Reregistration of existingpesticides (also S&T) ..................................................................................... 57,458 51,814 55,814 ¥1,644 ∂4,000 Science policy and biotechnology ......................................................................................................................................... 1,694 1,754 1,754 ∂60 ........................

Subtotal, Pesticide licensing ............................................................................................................................................ 125,272 118,262 124,098 ¥1,174 ∂5,836 

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA): 

RCRA: Corrective action ........................................................................................................................................................ 39,396 40,372 39,396 ........................ ¥976 RCRA: Waste management ................................................................................................................................................... 65,793 67,887 65,793 ........................ ¥2,094 RCRA: Waste minimization and recycling ............................................................................................................................. 11,825 12,235 11,825 ........................ ¥410 

Subtotal, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) ............................................................................................ 117,014 120,494 117,014 ........................ ¥3,480 

Toxics risk review and prevention: 

Toxic substances: Chemical risk management .................................................................................................................... 9,008 7,736 9,008 ........................ ∂1,272 Toxic substances: Chemical risk review & reduction ........................................................................................................... 46,542 44,637 46,542 ........................ ∂1,905 Endocrine disruptors ............................................................................................................................................................. 8,767 7,985 8,767 ........................ ∂782 Toxic substances: Lead risk reduction program ................................................................................................................... 10,162 11,368 11,368 ∂1,206 ........................Pollution prevention program ................................................................................................................................................ 16,621 21,292 19,292 ∂2,671 ¥2,000 

Subtotal, Toxics risk review and prevention .................................................................................................................... 91,100 93,018 94,977 ∂3,877 ∂1,959 

Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST) (also LUST) ..................................................................................................................... 7,763 11,714 9,714 ∂1,951 ¥2,000 Water: Ecosystems: 

Great Lakes Legacy Act ......................................................................................................................................................... 28,989 49,600 30,600 ∂1,611 ¥19,000 National estuary program/Coastal waterways ...................................................................................................................... 23,773 18,417 20,417 ¥3,356 ∂2,000 Wetlands ................................................................................................................................................................................ 19,416 20,992 20,992 ∂1,576 ........................

Subtotal, Water: Ecosystems ............................................................................................................................................ 72,178 89,009 72,009 ¥169 ¥17,000 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Water: Human health protection: 

Beach/Fish programs ............................................................................................................................................................ 3,156 2,654 2,654 ¥502 ........................Drinking water programs (also S&T) .................................................................................................................................... 95,656 99,121 99,121 ∂3,465 ........................

Subtotal, Water: Human health protection ....................................................................................................................... 98,812 101,775 101,775 ∂2,963 ........................

Water quality protection: 

Marine pollution .................................................................................................................................................................... 12,212 12,462 10,462 ¥1,750 ¥2,000 Surface water protection: 

Water quality monitoring .............................................................................................................................................. 7,193 7,121 7,121 ¥72 ........................Surface water protection (other activities) .................................................................................................................. 182,019 184,467 182,019 ........................ ¥2,448 

Subtotal, Surface water protection .......................................................................................................................... 189,212 191,588 189,140 ¥72 ¥2,448 Subtotal, Water quality protection ........................................................................................................................... 201,424 204,050 199,602 ¥1,822 ¥4,448 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ................................................................................................................ 6,000 ........................ ........................ ¥6,000 ........................

Total, Environmental Programs and Management ........................................................................................................... 2,352,711 2,306,617 2,310,674 ¥42,037 ∂4,057 
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The Committee recommends $2,310,674,000 for environmental 

programs and management, $4,057,000 above the budget request 

and $42,037,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

Changes to the budget request are detailed below. 

Air Toxics and Quality.—The Committee recommends a decrease 

of $8,565,000 for air toxics and quality; including a decrease of 

$2,000,000 for Federal stationary source regulations; a decrease of 

$1,800,000 for an air quality management program for implementation of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; and a decrease of 

$4,765,000 in the stratospheric ozone program for the multilateral 

fund. 

Climate Protection.—The Committee recommends an increase of 

$1,363,000 for climate protection; including an increase of 

$3,813,000 for Energy Star; and a decrease of $2,450,000 for Methane to Markets. Further, $1,000,000 is provided for the Asia-Pacific 

Partnership. 

Compliance.—The Committee recommends a decrease of 

$4,098,000 for compliance; including a decrease of $111,000 for the 

compliance assistance and centers program for implementation of 

the Energy Policy Act of 2005; a decrease of $987,000 for the compliance monitoring program for implementation of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; and a decrease of $3,000,000 for other activities in 

compliance monitoring. 

Enforcement.—The Committee recommends an increase of 

$957,000 for enforcement; including a decrease of $753,000 for the 

civil enforcement program for implementation of the Energy Policy 

Act of 2005; and, an increase of $1,710,000 for environmental justice. 

Environmental Protection/Congressional Priorities.—The Committee recommends an increase of $40,000,000 for programs of national and regional significance including the following: 

Project Committee recommendation 

The National Rural Water Association ................................................................................................................. $11,000,000 

The Rural Community Assistance Program ......................................................................................................... 3,000,000 

The Small Public Water System Technology Centers at Western Kentucky University, the University of New 

Hampshire, the University of Alaska-Sitka, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, Montana State University, the University of Illinois, and Mississippi State University ................... 4,000,000 

The Southwest Missouri Water Quality Improvement project .............................................................................. 1,975,000 

Antibiofilm products for preventing bacterial disease project at Montana State University ............................. 500,000 

Ethanal demonstration project in Hawaii ............................................................................................................ 1,000,000 

Big Sky Economic Development Authority for a mercury control demonstration project in Billings, Montana 500,000 

Molecular tracking of waterborne bacteria project at the University of Southern Mississippi .......................... 600,000 

The multi-purpose sensors to detect and analyze contaminants and time-lapsing imaging of shallow subsurface fluid flow at Boise State University ................................................................................................... 1,000,000 

The Beaver Creek Watershed Restoration project in Knox County, Tennessee ................................................... 500,000 

The new environmental technologies for small businesses project at the University of Northern Iowa ........... 400,000 

Region 10 gas pipeline permitting in Alaska ..................................................................................................... 2,000,000 

The Ozarks Environmental and Water Resources Institute at Missouri State University ................................... 1,000,000

Storm Lake water quality project in Iowa ........................................................................................................... 300,000 

Red River Watershed Institute at Louisiana State University ............................................................................. 450,000 

Chesapeake Bay Small Watersheds Program ...................................................................................................... 1,500,000 

Long Island Sound Restoration ............................................................................................................................ 1,000,000 

Yerington mine containment transport model and health risk assessment ...................................................... 500,000 

Lake Champlain Basin Program .......................................................................................................................... 1,700,000 

Columbia Basin Groundwater Management Area in Washington ....................................................................... 500,000 

Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission for an environmental program ............................................... 300,000 

National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities at West Virginia University .......................... 750,000 
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Project Committee recommendation 

Fife Lake Remediation Project in Michigan ......................................................................................................... 300,000 

Geographic Programs.—The Committee recommends a decrease 

of $928,000 for geographic programs; including an increase of 

$587,000 for the Great Lakes; an increase of $1,000,000 for the 

Gulf of Mexico; an increase of $66,000 for Lake Champlain; an increase of $3,000 for the Long Island Sound; a decrease of 

$3,000,000 for the community action for a renewed environment 

program; an increase of $971,000 for Puget Sound; and an increase 

of $522,000 for other activities in geographic programs. Further, 

the Committee directs the increase of $522,000 for other activities 

in geographic programs be added to the $1,000,000 currently budgeted for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration program. 

Information Exchange/Outreach.—The Committee recommends 

an increase of $4,017,000 for information exchange and outreach 

programs; including a decrease of $1,852,000 for congressional, 

intergovernmental, external relations; an increase of $7,000,000 for 

environmental education; and a decrease of $1,131,000 for State 

and local prevention and preparedness. 

International Programs.—The Committee recommends a decrease 

of $312,000 for the United States and Mexico Border program. 

IT/Data Management/Security.—The Committee recommends a 

decrease of $2,240,000 for IT/Data management. 

Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic Review.—The Committee 

recommends a decrease of $4,004,000 for legal/science/regulatory/ 

economic review programs; including a decrease of $3,000,000 for 

regulatory innovation; and a decrease of $1,004,000 for regulatory/ 

economic management and analysis. 

Operations and Administration.—The Committee recommends a 

decrease of $3,000,000 for operations and administration; including 

a decrease of $1,000,000 for acquisition management; and a decrease of $2,000,000 for facilities infrastructure and operations. 

Pesticide Licensing.—The Committee recommends an increase of 

$5,836,000 for pesticide licensing programs; including an increase 

of $1,836,000 for registration of new pesticides; and an increase of 

$4,000,000 for review and reregistration of existing pesticides. 

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act [RCRA].—The Committee recommends a decrease of $3,480,000 for resource conservation and recovery act; including a decrease of $976,000 for RCRA: 

Corrective action; and, a decrease of $2,094,000 for RCRA: Waste 

management; and a decrease of $410,000 for RCRA: Waste minimization and recycling. 

Toxic Risk Review and Prevention.—The Committee recommends 

an increase of $1,959,000 for toxic risk review and prevention; including an increase of $1,272,000 for toxic substances: chemical 

risk management; an increase of $1,905,000 for toxic substances: 

chemical risk review and reduction; and an increase of $782,000 for 

endocrine disruptors; and, a decrease of $2,000,000 for the pollution prevention program. Further, the Committee directs the increase of $1,905,000 for toxic substances: chemical risk review and 

reduction be allocated to the review and assessment of information 

submitted under the High Production Volume Challenge program. 
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Also, the Committee has restored funding for endocrine disruptors 

to the enacted level, and urges the EPA to focus on validation of 

specific screening assays and tests relevant to evaluating potential 

hazards to human health. 

Underground Storage Tanks.—The Committee recommends a decrease of $2,000,000 for the underground storage tank program. 

Water: Ecosystems.—The Committee recommends a decrease of 

$17,000,000 for water: ecosystems; including a decrease of 

$19,000,000 for the Great Lakes Legacy Act; and an increase of 

$2,000,000 for the National Estuary program. 

Water Quality Protection.—The Committee recommends a decrease of $2,000,000 for marine pollution. 

Surface Water Protection.—The Committee recommends a decrease of $2,448,000 for other activities in surface water protection. The Committee provides the budget request of $2,000,000 for the 

Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center [Water ISAC], and 

directs that the Water ISAC shall be implemented through a grant 

to the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies. 

The Committee is aware that provisions of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act [PRIA] remain in effect until 2008 and, 

therefore, discourages EPA from diverting limited resources and 

staff for the development of pesticide tolerance or any other fees 

which cannot be collected while PRIA is in effect. 

The Committee expects EPA to continue to participate in the 

nine agency Clean Energy Technology Exports Initiative. 

The Committee is aware of the work being done on pesticide harmonization with Canada, especially in the area of joint labeling of 

identical or substantially similar products. Not less than 90 days 

after enactment of this act, the Committee directs the agency to 

provide a progress report on harmonization and joint labeling efforts. This report shall include any statutory or regulatory barriers 

to completing harmonization, and any actions EPA is undertaking 

to create a labeling system that allows identical products sold on 

both sides of the border to carry a joint label. 

Chesapeake Bay Program.—The Committee directs EPA to immediately implement all of the Government Accountability Office’s 

[GAO] October 2005. recommendations to the Chesapeake Bay Program [CBP]. The Committee further directs EPA to develop a 

Chesapeake Bay action plan to maximize pollution reduction in the 

Chesapeake 2000 agreement. This plan must: (1) clearly articulate 

strategic targets the CBP expects to achieve in each year through 

2010; (2) describe the actual activities the CBP will implement in 

each year to achieve these annual targets; and (3) identify the 

amount and source of funding that will be used to accomplish each 

of these activities. The Committee directs EPA to submit an annual 

performance assessment of progress made on this action plan. The 

Committee further directs EPA to publish and widely circulate 

within 6 months of the date of enactment of this act and annually 

thereafter a ‘‘tributary report card’’ to evaluate progress made in 

achieving and maintaining nutrient and sediment reduction goals 

for each major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay and each separable 

segment of such a tributary. The report card should include a list 

of the primary sources of pollution and actions being taken to remediate those sources. Finally, EPA shall ensure that effluent lim-
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its for any point source shall be consistent with the assumptions 

identified in the tributary strategies. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $36,904,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 35,100,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 35,100,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 35,100,000 

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 amounts recommended by the Committee compared with the 

budget estimates by activity are shown in the following table: 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation 

Budget estimate 

Office of Inspector General 

Audits, evaluations, and investigations .......................................................................................................................................... 36,904 35,100 35,100 ¥1,804 ......................

(By transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) .............................................................................................................. (13,337 ) (13,316 ) (13,316 ) (¥21 ) ......................
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The Committee recommends $35,100,000 for the Office of Inspec- tor General, which is equal to the budget request and $1,804,000 

below the fiscal year 2006 level. In addition, $13,316,000 will be 

available by transfer from the Superfund account, for a total of 

$48,416,000. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

Appropriations, 2006 (including emergency appropriations) ............. $39,626,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 39,816,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 39,816,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 39,816,000 

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 amounts recommended by the Committee compared with the 

budget estimates by activity are shown in the following table: 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget esti- mate Committee recommenda- tion 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation 

Budget estimate 

Buildings and Facilities 

Homeland security: Homeland security: Protection of EPA personnel and infrastructure (also S&T; EPM; HSS) .................................. 11,331 11,385 11,385 ∂54 ......................Operations and administration: Facilities infrastructure and operations (also S&T; EPM; HSS; LUST; OSR) ....................................... 28,295 28,431 28,431 ∂136 ......................

Total, Buildings and Facilities ................................................................................................................................................... 39,626 39,816 39,816 ∂190 ......................
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The Committee recommends $39,816,000 for buildings and facili- ties, $190,000 above the fiscal year 2006 level and equal to the 

budget request. 

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $1,242,074,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,258,955,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,256,855,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,261,345,000 

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 amounts recommended by the Committee compared with 

budget estimates by activity are shown in the following table: 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation 

Budget estimate 

Hazardous Substance Superfund 

Air toxics and quality: Radiation: Protection (also S&T; EPM) ....................................................................................................... 2,120 2,323 2,323 ∂203 ......................Audits, evaluations, and investigations .......................................................................................................................................... 13,337 13,316 13,316 ¥21 ......................

(Transfer to Office of Inspector General) ................................................................................................................................ (¥13,337 ) (¥13,316 ) (¥13,316 ) (∂21 ) ......................

Compliance: 

Compliance assistance and centers (also EPM; LUST; OSR) ................................................................................................. 11 22 11 ........................ ¥11 Compliance incentives (also EPM) .......................................................................................................................................... 186 143 143 ¥43 ......................Compliance monitoring (also EPM) ......................................................................................................................................... 955 1,144 955 ........................ ¥189 

Subtotal, Compliance .......................................................................................................................................................... 1,152 1,309 1,109 ¥43 ¥200 

Enforcement 

Civil enforcement (also EPM; OSR) ......................................................................................................................................... 796 883 883 ∂87 ......................Criminal enforcement (also EPM) ........................................................................................................................................... 8,275 8,502 8,502 ∂227 ......................Enforcement training (also EPM) ............................................................................................................................................ 581 622 622 ∂41 ......................Environmental justice (also EPM) ........................................................................................................................................... 827 757 757 ¥70 ......................Forensics support (also S&T) .................................................................................................................................................. 3,643 4,184 3,643 ........................ ¥541 Superfund: Enforcement .......................................................................................................................................................... 156,653 163,651 163,651 ∂6,998 ......................Superfund: Federal facilities enforcement .............................................................................................................................. 9,410 10,197 10,197 ∂787 ......................

Subtotal, Enforcement ........................................................................................................................................................ 180,185 188,796 188,255 ∂8,070 ¥541 

Homeland security: 

Homeland security: Communication and information (also EPM): Laboratory preparedness and response (also S&T; 

EPM; HSS) ........................................................................................................................................................................... 296 300 300 ∂4 ......................

Homeland security: Critical infrastructure protection: 

Decontamination (also S&T; EPM; HSS) ........................................................................................................................ 197 198 198 ∂1 ......................Critical infrastructure protection (other activities) (also S&T; EPM) ............................................................................ 1,245 1,374 1,374 ∂129 ......................

Subtotal, Homeland security: Critical infrastructure protection ............................................................................... 1,442 1,572 1,572 ∂130 ......................
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation 

Budget estimate 

Homeland security: Preparedness, response, and recovery: 

Decontamination (also S&T; EPM; HSS) ........................................................................................................................ 10,395 12,271 8,271 ¥2,124 ¥4,000 Laboratory preparedness and response (also S&T; EPM; HSS) ..................................................................................... ........................ 9,500 8,500 ∂8,500 ¥1,000 Preparedness, response, and recovery (other activities) (also S&T) ............................................................................. 27,184 28,004 28,004 ∂820 ......................(Transfer to Science and Technology) ............................................................................................................................ (¥1,976 ) (¥2,000 ) (¥2,000 ) (¥24 ) ......................

Subtotal, Homeland security: Preparedness, response, and recovery ....................................................................... 37,579 49,775 44,775 ∂7,196 ¥5,000 

Homeland security: Protection of EPA personnel and infrastructure (also S&T; EPM; B&F) .......................................................... 588 594 594 ∂6 ......................

Subtotal, Homeland security ............................................................................................................................................... 39,905 52,241 47,241 ∂7,336 ¥5,000 

Information exchange/Outreach: 

Congressional, intergovernmental, external relations (also EPM) .......................................................................................... 48 130 89 ∂41 ¥41 Exchange network (also EPM) ................................................................................................................................................. 1,650 1,432 1,432 ¥218 ......................

Subtotal, Information exchange/Outreach .......................................................................................................................... 1,698 1,562 1,521 ¥177 ¥41 

IT/Data management/Security: 

Information security (also EPM) .............................................................................................................................................. 341 789 789 ∂448 ......................IT/Data management (also S&T; EPM; LUST; OSR) ................................................................................................................ 17,053 17,120 17,120 ∂67 ......................

Subtotal, IT/Data management/Security ............................................................................................................................. 17,394 17,909 17,909 ∂515 ......................

Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review: 

Alternative dispute resolution (also EPM) .............................................................................................................................. 975 887 887 ¥88 ......................Legal advice: Environmental program (also EPM) ................................................................................................................. 755 691 691 ¥64 ......................

Subtotal, Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review ......................................................................................................... 1,730 1,578 1,578 ¥152 ......................

Operations and administration: 

Financial assistance grants/Interagency agreements (IAG) management (also EPM) .......................................................... 3,060 2,921 2,921 ¥139 ......................Facilities infrastructure and operations (also S&T; EPM; B&F; LUST; OSR) .......................................................................... 69,667 73,945 73,945 ∂4,278 ......................Acquisition management (also EPM; LUST) ............................................................................................................................ 19,727 23,514 21,514 ∂1,787 ¥2,000 
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Human resources management (also EPM; LUST) ................................................................................................................. 5,665 5,270 5,270 ¥395 ......................Central planning, budgeting, and finance (also EPM; LUST) ................................................................................................ 24,349 25,541 25,541 ∂1,192 ......................

Subtotal, Operations and administration ........................................................................................................................... 122,468 131,191 129,191 ∂6,723 ¥2,000 

Research: Human health and ecosystems: 

Human health risk assessment .............................................................................................................................................. 3,755 3,847 3,847 ∂92 ......................

(Transfer to Science and Technology) ............................................................................................................................ (¥3,755 ) (¥3,847 ) (¥3,847 ) (¥92 ) ......................

Research: Land protection: 

Research: Land protection and restoration ............................................................................................................................ 22,927 21,964 21,964 ¥963 ......................

(Transfer to Science and Technology) ............................................................................................................................ (¥22,927 ) (¥21,964 ) (¥21,964 ) (∂963 ) ......................

Research: Superfund innovative technology (SITE) program .................................................................................................. 1,206 ........................ ........................ ¥1,206 ......................

(Transfer to Science and Technology) ............................................................................................................................ (¥1,206 ) ........................ ........................ (∂1,206 ) ......................

Subtotal, Research: Land protection ......................................................................................................................... 24,133 21,964 21,964 ¥2,169 ......................

Research: Sustainability: 

Pollution prevention (also S&T) .............................................................................................................................................. 292 ........................ ........................ ¥292 ......................

(Transfer to Science and Technology) ............................................................................................................................ (¥292 ) ........................ ........................ (∂292 ) ......................

Superfund cleanup: 

Superfund: Emergency response and removal ........................................................................................................................ 193,584 192,399 193,584 ........................ ∂1,185 Superfund: EPA emergency preparedness ............................................................................................................................... 10,540 8,863 10,540 ........................ ∂1,677 Superfund: Federal facilities ................................................................................................................................................... 31,336 31,487 31,487 ∂151 ......................Superfund: Remedial ............................................................................................................................................................... 588,905 581,595 588,905 ........................ ∂7,310 Superfund: Support to other Federal agencies ....................................................................................................................... 9,540 8,575 8,575 ¥965 ......................

Subtotal, Superfund cleanup .............................................................................................................................................. 833,905 822,919 833,091 ¥814 ∂10,172 Total, Hazardous Substance Superfund ............................................................................................................................. 1,242,074 1,258,955 1,261,345 ∂19,271 ∂2,390 (Transfer to Office of Inspector General) ........................................................................................................................... (¥13,337 ) (¥13,316 ) (¥13,316 ) (∂21 ) ......................(Transfer to Science and Technology) ................................................................................................................................ (¥30,156 ) (¥27,811 ) (¥27,811 ) (∂2,345 ) ......................
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The Committee recommends $1,261,345,000 for Superfund, 

$19,271,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and 

$2,390,000 above the budget request. 

Changes to the budget request are detailed below. 

Compliance.—The Committee recommends a decrease of 

$200,000 for the compliance program; including a decrease of 

$11,000 for compliance assistance and centers; and a decrease of 

$189,000 for compliance monitoring. 

Enforcement.—The Committee recommends a decrease of 

$541,000 for the forensics support program. 

Homeland Security.—The Committee recommends a decrease of 

$5,000,000 for homeland security activities; including, a decrease of 

$4,000,000 for decontamination; and a decrease of $1,000,000 for 

laboratory preparedness and response. 

Information Exchange/Outreach.—The Committee recommends a 

decrease of $41,000 for congressional, intergovernmental, and external relations. 

Operations and Administration.—The Committee recommends a 

decrease of $2,000,000 for acquisition management. 

Superfund Cleanup.—The Committee recommends an increase of 

$10,172,000 for Superfund cleanup activities; including an increase 

of $1,185,000 for emergency response and removal; and, an increase of $1,677,000 for EPA emergency preparedness; and an increase of $7,310,000 for remedial actions. 

The Committee is concerned that EPA may be planning to use 

Point of Use [POU] Treatment alternatives for rural water customers within the Arsenic Trioxide Site in Southeast North Dakota. The Committee directs the Agency to evaluate and reconcile 

any plan to use such devices with the EPA’s 1986 Record of Decision for the Site, which found ‘‘that these alternatives would not effectively prevent, mitigate, or minimize threats to and provide protection of public health, welfare, and the environment.’’ Further, 

the Committee expects the Agency not to consider a POU alternative and to remain consistent with the protection of public health 

by exercising the highly successful remedy alternative of Rural 

Water Treatment Systems. 

Despite years of remediation efforts, the Committee remains concerned that EPA has not yet issued a Record of Decision [ROD] for 

Libby, Montana. The Committee directs the Agency to work with 

the community to develop an acceptable timeline for completion of 

the project. It is of paramount importance that EPA allow for extensive input by the community at all phases of the process to determine the priorities of the community. Also, local businesses 

should be given every consideration in the Agency’s contracting 

process. Finally, the Committee expects EPA to follow proper scientific procedures during the remediation process to ensure the 

safety of the community. 

LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

Appropriations, 2006 (including emergency appropriations) ............. $86,953,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 72,759,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 72,759,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 72,759,000 
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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 amounts recommended by the Committee compared with the 

budget estimates by activity are shown in the following table: 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget esti- mate Committee recommenda- tion 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation 

Budget estimate 

Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST) 

Compliance: Compliance assistance and centers (also EPM; OSR; HSS) .............................................................................................. 711 839 839 ∂128 ......................IT/Data management/Security: IT/Data management (also S&T; EPM; HSS; OSR) ................................................................................ 182 176 176 ¥6 ......................Operations and administration: 

Acquisition management (also EPM; HSS) ..................................................................................................................................... 358 361 361 ∂3 ......................Central planning, budgeting, and finance (also EPM; HSS) .......................................................................................................... 1,010 1,015 1,015 ∂5 ......................Facilities infrastructure and operations (also S&T; EPM; B&F; HSS; OSR) ................................................................................... 894 917 917 ∂23 ......................Human resources management (also EPM; HSS) ........................................................................................................................... 3 3 3 ...................... ......................

Subtotal, Operations and administration ................................................................................................................................... 2,265 2,296 2,296 ∂31 ......................

Research: Land protection: Research: Land protection and restoration (alsoS&T; HSS; OSR) .............................................................. 634 651 651 ∂17 ......................Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST): 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) .......................................................................................................................... 8,000 ...................... ...................... ¥8,000 ......................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) .......................................................................................................................... 7,000 ...................... ...................... ¥7,000 ......................Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST) (also EPM) ....................................................................................................................... 10,514 10,590 10,590 ∂76 ......................LUST Cooperative agreements ......................................................................................................................................................... 57,647 58,207 58,207 ∂560 ......................

Subtotal, Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST) ..................................................................................................................... 83,161 68,797 68,797 ¥14,364 ......................Total, Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program .................................................................................................................. 86,953 72,759 72,759 ¥14,194 ......................
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The Committee recommends the budget request of $72,759,000 

for the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund, which is 

$14,194,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, including 

emergency appropriations. The Committee directs that not less 

than 85 percent of these funds be provided to the States and tribal 

governments. 

OIL SPILL RESPONSE

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $15,629,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 16,506,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 16,506,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 16,506,000 

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 amounts recommended by the Committee compared with the 

budget estimates by activity are shown in the following table: 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget esti- mate Committee recommenda- tion 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation 

Budget estimate 

Oil Spill Response 

Compliance: Compliance assistance and centers (also EPM; HSS; LUST) ............................................................................................. 284 280 280 ¥4 ......................Enforcement: Civil enforcement (also EPM; HSS) .................................................................................................................................... 1,910 1,826 1,826 ¥84 ......................IT/Data management/Security: IT/Data management (also S&T; EPM; HSS; LUST) ............................................................................... 31 33 33 ∂2 ......................Oil: Oil spill: Prevention, preparedness and response ............................................................................................................................ 12,066 12,965 12,965 ∂899 ......................Operations and administration: Facilities infrastructure and operations (also S&T; EPM; B&F; HSS; LUST) ....................................... 500 499 499 ¥1 ......................Research: Land protection: Research: Land protection and restoration (also S&T; HSS; LUST) ............................................................ 838 903 903 ∂65 ......................

Total, Oil Spill Response ............................................................................................................................................................ 15,629 16,506 16,506 ∂877 ......................
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The Committee recommends $16,506,000 for the oil spill re- sponse trust fund, which is $877,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and equal to the budget request. 

STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $3,133,709,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 2,797,448,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 3,009,348,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 3,000,362,000 

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 amounts recommended by the Committee compared with the 

budget estimates by activity are shown in the following table: 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate 

State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) 

Air toxics and quality: Clean school bus initiative ....................................................................................................................... 6,897 ........................ ........................ ¥6,897 ........................Brownfields: Brownfields projects .................................................................................................................................................. 88,676 89,119 89,119 ∂443 ........................Infrastructure assistance: 

Infrastructure assistance: Alaska Native villages ................................................................................................................ 34,485 14,850 24,850 ¥9,635 ∂10,000 Infrastructure assistance: Clean water state revolving fund (SRF) .................................................................................... 886,759 687,555 687,555 ¥199,204 ........................Diesel emissions reduction grants ........................................................................................................................................ ........................ 49,500 20,127 ∂20,127 ¥29,373 Infrastructure assistance: Drinking water state revolving fund (SRF) ................................................................................ 837,495 841,500 841,500 ∂4,005 ........................Infrastructure assistance: Mexico border .............................................................................................................................. 49,264 24,750 30,750 ¥18,514 ∂6,000 Infrastructure assistance: Puerto Rico ................................................................................................................................. ........................ 990 ........................ ........................ ¥990 

Subtotal, Infrastructure assistance .................................................................................................................................. 1,808,003 1,619,145 1,604,782 ¥203,221 ¥14,363 

STAG infrastructure grants/Congressional priorities ..................................................................................................................... 197,058 ........................ 210,000 ∂12,942 ∂210,000 

Subtotal, State and Tribal Assistance Grants (excluding categorical grants) ................................................................ 2,100,634 1,708,264 1,903,901 ¥196,733 ∂195,637 

Categorical grants: 

Categorical grant: Beaches protection ................................................................................................................................. 9,853 9,900 9,900 ∂47 ........................Categorical grant: Brownfields ............................................................................................................................................. 49,264 49,495 49,495 ∂231 ........................Categorical grant: Environmental information ..................................................................................................................... 19,706 14,850 14,850 ¥4,856 ........................Categorical grant: Hazardous waste financial assistance ................................................................................................... 101,944 103,345 101,944 ........................ ¥1,401 Categorical grant: Homeland security .................................................................................................................................. 4,926 4,950 4,950 ∂24 ........................Categorical grant: Lead ........................................................................................................................................................ 13,499 13,563 13,563 ∂64 ........................Categorical grant: Nonpoint source (Sec. 319) .................................................................................................................... 204,278 194,040 200,040 ¥4,238 ∂6,000 Categorical grant: Pesticides enforcement ........................................................................................................................... 18,622 18,711 18,711 ∂89 ........................Categorical grant: Pesticides program implementation ....................................................................................................... 12,907 12,969 12,969 ∂62 ........................Categorical grant: Pollution control (Sec. 106): 

Water quality monitoring .............................................................................................................................................. 18,228 18,500 18,500 ∂272 ........................Pollution control (Sec. 106) (other activities) ............................................................................................................. 197,944 203,161 200,161 ∂2,217 ¥3,000 
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Subtotal, Categorical grant: Pollution control (Sec. 106) ..................................................................................... 216,172 221,661 218,661 ∂2,489 ¥3,000 

Categorical grant: Pollution prevention ................................................................................................................................ 4,926 5,940 5,940 ∂1,014 ........................Categorical grant: Public water system supervision (PWSS) ............................................................................................... 98,279 99,099 99,099 ∂820 ........................Categorical grant: Radon ...................................................................................................................................................... 7,439 8,074 8,074 ∂635 ........................Categorical grant: Sector program ....................................................................................................................................... 2,217 2,227 2,227 ∂10 ........................Categorical grant: State and local air quality management ............................................................................................... 220,261 185,180 200,180 ¥20,081 ∂15,000 Categorical grant: Targeted watersheds ............................................................................................................................... 16,608 6,930 16,608 ........................ ∂9,678 Categorical grant: Toxics substances compliance ............................................................................................................... 5,074 5,098 5,098 ∂24 ........................Categorical grant: Tribal air quality management ............................................................................................................... 10,887 10,940 10,940 ∂53 ........................Categorical grant: Tribal general assistance program ........................................................................................................ 56,654 56,925 56,925 ∂271 ........................Categorical grant: Underground injection control (UIC) ....................................................................................................... 10,838 10,890 10,890 ∂52 ........................Categorical grant: Underground storage tanks .................................................................................................................... 11,774 37,567 17,567 ∂5,793 ¥20,000 Categorical grant: Wastewater operator training ................................................................................................................. 1,182 ........................ 1,000 ¥182 ∂1,000 Categorical grant: Water quality cooperative.Categorical grant: Wetlands program development ............................................................................................................. 15,765 16,830 16,830 ∂1,065 ........................

Subtotal, Categorical grants ............................................................................................................................................ 1,113,075 1,089,184 1,096,461 ¥16,614 ∂7,277 Subtotal, State and Tribal Assistance Grants ................................................................................................................. 3,213,709 2,797,448 3,000,362 ¥213,347 ∂202,914 

Rescission of expired contracts, grants, and interagency agreements (various EPA accounts) ................................................. ¥80,000 ........................ ........................ ∂80,000 ........................

Total, State and Tribal Assistance Grants ....................................................................................................................... 3,133,709 2,797,448 3,000,362 ¥133,347 ∂202,914 
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The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,000,362,000 for State and Tribal Assistance Grants, a decrease of $133,344,000 

below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and an increase of 

$202,914,000 over the budget request. 

Changes to the budget request are detailed below. 

Infrastructure Assistance.—The Committee recommends a decrease of $14,363,000 for infrastructure assistance programs; including an increase of $10,000,000 for the Alaska native villages 

program; a decrease of $29,373,000 for diesel emissions reduction 

grants; an increase of $6,000,000 for the Mexico border program; 

and a decrease of $990,000 for Puerto Rico. Further, the Committee 

directs the increase of $6,000,000 for the Mexico border program be 

allocated as follows: $4,000,000 for the El Paso Reclaimed Water 

project; and, $2,000,000 for the Brownsville/Weir Reservoir project. 

STAG Infrastructure Grants/Congressional Priorities.—The Committee recommends an increase of $210,000,000 for targeted project 

grants which require a local match of 45 percent per grant unless 

a hardship waiver is provided by the EPA. The targeted project 

grants include the following: 

Project Name Committee recommendation 

Water and sewer improvement project for Kodiak, AK ...................................................................................... $500,000 

City of Bayou La Batre water project, AL .......................................................................................................... 2,000,000 

Sewer system enhancements for the City of Brewton, AL ................................................................................ 500,000 

Wastewater treatment plant expansion in Bullhead City, AZ ........................................................................... 1,000,000 

Drinking water project for the Arkansas Valley Conduit, CO ............................................................................ 600,000 

Wastewater and drinking water project for Idaho Springs, CO ........................................................................ 800,000 

Jacksonville wastewater infrastructure improvement project, FL ..................................................................... 500,000 

Sewer system rehabilitation project for the City of Atlanta, GA ...................................................................... 500,000 

Metro North Georgia Water Planning District, GA ............................................................................................. 400,000 

City of Moultrie Phase II wastewater treatment plant, GA ............................................................................... 100,000 

Combined sewer overflow project for the City of Clinton, IA ............................................................................ 250,000 

City of Marsing water system reconstruction project, ID .................................................................................. 500,000 

City of Hazelton wastewater system improvements, ID .................................................................................... 469,000 

St. Anthony wastewater system improvement project, ID ................................................................................. 563,000 

Wastewater improvements project for Centerville, IN ....................................................................................... 500,000 

Sewer and wastewater collection improvements for the City of LaPorte, IN ................................................... 500,000 

Chautauqua County Rural Water Distribution System, KS ................................................................................ 500,000 

10th Street sewer line repairs for the City of Great Bend, KS ......................................................................... 500,000 

South Topeka water and sewer infrastructure project, KS ............................................................................... 500,000 

Water and sewer infrastructure project for the City of Prescott, KS ................................................................ 335,000 

Green River Valley Water District Hart County water project, KY ..................................................................... 1,000,000 

Morgan County Water District system improvement project, KY ...................................................................... 300,000 

Jefferson Parish Infiltration/Inflow Management Project, LA ............................................................................ 500,000 

Wastewater treatment project for the City of Calais, ME ................................................................................. 300,000 

Wastewater treatment project for Presque Isle, ME .......................................................................................... 700,000 

Missouri River Treatment Plant enhancement project, MO ............................................................................... 1,000,000 

McDonald County wastewater infrastructure project, MO ................................................................................. 250,000 

Stoddard County wastewater improvements project, MO .................................................................................. 275,000 

Waste, sewer, and infrastructure project for Prentiss County-Wheeler Community, MS .................................. 750,000 

Waste, sewer, and infrastructure project for the West Rankin Utility Authority, MS ....................................... 500,000 

Waste, sewer, and infrastructure project for the City of Ridgeland, MS ......................................................... 500,000 

Waste, sewer, and infrastructure project for the City of Oxford, MS ............................................................... 500,000 

Waste, sewer, and infrastructure project for the City of Flowood, MS ............................................................. 300,000 

Waste, sewer, and infrastructure project for the City of Flora, MS ................................................................. 2,000,000 

Waste, sewer, and infrastructure project for the City of Greenville, MS .......................................................... 500,000 

Remediation of section 16 land lagoon for the Rankin County Board of Supervisors in Rankin County, 

MS .................................................................................................................................................................. 100,000 

Waste, sewer, and infrastructure project for the City of Magnolia, MS ........................................................... 150,000 

Waste, sewer, and infrastructure project for Lampton in Marion County, MS ................................................. 150,000 

Waste, sewer, and infrastructure project for the Town of Boyle, MS ............................................................... 350,000 

Waste, sewer, and infrastructure project for the City of Pearl, MS ................................................................. 200,000 
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Project Name Committee recommendation 

Water, sewer, and infrastructure project for the City of Waynesboro, MS ....................................................... 200,000 

Water, sewer, and infrastructure project for the City of Fulton, MS ................................................................ 700,000 

Water, sewer, and infrastructure project for the City of Picayune, MS ............................................................ 250,000 

Water, sewer, and infrastructure project for the City of Crystal Springs, MS ................................................. 250,000 

Water, sewer, and infrastructure project for the City of Jackson, MS ............................................................. 500,000 

Sewer infrastructure project for the City of Pelahatchie, MS ........................................................................... 500,000 

Water and sewer infrastructure project for the City of Brookhaven, MS ......................................................... 500,000 

Water system improvements for the Town of Neihart, MT ................................................................................ 50,000 

Wastewater system improvements for the Town of Fairfield, MT ..................................................................... 500,000 

Water system construction and improvements project for the Town of Bynum, MT ........................................ 400,000 

Wastewater system improvements for the Town of Winifred, MT ..................................................................... 500,000 

Water infrastructure improvements for the City of Troy, MT ............................................................................ 400,000 

Water treatment facility improvements for the City of Billings, MT ................................................................ 500,000 

Wastewater facility improvements for the Town of Philipsburg, MT ................................................................ 750,000 

Water system infrastructure improvements for the City of Belgrade, MT ........................................................ 750,000 

Water and wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Town of Twin Bridges, MT ................................. 300,000 

Water system infrastructure improvements for the City of Helena, MT ........................................................... 1,000,000 

Lower Cape Fear water and sewer authority project, NC ................................................................................. 500,000 

Neuse drinking water facility improvements project, NC .................................................................................. 750,000 

City of Box Elder water and wastewater upgrades project, SD ........................................................................ 500,000 

Drinking water distribution system improvement for Berlin Waterworks, NH .................................................. 500,000 

CSO separation project for Manchester, NH ...................................................................................................... 500,000 

Water system upgrade project for Lancaster, NH ............................................................................................. 225,000 

Wastewater treatment facility project for Jaffrey, NH ....................................................................................... 375,000 

Wastewater system improvement project for the Town of Greenfield, NH ....................................................... 400,000 

Valley Utilities Project for Bernalillo County, NM .............................................................................................. 1,000,000 

Wastewater collection system improvements for the City of Belen, NM .......................................................... 1,000,000 

Wastewater plant construction project for the Village of Ruidoso, NM ........................................................... 500,000 

Water main infrastructure project for the City of Parma, OH .......................................................................... 500,000 

Cedar Bog Nature Preserve wastewater facilities project, OH .......................................................................... 100,000 

Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative and wastewater treatment facility project, OH ................................. 500,000 

McCartyville Drinking Water treatment plant upgrade project, OH .................................................................. 100,000 

Regional Water Main Corrosion Mitigation project for Ottawa County, OH ...................................................... 400,000 

Fremont Reservoir project, OH ........................................................................................................................... 400,000 

North Star/Cumberland waterline project for Guernsey County, OH ................................................................. 250,000 

Crestview, Belvedere, and Highland wastewater project for Jefferson County, OH .......................................... 250,000

Flats East Bank Sewer project for the City of Cleveland, OH .......................................................................... 500,000 

Water and sewer infrastructure project for Lake Murray, OK ........................................................................... 500,000 

Wastewater system project for the City of Coburg, OR .................................................................................... 300,000 

Sewer system improvements project for Adair Village, OR ............................................................................... 200,000 

3 Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration Program, PA ........................................................................................... 800,000 

Wastewater treatment project for the City of Scranton Sewer Authority, PA ................................................... 300,000 

Wastewater treatment project for Franklin Township, PA ................................................................................. 300,000 

Wastewater treatment and stormwater management project for the City of Philadelphia, PA ....................... 300,000 

Wastewater treatment project for Dauphin Borough, PA .................................................................................. 400,000 

Mifflintown Municipal Authority wastewater system improvements project in Juniata County, PA ................. 200,000 

Johnstown Regional Sewage overflow elimination project, PA .......................................................................... 250,000 

Dunbar Sanitary Authority sewer project in Fayette County, PA ....................................................................... 250,000 

Municipal Authority of Bloomsburg/Wastewater treatment facility in Columbia County, PA ........................... 150,000 

Bellefonte Water infrastructure assessment and repair project in Centre County, PA .................................... 150,000 

Water tank replacement project for the City of Warwick, RI ............................................................................ 200,000 

Water Commission water main rehabilitation for the City of Lincoln, RI ........................................................ 800,000 

Woodruff Citywide sewer project, SC ................................................................................................................. 100,000 

Matthews Mill Village water and sewer improvement project, SC ................................................................... 400,000 

Beaumont Mills sewer improvements project for Spartanburg, SC .................................................................. 200,000 

Spring-Fishburne stormwater drainage project for Charleston, SC .................................................................. 200,000 

Ridgeland wastewater treatment plant project, SC .......................................................................................... 200,000 

Keith Springs water extension project for Franklin County, TN ........................................................................ 500,000 

Water treatment plant expansion project for the City of Center, TX ................................................................ 500,000 

Sanitary sewer overflow prevention project for the City of Austin, TX ............................................................. 400,000 

Stormwater project for Lanana Creek, TX ......................................................................................................... 500,000 

Water improvements project for Centerfield, UT ............................................................................................... 1,500,000 

Drinking water treatment facility project for Magna, UT .................................................................................. 1,000,000 

Sandy 9400 South storm drain improvements project, UT ............................................................................... 500,000 

Onancock wastewater treatment plant project, VA ........................................................................................... 500,000 
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Project Name Committee recommendation 

Stormwater infrastructure project for the City of Sheridan, WY ....................................................................... 500,000 

Wastewater treatment project for the Town of Hudson, WY ............................................................................. 500,000 

Wastewater system improvements, Fayetteville, AR .......................................................................................... 600,000 

Wastewater collection system, NW Arkansas Conserv. Auth., AR ..................................................................... 600,000 

Maumelle Basin wastewater treatment plant, Maumelle, AR ........................................................................... 600,000 

Wellhead treatment, inland empire of perchlorate taskforce, San Bernardino, CA ......................................... 1,000,000 

Water system upgrades Santa Ana, CA ............................................................................................................ 500,000 

Martin Slough interceptor project, Eureka, CA .................................................................................................. 500,000 

Sewer upgrade project, Sacramento, CA ........................................................................................................... 500,000 

Water supply project, East Palo Alto, CA .......................................................................................................... 400,000 

Wastewater treatment plant upgrades, Red Cliff, CO ...................................................................................... 400,000 

Water treatment plant upgrades, Eckley, CO .................................................................................................... 140,000 

Water system upgrades, East Hampton, CT ...................................................................................................... 400,000 

Stormwater mitigation project, Mill River, CT ................................................................................................... 400,000 

Inflow elimination project, Thompsonville, CT ................................................................................................... 400,000 

Wellhead program, Southington, CT .................................................................................................................. 400,000 

Wastewater treatment facility, Plainville, CT .................................................................................................... 400,000 

Drainage improvement program, New London, CT ............................................................................................ 400,000 

Combined sewer overflow program, Wilmington, DE ......................................................................................... 300,000 

Drinking water program, Delmar, DE ................................................................................................................ 400,000 

Sewer rehabilitation program, New Castle County, DE ..................................................................................... 200,000 

Wastewater treatment plant, Escambia County, FL .......................................................................................... 450,000 

Lake Region water treatment plant, South FL Water Dist., FL ......................................................................... 450,000 

Sewer upgrade project, Davenport, IA ............................................................................................................... 500,000 

Sewer upgrade project, Ottumwa, IA ................................................................................................................. 400,000 

Wastewater treatment plant upgrades, Monmouth, IL ...................................................................................... 400,000 

Water and sewer line replacement, Riverdale, IL ............................................................................................. 400,000 

Drinking water program, Chatham, IL ............................................................................................................... 400,000 

Northeastern Illinois Sewer Consortium, Lake County, IL ................................................................................. 300,000 

Stormwater mitigation project, Village of Olympia Fields, IL ........................................................................... 300,000 

Sewer upgrades, Village of Park Forest, IL ....................................................................................................... 300,000 

Wastewater treatment facility, Columbus, IN .................................................................................................... 250,000 

Pipe replacement project, Hammond, LA .......................................................................................................... 500,000 

Wastewater treatment plant project, Bastrop, LA ............................................................................................. 600,000 

Municipal water system, Shreveport, LA ........................................................................................................... 600,000 

Sewer upgrades, Bristol County, MA ................................................................................................................. 350,000 

Combined sewer overflow replacement, Brockton, MA ...................................................................................... 350,000 

Combined sewer overflow replacement, Marlborough, MA ................................................................................ 350,000 

Sewer infrastructure program, Baltimore, MD ................................................................................................... 1,000,000 

Sewer infrastructure program, Frostburg, MD ................................................................................................... 500,000 

Sewer infrastructure program, Westernport, MD ............................................................................................... 500,000 

Sewer infrastructure program, Cumberland, MD ............................................................................................... 350,000 

Water supply project, St. Louis, MI ................................................................................................................... 400,000 

Sewage infrastructure program, Macomb County, MI ....................................................................................... 300,000 

Wastewater infrastructure program, Genesee County, MI ................................................................................. 400,000 

Sewer infrastructure program, Saginaw, MI ...................................................................................................... 400,000 

Water treatment system, St. Clair Shores, MI ................................................................................................... 300,000 

Combined sewer overflow program, Minneapolis, MN ....................................................................................... 400,000 

Wastewater treatment plant construction, Wilmar, MN .................................................................................... 300,000 

Wastewater facilities upgrades, Grand Rapids, MN ......................................................................................... 300,000 

Water system improvements, Crow Tribe, MT ................................................................................................... 400,000 

Wastewater system upgrades, City of Bozeman, MT ........................................................................................ 400,000 

Water infrastructure, Devils Lake, ND ............................................................................................................... 3,000,000 

Regional water treatment facility, Washburn, ND ............................................................................................. 750,000 

Regional water treatment facility, Riverdale, ND .............................................................................................. 250,000 

Water line and wastewater facility, Lakota, ND ................................................................................................ 350,000 

Southeast Area Regional Expansion, ND ........................................................................................................... 300,000 

Water system upgrades, Crosby, ND ................................................................................................................. 300,000 

North Central Water Users, ND .......................................................................................................................... 300,000 

Water system upgrades, Walsh, ND .................................................................................................................. 500,000 

Sewer line replacement, South Sioux City, NE .................................................................................................. 450,000 

Wastewater treatment plant upgrades, Lincoln, NE ......................................................................................... 450,000 

Combined sewer project, Pennsauken Township, NJ ......................................................................................... 300,000 

Wastewater infrastructure project, Passaic Valley Sewage Comm, NJ ............................................................. 300,000 

Wastewater infrastructure project, Rahway Valley Sewage Auth., NJ ............................................................... 400,000 
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Water system project, Parisppany Troy-Hills, NJ ............................................................................................... 300,000 

Water pipe project, Borough of Hapatcong, NJ ................................................................................................. 300,000 

Drinking water system upgrades, City of Rancho, NM ..................................................................................... 400,000 

Wastewater system upgrades, City of Hobbs, NM ............................................................................................ 400,000 

Drinking water system upgrades, City of Carlsbad, NM ................................................................................... 400,000 

Moapa Valley arsenic treatment facility, NV ..................................................................................................... 375,000 

Wastewater improvement, Reno, NV .................................................................................................................. 375,000 

Sewer system upgrades, Clark County, NV ....................................................................................................... 375,000 

Marlett/Hobart water system upgrades, Lake Tahoe, NV .................................................................................. 375,000 

Wastewater system upgrades, Village of Owego, NY ........................................................................................ 300,000 

Sewer replacement program, Lowville, NY ........................................................................................................ 300,000 

Water system upgrades, Corning, NY ................................................................................................................ 300,000 

Sewer system project, New Hyde Park, NY ........................................................................................................ 300,000 

Sewer line improvements, Lake Placid, NY ....................................................................................................... 300,000 

Sewer extension program, Rockland County, NY ............................................................................................... 300,000 

Stormwater infrastructure project for the City of Portland, OR ........................................................................ 400,000 

Drinking water improvement project, East Providence, RI ................................................................................ 500,000 

Sewer infrastructure program, Narragansett Bay Comm., RI ........................................................................... 500,000 

Wastewater plant improvements, Pownal, VT ................................................................................................... 500,000 

Wastewater plant improvements, Hardwick, VT ................................................................................................ 500,000 

Water system upgrades, Chelan County, WA .................................................................................................... 600,000 

Wastewater treatment improvements, Warden, WA ........................................................................................... 600,000 

Wastewater treatment project, Rock Island, WA ............................................................................................... 600,000 

Wastewater infrastructure, Lake Whatcom, WA ................................................................................................. 400,000 

Sewer and water infrastructure project, Puyallup, WA ..................................................................................... 400,000 

Central Metropolitan Interceptor Sewer project, Milwaukee, WI ........................................................................ 750,000 

Water system project, Waukesha, WI ................................................................................................................. 750,000 

Replacement of water treatment facility, Sun Prairie, WI ................................................................................ 200,000 

Replacement of regional wastewater plant, Moorefield, WV ............................................................................. 3,300,000 

Categorical Grants.—The Committee recommends an increase of 

$7,277,000 for categorical grants; including a decrease of 

$1,401,000 for hazardous waste financial assistance; and, an increase of $6,000,000 for nonpoint source (sec. 319) grants; a decrease of $3,000,000 for other activities in pollution control (sec. 

106) grants; an increase of $15,000,000 for State and local air quality management grants; an increase of $9,678,000 for targeted watersheds; a decrease of $20,000,000 for underground storage tanks; 

and an increase of $1,000,000 for wastewater operator training. 

Further, the Committee directs the $9,678,000 increase for targeted watersheds for a regional program for the Chesapeake Bay. 

The Committee has also included bill language, as requested by 

the administration and as carried in previous appropriations acts, 

to: (1) extend for 1 year the authority for States to transfer funds 

between the Clean Water SRF and the Drinking Water SRF; (2) 

waive the one-third of 1 percent cap on the tribal set aside from 

non-point source grants; (3) increase to 1.5 percent the cap on the 

tribal set-aside for the Clean Water SRF; (4) require that any funds 

provided to address the water infrastructure needs of colonias within the United States along the United States-Mexico border be 

spent only in areas where the local governmental 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 SRF a State can use for administration. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Committee includes bill language, as proposed in the budget 

request and as carried in previous appropriations acts, permitting 

EPA, in carrying out environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, to use 

cooperative agreements with federally recognized tribes and intertribal consortia. 

The Committee includes language authorizing EPA to collect and 

obligate pesticide registration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 

as amended. 

At the request of the agency, the Committee includes language 

revising the State allocation formula for the section 106 grants to 

provide incentives to States which charge fees for NPDES permits. 

GENERAL PROVISION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

SEC. 201. Reallocates $11,000,000 toward rural water systems. 
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TITLE III 

RELATED AGENCIES 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

FOREST SERVICE

FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $277,711,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 267,791,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 280,318,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 274,987,000 

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 urbanwildland 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 $274,987,000 for forest and rangeland research, which is $2,724,000 below the enacted level, $7,196,000 above the request, and $5,331,000 below the 

House allowance. 

Increases above the President’s request are $2,671,000 for the 

Forest Inventory and Analysis [FIA] program for a total of 

$62,000,000 for FIA from the research account. An additional 

$5,000,000 is provided for this program within the State and Private Forestry appropriation. The remaining increases above the request are the following: $1,200,000 for the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, at Purdue University; 

$712,000 for the Northeastern States Research Cooperative for a 

total of $3,000,000; $150,000 for a study on impacts of oil and gas 

development on the Monongahela National Forest (this is in addition to the $486,000 in the President’s request for pest and pathogen research at the Morgantown laboratory); $800,000 for the Center for Bottomlands Hardwood Research in Mississippi, of which 
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$300,000 is for the acceleration of forest genetics research related 

to reproductive seedling quality in southern bottomland hardwoods; 

$500,000 is for hydrology studies at the Southern Research Station 

in Starkville, Mississippi; $300,000 for infrastructure and personnel needs at the Hawaii Tropical Experimental Forest; $350,000 

for the Joe Skeen Institute at Montana State University; $200,000 

for the Urban Watershed Forestry Research and Demonstration 

Cooperative in Baltimore, Maryland; $1,114,000 for the research 

laboratory in Sitka, Alaska; $22,000 for the Advanced Wood Structure program at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin for a total of $1,500,000 for this project; $1,407,000 for the 

Gypsy Moth ‘‘Slow the Spread’’ initiative for a total of $1,907,000 

for this project; $197,000 for the Northeast Land Use Modeling 

Project; and $550,000 for the control of invasive species. 

Of the funds provided for the Northeastern Research Cooperative, $1,000,000 is for Vermont, $1,000,000 is for New Hampshire, 

and $1,000,000 is to be divided evenly between Maine and New 

York. 

The funds provided for advanced wood structure research should 

be used for merit-based work by the Forest Products Laboratory in 

cooperation with the members of the Coalition for Advanced Wood 

Structures. 

The Committee concurs with the budget request of $2,428,000 for 

sudden oak death research but makes the following modifications 

to proposals contained in the request: no funds are provided for the 

ecosystems services initiative; and there is a reduction of 

$1,295,000 for the marketing and utilization research initiative. 

The Committee commends the University of Idaho and Rocky 

Mountain Research Station for their work on the Mica Creek Collaborative Working Forests Project. The agency is strongly encouraged to put additional resources toward the implementation of this 

project. 

The Committee is concerned that the creation of the Albuquerque 

service center and changes in the allocation of indirect costs has 

had deleterious budgetary impacts on the research program. The 

Committee expects that the agency will endeavor to make sure that 

all programs within the Forest Service are treated fairly and that 

no program is assessed indirect costs over and above their equitable share. 

The Committee supports opportunities to leverage limited forest 

and rangeland research funds. The Committee encourages the Forest Service to seek new and enhanced ways to collaborate with the 

Land-Grant University system to leverage the funds and expertise 

that each has. 

STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

Appropriations, 2006 (includes emergency appropriations) ............... $308,966,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 244,410,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 228,608,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 251,091,000 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

State and private forestry programs provide technical and financial assistance to landowners and resource managers to help sus-
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tain 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 recommends an appropriation of $251,091,000 for 

State and private forestry, a decrease of $27,875,000 below the enacted level (excluding emergency funds), an increase of $6,681,000 

above the request, and an increase of $22,483,000 above the House 

allowance. 

Budget estimate Committee 

recommendation Change 

Forest health management .................................................................. $84,430,000 $84,430,000 ..........................

Cooperative fire protection .................................................................. 32,818,000 39,000,000 ∂$6,182,000 

Cooperative forestry ............................................................................. 122,241,000 120,711,000 ¥1,530,000 

International forestry ........................................................................... 4,921,000 6,950,000 ∂2,029,000 

Total, State and private forestry ............................................ 244,410,000 251,091,000 ∂6,681,000 

Forest Health Management.—The Committee recommends 

$84,430,000 for forest health management activities. 

The Committee has provided $49,849,000 for Federal lands forest 

health management, which is equal to the request. Within the 

funds provided, $1,200,000 is for the white bark pine restoration 

project on various national park and forest system lands in Montana. 

The Committee has provided $34,581,000 for forest health cooperative lands management. The Committee concurs with the request for $300,000 for the Vermont forest monitoring cooperative. 

Cooperative Fire Protection.—The Committee recommends 

$39,000,000 for cooperative fire protection, which is $6,182,000 

above the request. The Committee has provided $33,000,000 for 

State fire assistance and $6,000,000 for volunteer fire assistance. 

The Committee is troubled that the administration proposed dramatically cutting funds for State and volunteer fire assistance both 

in this account and under the Wildland Fire Management account. 

The Committee firmly believes that State and local resources are 

critical to augmenting the Federal wildland firefighting capability. 

Frequently, it is local fire departments that are first on the scene 

to suppress fires on Federal lands and the cooperative fire protection programs are crucial to ensuring that these State and local departments are adequately equipped and trained. 

Cooperative Forestry.—The Committee recommends $120,711,000 

for cooperative forestry. The Committee has provided $33,880,000 for the forest stewardship program which is equal to the request. Within the funds provided, $1,000,000 is for the Washington State family forest small 

landowner management project, and $950,000 is for the Chesapeake Bay program to support forestry efforts in the Chesapeake 

Bay watershed. 
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The Committee has provided $49,935,000 for the forest legacy program. This allocation also includes the use of $4,900,000 from 

prior year funds for projects which have failed or received funding 

from other sources. The Committee recommends the following distribution of funds: 

State Project Name Committee recommendation 

ME Grafton ................................................................................................................................................ $2,000,000 

RI North-South Corridor ........................................................................................................................... 3,000,000 

SC Pee Dee River ...................................................................................................................................... 2,500,000 

CA Baxter Ranch ...................................................................................................................................... 2,000,000 

MI Northern Great Lakes .......................................................................................................................... 3,500,000 

HI Kealakekua Ranch .............................................................................................................................. 2,000,000 

ID Clifty Mountain Foothills ..................................................................................................................... 2,900,000 

FL NE Florida Timberlands ...................................................................................................................... 2,250,000 

GA Paulding County Land ......................................................................................................................... 2,250,000 

VA New River Corridor .............................................................................................................................. 2,100,000 

NH Willard Pond ........................................................................................................................................ 3,000,000 

TX Turkey Creek ........................................................................................................................................ 2,045,000 

AL Cumberland Mountains Preserve ........................................................................................................ 1,185,000 

MT North Swan River Valley ..................................................................................................................... 3,000,000 

NV Ash Canyon Gateway .......................................................................................................................... 500,000 

UT Virgin River Headwaters ..................................................................................................................... 2,800,000 

AZ Cedar Springs ..................................................................................................................................... 880,000 

MN Sugar Hills .......................................................................................................................................... 750,000 

DE Green Horizons .................................................................................................................................... 2,000,000 

KY Marrowbone Creek State Forest .......................................................................................................... 1,000,000 

PA Birdsboro Waters ................................................................................................................................. 300,000 

AS Ottoville Rainforest Preserve .............................................................................................................. 500,000 

AR Moro Big Pine ..................................................................................................................................... 500,000 

OR South Eugene Hills Phase I ................................................................................................................ 460,000 

TN Cumberland Plateau ........................................................................................................................... 2,000,000 

WI Wild Rivers .......................................................................................................................................... 2,000,000 

VT Orange County Headwaters ................................................................................................................ 1,100,000 

MO New State Start-Up ............................................................................................................................. 500,000 

Forest Legacy Program Administration, Acquisition Management, and Assessment of Need Planning ................................................................................................................................................. 5,815,000 

Use of prior year funds ...................................................................................................................... ¥4,900,000 

Total ....................................................................................................................................... 49,935,000 

The Committee has provided $27,596,000 for the urban and community forestry program, which is $750,000 above the request. Increases above the request are $350,000 for the Chicago 

Greenstreets program, $350,000 for the Menomonee Valley Park 

project in Wisconsin, and $50,000 (for a total of $150,000) to continue urban natural resource stewardship work as part of the 

Urban Watershed Forestry Research and Demonstration cooperative in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Economic Action Programs.—The Committee has provided 

$4,300,000 for economic action program projects. Within the funds 

provided, $500,000 is to continue work on the Purdue Hardwood 

Scanning Center, $1,400,000 is for the Oregon Watershed Research 

Cooperative to continue watershed work at Hinkle Creek, 

$1,500,000 is to continue the Fuels for Schools program in Montana, $400,000 is for the Northern Forest Partnership, $500,000 is 

for the Vermont Wood Products Collaborative. 

The Committee directs that within funds available for the State 

and Private Forestry appropriation, the Wood Education and Re-
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source Center shall be funded at no less than $2,673,000 as stated 

in the request. 

Forest Resource Information and Analysis.—The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for forest resource information and analysis 

as part of the Forest Inventory and Analysis program, which is 

$5,000,000 above the request. 

International Programs.—The Committee recommends 

$6,950,000 for the international program. The Committee encourages the agency to continue its emphasis on migratory birds and 

invasive species. The Committee is also pleased with the programs’ 

effort to keep out new pests and pathogens from entering the 

United States and causing serious economic and resource damage 

to the Nation’s forests. 

NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2006 (includes emergency appropriations) ............... $1,455,646,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,398,066,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,443,659,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,413,791,000 

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 recommends an appropriation of $1,413,791,000, 

a decrease of $1,855,000 compared to the enacted level (excluding 

emergency appropriations), an increase of $15,725,000 compared to 

the request, and $29,868,000 below the House recommendation. 

The distribution of the Committee’s recommendations are as follows: 

Budget estimate Committee 

recommendation Change 

Land management planning ............................................................... $55,555,000 $55,500,000 ¥$55,000 

Inventory and monitoring ..................................................................... 154,135,000 164,000,000 ∂9,865,000 

Recreation, heritage and wilderness ................................................... 250,880,000 252,000,000 ∂1,120,000 

Wildlife and fish habitat management ............................................... 123,548,000 125,000,000 ∂1,452,000 

Grazing management ........................................................................... 39,735,000 47,000,000 ∂7,265,000 

Forest products .................................................................................... 310,114,000 310,114,000 ..........................

Vegetation and watershed management ............................................. 187,582,000 180,000,000 ¥7,582,000 

Minerals and geology management .................................................... 81,242,000 81,242,000 ..........................

Land ownership management ............................................................. 84,285,000 84,285,000 ..........................

Law enforcement operations ................................................................ 110,000,000 111,000,000 ∂1,000,000 

Valles Caldera National Preserve ........................................................ 990,000 3,650,000 ∂2,660,000 

Total, National Forest System ................................................ 1,398,066,000 1,413,791,000 ∂15,725,000 
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Land Management Planning.—The Committee recommends 

$55,500,000 for land management planning, which is $55,000 below 

the request. Within the funds for land management planning, the 

Committee has provided $600,000 to continue the agency’s comprehensive NEPA environmental training, review and compliance 

program. The Committee encourages the Department to use these 

funds to continue and expand its existing partnership with Utah 

State University and its private sector partner to implement this 

training and review program. 

Inventory and Monitoring.—The Committee recommends 

$164,000,000 for inventory and monitoring, which is $9,865,000 

above the request. 

The Committee directs that out of the funds made available to 

the Threat Assessment Centers in North Carolina and Oregon in 

the research, State and private, and National Forest System accounts, $2,000,000 shall be provided to the Stennis Space Center. 

These funds shall be used to acquire remote sensing data to inventory and monitor National Forest System and private lands pursuant to title VI of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. Within the 

funds provided for inventorying and monitoring, $135,000 shall be 

available for tracking collars to support the ongoing grizzly bear 

study on the Flathead National Forest and surrounding areas. 

Recreation, Heritage, and Wilderness.—The Committee recommends $252,000,000 for recreation, heritage, and wilderness activities. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Agriculture to 

reduce the agency’s indirect and fee collection costs associated with 

the implementation of the Federal Recreation Enhancement Act. 

The agency should make every effort to ensure that these costs are 

not more than 15 percent of the total receipts collected under the 

program. 

Wildlife and Fish Habitat Management.—The Committee has 

provided $125,000,000 for wildlife and fish habitat management, 

which is $1,452,000 above the request. Within the funds provided, 

$300,000 is to continue work on the Batten Kill River to protect 

and improve the river, stream banks, and adjacent habitat areas. 

Grazing Management.—The Committee has provided $47,000,000 

for grazing management activities, which is $7,265,000 above the 

request. 

The Committee reiterates its frustration with the Forest Service’s budget proposals for the grazing program. Currently, the 

agency has a backlog of several thousand expiring grazing allotments which must have environmental reviews completed pursuant 

to the schedule established in the Rescissions Act (section 504 of 

Public Law 104–19). In the budget justification submitted to the 

Committee for fiscal year 2007, the agency indicates that it is only 

processing 50 percent of the grazing allotments that it needs to in 

order to comply with the Rescissions Act schedule. In light of these 

facts, the Committee finds it simply unacceptable to propose cutting the budget for the program so drastically. Accordingly, the 

Committee has restored these funds. The Committee expects that 

future budget submissions shall address the actual needs of the 

grazing program and put the agency on a path to meet its obligations under the Rescissions Act. 
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The Committee notes the changing moisture conditions in portions of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah 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 the renewed drought conditions it is critical 

that stocking level adjustments reflect the local conditions and are 

based on the most recent monitoring data available from all 

sources. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Agriculture to ensure stocking levels are not changed unless local monitoring has been completed, as required by current Forest Service 

policy. In the event the Forest Service does not have up-to-date 

monitoring information needed to document the changes to the 

range conditions, the Secretary shall accept credible range condition monitoring provided from professional range conservationists 

employed by State or county governments or Universities. 

Forest Products.—The Committee recommends $310,114,000 for 

forest products, which is equal to the request. The Committee directs the Service not to follow the administration’s proposal that focuses the large funding increase above last year’s enacted level to 

a portion of the Pacific Northwest. The Forest Service should use 

the final fiscal year 2006 forest products program funding allocations as the base from which to make the fiscal year 2007 allocations. The agency should strive to allocate funds to those regions 

and forests that have the greatest likelihood of successfully selling 

and awarding additional forest products sales. However, the Committee also recognizes that one of the many factors to consider 

when allocating funding for forest products and hazardous fuels 

programs is the need to maintain forest industry infrastructure. 

This will enhance the likelihood of lower cost mechanical treatments, while enhancing rural community stability. 

The Committee is pleased with the efforts of the agency on the 

Lincoln National Forest in developing a stewardship contract with 

the Mescalero Apache, but is troubled that funds from the forest 

products line item were shifted from other forest product sales in 

the forest in order to develop the contract. The Committee directs 

the Secretary of Agriculture to execute the 15,000 acre stewardship 

contract on the Lincoln National Forest as authorized in Public 

Law 108–278. The Secretary is directed to continue to work with 

the Mescalero Apache Tribe and the New Mexico State Forester to 

assure the stewardship contract and its annual work plan are 

drafted so that lands on the Lincoln National Forest are treated. 

The Secretary shall continue to assure contract terms reflect maximum flexibility in order to allow the tribe a reasonable chance of 

success. The Forest Service shall provide the tribe with assistance 

in developing the annual plan of work on the stewardship proposal 

at no cost to the tribe. To ensure the Lincoln National Forest’s ability to continue its normal forest products program and its completion of this 15,000 acre stewardship contract the Committee has 

transferred $500,000 to be expended on the preparation work to 

complete 3 years worth of work called for in the stewardship contract from a construction project requested for the Lincoln National 

Forest. 

The Committee has retained bill language included in prior years 

which allows the funds provided for timber pipeline supply above 
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the normal regional allocation on the Tongass National Forest to 

be allocated between the Capital Improvement and Maintenance 

account and the National Forest System appropriation. The 

amount provided for this purpose is $5,000,000. 

The Committee expects the Forest Service to continue preparing 

and submitting its quarterly reports on the timber sales program. 

The Committee recommends that the agency identify the volumes 

that are offered, sold, and harvested categorized as net merchantable sawtimber in its quarterly reports. 

Vegetation and Watershed Management.—The Committee recommends $180,000,000 for vegetation and watershed management, 

which is $7,582,000 below the request. Within the funds provided, 

$400,000 shall be used to continue leafy spurge eradication efforts 

in North Dakota. 

The Committee remains interested in the efforts of counties in 

region 3 of the Forest Service to implement the county partnership 

on restoration and appreciates the funds that the Secretary of Agriculture has directed toward these efforts. The Committee expects 

the Secretary, to the extent practicable, to increase financial support for these programs. 

The Committee encourages the Forest Service to assess and expedite access to and removal of biomass resources within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the 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. 

Minerals and Geology Management.—The Committee recommends $81,242,000 for minerals and geology management, 

which is equal to the request. 

Landownership Management.—The Committee recommends 

$84,285,000 for landownership management, which is equal to the 

request. 

The Forest Service does not have either administrative or public 

access to the east side of the Crazy Mountains in the Lewis & 

Clark National Forest [LCNF]. The only access is by permission of 

neighboring private landowners. Consequently, the Forest Service 

is unable to monitor, much less manage, its resources in this area. 

Administrative access across the neighboring private land to the 

Big Elk Canyon area of the LCNF would, therefore, be in the public interest. 

The Committee directs the Chief to seek an easement for administrative access to Big Elk Canyon across private land and upon securing such an easement to reciprocate by offering a road easement 

across corners of LCNF for access to private inholdings. The Committee directs the Chief to expeditiously process an easement application received from such landowners. The parties shall work out 

an equitable arrangement for the costs of any National Environmental Policy Act analysis associated with processing the application and exchanging easements. Given the public interest in having 

the Forest Service obtain administrative access to Big Elk Canyon, 

the Forest Service is strongly encouraged to consider paying the entire amount of these NEPA related costs. 

Law Enforcement Operations.—The Committee recommends 

$111,000,000 for law enforcement operations, which is $1,000,000 
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above the request. Within the funds provided $1,300,000 shall be 

used for counterdrug operations on the Daniel Boone National Forest, and $300,000 shall be provided to Tulare County, California for 

marijuana eradication efforts on the local national forest. 

The Committee is concerned about the rapid growth of commercial scale marijuana cultivation and other narcotics operations occurring in national forests and on other Federal lands, particularly 

in California. The invasion of drug trafficking organizations on 

Federal lands constitutes a danger to visitors, agency employees 

and fire suppression teams and damages pristine wildlands, requiring intensive restoration. The Committee urges the Forest Service 

to examine ways to meet increased demand for counterdrug operations as part of the pending revision of its law enforcement allocation methodology. 

Valles Caldera.—The Committee recommends $3,650,000 for the 

Valles Caldera Trust for management activities at the Baca Ranch, 

New Mexico, which is $2,660,000 above the request. 

The Committee is becoming increasingly concerned with the 

trust’s lack of progress in generating the capital it needs to become 

economically self-sufficient and urges the managers and Board of 

Directors of the Valles Caldera Trust to focus more attention on reducing management costs and increasing the revenues needed to 

achieve economic self-sufficiency. 

Other.—The Committee directs that overall funding for the Land 

Between the Lakes NRA be no less than $8,300,000. The Forest 

Service should determine the funding mix from all accounts. 

As noted previously, the Committee is encouraged by the positive 

results from the ‘‘Service First’’ co-location initiative between the 

Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. The Committee is aware that some State and local agencies are interested 

in co-locating with Federal resource agencies and believes that the 

opportunity to participate should be extended to State and local 

governments. The Committee urges the Forest Service and other 

Federal agencies to investigate cost-sharing co-location opportunities and advise the Committee on their feasibility as appropriate. 

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2006 (including emergency appropriations) ............. $1,746,091,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,768,195,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,810,566,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,782,949,000 

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 re-
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source management plans and activities on a landscape scale 

across agency boundaries. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a total appropriation of $1,782,949,000 for wildland fire management activities, which is 

$36,858,000 above the enacted level, $14,754,000 above the request, and $27,617,000 below the House recommendation. 

The Committee has noted previously that substantial inconsistencies exist between the wildland fire management budget requests 

for the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior that have 

not been adequately explained. The Committee is providing funds 

consistent with congressional priority for a unified, interagency approach to dealing with devastating wildfires. The Committee recommendation includes $655,887,000 for preparedness, which is equal to the request. The Committee notes 

once again that the amounts proposed for preparedness in the request do not appear to be adequate to maintain the agency’s firefighting readiness capability at current levels. Maintaining a robust initial attack capability is a critical component of the National 

Fire Plan and also reduces the overall costs of firefighting by containing fires before they escalate and cause loss of life and property 

as well as natural resource damage. Therefore, the agency shall 

analyze current readiness levels to determine whether maintaining 

preparedness resources in the field at a level not less than fiscal 

year 2005 will, based on the best information available, result in 

lower overall firefighting costs. If the Forest Service makes such a 

determination, the Committee directs the Forest Service to adjust 

the levels for preparedness and suppression accordingly and report 

on these adjustments to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. The Secretary of Agriculture should advise the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations in writing prior to the 

decision. 

The Committee is concerned with the current costs and design of 

the new fire program analysis system that is being developed jointly by the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior. Not 

only are the costs of this project escalating without a clear explanation from the Departments but it is less than clear whether all 

firefighting resources are included in the model. In particular, the 

Committee is concerned that the Departments are not working cooperatively with the States. Given that the purpose of the system 

is to determine the best allocation of firefighting resources across 

the Nation, it is critical that State resources which are available 

for fighting wildland fire be included in the system. It may be that 

the most efficient method of allocating resources for firefighting is 

to invest additional dollars in the State fire assistance programs 

but that is not a determination that can be made without fully understanding what resources are currently available and where they 

need to be positioned in order to maximize readiness at the most 

cost effective level. The Committee expects the Departments to ensure that adequate consultation with the States occurs before this 

system is put in place. The Committee recommends $741,477,000 for wildfire suppres- sion operations, a decrease of $4,699,000 below the request. The 
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Committee recommendation fully meets the 10-year average expenditure, adjusted for inflation. The Committee notes that there 

is substantial carryover funding from the fiscal year 2005 urgent 

wildfire suppression allocation which is still available for wildfire 

suppression. The Committee recommends a total of $385,585,000 for other fire 

operations, which is $19,453,000 above the request. Of these funds, 

$291,792,000 is provided for hazardous fuels reduction, which is 

equal to the request. The recommendation includes $5,000,000 for 

biomass grants program as requested. These funds are available 

for biomass utilization, community capacity building, technical assistance, and marketing assistance. An additional $5,000,000 is 

provided for biomass utilization grants pursuant to section 210 of 

the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58). Within the 

funds provided, $3,000,000 shall be made available to conduct fuels 

reduction projects on National Forest System lands in Teller County, Colorado, and $2,300,000 shall be for the Payson and Verde 

thinning projects on the Tonto National Forest in Arizona. 

The Committee understands that the Forest Service has had a 

longstanding relationship with the Ecological Restoration Institute 

[ERI] at Northern Arizona University and there is currently a cooperative agreement between the parties. The Committee believes 

this is an efficient arrangement for furthering the agency’s mission 

in reducing hazardous fuels. Total funding provided to the ERI 

across all agency accounts shall not be less than $2,700,000 for fiscal year 2007. In addition to these funds, the Forest Service shall 

also make available $400,000 for ERI work carried out at New 

Mexico Highlands University, an ERI partner. 

The remaining funds within the other fire appropriations account are allocated as follows: $2,000,000 is for long term post-fire rehabilitation work, which is $20,000 above the request; $24,439,000 is 

for research and development, which is $4,318,000 above the request; $8,000,000 is for the joint fire science program, which is 

$4,040,000 above the request; $40,000,000 is for the State fire assistance program, which is $10,885,000 above the request; 

$8,000,000 is for volunteer fire assistance, which is $190,000 above 

the request; $6,802,000 for forest health activities on Federal lands, 

which is equal to the request; and $4,552,000 is for forest health 

activities on non-Federal lands, which is equal to the request. 

The Committee notes the funding discrepancy between the Joint 

Fire Science program in the budgets of the Forest Service and Department of the Interior. The program was designed to be a 50–50 

partnership between the agencies. Therefore, the Committee does 

not agree to the reduction in funding proposed for the program in 

the Forest Service’s budget, and provides $8,000,000 to increase the 

program to the same funding level as the Department of the Interior’s contribution. The Committee expects future budget submissions to reflect the need for parity in this program between the 

agencies. 

Within the funds provided for research and development, 

$1,650,000 shall be allocated to the National Center for Landscape 

Fire Analysis at the University of Montana, of which $350,000 

shall be to continue work in conjunction with the University of 

Idaho on the FRAMES project. 
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Within the funds provided for State fire assistance, $6,000,000 is 

for activities in Alaska, primarily in areas affected by the spruce 

bark beetle which has caused severe fire danger in areas adjacent 

to many communities. These funds are to be distributed as follows: 

$2,100,000 to the Kenai Peninsula Borough, $1,000,000 to the municipality of Anchorage to remove dead and dying trees caused by 

spruce bark beetle, $1,000,000 for the Fairbanks North Star Borough, $1,600,000 for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, and 

$300,000 is for the Cook Inlet Tribal Council. Each of the amounts 

in this paragraph shall be distributed in the form of an advanced 

direct lump sum payment. None of the funds may be used for the 

purchase of equipment. 

The Committee is concerned that there has been too much focus 

on meeting the ‘‘acres burned’’ goal, which leads to the Forest Service to do repeated prescribed burns on low-priority acres. The Committee encourages the Forest Service to undertake more mechanical thinning, which would provide both ecological benefits and the 

opportunity to capture the economic value and biomass value of the 

fiber removed. Moreover, mechanical thinning is frequently the 

only option for many of the highest priority acres needing treatment. 

In order to more accurately capture impacts on the landscape, 

the Committee directs the Secretary to develop a separate account 

for maintenance of acres versus improvement of acres relative to 

the fire regime condition class, and to report on accomplishments 

to Congress and the public. Furthermore, in order to ensure attention to high priority acres, each national forest is directed to establish a goal of treating at least 5 percent of condition class 3 acres 

per year and to report on their program annually. 

Finally, to better understand the impact and effects of prescribed 

burning the Secretary is directed to report on an annual basis the 

amount and value of commercial products destroyed by prescribed 

fires as well as to describe the efforts made to remove commercially 

valuable products prior to implementation of each prescribed burn. 

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

Appropriations, 2006 (including emergency appropriations) ............. $438,334,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 382,601,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 411,025,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 383,740,000 

The Committee recommends $383,740,000 for capital improve- ment and maintenance, which is $47,594,000 below the enacted 

level (excluding emergency appropriations), $1,139,000 above the 

budget request, and $27,285,000 below the House recommendation. 

The Committee agrees to the following distribution of funds: 

Budget estimate Committee 

recommendation Change 

Facilities ......................................................................................... $130,140,000 $108,820,000 ¥$21,320,000 

Roads ............................................................................................. 182,787,000 203,666,000 ∂20,879,000 

Trails .............................................................................................. 60,341,000 61,921,000 ∂1,580,000 

Infrastructure improvement ........................................................... 9,333,000 9,333,000 ............................

Total, capital improvement and maintenance ................. 382,601,000 383,740,000 ∂1,139,000 
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Facilities.—The Committee recommends $108,820,000 for facilities capital improvement and maintenance, which is $21,320,000 

below the request. Of the funds provided, $50,172,000 is for maintenance and $58,648,000 is for capital improvement. Increases 

above the request are for the following projects: $476,000 is for facilities improvements on the Monongahela National Forest, 

$2,000,000 is continue work on the Smith County Lake project in 

Mississippi, $1,050,000 is for completion of the Chattanooga 

Airtanker Base in Tennessee, $1,100,000 is for recreation site improvements on the Cherokee National Forest, and $1,300,000 is to 

complete the necessary design work for the facility to collocate 

Rocky Mountain Research Station personnel with the University of 

Montana in Missoula. 

Given budget constraints and some concerns about the readiness 

of the project, the Committee has not included the full amount of 

$15,144,000 for the Forest Products Lab [FPL] as proposed in the 

request. Instead the Committee has provided $9,144,000 which will 

allow the FPL to complete work on the super structure of the new 

lab facility and to complete the durability test facility. 

The Committee supports the Forest Products Lab’s 

groundbreaking research on wood products utilization. It expects 

that this facilities investment will allow the Lab to continue its 

work to develop the next generation of wood and paper products 

and keep the Nation’s wood products industry internationally competitive. The Committee also encourages the Forest Service to 

maintain a robust human capital investment at the laboratory to 

support this investment in physical improvements. 

The Committee has not provided the $1,952,000 for the Sacramento administrative site project in New Mexico but has instead 

used these funds for other higher priority work in New Mexico. 

The Committee concurs with the budget request to fund the construction of a greenhouse for the Morgantown, West Virginia, Research Work Unit. However, the Committee directs the agency not 

to begin construction of the project until it has consulted local 

stakeholders to determine the optimal design and location for the 

structure. 

Roads.—The Committee recommends $203,666,000 for road 

maintenance and capital improvement, which is $20,879,000 above 

the request. Of the funds provided, $127,666,000 is for maintenance and $76,000,000 is for capital improvement. Within the 

funds provided, $2,059,000 is for road improvements on the 

Monongahela National Forest, and $4,000,000 shall be used for 

road improvements on the Tongass National Forest. 

Trails.—The Committee recommends $61,921,000 for trail maintenance and capital improvement, which is $1,580,000 above the 

request. Of the funds provided, $35,509,000 is for trail maintenance and $26,412,000 is for capital improvements. Increases above 

the request are $940,000 for the Continental Divide Trail for a 

total of $1,200,000 for this project, and $640,000 for trail improvements on the Monongahela National Forest. 

Infrastructure Improvement.—The Committee recommends 

$9,333,000 for infrastructure improvement, which is equal to the 

request. 
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LAND ACQUISITION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $41,875,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 25,075,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 7,500,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 36,985,000 

The Committee recommends $36,985,000 for land acquisition, which is $4,787,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and 

$11,910,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee recommends the following distribution of funds: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

State Forest Project 

Committee 

recommendation 

AK Tongass ....................................................... Craig Recreation Land Purchase Act of 2004 ........ 500 

AL Multiple ....................................................... Alabama National Forests ....................................... 1,500 

CO Arapaho ....................................................... Beaver Brook Watershed .......................................... 3,000 

CO Uncompahgre .............................................. Ophir Valley .............................................................. 1,000 

GA Chattahoochee-Oconee ................................ Georgia Mountains Riparian Project ........................ 1,150 

IL Shawnee ...................................................... Illinois Disappearing Habitat ................................... 500 

IN Hoosier ......................................................... Hoosier Unique Areas ............................................... 500 

KY Daniel Boone ............................................... Daniel Boone National Forest .................................. 750

MN Chippewa/Superior ...................................... Minnesota Wilderness .............................................. 500

MT Helena & Lolo NFs ...................................... Blackfoot Challenge ................................................. 2,000 

MT Flathead ...................................................... Swan Valley .............................................................. 3,000 

MT Beaverhead/Deerlodge ................................. Selway Valley Preserve ............................................. 2,600 

MT Gallatin ........................................................ Greater Yellowstone Area ......................................... 1,600 

ND Dakota Prairie Grasslands .......................... Little Missouri River ................................................. 3,500 

OR/WA Multiple ....................................................... Columbia River Gorge NSA ...................................... 500 

SD Black Hills ................................................... Lady C Ranch .......................................................... 500 

UT Multiple ....................................................... Bonneville Shoreline Trail ........................................ 2,000 

VT Green Mtn .................................................... Green Mountain ........................................................ 1,100 

WA Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie/Wenatchee NFs ....... Cascade Checkerboard ............................................ 978 

WI Chequamegon .............................................. Wisconsin Wild Waterways ....................................... 2,500 

Use of prior year balances ...................................... ¥4,000 

SUBTOTAL, LINE ITEM PROJECTS .................... 25,678 

Cash equalization .................................................... 500 

Crit. Inholdings/wilderness protection ..................... 500 

Acquisition Management ......................................... 10,307 

TOTAL, FS LAND ACQUISITION ......................... 36,985 

ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS, SPECIAL ACTS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $1,053,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,053,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,053,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,053,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,053,000, 

which is equal to the enacted level and equal to the budget request 

and the House recommendation. These funds are derived from receipts at certain forests. 

ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $231,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 231,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 231,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 231,000 
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The Committee recommends an appropriation of $231,000, which 

is equal to the enacted level and equal to the budget request and 

the House recommendation. 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, 2006 ............................................................................. $2,920,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 3,932,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 3,932,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 3,932,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,932,000, 

which is an increase of $1,012,000 from the enacted level and equal 

to the request and the House recommendation. 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, 2006 ............................................................................. $63,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 63,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 63,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 63,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $63,000, the 

same as the enacted level, the budget estimate and the House recommendation. 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, 2006 ............................................................................. $4,975,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 5,311,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 5,311,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,311,000 

The Committee recommends $5,311,000 for subsistence management of forest lands in the State of Alaska, which is an increase 

of $336,000 above the enacted level and equal to the budget request and the House recommendation. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

The Committee has continued many of the same administrative 

provisions as provided in prior years. 

Language is included which authorizes the Forest Service to provide funds to the National Forest Foundation to match up to 

$3,000,000 in private contributions on a 1-for-1 basis for projects on 

National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs. 

Language is included which provides funds for the National Fish 

and Wildlife Foundation in the amount of $2,650,000 on a 1-for-1 
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matching basis with private contributions for projects on or benefiting National Forest System lands. 

Language is included which allows the Forest Service to transfer 

appropriated funds to the Bureau of Land Management from the 

National Forest System account for work related to the management of wild horses and burros. The amount of funds transferred 

with this authority should be displayed in subsequent budget justifications. 

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, 2006 ............................................................................. $2,692,099,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 2,822,500,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,830,136,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,835,544,000 

The Committee recommends $2,835,544,000 for Indian health 

services, an increase of $143,445,000 over the current year enacted 

level, $13,044,000 over the budget request and $5,408,000 over the 

House allowance. Changes from the budget request include increases of $32,744,000 for the urban health program and $300,000 

for the Indian Health Board of Nevada, and a decrease of 

$20,000,000 in fixed costs to provide $104,198,000 for Federal/tribal 

pay increases, medical inflation and population growth. 
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Language is retained in the bill designating $15,000,000 for alcohol prevention and treatment work in Alaska, from which amounts 

are to be distributed among the program’s participants as specified 

in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the fiscal 2005 

conference report (House Rept. 108–792). The budget request proposed to eliminate the direction associated with these funds. In 

agreement with the budget request, the Committee supports continued funding for the Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network, InPsych programs at the University of Montana and the University of North Dakota, as well as the InMed program and Recruitment of American Indians into Nursing [RAIN] program at the 

University of North Dakota, at no less than the current year enacted levels. The Committee remains supportive of the Service’s 

work with the Joslin diabetes program and encourages the continuation of this collaborative effort in the coming fiscal year. 

The Committee has included the funding level for urban health 

centers in the bill itself in order to underscore the importance of 

this program and the Committee’s intention to insure that funding 

is continued in the Service’s budget. The Committee is dismayed by 

reports from tribes that the Department of Health and Human 

Services has instructed the Service to proceed with plans to close 

down the 34 urban centers, despite the fact that the House Committee on Appropriations is already on record as disagreeing with 

the proposal for elimination. The Committee stresses that no funds 

were provided in fiscal year 2006 to effect the closure of these facilities and it expects the Department to refrain from any further 

action until House and Senate Committees on Appropriations have 

concluded negotiations on the 2007 budget. 

The Committee has continued language in the bill to provide the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs with access to Indian Health Service 

records as necessary for the implementation of certain provisions of 

the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Specifically, the 

Act provides for the creation of a comprehensive system of coordinated services to ensure adequate health and human services for 

American Indian and Alaska Native children with disabilities, who 

are enrolled in Bureau-funded schools, and this provision provides 

a mechanism for identifying those children. 

The Committee is encouraged by the Service’s efforts to improve 

access to mental health care services in Indian country, including 

the provision of care through the use of telehealth technology. However, the Committee remains concerned that suicides and suicide 

attempts among American Indian and Alaska Native youths continue at epidemic rates. To the extent possible, the Committee 

urges the Service to expand its use of telehealth technology to provide suicide prevention counseling and mental health care to atrisk youth. In addition, the Committee encourages the Service to 

work with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to build partnerships with tribes and tribal organizations to enhance access to telemental health services for at-risk 

youth. The Committee expects the Service to provide a brief report 

by March 31, 2007 that describes the Service’s work to date to establish telemental health services, particularly services for youth 

suicide prevention, describes the challenges that exist to creating 
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a more comprehensive program, and offers recommendations as to 

how the Service might implement such a program. 

INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $353,211,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 347,287,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 363,573,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 357,287,000 

The Committee recommends $357,287,000 for Indian health facilities, an increase of $4,076,000 above the current year enacted 

level, $10,000,000 above the budget request and $6,286,000 below 

the House allowance. The $10,000,000 increase is provided within 

health care facilities construction for the Barrow, Alaska, hospital 

project. In agreement with the request, the Committee has included $17,664,000 to complete construction of the PIMC, SW Ambulatory Care Center in Komatke, Arizona. 

The Committee is aware of the Service’s proposal to use third 

party collections to acquire land in order to expand parking facilities at the W.W. Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and 

authorizes the Service to proceed with the purchase. Similarly, the 

Committee approves of the Service’s intention to use up to 

$2,700,000 in previously identified unobligated balances for the 

purchase of land for construction of the northern and southern 

California youth regional treatment centers. The Committee expects the Service to move forward with these two acquisitions as 

it was directed to do in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying House Report 108–792. 

The Committee is extremely concerned about the growing backlog of facility construction projects throughout Indian country and 

the failure by both the Indian Health Service and the Department 

of Health and Human Services to request adequate funding to meet 

this need. The Committee notes that multiple facility projects have 

been waiting for funding for several years. In fiscal year 2008, the 

Committee expects the Service, in conjunction with the Department, to resume a more aggressive approach to funding facilities 

construction and request funds for the projects now at the top of 

the priority list and ready to proceed, including both the Barrow 

and Nome, Alaska, hospitals. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

The National Institute of Environmental 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 Reauthorizations 

Act of 1986, 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. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $79,108,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 78,414,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 79,414,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 78,414,000 

The Committee recommends $78,414,000 for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a decrease of $694,000 

below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry [ATSDR], 

an 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 substance, 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, 2006 ............................................................................. $74,905,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 75,004,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 76,754,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 75,004,000 

The Committee recommends $75,004,000 for the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry, which is an increase of $99,000 

over the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and the same as the budget 

request. 

OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $2,677,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 2,627,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,627,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,627,000 

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 
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environmental disputes informally and through issuance of findings 

and recommendations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $2,627,000 for the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality, which is 

a decrease of $50,000 from the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and 

the same as the budget request. 

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board was authorized by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 to investigate 

accidental releases of certain chemical 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, 2006 ............................................................................. $9,064,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 9,108,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 9,208,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 9,108,000 

The Committee recommends $9,108,000 for the Chemical Safety 

and Hazard Investigation Board, the same as the budget request 

and an increase of $44,000 from the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

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, 2006 ............................................................................. $8,474,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 5,940,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 5,940,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,940,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,940,000, 

which is $2,534,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and 

equal to both the budget request and the House recommendation. 

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 Ameri-
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cans 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, 2006 ............................................................................. $6,207,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 6,703,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 6,703,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,703,000 

The Committee recommends $6,703,000 for the Institute of 

American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, an increase of $496,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and the same amount as the budget request and the House 

allowance. 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 18 museums and galleries, 10 science centers, a zoo, 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 construc-
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tion of a National Museum of African American History and Culture, authorized by Congress in 2003. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $516,568,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 537,394,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 517,094,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 537,394,000 

The Committee recommends $537,394,000 for salaries and expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, an increase of $20,826,000 

over the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, the same as the budget request and $20,300,000 above the House allowance. Increases have 

been provided to cover the escalating costs associated with pay, 

utilities, and rent, as well as other necessary costs including Federally mandated transit benefits, facilities maintenance and additional security guards that will be required at the newly opened 

Patent Office Building. 

The Committee has included language in the bill to limit the 

amount that can be charged to the Smithsonian by the Department 

of Homeland Security [DHS] for security services provided at the 

George Gustav Heye Center in New York. The Committee understands that there is no dispute over basic building charges. However, the additional assessment proposed by DHS to cover the cost 

of constructing a new control center in the building would increase 

the Smithsonian’s payment almost five-fold in the current fiscal 

year and reduce by half the Center’s total budget for planned annual exhibits, public programs and education. In the Committee’s 

view, DHS should either include such construction costs in its own 

annual budget request or work with the building’s tenants to reach 

agreement on any potential financial obligations that would be incurred prior to assuming a commitment on their behalf. 

The Committee is concerned by the $20,300,000 reduction taken 

to the Smithsonian Institution’s budget request by the House Committee on Appropriations during its recent consideration of the fiscal year 2007 Interior bill. While no justification of the proposed 

decrease is provided in the report accompanying the House bill, the 

Committee understands that dismay over the ‘‘Smithsonian on Demand’’ contract with Showtime provided the impetus for this action. There is a valid argument to be made that earlier consultation 

between the Congress, the Board of Regents and senior staff of the 

Smithsonian may well have eliminated a significant amount of the 

confusion and misinformation that existed at the time the contract 

was announced. The Smithsonian leadership has since acknowledged its missteps in the process of negotiating and announcing 

this new venture and made a concerted effort to provide full information to allay concerns regarding perceived limitations on public 

access to the Institution’s collections and curators. The House action has no impact whatsoever on the Smithsonian’s new venture, 

which is not federally funded, but rather damages already thin program budgets in each of the institution’s existing museums, research centers and the National Zoo. The Smithsonian Institution 

plays an important role in our Nation’s educational and cultural 

life as is evidenced by the large number of tourists who visit its facilities each year. The Committee does not believe that the visiting 
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public would be well-served by a reduction of the Federal resources 

required by the Institution to carry out its mission. 

FACILITIES CAPITAL

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $98,529,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 107,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 107,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 107,000,000 

The Committee recommends $107,000,000 for the Smithsonian 

Institution’s facilities capital program, an increase of $8,471,000 

over the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and the same amount as the 

budget request and the House allowance. Funds provided will allow 

the Institution to continue with construction and revitilization 

projects at its facilities, including the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of American History, the National Zoological Park and the Museum Support Center, Pod 5. 

The Committee is pleased that with new leadership at the National Zoo, efforts to reinvigorate the park on a number of levels 

have gained momentum. Within the facilities capital account, funds 

are included to initiate construction of Phase II of Asia Trail, which 

focuses on Asian elephants, as well as to continue with the installation of upgraded fire protection and other life safety systems. The 

Committee recognizes the many demands that are placed on the facilities capital program, but encourages the Smithsonian to place a 

priority on providing such funds as are required by the Zoo to ensure the safety and protection of its living collection and the visiting public. 

The Committee is aware that preliminary site work will begin in 

the fall for the Smithsonian’s newest museum, the African-American Museum of History and Culture. To the extent that the museum is able to move beyond its currently planned workload in the 

coming year, the Committee encourages the Smithsonian to give 

priority consideration to the museum’s expanded funding needs. 

The Committee anticipates providing additional support to assist 

with this vitally important effort as it becomes necessary in future 

budgets. 

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 con-
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servation, scholarly and scientific research, exhibitions, and educational outreach programs. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $95,179,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 101,794,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 101,794,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 101,794,000 

The Committee recommends $101,794,000 for salaries and expenses of the National Gallery of Art, an increase of $6,615,000 

above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, and the same amount as 

the budget request and the House allowance. Additional funds are 

provided for the Gallery to meet its fixed cost increases for pay, 

benefits, utilities, and other operational requirements. 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, 2006 ............................................................................. $15,962,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 14,949,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 14,949,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 14,949,000 

The Committee recommends $14,949,000 for the repair, restoration and renovation of facilities at the National Gallery of Art, a 

decrease of $1,013,000 from the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, and 

the same amount as the budget request and the House allowance. 

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, 2006 ............................................................................. $17,538,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 18,909,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 18,909,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 18,909,000 

The Committee recommends $18,909,000 for operations and 

maintenance of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 

Arts, an increase of $1,371,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and the same amount as the budget request and the House 
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allowance. 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, 2006 ............................................................................. $12,809,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 19,800,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 19,800,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 19,800,000 

The Committee recommends $19,800,000 for the Kennedy Center’s construction program, an increase of $6,991,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and the same amount as the budget request and the House allowance. Life safety and accessibility issues, 

as well as the repair of aging building systems, will continue to be 

addressed in fiscal year 2007, with a primary focus on the Eisenhower Theater. 

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, 2006 ............................................................................. $9,065,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 9,438,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 9,438,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 9,438,000 

The Committee recommends $9,438,000 for salaries and expenses 

of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, an increase of $373,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and the 

same amount as the budget request and the House allowance. The 

proposed increase will assist the Center in meeting escalating fixed 

costs such as pay and stipend adjustments. The Committee expects 

these funds to be distributed among the Center’s various program 

activities as displayed in the budget request. 

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 41-year history, the National Endowment for the Arts 
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has awarded more than 120,000 grants that have brought art 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 nonprofit 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, 2006 ............................................................................. $124,406,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 124,412,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 129,412,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 124,412,000 

The Committee recommends $124,412,000 for the National Endowment of the Arts, an increase of $6,000 over the fiscal year 

2006 enacted level, the same amount as the budget request and a 

decrease of $5,000,000 from the House allowance. The table at the 

back of the report displays the proposed distribution of funds 

among the Endowment’s activities. 

The Committee has not included the legislative proposal contained in the budget request regarding amounts that are subject to 

the matching funds requirement. This proposed language would 

amend the agency’s authorizing legislation. The Committee appreciates the Endowment’s request for clarification of the issue, but 

supporting documentation provided by the agency does not demonstrate that the existing language has any impact on its current 

grantmaking operations. Therefore, the Committee sees no compelling reason to circumvent the usual process and recommends that 

the matter be addressed by the appropriate committee of jurisdiction. 

Language is continued in the bill directing the Endowment to operate its grant programs in accordance with the provisions of sections 309 and 311 of Public Law 108–108 regarding priority for 

rural and underserved communities; priority for grants that encourage public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the arts; restrictions regarding individual grants, subgranting, and seasonal support; a 15-percent cap on the total 

amount of grant funds directed to any one State; and the designation of a category for grants of national significance. 

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, 
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through its State-Federal partnership, also provides grants to State 

humanities councils in all 50 States and the 6 territories. 

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $125,728,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 126,049,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 131,049,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 126,049,000 

The Committee recommends $126,049,000 for grants and administration of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an increase of $321,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, the 

same amount as the budget request and a decrease of $5,000,000 

from the House allowance. The table at the back of the report displays the proposed distribution of funds among the Endowment’s 

activities. 

The Committee wishes to take particular note of the Endowment’s leadership and support in the aftermath of Hurricane 

Katrina. The agency’s immediate effort to put in place a process to 

offer guidance to local humanities organizations, provide financial 

assistance to stabilize damaged historic properties and other related activities gave much needed support to the residents of the 

Gulf Coast at a critical time. 

MATCHING GRANTS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $15,221,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 14,906,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 14,906,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 14,906,000 

The Committee recommends $14,906,000 for the Matching 

Grants account of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a 

reduction of $315,000 from the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, and 

the same amount as the budget request and the House allowance. 

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. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $1,865,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,951,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,951,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,951,000 

The Committee recommends $1,951,000 for the Commission of 

Fine Arts, an increase of $86,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, and the same amount as the budget request and the 

House allowance. Additional funds will assist the Commission in 

meeting anticipated increases in pay, benefits, rent and other operational expenses. 

NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $7,143,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 6,534,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 6,534,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 7,500,000 

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. In fiscal 

year 2006, this program will help 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 $7,500,000 for the National Capital 

Arts and Cultural Affairs program, an increase of $357,000 over 

the current year enacted level and $966,000 over the budget request and the House allowance. Additional funds will assist the 

program’s participants in meeting the escalating costs of operations 

and allow for the consideration of new applicants without significantly reducing existing grants. 

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $4,789,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 5,118,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 5,118,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,118,000 

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 
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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 $5,118,000 for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, which is an increase of $329,000 over the 

fiscal year 2006 enacted level, and the same as the budget request 

and House recommendation. 

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 longrange development in the National Capital Region. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $8,123,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 8,265,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 7,623,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 8,265,000 

The Committee recommends $8,265,000 for salaries and expenses 

of the National Capital Planning Commission, an increase of 

$142,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, the same amount 

as the budget request, and $642,000 above the House allowance. 

As it has done in past years, the Committee has included language in the bill permitting the use of up to one-quarter of 1 percent of funds for official representational activities to be used only 

when hosting international visitors associated with the international capitals working group. 

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 con-
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structed 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, 2006 ............................................................................. $42,150,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 43,786,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 43,415,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 43,786,000 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $43,786,000 for expenses of the 

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, an increase of 

$1,636,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, the same 

amount as the budget request and $371,000 above the House allowance. The Committee has agreed to the proposal included in the 

budget request to create a multi-year equipment replacement fund 

from within its existing appropriation and has included language 

in the bill to effect that change. 

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, 2006 ............................................................................. $19,706,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 19,256,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 19,256,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 19,256,000 

The Committee recommends $19,256,000 for the Presidio Trust, 

a decrease of $450,000 from the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, and 

the same as the budget request and the House recommendation. 
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WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL MOMENT OF

REMEMBRANCE

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $247,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 200,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 200,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 200,000 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The White House Commission on 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, $47,000 below the fiscal year 2006 

enacted level, and the same amount as the House allowance. 
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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 

will not remain available beyond the current fiscal year unless otherwise provided. 

SEC. 404. Provides that appropriations made available in this bill 

cannot be used to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants. 

SEC. 405. Retains language carried in prior years with regard to 

assessments for government-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau 

functions. 

SEC. 406. Retains language carried in prior years restricting the 

transfer of funds made available in this act. 

SEC. 407. 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. 408. Retains mining patent moratorium carried in previous 

years. 

SEC. 409. Provides $2,800,000 to undertake planning and design 

activities authorized in section 3511 of Public Law 102–575, as 

amended, the Three Affiliated Tribes and Standing Rock Sioux 

Tribe Equitable Compensation Act. 

SEC. 410. Prohibits the use of appropriations to fund any activities associated with the issuance of the 5-year program under the 

Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act. Strategic planning activities carried out for that act should now be completed as part of the agency’s compliance with the Government Performance and Results Act, Public Law 103–62. 

SEC. 411. 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. 
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SEC. 412. Restricts the use of answering machines during business hours. 

SEC. 413. 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. 414. 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. 415. 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. 416. 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. 417. 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. 418. 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. 419. Restricts funding appropriated for acquisition of land 

or interests in land from being used for declarations of taking or 

complaints in condemnation. 

SEC. 420. Continues, with certain modifications, language included in the fiscal year 2006 Act which controls the amount of 

funds available for the conduct of competitive sourcing studies. 

SEC. 421. Restricts the use of funds for SAFECOM and Disaster 

Management. 

SEC. 422. Requires that contact centers associated with the national recreation reservation service be located within the United 

States. 

SEC. 423. Extends for 1 year a pilot program to enhance Forest 

Service administration of rights-of-way. 

SEC. 424. Allows the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition to 

enter into agreements with the Department of the Interior and the 

Department of Agriculture. 

SEC. 425. Amends Section 333 of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2004 to enable the Forest Service to accommodate the town of West Yellowstone’s community expansion 

plans by having a permanent authority to sell or exchange identified parcels of national forest system land in and adjoining the 

town, and to allow the Forest Service to deposit and retain reve-
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nues from future sales of parcels in the Gallatin National Forest 

to acquire other key lands in Montana. 

SEC. 426. Provides that projects which have been categorically 

excluded by the Forest Service are not subject to appeal under the 

Appeals Reform Act, section 322 of Public Law 102–381. 

SEC. 427. Withdraws certain sensitive Forest Service and Bureau 

of Land Management lands in Montana from future mineral development. 

SEC. 428. This section authorizes the acquisition of the Ebert’s 

Ranch and the sale of assorted parcels in the Dakota Prairie National Grasslands. The Ebert’s Ranch, which was once part of Theodore Roosevelt’s historic Elkhorn Ranch, shall be acquired with 

$3,500,000 appropriated in title III of this act and funds provided 

in a previous reprogramming. The lands to be conveyed from Federal ownership are to be conveyed from fiscal years 2006 through 

2009, before the ranch may be acquired, and are to be at least 

equal in acreage to the tanch land to be 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. The Committee is aware that the service 

has identified the Horse Creek Grazing Association Ranch as a priority for acquisition. The Committee urges the service to consider 

the Horse Creek Ranch for acquisition using Sisk Act funds. 

SEC. 429. Prohibits the Forest Service from changing eligibility 

requirements for base property 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 

that lease land or share cattle to qualify for a Federal grazing permit on the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. The Committee is also troubled that these recent policy changes were implemented through an 

interim directive, without the opportunity for public comment or 

collaboration with North Dakota stakeholders prior to the policies 

taking effect. North Dakota is unique in its ranchers’ widespread 

use of leased land and 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 supports its efforts to provide a permanent legislative solution to this 

issue. 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. 430. Prohibits the use of funds in this act for competitive 

sourcing studies by the Department of the Interior and the Forest 

Service for activities relating to wildfire management or wildfire 

suppression programs. 

SEC. 431. Extends authority for the State of Utah to work cooperatively on Forest Service lands. 

SEC. 432. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to complete the 

final environmental impact statement for the Kings River Demonstration project on the Sierra National Forest no later than Sep-
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tember 1, 2006, adopt the project’s record of decision no later than 

November 30, 2006, and decide any administrative appeals on the 

project no later than February 28, 2007. 
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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] 

Budget authority Outlays 

Committee 

allocation 

Amount 

of bill 

Committee 

allocation 

Amount 

of bill 

Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations 

to its subcommittees of budget totals for 2007: Subcommittee on Interior: 

Mandatory ............................................................................ 52 52 NA 1 58 

Discretionary ........................................................................ 26,000 26,000 NA 1 26,937 

Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation: 

2007 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 2 13,322 

2008 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 5,359 

2009 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 2,346 

2010 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 1,229 

2011 and future years ........................................................ .................... .................... .................... 524 

Financial assistance to State and local governments for 

2007 ......................................................................................... NA 5,566 NA 2,302 

1 Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

2 Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

NA: Not applicable. 
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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. —$249,228,000 for the endangered species program, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service. 

—$3,000,000 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. 

—$1,400,000 for Great Ape conservation. 

—$4,000,000 for neotropical nigratory bird conservation. 

—$1,261,345,000 for the hazardous substances Superfund. 

—$24,850,000 for State and tribal assistance grants: Alaska Native Villages. —$687,555,000 for State and tribal assistance grants: Clean 

Water SRF. 

—$841,500,000 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. —$3,000,000 for matching funds for projects of the National Forest Foundation, U.S. Forest Service. 

—$124,412,000 for the National Endowment for the Arts. 

—$140,955,000 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 29, 2006, the 

Committee ordered reported, en bloc: H.R. 5427, making appropriations for Energy and Water for the fiscal year ending September 
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30, 2007, and for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature 

of a substitute and an amendment to the title; H.R. 5522, making 

appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 

and for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title; H.R. 5386, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and 

for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and H.R. 5441, making appropriations for the Department 

of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2007, and for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of 

a substitute, with each bill subject to further amendment and each 

subject to the budget allocation, by a recorded vote of 28–0, a 

quorum being present. The vote was as follows: 

Yeas Nays 

Chairman Cochran 

Mr. Stevens 

Mr. Specter 

Mr. Domenici 

Mr. Bond 

Mr. McConnell 

Mr. Burns 

Mr. Shelby 

Mr. Gregg 

Mr. Bennett 

Mr. Craig 

Mrs. Hutchison 

Mr. DeWine 

Mr. Brownback 

Mr. Allard 

Mr. Byrd 

Mr. Inouye 

Mr. Leahy 

Mr. Harkin 

Ms. Mikulski 

Mr. Reid 

Mr. Kohl 

Mrs. Murray 

Mr. Dorgan 

Mrs. Feinstein 

Mr. Durbin 

Mr. Johnson 

Ms. Landrieu 

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 
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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. 

TITLE 16—CONSERVATION 

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CHAPTER 1—NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, 

MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES 

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SUBCHAPTER CXIV—RED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL 

CONSERVATION AREA 

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§ 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 

øwith 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. 

ø(2) Lands or interests therein owned by the State of Nevada 

or a political subdivision thereof may be acquired by donation or 

exchange only.¿ 

ø(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. 

ø(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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CHAPTER 36—FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE 

RESOURCES PLANNING 

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SUBCHAPTER I—PLANNING 

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§ 1612. Public participation 

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FOREST SERVICE DECISIONMAKING AND APPEALS REFORM

Pub. L. 102–381, title III, Sec. 322, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 

1419, provided that: 

‘‘(a) * * * 

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‘‘(e) STAY.—Unless a Regional Forester or the Chief of the Forest Service determines that an emergency situation exists with respect to a decision of the Forest Service, implementation of the decision shall be stayed during the period beginning on the date of 

the decision— 

‘‘(1) for 45 days, if an appeal is not filed, or 

‘‘(2) for an additional 15 days after the date of the disposition of an appeal under this section, if the agency action is 

deemed final under subsection (d)(4).’’ 

(f) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS.—Any proposed action described 

in subsection (a) that is categorically excluded from documentation 

in an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement 

under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.) shall not be subject to the requirements of this section. 

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PUBLIC LAW 106–113 

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, 

and for other purposes. 

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APPENDIX C—H.R. 3423 

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

Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2000, and for other purposes, namely: 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SEC. 301. * * * 

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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 
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2000 through ø2006¿ 2007. 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 ø2006¿ 2007, 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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004, PUBLIC LAW 108–108 

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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SEC. 333. IMPLEMENTATION OF GALLATIN LAND CONSOLIDATION

ACT OF 1998. (a) * * * 

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ø(b) SPECIAL ACCOUNT.— 

ø(1) The Secretary is authorized and directed, without further appropriation or reprogramming of funds, to transfer to 

the Special Account these enumerated funds and receipts in 

the following order: 

ø(A) timber sale receipts from the Gallatin National 

Forest and other Eastside National Forests, as such receipts are referenced in section 4(a)(2)(C) of the Gallatin 

Land Consolidation Act of 1998; 

ø(B) any available funds heretofore appropriated for 

the acquisition of lands for National Forest purposes in the 

State of Montana through fiscal year 2003; 

ø(C) net receipts from the conveyance of lands on the 

Gallatin National Forest as authorized by subsection (c); 

and 

ø(D) excess receipts for fiscal years 2003 through 2008. 

ø(2) All funds in the Special Account shall be available to 

the Secretary until expended, without further appropriation, 

and will be expended prior to the end of fiscal year 2008 for 

the following purposes: 

ø(A) the completion of the land acquisitions authorized 

by the Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of 1998 and fulfill-
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ment of the Option Agreement, as may be amended from 

time to time; and 

ø(B) the acquisition of lands for which acquisition 

funds were transferred to the Special Account pursuant to 

subsection (b)(1)(B). 

ø(3) The Special Account shall be closed at the end of fiscal 

year 2008 and any monies remaining in the Special Account 

shall be transferred to the fund established under Public Law 

90–171 (commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’, 16 U.S.C. 484a) to 

remain available, until expended, for the acquisition of lands 

for National Forest purposes in the State of Montana. 

ø(4) Funds deposited in the Special Account or eligible for 

deposit shall not be subject to transfer or reprogramming for 

wildland fire management or any other emergency purposes.¿ 

(c) LAND CONVEYANCES WITHIN THE GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST.— 

(1) CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is authorized, 

under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe and without requirements for further administrative or 

environmental analyses or examination, to sell or exchange 

any or all rights, title, and interests of the United States in the 

following lands within the Gallatin National Forest in the 

State of Montana: 

ø(A) SMC East Boulder Mine Portal Tract: Principal 

Meridian, T.3S., R.11E., Section 4, lots 3 to 4 inclusive, 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, containing 76.27 acres more or less. 

ø(B) Forest Service West Yellowstone Administrative 

Site: United States Forest Service Administrative Site located within the NE1⁄4 of Block 17 of the Townsite of West 

Yellowstone which is situated in the N1⁄2 of Section 34, 

T.13S., R.5E., Principal Meridian, Gallatin County, Montana, containing 1.04 acres more or less. 

ø(C) Mill Fork Mission Creek Tract: Principal Meridian, T.13S., R.5E., Section 34, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, containing 40 

acres more or less. 

ø(D) West Yellowstone Town Expansion Tract #1: 

Principal Meridian, T.13S., R.5E., Section 33, 

E1⁄2E1⁄2NE1⁄4, containing 40 acres more or less. 

ø(E) West Yellowstone Town Expansion Tract #2: 

Principal Meridian, T.13S., R.5E., Section 33, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

containing 40 acres more or less.¿ 

(A) SMC East Boulder Mine Portal Tract—Principal 

Meridian, Montana, unsurveyed T.4 S., R.13 E.: Section 2, 

S1⁄2 less portions of Tracts A and B of HES 858; Section 

3, SE1⁄4 and S1⁄2NE1⁄4 less HES 260; Section 10, 

NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and Section 11, N1⁄2 less portion of Tract B of 

HES 858 and N1⁄2S1⁄2; containing 1,028 acres, more or less. 

(B) Forest Service West Yellowstone Administrative 

Site: United States Forest Service Administrative Site located within the NE1⁄4 of Block 17 of the Townsite of West 

Yellowstone which is situated in the N1⁄2 of Section 34, 

T.13 S., R.5 E., Principal Meridian, Gallatin County, Montana, containing 1.03 acres, more or less. 
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(C) Mill Fork Mission Creek Tract—Principal Meridian, Montana T.3 S., R.11 E.: Section 4, Lots 3 through 4 

and W1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, containing 76.27 acres, more or less. 

(D) West Yellowstone Expansion Lands—Principal Meridian, Montana, T.13 S., R.5 E.: Section 33, E1⁄2E1⁄2, containing 160 acres, more or less. 

(E) West Yellowstone Expansion Lands—Principal Meridian, Montana, T.13 S., R.5 E.: Section 34, Lot 4, 

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4 and S1⁄2SW1⁄4, containing 166.67 acres, more 

or less. 

(F) West Yellowstone Expansion Lands—Principal Meridian, Montana, T.13 S., R.5 E.: Section 28, S1⁄2, containing 320 acres, more or less. 

(2) * * * 

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(9) RECEIPTS FROM SALE OR EXCHANGE.—The Secretary 

shall deposit the net receipts of a sale or exchange under this 

subsection in the øSpecial Account¿ fund established under 

Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’, 16 

U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended, for the acquisition of lands for National Forest purposes in the State of 

Montana. Funds deposited in the Sisk Act fund shall not be 

subject to transfer or reprogramming for wildland fire management or any other emergency purposes. 

(10) WEST YELLOWSTONE GROWTH POLICY.—Any lands referenced in subsection (c)(1), which are conveyed to the Town of 

West Yellowstone, Montana, shall be subject to the Growth Policy prescribed under Montana law, as may be amended from 

time to time (M.C.A. §§ 76–1–601, et seq.). 

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CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005, PUBLIC 

LAW 108–447 

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DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005 

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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 
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$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-invalue 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 øSeptember 24, 2004¿ May 4, 2005. 

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TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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SEC. 337. FEDERAL AND STATE COOPERATIVE FOREST, RANGELAND, AND WATERSHED RESTORATION IN UTAH. (a) AUTHORITY.— 

Until øSeptember 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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006, 

PUBLIC LAW 109–54 

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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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øSEC. 121. Notwithstanding the limitation in subparagraph 

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

U.S.C. 2717(a)), the total amount of all fees imposed by the National Indian Gaming Commission for fiscal year 2007 shall not exceed $12,000,000.¿ 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 

Management of Lands and Resources 

Land Resources: 

Soil, water and air management ................................................................................ 33,838 32,053 32,753 32,053 ¥1,785 ........................ ¥700 Range management .................................................................................................... 69,870 68,279 68,779 69,679 ¥191 ∂1,400 ∂900 Forestry management .................................................................................................. 10,404 10,464 10,864 10,464 ∂60 ........................ ¥400 Riparian management ................................................................................................ 22,124 21,598 21,848 21,598 ¥526 ........................ ¥250 Cultural resources management ................................................................................. 15,015 18,136 16,636 18,136 ∂3,121 ........................ ∂1,500 Wild horse and burro management ............................................................................ 36,362 36,351 36,351 36,351 ¥11 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Land Resources ....................................................................................... 187,613 186,881 187,231 188,281 ∂668 ∂1,400 ∂1,050 

Wildlife and Fisheries: 

Wildlife management .................................................................................................. 28,166 28,387 28,387 28,387 ∂221 ........................ ........................Fisheries management ................................................................................................ 12,314 12,418 12,418 12,418 ∂104 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Wildlife and Fisheries ............................................................................. 40,480 40,805 40,805 40,805 ∂325 ........................ ........................

Threatened and endangered species ................................................................................... 21,254 21,435 21,435 21,435 ∂181 ........................ ........................Recreation Management: 

Wilderness management ............................................................................................. 16,559 16,215 16,715 16,715 ∂156 ∂500 ........................Recreation resources management ............................................................................. 48,572 47,550 50,300 48,450 ¥122 ∂900 ¥1,850 

Subtotal, Recreation Management ......................................................................... 65,131 63,765 67,015 65,165 ∂34 ∂1,400 ¥1,850 

Energy and Minerals: 

Oil and gas ................................................................................................................. 88,962 115,308 112,808 116,308 ∂27,346 ∂1,000 ∂3,500 Coal management ....................................................................................................... 9,159 9,246 9,246 9,246 ∂87 ........................ ........................
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Other mineral resources .............................................................................................. 10,036 10,151 10,951 10,151 ∂115 ........................ ¥800 

Subtotal, Energy and Minerals ............................................................................... 108,157 134,705 133,005 135,705 ∂27,548 ∂1,000 ∂2,700 

Alaska minerals ................................................................................................................... 2,263 ........................ ........................ 2,300 ∂37 ∂2,300 ∂2,300 Realty and Ownership Management: 

Alaska conveyance ...................................................................................................... 40,002 35,234 35,234 40,002 ........................ ∂4,768 ∂4,768 Cadastral survey ......................................................................................................... 15,790 13,951 13,751 15,711 ¥79 ∂1,760 ∂1,960 Land and realty management .................................................................................... 33,186 33,331 33,831 33,331 ∂145 ........................ ¥500 

Subtotal, Realty and Ownership Management ....................................................... 88,978 82,516 82,816 89,044 ∂66 ∂6,528 ∂6,228 

Resource Protection and Maintenance: 

Resource management planning ................................................................................ 49,527 49,142 49,142 49,142 ¥385 ........................ ........................Resource protection and law enforcement ................................................................. 18,942 18,556 20,100 18,556 ¥386 ........................ ¥1,544 Hazardous materials management ............................................................................. 15,889 15,933 15,933 15,933 ∂44 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Resource Protection and Maintenance ................................................... 84,358 83,631 85,175 83,631 ¥727 ........................ ¥1,544 

Transportation and Facilities Maintenance: 

Operations ................................................................................................................... 6,179 6,247 6,247 6,247 ∂68 ........................ ........................Annual maintenance ................................................................................................... 31,571 30,977 31,227 31,977 ∂406 ∂1,000 ∂750 Deferred maintenance ................................................................................................. 38,896 38,157 38,157 38,157 ¥739 ........................ ........................Infrastructure improvement ........................................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Transportation/Facilities Maintenance .................................................... 76,646 75,381 75,631 76,381 ¥265 ∂1,000 ∂750 

Land and resources information systems ........................................................................... 17,949 17,585 17,585 17,585 ¥364 ........................ ........................Mining Law Administration: 

Administration ............................................................................................................. 32,696 32,696 32,696 32,696 ........................ ........................ ........................Offsetting fees ............................................................................................................ ¥32,696 ¥32,696 ¥32,696 ¥32,696 ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Mining Law Administration ..................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Workforce and Organizational Support: 

Information systems operations .................................................................................. 21,139 18,728 18,728 18,728 ¥2,411 ........................ ........................Administrative support ................................................................................................ 50,680 50,560 50,560 50,560 ¥120 ........................ ........................Bureauwide fixed costs ............................................................................................... 73,627 77,895 77,895 77,895 ∂4,268 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Workforce and Organizational Support ................................................... 145,446 147,183 147,183 147,183 ∂1,737 ........................ ........................

Challenge cost share ........................................................................................................... 9,857 9,357 9,857 9,357 ¥500 ........................ ¥500 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Cooperative Conservation Initiative ..................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Challenge Cost Share ............................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Rescission (Public Law 109–148) ....................................................................................... ¥500 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂500 ........................ ........................

Total, Management of Lands and Resources ........................................................ 847,632 863,244 867,738 876,872 ∂29,240 ∂13,628 ∂9,134 

Wildland Fire Management 

Preparedness ........................................................................................................................ 268,839 274,801 274,801 274,801 ∂5,962 ........................ ........................

Fire facilities ............................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Joint fire science ......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Preparedness ........................................................................................... 268,839 274,801 274,801 274,801 ∂5,962 ........................ ........................

Fire suppression operations ................................................................................................. 230,721 257,041 257,041 257,041 ∂26,320 ........................ ........................

Additional appropriations, Title IV .............................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Borrowing repayment (emergency appropriations) ..................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Supplemental appropriations (Public Law 108–287) ................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Fire suppression operations .................................................................... 230,721 257,041 257,041 257,041 ∂26,320 ........................ ........................

Other operations: 

Hazardous fuels reduction .......................................................................................... 208,113 199,787 199,787 199,787 ¥8,326 ........................ ........................Burned area rehabilitation .......................................................................................... 24,116 24,286 24,286 24,286 ∂170 ........................ ........................State and local fire assistance .................................................................................. 9,852 ........................ ........................ 5,000 ¥4,852 ∂5,000 ∂5,000 Fire facilities ............................................................................................................... 7,734 7,734 7,338 7,734 ........................ ........................ ∂396 Joint fire science ......................................................................................................... 5,911 5,911 6,000 8,000 ∂2,089 ∂2,089 ∂2,000 

Subtotal, Other operations ..................................................................................... 255,726 237,718 237,411 244,807 ¥10,919 ∂7,089 ∂7,396 
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Total, Wildland Fire Management .......................................................................... 755,286 769,560 769,253 776,649 ∂21,363 ∂7,089 ∂7,396 

Central Hazardous Materials Fund 

Bureau of Land Management .............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Rescission of balances ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Construction 

Construction ......................................................................................................................... 11,750 6,476 11,476 6,840 ¥4,910 ∂364 ¥4,636 

Land Acquisition 

Land Acquisition: 

Acquisitions ................................................................................................................. 5,370 6,200 500 6,300 ∂930 ∂100 ∂5,800 Emergencies and hardships ....................................................................................... 985 1,000 1,000 1,000 ∂15 ........................ ........................Acquisition management ............................................................................................ 2,266 1,567 1,567 1,917 ¥349 ∂350 ∂350 Land exchange equalization payment ........................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Total, Land Acquisition ........................................................................................... 8,621 8,767 3,067 9,217 ∂596 ∂450 ∂6,150 

Oregon and California Grant Lands 

Western Oregon resources management ............................................................................. 95,270 99,122 98,122 99,122 ∂3,852 ........................ ∂1,000 Western Oregon information and resource data systems ................................................... 2,141 2,161 2,161 2,161 ∂20 ........................ ........................Western Oregon transportation & facilities maintenance ................................................... 10,742 10,821 10,821 10,821 ∂79 ........................ ........................Western Oregon construction and acquisition ..................................................................... 298 304 304 304 ∂6 ........................ ........................Jobs in the woods ................................................................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Total, Oregon and California Grant Lands ............................................................. 108,451 112,408 111,408 112,408 ∂3,957 ........................ ∂1,000 

Range Improvements 

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

Total, Range Improvements .................................................................................... 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 ........................ ........................ ........................

Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures 

Rights-of-way processing .................................................................................................... 12,150 12,150 12,150 12,150 ........................ ........................ ........................Energy and minerals cost recovery ...................................................................................... 3,400 3,400 3,400 3,400 ........................ ........................ ........................Mining law cost recovery ..................................................................................................... 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,100 ........................ ........................ ........................
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Adopt-a-horse program ........................................................................................................ 708 708 708 708 ........................ ........................ ........................Repair of damaged lands .................................................................................................... 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 ........................ ........................ ........................Cost recoverable realty cases .............................................................................................. 775 775 775 775 ........................ ........................ ........................Timber purchaser expenses ................................................................................................. 50 50 50 50 ........................ ........................ ........................Commercial film and photography fees .............................................................................. 200 200 200 200 ........................ ........................ ........................Copy fees .............................................................................................................................. 3,100 3,100 3,100 3,100 ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal (gross) ...................................................................................................... 25,483 25,483 25,483 25,483 ........................ ........................ ........................

Offsetting fees ..................................................................................................................... ¥25,483 ¥25,483 ¥25,483 ¥25,483 ........................ ........................ ........................

Total, Service Charges, Deposits & Forfeitures ..................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Miscellaneous Trust Funds 

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

TOTAL, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ................................................................ 1,754,145 1,782,860 1,785,347 1,804,391 ∂50,246 ∂21,531 ∂19,044 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 

Resource Management 

Ecological Services: 

Endangered species: 

Candidate conservation ..................................................................................... 8,619 8,063 8,163 10,045 ∂1,426 ∂1,982 ∂1,882 Listing ................................................................................................................ 17,630 17,759 17,759 17,859 ∂229 ∂100 ∂100 Consultation ....................................................................................................... 47,997 49,337 50,018 50,018 ∂2,021 ∂681 ........................Recovery ............................................................................................................. 73,562 65,879 70,670 74,028 ∂466 ∂8,149 ∂3,358 

Subtotal, Endangered species ....................................................................... 147,808 141,038 146,610 151,950 ∂4,142 ∂10,912 ∂5,340 

Habitat conservation ............................................................................................................ 98,357 90,509 96,404 94,523 ¥3,834 ∂4,014 ¥1,881 
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Environmental contaminants ............................................................................................... 10,874 11,077 11,077 11,203 ∂329 ∂126 ∂126 

Subtotal, Ecological Services ................................................................................. 257,039 242,624 254,091 257,676 ∂637 ∂15,052 ∂3,585 

Refuges and Wildlife: 

Refuge operations and maintenance .......................................................................... 382,501 381,738 388,682 391,232 ∂8,731 ∂9,494 ∂2,550 Migratory bird management ....................................................................................... 38,236 41,339 40,384 39,958 ∂1,722 ¥1,381 ¥426 Law enforcement operations ....................................................................................... 56,062 57,282 57,506 57,899 ∂1,837 ∂617 ∂393 

Subtotal, Refuges and Wildlife .............................................................................. 476,799 480,359 486,572 489,089 ∂12,290 ∂8,730 ∂2,517 

Fisheries: 

Hatchery operations and maintenance ....................................................................... 57,189 61,125 61,125 62,514 ∂5,325 ∂1,389 ∂1,389 Fish and wildlife management ................................................................................... 59,299 53,487 60,234 58,135 ¥1,164 ∂4,648 ¥2,099 

Subtotal, Fisheries .................................................................................................. 116,488 114,612 121,359 120,649 ∂4,161 ∂6,037 ¥710 

General Administration: 

Science excellence ....................................................................................................... 493 493 493 493 ........................ ........................ ........................Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu Strategy ........................................................................ ........................ 7,398 7,398 7,398 ∂7,398 ........................ ........................Central office administration ...................................................................................... 39,530 39,297 39,297 38,297 ¥1,233 ¥1,000 ¥1,000 Regional office administration ................................................................................... 40,690 41,592 41,592 41,592 ∂902 ........................ ........................Servicewide administrative support ............................................................................ 27,496 32,398 32,398 32,398 ∂4,902 ........................ ........................National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ....................................................................... 7,656 7,656 5,000 7,656 ........................ ........................ ∂2,656 National Conservation Training Center ....................................................................... 17,966 19,171 18,175 18,441 ∂475 ¥730 ∂266 International affairs .................................................................................................... 9,880 9,994 10,294 10,014 ∂134 ∂20 ¥280 Caddo Lake Ramsar Center ........................................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, General Administration ........................................................................... 143,711 157,999 154,647 156,289 ∂12,578 ¥1,710 ∂1,642 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) .............................................................. 7,398 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥7,398 ........................ ........................

Total, Resource Management ................................................................................. 1,001,435 995,594 1,016,669 1,023,703 ∂22,268 ∂28,109 ∂7,034 

Construction 

Construction and rehabilitation: 

Line item construction ................................................................................................ 35,742 10,241 30,275 19,325 ¥16,417 ∂9,084 ¥10,950 Nationwide engineering services ................................................................................ 9,474 9,481 9,481 9,499 ∂25 ∂18 ∂18 Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–324) ..................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) ..................................................... 30,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥30,000 ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ..................................................... 132,400 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥132,400 ........................ ........................
140 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Total, Construction ................................................................................................. 207,616 19,722 39,756 28,824 ¥178,792 ∂9,102 ¥10,932 

Land Acquisition 

Fish and Wildlife Service: 

Acquisitions—Federal refuge lands ........................................................................... 13,494 13,672 8,800 28,242 ∂14,748 ∂14,570 ∂19,442 Inholdings .................................................................................................................... 1,478 1,478 478 1,500 ∂22 ∂22 ∂1,022 Emergencies and hardships ....................................................................................... 1,478 1,478 1,500 1,500 ∂22 ∂22 ........................Exchanges ................................................................................................................... 1,478 1,478 ........................ 1,500 ∂22 ∂22 ∂1,500 Acquisition management ............................................................................................ 8,269 7,171 7,171 7,720 ¥549 ∂549 ∂549 Cost allocation methodology ....................................................................................... 1,793 1,802 1,802 1,802 ∂9 ........................ ........................

Total, Land Acquisition ........................................................................................... 27,990 27,079 19,751 42,264 ∂14,274 ∂15,185 ∂22,513 

Landowner Incentive Program 

Grants to States ................................................................................................................... 23,667 24,400 15,000 10,000 ¥13,667 ¥14,400 ¥5,000 Rescission (Public Law 109–148) ....................................................................................... ¥2,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂2,000 ........................ ........................

Private Stewardship Grants Program 

Stewardship grants .............................................................................................................. 7,277 9,400 7,000 7,277 ........................ ¥2,123 ∂277 

Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund 

Grants to States ................................................................................................................... 9,852 10,001 10,001 10,001 ∂149 ........................ ........................HCP planning grants ........................................................................................................... 7,531 7,642 7,642 7,642 ∂111 ........................ ........................Species recovery land acquisition ....................................................................................... 13,977 14,186 14,186 14,186 ∂209 ........................ ........................HCP land acquisition ........................................................................................................... 47,160 40,587 46,160 45,654 ¥1,506 ∂5,067 ¥506 Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004 ............................................................................... ........................ 5,067 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥5,067 ........................Administration ...................................................................................................................... 2,481 2,518 2,518 2,518 ∂37 ........................ ........................Rescission (Public Law 109–148) ....................................................................................... ¥1,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂1,000 ........................ ........................
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Total, Cooperative Endangered Species Fund ........................................................ 80,001 80,001 80,507 80,001 ........................ ........................ ¥506 

National Wildlife Refuge Fund 

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

North American Wetlands Conservation Fund 

Wetlands conservation ......................................................................................................... 37,836 39,980 35,180 37,836 ........................ ¥2,144 ∂2,656 Administration ...................................................................................................................... 1,576 1,666 1,466 1,576 ........................ ¥90 ∂110 

Total, North American Wetlands Conservation Fund ............................................. 39,412 41,646 36,646 39,412 ........................ ¥2,234 ∂2,766 

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund 

Migratory bird grants ........................................................................................................... 3,941 ........................ 4,000 4,000 ∂59 ∂4,000 ........................

Multinational Species Conservation Fund 

African elephant conservation ............................................................................................. 1,379 990 1,290 1,400 ∂21 ∂410 ∂110 Rhinoceros and tiger conservation ...................................................................................... 1,576 990 1,490 1,600 ∂24 ∂610 ∂110 Asian elephant conservation ................................................................................................ 1,379 990 1,290 1,400 ∂21 ∂410 ∂110 Great ape conservation ........................................................................................................ 1,379 990 1,290 1,400 ∂21 ∂410 ∂110 Marine turtles ....................................................................................................................... 691 297 697 1,000 ∂309 ∂703 ∂303 Neotropical Bird Conservation ............................................................................................. ........................ 3,960 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥3,960 ........................

Total, Multinational Species Conservation Fund .................................................... 6,404 8,217 6,057 6,800 ∂396 ¥1,417 ∂743 

State and Tribal Wildlife Grants 

State and tribal wildlife grants ........................................................................................... 67,492 74,666 50,000 67,492 ........................ ¥7,174 ∂17,492 

TOTAL, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE .............................................................. 1,477,437 1,291,536 1,289,588 1,323,975 ¥153,462 ∂32,439 ∂34,387 

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 

Operation of the National Park System 

Park Management: 

Resource stewardship ................................................................................................. 352,394 362,447 358,696 357,095 ∂4,701 ¥5,352 ¥1,601 Visitor services ............................................................................................................ 346,704 344,814 343,862 343,837 ¥2,867 ¥977 ¥25 Maintenance ................................................................................................................ 593,074 601,800 599,800 603,119 ∂10,045 ∂1,319 ∂3,319 Park support ................................................................................................................ 297,607 298,190 297,880 297,910 ∂303 ¥280 ∂30 

Park Base Increase .............................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ 20,000 15,000 ∂15,000 ∂15,000 ¥5,000 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Park base increase ..................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) .............................................................. 525 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥525 ........................ ........................

Additional park base increase .................................................................................... 52,654 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥52,654 ........................ ........................

Increase in House floor action ............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ 1,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥1,000 

Subtotal, Park Management ................................................................................... 1,642,958 1,607,251 1,621,238 1,616,961 ¥25,997 ∂9,710 ¥4,277 

External administrative costs .............................................................................................. 128,636 135,066 134,079 134,079 ∂5,443 ¥987 ........................

Total, Operation of the National Park System ....................................................... 1,771,594 1,742,317 1,755,317 1,751,040 ¥20,554 ∂8,723 ¥4,277 

United States Park Police 

Park Police ........................................................................................................................... 80,213 84,775 84,775 84,775 ∂4,562 ........................ ........................

National Recreation and Preservation 

Recreation programs ............................................................................................................ 546 557 557 557 ∂11 ........................ ........................Natural programs ................................................................................................................. 9,700 9,437 9,437 9,937 ∂237 ∂500 ∂500 Cultural programs ................................................................................................................ 19,733 19,694 19,694 20,069 ∂336 ∂375 ∂375 International park affairs .................................................................................................... 1,594 1,557 1,557 1,557 ¥37 ........................ ........................Environmental and compliance review ................................................................................ 393 403 403 403 ∂10 ........................ ........................Grant administration ............................................................................................................ 1,885 1,613 1,613 1,613 ¥272 ........................ ........................Heritage Partnership Programs: 

Commissions and grants ............................................................................................ 13,202 ........................ 13,800 14,015 ∂813 ∂14,015 ∂215 Newly authorized areas ............................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Administrative support ................................................................................................ 99 ........................ 100 100 ∂1 ∂100 ........................

Subtotal, Heritage Partnership Programs .............................................................. 13,301 ........................ 13,900 14,115 ∂814 ∂14,115 ∂215 

Statutory or Contractual Aid ................................................................................................ 7,004 ........................ ........................ 5,250 ¥1,754 ∂5,250 ∂5,250 

Alaska National Parks ................................................................................................. 750 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥750 ........................ ........................
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Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission ............................................................. 250 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥250 ........................ ........................Black Jack Battlefield trust ........................................................................................ 89 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥89 ........................ ........................Blue Ridge Parkway (Folk Art Center) ........................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Brown Foundation ....................................................................................................... 250 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥250 ........................ ........................Chesapeake Bay Gateway ........................................................................................... 2,500 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥2,500 ........................ ........................Crossroads of the West Historic District .................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Delta Interpretive Center ............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission ........................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Flight 93 Memorial (Sommerset) ................................................................................ 250 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥250 ........................ ........................French and Indian War (PA) ....................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................George Washington Memorial Bridge (Gravely Point) ................................................. 100 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥100 ........................ ........................Ft. Mandan, Ft. Lincoln, & Northern Plains Foundation ............................................ 625 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥625 ........................ ........................Harpers Ferry NHP (Niagra Movement) ....................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Harry S. Truman Statue .............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Ice Age National Scientific Reserve ............................................................................ 796 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥796 ........................ ........................International Peace Gardens ....................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Jamestown 2007 ......................................................................................................... 400 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥400 ........................ ........................Johnstown Area Heritage Association ......................................................................... 49 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥49 ........................ ........................Keweenaw NHP (Main Street) ..................................................................................... 800 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥800 ........................ ........................Lake Roosevelt Forum ................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Lamprey River ............................................................................................................. 900 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥900 ........................ ........................Lower Eastside Tenement Museum ............................................................................. 250 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥250 ........................ ........................Mandan Interpretive Center and Lodge project .......................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Martin Luther King, Jr. Center .................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Mississippi Museum of Natural Science .................................................................... 750 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥750 ........................ ........................Mt. Ranier National Park (study) ................................................................................ 700 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥700 ........................ ........................Natchez NHP (Forks of the Road) ............................................................................... 150 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥150 ........................ ........................Native Hawaiian culture and arts program ............................................................... 750 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥750 ........................ ........................New Orleans Jazz Commission .................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Oklahoma City Memorial ............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Office of Arctic Studies ............................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission .............................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Sewall-Belmont House ................................................................................................ 400 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥400 ........................ ........................Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission ................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Sleeping Rainbow Ranch, Capitol Reef NP ................................................................ 600 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥600 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Statutory or Contractual Aid ................................................................... 18,363 ........................ ........................ 5,250 ¥13,113 ∂5,250 ∂5,250 Total, National Recreation and Preservation ......................................................... 65,515 33,261 47,161 53,501 ¥12,014 ∂20,240 ∂6,340 
144 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Urban Park and Recreation Fund 

Urban park grants ............................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Historic Preservation Fund 

State historic preservation offices ....................................................................................... 35,717 35,717 35,717 35,717 ........................ ........................ ........................

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ..................................................... 43,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥43,000 ........................ ........................

Tribal grants ........................................................................................................................ 3,941 3,941 3,941 3,941 ........................ ........................ ........................HBCUs .................................................................................................................................. 2,956 ........................ 1,000 1,000 ¥1,956 ∂1,000 ........................National trust (endowment) ................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Heritage Partnership Programs ............................................................................................ ........................ 7,400 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥7,400 ........................Save America’s Treasures .................................................................................................... 29,558 14,800 15,000 30,000 ∂442 ∂15,200 ∂15,000 Preserve America .................................................................................................................. ........................ 10,000 3,000 ........................ ........................ ¥10,000 ¥3,000 

Total, Historic Preservation Fund ........................................................................... 115,172 71,858 58,658 70,658 ¥44,514 ¥1,200 ∂12,000 

Construction 

Emergency and unscheduled ............................................................................................... 2,956 2,956 2,956 2,956 ........................ ........................ ........................Housing ................................................................................................................................ 6,897 6,897 6,897 6,897 ........................ ........................ ........................Equipment replacement ....................................................................................................... 25,617 23,617 23,617 23,617 ¥2,000 ........................ ........................Planning, construction ......................................................................................................... 19,632 19,649 19,649 19,649 ∂17 ........................ ........................General management plans ................................................................................................. 13,552 13,236 13,601 13,476 ¥76 ∂240 ¥125 Line item construction and maintenance ............................................................................ 214,890 121,931 121,931 126,567 ¥88,323 ∂4,636 ∂4,636 Construction program management .................................................................................... 27,691 38,360 38,360 38,760 ∂11,069 ∂400 ∂400 Dam safety ........................................................................................................................... 2,623 2,623 2,623 2,623 ........................ ........................ ........................Manage partnership construction ........................................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Partnership program ............................................................................................................ ........................ ........................ 300 310 ∂310 ∂310 ∂10 Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–324) .............................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) .............................................................. 19,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥19,000 ........................ ........................
145 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) .............................................................. 55,400 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥55,400 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Construction ............................................................................................ 388,258 229,269 229,934 234,855 ¥153,403 ∂5,586 ∂4,921 Total, Construction ................................................................................................. 388,258 229,269 229,934 234,855 ¥153,403 ∂5,586 ∂4,921 

Land and Water Conservation Fund 

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

Land Acquisition and State Assistance 

Assistance to States: 

State conservation grants ........................................................................................... 27,995 ........................ ........................ 28,375 ∂380 ∂28,375 ∂28,375 Administrative expenses ............................................................................................. 1,564 1,625 1,625 1,625 ∂61 ........................ ........................

Total, Assistance to States .................................................................................... 29,559 1,625 1,625 30,000 ∂441 ∂28,375 ∂28,375 

National Park Service: 

Acquisitions ................................................................................................................. 29,633 9,000 14,000 17,485 ¥12,148 ∂8,485 ∂3,485 Emergencies and hardships ....................................................................................... 2,463 2,349 3,349 2,500 ∂37 ∂151 ¥849 Acquisition management ............................................................................................ 9,605 9,021 9,021 10,908 ∂1,303 ∂1,887 ∂1,887 Inholdings .................................................................................................................... 2,463 2,348 2,000 2,500 ∂37 ∂152 ∂500 Use of prior year balances ......................................................................................... ¥9,769 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂9,769 ........................ ........................

Total, National Park Service ................................................................................... 34,395 22,718 28,370 33,393 ¥1,002 ∂10,675 ∂5,023 

Use of prior year balances .................................................................................................. ¥17,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂17,000 ........................ ........................

Total, Land Acquisition and State Assistance ....................................................... 46,954 24,343 29,995 63,393 ∂16,439 ∂39,050 ∂33,398 TOTAL, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ............................................................................ 2,437,706 2,155,823 2,175,840 2,228,222 ¥209,484 ∂72,399 ∂52,382 

Appropriations ................................................................................................ (2,349,781 ) (2,185,823 ) (2,205,840 ) (2,258,222 ) (¥91,559 ) (∂72,399 ) (∂52,382 ) Rescission ...................................................................................................... (¥30,000 ) (¥30,000 ) (¥30,000 ) (¥30,000 ) ........................ ........................ ........................

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

Surveys, Investigations, and Research 

Geographic Research, Investigations, & Remote Sensing: 

Cooperative topographic mapping .............................................................................. 68,855 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥68,855 ........................ ........................Land remote sensing .................................................................................................. 45,713 61,754 63,754 61,754 ∂16,041 ........................ ¥2,000 
146 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Geographic analysis and monitoring .......................................................................... 14,705 14,860 14,860 16,860 ∂2,155 ∂2,000 ∂2,000 

Subtotal, Geographic Research & Remote Sensing ............................................... 129,273 76,614 78,614 78,614 ¥50,659 ∂2,000 ........................

Geologic Hazards, Resource and Processes: 

Geologic hazards assessments ................................................................................... 81,000 82,396 82,396 82,496 ∂1,496 ∂100 ∂100 Geologic landscape and coastal assessments ........................................................... 77,752 78,106 79,606 77,906 ∂154 ¥200 ¥1,700 Geologic resource assessments .................................................................................. 76,534 56,916 79,859 78,859 ∂2,325 ∂21,943 ¥1,000 

Subtotal, Geologic Hazards, Resource & Processes ............................................... 235,286 217,418 241,861 239,261 ∂3,975 ∂21,843 ¥2,600 

Water Resources Investigations: 

Hydrologic monitoring, assessments and research: 

Ground water resources program ...................................................................... 8,027 7,422 7,422 8,202 ∂175 ∂780 ∂780 National water quality assessment ................................................................... 62,203 62,571 63,511 63,511 ∂1,308 ∂940 ........................Toxic substances hydrology ................................................................................ 14,386 13,215 13,215 13,215 ¥1,171 ........................ ........................Hydrologic research and development ............................................................... 14,609 13,653 14,053 14,253 ¥356 ∂600 ∂200 National streamflow information program ........................................................ 13,944 16,764 16,764 16,564 ∂2,620 ¥200 ¥200 Hydrologic networks and analysis ..................................................................... 29,358 28,251 28,251 30,451 ∂1,093 ∂2,200 ∂2,200 

Subtotal, Hydrologic monitoring, assessments and research ....................... 142,527 141,876 143,216 146,196 ∂3,669 ∂4,320 ∂2,980 

Federal-State program ......................................................................................................... 62,833 62,171 64,171 64,171 ∂1,338 ∂2,000 ........................Water resources research institutes .................................................................................... 6,404 ........................ 6,404 6,404 ........................ ∂6,404 ........................

Subtotal, Water Resources Investigations .............................................................. 211,764 204,047 213,791 216,771 ∂5,007 ∂12,724 ∂2,980 

Biological Research: 

Biological research and monitoring ............................................................................ 136,416 135,692 137,692 137,642 ∂1,226 ∂1,950 ¥50 Biological information management and delivery ...................................................... 23,794 21,967 22,967 23,967 ∂173 ∂2,000 ∂1,000 Cooperative research units ......................................................................................... 14,664 14,938 14,938 14,938 ∂274 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Biological Research ................................................................................ 174,874 172,597 175,597 176,547 ∂1,673 ∂3,950 ∂950 
147 

Enterprise Information: 

Enterprise information security and technology ......................................................... 24,866 25,972 25,972 25,972 ∂1,106 ........................ ........................Enterprise information resources ................................................................................ 16,900 16,636 17,136 16,636 ¥264 ........................ ¥500 National geospatial program ...................................................................................... 4,628 68,622 70,622 63,342 ∂58,714 ¥5,280 ¥7,280 

Subtotal, Enterprise Information ............................................................................ 46,394 111,230 113,730 105,950 ∂59,556 ¥5,280 ¥7,780 

Science support .................................................................................................................... 69,302 67,382 72,382 67,382 ¥1,920 ........................ ¥5,000 Facilities ............................................................................................................................... 94,782 95,472 95,472 95,472 ∂690 ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–324) .............................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–13) ................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) .............................................................. 8,970 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥8,970 ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) .............................................................. 10,200 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥10,200 ........................ ........................Decrease in House floor action ............................................................................................ ........................ ........................ ¥5,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂5,000 

TOTAL, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ........................................................ 980,845 944,760 986,447 979,997 ¥848 ∂35,237 ¥6,450 

MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE 

Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management 

OCS Lands: 

Leasing and environmental program .......................................................................... 37,711 45,210 44,210 45,210 ∂7,499 ........................ ∂1,000 Resource evaluation .................................................................................................... 29,407 30,117 30,117 30,017 ∂610 ¥100 ¥100 Regulatory program ..................................................................................................... 51,472 54,014 54,014 54,014 ∂2,542 ........................ ........................Information management program ............................................................................. 30,181 30,024 30,024 30,024 ¥157 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, OCS Lands .............................................................................................. 148,771 159,365 158,365 159,265 ∂10,494 ¥100 ∂900 

Royalty Management: 

Compliance and asset management .......................................................................... 42,723 43,134 43,134 43,134 ∂411 ........................ ........................Revenue and operations ............................................................................................. 35,159 36,024 36,024 36,024 ∂865 ........................ ........................Indian allottee refunds ............................................................................................... 15 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥15 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Royalty Management ............................................................................... 77,897 79,158 79,158 79,158 ∂1,261 ........................ ........................

General Administration: 

Executive direction ...................................................................................................... 2,100 2,533 2,533 2,533 ∂433 ........................ ........................Policy and management improvement ....................................................................... 4,199 4,090 4,320 4,090 ¥109 ........................ ¥230 Administrative operations ........................................................................................... 17,044 16,837 17,500 16,837 ¥207 ........................ ¥663 General support services ............................................................................................ 24,125 23,398 24,350 23,398 ¥727 ........................ ¥952 

Subtotal, General Administration ........................................................................... 47,468 46,858 48,703 46,858 ¥610 ........................ ¥1,845 
148 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) .............................................................. 16,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥16,000 ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) .............................................................. 15,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥15,000 ........................ ........................

Subtotal (gross) ...................................................................................................... 305,136 285,381 286,226 285,281 ¥19,855 ¥100 ¥945 

Use of receipts ..................................................................................................................... ¥122,730 ¥128,730 ¥128,730 ¥128,730 ¥6,000 ........................ ........................

Total, Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management ............................................... 182,406 156,651 157,496 156,551 ¥25,855 ¥100 ¥945 

Oil Spill Research 

Oil spill research .................................................................................................................. 6,903 6,903 6,903 6,903 ........................ ........................ ........................

TOTAL, MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE ............................................................. 189,309 163,554 164,399 163,454 ¥25,855 ¥100 ¥945 

OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT 

Regulation and Technology 

Environmental restoration .................................................................................................... 156 157 157 157 ∂1 ........................ ........................Environmental protection ..................................................................................................... 78,395 80,965 80,965 80,965 ∂2,570 ........................ ........................Technology development and transfer ................................................................................. 14,903 15,101 15,101 15,101 ∂198 ........................ ........................Financial management ........................................................................................................ 481 485 485 485 ∂4 ........................ ........................Executive direction ............................................................................................................... 14,875 15,401 15,401 15,401 ∂526 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Regulation and Technology ..................................................................... 108,810 112,109 112,109 112,109 ∂3,299 ........................ ........................

Civil penalties ...................................................................................................................... 99 100 100 100 ∂1 ........................ ........................

Total, Regulation and Technology .......................................................................... 108,909 112,209 112,209 112,209 ∂3,300 ........................ ........................
149 

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund 

Environmental restoration .................................................................................................... 167,609 167,855 167,855 167,855 ∂246 ........................ ........................

Legislative proposal .................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Technology development and transfer ................................................................................. 3,864 3,910 3,910 3,910 ∂46 ........................ ........................Financial management ........................................................................................................ 6,142 6,253 6,253 6,253 ∂111 ........................ ........................Executive direction ............................................................................................................... 7,633 7,918 7,918 7,918 ∂285 ........................ ........................

TOTAL, Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund ........................................................... 185,248 185,936 185,936 185,936 ∂688 ........................ ........................TOTAL, OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT ............. 294,157 298,145 298,145 298,145 ∂3,988 ........................ ........................

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 

Operation of Indian Programs 

Tribal Budget System 

Tribal Priority Allocations: 

Tribal government ....................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Human services ........................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Education .................................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Public safety and justice ............................................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Community development ............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Resources management .............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Trust services .............................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................General administration ............................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Tribal Priority Allocations ........................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Other Recurring Programs: 

Education: 

School operations: 

Forward-funded ......................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Other school operations ............................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, School operations .................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Continuing education ......................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Education ....................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Resources management .............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................
150 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Subtotal, Other Recurring Programs ...................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Non-Recurring Programs: 

Community development ............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Resources management .............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Trust services .............................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Non-Recurring Programs ......................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Total, Tribal Budget System ................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

BIA Operations 

Central Office Operations: 

Tribal government ....................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Human services ........................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Community development ............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Resources management .............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Trust services .............................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

General administration: 

Education program management ............................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Personnel services ....................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Other general administration ...................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, General administration ........................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Subtotal, Central Office Operations ....................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Regional Office Operations: 

Tribal government ....................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Human services ........................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................
151 

Community development ............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Resources management .............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Trust services .............................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................General administration ............................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Regional Office Operations ..................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Special Programs and Pooled Overhead: 

Education .................................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Public safety and justice ............................................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Community development ............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Resources management .............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................General administration ............................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Special Programs and Pooled Overhead ................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Total, BIA Operations .............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Total, Operation of Indian Programs ...................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

BIA SPLITS 

Natural resources ................................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Forward-funding ................................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Education ............................................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Community development ...................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Total, BIA splits ...................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Tribal Government: 

Aid to tribal government ............................................................................................. 36,699 36,256 36,256 36,256 ¥443 ........................ ........................Consolidated tribal government program ................................................................... 61,352 63,413 63,413 63,413 ∂2,061 ........................ ........................Self governance compacts .......................................................................................... 138,079 142,761 142,761 142,761 ∂4,682 ........................ ........................Contract support ......................................................................................................... 132,628 151,628 151,628 147,628 ∂15,000 ¥4,000 ¥4,000 Indian self-determination fund ................................................................................... 971 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥971 ........................ ........................New tribes ................................................................................................................... 1,402 316 316 316 ¥1,086 ........................ ........................Tribal government program oversight ........................................................................ 3,558 7,364 7,364 7,364 ∂3,806 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Tribal Government ................................................................................... 374,689 401,738 401,738 397,738 ∂23,049 ¥4,000 ¥4,000 

Human Services: 

Social services ............................................................................................................ 31,614 32,254 32,254 32,254 ∂640 ........................ ........................
152 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Welfare assistance ...................................................................................................... 85,190 74,179 74,179 80,179 ¥5,011 ∂6,000 ∂6,000 Indian Child Welfare Act ............................................................................................. 10,909 10,167 10,167 10,167 ¥742 ........................ ........................Housing improvement program ................................................................................... 18,830 18,849 18,849 18,849 ∂19 ........................ ........................Human services program oversight ............................................................................ 3,873 3,936 3,936 3,936 ∂63 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Human Services ...................................................................................... 150,416 139,385 139,385 145,385 ¥5,031 ∂6,000 ∂6,000 

Trust—Natural Resources Management: 

Natural resources, general .......................................................................................... 4,925 4,158 4,158 4,158 ¥767 ........................ ........................Irrigation operations and maintenance ...................................................................... 13,042 12,480 12,480 12,480 ¥562 ........................ ........................Rights protection implementation .............................................................................. 21,262 18,148 19,148 19,148 ¥2,114 ∂1,000 ........................Tribal management/development program ................................................................. 10,146 4,315 4,315 9,615 ¥531 ∂5,300 ∂5,300 Endangered species .................................................................................................... 1,192 230 230 230 ¥962 ........................ ........................Integrated resource information program ................................................................... 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 ........................ ........................ ........................Agriculture and range ................................................................................................. 24,272 23,554 23,554 23,554 ¥718 ........................ ........................Forestry ........................................................................................................................ 42,137 43,094 43,094 43,094 ∂957 ........................ ........................Water resources ........................................................................................................... 11,502 9,713 9,713 11,713 ∂211 ∂2,000 ∂2,000 Fish, wildlife and parks .............................................................................................. 6,525 6,506 6,506 6,506 ¥19 ........................ ........................Minerals and mining ................................................................................................... 8,179 11,464 9,464 11,464 ∂3,285 ........................ ∂2,000 Resource management program oversight ................................................................. 8,322 7,598 7,598 7,598 ¥724 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Trust—Natural Resources Management ................................................ 152,754 142,510 141,510 150,810 ¥1,944 ∂8,300 ∂9,300 

Trust—Real Estate Services: 

Trust services, general ................................................................................................ 11,069 10,492 10,492 10,492 ¥577 ........................ ........................Navajo-Hopi settlement program ................................................................................ 1,139 1,162 1,162 1,162 ∂23 ........................ ........................Probate ........................................................................................................................ 15,708 19,075 18,019 19,075 ∂3,367 ........................ ∂1,056 Land title and records offices .................................................................................... 13,436 13,835 13,835 13,835 ∂399 ........................ ........................Real estate services .................................................................................................... 40,578 47,647 47,647 45,647 ∂5,069 ¥2,000 ¥2,000 Land records improvement ......................................................................................... 7,891 16,801 16,801 16,801 ∂8,910 ........................ ........................Environmental quality ................................................................................................. 11,988 12,000 12,000 12,000 ∂12 ........................ ........................Alaskan native programs ............................................................................................ 1,391 1,001 1,001 1,001 ¥390 ........................ ........................
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Rights protection ......................................................................................................... 14,274 14,345 14,345 14,345 ∂71 ........................ ........................Real estate services oversight .................................................................................... 24,368 16,291 16,291 16,291 ¥8,077 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Trust—Real Estate Services .................................................................. 141,842 152,649 151,593 150,649 ∂8,807 ¥2,000 ¥944 

Education: 

Elementary and secondary programs (forward funded) ............................................. 457,750 457,352 457,352 457,352 ¥398 ........................ ........................Elementary and secondary programs ......................................................................... 77,223 60,800 73,859 75,171 ¥2,052 ∂14,371 ∂1,312 Post secondary programs ............................................................................................ 102,674 103,161 103,161 114,440 ∂11,766 ∂11,279 ∂11,279 Education management .............................................................................................. 8,783 17,842 17,842 17,842 ∂9,059 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Education ................................................................................................ 646,430 639,155 652,214 664,805 ∂18,375 ∂25,650 ∂12,591 

Public Safety and Justice: 

Law enforcement ......................................................................................................... 193,377 201,620 197,426 201,620 ∂8,243 ........................ ∂4,194 Tribal courts ................................................................................................................ 17,621 12,109 12,109 12,109 ¥5,512 ........................ ........................Fire protection ............................................................................................................. 1,144 ........................ ........................ 1,144 ........................ ∂1,144 ∂1,144 

Subtotal, Public Safety and Justice ....................................................................... 212,142 213,729 209,535 214,873 ∂2,731 ∂1,144 ∂5,338 

Community and Economic Development: 

Job placement and training ........................................................................................ 8,396 8,467 8,467 8,467 ∂71 ........................ ........................Economic development ................................................................................................ 4,407 4,401 4,401 4,401 ¥6 ........................ ........................Road maintenance ...................................................................................................... 27,386 25,336 25,336 25,336 ¥2,050 ........................ ........................Community development ............................................................................................. 10,148 ........................ ........................ 4,350 ¥5,798 ∂4,350 ∂4,350 Indian arts and crafts board ...................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Community development oversight ............................................................................. 1,445 971 971 971 ¥474 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Community and Economic Development ................................................ 51,782 39,175 39,175 43,525 ¥8,257 ∂4,350 ∂4,350 

Executive Direction and Administrative Services ................................................................ 232,135 238,253 238,253 237,753 ∂5,618 ¥500 ¥500 

Total, Operation of Indian Programs ...................................................................... 1,962,190 1,966,594 1,973,403 2,005,538 ∂43,348 ∂38,944 ∂32,135 

BIA SPLITS 

Natural resources ................................................................................................................. (152,754 ) (142,510 ) (141,510 ) (150,810 ) (¥1,944 ) (∂8,300 ) (∂9,300 ) Forward-funding ................................................................................................................... (457,750 ) (457,352 ) (457,352 ) (457,352 ) (¥398 ) ........................ ........................Education ............................................................................................................................. (188,680 ) (181,803 ) (194,862 ) (207,453 ) (∂18,773 ) (∂25,650 ) (∂12,591 ) Community development ...................................................................................................... (1,163,006 ) (1,184,929 ) (1,179,679 ) (1,189,923 ) (∂26,917 ) (∂4,994 ) (∂10,244 ) 

Total, BIA splits ...................................................................................................... (1,962,190 ) (1,966,594 ) (1,973,403 ) (2,005,538 ) (∂43,348 ) (∂38,944 ) (∂32,135 ) 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Construction 

Education ............................................................................................................................. 206,787 157,441 157,441 157,441 ¥49,346 ........................ ........................Public safety and justice ..................................................................................................... 11,603 11,611 11,611 11,611 ∂8 ........................ ........................Resources management ....................................................................................................... 45,099 37,810 38,560 44,220 ¥879 ∂6,410 ∂5,660 General administration ........................................................................................................ 2,105 2,111 2,111 2,111 ∂6 ........................ ........................Construction management ................................................................................................... 5,988 6,076 6,076 6,076 ∂88 ........................ ........................

Total, Construction ................................................................................................. 271,582 215,049 215,799 221,459 ¥50,123 ∂6,410 ∂5,660 

Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians 

White Earth Land Settlement Act (Admin) .......................................................................... 634 625 625 625 ¥9 ........................ ........................Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund .............................................................................................. 254 250 250 250 ¥4 ........................ ........................Pyramid Lake water rights settlement ................................................................................ 144 142 142 142 ¥2 ........................ ........................Ute Indian water rights settlement ..................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Rocky Boy’s .......................................................................................................................... ........................ 7,500 7,500 7,500 ∂7,500 ........................ ........................Shivwits Band Settlement .................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Santo Domingo Pueblo Settlement ...................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Colorado Ute Settlement ...................................................................................................... 8,111 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥8,111 ........................ ........................Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw settlement .................................................................. 9,829 10,339 10,339 10,339 ∂510 ........................ ........................Quinault Settlement ............................................................................................................. 9,827 316 316 316 ¥9,511 ........................ ........................Zuni Water Settlement ......................................................................................................... 5,444 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥5,444 ........................ ........................Nez Perce/Snake River ......................................................................................................... ........................ 14,774 20,041 20,041 ∂20,041 ∂5,267 ........................Cuba Lake Settlement .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Total, Miscellaneous Payments to Indians ............................................................. 34,243 33,946 39,213 39,213 ∂4,970 ∂5,267 ........................

Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account 

Indian guaranteed loan program account ........................................................................... 6,255 6,262 6,262 6,262 ∂7 ........................ ........................
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TOTAL, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS ....................................................................... 2,274,270 2,221,851 2,234,677 2,272,472 ¥1,798 ∂50,621 ∂37,795 

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 

Insular Affairs 

Assistance to Territories 

Territorial Assistance: 

Office of Insular Affairs .............................................................................................. 7,273 7,624 8,024 7,624 ∂351 ........................ ¥400 Technical assistance ................................................................................................... 10,524 8,226 11,026 10,346 ¥178 ∂2,120 ¥680 Maintenance assistance fund ..................................................................................... 2,266 2,277 2,277 2,277 ∂11 ........................ ........................Brown tree snake ........................................................................................................ 2,660 2,673 2,673 2,673 ∂13 ........................ ........................Insular management controls ..................................................................................... 1,469 1,476 1,476 1,476 ∂7 ........................ ........................Coral reef initiative ..................................................................................................... 493 495 495 495 ∂2 ........................ ........................Water and wastewater projects .................................................................................. 985 990 990 990 ∂5 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Territorial Assistance .............................................................................. 25,670 23,761 26,961 25,881 ∂211 ∂2,120 ¥1,080 

American Samoa: Operations grants ................................................................................... 22,770 22,880 22,880 22,880 ∂110 ........................ ........................Northern Marianas: Covenant grants .................................................................................. 27,720 27,720 27,720 27,720 ........................ ........................ ........................

Total, Assistance to Territories ............................................................................... 76,160 74,361 77,561 76,481 ∂321 ∂2,120 ¥1,080 

Compact of Free Association 

Compact of Free Association—Federal services ................................................................. 2,820 2,862 2,862 2,862 ∂42 ........................ ........................

Mandatory payments—program grant assistance ..................................................... 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 ........................ ........................ ........................

Enewetak support ................................................................................................................. 493 ........................ 500 500 ∂7 ∂500 ........................

Total, Compact of Free Association ....................................................................... 5,313 4,862 5,362 5,362 ∂49 ∂500 ........................Total, Insular Affairs .............................................................................................. 81,473 79,223 82,923 81,843 ∂370 ∂2,620 ¥1,080 

Departmental Management 

Departmental direction ........................................................................................................ 13,391 13,514 13,514 13,514 ∂123 ........................ ........................Management and coordination ............................................................................................ 28,916 30,399 30,257 30,399 ∂1,483 ........................ ∂142 Hearings and appeals .......................................................................................................... 7,950 7,895 7,495 7,895 ¥55 ........................ ∂400 Central services ................................................................................................................... 33,367 35,095 35,095 35,095 ∂1,728 ........................ ........................Bureau of Mines workers compensation/unemployment ..................................................... 643 627 627 627 ¥16 ........................ ........................Take Pride in America .......................................................................................................... 493 499 499 499 ∂6 ........................ ........................
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Financial and business management system ..................................................................... 22,224 22,240 22,240 22,240 ∂16 ........................ ........................Indian Arts and Crafts Board .............................................................................................. 1,144 1,160 1,160 1,160 ∂16 ........................ ........................Grant to Kendall County, Illinois ......................................................................................... 4,926 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥4,926 ........................ ........................Foreign currency account ..................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial ......................................................................................... 9,852 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥9,852 ........................ ........................General reduction ................................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Appraisal services ................................................................................................................ 7,332 7,416 7,416 7,416 ∂84 ........................ ........................Reductions in House floor action ........................................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–13) ................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Reduction in House floor action .......................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ¥23,800 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂23,800 

Total, Departmental Management .......................................................................... 130,238 118,845 94,503 118,845 ¥11,393 ........................ ∂24,342 

Working Capital Fund 

Financial and Business Management System ..................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Working capital fund (cancellation) .................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Financial management system migration project ............................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Working Capital fund .............................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Payments in Lieu of Taxes 

Payments to local governments ........................................................................................... 232,528 198,000 244,000 235,062 ∂2,534 ∂37,062 ¥8,938 

Central Hazardous Materials Fund 

Central hazardous materials fund ....................................................................................... 9,710 9,923 9,923 9,923 ∂213 ........................ ........................

Office of the Solicitor 

Legal services ...................................................................................................................... 41,847 43,532 43,532 43,532 ∂1,685 ........................ ........................General administration ........................................................................................................ 11,726 12,126 12,126 12,126 ∂400 ........................ ........................
157 

Ethics ................................................................................................................................... 1,051 1,097 1,097 1,097 ∂46 ........................ ........................

Total, Office of the Solicitor ................................................................................... 54,624 56,755 56,755 56,755 ∂2,131 ........................ ........................

Office of Inspector General 

Audit ..................................................................................................................................... 16,725 17,748 17,027 17,027 ∂302 ¥721 ........................Contracted CFO Audits ......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Investigations ....................................................................................................................... 14,130 14,728 14,728 14,728 ∂598 ........................ ........................Program integrity ................................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Policy and management ...................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Administrative services and information management ...................................................... 7,686 8,223 7,933 7,933 ∂247 ¥290 ........................

Total, Office of Inspector General .......................................................................... 38,541 40,699 39,688 39,688 ∂1,147 ¥1,011 ........................

Office of Special Trustee for American Indians 

Federal Trust Programs 

Program operations, support, and improvements ............................................................... 186,575 182,886 162,886 176,533 ¥10,042 ¥6,353 ∂13,647 Executive direction ............................................................................................................... 2,199 2,150 2,150 2,150 ¥49 ........................ ........................Use of prior year balances .................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ¥15,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂15,000 

Total, Federal Trust programs ................................................................................ 188,774 185,036 150,036 178,683 ¥10,091 ¥6,353 ∂28,647 

Indian Land Consolidation Program 

Indian land consolidation .................................................................................................... 34,006 59,449 34,006 39,150 ∂5,144 ¥20,299 ∂5,144 

Total, Office of Special Trustee for American Indians .......................................... 222,780 244,485 184,042 217,833 ¥4,947 ¥26,652 ∂33,791 

Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund 

Damage assessments .......................................................................................................... 3,873 3,918 3,918 3,918 ∂45 ........................ ........................Program management .......................................................................................................... 1,569 1,615 1,615 1,615 ∂46 ........................ ........................Restoration support .............................................................................................................. 574 576 576 576 ∂2 ........................ ........................

Total, Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund .............................................. 6,016 6,109 6,109 6,109 ∂93 ........................ ........................

Miscellaneous appropriations (Public Law 108–199) ......................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

TOTAL, DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES ............................................................................ 775,910 754,039 717,943 766,058 ¥9,852 ∂12,019 ∂48,115 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

A-T-B reduction to administration accounts ....................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

TOTAL, TITLE I, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR .................................................... 10,183,779 9,612,568 9,652,386 9,836,714 ¥347,065 ∂224,146 ∂184,328 

Appropriations ................................................................................................ (9,879,386 ) (9,642,568 ) (9,682,386 ) (9,866,714 ) (¥12,672 ) (∂224,146 ) (∂184,328 ) Emergency appropriations ............................................................................. (337,893 ) ........................ ........................ ........................ (¥337,893 ) ........................ ........................Rescission ...................................................................................................... (¥33,500 ) (¥30,000 ) (¥30,000 ) (¥30,000 ) (∂3,500 ) ........................ ........................

TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

Science and Technology 

Air toxics and quality: 

Clean air allowance trading programs (also EPM) .................................................... 8,527 9,259 9,259 9,259 ∂732 ........................ ........................Federal support for air quality mgmt (also EPM) ...................................................... 10,012 10,273 10,273 10,273 ∂261 ........................ ........................Federal support for air toxics program (also EPM) .................................................... 2,225 2,265 2,265 2,265 ∂40 ........................ ........................Federal vehicle and fuels standards/certification ...................................................... 58,613 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥58,613 ........................ ........................Energy Policy Act (Fed vehicle & fuel standards) ...................................................... ........................ 11,400 2,400 1,400 ∂1,400 ¥10,000 ¥1,000 Federal vehicles and fuel standards (other) .............................................................. ........................ 56,925 56,925 56,925 ∂56,925 ........................ ........................Radiation: Protection (also EPM; HSS) ....................................................................... 2,086 2,054 2,054 2,054 ¥32 ........................ ........................Radiation: Response preparedness (also EPM) .......................................................... 3,468 3,586 3,586 3,586 ∂118 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Air toxics and quality ............................................................................. 84,931 95,762 86,762 85,762 ∂831 ¥10,000 ¥1,000 

Climate protection: Climate protection program (also EPM) .............................................. 18,648 12,550 18,550 12,550 ¥6,098 ........................ ¥6,000 Enforcement: Forensics support (also HSS) ........................................................................ 13,129 13,185 13,185 13,185 ∂56 ........................ ........................Homeland security: 

Homeland security: Critical infrastructure protection: 

Water sentinel and related training .................................................................. 8,131 41,735 16,735 18,131 ∂10,000 ¥23,604 ∂1,396 Critical infrastructure protection (except water sentinel) (also EPM; HSS) ..... 4,262 3,516 3,516 3,516 ¥746 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security: Critical infrastructure protection ................... 12,393 45,251 20,251 21,647 ∂9,254 ¥23,604 ∂1,396 
159 

Homeland security: Preparedness, response, and recovery: 

Decontamination (also EPM; HSS) .............................................................................. 16,868 24,667 19,667 24,667 ∂7,799 ........................ ∂5,000 Laboratory preparedness & response (also EPM; HSS) .............................................. 591 600 600 600 ∂9 ........................ ........................Safe buildings ............................................................................................................. 3,722 4,000 4,000 4,000 ∂278 ........................ ........................Preparedness, response, and recovery (other activities) ............................................ (also HSS ) 14,571 15,231 15,231 15,231 ∂660 ........................(Transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) ....................................................... (1,976 ) (2,000 ) (2,000 ) (2,000 ) (∂24 ) ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security: Preparedness, response, and recovery ................... 35,752 44,498 39,498 44,498 ∂8,746 ........................ ∂5,000 

Homeland security: Protection of EPA personnel and infrastructure (also EPM; 

B&F; HSS) ............................................................................................................... 2,050 2,079 2,079 2,079 ∂29 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security .............................................................................. 50,195 91,828 61,828 68,224 ∂18,029 ¥23,604 ∂6,396 

Indoor air: 

Indoor air: Radon program (also EPM) ....................................................................... 429 442 442 442 ∂13 ........................ ........................Indoor air: Schools and workplace program (moved to reduce risks in fiscal year 

2006) ...................................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Reduce risks from indoor air (also EPM) ................................................................... 810 829 829 829 ∂19 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Indoor air ................................................................................................ 1,239 1,271 1,271 1,271 ∂32 ........................ ........................

IT/Data management/Security: IT/Data management (also EPM; LUST; OSR; HSS) ........... 4,173 4,268 4,268 4,268 ∂95 ........................ ........................Operations and administration: Facilities infrastructure and operations (also EPM; B&F; 

LUST; OSR; HSS) .............................................................................................................. 8,511 70,240 70,240 70,240 ∂61,729 ........................ ........................

Pesticide licensing: 

Pesticides: Registration of new pesticides (also EPM) .............................................. 2,463 2,766 2,766 2,766 ∂303 ........................ ........................Pesticides: Review/Reregistration of existing pesticides (also EPM) ......................... 2,480 2,820 2,820 2,820 ∂340 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Pesticide licensing .................................................................................. 4,943 5,586 5,586 5,586 ∂643 ........................ ........................

Research/Congressional priorities ........................................................................................ 32,919 ........................ 30,000 30,000 ¥2,919 ∂30,000 ........................Research: Clean air: 

Research: Air toxics .................................................................................................... 16,226 12,274 16,224 12,274 ¥3,952 ........................ ¥3,950 Research: Global change ............................................................................................ 18,619 17,456 19,056 17,456 ¥1,163 ........................ ¥1,600 Research: National ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) ..................................... 66,777 65,456 66,356 65,456 ¥1,321 ........................ ¥900 Research: Particulate matter (Moved to NAAQS in fiscal year 2006) ....................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Research: Troposphere ozone ...................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Research: Clean air ................................................................................ 101,622 95,186 101,636 95,186 ¥6,436 ........................ ¥6,450 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Research: Clean water: 

Research: Drinking water ............................................................................................ 45,170 49,243 49,243 49,243 ∂4,073 ........................ ........................Research: Water quality .............................................................................................. 51,269 56,988 56,988 56,988 ∂5,719 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Research: Clean water ............................................................................ 96,439 106,231 106,231 106,231 ∂9,792 ........................ ........................

Research: Human health and ecosystems: 

Human health risk assessment .................................................................................. 35,637 34,488 34,488 34,488 ¥1,149 ........................ ........................

(By transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) ......................................... (3,755 ) (3,847 ) (3,847 ) (3,847 ) (∂92 ) ........................ ........................

Research: Computational toxicology ........................................................................... 12,327 14,983 14,983 12,327 ........................ ¥2,656 ¥2,656 Research: Endocrine disruptor .................................................................................... 10,494 9,081 10,481 10,494 ........................ ∂1,413 ∂13 Research: Fellowships ................................................................................................. 11,691 8,383 11,738 11,691 ........................ ∂3,308 ¥47 Research: Human health and ecosystems ................................................................. 167,703 161,313 166,313 161,313 ¥6,390 ........................ ¥5,000 

Subtotal, Research: Human health and ecosystems ............................................. 237,852 228,248 238,003 230,313 ¥7,539 ∂2,065 ¥7,690 

Research: Land protection: 

Research: Land protection & restoration (also HSS) ................................................. 11,606 10,553 10,553 10,553 ¥1,053 ........................ ........................

(By transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) ......................................... (22,927 ) (21,964 ) (22,964 ) (21,964 ) (¥963 ) ........................ (¥1,000 ) 

Research: Superfund innovative technology (SITE) program (also HSS) ................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

(By transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) ......................................... (1,206 ) ........................ (1,200 ) ........................ (¥1,206 ) ........................ (¥1,200 ) 

Subtotal, Research: Land protection ............................................................. 11,606 10,553 10,553 10,553 ¥1,053 ........................ ........................

Research: Sustainability: 

Research: Economics and decision science (EDS) ..................................................... 2,361 2,495 2,495 2,495 ∂134 ........................ ........................Research: Environmental technology verification (ETV) ............................................. 2,990 ........................ 2,405 2,500 ¥490 ∂2,500 ∂95 Research: Pollution prevention (also HSS) ................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Research: Sustainability (other activities) ................................................................. 25,803 21,404 21,404 21,404 ¥4,399 ........................ ........................

(By transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) ......................................... (292 ) ........................ ........................ ........................ (¥292 ) ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Research: Sustainability ................................................................ 31,154 23,899 26,304 26,399 ¥4,755 ∂2,500 ∂95 
161 

Toxic research and prevention: Research: Pesticides and toxics ....................................... 30,357 26,224 30,384 30,351 ¥6 ∂4,127 ¥33 Water: Human health protection: Drinking water programs (also EPM) ............................ 3,092 3,243 3,243 3,243 ∂151 ........................ ........................

Total, Science and Technology ............................................................................... 730,810 788,274 808,044 793,362 ∂62,552 ∂5,088 ¥14,682 (By transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) ............................................. (30,156 ) (27,811 ) (30,011 ) (27,811 ) (¥2,345 ) ........................ (¥2,200 ) 

Environmental Programs and Management 

Air toxics and quality: 

Clean air allowance trading programs (also S&T) .................................................... 17,708 19,126 19,126 19,126 ∂1,418 ........................ ........................Federal stationary source regulations ........................................................................ 23,215 25,678 25,678 23,678 ∂463 ¥2,000 ¥2,000 Federal support for air quality management: 

Clean diesel initiative ........................................................................................ 5,867 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥5,867 ........................ ........................Energy Policy Act implementation ..................................................................... ........................ 2,800 ........................ 1,000 ∂1,000 ¥1,800 ∂1,000 Federal support for air quality management (other activities) (also S&T) ...... 90,082 85,266 85,266 85,266 ¥4,816 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Federal support for air quality management ................................ 95,949 88,066 85,266 86,266 ¥9,683 ¥1,800 ∂1,000 

Federal support for air toxics program (also S&T) .................................................... 25,405 25,514 25,514 25,514 ∂109 ........................ ........................Radiation: Protection (also S&T; HSS) ........................................................................ 11,178 10,649 10,649 10,649 ¥529 ........................ ........................Radiation: Response preparedness (also S&T) .......................................................... 2,632 2,689 2,689 2,689 ∂57 ........................ ........................Stratospheric ozone: Domestic programs ................................................................... 4,938 5,221 5,221 5,221 ∂283 ........................ ........................Stratospheric ozone: Multilateral fund ....................................................................... 8,600 13,365 9,600 8,600 ........................ ¥4,765 ¥1,000 

Subtotal, Air toxics and quality ............................................................................. 189,625 190,308 183,743 181,743 ¥7,882 ¥8,565 ¥2,000 

Brownfields ........................................................................................................................... 24,534 24,637 24,637 24,637 ∂103 ........................ ........................Climate protection program: 

Energy star .................................................................................................................. 49,536 45,723 49,523 49,536 ........................ ∂3,813 ∂13 Methane to markets .................................................................................................... 1,971 4,421 2,421 1,971 ........................ ¥2,450 ¥450 Climate protection program (other activities) (also S&T) .......................................... 39,327 41,700 40,700 41,700 ∂2,373 ........................ ∂1,000 

Subtotal, Climate protection .................................................................................. 90,834 91,844 92,644 93,207 ∂2,373 ∂1,363 ∂563 

Compliance: 

Compliance assistance and centers: 

Energy policy act implementation ..................................................................... ........................ 111 111 ........................ ........................ ¥111 ¥111 Other activities ................................................................................................... 27,935 28,780 28,780 28,780 ∂845 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Compliance assistance and centers ............................................. 27,935 28,891 28,891 28,780 ∂845 ¥111 ¥111 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Compliance incentives (also HSS) .............................................................................. 9,412 9,702 9,702 9,702 ∂290 ........................ ........................Compliance monitoring: 

Energy Policy Act implementation ..................................................................... ........................ 987 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥987 ........................Other activities ................................................................................................... 85,463 92,032 92,032 89,032 ∂3,569 ¥3,000 ¥3,000 

Subtotal, Compliance monitoring .................................................................. 85,463 93,019 92,032 89,032 ∂3,569 ¥3,987 ¥3,000 Subtotal, Compliance .................................................................................... 122,810 131,612 130,625 127,514 ∂4,704 ¥4,098 ¥3,111 

Enforcement: 

Energy Policy Act ......................................................................................................... ........................ 753 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥753 ........................Civil enforcement (also OSR; HSS) (other) ................................................................. 117,807 120,025 120,025 120,025 ∂2,218 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Enforcement ............................................................................................ 117,807 120,778 120,025 120,025 ∂2,218 ¥753 ........................

Criminal enforcement (also HSS) ............................................................................... 37,565 37,794 37,794 37,794 ∂229 ........................ ........................Enforcement training (also HSS) ................................................................................ 2,945 2,504 2,504 2,504 ¥441 ........................ ........................Environmental justice (also HSS) ............................................................................... 5,569 3,859 5,569 5,569 ........................ ∂1,710 ........................NEPA implementation .................................................................................................. 12,640 13,787 13,787 13,787 ∂1,147 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Enforcement ............................................................................................ 176,526 178,722 179,679 179,679 ∂3,153 ∂957 ........................

Environmental protection/Congressional priorities .............................................................. 49,799 ........................ 40,000 40,000 ¥9,799 ∂40,000 ........................Geographic programs: 

Geographic program: Chesapeake Bay ....................................................................... 22,118 26,398 22,398 26,398 ∂4,280 ........................ ∂4,000 Geographic program: Great Lakes .............................................................................. 21,164 20,577 20,577 21,164 ........................ ∂587 ∂587 Geographic program: Gulf of Mexico .......................................................................... 4,809 4,311 4,311 5,311 ∂502 ∂1,000 ∂1,000 Geographic program: Lake Champlain ....................................................................... 1,926 934 934 1,000 ¥926 ∂66 ∂66 Geographic program: Long Island Sound ................................................................... 470 467 467 470 ........................ ∂3 ∂3 
163 

Geographic program: Other: 

Community action for a renewed environment (CARE) ..................................... 2,862 4,448 4,448 1,448 ¥1,414 ¥3,000 ¥3,000 Geographic program: Puget Sound .................................................................... 1,971 ........................ 6,000 971 ¥1,000 ∂971 ¥5,029 Other activities ................................................................................................... 5,124 4,602 4,602 5,124 ........................ ∂522 ∂522 

Subtotal, Geographic program: Other ........................................................... 9,957 9,050 15,050 7,543 ¥2,414 ¥1,507 ¥7,507 

Regional geographic initiatives .................................................................................. 8,060 9,137 8,137 8,060 ........................ ¥1,077 ¥77 

Subtotal, Geographic programs .............................................................................. 68,504 70,874 71,874 69,946 ∂1,442 ¥928 ¥1,928 

Homeland security: 

Homeland security: Communication and information (also HSS): 

Laboratory preparedness and response (also S&T) ........................................... 1,212 1,200 1,200 1,200 ¥12 ........................ ........................Communication and information (other activities) ........................................... 5,263 5,600 5,600 5,600 ∂337 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security: Communication and information ................... 6,475 6,800 6,800 6,800 ∂325 ........................ ........................

Homeland security: Critical infrastructure protection: 

Decontamination (also S&T; EPM; HSS) ............................................................ 98 99 99 99 ∂1 ........................ ........................Critical infrastructure protection (except decontamination) (also S&T; HSS) .. 6,689 7,144 7,144 7,144 ∂455 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security: critical infrastructure protection ................... 6,787 7,243 7,243 7,243 ∂456 ........................ ........................

Homeland security: Preparedness, response, and recovery (also S&T; HSS): Decontamination (also S&T; EPM; HSS) .......................................................................... 3,252 3,329 3,329 3,329 ∂77 ........................ ........................Homeland security: Protection of EPA personnel and infrastructure (also S&T; 

B&F; HSS) ............................................................................................................... 6,199 6,269 6,269 6,269 ∂70 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security .............................................................................. 22,713 23,641 23,641 23,641 ∂928 ........................ ........................

Indoor air: 

Indoor air: Asthma program ....................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Indoor air: Environment tobacco smoke program ...................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Indoor air: Radon program (also S&T) ....................................................................... 5,159 5,519 5,519 5,519 ∂360 ........................ ........................Indoor air: Schools and workplace program ............................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Reduce risks from indoor air (also S&T) .................................................................... 23,137 23,464 23,464 23,464 ∂327 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Indoor air ................................................................................................ 28,296 28,983 28,983 28,983 ∂687 ........................ ........................

Information exchange/Outreach: 

Children and other sensitive populations: Agency coordination ................................ 5,633 6,064 6,064 6,064 ∂431 ........................ ........................Congressional, intergovernmental, external relations (also HSS) .............................. 50,291 52,143 52,143 50,291 ........................ ¥1,852 ¥1,852 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Environmental education ............................................................................................ 8,889 ........................ 9,000 7,000 ¥1,889 ∂7,000 ¥2,000 Exchange network (also HSS) ..................................................................................... 17,700 16,049 16,699 16,049 ¥1,651 ........................ ¥650 Small business ombudsman ....................................................................................... 3,343 3,502 3,502 3,502 ∂159 ........................ ........................Small minority business assistance ........................................................................... 2,503 2,646 2,646 2,646 ∂143 ........................ ........................State and local prevention and preparedness ........................................................... 11,377 12,508 12,508 11,377 ........................ ¥1,131 ¥1,131 Toxics release inventory (TRI)/Right to know ............................................................. 14,289 15,243 15,243 15,243 ∂954 ........................ ........................Tribal—Capacity building .......................................................................................... 11,049 11,436 11,436 11,436 ∂387 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Information exchange/Outreach .............................................................. 125,074 119,591 129,241 123,608 ¥1,466 ∂4,017 ¥5,633 

International programs: 

Children and other sensitive populations: Agency coordination ................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Commission for environmental cooperation ............................................................... 4,116 4,137 4,137 4,137 ∂21 ........................ ........................Environment and trade ............................................................................................... 1,766 1,861 1,861 1,861 ∂95 ........................ ........................International capacity building ................................................................................... 6,138 6,390 6,390 6,390 ∂252 ........................ ........................Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) implementation ............................................... 1,697 1,809 1,809 1,809 ∂112 ........................ ........................U.S./Mexico border ....................................................................................................... 5,749 6,061 6,061 5,749 ........................ ¥312 ¥312 

Subtotal, International programs ........................................................................... 19,466 20,258 20,258 19,946 ∂480 ¥312 ¥312 

IT/Data management/Security: 

Information security (also HSS) .................................................................................. 3,751 5,562 5,562 5,562 ∂1,811 ........................ ........................IT/Data management (also S&T; LUST; OSR; HSS) ($22.59 million moved to EPM 

Compliance in fiscal year 2006) ............................................................................ 94,567 96,807 96,807 94,567 ........................ ¥2,240 ¥2,240 

Subtotal, IT/Data management/Security ................................................... 98,318 102,369 102,369 100,129 ∂1,811 ¥2,240 ¥2,240 

Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review: 

Administrative law ...................................................................................................... 4,607 4,861 4,861 4,861 ∂254 ........................ ........................Alternative dispute resolution (also HSS) ................................................................... 1,048 1,230 1,230 1,230 ∂182 ........................ ........................Civil rights/Title VI compliance .................................................................................. 10,575 11,054 11,054 11,054 ∂479 ........................ ........................Legal advice: Environmental program (also HSS) ...................................................... 35,931 37,525 37,525 37,525 ∂1,594 ........................ ........................
165 

Legal advice: Support program .................................................................................. 13,206 13,466 13,466 13,466 ∂260 ........................ ........................Regional science and technology ............................................................................... 3,522 3,521 3,521 3,521 ¥1 ........................ ........................Regulatory innovation ................................................................................................. 21,511 25,853 23,853 22,853 ∂1,342 ¥3,000 ¥1,000 Regulatory/Economic-management and analysis ....................................................... 16,551 17,555 17,555 16,551 ........................ ¥1,004 ¥1,004 Science advisory board ............................................................................................... 4,402 4,616 4,616 4,616 ∂214 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review ............................................ 111,353 119,681 117,681 115,677 ∂4,324 ¥4,004 ¥2,004 

Operations and administration: 

Acquisition management (also LUST; HSS) ................................................................ 23,265 25,418 25,418 24,418 ∂1,153 ¥1,000 ¥1,000 Central planning, budgeting, and finance (also LUST; HSS) .................................... 73,680 83,548 83,548 83,548 ∂9,868 ........................ ........................Facilities infrastructure and operations (also S&T; B&F; LUST; OSR; HSS) .............. 343,908 294,760 293,760 292,760 ¥51,148 ¥2,000 ¥1,000 Financial assistance grants/Interagency agreements (IAG) management (also 

HSS) ........................................................................................................................ 23,168 21,847 21,847 21,847 ¥1,321 ........................ ........................

Human resources management (also LUST; HSS) ...................................................... 41,275 40,202 40,202 40,202 ¥1,073 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Operations and administration ............................................................... 505,296 465,775 464,775 462,775 ¥42,521 ¥3,000 ¥2,000 

Pesticide licensing: 

Pesticides: Field programs .......................................................................................... 24,516 24,926 24,926 24,926 ∂410 ........................ ........................Pesticides: Registration of new pesticides (also S&T) .............................................. 41,604 39,768 41,768 41,604 ........................ ∂1,836 ¥164 Pesticides: Review/Reregistration of existing pesticides (also S&T) ......................... 57,458 51,814 54,314 55,814 ¥1,644 ∂4,000 ∂1,500 Science policy and biotechnology ............................................................................... 1,694 1,754 1,754 1,754 ∂60 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Pesticide licensing .................................................................................. 125,272 118,262 122,762 124,098 ¥1,174 ∂5,836 ∂1,336 

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA): 

RCRA: Corrective action .............................................................................................. 39,396 40,372 40,372 39,396 ........................ ¥976 ¥976 RCRA: Waste management ......................................................................................... 65,793 67,887 67,887 65,793 ........................ ¥2,094 ¥2,094 RCRA: Waste minimization and recycling .................................................................. 11,825 12,235 12,235 11,825 ........................ ¥410 ¥410 RCRA: General reduction ............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) .................................. 117,014 120,494 120,494 117,014 ........................ ¥3,480 ¥3,480 

Toxics risk review and prevention: 

Toxic substances: Chemical risk management .......................................................... 9,008 7,736 7,736 9,008 ........................ ∂1,272 ∂1,272 Toxic substances: Chemical risk review & reduction ................................................. 46,542 44,637 44,637 46,542 ........................ ∂1,905 ∂1,905 Endocrine disruptors ................................................................................................... 8,767 7,985 8,755 8,767 ........................ ∂782 ∂12 Toxic substances: Lead risk reduction program ......................................................... 10,162 11,368 11,368 11,368 ∂1,206 ........................ ........................Pollution prevention program ...................................................................................... 16,621 21,292 19,292 19,292 ∂2,671 ¥2,000 ........................

Subtotal, Toxics risk review and prevention .......................................................... 91,100 93,018 91,788 94,977 ∂3,877 ∂1,959 ∂3,189 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST) (also LUST) ........................................................... 7,763 11,714 10,214 9,714 ∂1,951 ¥2,000 ¥500 Water: Ecosystems: 

Great Lakes Legacy Act .............................................................................................. 28,989 49,600 29,600 30,600 ∂1,611 ¥19,000 ∂1,000 National estuary program/Coastal waterways ............................................................ 23,773 18,417 24,417 20,417 ¥3,356 ∂2,000 ¥4,000 Wetlands ...................................................................................................................... 19,416 20,992 20,992 20,992 ∂1,576 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Water: Ecosystems .................................................................................. 72,178 89,009 75,009 72,009 ¥169 ¥17,000 ¥3,000 

Water: Human health protection: 

Beach/Fish programs .................................................................................................. 3,156 2,654 2,654 2,654 ¥502 ........................ ........................Drinking water programs (also S&T) .......................................................................... 95,656 99,121 99,121 99,121 ∂3,465 ........................ ........................National Rural Water Association ............................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Water: Human health protection ............................................................ 98,812 101,775 101,775 101,775 ∂2,963 ........................ ........................

Water quality protection: 

Marine pollution .......................................................................................................... 12,212 12,462 12,462 10,462 ¥1,750 ¥2,000 ¥2,000 Surface water protection: 

Water quality monitoring ................................................................................... 7,193 7,121 7,121 7,121 ¥72 ........................ ........................Surface water protection (other activities) ........................................................ 182,019 184,467 186,467 182,019 ........................ ¥2,448 ¥4,448 

Subtotal, Surface water protection ............................................................... 189,212 191,588 193,588 189,140 ¥72 ¥2,448 ¥4,448 Subtotal, Water quality protection ................................................................ 201,424 204,050 206,050 199,602 ¥1,822 ¥4,448 ¥6,448 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ..................................................... 6,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥6,000 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Environmental Programs and Management ........................................... 2,352,711 2,306,617 2,338,242 2,310,674 ¥42,037 ∂4,057 ¥27,568 

Offsetting receipts from toxics and pesticides fees ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................
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Total, Environmental Programs and Management ................................................. 2,352,711 2,306,617 2,338,242 2,310,674 ¥42,037 ∂4,057 ¥27,568 

Office of Inspector General 

Audits, evaluations, and investigations .............................................................................. 36,904 35,100 35,100 35,100 ¥1,804 ........................ ........................

(By transfer from Hazardous substance superfund) .................................................. (13,337 ) (13,316 ) (13,316 ) (13,316 ) (¥21 ) ........................ ........................

Buildings and Facilities 

Homeland security: Homeland security: Protection of EPA personnel and infrastructure 

(also S&T; EPM; HSS) ...................................................................................................... 11,331 11,385 11,385 11,385 ∂54 ........................ ........................

Operations and administration: Facilities infrastructure and operations (also S&T; EPM; 

HSS; LUST; OSR) .............................................................................................................. 28,295 28,431 28,431 28,431 ∂136 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Buildings and Facilities .......................................................................... 39,626 39,816 39,816 39,816 ∂190 ........................ ........................

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–324) .............................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Total, Buildings and Facilities ............................................................................... 39,626 39,816 39,816 39,816 ∂190 ........................ ........................

Hazardous Substance Superfund 

Air toxics and quality: Radiation: Protection (also S&T; EPM) ........................................... 2,120 2,323 2,323 2,323 ∂203 ........................ ........................Audits, evaluations, and investigations .............................................................................. 13,337 13,316 13,316 13,316 ¥21 ........................ ........................

(Transfer to Office of Inspector General) ................................................................... (¥13,337 ) (¥13,316 ) (¥13,316 ) (¥13,316 ) (∂21 ) ........................ ........................

Compliance: 

Compliance assistance and centers (also EPM; LUST; OSR) ..................................... 11 22 22 11 ........................ ¥11 ¥11 Compliance incentives (also EPM) ............................................................................. 186 143 143 143 ¥43 ........................ ........................Compliance monitoring (also EPM) ............................................................................ 955 1,144 1,144 955 ........................ ¥189 ¥189 

Subtotal, Compliance ............................................................................................. 1,152 1,309 1,309 1,109 ¥43 ¥200 ¥200 

Enforcement: 

Civil enforcement (also EPM; OSR) ............................................................................ 796 883 883 883 ∂87 ........................ ........................Criminal enforcement (also EPM) ............................................................................... 8,275 8,502 8,502 8,502 ∂227 ........................ ........................Enforcement training (also EPM) ................................................................................ 581 622 622 622 ∂41 ........................ ........................Environmental justice (also EPM) ............................................................................... 827 757 757 757 ¥70 ........................ ........................Forensics support (also S&T) ...................................................................................... 3,643 4,184 4,184 3,643 ........................ ¥541 ¥541 Superfund: Enforcement .............................................................................................. 156,653 163,651 160,651 163,651 ∂6,998 ........................ ∂3,000 Superfund: Federal facilities enforcement .................................................................. 9,410 10,197 10,197 10,197 ∂787 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Enforcement ............................................................................................ 180,185 188,796 185,796 188,255 ∂8,070 ¥541 ∂2,459 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Homeland security: 

Homeland security: Communication and information (also EPM): Laboratory preparedness and response (also S&T; EPM; HSS) .................................................... 296 300 300 300 ∂4 ........................ ........................Homeland security: Critical infrastructure protection: 

Decontamination (also S&T; EPM; HSS) ............................................................ 197 198 198 198 ∂1 ........................ ........................Critical infrastructure protection (other activities) (also S&T; EPM) ................ 1,245 1,374 1,374 1,374 ∂129 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security: Critical infrastructure protection ................... 1,442 1,572 1,572 1,572 ∂130 ........................ ........................

Homeland security: Preparedness, response, and recovery: 

Decontamination (also S&T; EPM; HSS) ............................................................ 10,395 12,271 10,471 8,271 ¥2,124 ¥4,000 ¥2,200 Laboratory preparedness and response (also S&T; EPM; HSS) ......................... ........................ 9,500 1,000 8,500 ∂8,500 ¥1,000 ∂7,500 Preparedness, response, and recovery (other activities) (also S&T) ................ 27,184 28,004 28,004 28,004 ∂820 ........................ ........................(Transfer to Science and Technology) ............................................................... (¥1,976 ) (¥2,000 ) (¥2,000 ) (¥2,000 ) (¥24 ) ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security: Preparedness, response, and recovery .......... 37,579 49,775 39,475 44,775 ∂7,196 ¥5,000 ∂5,300 

Homeland security: Protection of EPA personnel and infrastructure (also S&T; EPM; 

B&F) ................................................................................................................................. 588 594 594 594 ∂6 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Homeland security .................................................................................. 39,905 52,241 41,941 47,241 ∂7,336 ¥5,000 ∂5,300 

Information exchange/Outreach: 

Congressional, intergovernmental, external relations (also EPM) .............................. 48 130 130 89 ∂41 ¥41 ¥41 Exchange network (also EPM) ..................................................................................... 1,650 1,432 1,432 1,432 ¥218 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Information exchange/Outreach .............................................................. 1,698 1,562 1,562 1,521 ¥177 ¥41 ¥41 

IT/Data management/Security: 

Information security (also EPM) ................................................................................. 341 789 789 789 ∂448 ........................ ........................IT/Data management (also S&T; EPM; LUST; OSR) .................................................... 17,053 17,120 17,120 17,120 ∂67 ........................ ........................
169 

Subtotal, IT/Data management/Security ................................................................ 17,394 17,909 17,909 17,909 ∂515 ........................ ........................

Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review: 

Alternative dispute resolution (also EPM) .................................................................. 975 887 887 887 ¥88 ........................ ........................Legal advice: Environmental program (also EPM) ..................................................... 755 691 691 691 ¥64 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review ............................................ 1,730 1,578 1,578 1,578 ¥152 ........................ ........................

Operations and administration: 

Financial assistance grants/Interagency agreements (IAG) management (also 

EPM) ........................................................................................................................ 3,060 2,921 2,921 2,921 ¥139 ........................ ........................

Facilities infrastructure and operations (also S&T; EPM; B&F; LUST; OSR) ............. 69,667 73,945 73,945 73,945 ∂4,278 ........................ ........................Acquisition management (also EPM; LUST) ............................................................... 19,727 23,514 22,514 21,514 ∂1,787 ¥2,000 ¥1,000 Human resources management (also EPM; LUST) ..................................................... 5,665 5,270 5,270 5,270 ¥395 ........................ ........................Central planning, budgeting, and finance (also EPM; LUST) .................................... 24,349 25,541 25,541 25,541 ∂1,192 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Operations and administration ............................................................... 122,468 131,191 130,191 129,191 ∂6,723 ¥2,000 ¥1,000 

Research: Human health and ecosystems: 

Human health risk assessment .................................................................................. 3,755 3,847 3,847 3,847 ∂92 ........................ ........................

(Transfer to Science and Technology) ............................................................... (¥3,755 ) (¥3,847 ) (¥3,847 ) (¥3,847 ) (¥92 ) ........................ ........................

Research: Land protection: 

Research: Land protection and restoration ................................................................ 22,927 21,964 22,964 21,964 ¥963 ........................ ¥1,000 

(Transfer to Science and Technology) ............................................................... (¥22,927 ) (¥21,964 ) (¥22,964 ) (¥21,964 ) (∂963 ) ........................ (∂1,000 ) 

Research: Superfund innovative technology (SITE) program ..................................... 1,206 ........................ 1,200 ........................ ¥1,206 ........................ ¥1,200 

(Transfer to Science and Technology) ............................................................... (¥1,206 ) ........................ (¥1,200 ) ........................ (∂1,206 ) ........................ (∂1,200 ) 

Subtotal, Research: Land protection ............................................................. 24,133 21,964 24,164 21,964 ¥2,169 ........................ ¥2,200 

Research: Sustainability: 

Pollution prevention (also S&T) .................................................................................. 292 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥292 ........................ ........................

(Transfer to Science and Technology) ............................................................... (¥292 ) ........................ ........................ ........................ (∂292 ) ........................ ........................

Superfund cleanup: 

Superfund: Emergency response and removal ........................................................... 193,584 192,399 193,399 193,584 ........................ ∂1,185 ∂185 Superfund: EPA emergency preparedness .................................................................. 10,540 8,863 9,863 10,540 ........................ ∂1,677 ∂677 Superfund: Federal facilities ....................................................................................... 31,336 31,487 31,487 31,487 ∂151 ........................ ........................Superfund: Remedial ................................................................................................... 588,905 581,595 588,595 588,905 ........................ ∂7,310 ∂310 Superfund: Support to other Federal agencies ........................................................... 9,540 8,575 9,575 8,575 ¥965 ........................ ¥1,000 

Subtotal, Superfund cleanup .................................................................................. 833,905 822,919 832,919 833,091 ¥814 ∂10,172 ∂172 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Total, Hazardous Substance Superfund ................................................................. 1,242,074 1,258,955 1,256,855 1,261,345 ∂19,271 ∂2,390 ∂4,490 (Transfer to Office of Inspector General) ............................................................... (¥13,337 ) (¥13,316 ) (¥13,316 ) (¥13,316 ) (∂21 ) ........................ ........................(Transfer to Science and Technology) .................................................................... (¥30,156 ) (¥27,811 ) (¥30,011 ) (¥27,811 ) (∂2,345 ) ........................ (∂2,200 ) 

Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST) 

Compliance: Compliance assistance and centers (also EPM; OSR; HSS) .......................... 711 839 839 839 ∂128 ........................ ........................IT/Data management/Security: IT/Data management (also S&T; EPM; HSS; OSR) ............ 182 176 176 176 ¥6 ........................ ........................Operations and administration: 

Acquisition management (also EPM; HSS) ................................................................. 358 361 361 361 ∂3 ........................ ........................Central planning, budgeting, and finance (also EPM; HSS) ..................................... 1,010 1,015 1,015 1,015 ∂5 ........................ ........................Facilities infrastructure and operations (also S&T; EPM; B&F; HSS; OSR) ............... 894 917 917 917 ∂23 ........................ ........................Human resources management (also EPM; HSS) ....................................................... 3 3 3 3 ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Operations and administration ............................................................... 2,265 2,296 2,296 2,296 ∂31 ........................ ........................

Research: Land protection: Research: Land protection and restoration (also S&T; HSS; 

OSR) ................................................................................................................................. 634 651 651 651 ∂17 ........................ ........................

Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST): 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) ..................................................... 8,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥8,000 ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ..................................................... 7,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥7,000 ........................ ........................Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST) (also EPM) ................................................... 10,514 10,590 10,590 10,590 ∂76 ........................ ........................LUST Cooperative agreements .................................................................................... 57,647 58,207 58,207 58,207 ∂560 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST) ................................................. 83,161 68,797 68,797 68,797 ¥14,364 ........................ ........................Total, Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program .............................................. 86,953 72,759 72,759 72,759 ¥14,194 ........................ ........................

Oil Spill Response 

Compliance: Compliance assistance and centers (also EPM; HSS; LUST) ......................... 284 280 280 280 ¥4 ........................ ........................
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Enforcement: Civil enforcement (also EPM; HSS) ............................................................... 1,910 1,826 1,826 1,826 ¥84 ........................ ........................IT/Data management/Security: IT/Data management (also S&T; EPM; HSS; LUST) ........... 31 33 33 33 ∂2 ........................ ........................Oil: Oil spill: Prevention, preparedness and response ........................................................ 12,066 12,965 12,965 12,965 ∂899 ........................ ........................Operations and administration: Facilities infrastructure and operations (also S&T; EPM; 

B&F; HSS; LUST) .............................................................................................................. 500 499 499 499 ¥1 ........................ ........................

Research: Land protection: Research: Land protection and restoration (also S&T; HSS; 

LUST) ................................................................................................................................ 838 903 903 903 ∂65 ........................ ........................

Total, Oil Spill Response ........................................................................................ 15,629 16,506 16,506 16,506 ∂877 ........................ ........................

Pesticide registration fund .................................................................................................. 15,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 ¥5,000 ........................ ........................Pesticide registration fees ................................................................................................... ¥15,000 ¥10,000 ¥10,000 ¥10,000 ∂5,000 ........................ ........................

State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) 

Air toxics and quality: Clean school bus initiative ............................................................. 6,897 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥6,897 ........................ ........................Brownfields: Brownfields projects ........................................................................................ 88,676 89,119 89,119 89,119 ∂443 ........................ ........................Infrastructure assistance: 

Infrastructure assistance: Alaska Native villages ...................................................... 34,485 14,850 14,850 24,850 ¥9,635 ∂10,000 ∂10,000 Infrastructure assistance: Clean water state revolving fund (SRF) .......................... 886,759 687,555 687,555 687,555 ¥199,204 ........................ ........................Diesel emissions reduction grants ............................................................................. ........................ 49,500 28,000 20,127 ∂20,127 ¥29,373 ¥7,873 

Subtotal, Clean water state revolving fund ........................................................... 886,759 737,055 715,555 707,682 ¥179,077 ¥29,373 ¥7,873 

Infrastructure assistance: Drinking water state revolving fund (SRF) ...................... 837,495 841,500 841,500 841,500 ∂4,005 ........................ ........................Infrastructure assistance: Mexico border ................................................................... 49,264 24,750 24,750 30,750 ¥18,514 ∂6,000 ∂6,000 Infrastructure assistance: Puerto Rico ....................................................................... ........................ 990 990 ........................ ........................ ¥990 ¥990 

Subtotal, Infrastructure assistance ........................................................................ 1,808,003 1,619,145 1,597,645 1,604,782 ¥203,221 ¥14,363 ∂7,137 

STAG infrastructure grants/Congressional priorities ........................................................... 197,058 ........................ 200,000 210,000 ∂12,942 ∂210,000 ∂10,000 

Subtotal, State and Tribal Assistance Grants (excluding categorical grants) ..... 2,100,634 1,708,264 1,886,764 1,903,901 ¥196,733 ∂195,637 ∂17,137 

Categorical grants: 

Categorical grant: Beaches protection ....................................................................... 9,853 9,900 9,900 9,900 ∂47 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Brownfields ................................................................................... 49,264 49,495 49,495 49,495 ∂231 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Environmental information ........................................................... 19,706 14,850 14,850 14,850 ¥4,856 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Hazardous waste financial assistance ........................................ 101,944 103,345 103,345 101,944 ........................ ¥1,401 ¥1,401 Categorical grant: Homeland security ........................................................................ 4,926 4,950 4,950 4,950 ∂24 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Lead .............................................................................................. 13,499 13,563 13,563 13,563 ∂64 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Nonpoint source (Sec. 319) .......................................................... 204,278 194,040 204,340 200,040 ¥4,238 ∂6,000 ¥4,300 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Categorical grant: Pesticides enforcement ................................................................. 18,622 18,711 18,711 18,711 ∂89 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Pesticides program implementation ............................................. 12,907 12,969 12,969 12,969 ∂62 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Pollution control (Sec. 106): 

Water quality monitoring ................................................................................... 18,228 18,500 18,500 18,500 ∂272 ........................ ........................Pollution control (Sec. 106) (other activities) ................................................... 197,944 203,161 203,161 200,161 ∂2,217 ¥3,000 ¥3,000 

Subtotal, Categorical grant: Pollution control (Sec. 106) ............................ 216,172 221,661 221,661 218,661 ∂2,489 ¥3,000 ¥3,000 

Categorical grant: Pollution prevention ...................................................................... 4,926 5,940 5,940 5,940 ∂1,014 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Public water system supervision (PWSS) ..................................... 98,279 99,099 99,099 99,099 ∂820 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Radon ............................................................................................ 7,439 8,074 8,074 8,074 ∂635 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Sector program ............................................................................. 2,217 2,227 2,227 2,227 ∂10 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: State and local air quality management ..................................... 220,261 185,180 220,280 200,180 ¥20,081 ∂15,000 ¥20,100 Categorical grant: Targeted watersheds .................................................................... 16,608 6,930 15,930 16,608 ........................ ∂9,678 ∂678 Categorical grant: Toxics substances compliance ..................................................... 5,074 5,098 5,098 5,098 ∂24 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Tribal air quality management .................................................... 10,887 10,940 10,940 10,940 ∂53 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Tribal general assistance program .............................................. 56,654 56,925 56,925 56,925 ∂271 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Underground injection control (UIC) ............................................. 10,838 10,890 10,890 10,890 ∂52 ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Underground storage tanks .......................................................... 11,774 37,567 17,567 17,567 ∂5,793 ¥20,000 ........................Categorical grant: Wastewater operator training ....................................................... 1,182 ........................ ........................ 1,000 ¥182 ∂1,000 ∂1,000 Categorical grant: Water quality cooperative agreements ......................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Categorical grant: Wetlands program development ................................................... 15,765 16,830 15,830 16,830 ∂1,065 ........................ ∂1,000 

Subtotal, Categorical grants .................................................................................. 1,113,075 1,089,184 1,122,584 1,096,461 ¥16,614 ∂7,277 ¥26,123 Subtotal, State and Tribal Assistance Grants ....................................................... 3,213,709 2,797,448 3,009,348 3,000,362 ¥213,347 ∂202,914 ¥8,986 

Rescission of expired contracts, grants, and interagency agreements (various EPA accounts) ............................................................................................................................. ¥80,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂80,000 ........................ ........................
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Total, State and Tribal Assistance Grants ............................................................. 3,133,709 2,797,448 3,009,348 3,000,362 ¥133,347 ∂202,914 ¥8,986 TOTAL, TITLE II, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ....................................... 7,638,416 7,315,475 7,576,670 7,529,924 ¥108,492 ∂214,449 ¥46,746 

Appropriations ................................................................................................ (7,697,416 ) (7,315,475 ) (7,576,670 ) (7,529,924 ) (¥167,492 ) (∂214,449 ) (¥46,746 ) Emergency appropriations ............................................................................. (21,000 ) ........................ ........................ ........................ (¥21,000 ) ........................ ........................Rescissions .................................................................................................... (¥80,000 ) ........................ ........................ ........................ (∂80,000 ) ........................ ........................(Transfer out) ................................................................................................. (¥43,493 ) (¥41,127 ) (¥43,327 ) (¥41,127 ) (∂2,366 ) ........................ (∂2,200 ) (By transfer) .................................................................................................. (43,493 ) (41,127 ) (43,327 ) (41,127 ) (¥2,366 ) ........................ (¥2,200 ) 

TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

FOREST SERVICE 

Forest and Rangeland Research 

Forest inventory and analysis .............................................................................................. 59,380 59,329 62,329 62,000 ∂2,620 ∂2,671 ¥329 Research and development programs ................................................................................. 218,331 208,462 217,989 212,987 ¥5,344 ∂4,525 ¥5,002 

Total, Forest and rangeland research .................................................................... 277,711 267,791 280,318 274,987 ¥2,724 ∂7,196 ¥5,331 

State and Private Forestry 

Forest Health Management: 

Federal lands forest health management .................................................................. 53,163 49,849 54,236 49,849 ¥3,314 ........................ ¥4,387 Cooperative lands forest health management ........................................................... 46,904 34,581 47,629 34,581 ¥12,323 ........................ ¥13,048 

Subtotal, Forest Health Management ..................................................................... 100,067 84,430 101,865 84,430 ¥15,637 ........................ ¥17,435 

Cooperative Fire Protection: 

State fire assistance ................................................................................................... 32,895 26,960 33,000 33,000 ∂105 ∂6,040 ........................Volunteer fire assistance ............................................................................................ 5,912 5,858 6,000 6,000 ∂88 ∂142 ........................

Subtotal, Cooperative Fire Protection ..................................................................... 38,807 32,818 39,000 39,000 ∂193 ∂6,182 ........................

Cooperative Forestry: 

Forest stewardship ...................................................................................................... 34,144 33,880 37,000 33,880 ¥264 ........................ ¥3,120 Forest Legacy .............................................................................................................. 56,524 61,515 12,680 54,835 ¥1,689 ¥6,680 ∂42,155 

Use of prior year balances ..................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ¥3,400 ¥4,900 ¥4,900 ¥4,900 ¥1,500 Subtotal .................................................................................................................. 56,524 61,515 9,280 49,935 ¥6,589 ¥11,580 ∂40,655 

Urban and Community Forestry .................................................................................. 28,413 26,846 29,513 27,596 ¥817 ∂750 ¥1,917 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Economic action programs ......................................................................................... 9,537 ........................ ........................ 4,300 ¥5,237 ∂4,300 ∂4,300 Forest resource information and analysis .................................................................. 4,588 ........................ 5,000 5,000 ∂412 ∂5,000 ........................

Subtotal, Cooperative Forestry ................................................................................ 133,206 122,241 80,793 120,711 ¥12,495 ¥1,530 ∂39,918 

International program .......................................................................................................... 6,886 4,921 6,950 6,950 ∂64 ∂2,029 ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–324) .............................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) .............................................................. 30,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥30,000 ........................ ........................

Total, State and Private Forestry ........................................................................... 308,966 244,410 228,608 251,091 ¥57,875 ∂6,681 ∂22,483 

National Forest System 

Land management planning ................................................................................................ 57,675 55,555 55,555 55,500 ¥2,175 ¥55 ¥55 Inventory and monitoring ..................................................................................................... 166,638 154,135 166,000 164,000 ¥2,638 ∂9,865 ¥2,000 Recreation, heritage and wilderness ................................................................................... 258,797 250,880 262,000 252,000 ¥6,797 ∂1,120 ¥10,000 Wildlife and fish habitat management ............................................................................... 131,734 123,548 131,000 125,000 ¥6,734 ∂1,452 ¥6,000 Grazing management ........................................................................................................... 47,826 39,735 48,000 47,000 ¥826 ∂7,265 ¥1,000 Forest products .................................................................................................................... 277,583 310,114 310,114 310,114 ∂32,531 ........................ ........................Vegetation and watershed management ............................................................................. 179,852 187,582 180,000 180,000 ∂148 ¥7,582 ........................Minerals and geology management ..................................................................................... 84,164 81,242 84,000 81,242 ¥2,922 ........................ ¥2,758 Landownership management ............................................................................................... 90,932 84,285 91,000 84,285 ¥6,647 ........................ ¥6,715 Law enforcement operations ................................................................................................ 110,937 110,000 112,000 111,000 ∂63 ∂1,000 ¥1,000 Valles Caldera National Preserve ........................................................................................ 5,074 990 990 3,650 ¥1,424 ∂2,660 ∂2,660 Challenge cost share ........................................................................................................... 4,434 ........................ 5,000 ........................ ¥4,434 ........................ ¥5,000 Hazardous fuels ................................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–324) .............................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) .............................................................. 20,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥20,000 ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) .............................................................. 20,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥20,000 ........................ ........................Reduction in House floor action .......................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ¥2,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂2,000 
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Total, National Forest System ................................................................................ 1,455,646 1,398,066 1,443,659 1,413,791 ¥41,855 ∂15,725 ¥29,868 

Wildland Fire Management 

Preparedness ........................................................................................................................ 660,705 655,887 655,887 655,887 ¥4,818 ........................ ........................Fire suppression operations ................................................................................................. 690,186 746,176 741,477 741,477 ∂51,291 ¥4,699 ........................

Additional appropriations, Title IV .............................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Borrowing repayment (emergency appropriations) ..................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Supplemental appropriations (Public Law 108–287) ................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Fire suppression operations .................................................................... 690,186 746,176 741,477 741,477 ∂51,291 ¥4,699 ........................

Other operations: 

Hazardous fuels .......................................................................................................... 280,119 291,792 296,792 291,792 ∂11,673 ........................ ¥5,000 Rehabilitation .............................................................................................................. 6,189 1,980 5,000 2,000 ¥4,189 ∂20 ¥3,000 Fire plan research and development .......................................................................... 22,789 20,121 22,800 24,439 ∂1,650 ∂4,318 ∂1,639 Joint fire sciences program ........................................................................................ 7,882 3,960 8,000 8,000 ∂118 ∂4,040 ........................Forest health management (federal lands) ................................................................ 14,779 6,802 14,800 6,802 ¥7,977 ........................ ¥7,998 Forest health management (co-op lands) .................................................................. 9,853 4,552 10,000 4,552 ¥5,301 ........................ ¥5,448 State fire assistance ................................................................................................... 45,816 29,115 43,000 40,000 ¥5,816 ∂10,885 ¥3,000 Volunteer fire assistance ............................................................................................ 7,773 7,810 12,810 8,000 ∂227 ∂190 ¥4,810 

Subtotal, Other operations ..................................................................................... 395,200 366,132 413,202 385,585 ¥9,615 ∂19,453 ¥27,617 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–199) .............................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–324) .............................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Funded in Defense Bill (Public Law 108–287) (sec. 8098) ............................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Total, Wildland Fire Management .......................................................................... 1,746,091 1,768,195 1,810,566 1,782,949 ∂36,858 ∂14,754 ¥27,617 

Capital Improvement and Maintenance 

Facilities: 

Maintenance ................................................................................................................ 50,172 69,466 64,466 50,172 ........................ ¥19,294 ¥14,294 Construction ................................................................................................................ 73,526 60,674 50,574 58,648 ¥14,878 ¥2,026 ∂8,074 

Subtotal, Facilities .................................................................................................. 123,698 130,140 115,040 108,820 ¥14,878 ¥21,320 ¥6,220 

Roads: 

Maintenance ................................................................................................................ 144,832 92,787 133,244 127,666 ¥17,166 ∂34,879 ¥5,578 Construction ................................................................................................................ 75,856 90,000 80,000 76,000 ∂144 ¥14,000 ¥4,000 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Subtotal, Roads ...................................................................................................... 220,688 182,787 213,244 203,666 ¥17,022 ∂20,879 ¥9,578 

Trails: 

Maintenance ................................................................................................................ 40,908 35,509 40,908 35,509 ¥5,399 ........................ ¥5,399 Construction ................................................................................................................ 33,297 24,832 32,500 26,412 ¥6,885 ∂1,580 ¥6,088 

Subtotal, Trails ....................................................................................................... 74,205 60,341 73,408 61,921 ¥12,284 ∂1,580 ¥11,487 

Infrastructure improvement ................................................................................................. 12,743 9,333 9,333 9,333 ¥3,410 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Capital improvement and maintenance ................................................. 431,334 382,601 411,025 383,740 ¥47,594 ∂1,139 ¥27,285 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–324): 

Facilities ...................................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Roads .......................................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Trails ........................................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Funded in Defense Bill (Public Law 108–287) (sec. 8098) ...................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–13) ................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) .............................................................. 7,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥7,000 ........................ ........................

Total, Capital Improvement and Maintenance ....................................................... 438,334 382,601 411,025 383,740 ¥54,594 ∂1,139 ¥27,285 

Land Acquisition 

Forest Service: 

Acquisitions ................................................................................................................. 28,081 16,778 3,500 25,678 ¥2,403 ∂8,900 ∂22,178 Acquisition management ............................................................................................ 12,213 8,297 8,000 10,307 ¥1,906 ∂2,010 ∂2,307 Cash equalization ....................................................................................................... 493 ........................ ........................ 500 ∂7 ∂500 ∂500 Critical inholdings/wilderness protection ................................................................... 985 ........................ ........................ 500 ¥485 ∂500 ∂500 Use of prior year balances ......................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ¥4,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂4,000 
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Total, Land Acquisition ........................................................................................... 41,772 25,075 7,500 36,985 ¥4,787 ∂11,910 ∂29,485 

Acquisition of lands for national forests, special acts ...................................................... 1,053 1,053 1,053 1,053 ........................ ........................ ........................Acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges .............................................................. 231 231 231 231 ........................ ........................ ........................Range betterment fund ........................................................................................................ 2,920 3,932 3,932 3,932 ∂1,012 ........................ ........................Gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research .................................... 63 63 63 63 ........................ ........................ ........................Management of national forest lands for subsistence uses .............................................. 4,975 5,311 5,311 5,311 ∂336 ........................ ........................

TOTAL, FOREST SERVICE ......................................................................................... 4,277,762 4,096,728 4,192,266 4,154,133 ¥123,629 ∂57,405 ¥38,133 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 

Indian Health Services 

Clinical Services: 

IHS and tribal health delivery: 

Hospital and health clinic programs ................................................................. 1,339,539 1,429,772 1,439,047 1,430,072 ∂90,533 ∂300 ¥8,975 Dental health program ....................................................................................... 117,731 126,957 126,957 126,957 ∂9,226 ........................ ........................Mental health program ...................................................................................... 58,455 61,695 61,695 61,695 ∂3,240 ........................ ........................Alcohol and substance abuse program ............................................................. 143,198 150,634 150,634 150,634 ∂7,436 ........................ ........................

Contract care .............................................................................................................. 499,562 536,259 536,259 536,259 ∂36,697 ........................ ........................Catastrophic health emergency fund ......................................................................... 17,735 18,000 18,000 18,000 ∂265 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Clinical Services ..................................................................................... 2,176,220 2,323,317 2,332,592 2,323,617 ∂147,397 ∂300 ¥8,975 

Preventive Health: 

Public health nursing ................................................................................................. 48,959 53,043 53,043 53,043 ∂4,084 ........................ ........................Health education ......................................................................................................... 13,584 14,490 14,490 14,490 ∂906 ........................ ........................Community health representatives program .............................................................. 52,946 55,790 55,790 55,790 ∂2,844 ........................ ........................Immunization (Alaska) ................................................................................................ 1,621 1,708 1,708 1,708 ∂87 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Preventive Health .................................................................................... 117,110 125,031 125,031 125,031 ∂7,921 ........................ ........................

Urban health projects .......................................................................................................... 32,744 ........................ 32,744 32,744 ........................ ∂32,744 ........................Indian health professions .................................................................................................... 31,039 31,697 31,697 31,697 ∂658 ........................ ........................Tribal management .............................................................................................................. 2,394 2,488 2,488 2,488 ∂94 ........................ ........................Direct operations .................................................................................................................. 62,194 63,804 63,804 63,804 ∂1,610 ........................ ........................Self-governance .................................................................................................................... 5,668 5,847 5,847 5,847 ∂179 ........................ ........................Contract support costs ........................................................................................................ 264,730 270,316 270,316 270,316 ∂5,586 ........................ ........................Fixed cost decrease .............................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ¥34,383 ¥20,000 ¥20,000 ¥20,000 ∂14,383 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursements: Hospital and clinic accreditation (Est. collecting) .................................................................................................................................. (648,208 ) (684,119 ) (684,119 ) (684,119 ) (∂35,911 ) ........................ ........................

Total, Indian Health Services ................................................................................. 2,692,099 2,822,500 2,830,136 2,835,544 ∂143,445 ∂13,044 ∂5,408 

(Non-contract services) ................................................................................. (2,174,802 ) (2,268,241 ) (2,275,877 ) (2,281,285 ) (∂106,483 ) (∂13,044 ) (∂5,408 ) (Contract care) .............................................................................................. (499,562 ) (536,259 ) (536,259 ) (536,259 ) (∂36,697 ) ........................ ........................(Catastrophic health emergency fund) ......................................................... (17,735 ) (18,000 ) (18,000 ) (18,000 ) (∂265 ) ........................ ........................

Indian Health Facilities 

Maintenance and improvement ........................................................................................... 51,633 52,668 52,668 52,668 ∂1,035 ........................ ........................Sanitation facilities .............................................................................................................. 92,143 94,003 94,003 94,003 ∂1,860 ........................ ........................Construction facilities .......................................................................................................... 37,779 17,664 36,664 27,664 ¥10,115 ∂10,000 ¥9,000 Facilities and environmental health support ...................................................................... 150,709 161,333 161,333 161,333 ∂10,624 ........................ ........................Equipment ............................................................................................................................ 20,947 21,619 21,619 21,619 ∂672 ........................ ........................Fixed cost decrease .............................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ¥2,714 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂2,714 

Total, Indian Health Facilities ................................................................................ 353,211 347,287 363,573 357,287 ∂4,076 ∂10,000 ¥6,286 TOTAL, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE ............................................................................ 3,045,310 3,169,787 3,193,709 3,192,831 ∂147,521 ∂23,044 ¥878 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences ......................................................... 79,108 78,414 79,414 78,414 ¥694 ........................ ¥1,000 

AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY 

Toxic substances and environmental public health ............................................................ 74,905 75,004 76,754 75,004 ∂99 ........................ ¥1,750 

TOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ...................................... 3,199,323 3,323,205 3,349,877 3,346,249 ∂146,926 ∂23,044 ¥3,628 
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OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 

Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality ............................ 2,677 2,627 2,627 2,627 ¥50 ........................ ........................

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................... 9,064 9,108 9,208 9,108 ∂44 ........................ ¥100 Emergency fund ................................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Total, Chemical Safety and Hazard ....................................................................... 9,064 9,108 9,208 9,108 ∂44 ........................ ¥100 

OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................... 8,474 5,940 5,940 5,940 ¥2,534 ........................ ........................INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT Payment to the Institute ...................................................................................................... 6,207 6,703 6,703 6,703 ∂496 ........................ ........................

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 

Salaries and Expenses 

Museum and Research Institutes: 

Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture ............... 1,908 1,948 1,948 1,948 ∂40 ........................ ........................Archives of American Art ............................................................................................ 1,791 1,851 1,851 1,851 ∂60 ........................ ........................Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/Freer Gallery of Art ............................................................ 5,548 5,687 5,687 5,687 ∂139 ........................ ........................Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage ................................................................... 2,108 2,161 2,161 2,161 ∂53 ........................ ........................Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum ................................................................... 2,979 3,058 3,058 3,058 ∂79 ........................ ........................Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ................................................................. 3,994 4,106 4,106 4,106 ∂112 ........................ ........................National Air and Space Museum ................................................................................ 16,248 16,782 16,782 16,782 ∂534 ........................ ........................National Museum of African American History and Culture ...................................... 2,888 2,968 2,968 2,968 ∂80 ........................ ........................National Museum of African Art ................................................................................. 4,196 4,284 4,284 4,284 ∂88 ........................ ........................Smithsonian American Art Museum ........................................................................... 12,224 8,265 8,265 8,265 ¥3,959 ........................ ........................National Museum of American History ....................................................................... 20,236 20,807 20,807 20,807 ∂571 ........................ ........................National Museum of the American Indian ................................................................. 30,470 31,159 31,159 31,159 ∂689 ........................ ........................National Museum of Natural History .......................................................................... 43,314 44,546 44,546 44,546 ∂1,232 ........................ ........................National Portrait Gallery ............................................................................................. 8,532 5,400 5,400 5,400 ¥3,132 ........................ ........................National Zoological Park ............................................................................................. 19,972 20,652 21,352 20,652 ∂680 ........................ ¥700 Astrophysical Observatory ........................................................................................... 22,349 22,831 22,831 22,831 ∂482 ........................ ........................Center for Materials Research and Education ........................................................... 2,859 2,940 2,940 2,940 ∂81 ........................ ........................Environmental Research Center .................................................................................. 3,113 3,119 3,119 3,119 ∂6 ........................ ........................Tropical Research Institute ......................................................................................... 11,489 12,116 12,116 12,116 ∂627 ........................ ........................
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Subtotal, Museums and Research Institutes ......................................................... 216,218 214,680 215,380 214,680 ¥1,538 ........................ ¥700 

Program Support and Outreach: 

Outreach ...................................................................................................................... 9,341 9,515 10,015 9,515 ∂174 ........................ ¥500 Communications .......................................................................................................... 2,078 2,142 2,142 2,142 ∂64 ........................ ........................Institution-wide programs ........................................................................................... 6,515 6,953 7,453 6,953 ∂438 ........................ ¥500 Office of Exhibits Central ........................................................................................... 2,638 2,726 2,726 2,726 ∂88 ........................ ........................Major scientific instrumentation ................................................................................. 3,886 3,886 3,886 3,886 ........................ ........................ ........................Museum Support Center ............................................................................................. 1,687 1,722 1,722 1,722 ∂35 ........................ ........................Smithsonian Institution Archives ................................................................................ 1,722 1,548 1,548 1,548 ¥174 ........................ ........................Smithsonian Institution Libraries ............................................................................... 9,011 9,247 9,247 9,247 ∂236 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Program Support and Outreach .............................................................. 36,878 37,739 38,739 37,739 ∂861 ........................ ¥1,000 

Administration ...................................................................................................................... 63,913 65,973 65,973 65,973 ∂2,060 ........................ ........................Facilities Services: 

Facilities maintenance ................................................................................................ 45,493 51,278 51,278 51,278 ∂5,785 ........................ ........................Facilities operations, security and support ................................................................ 154,066 165,724 165,724 165,724 ∂11,658 ........................ ........................

Subtotal, Facilities Services ................................................................................... 199,559 217,002 217,002 217,002 ∂17,443 ........................ ........................

Transit Benefits .................................................................................................................... ........................ 2,000 ........................ 2,000 ∂2,000 ........................ ∂2,000 

Subtotal, Facilities Services ................................................................................... 199,559 219,002 217,002 219,002 ∂19,443 ........................ ∂2,000 

Undistributed reduction ....................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ¥20,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂20,000 

Total, Salaries and Expenses ................................................................................. 516,568 537,394 517,094 537,394 ∂20,826 ........................ ∂20,300 

Facilities Capital 

Revitalization ........................................................................................................................ 72,813 91,065 91,065 91,065 ∂18,252 ........................ ........................
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Construction ......................................................................................................................... 17,834 5,435 5,435 5,435 ¥12,399 ........................ ........................Facilities planning and design ............................................................................................ 7,882 10,500 10,500 10,500 ∂2,618 ........................ ........................

Total, Facilities capital ........................................................................................... 98,529 107,000 107,000 107,000 ∂8,471 ........................ ........................TOTAL, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ......................................................................... 615,097 644,394 624,094 644,394 ∂29,297 ........................ ∂20,300 

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 

Salaries and Expenses 

Care and utilization of art collections ................................................................................ 33,522 34,788 34,788 34,788 ∂1,266 ........................ ........................Operation and maintenance of buildings and grounds ...................................................... 22,787 26,155 26,155 26,155 ∂3,368 ........................ ........................Protection of buildings, grounds and contents ................................................................... 20,017 21,072 21,072 21,072 ∂1,055 ........................ ........................General administration ........................................................................................................ 18,853 19,779 19,779 19,779 ∂926 ........................ ........................General reduction ................................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Total, Salaries and Expenses ................................................................................. 95,179 101,794 101,794 101,794 ∂6,615 ........................ ........................

Repair, Restoration and Renovation of Buildings 

Base program ....................................................................................................................... 15,962 14,949 14,949 14,949 ¥1,013 ........................ ........................

TOTAL, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART ........................................................................ 111,141 116,743 116,743 116,743 ∂5,602 ........................ ........................

JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 

Operations and maintenance ............................................................................................... 17,538 18,909 18,909 18,909 ∂1,371 ........................ ........................Construction ......................................................................................................................... 12,809 19,800 19,800 19,800 ∂6,991 ........................ ........................

TOTAL, JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS .......................... 30,347 38,709 38,709 38,709 ∂8,362 ........................ ........................

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................... 9,065 9,438 9,438 9,438 ∂373 ........................ ........................

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts 

Grants and Administration 

Grants: 

Direct grants ............................................................................................................... 43,787 44,904 44,904 44,904 ∂1,117 ........................ ........................
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Challenge America grants .......................................................................................... 10,496 8,458 8,458 8,458 ¥2,038 ........................ ........................National Initiative: American Masterpieces ................................................................ 5,911 5,911 5,911 5,911 ........................ ........................ ........................State partnerships: 

State and regional ............................................................................................. 23,182 23,578 23,578 23,578 ∂396 ........................ ........................Underserved set-aside ....................................................................................... 6,274 6,386 6,386 6,386 ∂112 ........................ ........................Challenge America grants ................................................................................. 7,063 5,639 5,639 5,639 ¥1,424 ........................ ........................National Initiative: American Masterpieces ....................................................... 3,941 3,941 3,941 3,941 ........................ ........................ ........................

Subtotal, State partnerships ......................................................................... 40,460 39,544 39,544 39,544 ¥916 ........................ ........................Subtotal, Grants ............................................................................................ 100,654 98,817 98,817 98,817 ¥1,837 ........................ ........................

Program support .................................................................................................................. 1,672 1,761 1,761 1,761 ∂89 ........................ ........................Administration ...................................................................................................................... 22,080 23,834 23,834 23,834 ∂1,754 ........................ ........................Increase in House floor action ............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ 5,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥5,000 

Total, Arts ............................................................................................................... 124,406 124,412 129,412 124,412 ∂6 ........................ ¥5,000 

National Endowment for the Humanities 

Grants and Administration 

Grants: 

Federal/State partnership ........................................................................................... 30,926 31,082 31,082 31,082 ∂156 ........................ ........................Preservation and access ............................................................................................. 18,368 17,988 17,988 17,988 ¥380 ........................ ........................Public programs .......................................................................................................... 12,381 12,124 12,124 12,124 ¥257 ........................ ........................Research programs ..................................................................................................... 12,692 12,428 12,428 12,428 ¥264 ........................ ........................Education programs .................................................................................................... 12,266 12,012 12,012 12,012 ¥254 ........................ ........................Program development ................................................................................................. 375 368 368 368 ¥7 ........................ ........................We The People Initiative grants .................................................................................. 15,239 15,239 15,239 15,239 ........................ ........................ ........................
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Subtotal, Grants ..................................................................................................... 102,247 101,241 101,241 101,241 ¥1,006 ........................ ........................

Administrative Areas: Administration .................................................................................. 23,481 24,808 24,808 24,808 ∂1,327 ........................ ........................Increase in House floor action ............................................................................................. ........................ ........................ 5,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥5,000 

Total, Grants and Administration ........................................................................... 125,728 126,049 131,049 126,049 ∂321 ........................ ¥5,000 

Matching Grants 

Treasury funds ..................................................................................................................... 5,369 5,257 5,257 5,257 ¥112 ........................ ........................Challenge grants .................................................................................................................. 9,852 9,649 9,649 9,649 ¥203 ........................ ........................

Total, Matching Grants ........................................................................................... 15,221 14,906 14,906 14,906 ¥315 ........................ ........................Total, Humanities ................................................................................................... 140,949 140,955 145,955 140,955 ∂6 ........................ ¥5,000 TOTAL, NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES .................... 265,355 265,367 275,367 265,367 ∂12 ........................ ¥10,000 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................... 1,865 1,951 1,951 1,951 ∂86 ........................ ........................

NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 

Grants ................................................................................................................................... 7,143 6,534 6,534 7,500 ∂357 ∂966 ∂966 

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................... 4,789 5,118 5,118 5,118 ∂329 ........................ ........................

NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................... 8,123 8,265 7,623 8,265 ∂142 ........................ ∂642 

UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 

Holocaust Memorial Museum ............................................................................................... 42,150 43,786 43,415 43,786 ∂1,636 ........................ ∂371 

PRESIDIO TRUST 

Operations ............................................................................................................................ 19,706 19,256 19,256 19,256 ¥450 ........................ ........................

WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE 

Operations ............................................................................................................................ 247 200 200 200 ¥47 ........................ ........................

TOTAL, TITLE III, RELATED AGENCIES ..................................................................... 8,618,535 8,604,072 8,715,069 8,685,487 ∂66,952 ∂81,415 ¥29,582 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with 

(∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Appropriations ................................................................................................ (8,541,535 ) (8,604,072 ) (8,715,069 ) (8,685,487 ) (∂143,952 ) (∂81,415 ) (¥29,582 ) Emergency appropriations ............................................................................. (77,000 ) ........................ ........................ ........................ (¥77,000 ) ........................ ........................

TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISION 

Sec. 409 Compensation Act Payment .................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ 2,800 ∂2,800 ∂2,800 ∂2,800 Across-the-board cut (.476percent) (rescission) (sec. 437) ............................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Undistributed reductions ............................................................................................. ¥1,768 ........................ ........................ ........................ ∂1,768 ........................ ........................

GRAND TOTAL .......................................................................................................... 26,438,962 25,532,115 25,944,125 26,054,925 ¥384,037 ∂522,810 ∂110,800 

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